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• My intro: barely legal Mexican immigrant making it in the U.S. (25 y.o, 6-Figure Net Worth)

  
  • RolliePollie
  • Yesterday at 2:17 AM
  • Introductions

  Hello everyone!
  
  This will be my formal introduction to this forum, I've been lurking since 2014 and have read some great dimes over the years. I will mention that the knowledge ive gained from this forum has helped me alot over the years. As to why i didn't get involved earlier, i dont know but im making the decison to get more involved in...

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  Aren't you scared ?

  
  • Speed112
  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • Managing People, Relationships

  JackWhite said:

  Recently, I started to think about the fact that I want my own family (wife, children, and so on), but the problem is that I am afraid of not coping, making a mistake that will affect not only my life, but also the life of my wife and children. Have you ever had this happen? How did you deal...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

  
  • Rabby
  • Yesterday at 4:34 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  thechosen1 said:

  I didn’t grow up on a farm, my little town is actually pretty nice, but we are surrounded by smaller towns (with mostly older people - who are almost all good people). Yes, they love guns, BBQ, and fishing. They also love their families, church, and helping their communities. (Ironically, some...

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  What's your motivation to do things if you don't need to make money.

  
  • biophase
  • Today at 1:27 AM
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  biophase said:

  I've been thinking about this alot lately because I'm now at the point where I truly think that I have enough. But I'm not 100% certain yet. And it's also not as much as people may think. I know that is weird to say, but as you get older, you actually need less and less money. It's an odd place...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

  
  • GPM
  • Yesterday at 8:06 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  
  This video by JP is unreal. I've been a fan of his for what seems like forever, the first video I ever saw of his was from about 6 years ago about how to always be offended by everything.
  
  Who knew he would become a literal freedom fighter in the modern war against the citizen.

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• Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Saturday at 12:49 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  GPM said:

  Can you share a picture? I absolutely love old school libraries!!! Wood, book shelves, classic leather furniture, heavy desks. Wow!

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  Here is a picture my library and what's there now, it's sort of pieced together as we've been struggling to find stuff for the house due to supply issues...

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  Self Help Almost Killed Me

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Wednesday at 11:23 AM
  • Introductions

  I don't think you should impugn self-awareness because few people have it. Self-awareness is why you grow, and why you at years from now will look nothing like YOU of today.
  
  As for a path moving forward, it sounds like your JOB is a great starting place to start honing some skills, skills that will be very VALUABLE a business moving forward...

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  My intro: barely legal Mexican immigrant making it in the U.S. (25 y.o, 6-Figure Net Worth)

  
  • RolliePollie
  • Yesterday at 2:17 AM
  • Introductions

  Hello everyone!
  
  This will be my formal introduction to this forum, I've been lurking since 2014 and have read some great dimes over the years. I will mention that the knowledge ive gained from this forum has helped me alot over the years. As to why i didn't get involved earlier, i dont know but im making the decison to get more involved in...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Saturday at 4:48 AM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  My dad, who is in his mid-50's, escaped an excruciating factory labor job when he was younger than I am now. Afterward, he worked hard in different roles to ensure he would never have to return. He set out to become a minister (and succeeded) and later became a part-time bus driver and worked his way up to the top as Director of Transportation...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Saturday at 10:49 AM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  Kak said:

  Any maskies have the balls to explain this to me?
  
  View attachment 41599

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  The picture is disturbing, but more so that I am paying these people to "educate" children in an ideology adverse to my own beliefs. . . do you think these...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Saturday at 12:58 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  Since we're on the topic of libraries and work spaces, here are some photos which I packed in my head when I went on my house hunt ... spaces like this truly make work a joy.
  
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  Aren't you scared ?

  
  • Speed112
  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • Managing People, Relationships

  JackWhite said:

  Recently, I started to think about the fact that I want my own family (wife, children, and so on), but the problem is that I am afraid of not coping, making a mistake that will affect not only my life, but also the life of my wife and children. Have you ever had this happen? How did you deal...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

  
  • MTF
  • Sunday at 2:56 AM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1482404265683521544

  View: https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1482404265683521544

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  How to get unstuck

  
  • Andy Black
  • Thursday at 8:34 AM
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  If a few weeks go by and you're still talking about doing the same thing then you're stuck.
  
  Often, you already know what you should do, yet you aren't doing it.
  
  You've two options, and both are valid.
  
  

  1. Figure out why you're not doing what you know you should be doing, and remove the blockage.
     
     
  2. F*ck why and JFDI.

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  Learning Direct Response Marketing (Strategies/Book Summaries/Case Studies)

  
  • MTF
  • Sunday at 1:29 PM
  • Process and Execution

  A business doesn't exist without sales.
  
  You can have the best product ever, yet if you don't know how to find prospects and how to persuade them to try your offer, you'll make a big, fat zero.
  
  Ironically, if I were to pick my weakest business skill, it would be marketing and sales.
  
  Despite my weakness, I was lucky to build a successful...

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  Dummy Guide To VALUE: Craft Million Dollar Offers And Great Relationships (Alex Hormozi: The 100 Million Dollar Man)

  
  • Edgar King
  • Thursday at 7:52 PM
  • General Business Discussion

  Above All Else…
  Provide Relative Value. Relative To The Market.
  ​

  Value is helping me move me from point A (Inferno), to point B (Heaven) which I care to be at (Desired Outcome).​

  
  

  Introduction And Thanks (You Can Skip This)​

  I wish to start by saying, Hello! My...

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  A doctor in doubt about the profession...

  
  • GIlman
  • Friday at 4:34 AM
  • Introductions

  Although I don't really discuss it much on this board, but I am an MD. Up until COVID I never really discussed my medical background here at all, but during the early days especially I was involved in many different discussions here. I also have been fortunate to personally know MJ as well as many of the other long time members on the board...

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  Learning Direct Response Marketing (Strategies/Book Summaries/Case Studies)

  
  • MTF
  • Sunday at 1:41 PM
  • Process and Execution

  Issue #1: Alex Hormozi's $100M Offers
  
  I stumbled upon Alex Hormozi recently. He was repeatedly recommended by different experienced entrepreneurs, mentioning how legit he is and how valuable his stuff is.
  
  At first I was skeptical but then I decided to watch his free course on...

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  Self Help Almost Killed Me

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  • I am not Gio
  • Wednesday at 9:19 AM
  • Introductions

  Hi guys! I am not Gio.
  
  I got to say that I am impressed by all of you, trying so hard to create a more prosperous and fulfilling life, or helping others to do so. You are truly inspiring. Well done guys. Keep up the good work. Like we would say in Italy - Chi si ferma è perduto! -
  
  I’d like to share my story; It is going to take a while, so...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

  
  • Kak
  • Thursday at 12:14 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  I miss 1987 and I wasn’t even born yet.
  
  Guess what my office looks like.
  

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• How I made $264,998 at 26 y.o in 2021 living in a 3rd World African Country

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  • Nodus
  • Dec 25, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  Well, I am not one to post or talk unless I have something important to say but I am writing this hoping to give a few tips to those of us starting out.
  
  
  
  NB: For those who may appalled by calling it a "3rd world country" rather than a "developing country" while you may simply comment about one, I was born and live in one, so reserve the...

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  **Holiday Gift to the Forum ($1,000s worth of products, yours FREE, no email required)**

  
  • Black_Dragon43
  • Dec 30, 2021
  • Marketing Strategy

  **Holiday Gift To The Forum ($1,000s Worth Of Products, Yours FREE, No Email Required)**​

  Ladies, gents... I've made the decision to give back to the forum all the products that I've sold or commercialized over the past few years, with one exception.
  
  That's right, you'll get access to everything, free of charge, I don't...

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  Media Magicians, Word Trick Wands, and Mass Hypnosis

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Dec 28, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  Over the past several years more people have awakened to the fear-mongering and biased slants of major news media (entertainment news). Even my own parents seem aware that something is happening, but they can't always put their finger on it and they only really notice when it's done by the other side. But the media's tricks are...

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  The Ultimate Goal-Setting System: Take 1 Hour to Change Your Next 10 Years...

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jan 6, 2022
  • Process and Execution

  (And WHY You Need to Stop Making New Year's Resolutions!)
  
  Can 1 hour change your next 10 years?
  
  YES.
  
  Apply this gaol setting system in its entirety, and you won't recognize yourself in 10 years.
  
  And better?
  
  It is FREE.
  
  

  ...

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  Pre-Order: The 10th Anniversary Hardback Edition of The Millionaire Fastlane

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Dec 28, 2021
  • Books and Educating Yourself

  I'm happy to announce The Millionaire Fastlane is now available in hardback on Amazon, and it is the 10th Anniversary Edition!
  
  
  
  Yes, it has been more than TEN YEARS, one decade, since I wrote The Millionaire Fastlane.
  
  This edition has been mildly updated to reflect today's changing times, from...

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  Media Magicians, Word Trick Wands, and Mass Hypnosis

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Dec 27, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  As Decepticon Spreads... the headline reads.
  
  Watch out for the word "As" when used by media outlets.
  

  • As the fires rage...
  • As the wind picks up...
  • As the waters rise...
  • As the death toll surges...

  This is a tool of hypnosis applied to those who are already locked in a trance. Media outlets use it to guide...

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  Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Saturday at 12:49 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  GPM said:

  Can you share a picture? I absolutely love old school libraries!!! Wood, book shelves, classic leather furniture, heavy desks. Wow!

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  Here is a picture my library and what's there now, it's sort of pieced together as we've been struggling to find stuff for the house due to supply issues...

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  What are your rules of personal finance?

  
  • Johnny boy
  • Jan 3, 2022
  • Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance

  My rules are
  1. If you're broke don't buy anything nicer than beans and single-ply toilet paper, spend all of your time getting a business going that is scalable.
  2. Double your income each year with your scalable business.
  3. Have a vision and don't be an insecure bitch who makes a bit of money then immediately blows it. Fixes any lifestyle...

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  Self Help Almost Killed Me

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Wednesday at 11:23 AM
  • Introductions

  I don't think you should impugn self-awareness because few people have it. Self-awareness is why you grow, and why you at years from now will look nothing like YOU of today.
  
  As for a path moving forward, it sounds like your JOB is a great starting place to start honing some skills, skills that will be very VALUABLE a business moving forward...

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  A New Year Opportunity for Freelancers Who Need a Place to Start

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Jan 1, 2022
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Web Design

  If you plan to freelance in the new year as a source of income, or even if you're already freelancing and looking for ways to grow, there is a big opportunity that exists right now. We talk about it every day on the forum, but not in this context. That opportunity exists in the following buzzwords:
  

  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • NFTs...

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• 23 Year Old w/19 Employees: Just Did $5m in 2021, *OFFICIALLY A MILLIONAIRE* - AMA

  
  • Silk Cuba
  • Dec 7, 2021
  • General Business Discussion

  
  £3m (online) + £1m (offline) ~ approx $5.3m so far in 2021. Profit $1.5m+
  
  First of all, THIS FORUM IS AMAZING. I only wish I had come across it sooner! Hoping to become an active...

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  The Great Rat-Race Escape by MJ DeMarco, Now Available (All formats!)

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • May 12, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  Celebrate REAL INDEPENDENCE on your INDEPENDENCE DAY weekend.
  
  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.
  
  -...

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  Don’t lurk, do this instead

  
  • Andy Black
  • Nov 6, 2021
  • General Business Discussion

  You may be tempted to lurk - in this forum, other forums, or in life.
  
  You'll do better to participate instead.
  
  Worried you don’t have value to add?
  
  Start by giving thanks.
  
  If you read something you like then don’t just hit the Like button.
  
  Quote it, thank the poster, and explain why it helped you.
  
  Here’s what’ll happen:
  
  1) You’ll help...

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  Why success and "living Unscripted" is like winning a rigged carnival game...

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Sep 21, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  As I got settled into my new home and caught up on email, I was happy to see dozens of emails from readers and fans.
  
  None of this mail was "hate mail" but a lot of messages of thanks and status reports of progress. Great right?
  
  Sure, except my brain wasn't happy about it. You see, it was just another thing to do, another task to cross off...

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  An Important Reminder: It's Not About What You Like

  
  • MTF
  • Apr 5, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  "We do not get to decide what works." - Dane Maxwell
  
  "You have a place in the universe. And that place is not to make the universe be what you want. The place is for you to serve. You serve the moment, you raise the moment, you help, you bring love. You never take. You wouldn't even know what taking means. You have no preference about what...

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  E-commerce: $100k in one hour

  
  • JasonR
  • Aug 11, 2021
  • Marketing Strategy

  I wanted to share something very cool, and very actionable for all the e-com guys here. This doesn't work if you don't have a business or an email/customer list, but it works like CRAZY if:
  You don't abuse your e-mail list
  You email often (value driven, you just don't hammer campaigns/sales emails out)
  You don't run promotions often .
  
  First...

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  Struggling? Go Back to the Fundamentals of The Millionaire Fastlane

  
  • Vigilante
  • Sep 4, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  Fundamentals
  
  I was a youth football coach for one year. That year, my team of 8th grade misfits went undefeated. At the end of the year, I was asked to never come back and coach again, because I wouldn’t teach the kids the way the “system” wanted me to. I was one of eight teams at the 8th grade level within this system, and we were all...

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  Business is easy and it affects forum participation from heavy hitters.

  
  • Ravens_Shadow
  • Feb 7, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  Part 1: Business is easy, internal battles are hard.​

  
  
  I’ve been pondering about my view that business as a whole is easy, it’s fighting your internal battles while building a successful company that’s hard. The tasks that I do on a daily basis are mostly simple and I’m honestly just typing stuff or clicking my mouse in a...

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  Easy = Sales. How Easy Is It To Do Business With You?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Apr 3, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  The easier it is for customers to give you money, the more sales you will make.
  
  The more hoops, the less sales you get, and customers go elsewhere.
  
  Here's a true story. @Chitown.
  
  My regular pool cleaner moved out of the area.
  
  I need to find a new weekly pool service.
  
  I found 3 in my local...

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  AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

  
  • Ravens_Shadow
  • Nov 28, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  I've been wanting to do an AMA (Ask me anything) for a while. I've built a desktop software company worth 8 figures, but I'm aiming for $1 billion, not to be a unicorn, but just because I think its the natural progression of where I'm headed. I started the company in 2016 and I have 15 employees and I've never taken on investor money despite...

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  Prisons, Cults, and Freedom! From Zero to $150,000 a month.

  
  • Shamrox
  • Jul 25, 2021
  • Introductions

  You think you can't make it? Here's the thing...
  
  When I joined this forum in 2017, I didn't have a dime to my name.
  
  I embarked on a journey and worked my a$$ off.
  
  Fast forward 4.5 years and I'm in the millionaire fastlane.
  
  Great to be back
  
  I was born into poverty (the kind of poor other poor people mocked). My dad spent my childhood in...

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  Life's Most Bitter Truth: What Your University Won't Teach You...

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Dec 22, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  
  TRANSCRIPT:
  
  Hey this is MJ DeMarco and I’d like to officially announce, I’m back!
  
  It’s been nearly TEN years since I’ve actually did an in-person video and a lot has changed besides the gray hair and wrinkles. As you might know, one of the big changes for me, is I left Phoenix Arizona now live in Alpine...

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  What BOX have you locked yourself up in?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Dec 11, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  I pulled this out of an old thread dozens of pages long and I thought it worth a thread.
  
  As I mentioned many times, I'm an introvert. As such, I don't enjoy being at the center of attention. I don't like public speaking. I hate going on podcasts. I hate doing YouTube videos. I hate interviews. I prefer written word over spoken.
  
  That said...

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  I sold my house, all my possessions, left the state, and started a business.

  
  • Bigguns50
  • May 12, 2021
  • General Business Discussion

  This still sounds crazy! Who does this? Especially at my age of nearly 60 yrs old. Interesting that the older we get, the more we realize we have less road in front of us than behind us. In reality, that’s not always true. We never know when this life will end and the next one begins.
  
  My wife and I decided after several trips to Sedona, AZ...

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  Finally made that million. A Self-Publishers Story...

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  • TheVoyager
  • Jun 9, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  Hi folks,
  
  this is my first post in this forum. Up to now I was just a quiet reader, but I learned a lot from your contributions. Thanks for that. I thought I share my story, as I finally made my first million $ with my selfpublishing business.
  
  Let me begin far in the past. I’m a mid-40, born in germany, where I still live and work. So please...

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  Guys I need help to make $2K/mo

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Mar 23, 2021
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Web Design

  shawnyp said:

  I hate my job, and I really want to be able to quit my job and work for myself within a year or 2, but I can't seem to find a way. Any side hustles that are working for people? I just need a place to start at least. Is coding still a viable option? I honestly don't care what it is, just something...

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  How I made $264,998 at 26 y.o in 2021 living in a 3rd World African Country

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  • Nodus
  • Dec 25, 2021
  • Process and Execution

  Well, I am not one to post or talk unless I have something important to say but I am writing this hoping to give a few tips to those of us starting out.
  
  
  
  NB: For those who may appalled by calling it a "3rd world country" rather than a "developing country" while you may simply comment about one, I was born and live in one, so reserve the...

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  Is it actually true as MJ claims that starting a business doesn't require much capital?

  
  • Matt33
  • Apr 25, 2021
  • Ideas, Concept Feedback

  I started mine with $2,000 out of my dorm room, 18 year old freshman.
  
  $1500 product inventory, product was free to prototype (clothing product with a twist)
  $500 shipping supplies, Shopify, misc
  
  Spent many man hours (months) custom coding and editing together a kick a$$ website, built on Shopify but really a giant landing page.
  
  Next step...

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  Hyperinflation starting? What's happening in your area? Post your ground reports.

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Apr 5, 2021
  • Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance

  I believe we are witnessing a massive hyperinflationary event underway as prices continue to skyrocket in all asset classes. Of course, this doesn't happen in 1 day or 1 week, but over the course of a year or two.
  
  Meanwhile, the Fed continues to say inflation is under control.
  
  I've extracted some of the posts from the other INFLATION...

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  The Ultimate Checklist: A 99% Mindset VS a 1% Mindset

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Nov 9, 2021
  • Mindset and Self-Development

  I pulled this from my new book, The Great Rat Race Escape, namely from the Perseverance Strategy (#114).
  
  This chart truly embodies the entire Unscripted philosophy and Fastlane Entrepreneurship and what separates the 99% (rat-racers) from the 1% (scientific producers).
  
  While a lot of this is explained earlier in TGRRE (this chart appears near...

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