I’m an ambitious 19-year old

At this point in time, ‘people are deciding between going to college (and usually working on side projects while they do so), joining a company, or starting their own startup.’

The lessons I learned?

• there is no such thing as an overnight success (cliche!)

• be aggressive

• never compare yourself to others; be genuinely happy

As cliche as it may be: There is no such thing as an overnight success

The "stuff" didn’t just came into me one day while I was in the shower— because I’m sorry to burst your bubble, no ideas come to us that simple.

For a year, I almost locked myself in my room looking into opportunities I could possibly explore, I drowned myself with reading autobiography books and even listened to podcasts while I take baths.

Then spent another half a year, taking three jobs all at the same time.

While I was in one of those jobs, a client saw my potential and wanted me to personally take on a project. And not even having the assurance if I knew what I was doing, I asked three amazing friends to work with me— and I grabbed the opportunity of building my first start-up.

Becoming aggressive…

From then on, I learned the skill of “fake it till you make it”.

I acted as if I was an expert of a lot things when in fact I just knew surface level knowledge of it or I just came across on the topic while I was scrolling on twitter.

Yet, I acted as if I am the smartest and has years of experience in the field.

The thinking didn’t fail me though, because in just half a year… I grew the start-up exponentially. I got random messages of part-timers thanking me for giving them job opportunities and had meetings and client calls even at dawn.

Never compare yourself to others, be genuinely happy

I learned several things from that first "stuff" I built which I believe I could bring in my next venture.

The greatest thing that helped me create it was when I decided to pursue it and not caring what the judgment of others will be. It was built with confidence, not minding what others will say.

If I had, I might have not pursued it, stopping at the point of asking myself, "What if this won't be successful, what will others say?"

As I was busy building, I also became more focus on improving my own self.

From then on, I became more genuinely happy with what others have achieved as well. Because I experienced how hard it was to build, making me realize how cruel it would be to drag others down rather than helping them instead.

I realized that in order for you to succeed and be genuinely happy, you should never compare yourself to others.

We have our own timeline, some may be ahead and some may be far way back but the journey we are taking is just the most perfect fit based on our circumstance.

(P.S. The first start-up was CryptoFutura, a marketing and management agency focused on Web3 projects)