Neil Patel

And eventually I did get married and had kids and my parents were happy.

And eventually I did get married and had kids and my parents were happy.

Doing something long enough really helps. I'm not saying college is bad or good, but sometimes doing certain things helps kick people in the butt. You mentioned you were in the Air Force. I don't know if that was here or overseas. Being in the Air Force, gives you regimen. You're going to have to wake up. You're going to have to do certain things at certain times. You have no choice.

Doing something long enough really helps. I'm not saying college is bad or good, but sometimes doing certain things helps kick people in the butt. You mentioned you were in the Air Force. I don't know if that was here or overseas. Being in the Air Force, gives you regimen. You're going to have to wake up. You're going to have to do certain things at certain times. You have no choice.

It makes people understand how hard life can be and how you have to do things, whether you like them or not. So I think that's really good for people. But spending 10,000 hours on something, I think, is a little excessive, especially at the beginning, because most people don't know what they want to do in life. And what I recommend to people is just go try a lot of things.

It makes people understand how hard life can be and how you have to do things, whether you like them or not. So I think that's really good for people. But spending 10,000 hours on something, I think, is a little excessive, especially at the beginning, because most people don't know what they want to do in life. And what I recommend to people is just go try a lot of things.

Spend an hour, spend five hours. What you'll find is a lot of the stuff you suck at, you won't like. A lot of the stuff you're naturally decent at or good at, you'll like and you'll be willing to spend more time on. And you'll naturally spend a thousand hours and get better and 5,000 and 10,000 over many, many years.

Spend an hour, spend five hours. What you'll find is a lot of the stuff you suck at, you won't like. A lot of the stuff you're naturally decent at or good at, you'll like and you'll be willing to spend more time on. And you'll naturally spend a thousand hours and get better and 5,000 and 10,000 over many, many years.

But you'll spend the time and energy you needed because you want to because you're enjoying it and you'll get really good at it and it makes it easier to monetize. But you can be in the biggest industry ever and if you suck, at whatever you're doing and you don't enjoy it, it's going to be hard to make money. You really want to try a lot of things.

But you'll spend the time and energy you needed because you want to because you're enjoying it and you'll get really good at it and it makes it easier to monetize. But you can be in the biggest industry ever and if you suck, at whatever you're doing and you don't enjoy it, it's going to be hard to make money. You really want to try a lot of things.

You use process of elimination and double down on the stuff that you're naturally good at and you love. And they tend to go hand in hand on what you love and what you're naturally good at.

You use process of elimination and double down on the stuff that you're naturally good at and you love. And they tend to go hand in hand on what you love and what you're naturally good at.

Started one too many companies when I was younger, had ADD and most of them did not work out. The venture funded one Kissmetrics didn't work out. We had bad luck with class action lawsuits and FTC investigation. We passed the FTC investigation with flying colors. The class action lawsuit, I learned a little dirty secret about the US and how US laws work.

Started one too many companies when I was younger, had ADD and most of them did not work out. The venture funded one Kissmetrics didn't work out. We had bad luck with class action lawsuits and FTC investigation. We passed the FTC investigation with flying colors. The class action lawsuit, I learned a little dirty secret about the US and how US laws work.

Sometimes it's cheaper to settle because the insurance company pays it versus fighting it in court and winning. But you're out so much in legal fees that you've lost more than if you just settled and leveraged insurance dollars. So for me, the KISS metrics would have been sold. We had a few people circling to buy the company if it wasn't for those two things.

Sometimes it's cheaper to settle because the insurance company pays it versus fighting it in court and winning. But you're out so much in legal fees that you've lost more than if you just settled and leveraged insurance dollars. So for me, the KISS metrics would have been sold. We had a few people circling to buy the company if it wasn't for those two things.

But eventually the company didn't work out because it really derailed the trajectory and the growth with the lawsuit and the FTC investigation.

But eventually the company didn't work out because it really derailed the trajectory and the growth with the lawsuit and the FTC investigation.

We were really lucky in which we had good investors for that business. There was a gentleman named Phil Black who was on our board and he was with the venture fund. He still is, I believe, with True Ventures. And they've done some really cool companies like Peloton. Their stock boomed early in the day. They were early investors.

We were really lucky in which we had good investors for that business. There was a gentleman named Phil Black who was on our board and he was with the venture fund. He still is, I believe, with True Ventures. And they've done some really cool companies like Peloton. Their stock boomed early in the day. They were early investors.