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The Only 25 Ways to Make Money in 2026 — Transcript

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  1. 0:00I know for a fact that you're tired of
  2. 0:02searching the internet for the best ways
  3. 0:04to make money online. Every day,
  4. 0:06thousands of internet gurus tell you to
  5. 0:08try affiliate marketing or drop
  6. 0:10shipping, and they're all full of
  7. 0:13Those things don't work in 2026,
  8. 0:15especially not in the new era of AI. In
  9. 0:18my AI venture studio, Martell Ventures,
  10. 0:20I've created dozens of companies that
  11. 0:22now generate millions, and I can tell
  12. 0:24you there's only a few real ways to make
  13. 0:26money online. To make it simple, we're
  14. 0:28breaking everything into four buckets.
  15. 0:31Trash, the stuff you shoulding run away
  16. 0:33from. Easy, businesses you can launch in
  17. 0:36under three months, earning 5 to 10K a
  18. 0:38month. Medium, skills that can be
  19. 0:41profitable within a year, making 10 to
  20. 0:4350K a month. And hard, long-term plays
  21. 0:46that may take more time, but can make
  22. 0:48you millions if done right. I'll tell
  23. 0:50you the income potential, difficulty,
  24. 0:53how long it'll take to make money, and
  25. 0:56who is best for each bucket. So, without
  26. 0:59further explanation, let's get into the
  27. 1:01real ways to make money in 2026. [music]
  28. 1:04Starting with bucket number one, the
  29. 1:06trash bucket. The income potential for
  30. 1:09this bucket is zero or even worse, could
  31. 1:11be negative. Difficulty, I mean, it
  32. 1:13looks easy, but it gives you nothing
  33. 1:16back. time frame wastes months [music]
  34. 1:18before you realize it was dead on
  35. 1:20arrival. Who is it best for? No one. NFT
  36. 1:24flipping. The hype is freaking done.
  37. 1:26Look at all the projects that launched.
  38. 1:28Nobody made money. The ones that thought
  39. 1:30they made money have lost money. And if
  40. 1:32you're going to start there and you
  41. 1:34haven't made money ever online, that's a
  42. 1:36losing recipe. Next, crypto trading
  43. 1:40moves really fast. Most people don't
  44. 1:42have the patience and it's [music]
  45. 1:44without any crazy skill. Unless you're
  46. 1:46the person that tries to frontr run the
  47. 1:48whole freaking trade, most people lose
  48. 1:50money every freaking day. Next,
  49. 1:52multi-level marketing. If the way you
  50. 1:55make money is getting paid to recruit
  51. 1:57people to join your thing and you don't
  52. 1:59shape the business and you don't
  53. 2:01actually sell anything and you actually
  54. 2:03spend more money to buy product to try
  55. 2:05to get up the leaderboard, that's not a
  56. 2:06business you want to be in. Most of
  57. 2:08these are scams. Next, basic caption or
  58. 2:11subtitles. [music] Now, AI does it
  59. 2:13faster, cheaper, and way better. After
  60. 2:16that, we have low-level data entry. This
  61. 2:19is wild to watch that people still think
  62. 2:22they're going to make money on this
  63. 2:23because AI tools have replaced this work
  64. 2:25completely. Fiverr Microtask, my
  65. 2:28favorite website on the internet 5 years
  66. 2:30ago. Trying to make money this way. It's
  67. 2:33not the worst on the list, but it has
  68. 2:35zero long-term growth. Next, we got
  69. 2:37print ondemand. Here's the thing, it's
  70. 2:40really crowded and everyone sells the
  71. 2:43same stuff. And last but not least, my
  72. 2:46favorite, day trading. Here's the deal.
  73. 2:48If you're not completely into it,
  74. 2:50obsessed on it, and just want to just
  75. 2:52live the day trading life, it is way
  76. 2:55easier to lose money than to make any.
  77. 2:58Basically, all these are like trying to
  78. 3:00race across the ocean in a car. [music]
  79. 3:02You keep drowning because you need a
  80. 3:04different vehicle. So, to make sure your
  81. 3:07idea isn't in this bucket, I need you to
  82. 3:09run your idea through the trash filter.
  83. 3:12Three simple questions. One, is AI
  84. 3:16already replacing this? Two, is the
  85. 3:19industry shrinking or going obsolete?
  86. 3:22Three, is it easier to lose money than
  87. 3:25to make money? If you answer yes to any,
  88. 3:29move on immediately. Now, let's talk
  89. 3:32about the first bucket that actually
  90. 3:34pays real money. Bucket number two, easy
  91. 3:37bucket. The income potential, 5 to 10k a
  92. 3:40month, no problem. The difficulty, low,
  93. 3:43simple skills, fast turnaround. Time
  94. 3:46frame, 30 to 60 days to actually get
  95. 3:49paid. And it's best for beginners trying
  96. 3:52to gain some momentum and build some
  97. 3:53skills. You don't need a degree for
  98. 3:55these. These just need basic execution
  99. 3:58and learning how to talk to customers.
  100. 4:00Just get your first dollar online. Build
  101. 4:02some confidence and learn how clients
  102. 4:04work. Here are some examples. The first
  103. 4:06one, basic short form editing. If you
  104. 4:09haven't seen all the people that have
  105. 4:10like these clipping accounts and people
  106. 4:12like edit these short form videos all
  107. 4:14over social media, I mean, the demand is
  108. 4:16[music] huge. Every person now seems to
  109. 4:18be a content creator and AI makes it
  110. 4:20incredibly easy. So, it's easy to get
  111. 4:22paid fast. Love this one. [music] Next,
  112. 4:25we got social media copywriting. Every
  113. 4:27business in the world needs to learn how
  114. 4:29to use words to get customers to buy and
  115. 4:32they need somebody to help them. And the
  116. 4:34tools are getting so good. Just get the
  117. 4:36client, do the work, get paid. Next,
  118. 4:39we've got the AI chatbot setup for small
  119. 4:42businesses. I love this one because
  120. 4:44every small business needs more time
  121. 4:46back. And if you can be the person that
  122. 4:48comes in and help them set this up, they
  123. 4:50will pay you money because it's easy for
  124. 4:52them to redeploy their time to make more
  125. 4:54money than what they paid you. use this
  126. 4:56one. Next, we've got the AI
  127. 4:58receptionist. Along those same lines,
  128. 5:00it's crazy today when you can use tools
  129. 5:02like your.com that you can get paid to
  130. 5:05set up for small businesses to take all
  131. 5:07the inbound calls to qualify, [music]
  132. 5:09sell, fill up schedules, answer
  133. 5:11questions, and it'll do it without being
  134. 5:14upset, complain, take time off, or call
  135. 5:17in sick. Helping businesses do this is a
  136. 5:20great way to make money. Next, we've got
  137. 5:22UGC content. Brands want to pay for real
  138. 5:26people showing their products, not
  139. 5:28professional models. Helping a brand
  140. 5:30connect with a creator and you're the
  141. 5:32middleman and you get a piece of this.
  142. 5:34My buddy in Dubai, this is his whole
  143. 5:36business and they're already doing 100K
  144. 5:37[music] a month. So, you can make 5 to
  145. 5:3910 starting with this one. And last, the
  146. 5:42virtual or executive assistant. It's one
  147. 5:44of my fave categories cuz I wrote a book
  148. 5:46called Buy Back Your Time. See, rich
  149. 5:47people hate wasting time and they'll pay
  150. 5:50you to get it back. The best part is you
  151. 5:52get paid to hang out with smart people
  152. 5:54that can teach you about life to help
  153. 5:56them get done. Nob brainer. A great
  154. 5:59example of this bucket is my buddy Mark.
  155. 6:01No background, no experience. He decides
  156. 6:03to start approaching companies to help
  157. 6:05them take long form content that they
  158. 6:06were creating using AI to break it down
  159. 6:09into short form clips. And that simple
  160. 6:12process of using AI tools, making it
  161. 6:15repeatable, and turning around really
  162. 6:16quick has scaled now. Whereas a
  163. 6:18freelancer, he earns $30,000 a month
  164. 6:20with only seven clients. This bucket is
  165. 6:22about learning how to master a high
  166. 6:24income skill. Because if you already
  167. 6:26knew how to make millions, you'd be
  168. 6:28making millions. Which means you're
  169. 6:30going to have to invest in yourself to
  170. 6:31develop the skills to add value to the
  171. 6:33world. If you want to try any of these
  172. 6:35ideas, follow these specific [music]
  173. 6:37steps. First, create your outcomebased
  174. 6:40offer. Don't sell your time. Map to a
  175. 6:43pain the customer already has. help them
  176. 6:45make money or save time around an area
  177. 6:48that they're really in pain around
  178. 6:50because pain is a perfect way to figure
  179. 6:52out what they're willing to pay for.
  180. 6:53Make a promise that's specific around a
  181. 6:56result in a very specific time frame.
  182. 6:59That's how you create a compelling offer
  183. 7:00and then just remove all the risks. Just
  184. 7:02tell them what the guarantee is and then
  185. 7:04say, "Because it's just you, [music] you
  186. 7:06can only take so many clients, so I'm
  187. 7:07only looking for three or five clients."
  188. 7:09That creates urgency and it'll get them
  189. 7:10to buy right away. And for what it's
  190. 7:12worth, if you [music] want to make this
  191. 7:13super easy, I can send you my exact
  192. 7:16offer template. So, all you have to do
  193. 7:18is copy and paste it. It'll save you
  194. 7:20hours of tweaking and adjusting and
  195. 7:22testing. Just DM me the [music] words
  196. 7:23YouTube offer on Instagram or click the
  197. 7:26link in the description below and I'll
  198. 7:27send it over. So, once you have your
  199. 7:29offer, just do one daily outreach.
  200. 7:32That's a non-negotiable. If you want to
  201. 7:33make money online, set it and forget it.
  202. 7:35It's just a habit. So, reach out to one
  203. 7:37potential client every day until you get
  204. 7:40customers. But you just have to have a
  205. 7:41clear offer. That's what this bucket
  206. 7:43will teach you. That skill of crafting
  207. 7:45an offer, getting somebody to understand
  208. 7:46it, and paying you. [music] This will
  209. 7:48get you the best chance to be successful
  210. 7:50in this bucket. That being said, if you
  211. 7:52already have experience [music] or you
  212. 7:54want income that's more consistent, the
  213. 7:56medium bucket might actually be better
  214. 7:58choice.
  215. 8:00Bucket number three, the medium bucket.
  216. 8:02Essentially, the income potential is 10
  217. 8:04to 50K per month minimum. Difficulty
  218. 8:07level, it's medium, but multi-kill work
  219. 8:09tied to real business outcomes makes you
  220. 8:11money. You're not just doing task
  221. 8:13anymore. You're solving revenue and
  222. 8:15growth problems for businesses. And the
  223. 8:17time frame to make real money could be 3
  224. 8:19months, maybe worst case 12 months, but
  225. 8:22you're setting up your future. And it's
  226. 8:24best for people that have some skill but
  227. 8:26want more stability and scale. When I
  228. 8:29look at Sam on my media team, Sam didn't
  229. 8:31ask for a step-by-step instruction to be
  230. 8:33successful. He just framed the outcome.
  231. 8:36He took ownership and he delivered.
  232. 8:38Because of that, he got opportunities to
  233. 8:40step up. That's why you've probably seen
  234. 8:42the video of me giving him his dream
  235. 8:44car, a Porsche GT4. It wasn't because he
  236. 8:46was doing little tiny tasks. [music]
  237. 8:48It's because he actually delivered the
  238. 8:49outcome. And for me, that became vastly
  239. 8:52more valuable. And that's what's
  240. 8:54different about this bucket. You're no
  241. 8:55longer just doing the skill. You're
  242. 8:57actually tying your pay to an outcome.
  243. 8:59The only way for your clients to make
  244. 9:01more money is for them to focus on
  245. 9:02solving bigger problems which mean you
  246. 9:04come in and take the smaller [music]
  247. 9:05problems off their plate. So what are
  248. 9:07some examples in this category? The
  249. 9:09first one automation agencies. This
  250. 9:11one's the new hotness. Why? The demand
  251. 9:13for this alone makes it a fantastic
  252. 9:16opportunity and it makes you bulletproof
  253. 9:18for the future. businesses are literally
  254. 9:21drowning in opportunity to automate and
  255. 9:23it makes them money quickly and it saves
  256. 9:25them time at scale and it's going to
  257. 9:27futureproof [music] you for other
  258. 9:29companies. Next, we got LinkedIn growth
  259. 9:31systems powered by AI. Every CEO or
  260. 9:34leader out there, they need more reach.
  261. 9:36They need people to know who they are.
  262. 9:38They need people to know, like, and
  263. 9:39trust them. And if you're the kind of
  264. 9:40person to come in and own that outcome
  265. 9:42of getting that attention, that
  266. 9:44audience, that trust, [music] they will
  267. 9:46pay you to help them grow. Next, we've
  268. 9:48got micro SASS, near and dear to my
  269. 9:49heart, and really AI tools for small
  270. 9:52businesses. These are like really small,
  271. 9:54tiny tools that help save people time.
  272. 9:56So, you can have like a plugin, an
  273. 9:58extension, an app for a marketplace,
  274. 10:01[music] but the cool part is you charge
  275. 10:02monthly for simple, clear value, and
  276. 10:05that's how you stack revenue. Next,
  277. 10:07we've got an AI content agency. This one
  278. 10:10is super fun, especially if you love
  279. 10:12content. I mean, brands are always
  280. 10:14looking for more content that's aligned
  281. 10:16to help them create associations [music]
  282. 10:18to help their business. So, you use AI
  283. 10:20to produce high volumes without
  284. 10:22shooting. It's crazy. So, look into like
  285. 10:25Hey Genen, 11 Labs, and other tools like
  286. 10:27that that'll make this job easy. And for
  287. 10:29these last two options, just take a
  288. 10:31screenshot for all the AI tools that I
  289. 10:33put up on screen so that you can make
  290. 10:34this option way easier. And last, we
  291. 10:36have highquality motion graphic [music]
  292. 10:38designers. The more AI can do all kind
  293. 10:41of lowquality stuff and like people are
  294. 10:43shooting more and more content. What's
  295. 10:44missing is somebody to understand how to
  296. 10:46do motion graphics. This is the
  297. 10:48separator. This is where you make
  298. 10:50content [music] look pro. So you want to
  299. 10:51learn After Effects plus all the AI
  300. 10:53tools that help you make and deliver
  301. 10:55premium assets fast. And for these last
  302. 10:57two options, take a screenshot of all
  303. 10:59these AI tools that will make it so much
  304. 11:01easier for you. If you fall in love with
  305. 11:03this bucket, here are two pro tips that
  306. 11:05you need. One, build three to five
  307. 11:08measurable case studies that you can
  308. 11:10tell to other people. That way, it'll
  309. 11:12allow you to sell to more clients fast.
  310. 11:14So, if you're just starting off, maybe
  311. 11:15you find people that represent your
  312. 11:17ideal customer profile and offer to
  313. 11:19either do it at a discount or free. I
  314. 11:21don't love free, but let's say discount.
  315. 11:22And in return for that discount, they
  316. 11:24agree to let you use their project as a
  317. 11:27case study to talk to other customers
  318. 11:28about. Two, sell outcomebased monthly
  319. 11:31retainers instead of one-off projects. I
  320. 11:34still see people in today's age that are
  321. 11:36selling their time for [music] money.
  322. 11:38You have to disconnect from that. Don't
  323. 11:40get stuck in it. Don't start there.
  324. 11:42Don't get in the trap. When you can sell
  325. 11:44outcomes, especially like monthly
  326. 11:46retainers for a specific outcome, that
  327. 11:47creates predictability and reoccurring
  328. 11:50revenue in your business. And that is
  329. 11:51the most beautiful place to get. And
  330. 11:53that is how you make real money online.
  331. 11:56But if you want to build something way
  332. 11:58bigger than yourself, something that
  333. 11:59could actually [music] change your
  334. 12:01entire life, the hard bucket is where
  335. 12:03it's at. Bucket number four, the hard
  336. 12:05bucket. The income potential here could
  337. 12:08be like a million plus a month.
  338. 12:10Honestly, millions. The difficulty level
  339. 12:12though is high cuz it's going to require
  340. 12:14systems, leadership, and honestly
  341. 12:16long-term thinking. It's hard to get
  342. 12:18into and it may need some capital or
  343. 12:21expertise, but you will see a massive
  344. 12:23return. And the time frame to get to
  345. 12:25this level, if you start from zero,
  346. 12:27could take two to 10 years or more,
  347. 12:29depending on your level of effort. It's
  348. 12:31best for people who want to build
  349. 12:33something bigger than themselves.
  350. 12:34Essentially, an asset or even better, an
  351. 12:36empire. [music] And the reason why is
  352. 12:38because you're building something that
  353. 12:40someone else might actually buy. The
  354. 12:42people in this bucket are my kind of
  355. 12:44people. So, let's run through some
  356. 12:46examples. The first, [music] investing
  357. 12:48in AI first founders. This is my world.
  358. 12:51See, back in the day, I've been doing AI
  359. 12:53investing for over seven years.
  360. 12:55Companies like Flex Pay or Intercom,
  361. 12:57etc. These are all companies I was
  362. 12:59involved in in the early days. And
  363. 13:00what's cool about it is that if you have
  364. 13:02the capital and you invest in them, when
  365. 13:04they win, you win. When you get equity
  366. 13:06without running the company yourself,
  367. 13:08you get a lot of time back. So, this is
  368. 13:10a great way to create leverage and
  369. 13:11create an empire. I've personally
  370. 13:13invested in over a 100 companies using
  371. 13:15this method. And starting from 2026,
  372. 13:18this is going to get way bigger. A lot
  373. 13:20of people are going to be able to do
  374. 13:21this one. Next, we got software AI
  375. 13:23products. Essentially, this is my world.
  376. 13:25This is what I build at Martell
  377. 13:26Ventures. We have built or partnered
  378. 13:28with people that have launched a new AI
  379. 13:30company every month for the last year
  380. 13:32and a little bit. And I'm telling you,
  381. 13:33this one has made me more money than
  382. 13:35anything I've ever done my whole life.
  383. 13:37The key to make it work is you got to
  384. 13:39build tools that solve real problems in
  385. 13:41a way that's unique. Most of the
  386. 13:43applications that I'm working on,
  387. 13:45honestly, the AI [music] isn't powerful
  388. 13:47enough yet for it to work. Not only is
  389. 13:50it a great way to generate reoccurring
  390. 13:52revenue because it's software, but you
  391. 13:53build some value where people will pay
  392. 13:55you 10 [music] to 50 times more than
  393. 13:58your topline revenue for the business.
  394. 14:00Next is buying small businesses and
  395. 14:02using AI to automate 30 to 50% of it.
  396. 14:05It's so crazy how there's like these
  397. 14:07really simple businesses that are still
  398. 14:09stuck in the 80s. My friend Jason bought
  399. 14:11a campground a couple years ago and all
  400. 14:13he did was put in AI powered booking
  401. 14:15software, management software,
  402. 14:17maintenance software, and the thing
  403. 14:18prints cash today, but buying a boring
  404. 14:21business that somebody else is done with
  405. 14:23using AI is a great way to create real
  406. 14:25wealth. Next, we've got personal brand
  407. 14:28or content machine for deal flow. I
  408. 14:30break it into content and commerce.
  409. 14:32You've seen this with Mr. Beast and
  410. 14:34Feastables. You've seen this with Logan
  411. 14:36Paul and Prime. You've seen [music] this
  412. 14:37with all these content creators. But if
  413. 14:39you can build a personal brand, build
  414. 14:41distribution, then you have a way to
  415. 14:43introduce customers to a product that
  416. 14:46creates equity, that creates enterprise
  417. 14:48value, and this is in the hard bucket
  418. 14:50because most people are willing to stick
  419. 14:51with it. It takes time. It takes
  420. 14:53commitment. It takes dedication. You got
  421. 14:55to be consistent. Most people would
  422. 14:57rather take the easy way. That's why
  423. 14:58it's in the hard bucket. Next, we've got
  424. 15:00subscription communities powered by AI
  425. 15:03curation. I've seen so many of these
  426. 15:05online communities now where essentially
  427. 15:07people pay every month to be part of a
  428. 15:09group so that they have access to
  429. 15:11knowledge and experience and the AI is
  430. 15:13designed to answer their questions to
  431. 15:15support them. It's faster, it's easier,
  432. 15:17and you can build a business from it.
  433. 15:19And last, licensing AI playbooks. This
  434. 15:23is where most companies don't realize
  435. 15:25their system prompts is their new IP,
  436. 15:27their intellectual property. So, if you
  437. 15:29have a business that has created these
  438. 15:31playbooks that are AI powered, you can
  439. 15:33copy paste those and sell them to other
  440. 15:34businesses by making them passive
  441. 15:37income. Like, just go look at all the
  442. 15:38custom GPTs you can buy. A lot of people
  443. 15:41are like creating innovation inside
  444. 15:42their own business and licing it to
  445. 15:44other companies [music] and making a ton
  446. 15:46of money. This is a really cool one that
  447. 15:47I think a lot of people are sleeping on.
  448. 15:49The hard bucket is near and dear to my
  449. 15:51heart because it's a reflection of my
  450. 15:52life. I mean, a lot of people see me
  451. 15:54today and they see all the success and
  452. 15:55the accolades, but they don't know where
  453. 15:57I started. I started as a software
  454. 15:59programmer at 17 writing code and it
  455. 16:02took me almost seven years to finally
  456. 16:04find any software any traction what I
  457. 16:07was doing and eventually at 28 I sold my
  458. 16:10company and I became a multi-millionaire
  459. 16:12and it's the thing that ultimately made
  460. 16:13me financially successful but better
  461. 16:15than anything it created the confidence
  462. 16:17in my abilities that I could then apply
  463. 16:19to my other companies. So don't forget
  464. 16:22you don't get the hockey stick without
  465. 16:23the flat first year. So, you have to
  466. 16:25learn how to invest and reinvest and
  467. 16:28recommmit if you ever want to be
  468. 16:30successful. Here's [snorts] how you do
  469. 16:31this for yourself step by step. One, tie
  470. 16:35your strongest skill to a fast growing
  471. 16:38industry. If you don't know what that
  472. 16:40is, ask AI. It'll tell you. Second is
  473. 16:43systematize your service. Don't sell
  474. 16:45your time. Sell an outcome so that you
  475. 16:48can build the system around delivering
  476. 16:50that outcome and create automation so
  477. 16:52it's systematized. Third is build a
  478. 16:55small team slowly. Surround yourself
  479. 16:57with killers. I believe the first 12
  480. 16:59people that come into your business will
  481. 17:00dictate your success. You want to be
  482. 17:02slow on making sure they're the right
  483. 17:04fit for what you're trying to do. And
  484. 17:06for what it's worth, avoid adding
  485. 17:07headcount where AI could do the job for
  486. 17:10you. Number four, layer AI into your
  487. 17:13operations to increase your margins. Get
  488. 17:15rid of the cost. Get AI to build that
  489. 17:18automation. And last, use content to
  490. 17:20create inbound deal flow. If I would
  491. 17:22have known when I started creating
  492. 17:24content that not only would bring
  493. 17:25opportunities to me, but it would bring
  494. 17:27talent, it would bring friendships, it
  495. 17:29would bring invites to things that you
  496. 17:31couldn't even pay for, I would have
  497. 17:33started a long time ago. So, no matter
  498. 17:35what you decide to do in this bucket,
  499. 17:36just make sure you create content around
  500. 17:38it. None of this matters. If you fall
  501. 17:40into the trap that destroys more
  502. 17:42businesses than anything else, the shiny
  503. 17:44object syndrome. Most people fail not
  504. 17:47because they were in the wrong bucket,
  505. 17:49but because they switch buckets every
  506. 17:51few weeks. I got a friend, he's the same
  507. 17:54age as me. I've watched him go from like
  508. 17:55one idea to the other idea to the next
  509. 17:57idea to another idea, and he hasn't
  510. 18:00found any traction. Why? He keeps
  511. 18:02resetting every time. Every 2 or 3
  512. 18:04years, it's like, "Oh, that didn't work
  513. 18:06cuz of this. I'm going to do this now."
  514. 18:07Here's why. When you start from scratch,
  515. 18:10you can't be wrong. If you stick long
  516. 18:11enough with something it doesn't work,
  517. 18:13then it can feel demoralizing. But the
  518. 18:15real way to win is to stay in the game
  519. 18:17long enough to win. See, winners lose
  520. 18:19more than losers by definition of being
  521. 18:21a winner. I know it sounds crazy, but
  522. 18:23that's what it's going to take. So,
  523. 18:25don't get distracted. Focus. Follow one
  524. 18:28course until successful. Pick one of
  525. 18:30these options out of these buckets and
  526. 18:33execute. Just remember, you can do
  527. 18:35anything, just not everything. So,
  528. 18:37here's how you avoid the shiny object
  529. 18:39syndrome. One, commit to a,000 days of
  530. 18:42focus. Don't stop. Be consistent. Two,
  531. 18:46document [music] the journey. Put it in
  532. 18:48public. Build in public. It'll actually
  533. 18:51hold you accountable because everybody's
  534. 18:53going to be waiting to see what you're
  535. 18:54going to post next. If you just do these
  536. 18:56two things, it'll increase your
  537. 18:58probability of success more than
  538. 18:59anything else you could do. And the most
  539. 19:01important thing is that you commit.
  540. 19:03Don't just hear all of this and do
  541. 19:05nothing. The separator in 2026 is the
  542. 19:09people that show up and do. And those
  543. 19:11are the folks that make it this far. So,
  544. 19:12if that's you, I want a commitment. Type
  545. 19:14commitment below. Look me in the eyes
  546. 19:17and let me know you're one of the people
  547. 19:18that are different. You're the one
  548. 19:19that's not just going to do shelf help,
  549. 19:21listen to a lot of stuff, and put it up
  550. 19:22on a shelf, but you're actually going to
  551. 19:24focus until you get results. And
  552. 19:26remember, if any of you are
  553. 19:27entrepreneurs out there and you want my
  554. 19:29exact offer template to help you get
  555. 19:31clients, just DM me the word YouTube
  556. 19:32offer on Instagram or click the link
  557. 19:35below and I'll send it right over. And
  558. 19:37if you want to learn how to scale any
  559. 19:39business from absolutely very beginning
  560. 19:41to the end, click here and I'll see you
  561. 19:43on the other

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