Noah Kagan

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The School of Greatness · Asking for a Raise Beats Cutting Your Expenses | Lewis Howes · 23 May 2025 podcast

Like I did this ayahuasca thing, which I know is more common now, but I did it years ago and courage to me was I was afraid of it, but I did it anyways. And then I was still scared and there was a whole crazy story about this, but coming out of it, I was like, oh, I realized I can do hard things and all of us can do hard things, but we have to face the hard thing. Yes. And we all have it in us.

And so for me with breaking up with the fiance, which was tough and I knew what was that like? That was probably one of the more bigger regrets in my life that I didn't do it sooner because I wasted her time, wasted my time. Yeah, that's tricky. It was two years of just like back, and everyone's gone through this.

It's not unique for me, but it was two years of, okay, let's try to make it work, but I know I'm not really good for you and I don't feel good about myself. And so it was like, eventually when COVID happened, that was kind of our, we had some issues that went down and I was like, I can't do this. Like, I can't spend, the specific thing I thought was like, do I want 40 more years of this?

Oh man, yeah. That was, it was tough.

Yeah. And I mean, all that added up. I mean, even doing like this book, Million Dollar Weekend, or YouTube and stuff, nothing was wrong, but she is not, with our relationship, she did not get excited, like, I want to go to YouTube. I like attention. And my partner now with Moffitt, she's like, go on YouTube, have fun with Louis. Like she's, and for me that worked.

My ex will find a partner that's better. And so with COVID, it was like having a plan of business, breaking up with the fiance. And then I think the other part that was kind of interesting was experimenting with life. There's a scene with business. It's an experiment. It's all an experiment. It's a game. Yeah. And I experimented just different ways of living.

I experimented finally living kind of rich. Like I had money, but I never enjoyed it. Really? Yeah, I think we're all taught that money can't buy happiness and that you're like, you know, you shouldn't be buying these things and don't live this way. And most of the ones who are showing that stuff are actually probably not, don't have the money for it.

I don't mean poor, but like they probably don't have the money. Most rich people don't even be posting about it. Right. And so I started, I rented a Malibu beach house. I rented a lake house in Austin. I started doing these things. I got like an RV for a month and I just kind of like drove around and like hung out in the RV.

And I was like, wow, having some nicer space to live makes me feel a lot better. And so those kinds of things led me in a direction where single for a while, started doing dating coaches. had a business plan that I was executing for AppSumo, so I felt in control of the business. And then I felt like, I'm actually going to start taking care of myself.

And then I also felt like I could take care of others then too, as I was feeling better about myself. And that, I think the past three years, I've felt much better, just been much calmer.

was gonna work out what was your views around money during that time were you more anxious and stressed were you more abundant thinking like where were you at with money it's easy to be abundant when you have money i'll tell you that it's hard when you and that's what most people they're struggling with money that's why i'm like let's talk about entrepreneurship because that's a way of you can changing your situation which everyone can do and i had a friend who said no you're here and you're here where you want to be and it's actually closer than you think

I was like, really? He's like, yeah, it's much closer than you think. You thought it was a bigger gap. I thought it's a gap. I thought there's something I don't know. I thought there's something outside. And it's something I think we're both, as we've gotten older, it's all inside. Yeah. Just being kind of like, hey, it's okay. Yeah, of course. It's okay.

Now with my ex, it was not that there was a good or bad thing about money. It was just how we treated each other with it. Like I didn't really spend a lot of money on myself.

Was it in stocks? What were you doing? Yeah. My father built his own business and then lost it to drugs and alcohol. And it was, it was a sad, like, that's definitely for me. I think a lot of, a lot of men, we want our fathers to recognize us. And I was fortunate. I have a great mom and a great stepfather. But for me, that, that father attachment. Yes.

Um, and I think with growing up with Jewish parents, candidly, like we're taught to be very frugal. We're taught to be very practical and it's just like, go make money. And that, that's a thing versus like, all right, how do you enjoy life? And I think with my ex, it wasn't, she kind of made me feel bad about it.

Like, why don't you spend money or we go to the airport, it's like $5 for a bottle of water. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom and drink from the faucet. Like, or like, I'm just like five bucks. It's fine. I don't care. And I'm, there's still times, but over time you start spending in different things. Like I bought a fancy Jaguar. I had so much regret on it. Yes, you did. Oh yeah.

I hated it. I hated it. I dude, I, Oh man, it was the worst. Cause I don't care about nice cars. I have a 2004 Miata. I just got a new Vespa. There you go. That's the second I do. I do have a, I have a model Y, but it was not important to me. And I think that was interesting where she wasn't in free. Both of us. She wasn't like, Hey, she was like, you're being cheap. I was like, okay.

You know, it kind of like felt deflated versus, and I was like, hey, why don't we, you know, do you want to try spending these things? Can we rent it for a day? Right, right, right. So I think there was ways of actually being more positive to each other with money. Right. Wow.

I'll tell you the part that's counterintuitive for me. So every day I write down something I'm grateful. And almost everything I'm grateful for is silly. Like to me, it's like I'm grateful for electricity. I'm grateful for water. Yeah. Hot water. I think that's silly, man. Yeah. Those are the ones I really love because it's available and it's not realizing how great life really is for all of us.

I mean, if you're able to watch this, life's probably pretty good. Yes. It doesn't maybe feel good in this moment or you don't have the money, but that's also something you could change. In terms of having...

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