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About MJ DeMarco
MJ DeMarco is a semi-retired entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and international best-selling author whose books have been translated in over 25 languages worldwide. He is the current founder of Viperion Publishing Corp., a media company focused on online and print content distribution. He also is admin/founder for The Fastlane Forum, the web's leading destination forum for start-up, finance, and entrepreneurial business discussions.
Before embarking into the world of writing and authorship, he was the former start-up Founder/CEO of Limos.com (1997-2007), a global ground transportation aggregator and marketplace that he successfully built and grew into a profitable multi-million dollar company, all with no money, no formal training, and with just a few employees. In 2001, he sold the company in an exit event but later reacquired the company via bankruptcy reorganization. He later sold the company again in 2007 to a Phoenix-based private equity company.
By refusing to accept society's default template for mediocrity (THE SCRIPT: jobs, 401(k)s, frugality, give your life savings to Wall-Street) MJ was able to retire young in his thirties without sacrificing the good life. Yes, that means he isn't playing Wall-Street's "hope, wait, and pray" game where you nervously invest all your savings into the stock market, all while commiserating over the Starbucks you couldn't drink because saving $4.12 was more important. (Do people seriously believe that sh*t?)
Currently, MJ owns a publishing company that produces, distributes, and licenses his work worldwide while contributing daily to TheFastlaneForum.com: an entrepreneurial community featuring over 50,000 entrepreneurs. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and enjoys road trips, softball, travel, fitness and nutrition, working out, and recklessly exploring the Sonoran desert on his UTV.
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Blog postThought it would be cool to have a separate stock market discussion thread, like the "Random Thoughts/Chat" thread -- this is the thread to post in if you want to discuss any stock market trading day, including any insights or forecasts you might have. Or, this is the place to post random economic activity information, posts, tweets, etc.
Here is the thread to vote on where 2022 will end...
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Blog postI was watching a video posted on YouTube made my MJ here that mentions turning specialized skills into specialized units. This basically means you take a skill and monetize it in a way that removes the variable of time. I really enjoy digital marketing and SEO, and as a young guy I'm learning how it works to get paid to use that skill set. However, I'm not really sure how people could completely stop trading their time for money with a digital marketing skill. I understand people start...
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Blog postWhat improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.1 hour ago Read more -
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Blog postCHAPTER IV: 4 LIBERTY
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” - George Bernard Shaw
Oh boy, this month was an interesting one. First of all, happy early 4th of July! It might surprise you, but summer is my least favorite season of the year, probably because I feel relaxed and cheerful during cold times or maybe because I like being a cold person overall. Therefore, Q3 will be quite a...
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Blog postHello Fastlaners,
I'm currently on month 9 of living in my 300 sqft Recording Studio (1. technically not allowed 2. I shower at the gym and use the kitchen at my Job),
the lease is $850 and I just recently started letting people in to record music (for free). I finished MFL audio book and physical copy recently and wish I'd discovered it sooner.
This is my first attempt to start a business and I'm not scared to fail because there's always something to learn.4 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHi everyone! My name is Sonia and I just started a vegan takeout/delivery kitchen. English is my third language so please feel free to ask me questions if my sentences don’t make sense Hopefully, I can rephrase them.
After almost 5 months, I barely make enough money to cover our Chef paycheck (I’m paying from my pocket for rent, ingredients, advertising, …). I had savings for start up and I was ready for losing money for at least one year. However, I’m getting close to losing all4 hours ago Read more -
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Blog postHi ! I recently watched a company called WonderShare from what I see it's a company that builds software and I scrolled toward some porn blocker on internet and famiSafe which is a porn blocker from their company seems to be a great bet for parents who need to control children from internet access and pornographic websites I came across their website to inspire myself on how I can make my website better and my porn mobile application better which is a future project I want to do. With the...5 hours ago Read more
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Blog postLike to post something but it doesn't need its own thread?
This thread is for you!
Thought I'd create a random thoughts and chit-chat thread for anyone who'd like to post something, but it doesn't need it's own thread.
For example, I just learned today that an idea I had years ago for an airport valet service is now reality. Not only is it reality, but it is growing and grabbing funding.
The service is EXACTLY as I envisioned it would be.6 hours ago Read more -
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Blog postNot a fan of Chomsky, but he once said this...
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
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Blog postSo one month after I've read all three books, how was my progress? I'm not gonna lie I kinda just did a lot of action faking (watching alex hormozi and reading threads, while valueable weren't the solution the the problem in front of me). Why? I think the issue was a lack of clearer direction. I had a general overview of where I wanted to be but no real plans to get there. So I decided to fix that by 1. taking the web design course (by putting money down it'll keep me more accountable) and...6 hours ago Read more
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Blog postNow that there's several thousands out there in the wild, guess it is time to start a thread for those of you who have read (or listened to!) UNSCRIPTED!
Hope everyone enjoyed it and found it to be a good "big picture" supplement for The Millionaire Fastlane!
To download the first (5) chapters: HERE
To learn more (website) visit: HERE
To order via Amazon: HERE
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Blog postNow that there are over 500,000 copies out there in the wild, multiple language translations, etc. this is the thread to let me know that you've read The Millionaire Fastlane.
If you read the book, post here and you will get an icon under your screenname and additional forum privileges.
Feel free to post your comments about the book as well!
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Blog postYouTube has sucked me in and spat me out, possibly more confused than ever.
I’ve been publishing videos on YouTube since 2017 but only made slow progress. Originally, I wanted to drive traffic to my website and sell my books with it. I’ve had some success, but it’s been steady with low volumes.
After joining this forum in September 21, I read the post “Figuring out YouTube” here. Following a great exchange with @Andy Black, I realised my videos weren’t good enough a7 hours ago Read more -
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Blog postHey Fastlaners,
As Bitcoin is slowly becoming the real deal. I wanted to give Bitcoin it's own thread containing just long-term & short-term predictions & any big crypto news to help any others who's trading, hodling, etc. a place to throw in your predictions & any actions you plan on taking.
I see the current stage of Bitcoin & crypto as the new Napster & Limewire. Industry bigs (middle-men) will do all they can to fight it & shut it down, but they7 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHello Fastlane,
I am still in my product development phase. Can anyone recommend a IOT hardware prototype design company. So far we have been in contact with Knox Innovations in India, but I was hoping for a personal reference.
Thanks much,
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Blog postAfter posting my general advice post here , I realized that one of the most burning questions that people struggle with is "how do I come up with an idea that isn't already done?" and "how do I test whether I can successfully sell this product without a huge investment?".
This is the first time I am writing down this process on paper, but this process in general is one of the ways my business partner and I have successfully launched multiple big products that h8 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI don't know what do to really
I feel like I wasted the last 2 years and did nothing besides jumping from one business ideas to another.
I start a new idea hyped up, work a bit on it, a fail. In the end, I didn't learn something out of it.
Is the problem that I don't really commit to it ?
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Blog postHey fastlaners,
I started a new website recently and while I'm seeing some results, it's just a slow grind. Essentially I'm working on improving the site, doing seo and all of that, but I'm not making enough money to live off of it. On the other hand there is huge potential in my opinion.
So I'm unsure at the moment if I should continue growing the site or not. I guess my main issue is a lack of trust in the process. I mean my trust in society is very low and I've b8 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHere are my best defenses, and worse defenses for inflation, in order of strength.
This, of course, is purely my opinion based on 50+ years of experience on this planet Earth.
Feel free to comment, add your thoughts, or add your rankings.
And then, adjust your strategy now and in the future.
Notice how these strategies all fall-in line with a Fastlane strategy.
BEST DEFENSE (IN ORDER OF POWER)ACTIONABLE DEFENSEA...9 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI had a chat with Tony who describes how: One simple question got him unstuck. He's only been on Quora for 30 days helping people. He's only posted 29 times but is now top ranked for his subject matter. His bio sends people to a survey where he asks opened ended questions (as per the Ask book by Ryan Levesque). He's had 300 surveys and email addresses. He's done 5 free 30 minute coaching calls. One free coaching call converted on the spot to a $400 coaching package... Read more10 hours ago Read more
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Blog postHi all.
So this year has been a ride and Im thinking about writing a progress blogg to get input but also to organise my days. Maybe I will get some good advice and maybe others can get some ideas.
This all started in june last year with my first business which was a beauty clinic where we rented a room in an existing clinic with just my partner who did treatments, turnover was about 5k a month and 1k profit. In december, I got the idea that I could sell machines to beauty clinics10 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI've recently learned about the existence of early-stage VC companies that accept candidates willing to launch a startup, or startup founders still at an early stage, train them and help them find cofounders during this process, then invest in some of the companies selected.
Such VCs include Antler ( Early Stage Venture Capital Firm | Get Funded) and (Apply Now - Entrepreneur First).
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Blog postHey everyone,
So I'm creating this thread to track my progress growing my web design business from zero.
First off a little background on me:
I'm an 18 year old high school student, and I have never made a single penny online, so I'll be learning a lot as I go. I started learning to code back in December 2017, and so far I have taken the courses on @Fox 's gold thread on web design that he recommended, along with the Fox Web School course, so I have a11 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHello Everyone,
Recently I read an article on Diamond trading.
Would be grateful if anyone here with experience in diamond trading share experience.. As a beginner does it really need lots of heavy capital or highly complex skills..
Is it in alignment with forum's CENTS parameters ?
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Blog postYou should get 8 hours of sleep, bla bla bla.
Its f!cking impossible!
I`ve been putting real effort into trying to get my sleep in order.
Eating earlier in the day, staying away from coffee, make sure that I dont work pass 12:00 AM as I usually did, getting up early so I can do most of my work in the morning.
Bought a new thick memory foam matress, new pillows, put a timer on all the routers, no electronics of any kind in the bedroom etc.
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Blog postHowdy Folks,
Intro:
I am starting this thread as a long time lurker and occasional commenter. My goal is to use this thread as accountability to get things moving in my business life. I have been stagnant for a long time and am ready to get moving.
About me:
I am 51, living in the boonies of Wv but within 30ish minutes of a 100k population town in Va. I own several part-time businesses (all slow lane) and looking to take at least 1 of them to the next11 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI am going to post a quick little update on what I've been hustling around doing.
Real Estate: Bought 2 flip houses, both for a total of $30k. Been busting a$$ trying to get some people out there to start working on the place. Where these two houses are the people are either jacked busy for 2-3 months out or just never show up. So finally got a quality guy doing work on one house and hurrying to get it done before economy completely tanks.
Landscaping: Partnered with12 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHey guys! I've been on this forum for ages, but was just silently absorbing the valuable information you all provide and enhancing my mindset to start my entrepreneurial journey. I've learnt to just love everyone from the bottom of my heart which motivates me to desire to solve problems from the right place. I'm starting a 90 day challenge, of going from $0 to $1K a month as a starting point. Wish me luck! And thanks so much to MJ for helping make all this possible Please treat me well.12 hours ago Read more
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Blog postIf you read THE GREAT RAT RACE ESCAPE, please post here!
I'm happy to announce that my next full length book (444 pages, 16 hours Audible) is now available with a release date of Tuesday June 29th, 2021.
- Audible Audiobook
- Amazon Paperback
- Amazon Kindle
- Google Play
- Kobo
- Apple
- Barnes And Noble
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UNSCRIPTED - The Great Rat Race Escape: From Wage Slavery to Wealth, How to...12 hours ago Read more -
Blog postHello, I am 17 years old (living in Germany) and I perceived that it is very hard to find people who are interested in learning something new together for instance programming to enable the opportunity to do cool, innovative projects. All teenagers in my age are interested in taking drugs like alcohol or doing other things that are only a waste of time (watching youtube videos together). I can't say that I am a perfect kid that has done everything without a mistake, but I can say that I am... <13 hours ago Read more
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Blog postSo this is an open call for everyone to share their "FTE" story, otherwise known as their "F*ck This Event."
A "F*ck this event" is an incident in your life that pushes you over the ledge of a SCRIPTED existence. It is a pejorative "I've had it!" or a "I can't live like this!" moment that screams it's time for you to change.
Interest moves to commitment. Thinking moves to action. Desire moves to obsession.
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Blog postI am delighted to announce KKRS!
Here is episode ZERO for people that want to learn what the show is all about. Big thinking capitalist radio for leader entrepreneurs.
Kyle Keegan Radio Show: Kill Bigger Radio Trailer - Ep 0 on Apple Podcasts Show Kyle Keegan Radio Show, Ep Kill Bigger Radio Trailer - Ep 0 - Apr 15, 2020 podcasts.apple.com
Episodes are evergreen, bu14 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI've been here for 15 years.
Over that time, I seen a bunch of "get rich" trends come and go.
These flavors are hot for a few years, then disappear.
Each time, some threads blow up with folks who are starry-eyed about how wealthy they're going to get as they do nothing but hop aboard a trend and "HOPE" and "WAIT".
And then like clockwork, reality hits.
Their ideas of "getting rich"14 hours ago Read more -
Blog postJust saw a commercial by him today. I think it was on Youtube.
He shows a black Lamborghini he claims to own.
WTF does he do? I haven't seen him do anything except talk about books, books, books
and utter an endless stream of platitudes.
Is he just some kind of self-styled success guru or does he have a real business?
Is he trying to be the next Warren Buffet? The next Brian Tracy?
I heard Warren Buffet is always reading.
I don't have time to rea14 hours ago Read more -
Blog postI've got a stack of books by my bed that I'm working through:
Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins (read it before, but recently started reading it again).
An Introduction to Psychology (can't remember by whom, but its the university type handbooks, so it often succeeds in putting me asleep - the theory bits that is).
How life imitates chess - Gary Kasparov (I'm about halfway through this one - was wondering how to become great in chess/life, and this16 hours ago Read more
Titles By MJ DeMarco
Has Your Life Been Conscripted by an Economic Religion?
Learn How to Free Yourself and Your Life Through the Power of Unscripted Entrepreneurship
By all appearances, Jeff and Samantha Trotman are living the American Dream. But behind the white picket fence, they endure an American Nightmare. With little time for each other, a pile of debt, and Ferrari taste on a Ford budget, the ruse of affluence is killing them. Two respectable jobs and a lovely suburban house paint a pretty picture, but behind the ink is a broken marriage rife with meaningless work and dead dreams. And now, with an unplanned pregnancy, they’re facing a mid-life crisis twenty years early. With little time and looming bankruptcy, the Trotmans are forced to face the red-pill truth they long denied: They were alive, but they weren’t living.
Determined to resurrect their life and their marriage, the Trotmans plot a rat-race escape—only to find themselves more thickly in it. As tensions rise and hope fades, follow along step-by-step as the Trotmans pivot to a new strategy and a new career: starting a business as entrepreneurs. While they navigate their journey, you’ll learn 120 wealth-building strategies and principles that your mainstream financial guru won’t dare reveal—actionable concepts that will help you profit your way into the Unscripted 1%, an emerging economic class of entrepreneurs who enjoy a lifetime of freedom emancipated from miserly living and Wall Street's "save, pray, and wait" paradigm. Discover how one family escapes the rat-race grind and wins a lifetime of financial freedom, leaving behind the tyranny of meaningless jobs and mediocre living— and how you can too. Here is just a little of what you will learn:
- The Bad Math Principle: Why most people will never escape the rat-race, much less earn financial freedom.
- The 1/5/10 Strategy: How this one simple exercise will unearth your ultimate dream life while establishing a decision framework for its reality.
- The Honeypot Principle: Why the financial media's "invest a $100/mo for 40 years in indexed-funds" narrative is part of the same rat-race scheme, just a different side of the same rigged coin.
- The Dual Change Strategy: The two divergent sides of change and how it can make you a fortune.
- The Value Skew Strategy: How to find literally 1000s of business ideas and why you never need to "disrupt" or invent anything new or novel.
- The Millionaire Payday Strategy: How to spot opportunities to hire yourself and earn an instant millionaire-making income.
- The Cinderella Principle: Why starting a business based on a cultural trend or a fad is a horrible idea.
- The Perseverance Strategy: Never struggle with motivation again; the four necessary ingredients to tap into unlimited motivation and determination, regardless of the obstacles in your way.
- The Triangulated Value Strategy: Learn how to never quit three-feet from gold: The 3-pronged strategy in maximizing marketing yields while also illuminating the "quit or continue" decision.
- and over 110+ more!
Don’t let the rat-race and its co-conspirators proclaim your life as non-essential. Don’t let the rat-race entice you to save your life away for the promise of an elderly retirement.
Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship.
It is waking up in the morning and pinching yourself black-and-blue that OMG, this is my life, and it is freaking awesome. You live in your dream house, but there's no mortgage. No alarm clock, no boss, no bills. No claims on the day's time other than what you choose. It is making more money before breakfast than you made for an entire week at your last job. It is a crazy expensive car parked in your garage, a victorious symbol that your dreams no longer sleep in fantasies, but are awake with reality.
Make no mistake, this life exists. I know, because it has been mine for nearly 20 years. And in a few short years, it can be yours as well. Better, you won't need 5 tedious decades of soul-suffocating frugality, thankless jobs, and patient investing with our trusted friends on Wall Street.
Unfortunately, you have been SCRIPTED to believe that such a life is out of your reach, or only possible for a certain type of person; someone with a certain college degree, a certain amount of VC funding, or a certain LinkedIn network of connected friends from Stanford. I am here to tell you, that none of it is true.
While I have been entrepreneur most of my life, I am no one special. You won't read about me over at Tech Crunch or in some Silicon Valley newsletter. While I have been an internet entrepreneur since the old "you've got mail" AOL days, I have never been funded by venture capitalists, I have never had a payroll with more than 5 people on it, and I have never studied computer science at school.
Despite this, I am able to create profitable businesses that create the type of UNSCRIPTED life described above. We are talking five- and six-figure monthly profits with valuations in the millions. Although I have had two successful exits, do not let that scare you; it is just a welcome side effect of the process.
Make no mistake, UNSCRIPTED is not about some trendy new marketing tactic that becomes ineffectively overused within months. It's not about stock-market fairy tales and depriving yourself of life's luxuries; Amazon already has a gazillion books on such trash. UNSCRIPTED was written to change your life.
It was written for you if life has become hopeless and dissatisfying. It is for you if your weekday is held hostage by the bribery of its paycheck. It is for you if you are sick of the suck and tired of the tiresome: the breakroom gossip, the office politics, the managerial butt-kissing, and whatever else boils when multiple human beings are tossed in a box and tasked with corporate minutia. It is for you if you yearn for the creative autonomy to pursue work that matters. It is for you if you have X-ray vision and can see what your parents cannot; that life's formulaic, scripted template has become dated and flawed.
But most importantly, UNSCRIPTED is for you if you have been an aspiring entrepreneur far too long, someone who cannot turn a corner, turn a break, or turn a profit. Someone who might already own a business, but like a job, it just steals time and barely keeps the bill-paying treadmill moving until next month.
So, if you are ready for the challenge, get ready for a sh*t-your-pants revelation that everything you have been taught is bullsh*t. Legendary bullsh*t.
Paradigm shift?
Heck no. The problem is the paradigm itself. You have allowed the paradigm to set the rules, call the shots, and dictate the decisions. The problem is, you have allowed ordinary thinking preached by ordinary people to produce exactly that; an ordinary life. The paradigm shift is realizing the paradigm is sh*t.
It did for me.
And it can do the same for you.
Go back to 1996 and eavesdrop on the tense 18-minute argument I unwittingly heard. An altercation between two friends. One living a dream. The other faking it. Listen in on the powerful conversation that changed the trajectory of my life and ultimately made me a millionaire— many times over.
Delivered in a raw narrative form, step into my shoes as a depressed limousine driver and five-time failed entrepreneur. Witness the argument as I did, an argument that exposed wealth’s guiding first-principles. A poignant story of sacrifice, immutable regret, and life-changing insight... a transcendent tale relevant in any year, any economy, or any country.
Discover the right questions and you’ll discover the right answers— answers that will set you free.
Based on a true story.
செல்வத்தைக் குவிப்பதற்கான விரைவுப் பாதை ஒன்று உள்ளது. அதில் பயணம் செய்தால், நீங்கள் இளமையாக இருக்கும்போதே ஒரு செல்வந்தராகிவிடலாம். ஆனால், உங்கள் கனவுகளை நிர்மூலமாக்குகின்ற மெதுவான பாதையில் நீங்கள் பயணிப்பதையே நிதி ஆலோசகர்களும், பணத்தைக் குவிப்பதைப் பற்றி எழுதுகின்ற நூலாசிரியர்களும் ஊக்குவிக்கின்றனர், அத்தகைய பயணத்தைப் பற்றியே அவர்கள் போதித்து வருகின்றனர்.
நீங்கள் உங்களுடைய கல்லூரிப் படிப்பை முடித்துவிட்டு, ஒரு வேலையில் சேர்ந்து, மிகச் சிக்கனமாக வாழ்க்கை நடத்திப் பணத்தை மி
"Geh zur Schule, finde einen guten Job, spare 10 Prozent deines Gehalts, kaufe ein gebrauchtes Auto, vertraue deine Ersparnisse der Börse an, und eines Tages, wenn du 67 bist, kannst du reich in Rente gehen." Ist dieser Finanzplan der Mittelmäßigkeit wirklich ein verlässlicher Plan, um Wohlstand zu schaffen?
Dabei gibt es eine Alternative, quasi die Überholspur zu außergewöhnlichem Reichtum. M. J. DeMarco zeigt, warum die meisten Menschen scheitern und welche Strategien und Geschäftsideen ihnen den Weg zu unbegrenztem Wohlstand in wenigen Jahren und nicht erst in der Rente möglich machen. Dieses Buch hilft, umzudenken, die Spur zu wechseln und herauszufinden, wie man ein Leben lang reich leben kann.