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[MTF]

I totally understand your point. It is frustrating. You and I have some similarities and I think this relates to having a high "justice" value. When we see "injustice", it strikes us deeply.

You find it unjust when a Social Media Nobody shakes their a$$ and flaunts their cleavage and gets 1M followers.
You try to change lives, families, and you can barely scrape together 10K.

It's infuriating.

This is why we find it hard to operate in our culture, and view ourselves as outsiders. This is why we say "What's the point?" when it comes to social media. Fighting human behavior's "path of least resistance" is always gonna lead to frustration and disappointment.

That's a very accurate observation and I definitely see it the same way.

As an entrepreneur one shouldn't impose his or her views on others yet I find it very hard to agree with today's culture in many of its aspects such as social media, ridiculously short attention spans (I F*cking hate "shorts" and the superficial garbage content it leads to), or a general lack of substance (it seems that at least online, if you're like everyone else and repeat the same BS even if it's wrong, that's when you're most successful).

It's hard running a business for outsiders (because it's niche by definition and often very difficult to monetize) but in the long term I imagine it would be even harder to run a business of the "unjust" kind and feel like you're betraying your own values.

 

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[MTF]

I know that creating has to be financially viable, but for me the primary purpose of anything I create is to test my mind and my own enjoyment, secondarily I have to figure out how it can make money (or how I can support it by making money some other way).

Another perspective is that you are not interested in creating for the basement bound porn addicts, but you are creating for the small percentage of people who want to actively improve their lives. And you never know, some of those basement bound porn addicts might read some of your material and be inspired to change their lives.

I sometimes experience a similar sentiment when I listen to modern pop / rock music and lament and how terrible it is. Then put it out of my mind and focus on creating something I love that satisfies my standards, which I find rewarding.

That is a crazy statistic though. I wonder what the parallel statistic is for women?

I'm very driven by numbers. Without numbers, I struggle to have motivation because I can't see progress and/or rewards.

Money is one of the ways I measure my "score." I don't mean it as comparing myself with others but rather see it as a sign that what I'm doing is valued. But then you see girls showing their fake tits making bank and here you are spending several days writing a thought-out article and get nothing in return.

From the monetary perspective you've wasted your time. Even if I know that the article is valuable, it's not valued by others because most humans aren't interested in doing things that are good for them (hence the most lucrative industries are all "sin" industries such as junk food, porn, alcohol, news, etc.).

So you have this weird dilemma: continue focusing on the minority of high-value people (and struggle to make money) or focus on the masses and screw trying to improve the world because it's definitely not improving your world as much as the world of the people who don't care.

In music, or in arts in general, it's the same. If you focus exclusively on art, most of the time you're not going to succeed (there are some exceptions). Artists usually need to dumb down their work enough for the masses to enjoy it. But here, at least from my perspective, there's not that much harm. I don't oppose pop music or rap songs with stupid lyrics because they're pretty much harmless compared to the bigger stuff.

I would assume the numbers are very different for women because particularly these days it's way easier for a woman to find a sexual partner than it is for an average guy. So probably most women are active sexually, just with the same guys who get all the girls.

(I apologize for any errors. Not thinking super clearly today but wanted to reply to your post).

 

[SteveO]

I grew up wanting to wear three piece suits. I did it for a while, but slowly started dressing more casually. For the last decade, my work attire has been a polo and jeans.

Over the last couple of years, just to mix it up, I occasionally throw on a dress shirt and tie (still with jeans). I've got a lot of ties, seems a shame not to use them.

It is noticeable the change in people's reaction. I get called "sir" way more often. Also, people are more likely to get out of your way or let you cut the line at the grocery store...without needing to ask.

It is bizarre to me how many people defer to the guy in a tie.

That would not be me. I would be much more likely to give way to the downtrodden.

 

[SSTrey]

How does the 'Ive read XXXX' banner appear below your Profile Banner?
Ive read all 3 books but only TMF appears currently.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

How does the 'Ive read XXXX' banner appear below your Profile Banner?
Ive read all 3 books but only TMF appears currently.

Post in the various threads...

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[SSTrey]

Post in the various threads...

GOLD! - HOT! - I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

Now that there's several thousands out there in the wild, guess it is time to start a thread for those of you who have read (or listened to!) UNSCRIPTED ! Hope everyone enjoyed it and found it to be a good "big picture" supplement for The Millionaire Fastlane ! To download the first (5)...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

GOLD! - HOT! - I've Read The Great Rat-Race Escape!

If you read THE GREAT RAT RACE ESCAPE , please post here! I'm happy to announce that my next full length book (444 pages, 16 hours Audible) is now available with a release date of Tuesday June 29th, 2021. - Audible Audiobook - Amazon Paperback - Amazon Kindle - Google Play - Kobo - Apple -...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

Ah ok, thanks MJ.

 

[Two Dog]

This is something I think about a lot. Forever in the future (barring a catastrophic, humanity-destroying event) family trees will be completely transparent and traceable. It will be unlike anything in history. Like you said - there will be videos, photos, status updates, you name it. Voice recordings of your great-great grandfather. Wow.

Everything before that is lost history in comparison.

Huh. It's a form of time travel.

Just in a way I never thought of before. No paradoxes, no space time distortion, no killing Hitler to prevent WW II. The more detail you put into the experience, the more it feels like reality. AI can fill in the recorded gaps with historically accurate artifacts or completely made up stuff and no one would ever know the difference. That's a *really* weird concept.

 

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[Sander]

Heard about Get Smart With Money on Netflix today. Anyone here seen it? Can't imagine it's worth 1,5 hours of my life

 

[Antifragile]

I grew up wanting to wear three piece suits. I did it for a while, but slowly started dressing more casually. For the last decade, my work attire has been a polo and jeans.

Over the last couple of years, just to mix it up, I occasionally throw on a dress shirt and tie (still with jeans). I've got a lot of ties, seems a shame not to use them.

It is noticeable the change in people's reaction. I get called "sir" way more often. Also, people are more likely to get out of your way or let you cut the line at the grocery store...without needing to ask.

It is bizarre to me how many people defer to the guy in a tie.

I saw a guy in a white Ferrari yesterday, he was wearing a suit and a tie. My first thought? Must be a salesman at a Ferrari dealership .

Because of my business, I have plenty of ties and suits. Wearing a suit feels nice, white shirt compliments a dark suit and creates a “corporate success” look. Not everyone will want it among entrepreneurs. But in the sea of people who have regular jobs and aspirations of a promotion where you are required to wear a suit… that’s what success looks like.

Still hate the tie. I swear, I can’t even breathe relaxed when I wear one and take it off as soon as my meeting is over.

 

[Kak]

I saw a guy in a white Ferrari yesterday, he was wearing a suit and a tie. My first thought? Must be a salesman at a Ferrari dealership .

Because of my business, I have plenty of ties and suits. Wearing a suit feels nice, white shirt compliments a dark suit and creates a “corporate success” look. Not everyone will want it among entrepreneurs. But in the sea of people who have regular jobs and aspirations of a promotion where you are required to wear a suit… that’s what success looks like.

Still hate the tie. I swear, I can’t even breathe relaxed when I wear one and take it off as soon as my meeting is over.

You can also just wear a suit without one.

I only have like six ties. I haven’t worn a single one of them in two or three years.

A sport coat and nice jeans with a white dress shirt. Is my go to nicer outfit these days. Nicer than average, but less stuffy.

The world has changed a lot since Covid. Namely, most people have become slobs.

If you think about what you look like just a tiny bit, you are ahead of the game. I want to be the 1 percent in more than just money, because I know I can be.

All of this said, I’m wearing a lot more t shirts these days, but they are nice and new, not junky. I wouldn’t wear one to a business meeting though.

 

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[Antifragile]

I wonder if traditional phone numbers go the way of the landline eventually in favor of the countless apps people already started using to communicate and the many yet to surface.

Hmm… and I see our cell numbers as the ID. The one and only item that seems to be unique among the sea of apps that require that number. It may stick around!

 

[StrikingViper69]

It's amazing, was just talking about this...

Here's your 92 year old grandma in 4KHD when she was 22 years old and shaking her a$$ in the Maldives. I'm not being facetious, but serious. The ability to see your ancestors, in full HD, is not like something humans have ever experienced.

Humanity is in for a wild ride over the next few centuries

I'm very driven by numbers. Without numbers, I struggle to have motivation because I can't see progress and/or rewards.

Money is one of the ways I measure my "score." I don't mean it as comparing myself with others but rather see it as a sign that what I'm doing is valued. But then you see girls showing their fake tits making bank and here you are spending several days writing a thought-out article and get nothing in return.

From the monetary perspective you've wasted your time. Even if I know that the article is valuable, it's not valued by others because most humans aren't interested in doing things that are good for them (hence the most lucrative industries are all "sin" industries such as junk food, porn, alcohol, news, etc.).

So you have this weird dilemma: continue focusing on the minority of high-value people (and struggle to make money) or focus on the masses and screw trying to improve the world because it's definitely not improving your world as much as the world of the people who don't care.

In music, or in arts in general, it's the same. If you focus exclusively on art, most of the time you're not going to succeed (there are some exceptions). Artists usually need to dumb down their work enough for the masses to enjoy it. But here, at least from my perspective, there's not that much harm. I don't oppose pop music or rap songs with stupid lyrics because they're pretty much harmless compared to the bigger stuff.

I would assume the numbers are very different for women because particularly these days it's way easier for a woman to find a sexual partner than it is for an average guy. So probably most women are active sexually, just with the same guys who get all the girls.

(I apologize for any errors. Not thinking super clearly today but wanted to reply to your post).

While these companies do rake in huge sums of money, there are still individuals willing to commit to bettering themselves. If you want to make money, you have to fit the market you're aiming at, if you want to do what you want then you have to be prepared to not make money. Trying to do both may be possible but it'll be harder and can be a recipe for frustration.

 

[AceVentures]

 

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[ZF Lee]

My sincere condolences to my fellow Brits on the passing of Her Majesty.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96

Death draws to a close Britain’s second Elizabethan era and heralds the reign of her son, King Charles III

www.theguardian.com

Turns out she was working even to the last few days of her time...especially signing in the next British PM:

Queen Elizabeth Seen Working Just Two Days Before Her Death

Queen Elizabeth II met on Tuesday with Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland, to appoint her as the new U.K. prime minister.

www.newsweek.com

Something to admire.

She also kept her royal duties even though she was getting frail although she must have had help for lots of admin work. She's been around for so long...I think she was there even before my country got independence?

End of an era indeed.

On another note:

Recently when I took stock of the more senior folks in my networking circles, I realised I had at most...10-20 years of time to spend with them. That is-- if their health remains great and no wars, diseases or aliens break out.

And how much would I learn from them in those years?

And how long would the senior folks on this Forum stay on? To learn from them?

Time and life are fleeting.

I couldn't help but think that just 'showing up' is NOT enough. There must be something I can do every time
I meet good folks...and pick up the pace...

 

[Bekit]

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No! Shoot the horse! Its farts add nitrogen to the atmosphere! We're all gonna die!

 

[Arnaldo Leao]

Podemos ter uma compreensão de algo antes que se manifeste fisicamente.

Top, e isso mesmo !

 

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[Andy Black]

It's amazing, was just talking about this...

Here's your 92 year old grandma in 4KHD when she was 22 years old and shaking her a$$ in the Maldives. I'm not being facetious, but serious. The ability to see your ancestors, in full HD, is not like something humans have ever experienced.

I've been thinking about this recently too. Back in 2016 when I was doing little walk and talk videos down our local canal it occurred to me that I was creating a time capsule for my kids and future generations to watch. Like when superman learned from his dad who had long passed.

 

[Kak]

“Faking it till you make it” is just showing off your house of cards.

 

[Andy Black]

My sincere condolences to my fellow Brits on the passing of Her Majesty.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96

Death draws to a close Britain’s second Elizabethan era and heralds the reign of her son, King Charles III

www.theguardian.com

Thanks MJ. I'm quite saddened. It feels like the end of an era. I remember my dad being super proud when the Queen inspected all the troops at his barracks. They was 40 years ago. I wish we still had that newspaper clipping.

Apparently her husband had over 18,000 public engagements in his lifetime. Goodness knows how many the Queen had. I can't imagine how tiring it us to attend everything and always be in good form.

 

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[Antifragile]

Not just UK, Canada too! @MJ DeMarco

King Charles officially proclaimed as Canada's new monarch — CBC News

The House of Commons will be recalled Thursday to pay tributes to Queen Elizabeth after King Charles III was formally proclaimed as Canada's new monarch Saturday.

apple.news

 

[Antifragile]

Guess what price a property sold for? It’s a little game, quite fun. You get multiple guesses and more info on each one. To win you need to be within 1%.

Enjoy:

Listed

Listed - real estate price guessing game

listed.fun

 

[Kak]

 

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[theag]

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It's hilarious that politicians/parties in the US are exempt from all the anti spam laws.

 

[msufan]

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I mean, government *does* create jobs... but yeah

 

[GPM]

I mean, government *does* create jobs... but yeah

They move jobs away from productive private industry. They don't actually create anything.

 

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[msufan]

They move jobs away from productive private industry. They don't actually create anything.

I think this is just semantics... we could argue about the thousands of IRS agents, for example, but anyway... I get the original point that the text representing Beto didn't exactly strike the right chord here.

 

[Kak]

I mean, government *does* create jobs... but yeah

I’m well aware that they take credit for a lot… But they create nothing. They can’t give anything they don’t first take from somewhere productive.

 

[StrikingViper69]

Not only do they not create jobs, they destroy them. Every government "job" is created by punishing a productive enterprise and destroys the ability of that enterprise to increase its productivity and create more jobs.

 

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[GPM]

Lol google, thank you for your recommendations

 

[Xeon]

For those who're already posting content to Instagram or Pinterest, check out Vero app and post there too. It may or may not get big and take over IG, but it doesn't cost that much time to repost the same thing there anyway, to make your account there, sow and seed your content and build up a base there while it's still early.

Their total users are far less than IG but engagement is higher. Far less followers in Vero will get you the same or higher engagement than having far more followers than IG relatively. The app still has some way to go before it can even be considered an IG threat, and it has some technical issues especially with lag that needs fixing etc. More importantly, it's still relatively silent and quiet there. I get ranked among the top posts for very broad hashtags lol

So far, majority of their users seem to be photography guys from Western countries and a smaller percentage are women/men who do art, I think the women in general have not hopped onto there yet. Once they do, and women are the ones who actually made IG blew up, well, the rest is history.

Cross post there, don't expect much. Besides, Meta seems to be putting more and more nails into IG's coffin each day.