Next cycle

    I think that the optics of how I grew my business in 2023 could be interpreted in many ways. From proving myself and growing the business 10x, to being irresponsible with money and going back to where I started.

To be fair, I did predict that scaling an Airbnb business in Seoul would not be sustainable, yet Sean Lawrence's greed got the best of me. However, I did prove myself capable of earning $10k in profits per month. Which is the first big milestone of successful people. So I am moving in the right direction.

What I did not realize, however, was that earning $10k/month is actually quite far from achieving the dream life of sports cars and nice houses. Oh, how naive I was. But then again, it made me physically aware of the matrix, and that $3k or $5k per month salaries are just made-up numbers. There is no reason for me to stop at $10k/month. I could have gone up to $20k/month, $50k/month, and even $100k/month.

Nothing limits me, except myself. How much money I decide to make is the money I will be making.

This was a visceral realization. There's clearly a difference in understanding a concept when you "know" about it, and when you "experience" it.

Had I not been caught doing Airbnb in Seoul when I did, I may have continued half-assing it, and actually the timing to end all contracts worked out very well. It could have easily messed up with my Airbnb account had I been caught after extending some contracts. So the timing of me getting caught actually worked out very well.


Overall I think that few things became very clear to me this year.

On the constructive side, I am very capable of building a large company, and I think making $20k/month, $50k/month is pretty much within reach at this point. Also, it turns out I am very good at creating systems to run a business and hiring and managing people.

On the downside, as I am aggressive when it comes to building business, I can be aggressive with my spending. I can be impulsive with spending. And that can come to bite me in the ass if I don't save enough to expand. Also, I was quite careless when it came to looking after my mental health and overall happiness. When I look back, I was not exactly happy most of the time. Despite having improved my overall quality of life, I was quite stressed a lot of the time.

So this could be a good thing starting over from scratch. Give myself a clean slate to restart, and build the foundations strong. I will have more mental space to focus on building my health systems, and social systems since the journey from 1~8 units has been done. I pretty much have to repeat what I have already done but in slightly different ways.


So yeah, I think 2024 is going to be my great breakout year. 2023 was a breakout year as well, but in 2024, I will know exactly what I am gunning for and I will achieve my ideal self and life.






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