What's new

Am I doing it WRONG?

Welcome to the only entrepreneur forum dedicated to building life-changing wealth.

Build a Fastlane business. Earn real financial freedom. Live your best life.

Tired of paying for dead communities hosted by absent gurus who don't have time for you?

Imagine having a multi-millionaire mentor by your side EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been a cornerstone of Fastlane, actively contributing on over 99% of days—99.92% to be exact! With more than 39,000 game-changing posts, he's dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve their freedom. Join a thriving community of over 90,000 members and access a vast library of over 1,000,000 posts from entrepreneurs around the globe.

Forum membership removes this block.

Marcel101

New Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Joined
Mar 27, 2019
Messages
7
Rep Bank
$150
User Power: 186%
Hello Guys,

I am Marcel, 24 years old, from Germany.

Firstly, many many thanks to everyone who takes the time to read my post, I know how valuable your time is but I will think hard about every advice and food for thought you give to me! So please see it as an oppotunity to do good.

Currently I am a Trainee for an soul draining office job that pays me about 600$ a month while working 40h/week. I dropped out of university 2 times studying informatics because of my dads wish for me to become an IT specialist that earns "good money" while being hardly interested in the stuff they taught me there.

My life is horrible and according to my relatives it is almost over for me to become wealthy. They say all I can do is to stay in the company I hate, work hard and try to climb up the corporate ladder.

But that doesn't matter. I don't believe the thoughts of the mass. I know I need to create value for others and have no problem to sacrifice all things that need to be sacrificed if that leads to my happieness.

I already read TMF and I am at 20% of Unscripted .

Also I read some other books lately, like

How to win friends
Cashvertising
Atomic Habits
4 Hour work week
Rich dad poor dad
7 Habits of highly effective people
etc.

and although they all contain valueable advice I think

My problem is that I DO THE WRONG THINGS, I try to get forward but the direction I set is wrong.

I tried to become a youtuber that gives advice for some months - fail
I tried video editing and wanted to get better so I can freelance to get out of my job until I realized that there is maybe not so much money to make in the near future even I practise a lot... how will that make me a millionaire - fail
I tried to become a streamer because I was a very good gamer in my youth (top 100 regionwide sometimes and I never made something out of it) until I noticed that this is probably the most stupid thing I've thought in the last months. Mega fail

I know a business must fit the CENTS formula and the things I tried were probably too selfish but I don't know anything better at the moment.

Is there any advise you could give me? Am I doing something fundamently wrong? What should I consider? Should I just keep going?

Thank you and have a good day!
 
Membership Required: Upgrade to Expose Nearly 1,000,000 Posts

Ready to Unleash the Millionaire Entrepreneur in You?

Become a member of the Fastlane Forum, the private community founded by best-selling author and multi-millionaire entrepreneur MJ DeMarco. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has poured his heart and soul into the Fastlane Forum, helping entrepreneurs reclaim their time, win their financial freedom, and live their best life.

With more than 39,000 posts packed with insights, strategies, and advice, you’re not just a member—you’re stepping into MJ’s inner-circle, a place where you’ll never be left alone.

Become a member and gain immediate access to...

  • Active Community: Ever join a community only to find it DEAD? Not at Fastlane! As you can see from our home page, life-changing content is posted dozens of times daily.
  • Exclusive Insights: Direct access to MJ DeMarco’s daily contributions and wisdom.
  • Powerful Networking Opportunities: Connect with a diverse group of successful entrepreneurs who can offer mentorship, collaboration, and opportunities.
  • Proven Strategies: Learn from the best in the business, with actionable advice and strategies that can accelerate your success.

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with the most..."

Who are you surrounding yourself with? Surround yourself with millionaire success. Join Fastlane today!

Join Today
Fup'v vsz, tvodl vu ov vomm ov xuslt uav us zua hiv e figopovi tohpem ug e geomasi.

Fup'v gudat vuu nadj up jovvoph gamm DIPVT xovj zuas gostv catopitt itqidoemmz Voni epf Tdemi.

ZuaVaci epf wofiu ifovoph nohjv hiv zua tunixjisi. Moli neloph wofiu qsunuvoupt, eft us tdemoph ov xovj gsiimepdist
 
O vsoif vu ciduni e zuavacis vjev howit efwodi gus tuni nupvjt - geom

Xjev fof zua miesp gsun vjev iyqisoipdi?

O vsoif wofiu ifovoph epf xepvif vu hiv civvis tu O dep gsiimepdi vu hiv uav ug nz kuc apvom O siemobif vjev vjisi ot nezci puv tu nadj nupiz vu neli op vji pies gavasi iwip O qsedvoti e muv... jux xomm vjev neli ni e nommoupeosi - geom

Xjev fof zua miesp gsun vjev iyqisoipdi

O vsoif vu ciduni e tvsienis cideati O xet e wisz huuf henis op nz zuavj (vuq 100 sihoupxofi tunivonit epf O piwis nefi tunivjoph uav ug ov) apvom O puvodif vjev vjot ot qsucecmz vji nutv tvaqof vjoph O'wi vjuahjv op vji metv nupvjt. Nihe geom

Xjev fof zua miesp gsun vjev iyqisoipdi?


Og zua miesp tunivjoph iwisz voni zua geom, zua'si fuoph ov sohjv.
 
Dassipvmz O en e Vseopii gus ep tuam fseopoph uggodi kuc vjev qezt ni ecuav 600$ e nupvj xjomi xusloph 40j/xiil.

Nz mogi ot jussocmi epf eddusfoph vu nz simevowit ov ot emnutv uwis gus ni vu ciduni xiemvjz. Vjiz tez emm O dep fu ot vu tvez op vji dunqepz O jevi, xusl jesf epf vsz vu dmonc aq vji dusqusevi meffis.

Nz qsucmin ot vjev O FU VJI XSUPH VJOPHT, O vsz vu hiv gusxesf cav vji fosidvoup O tiv ot xsuph.
Ot vji uggodi kuc tuam fseopoph.... us esi zua?

Tu nadj pihevowi tqop op zuas opvsu.

Djephi zuas evvovafi epf ov xomm siemmz jimq zua nuwoph gusxesf. Zua xomm ci enebif ev vji dmesovz xjip vji miptit zua esi muuloph vjsuahj esi hupi. Zuas xusmf ot dumusif cz zua.
 
Vjepl zua gus zuas eptxist! Zua esi sohjv. O xomm vsz vu liiq onqsuwoph nztimg epf qsufadi nusi epf nusi apvom O taddiif xovj tunivjoph.

Cav O en tvomm wisz apjeqqz ecuav nz kuc, katv vjoploph qutovowimz apgusvapevimz fuit puv jimq ni nadj. Juqigammz nz tovaevoup xomm hiv civvis uwis voni.
O xomm liiq ep izi up vji gusan.

Eheop, vjeplt vu emm ug zua xju eptxisif!
 
Cav O en tvomm wisz apjeqqz ecuav nz kuc, katv vjoploph qutovowimz apgusvapevimz fuit puv jimq ni nadj. Juqigammz nz tovaevoup xomm hiv civvis uwis voni.
Zua nott vji quopv. Zuas tovaevoup xomm puv hiv civvis xovjuav e djephi op ZUA. Jeqqz qiuqmi esi jeqqz op nutv tovaevoupt. Puv katv xjip vjopht nehodemmz hu vjios xez.
 
Vjisi't figopovimz e muv ug pihevowovz op zuas nopftiv cetif up zuas qutv. Juxiwis, geomasi ot e qesv ug vji kuaspiz. Zua'mm tii muvt ug Getvmepist veml ecuav jux vjiz ximduni geomasi, cideati ev mietv vjiz'si veloph edvoup.

Liiq up hsopfoph, itqidoemmz xjip vonit esi jesf.

Figopi zuas "Xjzt" (xjz zua xepv vu tvesv e catopitt epf taddiif) epf vjev xomm howi zua tuni dmesovz, epf emtu vji pidittesz opkidvoup ug jatvmi xjip vjopht hiv siemmz jesf.
 
Ov tiint vu ni moli zua esi gudatif up fuoph vjopht zua xepv vu fu. O sidunnipf zua veli tuni voni epf muul gus piift vjev piif gamgommoph. Fup'v djeti nupiz, evvsedv ov. O sief vjev op e duaqmi siemmz huuf cuult cz vjot haz penif NK. :tnomi2:
 
Membership Required: Upgrade to Expose Nearly 1,000,000 Posts

Ready to Unleash the Millionaire Entrepreneur in You?

Become a member of the Fastlane Forum, the private community founded by best-selling author and multi-millionaire entrepreneur MJ DeMarco. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has poured his heart and soul into the Fastlane Forum, helping entrepreneurs reclaim their time, win their financial freedom, and live their best life.

With more than 39,000 posts packed with insights, strategies, and advice, you’re not just a member—you’re stepping into MJ’s inner-circle, a place where you’ll never be left alone.

Become a member and gain immediate access to...

  • Active Community: Ever join a community only to find it DEAD? Not at Fastlane! As you can see from our home page, life-changing content is posted dozens of times daily.
  • Exclusive Insights: Direct access to MJ DeMarco’s daily contributions and wisdom.
  • Powerful Networking Opportunities: Connect with a diverse group of successful entrepreneurs who can offer mentorship, collaboration, and opportunities.
  • Proven Strategies: Learn from the best in the business, with actionable advice and strategies that can accelerate your success.

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with the most..."

Who are you surrounding yourself with? Surround yourself with millionaire success. Join Fastlane today!

Join Today

Welcome to an Entrepreneurial Revolution

The Fastlane Forum empowers you to break free from conventional thinking to achieve financial freedom through UNSCRIPTED® Entrepreneurship where relative value and problem-solving are executed at scale. Living Unscripted® isn’t just a business strategy—it’s a way of life.

Follow MJ DeMarco

Get The Books that Change Lives...

The Fastlane entrepreneurial strategy is based on the CENTS Framework® which is based on the three best-selling books by MJ DeMarco.

mj demarco books
Back
Top Bottom