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• Your Thoughts On Meditation?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Yesterday at 3:20 PM
  • Self-Development

  I suggest reading The Power of Now by Eckardt Tolle ... it is a great prelude to being present, in the moment, which is the foundation to meditation. While some will dismiss the book as "woo woo" it applies to anyone who calls themselves a human being... regardless of religious affiliation.
  
  The book has been instrumental in increasing my happiness. I believe @Valier even mentioned it as one of his "life changing" books.
  
  Another book that I found helpful...

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  For the ones who HATE Coding.

  
  • Black_Dragon43
  • Yesterday at 4:18 PM
  • Self-Development

  juresesko said:

  Every day since I joined the forum the first page gets more and more filled with Web Design and Coding threads as it is the only way to succeed in this times.
  
  Me myself I can't stare at small words and numbers on a black screen for longer than 5 minutes before my head starts hurting so I simply shifted my focus away from making SaaS businesses myself.
  
  Nothing is perfect so there will always be chances to improve, change and lover the cost of...

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  For the ones who HATE Coding.

  
  • biophase
  • Yesterday at 10:51 PM
  • Self-Development

  juresesko said:

  Sorry I don't have any proof myself but here I will link to some profiles who found success in ways that don't include professional coding knowledge.
  @biophase (still online but e-commerce)
  @MitchM ( created his own Planner how about that? )
  @Johnny boy ( I'm sure you know )
  
  Just to name a few

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  I know the basics of html, php. I know how to use photoshop. I know a bunch of basic...

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  Post an example of a Productocracy

  
  • biophase
  • Yesterday at 11:06 PM
  • Ideas, Concept Feedback

  MJ DeMarco said:

  Sounds like it, but only you would know...
  
  

  • Do people review your company favorably?
  • Do customers refer other customers to you?
  • Do customers have a sense of loyalty to your business, even if offered a competing product at a slightly cheaper cost?
  • Do customers reorder?
  • Do sales continue, or even grow, despite little advertising?

  
  If most of the answers are yes, then you're likely running a business productocracy...

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  Your Thoughts On Meditation?

  
  • VicFountain
  • Yesterday at 3:02 AM
  • Self-Development

  I began meditating 2 weeks ago. The reason was because I realized my mind has been drifting with thoughts for a very, long time. I guess most of you know our thoughts are the starting point for how we feel throughout the day and consequently, for how we act.
  
  I noticed huge improvements. I can't describe this improvement exactly, but I feel more "mindful", especially in social interactions. You become aware of your thoughts and stop them before they develop into a chain of other, negative...

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• Stop Blaming Others and Start Taking Responsibility

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Friday at 4:10 PM
  • Unscripted Mindset

  Can I agree with Gary's take 100%? Or do I risk getting cancelled?
  
  At this point of culture, "accountability", "responsibility" "hard work" are now dirty words.
  
  Aside from that, these are the words that allow you to take control over your life and move forward.

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  Your Thoughts On Meditation?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Yesterday at 3:20 PM
  • Self-Development

  I suggest reading The Power of Now by Eckardt Tolle ... it is a great prelude to being present, in the moment, which is the foundation to meditation. While some will dismiss the book as "woo woo" it applies to anyone who calls themselves a human being... regardless of religious affiliation.
  
  The book has been instrumental in...

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  KAK's Kill Bigger Radio Show

  
  • Kak
  • Tuesday at 10:49 PM
  • Process / Execution

  OK so in this thread, I am going to document an experiment. As someone that is interested in business-to-business sales, I am going to try to get some kind of deal with SiriusXM... Their business channel, without KBRS, pretty much sucks. This is where I come in. They are clearly struggling to find good content.
  
  I fully 100% realize that this...

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  What I learned spending $40k and one year launching my app.

  
  • adaaaam
  • Monday at 6:48 PM
  • Process / Execution

  Hi all, I'm am occassional browser, rare poster here. Earlier this year I posted about a music networking app I was building called Artyst. Well it finally launched just last week, so I thought I'd check in and share what I learned.
  
  Hopefully this will be useful to someone thinking about launching an app. Maybe you can avoid some of the...

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  Who on this site mentors?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jul 5, 2020
  • People & Relationships

  RadioActive said:

  Also if they would mentor a 16 y/o still in high school.

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  You made this post at 16. You're now 22 which means you've been on this forum for nearly half your life. So what's going on in your world? Job? Business? University? Just curious.

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  Humble Hustle & adding value via Web Business - Progress thread

  
  • BlackMagician
  • Monday at 5:25 AM
  • Web Design as a Hustle

  Life is becoming awesome. There is no travel of 2 hrs to a dead job. There is no Monday to Friday. No Sat & Sun. I work all 7 days. I work in the morning. In the nights. Staying home, spending so much quality time with family. Getting emails from clients about good results and appreciations makes all the work paid off.
  
  Life has become so much...

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  Progress Thread - From The Ground Up - The Phoenix Has Arisen

  
  • RazorCut
  • Tuesday at 6:16 PM
  • Process / Execution

  UPDATE -July already. This pandemic has hit hard and scuppered parts of my plan, and I currently feel in limbo as my other half is residing on one side of the Atlantic and I'm stuck on the other. Neither of us are able to travel across the pond which is very frustrating. So far it's held things up by two and a half months and still counting...

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  For the ones who HATE Coding.

  
  • Black_Dragon43
  • Yesterday at 4:18 PM
  • Self-Development

  juresesko said:

  Every day since I joined the forum the first page gets more and more filled with Web Design and Coding threads as it is the only way to succeed in this times.
  
  Me myself I can't stare at small words and numbers on a black screen for longer than 5 minutes before my head starts hurting so I simply...

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  Humble Hustle & adding value via Web Business - Progress thread

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Monday at 11:38 AM
  • Web Design as a Hustle

  BlackMagician said:

  Life is becoming awesome. There is no travel of 2 hrs to a dead job. There is no Monday to Friday. No Sat & Sun. I work all 7 days. I work in the morning. In the nights. Staying home, spending so much quality time with family. Getting emails from clients about good results and appreciations...

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  Searching for a strong emotional meaning and purpose don't have one yet

  
  • Andy Black
  • Thursday at 5:29 AM
  • Self-Development

  Madman1996 said:

  Hallo guys 23 years guy here I finally know whats been beating me up
  Lack of strong emotional meaning and purpose that's why I bail out when losing interest in a particular project I have never felt this bad before i tried some questioning my self but that didn't help
  I feel like crying saying...

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  Stop Blaming Others and Start Taking Responsibility

  
  • mastermind007
  • Friday at 1:31 PM
  • Unscripted Mindset

  View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUjFyxYhmI

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

  
  • BlackMagician
  • Thursday at 4:44 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  sparechange said:

  Population of Canada is just under 40 million people....
  
  The population of CALIFORNIA alone is 39 million, compare both places on a map......
  
  View attachment 33961
  
  Area: 423,970 km²
  Population: 39.51 million (California)
  
  Area: 9.985 million km²
  Population: 37.59...

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  Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

  
  • Valier
  • Monday at 11:42 AM
  • Process / Execution

  Update 10. The 8th Video.
  
  

  Finally, after almost 3 months of craziness, the 8th video premiered yesterday and went live on the channel... ...​

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  For the ones who HATE Coding.

  
  • biophase
  • Yesterday at 10:51 PM
  • Self-Development

  juresesko said:

  Sorry I don't have any proof myself but here I will link to some profiles who found success in ways that don't include professional coding knowledge.
  @biophase (still online but e-commerce)
  @MitchM ( created his own Planner how about that? )
  @Johnny...

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  It's been a year... how are you all doing?

  
  • Kung Fu Steve
  • Friday at 10:59 PM
  • Off-Topic Threads

  I've seen quite a few threads about corona, rioting, and even those vicious murder hornets...
  
  But all joking aside... how are you guys doing? Mentally? Emotionally?
  
  Are ya burnt out? Having your best year ever? What's going on?

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  KAK's Kill Bigger Radio Show

  
  • Kak
  • Wednesday at 6:34 PM
  • Process / Execution

  Some behind the scenes scoop stuff here... The command center/studio got an upgrade this week, but not before I had to Kill it Bigger.
  
  I got the foam... But command strips SUCK ROYALLY. What a joke. Some of them even came off of the wall. The Amazon reviewers that swore by this are imbeciles.
  [ATTACH type="full" width="420px"...

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  Andy Black's New Courses are AWESOME

  
  • sonny_1080
  • Thursday at 6:25 PM
  • Ideas, Concept Feedback

  If you:
  

  1. Want to learn a fastlane skill that you'll never regret having
  2. Need to solve a Google Ads problem immediately
  3. Have consumed all of Andy's content on the forum and want a more updated, refined, and in-depth understanding of Google Ads
  4. Want to learn it all ASAP in quick 5 minute videos instead of spending hours in any...

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  [MEGA THREAD] How To Build A Successful E-commerce Brand During A Global Pandemic. Step By Step Guide...

  
  • Walter Hay
  • Tuesday at 7:05 PM
  • Process / Execution

  I have been watching this interesting thread and have noticed a common factor that always seems to appear when eCommerce business is being discussed.
  
  That factor has two parts: 1. Some confusion about the difference between Alibaba and Aliexpress. Sanj Modha obviously knows the difference, but in this thread and others it is clear that many do...

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  My first book is #3 on Amazon's 'Hot new reads' list

  
  • drum_hacker
  • Jul 5, 2020
  • Education/Books

  Hey all!
  
  Hope everyone is having an awesome day!
  
  I haven't posted in a while, which I feel terrible about, however, it's not because I'm living scripted, quite the opposite...
  
  Since my last post, as well as setting up 2 new co's, I have self published, and bootstrapped my first ever book! In the first week it's sold 200 copies and managed to...

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  Post an example of a Productocracy

  
  • biophase
  • Yesterday at 11:06 PM
  • Ideas, Concept Feedback

  MJ DeMarco said:

  Sounds like it, but only you would know...
  
  

  • Do people review your company favorably?
  • Do customers refer other customers to you?
  • Do customers have a sense of loyalty to your business, even if offered a competing product at a slightly cheaper cost?
  • Do customers reorder?
  • Do sales...

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• Own Yourself: My Story How I Did It

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Jun 19, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  I don't know how many of you know my origin story. I've been around the forum since early 2013, but I started my first business before I read MJ's book.
  
  Before becoming an entrepreneur, I worked a 9-5 job making $10/hr in hospital collections. Probably the most miserable position on the planet. My office was a closet about 10 feet long and six...

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  How to (not) focus on multiple things at once and achieve mediocre results.

  
  • redshift
  • Jun 21, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  Finally got around to listening to the fastlane insiders podcast hosted by @Vigilante featuring @MJ DeMarco & @AllenCrawley from May 28th. The episode itself was gold and I highly recommend checking out the recording (available on the inside) if you haven't already.
  
  The one thing which stuck...

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  Own Yourself: My Story How I Did It

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Jun 20, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  Since some people reading this might be new to the mindset, I want to clarify what owning yourself means (for me) with examples of non-ownership vs. ownership mindset. It comes down to three things:
  

  1. Experiences you've had or are having
  2. The thoughts you think in response to those experiences
  3. The answers and actions...

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  How I Hit 5-Figures Per Month in 90 Days During COVID-19

  
  • TCMorgan
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  Hey everyone!
  
  It's been a while since I've updated here on the forum, and I have had a WILD year so far! I'm going to share how I reached $10k+ per month consulting, how long it took me to get there (title might've been a spoiler...), and some insights into how you could pull this off, too. Hopefully this post is helpful to someone!
  
  
  But...

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  Tears of joy

  
  • sparechange
  • Jul 1, 2020
  • Success/Failure

  I've been doing some work in my community lately, selfless work following the principle of giving value and expecting nothing in return.
  
  I have city officials thanking me for my work, random strangers I've never met thanking me. I've been out in the rain all day today doing some filming for my social media pages and my work has been...

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  18 year old girl becomes millionaire in a third-world country

  
  • daftypunk
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • Success/Failure

  

  Meet Bisma Khan, The Youngest Self-Made Millionaire In Pakistan -

  Fashion, Celebrity, LifeStyle, Fashion Shows, Models, Actresses, Hot Gossips, Salon, Care, Beauty

  hellopakistanmag.com

  
  This girl belongs to Pakistan, and she created an instagram and youtube account.She has a following of 100K (60K insta, 40k youtube subs).
  I live here too and what she has done is F*cking amazing. Life in Pakistan is...

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  The World is Not Alibaba

  
  • Walter Hay
  • Jun 27, 2020
  • Business Models/Niches

  To a large extent internet B2C sellers have tunnel vision. Here's all that they can see:
  

  • China is the world's biggest manufacturer of consumer products.
  • Alibaba is the world's biggest B2B sourcing site.
  • Buying products from suppliers on Alibaba is easy. (Command of ENTRY?)

  Here's what they fail to see:
  

  • ...

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  How to (not) focus on multiple things at once and achieve mediocre results.

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 21, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  Great take, marked GOLD.
  
  I've been posting this video a lot because our culture promotes mediocrity and "good enough" type results.
  
  

  View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxSruxav35k
  
  
  Your post eloquently reminds us of the...

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  Back from a 2 month hiatus

  
  • million$$$smile
  • Jun 28, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  I haven't spent much time on the forum lately, (though I did login to PM a member here for info recently).
  Have been extremely busy during this "shutdown" and really tried to keep all the noise at bay.
  
  I've come to realize that at least for me, to keep my focus, I have to turn off some activities and zero in on
  what I feel is the most...

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  I don't want to be a millionaire anymore

  
  • sparechange
  • Jun 21, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  News flash, over the course of your life you will spend over $1,000,000 just to barely survive on earth.
  
  Here are some very moderate numbers.... Let's assume you are 25 years old and will die around the age of 80. That's 55 years of spending money on food, rent (or a mortgage) fun trips, traveling and whatnot...

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  A challenge for people with no idea (noobz only)

  
  • sparechange
  • Jul 3, 2020
  • Business Models/Niches

  Alot of new people in the world of entrepreneurship struggle with coming up with an idea, so I will give you a free idea I'd love to see someone execute on. I'm pretty sure the majority of people struggling to come up with an idea and stumble upon this thread will not execute on it and opt to go for something cooler, like finding...

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  Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

  
  • Valier
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  Update 9. Reflection, & My Complete Story [this one is going to be long...]
  
  

  Well well well, look what came in the post today:
  ​

  ...

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  I don't want to be a millionaire anymore

  
  • amp0193
  • Jun 21, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  Creating value is inherently satisfying, and the act of creating it is motivating, and self-perpetuates more value creation.
  
  And creating value typically leads to money.
  
  
  If your business is a copy cat or "me too" business that creates zero to minimal value... you're going to burn out quickly and have nothing to show for it.

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

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 27, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  theag said:

  More like a crossroads.

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  I shall re-iterate... there are (3) groups here.
  
  

  MJ DeMarco said:

  This forum has three distinct groups.
  

  1. I have no money and don't know where to start <-- freelancing, hustles, "thousandaire fastlane" might appeal to them.
  2. I...

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  Stop Blaming Others and Start Taking Responsibility

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Friday at 4:10 PM
  • Unscripted Mindset

  Can I agree with Gary's take 100%? Or do I risk getting cancelled?
  
  At this point of culture, "accountability", "responsibility" "hard work" are now dirty words.
  
  Aside from that, these are the words that allow you to take control over your life and move forward.

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  I deleted TikTok off my iPhone. Here's why...

  
  • abhishekk_33
  • Jul 1, 2020
  • Marketing Strategy

  It just got banned in India for security reasons.
  
  Even if it wasn't banned, still everyone should uninstall it.
  There are many reasons,but one most important one would be :
  It just kills your ability to focus for a long time.
  
  From books (few months to finish)we shifted to movies(2-3 hours),then to YouTube videos(10-20 min),and now tiktok...

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  Functional Illiteracy Is Spreading Across the World

  
  • MTF
  • Jun 22, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  Functional illiteracy consist of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".

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  Whenever I'm looking for a new employee, I like to include in my job description a clear instruction to weed out those who don't read job...

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

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 27, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  theag said:

  ow being a web designer, copywriter, and other freelancing activities is actively promoted here. A lot of the forum content changed from building a millionaire business fastlane to a thousandaire freelancing fastlane. I remember years ago this "thousandaire fastlane" stuff was kind of a running gag...

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  I don't want to be a millionaire anymore

  
  • James Klymus
  • Jun 21, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  The recent events have given me some extra time to think. We’re all so busy and caught up with other things, It’s easy to get so caught up that you never look within and ask what you really want. And that’s where I found my self
  
  It can be a painful place to go, that’s why people avoid it.
  
  If you asked me what I wanted at age 20, I probably...

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  The Worldwide Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 19, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  Vigilante said:

  So at what point does the news break favorably

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  The day after November 3rd.
  
  

  GIlman said:

  As an aside, I believe we are slowly entering into a new form of the dark ages, where the truth and allowed narrative is shaped and suppressed. Not by religious...

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  (Introvert here) Finally introducing myself after joining two days ago

  
  • Chasta_tea
  • Jul 2, 2020
  • Introductions

  Bekit said:

  Wow, inspiring story.
  
  Standing ovation for your progress so far. That's awesome.
  
  Sales is an absolutely tremendous skill to have, no matter what direction you choose to pursue as an entrepreneur. Congratulations on the new role!
  
  I'd be really curious to hear if there are any principles you'd share...

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  When am I ready to move out of my parents house?

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Jun 24, 2020
  • Ideas, Concept Feedback

  I wouldn't worry about it too much. As long as you know where you are going, the situation is temporary. The problem becomes serious when it becomes a state of existence, something you accept as permanent.
  
  Keep grinding your masterplan and you'll get out. Just be careful of taking a job that doesn't advance your long term vision, but gets...

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  The Worldwide Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

  
  • Fox
  • Jun 26, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  I haven't checked in on this thread in a long time but here is a little update from Gdansk, Poland:
  
  - It is like this just fully ended weeks ago. Apart from getting on a train you see very few signs of anything corona related anymore. Some times I forgot for a few days it is even a thing.
  
  - People just got tired of it and I think the...

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

  
  • Vigilante
  • Jun 27, 2020
  • Off-Topic Threads

  As you know, I've not sold and am not interested in selling anyone anything. But I can tell you, you see an absence of the "old school" here and that could include you, AG, and a host of old school contributors that tend to ebb and flow, but eventually drift off.
  
  I’m sorry I asked you all to listen to my new radio venture that some of you...

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  I deleted TikTok off my iPhone. Here's why...

  
  • PureA
  • Jul 1, 2020
  • Marketing Strategy

  If you use it for anything other than business you are a retard

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

  
  • doitman
  • Sep 8, 2019
  • Process / Execution

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

  
  • Envision
  • Jul 19, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  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
  • Self-Development

  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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  Own Yourself: My Story How I Did It

  
  • Lex DeVille
  • Jun 19, 2020
  • Unscripted Mindset

  I don't know how many of you know my origin story. I've been around the forum since early 2013, but I started my first business before I read MJ's book.
  
  Before becoming an entrepreneur, I worked a 9-5 job making $10/hr in hospital collections. Probably the most miserable position on the planet. My office was a closet about 10 feet long and six...

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

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Aug 14, 2019
  • Ideas, 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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  Introducing... WEALTH EXPO$ED, A Short Story By MJ DeMarco

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • Forum News/Updates

  Finally!
  
  I just launched a short story on Kindle (FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited)! After several weeks of modifications, I put my short-story up on Kindle. You might be familiar with it -- it is the heavily modified (and extended) version of the argument I overheard as a limousine driver. (This Kindle version is 4 times longer with 4...

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

  
  • JAJT
  • Aug 14, 2019
  • Process / Execution

  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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  IS COVID 19 THE TIME TO FORGE AHEAD?

  
  • Walter Hay
  • Mar 20, 2020
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  My Release Agent Chemical business was thriving in 1973 when a huge international crisis struck the world economy.
  
  A coalition of Arab countries led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Coincidentally it happened to be during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, so the...

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

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  • snowbank
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

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

  
  • GrayCode
  • Nov 27, 2019
  • Self-Development

  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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  Biophase & Snowbank get pitched MLM in Barnes & Noble

  
  • biophase
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

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

  
  • biophase
  • Oct 17, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  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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  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

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

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  • snowbank
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  (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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  What I Learned Being A Banker & Interviewing 2k Businesses

  
  • BizyDad
  • Nov 23, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  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

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • Sep 24, 2019
  • 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!
  
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  Are you kidding yourself? Do you really want to grow your business?

  
  • biophase
  • Sep 2, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  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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  Insider Conference Call... May 28th, Thursday 6pm (AZ Time) featuring...

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  • MJ DeMarco
  • May 12, 2020
  • Networking, Meet-Ups

  ... MYSELF!
  
  Special announcement for the Fastlane Forum Insiders!
  
  David Happe (@Vigilante) has agreed have his production company Mind Your Business host our monthly insider's calls, with Vigilante himself being the host. These calls, with exclusive content made...

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

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  • 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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  Failure is almost guaranteed if you ignore this one simple truth

  
  • RazorCut
  • Aug 15, 2019
  • Unscripted Mindset

  A thought struck me whilst coming back from a walk in the forest this morning.
  
  I was thinking on how potential success can be derailed for an article I am writing when, all of a sudden, I remembered a thread that I had contributed to, and had this thought that new entrepreneurs might misinterpret the meaning.
  
  I had posted an image, a meme, a...

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  First Fastlane Month, Feels Amazing! $65,000+ Revenue Pre-tax

  
  • GrayCode
  • Nov 25, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  I wanted to post this here as motivation for others and proof that @MJ DeMarco is having an actual effect on changing people's lives. This has been a long time coming...
  
  I first read MFL in 2015 and it changed how I approached things. I wound up learning to code from scratch self-taught. It was a long journey (the process) of...

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  I Make $15,000/month - 3 Hours of Work Per Day

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  • Celestia
  • Sep 25, 2019
  • Side Hustles, Freelancing

  I'm new to the forum but I thought I'd share what I've been doing for the past decade. This is more of a side hustle because it's not really scalable past what I'm doing, but I've been able to become quite wealthy doing this. Now I've gotten into investment properties and I don't need to do this anymore so I thought I'd share what I did to...

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  You WON'T Make BIG MONEY Until You Understand This... Even If You're Providing Value

  
  • Black_Dragon43
  • Nov 4, 2019
  • Entrepreneur Topics

  You've tried Facebook/Google ads. You've tried Upwork. You've tried eCommerce. You've tried other side gigs. You've tried freelancing... And you aren't making the money you know you deserve, even after a year or more of trying to provide VALUE... You keep reading stuff, you've read MJ's books, you're hanging around this forum and others...

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  Gravy's Hustle Thread: $100k/mo or Bust!

  
  • GravyBoat
  • Feb 24, 2020
  • Process / Execution

  What's up Fastlaners!
  
  
  I haven't posted on here in quite some time.
  
  
  I joined the forum in late 2013, before reading MJ's book. I found the Fastlane Forum through a forum called Luxury 4 Play (about cars). Someone had posted a link in the "business" section. I always asked myself, 'how do people afford these crazy cars?!' So I decided to...

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