MJ DeMarco Quotes

“Accept reality: There are no shortcuts. Real change requires a real process.”

“Anything worthwhile in life will require a worthwhile effort.”

“Before impacting the masses, we must first impact one - and do so profitably.”

“Create yourself a mathematical equation that scales, then work that equation to death while acting, assessing, and adjusting along the way.

Equations that scale make their owners rich. Equations that do not, make their owners slaves to the system of trading time for money.”

“Creators produce products, services, books, information, inventions, it doesn’t matter so as long as:

A) Your creation can eventually become separate from your time.
B) You can scale your creation to a level that can change your life.”

“Education doesn’t end at graduation; it starts.”

“Entrepreneurship is about improving, more so than inventing the next hot thing.”

“Failure is natural to success. Expect it and learn from it.”

“He who thinks the idea owns nothing. He who executes the idea owns everything.”

“I’d rather live in regret of failure than in regret of never trying.”

“If you accept conventional wisdom from conventional people living conventional lives, can you expect to be anything but conventional?”

“In many ways, your first customer as an entrepreneur is like your first kiss or your first love.”

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

“Money is proof you helped your fellow man.”

“Starting a business is a big decision. Treat it with cursory interest, and your business resembles a hobby. And businesses that are run like hobbies pay like hobbies.”

“The sweat of success is failure… if you’re not willing to get wet, you’re not willing to succeed!”

“The ultimate definition of insanity is to prostitute your Monday through Friday for the paycheck of Saturday and Sunday.”

“Toxic relationships drain energy and detract from your goals to be extraordinary.”

“You cannot ask Wall Street to give you a 4000% return in one year.”

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