Don't Listen to Your Teachers! How I made $40,000+ Selling Stickers in High School

[penner]

@mmarco Savage

 

[mmarco]

@penner gotta keep it

 

[bdcarpenter]

@mmarco Super sick post fam

 

[mmarco]

@bdcarpenter Appreciate it!

 

[bridgetf]

@mmarco Yes! I wish I could go back and use my free time learning to code

 

[mmarco]

@bridgetf Ugh I feel that! I was working on cool stuff, but I still spent a lot of time fucking around and wish I learned how to code younger.

 

[a1cityflowers]

@mmarco Don't listen to the comments, they also do not want you to live your dreams lmao

Edit: I'm being sarcastic but also agreeing with you and I like this post and the newsletter is fine with me because you provided some kind of value in the post.

 

[mmarco]

@a1cityflowers Thank you!! Someone who understands haha.

Everyone will try to drag you down to their level.

You’re a real one.

 

[sadnopi]

@mmarco "Don't listen to your teachers, trust your gut." What a quote! Love it.

 

[mmarco]

@sadnopi Thank you!! Maybe I need a blog based on this. There’s a good clip of Sam Altman saying NOT to take advice because no one knows your exact situation. Could be a good one.

 

[panevino]

@mmarco What's ur redbubble shop?

 

[mmarco]

@panevino I shut mine down a while ago due to Redbubble's change in copyright rules (they're much stricter on music stuff than they used to be 8 years ago). Now I do content full-time.

 

[mysz]

@mmarco And today what are your earnings off the stickers?

 

[mmarco]

@mysz I now run a content business doing $25,000/month which incorporates the photoshop skills I acquired. I stopped adding new stickers so it’s negligible.

 

[mysz]

@mmarco my man, you should send this to the teacher who told you to put the laptop away.

 

[mmarco]

@mysz Now that’d be a funny story to write about

 

[tvaughn]

@mmarco Hey friend. Not going to hate but I think the main disconnect from your story and many others is that you had a passion and drive to do what you wanted to do that is not really common among the general population.

In your stories you talk about going up to potential customers and hinted at making multiple friends so you're socially adept enough to interact with and maintain clients. You also demonstrate being willing to invest time and energy beyond the point of discomfort and to use your own leisure time growing your skills. To be honest that alone is more than a lot of people can do WITH financial knowledge or business experience.

Unfortunately for a lot of people the issues leading to them not developing said skills are usually fundamental to that person and not necessarily going to change. That's not meant to be mean. Most people don't want to do anything more than they need to and most people enjoy chilling more than grinding and honestly that's better for more serious entrepreneurs.

So my point is that you already had a strong sense of a skill and determination that someone wouldn't need education to learn, because it's mostly someone you either develop or don't for most people. As a result I think the college/teachers element is irrelevant. I'd say in your case you made a good call, but honestly people like you that would be the outlier are probably not on here, they're probably working on their brand or business. Much like you were

 

[nikdo]

@mmarco Hey, different strokes for different folks.