Ive read the book several years back. Definitely a paradigm shift for me.
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Love the books and can not recommend them more highly.
Hands down the best book on finance/entrepreneurship I have ever read
I loved them both and have recommended them to my 3 sons (2 have read TMF and 1 has started UNSCRIPTED ) and to an number of friends and clients.
MJ and bought extra versions of it for my closest friends
What stuck with me most was an idea that I hadn't been able to put into words until I read the book. Yes, entrepreneurship is risky, but the "safe" option (what the book calls the "Slowlane") is risky too! I was laid off during the financial crisis, and watched as that crisis and the Bernie Madoff scandal wiped out the fortunes of so many people who did the right things and played by all the rules. I've never been able to shake that feeling that the safe option isn't so safe.
MJ this book is really a masterpiece, I bought the book 3 years ago or so and read it. The knowledge didn't really stick or resonate, now every word does.
I’ve read so many books on entrepreneurship and this by far is number one. Production is almost never discussed neither is going in business with the intent to serving others with valuable products and services. This came at the perfect time for me in my life. Thank you for creating such a powerful resource for a solid kick in the rear end.
Listened to the audio book during my last 2 week vacation in April and thought it was the best book on Entrepreneurship but I was wrong. UNSCRIPTED is even better!
I've read both, multiple times, while in some of the lowliest and most vile hell holes of the New Jersey state prison system.
Not sure which I like more, TMF or Unscripted , but it's not a competition to be honest. They're both great.
For example, how many people have read the book without purchasing (borrowing/library) and used some of his other products?
I can't help but feel as if this is another story where someone "got in during the dotcom boom"
@MJ DeMarco - Have you thought maybe about writing a third, short book expanding on those chapters just on business advice like that? They're really helpful and tbh I just want more of it.
The next book in the Unscripted series will be short digestible pieces of advice. A common theme I hear from readers is "everytime I read it I get something new" -- that book will help.
@mindsetferg For example, how many people have read the book without purchasing (borrowing/library) and used some of his other products?
What other products? Outside of an INSIDERS subscription for people who want to view the forum ad-free, I have NO OTHER products. I write for a living now. If I wanted to make money, the last thing I would do would be spending (wasting) my time at a forum 7 days a week. There's much better money not writing and not running a forum. But this is my passion project.
@mindsetferg I can't help but feel as if this is another story where someone "got in during the dotcom boom"
Wuh? I sold my company (the 2nd time) in late 2007, 8 years after "the dot com boom" -- really tired of the narrative that I somehow got lucky in the late 90's when that sale did very little for me in terms of wealth (by the time it was all said and done).
I actually listened to your books available on audible I think I am at the relocation phaseRead the book
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