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    Lifestyle Inflation and High Standards of Living

    MINDSET 
    I don't know how many active millionaires there are in this forum besides MJ, but I am facing new problems since I became one. One of this, is that I realized I've always wanted to buy a mansion, but a mansion in Europe is around 1.5 million euros. Second, I might sell my business, but that...
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    1 million dollars is nothing nowadays?

    MINDSET 
    Getting close to 1 million in net worth and I just realized how it's not as much money as I once imagined, especially when considering a decent apartment anywhere in Europe starts at 350k euros. In the US I bet that number is double or triple. Then it came to me. This idealization of "being a...
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    800k net worth at 24: Here's what I learned so far...

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    I am reaching 800k net worth at 24 and these are the things I attribute the most to my success in the past 5 years: - Chase difficulty. It's counter intuitive but as MJ said in Unscripted, difficulty is the opportunity. Difficulty = high barriers to entry = less competition = more opportunity...
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    anyone else hates living in apartments?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I was wondering if I am the only one who hates the idea of buying and living in an apartment, with strangers surrounding you. I came to realize that living in an apartment is not frowned upon cause everyone does it, but if I look at it objectively, it's a pretty shitty way of living: 1. You...
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    Thoughts on the Bogleheads investing approach?

    INVESTING 
    I was curious about what MJ and you guys think about Bogleheads' approach to investing. From the page Getting started - Bogleheads, this is what it preaches: Prepare to invest: Live below your means Develop a workable plan Never bear too much or too little risk Invest early and often...
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    Following your passion isn't always bad

    MINDSET 
    When I first read the books by MJ I got the idea that doing business had to be hard and gruesome, that I had to hate what I was doing. After a few years I realized that I took that idea quite too literally. We all like some industries more than others, we all have passions in our daily lives...
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    investing in the stock market does not seem right

    INVESTING 
    So after building a business that makes 50k in gross revenue on average a month (last month 10-20k more), I decided to put around 100k in the stock market. Almost a month later, after realizing how slow this money will grow, I cannot but feel this whole thing is a "scam". Or said better, my...
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    At what point should you park (invest) your fastlane earnings?

    INVESTING 
    So I recently watched this video by MJ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgtZfYby6EY&ab_channel=MJDeMarco , and it made a lot of sense to me. I have around 90k euros which I took out in dividends from my fastlane venture just recently and was about to invest them in the S&P 500 (and maybe...
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    Finally Making It...After 5 Years

    EXECUTION 
    First off, I don't know if I should be making this post. I'm not in a position of great wealth yet but I finally started seeing positive results after about 5 years of struggles and failures. In the past 5 years, I tried the following: - Creating a blog and monetizing it (1 year of work) -...
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    Do You Ever Reward Yourself With Consumption?

    MINDSET 
    I noticed I've been delaying consumption for a couple of years now. I use a Chinese 100$ phone, wear clothes I bought 6 years ago, have no car, and generally speaking I don't consume shit. I don't have social media/Netflix either because that's an even worse kind of consumption. You consume...
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    Front-end Developer: Moving from 9-5 to Freelancing?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    I've been working 9-5 as a front-end dev for 2 months but I'm already sick of it. I think what I'm sick of is the fact that my company doesn't allow for remote working more than 1-2 days a week, plus the commute/staying in a cubicle. My company is in the financial sector so anything you could...
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    Best book on hiring people to boost your business' growth?

    I'm looking to hire some people to help me build my business. I'm a web developer but the platform I am building is, unfortunately, going to take a long time and I need some help. I was wondering if anyone knows a great book on hiring people. I'm not talking about just the act of hiring great...
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    Living in a "shithole" and saving more money, or living in a decent place but saving less?

    I'm probably moving in a month from my parents' home and away from my country. I don't have any money left but I'm moving out because I got a job offer abroad. That said, I was wondering whether to save money on rent so I can launch my business in 3-4 months or rent a "decent" place that costs...
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    Trademarking

    I've been building an online business for 3 months (no, it's not a blog/dropshipping website). I predict it will take me another 3-4 months to complete. I was wondering, should I register the trademark right away or wait for the first customers/users before? I've read it takes 12-18 months to...
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    On Job Interviews...

    PEOPLE 
    EDITED: Should you ever say you are interested in starting your own business in job interviews?
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    Is "playing to your strengths" myth or reality?

    MINDSET 
    While I was coding for my uni class test, I asked myself this simple question: "am I playing to my strengths?". I realized I'm the kind of dude who prefers learning 5 different things and getting good results instead of focusing on one single topic and getting excellent results. I noticed my uni...
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    Are new TLD's really valuable or is it some coping strategy?

    INVESTING 
    There's some debate going online that the TLD's are not as important anymore. I honestly disagree with that since the .com was and will always be the TLD most valued by individuals and businesses probably because it's so deep in our neural pathways that any other TLD seems lame and with it comes...
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    Is Reddit the next monopoly?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I started noticing Reddit is conquering the internet with subreddits in every possible niche. With their economies of scale, the marginal cost for them to create a subreddit in every niche is basically null (since it's an all in one social network). I wonder how that translates for normal...
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    University has killed my vision

    Long story short, I started studying CS this year (after having dropped out from economics) and initially I was very excited. My vision was clear. However, 3-4 weeks ago the decline has begun. I started feeling less and less enthusiastic and realized that 85% of the things I was studying didn't...
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    How is it like to be a computer scientist in the slowlane?

    SLOWLANE 
    I was wondering, how is it like to be a computer scientist in the slowlane? How do you get treated by your boss? Do you have enough free time (and cognitive energy) to build your fastlane project? One of the thing keeping me in my business/economics major (instead of switching to CS) is the...

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