30 & Over – Podcast
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There is a certain point in life where all of your knowledge and experiences come together and that age is usually 30 years old. The problem for most cats is once they cross into their 30′s they all trade their hustle for stability and what I like to call a long slow death. I mean you spent the majority of your life trying to get on top and when you finally get there the first thing you do is settle! This is my warning to you young cats not yet 30 and a offer for cats over 30 to look in the mirror. Like they said in the move Shawshank Redemption either we get busy living or we get busy dying and most of you cats are dying!
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This podcast is on point. I’m over 30 and I’ve always been angry that people accept the corporate slave mentality that’s pushed on us by these corporations. I’m glad I realized this when I was in my 20′s.
Whats good Freeman? Great post Bro and this coming from someone that is over 30. I always read your stuff your very good at pointing out the illusions of being an entrepreneur and what it takes. By the way the movie with Leonordo was “Revolutionary Road” great movie on how people settle.
Peace
Well Freeman this one really hurt and as always the truth does hurt, but it can make you wake up and look around.
I know from my own perspective being over 30 does make you feel like a clone. You don’t see it but you begin to want and need the same things everyone wants. You even dress like each other. Its like you have lost your uniqueness which is why i think most of us 30 and over look to our past when we were young to find comfort and some meaning. Most of us are really unhappy with ourselves and to prevent from popping a piece of lead to the head they begin to take medication. I had a friend who took Prozac in her early 30′s and still takes them to this day and shes 42. I ask her why she tells me that she is not happy with her life. i think a lot of 30′ year olds stop doing and settle is because of the “IF” factor which boils down to a very basic emotion called “FEAR”
As for me this pod cast has opened my eyes and i have begun to looking at the world differently now. Being 39 now i will have a lot of work to do so i can catch up
Keep up the excellent work!
I notice a lot of people are under the illusion that they failed if they haven’t made their first million by the age of 30, and so they just settle. A lot of the hype that came from the young rap moguls and internet entrepreneurs seems to have given people this mindframe. I can remember being a teenager and I learned that the age of the average millionaire is anywhere from the late 40′s to early 50′s. So even though I wanted it all by 30 myself, I knew that realistically it would take a lot longer.
I’m 34 now and it’s funny how getting older can show you just how little you knew when you were younger. I thought I knew it all about business and entrepreneurship in my early 20′s, only to find out I didn’t know a damn thing. Now is the perfect opportunity for me to use the knowledge I’ve obtained over years of successes and mistakes. If anything, one should be MORE confident about their abilities to get those big chips as they get older.
But honestly, I think a lot of people just don’t have major goals to begin with period. Even when I was in my twenties, there were cats who were pretty much ready to “throw in the towel” and settle for the “good job” and average income. If you are someone who TRULY wants everything this life has to offer you will never give up. Not at 30, not at 40, not until the last heartbeat.
I agree with Dallas 100% percent!! Great post!
This is an excellent post and the kind of kick in the *ss that a lot people need on a regular basis. I actually mostly agree with Jose, hell we’re the same age. But I think a big advantage I have is that I pretty much never stop thinking about the truth in this podcast. I mean I can look back and see where I f*cked up and what I need to do better going forward. At the same time, I’ve done enough and am happy enough with the “grown *ss man” that I am that I can still look in the mirror and be happy that I’ve lived long enough to get some grey hair. On top of that I STILL want and am STILL going after “it”!! So all of us ain’t sitting around waiting to die after 30. Hell I know for a fact that my drive ramped up after 30.
@G – Welcome – People are fully aware of what’s going on but they look around and see the other sheep and find a cool place in hell to settle. Only a few want to get our face out of another sheep’s ass!
@Shawn – Welcome – Thanks for the compliment as someone has to tell people it’s work but the payoff is enormous… Also, Yeah Revolutionary Road is that move. Good look on finding it as that movie blew me away as it’s exactly describing what this podcast is about. They tried to fit in and that’s what killed them!
@JR – Hey I say the exact thing to myself so I can keep pushing. I see the writing on the wall and I see what everyone else is doing and I have to avoid the trap by being aware of it…
Prozac is a bit much cuz if you have to take that you might as well get off the grid and go live in Fiji or something. This was the main reason why I quit my corporate gig I just got tired of faking it and playing with the sheep. I just stacked my money and found a lane and left because I didn’t want to die that way.
@Dallas – You have the same mentality I have and that is I think I am actually hitting my stride. I struggled with business and figured it out the hard way but now that I know so much it’s time to build the empire. What’s funny is I actually think it’s easier to do now that I am older. When I was in my 20′s I thought it was just hard work but now I know it’s skill backed up with hard work.
Well we differ on people not having big goals. I think everyone wants to be a Billionaire but most people don’t know how to get it. So to me it isn’t a question of want it’s a question of How. Most cat’s just don’t know how to do it. How to quit the job and set up your business. How to save money and where to buy equipment. How to get the licenses. How to get a loan. I think once all that is common knowledge you’ll see a hell of a lot more cat’s take a chance. It’s common sense that a business makes more money but until they know it’s not a big risk they’ll stay at their job championing stability.
@Carl – I think if more people were honest with theirselves and their circumstances they can move on. Hell the reason why I am not a millionaire is because when I was making a lot of money I didn’t know how to build it up. So now I am happy that I survived and didn’t lose it all.
Hey I know everyone hasn’t given up but you got to admit the majority of people you know have thrown in the towel. In fact they have become towel manufacturers handing them out to other cats so they can quit too.
As long as people see what’s coming and make the adjustments to get out of it then this 30 and Over podcast doesn’t apply to you. A small side hustle will break the spell.
You could have named this podcast “Revolutionary Road”
That movie woke me up. My favorite line “who make up these rules anyway?”
I am planning a vacation to Dominican Republic taking the family. It took my company 5 years to grow. After years of unsuccessful businesses. I finally can reap the benefits.
I hope to bring it to a 7 figure mark in 5 more years.
“The problem with corformity everyone is satisfied but you”
I choose to keep grinding
Us thirty somethings need put on these young cats who want to do for self to riseandgrind. In my twenties, I tried different hustles with minimum success. Now that I am in my thirties, I see that I gave up WAAAAAY too early on those hustles. I am back on the grind now and won’t not stop till the casket drop. On point as usually, Freeman.
@Marie – Yeah Revolutionary Road is the worst case scenario for what I am talking about in this podcast. I’m glad to hear you’re building the business and enjoying your life. I really think people only see the hard work but not the real payoff which is INDEPENDENCE from others and even the world’s circumstances.
@Jnati – Well hey that’s why I made the R&G to breakdown the myths of money so everyday cats can get more than what the con artists offer.
I failed 1 million times but I figured one of them out. Now if someone would have told me this was the road I wouldn’t have had to battle low self esteem thinking maybe I’m just not cut out for business. But, since I made it through I see it’s just life and now I want to make sure other cat’s are not throwing in the towel.
Great Post. I’m 28, and I already feel that “I’m 30 and haven’t accomplished shit” feel. It takes over your life and can make you bitter and miserable. The worst part was I had what it took to make it all along and I didn’t realize it till this past year.To know that you could have and didn’t is awful. Just go for it, even if you flop. To me, flopping feels way better than “What if?” Making it is priceless.
Well whenever you wake up it’s a good time but if you wake up see the fire and decide to go back to sleep then you’ll get burned!
You got it as it’s not about winning so much as it’s about trying. Once you try and keep trying and stop worrying about flopping something will crack and that’s all you need. You don’t need all of your ideas to work you only need one!
Now that I think about it, people were setup this way from the educational school system and mainstream media/culture.
What do they aspire people to have? Get a nice car, get a nice home, get a nice spouse and have a nice job. Most people spend their life going after those goals by the time they 30, they got the car, clothes, home and spouse and child.
But they ain’t got nothing else to grow on or improve on and they don’t know any better. I know what you are talking about when you talk about the 40-50 years old still in corporate America or still in the clubs trying to look young.
I think we do need to reach out hard to these cats in their teens and 20s and tell them to grow up thinking big cash and big empires, not the depreciating car, clothes and other petty crap.
I’m in full agreement with you and that’s why most people are unsatisfied. Someone said once you get all of this and you’ll be happy and once you get it you realize this shit is boring.
Cat’s don’t know what to do with their life so they return back to their 20′s even though they are in their 40′s. In fact it’s like people accept being dumb like that is a benefit so you can get along with other people.
We definitely need to teach young folks to push for the empire as that will be a 30 to 40 year goal and they’ll be happy that they are going for something big.
I realized that I didn’t want that scripted life when I was in my 20′s and made the adjustments. I think once people see that it’s 40 years of purgatory they’ll decide to give building a business and living the life they dream of a try.
I agree with Ed on the idea that this is taught to us in school. Every form of schooling from kindergarten through graduate school, the thought of getting a good job, a nice house in the suburbs, getting married after establishing your “career” is pushed. I personally never heard much different in my 25 years of life except from people that were business owners or hustlers. Everyone else had the goal of having the “American Dream”, which never spoke to me because it just seemed so middle of the road and settling for what’s safe instead of going for what you want. None of these people seemed to have any ambition after getting their bachelors and advanced degree. And once they got their “good job”, they just settled into autopilot.
It’s funny when I turn on CNBC every morning and hear the harangs about people waiting for new jobs and job growth like their owed a job and nice salary. As if these companies wouldn’t want less staff and more production. Like Freeman said in one show, they’re trying to get machines to do all this stuff. Anybody been to a supermarket lately? Self-checkout lines. Writing is on the wall.
It’s also interesting to note that John D Rockefeller had a huge influence on education as in the early 20th century. It wouldn’t be hard to see that the titans of the business world would want to create a system that caters to employee mentality, rather than business owner mentality. Create the drones that will beg to work for you and keep your company going while stamping out most of the possible entrepreneurial competitors in the schooling process. Just a thought.
Well we’re all in agreement as the reason why most people pull up lame is because they have been taught a short term goal and someone called that the American Dream!
McDivit I see you’re brain is connecting the dots too. I say that to people all of the time that if they can make more money with less labor why wouldn’t they do it! That’s why all these companies are super profitable right now as they leaned out and the people that stayed probably do two jobs. In the past they couldn’t get away with working the OX so hard but now they can because of the recession.
I have a podcast talking about the way the game is setup. Think about it, if you had a big company you would want to make workers who only knew their job. You would want a non-thinking well trained staff right? Well the world shouldn’t be surprised when all these people can’t find a job because they never were taught to think laterally so they end up only knowing how to fix a locomotive when we have moved onto hybrids. They’re old and they don’t work fast and they complain so why would you hire them over a young dummy who will take half the pay.
The game is cold!
Excellent Job on this podcast Freeman. I’m in my late 20′s (birthday is in a few days actually) and I heard this podcast and I had to reevaluate some things. This was literally like a slap in the face to me. I’m in my last year of graduate school and I been sweating what job I am going to have, instead of figuring out what business I am going to start with the skills I have. Once again thanks for this. If I don’t keep any other of your podcast, this one I will no doubt keep.
Well the best thing you said is “figuring out what business I am going to start with the skills I have.” Just you saying that lets me know you got the right mentality as the job is transitional until we figure out the business and get the real money.
Hey all the podcasts are Collectors Edition Hall of Fame Game young patna! LOL
Freeman, thanks for calling me out I needed it.
Wife, kids and grill I was slowing down. I’ve been riding with R&G for about a year listened to all the podcasts. This one I listened to twice.
Brother Michael this podcast seems to hit home with more people than I thought. I just wanted to do a PSA so the young cats can make the adjustments by opening up a business and insuring they don’t end up like everyone else.
The recession has everyone being cautious instead of being aggressive so it’s understandable. Twice is good as you might have to swish it around in your brain again and sniff it twice before you realize all that I put in it. LOL
I feel you freeman, this is a nice podcast. I’m 19, and when I was 17-18 I was definetly unsure, until I said “Fck it” and just starting putting in work I had some success & some failure. Those success stories helped build up my confidence, so now I’m more sure of myself and I don’t flinch when thinking of opening a new business or trying a new side hustle!
I think everybody not just young guys have a fear of failure, or rejection. So say Fck it.
Trust me I’m way happier that I put in work when I didn’t have a family or any high expenditures to hold me back, and for me taking a risk there’s only a hand full of people in my age bracket who’ve made as much cash. Where as if I’ve waited till I was 30, I might not have had the time or cash to pursue this.
On another note, it’s true with you said about older kats. My Brother and my brother in law(as a BBA) both discouraged my business ideas a year ago. Talking about I need to get a degree to learn accounting, etc.
Now I’m finacially comfortable and I’m not even 21 yet. :l
But I learned a lesson, from then on I kept my business ideas to myself, and only asked kats and my mastermind group or my mentors for advice or council. Because all of those kats or either winning or wanting to win.
YS you started way younger than me so hey great things are definitely ahead of you. I think the Fvck it angle is the right angle as most cats aren’t even going to try so why listen to them in the first place. 30 is the death nail for most cats because they believe where they are is where they are. The problem is most of these cats are one paycheck away from unemployment so their idea of stability is a joke.
If everyone knew the answer everyone would be wealthy. The fact that you never run into well off or wealthy people should be enough proof for most cats to do it their way. Everyone has a idea but only a few make money from it and that’s the lesson.
I got a podcast talking about how you should proceed to build and keeping ideas to yourself. It’s on queue for November so come back and build with me!