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Exit the Slowlane
Happy Tuesday, Steve from Feasible Creative here.
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For the past three weeks I’ve been obsessed with The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. This book goes completely against the traditional guidance people follow.
This book isn’t another “get rich quick” scheme promising overnight success.
Instead, it focuses on rewiring your mindset for realistic wealth-building, explaining that you don’t need to become a billionaire to achieve financial freedom.
DeMarco outlines two distinct paths to wealth:
The Slowlane: represents the conventional approach where you grind at a boring job for decades, max out your retirement account, pinch pennies, and hope to retire at 65.
The Fastlane: offers a quicker escape by building systems that generate income independent of your time, deliver value to others, and create financial freedom while you’re still young enough to enjoy it.
Today, I’ll share four key takeaways from the book, plus one piece that I actually disagree with.
Millionaire Takeaways
Start Being a Producer: The average person asks, “What can I buy?”, while a Fastlane Millionaire asks, “What can I create?”. Try to break free from the consumer-driven culture we live in.
Change Creates Opportunity: Smart money recognizes societal shifts and technological advances before the masses. These creative entrepreneurs are the ones who take advantage of change and come out ahead.
Done Beats Perfect: Everyone knows someone with an “amazing business idea” who has never launched anything. Don’t be that person. You can plan all you want, but ultimately you’ll learn the most by launching something, even if it’s not yet perfected.
Solve Problems, Make Money: Forget about the selfish things you want to buy after amassing wealth and start thinking about problems you can solve for other people. Fastlane Millionaires tend to be problem-solvers who get paid well for their solutions.
My Hot Take
Here’s where I disagree with DeMarco: I don’t think you should completely abandon The Slowlane.
I’m chasing the Fastlane but keeping some Slowlane insurance running in the background. (For example, keeping my 9-to-5 job until my side business scales enough.) Call it the “Medium Lane” approach.
The reality is, not everyone reading this will become a Fastlane Millionaire. The average person won’t even try. However, if you keep your roots in the Slowlane while you shoot for the Fastlane, you create a win-win scenario.
Talk Soon,
Steve
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