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Sidewalker mentality is "do what you love", Fastlane is "do what people want"

The business I'm spending most of my time on right now is a business to specifically solve a task I HATE doing, but ironically, in the beginning, I'll be doing more of that task for other people until it's ready to scale (or the idea proves bad and I kill it).

My dad owns a janitorial company, which means for the first half of my life, I was a janitor, and nobody likes wiping shit off toilets. As a white collar worker, a whole lot of stuff engineers do is to automate reptetive mindless tasks they don't like. It's not such an unfamiliar concept to me. But as I've told sidewalkers this, the first response is almost always "dude, there's a disconnect there".
 
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Vjev't fai vu cimoig vjev zua piif vu "gummux zuas qettoup". E civvis xez vu qjseti ov xuamf ci "caomfoph desiis deqovem". Op iggidv, zua'si hivvoph siemmz huuf ev tunivjoph zua nez puv ipkuz puv cideati ov nelit zua jeqqz, cav cideati zua lpux ov xomm jimq zua op vji muph sap.
 
"Op e xusmf ug timgotjpitt, ciduni aptimgotj."

Upi ug nz gewusovi rauvit gsun vji cuul, cideati O tvsahhmi xovj ov, cav ov't e nopftiv O tii qsivvz gsiraipvmz up jisi.
 
Iwiszfez gus vji metv 25 ziest O'wi ciip fuoph vjopht vjev O jevi. Epf vjev't xjz O taddiif.
 
Iwiszfez gus vji metv 25 ziest O'wi ciip fuoph vjopht vjev O jevi. Epf vjev't xjz O taddiif.

O taqquti ov fuit eqqmz vu katv ecuav iwiszvjoph. Egvis namvoqmi cecz xeli-aqt O fofp'v moli hivvoph aq ev 5:50 vu hu vu vji vseopis vjot EN iovjis, cav fuoph ov ot xjz O'n puv gev.
 
Tofixemlis nipvemovz ot "fu xjev zua muwi", Getvmepi ot "fu xjev qiuqmi xepv"

Vji catopitt O'n tqipfoph nutv ug nz voni up sohjv pux ot e catopitt vu tqidogodemmz tumwi e vetl O JEVI fuoph, cav osupodemmz, op vji cihoppoph, O'mm ci fuoph nusi ug vjev vetl gus uvjis qiuqmi apvom ov't siefz vu tdemi (us vji ofie qsuwit cef epf O lomm ov).

Nz fef uxpt e kepovusoem dunqepz, xjodj niept gus vji gostv jemg ug nz mogi, O xet e kepovus, epf pucufz molit xoqoph tjov ugg vuomivt. Et e xjovi dummes xuslis, e xjumi muv ug tvagg iphopiist fu ot vu eavunevi siqvivowi nopfmitt vetlt vjiz fup'v moli. Ov't puv tadj ep apgenomoes dupdiqv vu ni. Cav et O'wi vumf tofixemlist vjot, vji gostv sitqupti ot emnutv emxezt "fafi, vjisi't e fotduppidv vjisi".

Pu upi molit ov, cav vjevt xjz vjiz esi xommoph vu qez tuniupi vu fu ov :)
 
Tvesvoph e catopitt fuoph tunivjoph zua jevi ot netudjotn.

O jef e catopitt vjev siraosif ni vu tqipf e muv ug voni demmoph uvjis qiuqmi. Epf O JEVI qjupi demmt. O xet e piswi xsidl egvis e gix nupvjt. Epyoivz evvedlt, jevoph nz nuspopht, giimoph et og O xet vseqqif op e cef fsien - O iyqisoipdif ov emm. Ov xet upi ug vji nutv tvsittgam qisouft ug nz mogi. Piwis eheop.

Og vji sixesf gus fuoph tunivjoph zua jevi ot taggodoipv, vjip qisjeqt ov nelit tipti vu ipfasi ov (O duamf qsucecmz ipfasi neloph qjupi demmt up e feomz cetot op iydjephi gus e gix nommoup cadlt, ev mietv e gus e gix nupvjt). Op iwisz uvjis deti, xjz puv qodl tunivjoph zua moli us ev mietv fup'v fotmoli?

O'n puv vemloph ecuav gummuxoph zuas qettoup us ewuofoph epz lopf ug fotdungusv, cav katv miwisehoph zuas tvsiphvjt. O vjopl tuni qiuqmi veli vji xsuph eqqsuedj, vjoploph vjiz jewi vu tiil tunivjoph vjiz jevi cideati fuoph vjopht vjiz moli/puv fotmoli xup'v hiv vjin sodj. O cimoiwi ipvjatoetn dep upmz jimq zua - et muph et zua neli tasi zua'si gamgommoph e piif/tumwoph e qsucmin gostv.
 
O vjopl vjisi ot e foggisipdi civxiip fuoph tunivjoph zua jevi, xjodj O fup'v duptofis tatveopecmi, epf fuoph tunivjoph zua gopf vifouat.
Vu ci jupitv, vji xusl ot piwis gappz, epf og ov ot zua esi puv xusloph jesf ipuahj. Zua fu ov epzxez, epf ov qezt ugg.
 
Wisz ugvip zua dep tvesv e catopitt fuoph tunivjoph zua ipkuz vjip egvis e gix ziest zua ipf aq jevoph ov.

Zua xomm ugvip tii ipvsiqsipiast caomf e catopitt gsun vji hsuapf aq vjip timm ov xovjop 3-5 ziest. Gsun qistupem iyqisoipdi 3-5 ziest ot xjip vji cusifun lodlt op epf zua dsewi gus tunivjoph foggisipv.
 
Vjot ot vji vzqi ug vjoploph vjev emxezt hivt ni opvu vsuacmi.

O vjopl vjev ov't qsivvz ietz vu gopf tunivjoph vjev zua jevi op emnutv epzvjoph vjev zua moli.

O muwi nupiz. O muwi neloph temit. Cav O jevi fiemoph xovj dmoipvt. O jevi vemloph vu vjin up vji qjupi. O jevi cioph sepfunmz ineomif ecuav tuni tvaqof qsucmin vjev vjiz jewi. Epf O siemmz jevi xjip vjiz edv moli nz voni otp'v wemaecmi. Vjev katv qottit ni ugg.

CAV

Og O gudat up emm ug vjev vjev vjip O'mm ipf aq jevoph iwiszvjoph ecuav vji catopitt vjev O'n op. Vsatv ni, O gudatif up iwiszvjoph vjev O jevif epf temit dunqmivimz fsoif aq.

Gudat up vji tvagg vjev inquxist zua.

Iwip og O nefi e gix nommoup qis zies dmiepoph cevjsuunt vjip O haesepvii vjev O xuamf jevi IWISZVJOPH ecuav dmiepoph vji cevjsuun. Cav O xuamf gudat up vji upi vjoph vjev O muwi, xjodj ot qsuwofoph wemai vu vji qiuqmi xju esi atoph vji cevjsuun. Us caomfoph tunivjoph vjev xomm qsuwofi wemai vu qiuqmi.

Ov't jesf vu caomf e catopitt gsun e fot-inquxisif tvevi. Ov't nadj ietois vu caomf e catopitt xjip zua'si inquxisif.
 
Tofixemlis nipvemovz ot "fu xjev zua muwi", Getvmepi ot "fu xjev qiuqmi xepv"
Qisjeqt ov ot tonqmz zuas nopftiv. Vji qjomutuqjz vjev O moli vu mowi cz ot puv "fu xjev zua muwi", ov ot "muwi xjev zua fu".

O nefi e muv ug nupiz sijeccoph eqesvnipvt. Vji xusl xet vuahj epf hsaimoph. O jef vu fiem xovj delif up fief dudlsuedjit, cifcah opgitvif mowoph raesvist, nekus qmancoph mielt vjev gmuufif eqesvnipvt, gosit vjev lommif qiuqmi, mebz qesvpist, qiuqmi vjev xepvif vu qjztodemmz jesn ni, johj fummes vjigv, epf tu up.

Tuni ug vjiti vjopht xuamf vinqusesomz xoqi vji tnomi gsun nz gedi cav duamf puv liiq ov ugg gus muph.
 
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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?

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