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I never understood why this is so great? You are at the beach but you have to be on your laptop. Washed out in the sun. Sand all over you. Not swimming. Not enjoying the beach. No one to talk to. If you dare take a break to go swimming you have to make sure no one messes with your laptop.

This laptop on a beach business mantra... So not my thing. Build something bigger... Something that pays for actual beach time.

This line of thinking reminds me of a book title I came across years ago: Amusing Ourselves to Death.

It makes me think of how old people are the most frequent binge drinkers - because most of them didn't bother to keep up with the world around them, and now that they're too out of touch with the world to offer useful advice, they just get hammered.

Leisure should support your purpose. If your entire life is leisure, then you are just rotting.

There is nothing in life more satisfying than giving your all towards something that really matters.

A quote that I keep referring back to:

"The healthy man asks not for so much for happiness as for an opportunity to exercise his capacities. And if he must pay the penalty of pain for this freedom and this power, he makes it cheerfully - it is not too great a price. We need resistance to raise us, as it raises the airplane or the bird. We need obstacles against which to sharpen our strength and stimulate our growth. Life without tragedy would be unworthy of a man."

-The Story of Philosophy

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Today was one of those days when everything goes wrong at once.

I was up until 4 AM, then slept for 2 hours, then worked my @$$ off until 6 PM to get something done that had to be done. Putting out fire after fire along the way. Finding solutions to problems I've never encountered before. To not let down hundreds of clients who rely on my SaaS.

At the end of the day (almost 9 PM here), you know what I am? Tired? Fed up? Thinking of giving up?

Hell no! I am freaking proud. Just another bump on the road. Just another battle scar.
 
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I never understood why this is so great? You are at the beach but you have to be on your laptop. Washed out in the sun. Sand all over you. Not swimming. Not enjoying the beach. No one to talk to. If you dare take a break to go swimming you have to make sure no one messes with your laptop.

This laptop on a beach business mantra... So not my thing. Build something bigger... Something that pays for actual beach time.

Better yet:

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They make them for a reason... Because people can afford them.

Stop being a wimp that aspires to a $1500 computer that you need to use when you’re at a beach. Aspire to the yacht, with the time and freedom to use it and bring along some friends and family. You can even bring the laptop too... So you can check on your money while you are refilling your cocktail.
That screen glare has got to be nuts.
 

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I posted this on the INSIDE as well

This was an INE here @ Fastlane almost a whopping 7 years ago.

Great to see Fastlane 7 years ahead of the curve.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/mimyyg View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/mimyyg/bin_rental_company_idea/



I can't believe what I just heard, and on national TV. Will it matter to anyone? Nope.
 

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This is just unbelievable.

Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes begged on Tuesday to be allowed outside, saying anti-pandemic restrictions that have confined them indoors for more than a year make no sense given almost all have now been vaxinated.

"We did nothing wrong; we're not guilty of any crime," he said. "If vaccinations don't end the rules, if no one having COVID doesn't end the restrictions, then what does it take before this comes to an end?"
 

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I list a concealed knife case for sale on Facebook Marketplace titled, "Concealed Knife Case" with images of a knife and it's totally cool. But when I list a "Concealed Gun Case" with images of a gun, it's not cool and FB removes it even when I remove the word gun and then remove the images of the gun and appeal the decision based on the fact that what I am selling is nothing more than an empty box that you can put stuff in...they deny the appeal and tell me GFYS.
 

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I oficially live in the poorest city of Argentina. Since 1 year ago, Hadn't been able to move cause of covid. Yet, some days ago I woke up to a whole sale order of my product, $310 of profit before my eyes where open. 3 times the minimum wage, $310 is something 53% of my city residents (more than half a million people) don't make in a whole month.
I just feel so grateful to MJ for his books and for being a life changer and greateful to all the cool helpful people on this forum. Who knows where would I be otherwise. Very probably much worst. Thank you all !
 

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This is just unbelievable.

Unreal.

Not a fan of this collective consciousness driven by the media.

Like a master hypnotist fooling everyone to think a certain way.

You are danger to everyone else. And the burden of proof is on you to prove you are not a danger to everyone’s health.

Also... I watched Godzilla VS Kong yesterday with my girlfriend, which sucked by the way. And saw a snippet of CNN in the movie and couldn’t help but laugh. But I guess it was appropriate since it is a SCI FI movie LOL. But gee, Hollywood in bed with CNN. Oh yeah, and with borrowed money from the bankers. Rolling my eyes LOL.
 

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I list a concealed knife case for sale on Facebook Marketplace titled, "Concealed Knife Case" with images of a knife and it's totally cool. But when I list a "Concealed Gun Case" with images of a gun, it's not cool and FB removes it even when I remove the word gun and then remove the images of the gun and appeal the decision based on the fact that what I am selling is nothing more than an empty box that you can put stuff in...they deny the appeal and tell me GFYS.
They wouldn’t let me even sell humidors with Facebook ads... It’s “tobacco related.”

They were wooden boxes...
 
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I list a concealed knife case for sale on Facebook Marketplace titled, "Concealed Knife Case" with images of a knife and it's totally cool. But when I list a "Concealed Gun Case" with images of a gun, it's not cool and FB removes it even when I remove the word gun and then remove the images of the gun and appeal the decision based on the fact that what I am selling is nothing more than an empty box that you can put stuff in...they deny the appeal and tell me GFYS.

They wouldn’t let me even sell humidors with Facebook ads... It’s “tobacco related.”

They were wooden boxes...


Youtube has a problem as well. If you search "gun", "how to clean gun", etc... It is all age restricted.

You know what isn't age restricted? Two gay guys playing a game of "Is it this or is it that".
 

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Youtube has a problem as well. If you search "gun", "how to clean gun", etc... It is all age restricted.

You know what isn't age restricted? Two gay guys playing a game of "Is it this or is it that".
YouTube sucks
 

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Anyone have experience with E-Bikes?

Saw this at Wally Wally Wally World

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I've always wanted an E-Bike.... hmm, the thing is I'm assuming this is just Chinese quality, funny thing my bike last night got a flat tire, but the brakes already broke after a week or so, gears don't change so I just left it outside for someone else (only spent $100 so I feel like I got value from it) CCM made in Taiwan quality :rofl:

$900 ain't to bad... this may be one of the biggest purchases I make in recent time :happy:
no serious question, he?
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Evidently they freed the ship...

The government should really ban ships getting stuck in the canal so it doesn’t happen again.
I won the adventure holiday „ ship through a chanel of your choice with a real ship..“
but I think I don’t tell you any new....
 

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Is there an uptick in RANT threads lately? I'm getting confused about which rant thread is the general rant thread lol!
 

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"I've had people pushing this untested vaccine on me harder than my peers pushed drugs in high school."
 
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"equal rights" can all too easily be transformed into equality of wrong
- Nietzsche

He should be a must read. In an age of political correctness, I find his book Beyond Good and Evil quite relevant.
 

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You can have freedom, but only if you if you give us absolute obedience. Otherwise you can live in a culvert and eat bugs. Well, maybe that's what we'll have you do either way... after all, you owe us absolute obedience.

"Every socialist is a disguised dictator." -Mises
 
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does anyone follow "VinceTheBuilder" on Instagram?

Looks like he and his family do real estate remodels and new construction. High-end, luxury, architecture & design + construction and labor. Definitely qualifies as Fastlane, ironically based in Arizona like the forum.
 

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I'm so excited about the future - I feel like so much is possible.

Have a great day everyone.
 

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Anyone watch the wework documentary on Hulu? I found it interesting to say the least. The entire business model was flawed from the start based on 'community' but most the people in this community didn't have any real success or an actual business. It was just a circle of jerking around saying that they worked in a 'wework' space.
 
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Went through few notes I have taken from books. Here are few quotes that stood out today:

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action"

"Joy for humans lies in human actions"

"You have to assemble life yourself - action by action. And be satisfied if each one achieves its goal, as far as it can. No one can keep that from happening"

"Discard your books, so that you won't die in bitterness, but in cheerfulness and truth, grateful to the gods from the bottom of your heart"

Essentially, stop action-faking. Take real action. Engage life.

"Not to live as if you had endless years ahead of you. Death overshadows you. While you're alive and able - b good"
You can lead an untroubled life provided you can grow, can think and act systematically
To stop talking about what a good man is like, and just be one

Embrace change and adversity. Use it to fuel you
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it - turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself - so, to, a ratonal being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal
Frightened of change? But what can exist without it?

And as you do, be present. Don't let life fly by you. The present is all there is

That's it's all how you choose to see things
That the present is all we have to live in. Or to lose
Give yourself a gift: the present moment
If you've seen the present then you've seen everything - as it's been since the beginning, as it will be forever. The same substance, the same form. All of it

You can do it

Not to assume it's impossible because you find it hard. But to recognize that if it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
As a blazing fire takes whatever you throw on it, and makes it light and flame

Indeed:

I'm so excited about the future - I feel like so much is possible.

Have a great day everyone.
 

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