2016 Fastlane Summit, Official Event Thread

[Kung Fu Steve]

Awww gawrsh guys. You're too kind!

 

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[Red]

Man, this cannot be said enough! If you don't visualize it, it won't happen.

So I put some book sales goals for this year & next on Post-it's on my monitor here in my office.

It's amazing how that little action & seeing that every day.... well... yesterday I sat down, saw the goals... then went, well, I can't just look at that & not take small steps towards the goal. Seeing it there has had a visceral effect on my actions.... I have to actually DO something when that is staring at me. Because if I don't, it's not congruent with who I am. And that doesn't work well. I'm actually pretty impressed with the mindset shift this is causing in me, from two stupid little post-it's. Dammit, Steve.

 

[Guest12120]

I posted my goals on the lock screen of my phone. So I see them roughly 7 million times a day.


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[Vigilante]

I posted my goals on the lock screen of my phone. So I see them roughly 7 million times a day.


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Excellent idea

 

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[E-Sharp]

It's great to see what you guys and gals have been up to since the meet-up!

I got super sick the day after I got home, pretty much incapacitated for a few days. Didn't go to work, didn't start feeling better until Sunday.

But somehow I managed to get some stuff done anyway. I felt like I had to use the energy from the meet-up or risk losing momentum. So I did a few small things each day, and somehow by Sunday when I was going over what needed to happen still, I realized a lot was accomplished simply by doing a few things each day.

I've only had this e-comm biz for 2 months now and sales are up 300% this month (but still a LONG way from where they need to be for business to be viable).

The weirdest thing that's happened since returning from the meet-up is a competitor contacted me and is trying to make a deal with me, sounds like wants to insert himself as a middleman between me and the manufacturers. WTF.

 

[Bigguns50]

Not a huge deal

Sorry bro....I strongly disagree.

Movement has a momentum of its own

Oh man.....Momentum has been on my side for months now ! Feels great !

If you don't visualize it, it won't happen.

100% agreed. I take this one step further and I believe it to be 100% true.
My goals....what I visualize....has already happened...the people around me just don't know it yet.

 

[ExCubeCommando]

Haven't been idle over here:

o Drove 4 hours south to work.
o Worked five 12 hour night shifts in the ER.

Now if it weren't for those damn 12 hour shifts interfering with your business!

 

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[ExCubeCommando]

Via @Eskil after 2015 Summit...

After the summit, I'm actually having feelings of guilt if I start thinking about slipping into the 'everyday of things' such as this Lighthouse posting of Eskil's quote here. Like today, I started watching the evening local news after getting caught up with my business work. After about 15 minutes of the real news, when they start doing the fluff type filler, my guilt button kicked in and told me to turn off the crap, and get my mind back to focusing on my plans.

 

[Dinho7]

Heading to drop off product to UPS ==> FBA.

I used to sweat my a$$ off carrying x amount of 16x16x15 ranging from 20 to 40 lb in the Florida heat.

After the outsourcing presentations at the Summit, I had a realization that I could not do it anymore. It was time to let go of this task and many other parts of the business to be able to grow it instead of working inside of it. Surprisingly, the UPS pickup service is actually free if you sign up for UPS Smart Pickup. You should look into it to save time and energy in your very busy day.

Way to take action, by the way. Keep up the heat!

 

[Bobo33]

Hi guys

When are these summits held?

Is it worth the trip from the UK ?

Thanks

 

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[ExecutionMonster]

Hi guys

When are these summits held?

Is it worth the trip from the UK ?

Thanks

The trip was more than worth it from Germany! So invest in yourself and buy that damn ticket!

@MJ DeMarco I joined the event as Karen's guest. It would be great if you could also add the "Summit Attendee" badge to my profile.

 

[Kreedos Phoenix]

6 days left.
Go.
I had a blast chatting with you.
Resources are all around you.
Do epic shit.

Woke up to beautiful news this AM.

After 2 Weeks, and literally 37 steps, we FINALLY got approval to sell in the coveted Beauty category on Amazon! Wow what a process!
We were shut down multiple times and consistently had to go back to the drawing board to reinvent ourselves and product.

We learned so much and this will be a very tough process for anyone to duplicate.
We documented everything!

In the midst of this, I illustrated a book (3 more to go!).

Very tough two weeks of grinding it out and breaking down that barrier.
We wouldn't trade in the experience for anything!

Thank you @AllenCrawley and @Vigilante for your encouragement and direction
Now the real fun begins @ShaeStyle

 

[Iwokeup]

Woke up to beautiful news this AM.

After 2 Weeks, and literally 37 steps, we FINALLY got approval to sell in the coveted Beauty category on Amazon! Wow what a process!
We were shut down multiple times and consistently had to go back to the drawing board to reinvent ourselves and product.

We learned so much and this will be a very tough process for anyone to duplicate.
We documented everything!

In the midst of this, I illustrated a book (3 more to go!).

Very tough two weeks of grinding it out and breaking down that barrier.
We wouldn't trade in the experience for anything!

Thank you @AllenCrawley and @Vigilante for your encouragement and direction
Now the real fun begins @ShaeStyle

Congrats, guys!!

 

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[Wisith]

Can't wait until next year. It's amazing how the book and the summit helped change my way of thinking.

Been in beastmode ever since I got back, hoping to have awesome updates throughout the year leading up to next year's event.

 

[The-J]

Hi guys

When are these summits held?

Is it worth the trip from the UK ?

Thanks

Scottsdale, AZ. And yes, it is. This year we had people flying in from:

• Chile
• Poland
• Netherlands
• UK
• Ireland
• Portugal
• Australia
• Hong Kong
• Germany
• ...and more!

All those people can't be wrong.

Here's the thing about the Summit. The presentations themselves are more than worth the cost of the ticket, flight, and hotel.

But the real value comes from becoming part of a different community, born out of the forum. I got to talk to some of these guys who, on the forum, seem untouchable on the Internet. In reality? They're just people... and damn cool people, if you ask me!

You literally get to have dinner with millionaires and speak to them on their level. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, so without the Fastlane Forum, and the Summits and meetups, I would not have had that opportunity. You get to know them as people, like finding out that a fellow Fastlaner likes the same obscure music you do. You meet people who are both local to you and far away from you. Best of all, you get to talk about things that you simply cannot talk about with your drinking buddies or your SO.

This gets you fired up in a way no book or Youtube video can.

There's simply no substitute. It's worth $2k, $5k, $10k, however many K it costs to fly yourself out there. It's absolutely worth it.

 

[Vigilante]

Scottsdale, AZ. And yes, it is. This year we had people flying in from:

• Chile
• Poland
• Netherlands
• UK
• Ireland
• Portugal
• Australia
• Hong Kong
• Germany
• ...and more!

All those people can't be wrong.

Here's the thing about the Summit. The presentations themselves are more than worth the cost of the ticket, flight, and hotel.

But the real value comes from becoming part of a different community, born out of the forum. I got to talk to some of these guys who, on the forum, seem untouchable on the Internet. In reality? They're just people... and damn cool people, if you ask me!

You literally get to have dinner with millionaires and speak to them on their level. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, so without the Fastlane Forum, and the Summits and meetups, I would not have had that opportunity. You get to know them as people, like finding out that a fellow Fastlaner likes the same obscure music you do. You meet people who are both local to you and far away from you. Best of all, you get to talk about things that you simply cannot talk about with your drinking buddies or your SO.

This gets you fired up in a way no book or Youtube video can.

There's simply no substitute. It's worth $2k, $5k, $10k, however many K it costs to fly yourself out there. It's absolutely worth it.

We should have spent some time together. Next year.

 

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[Iwokeup]

Scottsdale, AZ. And yes, it is. This year we had people flying in from:

• Chile
• Poland
• Netherlands
• UK
• Ireland
• Portugal
• Australia
• Hong Kong
• Germany
• ...and more!

All those people can't be wrong.

Here's the thing about the Summit. The presentations themselves are more than worth the cost of the ticket, flight, and hotel.

But the real value comes from becoming part of a different community, born out of the forum. I got to talk to some of these guys who, on the forum, seem untouchable on the Internet. In reality? They're just people... and damn cool people, if you ask me!

You literally get to have dinner with millionaires and speak to them on their level. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, so without the Fastlane Forum, and the Summits and meetups, I would not have had that opportunity. You get to know them as people, like finding out that a fellow Fastlaner likes the same obscure music you do. You meet people who are both local to you and far away from you. Best of all, you get to talk about things that you simply cannot talk about with your drinking buddies or your SO.

This gets you fired up in a way no book or Youtube video can.

There's simply no substitute. It's worth $2k, $5k, $10k, however many K it costs to fly yourself out there. It's absolutely worth it.

We should have spent some time together. Next year.

Ditto. I should have spent more time with you both!

 

[The-J]

We should have spent some time together. Next year.

Next year indeed. In the meantime, I'll keep tuning into the show. By the way, thanks for the bourbon

Ditto. I should have spent more time with you both!

Can't believe I missed a conversation with the most interesting man in the world! Also would like to publicly apologize for not getting that landing page to you back in 2014. That free LP offer was doomed to fail, but I didn't admit it to myself.

I'll be back next year... barring any unforeseen circumstances, of course. So long as I don't eat oysters before the summit I should be fine

 

[gabeb1920]

Just finished reading all the posts here and it sounds like an awesome experience! Very keen to come to next year's event and spend all the time between now and then building a Fastlane business of my own!

@MJ DeMarco someone on here asked about where/when tickets for next year will be available but I didn't see the answer. I did see that this year's event details were released around September, will it be something similar for the 2017 event?

Just that coming from Australia it'd be good for me to book everything in early

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences! Great motivation!

 

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[throttleforward]

If you missed my presentation at the meetup, you can catch a 1-minute version on Sunday, March 20 at 730am on MSNBCs "Your Business", where I'll pitch to investors during the "Elevator Pitch" segment.
www.MSNBC.com/your-business

 

[LateStarter]

Say what?!? That's awesome! Congrats on the PR and investor opportunity.

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[MJ DeMarco]

@MJ DeMarco someone on here asked about where/when tickets for next year will be available but I didn't see the answer. I did see that this year's event details were released around September, will it be something similar for the 2017 event?

Just that coming from Australia it'd be good for me to book everything in early

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences! Great motivation!

The general planning starts in September/October.

Tickets usually around November/early December.

Just a note, I am NOT planning/expecting to GROW the event despite demand. Overall, there will probably be 100 tickets to spread + 20 speakers.

We will also NOT be releasing tickets like before just to anyone who wants them.

Why?

Because this is a FORUM EVENT.

If you are NOT at the forum other than once a year to take a ticket away from someone who is here regularly, that strategy might have worked in the past -- but it won't next year. (Not withstanding speakers)

We will probably release tickets on a graduated scale based on some type of forum activity metric, past summit attendance (last two years), INSIDERS, rep, etc. There are simply too many folks HERE who want tickets and ultimately get turned away because some zero-poster, or some no account person, or some once-a-year person takes a ticket. (Again, not withstanding speakers and significant others)

Again I want to reiterate, this is a forum event for forum participants.

 

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[LateStarter]

Where's the 'Love' button for MJ's post?

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[GPM]

Ok this has to be said. This event has ABSOLUTELY CHANGED MY LIFE! It's been just a short while, and I have actually been away with my normal job for most of my time back, I have actually only had about 5 days since the event where I had time to work on my own stuff. In that time I have (in no particular order)

• Talked with a manufacturing specialist about having a product made in Canada. Currently in the works finding out the next steps such as having a 3D model done up, 3D printing, what I need to do before having tools made...
• Built a prototype for something I have had on my mind for over a year
• Got stacks of information regarding some of this Oil and Gas gibberish I was spouting to a few people at the event. I've been trying to get this information for over a year and always been too scared to actually do it, mindset shift after the event MADE me go out and get it, in less than a week!

During this time I have also been laid out by a horrible illness. Got some crazy fever on my way home from the event. I still have a horrible cough and am having trouble sleeping so productivity has been very low compared to what it should have been. Even with that this has literally been the most productive 2 weeks OF MY LIFE.

I have always "known" what I need to do to succeed, but I always just floundered about and *dabbled*. Now I freaking KNOW what I need to be doing, and I am going out there and TAKING IT!! Nothing was stopping me before but myself, and that is gone now. I feel like a juggernaut and it's amazingly inspiring. I feel powerful beyond belief. 100% of this was from attending the event and bringing about this shift.

So if you are on the fence about going and are making some BS excuses, STOP IT!!! Get off your a$$ and do something!!! Get out of your own way and let it happen.

@Kung Fu Steve made me pick a number and shout "YES" a bunch of times. I was scared of that number. Now that number is scared of me. I feel silly when I look at it now because it is so small. I am going to take that number and crush the hell out of it!

 

[MarkNNelson]

We will probably release tickets on a graduated scale based on some type of forum activity metric, past summit attendance (last two years), INSIDERS, rep, etc. There are simply too many folks HERE who want tickets and ultimately get turned away because some zero-poster, or some no account person, or some once-a-year person takes a ticket. (Again, not withstanding speakers and significant others)

Hey @MJ DeMarco , you still planning on granting that "Summit Attendee" badge to the 2015 attendees?

 

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[Red]

Just a note, I am NOT planning/expecting to GROW the event despite demand.

*whew*

But seriously, I had many people comment to me that they didn't feel it could get much bigger or we would lose the close-knit feel of the meetup. I tend to agree with those sentiments.

Also, fewer people = more sanity for the planners.

 

[Vigilante]

*whew*

But seriously, I had many people comment to me that they didn't feel it could get much bigger or we would lose the close-knit feel of the meetup. I tend to agree with those sentiments.

Also, fewer people = more sanity for the planners.

Next year I will bring more booze.

 

[Sean Marshall]

Congrats!

 

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[Red]

Next year I will bring more booze.

Next year you have to stay longer & I will not get a chest cold so we can actually hang out a bit.

I felt totally gypped this year in regards to getting to sit & talk with old friends (as well as meet new people). I just knew I had to rest/sleep or I was going to pay for it for weeks to come... completely shitty timing!!!

 

[BlakeIC]

Next year I will bring more booze.

@MJ DeMarco & to vig

Is the event(s) for those 21+?