How true is this statement ? True Growth only comes from :pain, difficulty, transitions, heartbreak, and losses . What one finds is growth doesn’t come from stagnation.. growth comes from change , and the ability to adapt or pre empt them.
Change comes from within… and it comes from you , there no magic pill !
Growth happens when you let it.. when you accept, when you want it and are committed to carry out change .
“It’s impossible.” said pride.
“It’s risky.” said experience.
“It’s pointless.” said reason.
“Give it a try.” whispered the heart.”
Take the chance. Life has so many surprises.. when will I sleep next? will my card get declined if i book that ticket, is this all worth it? Will I get that job? Will my business succeed? Will I ever get married? You don’t always need a plan.. sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.
A great quote by Sir Sean Connery , a true mans mans , the quote got me thinking “should a man seek to challenge, or should he simply favor of a life of safety and convenience? “
Simply striving for greatness benefits oneself / society, but one doesn’t wants to feel like they’re being used .
When you pursue a challenge, it is true that sometimes you will fail and I have on many occasions , but the real value is simply found in getting up and try and again , failure is only failure if you stop . If it’s in blood, sweat, and tears you expend in the pursuit of greatness, whether you ever reach your goal or not, will be returned to you in the form of greater strength, virtue, and deep satisfaction.
Humanity has learned more from its mistakes that it has from its success . #manliness #motivation #success #keepgoing
If Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki is a drug to get you started on the Personal Finance & Investing space, The Millionaire Fastlane is a drug to get you started on the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)movement via Entrepreneurship. Despite the cheesy title, this is not a book explaining the next Ponzi scheme neither a book on how to get-rich-quick easily. This book is about the principles on how to become a high-speed entrepreneur and craft a business to get you into the “Fastlane”.
The book has 322 pages and a total of 45 chapters. It is a super easy read. If I could summarize it, I would say that everything revolves around the following two core ideas:
The Three Financial Roadmaps to Wealth and that the only way to build wealth quickly (we are talking about 3 to 5 years) is by following the strategies of the third roadmap: The Fastlane.
The only way to get into the Fastlane is by being a producer: an entrepreneur, an innovator, a visionary, a creator. However, you can’t just start any kind of business. You must start a business that respects what MJ DeMarco calls The Five Fastlane Commandments.
The Three Financial Roadmaps to Wealth
The three financial roadmaps to wealth are The Sidewalk, The Slowlane, and The Fastlane. Without even knowing, you are right now going down in one of the three paths. Each roadmap contains key mindsets that provide direction and guide actions within them. A few great examples of the distinctions are on how people in those different lanes percept Debt, their own Time, Education, Money, Wealth and Responsibility & Control.
The Sidewalk is poverty. You are on the sidewalk when you are living paycheck to paycheck. You don’t even know there is anything different other than the rat-race. All you have is debt in the bank. You give no value to your own time, and sometimes you spend hours in a line to get free samples, and you would drive for 2 hours to get a $20-dollars discount.
You spend your free time watching TV, playing video games and complaining about life. You think leaving money in a savings account is a great idea. You believe your house is the greatest asset one can have. Last time you read a book was in school, and you ask “what is wrong?” every time you see someone around with a book. You blame your family, your boss, your company and the government on everything that goes wrong in your life.
“A Sidewalker exists in a state of one-something-from-broke: One album failure from broke. One business deal from broke. One gig from broke. One layoff from broke. On the Sidewalk, you’re always “one something” from being homeless, bankrupt, or back living in your parent’s basement.”
The Slowlane is mediocrity. You are on the slowlane when you are paying yourself first. You can save a percentage of your gross (pre-tax) and net (after-tax) income. You know you will only be able to enjoy life after your retirement at age 65. You believe that the only way to get rich is slowly relying on the stock market and the magic of the compound interest over many decades. You regret that you were unable to when you were 11 years old because that could have been the only chance for you to retire at age 45. You have a few thousand dollars in your 401k account along with a big mortgage that is going to take another 15 years to pay down. You know the value of your time, and you don’t waste it.
You believe there is a direct relationship between time and income and you know there is selling on your income due to the maximum amount of hours that you can work on a day. You know leaving money in a savings account is not a good idea. Your preferred way of investing is via index-funds with a mix of bonds and stocks. You still believe your house is an asset. You like books and you know they are essential for your growth, but you usually “don’t have time” left on your week to read. The only reason education is important to you is to help you to earn a bigger salary. You still occasionally blame your family, your boss, your company and the government when certain things go wrong in your life.
“Admit that the preordained path to wealth, “Get Rich Slow,” is fundamentally flawed because of Uncontrollable Limited Leverage, weak mathematics predicated on time (Wealth = Job + Markets). Leverage controllable and unlimited mathematics to create wealth. There is no leverage within the Slowlane wealth equation, an equation predicated on time (hourly pay, annual salary, annualized return, years invested). If you can’t control the mathematics that predetermine your wealth, nor accelerate them into large numbers, you can’t control your financial plan. Leverage is harnessed by a system that does the work for you.”
“The Slowlane is a job: your hard work traded for your employer’s cash. To get rich, you’re told to get stronger (spend money, return to school, and earn more in the job market) so you can lift heavier stones.”
The Fastlane is wealth. You are on the fastlane when your sources of income and your lifestyle are characterized by maximum control and unlimited leverage. You don’t have your income attached to your time. You have full control of your wealth acceleration vehicles. You can build and grow your wealth without depending on Wall Street.
You can enjoy your life now if you want. You see debt as a tool that allows you to build and grow your system. You know that the most effective way to use the stock market and get the compound interests to work for your is by putting a large sum of money in one-shot instead of a tiny amount every month during decades. You regret that you were unable to start your first business sooner. You own multiple business and income streams. You know your greatest asset, far exceeding money is your own time. You are fully accountable and blame only yourself for everything that goes wrong in your life.
” Decoding the Fastlane roadmap is as simple as joining the team that is custodian to the decryption key. The winning team is Team Producer. Reshape life’s focus on producing, not consuming. When you reframe your thinking from majority thinking (consumer) to minority thinking (producer), you effectively switch teams and allegiances. Yes, become a producer first and a consumer second. Applied, this means instead of buying products on TV, sell products. Instead of digging for gold, sell shovels. Instead of taking a class, offer a class. Instead of borrowing money, lend it. Instead of taking a job, hire for jobs. Instead of taking a mortgage, hold a mortgage. Break free from consumption, switch sides, and reorient to the world as producer.”
“To switch teams and become a producer, you need to be an entrepreneur and an innovator. You need to be a visionary and a creator. You need to give birth to a business and offer the world value.”
“The Fastlane is about building a better system, a better contraption, a better product, or a better “something” that will leverage your work. In the Slowlane, you are the source of heavy lifting, while in the Fastlane, you construct a system that does it for you.”
The Five Fastlane Commandments
The five fastlane commandments are control, entry, need, time and scale.
The commandment of control says that a business will only survive in the Fastlane when the owner has control or influence over all aspects of it: brand, customer acquisition, distribution channels, cost structure and so on. If you can’t change your product, your price or influence in marketing decisions, you don’t have control of your business. If you’re running a franchise, you’re not in control. Your brand, methods, and whole business are subject to the franchiser’s business. If you have an affiliate marketing company and all your income comes from Ads on Google Adsense, you’re not in control. Google could change their algorithm to stop displaying your ads, and your business will be over.
“When you control your business, you control everything in your business—your organization, your products, your pricing, your revenue model, and your operational choices. If you can’t control every aspect of your company, you’re not driving!”
The commandment of entry says that as the entry barriers decrease, competition increases and the road weakens. Easy access roads have a lot more traffic. More traffic produces higher competition, and higher competition creates lower margins for the participants. A classic example of this would be any kind of network marketing business where anyone can create a “company” in 10 minutes.
“Want to know if your business violates entry? The answer is simple: Is getting into business an event or a process? Real business startups are processes, not events. If you’re suddenly in business because you bought a distributor kit, or completed an online form, you’re violating entry. If you’re suddenly in business because you took one or two actions, you violate entry.”
The commandment of need says that only businesses that solve real-world needs will succeed in the Fastlane. Needs are pain points, service gaps, unsolved problems, or emotional disconnects. According to MJ, ninety percent of all new companies fail because they are based on Founder’s “selfish” internal needs and not on external market needs, violating this commandment.
“Never start a business just to make money. Stop chasing money and start chasing needs. Let me repeat that, because it’s the most important thing in this book: Stop thinking about business in terms of your selfish desires, whether it’s money, dreams or “do what you love.” Instead, chase needs, problems, pain points, service deficiencies, and emotions.”
The commandment of time says that a business attached to your time is a job. Any company that earns income exclusive of the owner’s time violates the Commandment of Time. To satisfy the commandment of time, it’s likely you need to start a business that uses one of The Five Fastlane Business Money System Seedlings: Rental Systems, Computer/Software Systems, Content Systems, Distribution Systems or Human resources Systems. Those are the most common areas of success for real Fastlane businesses. They are business systems that survive on their own, creating a proxy for your time-for-money trade.
“Not all businesses are Fastlane, and many of them can’t be transformed into money trees. Misled by gurus and life coaches, wannabe entrepreneurs are steered astray under the lure of “Be your own boss” and “Do what you love!” and head down a path of business servitude that is identical to wage slavery.”
The commandment of scale says that wealth acceleration is limited when your total pool of customers is restricted to a small geographical area. When you violate the Commandment of Scale, you break The Fastlane Wealth Equation. To achieve scale, you must have leverage to increase either reach (units sold) or magnitude (unit profit). Tiny habitats create tiny wealth. Scale is leverage!
“Think big, but think scale and/ or magnitude. Analyze your Fastlane equation and examine the variables. What are your maximum units sold and maximum profit per unit? What is the size of your customer pool? For example, as an author, I have scale, and with scale, the Law of Effection is accessible. Who is my audience? The whole English-speaking world, tens of millions of people! I’m reminded of scale any time this book is ordered from Australia or New Zealand. My upper limit is the world.”
if Retirement Early is something that you are genuinely looking forward, and you feel that all the books out there are presenting the same Wealth Equation again again, “Get Rich Slowly = Get Rich in a Wheelchair when you are 65 or older”, then I can tell you for sure that DeMarco’s book will be different. He is one of the few authors you are going to find that is saying no to Index Funds, 401k, and Real Estate “Slowlane” investments strategies.
His approach might not be for everyone, but from all the books I have read about Business & Money, it is the one that makes the most sense to me now. I strongly recommend reading it even if you have no desire of starting a business.
” Money isn’t attracted to selfish people. It is attracted to businesses that solve problems. It’s attracted to people who fill needs and add value. Solve needs massively and money massively attracts. The amount of money in your life is merely a reflection to the amount of value you have given to others. Ignore this symbiosis and money will ignore you. “
One of the great quotes I loved by as a #investor #mentor #entrepreneur as this is words by #warrenbuffett , and it’s so true . However #humannature makes it hard for us to do this as our #dna states when things are good enjoy when things are bad protect yourself , with finance it’s the opposite that’s needed as this is where the opportunity is , when the market is down it could be a good chance to enter .
I always been a believer in “gut instinct “ and have done many decisions based on it , trust the feeling about situations , people , opportunity it tells you a lot .
Certain things in life is not to be understood but to embraced
Happenings is the creatures of us . What we usually forget is that we are NOT the creations of circumstances. The plan that we have followed in our lives that we have believed because of the emotions we’ve attached to them have manifested. Our thoughts and actions become our reality .
One thing that we need is endurance and we not just about taking huge action. If we just take massive action with no goals or plan our persistence will become unsustainable.
Endurance is the byproduct of our habits. Most humans blame personalities, situations, and objects for their circumstances in life.
We create put own luck, own opportunities, do not blame people or circumstances.
You don’t like it hangs it, as long as we have the will to do something and breath for us we can do anything. Let’s lock and load.
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!”
Happy Monday , love this day as it’s the first day of the week and holds the potential and promise , place a big umph in the start of the week and achieve your goals .
What can one do ?
Do more than just try–try is what children do , achievers delivers Going through the motions and doing the bare minimum isn’t going to give you the maximum results that you deserve.
Put your all into achieving your goals , do the preparation or prepare to fail , after that watch your hard work pay off!
2020 has actually been the best year of your life so far . Why ? We all faced challenge after challenge, but we adapted, we have overcome and become stronger . As the saying goes what doesn’t kill you make you stronger .
2020 has forced us to grow exponentially And reminded us what’s important to us.
Don’t take that for granted.
I also found the the bad times give you the best lessons to grow .
I remember learning this phrase in school “seize the day” , only as you get older you realised how important this is . It encourages you to focus on the : -Present -Appreciate the value of every moment in life -Avoid postponing things unnecessarily,
As every life eventually comes to an end. This #covid_19 pandemic has bought this back to our mind ,
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
Happy Friday go and finish the goal you set out this week , call that person you wanted to, it’s not to late !
What you relies that the human body loves to be challenged physical and mentally . We under perform because we do not know our true potential, we don’t know our potential so pushing ourself is the only way to see . We have self-imposed limits hinder our progress although we like to pin the blame for our shortcomings on everything else.
Raising the bar is a sure way to find out what we are capable of.
What I learned is that only by pushing ourselves we can achieve , we create our own reality .
Truly one of my mantras , was a family saying . What does it mean ?
Its basically saying that no matter how good today is for you, I hope tomorrow is so much better that the best part of today would be the worst compared to everything else of tomorrow.
Tomorrow hold all the positivity and hope and opportunity so being a a promise I always believe tomorrow be good .
Tony Evans - Tokyo 
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