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What No One Warns You About Sharing Knowledge for Free

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When I was in my 20s, I was very naive. Which is very common at that age, but I was super naive. I spent a lot of my time in front of the computer. I came across web design and got really good at coding.


Around that time, people were just discovering the internet. There were no big companies, and information was shared freely and openly without cost.


What happened is I grew up with the belief that knowledge is free. Basically, I thought that if you know something, you can tell anyone, and they will help you when they know something.
It hurt me a lot because people realized I was willing to tell them anything. I came to discover very good ways of making money, which my supposed friends would take and use to make money.


I kept telling myself I was young and that I still had time to make a lot of money. Then, around my 30s, I realized that I made a mistake, and when I asked the same friends for help, they were nowhere to be found.


It made me feel used and taken advantage of. My old boss said it best when he said I might know a lot about computers, but I don’t know a lot about people. He was right.


Let me know in the comments about the mistakes you made when you were young.

There is no perfect business

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When I was in middle school, my friend said he had a rich grandmother. I remember asking my friend to ask his grandmother how to get rich.
He did, and I remember she told him there is no perfect business. The way you get rich is to find something you kind of like and get really good at it. You will like it a lot when you are really good at it.


I spent years and decades looking for a perfect business idea. Only to realize what my friend’s grandmother said was true: there is no perfect business.


It’s funny because my friend now owns a security company and drives a Ferrari, while I’m living in my parents’ basement.


So if you are trying to find a perfect business idea that’s easy and will make you a lot of money, you will never find it; you will just waste time.

Why I Finally Accepted I’ll Never Be Rich

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Here is something interesting I discovered about myself.
Growing up, I was told you can’t be happy until you are rich.


I wasted so many years trying to create websites and other types of online businesses that never really took off. Even though I swore they would, every single time. I always told myself, once this one is done, I will be happy and can start living my life.


It wasn’t until recently that I accepted I will never be rich, because that’s not what happiness is to me.


I’m most happy when I am around people and having fun. Not when I am creating something that will make me money. Successful entrepreneurs are most happy when they are creating something, not when they are around people.


So I will be happy when I am surrounded by people who want to have fun, not make money.
I enjoy writing on this blog and sharing my life experiences so others can learn from my mistakes, and it has been getting some attention. If I get rich off of it, that is wonderful, but it’s meaningful to me that I am sharing something that will change people’s lives, not just make money. And that is what keeps me going.

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So if you are trying to create something that just makes money, it will never work. Because you will quit before it becomes successful.

Be careful about sharing your intentions with people

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I wanted to start a blog like this in 2008, when I was about 22 years old. I remember telling my martial arts teacher about it, and he asked why. I told him I wanted to share the lessons I learned. Instead of telling me, “That’s a good idea, go ahead,” he said, “Help me set up a blog. I’ve been wanting to start one for a while.”

Being young and inexperienced, and not knowing what I had, I agreed. I went on and set up the blog for him, which he only wrote in once. I figured I didn’t have much to write about and kind of put the idea aside.

Until 15 years later.

Looking back at it, he took advantage of me or he really wanted to set up a blog I’ll never know for sure ,  I was too naive to know.

This is why you never tell people why you are doing the things you are doing. You can tell them what you are doing, but never why. Because if you tell them why, you set yourself up for manipulation, jealousy, discouragement, or worse, in my case.

The best thing to do is tell people when you succeed, but even then, don’t tell them why. You ever heard that if you tell people your dreams, they never come true? This is why.

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What to do if you feel like a loser at 40

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Man staring on a road with a plan In his hand.

So you are forty years old with a list of boring, entry-level jobs. No girlfriend and no kids, no formal education, and you feel like life passed you by. You will never be a success story. Here is the truth: you can still turn your life around. Here are some ideas.

1. Stop doing what you are doing
If you are dwelling on the past or what could have or should have happened, STOP. That is not going to change anything. In fact, it will make it worse, because you are not making any progress forward.

2. Accept where you are
Take full responsibility for where you are in life. Not because of your friends or your parents. Not because of your environment, but because of the choices you made and the route you chose to take.

3. Make a plan
Decide what you are going to do from this point forward. If it’s going to be going back to get a degree or starting that business, make a detailed, step-by-step plan of what you are going to do every minute of every day for the next five years.

4. Go for it
Give it everything you’ve got. It’s live or die—give it every single piece of energy you have. Think that every day for the next five years is going to be hard and almost impossible if you don’t give it every single piece of willpower to change.

5. Once you achieve your goals
Once you achieve your goals in five years, be grateful and appreciative, because you could lose it fairly easily by falling back into your bad habits and thinking patterns.

Sometimes there is no easier way

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I recently realized one of the reasons I am not successful is that I keep searching for an easier and faster way of doing something. For example, posting pins on Pinterest in order to get readers to this blog. I’m always thinking about outsourcing it and having someone else do it.

But I have to realize that they won’t have the same passion to make it look and sound just right. That can only come from me. They will do the work just for the paycheck.

Sometimes in life, you have to take the longer road and develop patience, with no certainty whether you are going to succeed or not. It could be years before you know whether you wasted the last five years of your life.

There is no easier way. You have to take a risk and give it all you’ve got. That is the only way to win. You have to accept there is no “best” way to start — you just have to start. The worst thing you can do is not do anything

What will the future look like with AI?

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Artificial intelligence will no doubt affect our lives more than the internet has. There will be life-size robots that learn better than humans and can master a new task in a matter of seconds.

Machines will even build other machines entirely from scratch, designing and constructing them from beginning to end—all from a single prompt on your phone.

I predict that traditional jobs will become a thing of the past because there will be little point in learning a skill that AI can perform better and faster, often in seconds.

Throughout history, innovation and creativity have been highly valued in society. However, machines may soon surpass humans in these areas. Creativity might no longer be rewarded, just as talking is not considered a special skill because everyone can do it.

This raises a major question: what will humans do with all their free time if machines can perform every task for them?

I see two possible outcomes. The first is that society could resemble The Matrix, where people sit at home plugged into their AI devices while machines deliver everything they need. In this future, the AI might even become people’s best friends or partners, leaving humans more secluded than ever.

The second possibility is more hopeful: people could become more social than ever, no longer spending forty hours a week working or studying skills that machines can perform more efficiently.

In such a world, money might lose its importance, as everything becomes free or nearly free. Governments could adapt by providing a universal basic income, ensuring that everyone receives a monthly allowance.

I hope people will choose the path of connection and joy, but unfortunately, judging by current trends and social norms, I fear that friendships and social gatherings may become things of the past.

Six Things AI Will Be Capable of by 2035

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AI has made tremendous progress over the past few years, and I predict this progress will only continue to accelerate. Here are six things I believe AI will be capable of in the next decade:

1. Movies
You will be able to tell an AI, “I want to see a movie about this topic, with this plot, and starring these actors,” and it will create a studio-quality film within seconds.


2. No More Copyright
I predict that traditional books and news articles will become less relevant. AI will be able to report news in real time by watching television and gathering updates directly from people. As a result, copyright laws may become obsolete.


3. Instant Apps
Companies dedicated to building apps and websites may become unnecessary. As soon as someone comes up with an original idea, AI will be able to create it instantly.


4. Repetitive Work Eliminated
Tasks like data entry and copy-and-paste jobs will disappear. Instead, you will simply tell AI what you want done, and it will complete the task instantly and accurately.


5. AI as a Companion
People will converse with AI as if it were their best friend. This may lead to individuals spending more time indoors and in isolation. Professions such as teaching and counseling could be largely replaced by AI.


6. Human-Sized Robots
Human-sized robots will become common, capable of learning and performing tasks such as cooking with ease.

When you are young you should chase your passion not money

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I made the mistake of chasing money when I was young—really young, ever since I was thirteen. I was motivated by my immigrant dad to get rich. I wasted a lot of time in the computer field, although I got pretty close to success a few times. Still, I always felt like I was going down the wrong path and never truly fulfilled.

Now, at thirty-nine, I kind of wish I had pursued the regular path: going to college and getting a stable, safe job. I certainly would have felt more fulfilled and happy at this age.

When you are young, you should go full force into your passions and natural talents—the things that make you, and nobody else, happy—because chances are, you will succeed. At that age, you have all the time and freedom in the world. The older you get, the harder it becomes.

Let go Of Anger

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When I was about 14 years old, I used to make websites and earned money from advertisements. My mother was furious when she found out and didn’t let me continue. She said I was too young to make so much money. This event changed the course of my life forever. If I had kept going with my ideas, I would have made millions, if not billions, by now. I have spent the past 20 years being angry at her and at myself.

However, I decided to forgive her. A few days after I did that, my whole perspective changed. I realized that since I was holding on to anger, I was stuck. The truth of the matter is that I could still make websites and be successful. I was just furious because it was way easier in the past. I realized that new websites are being launched every day, and they become successful and turn into giant companies.

It wasn’t until I let go of anger that I realized it was not too late. Sure, I missed some opportunities, but there are an infinite number of opportunities available. I recently launched NinjaInventions.com. Check it out as I move forward with the next chapter in my life.