John Lee Dumas
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So already that qualifies you as somebody who cares about self-improvement, who wants to improve themselves. But it's because you're going to make the mistake that 99% of people do. And they do it just because a lot of times they just don't know any better. And I've made this mistake multiple times in my past.
So already that qualifies you as somebody who cares about self-improvement, who wants to improve themselves. But it's because you're going to make the mistake that 99% of people do. And they do it just because a lot of times they just don't know any better. And I've made this mistake multiple times in my past.
So already that qualifies you as somebody who cares about self-improvement, who wants to improve themselves. But it's because you're going to make the mistake that 99% of people do. And they do it just because a lot of times they just don't know any better. And I've made this mistake multiple times in my past.
And you see somebody like Tim Ferriss and Gary Vaynerchuk and fill in the blank and you're like, oh, they're having success. Let me go ahead and copy that success. And if I even just get a little sliver, a little piece of that, then boom, I'll have enough success and I'll be happy. And then I can just go off and do what I'm focused on.
And you see somebody like Tim Ferriss and Gary Vaynerchuk and fill in the blank and you're like, oh, they're having success. Let me go ahead and copy that success. And if I even just get a little sliver, a little piece of that, then boom, I'll have enough success and I'll be happy. And then I can just go off and do what I'm focused on.
And you see somebody like Tim Ferriss and Gary Vaynerchuk and fill in the blank and you're like, oh, they're having success. Let me go ahead and copy that success. And if I even just get a little sliver, a little piece of that, then boom, I'll have enough success and I'll be happy. And then I can just go off and do what I'm focused on.
Well, nobody wants a pale and weak imitation of somebody else. They want the true, authentic, genuine version of you, of Tim Ferriss, of Gary, of me, of fill in the blank. That's who people want. So instead of trying to copy and to mimic and become a pale, weak imitation of that individual, you need to say, what is my unique identifier? And there's a whole process to go through on this.
Well, nobody wants a pale and weak imitation of somebody else. They want the true, authentic, genuine version of you, of Tim Ferriss, of Gary, of me, of fill in the blank. That's who people want. So instead of trying to copy and to mimic and become a pale, weak imitation of that individual, you need to say, what is my unique identifier? And there's a whole process to go through on this.
Well, nobody wants a pale and weak imitation of somebody else. They want the true, authentic, genuine version of you, of Tim Ferriss, of Gary, of me, of fill in the blank. That's who people want. So instead of trying to copy and to mimic and become a pale, weak imitation of that individual, you need to say, what is my unique identifier? And there's a whole process to go through on this.
I can't bore you with the details now because that's just like a whole book, which actually I wrote called The Common Path to Uncommon Success. I literally take you through this whole entire process. But you need to find your big idea, whatever that might be.
I can't bore you with the details now because that's just like a whole book, which actually I wrote called The Common Path to Uncommon Success. I literally take you through this whole entire process. But you need to find your big idea, whatever that might be.
I can't bore you with the details now because that's just like a whole book, which actually I wrote called The Common Path to Uncommon Success. I literally take you through this whole entire process. But you need to find your big idea, whatever that might be.
And then within that, what is that niche that you can carve out that has been ignored, that people aren't focused on for any number of reasons, that you can come in and dominate? Because either number one, there's really bad competition, or number two, there's just really no competition. Because guess what?
And then within that, what is that niche that you can carve out that has been ignored, that people aren't focused on for any number of reasons, that you can come in and dominate? Because either number one, there's really bad competition, or number two, there's just really no competition. Because guess what?
And then within that, what is that niche that you can carve out that has been ignored, that people aren't focused on for any number of reasons, that you can come in and dominate? Because either number one, there's really bad competition, or number two, there's just really no competition. Because guess what?
When I launched Entrepreneurs on Fire back in 2012, I was the best daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the worst daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the only daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. That is why I won.
When I launched Entrepreneurs on Fire back in 2012, I was the best daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the worst daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the only daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. That is why I won.
When I launched Entrepreneurs on Fire back in 2012, I was the best daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the worst daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. I was the only daily podcast in the world interviewing entrepreneurs. That is why I won.
There was no competition, even if people didn't like me or the show, which plenty of people didn't because I wasn't that good at what I did when I started. they had to listen because I was the only show in town. That's why Blockbuster used to win back in the day before they got demolished by Netflix. That's why your local supermarket grocer is winning because it's convenient. It's only there.
There was no competition, even if people didn't like me or the show, which plenty of people didn't because I wasn't that good at what I did when I started. they had to listen because I was the only show in town. That's why Blockbuster used to win back in the day before they got demolished by Netflix. That's why your local supermarket grocer is winning because it's convenient. It's only there.