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Credibility-hack. Leverage the credibility of others through close association. When I got started on YouTube I was a spotty, uneducated, teenager. I had zero credibility. So I procrastinated on making content for ages. "Why would anyone want to listen to me?" So I borrowed the credibility Stoicism to start uploading videos: https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewKirbys/videos (sort by oldest). I was never claiming I was an expert. I was saying "Marcus Aurelius was an expert, and here's what he said." It worked! I started growing my audience. It's worth noting you can credibility hack in many ways. Leverage science (like Rian Doris), leverage celebrities (like Jeff Bezos Vs Elon Musk's morning routine), or really anything else that has credibility. Then I realised that I had overcome my procrastination around uploading videos, so now I had some credibility around that topic. "I used to procrastinate, now I don't, here's how I did it." I went from borrowing other's credibility to having a bit of my own. I started being the 'productivity guy' Launched a flagship digital product. Made $1M in 2 years. So... if you don't have credibility... Credibility-hack!

As requested by The Kirbinator, (formerly known as @Andrew Kirby) I will post a bit about myself and my biz partner @Jeffrey Buoncristiano. You might be surprised what you get from this. Im not gonna repost my long ass "how i did it" book here. Instead I'm going to show you something: I considered titling this post something more fun, but the fact is (if youve been in business long) that its ingrained in us to want something different than we need. We. just. Can't. Stop it. Me and Buon are not well known names in the skool community now because we are loud, colorful, and weird. We are because we made 8k in 1 hour. But what im here to tell you is that THAT is the reason why we made 8k in one hour. BECAUSE we are loud, colorful, and WEIRD. or at least different. And thats my point. While you are on your business path, (even becoming a Synthesizer), if you are anything like me, you have to learn quite a few things in order to succeed. And a lot of them require learning to speak to the mind of others. And in many cases play the business game as it has been played. There is nothing wrong with that. But you HAVE to be careful here. Because as lame as it sounds, the emotional part STILL exists and (simply put) if you don't feed it, you lose yourself The same goes for your clients, friends, and family. And even political ass munches. (they lost their soul because they got lost playing the game) So. If you really want to succeed in your industry quickly, you need to stand out. and you stand out by not stopping your goofy impulses. the harmless ones. That authenticity is the invisible currency that we are ALL craving deep down. Money is nice, but having a place to simply be yourself is just as important. The lesson here is this: If you want to grow fast. be different. For you that means taking all the boring parts of your business, and paint that shit pink and yellow! Relieving your clients pains doesnt mean just giving them more time.