Most people’s advice to others is almost always to do exactly what they’ve done. If you know what they’ve done in the past, then you ALREADY know what their advice is. Ask Alex Hermozi for some good advice? Learn to sell. Ask Codie Sanchez? Buy boring businesses.Ask Brandon Turner? Get into real estate. Ask Mr […]
A lot of people want to learn about something as much as possible before actually getting started. The easiest way to determine whether you still need to research and learn more or just get started is at the point that when you’re continuing to research something and everything coming up is stuff you already know. […]
“Find something your good at and make a business out of that!” – Random bad guru. If you’re good at digging ditches, that doesn’t mean you should be a ditch digger. A lot of people that don’t want to have kids have people say things like, “You should have kids – you’d be a great […]
“Burn the bridges and go all in!” – Random bad guru. Sometimes people will be hesitant to burn all their other options, or to try a new workout routine that requires them to eat perfectly and workout 2 hours a day. They think that if they can’t have the perfect diet, then there’s no point […]
“Don’t give up hope!” – Random bad guru. A lot of people hope for better opportunities – ones that have faster results, are easier, are safer, are more fun. A lot of good opportunities take time to get through – whether it be schooling of some sort, working as an apprentice for peanuts, and so […]
“I can provide the step by step process to making you rich!” – Random bad guru The problem with step by step guidance is by the time you’re making through the process, things have changed so dramatically that the steps aren’t relevant any more. Unless you’re making a cake and need a step by step […]
“Winners take action and move fast!” – Random Bad Guru Partially true advice, as always. However, our desire to optimize for speed compromises nearly everything that’s actually important. People think things like:“I want delicious food, but I want it fast.” – Now you get McDonalds, b/c it’s fast but now not so delicious.“I want to […]
See what others that are more successful than you are doing, and do that! – Random Guru There’s pieces of truth to this statement, but the problem behind simply modeling is not being able to see the entire process. Imagine that everyone that is a professional actor has had 10 movies before they have their […]
We basically only avoid pain / seek pleasure but avoiding pain is MUCH stronger of a motivator. If you hate everything like your job or wife it can make you seek the things you hate less. If you hate nearly everything, you’ll instinctively gravitate to the thing you hate the least. Don’t let a positive […]
“Take my 3 day intensive boot camp to avoid the mistakes I made!” – Random Guru. Isn’t it interesting that every successful person you hear interviewed talks about all the mistakes they made? Why didn’t they just read the books to learn from other’s mistakes and not do them? Why didn’t they just take that […]