It's a couple weeks over one month and I've earned $471.
I believe this may be my first productocracy.
I've made sales and earned various ways before (I first read TMF in 2012), but I feel this is the first time where I felt I truly created something I knew people needed (and truly cared about helping people)... and, more importantly, my customers are engaging, sending me great reviews, and praise.
Before, my mindset was, admittedly, money-chasing oriented.
I feel as though the past 6 months I've grown so much in terms of having very little material wants (my money system number is so much lower), knowing my end goals with money: freedom (and what really makes me happy) vs. hedonic adaptation (which I definitely fell into before), and truly caring about helping people.
Now, I have a lot of business ideas because I see all the problems I can solve. Before hand, my ideas were only determined by the latest silver bullet.
In fact, I had an idea for another business so I instantly tested it. It made its first sale, $10, the day after I uploaded the sales letter. I ended up giving the customer the order, and refunding it. The reason why is because I realized that this would take time away from my main business that I should be focusing on. I could hear MJ's voice in the back of my head regarding Monogamy vs. Polygamy.
Side note: I actually had two ideas when first testing a month ago. The other was an adult site. Vanity metrics included getting upwards of 7,000 visitors a day. But I eventually chose the other business because I felt it was definitely more CENTS oriented... and I didn't really feel the adult site was something that I felt people would "yearn for me" should I leave the earth.
Anyways, other than that, my main focus is to grow this business. And specifically, to scale this. I'd like to share a weekly update to log the journey, and any lessons I've learned.
I believe this may be my first productocracy.
I've made sales and earned various ways before (I first read TMF in 2012), but I feel this is the first time where I felt I truly created something I knew people needed (and truly cared about helping people)... and, more importantly, my customers are engaging, sending me great reviews, and praise.
Before, my mindset was, admittedly, money-chasing oriented.
I feel as though the past 6 months I've grown so much in terms of having very little material wants (my money system number is so much lower), knowing my end goals with money: freedom (and what really makes me happy) vs. hedonic adaptation (which I definitely fell into before), and truly caring about helping people.
Now, I have a lot of business ideas because I see all the problems I can solve. Before hand, my ideas were only determined by the latest silver bullet.
In fact, I had an idea for another business so I instantly tested it. It made its first sale, $10, the day after I uploaded the sales letter. I ended up giving the customer the order, and refunding it. The reason why is because I realized that this would take time away from my main business that I should be focusing on. I could hear MJ's voice in the back of my head regarding Monogamy vs. Polygamy.
Side note: I actually had two ideas when first testing a month ago. The other was an adult site. Vanity metrics included getting upwards of 7,000 visitors a day. But I eventually chose the other business because I felt it was definitely more CENTS oriented... and I didn't really feel the adult site was something that I felt people would "yearn for me" should I leave the earth.
Anyways, other than that, my main focus is to grow this business. And specifically, to scale this. I'd like to share a weekly update to log the journey, and any lessons I've learned.
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
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?
