Ok, here's something interesting that I remembered and I would normally keep in the shadows for its "shameful" side. I think I can now "shine some new light" on it and see it for a virtue lost or made latent for a couple of decades.
I had this natural entrepreneur spirit as a 5th to 7th grader. I would try to make a "kid's black market" sell of any trivial thing I got access to. Of course, chestnut collecting and scrap metal or paper for recycling was a business I would happily get involved into, but also I tried (with limited success, meaning one sell each) to record audio tapes from CDs that I had and shill them to classmates or after a certain Arts Class required us to learn to work with clay, I would try to invest into another bag of clay and sell figurines to classmates and teachers. I had those categorized, even using artsy terms I did not quite understand. Oh, wait, I had two sells there. One to a teacher and one to a class mate.
Now that I think of it, I had my first photograph copies sold in 4th grade, after I took a group picture of the whole school group during a visit to a monastery in the mountains.
Then that all went away for about fifteen years...Perhaps that is the more shameful moment. It's a shame, anyway.
Cheers!
Barter and trading was good when young, no repercussions except some much needed pocket change for chewing gum. Innocence is a wonderful thing.... then you grow up!
In my country the trick is used. Something that was used many years ago, but here is a way of survival
I think many places still use this method, many more will in coming times with localized problems showing themselves.
Yes. It is most likely
Haha! Not shameful at all I think. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong in you it seems, and from a young age.
You know, I think if you investigate most entrepreneurs back to their younger years you'll probably find a similar ethos or out-of-the-box thinking and the ability to pivot to new ideas quickly.
I declare this a great reveal!
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Thanks, mate! What I consider a shame now is the fact that I had given up on this out-of-the-box thing for quite a while to rediscover it at a much later time.
It's never too late...Get back on it, I mean it seems to be a big part of your character...Chase it mate. :)
ENGAGEtokens.Just a kid being clever and learning entrepreneurial skills, nothing shameful there. I used to make bracelets and shill them at school to buy cigarettes.
Aye, the only thing is...when you get to adult attempts you need more knowledge/expertise about whatever you're shilling now. Or at least about the ways you're doing it and the environment you're doing it in.
That's for sure, now you are accountable lol.
Yeah :(
I would buy that for...
Never got into the sales side of life.
But I love to buy shit. My savings account proves that... LoL
I would have been your weekly returning customer, spending my lunch money on your
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It's fine, I got pictures and drawings to sell. Worth more than a million dollars ;) Huge quantities. Need buyers.
Well, it was undoubtedly an undertaking and perhaps a sign that you had the blood of a salesman running through your veins, not everyone has that talent.
I also did it when I was a child, curious fact, I traded the paper dolls that my mom gave me to collect without her knowing 🙈, it makes me laugh a lot remembering it
I wish it were running as strong as back then, that salesman blood...Trying to rediscover it.
Hopefully you will be reunited with that! I was also impressed with that creative ability, creating clay figurines to sell I think was a good idea back then 🤗
Really enjoyed this. I think it's a great part of your history. 😊
Nothing wrong with this, as it should have been of much benefit to you in your adult life.
We all get shaped by our childhood years.
Thanks, probably would have been had it continued like that. But some block happened and it went on for another decade or two.
As in all of our lives my friend, we only return to it in later years to find out that we should have been doing it all along.
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Absolutely Zac, sometimes we get blindsided by the path life wants to push us down. A little thought about where we are and what the future could be may be all it takes to find the right path again.
Thank you for popping in Sir @stevenwood and yes, they say that we are to forget the past and only concentrate on the future, but they forget that excellent lessons lurk in our childhoods.
We act according to what life dishes out to us and most of us are unhappy about where it is that we ended up. Everyone has a hidden talent coupled to the love in their hearts and it is to find that talent and develop it.
Not easy my friend and I spent 40 years to find my own, but whenever one does, then life takes on a different real meaning.
Hey Zac, sorry for the delay my friend.
You are very right, I remember a phrase that goes something along the lines of:
Learn from the past while living in the present and planning for the future.
The seasons of life have many lessons to teach us, I think whatever season we are in, thinking about and practising what we have learned up to that point should make a great recipe for an authentic, happy life. It really is fantastic that you found your own special purpose, I wonder how many souls have walked this earth and never taken the leap to really do what they were placed here to do?
Maybe I am at exactly the point I was destined to reach with the combined knowledge I need to move forward from this point forward, who knows maybe if I had changed path ten years ago it may not have been the right time, life is funny like that sometimes.
Hope you and your lovely lady have a wonderful new week and the future has many more treasures of all kinds in store for you 🙂👍
Hi @stevenwood, no need to apologise as we are also running all over the olace here.
Maybe I am at exactly the point I was destined to reach with the combined knowledge I need to move forward from this point forward
I only found my real purpose at age 40 mate and there are many big names that only found theirs after the age of 60.
They say that once the student is ready, the Master will appear and I say that the Master will then open the doors.
Magic starts to happen once the focus and the decision is correct. The focus should never be on money, but rather on what you discover whithin yourself, as then the money will come by itself.
So, I can only wish you the very best on your way forward my friend.
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In early high school, I would sell condoms to people. A pack of 12 was about 6 dollars and selling them individually, I could get anywhere between 20 to 30 dollars for the pack.
Now that's real business thinking. I guess I were more of a craftsman than a tradesman back then as well. Never figuring out the right price.
The "right price" depended on their level of embarrassment to buy their own :)
And understanding that at an early age is powerful.
Also, let's take into consideration that it's actually their level of embarrassment to buy their own vs your level of embarrassment to ask for a high price. I was not fortunate in that regard.
I got 20 questions, but wording them would be just as awkward as I feel typing this...
Started young selling commodities required to young guys, most probably too embarrassed to go into pharmacy for themselves 😃 good profits....
Yep, that was exactly the case. Most of the buyers were likely years away from needing a condom :D
If ever there was an anecdote to explain why capitalism must prevail over socialism that's it!!! 😂🤦♂️
God bless the free market lol.
Sounds like someone being shifty to get some lunch money, or someone being really smart and making some serious coin as a kid! Well done
It was more like...probing the market ;)
You may well find that just by sharing this here with us today that those ideas begin flowing again. Thinking in ways that others do not see is a truly great skill to have and can lead you to places you may never have even considered.
Selling to the other kids is great but also selling to a teacher is bloody epic haha. 😎 Clearly you have a whole lot of potential inside to be re-tapped but you will do it and thrive in the future, best of luck man 👍
I do hope so ;)
Thinking about me back then, I see I was able to recognize some production capabilities and I had intentions to force new market trends on the general public. Teach them what they want. I was not experienced enough to be encouraged by partial success, though ;) Did not think statistically but rather emotionally. Let's see what can change with knowledge. Let's see if the proper attitude would return.
Actually I sometimes believe a little emotion can be the missing ingredient with such ideas. You are clearly thinking about this right now, that leads me to have absolute faith in your ability to get back on the horse and make small steps toward where you want to be.
Small steps are all it really takes as long as they are practiced repeatedly over time, maybe you could look in to affiliate marketing? There is a whole host of information, case studies and tutorials on YouTube. This is something I am planning on trying my hand at in the coming weeks and months, I will be writing some posts with names like 'affiliate marketing for normal people' as I have zero techie skills but believe I can achieve success in this area as it is actually a really simple business to operate (if you have persistence and the ability to change things and learn from your mistakes) and it costs little to no money to begin.
Either way I wish you all the luck and learning in the world my friend, repeating and refining whatever you decide to pursue will certainly lead to success. 😎
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Well, deliberately gaining knowledge. Putting it to practice shall soon be done. But in other fields than what most people would imagine. Time to reveal that might come as well ;) Not this weekend ;)
All the best!
Wishing you the very best of luck my friend, may you find much success in whatever you choose to turn your hand to. I believe 'anything' truly is open to us if we do as you suggest and deliberately gain knowledge.
Hope I notice the reveal, curiosity is a killer haha. Go be awesome man 👍😎
ENGAGEtokens.Many have already told you; it's not embarrassing at all.
By the way, something that is so natural in you doesn't disappear just because you have stopped doing it, maybe it's time for you to take it up again and exploit that capacity that is in you.
Well, I'm here and I am selling photos, drawings, paintings, short stories and I am making a game. The funny thing is, though, some of my ideas are obviously not to the taste of regulations since I was thinking about the same use of NFTs (not engaged into making it happen, fortunately for my unprepared head) just today described Here as sketchy and probably criminal ;)
Like minting virtual shares for my future game. Obviously not safe and fine to do so.
So, it's sometimes good to not be quick about it.
Not shameful but you were just starting a business at a younger age.
Good start.
That's definitely a little school yard hustler there! That's really cool and I think is a good thing to dabble in at a young age. Shows drive! Then as an adult you could reflect on some of it as needed.