Entrepreneur on Fire - Interview w/MJ DeMarco

[MJ DeMarco]

Here's an interview I did a while back w/John Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire.
It can be listened (audio) or read (transcript.)

Some great nuggets of wisdom and information in there!

Enjoy!

MJ DeMarco of The Millionaire Fastlane - EntrepreneurOnFire Business Podcasts

On that note, MJ, what is the best business advice that you’ve ever received?



MJ DeMarco: It’s a quote actually from Steve Martin. “Be so good that you can’t be ignored.†What that means is if you’re good enough at what you do, you provide value and you’re solving people’s problems, the market will not be able to ignore you. This has a close resemblance to something that I call a “push-pull theory of success,†is many people push for success and they wait for permission for someone to say yes to their goals or their dreams or whatever. A great example is when I published my book. Had I submitted my book to publishers, literary agents, and said, “I want to publish this. Will you take it on?†I would have got declined and they would have said, “Why should we? You’re a virtual nobody, you’ve never written a book before,†yah, yah, yah. So that’s the push for success.
The pull for success is just saying, “You know what? Screw it. I’m going to do it myself.†So I self-published. I created my own company, got it out there, put it out to the market to see what happens, and now all of a sudden, they’re coming at me. I’m getting publishers contacting me, “Hey, do you want to publish with us for your next book? Talk to us. See if we can do something.†That’s the pull. They come to you. The same thing happened with my Internet company. I would have never gotten Internet funding or venture capital or anything. I went out and actually created something that was tangible, and all of a sudden the VCs and the equity people, they were calling me. See, that’s the pull. Get them coming to you. Be so good that you cannot be ignored. Put whatever you’re thinking about doing, make it happen, put it out to the marketplace, and if it’s good enough, these people are these decision-making people or authoritarians, they will come to you and accelerate your process.

 

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[Jazzcat]

"Action Fake"...I'm gonna steal that.

Thanks for the share.

 

[RBefort]

Excellent interview, and thanks a ton for the free insight. Working on getting myself out of my cubicle following your advice/information, but until then, back to quoting insurance :bgh:

 

[Vick]

Ya that was great, I enjoyed listening to that. It's nice to hear the person's voice whom you respect and admire. Rather then just reading their words. Hearing has always had more impact on me. anywho, thanks for sharing.

 

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[machin576]

Just listened to it. Good stuff MJ. I can't wait to read the next book, but I was laughing thinking about your first book. You really left nothing on the table, it is a very complete work, so your next book is very intriguing.

Sent from my Galaxy Note ll

 

[GuestUser8117]

Your'e such a great inspiration Mj. Another book? That's sick!

 

[fastlaneCoder]

Finishing this now! It's awesome... What's your 2nd book going to be about? Hopefully you detail how to keep your wealth once you have it (The money system...etc)...

 

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[AndrewNC]

"MJ is in the process of following up his massive success with The Millionaire Fastlane with another book. I can’t wait!"

Can we get a hint!

 

[Dao]

Thanks, MJ, very informative video.