I've Read The The Millionaire Fastlane!

[Zeeq]

Hi, I've read the book on my kindle and I wanted to get a copy of it for my friend (I believe he is stuck in sidewalk mode) but I could not find the book in Borders and Barnes and Nobles only had the book listed on the nook. I was wondering if any of the bookstores carry a hard copy? Or can I only get that through amazon?

[Blu]

Read the book!

[NHS]

Been reading it the last few days. Not the fastest reader in the world.

I do enjoy how MJ is up front and doesn't coddle the reader. Bet that turns alot of people away because if you don't agree and it hits close to home it's very insulting. Tough love! HAHA

But yeah so far MJ did a pretty good job of describing me in my 20s. Work hard, party hard, If you make 80k spend 100k. That was me. I don't like to think about those times but yeah I was a mess.

Once I am finished I want my fiance to read it. We are almost on the same page but not entirely. She wants a house so bad she doesn't mind giving up her future. Me on the other hand, I think MJ said it best when he called debt servitude. Yes I could go buy my dream car right now! But will it disrupt my life? Probably.

I also really like his definition of wealth. Put into words what I have been trying to say to others but never quite said it right. I don't need to buy anything but having 5k in your pocket that you can do with what you please is very freeing.

Finally I went out to my garage where I store my cars last night. Haven't driven any in 3 months. Started them all up and ran em for 10 minutes. Still to cold to drive but what fun and really got me pumped up in the dead of winter. I got a few things on auto pilot that are bringing me constant money now. It's time to start thinking of my big plan, or the fast lane idea. Could take a year but I am excited.

[MBinMT]

Read the book

Love the attitude. Too much pussyfooting around people when they need a swift kick in the checkbook. Live your life, own your life, stop snivelling about not having what you want, go get it

[thomas14]

Thank you so much MJ. You have opened my eyes and have really inspired me to buckle down and get to work. I really enjoyed the entire book cover to cover. There's so much value in this book, I've already reread it and plan on doing it again within the next month (after I've implemented some more of the ideas in the book). You've really given me a different view on the world (Producer vs. Consumer) and thank you again.

[MJDeMarco]

It was inspirational and I loved MJs no bull$hit, no excuses mentality.

Thank you.

I read the book and it is one of the most relevant in my opinion since the four hour work week.

I'll take that as a great compliment!

Stopped trying to find business that match "what I love," and instead started working on finding unmet needs in the marketplace. The more emotionally-charged the need, the more motivated my customers will be.

And motivated to tell others.

1) Besides your limousine referal website, what other methods are you using to create your passive income streams. Also, can you provide the links to your sites, I'm curious to see what they look like.

I was the CEO / Founder of Limos.com -- it was a lead-gen B2C portal -- now it is a mix of that and a reservation site.

2) In your book, you mention Slow laners use stocks, mutual funds, etc to grow their wealth, and the impression I'm getting is that you're not too keen on them. Once again, I'm curious to know what investments you invest in to grow or maintain your wealth.

Ya sure you read my book? Sounds like you haven't. I don't use these investments to create wealth, I use them to create income and preserve wealth. For the last few years, I've been in international and EM bonds, and the Australian dollar. I also buy/sell based on technical factors so when I say I favor a certain thing, doesn't mean I'm in it. For example, I just sold my position in the AUD and will buy back once the dollar rallys.

I was wondering if any of the bookstores carry a hard copy? Or can I only get that through amazon?

Not yet, that is my short term goal. However the book is now available for book store orders (which it wasn't for the first 2 months).

I also really like his definition of wealth.

Any wealth "plan" that steals freedom (and doesn't return it in the form of free time) should be perceived suspiciously.

Live your life, own your life, stop snivelling about not having what you want, go get it

There's so much value in this book, I've already reread it and plan on doing it again within the next month (after I've implemented some more of the ideas in the book). You've really given me a different view on the world (Producer vs. Consumer) and thank you again.

You're welcome.

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[mister345]

Hi, just finished the book; great hard hitting advice!
Much needed after all of the spiritual "guru" crap I've been wading through,
and "get rich easy" schemes like the 4 hour work week.

One question I've been dealing with:
Do jobs in academia/research count as the "slow lane" too?

Teaching or Researching a topic that interests you at a university
or think tank can be less like slavery than typical nine to five jobs,
but requires a phd in my major (anthropology) to get a decent job
- a commitment of at least 5 years. (Also continually relying on grants
for money is very disempowering; Id like to study and start a business,
but time is running out).

I'm trying to decide if it is worth going on to a phd, as I already have
a masters, but can't do much with it as anthropologist.

Cut and Run, or upgrade my qualifications?

Thanks.

GW

[mftps]

I'v read the book.. Gotta say it cleared up alot of things that were a little fuzzy for me. I just wish you gave a little more details on what you did to build your limos website to be so successful.. any tips would be great!

Thanks for the book, well worth my time and money!

[Tristan Perry]

Bought the book on 6th Feb (and it was promptly delivered in less than an hour), and whilst I'm a slow reader when it comes to online books I have now finally finished reading it. Loved it, was a great read.

The no-nonsense style is exactly right IMO. There's so much crap out there (be it guru-led, the negative media, victim mentalities, oversized Government's causing people to develop the belief that they are owed a great life even if they're lazy as heck, etc etc) that this book was a breath of fresh air.

Am very much looking forward to contributing more in these forums.

[PaulRobert]

Bought the book again, this time on iBooks for my iPod so I can read cough in class cough.


Also suggested the book during a test drive my friend was doing.

[jassep]

Awesome book! Best business book I've read in years. In fact, I'd put your book in the tiny handful of books that I would easily reread once a year, if not more often. Key distinctions for me:

* Trading 5 for 2
* NECST formula for evaluating opportunities
* Developing the mindset to ignore "normal" people and how they want to hold you back
* Money seedlings, again as a template for evaluating opportunities.

I'm recommending to anyone (who will listen to me) to read this book.

Thanks for the struggle to write it!

Jason

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Here's the Amazon review I just posted (won't show there until they've passed it):

5.0 out of 5 stars

Provides a wonderful framework for decision making
February 20, 2011 By J.P.S. (Perth, Western Australia)

I loved this book. It is dripping in authenticity and real-world experience.

Frankly, I didn't hold out high expectations. I had never heard of the author and his book was just another on a large pile of books I had determined to read over the Australian summer. But from the first, authentic page I was hooked.

MJ Demarco not only has created a book that motivates like nothing else I have read, he also provides the most important thing: a true framework for evaluating business decisions.

This is the magic ingredient missing from almost every other "business" book I have ever read. And it is the most vital.

Absent years of practical experience in business, knowing where to start is always the trickiest thing. But more than that, knowing how to make the best decision in any circumstance is something that everybody thinks they are better at than they really are. Most people do not have effective and rigourous decision making abilities. This was brought home to me reading this book, on a very personal level. So many of the money-losing decisions I'd made in the past could have been avoided had I this book and it's formulas and criteria to run my thoughts through.

It's safe to say that had I absorbed this book 10 years ago, I would be at least $100k-$200k richer today, if only for the fact that I would have kept my money, because I wouldn't have made so many stupid decisions. (20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing!)

But, in my defense, I really thought I was making good decisions at the time. Doing my "due diligence", etc. But the "NECST" formula described in the book would have stopped me making most of those mistakes. Had I known about it.

What is NECST? You'll have to buy and read the book to find out!

And please do take the time to read it if you are entrepreneurial - even (and especially) if you "already know it all".

[Korbian]

Finishing the book this weekend, great read lots of things to think about for the future. The last 4 chapters really had me thinking a lot and contain a massive amount of value. Thanks MJ the book is awesome a real kick in the pants.

[aBeats]

I read the Book! It was great, I'm a fan, and added tons more MPH to my vehicle on the fastlane

[MJDeMarco]

Bought the book on 6th Feb (and it was promptly delivered in less than an hour), and whilst I'm a slow reader when it comes to online books I have now finally finished reading it. Loved it, was a great read.

The no-nonsense style is exactly right IMO. There's so much crap out there (be it guru-led, the negative media, victim mentalities, oversized Government's causing people to develop the belief that they are owed a great life even if they're lazy as heck, etc etc) that this book was a breath of fresh air.

Gracious!

I just wish you gave a little more details on what you did to build your limos website to be so successful.. any tips would be great!

Everything that was relevant to that growth I put in the book ... everything else is irrelevant. Do you really want to know how I managed my Google account? Or how Goto was bought by Overture and how OVerture was bought by Yahoo? What worked 2 years ago, has changed now.

Do jobs in academia/research count as the "slow lane" too?

Push it through the Fastlane prism and find out. Do such jobs have explicit access to scale and intrinsic value explosion?

Provides a wonderful framework for decision making
February 20, 2011 By J.P.S. (Perth, Western Australia)

I loved this book. It is dripping in authenticity and real-world experience.

Frankly, I didn't hold out high expectations. I had never heard of the author and his book was just another on a large pile of books I had determined to read over the Australian summer. But from the first, authentic page I was hooked.

MJ Demarco not only has created a book that motivates like nothing else I have read, he also provides the most important thing: a true framework for evaluating business decisions.

This is the magic ingredient missing from almost every other "business" book I have ever read. And it is the most vital.

Absent years of practical experience in business, knowing where to start is always the trickiest thing. But more than that, knowing how to make the best decision in any circumstance is something that everybody thinks they are better at than they really are. Most people do not have effective and rigourous decision making abilities. This was brought home to me reading this book, on a very personal level. So many of the money-losing decisions I'd made in the past could have been avoided had I this book and it's formulas and criteria to run my thoughts through.

It's safe to say that had I absorbed this book 10 years ago, I would be at least $100k-$200k richer today, if only for the fact that I would have kept my money, because I wouldn't have made so many stupid decisions. (20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing!)

But, in my defense, I really thought I was making good decisions at the time. Doing my "due diligence", etc. But the "NECST" formula described in the book would have stopped me making most of those mistakes. Had I known about it.

What is NECST? You'll have to buy and read the book to find out!

And please do take the time to read it if you are entrepreneurial - even (and especially) if you "already know it all".

THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO WRITE A REVIEW!!!!

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[djs13]

I just finished the book today. I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" when I was 14 and it was a game changer. Since then I've read 50-70 business books, but the Fastlane to Millions brought me back to the first time I read RDPD. But the Fastlane was more literal in terms of actual business advice whereas most business books are theory and fluff. This is going to be the last business book I read before I launch a business venture because it's given me the kick in the ass I've needed.

[FLucero]

I just finished reading the book and I am INSPIRED. Definitely the reality check I needed. The book was very straightforward and I really appreciated the casual coffee shop conversation approach as well. I'm a firm believer in the Fastlane and I'm excited to make a difference. Thanks, MJ!

[MJDeMarco]

I just finished the book today. I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" when I was 14 and it was a game changer. Since then I've read 50-70 business books, but the Fastlane to Millions brought me back to the first time I read RDPD. But the Fastlane was more literal in terms of actual business advice whereas most business books are theory and fluff. This is going to be the last business book I read before I launch a business venture because it's given me the kick in the ass I've needed.

I just finished reading the book and I am INSPIRED. Definitely the reality check I needed. The book was very straightforward and I really appreciated the casual coffee shop conversation approach as well. I'm a firm believer in the Fastlane and I'm excited to make a difference. Thanks, MJ!

Thanks guys! Icons added!

[bateati]

I need my icon!

I've been pushing your book to people I know.

If I knew I was going to die, and I could only give 2 books to my kids.

One would be
"Think and Grow Rich"
The other would be
"The Millionaire Fastlane"

[entrepreneurjay]

I absolutely loved the book I gave a review of it earlier on here also. A great read, very entertaining, and educational. Thanks M.J. great value for the money I just hope people actually listen and act on what you teach. If you want to retire old, decrepid, and in a wheelchair. Keep doing what you are doing don't read or listen to your advice. If you want to retire Rich, have a new mindset, and enjoy life, pick up this book people it really is that good.

I am working on my fastlane every chance I get with my blog. Think Rich to be Rich passive income is king in this new World. Kick your boss to the curb, and be your own boss. Enough said read the book people it is a no-brainer!

[Theresa]

I read the book