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Ali Abdaal

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The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

Once again, for free over at 6minutenetworking.com. All right, back to stroking my own ego here with Ali Abdaal.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

Once again, for free over at 6minutenetworking.com. All right, back to stroking my own ego here with Ali Abdaal.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense. Look, startups or something like that, totally different case. Then you're getting investors. They're essentially paying you to live or you're living in the couch in the office. That's a very San Francisco type thing. But you're not quitting your day job. You're just going all in on a really piss poor slash unpaid startup.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense. Look, startups or something like that, totally different case. Then you're getting investors. They're essentially paying you to live or you're living in the couch in the office. That's a very San Francisco type thing. But you're not quitting your day job. You're just going all in on a really piss poor slash unpaid startup.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense. Look, startups or something like that, totally different case. Then you're getting investors. They're essentially paying you to live or you're living in the couch in the office. That's a very San Francisco type thing. But you're not quitting your day job. You're just going all in on a really piss poor slash unpaid startup.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

That's a different scenario. You see these influencer guys being like, quit your day job and go all in. So you get a guy who's a waiter and is making enough to survive and then is, I don't know, let's say flipping something on the side, e-commerce. Then they quit the server job. Okay, so now you're just going to have to imagine what to do with those extra hours.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

That's a different scenario. You see these influencer guys being like, quit your day job and go all in. So you get a guy who's a waiter and is making enough to survive and then is, I don't know, let's say flipping something on the side, e-commerce. Then they quit the server job. Okay, so now you're just going to have to imagine what to do with those extra hours.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

That's a different scenario. You see these influencer guys being like, quit your day job and go all in. So you get a guy who's a waiter and is making enough to survive and then is, I don't know, let's say flipping something on the side, e-commerce. Then they quit the server job. Okay, so now you're just going to have to imagine what to do with those extra hours.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

You're working a ton, but you're still getting basically the same results out of your e-commerce thing. So you're not getting enough to survive. You're stressed as hell. Your back is against the wall. Some people need that motivation. That's unsustainable though. So if you need that level of motivation to just work on your business, is that the right business for you? I don't know about that.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

You're working a ton, but you're still getting basically the same results out of your e-commerce thing. So you're not getting enough to survive. You're stressed as hell. Your back is against the wall. Some people need that motivation. That's unsustainable though. So if you need that level of motivation to just work on your business, is that the right business for you? I don't know about that.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

You're working a ton, but you're still getting basically the same results out of your e-commerce thing. So you're not getting enough to survive. You're stressed as hell. Your back is against the wall. Some people need that motivation. That's unsustainable though. So if you need that level of motivation to just work on your business, is that the right business for you? I don't know about that.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

I think if you're gonna run away from your day job, you should be running to something. Like, I can't wait to edit my YouTube video after work. Oh, I have so many great ideas for my next video. I love this podcasting thing. I can't wait to do that. I love this. I wish I could do this all day every day, but I've gotta go to this job. That's what you should be running to.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

I think if you're gonna run away from your day job, you should be running to something. Like, I can't wait to edit my YouTube video after work. Oh, I have so many great ideas for my next video. I love this podcasting thing. I can't wait to do that. I love this. I wish I could do this all day every day, but I've gotta go to this job. That's what you should be running to.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

I think if you're gonna run away from your day job, you should be running to something. Like, I can't wait to edit my YouTube video after work. Oh, I have so many great ideas for my next video. I love this podcasting thing. I can't wait to do that. I love this. I wish I could do this all day every day, but I've gotta go to this job. That's what you should be running to.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

What most people do is they are running from something. I hate my boss. He's terrible. He makes my life miserable. I hate my job. It makes me feel insignificant. So then they start a business. That's their escape hatch. So they can't wait to flip that shit open and dive through there, right? They're running away from something. That is not a good idea.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

What most people do is they are running from something. I hate my boss. He's terrible. He makes my life miserable. I hate my job. It makes me feel insignificant. So then they start a business. That's their escape hatch. So they can't wait to flip that shit open and dive through there, right? They're running away from something. That is not a good idea.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

What most people do is they are running from something. I hate my boss. He's terrible. He makes my life miserable. I hate my job. It makes me feel insignificant. So then they start a business. That's their escape hatch. So they can't wait to flip that shit open and dive through there, right? They're running away from something. That is not a good idea.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

So I start realizing that bringing in business is a relationship game and it's not like a hard course. I literally at that time thought, huh, I guess people don't find lawyers by just looking in the phone book and looking up law firms and hiring them. Of course they don't. These are super high trust deals. An investment banker gives the deal to his roommate from law school.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

So I start realizing that bringing in business is a relationship game and it's not like a hard course. I literally at that time thought, huh, I guess people don't find lawyers by just looking in the phone book and looking up law firms and hiring them. Of course they don't. These are super high trust deals. An investment banker gives the deal to his roommate from law school.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

So I start realizing that bringing in business is a relationship game and it's not like a hard course. I literally at that time thought, huh, I guess people don't find lawyers by just looking in the phone book and looking up law firms and hiring them. Of course they don't. These are super high trust deals. An investment banker gives the deal to his roommate from law school.