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Hey, I am 30 and also a loser! I have built some things, including a web app that got exactly one customer who runs his business on it, and I just let it sit there month after month, not failing, but not growing because I don't market it and it needs more features. But I feel like a loser in the sense that I have not done nearly anything near what I feel capable of; and have spent several thousand hours of my 20s rea…
Keep in mind that Ray Croc didn't start McDonalds until he was 50.
I have been a dreamer all my life. It took me until last year to figure this out, and only thanks to this community. Great. Dreaming is necessary but not sufficient for great accomplishments. Glad you're one of us. I hardly ever tried - and when I tried, I didn't persist. It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember. And yet I never really tried (until last year, which resulted in abysmal failure…
I have been a dreamer all my life. It took me until last year to figure this out, and only thanks to this community. Great. Dreaming is necessary but not sufficient for great accomplishments. Glad you're one of us. I hardly ever tried - and when I tried, I didn't persist. It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember. And yet I never really tried (until last year, which resulted in abysmal failure…
It took a year and a half, which must seem like an eternity for a 12 year old, but eventually him and his little brother did it.
So Will says -- "The way to do things isn't to focus on building a huge brick wall. It seems impossible. Instead, it's to lay one brick as perfectly as you can."
So, do big things. But do them by laying bricks.
Also, you don't have to go it alone. People are surprisingly scarily helpful. Reach out to people and ask smart questions. My email is in my profile if you like.
One brick at a time. Godspeed.