FAQ about MJ DeMarco or Millionaire Fastlane 

Second, I wrote it to expose the actual reality behind creating wealth which is lightyears different from what the "mainstream" preaches. And finally, the Fastlane strategy is the strategy that made me a millionaire many times over. In other words, I use it and preach it. (Try getting that from your typical guru.)

If you're one of these avid book readers looking for the "holy grail" to wealth, keep looking and keep reading— you won't find it here, and you won't find it anywhere else. A map leading to buried treasure is nothing but a piece of paper; only if you follow the map and dig does it matter. "Get rich quick" exists; "get rich easy" does NOT.

However, I will be candid: If the "Fastlane" was easy, everyone would be rich. The fact is, it takes discipline, sacrifice, and hard work. I outline those processes in the book to gird your expectations. Most people reading Fastlane will get excited about the information for about a week or so and then fall back into typical routines and unproductive patterns.

This was the fact when I wrote Fastlane and today 10+ years later. In fact, this was one of the reasons why I wrote Fastlane. How many times have you read a book only to have it seem like a 300 page advertisement for the author's seminars, DVD programs, or consulting business? The information in this book is the exact thing I would teach my son or daughter. There is nothing more to buy to get the real meat.

Fastlane is great startup manual; however, it is not a guide on how to obtain capital from venture capitalists, investors, and banks.

Metaphorically, if someone gave you a roadmap that leads to fortune, it is your job to follow the map and choose your roads to travel. Some may walk, some may ride a bike, and others may fly. The pathways (the how-tos) are yours to decide and will vary on your particular interests, strengths, and resources.

Fastlane, however, will not tell you specific industries or fields in which to enter as these dynamically change over time. Reminder, Fastlane was written over 10 years ago and it is AS RELEVANT today as it was ten years ago. It's message is transcendent and evergreen. In other words, Fastlane worked yesterday, it works today, and it will work ten years in the future.

I self-published Fastlane because I felt it was important to "practice what I preach." While self-publishing has many benefits (namely control and profitability), the main drawback is that it is more challenging to get bookstore exposure. If you don't find Fastlane at your bookstore, order it there or hit Amazon.

Fastlane can help you identify structural deficiencies in your product line or business model that can make the difference between earning $5000 a month and $500,000 a year.

Gurus use books as a means to an end called a "trip-wire." A trip-wire is like bait that funnels into a more expensive product like a $5000 coaching program. One of my companies is a publishing company, and my products are books. However, there is nothing more to buy. As mentioned above, I wrote Fastlane after semi-retiring to focus on my passion for writing. However, any author who successfully sells millions of books is likely to get rich or richer. The latter would be my case.

Which puts me as lucky as one-half of the planet. As for luck in business, I don't believe in luck. I do, however, believe in probability. If you can manipulate probability, you can manipulate luck. And probability can be influenced when you have the right beliefs followed by the right choices. While the rest of the world needs to correctly call ten coin flips in a row to get rich, a Fastlane strategy is like correctly calling one.

Investors look at people with successful track records and/or tangible evidence of execution. If you lack one or both, work on getting either as they hold the key to getting an investor's attention, including mine.

The answer is complex, as people with a net worth greater than $10M tend to have much of it locked up in illiquid business assets. (See this chart) Based on fair, historical valuations of my business ventures, my net worth (including the bulk of my assets held in an irrevocable trust) is roughly 21 - $25 million. While that might not seem like a lot for the harshest of critics, keep in mind that for the last 15 years, I've lived quite the stress free life of leisure, a nice mix of business and pleasure.

If you think what you're doing fits that mold, contact me. As a service to readers, I'm also willing to do personal Cameos on the Cameo platform if you're interested in a quick message of motivation.

I try my best to mentor 1000s of aspiring entrepreneurs at TheFastlaneForum.com. Your best bet is to sign up there (FREE) and pay attention to my posts. I visit there daily and contribute regularly. There is also a high chance I'll contribute to your posts too.

Generally, I don't do a lot of public speaking as I find it extremely time consuming, despite the rewards. As for podcasts, the same applies. Contact me for complete consideration.

In 2017 I released Unscripted, Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship which goes deeper into the Fastlane philosophy. In 2022, I released The Great Rat Race Escape which is a hybrid book featuring a fictional story of Fastlane execution. You get to see a Fastlane executed, complete with mishaps, mistakes, and musings!