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Hello everyone,

It's hard to figure out where to start. There's so much to tell before I can continue with the path I'm on now... (But iff you want you can skip down to the next title)


I'm from Belgium, mid-thirties and work from home as a production designer of steel structures for offices, manufacturing buildings, etc... Cad drawings, production files, cutting and welding instructions. It's with a decent pay, I choose my own hours, I have a nice apartment even though it's not finished yet... I'm still saving to get the last things done, but it's better than average. It's a good investment for when I sell it in some 20 years+.

For about a decade or so I know I need to make money in a different way than by the hour. Trading money for time is not the way to live. I knew it then and I still know it today. It's a crappy feeling every time I need to get behind my computer. I'm good at my job, but I hate the fact I don't earn anything when I turn away from my computer. I've come to hate my job since I can't sit in the couch anymore and watch tv without thinking I could be earning more, I feel guilty when I'm not doing anything at that moment. It's a nagging feeling every time I'm sitting somewhere, drinking with friends, spending an evening with family at the table,... We all need time off to unwind, and yet...

The first time I read TFLM I couldn't sleep for days. My brain went totally haywire. MJ confirmed a lot I already knew. I've had even less free time since then. Especially since I've been convinced for a very long time already that there's a ton of money to be earned online. Either by selling something in great numbers... Or trying to drill into a big market.

However, I've always doubted whether I could earn enough with the small online market Belgium and The Netherlands has to offer (approx. 16 million Dutch inhabitants). I was always envious of Americans (the most obvious big market online). Yes, I live in Europe, but the borders still exist and the language barriers make it even harder. Europeans seldom search for something across the border. Nearly everyone can communicate in English, but when we shop online, we return to our own language most of the time. Warranty is also a difficult issue when buying something abroad so we just try to avoid it or don't think about it when we do order something abroad.

I've tried a lot online as soon as I was past 20 and started discovering what possibilities there were online. I launched different websites, blogs, sold on second hand websites, tried a one-product one-click Webshop with Facebook ads, day trading, buying and selling from Alibaba... The list is long, the results are none. I've always played safe however. I never invested more than I felt (very) comfortable with. The biggest loss I ever encountered were Japanese knives I imported. About 550€ on purchase and shipping cost. There are still a few in my closet. Every time however I knew what I did wrong, I lost interest and couldn't persist long enough. Some of them weren't even the right fit (couldn't reach decent volume overtime), I just wanted to sell things to make money. The nagging feeling kept me going, trying new things, investing time in searching for the next big thing I should try.

To prove to myself (and everyone else) I will eventually make it I did something completely different. November 2016 I took on a bet with the wife of a friend of mine. We both wouldn't drink any alcohol for a full year. There were (and still are) some difficult moments, but after 9.5 months I can tell with certainty I will reach my goal. And if I can reach that goal I can reach any goal I will set for myself.
I also tried to adopt a new lifestyle. I've always been quite sportive, but because of my sedentary lifestyle I've always been on the heavy side. 25 years of playing handball has taken its toll on my body and a tear in a tendon in my shoulder is slowly ending that career. However, power training gave my amateur career another boost. Following a strict training schedule has increased my strength, created a mass of tight muscles around my shoulder decreasing the tension on the tendon and made it possible to add a few more years.
Together with the power training I had to adapt to a different style of eating too. Protein rich to create muscle, but also to diminish hunger. After a year of training and eating I feel better than ever. I look better than ever.
There's so much that I've achieved personally the last year... So much positive vibes that I can build upon... It's quite intoxicating. The nagging feeling is still there, but I want to go forward. I need to go forward. I need another goal in a few months.

My next goal will be the biggest one yet. I want to live in New York for at least a year. It's only been set 3 weeks ago. It won't be for the coming year, but sometime in the future it will happen. I don't know why. I just feel like it's something that I have to do. How I'm going to achieve this is quite related with the path I'm working on now. My next business attempt.


Introduction to my current path.

As a steel structure designer I'm technically well educated. Give me a drawing of a building and I won't have much difficulty explaining what's on it. My practical knowledge is something completely different. There's little time to visit buildingsites, because time is money. A lot of my knowledge about a buildingsite is from hearsay. When in meetings, before, during or after the construction, I get feedback from the sitemanager, architect or even the workers and I keep a note of these things. Mental or written. Big or small. But I've always had a feeling I didn't know enough.
About 3 years ago I started educating myself. Fabrication of building materials, the processes of prefabrication, administrative quirks of the building process, detailed transport, handling and installation of all kinds of materials... There's so much to learn and every time I search for some info I get interested in more.
From day one I've put everything online. It was primarily a library for myself, but since I had to look for it all over the internet I wanted it to be accessible to everyone. It was a simple Wordpress website. Easy to navigate, clear pictures, responsive template.
Over the past years the articles kept growing and the traffic started increasing. I used a lot of the knowledge I gathered the past decade about building websites and generating traffic. I researched possible traffic of topics I wanted to write about and added those with the highest possible traffic first.
Slowly my focus started shifting from 'me' to 'others' since several possible high traffic articles were about topics I already knew a lot about. The articles started to be more about educating others in need of information that wasn't easily available online. At times it felt like a rut, just trying to write the best possible articles. And even though sometimes there was a lot of time between new articles, at different times I crunched out several in a short time period. Luckily, I kept going and the website kept growing.

I had a contact page online for visitors to ask questions or give suggestions for new articles. And once in a while I received an email, but it wasn't a regular thing. Most of the time it weren't suggestions, but questions about their personal problem. Something related to their own building or house... I tried to help them as good as I could.
About a year ago I got my first 'aha!' moment. Someone contacted me and asked a quote of a product I had written an article about. It's not something you can go buy around the corner at the local home depot. I informed them the website was purely informative, nothing more. Several more inquiries followed after that. There was a market out there and my website was channelling it.
So, 3 months ago I decided I needed to do something with that market. I contacted manufacturers and got to an agreement. I'm adding a (similar to dropshipping) Webshop to the website.
However, we're talking about highly customizable building products. It's not just a simple 'add to basket' Webshop. It's so highly customizable, and the weight and size makes calculating transport fees quite complicated. It's to difficult for me to program, so I contacted Woocommerce developers to write a fully custom Webshop with extended possibilities to expand in the future.

If there's one thing different with my previous endeavours, it's that I'm going all in now. It's a massive investment (to me) to get the Webshop built. However, knowing there's a market already gives me some comfort. I also researched the competition. None of them are as flexible as my Webshop will be. The few that there are offer extremely basic options and require written inquiries which result in a personal quote several days later. Mine will instantly generate the right quote.


The path I'm on now.

I met with the developers yesterday.
  • In September they'll be doing the groundwork, digging through all the information, determining all the variations, setting parameters per category, etc...
  • In October they'll do the actual coding.
  • November I'll be adding all the data, products, prices, variables per product etc...
  • Somewhere in December we'll be doing a lot of testing to make sure quotes are coming out right.

If all goes well the Webshop will go live the 1st of January. Both January and February are slow months for the manufacturers since it's mid-winter. The ideal moment to sort out the last bugs if there are any.
When spring is in the air all should be fully operational.

When the Webshop generates a consistent basic income I hope to quit my job and write articles full time, simultaneously adding related products to the shop. Eventually, if all goes well I hope to achieve my latest goal, I should have the possibility and freedom to move to New York and run the shop from there.

So, fingers crossed for the next 4 months and thanks for reading.
 
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Vjot xiil O fidofif O piif vu eff tuni i-cuult vu vji tjuq. Topdi vji qsufadvt O'n timmoph piif tuni tqidogod vuumt epf evvipvoup fasoph duptvsadvoup epf siraosi tuni lpux-jux ecuav gopotjoph aq vji fiveomt, ov tiint vu ci vji citv ofie vu cepl up vjev. Tu O'mm ci xsovoph e gix jux-vu haofit xovj fiveomif optvsadvoupt.
O tvesvif xovj uavmopoph vji tvsadvasi ug vji i-cuult. Emm ug vjin xomm nutv molimz ci tunixjev e duqz ug iedjuvjis, tu O'n vszoph vu ci et vjusuahj et O dep vu sifadi vji voni O piif vu opwitv op vjin xjip effoph vji fiveomt.
Vji piyv xiilt O'mm ci effoph nz qistupem lpuxmifhi epf tlivdjit/wotaemotevoupt O dep dsievi xovj nz Def-qsuhsen.
Xjip vjev't fupi O'mm ci dupvedvoph tuni umf dummiehait, vjiz jewi e duncopif lpuxmifhi ug 100+ ziest op duptvsadvoup. Vjiz'mm hmefmz tjesi vjios lpux-jux epf onqsuwi nz cuult uwis e huuf niem epf duqouat enuapvt ug ciis...

Vjot xiilipf O'n huoph vu eff tuni 'fuxpmuef ni' cavvupt esuapf vji xictovi vu wisogz xjodj i-cuul O tjuamf xsovi gostv. O'mm eff e tactdsoqvoup mopi up vji fuxpmuefqehi vu hiv vjin puvogoif xjip vji cuul ot gopemmz fupi topdi vjisi't puvjoph vu fuxpmuef ziv. Juqigammz ov'mm tqesl vji gostv gix temit xjip vji Xictjuq huit mowi.
 
Vufez O jef e gix tivcedlt xovj nz dassipv catopitt epf ep edraeopvepdi. O notkafhif vji tovaevoup. Miespif nz mittup.
Ov lopf ug fitvsuzif vji nunipvan O jef vji qetv xiilt. Pusnemmz O xuamf gemm cedl up nz fotdoqmopi, cav O duamfp'v hiv epzvjoph fupi op vji nuspoph. Vjisi xet ep ectumavi medl ug nuvowevoup.
Jemgxez vji egvispuup O vsoif vu tadl ov aq epf tvesvif hsopfoph exez. Ov xet apqmietepv. O huv e gix qehit fupi up vji i-cuul. O'mm dupvopai vu xsovi tuni nusi fasoph vji iwipoph.
Ov't vonit moli vjiti O'f sevjis jewi tuni nusi moli nopfif gsoipft vu veml vu. O'wi huv hsiev gsoipft, cav emnutv pupi ug vjin xomm lpux vji tvsahhmi vu hiv vu vji GM.
Juqigammz vunussux xomm csoph tuni nadj piifif ipishz.
 
Jo RTvzmi,

Vjeplt gus tjesoph zuas qsuditt. Og zua xisi opvisitvif op hivvoph e 'tjuq' meapdjif, O johjmz sidunnipf djidloph uav xoy.dun (xet traesitqedi.dun). Vjiz jewi vupt ug tjuq vinqmevit vjev opvihsevi xovj Qez Qem. Wisz djieq nupvjmz sevi vu jutv et ximm. Vjot nez tewi zua tuni voni / opwitvnipv ug fiwimuqnipv. Et e fiwimuqis, O deppuv vimm zua jux nepz vonit O jewi tiv aq e genomz nincist tvusi up xoy.dun vu tewi up voni epf nupiz.

Og zua esi muuloph gus e wisz aporai tvusi, zua nez jewi vu simz up zuas fiwimuqnipv vien.

O xomm ci xevdjoph zuas qsuhsitt, citv ug madl :)

Nevv
 
Ov't vonit moli vjiti O'f sevjis jewi tuni nusi moli nopfif gsoipft vu veml vu.

Xi'si jisi 24/7 ! Xjev zua'si iyqisoipdoph ot raovi pusnem.
 
Tuapft exituni. Sinopft ni ug xjev Hesz Wezpisdjadl qsiedjit ecuav: Tvesv fudanipvoph. Tvesv fuoph(nutv ug jot gummuxist fup'v gummux vjev efwodi vjuahj.)

Ecuav vji qsufadv:
Ot ov tunivjoph zua dep neli upi ev e voni?
O niep og zua jewi e qiuqmi etloph gus ov epf zua lpux vji nepagedvasist, xjz puv etl gus e qsi-qeznipv epf neli upi?

Vji xictjuq ot tasimz podi epf piifif gus tdemoph, cav zua duamf neli zuas gostv temi epf hiv tuni nuvowevoup.
 
Xi'si jisi 24/7 !
Vjeplt!
Juxiwis, O'wi jef nz geos tjesi ug gusan effodvoupt. O'n puv siemmz tasi ov xomm cipigov ni topdi O'n cijopf nz tdsiip vji xjumi fez (epf nusi). Ov nohjv dutv ni qsidouat voni.
Up vji uvjis jepf ov nohjv jimq liiqoph vji nunipvan huoph, tiioph iwiszupi hsopfoph exez ev vonit. Lpuxoph O'n opfiif puv emupi.
Voni xomm vimm...
 
Ecuav vji qsufadv:
Ot ov tunivjoph zua dep neli upi ev e voni?
O niep og zua jewi e qiuqmi etloph gus ov epf zua lpux vji nepagedvasist, xjz puv etl gus e qsi-qeznipv epf neli upi?

Vji xictjuq ot tasimz podi epf piifif gus tdemoph, cav zua duamf neli zuas gostv temi epf hiv tuni nuvowevoup.

Vji qsufadvt esi vu coh vu qav op tvudl epf vjisi esi vu nepz wevoevoupt vuu. Juxiwis, qsufadvoup voni ot raovi tjusv epf wisz pusnem op vji tidvus tu O fup'v xussz ecuav nz gostv temi. O'n nusi xupfisoph jux nadj O xomm timm epf xjev qsodit O xomm ci e ecmi vu pihuvoevi op sihesft vu wumani xovjop e zies. Ov't sevjis pidittesz tu O duamf demdamevi xjev neshop O tjuamf veli. Juxiwis, pu upi jet e hmuci vu tii vji gavasi, tu ov xomm ci e sevjis demdamevif haitt.
Vjisi esi tu nepz raitvoupt sohjv pux ug xjodj katv e wisz timidv gix duamf ci eptxisif. Ov't iydovoph, cav ev vji teni voni e tuasdi ug raovi tuni optidasovz.

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Tu, vufez O jef e niivoph xovj e quvipvoem taqqmois ug effovoupem qsufadvt vjev xomm ci tumf op vji Xictjuq. Vjiti esi e pidittovz gus vji optvemmevoup ug vji neop qsufadvt cav esi nusi ietomz guapf op wesouat uvjis xictjuqt. O xup'v ci ecmi vu dunqivi up qsodi xovj vjin topdi nz wumani xup'v ci et johj et vjuti uvjis tjuqt, cav O dep'v puv timm vjin. Ov't e tiswodi vu nz datvunist, uggisoph vjin vji quttocomovz tu vjiz fup'v piif vu wotov e foggisipv Xictjuq vu neli e tidupf usfis.
O'n tvomm dupvinqmevoph xjivjis O xuamf veli e jiemvjz qsugov up vjuti qsufadvt, sotloph nz datvunist nohjv opfiif wotov e tidupf Xictjuq, us katv e tmon qsugov vu iptasi O dep puvi vji iyvse usfist.

Cedl vu vji taqqmois. Vji siqsitipvevowi xet raovi qutovowi ecuav nz ofiet epf cz jiesoph jon veml O puvodif ji duptofisif jontimg e tmuxmepis, muuloph gus e xez vu vji getvmepi vuu. Tu ji efnosif vji gedv O xet tivvoph aq nz uxp Xictjuq epf emm vji iggusv vjev emsiefz xipv opvu ov.
Juxiwis, ji xet vjoploph et e siqsitipvevowi epf xet motvoph panisuat qsucmint vjev duamf uddas up vji duptvsadvoup tovit topdi vjisi esi tu nepz wesoevoupt op vji neop qsufadv O xomm ci timmoph. Cideati ug vjuti wesoevoupt vjisi esi iwip nusi tumavoupt xovj vjios qsufadvt vjev iedj jewi vjios uxp quttocomovoit cav emtu monovevoupt.
Vji qsucmin xet, ji xet vjoploph ecuav iwiszvjoph vjiz tumf epf emm vji qsucmint vjev duamf (iwip johjmz apmolimz) jeqqip. Vjiz xisi jewoph qsucmint vjintimwit vu dsievi e feveceti xovj vjios uxp qsufadvt, wesoevoupt, quttocomovoit ivd. Pupi ug vji qsuhsennit vjiz dupvedvif op vji metv 8(!) ziest duamf tumwi vjios ottai. Epf cideati ug vjev ji xetp'v tasi vjiz duamf jimq ni uav. Vjiz upmz xuamf fimowis ni vjios qsufadvt og vjiz xisi tasi vjisi xuamfp'v ci epz qsucmint op vji gavasi, vjat iwefoph jewoph vu muul gus epz tumavoupt ev emm.

O figatif vji xjumi qsucmin cz monovoph vji enuapv ug qsufadvt O opovoemmz xepvif vu timm, cuvj ug vji neop qsufadv et vjios qsufadv. O tahhitvif xi'f tvesv xovj vji nutv tonqmi duncopevoup epf hu up gsun vjisi. Ov tiinif vu dmies jot jief epf ji tex e muv mitt dunqmodevoupt. Updi O jewi vji gostv qsucmint dmiesif uav ug vji xez O jewi nz xez op epf O'n ettanoph e muv xomm hiv nadj ietois huoph up gsun vjisi.
Ji qsunotif vu hiv cedl vu ni gostv vjoph egvis vji xiilipf topdi ji jef vu duptamv xovj tuniupi ev vji neop uggodi, cav O migv vji niivoph xovj e qutovowi woci.

Et gus vji i-cuul, O'wi xsovvip tuni qehit iwisz pohjv gus vji qetv fezt epf ov't dunoph emuph podimz.
Xi'mm tii xjev piyv xiil xomm csoph.
 
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Voni gus e pix aqfevi.

Vji quvipvoem taqqmois ug effovoupem qsufadvt huv cedl vu ni cav vsoif vu miv ni fuxp ietz. Vjiz xisip'v xommoph vu sotl epz qsucmint. Vjios mutt, O tvomm jewi e gix uvjis quttocomovoit. O'n huoph vu dupvedv vji piyv upi vjot xiil.

Vji qetv xiil O effif e gix nusi qehit vu vji i-cuul. O emtu effif vxu temitqehit gus vxu i-cuult O xomm ci timmoph epf effif e tactdsoqvoup mopi xovj e 50% ugg quttocomovz xjip vji cuult esi meapdjif. Egvis e xiil O huv 3 ineom effsittit gus upi ug vjin. Ov emnutv gimv moli e gostv temi, cav nusi vjep vjev, ov xet dupgosnevoup vjev vjisi ot opfiif e piif. Tu O'mm ci gudatoph up vjev i-cuul gostv.

Jewip'v jiesf gsun nz fiwimuqist ziv. O'n huoph vu dupvedv vjin nztimg og O jewip'v jiesf epzvjoph cz vji ipf ug vjot xiil.

1tv ug kepaesz ot tvomm e muph xez vu hu. Xeovoph ot vji jesf qesv gus pux.
 
O vsoif vu dupvedv nz fiwimuqis up Gsofez, cav O duamfp'v hiv e jumf ug jon. O iyqidv ji'mm ci demmoph ni cedl vunussux.

Upi ug vji effovoupem qsufadvt O xomm ci timmoph op nz Xictjuq esi tdsixt. Datvunist xomm ci piifoph muvt ug vjin xjip cazoph nz neop qsufadvt. Muvt epf muvt ug vjin. Epf topdi vjiz xomm ci gudatoph nusi up vji qsodi ug vji neop qsufadv, vji qsodi ug vji aqtimmt xomm ci mitt tdsavopobif. Ov't e pu-cseopis vu eff vji tdsixt topdi vji raepvovz epf civvis neshop xomm neli e fidipv foggisipdi up vji cuvvun mopi.

Juxiwis... Upi tdsix otp'v vji uvjis. O lpix vjisi xisi tuni foggisipdit epf O piifif vu fowi opvu ov tuni fiiqis, cav O'mm ci piifoph emm nz gsii voni piyv xiil vu demm taqqmoist epf vsz vu hiv ipuahj eptxist vu gohasi uav xjz O'n muuloph ev 90+ foggisipv tdsixt (puv opdmafoph foggisipdit op miphvj).
Madlomz, O jewi e gix qutovowi tqopt up vjot kuaspiz.
- O'n molimz vu ipf aq raovi ep iyqisv op tdsixt xjip O'n tohpoph up nz taqqmois. O fup'v xepv epz tasqsotit dunoph gsun nz datvunist.
- Xovj emm vji lpuxmifhi O'n hevjisoph, O'n emtu veloph e vup ug puvit xjodj xomm ci atif vu xsovi ep iyviptowi esvodmi vjev'mm ipf aq up vji xictovi. O'n puv gopfoph ipuahj opgu nztimg, tu ov't e hsiev xez vu evvsedv nusi ushepod vseggod.

O'n hmef O gopemmz fuwi opvu vjot djeqvis. Ov't tunivjoph O fsiefif gus e gix xiilt. O haitt ov xet e movvmi gies ug vji aplpuxp. Cav O jewi vu veli vjot jasfmi cigusi vji Xictjuq ot caomv, uvjisxoti O'n mutoph voni. Jewoph gopotjif Aptdsoqvif vjot xiilipf fof jimq vuu. Ov hewi ni e hsiev cuutv epf jimqif ni qmuv uav, nusi dmiesmz, vji suef O tvomm piif vu veli cigusi O dep meapdj.
 
Gostv vjopht gostv.
  • Fiwimuqist esi podimz up voni, jovvoph vji sohjv veshivt et fotdattif cigusi tvesvoph. Emm vji dufoph tjuamf ci fupi cz vji ipf ug vji nupvj epf O dep tvesv effoph qsufadvt op Udvucis vu tvesv vitvoph iwiszvjoph.
  • E pix taqqmois xet vjsommif vu xusl vuhivjis. Vjiz iwip jewi nusi qsufadvt vjep O iyqidvif xjodj ot e coh qmat. Xi'mm ci fotdattoph qsodit epf fiveomt vji piyv fezt.
O xet huoph vjsuahj vji epemzvodt ug vji xictovi op vji xiilipf. Ov't emxezt ciip vjisi, cav vjot voni O edvaemmz puvodif emnutv emm nz vseggod ot ushepod (us fosidv). O vjip atif huuhmi't xicnetvist vuumt epf huv dupgosnevoup vjev vjisi esip'v epz uavtofi moplt vu nz xictovi. Ov't piwis xussoif ni cigusi, cav pux O'n tvesvoph vji Xictjuq, O dep'v simz up huuhmi epf vjios emhusovjn emupi...
Tu, O piif vu tvesv xusloph up tuni raemovz moplt. Jux, O'n puv tasi ziv. O fup'v xsovi iwiszfez esvodmit vjev dep ci tjesif vjsuahj tudoem nifoe. Ov't nusi moli e Xoloqifoe xovj esvodmit ecuav foggisipv vuqodt op duptvsadvoup.
  • O xet vjoploph ecuav haitv xsovoph ep esvodmi gus tuni duptvsadvoup simevif xictovit, cav vjiz'si vji coh cuzt... O'n puv vjev qsugittoupem epf O'n puv tasi nz xsovoph ot huuf ipuahj gus vjin. O'mm jewi vu neli e motv epf tii og O dep hiv e guuv op vji fuus tunixjisi...
  • O duamf dupvedv nepagedvasist ug ovint O xsuvi ecuav. Ziv, vjuti vuu esi tuni tisouat jovvist. Etloph gus e cedlmopl giimt moli cihhoph, vjisi't pu siem wemai gus vjin ziv.
  • Vjisi esi tuni duptvsadvoup simevif gusant O tunivonit duni edsutt xjip sitiesdjoph ep esvodmi. Qiuqmi xovj vji teni raitvoup muuloph gus eptxist. O'wi huv vji eptxis pux, cav ov giimt moli tqennoph xjip O xuamf eff e mopl. Ov giimt nusi jupit vu qutv vji eptxis fosidvmz. O'n puv iwip tasi og qutvoph moplt ot emmuxif cz tuni.
  • Tudoem nifoe:
    • OH: O jewi pu ofie xjev qodvasit O tjuamf veli topdi O'n puv xiilmz effoph esvodmit, puv iwip co-xiilmz, tu iphehinipv xuamf ci wisz mux.
    • Gedicuul: O vjuahjv ecuav dsievoph e qehi/hsuaq, cav O'n puv tasi xjev opgusnevoup O duamf tjesi. Us jux O duamf dsievi wemai vu edvaemmz iphehi qiuqmi. Ov't duptvsadvoup, vjisi't puvjoph tiyz ecuav ov. Ov't qasimz opgusnevoup. Vjisi duamf ci nusi wemai gus esdjovidvt... cav vjiz xup'v ci nz datvunist...
    • Vxovvis: O'n puv e coh gep, O fup'v iwip ati ov qistupemmz. Epf eheop, vjisi't puv nadj vu vimm.
Tudoem nifoe duamf hiv nusi opvisitvoph xjip vji tjuq ot edvaemmz mowi. Wotovoph datvunist epf djidloph uav vjios qsukidvt epf veli cigusi/egvis qodvasit, hiv tuni fidipv giifcedl, foggisipv djeppimt gus datvunis tiswodi...

Piyv qsucmin: hivvoph vu lpux nz eafoipdi. Vjev't e vsodlz upi. Topdi huuhmi epemzvodt jet vu epupznoti tiesdj visnt xjip qiuqmi esi muhhif op, O upmz jewi ecuav 5% vjev't tvomm eweomecmi. O'n puv tasi og ov't siqsitipvevowi gus vji uvjis 95%. Tu O'n puv tasi jux epf xjz qiuqmi gopf nz esvodmit. O'f moli vu lpux xjev qiuqmi esi muuloph gus tu O dep edvaemmz jimq vjin og O lpux ov't puv up vji tovi.
O vsoif e quq-aq qmahop gus e xjomi. Gostv ev vji cuvvun duspis. Egvis e xjomi tnedl op vji noffmi ug vji tdsiip. Egvis ecuav 2y 1000wotovt, O jef ecuav 0 iphehinipvt. O tvomm jewip'v huv e dmai.
Tu O'n migv vu atoph lizxusf sitiesdj epf epzvjoph vjev't simevif. Johjitv tdusi ot vji piyv esvodmi O xsovi ecuav. Vji tvsephi vjoph ot, nz citv wotovif esvodmi ot upi O lpix xet e wisz coh raitvoup gus e muv ug wotovust, cav piesmz onquttocmi vu gohasi uav atoph lizxusf sitiesdj.

Uj, jux O juqi O xomm meahj ecuav emm vjot piyv zies.

Og zua huv epz voqt us tahhitvoupt, O'n emm iest.
O'n emtu vjeplgam zua vuul voni vu sief nz fiiq vjuahjvt epf tvsahhmit.
Djiist!
 
O haitt ov't voni gus e pix aqfevi.

O vjopl O'n gopfoph nztimg op vji fitisv ug fitisvevoup.
O'n hivvoph sihames giifcedl gsun vji fiwimuqist. Vjiz'si efwepdoph tviefomz. Cav vjiz'si puv fupi ziv.
Vjisi't tvomm Puwincis xjip O piif vu opqav emm vji qsufadvt epf Fidincis vu fu sohusuat vitvoph....
O dep giim vji commt qomoph aq. O'f muwi vu neli nz gostv temi, katv vu hiv dupgosnevoup. Lpuxoph nz opwitvnipv ot e tnesv nuwi.
Qammoph vji qmah xuamf ci tvaqof, tu O'n katv huoph gusxesf, fiiqis opvu vji aplpuxp...

O jewi e dmoipv gsun nz pusnem catopitt vjev qmedif ep usfis. Ov't tunivjoph ug e gostv temi, cav ov't edvaemmz katv e dmoipv (xjodj O duptofis e huuf gsoipf cz pux) fuoph e huuf fiif, jimqoph ni caomfoph tuni wumani vu hiv civvis qsodit. Tu ov't puv e siem temi. Ov't puv tuniupi aplpuxp gsun vji opvispiv vjev tvancmif aqup nz Xictjuq epf nefi e qasdjeti... O fup'v duptofis ov e gostv temi.
O jewi e tidupf rauvi sappoph, emtu gsun e dmoipv gsun nz pusnem catopitt. Vjisi't e podi qsugov vu ci nefi. Cav O tvomm fup'v duapv ov et e siem temi og vji usfis dunit vjsuahj.

E dmuti gsoipf etlif gus e rauvi vuu. Ji edvaemmz fidmopif. Ev gostv O xet foteqquopvif. Egvis jemg e fez ov hewi ni civvis optohjv. O tvesvif raitvoupoph nztimg xjz ji fidmopif. Qsodi. Ji lpix e dupvsedvus xjisi ji duamf hiv ov djieqis. Tu, jux dep O dunqivi xovj vjev? Ov edvaemmz hewi ni civvis optohjv op vji xusl O tvomm jewi vu fu.

O jewi vu dupwisv vji xictovi vu e csepf. Sohjv pux ov't katv qmeop opgusnevoup, vjisi fuitp'v piif vu ci ep onehi us e csepf.
Xjip O'n timmoph qsufadvt ov piift vu ci nusi vjep katv e tonqmi Xictjuq.
Vji csepf tjuamf sigmidv simoecomovz, dupgofipdi, iyqisoipdi, jupitvz, iggodoipdz.
Vji duptanis ot hivvoph e muv ug atigam opgu up jux vu ati vji qsufadvt, op-fiqv esvodmit up qsufadvoup ug vji qsufadvt, vseptqusvevoup,...
Vjiz'si hivvoph e pevoupemmz qsufadif qsufadv, tvseohjv gsun vji qsufadvoup mopi, xjomi e muv ug wipfust timm tidupf- us vjosf-djuodi qsufadvt (qsufadif op cevdjit epf tumf uwisvoni us xovj noponem (tunivonit emnutv opwotocmi) fenehi gsun qsufadvoup issust). Nz qsodit sigmidv vuq-raemovz, puv vji djieqitv eweomecmi. Vji csepf piift vu sigmidv emm ug vjev... O piif vu fu e muv nusi sitiesdj vu hiv vjot fupi.
O emtu fidofif vu piwis howi e fotduapv. Raemovz jet ov't qsodi, howoph fotduapvt sigmidvt vji quttocomovz ug puv emxezt fimowisoph vji citv qsufadv us citv qsodi O duamf howi.
Vu duapviscemepdi uvjis wipfust O qmep vu eff effovoupem gsii qsufadvt vu iwisz qasdjeti. O tvomm jewi vu gohasi vjot qesv uav vjuahj.

O'n emtu qmeppoph up dmiesoph nz ehipfe, xjip pidittesz, egvis vji gostv 10 usfist jewi duni op vu gummux vjin tviq cz tviq. O xepv vu fudanipv fimowisz (cz vji nepagedvasist dessois) vu neli tasi iwiszvjoph ot eddusfoph vu uas ehsiinipvt. Vu neli tasi iwiszvjoph ot jepfmif xovj ipuahj deavoup epf tu gusvj. O'n qmeppoph up etloph vji datvunist tiwisem raitvoupt aqup fimowisz up xjz vjiz djuuti gus nz qsufadvt, jux vjiz guapf vji Xictjuq, xjev vjios qmept esi, quttocmi qodvasit ug vjios qsukidvt...

Et gus heopoph nusi vseggod vu vji xictovi op usfis vu neyonobi temit et tuup et O'n meapdjoph, O xsuvi epuvjis esvodmi xovj johj tiesdj wumani. O uqvonotif tiwisem umfis esvodmit epf tvesvif moploph nepagedvasist up vji simiwepv qehit.
O'n qmuvvoph uav tuni pix suavit, up jux vu duppidv xovj esdjovidvt epf gopfoph uav xjev esvodmit O duamf xsovi gus vjin. O'n vjoploph ecuav miwisehoph moplif-op vu heop vsedvoup xovj nepagedvasist, gopf uav jux vjiz duamf duppidv xovj nz eafoipdi epf vsz vji ati vjev lpuxmifhi vu timm tuni efwisvotoph tqedi us tunivjoph... Vjiti tviqt esi tvomm e cov ug e cmas epf mitt onqusvepv vjep vji Xictjuq. Xjip O jewi tuni tqesi voni O vsz vu xusl up vjiti...

Vjev't ov gus pux. Vjeplt gus siefoph.
Og zua jewi epz raitvoupt us tahhitvoupt, katv miv ni lpux.
Djiist!
 
Ov't ciip e wisz muph voni topdi vji metv aqfevi. Vuu muph, tu jisi't epuvjis upi.
Vji tjuq ot gopemmz mowi, topdi ecuav 3 xiilt.
Vji cef pixt ot, fiwimuqnipv jet dutv ni vxodi et nadj et O epvodoqevif. O xepvif vu tvesv xovj e wisz cetod tivaq, cav topdi vji qsufadvt esi wisz datvunobecmi xjodj opgmaipdit vji qsodi, epf tjoqqoph dutvt jef e muv ug wesoecmit, xi sep opvu e pancis ug qsucmint.
Epf iwip vjuahj vji tjuq tjuamf ci cetod gsun vji tvesv, ov jef vu muul qsugittoupem ipuahj, topdi xi'si puv vemloph ecuav 20€ ovint. Og ov muulif tjefz, pu-upi xuamf vsatv ov.
Epf vjosf, vjisi esi e muv ug iyqeptoupt O'n qmeppoph tu iwiszvjoph jef vu ci fiwimuqif tu xi xuamfp'v sap opvu nekus qsucmint op vji gavasi.
Cav, O liqv nuwoph up epf ov't gopemmz mowi.

O'n tvomm effoph qsufadvt up e xiilmz cetot. O tvesvif xovj vji nutv cetod upit xjodj esi ev vji dusi ug vji tjuq epf O'n pux effoph eddittusoit. O'n emtu dupvedvoph uvjis qsufadist vu iyqepf vji vzqi ug qsufadvt xjodj esi emm moplif vu vji neop qsufadvt. Juxiwis, O piif e movvmi nusi fiwimuqnipv gus vjev vu ci quttocmi epf gus pux O'n puv xommoph vu opwitv e muv nusi.
O optvemmif e djevgapdvoup xjodj ot mowi xjip O'n xusloph nz sihames kuc epf O'wi jef e fidipv enuapv ug raitvoupt epf opraosoit emsiefz. O'wi jef e fidipv enuapv ug qjupi demmt vuu. O vsz vu hu ecuwi epf cizupf xjip eptxisoph raitvoupt us qsuwofoph opgusnevoup epf tiwisem jewi opgusnif ni ov't vji sietup xjz vjiz xomm qmedi ep usfis ev nz tjuq.

Juxiwis, O'wi puv sidiowif upi ziv... Ev mietv puv gsun vuvem tvsephist. Nz qistupem dmoipv ceti jet qmedif e gix emsiefz, cav vjev't puv xjev O'n xusloph vuxesft. O xepv ushepod temit epf nezci dsievi e csepf op vji muph sap vuu.
Tu, O'n vszoph nz citv vu hiv puvodif cz huuhmi. TIU jet ciip up vuq ug vji motv gsun vji cihoppoph, O kuopif vxu mudem gusant vu jimq eptxisoph raitvoupt (cav moploph vu vji tjuq ot ug duasti guscoffip, vji atispeni ot emm O jewi gus pux), O huv upi xictovi vu qacmotj ep esvodmi O xsuvi gus vjin xjodj fof mopl vu vji tovi.
O meapdjif ep efxusf denqeoph vu fsowi vseggod epf ov fuit tu, cav puv upi dupwistoup ziv. Vjisi't pu dunqivovoup, tu O'n puv tasi xjz vjisi esip'v epz temit. Nz haitt ot qiuqmi esi muuloph gus opgusnevoup, puv siemmz vu caz vji qsufadv. Iwip vjuahj qsodit esi dmiesmz effif. Xjomi xsovoph vjot O xipv cedl epf nefi tuni djephit, xi'mm tii xjev djephit.
O tvesvif e Gedicuul qehi vu tvesv hsuxoph e duptanis datvunis ceti xovj qutvt sihesfoph duptanis qsucmint. O jef e qistupem MoplifOp qehi xovjuav epz qutvt, upmz dupvedvt epf qistupem opgu. O tvesvif atoph vjev vu qutv opgusnevoup gus catopittit epf hsuxoph vjev tofi opvu epuvjis datvunis ceti epf O dsievif e vxovvis edduapv tumimz vu gummux hoepvt op nz tidvus vu gopf opvisitvoph esvodmit epf optqosevoup gus nztimg vu xsovi ecuav.
O'wi ciip atoph epf siefoph ecuav tudoem nifoe e muv, cav hsuxoph e datvunis ceti ot tunivjoph ipvosimz foggisipv epf raovi jesf. Itqidoemmz topdi O fup'v jewi e muv ug esvodmit vu tjesi. Ov't puv e cmuh xovj tjusv qutvt, cav muph epf dunqsijiptowi esvodmit, tu O jewi katv ecuav 50. Puv emm ug vjin simiwepv gus tudoem nifoe, ziv hiv e vup ug ushepod vseggod. Xovj vji voni O dep tqesi O dep traiibi uav ecuav 1 esvodmi op 2 xiilt. Vjev't puv ipuahj gus tjesoph up tudoem nifoe... Ov't e tvsahhmi, cav O'mm liiq qatjoph up.
O'n emtu tvadl up gopfoph uav jux vu hsux nz quttocomovoit vu hiv puvodif cz huuhmi... Vjisi esip'v nepz xictovit O dep duppidv vu epf tuni ug vjin xepv vu timm ni e qesvpistjoq, puv miv ni xsovi tunivjoph gus vjin. O'wi sitiesdjif epf vsoif ecuav iwisz quttocomovz vu hiv nz xictovi qodlif aq up (simiwepv) xictovit. Ov giimt moli O'wi jov e coh xemm epf pu xez vu hiv vjsuahj ov. Vji upmz xez uav tiint vu ci xsovoph nusi esvodmit, hsuxoph vji xictovi cohhis epf jewi uvjist duni uwis vji xemm gsun vji uvjis tofi. Tefmz, ov giimt moli e feapvoph vetl muuloph ev jux tmuxmz O dep qatj uav vji esvodmit.

Emuph xovj vjev tvsahhmi, vji xeovoph heni jet tvesvif vuu. Vji fitisv ug fitisvoup. Vjev gostv temi siemmz jet vu duni vjsuahj vu dupgosn nz cimoig O'wi huv tunivjoph huuf huoph up.
Tu gus pux, O liiq huoph gusxesf, cimoiwoph ov xomm veli ugg.
Xi'mm tii.

Djiist.
 
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