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Most founders are addicted to short-term wins. The best ones play the long game, even if it means missing quota today to own the account forever. Anyone can sell fast. The elite learn to sell slow and forever. You’re naturally incentivized to sell as fast as possible and for as much as possible. The problem is that this usually drives short-term gains at the expense of long-term lifetime value. Think of revenue like a faucet. You can open it full blast and have water flying everywhere, fast results, but messy and unsustainable... Or You can keep it at a steady flow, slower, calmer, more consistent. My preferred approach is a slow, intentional drip. Drip… drip… drip. Over time, that rhythm compounds into something far more valuable. That’s the power of the drip. Long game over short game. Day Trading vs. Value Investing. It’s not about chasing the quick sale; it’s about building trust, demonstrating value, and letting the drip take effect over time. The compounding only works when you’re patient enough to let the drip do its job. How do you balance short-term sales goals with long-term customer trust? What’s your version of the “slow drip” in your business? Be honest... are you playing the long game in sales… or just day trading revenue?

Everyone in the room was too cool. *Insert globally recognized entrepreneur * walks in A literal trillion dollar human. Everyone freezes. Whispers. Pretends not to care. Eyes dart.. but no one moves. Me? I’m thinking: “I’m gonna say what’s up.” My buddy leans over: “Don’t do that, bro. Don’t look thirsty.” Thirsty? For what.. information? That’s when it clicked. We live in a world where everyone’s too cool to care. Too proud to ask questions. Too afraid to look curious. Meanwhile, the people who actually win… walk up and say: “Hey 'Mike', I admire what you built. I don’t know your world, but I’d love to learn.” That’s it. No pitch. No ask. Just respect and curiosity. Because when you stop acting like you already know everything... you actually learn something. Stop being “too cool.” Shake the hand. Ask the question. You might not get another chance. What’s one conversation you didn’t have that still haunts you? 👇

💀 At your funeral... Friends and family will argue over who gets your belongings. People will talk about the food and the venue. Your life will be summarized in 2–3 paragraphs. Conversations will shift from your life to their lives. Your friends will drive away thinking about what’s next on their to-do list. Some people won’t make it because “something came up.” And most of the people you know today won’t even be there. You’re gonna die. People will move on... in weeks... not years. And that’s when the “motivational” crowd will whisper their favorite lie: 🫵 “Do what you want. You only live once.” Sounds empowering, right? Until you realize it’s exactly what creates broken families, forgotten legacies, and a generation of people chasing dopamine instead of meaning. “Do what you want” is the motto of people no one remembers. Selfish living doesn’t make you free... it makes you replaceable. Here’s the twist: A healthy family doesn’t fight over scraps at a funeral... they honor legacies. Friends don’t forget you because you were convenient; they remember you because you mattered. When you live with love, integrity, and purpose, your life doesn’t end... it multiplies. Your impact outlives your body. The real wisdom? ✨ Do what is meaningful. What you plant in others will outlive you. People say “life is short.” Maybe it’s not. Maybe we just live it small. So tell me... Would you rather be remembered with silence or echo through generations?

🔥 You’re going to suffer anyway. Scroll all you want. Manifest all you want. Journal. Meditate. Visualize abundance. Life doesn’t care. You’ll still suffer. You’ll suffer when you’re broke. You’ll suffer when you’re rich. You’ll suffer building your dream. You’ll suffer working for someone else’s. You’ll suffer waking up early to chase a goal. Or You’ll suffer hating yourself for sleeping in. You’ll suffer trying to build discipline. Or You’ll suffer being owned by your impulses. You’ll suffer being misunderstood. Or You’ll suffer never being noticed at all. You can’t escape the suffering. You only get to choose the source of it. So stop pretending there’s a “comfortable” path. There isn’t. The truth is... comfort is the most expensive addiction on earth. It costs people their dreams, their potential, and their self-respect. The question isn’t “Will you suffer?” It’s “Will the suffering be worth it?” So pick a goal big enough that it justifies the pain. A vision that makes the struggle mean something. Because if you’re going to bleed... you might as well bleed for something that builds you. Be honest: Are you suffering for something you chose... or something someone else chose for you?

We’re all raising a child called AI. Right now, it’s not perfect. It stumbles. It makes a mess. It says dumb things sometimes. But that’s what children do when they’re learning. And here’s the brutal truth: Every time you mock AI for failing… every time you roll your eyes at a bad output… every time you dismiss innovation because it’s not flawless yet… You’re not being “smart.” You’re just signaling that you’ve already decided to get left behind. You wouldn’t ridicule a toddler for falling after their first steps. You’d help them get back up. Because you know what comes next: they run. AI is that toddler. And while some of you are laughing at it… others are building empires around it. Mocking innovation has always been the most expensive mistake in history. People mocked the internet. They mocked social media. They mocked crypto. And now they mock AI. Spoiler: every single time, the mockers became the users of what they once ridiculed. So mock it if you want. But don’t be surprised when the “toy” you laughed at becomes the infrastructure you depend on. This isn’t just about tools. It’s about mindset. Leaders nurture the future... fools mock it. Mic drop: AI doesn’t care if you believe in it. It’ll grow up without you.

It usually starts quietly. Not with press releases. Not with analysts. Not with politicians. But with smart people saying crazy things. The kind of friends who: Saw crypto before the headlines Bought AI tools before their CEO approved the budget Bet on ideas everyone else laughed at. When those people start sounding a little unhinged… That’s not a red flag. That’s your early warning system. Every paradigm shift sounds “insane” before it sounds “obvious.” Most people ignore it. Winners lean in. This fall, pay close attention to the crazy talk. That’s usually where the next decade starts. What’s something people are calling “crazy” right now… that you secretly think is the future?

The loudest flex isn’t wealth. It’s time. You can buy cars. You can buy jets. You can buy watches. But you can’t buy time with the people you love when it’s gone. I’m 36. My flex? I got to spend the entire day with my parents. No calls. No meetings. No rushing from one "important thing" to the next. Just time. Real, uninterrupted time with the people who raised me. When you’re building a business, it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing success means more... more money, more deals, more status symbols. But the older I get, the more I realize: Real wealth isn’t what you buy. It’s what you don’t have to sacrifice. Time. Presence. Freedom. Everything else is just noise. What’s your definition of real wealth?

You’re not a real founder because you raised $500k and bought merch. The real startup milestones are not glamorous, not on pitch decks… but they hurt a little. Funding isn’t the milestone. The chaos is. Here's my unofficial list of startup milestones: 1) Buying the domain because that’s all you can afford. 2) Creating first@company.com like you’re suddenly a Fortune 500. 3) Switching from personal laptops with 47 tabs open to actual company issued MacBooks. (don't forget the stickers) 4) Adding your first cursed custom Slack emoji. 5) Realizing onboarding has to be more than “here’s your desk.” 6) Filling a conference room for the first time and pretending you have a plan. 7) Upgrading from bags of flossers to a real dental plan. 8) When the office humor gets… legally reviewed. 9) Getting sued. (Congrats...you’re officially legit.) 10) HR actually exists now, and so do policies. 11) Making it home for dinner once a week and feeling like a hero. 12) Closed-toed shoes. Enough said. 13) The snack stash is no longer beef jerky and a rogue K-Cup. 14) Sales stops being “me on Zoom calls” and becomes an actual team. 15) Your first mat/pat leave policy, and realizing how behind you were. 16) Not sweating payroll at 2 a.m. 17) First news hit. Your mom shares it on Facebook. 18) Making 30 under 30 and somehow not going to jail. (that last one is tough for most) These are the real inflection points. They’re unglamorous, chaotic, and slightly ridiculous, but they’re what separate a logo on a slide from a company that survives. IYKYK What’s the most unhinged “milestone” that told you your startup was growing up?

Most people quit at the base of the mountain. Not because they’re weak. But because the summit looks impossible when you’re staring straight up. Right now, it probably feels like you’re standing at the base of your Everest. Overwhelmed. Unsure where to start. Trying to figure out how to climb the entire thing in one shot. But here’s the truth: No one climbs Everest in one push. And no one climbs it alone. Every summit starts with: - Base camp. - A map. - The first step. - A Sherpa who’s been there before. The pros break it into stages: - Camp 1. - Camp 2. - Camp 3. - Summit. Each step compounds. Each leg gets you closer. I’m not worried about the mountain. I’ve climbed plenty. I know what the wind feels like up there. I know how hard it gets, and how worth it it is. So stop staring at the peak. Start setting up camp. One step. One brick. One win at a time. That’s how mountains are moved. If you’ve climbed your own Everest before, share the lesson you wish you had at base camp.

Unpopular opinion: Lazy people want everything successful people have… They just refuse to do the work. “The soul of the lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.” The lazy man desires what hard working people want: A nice house. Food on the table. Vacations. College for his kids. A comfortable retirement. But desire doesn’t build wealth. Discipline does. The world doesn’t owe you your dreams. It doesn’t reward desire. It rewards discipline. A lazy life is an empty life. Early to rise gets the job done. Dreams without work are just fantasies. Harsh? Maybe. True? Absolutely. Be honest, are you working? ...or just wishing?