10K 달 달성하기: 중독의 힘

### 첫 월 1만 달러를 향한 여정: 중독의 힘 발견하기
* 💰 저는 2월 29일부터 3월 26일까지 총 결제액이 **14,862.19달러에 달하고 수익률이 약 70%**로 기업가로서 처음으로 **10,000달러를 달성**했습니다.
* 📈 저는 **2주 전에 이 이정표를 달성할 수 있다는 것**을 깨달았고, 영상에서 무엇을 이야기할지 확신이 서지 않았지만 제 여정을 기록하기로 결심했습니다.
* 🚗 흥미로운 점은 재정적인 성공에도 불구하고 여전히 **같은 옷을 입고 같은 친구들과 어울리며, 심지어 돈을 아끼기 위해 자동차를 없애기로 결정**하는 등 제 라이프스타일은 변하지 않았다는 것입니다.
* 🧠 여정을 통해 저는 성공의 열쇠는 재능이 아니라 제가 하는 일에 **'중독'되는 능력**이라는 것을 깨달았고, 비디오 게임에서 **비즈니스 구축으로 초점을 전환**했습니다.
* 🎮 저는 제 과거를 되돌아보며 게임과 판타지 농구에 대한 저의 헌신이 **규율이 아닌 중독**에서 비롯되었다는 사실을 깨달았고, 이 같은 사고방식을 **기업가적 노력에도 적용**할 수 있다는 것을 알게 되었습니다.
* 💡 이 깨달음은 제 관점을 바꿔주었고, **중독을 돈 버는 일이나 삶의 개선과 같은 생산적인 활동**으로 전환할 수 있다면 누구나 성공할 수 있다는 것을 알게 되었습니다.
* 🔑 궁극적으로 저는 다른 사람들의 의견은 개인적인 성장에 대한 제 자신의 헌신보다 덜 중요하며, **올바른 집중력만 있다면 마음먹은 것은 무엇이든 이룰 수 있다**는 것을 깨달았습니다.

생산적인 일에 중독되면 누구나 놀라운 성공을 거둘 수 있다는 것을 그의 첫 10K 달이 보여주었습니다.

all right, so I just hit my first 10K month as an entrepreneur. For the first time in my life, I made $10,000 in a month. Okay, so I took screenshots of all the payments that went into my account. These are all the payments that went into my actual bank account in the last 30 days. I do actually have two more payments coming that they've already been paid, but it's just that I haven't, you know, they're not actually in my bank account. It's going to come in a couple of days. So at the time of me recording this, it's not in my bank account, so I didn't include it. But anyways, from February 29th to March 26, these are all the payments. If you add them all up, I did it right here. It's $14,862.19. And that's revenue. So my profit margins are around 70 to 80%. I just took the low end, so 70%. And you do the math, it's just over $10,000.

this is again not including these two payments that are going to be uh coming in a couple of days. You know, I actually realized that I was on my way to making 10K this month, like around two weeks ago. Like, I did the math and I was like, Oh, I'm on Pace to hit uh 10K this month. And I wrote it down because I thought it'd be a cool video idea, like, you know, my first 10K month as an entrepreneur. Um, so I wrote it down, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there's not much, there's not going to be much for me to actually talk about in the video. Like, yeah, the video topic is great, but like, what do I talk about? How did I make the money? Upwork? I have literally over 30, 40 videos talking about how I made, you know, my money. How long did it take for you to build your business? Um, a little under a year. What are you doing with the money? Nothing. It's just sitting in my bank.

account what changed in your life after you started making 10K per month. Nothing. I live the exact same life. I hang out with the exact same people. I wear the exact same clothes. Like, I never bought anything crazy, like a new car or whatever. You know what's crazy? Is I actually got rid of my car. I realized that I work from home and I don't really go out that much. The only time that I even do go out is to go to the gym or to get, like, groceries, you know, things like that. And I could just walk. Like, everything is just walking distance. I'm walking everywhere now. Or if I, like, I also have a bike, so I can use that. And if I do need a car to, let's say, I'm going somewhere that's, like, far away, whatever, I can just pay for an Uber, you know, or pay for a Lyft or pay for a ride, and it'll still be cheaper than, you know, all my car payments, insurance, gas, maintenance, um, you know, registration fees, whatever I did have to pay. So I got

rid of my car, so I'm making the most money I've ever made, and I'm living a less extravagant life. Like, I feel like I'm getting more stingy with my money, at least for myself. Like, I've worked really hard for this money. Um, I'm not just going to spend it on things that I don't really need. But yeah, I had this great video idea, but I didn't really know what to talk about, so I was just like, Okay, let me just keep it simple. Um, and provide some sort of value, because for me, I did learn a lot of things throughout this journey. And there was one thing that I actually did figure out that kind of propelled me to, I guess, get me to where I wanted to be. And once I figured it out, it kind of just made everything click for me. So, I wanted to just talk about that in this video, and it might sound dumb or cliché to some people, but I actually believe this is the reason why there are people out there making tons of money doing all these crazy

things so a year ago when I first used to see like these types of videos, you know, um, making 10K per month, raw realities of making 10K per month online, 100K per month online, whatever. My mentality at first was like, oh, this is a scam, this is, or he's a liar, uh, he's just trying to sell me something, uh, it's not real. Even if it was real, the content that I'm looking at right now, like whatever, or this business model, it's completely outdated, um, the business model is outdated, it's oversaturated, um, there's no point of me getting into this now, I'm just going to be behind everybody else, or like, he's only made it because he's extremely lucky, you know, right place, right time, he had the Head Start that I don't have, um, and that's the only reason why he made it, all these, all these useless dots. And now I'm on the other side, and I realize something. All it takes for you to get to where I'm at or further than

where I'm at 'cause I believe a lot, a lot of people can get a lot further than me. I'm just a normal guy, like I keep saying this. I don't have any particular talents or skills, um, I'm not particularly good at anything, um, and I got here. There are tons of people out there that actually have a lot of talent and skill, but they just don't get to where they want to be because they don't have this one thing, and that thing I found is addiction. You know, I used to think that I was the laziest person in the world, like I had no dedication, um, no discipline, like it was impossible for me to become, you know, that type of person because that just, it just wasn't me. Um, I was lazy. I was born a lazy person. Nothing I can do about it. For example, all these people, you know, that have a great body, it's because they're disciplined people. They have the discipline to go to the gym every day, um, so they have that disciplined mind, and I

thought you know they are born with it, and I was born with a lazy mind. You know, it's just not meant to be, you know, for someone like me. I never did well in school. I would always procrastinate on things because I just didn't want to do it. So, I thought it was because I was just lazy, and I was just born a lazy person. And people used to tell me that I was lazy, you know, and they reaffirmed it, like, you know, especially my mom. Uh, like, she used to tell me all the time that I was the laziest person in the world. So, I always had, you know, that mentality, you know, I'm a lazy person, I'm a lazy person. The reason why I'm not good at this, or the reason why I can't do this, is because I'm too lazy to do it. And because I had that mindset, it became my reality until this one day. Um, some of my mom's friends came over to our house, and I was in the living room, uh, playing video games. Like, that was all I did. I. I

think I was playing like Fortnite at the time, and my mom's friends were watching me, and they're like, Oh, you're so good. Um, oh, you got this kill, whatever. Oh, he's so good. How at this game? How did he get so good? And my mom was like, You know, it's not that impressive. This is literally all that he does. He plays this game all day, every day. He's addicted to that game. And that was the first time someone told me that I was addicted to something. And, you know, at the time, I didn't really think too much about it. And then my friends and I, um, played Fantasy Basketball every single year. And for me, I was just always at the top. So, pretty much every year, I would always be, you know, the first place, second place, third place, whatever, top three. Because all I would do when it came down to Fantasy season is just constantly be on my phone checking the Yahoo Fantasy Basketball app. You know, when I'm at home, I would watch videos, I would listen to podcasts, I would watch as many games as

I can while you know reading through different forums and um different pages whatever just so I can understand what's going on in the basketball World fantasy basketball world and like I'm reading through forums. I'm watching videos, taking notes, and listening to people talking about different strategies, whatever. And I'm taking notes like pen and paper notes. I'm literally sitting in front of a computer, watching somebody or hearing somebody talk about fantasy basketball, and just taking notes like my life depended on it. And my friends, like every year, um, they would tell me like, Bro, you're addicted. But for me, that was why, you know, I was always at the top. And I don't know if you know what Valorant is, but it's a video game. When it first came out, uh, my friends started to play it. I wasn't really that interested in it because, you know, I didn't, I wasn't really a PC gamer. I was more of a console gamer. Um, so my friends kept trying to get me to play it, but I wasn't really that interested. So they've been

playing it for an entire year until you know after a year. They've been, they kept trying to talk me into it, and then after a year, I caved in, and I started playing, and it was fun for me. I had a lot of fun playing, you know, with my friends, even by myself at the time. It was a lot of fun for me, and keep in mind, like, my friends had a one-year head start on me. Like, they've been playing for an entire year, and I just started, and in a couple of months, I became better than everybody. I had the highest rank amongst all my friends. I was just better than all of them because I got addicted. Like, I played every single day. Like, when I say every single day, I mean every single day, no days off. Literally hours on, and every single day. If I wasn't playing Valorant, I was either watching Valorant YouTube videos or I was thinking about Valorant in some sort of way. I had a dream about Valorant. Do you know

how addicted you have to be to have a dream about a video game. But the reason why I got addicted is because for me it was fun. You know, I wanted to catch up to my friends and, you know, show them that, you know, I'm at their level or I'm better than them, whatever. And they would ask me, you know, you know, like how'd you get so good in such a, uh, short amount of time. And I'll would tell them, like literally, it's because I play all day. Like there's no secrets. It's, I just play all day. I spend hours in customs learning different lineups, practicing my aim. I downloaded third-party party apps to help me with, you know, certain strategies and, you know, my game plays, improving my skills. And I would literally just do that every single day for hours on end. And I tell that to people or to my friends and they would be like, bro, you're addicted. And some people would look at me and tell me like, wow, that's dedication, that's discipline.

you know, and I would think to myself, like, No, that's not discipline. All I'm doing is doing something that I enjoy. I'm doing it because I have fun with it. It's not discipline. Like, me playing Valor every day is not discipline. Me watching YouTube videos on fantasy basketball and taking notes, that's not discipline. Like, is it? And that's when I realized that maybe the reason why I'm good at whatever video game I play is not because I'm some sort of video game prodigy, but it's because I got addicted to it. Maybe the reason why I was better than all my friends at fantasy basketball is not because I'm some sort of fantasy basketball prodigy, but it's because I got addicted to it. And that's when it actually started to click in my head that I can do anything if I can get addicted to it. I can lose weight and get in shape if I can get addicted to losing weight and getting in

shape. I can do better in school if I got addicted to doing better in school. I can make a ton of money if I can get addicted to making a ton of money. And that's why now all of these YouTubers, these gurus that I used to always just look down on, um, now I have nothing but respect for them, even though, because regardless of whether or not I actually like, agree with their intentions or their motives, whatever, they were able to do something that most people just never figure out, and that's being able to get addicted to the right thing, the thing that's going to actually make you money, the thing that's going to actually improve your life for the better. Everybody has the ability to become disciplined, dedicated, and addicted to something. You're just putting it into things that aren't really that productive. If you can just find a way to get addicted to making money, you're going to make money, like I guarantee it. You don't know what you're getting yourself into. You don't know

where to start. You don't care because you're addicted. You're going to figure it out. You're going through some problems or some issues in your business. You don't care. You'll figure it out because you're addicted. It's your ability to get addicted to something that's going to get you where you want to be, whatever it is. Now, how do you do it? How do you get addicted to something that's boring? Um, because it's not fun, like starting your own business. It's not fun. You're not always going to be smiling and laughing like you are maybe in a video game, you know? Um, to be honest, I don't know. Honestly, I don't know how I was able to make that shift. I think for me, it's just once I realized that all it takes is addiction. I don't know. I just, I just did it. I don't know how. I don't know how else to explain. I just, I just did it. But everyone has this ability if you could just, if you can just find a way to take

this ability to get addicted to something and put that addiction into, for example, making money. You'll be good. It's hard. It's going to be tough to do, yes, but that's the answer. So, that's my secret. I'm a normal guy who found a way to take his ability to get addicted to something and then shift it into making money. A normal guy who found out that with this, he can pretty much get whatever he wants in life. A normal guy who found out that the opinions of others don't really matter that much. A normal guy who found out that the only person who cares enough to improve your life is you.

My first $10k month as an entrepreneur

Thomas Im

한 달 만에 처음으로 $10,000를 벌었고, 총 수익은 $14,862.

저는 2주 전에 이 이정표를 달성할 수 있다는 사실을 깨닫고 동영상 아이디어로 기록해 두었습니다.

추가 수입에도 불구하고 제 생활은 크게 달라지지 않았고, 심지어 차를 없애고 걷거나 자전거를 타거나 Uber를 이용하는 교통수단을 선택했습니다.

화자는 자동차를 없애고 덜 사치스러운 삶을 살면서 더 많은 돈을 벌고 있습니다.

처음에는 다른 사람들의 재정적 성공의 정당성을 의심했지만 이제는 목표에 대한 집착이 성공의 열쇠라는 것을 깨달았습니다.

연사는 많은 재능 있는 사람들이 중독이라는 한 가지 중요한 특성이 부족하기 때문에 목표를 달성하는 데 어려움을 겪고 있다고 생각합니다.

연사는 게으른 사고방식으로 어려움을 겪었고, 어머니를 포함한 주변 사람들로부터 끊임없이 동기 부여를 받지 못한다고 느꼈습니다.

그럼에도 불구하고 비디오 게임과 판타지 농구에서 두각을 나타내며 이러한 활동에 대한 헌신과 노력을 깨닫게 되었습니다.

연사의 친구들은 종종 이러한 취미에 대한 중독을 지적했지만, 결국 성공으로 이어진 것은 이러한 강렬한 집중력과 헌신이었습니다.

친구들의 권유로 1년 만에 드디어 발로란트를 시작했고, 금세 중독이 되었습니다.

몇 달 만에 친구들의 실력을 뛰어넘어 최고 랭크를 달성했습니다.

매일 게임을 플레이하고, 유튜브 영상을 시청하고, 심지어 게임에 대한 꿈을 꾸는 등 헌신적으로 노력했고, 실력을 향상시키기 위해 타사 앱을 사용했습니다.

화자는 자신의 일상 활동을 되돌아보며 비디오 게임과 판타지 농구에서의 성공이 규율이 아닌 중독 때문이라는 사실을 깨닫습니다.

체중 감량이나 돈 버는 것과 같은 긍정적인 추구에 중독되면 성공으로 이어질 수 있다는 결론을 내립니다.

이제 연사는 생산적인 활동에 중독되는 기술을 습득한 사람들을 존중하며, 누구나 가치 있는 일에 절제하고 헌신할 수 있는 잠재력을 가지고 있음을 인정합니다.

중독은 창업과 같이 지루하거나 힘든 상황에서도 도전을 극복하고 목표를 달성하는 원동력이 될 수 있습니다.

핵심은 그 중독성을 돈 버는 것과 같은 생산적인 일로 전환하는 것입니다.

궁극적으로 자신의 삶을 통제하고 다른 사람의 의견에 영향을 받지 않는 것은 개인의 성장과 성공을 위해 매우 중요합니다.