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Hello everyone,

I’m new here and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

I haven’t read the community rules yet, so I’ll hold off on sharing my real name until I know whether that’s encouraged.

I recently completed a deep dive into The Millionaire Fastlane, reading it over a single week and capturing detailed notes in Notion. I found the book through a YouTube interview (with Ali Abdaal, if you’re familiar with him), where a guest shared his journey of quitting his job, launching a business, and scaling from $10k/month to $90k/month in under a year. He credited MJ’s book for shifting his mindset and accelerating his progress. If you're interested, here’s the interview (not affiliated in any way):
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7IECetqDLY
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A bit about me:

  • I’m a finance and accounting professional in my early 40s.
  • Husband to a high school teacher and father of two boys, aged 11 and 13.
  • In March 2025, I left a 17-year corporate career where I was earning in the top 1%, driven by the desire for autonomy and meaning beyond the grind and politics.
  • The transition has been a little rocky so far, mostly because I needed a mental reset. I was still stuck in the old paradigm.
After reading MJ’s book, I’m recalibrating. I’m now focused on execution over endless ideation. I’ve blocked out this week to identify real problems worth solving (either pain points I’ve experienced or observed) and will be evaluating ideas using the CENTS framework.

I’m excited to be here and start building. If you’ve got any insights on how you approached your own “week zero” or how you applied the CENTS filter early on, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks again—and I look forward to learning from all of you!
 
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You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.

  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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