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Unscripted: Rewrite Your Life's Script

The document discusses how many people live unfulfilling lives focused on working to pay bills and then dying, with regrets about lost time and unfulfilled dreams. It argues that conventional wisdom and books about finance do not tell the real story and promote mediocrity. The author wrote an unconventional book called "Fastlane" about his experiences achieving financial success through entrepreneurship. Despite experts saying it would not sell well, the self-published book was a huge commercial success and changed many readers' lives by inspiring them to pursue their dreams.

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Unscripted: Rewrite Your Life's Script

The document discusses how many people live unfulfilling lives focused on working to pay bills and then dying, with regrets about lost time and unfulfilled dreams. It argues that conventional wisdom and books about finance do not tell the real story and promote mediocrity. The author wrote an unconventional book called "Fastlane" about his experiences achieving financial success through entrepreneurship. Despite experts saying it would not sell well, the self-published book was a huge commercial success and changed many readers' lives by inspiring them to pursue their dreams.

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  • Introduction and Setting
  • About the Book and Reader Engagement

Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend ?

You weren't born to


slave nine-to-five, Monday -through-Friday, pay bills and then die.
When life's final moment arrives,what will your spirit sing? Regret and remorse? Or
peace and happiness? Take a moment and forecast your life's trajectory to your
deathbed. And be [Link] you mourn lost time and the things you didn't do?
Places you didn't see? Will your life review be all work and zero legacy? If your
future forecast looks bleakly uninspiring and not worthy of your family's history
book,you have a chance to change it,right here right [Link] people nearing the
end of their lives often wish they could take a time machine back to their youth
and chat with their younger selves. Once there, they would tell their younger
selves their life wisdom and regretful warnings that only decades of experience
could reveal.

By changing the past, they hope to change the future, which has become today.
Sadly, what remains is a life haunted by the ghosts of dead dreams which have long
died. After selling my internet company in 2007 and retiring young in my thirties
as opposed to old in my sixties,I set off to tackle the younger self question as it
pertained to life and [Link] I could go back and speak to twenty year old me,
someone who consistently struggled,what foresight would I share? What "wisdom"did I
need slapped in my face?What did my failures unearth?

And more importantly, how could other people benefit from wisdom? After three year
of self-reflection, the rough draft made Moby Dick look like a novella. Yes, my
many mistakes and their learnings filled page after page. But even more revealing,I
ended up with a book unlike anything else available a book completely contrary to
mainstream thought. In other words, happiness wasn't found doing what conventional
wisdom embraced but doing exactly the opposite. While there are countless book on
finance navigating life and starting businesses none of them told the real story.

Instead,these books pushed feel good tales and wall street fantasies prepackaged
templates that baked in mediocrity and forsaken [Link] are you've read
these books and wondered the same as I : are there really millionaires living the
rock star life because they wage slaved Monday through Friday while penny pinching
their way to a balanced portfolio of mutual funds? Or is that CNBC financial guru
with the orange face and annoying voice really rich because of what she overtly
preaches or what she covertly practices? And my favorite: can I really live dream
selling Amway while alienating my friends and family in the process? During
production, publishing "expert" warned that my book would never sell.

Those same experts also said I was committing the ultimate author sacrilege: I
wasn't pushing readers into a " back end sales funnel " ,ya know, so I could sell
you a coaching seminar costing as much as a Cadillac. Well , I didn't give a shit.
I was writing from my heart. Not for fame , fortune, or some egocentric motive that
could catapult me into the privileged world of gurus and seminar hustlers. In 2011
after a year long editing marathon,I finally self published the book with limited
distribution and no fanfare. And by "no fanfare" I mean I didn't hire a PR firm to
hack the bestseller list with a phony launch scheme.

I didn't benefit from any quid-pro-quo endorsement from "influencers" or "thought


leaders". I spent virtually nothing on advertising. The mainstream media ignore me.
But you know who didn't ignore me? Readers tired of average advice from average
books promoting an average life. As months passed, the book sold in steady chunks.
Dozens of sales turned into hundreds,then thousands,then tens of thousands.
Soon ,sales exceeded $ 1million and then $ 2million. Language licensing and
translations followed : Korean, Japanese, Italian,and more. My Twitter feed blew up
with readers who couldn't put the book down...
Might be the best book I've ever read.
Brilliant business wisdom.
Listening to your book is blowing my mind.
And many more.
Despite what many deemed a cheesy "get rich quick" title and an ugly cover, the
book hit number one on Amazon in multiple categories and on multiple occasions.

In the end , I shocked readers by "coming clean" serving up a comprehensive road


map for financial success, one based on indisputable mathematics, regardless of
time, circumstance or economics. Readers got the tough-love truth about
entrepreneurship,self-made wealth,the hypocrites who preach it,and even happiness.
As fastlane spread worldwide readers begged:"we want another book!" Fastlane was
resurrecting dreams and changing lives. While writing two books in the same genre
was not my intent,I knew another book lived in me, because the greatest con of the
century exposed in Fastlane was only growing stronger. While the book never hit the
New York Times bestseller list,it has sold more than most of them. Mind you ,the
average self published book pulls in about $900 in retail sales.

And in its wake ,it was destroying critical thought and personal responsibility and
, ultimately, murdering dreams. While Fastlane unmasked the myths of wealth,it
really hinted at something more: an esoteris reality hidden in the fabric of
society;a cultural underbelly threading something insidiously deceptive a
sociological scheme sentencing your life to an existence of blind obedience ,
resigned mediocrity,and abandoned dreams. You see, if you fail your dreams,it won't
be because you lacked effort or enthusiasm;it will be because your life was sold
into a Machiavellian system where your lifetime role was already SCRIPTED for an
uninspiring performance. You've been unwittingly cast to play a rigged carnival
game masquerading as life ,which few win and many lose.

UNSCRIPTED : life, liberty, and pursuit of entrepreneurship is your pen te rewrite


a future that's already been written. Don't wait for life's twilight to dream about
a time machine;it exists in this moment. Your younger self is here. Right now. And
it's excited for the opportunity,the opportunity to resurrect your dreams and
change the history that await.

Life . Liberty. And the pursuit entrepreneurship. It's awaking in the morning and
pinching yourself black and blue that OMG, this is my life, and it's freaking
awesome. You live in your dream house,but there's no mortgage. No alarm clock,no
boss,no bills. No claims on the day's time other than what you choose. It's making
more money before breakfast than you made for an entire week at your last job. It's
a crazy expensive car parked in your garage,a victorious symbol that your dreams no
longer sleep in fantasies, but are awake with reality. Make no mistake, this life
exists. I know, because it's been mine for nearly 20 years.

And in a few short years,it can be yours as well. That's right,you won't need 5
decades of thankless jobs, mind-numbing frugality,and patient investing with our
trusted friends on Wall Street. Unfortunately, you've been scripted to believe that
such a life is out your reach,or only possible for a certain type of person.
Someone with a certain college degree,a certain amount VC funding,or a certain
contact list of connected friends from Stanford. I'm here to tell you , that none
of it's true.

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The document addresses wealth myths by exposing the fallacy that wealth can only be acquired through traditional methods like long-term frugality, investing, and following pre-established paths promoted by financial advisors. It suggests these are myths because they mask the reality of financial freedom through independent entrepreneurship and unconventional thinking. The author emphasizes real-world mathematical truths about creating wealth, which contradicts the so-called safe paths advocated by the mainstream, thus debunking these myths .

The author challenges the mainstream narrative of achieving financial success by sharing his own journey, which deviates from the typical path of graduating, securing a stable job, and saving over decades. He retired young after selling his internet company and spent years reflecting on life and business mistakes, which led to writing a book that contradicts mainstream advice. His experience demonstrates that financial success can be achieved through unconventional means and by questioning the societal scripts that are rarely questioned .

The perceived benefits of adopting the author's approach to life and entrepreneurship include achieving personal freedom, financial independence, and the ability to live a life aligned with one's true passions. It focuses on creating value and wealth through unconventional, innovative means as opposed to adhering to societal norms, which often results in mediocrity. The author posits that this approach leads to authentic happiness and fulfillment, as individuals are empowered to define their success beyond traditional employment and investment paths .

The author criticizes the self-help and financial advice industries for perpetuating myths and promoting mediocrity. He argues that these industries often push polished narratives and pre-packaged templates that do not genuinely lead to success but rather keep people in a cycle of mediocrity and limited ambition. Additionally, he condemns the sales tactics used, such as upselling readers into expensive seminars and coaching programs, suggesting that true advice should not require such schemes .

The author's position on self-publishing and limited reliance on mainstream media is portrayed as a successful alternative path to making an impact. By self-publishing, the author bypassed traditional publishing routes, which often require conformity and gatekeeping by media and industry "experts." This approach allowed the book to resonate authentically with readers, catalyzing word-of-mouth success without falling into superficial promotion tactics. This underscores the argument that substantial, honest content can find an audience without the typical media hype .

The author dismisses traditional paths such as higher education and early investing by arguing that these paths are part of a larger societal script that confines individuals to a limited and uninspired existence. He claims these paths do not guarantee success or happiness but rather serve a predetermined role in a rigged system. He emphasizes that a collegiate degree or standard investment strategy is not necessary for achieving wealth or fulfillment, pointing to his personal achievements as evidence of alternative paths being viable .

The author describes the societal system as a Machiavellian structure that preconditions individuals to accept a narrowly defined life path, which limits personal dreams and ambitions. This system scripts people's roles through cultural conditioning, leading to resigned acceptance of routine jobs, financial struggles, and the abandonment of personal dreams. It is described as a rigged carnival game, where only a few succeed, thus underscoring the need for unscripted paths to reclaim personal freedom and ambition .

The author proposes an alternative to living a scripted life by encouraging entrepreneurship and taking risks that align with one's passions. They advocate for rewriting one's life script to focus on personal freedom, waking up excited about daily life without being beholden to traditional employment norms. By seizing control of one's destiny and pursuing financial freedom through innovative and independent means, individuals can achieve a life where dreams become reality, as evidenced by the author's own experiences .

The document suggests that people are scripted to live uninspired lives by a societal machine that predetermines their life paths. This scripting involves a cultural narrative that convinces individuals that a life filled with work, debt, and limited leisure is normal. The text critiques this script as an insidious sociological scheme that traps people into roles of blind obedience and mediocrity, thus preventing them from pursuing their true dreams and living life unrestrained by conventional financial and vocational norms .

The document argues that happiness and success are not achieved by following conventional wisdom, which often involves working a nine-to-five job, saving cautiously for retirement, and investing in traditional financial products like mutual funds. Instead, it is suggested that true happiness is found by doing the opposite of these mainstream ideas, which often lead to mediocrity and forgotten dreams. The text criticizes the advice promoted by traditional finance books and media, implying that there is a disconnect between what is preached and what actually leads to success .

Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend ? You weren't born to
slave nine-to-five, Monday -through-Frida
And many more.
Despite what many deemed a cheesy "get rich quick" title and an ugly cover, the 
book hit number one on Ama

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