M.J. DeMarco > Quotes

“There’s a profound difference between interest and commitment. Interest reads a book; commitment applies the book 50 times.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. ~ Michael Landon”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Time isn’t a commodity, something you pass around like a cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time, they’re really asking for a chunk of your life. ~ Antoinette Bosco”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“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.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“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.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“I awoke to the epiphany that I was the driver of my life and my problems were the consequences of my choices.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“All events of wealth are precluded by process, a backstory of trial, risk, hard work, and sacrifice. If you try to skip process, you’ll never experience events.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Make a freaking impact and start providing value! Let money come to you! Look around outside your world, stop being selfish, and help your fellow humans solve their problems. In a world of selfishness, become unselfish.

Need something more concrete? No problem.
Make 1 million people achieve any of the following:
Make them feel better.
Help them solve a problem.
Educate them.
Make them look better (health, nutrition, clothing, makeup).
Give them security (housing, safety, health).
Raise a positive emotion (love, happiness, laughter, self-confidence).
Satisfy appetites, from basic (food) to the risqué (sexual).
Make things easier.
Enhance their dreams and give hope.
… and I guarantee, you will be worth millions.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

“The problem is not people being educated. The problem is that they are educated just enough to believe what they've been taught, but not educated enough to question what they've been taught.
~ Author Unknown”
― MJ DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“Many people want to change their life, but they are not will to change their choices, and ultimately this changes nothing.”
― MJ DeMarco

“Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their consequences transcend a lifetime.”
― MJ DeMarco

“If millions seek you, you will be paid millions.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“The owner of an idea is not he who imagines it, but he who executes it.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Value your time poorly and you will be poor. When time is wasted as a lifestyle choice you will be stranded in places you don't want to be.
Take a look around. How do your friends, family, and peers value their time? Are they standing in line to save four bucks? Are they driving 40 minutes to save 10 dollars? Are they parked on the sofa anxiously waiting to see who wins Dancing With the Stars?”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let’s teach our children to be thinkers. ~ Jacque Fresco, Futurist”
― MJ DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be the boss and work 12 hours a day. ~ Robert Frost”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“If you have to think about “affordability,” you can’t afford it because affordability carries conditions and consequences.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“A market is never saturated with a good product ,but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. ~ Henry Ford”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“you are owned by your shit, which is owned by your debt, which is either owned or profited by a corporation. So you work for a corporation, everything you buy comes from a corporation, everything you watch is produced by a corporation, and the debt you owe is held by a corporation. Ah”
― MJ DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.
~ Dresden James, Author”
― MJ DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“Change creates millionaires. Those who observe and take advantage of change will be the new millionaires and billionaires.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“The average American watches more than four hours of TV each day. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent nine years glued to the tube. Why? Simple. Life sucks. Life needs an escape. Life is no good.
Show me someone who spends hours online playing Mafia Wars or Farmville, and I'll show you someone who probably isn't very successful. When life sucks, escapes are sought. I don't need television because I invested my time into a real life worth living, not a fictitious escape that airs every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Again, majority thinking yields mediocrity, and for that majority, time is an asset that is undervalued and mindlessly squandered.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

“As Thomas Edison famously said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
― M.J. DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“If your past defines your existence, it will be impossible for you to become the person you need to become in the future.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. ~ Plato, Philosopher”
― MJ DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

“If the universe doesn't remember, why should you? Being the youngest of three siblings, you can bet I was the subject of some vile comments. Fat, stupid, you name it. However, just because my brother called me an idiot for 12 years doesn't make it my reality. Your past never equals your future unless you allow it.

Think about a coin flip. No matter how many times it's flipped, the next flip is always random. Probability cannot be attached to a future flip based on the past. Your past is the same. Just because you failed at five relationships doesn't mean your next will fail, especially if you learn from them! Just because you flipped burgers three hours ago doesn't mean you can't be a millionaire next year. The universe forgets, just like the universe forgot I mopped floors and delivered pizza not long ago.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!

“For “do what you love” to work, you need two things: 1) Your love must solve a need and 2) You must be exceptional at it.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“The King: Your execution - The Queen: Your marketing - The Bishop: Your customer service - The Knight: Your product - The Rook: Your people - The Pawn: Your ideas.”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane