MJ DeMarco

I live EASY because I choose HARD. Fact #1: A hidden paradox writes your life story, and your mastery of it will determine the quality of your life. It is the Art of War for Decision-Making. 👉 Choosing Easy punishes persistent hardship. 👉 Choosing Hard rewards persistent ease. It's so profound, I spent the last 4 years writing a book about it.

The new paradigm of culture: If you can focus longer than 45 minutes on any task; reading, writing, coding, brainstorming, thinking, meditating, and do so without distraction or the need to "connect" -- congratulations: You have a competitive advantage.

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Imagine being a 72 year old who saved their entire life and logging in to your @CharlesSchwab account only to see a zero balance, and then promptly having a heart attack. Unbelievable corporate incompetence.

Your life is nothing more than the sum of your decisions. "Future You" always must pay for the sins of "Present You." If your life sucks, your decisions suck. Sounds simple eh? But really... how deep does the rot go? Is it just a minor leak in the roof, or is your entire foundation about to collapse under the weight of your Easy choices? I’ve put together a diagnostic test to help you audit your current state: The DEFCON Test. It measures your Decisional Fallout Condition, the state of your current decision affairs, the difference between building a legacy with no regrets, or just digging a deeper hole that you must endure. They say that "Everything happens for a reason." That reason is likely a shitty, Easy decision. Incidentally, this is WHY your choice of AI is important. I fed this test to 4 AI systems and asked for the average score based on available data, statistics and surveys. -- ChatGPT: 60 -- Grok: 52 -- Claude: 24 -- Gemini: 16 Of course, most people lie on this test and will score in the 70s and 80s, and is not evidenced by any statistical reality. Lying is EASY. Being honest is HARD. This is your first test in the Shadow War. What is your current DEFCON level? Find out and let me know what you scored! Warning: It's not an easy test as I scored an 88 -- and I wrote the damn book! 👇👇👇 choosehardliveeasy.com/defcon

@mattshumer_ Phenomenal write up. Unfortunately I'm pessimistic about humans being able to do the right thing. Too many bad actors in the world.

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Not a great day for the "I'm going to get rich doing nothing!" crowd. BTC and GOLD plummeting. Stop watching assets and hoping. Build assets and get to growing. One is 0% controllable, the other 100%.

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Timeless wisdom from The Millionaire Fastlane that still holds true 15 years later ... Stop buying shovels, sell them. Stop falling for marketing funnels, create them. Stop borrowing money, lend money. Stop complaining about problems, fix them. Stop taking a job, create the job.

Stop watching videos, create them. Stop consuming, start producing. What will you produce? What team are you playing for? One team gets rich, the other stays poor.

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If you're thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, don't even bother unless you accept that fact that we are PROBLEMOLOGISTS. We solve problems. What problem are you solving? And how much will you get paid for solving it? Everything else is action-faking.

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Getting Rich = 80/20/0 80% of the richest people (+heirs) got rich through entrepreneurship. 20% are athletes, investors,high-level artists. 0% are employees. Sans SV startups, nobody gets rich on a fixed salary while paying off $100K in student loans. Its the greatest con of the modern world.

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Slowlane employees feel alive for a weekend. Fastlaners entrepreneurs feel alive for the entire week. Either is a choice.

There is no f*cking list. Entrepreneurship is about solving problems; the difficulty IS the opportunity. #startup ow.ly/1fyd30e7PMp

Target the moment. Win the moment, and the day seizes itself. ~ MJ DeMarco This is a shortened excerpt from Choose Hard, Live Easy—Master the Art of War for Decision-Making, my new book coming this spring. choosehardliveeasy.com

"Carpe Diem" is a fantasy. It’s trying to win the World Series while striking out every time you step up to the plate. Carpe Momentum is the reality. It’s focusing on the pitch coming at you right now. Forget the day; it's too big.

"Carpe Diem" is probably the worst advice in self-help history.