My latest quarterly update just dropped.
Highlights:
- MarketBeat's true business model.
- Going "all in" on video content.
- South Dakota Hall of Fame
- Sioux Falls CEO Summit
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Extreme frugality rarely builds real wealth.
What does?
More income.
You can only cut so much before you're miserable.
There's no ceiling on what you can earn.
Spend less if you must.
Earn more if you can.
The biggest mistake when studying successful people is ignoring power laws.
The lesson from a great founder's life is not to copy their wardrobe, diet, or personality quirks.
A few behaviors drove their results. Most of the rest was noise, or actively unhelpful.
Assume they
Stop watching slop content on YouTube (cars, watches, guns, etc.) and consume more guru content.
Fill up with Alex Hormozi, Gary V, Steven Bartlett and the like.
Maybe you’ll learn something that will actually make you money.
The most AI-proof job in the world is entrepreneurship.
Use the tools to build products and services.
Build more companies.
Everything else gets automated.
Ownership doesn't.