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Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by tertius »

kristianc wrote: post #37
callmeed wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true. Gary Vee has said things like that in the past but more recently said he devotes weekends to family, sleeps more, and vacations more[0]. Tim Ferris literally got famous from a book titled "The 4 Hour Work-week" . Mark Cuban is frankly on a different level (the 3 comma club really is different IMO). Hustle and grind are traits not mutually exclusive from being healthy. I'll go so far as to p…

Everything I've seen from GaryVee recently has been along the lines of "you're not doing enough work." Last week he told someone who took a weekend off that that was more time than he had taken off for his entire twenties. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRj144Gd7EA

And that's true for the vast majority of people. They're not working hard enough.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by vivekd »

callmeed wrote: post #32
ploggingdev wrote: post #13

All of the pep talk type Youtube channels that OP mentions (Gary Vee, Mark Cuban etc), they push (IMO) a wrong idea of startups : they all say you should work 16 hours a day, bare minimum sleep, hustle and grind (god, those words make me cringe). That advice completely ignores health and general well being, which is essential if you're in it for the long haul. Anyway, this list seems interesting. Thanks OP for compil…

I don't think that's true. Gary Vee has said things like that in the past but more recently said he devotes weekends to family, sleeps more, and vacations more[0]. Tim Ferris literally got famous from a book titled "The 4 Hour Work-week" . Mark Cuban is frankly on a different level (the 3 comma club really is different IMO). Hustle and grind are traits not mutually exclusive from being healthy. I'll go so far as to p…

And the lord said "I desire mercy not sacrifice"

It's only human to believe that things can only be achieved with sacrifice and that great things require great sacrifice. It was this mentality that led our ancestors to sacrifice animals and even human beings at ancient altars. |

But rationally we can see that sacrifice is not always needs and that a good idea and good implementation and a vision for improving the world in some way can go much further than sacrifice and sacrifice alone without good ideas and good implementation will amount to nothing.

I'm not saying that maybe some extra work and sacrifice won't be needed but sacrifice shouldn't be thought of as an a-priori essential or even necessary element to success.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by sverige »

danm07 wrote: post #27
thomk wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He produces some interesting content, but, I agree: there is something about his style of delivery that is irritating. I tried to quantify it while listening to his podcast but I can't quite put my finger on it.

The phrase shameless self-promoter comes to mind.

Four hour work weeks are a lot more common in East Hampton, where Ferriss is from. Reminds me of that old phrase from the 70s, "He's a T to T man: Ten to two, Tuesday through Thursday."

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by BrandonWatson »

karimdag wrote: post #12

I've got a question for you guys! What do you think of Gary Vaynerchuck ?

I like some of his stuff. He has some good energy. The comments about unhealthy life habits are spot on. I am glad it works for him. It's a data set of one from which he is extracting a rule of law. And then shouts down haters. Which is fine, just know what you are getting into when you sign up for his content.

He's an endless supply of self promotion, and his brand and product is him. He's built a big agency, and a lot of that has to do with the energy he has put into his grind. However, when I hear that he puts family first, but then suggest people work as much as he suggests - it's just not realistic.

When my kids go to bed, I want to spend time with my wife, not my laptop.

His energy is infectious, but his most recent foray into Medium of posting emails to him about how awesome he is feels entirely too self promotional for my tastes.

Another poster pointed out that his uber point of "just start" is spot on. Stop analyzing. Learn from doing. Stop making excuses.

I'm reading the new Brad Stone book, and if you want a great example of got-it-wrong-a-bunch-before-a-big-win, look no further than Travis Kalanick. Build skills and learn. Even if you fail a bunch, if you work hard and learn, you are adding value to your life and what you can offer.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by BrandonWatson »

serg_chernata wrote: post #8
philfrasty wrote: post #4

The amount of „business coaches“ on YouTube outshines Moore's law by factor 10.

I share the same attitude and tend to push people into a mentality of just getting sh*t done. No amount of videos, podcasts and articles will make you successful. They definitely have their place. I am not saying this is all bad, but some people mistake procrastination for "learning". Myself included.

The phrase I love is "procrastination porn."

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by almostarockstar »

laktek wrote: post #7

Thanks for compiling this list: Here are some of my favorites: 1) The School of Life - https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel 2) ComputerHistory - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHDr4RtxwA1KqKGwxgdK4Vg 3) CreativeMornings - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZA3QN2nDmqOSujn8zvNjw 4) Winners & Losers in a Digital Age (some of it are edgy, but not bad for a lunch time viewing) - https://www.youtube.com/play…

Something about The School of Life gives me bad vibes. I feel like there is too much of an undertone to their videos.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

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Post by petercooper »

kristianc wrote: post #37
callmeed wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true. Gary Vee has said things like that in the past but more recently said he devotes weekends to family, sleeps more, and vacations more[0]. Tim Ferris literally got famous from a book titled "The 4 Hour Work-week" . Mark Cuban is frankly on a different level (the 3 comma club really is different IMO). Hustle and grind are traits not mutually exclusive from being healthy. I'll go so far as to p…

Everything I've seen from GaryVee recently has been along the lines of "you're not doing enough work." Last week he told someone who took a weekend off that that was more time than he had taken off for his entire twenties. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRj144Gd7EA

Everything I've seen from GaryVee recently has been along the lines of "you're not doing enough work."

More specifically he says you're probably not working enough if you're running some sort of personal narrative that you're all that business-wise or ever going to be a multi-millionaire/whatever.

He frequently says that sort of life is not for everyone and people who are happy doing a dayjob and devoting their time to personal pursuits should be envied. But if you want to be chasing the beasts of big money and big business and be all about being the big-I-am, you better be working long and hard.

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