Do You Prioritize Learning Over Making Money?
After college, I thought it took genius-level knowledge to run a profitable business.
Here’s something you may not know…
The LLC I run today started as a promotional products business by my dad. For years, he pushed me to focus on that side of things. I always resisted, and it became a huge dilemma in my life.
Do I focus purely on money or learning what I want? Are they mutually exclusive?
The entire reason I said “NO” to getting a job was to create a life where I work on exciting projects.
The promo industry is the exact opposite of this. You’re discussing apparel colors and sizes, logo placement, quantity pricing, etc. As a distributor, you are simply a middle man between customers and wholesalers.
The BIG catch – you can make a lot of money with corporate clients. The time you spend working is the same between an order for 50 shirts vs. 2000 shirts. It is highly scalable.
The largest order I received was almost $25,000. It was for a “company store” and consisted mostly of expensive embroidered polo shirts. It took many months of back-and-forth to finalize, and it pushed my credit limit to the brink to fulfill.
In the end, though, I opted to go with a more mentally fulfilling route.
My freelancing path looked something like:
Tinker with HTML in college (planted the seed)Learn HTML / CSS / jQueryLearn SEOLearn WordPressLearn PHPCreate blogs for passive income (About 8, 100% failed)Focus on finding local clients to pay me monthly
The only regret is not doing the last step immediately after step #1. Today, I’d replace step #1 with WordPress, and learn the other tech stuff through the scope of working with clients.
I’d also create a WordPress blog on a real passion as a side-project instead of starting with the goal of passive income.
I didn’t do either because of a fear of not being good enough and going for the quick buck online.
Don’t fall into the same trap. Go after your curiosity AND get paid while doing it.
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