Beware of becoming a knowledge zombie where powerful information goes unused. Imagine holding a winning lottery ticket, but letting it expire in your wallet—uncashed. Millions lost. Imagine joining a cutting-edge gym, learning all the lifts, and then never setting foot inside again. Imagine possessing a map to buried treasure but ignoring it because the journey …
This post (and newsletter article) was inspired by another thread (and many others) when I repeatedly ask people, “What’s your normal, but perfect” day look like?” “Normal, but Perfect,” A Decision Framework for Living Your Best Life The most common question asked at the forum is always about decisions. Do I start this business?Learn this …
How to Tap Into Unlimited Motivation and Give Yourself a Laser-Like Focus. Every. Single. Day. Imagine you’re chained to a railroad track. In the distance, you hear the ominous clatter of an approaching train. Your heart pounds like a jackhammer, and every beat is a desperate reminder that time is slipping away. The lock mechanism …
Thanks to The Fastlane Entrepreneur Forum, I’ve interacted with millions of aspiring entrepreneurs over the last 15 years. Yes, MILLIONS! Here’s what I learned: Most won’t succeed as they dredge through life with a cadre of poison pens—limiting beliefs and destructive premises that fund poor decisions and hence poor outcomes. For example, if you hate …
Did you watch the 2024 Super Bowl? If you did, the Super Bowl ads were a MASTERCLASS in Scripted programming which wants to normalize destructive behavior—behavior that will make you the perfect lifetime customer for your big pharmaceutical conglomerate. Here’s a list of all the Super-Bowl commercials that involved a product you can eat or …
Is your life unrecognizable compared to 6 years ago? Going forward, what’s your likely destination? Joy, or regret? If it isn’t, it’s time to re-evaluate your goals and your strategy. Six years is enough time to totally transform your life. Or, in six years, you can look back and realize that you haven’t done a …
My wife hates that I have an affinity for watching and reading about true crime stories. Turns out I’m not alone. Anyway, there’s an odd reason I’m hooked on watching murder documentaries, and they lead to the two strategies I use to continually be happy and raise my baseline for happiness. No, I don’t have …
Imagine having a map to buried treasure, a journey that can change your life in unimaginable magnitude. And yet, after close examination of the map, you decide to sit home and do nothing because the journey looks difficult, or the journey doesn’t come with a mentor that will hold your hand.’ This scenario best describes …
If you liked my rewrite of the old “Mexican Fisherman” parable, (The Mexican Fisherman has Filed for Bankruptcy) you’ll like this rewrite. It has 5 crucial life lessons that could save, or make you millions. Here it is: A grandmother congratulated her granddaughter on graduating college. She told her, “I want to give you a …
I had this nagging itch on the instep of my foot a couple months ago. It got so bad that it started affecting my sleep and work. I scratched the hell out of it to the point it got calloused. Still, the itch remained and continued for months. After trying the usual modalities to rid …
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