Codie A. Sanchez

Investing millions in Main St businesses & teaching you how to own the rest | HoldCo, VC fund, Founder

On a mission to create financially free and free-thinking humans.I founded a advisory and investment company called Contrarian Thinking that helps owners buy and scale businesses.Our newsletter has over 1M+ weekly readers, here → contrarianthinking.biz/liOur community has taught 9,000+ members biz buying, biz growing, and doing deals. We value experience over degrees.Betting on yourself over building someone else's dream.Main Street over Wall Street.My mission is less suits, more boots. Meaning: we the people holding the power… and the purse strings.🔗Join 1M+ others who get our free newsletter: contrarianthinking.biz/li🔗YouTube: @CodieSanchezCT🔗Instagram: @codiesanchez🔗Twitter: @Codie_Sanchez🔗Weekly business-buying newsletter Main Street Minute: contrarianthinking.biz/minute-li

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My husband said five words to me that made my worldview flip on never missing a chance to see a loved one: “Measure in times, not years.”

We were debating whether to go home and see our family for Thanksgiving and my husband said...

If your parents are 65, it’s not 20 or 30 years you might have with them, it’s maybe 20 or 30 visits you get with them.

One in four Americans don’t live in the same hometown as their family. How would you change your decisions if you’d only get to see your loved ones for 20 or 30 more days?

You’d change everything to be with them, wouldn’t you? Same if it was six months. And yet when those days are separated by years we let them slide through our fingers.

Next time don’t count the years, remember the days… and treasure them.

3 harsh truths I've been thinking about a lot lately...

1. Most successful people I've met aren't that smart. They move fast, they take risk, they work a lot. That's it.

2. The world is run by C students & failed employees. You can't underestimate yourself.

3. Managing what you choose to sell, do and focus on is more important than how hard you work or how smart you are.

Example:

You can, for the next 40 years:

- Climb up the corporate ladder
- Grind for a mission you don't believe in
- Spend 50hrs/wk+ away from your family

All for a 401k and a white picket fence at the end to show for it.

OR

You can learn how to buy a business and:

- Own a cashflowing biz in your community
- Touch your work with your own two hands
- Disconnect your money from your time
- Spend more time on the things that matter
- Become one of the few... an Owner.

Ownership is not for everyone.

But it could be for you.

I don’t blame you if you're nervous to take the first step on your own.

If that’s you, I’m hosting an event that's just what you need to start acting on business-buying…

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Arfan Iftikhar

A hard truth I've learned in business.

It's always who not how.

1. There's only so much time in the day.
2. There's always going to be someone smarter and better than you.

These aren't problems. They're levers.

Every time you struggle with an issue, don't try to figure out how to solve it. Instead, ask yourself what type of person could solve it for you.

You don’t have a HOW problem, you have a WHO problem.

Solve that and you solve everything.

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This is a strategy I think of as “stealing someone’s 10,000 hours.”

And I’m letting you take my 10,000 hours for free at my Main Street Millionaire Live Event…

I’ve bought & sold 20+ small businesses. I’ve failed a couple, scaled several, and I’m sharing a condensed version of how to buy a biz over 3 days. 

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My coworker got the promotion over me.

Numerically worse at the work. Great at politics.

I brought in deals. Fixed messes. Hit all goals

He was 10x better than me at managing up.

He got the title. I got “keep doing what you’re doing.”

It took 10+ years for me to click that most companies reward politics, not performance.

So I left. Started buying boring businesses and building my own thing.

Now I make many times what my old bosses did. No corporate games.

The best operators don’t usually climb the ladder. They are the ladder everyone else climbs.

Corporate optimizes for compliance. Owners optimize for competence.

If you’re elite at the work but trash at politics, don't give up, I was just like you.

Take the risk in 2026.

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21 tips to be the first gen wealth builder in your family:

1. The Law of Two Hours: 2 hours of dedicated work is worth more than most people’s 8 hours.

2. How to never fail with a business: Start as a side project. Keep your job. Use your salary to fund. Quit when you have enough cashflow.

3. It's not about time. It's about the F word. Focus. You don’t need 24 hours a day to build a business.

4. Think about your salary like a Silicon Valley investor. Treat every single dollar you give to your side business like an investor would.

5. Hope is not a strategy. “Pray like it’s up to God, but work like it’s up to me.”

6. You don't need more time, you need a deadline.

7. Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done. Money loves speed. Poverty loves waiting.

8. Small & consistent beats big & sporadic. Long hours at a desk is counterproductive.

9. If you want to make more money, be more useful to people who have more money.

10. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.

11. Nobody cares about your life...They think about you for one second and then think about themselves again. So you might as well do what you want.

12. You must be just dumb enough to believe in yourself, just smart enough to execute.

13. If you say you will do a thing, then actually do the thing. 90% do not do this.

14. No one is coming to save you. You want a better life, go build it.

15. You must learn to be disliked or you’ll find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's desires.

16. Tasting freedom can make you unemployable. Get that initial momentum, and watch your life start to change.

17. You are paid exactly as much as the problems you solve are worth. Bigger problems = bigger $$$

18. Parkinson’s Law: Work expands to fill the available time. Just because you quit your job doesn't mean you'll magically have all of these hours.

19. If you're not currently doing whatever that thing is inside of you, you're not going to do it after you quit your job.

20. Startups are for masochists. If you want that life, I commend you. If you want a slightly less rocky path to ownership, buy a business instead of starting one.

And lastly, there are 2 types of people:

Those who build wealth through ownership. and those who work to make others wealthy.

The dividing line isn’t talent or luck. It’s action.

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P.S. If you have yet to take action in 2026 but are interested in becoming an owner...

Come to my business buying masterclass tomorrow. 

It's free. 90 minutes long. And walks you through how to find the right business for you.

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I sometimes pinch myself. I don't deserve this life.

Knew nothing about finance.
Public schools.
Parents who worked nonstop.
Party school for undergrad.

But my family taught me about hard work, God, responsibility, and never quitting.

It makes no sense, except for the grace of God. Grateful.

I’m 39.

27 lessons I wish I learned in my 20s: 

1. As soon as you hit your 30s, you’ll understand... Your 20s actually suck. If you feel like it sucks right now, guess what? It’s supposed to. It gets better.

2. Your first job is like the DMV. Awful. Everyone’s mad. Nothing works. But the key is.. You are not supposed to stay there.

3. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.

4. Meet everyone. Say yes to everything. You narrow the field later.

5. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.

6. You are not everyone’s cup of tea, that’s a good thing.

7. The most lucrative things you can do in your 20s: 1) learn how to invest, 2) apprentice in PE, real estate, or venture.

8. If they’re not interesting when you’re sober, don’t drink until they become it.

9. Never buy to impress. Being wealthy > looking wealthy… even when that first big-kid check hits your bank account.

10. The most important question you can ask yourself often: Does this bring joy?

11. Do favors, don’t take them. There’s often a hidden price.

12. If I was in my 20s, I’d try to work for one type of company… One where they reward outcomes not hours. Winning > running really hard for a really long time.

13. Seed is only as good as its soil. Where you live during your 20s matters. Take some time away from your hometown.

14. If you feel cynical about the world… I don’t blame you. But always remember the number one superpower for your generation is HOPE.

15. If you’re prone to loneliness and isolation.. do NOT work a remote job. A small team with sleepless nights and shared goals is a powerful thing.

16. Touch grass. A walk outside will be better for your brain than anything you find on your phone.

17. Burnout doesn’t come from working too hard. Burnout comes from working too hard, on things that don’t light you up.

18. Learn how to save now, but understand that saving isn’t what makes you rich.

19. If you want to make more money, be more useful to people who have more money.

20. You must learn to be disliked or you will find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's beliefs.

21. Most successful people I've met aren't that smart. They move fast, they take risk, they work a lot. That's it.

22. If old you doesn’t make you cringe, you haven’t grown enough.

23. Do something hard every day. Then watch that “something” evolve as you become stronger and stronger.

24. If you haven’t done it, you just have an opinion.

25. Marrying well is the biggest life hack of all. Marrying poorly is a costly path to misery. Choose wisely.

26. Working smarter not harder is a beautiful lie. You will not know how to work smart until you've worked very hard for an irrationally long time.

27. Take notes from old people… Waking up early, being married, reading books, going to bed at 10pm, and drinking less is actually amazing.

Ramota Oladejo

There’s no such thing as the right or wrong business.

There’s only the business that’s right or wrong for you.

One of the most common DMs I get is:

"Should I buy a laundromat, car wash, or storage units?"

But that's totally the wrong question to begin with...because everyone has different goals.

That’s why I created the Contrarian Deal Clarity Framework to help first time owners buy a biz.

You need to define 5 components:

1. Your Ideal Owner Experience

Saying “I want to leave my 9-5” is too wishy-washy.

To trade in your W2 form, your vision board needs to be specific on three things:

- Personal goals (do you want more family time or grind for yourself)
- Income goals (replace your $75k salary or build an empire)
- Business goals (be a hands-on operator or absentee owner)

2. Your Zone of Genius

Think of this as the intersection between:

- Passion (what you love)
- Skills & Experience (what you’re good at)
- Network (who you know)

Most people ignore this and buy businesses they eventually hate running.

Don’t be most people.

3. Business Size

It’s easy to fantasize about buying a Fortune 500 company.

But we’re not playing the billionaire game here.

As a first-time time buyer, look for micro acquisitions:

- <$1M cost
- $50K-$200K profits
- 1-3X multiples

Less competition, more opportunity, fewer headaches.

4. Profit

Remember...you’re not just buying a business for the sake of it.

Your acquisition MUST be an income stream that can cover:

1. Debt service
2. Operator salary (if relevant)
3. Growth/working capital
4. Your earnings

Use these two tests to evaluate if a deal is worth looking at:

The SOWS Test

Before I buy anything, I ask if the business is:

- Stale - Does the owner still use fax machines
- Old - Is it 5+ years old with repeat customers
- Weak - Does competition suck at marketing
- Simple - Can an 8-year-old could understand it

The more boxes it checks, the better.

The BRIT Test

Then I check to see if it’s BRIT:

- Buy - Must be a cashflow, not cash-suck businesses
- Resist - Recession-proof
- Increase - Can I raise prices (most owners undercharge by 30%)
- Tech - Can I add simple technology to improve it?

5. Industry

There are certain industries you should avoid for your first biz.

Think restaurants or hotels...

On the flip side, these are my favorite businesses for first-time buyers:

- Digital Businesses (build once, sell forever)
- Home Services (roof repair / lawn care)
- Professional Services (e.g CPAs)
- Real Estate Enhanced (laundromats/car washes)

Once you get clear on your Deal Box, you stop wasting time on deals that don’t fit your criteria and get closer to buying the biz that FEELs right.

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6 other traits of rich people no one tells you:

1. Rich people want you to sell them something.

2. Something 99% of rich people have in common: they own. Most often, they own businesses & real estate.

3. Most people complain about taxes, then pay them. Rich people study taxes then outsmart them.

4. In my experience, almost all successful people are competitive. More competitive you are, more likely you are to succeed.

5. Most rich people I know don't care about their title at all. Business owner > visionary, industry disrupter, startup CEO

6. You'll learn the most from asking rich people this question: "When did you almost lose it all? What did you learn?"

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Story from my dad today.

If you’re a business owner, it may hit you as deeply as it hit me...

He said, you know you’ve met another builder or doer when they’ve felt that flinch at the second Friday of the month.

My father has never bounced a check.

But he remembers this…

It was payday, his business was owed money, and they couldn’t bridge the gap between the two in time.

He could just picture the guys’ faces.

Those last two workers, who had done more than anyone else, stayed later than anyone else…

And they were about to be punished for that by not getting paid.

So he called up his banker, told him he needed a line of credit, and pulled out $100,000 give or take to make sure that every single one of their checks cleared.

At the time, my dad had a business partner who was a different type of guy.

He was the sort to make excuses, pay himself first, and not particularly care if everyone else’s checks cleared as long as he got his.

That partner has since had many businesses fail - and many more employees go without a paycheck.

And my dad has never in all these years had a business fail, or lost anyone a dime.

He often attributes his business success to the fact that he would never let his hardest working guys go hungry...

People will always be your biggest struggle and your greatest gift in business. Treat ‘em right.

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Nish Thakker

If you have had:

• a terrible boss
• workplace ptsd
• a bankruptcy
• a huge failure

GOOD.

Chips on shoulders > easy roads.

The more you do hard things, the more you'll get what you want.

Because doing hard things, makes hard things easier.

If you're doing it right, the failure that leveled you last year, won't even register this year.

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If you're ready to seek out your next hard thing, let's buy a business this year ;)

Here's a list of 130 boring biz's I'd start with → https://lnkd.in/eGpHZtx3

You aren’t here to be liked.

You’re here to be respected.

Don’t be easy. Be hard.

Be righteous in what you do and believe.

Don’t be less for other people.
Don’t let them bend you or break you.
Don’t be a doormat walked upon.

Be a f*cking pointed nail… they’ll remember you.

If you’re bringing this energy into 2026, feel free to repost this.

And if the way you want to do it is by trading in your 9-5 for financial freedom without starting from scratch? Come to my Main Street Millionaire Live next month. 

All you need is determination & desire…. and 72 hours of your time.

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This is the hiring framework most small business owners never figure out:

Unicorns vs Donkeys

Unicorns = A players, high performers, self starters... aka, the person you WANT to hire for every role at your company.

Donkeys = B and C players, lacking initiative, unmotivated, task-oriented.

The truth every business owner knows but hates to face:

Donkeys are common.

Unicorns are rare.

Unfortunately, MOST people are donkeys. And as a smaller-level business, it's very hard to build the profit needed to attract unicorns.

So you're left with 2 options. You can either:

1. Build a business that can actively search for unicorns.

2. Build processes so good that donkeys can win the race.

Many problems in your business are a WHO problem. But you'd be surprised that solving the HOW often enables the people you have now to succeed.

Processes are your secret weapon.

Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done.

Money loves speed. Poverty loves waiting.

How I like to start my week.

The 1 in 60 Rule:

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Feel free to follow me Codie A. Sanchez if you found this useful.

This Routine Will Change Your Life

How to never fail with a business:

- Start as a side project
- Keep your job
- Use your salary to fund
- Don't use debt
- Quit & go all in ONLY when enough cashflow

15 years of biz & life lessons in <500 words:

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1. Marrying well is the biggest life hack of all.

2. Be the type of person who reaches out to others... when you don't need something.

3. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency.

4. Most successful people move with this mindset: Entitled to nothing, willing to earn everything.

5. Pray like it's up to God. Work like it's up to you.

6. You don't need more time, you need a deadline.

7. The success you are looking for is waiting for you in the work you are currently avoiding.

8. Biographies of billionaires teach you more than self-help books.

9. Your lack of focus will kill you before your competitors ever get a chance.

10. Winning isn't an accident, it's earned.

11. Underrated superpower: Just dumb enough to believe in yourself, just smart enough to execute.

12. Complexity makes you seem smart. Simplicity makes you money.

13. Surround yourself with owners, the conversation is just different.

14. The more you learn about money, the more you realize most of us play with Legos while the really rich play chess.

15. Beginners do too much. Pros do only what's needed.

16. Underperformers want ease. Midperformers want credit. Winners want pressure.

17. Your most expensive mistake will be a "who," not a "what."

18. If you've survived this far, the odds are actually are in your favor.

19. The formula is: keep going after it gets hard.

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The greatest muscle you can build is urgency.

Shrink your timelines...

When you say next quarter, push for next 60 days.

When you say next month, push for 2 weeks.

When you say next week, push for 24 hours.

Not everything will get done on the new timeline, but you'll build a habit that will make you more successful than other people.

Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done. Everything changes.

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The #1 killer of businesses is bad cashflow.

15 other harsh business truths for you:

1. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency. Bureaucracy is business poison.

2. Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done. Everything changes.

3. Never sacrifice reputation in the name of business. You can always start another company. You can never create a new reputation.

4. Long-term games and long-term people compound. Resist shiny objects.

5. Hire smart people, pay them well, set them up for success... Then leave them the hell alone.

6. “There’s nothing worse than being sick, fat, tired and trying to run your business.” - Dana White

7. The highest ROI investment founders & owners can make is in themselves. Health shapes mindset. Mindset shapes action.

8. You're better off learning negotiation than financial modeling. Business is less spreadsheets than words.

9. The best business of all time has only you, a computer, and the send button.

10. Every additional employee increases complexity. Hiring is a last resort.

11. The best advice comes from those just a couple steps ahead of you. These people still vividly remember the problems you're facing today.

12. Sell painkillers, not vitamins. There's more money in needs than wants.

13. No discounts. Compete on value, not price. Any biz with $$$ can enter your market and bleed you out. Differentiate beyond commodity.

14. A happy customer is the most powerful marketing. Prioritize reviews. Humans are social animals.

15. If no one thinks you’re crazy, you’re too late. If everyone thinks your idea is good? Even worse. Outsized returns lie in non-conformism.

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P.S. I'm running a free masterclass for business owners (next week).

What we'll cover? 4 growth levers to increase cash flow in your biz. 

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Steven Yeh, EIT

Your skills + The One Page Offer™ + 16 weeks = $10k/mo recurring profit | DM me "ONE" for details

In 2017, my life changed forever – I lost my job due to a freak fire.

And that wasn't even the worst part:

• I was working at a job I hated
• My network was filled with losers
• I was living a terribly unhealthy lifestyle

Of course, I didn't know things were all that bad – until I found myself on unemployment.

The next morning, after I let the dust settle a bit, I told myself that I was going to write for 30 days, no matter what.

30 days turned into over 100 fast.

100 days turned into 5+ years.

And now here I am:

• 7,400+ newsletter subscribers
• 50,000 follower audience on Twitter
• 22,000 follower audience on Medium

And a profitable creator business as a result.

Now – the last thing I'll ever tell you is that it was easy – because it wasn't (and still isn't).

But I'll tell you this: it was simple.

Or – at least it's simple when you understand the:

• Strategies
• Patterns
• Tactics

That help you save time, money, and unwanted headaches.

And that's why I'm here.

I want to teach you what I know. From:

• Copywriting
• Offer creation
• Effective writing
• Audience Building
• Digital monetization

And everything in between.

I can't wait to go on this journey with you.

I'll see you in the timeline & in the comments.

Keep building.

✌️ Jon

Jon Brosio

Everyone wants the "one secret" to online success.

Here it is: 

There isn't one.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

• I only made $13.50 online in my 1st year
• I was fired from 3 freelance clients
• My mom was my first email sub
• My first post was about wine

"Shortcuts" are a myth.

The internet sold you a lie...

That there's a:

• A hack
• A trick
• A system 

That skips the hard part.

That someone cracked the code and you can just copy-paste their success.

Bull

Success isn't a download.

It's an upload.

You upload:

• Hours of work when you don't feel like it
• Emails to lists of 12 people
• Content that gets 3 likes
• Offers that get rejected

For months.
Sometimes years.

Until something clicks.

Not because you found the secret.

But because you became the person who deserves the success.

Skills compound
Reputation compounds
Relationships compound

But only if you stick around long enough for the compound interest to kick in.

Most people quit during the "boring middle."

Don't be most people.

Put your head down.

Grind.

And never give up.

It will come.

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3.6M lead magnet

I helped a student gain 6.9M+ views & 4.3k followers (in 30 days)

And now I'm sharing the exact system we used

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I'm about to say something unpopular.

But by someone desperately needs to...

Don't start a business if you're not willing to:

• Work weekends while others binge Netflix
• Work for free in the beginning (often for 6+ months)
• Invest money into yourself when you're already tight
• Sacrifice time with friends & family who don't get it

Plain and simple...

This isn't motivational fluff.

It's the entrance fee.

I remember my first year clearly.

• Friday nights writing sales pages
• Nights out canceled to hop on client calls
• Vacation money spent on business courses
• Sundays learning Facebook ads (that failed)

My social life became a casualty...

My comfort zone became extinct.

My old identity? Gone.

People started treating me differently.

• "Why can't you just relax?"
• "All you talk about is business."
• "Remember when you used to be fun?"

I couldn't explain it then.

I was building something they couldn't see.

A bridge from who I was to who I needed to become.

• Every dollar invested was a nail
• Every weekend worked was a plank
• Every relationship strain was the price of crossing over

Here's what I discovered on the other side:

If you can push through that season of sacrifice—

You don't just get a business.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝.

• Work that energizes you
• Time that belongs to you
• Purpose that feels like play
• Money that serves your mission

The irony?

Once you build it, those same people ask:

"How do you make it look so easy?"

Because they only see the destination.

Not the journey.

Most want the reward.

Few will pay the price.

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The $100K blueprint everyone ignores (but shouldn't)

It's not:

• Sexy
• Scalable
• Automated

(at least yet...)

But it works every single time.

Here it is:

1. Choose a niche
2. Craft a clear offer
3. Give to 10 people for free
4. Collect testimonials like they're GOLD
5. Convert your next client via content
6. Raise your price by 25%

Rinse and repeat steps 4-6.

(Like... damn near religiously...)

I've watched a thousand creators skip this formula.

They want the advanced stuff:

• Automated funnels
• Course platforms  
• Membership sites
• Digital product empires

Meanwhile, simple service providers are quietly hitting $100K.

Because they understand something crucial:

Your average client value matters more than your client count.

10 clients at $10,000 = $100K
100 clients at $1,000 = $100K
1,000 clients at $100 = $100K

Guess which one is easier to manage?
Guess which one has higher profit margins?
Guess which one doesn't require a massive audience?

The ascending price model is your secret weapon:

Every "yes" at your new price builds confidence
Every client success raises your market value
Every testimonial justifies higher rates

Start at $500.
Move to $625.
Then $780.
Then $975.

By client #50, you're charging $1,500+ for the same service you started at $500.

(and mind you -  25% is just a suggestion - you can always go higher the more comfortable and systematized you get)

Same expertise. 
Same deliverable. 

Different positioning.

Because here's the thing about pricing:

It's not about what you think you're worth.

It's about what the market will pay for transformation.

(Read that again)

(And then again...)

And the market will pay more as you prove your value.

Stop looking for the complex solution

Start executing the simple one

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Most creators are one decision away from six figures.

That decision?

Commit to boring.

Everyone wants the six-figure business.

Nobody wants to:

• Post daily for 6 months
• Say no to shiny objects
• Stick with one offer

Which is exactly why most people never get there.

The barrier isn't knowledge.

It's consistency and belief.

I see it every day in my DMs:

• "What about TikTok?"
• "Should I start a newsletter?"
• "I have this new course idea..."

They're asking the wrong questions.

The right question is:

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦?"

Because the creators making money aren't doing more.

They're doing the same thing.

Over and over.

Until it works.

Then they keep doing it.

Boring = Profitable.
Exciting = Broke.

Choose boring.

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My nephew asked me what I do for work yesterday.

I said: 

"I help people talk to money."

He looked confused...

So I explained it like this:

"Imagine money has ears. Most people are shouting the wrong words, in the wrong places, to the wrong ears, at the wrong time.

I teach them how to whisper the right things."

He nodded like that made perfect sense.

He's six...

Kids get it. 

Adults overcomplicate it.

Here's the simple truth:

Money has four ears:

Copywriting = knowing what to say
Marketing = knowing where to say it
Positioning = knowing who to say it to  
Sales = knowing how to say it

Together...

They make money listen.

Most creators are still shouting:

• "BUY MY THING!"
• "FOLLOW ME!"
• "I'M THE BEST!"

Money doesn't respond to shouting.

Money responds to whispers.

The right message (copywriting) delivered in the right place (marketing) to the right person (positioning) at the right moment (sales).

That's when money leans in.

That's when money says yes.

That's when your wildest dreams come true.

Stop shouting at money.

Start whispering to it.

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You’re generating leads. You’re closing sales.

But at some point—

Whether it’s $10K/month or $20K/month—you hit a wall.

Things stall.

And when that happens, the instinct is to think you need more content.

• More posts. 
• More visibility. 
• More engagement.

But the real shift that moves the needle isn’t about more.

It’s about making a fundamental change in how you communicate.

Because there’s a difference between content that generates attention and content that creates conversions.

And that difference comes down to this shift...

From:

• “this is who I am” → to “this is your problem.”
• “this is what I do” → to “this is why your problem sucks.”
• “this is why it’s cool” → to “this is what you should try instead.”

If your content is mostly talking about what you do, you’re making it harder to attract clients.

Your dream clients don’t care about your story until they see themselves in it.

Your audience is already having a conversation in their head.

They wake up thinking about their frustrations, their struggles, and the outcomes they want.

They’re not looking for another expert talking about their credentials.

They’re looking for someone who understands their experience better than they do.

This is why you need to start with your offer.

Because when you deeply understand:

• Who you help
• What you help them achieve

Then you can reverse-engineer your content to meet them exactly where they are.

You’ll start uncovering the stories they’re already telling themselves about:

Their pains
Their desires
Their obstacles
Their frustrations

And when your content enters their world instead of forcing them into yours—

You become the no-brainer choice to solve their problem.

This shift isn’t just about making tweaks to your content.

It’s about rethinking your entire approach so that every post, email, and message serves as a stepping stone toward working with you.

When you stop making content about you—and start making it about them—

Everything changes.

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The biggest lie in business:

(It's complete and utter garbage - makes me sick...)

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Here it is...

That you need to be the smartest person in the room.

I know people making $50K/month who barely graduated high school.

And PhD's who can't sell a $97 course.

Here's what actually matters:

• Who you are
• Who you want to help

That's it.

Nothing else.

Who you are = What your offer says about you

Your offer creates your identity:

• Sell productivity systems → You're the efficiency expert
• Sell relationship advice → You're the connection coach
• Sell financial planning → You're the money mentor

Your positioning doesn't come from your resume.

It comes from the problem you solve.

Who you serve = The specific outcome they want

This isn't about age, gender, or income.

It's about the transformation:

• Stressed entrepreneurs who want systems
• Lonely professionals who want connection
• Broke millennials who want wealth

When you know these two things, everything else becomes simple.

Your content writes itself.

Because you're not trying to impress everyone.

You're solving one problem for one person.

The gurus want you to think it's complicated.

That you need:

• Complex funnels
• Multiple revenue streams
• Years of "authority building"

Lies.

Simple beats sophisticated.

Clear beats clever.

Every damn time.

If you think success is about being the best—this will change your mind.

Because here’s what actually creates momentum:

Effort.
Consistency.
And the willingness to look a little stupid for a while.

Over time, that combo beats genius almost every time.

Everyone’s chasing the perfect strategy.

The brilliant idea.

The overnight win.

But most people don’t need a breakthrough.

They need movement.

Reps.
Feedback.
Refinement.

That’s how progress is made—especially when it’s quiet and invisible.

You don’t need more ideas.

You need action.

→ Action that looks boring
→ Action that feels uncomfortable
→ Action that makes you cringe, because you’re figuring it out

But that’s the exact action that builds confidence.

And credibility.

And eventually—results.

Here’s the truth:

→ The consultant who closes $10k clients? She used to flinch every time she pitched.

→ The coach with the waitlist? He made 6 offers before anyone said yes.

→ The creator with momentum? Her first 90 days were pure trial and error.

They didn’t wait to feel qualified.

They just kept going.

If you’re building a solo business, this is what it actually looks like:

→ One clear offer
→ Targeted content that starts real conversations
→ Simple, repeatable actions—done consistently

You don’t need to be a genius.

You need to keep going longer than most people are willing to look unsure.

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Most people overcomplicate getting to $10K/month.

They think they need: 

• Complex funnels
• MASSIVE audiences
• Completely unique offers

But I've watched dozens of clients hit $10K with something much simpler:

1. Get one client

Stop building the "perfect" offer. 

Start with one person who has a problem you can solve. 

Even if it's messy. Even if it's not "scalable"

(Yet...)

2. Do a great job

Over-deliver on everything. 
Show up early, stay late, anticipate their needs. 

This client becomes your case study for the next one.

3. Charge more (to get another client)

Double your price. Seriously. 
Your first client proved the value exists. 

Your second client should pay for that proof.

4. Deliver an even better result

You learned from client #1. 

Apply those lessons to client #2. 

Better systems, clearer communication, faster results.

5. Repeat until you make $10K/month

Keep raising prices as you get better. 

$500 becomes $1000. 
$1000 becomes $2000. 
$2000 becomes $5000.

Most people want the complex strategy.

But the simple path works faster.

One client at a time.
One great result at a time.
One price increase at a time.

Until you're making more money than most people with "big" businesses.

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Most creators will stay broke...

I'm talking about the creators who:

• Never share their wins
• Rarely talk about their offers
• Hide behind "let the work speak for itself"

They think humility is a business strategy.

It's not.

It's a poverty strategy.

Because the future belongs to those unafraid to self-promote.

They'll:

• Create better content (they know their story matters)
• Make a better offer (not embarrassed by their prices)
• Get more attention (not waiting to be discovered)

And they'll win.

Here's the truth nobody wants to hear:

Your 

• Best work means nothing if nobody knows about it
• Perfect offer means nothing if nobody hears about it
• Expertise means nothing if you keep it to yourself

I used to think differently.

I thought quality would eventually rise to the top.

That customers would somehow find me.

That word-of-mouth would magically scale my business.

I was wrong.

Dead wrong.

The market doesn't reward the best.
It rewards the best-known.

(Double click on that, homie...)

And "best-known" requires one thing:

Showing up
Speaking up
Promoting up

Confidently
Consistently
Unapologetically

Your competition isn't more talented.

They're just more visible.

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This system helped me made $18k in one month

(After being stuck at countless $2k - $5k months...)

Most creators think $10K months require:

• 100K followers
• Viral content
• Complex funnels
• 20 different revenue streams

Not eeeeeeeeeeeeven.

Here's what actually works:

One offer.

• Solves one specific problem
• For one specific person
• At one specific price point

One system.

• Content that attracts
• Process that converts
• Delivery that delights

One post per day.

• Speaks to their pain
• Shows your solution
• Invites them in

That's the entire business.

I learned this the hard way.

Spent 2 years creating:

• 3 different courses
• 9 different price points
• Content for everyone (and no one)

Result? $2,800 in total revenue.

Then I simplified:

• One coaching offer
• One sales process
• One post daily
• One email

Result? $18K in month one.

The lesson?

Depth beats breadth.
Clarity beats cleverness.
Focus beats everything.

Your audience doesn't want options.

They want THE solution.

Give them one clear path to their desired outcome.

Then watch them sprint toward it.

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Everyone's looking for the $100K secret.

Here it is:

Stop selling what you know.

Start selling what they want.

(Read that again, baby!)

I see creators all day building products around their expertise instead of their market's desperation.

• "I know marketing, so I'll sell marketing courses"
• "I'm good at graphic design, so I'll teach design"
• "I know productivity, so I'll create productivity systems"

That's expertise-first thinking...

And it keeps you broke.

$10K thinking works in reverse:

• What's keeping your ideal client awake at 3 AM?
• What transformation would change their life?
• What would they pay anything to fix?

Then—and only then—do you ask:

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?"

WhAt'S tHe DifFeReNcE?

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆.

Booyah-kasha!

(I hope that send chills down your spine...)

Market-thinking creates offers people throw money at.

I learned this the hard way...

My first offer was "Content Strategy for Creators."

Sounds impressive, right?

I made about $1500 in 3 months.

Then I talked to my market.

They didn't want "strategy."

They wanted to stop feeling like frauds charging for their work.

Same expertise. Different angle.

"Create a One Page Offer™ and validate it with 3 clients" 

was born.

$40K+ in the first 90 days...

Same knowledge
Same person
Same skills

Different offer.

Because I stopped leading with what I wanted to teach.

And started with what they desperately wanted to learn.

Your expertise is the vehicle.

Their transformation is the destination.

Get that backwards, and you'll stay stuck explaining why your knowledge is valuable.

Get it right, and they'll be asking how fast they can start.

If you've been told to "find your niche" and felt paralyzed, this will change everything...

Most creators think a niche is:

• An industry ("fitness")
• A platform ("LinkedIn creators")
• A demographic ("millennial women")

That's not a niche.

That's a category.

A $100k niche is a group with a problem.

Not just any problem.

A problem that:

• They can't solve alone
• Keeps them up at night
• Costs them money daily
• They'll pay premium to fix

When you speak to the problem, the right people immediately think:

• "Holy ravioli, that's me."
• "How did they know?"
• "I need this now."

My student learned this the hard way...

For months, he called himself a "career coach for programmers"

Crickets.

Then she shifted:

"I help programmers stuck in application hell get recruiters to reach out to them with their dream job and salary in hand"

Same skills. Same person. 
Completely different response.

6 new clients within the first month working together...

Because he stopped describing what he did and started describing the hell her clients were living in.

The magic isn't in the solution.
It's in how precisely you can articulate the problem.

Most creators get this backwards...

Here's how to find your $100k niche:

1. List every problem you've personally solved
2. Identify which ones people regularly ask you about
3. Find the intersection of "urgent" and "expensive"
4. Test your language with real humans

Don't ask 

"What's my niche?"

Ask 

"Whose problem am I uniquely positioned to solve?"

The money follows the problem.

The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.

Stop being a generalist hoping someone needs everything.

Start being the specialist people desperately need for one thing.

Picture this scenario:

Two coaches launch the exact same program. 

• Same offer
• Same price point
• Same audience size

Coach A makes $3,000
Coach B makes $15,000

The difference isn't their expertise
It's not their audience 

It's frame control

Coach A: The Commodity Approach

Sends an email: 

"Hey everyone, I'm opening enrollment for my coaching program next Tuesday. Here are the details, here are the benefits, here's the price."

Tuesday comes. Doors open. Then they wait.

The response is crickets.

 By Thursday, panic sets in. 

They send another email with the same details. 

They're begging people to buy. 

Result: $3,000 and a bruised ego.

Coach B: The Authority Approach

Takes a completely different path.

Sends a thoughtful email about a conversation they had with a struggling client. 

• Real problem
• Real insight
• Real value

No pitch. Just genuine help.

And a "P.S."

P.S. "This conversation inspired me to create something that solves this exact problem. Reply 'INTERESTED' if this would help you too."

60 replies flood their inbox.

Two days later: 

"I got an overwhelming response to Tuesday's email. This inspired me to put together something even bigger than I originally planned. I'm creating a pre-registration list. As a bonus, pre-registered people get an extra one-on-one call with me."

100 people pre-register.

Final email: 

"Due to the response, I'm limiting this to 10 spots only. Pre-registered people get first access Monday morning - with their bonus. Everyone else gets access Tuesday - without the bonus."


• Monday morning: 6 spots gone in 3 hours
• Thursday: Remaining 4 spots filled
• Friday: 3 more people wanting in

Coach B lets them in at 10% higher price.

Result: $15,000 and a waitlist for the next round.

Here's the lesson:

Stop launching like you're applying for permission. 

Start creating demand before revealing the offer.

Your audience doesn't want another program. 

They want to be part of something exclusive. 
They want to feel chosen.

That's the difference between begging and building

Between commodity and authority. 

Between $3K months and $15K months.

The money isn't in what you're selling. 

It's in how you position yourself before anyone knows what you're selling.

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Most solopreneurs are sabotaging their own income.

Without realizing it. They make two critical mistakes:

They:

1. Don't ask existing clients for more
2. Chase one-time payments instead of recurring revenue

I learned this the hard way.

67% of my income came from people who already knew me.

Yet I was spending 80% of my time chasing new prospects.

Backwards.

Completely bass-ackwards.

Here's what I discovered:

When someone buys from you once, they're 7x more likely to buy again.

When they:

• Get results, they want more results
• Trust your process, they want deeper access
• See transformation, they want acceleration

But most solopreneurs deliver value and disappear.

No next step
No follow-up offer
No ongoing relationship

They treat business like speed dating instead of marriage.

Meanwhile, their best clients are asking:

"What else can you help me with?"

(Even if it's not out loud...)

And getting crickets.

So they find someone else.

Now I design every offer with three things:

• Recurring component for ongoing value
• Clear next step for ready clients
• Natural upsell pathway built in

Result?

I haven't "hunted" for a client in 8 months.

And I help my clients do the same.

Because we built businesses that grow themselves

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Too many solopreneurs are afraid of the wrong thing.

They worry about:

• "I need to be original!"
• "I can’t launch until it's perfect!"
• "What if someone steals my idea?"

But these fears don’t kill businesses. What does?

• Waiting too long to launch
• Obsessing over originality instead of execution
• Sitting on an idea instead of testing it in the market

The truth is, your idea isn’t what makes you successful. 

It’s your execution.

Some of the most successful businesses didn’t create something entirely new. 

They took something that already existed and improved it.

• Facebook wasn’t the first social network.
• Google wasn’t the first search engine.
• Apple didn’t invent the smartphone.

They just executed better than their competition.

If you want to build a successful business, your focus should be on:

• A proven offer – Something people already want.
• A proven lead funnel – A system that attracts leads.
• A proven method to convert leads – A way to convert them.

The market doesn’t care about how unique or clever your idea is. 

It only cares about:

• Does this solve my problem?
• Is it better than what I have now?
• Can I trust that it will work for me?

If you have something new, your first job isn’t to protect it. 

It’s to test it.

The Real Business Killer: Inaction

The best businesses aren’t the most original. 

They are the ones that:

• Take existing ideas and improve them.
• Focus on execution rather than perfection.
• Test, iterate, and refine until they get it right.

The biggest risk isn’t someone copying your idea. 

It’s you never acting on it.

Everyone's looking for a complex marketing funnel.

Meanwhile...

The richest solo creators and coaches I know use one step that leads to another:

Reader → Lead → Customer → Recurring → High-ticket

That's it.

No fancy automation.
No 47-step sequences.
No AI-powered chatbots.

Just crystal clear progression:

I call it One Step Marketing™

It's what I use for my own multi-six figure solo business.

And what I teach my clients:

• Reader finds your content (content)
• Lead opts in for deeper value (free)
• Customer buys entry offer ($)
• Returns for recurring solution ($$)
• Graduates to premium service ($$$)

But here's what makes it work:

Each step solves ONE problem.
Leads to ONE outcome.
Makes ONE promise.

(Hence the name "One Step Marketing™")

The magic isn't in complexity.

It's in clarity.

Knowing exactly:

• Who you serve
• What they need
• How you help
• What's next

That's how you build $10k months.

And $20k

And $30k...

Not by adding more steps.

By making each step count.

Here's the difference between a $10K and a $100K niche:

$10K niche: 
"I help marketing agencies"

$100K niche: 
"I help marketing agencies whose clients keep asking for discounts"

$10K niche: 
"I serve real estate agents"

$100K niche: 
"I serve real estate agents who generate leads but can't convert them to closings"

$10K niche: 
"I work with freelance writers"

$100K niche: 
"I work with freelance writers who have decent online audiences but are still broke"

Notice the pattern?

The money isn't in the demographic.

It's in the desperation.

People don't pay for solutions to problems they might have someday.

They pay for solutions to problems that are costing them money, sleep, or sanity RIGHT NOW.

When I was selling wine, I didn't approach every table the same way.

• The anniversary couple? Different conversation
• The business meeting? Different approach
• The first date trying to impress? 

Say it with me...

Completely 👏 different 👏 strategy.

• Same people
• Different situations
• Different problems to solve

Your niche works the same way.

Stop thinking "who do I serve?"

Start thinking 

"𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?"

That's not a demographic.

That's a goldmine.

Julius Brown III

Sales happen before you ever talk to someone.

They happen in... 

Your content

Most creators use content to show expertise.
Smart creators use content to eliminate objections.

There's a massive difference.

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