M.J. DeMarco · 432 pages
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“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”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“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”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“(M)ediocre, (O)bedient, (D)ependent, (E)ntertained, and (L)ifeless and”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let’s teach our children to be thinkers. ~ Jacque Fresco, Futurist”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“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”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“In school, failure is a bad thing. Marked by a bloody F and a parental beatdown, failure is admonished. Fail and you’re grounded! No TV, no iPad! Is it any shock that straight-A students make great employees while the C-students are the guys hiring them? The A-students do as they’re told, follow rules unquestioningly and stay within the lines. Meanwhile, C-student and future billionaire Johnny is a ninth grader’s newest BFF—he’s underneath the bleachers selling his older brother’s Playboys at twenty-five dollars a pop.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“Want to see how the investment income changes with a change in principal? Simply divide the figures by the change in principal. With a $20M portfolio (twice the principal) just multiply by two: instead of $40,000/month, you’d receive $80,000/month and $1M per year. With a $1M portfolio, divide the results by ten: instead of $40K per month, you’d live comfortably passive on $4,000/month and nearly $50,000/year.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“If financial freedom and autonomy are your goals, your beliefs must align with those goals. If they don’t, you’ll either (A) lie to yourself, or (B) sabotage your effort, causing tension and stress. Both make goals unobtainable.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“Recluses won’t find purpose living out their days in a sacred bubble. Partake in commerce, start working out, volunteer, go on a mission. Do freaking something.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend?”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“the common thread amongst the SCRIPTED sheeple is they have no meaning. Instead, hyperreality babysits—this is why we have a society addicted to Game of Thrones and whoever wins some stupid singing contest. With meaning, this shit cannot compete. Social media showboating is no longer entertaining. Sporting events—fleeting entertainment not worthy of tears or a sibling smackdown. Pop culture: who’s dating whom, who got fat, who’s styling a new bikini—a pointless insult and trivialization of your purpose”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“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”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“If the devil funded a study reporting that 91 percent of hell’s inhabitants were happy, would you believe it?”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“Jim Rohn, the legendary motivational speaker, once said, “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“consensus fallacy—the idea that if many people believe something, some position, or some ideology, it must be true. Consensus”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
“Pick up any book about personal finance and you’re likely to read a 200-page mind-fuck about being cheap. Of course, these books don’t overtly say, “Be cheap,” but hide behind slippery phrases like “the simple life” or “frugal living.” Some”
― M.J. DeMarco, quote from Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
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