“Be flexible! Adapt or die!” – Bad Guru. It’s very easy to take these things at face value and think it sounds like good advice. The problem is that this is incomplete advice. When should you flex? At what point should you adapt? If you are too adaptable, it’s the same thing as “wishy washy.” […]
People love to say whatever they want is “very reasonable” and “isn’t too much to ask.” They say stuff like it’s pretty reasonable to: ask for a bunch of coworkers that are competent, expect the drive-thru worker to get your order done right, to expect your CPA to NOT get you audited again, to have […]
If you love mowing grass, making $150k a year business from it is going to be hard. If you love plastic surgery, making $150k a year business from it is going to be easy as hell. The gurus pounding the idea of visualization, persistence, marketing, and so on need to shut up for a second […]
A lot of times we’re impressed when we hear of someone making a great deal of cash. Tom Bilyeu gives these wonderfully grand introductions for his guests talking about how bad they had it before they made it big. But the details on how they “made it” are what’s important. The reality is there’s 7 […]
Who sounds like they might be more successful next year, is it: a) “I’m hoping that next year I’ll find some time to start a business.” b) “I’m certain next year I’ll have more time to start a business.” You tell me. But yet, a lot of gurus sell hope, and it’s a great product […]
“It’s already been done before” – is it a cop out reason to not execute or good reason to avoid a business idea? Some good advice and also the title of Alan Beckers book is “There’s always room at the top.” We hear Tom talk about being the best at a Google talk on YouTube. Tom Bilyeu thinks […]
When you think about retiring, people are told to look at your expenses and say, “I’m spending $5k a month now. So I need $5k a month in retirement income.” But this forgets the fact that all jobs cost money, which is going into your current budget, and making you think you need more post-retirement […]
“There’s no secret to success, it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell. “There are no secrets [to success]. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwayne Johnson Telling someone that hard work is the answer is like saying, “You can get […]
The death of depth is going to catch up with us and our desire for speedy hacks and “top 10” lists. Neil Patel gave a presentation on building online businesses and in the Q&A afterwards, someone asked, “How do you do Adwords?” Which is a great question really, but it’s terrible in this environment, because […]
In an interview with Neil Patel, in regards to producing content that spreads, the interviewer says, “It’s quality that matters, not quantity.” This is true and is likely the right advice, but it’s not very good advice. The issue is that you often only can start to get quality from creating quantity – this has […]