I'm a loser and I want to change that - now

I really appreciate your kind words!

Thirty?! There are many folks who make a big name for themselves at double that age. Not everyone has their day early in life, and no one has their day if they keep thinking they are past their prime. The main thing is keep working at stuff, fail, fail again, and get back up, and see what the next try will make.

I think of my age not as wasted but experienced, I have learned and observed things that only come with experience of time. Many creations of greatness can't come early because it takes experience to get there.

Here is one of many articles of folks who found success after middle age (which is still a number of years away for you, BTW):

http://www.arinanikitina.com/top-10-late-bloomers-why-age-do...

"It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember." "This is my chance to turn the boat around, and realize my goals."

Make lemonade, sell it on the streets at weekends. Voila! You have a business, and realised your goals. Right?

I'll go out on a limb here, and suggest that your goal has more to it than that. You need to understand your constraints, and where those constraints come from.

One constraint might be that the business needs to generate EUR x thousand per year, and the source of that constraint is probably your bills, rent/mortgage, etc. Another might be the location, or you might decide that actually that's a constraint you're happy to take away.

Either way, and it's by no means the only consideration, thinking through these can help you focus the direction your business goes in.

Oh, and good luck!

Good luck!

My advice would be, start something that will make you accountable to other people. I am a dreamer too and I am not a competitive type of guy. I just don't care if I lose something. But I was very committed to be good at soccer, only because it is a collective sport, so I would try to help my team win because of my friends that played with me, not because I wanted to win. Using your real name is actually a great first step. Now, make this promise to everyone you care about! Family, friends, everyone! Don't use the mind (escapist) trick to convince yourself that you will surprise everyone with your great project! Don't go on stealth mode. Promise you will achieve your goal and make yourself accountable for it!

Oh! And forget all about this "this is my last chance", "my 20ies are gone" and yada yada yada. As in glasner comment "It's not your last chance; it's your next chance." This is equivalent to me saying "OMG Mozart wrote a symponhy by the age of 8, I am already 33 and don't even know how to play an instrument! I am SUCH a loser!!" It is BS. I just can't use other people achievements as my parameter of success (neither the kind of achievement, much less the age of it).

Good luck!

I respect you putting yourself out there and wish you well on your journey.

I run CPAP.com and work with several other businesses.

If you find yourself stuck on strategy or business operations stuff, please feel free to give me a skype (johnnywgoodman) or email (in profile).