긱 워크에서 기업가적 마인드로의 여정

### 기업가 정신 수용하기: 긱 워크로부터 자아 발견으로의 여정
* 🚀 에이전시를 시작하고 UPW에서 일하기 전에는 안정성을 위해 9 to 5 근무를 하라는 친구들의 권유에도 불구하고 **Instacart와 DoorDash와 같은 공연 업무에 전념**했습니다.
* 💰 저는 9-5 근무로 10만 달러를 버는 사무직에 갇히기보다는 **긱 워크를 통해 연간 3만 5천 달러를 벌고 싶다**고 말했고, 친구들은 저를 미쳤다고 생각했습니다.
* 🎓 고등학교 졸업 후 저는 학업에 어려움을 겪었고, 결국 **은행 창구 직원으로 일하고 싶다**는 희망을 품고 전문대학에 진학했지만 점점 그 계획이 매력적이지 않게 느껴졌습니다.
* 😩 단조로운 업무를 반복하는 은행 창구 직원으로 평생을 보낸다는 생각에 두려움이 밀려왔고, **기존 직업에 대한 대안**을 고민하게 되었습니다.
* 🧠 결정적인 순간은 카페에서 오랜 시간 근무한 후, **10만 달러의 월급을 한 푼도 빠짐없이 모아도 100만 달러에 도달하는 데 10년이 걸린다**는 사실을 깨닫고 혼란과 분노를 느꼈을 때였습니다.
* 💡 이 분노는 평범한 사람들이 어떻게 **9-to-5 규범을 따르지 않고 재정적 성공**을 거두었는지 연구하겠다는 결심을 불러일으키며 제 기업가 정신에 불을 붙였습니다.
* 🌟 제 이야기를 공유하면서 많은 사람들이 제 생각과 어려움에 공감하고, **자신의 꿈을 추구하고 자신을 이끌어줄 멘토를 찾도록 격려**한다는 사실을 알게 되었습니다.
* 💬 YouTube 채널에서 수익 창출이 가까워질수록 잠재적인 광고 수익을 어떻게 처리할지 시청자의 피드백을 구하고, **수익보다는 사회에 환원하고 싶다는 마음**을 강조합니다.

그는 전통적인 9 to 5 근무 방식이 성공과 성취를 위한 길이 아니라는 것을 깨달았습니다.

So before I worked at UPW, before I started my own agency, I used to do a lot of gig work like Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, stuff like that. And I did that every day. A lot of my friends would tell me, Why don't you just get a job, like a 9-5 job? You're working all these hours doing this every day. You're better off just getting a job. You'll get paid more. The pay is more consistent. And I remember I told all of them, I would rather do what I do and make 35 grand a year than work a 9-to-5 sitting in some office and get paid 100 grand a year. And when I told them that, they all said, Oh, you're crazy. You're insane. Maybe I... maybe... All right. In this video, I wanted to take a couple steps back and kind of just tell people my story of what happened to me after I turned 18 and what my mindset was like.

uh back then, which kind of got me to start my entrepreneurial journey. Um, uh, which I guess led me to where I am now. Uh, but long story short, it's pretty much I can't work a 9 to 5. So for me, I didn't know what to do after I graduated high school. Like, I barely graduated high school. I had bad grades. Uh, I couldn't get into any of the colleges that I applied to. And at the very last second, I had to join like a community college. And my mom told me that if I can just find a way to graduate college, um, she could get me a job working at a bank as a bank teller. Like, she knew someone in the banking industry. And she told me she can get a job there if I can just graduate college. So my plan was like, okay, my goal is to just um, go to this community college, study really hard, transfer to um, like a university or a Cal State, graduate there, um, and then after I graduate, I'm going to work at a bank for

the rest of my life. And then I thought about it. Um, work at a bank for the rest of my life. Like, something about that just sounded kind of depressing and sad. Like, I'm not bashing, by the way. I'm not bashing anybody who works a 9-5 or who works at a bank. It's actually the opposite. Like, I have so much respect for people who can do this because I can't. Like, I physically can't do it. Like, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about, like, how this was going to be my life. Like, the more I started to panic. This is going to be my life. This is going to be what I do for the rest of my life as a bank teller, sitting in front of a desk, typing in numbers, doing the same thing every single day. So, from the very beginning, like, something just didn't sit right with me. And I used to work at a part-time as a part-time cashier at this one café. Uh, and I still remember to

this day like vividly, but there was one day where I got home from working a full shift, a full day shift on a Friday. It was 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., so I was working from opening to close that day. It was a full day, and I was dead tired. I remember I got home, and that Friday was the day where I received my paycheck. So, it was a two-e paycheck. It was like $450, I think. And I remember I was excited. I was dead tired, but I was looking at my paycheck of $450, and I was like, Oh, I can't wait to spend this. And I was thinking of all the different things that I can buy, whatever. I was lying in bed, dead tired, sleepy tired, and just thinking about, with my eyes closed, what I would do with this money. I was holding the check, lying in bed like this, because to me, that was a lot of

money, but once I got past that phase of, you know, thinking about what I can buy, I started to go a little further and start thinking about, like, okay, I'm making $450 every two weeks working at this part-time job. That's $900 a month, right, you know? And I was only working like three days a week, I think, at the time. So, I was like, okay, if I can ask for another workday per week, I can probably up this to $1,100 instead of $900 a month. So, $1,000 a month, um, for a broke high school student who just graduated, like, that's a lot. So, I was like, okay, let me do this for an entire year, $1,000 a month. Uh, let me save every penny, and I started to get, like, motivated. I was like, let me start to think of all the things that I can buy with $12,000. So, I went from thinking about what I can buy with $450 to, like, let me work for an entire year, make

$112,000. Okay, now I'm thinking about what I can buy with $112,000. So, I was excited, but the more I actually thought about it, like the longer I was lying in bed just thinking about how I was going to spend the $112,000, the more confused I got. 'Cause I was like, sure, $112,000 is a lot of money, but there's not a lot that I would want to buy, first of all. And also, I'm working an entire year, you know, taking drinks, you know, taking people's orders, making drinks, taking people's orders. Like, I'm already this tired from working one day. Can I even do this? Like, is this worth $112,000? And then I started to think about how people are actually making a full-time living, making all this money. And then I thought about it. I was like, okay, jobs that make a lot more sense. Like, I'm working at a minimum wage job at a cafe. Like, a 9-to-5 office job is different.

okay, these people are making $40,000 to $880,000 a year. You know, some paying, some high-paying jobs, higher-paying jobs like doctors, lawyers. They're making hundreds, um, $100,000 a year, and that's a successful job, that's a successful life. And I was like, okay, now I get it. So, I need to go, my goal should be to aim for these types of jobs, like these 9-to-5 jobs. That should be my goal. So, then I started to think about what my life would look like, um, once I start working a 9-to-5, like an office job, like just sitting in front of a desk, typing in numbers, filing paperwork, just doing the same thing over and over and over again. And I was like, I don't want to work in an office. Like, it's already distressful working at a cafe, and all I'm doing is just taking people's orders and making drinks, and I'm already distressed. Like, imagine a full-time job. You're telling me that I have to spend 8

hours a day, 5 days a week, doing the same thing over and over again, working for a company that doesn't care about me, and honestly, like, I don't care about the company either. Um, but you're telling me I have to do this for the rest of my life. Like, is this really the only way to make a living, to make money? Like, is this the only path that's available? And this was when, like, my confusion level started to reach, like, its peak, and my confusion slowly started to turn into anger. Like, I was like, wait a minute, how are there millionaires in the world? Like, I understand celebrities, I understand athletes, and, you know, these musicians, these professionals. Like, those people are making millions of dollars. Like, cool, I understand, like, all these actors, these world-level athletes, whatever, cool. I'm not talking about them, but I was like, celebrities aren't the only millionaires in the world. There are, there has to be other people that I don't know about, these normal people that have millions of dollars, that have

all this money. Like, how are they doing it, you know? Do they have a job? Do they have one of those, you know, successful $100,000-a-year jobs? So, I was like, okay, maybe this should be my goal, 'cause for me, I needed a goal. Like, I needed to know what path to take. So, I was like, okay, I work really hard, and then I get one of those $100,000 jobs. So, let's assume that I somehow found a way to live for free. I don't pay rent. I eat for free. I drive to work for free. I don't spend any money on clothes, um, on insurance, nothing. I have no bills whatsoever. And then, on top of that, let's assume that I somehow found a way to avoid taxes. Like, I found a cheat code or a hack. The government can't catch me. Somehow, the entire $100,000 a year that I make, the salary that I make, um, I keep all of it for myself. I don't have a single expense, and I save and I

somehow find a way to save every penny. It will still take me 10 years to reach 1 million. 10 years of slaving away, working at a job I hate 'cause I know I'm going to hate it, saving every single penny, not paying a dime in taxes, working at this supposedly successful top-tier job. Um, 10 years of that, and I have 1 million. There are multi-millionaires out there somewhere, billionaires. Like, I'm not even gonna get into that because I didn't, I couldn't even fa, that wasn't even a thought that went into my head. I couldn't fathom it at that point. But there are multi-million millionaires out there, these normal people. Like, let that sit. Like, I don't know about you, but that made me so angry. Like, I got up from my bed. Like, keep in mind, I was dead tired. Like, I just came back from working a 12-hour shift. I was lying in bed, eyes closed, ready to sleep. But as soon as that thought came into my

head like I just couldn't sleep. Like I got up from my bed and got in front of my computer, and I started to type like all the ways to make money, how people are making money in their sleep, how millionaires become millionaires. Like I was so angry and upset at the fact that my entire life I was told that I need to be striving for this N9 to-5, that the whole purpose of me going to school, going through all these things that I went through, learning all these things, whatever, to reach the Pinnacle of life, to have a successful life. I need to work towards this N9 to-5. This should be my goal. And then there are people out there making millions of dollars, and these guys don't work a 9 to-5. Like there's no way. Like I wanted to know what they were doing. Like I didn't sleep for two days, two days. I was just in front of my computer, angry, researching like I've never done anything like this in my entire life. Have you ever angry researched before?

like you don't know what you're doing. You don't know what you're looking for. You're just upset, and you need to know, so you just research like you don't care about anything. You're not, you're hungry. You have people calling you. You don't care. I need to find an answer to this. I'm going to find it. So, why am I mentioning this story? It's because if there's one thing that I learned over the past couple of months, um, posting on YouTube, it's that there are a lot more people like me than I actually thought. People who think like me, people who go through similar thoughts and similar situations. Like, I'm just a normal guy with extravagant thoughts. There are other normal people out there who have the same thoughts that I have, but before they get into it or before they actually do anything and take some action, they were told by someone else or they tell themselves that it's not possible. It's possible. Like, it's real. Like, I'm sitting here now telling you that it's

real find the right people you trust. You know, obviously be careful, but find these people, like whether it's me or somebody else, and learn from them, like implement their strategies. Um, and you can change your life. You can change your life. You can make money online. Don't listen to anybody else that tells you any different. And another thing that I realized, the longer you wait, the harder it becomes for you to start. The longer you wait, the harder it becomes for you to start. Like, whatever it is, like I'm not saying, you know, to quit your job or anything like that, but like, what do you want? What is it that you want in this life? And what are you currently doing to get there? So, it turns out I'm actually pretty close to monetizing my videos and, um, putting ads or getting paid for ads or whatever. And I never planned on turning this on, um, 'cause I don't want ads on my videos, but it turns out because I just, I watched one of my videos on a separate account, um, and I got ads on it. So, it

turns out there's already ads on my videos, and I didn't know that. Like, I thought I had to turn this on for there to be ads, but apparently not. Um, so I wanted to ask, like, 'cause I don't want to get paid for this. Like, I don't want it. Like, I don't want it. Um, so I just planned on turning this off, but I don't know if, like, I turn it off, there's going to be less ads, or if I turn it on, there's going to be more ads. Like, I don't know how this works. Um, so I wanted to ask, would you rather have me keep this off, and then maybe, I guess, there's going to be less ads? Like, I don't know how it works. Um, or do you want me to turn this on, you know, when I become eligible for it, so that I get paid for the ads, but then, like, I give it back to you guys? 'Cause, so, like, whatever money I make by the end of the month, I'll take a screenshot, show it to you guys, and then

give it away to like someone who comments or who's a subscriber, whatever. CU I don't want it. Like, I don't want this um, but I thought it'd be a cool way to kind of give back to you guys um, so yeah, let me know what you think. I didn't know like there were ads on my videos, so that's weird. Like, it's probably not going to be a lot anyways, but I wanted to ask um, in case you guys are interested cuz I don't want this um. I I never again, I never planned on turning this on, but I didn't know there were ads on my videos already, so I might as well like get paid for it and then I guess give it back to you guys or donate it or do something. So let me know.

I can't work a 9-5

Thomas Im

긱 워크에서 기업가 정신으로의 여정

저는 높은 연봉보다 유연성을 중시하여 9-5 근무 대신 Instacart와 DoorDash와 같은 공연 일을 매일 했습니다.

고등학교를 어렵게 졸업하고 커뮤니티 칼리지에 진학한 후, 어머니는 제가 졸업하면 은행 텔러 직업을 제안하셨습니다.

평생 은행에서 일한다는 생각에 우울한 기분이 들었고, 그 대신 창업의 길을 걷기로 결심했습니다.

긴 교대 근무를 마치고 450달러의 월급을 받자마자 저는 살 수 있는 모든 것을 생각하며 흥분했습니다.

하루만 더 일하면 월 수입을 1,100달러로 늘릴 수 있다는 사실을 깨닫고 1년 동안 저축해야겠다는 동기가 생겼습니다.

12,000달러를 벌기 위해 고민하면서 돈을 어떻게 써야 할지 혼란스러웠고 그 돈을 위해 그렇게 열심히 일할 가치가 있는지 의문이 들기 시작했습니다.

화자는 의사나 변호사 같은 특정 직업의 높은 연봉에 대해 반성하며 9-to-5 사무직을 목표로 삼을 것을 고민합니다.

그러나 반복적인 사무직에 대한 경멸을 표현하고 그것이 생계를 유지하는 유일한 방법인지 의문을 제기합니다.

화자의 혼란은 백만장자의 존재와 그들의 색다른 부의 경로에 대해 고민하면서 분노로 바뀌고, 궁극적으로 재정적 성공을 이루기 위한 목표를 추구합니다.

화자는 백만장자와 억만장자 존재를 인정하면서도 100만 달러를 모으기 위해 싫어하는 직장에서 10년을 일해야 한다는 생각에 좌절과 분노를 느낍니다.

이러한 깨달음은 전통적인 9 to 5 직장에서 벗어나 돈을 벌 수 있는 방법을 연구하게 되었고, 이틀 동안 잠 못 이루는 밤을 보내며 치열하게 연구하게 됩니다.

연사는 다른 사람들이 기존의 경로를 따르지 않고 수백만 달러를 버는 방법을 이해하기로 결심합니다.

연사는 답을 찾는 과정에서 길을 잃고 속상했던 자신의 경험을 공유하며 비슷한 생각을 가진 사람들이 많다는 것을 깨닫습니다.

또한 신뢰할 수 있는 사람을 찾아서 배울 점을 찾고 그들의 전략을 실행하여 삶을 변화시키는 것이 중요하다고 강조합니다.

또한 행동을 취하기까지 너무 오래 기다리면 시작하기가 더 어려워진다는 점을 강조하고, 예상치 못한 YouTube 동영상 수익화 과정을 공유합니다.

내 동영상에 표시되는 원치 않는 광고

최근에 제 동영상에 이미 광고가 게재되어 있는 것을 발견했는데 의도한 바는 아닙니다.

광고 기능을 끄고 싶지만 광고가 줄어들지 않을지, 아니면 나중에 켜면 광고가 더 늘어날지 잘 모르겠습니다.

광고로 수익을 얻은 다음 구독자에게 돌려주거나 기부하는 방안에 대해서는 열려 있지만, 시청자의 의견을 알고 싶습니다.