Just a little context, I’m an 18-year-old entrepreneur and I own a cyber security company and do day trading as well. I’ve pretty much tried anything you can do online to make money because I’ve always been so eager to.
Here’s the thing I’m struggling with, I live in a super super super tiny town, where there is no entrepreneurs unless they’re 25+. I’ve tried to get all of my friends to do something online or to better themselves so they can get successful with me, but no matter what I do they just won’t lock in. I’ve always heard the thought of ditching your day ones, and no matter how bad I don’t want to. I just wanna level up and improve myself and I don’t think I can if I’m hanging out with people that don’t even want to improve their life.
All I’m asking is, if anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate. I know I have a super super long journey ahead of me. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to read this.
Posted by Uncooked_rambler
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I learned early on that it’s easier to be successful as a solopreneur. Your friends don’t need to do what you’re doing, focus on your own journey.
One thing I learned the hard way is you can’t drag people into ambition. It just creates frustration on both sides. It doesn’t mean you have to ditch your friends but you may need to stop expecting them to be on the same path or move at your pace.
Keep your old friends for friendship. Build your growth circle elsewhere. Online communities, mentors, Discords, Twitter, Reddit or local meetups when you can. Most entrepreneurs don’t come from their hometown friend group anyway.
Honestly man you can’t force people to want success, they gotta find that drive themselves. Keep grinding on your stuff but don’t feel guilty about naturally drifting from friends who aren’t on the same wavelength – it happens when you’re growing at different speeds and that’s totally normal
Run, dont walk, from day trading.
You don’t need to ditch your friends just because they’re not trying to be entrepreneurs, that’s some toxic hustle culture BS. Most people are fine working regular jobs and you can still hang out with them without it affecting your business, unless you’re expecting them to be your unpaid marketing team or something.
Plus different people have different interests. None of my kids or friends are interested in making money the same way I do.
You become like the five people you hang out with the most. Go find some people who are doing way better than you.
Your friends have nothing to do with wether you succeed or not. lol