My $0 to $1 Million Guide - How I Would Start Over in 2024

One thing you should take away from this is you should always have that 21-year-old mindset; you should always have the belief that my whole world is in front of me, that my best days are ahead of me, that anything is possible, and that I can reinvent myself right now.

Everybody goes through three phases in their career. And the three phases are, number one, learn, earn, and legacy.

It's very underrated how important that is—to see other people just like you that are not so much more special than you succeeding at the thing you want to do. It's what will keep you going even when times get tough.

Even if you choose joining a company, here's your criteria: You have to be working on the A+ problem. Every company has the A+ problem at any given time.

Being small and helpless is a absolute edge that most people who are unsuccessful try to hide. They're embarrassed that they're not successful. They're embarrassed that they're starting at the beginning. And because of that, they throw away one of their best edges, which is that people want to help people who are the poor beginners.

Luck is not something that happens to you; it is something that you can create and increase the odds of happening in your life.

I would not be trying to be popular and get the biggest audience possible; I would be trying to put my original thoughts and most unique analysis out there so that the right people find me, the people that I want to be known well by—because that's how new opportunity is going to happen.

10 years sounds like a long time. But, you know, what's the phrase? We overestimate what we can do in a year, and we underestimate what we can do in 10. So true.

Pick the opportunity—whether it's a job or your company, or starting a company—that will let you do actual work versus being an observer on the fringe.

Content is an amazing way to create luck. So, if I was 25 again, I would be creating content.

The first investment you want to make in yourself is to get your creative energy back.

You should take pay cuts to put yourself in great opportunities around amazing people or working with amazing people.