How bad do you want it? Enough to go "all in?"

[AllenCrawley]

Haha - well there is that. If I'm on N. Scottsdale I usually see at least 2 exotics driving around. Lots of wealthy people in the area...pretty awesome.

We had lunch in Scottsdale one afternoon and saw 3 Ferrari and a Lambo. Saw a Bugatti on the 101 in N. Scottsdale a week after moving here.

 

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[DeletedUser394]

Within 10 minutes of being in Scottsdale I saw a 458 italia. Crazy place.

 

[458]

Always nice and cool for winter here in Miami.

 

[parkerscott]

Im still very very young, and have always lived in Texas. I cant complain about the weather unless its below 50, then again im usually too stubborn to put on a warm jacket. Sometimes its pretty hot 105ish and thats not really that bad unless its humid. I dont see myself moving though because its pretty nice here. I live in between Fort Worth, and Dallas, everything is cheap compared to all the other states i have visited. Family, and friends are here, and everything seems pretty nice. If i move it would probably just be for a short stay in Australia or something just to have a different change of scenery, and wow people with my american accent

 

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[Steele Concept]

Scottsdale seems like the place to be, hehe!

A lot of people from New England move elsewhere as it is cloudy/grey for nearly half the year. Connecticut has a strong maritime tradition but long island blocks the waves and such so it isn't that clear. I live in a CT beach town and it dies during the winter, then the 2 lane highway becomes jam packed with the summer tourism. I have some buddies that moved out to Oahu HI and love it... Kind of a pain in the butt to visit family and friends back on the mainland tho.

Lot of New England folk flock to FL in the summer and south FL seems like a nice place for the climate but there seems to be a lot of uneducated people and crime as well. The more I hear about AZ the more I seem to like, so I'll have to check it out soon. Thanks for some of the feedback guys, much appreciated.

 

[chrisbiz4444]

How bad do you want it? Enough to go "all in?"

One of the biggest decisions I made in my life was one that had nothing to do with business, money, or the internet. It was one that changed my life forever. It was my choice to move from Chicago to Arizona. While a difficult choice in logistics, it was simple to make in spirit.

That simple decision changed everything. My outlook. My motivation. My mind. My circle of friends. My metamorphosis from young adult to adult. Elimination of distractions. I went all in. For you energy/law of attraction fans, living in the right place can allow you to resonate at the right frequency which fosters the art of getting things done. I can't explain this. It just FEELS right. Some of you who have made moves, will know exactly what I'm talking about.

I see a lot of people here complaining about where they live. They hate it. They hate the weather. The hate the people. The hate the available jobs. The hate the city.

And yet, despite all the things they hate about where they live, they continue to live there.

WTF is wrong with you? Why stay? Here's why: Fear. Comfort. Security. My lease. My mortgage. My job. My family. My this. My that. Blah blah blah. It's always some excuse, usually, one that holds zero legitimacy.

If you don't like where you live, you have the power to MOVE.

The only thing stopping you, is you and your weak excuses. What's stopping you is your preference for comfort and security over the daring unknown. Your dreams ask you to make bold moves. Staying put and status quo is not BOLD, it's more of the same mediocrity.

I moved to AZ with $900 and a car that didn't have a functional transmission. I shacked up in a studio apartment. I was willing to wash dishes, flip burgers, and drive cabs. I didn't care.

Moving to Arizona and succeeding was MORE IMPORTANT to me than anything. I wanted it BAD. I wanted it more than being "comfortable" in an OK job that was safe and secure.

Until the pain of living in your current location exceeds the perceived pain of your "all in" move to somewhere new, you will never make the move. The fact is, I'd rather live in Arizona and flip burgers than live in Chicago making $50K/year at some mid-level job. I wanted it THAT BAD.

Question is, how bad do YOU want it? Enough to do what others won't? If not, you're falling in line with the crowd. Fastlaners step away from the crowd.

For all of you thinking about moving to somewhere new, just f*cking do it. The decision is really simple. Don't fear the logistics -- you will figure it out. Step back and stop listening to the BS excuses and faux narratives that you keep telling yourself-- they're lies designed to keep you "safe and secure".

In order to progress to a greater existence, stop the lying and start the living.

Awesome post MJ. I completely agree with your post. Moving to the right place can make a world of difference in your life. From the weather to the people you surround yourself with. However I found finding that " Right place" Is much more difficult then it sounds for some of us. For example, Do you move to NY where many movers and shakers with A type personality's reside. Or do you move somewhere down south with beautiful weather and beaches. The hard thing part about moving is not knowing if your actually moving to the right state for you. I have thought about moving to AZ many times. The idea of 300+ days of sunshine is intriguing. However I have heard mixed things about the state. Some people say crime rate is high and its not a great place to live. Then others like yourself say its great. I live in NE. We have beautiful summers and beaches. But when winter comes around it is a pretty cold grey place. So I have been looking around for great places to move to. Seasonal depression really slows your productivity down. Could you tell me what it has been like to live in AZ ?

 

[Silverhawk851]

I'm in Toronto, -40 Celcius for the past week. Feels like your getting your blood drained when your standing outside for more than a minute for those that don't know.

All in. Booked a one way flight, no friends no family no income and no residence. Kind of exciting to be honest. I would expect to fight off a bear but there are no bears in Phoenix so I'm a little relieved.

Don't even know if I can get a job as being a Canadian resident(any experiences?).
Oh well. Guess I'll just take it as it comes.

Thanks for writing the post MJ, your words definitely have a ripple effect into peoples lives on a deep note.

Have any of your friends moved down to your warm locales after you had, because of you?

Everyone wants something. If you can show them that your doing it and what they want is also in their reach, they'll come running. Just gotta show them it can be done.

 

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[Steele Concept]

Wow Silverhawk, big ups for taking action. Let us know how you dig the Phoenix metro, -40 celcius? I bet that is the type of weather where you take a leak outside and it's frozen by the time it hits the ground. Brrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Rawr]

Everyone wants something. If you can show them that your doing it and what they want is also in their reach, they'll come running. Just gotta show them it can be done.

I remember some of the best advice ever given to me, circa 2008 in Montreal. "You have to have balls." You got em, good luck bud.

 

[GuestUserX15]

I'm in Toronto, -40 Celcius for the past week. Feels like your getting your blood drained when your standing outside for more than a minute for those that don't know.

All in. Booked a one way flight, no friends no family no income and no residence. Kind of exciting to be honest. I would expect to fight off a bear but there are no bears in Phoenix so I'm a little relieved.

Don't even know if I can get a job as being a Canadian resident(any experiences?).
Oh well. Guess I'll just take it as it comes.

Thanks for writing the post MJ, your words definitely have a ripple effect into peoples lives on a deep note.



Everyone wants something. If you can show them that your doing it and what they want is also in their reach, they'll come running. Just gotta show them it can be done.

Congrats silverhawk! I live in edmonton and im sure you know how much worse we have it. Seeing your post gave me confidence that I'm not the only one stuck in this situation. Good luck with your move and hopefully you can share your experience! P.s im on the same boat as you, i want to move to phoenix but have no clue , so looking forward to your updates!

 

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[Ryllban]

Awesome thread! I myself will be moving shortly! Looks like there will be either just me or me and 1 friend. Anyway, just so pumped to start a "new life" in a new country!

By the way, Barcelona is the place I will be moving to

 

[pawmarks]

I grew up in South Bay (just south of L.A. - Palos Verdes peninsula) and spent the better part of 40 years in the sun (translation: ZERO seasons), then moved to Portland for over a decade, and now just wrapping up a decade in West Puget Sound (yeah, I'm a fossil: 60)

One of my many uber-rich online marketing friends/partners (but not one of the 7 guys (and it is almost ALWAYS a guy, sadly) who haul 7 figures MONTHLY) is building a mini-commune up on Mt Hood outside Portland, and splits his time 3-ways - Maui, Portland, San Diego - which sounds pretty dee-luxe, but is, nevertheless a wee bit, uh, PROVINCIAL for my taste (all within US boundaries).

Personally, my blueprint calls for dwellings (often Nauti ones - nautical) in Puget Sound (san juans), Exumas (cays rock!), and frequent sojourns to Scotland (castles, jousting, BEAGLES! and lotsa Darwinians who remember the HMS Beagle! LOL - unlike most simpleton western hemmers and haw'ers who rarely recognize that their storage device, a HDD or hard disk drive is just DEEP CODE for hitchens-darwin-dawkins - DUH!!), Mallorca/Menorca (club med yachts), and Ch (Confederico Helvetica) (climbing, skiing, trekking) - the FONT country in the Alps with those yummy Zimmers! mmm - I do so love those loch nessies: geneva and lucerne! and their covered bridges and long-running summer concerts that are the best planet earth has to offer.

 

[Deleted15476]

How bad do you want it? Enough to go "all in?"

One of the biggest decisions I made in my life was one that had nothing to do with business, money, or the internet. It was one that changed my life forever. It was my choice to move from Chicago to Arizona. While a difficult choice in logistics, it was simple to make in spirit.

That simple decision changed everything. My outlook. My motivation. My mind. My circle of friends. My metamorphosis from young adult to adult. Elimination of distractions. I went all in. For you energy/law of attraction fans, living in the right place can allow you to resonate at the right frequency which fosters the art of getting things done. I can't explain this. It just FEELS right. Some of you who have made moves, will know exactly what I'm talking about.

I see a lot of people here complaining about where they live. They hate it. They hate the weather. The hate the people. The hate the available jobs. The hate the city.

And yet, despite all the things they hate about where they live, they continue to live there.

WTF is wrong with you? Why stay? Here's why: Fear. Comfort. Security. My lease. My mortgage. My job. My family. My this. My that. Blah blah blah. It's always some excuse, usually, one that holds zero legitimacy.

If you don't like where you live, you have the power to MOVE.

The only thing stopping you, is you and your weak excuses. What's stopping you is your preference for comfort and security over the daring unknown. Your dreams ask you to make bold moves. Staying put and status quo is not BOLD, it's more of the same mediocrity.

I moved to AZ with $900 and a car that didn't have a functional transmission. I shacked up in a studio apartment. I was willing to wash dishes, flip burgers, and drive cabs. I didn't care.

Moving to Arizona and succeeding was MORE IMPORTANT to me than anything. I wanted it BAD. I wanted it more than being "comfortable" in an OK job that was safe and secure.

Until the pain of living in your current location exceeds the perceived pain of your "all in" move to somewhere new, you will never make the move. The fact is, I'd rather live in Arizona and flip burgers than live in Chicago making $50K/year at some mid-level job. I wanted it THAT BAD.

Question is, how bad do YOU want it? Enough to do what others won't? If not, you're falling in line with the crowd. Fastlaners step away from the crowd.

For all of you thinking about moving to somewhere new, just f*cking do it. The decision is really simple. Don't fear the logistics -- you will figure it out. Step back and stop listening to the BS excuses and faux narratives that you keep telling yourself-- they're lies designed to keep you "safe and secure".

In order to progress to a greater existence, stop the lying and start the living.

Aye MJ, want to thank you for this forum. The book was good, shit it was great. I have recommended it to every one of my close friends.

I know you get thanks all day man. But it's well worth it. I know many people's lives have changed as a result of this forum. I am one who can attest to that.

Here is your avatar redone.

Cheers buddy!

 

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[pawmarks]

And yet, despite all the things they hate about where they live, they continue to live there.
WTF is wrong with you?

I have to say, this problem is way, way deeper than all the usual societal excuses or inconveniences.

The Linux command for move is MV - I am a pattern-recognition thinker, and that acronym also means "Multi-Verse" to me, which is an OMEGA meme (the very, very, very LARGE) - our "verse" is just one of an infinite number - and "UNI"verse is a MYTH...just like UNIversity teaches almost NOTHING - see Pink Floyd's THE WALL video for what our education system churns out, if you don't believe me - grist for the cubicle, smallthink meatgrinder aka mere hunter/gatherer replicas (almost NOTHING has really changed since farming began, 7,500 years ago)

Thus if your core belief is that someone or some absurd DEITY, especially including GENDER EQUIPMENT? somehow "made" all this, well, then you are NOT likely to MOVE ANYWHERE! - including income-wise, geographic-position-wise, THINKING-CRITICALLY-wise, worldview-wise, or any other "uncomfortable" CHANGE (which is the ONLY thing that is truly permanent - change aka MV'ing aka INFINITY !! (snickering)

As long as we live in a nation with 100 MILLION sheeple WHO ARE MORBIDLY OBESE, most of which don't READ anything worth a crap, we are not likely to see many of them making a CHOICE, however painful, or inconvenient, or threatening to Aunt Mildred, or the boyz at the local watering hole, to pull up stakes and do what H.S. (Homo Sippycup) has been doing for MILLIONS of years (not just 6,000 "clerical years" (gagging) - and that is running!, looking OVER the next hill, staring at a sky PACKED WITH STARS, instead of a city sky with THREE stars - enough years of that will make you GO POSTAL!! duh!, crossing oceans on their own ship!, being curious, and physical, doing things in the phlesh (rather than this socio-psychopathological A-TIME-SINK-OH-YOU-OWER-YOU-ESS - asynchronous crapola we've bought into over the past 5 decades or so)...

 

[AllenCrawley]

Thus if your core belief is that someone or some absurd DEITY, especially including GENDER EQUIPMENT? somehow "made" all this, well, then you are NOT likely to MOVE ANYWHERE! - including income-wise, geographic-position-wise, THINKING-CRITICALLY-wise, worldview-wise, or any other "uncomfortable" CHANGE (which is the ONLY thing that is truly permanent - change aka MV'ing aka INFINITY !! (snickering)

I couldn't disagree more. At least that's not my personal experience. I guess I could say that's not the personal experience of several other members here I know. (Trust me when I say, I'm being polite here.)

As for the rest of your post... WTF?

 

[pawmarks]

I couldn't disagree more. At least that's not my personal experience. I guess I could say that's not the personal experience of several other members here I know. (Trust me when I say, I'm being polite here.)

As for the rest of your post... WTF?

One down, 4 to go! (If i DON'T get at least FIVE WTF responses for ANY posting, then I'm NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH) - I get called a total certifiable nutjob about once per HOUR, so I'm used to it. If my ideas don't make sense, consider reading some books - preferably ones written a MINUMUM of 200 years ago - my favs are the ones that are even older 1000 to 2000 years old. Find someone who's read a few thousand books and ask for their top 10 list (I've done this with DOZENS of people I respect and it's powerful) - another great "shortcut" to knowledge - buy the entire archive of bizsum.com and read all 2750 books - it only takes a couple of months - and you'll be LIGHT YEARS ahead of all business owners save for about 20 on earth

 

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[oddball]

Missed this thread when it was started but I can definitely relate. I lived in upstate NY all my life, I was getting sick of it. Winters sucked, politics weren't ideal, economy wasn't great, opportunities were scarce, I had enough of it. So, I moved down to Texas. Not a single regret about it. Sure, it was hard to leave friends and family but its not like I will never see them again.

 

[AllenCrawley]

If my ideas don't make sense, consider reading some books - preferably ones written a MINUMUM of 200 years ago

Consider learning how to express yourself in a way that doesn't come off as arrogant, egotistical or elitist. Seriously, your post does not read like intellect. It reads like an incoherent mishmash of scrambled thoughts blurted out via your keyboard.

 

[biophase]

One down, 4 to go! (If i DON'T get at least FIVE WTF responses for ANY posting, then I'm NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH) - I get called a total certifiable nutjob about once per HOUR, so I'm used to it. If my ideas don't make sense, consider reading some books - preferably ones written a MINUMUM of 200 years ago - my favs are the ones that are even older 1000 to 2000 years old. Find someone who's read a few thousand books and ask for their top 10 list (I've done this with DOZENS of people I respect and it's powerful) - another great "shortcut" to knowledge - buy the entire archive of bizsum.com and read all 2750 books - it only takes a couple of months - and you'll be LIGHT YEARS ahead of all business owners save for about 20 on earth

Wow, they must have like to capitalize WORDS alot in those old books. As someone who claims to be an intellect, I find it amusing that the purpose of your writings are to get "WTFs" from others. You would think that with all that wisdom would come the desire to teach and enlighten others.

 

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[1step]

buy the entire archive of bizsum.com and read all 2750 books - it only takes a couple of months - and you'll be LIGHT YEARS ahead of all business owners save for about 20 on earth

So I can only assume you think of yourself as near the top 20? Do you have much to show for this?

I cant wait to hear more on the world, the creation of man, obesity, pink floyd and whatever else you decide to ramble about in your next post.

If only I wasn't ignorant and read books that were 2000 years old maybe I would understand your level of insanity.

 

[Angus]

 

[AllenCrawley]

 

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[DeletedUser12]

I think location is important, but some places are much harder to just pick up and leave to than others. You may find yourself with great weather and a beautiful view, but with much less time / focus / money to do the things you want, including working on a Fastlane business.

I recently moved from L.A. (which I really liked) back to the midwest to give me the best shot at success. In L.A. I was scrambling around to keep a roof over my head, a < 200 square foot roof. I was one step away from homelessness. Less than a year later, I own a home in cash near a major city. While I'm still doing the same type of work, my expenses are much lower. I have time and focus to work on other projects.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

In L.A. I was scrambling around to keep a roof over my head, a < 200 square foot roof. I was one step away from homelessness. Less than a year later, I own a home in cash near a major city. While I'm still doing the same type of work, my expenses are much lower. I have time and focus to work on other projects.

Agreed that everything is relative. If you spend your entire week working at a job just to keep up with the bare necessities, food, housing, etc, you're not going to get far. Part of the reason I got out of Illinois was I felt it was an economic handicap. The weather, was a psychological as well as a physiological one. The point is to go somewhere where your dreams, whatever they are, are awakened and given a chance to live. Because "living the dream" is not achieving it, it's being able to go after it.

Those 3 guys that moved to Scottsdale and shacked up in a 3br apartment with 3 mattresses are going after what they want. They're "living the dream" RIGHT NOW and it has nothing to do with their bank account at the present moment, it has everything to do with the freedom to pursue the dream. You see, in order to "live the dream" all you need is the freedom to pursue it. Happiness is the result. And when money follows down the road, it only gets better.

 

[oldscool]

Speaking of MJ....out of all the places in this great country of ours what was the determining factor to choose AZ? I have been researching places to relocate too and although, AZ is high on the list I also given florida, southern california, and, nevada nods as possible places. Like most things though, you really dont know what a place is like until you are there for long stretches of time.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

what was the determining factor to choose AZ?

Hard to explain... it just felt right. I didn't feel right in San Diego, Vegas, LA, or Tampa. Mentally, I loved the sun and the palm trees ... however, my heart wasn't congruent with the mind.

 

[TheTruth]

I used to live in my parents basement, now i'm living "the dream" .

5 months ago, I moved to Scottsdale, AZ with 2 other fastlaners, here is how that journey began...

One year ago, I had some savings from bartending my way through college (I got a "business degree" lmao... taught by secretaries who retired from big Corporations)

Beer And Pancakes tickets were being sold, and me being from Toronto, tickets, the plane etc. etc. used up all those savings ( I decided this was the time and place to use that money)

When I told family and friends that I was going to a business conference, they would ask questions like "are you being paid to do that? Do you know anyone there? "insert whatever self-doubting question you can here""

When I got to Scottsdale, there was immediately something magical about it. I was almost caught off guard by how nice it was.

Anyway, I had already told myself "I am never staying in Canada for another winter again". So while @ BnP I made it a point to meet everyone and scope out who else would want to live there (for at least 6 months).

Me and 3 other fastlaners formed a mastermind as soon as BnP was over, with a DEADLINE to all move there by a certain date. <- There was no screwing around here, we all had to have income and support ourselves to make it. We had strict guidelines (i.e. if you miss your goals once, you owe everyone $50, a 2nd strike was worse and a 3rd strike was getting kicked out of the group)

Now let me tell you...

Some of the punishments we had implemented were things like:

- Call out MJ on the forum (scammer, thief etc etc.) and contribute to that thread all week to lose all your reputation.

We had some crazy shit in place to keep each other in check. Personally, I won't lie, I LITERALLY was in my parents basement (depressed, tired etc.) for 6 months leading up to our move to Scottsdale. (I'm an extrovert by nature, so keeping me locked up like a dirty troll in a basement was like hell on earth for me ... top that off with the stress from building a business)

The Move.

Time finally caught up, and we had all done it. We had income/saved up/whatever the f*ck you had to do so you could make ...

"Project Scottsdale"

There was an up-roar in Toronto.

"wtf? why are you doing that?"

or...

The #1 question I got from 80% of the people in Toronto was:

"Boris, how on earth did you pull that off?"

My answer was always the same: I bought a plane ticket, I got an apartment and I made sure that my business was online. (Although on the surface this is true, nobody see's the connections I made to put myself in the position. The money I spent, the friendships I built, the failures I went through etc. etc.)

I was totally suffocated in Toronto. I dropped 95% of the people there (sometimes going the extreme is the only way to cut out the noise so you can hear clarity). - my decision was re-enforced when only 1 of my friends actually came to visit me, although all of them promised they would come lol.

Now I could have worried about stupid shit like: do I need a work visa? what do I say at the border? how long can I stay there? blah blah blah. I googled the legalities and I asked guys who do what I wanted to do for advice (shoutouts to @Jonleehacker for the tips on how to pass the border without problems)

Once you truly make a real decision, all the petty things that usually come up get obliterated by determination and problem solving. (make things a must and they will happen)

How does it feel to "live the dream" ?

It feels amazing, but it's not what you think it is.

It's still a 50/50 game no matter how you put it. That means, 50% of the time you are on a high and 50% of the time you are at a great low. Actually being totally honest, that split has been closer to a 30/70.

So it actually sucks then?

No, the point is you have to work extremely hard if you want to achieve your goals. On, the flip side, to have freedom and enjoy the process, takes 100X less then what most people think.

What does that mean?

Well, I don't have a boss, my balcony view looks like an exotic resort, I am in an environment with other entrepreneurs and I live in a Posh area with a great nightlife, weather, scenery and tons of attractive women.



Yet, all of that costs me ~$1500/month...

To most people that is absolutely shocking. However, I wear wife beaters 24/7, wear busted up sneakers, don't wash my hair (hell I don't even own a blowdryer for that matter) and my material possessions consistent of a bed and a standing desk.

Also, me and @JasonR work 16 hours a day everyday. Side-by-side, so there is no hiding or messing around. If one guy is messing around, he is told so. If the thought of messing around pops up, you just look over at the other guy and it gets obliterated.

Lastly, here are the perks and con's of Project Scottsdale:

Perks Enjoyed Thus Far

- Met an astounding number of fellow entrepreneurs and fastlaners (many of whom I now call very good friends)
- Enjoyed late night poker games with the members from this forum
- Took trips to exotic places with fellow fastlaners (some of them being from different countries who came to visit)
- Co-Hosted The 2014 BnP Event
- Visited Walter White's House
- Went to Vegas for My Birthday and New Years (where i got to walk down the strip alone at 8am while it was still closed, so there where no cars or people, just me walking on it alone - surreal feeling)
- Got invited to exclusive parties by 3 billionaires
- Had lots of fun with girl's that frequent scottsdale and ASU nightclubs
- Have the luxury of relaxing at the spa,pool, gym and sauna when needed
- Gained back 15 pounds from being extremely skinny (due to illness) and getting back into awesome shape
- Am part of a special "tank" you might find around the INSIDERS section

but, on the flip side

- Met a few un-ethical people that I had to cut out of my life
- Got told to F*ck off 100's of times while cold calling for one of my businesses
- Got told my business sucked badly by some of my mentors
- Lost ALL of my income the day before my birthday
- After building up my income again, I AGAIN lost all of it in 1 day (So i almost went bankrupt twice)
- Swallowed my pride and killed one of my businesses (because I realized it couldn't scale after doing everything possible to scale it)
- Swallowed my pride again and killed a second business (there was no demand for it)
- Invested money into 1 project that tanked badly
- Got recruited into 2 start-ups (1 of them we failed at miserably, the other one I didn't even go into because of proper due diligence - even though it sounded like a dream come true on the surface)
- Had to wake up with no income, 2 failed businesses and a project that tanked (this was gut wrenching, the only thing I wanted to do was crawl into a hole and never come up for air... it's in these moments where you have to step up or go home)
- There wasn't a day where anything went smooth, constantly putting out fires (broken promises, campaigns don't perform, direct-mail letters get lost etc. etc.)
- Feeling lonely after war battles that don't go you're way
- Got rejected by tons of girl's that frequent Scottsdale and ASU nightclubs
- bing eating causing nausea, bloating and headaches for days from cheat meals that turned into cheat days

It's been a while since I posted, but I caught this thread and wanted to share some of the things that can happen when you put yourself out there and just do shit. Good or bad, it's all process and it makes for some very cool stories and life experiences.

So, What's next?
I'm heading to NM with @JasonR for a new adventure. Who know's what it will bring, how much meth will be sold and what war stories will be engraved into the universe. I can promise though, we won't be going small or quite, it will be a shit-show to the end.


Important:The only reason any of the adventures and experiences that I outlined above were possible, is because we made it happen. We don't give a shit what people think and we invite everyone to come have fun with us. Never take value, always give it and put yourself out there constantly. Be very vulnerable and take the blows as they come.

 

[Stubbers]

@TheTruth brilliant story so far and one that's evolving pretty fast great job in taking the action. I'm with you on the Canadian winters, we might as well live in igloos as we've had snow down since the end of November!

So are you all working on your own ideas down there or on the same one? Keep on rolling

I moved from the UK to Canada 9 years ago, despite being English speaking at times people would look at me as though I was speaking Swahili. The hardest thing moving country was getting set up with a bank account to the be able to rent a place to live...

The reason for Canada was my wife wanted real seasons, now these real seasons are starting to wear thin it's been snow on the ground since the end of November... Googling Scottsdale is very appealing

 

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[Tom.V]

Important:The only reason any of the adventures and experiences that I outlined above were possible, is because we made it happen. We don't give a shit what people think and we invite everyone to come have fun with us. Never take value, always give it and put yourself out there constantly. Be very vulnerable and take the blows as they come.

Awesome post bro. When I met up with Andrew he was talking a bit in depth about the "punishment" system you guys have in place, if only I could get my girlfriend to commit! She probably wouldn't like the stuff I'd come up with either, but that's the point! Either way man, just remember each one of those failures brings you that much closer to hitting a homer. I've been through some rough tides the past year as well, but it's all about perseverance. Keep going strong!

 

[pawmarks]

Consider learning how to express yourself in a way that doesn't come off as arrogant, egotistical or elitist. Seriously, your post does not read like intellect. It reads like an incoherent mishmash of scrambled thoughts blurted out via your keyboard.

Well, sometimes I just ramble in order to get a response, and then I go look up what I have yet to read (but meant to) of Aleister Crowley, because of a respondent's fauxneme for him. (smiling) I'm not such a bad type. Just ask Russell Brunson (dotcomsecrets) or Mike Filsaime, or John Delavera (Turbo dude) or Dave Wood (founder of Empowernet) or Jay Abraham or Tony Robbins, or Matt Gagnon (Mazu Publishing) or Jeremy Gislason (Surefirewealth) or .... (ok ok, i've been an "industry INSIDERS" since 1979 and yes - also one of those Oz curtain Mr X characters - i rarely get out of my bat cave (a metaphor for how my grey matter works, I suppose)