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Having money is nice because you don't have to waste time wondering where your next gig will come from. You also get more time to reflect and chill. But you also have larger responsibilities and higher expectations of yourself. So do those around you. But, overall, it's nice.
I built my largest company when I was broke. Talking $44 per day to start. I was 43 years old. Being broke at 43 sucked. It sucked so bad that I got very motivated to do better.
By years end I got it doing $320 per day.
The next year I ended doing $1556 per day.
And it just keeps growing.
Don't smoke pot except to turn your mind off after the day is done. Don't drink regularly. Though, some of my best content was written while drinking. But you know yourself better than anyone else does. So if you know drinking isn't going to help, don't do it.
In those first 2 to 3 years I worked 10 to 18 hour days. I rarely took a day off. I latched on to one idea and ran with it. I also partnered with somebody who complimented my weaknesses.
I hate dotting I's and crossing T's. I hate lots of things about my business. He loves them. I am an artist who needs somebody to refocus me. He's a straight up kind of guy who needs somebody to ask, "What if? And why not?" To break the rules once in awhile. To fuck around and find out.
Is GFY a place of business? I wouldn't have known him without it. So, yeah. It is.
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