Hi Everyone,
I decided to come out of lurking mode and introduce myself! I am a 23 year old woman and I just graduated college in the U.S (business degree).
I am a huge reader/business and self-improvement junkie, so naturally, I stumbled upon The Millionaire Fastlane on Reddit. I got the book from the library, read it, and was hooked ever since. A month later, I started lurking the forum. One month after that, I bought TMF and Unscripted on Amazon. I have re-read both books at least 6 times each (I like to read at night, so I alternate between them). Even though some might say reading is “action-faking,” having MJ’s words in my head every night has changed my life trajectory already.
Most Important Lessons Learned:
Getting Started On the Fastlane
Obviously, my mentality is exactly where it needs to be. So far, I am a month out from graduation and have been applying for jobs, keeping my Fastlane dreams in mind. I don’t care about “climbing the corporate ladder in a good company." I would actually be more interested in learning about the company itself and the people who run it.
If a job seems like it may help me in my Fastlane ventures (such as, reasonable hourly wage, flexible scheduling, introduction to an industry that I can infiltrate and learn as much as I can about it) I apply for it. Even if the industry is “unsexy.” If a job seems like it will squash my Fastlane dreams (soul-crushing, extremely low wage, long hours, no free time to pursue ventures), I pass on that job.
I have been applying to admin assistant jobs and even nanny jobs near me. I have been telling everyone I know that I want to work with a small business owner. I am also applying for personal assistant jobs on Upwork. I know that I would be the best assistant a business owner could have, because (aside from my OCD’d tendencies) once I go all in, I GO ALL IN. I would go into this job with the mentality of, “I am a future business owner, how would I want MY business to be run? What can I do to help this person make their business the best it could possibly be?” I have read so many books, case studies, forum posts, etc on different strategies and I am just hungry to try all of this stuff out. Thankfully, as far as this job hunt is concerned, I just have to be right ONE TIME. As long as I’m out there swinging, someone will eventually have to hire me.
At this stage of my life, all I care about is working on my Fastlane dream. I don’t care about boyfriends, or going out and getting plastered, or taking the perfect Instagram selfie. My plan is to have multiple streams of income from different jobs (Slowlane to start), learn as much as I can, use all the knowledge I have from MJ’s books and all of you awesome people on this forum, and put all my effort into Faslane ventures. It’s all I think about.
I am an Entrepreneur.
This is my natural state. There is no doubt in my mind that I am meant to have my own business system that I can control and leverage. I feel passion when I bring value to other people’s lives, specially if I create something out of thin air (like this post).
I can relate so much to MJ, (from taking 5 years to finish a business degree, to being obsessed with freedom, living at home post-grad, and being an introverted fitness junkie), as I am sure many of you can, too. Like he says, the dream is still alive. I don’t believe for a second that we are born to be mediocre, that is, unless we accept that as our reality.
I could say so much more, but I’ll leave this post here. Thank you all for making this community so awesome. I am happy to “formally” join you, and I am ready to see what the next few months and years will bring.
- Visiomari
I decided to come out of lurking mode and introduce myself! I am a 23 year old woman and I just graduated college in the U.S (business degree).
I am a huge reader/business and self-improvement junkie, so naturally, I stumbled upon The Millionaire Fastlane on Reddit. I got the book from the library, read it, and was hooked ever since. A month later, I started lurking the forum. One month after that, I bought TMF and Unscripted on Amazon. I have re-read both books at least 6 times each (I like to read at night, so I alternate between them). Even though some might say reading is “action-faking,” having MJ’s words in my head every night has changed my life trajectory already.
Most Important Lessons Learned:
- Fast wealth is possible, even if you’re currently a poor immigrant woman with no “connections” (me).
- Rich people are rich because, in some way or another, they have impacted millions in scale and/or magnitude.
- Money does not need to be chased. If you provide relative value and communicate that value, money will be thrown your way. If you are poor, it (more likely than not) means that your value to society has been limited. How many lives have you touched? How many people have you helped? Probably not that many, sad to report.
- Productocracies (where the quality of the service/product is so obviously superior than any alternative product/services) perpetuate themselves through word-of-mouth and happy customers. This is the goal.
- Businesses that do not meet the CENTS commandments (Control, Entry, Need, Time, Scale) are not Faslane and we should be EXTREMELY wary to pursue them. Although, in some cases, they may lead to Fastlane ventures later on. (This is possibly THE best business advice I have ever, ever received, worth more than my five years at college combined).
- Trading life for money is stupid. Money is abundant, time is not.
- Hard work is best directed into systems that will work for you through time (money and business systems).
- Nobody cares about your goals, your dreams, or your desires. Nobody cares about your family struggles, where you went (or didn’t go) to college, what you studied, or where you have been. People only care about what you can do FOR THEM. This is even true for non-business related things. I have noticed how people’s eyes glaze over once I start talking about myself, to the point that now it makes me uncomfortable to say more than I need to say. But if you talk to someone about what they want, need, their problems, etc? They’ll love you and think you’re the best conversationalist ever. FOCUS ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT, and you will be valuable.
- Most people...are miserable. They hate their jobs. They drown in food and other vices (TV, social media, drugs). They don’t question the Script. They do NOTHING to change their reality because they don’t even realize that there is another way. If you think and act like “MOST” PEOPLE, you will BE like most people.
Getting Started On the Fastlane
Obviously, my mentality is exactly where it needs to be. So far, I am a month out from graduation and have been applying for jobs, keeping my Fastlane dreams in mind. I don’t care about “climbing the corporate ladder in a good company." I would actually be more interested in learning about the company itself and the people who run it.
If a job seems like it may help me in my Fastlane ventures (such as, reasonable hourly wage, flexible scheduling, introduction to an industry that I can infiltrate and learn as much as I can about it) I apply for it. Even if the industry is “unsexy.” If a job seems like it will squash my Fastlane dreams (soul-crushing, extremely low wage, long hours, no free time to pursue ventures), I pass on that job.
I have been applying to admin assistant jobs and even nanny jobs near me. I have been telling everyone I know that I want to work with a small business owner. I am also applying for personal assistant jobs on Upwork. I know that I would be the best assistant a business owner could have, because (aside from my OCD’d tendencies) once I go all in, I GO ALL IN. I would go into this job with the mentality of, “I am a future business owner, how would I want MY business to be run? What can I do to help this person make their business the best it could possibly be?” I have read so many books, case studies, forum posts, etc on different strategies and I am just hungry to try all of this stuff out. Thankfully, as far as this job hunt is concerned, I just have to be right ONE TIME. As long as I’m out there swinging, someone will eventually have to hire me.
At this stage of my life, all I care about is working on my Fastlane dream. I don’t care about boyfriends, or going out and getting plastered, or taking the perfect Instagram selfie. My plan is to have multiple streams of income from different jobs (Slowlane to start), learn as much as I can, use all the knowledge I have from MJ’s books and all of you awesome people on this forum, and put all my effort into Faslane ventures. It’s all I think about.
I am an Entrepreneur.
This is my natural state. There is no doubt in my mind that I am meant to have my own business system that I can control and leverage. I feel passion when I bring value to other people’s lives, specially if I create something out of thin air (like this post).
I can relate so much to MJ, (from taking 5 years to finish a business degree, to being obsessed with freedom, living at home post-grad, and being an introverted fitness junkie), as I am sure many of you can, too. Like he says, the dream is still alive. I don’t believe for a second that we are born to be mediocre, that is, unless we accept that as our reality.
I could say so much more, but I’ll leave this post here. Thank you all for making this community so awesome. I am happy to “formally” join you, and I am ready to see what the next few months and years will bring.
- Visiomari
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