We have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Kickoff [0:24]
Shaan: Sean, you want to kick things off?
Sam: Uh, yeah, where to start? It’s so funny. I did a pod with Tim, I don’t know, last year or something like that, and I hyper-prepared for it because I was like, “Oh my god, it’s Tim Ferriss. This is the guy. This is the reason I did a podcast in the first place. I wanted to be a Tim Ferriss.” That was a, that was a, that was part of the North Star. This time I had the exact opposite opinion. I was like, “I don’t have any agenda coming into this,” meaning like, I just want to know what’s up. I want to know what’s new, what’s exciting, what are you nerding out about? I just kind of want to hear what’s going on. Like, what is Tim Ferriss up to nowadays? And I have your game here. And actually, you told me about this even when we were doing that last podcast. You said, “I just spent a few days with one of the world’s best game designers.” I didn’t realize that was our mutual friend, Elon. And, uh, Yeah. He’s the man. He came on this podcast too, recently. He’s the man. So you went and did a, you went and made a game with him. Maybe just, I don’t know, let’s start there. Why’d you, why’d you make a game?
Tim: Yeah. Two years in the making, believe it or not. So, I grew up with D&D. I still have all my original modules, Dungeons and Dragons, and played a lot of video games. And as I was looking at what to potentially experiment with next, because every few years I try something that’s very much off-menu or unrelated to what I’m currently doing, right? So, there was the first book, and then the Angel Investing was sort of a waiting into identity diversification so I wouldn’t get pigeonholed in one place as a business author, for instance. And then the podcast after Four Hour Chef, and there have been a number of other examples. Some work out, some don’t. In the case of the game, this came about, I think, pretty naturally because as I was kind of late to therapy in life, but better late than never, I guess, and when people do a lot of therapy or they do psychedelic experiences or when they’ve just had a couple of glasses of wine with friends, at a certain point, what comes up a lot is, “Yeah, you know, I just take stuff so seriously and it’s so heavy and I’m constantly doing A, B, or C. I just need to have like more play, more play, more play.” And so, and if I look back at the books I’ve written, it’s like, “Yeah, okay, productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, learning.” There is a serious tinge to it, if that makes sense. But I feel like analog, getting off of screens, and play is more important than ever. And trying to find something that’s a lighter lift than Dungeons and Dragons seemed like a fun challenge. And I love Alan Lee. The guy is such a polymath of epic proportions. He worked on the first Xbox, Halo, has created entire genres of gaming, has not just one hit, but it has a track record of creating hit after hit after hit with tabletop games. And love the guy. He’s just a sweet, soulful, awesome, hilarious guy. So to be able to develop a friendship with him, I was like, “All right, if I’m choosing projects as I usually do based on skills I’ll develop, knowledge I’ll learn, and relationships I’ll build that could translate outside of that project,” because a lot of projects are going to fail. So if it’s setting it up in a, “How do you win even if you lose?” I was like, “This seems like a very good bet.” It’s something that’s kind of near and dear to me, something I want more of in my life. So if you’re going to make a game, what do you have to do? You have to play a lot of games. So, so also way just forcing myself to get off of laptops and phones and spend time with my friends. And, uh, here we are. It’s, uh, it’s, it’s landing in like 8,000 retail locations, Walmart, Target, everywhere. It’s been exclusive to Walmart for a few months, has been a bestseller, 300 million plus social views of gameplay, which is nuts. And, uh, we’ll see.
Charlie Hoehn [4:09]
Sam: By the way, you in 2014, you had a guy working with you named Charlie Hoehn that I’ve talked to a little bit. Charlie’s really cool. And I remember he wrote a blog post on play. Yeah. Do you remember that?
Tim: Totally. I do. I absolutely do. Yeah.
Sam: And the whole point of the blog post, I was like, “These guys are idiots. They don’t know how to have fun. You can’t just go out and play.” And then as I’ve gotten older and I take things way more serious, I, it’s very strange that I have empathy for that now and I feel that where I’m like, “Oh my god, like I need to go out and have fun and just like not everything needs to make money or not everything needs to have a purpose or be an ice plunge that helps me optimize my morning.” And I just need to do stuff just because it’s fun. That’s what I used to do.
Tim: Oh, totally. And it’s, I mean, all of, I shouldn’t say all, but a lot of the sort of socially reinforced drivers and behaviors and so on are around this, they’re orbiting around this emotional valence of taking things seriously. And there’s a place for that. There are a lot of places for that. But what I’ve also realized, if, if you’re serious all the time, you’re going to burn out or implode or just wear yourself out before you get the truly serious stuff done, right? So it’s like, right now I’m dealing with family medical crises that I don’t want to get into, but I’m dealing with that. There’s a bunch of hairy shit going on. And obviously the state of the world is pretty exciting to put it one way. And having some type of recreation, play, for play’s sake, with social interaction, right? It doesn’t have to be a game. It doesn’t have to be a card game or a tabletop game. It could be playing tennis. It could be anything. Watching UFC with your friends, doesn’t, it doesn’t really matter, right? I think as a psychological release valve and as a way to recharge your batteries so that you can get back into the fray, fully charged and resilient, is super, super, super important. So, for all those reasons, and frankly, it’s like, look, I want to have a family, I want to do all that. It’s a, my top priority, and there’s certain things you want to practice before you need to have them. Right? And I feel like getting back into exploring some of the things that made me so happy and gave me so much joy as a kid makes some sense. And, and the older I get, the more I realize how reliable a lot of that stuff is, right? I wanted to be a comic book penciler forever, and just getting into digital painting on an iPad and taking walking through some tutorials on YouTube with Procreate, it’s like, “Oh, wow. How did I forget about this? This is just so nourishing for me.”
Money Maker vs. Creative Quest [6:52]
Sam: Is this going to be like a good money maker for you? Like, is this a good business decision in addition to a good kind of life, fun, creative quest that you went on, a creative side quest?
Tim: I think it could be, if it’s successful, a nice little annuity that rolls in that is reasonably passive, if it hits escape velocity. Uh, if I were just trying to make money, this is not the way to do it. Like a low-priced physical product that is shipped from overseas, particularly with tariffs and everything, like this is not, if you, if you’re trying to make your riches, I, I would put this kind of in the same category as like streaming music on Spotify or writing books.
Sam: Do you care about making money? Like, are you motivated for more?
Tim: Not really.
Sam: When, when did that, do you remember when that happened where you’re like, “I have, my cup is full”?
Tim: Yeah, it was probably when I had my first one or two real startup exits.
Sam: Which was what? That’s, that’s a Shopify? What, what was the, where were the first?
Tim: Oh, there were a bunch. Uh, the first few hits that were meaningful were like Shopify, Uber, both of which were, were, were sizable, right? For me, for me. It’s not like, look, I’m not going to be subsidizing a presidential campaign or buying, buying a mega yacht, but I don’t, I don’t want to do any of those things.
Sam: Are you comfortable saying publicly a number where you’re like, “You know, I don’t, I’m not motivated by more”? Because a lot of people will listen to this pod and they’re like, “When will I ever feel that?” And, and I’ll give you an easy pass if you don’t want to say that number.
Tim: Yeah, I don’t want to say it. What I will say is that the number for most people will move. And I think that’s both unsurprising and dangerous. So a lot of my friends were like, “Once I have 5 million, I’m going to create a woodworking shop in Oregon and just do the things I really enjoy doing.” And then they get to five, and then it goes to 10, then it goes to 50, then it goes to 100, then it goes, it just keeps going. In part because they haven’t developed other gears and other interests. The only thing they know how to do well, where they feel confident, and furthermore, they have their self-worth wrapped up in, is putting points on the scoreboard in the, in the form of money. And that’s why I think identity diversification and trying other things where you can feel good about yourself and sharp progress, whether that’s piano, archery, uh, any number of other things, doing complete off-menu weird stuff like making a board game or a card game, it is also insurance against having a fixed gear psycho, a fixed gear psychology, right? That is a risky, risky, risky place to be. And, uh, for me, I’ve, I’ve, I think I’m maybe fortunate in that I was raised in a family that didn’t have a lot of money. We were always looking for interesting adventures that, that didn’t cost very much. And as I’ve gotten older, when I block out, say, a week to do stuff with my friends, uh, these are my very old friends in some cases, and some of them do not have or make much money. And that’s totally fine. I mean, I pay for stuff, or in some cases, not always, but the stuff that we actually want to do together is some type of activity, right? It’s doing wilderness training in the Rockies, which I’m doing in two weeks. It’s going on a ski trip. Doesn’t have to be to Niseko in Japan. You can do it, you can go to Colorado, Utah, whatever. It doesn’t need to be crazy. Or it could be backcountry skiing where you’re touring, in which case you have many more options. Does not have to be expensive. And the stuff that we talk about, the WhatsApp groups that started for an event that are still active, are always some activity like that. So the stuff that I spend my money on is stuff like that. It’s like, I’m not afraid to spend money. I don’t think money is evil. I think it’s a great tool. Um, but it took me a while to psychologically get comfortable with a bunch of other gears. It wasn’t the number. Right? Like I passed my number and I felt like I needed more. I didn’t have a fixed number, but I felt like I needed more to have some degree of psychological safety and then everything will be okay, right? And then my problems will go away. And then you realize, that’s bullshit. Like money solves money problems. Like you got plenty of work to do.
Reading Habits [11:18]
Sam: All right, I read a ton. I would say almost a book a week. And the reason I read so much is because my philosophy towards reading is I want to see what worked for the winners that I love and what strategies they used. And then I want to see what mistakes uh did they all make? What were the common flaws that they all had? And I just want to avoid that. And so Hubspot asked me to put together a list of the books that have changed my life so far in 2025, and I did that. And so I listed out seven books that made a meaningful difference in my life and I explained what the difference is that they had on me or what actions I took because of the book. And then also I listed out my very particular ways of reading because I’m pretty strategic about how I read and how I read so much and how I remember what I read and things like that. And so I put this together in a very simple guide. It’s seven books that had a huge impact on my life and you can scan the QR code below if you want to read it or there’s a link. You guys know what to do. There’s a link in the description. Just go ahead and click it and you’ll see the guide that I made. So it’s the seven books that had a massive change in my life this year so far. And then also how I’m able to read so much. So check it out below.
High Net Worth Survey [12:24]
Sam: Well, have you guys read that, um, I think Bloomberg has this great article where they had high, uh, ultra-high net worth bankers survey their clients. And it was fairly consistent at $50,000 in net worth all the way up to $50 million in net worth. The answer to, “When do you think you’re going to have enough?” was almost consistently always two times more than what they currently have. So if you have 50,000, you think, “When I have 100, I’m going to be a little breeze.” I have a million, when I have two, I can breathe.
Tim: Yeah. So when I had heard that, I, I was like, “Yeah, that makes sense, relatable. Uh, I’ve been there and I could see that.” But it was also left me defeated. Like, “Okay, so then what? Is there, is there simply no answer? Is that the right answer?” And I think what Tim is saying is kind of where I’ve landed, which is for most people, it’s an imagination problem. They haven’t spent the time to think about what else they want in life, and therefore, they just move the goalpost a little further on the, on the money game or the, the success game that they are super familiar with. And so it’s not even a question of hitting a benchmark. It’s simply like, you have, you have not put sufficient resources into thinking about the other things that will give you that same sense of purpose, of progress, of achievement, of fulfillment, you know, in other areas.
Lifestyle Sampling [13:37]
Shaan: What framework, Sean, do you use? Because like, I, I mean, I, I struggle with that where I’m like, “Well, I don’t know what to do. I’ve been doing this, and this is, so I’ve got one. I’ve got one. That’s maybe a little less visible, which is the, the social traps involved with making more money. And here’s what I mean by that. As people make more money, sometimes they end up hanging out with people who have more money. And a lot of humans, if they have enough wherewithal to make like 100 grand a year, they want to make 200 grand a year. Now they start hanging out with people who make 250 a year. Okay. And now those people have new toys, new goals, more ambitious fill in the blank, and it becomes this social relative wealth slash competition. And I’ve seen this over and over again. Then people kind of trade up again in a sense. They start spending more and more time in wealthier circles, and now people are comparing which jets they have. And, “Oh, really? You have that place in fill in the blank state? Oh, yeah. Well, if you’re ever interested, right? I think there might be one lot left at the Yellowstone Club or fill in the blank, right?” And there’s a, there’s a social risk of having people who are at your level of wealth or above, because the natural inclination is going to be to roll uphill. And for that reason, I try to spend a lot of time around people and with people, not just old friends, because some people are like, “Hey, where I grew up, it’s like we diverged so so far in our paths, I don’t have those friendships anymore.” That’s fine. But spending time with like some of the world’s best fill in the blank, right? Archers, swimmers, uh, super high-level piano players who make next to no money, but who you can respect really, really, really deeply, who are fun to spend time with, who seem to have in many instances, great lives and are more content than the rich people who are chasing the next the next phantom, whatever that happens to be. Uh, and there are well-adjusted, awesome people with wealth who don’t suffer from this keeping up with the Joneses, but they are actually very few in my experience. So the social piece is really important. Like, who are you spending time with? And if they’re all at your level of of income, net worth, or higher, the very natural evolved instinct is I think going to be to roll uphill into more and a more and more expensive and money-dependent path.
Sam: Yeah. What’s your answer to that, Sean? That, do you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade to make. Once you have the power to get whatever it is that you want, then the priority shifts to wanting the right shit.
Sam: Did you have a framework or or or anything to say about it?
Tim: Well, the first was kind of the wake-up call, right? Like, uh, I would say like, beginning of career, 20s, it’s, I don’t even have the ability to get what I want, regardless of what I wanted. I didn’t have the skill. I was too feeble, I was too passive, I was too, uh, dumb, I was too unskilled. I didn’t have the, you know, the, the hustle, I didn’t have the marketing chops. I didn’t know how to get even what I wanted. The first part of my career was just to actually figure out how to even get what you want. And I started with a very simple want, which is like, “Oh, I want to be successful. I want to make money. I want to be financially independent,” right? And I looked around and I saw that, okay, most people, most people are, uh, you know, on a bit of a financial treadmill. They’re never going to make enough where they can be financially free to have total freedom to choose what they want. Um, and they seem to be dreading going to work. They didn’t seem to be enjoying the thing they were doing either now. So they couldn’t get out and they didn’t like where they were. Uh, then you saw, you know, a few people made a lot of money, but they didn’t really like the way that they had to make the money. These are the bankers, the consultants, and the people who were, you know, they were maybe traveling a lot, maybe it was low creativity type of jobs, but hey, paid, paid really well. And then there was the lucky few who seemed to have both, right? It’s like they were making gobs of money doing creative work that they loved, and they forgot what day of the week it was because they were just so excited to get, get, get up and do their projects. And I just was like, “Okay, cool. That’s kind of the first thing I, that’s the first thing to want.” And when I, when I got to that point, then I realized and I looked around me, you, and a bunch of our mutual friends, Sam, like, you realize that some people never re, never went back and asked the question, “What do I want now?” So that maybe that was the right thing to want when I was 20, or is my best idea then, but when I turned 30, that wasn’t the best idea anymore of what to want. And we have a bunch of friends, not going to name names, but they’ve already earned the last dollar they will ever spend in their life. And so now they’re trading great hours for useless dollars, which is like such a wake-up call of a bad trade