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1) Target people a couple steps ahead not eons ahead.
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- I'll I'm willing to work for free." Well, honestly, it would cost me more to have the nuisance of somebody always asking me questions every day and thinking that me consulting them every hour of the day is a fair exchange for them getting me coffee.
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0:00The way that you connect with people ahead of you is that you have to provide them value. So, one of the stupidest things you can do is ask someone, "How can I provide you value?" It means that you did no forethought and you're asking them to do the work on your behalf. So, wait a second. Some 19-year-old kid texts me and says, "Alex, I'll do anything. I'll pick up your coffee. I'll do your, you know, laundry or whatever. I'll I'm willing to work for free." Well, honestly, it would cost me more to have the nuisance of somebody always asking me questions every day and thinking that me consulting them every hour of the day is a fair exchange for them getting me coffee. I'd rather just pay someone who doesn't talk to me.
0:36Think about it. And if you can't think like that, you're never going to get to that level.