Your journey is like none other, such an inspiration, and awesome to be here to follow along. Where you will be next year, 5 years, 10 years is going to blow people away, I just know it. Please keep documenting everything because the value in that is going to be priceless!
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Preach, I agree with the oversaturated argument, since entrepreneurship and any other creative endeavor will never run out of demand, since for every 100 employee, behind them is 1 boss, that's 1 for 100, hence why they are called the 1%, It's much harder to take risks as an entrepreneur but it will be much more fulfilling than working a job you hate, trading your time and precious energy for money.
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Bro i am 20 now and also in a similar situation like you were then.Your videos give me inspiration
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tl;dr - even Jimmy deserves a chance. I’m 32, overweight, and on the autism-spectrum (high-functioning). I’m currently experiencing a bad mental health episode. I won’t go into the reasons why. But this certainly isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last probably. I’ve been feeling like I want to get out of this cycle. Like I have to. I was reading and watching some of your content and thought maybe it could help me. Until you mentioned Jimmy. And I could be misreading what you wrote but I feel I need to speak up on this topic. Im well groomed but overweight and got stuck delivering pizzas for 5 years. Currently I’m stuck at a call center, Coming up on 5 years. I would say they are shitty jobs. I love video games though. You can see on my profile pic already I have a passion for Final Fantasy, and could talk ages just about it. I don’t think I’m so different from Jimmy, and I’m not happy where I am or with who or what I am, so I can understand why others wouldn’t want to be like me or like Jimmy. But when you talk about “ending up” like Jimmy, I feel like you’re already considering him as a lost cause or a failure. “If you’re Jimmy you’ve lost”. You have no idea how hard it is to be Jimmy and what it would take for Jimmy to be where you probably are today. I feel like people won’t admit it..but I believe being underweight is still much better than being overweight. Being overweight literally drags you back both physically and mentally. When it comes to fitness and you’re underweight, you’re still starting from zero. Being overweight is like starting from -50% or depending on how morbidly obese they are they can be starting even lower than -100% to get to a decent level of fitness. Now think about why people “end up” like Jimmy. Because the older they get, the worse things get, and the harder it gets to break free. But that doesn’t mean Jimmy is an example of someone you don’t want to end up as. Even Jimmy deserves help and a change.
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I wanna quit corn addiction but I can't stop I do it like 3-4 times a day normally What do I do and how do I stop?
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Kenny Bender
I’m currently living what my younger self desperately dreamed of:
- I don’t have a regular job.
- My “work” is just talking about my interests.
- I have complete control over my schedule and can travel whenever.
And this is unlike the majority of “make money online” nonsense that involves dishonesty, boringly tedious work, and isn’t exactly making the world any better.
But first, I’m not special and I didn’t get lucky.
It’s 2017, I’m standing at my register in the empty, cold, and outdated grocery store (the only one in town).
I watch Jimmy, one of my coworkers, walk down the aisles.
Jimmy was probably 20 years older than me, overweight, ungroomed, and only wanted to discuss whatever video game he was currently playing.
"F*ck, I can not end up like this.”
I worked at that sh*tty grocery store for over a year, then I was a waiter, then a greeter at a sporting goods store, then a fulfillment center, then a customer service office, then front desk at a gym.
One thing that every job has in common was that I didn’t want to be there.
My monthly income barely covered my basic needs.
I was lonely, scared for the future, and deeply unfulfilled.
But, I had something that kept me going.
My youtube channel.
I always gravitated towards youtube because no matter what my interest was I could make content about it and likeminded people will watch it.
But not enough people.
I struggled to get a decent viewership. I made a little bit of money from the ad revenue but not enough to make a difference.
I was “sTuCk iN ThE MaTrIx” lmao.
Which was ironic considering I was surround by other creators in Houston making 10’s of thousands a month without even trying.
And I’m over here buying offbrand groceries at Walmart.
If something doesn’t change soon, I’m fucked financially and mentally.
Around the same time I began studying psychology (I had issues I needed to fix).
Suddenly, I began to notice patterns.
The deeper I went, the more I noticed the core tactics that literally EVERY creator that has:
- Built a loyal, cult-like audience.
- Able to make life-changing money month after month.
- Actually made positive impact on the world through their content.
- Created a personal brand that can succeed regardless any “trends” or “niches.”
- Created a product that sells in their sleep and genuinely has a positive impact on people.
-has done (consciously or unconsciously).
Immediately upon applying these principles to my channel, everything changed.
My video views jumped to hundreds of thousands and even 1m+ overnight.
“Okay, this is working… but there’s still some stuff missing.”
I dug deeper, studying writing, persuasion, marketing, teaching, leadership, speaking, basically anything I thought would apply to success in the creator economy.
Speaking of the creator economy, it’s poised to double by 2027, for anyone who still thinks “it’s oversaturated.”
Anyways, 2 years and around $10,000 of courses and coaching later, I created a system for myself that guarantees consistent views, money, and most importantly, a positive impact on my audience.
Now I’m my own business, I can travel whenever, my daily schedule is up to me, my “work” is literally just doing stuff I’m interested in and talking about it to a likeminded community of guys.
And best of all, I have an immense sense of fulfillment from what I do.
I’m going to be completely transparent with you this email is to inspire and get likeminded people to come to my live event where I talk about all this in much greater detail.
The tickets are free and I will be breaking down:
- How I was able to do it without getting lucky.
- The exact path I followed to make it all happen.
- How you can do it regardless of your specific interests, budget, or schedule.
Plus I’ll be launching my biggest project to date (yippee).
It is Monday, May 6th, at 1pm CST.
Learn more and get a free ticket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uetav...
New video soon btw <3
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