How to stop being a noob & be more 1337.

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Making money online is a lot like playing computer games.

You can either be a n00b or you can be 1337.

(n00b = "newb". 1337 = elite.)

In this post I'm going to give you 3 nuggets of wisdom that I picked up while playing an MMORPG called RuneScape (RS) under the username Trev_Frank (I started playing when I was 10 & didn't wanna use my real name).

I used these 3 nuggets to become rank 3rd in the world in an in-game skill called Firemaking and I believe these 3 nuggets will help you make more money online as well.

Here they are:

1) I did what I loved and ignored the rest.

When Michael Jordan was asked what makes him so good he said: "My love of the game."

When he was asked how to help children get good at basketball, he said: "Let them play first. Make sure they love it. Train their skills only after they love it."

In RS, I could have done 100 different things each day, but I chose to just ignore everything else and just light fires for 4-8 hours a day...

My dad even had to buy a software that limited my PC usage...

I was willing to give my life to the game.

With making money online, you must love the mission you're on.

Don't do this for the money... Do this for the love of 'The Great Online Game'.

Over the past year I've made a full time income on Skool but my work has never once felt like work...

I can happily spend all day at my computer just working.

This gives me an unfair advantage over anyone who's just trying to mAkE sOmE mOnEy OnLiNe.

2) I did it how I loved to do it.

My Firemaking process was VERY simple.

1. Run to the bank teller to withdrawal logs.

2. Run to the far end of the screen.

3. Light the logs.

4. Run back to the bank teller.

I repeated this same process for HOURS everyday (you can see this in the video attached below).

Now, for Contentpreneurship, my process looks like this:

1. Study successful Contentpreneurs.

2. Write Skool posts like this one teaching people how to be successful like the top Contentpreneurs.

3. Convert the Skool posts into emails, SM posts, and YT videos.

4. Invite my viewers & readers to my free Skool community to get a free PDF or mini course to learn more.

5. Work with my paid Skool community members to get them results ASAP.

When you love the process, there's no procrastination or use of willpower because you genuinely enjoy doing it.

When it comes to dialling in your process, everyone has their own flow and ideal way of doing things.

All of the best...

• Athletes train differently.

• Musicians compose differently.

• Writers write differently.

• Actors prepare for roles differently.

To be your best, you have to find YOUR way, and make it uniquely YOUR OWN.

Find the way that works for you.

Remove any part of the process you dislike.

Actionable item #1: Ask yourself if you prefer coaching over teaching.

• Coaching: Being there for someone 24/7 and taking notes on all their progress for them. Think of the 'football clipboard coach with a whistle'.

• Teaching: Simplifying complex ideas to help people understand. Think of 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'.

If you're coaching people inside of your school community then you better love coaching!

For me I don't love coaching as much as I love teaching.

So inside of my Skool community I act a a teacher and not a coach.

Actionable Item #2: Ask yourself if you love being the face of it, or behind the scenes.

Some people LOVE making content and being the face (Alex Hormozi, Steve Jobs, Eminem).

Others LOVE being behind the scenes tinkering and building (Sam Ovens, Steve Wozniak, Dr. Dre).

If you prefer being behind the scenes, consider teaming up with someone who wants to be the face.

3) I could see the number go up.

Lighting fires everyday could have gotten boring very fast.

But because my Firemaking exp points kept increasing every time I lit a fire, I became obsessed with getting that number higher and higher.

Why? Because numbers help us gamify our process and objectively measure our progress.

Imagine playing basketball but you couldn't keep score? That'd get boring fast.

When I was a personal trainer in the gym, I had great relationships with each of my clients.

But the clients who stopped working with me the quickest were always the clients who saw no progress on paper, and the ones who stuck with me the longest were always the clients who saw progress on paper.

So ask yourself: "What number can I see increasing if I just keep repeating a simple process I enjoy?"

That number might be:

• Words written

• Posts uploaded

• Videos uploaded

• Books read (I'm on #3 this year - my goal is 52.)

• DM's sent (My team sends out 100 per day on IG & FB)

• Cold calls made

Whatever the number is, make sure increasing it is entirely WITHIN your control.

Notice how all of the above examples are within your control?

Don't pick a number like MRR or views because those numbers are out of your control and they come as a RESULT OF the number that IS within your control.

WARNING: Don't take this "having a number" piece of advice lightly...

RS game developers decided to max us out at 200m exp... So once I maxed out at 200m I became unmotivated to keep going.

As much as I loved the process, I wanted to SEE progress.

I even contacted customer support and told them to raise the 200m exp limit lol

But because they didn't, I retired, gave my account to my 12 year old cousin, and he got my account banned shortly after due to bot usage 😂

I wasn't upset with losing my account though because I loved what I did, loved how I did it, and loved seeing progress along the way.

Journey > Destination.

Process > End Result.

Hope this helps!

P.S.

Attached are a couple videos showing me Firemaking (some 'fans' screen recorded me) to show how repetitive this process was - and how obsessed I was!

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