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@Ian_Schwartzman Most people try to think their way into clarity. Usually clarity comes from movement.

You’re better off starting and fine tuning as you go, instead of fine tuning so much that you never get started.

@LewisHowes Starting my business. That was the biggest thing fear of judgment kept me delaying.

What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

@realElkayAI @danmartell This is moving too fast for passive curiosity. The people who experiment early will understand the leverage first.

@StratBizLab @danmartell That’s right. You will be left behind as it exponentially grows. Act now.

Today my team uses AI to pull every clip, every story, every relevant quote from my entire content library. What used to take weeks takes hours. This is the leverage era.

@themaxthule This worked for me too. I stopped leading with what I do and started asking people in my industry how they were thinking about their positioning and growth. The conversations got way better.

the best cold DM I ever sent was a question about their workflow. not a pitch. not a compliment. not "love your content." just genuine curiosity about how they do what they do. they replied in 4 minutes.

The real advantage won’t come from using AI. It’ll come from building workflows around it before everyone else does. Speed is becoming normal. Leverage is the edge.

@realElkayAI @danmartell The biggest risk now isn’t using AI badly. It’s waiting too long to learn where it actually creates leverage.

@danmartell Yes and it can be done in seconds. We need to start now to be in the game.

@_ZaniarAhmadi @danmartell AI doesn’t fix a messy system. It just makes the mess run faster.

yep. the real unlock is not just clip finding, it's having a content library with clean tags, timestamps, and source links so the ai can actually pull the right thing. otherwise u just get fast wrong answers

@danmartell AI multiplies whatever system it touches. If the library is messy, it just scales the mess faster.

@themaxthule People don’t respond to your résumé. They respond to relevance.

most cold DMs fail because they start with "I." I built this. I created that. I can help you. nobody cares about your I. they care about their problem.

@Waller7J Exactly. Outcomes matter more than activity. A lot of people look busy without producing anything.

When you cut the dogs loose, don’t watch them hunt.. Simply count what they bring back..

@realumutturan @AlexHormozi Excitement is a spark. Resilience is the fuel that actually keeps the fire going.

@AlexHormozi Passionate people fuel their work with excitement. Committed people fuel it with resilience. That's why one beats the other every time. It's not about motivation, it's about what lasts.

Passionate people work when they feel like it. Committed people work because they've removed all other options. The second beats the first every time.

@danielrachlin @AlexHormozi Those are exactly the days that separate who makes it from who doesn’t.

@AlexHormozi You need commitment when the passion isn't there. And there will be days when it isn't.

@LHJoshuaWrites @AlexHormozi Exactly. Passion starts the engine. Systems and commitment keep it running.

@AlexHormozi passion only gets you so far in life, sooner or later it will not be enough to keep you going

@AlexHormozi Passion is a feeling. Commitment is a decision. Feelings change. Decisions don’t have to.

100%. But I’d take it a step further, execution without direction is just busy. Make sure the actions you’re showing up for every day are actually moving you toward something specific. Your future doesn’t care about your intentions, and it doesn’t care about your activity either. It only cares about results.

@KevinSzabo14 Get out there and make the day expensive for your excuses. Your future doesn’t care how good your intentions were.

life advice as a man in his 20’s start a business travel the world retire parents find ur wife gym everyday invest make more money

The list is solid. But none of it is sustainable without a business that has real structure behind it. Traveling the world and retiring your parents requires more than hustle, it requires a model that’s positioned to win without you grinding every hour to keep it alive. Build the foundation first.

Good list, but I’d add one thing, build something that still works when you’re not working. Starting a business is step one. Building a business with a clear position in the market that attracts the right people without you constantly chasing them? That’s what actually funds the rest of the list.

@talbadani1 @CliftonSellers Distribution gets you in front of people. Positioning determines what they do when they get there. Both matter, but a lot of founders pour everything into reaching more people while the message itself isn’t doing any work. You can’t distribute your way out of a clarity problem.

@CliftonSellers You nailed it. Distribution is the whole game.

Every founder has a moral obligation to make as many people know the company exists as possible and we don’t talk about that enough

Visibility is the obligation, but positioning is what makes visibility work. You can get everyone to know you exist and still lose, if they can’t immediately understand why you’re the right choice. The goal isn’t just awareness, it’s being known for the right thing, to the right people, in a way that makes the decision easy.

Most people treat content like output, just keep producing and hope something lands. But content without a strategic foundation is just noise with a posting schedule. The real shift happens when every piece you write has a job to do, move someone closer to trusting you, choosing you, or remembering you. That’s not just writing. That’s positioning.

At 18 I lost my first 2 clients. No warning. No explanation. Just silence. Took me 3 years to figure out why: I was just writing content. Not writing with a strategy. There's a massive difference.