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  1. MJ DeMarco

    This awesome "life hack" is also the easiest to use.

    EXECUTION NEWSLETTER 
    Three years ago, after 25 years, I traded Arizona's sun for Utah's mountains, upgrading my home from a plentiful 4,400 square feet to a sprawling 13,000. The game-changer? There were several, from an indoor basketball court to a home theater to the most important of all: a home gym. At last...
  2. MJ DeMarco

    Sweaty startup ideas, locally based.

    ASK THE AI 
    Can you suggest 5-10 sweaty business ideas in different niches that I can start with less than $5,000 in my local community? Please answer assuming I do not have much experience with business. Note: Just testing to see if the forum's AI API was back in business.
  3. MJ DeMarco

    Millions of visitors tell a telling story...

    MINDSET NEWSLETTER 
    If Stephen King was writing a book, would you expect a romance novel? Thanks to The Fastlane Forum, I've interacted with millions of aspiring entrepreneurs over the last 15 yrs. Yes, MILLIONS! Here's what I learned: Most won't succeed as they go thru life with a cadre of poison pens—limiting...
  4. MJ DeMarco

    My website has no sales! Here's why...

    GOLD! MARKETING 
    Great article the really nails why you have no sales. Anytime you see someone post here ranting about having no sales, it is because of 1 of 2 reasons. Link them to this thread. #1) There is no need for the product or #2) They have ineffectively conveyed the value. If the answer is #2, this...
  5. MJ DeMarco

    The most important business pivot is done before starting.

    IDEA NEWSLETTER 
    My stepson was a Generation Z young adult with no interest in business or entrepreneurship. I've tried to get him interested in owning his business and controlling his destiny for years. No luck. Everything changed after he graduated from college and got a full-time job. Early morning...
  6. MJ DeMarco

    The Social Media Duality: Tool of Destruction? Or Growth?

    HEALTH 
    I'd like to reiterate that social media is a TOOL. This thread advocates deleting social media. https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/young-fastlaners-shut-down-all-social-media.108282/ My agreement depends on how the tool is used. You can use social media to hammer you over the...
  7. MJ DeMarco

    Make 2024 the Year FASTLANE Transforms into Realty, with MJ DeMarco

    GOLD! EXECUTION 
    Want 2024 to be the best year of your life? With many more to come? The year everything changed?? The year Fastlane transformed from fantasy to reality? Sometime in the mid-90s, I did something that unexpectedly changed my life: I spent 20 minutes visualizing my future and wrote it down in...
  8. MJ DeMarco

    Still not rich? Here's why you aren't, and what to do about it.

    GOLD! EXECUTION NEWSLETTER 
    Do you think becoming a millionaire, or better, 8-figure+ multimillionaire, is just a fantasy? Impossibly difficult? It isn't when you change your perspective from years to days. These four charts are the most profound understanding you can give your future self. If only someone had given me...
  9. MJ DeMarco

    Time waits for no one, including your crypto investments.

    GOLD! ASSERTION NEWSLETTER 
    Look at this thread. https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-discussion-and-predictions.79325/ This thread was started on November 8th, 2017. That was more than 6 years ago. Surf through that thread and you'll find a bunch of starry-eyed "investors" looking...
  10. MJ DeMarco

    Homeschooling your kids, yah or nay?

    OFF-TOPIC CHAT 
    Can't recall where, but I said 4 to 5 years ago that homeschooling would be a huge industry, minting new millionaires and billionaires. Pathetic... or you can say, awesome, 9 in 10 own books.
  11. MJ DeMarco

    The Invention of "5 Hour Energy"

    ASK THE AI 
    Can you give me the origin story and a short bio of the founder/inventor behind the product "5 Hour Energy"?
  12. MJ DeMarco

    Two cognitive punches for lifelong, durable happiness...

    MINDSET NEWSLETTER 
    From the Life in the Fastlane Newsletter. My wife hates that I have an affinity for watching and reading about true crime stories. Turns out I'm not alone. 
Anyway, there's an odd reason I'm hooked on watching murder documentaries, and they lead to the two strategies I use to continually be...
  13. MJ DeMarco

    Real estate investing in California...

    REAL ESTATE 
    ... is like playing Russian Roulette in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam war. (Sorry, I didn't read the article as I refuse to pay Apple a fee for news propaganda, but I'm guessing Cali's horrible landlord laws allows this to happen.)
  14. MJ DeMarco

    Essential lessons for young children...

    HOT! IDEA 
    Question for those of you with young children (3-7 years old), if there was ONE essential concept that you could absolutely ingrain and teach in your child, what would it be? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking about writing a children's book (more pictures than words) but ultimately...
  15. MJ DeMarco

    From Dummy to Expert in 6 months...

    MINDSET NEWSLETTER 
    Imagine having a map to buried treasure, a journey that can change your life in unimaginable magnitude. And yet, after close examination of the map, you decide to sit home and do nothing because the journey looks difficult, or the journey doesn't come with a mentor that will hold your hand...
  16. MJ DeMarco

    14 Attributes for Greatness in Sports (and Business)

    MINDSET 
    This study was conducted in the realm of sports and athletics. But I found it also to be true for entrepreneurs. https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/14-attributes-of-greatness/ Some great takeaways, including it's never too late to get started, the benefits of introversion...
  17. MJ DeMarco

    America's most expensive homes, where you living?

    CHAT 
    Stuff like this always inspires me and I'm proud that I can actually afford a few of these, then some others, not even close. Gotta grind harder and build bigger! LOL Question is, if you could live in any of these -- price and TAXES no object -- where you live? For me... Washington ... $75M...
  18. MJ DeMarco

    Unscripted, now available in hardback.

    FORUM NEWS 
    By request, Unscripted is now available in hardback, right now exclusively available on Amazon. Have to wait a few weeks to get some inventory here for any signed copies. https://amzn.to/46fAPiv Signed copies...
  19. MJ DeMarco

    Marketing as Your Only Value Skew (Somewhat Scammy)...

    MARKETING 
    Saw some company advertising this Neck Massager on Instagram. The prices are downright funny for the unsuspecting. The markup they want is insane. When I saw it, I knew someone was just adding MARKETING as a skew to an existing product. Sure enough... Found the same products on Temu... Step...
  20. MJ DeMarco

    Forum tip: Better questions get better answers.

    IMPORTANT! 
    I recently had to delete the account from someone who was upset by the response his thread received, or I should say, lack of response. Instead of receiving help, his post was responded with sarcasm and memes. In review of his thread, I could see why. The post lacked any detail whatsoever, and...
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