STFU AND WORK!

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For all 20-somethings that are failures on paper and just got yelled at for sucking at regular life. This is for you.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OJSdWHIKHg]The Badass Project Presents - Jon Morrow - YouTube[/ame]


How to Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise and Get Paid to Change the World

"In April of 2006, I was hit by a car going 85 miles an hour.
I didn’t see him coming, and I don’t remember much about the accident, but I do remember being pulled out of my minivan with my shirt on fire. The front end of the van was torn off, gasoline was everywhere, and my legs were broken in 14 places............."

STFU and WORK!
 


TL;DR

YOU CAN DO THIS!

You want to quit your job and become a professional blogger?

You can.

You want to travel around the world, living life to its fullest?

You can.
You want to dedicate your every hour to helping people and making the world a better place?

You can.

Because listen … I know it’s horribly cliché, but if I can quit my job, risk the government carting me off to a nursing home because I can’t afford my own healthcare, convince my poor mother to abandon her career and drive my crippled butt 3,000 miles to a foreign country, and then make enough money to support myself, my mother, my father, and an entire nursing staff using nothing but my voice, then what can you accomplish if you really set your mind to it?

My guess: pretty much anything.

No, it won’t be easy. At some point, I guarantee you’ll want to quit. I guarantee people will treat you like you’re insane. I guarantee you’ll cry yourself to sleep, wondering if you made a horrible mistake.

But never stop believing in yourself. The world is full of naysayers, all of them eager to shout you down at the slightest indication you might transcend mediocrity, but the greatest sin you can commit is to yourself become one of them. Our job isn’t to join that group, but to silence it, to accomplish things so great and unimaginable that its members are too awed to speak.

You can do it.

I believe in you.

So get started.

Right freaking now.
 
I'd REALLY REALLY REALLY hate to put this guy down, but I wouldn't say he's "got more excuses" as much as he's "got nothing better to do". Working hard is fine, but everyone already knows that. You can do what you put your mind to is fine, but that doesn't mean anyone knows how, or even how to get started. Inspiration in general is great but it doesn't put the rubber to the road. I don't mean to be negative but this doesn't exactly awaken my inner giant bros.
 
stickyicky said:
I'd REALLY REALLY REALLY hate to put this guy down, but I wouldn't say he's "got more excuses" as much as he's "got nothing better to do". Working hard is fine, but everyone already knows that. You can do what you put your mind to is fine, but that doesn't mean anyone knows how, or even how to get started. Inspiration in general is great but it doesn't put the rubber to the road. I don't mean to be negative but this doesn't exactly awaken my inner giant bros.
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I disagree. When you have a condition like his, the general expectation is that you'll either die before you get to adulthood, or that you'll go to a special school and then live out the rest of your life in a nursing home somewhere.

There's a huge social pressure placed on disabled people to basically stay hidden, and not do anything really useful in life. People are comfortable feeling pity for them, but often not dealing with them as peers. (I say this from the experience of friends of mine who have disabled kids)

That's a much bigger barrier to overcome than just "leaving your job", or "making some sales". As I'm sure you've found from your own experience, it's often more important to get started doing something, anything, even if you don't know how, and that's where people like Jon's story is a good kick in the ass.

But then, I'm a person who tends to spend far too much time overthinking and planning (ie procrastinating) if I'm left to my own devices. That's why I find the "just do it" message useful. You may not. YMMV.
 
amateursurgeon said:
it's often more important to get started doing something, anything, even if you don't know how, and that's where people like Jon's story is a good kick in the ass.
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Honestly, getting started on the wrong path has always been more detrimental to me than anything. When you don't know what the fuck you're doing it's too easy to learn bad habits. Yes, doing SOMETHING is greater than NOTHING, if not just for the experience of knowing what doesn't work, however, I find this to be hugely over rated. I've wasted so much time doing the wrong things that could have been easily avoided with a little insight from someone more experienced. I'm kind of a bone-head though.
 
stickyicky said:
Honestly, getting started on the wrong path has always been more detrimental to me than anything. When you don't know what the fuck you're doing it's too easy to learn bad habits. Yes, doing SOMETHING is greater than NOTHING, if not just for the experience of knowing what doesn't work, however, I find this to be hugely over rated. I've wasted so much time doing the wrong things that could have been easily avoided with a little insight from someone more experienced. I'm kind of a bone-head though.
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Clearly there is a difference between getting STARTED in the wrong direction and blindly following a single path you've chosen without assessment. The idea is that you get moving an A direction, and continuously adapt as you learn. THIS is where it really happens, and success is bred. Just my opinion though.
 
whoacreative said:
Clearly there is a difference between getting STARTED in the wrong direction and blindly following a single path you've chosen without assessment. The idea is that you get moving an A direction, and continuously adapt as you learn. THIS is where it really happens, and success is bred. Just my opinion though.
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Fair enough. I just think it's too easy to say "hey look he's successful you can be too" when there's a million and one factors in between you and your own success. I do agree that adaptation is key, though proper adaptation requires a certain degree of skill and cleverness which you may or may not be capable of.
 
stickyicky said:
Fair enough. I just think it's too easy to say "hey look he's successful you can be too" when there's a million and one factors in between you and your own success. I do agree that adaptation is key, though proper adaptation requires a certain degree of skill and cleverness which you may or may not be capable of.
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My number one advice to young people trying to start to learn ANYTHING. Look for an expert in the field that you want to learn.

Ask them if you can help them with ANYTHING. Be it sweeping the floor at the local Harley dealership if you want to be a motorcycle mechanic to getting coffee and picking up laundry for a local computer company. Unless they are total douche-bags they will see your 'DRIVE' and 'DETERMINATION' and take you under their wings.

I am firmly convinced that there is an unbelievable amount of opportunity out there for anyone if you POLITELY - ASK!

People that want to LEARN and HUSTLE are so incredibly hard to find, no matter what industry you are in. Most of the time its kids that know everything and don't understand why they can't work as Vice President of operations after 6 months.

As so often - I'm rambling... so here is the strategy:

You want to learn skill A. Find out who the top 25 people in the world are that KNOW skill A. Do your research on each one of them. What's their Twitter account? Facebook? Website?

Study their writings, videos, podcasts, etc.. What made them successful? What is the philosophy on how they approach skill A? What steps did they take to become the top 25? More importantly - can you find out what MISTAKES they made and how they solved them? LEARN from their mistake and their knowledge. You are trying to CONDENSE your time LEARNING skill A!

At this point you know a TON about what it takes to learn skill A and if you've done your work right already know a ton ABOUT skill A. Now, start doing what they did to get on the fast track of success.

But wait - there is more!

ENGAGE the top 25 folks on twitter/facebook/blog etc.. Don't ask them questions but find things that might be of interest to them. Did you see a new type of grease cleaner that cleans chains more environmentally friendly, is $5 a gallon cheaper and more effective? Send the manager of maintenance an email about it or even better pick up a sample and show it to him. "hey, I love your shop and found this. Maybe you are interested in it".

AFTER you have build a relationship, start asking specific questions on how to learn skill A that you have NOT been able to figure out on your own, AFTER doing your OWN research. Guess what, folks would LOVE to help you at that point. If you are asking a dumbass question that you could have googled in 10 seconds do NOT expect a reply!

Now, out of the top 25 - 24 might reject your question... but if you follow this pattern, work hard, do your own research, become valuable etc. ONE will say YES... I'll mentor you... or REFER you to someone that will. That would be ONE of the TOP 25 in the world.

ONE is all you need to get started in your field to learn skill A!!!!

My guess though is that you'll get 1-3 out of the top 10 if you are doing it correctly....

This is all common sense and pretty simple... so I hope I didn't bore you guys to death..
 
stickyicky said:
Fair enough. I just think it's too easy to say "hey look he's successful you can be too" when there's a million and one factors in between you and your own success. I do agree that adaptation is key, though proper adaptation requires a certain degree of skill and cleverness which you may or may not be capable of.
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I agree that the "and you can too argument" is bullshit, but that's not what I'm really driving at.

It's only fair to point out that Jon isn't a "regular guy" who happens to be disabled. He's an exceptionally intelligent guy who happens to be disabled.

Saying that if he can be successful, ANYONE can be successful is a bit like saying "hey, if Stephen Hawking can be one of the greatest physicists of our time, ANYONE can." It's clearly ridiculous.

The reason I've personally benefited from his example is that I'm smart, but prone to getting stuck at the "getting ready" stage. I'm sure there are a few others on this board who are in the same category.

@Gertex, that's good advice in theory, but prepare to be taken advantage of. There are an awful lot of successful people in the world who got where they did by screwing others over. If you believe otherwise, you've been reading too much Napolean Hill.l

One of the most underrated skills for running a business is listening to your guy and spotting douchebags from 50 miles away. Unfortunately, the only way I've found to develop it is to get screwed over a few times. Not ideal, but there it is.
 
I stopped listening at the point he complained about "addiction methodology" in the gaming industry.
 
amateursurgeon said:
I agree that the "and you can too argument" is bullshit, but that's not what I'm really driving at.

It's only fair to point out that Jon isn't a "regular guy" who happens to be disabled. He's an exceptionally intelligent guy who happens to be disabled.

Saying that if he can be successful, ANYONE can be successful is a bit like saying "hey, if Stephen Hawking can be one of the greatest physicists of our time, ANYONE can." It's clearly ridiculous.
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Stephen Hawking is boss but how the hell did he end up with 3 wives ?
 
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