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• Will the Wuhan Coronavirus kill us all?

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Yesterday at 6:48 PM
  • Off Topic: Sports, Funnies, Pop-Culture

  If this intensifies (as it looks like it is starting to do) NOW is the time to start preparing. When the shit hits the fan, you won't be able to buy supplies. If you ever seen Flordia pre-hurricane, the stores are shit-shows. This would probably be the same.
  
  I've spent the better part of the day stocking up on necessities; propane, gas, food stuffs with long shelf-life,water filters, ammunition, basic "prepper" kind of stuff. Even if nothing happens with this outbreak, it never hurts to...

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  Will the Wuhan Coronavirus kill us all?

  
  • Serito
  • Today at 11:29 AM
  • Off Topic: Sports, Funnies, Pop-Culture

  AlessandroD said:

  I live in Italy, 1 case close to me (Piedmont) and I'm pretty close to Lombardy (around 50), the competent authorities are working hard to isolate the cities involved, people in other cities act normally so far.
  
  It seems that the patient zero hasn't been infected at all (maybe is not him), anyhow we still don't know all facts about this virus and therefore there are good chance that it will be spread again.
  
  Said that, there are far more...

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  Dropping Everything and Moving to Phoenix

  
  • James Klymus
  • Today at 6:37 PM
  • Off Topic: Sports, Funnies, Pop-Culture

  So it’s been on my mind more and more lately that I would like to escape cold dreary Illinois, to Warm sunny Phoenix.
  
  
  Illinois is okay, especially in the summer, but the winters are really starting to get to me. The snow, the cold, the lack of sunshine. Plus I’ve been sick almost constantly since December, Which is something people just accept in the winter time in cold areas. I feel like I need a break from this place.
  
  
  And I really feel like the shitty weather is almost distracting me...

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  Dropping Everything and Moving to Phoenix

  
  • Strategery
  • Today at 6:54 PM
  • Off Topic: Sports, Funnies, Pop-Culture

  James Klymus said:

  What are some good areas in and around Phoenix that I should look at? And I guess if anyone has any recommendations on apartments, that would help too.

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  I stayed for a week after Summit and really loved it there, I'm considering moving there myself (because why the F*ck not). I know everyone loves Scottsdale, which is super nice, but I liked Tempe as well. Apartments are high everywhere there (to me at least). You should go check it...

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  Lurker from UK

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  • Nicco
  • Today at 5:41 AM
  • Forum Introductions (Who are you!?)

  Hi all,
  
  I'm Nick, 29-years-old, male, from Yorkshire UK. I grew up following quite a typical path i.e. school, university, job. I have a masters degree in electronic engineering and spent the past 6 years working as a software engineer/consultant in various roles. I went through a huge self-development spurt after my mother sadly passed away from cancer around 2 years ago and (driven largely by grief and dissatisfaction with my life situation) consumed a tonne of self-development books...

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• Working for income VS Working for net worth.

  
  • Kak
  • Friday at 2:37 PM
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  We all talk about business and how much money we make. How big our revenues are. How we get big contracts. Often times how much money we spend. None of that means wealth.
  
  It all comes down to what we do with the golden goose. Money. For those unfamiliar with the old parable, the golden goose lays golden eggs.... For many, the buck stops there...

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  How My Attitude Towards Leadership Held Me Back For Decades

  
  • BizyDad
  • Tuesday at 8:54 PM
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  I remember growing up my school had two or three shelves of biographies. I read them all. Those books deeply impacted who I wanted to be in life at a very young age. I remember many lessons. But this one lesson I had forgotten, until just recently:
  
  All my favorite leaders got shot.
  
  Growing up a child of the '80s, leadership looked like Bill...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Feb 15, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  I finally decided I would share my recent experience selling N95 particulate masks online. I really debated about this as I thought some would regard me of being greedy or taking advantage of people.
  
  And yet some of these same people don't mind finding a product on Alibaba and selling it for 10 times what they paid for it.
  
  Go figure.
  
  This...

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  The Dog on The Nail

  
  • James Klymus
  • Monday at 9:59 AM
  • Chat Scripted Dogma/Indoctrination

  If you've read unscripted, you know what I'm talking about.
  
  Theres a dog at a gas station, he's whining and a man notices and asks the attendant why. The attendant says the dog is laying on a nail. The man asks, Why doesn't he just get up? The attendant shrugs and says, "it must not hurt bad enough." Here's a little story to illustrate:
  
  He...

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  Working for income VS Working for net worth.

  
  • SteveO
  • Friday at 5:20 PM
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  Thanks for the excellent post.
  
  I definitely worked for net worth. In fact, a divorce happened because my wife at the time did not understand my goals... no matter how I tried to explain. She wanted monthly cashflow. I tried to convince her that a 1M chunk at the end of a 2 year project was better than 40K/year for 2 years.
  
  We had plenty of...

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  I Lost A Friend & Mentor Today. I Have To Say Something About It.

  
  • BizyDad
  • Friday at 8:16 PM
  • Health and Fitness

  I just found out.
  
  I was missing him so I sent him a text.
  
  I don't often use the term mentor and I don't look up to many people.
  
  He did it to himself.
  
  He had done things in business I aspire to. We'd been discussing partnerships. Amongst other accomplishments, he had built two powerhouse organizations in my industry. But the stress always...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • Kak
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  Katherine said:

  All business owners seek for opportunities and make a profit. The fine line for me will be when one attempts to profit off human's worry and panic, to hike up prices, I no longer can agree on that way doing business.
  
  My belief about making money - there are opportunities everywhere. But some...

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  So You Want To Speak At Next Year's Summit? Why Wait?

  
  • Bekit
  • Monday at 10:42 PM
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  andrewsyc said:

  I think your speech outline is already here: What I Learned Being A Banker & Interviewing 2k Businesses
  

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  Thank you for linking to that thread! I've...

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  How My Attitude Towards Leadership Held Me Back For Decades

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Tuesday at 9:11 PM
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  Great write up.
  
  My only lesson I would share with you is one I've learned working in the steel industry most of my adult life.
  
  Steel loses its strength when it loses its temper.

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  Katherine said:

  The fine line for me will be when one attempts to profit off human's worry and panic or to hike up prices, I no longer can agree on that way doing business.

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  Uhhh Ok.
  Profiting off of human's worry and panic or hiking up prices happens every day.
  
  It is used every day in selling...

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  You're Not Afraid Of Failure... This Is What You're Really Afraid Of!

  
  • The-J
  • Friday at 4:07 PM
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  What I’m afraid of isn’t failure. I don’t fear failure. I’ve failed lots, ever since I was a baby. The failure itself is almost never fatal, and if it were, you wouldn't know it anyway.
  
  What I fear is an emotional state of insufficiency. It’s a painful state. It's pain that I fear.
  
  I'm afraid of the pain of failure.
  
  I have a feeling that...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • csalvato
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  million$$$smile said:

  I had mentioned this opportunity to 4 or 5 other friends so that they at least could go there and stock up on masks for themselves if not for profit.
  I also told 9 employees the same thing, and had thought that perhaps one of them would want to make some extra coin with very little effort...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • Ocean Man
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  million$$$smile said:

  It is hard for me to understand why others don't jump on these opportunities when they are presented to them.

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  I understand it’s capitalism, but there’s somethings I’ll do and somethings I wont. This is one of them that I won’t. I’m currently in South Korea and I made a thread about...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  Ocean Man said:

  I understand it’s capitalism, but there’s somethings I’ll do and somethings I wont.

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  I can understand that to a point.
  
  BUT, what I think becomes a problem for me is that when one sees that they are being bought up and one just stands there shaking their head saying that isn't right but...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Tuesday at 10:41 AM
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  fastlanedoll said:

  @million$$$smile - how much profit did you make?

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  Lets just say I have done extremely well without gouging the customer, though I do admit I listed a half dozen of the boxes at an extremely exorbitant price to see how they would do.
  I sold every one of the six for over 5000% markup in...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  Strategery said:

  Makes me think of Martin Shkreli and the AIDS drug he jacked the price up on. I don't think he acted morally. Am I wrong?

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  No. You are absolutely right. I think all of us would agree what Shkreli did was absolutely wrong. What he did was so far beyond even the norm that most Pharma...

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  $70,490.35 In January

  
  • BrandonS85
  • Tuesday at 12:10 PM
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  I'm really hoping this doesn't come across too salesy, but here goes anyway.
  
  Had my best month ever : I've been running my real estate company, laundromats and now documenting the whole process on youtube.
  
  Revenue was 60:40 in favor of my brick & mortar stuff, but youtube is exploding. It's getting really, really interesting for me but the...

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  1/5/10 Plan - Who has written, or updated it in 2020?

  
  • Sethamus
  • Monday at 5:13 PM
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  I just finished writing my 1/5/10 year plan in one of my work journals and wondering who else, especially 2020 summit attendee's, has sat down and written or updated an existing one?
  
  One extra step that I will work on is updating throughout the year a 2 week plan that is dated with items that I can do right now to start achieving my 1 year...

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  Who here makes $10K a month?

  
  • eliquid
  • Thursday at 9:56 PM
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  Making $10k a month isn't a tough milestone.
  
  I know guys that make $10k a day. But it cost them $9900 to make it.
  
  You should be talking to people who are keeping at least $10k a month instead of those making $10k a month.

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • Katherine
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  All business owners seek for opportunities and make a profit. The fine line for me will be when one attempts to profit off human's worry and panic, to hike up prices, I no longer can agree on that way doing business.
  
  My belief about making money - there are opportunities everywhere. But some opportunities I will give a miss.

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• $2.18 Million in Income & $632,842 in Profit in 2019 My 1st Year in Business, with Lyme Disease AMA

  
  • halfstepdown88
  • Feb 14, 2020
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  
  2019 was an intense year - I had to buy out a shady business partner for $50,000, had to prevent the biz from destructing from and fire a narcissistic VP of sales, and I've had very harsh up and downs with Lyme disease.
  
  I feel like I should have made a million in profit, but I know I'll hit that...

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  Working for income VS Working for net worth.

  
  • Kak
  • Friday at 2:37 PM
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  We all talk about business and how much money we make. How big our revenues are. How we get big contracts. Often times how much money we spend. None of that means wealth.
  
  It all comes down to what we do with the golden goose. Money. For those unfamiliar with the old parable, the golden goose lays golden eggs.... For many, the buck stops there...

  Continue reading...

  How My Attitude Towards Leadership Held Me Back For Decades

  
  • BizyDad
  • Tuesday at 8:54 PM
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  I remember growing up my school had two or three shelves of biographies. I read them all. Those books deeply impacted who I wanted to be in life at a very young age. I remember many lessons. But this one lesson I had forgotten, until just recently:
  
  All my favorite leaders got shot.
  
  Growing up a child of the '80s, leadership looked like Bill...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Kak
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Sorry I had to run out so quick this evening. Had a plane to catch!
  
  It was so unbelievably cool to get to see so many old friends, put some faces to some names and make some new friends!
  
  I am incredibly thankful for the experience. I’m thankful for the community. You guys rock. All of you.
  
  Special thanks to @MJ DeMarco for...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Eskil
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  To ALL attendees, but especially first timers taking tons of notes or photos of the presentation slides with your phones... When you come home - those notes and photos won't hold much value unless you actually do something with them!
  
  I remember taking lots of notes at my first meetup in 2014, all excited for all the stuff I had written...

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  How is Coronavirus affecting your business?

  
  • AgainstAllOdds
  • Feb 9, 2020
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  PSA:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  F*ck business.
  
  I don't think the coronavirus is real, but for the Chinese it's very much real.
  
  I know all of us want our product. We want...

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  My Latest Experience Selling N95 Masks

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Feb 15, 2020
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  I finally decided I would share my recent experience selling N95 particulate masks online. I really debated about this as I thought some would regard me of being greedy or taking advantage of people.
  
  And yet some of these same people don't mind finding a product on Alibaba and selling it for 10 times what they paid for it.
  
  Go figure.
  
  This...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  The room just gave a round of applause for @Andy Black — Andy you are appreciated and missed here at the Summit. Thank you for your contributions.

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  So You Want To Speak At Next Year's Summit? Why Wait?

  
  • BizyDad
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  First off, the summit speakers were amazing. All did a great job (yes, I mean all.) They were so inspiring in fact, that I've heard/read it 5 or 6 times now:
  
  "I want to speak at next year's summit"
  "Maybe I can talk about XYZ at next year's summit"
  "I don't want to just go to next year's summit, I want to speak."
  
  And if 5 or 6 people have...

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  New Forum Feature: Ignore Content/Forums

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Feb 15, 2020
  • Forum News, Updates, & FAQs

  Some of you expressed the ability to IGNORE certain content on the forums, such as the "MENS ROOM" or perhaps "OFF-TOPIC" items.
  
  Now you can block those forums (and their content) from appearing.
  
  Simply visit the specific forum and select IGNORE FORUM.
  
  You can also IGNORE any thread.
  
  To review what...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • CareCPA
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Hey all - I really enjoyed speaking this weekend. Definitely out of my comfort zone (in case you couldn't tell from the shaky start )
  
  Remember that this weekend is pointless if you don't implement the things you learned. If you go back and fall into the same routines, you may have well just stayed home for the weekend.
  
  Don't be afraid to...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Andy Black
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  MJ DeMarco said:

  The room just game a Round of applause for @Andy Black — Andy you are appreciated and missed here at the Summit. Thank you for your contributions.

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  Chitown said:

  @Bekit,
  
  Just gave props to @Andy Black...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  First day is in the books, and I must say, it was FN awesome. While the room is larger and there are 50% more people, the room is setup must more efficiently to learn, network, and get the most out of the e vent.
  
  Thank you first day speakers... ya'll did FN great! The big stage was no match for ya!
  
  @amp0193...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • ZCP
  • Feb 11, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Well, that's a wrap. Boarding my flight from the summit.
  
  Really proud of everyone. Thank you @MJ DeMarco.
  
  I changed a lot of lives this weekend. Got mine changed too.
  
  None of this means anything if you don't get results.
  
  @Kung Fu Steve posted this the other day from TR: Dont tell me what you did...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Bora.s
  • Feb 9, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Thank you very much, it was a pleasure to meet you all. Here are greetings from the hiking group!

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Sebastya
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  @Bekit killing it on stage
  
  

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  2020 Fastlane Summit, Itinerary

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jan 30, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  amp0193 said:

  I noticed that "epic party and basketball tournament at MJ's house" didn't make it onto the itinerary.

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  Primeperiwinkle said:

  Im hoping and praying that he’ll tell us in person instead of on the public forum

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  1) My house is an hour away.
  2)...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Kak
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Everyone get pissed off on your plane rides home by the way.
  
  Cherish that half a can of soda!
  
  Damn I feel like a peasant sitting here, despite the WiFi.
  
  They make these for a reason. Because people buy them.

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • AllenCrawley
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  @Red dropping relationship value bombs...
  

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • LightHouse
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  In past years I would be out with you all on the patio...
  
  ... This year I am taking the night to prepare an amazing close out preso that you guys deserve. Let's hope I have a voice!
  
  

  http://imgur.com/GkQMj97

  
  Day 1 was amazing, Everyone that presented was top notch. We laughed, we learned, and a few guys ....farted?
  
  Expect Day 2 to really...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • 21elnegocio
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  The best conference ever attended, real people real answers.

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Boom
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  MJ

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • Suzanne Bazemore
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Grabbing some dinner with new friends after the absolute best conference i have ever attended.

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

  
  • James Fend
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  Another awesome Summit! It was great meeting everyone, tons of people I missed..
  
  As decompression hits, I was sitting here pre-drafting a long post in my head. Then wisdom I gained from the previous Summit told me to skip the Highs that I have now, but instead look into sustaining the energy into forum content in the months ahead.
  
  So instead...

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  The 2020 Fastlane Summit - Official Event Thread!

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  • farmer79
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • Networking, Socializing, Meet-Ups

  The value at this event is just off the charts.
  
  It is 3 Am and I am still digesting the most interesting conversation that I had with Runum.
  
  I didn’t know him but he came and introduced himself and we got to talking. My wife and I homeschool our children and this is something that is important to us and we want to give them the best...

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• Did It: Zero to $12k a Month While Traveling the World

  
  • GoodluckChuck
  • Mar 21, 2019
  • Process / Execution Threads

  So you saw the headline and decided to click and see what this post is all about. That was literally what I did about 1.5 years ago when I saw Rob O'Rourke's (@Fox) post with a very similar title.
  
  Back then I was looking for a way out of my 9-5 world. Don't get me wrong. I had my dream job. At least it was my dream...

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  From 0 To $240,000 Per Year PROFIT In 18 Months

  
  • doitman
  • Sep 8, 2019
  • Process / Execution Threads

  From 0 to $240,000 per year profit in 18 months
  
  I've been a follower of this forum for about a year now, had read the Millionaire Fastlane book, and finally have decided to tell my story. About a year and a half ago, I found myself unemployed and with near zero savings, two house payments, and a second baby on the way. Things were so dire...

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  Is CENTS Destructive to Action?

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Mar 15, 2019
  • The Unscripted Entrepreneurial Mind

  Over the years I've read thousands of introductions here.
  
  A common thread I've seeing follows the following format:
  
  A) I have 3 ideas, X,Y, and Z.
  B) None of them meet CENTS.
  C) X is missing entry, Y is missing scale, and Z is missing a mix of both.
  D) I don't know what to do.
  
  The end result is the person does NOTHING.
  
  The problem...

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  Quit my job, living in the fastlane. (How I Set Myself Up To Quit)

  
  • Envision
  • Jul 19, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  Whats up Fastlaners,
  
  This week was my first week as a full time entrepreneur and making this thread has been on my mind for quite some time. I keep thinking about how i got myself into this position because not too long ago I was literally living in a mobile home making 13/hr. Unlike most corny gurus that say that, that was actually my life...

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  Let's Talk About Entrepreneurial Depression

  
  • AgainstAllOdds
  • Jul 25, 2019
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  It's a tough topic, but one that should not be taboo to talk about.
  
  If you choose the life of an entrepreneur, there's one thing you need to accept that's not in almost any business book: Your probability of being depressed, stressed, and anxious skyrockets.
  
  

  "Depression was the highest-reported reported condition, being present in 30%...

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  A fundamental question for any entrepreneur: What do I want from my business?

  
  • Ravens_Shadow
  • Apr 22, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  I’ve got a friend that I call a few times a month to see if he’s taken action on his ideas and help him break down any barriers he may have. We’ll talk about what he’s doing and he’ll throw up a bunch of excuses about why he can’t launch yet, albeit it’s been 4 years since he started his entrepreneurial journey. His excuses may be something...

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  How great is your business idea from a CENTS perspective? Find out instantly...

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Aug 14, 2019
  • Ideas, Needs, Concept Feedback

  Introducing -- Grade My Business Idea -- a website tool that will instantly grade and rate your business ideas in accordance to a weighted CENTS Framework whereas NEED and SCALE is most important, plus a MARKET ACCESS variable. (If you can't reach a market with a message, do you have a market??)...

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  Just stick with it, don't quit. It's a hard journey - $30k in a single month... finally.

  
  • Ravens_Shadow
  • Dec 8, 2019
  • Lessons from Success/Failure

  If this thread stops one person from quitting, then it's done its job.
  
  I've been on my "fastlane" journey since 2012 and as of the past month I finally hit my goal, which was to make $30k in a single month.. and we actually surpassed this. Our goal now is $60k per month, then $90k, and so on.
  
  Just a few months ago, we were weren't making much...

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  Lifetime passive income: The Paycheck Pot In Action

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jul 7, 2019
  • Personal Finance, Investing, Trading

  Want to earn a passive income every single month for the rest of your life? And be able to survive a recession or a market collapse?
  
  Earn (and save) enough money to build a Paycheck Pot, a lump-sum portfolio that yields a passive income EVERY MONTH through the use of market investments such as dividend stocks, preferred bonds, closed end...

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  The road to wealth is simple: Drive a crappy car

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 21, 2019
  • Personal Finance, Investing, Trading

  Very rarely do I agree with Marketwatch's personal finance tips but I agree with this one.
  
  

  

  The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car

  Buying new cars is like taking $40,000 and setting it on fire.

  www.marketwatch.com

  
  Early in my entrepreneurial journey, my lust for fast cars really set me back in many ways.
  
  Each time I was burdened with...

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  0$ to 1000000$ in 12 Months! (Ride Along)

  
  • JAJT
  • Aug 14, 2019
  • Process / Execution Threads

  Vairavan said:

  Can you give me some constructive criticism?

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  Sure:
  
  You seem to have "shiny object syndrome" and are basically the definition of a wantrepreneur, right now anyway.
  
  From your intro:
  
  - You've never held a job
  - You couldn't finish college, twice, and apparently couldn't even complete...

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  How I made 6 figures at age 20

  
  • Akeem
  • May 15, 2019
  • Process / Execution Threads

  I'd just like to mention that this post does not sponsor/sell any courses or get you to subscribe to blah blah blah. I've been around this forum for a few years and have yet to create a thread introducing myself so I thought I'd do it today and tell you all a short and to-the-point story of how I went from being an almost average 20 year old to...

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  37 minutes until I board my plane, and then THIS happened

  S
  • snowbank
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  (1 of 2 due to size... continued in next post)
  
  -
  
  (2+ days ago…)
  
  I find myself at the airport, waiting to head back home.
  
  I’ve been in Arizona for the last few days visiting @biophase
  
  Nothing too crazy, just hanging out with some MLMers and...

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  Biophase & Snowbank get pitched MLM in Barnes & Noble

  
  • biophase
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  Tonight @snowbank and I go to Barnes & Noble because Bill wanted to see the placement of his friend’s personal development book.
  
  We go to the personal development section and looking at his friend’s books and Bill makes a comment about a book. This 22 year old guy behind us says something about the book and starts talking to...

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  How I got hired as a software engineer without a college degree

  
  • GrayCode
  • Nov 27, 2019
  • General Mindset, Motivation, Beliefs

  I started another thread recently about my first fastlane month and I got a question on how I was able to get hired as a software engineer without a college degree. I feel like this is information I WISH someone...

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  I Will be Crossing the $500,000/yr profit threshold by end of 2020 (Insight to my Jan 9 Conference Call)

  
  • TreyAllDay
  • Dec 7, 2019
  • Process / Execution Threads

  Hello All,
  
  Just wanted to drop a quick update on my execution to hold myself accountable.
  
  I've unfortunately not grown my business properly over the last year. Specifically: I've let passive income become the non-priority.
  
  I own two GREAT services, one a digital menu board business for automotive shops and the other an intranet...

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  "I don't know what product to sell" How You Choose A Product-Based Business

  
  • biophase
  • Oct 17, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  One question that I always get is "I don't know what product to sell." My answer now is always, that's not the right question. Thinking of the product first is backwards.
  
  The question is, "who will benefit from my business?", "why do I want to start that business?" and "what business do I want to start?"
  
  When you ask...

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  Lex DeVille's - How I Bought a $4k Laser and Started an Engraving Side Hustle for Free (super easy)

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Apr 14, 2019
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing, Bootstrapping

  Earlier this year I bought a brand new $4,000 laser engraver. Then I started a laser engraving side hustle business. I did all of this without paying anything out of pocket. Here's how...
  
  
  
  Step 1 - Choose a Laser (I chose Glowforge)
  
  Step 2 - Get Financing (I used a USAA personal loan)
  
  Step 3 - Order Laser
  
  Step...

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  What I Learned Being A Banker & Interviewing 2k Businesses

  
  • BizyDad
  • Nov 23, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  My first thread. Exciting.
  
  So over in this thread, I made a case for new folks who don’t know what their Fastlane looks like, to consider banking as a job as they figure it out. You can read why there, but...

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  Hated His Job at 40, Bought A Business, Now Nearly A Billionaire

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Sep 24, 2019
  • Lessons from Success/Failure

  A great story despite the click-baity title.
  
  Lots of awesome takeaways, from getting started older in life, to productocracies, to buying a struggling business and turning it around, to domain experience in an industry, to reading books to figure out solutions.
  
  It's everything I ramble on about!!
  
  Enjoy!
  
  [URL...

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  37 minutes until I board my plane, and then THIS happened

  S
  • snowbank
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  (part 2 of 2)
  
  The beautiful thing about business is if you just keep focusing on how you can best help people and add value to their lives, you will figure it out at some point. Getting distracted by the ‘lights’ often brings people away from that goal, and they focus on 99 cent ebooks and youtube/instagram stardom, but if you forget...

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  The #1 Book You Need to Read If You Want to Retire Early

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • May 29, 2019
  • Education, Learning, Books

  Wow, TMF got a mainstream mention on a mainstream financial news website.
  
  I'm shocked!
  
  

  

  Dreaming of early retirement? The No. 1 book you need to read to make it happen

  Want to learn how to retire early? The books financial pros say you need to read.

  www.marketwatch.com

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  Are you kidding yourself? Do you really want to grow your business?

  
  • biophase
  • Sep 2, 2019
  • General Entrepreneur Discussion

  I'm posting this under a rant because this is something I've been trying to tell my friends all summer. I'm going to throw a few under the bus, but not by name (but you know who you are), but I feel like it's an important topic for everyone to be aware of.
  
  So this summer, I had a little mastermind session where I had about 5-6 entrepreneurial...

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  Needs to be said... sell the DAMN motorcycle.

  
  • MJ DeMarco
  • Oct 11, 2019
  • Health and Fitness

  Ugh, another day another story of someone's life getting totally f*cked up all because they needed to ride a motorcycle.
  
  It seems like every week I hear a story from someone a degree or two away from my life gets into a horrific motorcycle accident. A few weeks ago the story was death. This week's story is someone whose looking at never...

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  One Simple Rule That Will 10x Your Results

  
  • Jon Anthony
  • Mar 14, 2019
  • The Unscripted Entrepreneurial Mind

  Hey. My name's Jon.
  
  You may have heard of me in my previous post...
  
  Everything I Learned From Blogging $0 to $15k/month
  
  If not, that's fine. I just wanted to share something with you today.
  
  This simple mindset shift has...

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