The first year must have been hard. Like how much, how long were you not making the money to replace your old salary? Or did you, or did you worry you able to do it right away with consulting? It was reasonably close, but the amount of time was so much more significant. So I just, it's just when you were living in a studio or in Crown Heights in Brooklyn. The concept of leverage actually occurring in the visualized value business. It was like, that's what it feels like. That's what I'm going to put it down on paper.
The NIA boys discuss the power of quitting, the Visualize Value origin story, the law of compounding, and decision-making frameworks.
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:36) - Checks Update
- (00:03:30) - Meme of the Week
- (00:06:06) - Teasing Grit vs Quit
- (00:07:02) - Jack’s Water Filter Story
- (00:12:31) - This is Pointless Breakdown and The Power of Compounding
- (00:28:28) - Visualize Value Origin Story
- (00:34:24) - Trung on why he quit pursuing screenwriting
- (00:44:05) - Knowing When to Walkaway
- (00:49:11) - The Kill Criteria
- (00:54:26) - The Monkey and the Pedestal Framework
- (00:59:54) - Slack’s Iconic Pivot Story
- (01:03:40) - Bilal shares why he shutdown Arsenal Blog
- (01:06:26) - Jack’s explains his decision to kill his Podcast Production Agency
- (01:12:13) - What F**k You Money really is
- (01:12:45) - Trung’s Scotia Bank Story
- (01:15:01) - The Influence of Social Capital
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