Ed Latimore is a writer with over 10 years of experience in creating engaging and insightful content for various platforms and audiences. He has a B.A. in Physics from Duquesne University, a MOS certification as a Land Combat Electrical Missile Systems Repairer, and a Secret Clearance issued by the US Army.

As a self-employed writer, Ed shares his unique perspective and wisdom from his diverse background as a former heavyweight professional boxer, a veteran of the United States Army National Guard, and a physics graduate. He teaches the lessons he has learned through his blog, his newsletter, and his Twitter account, reaching millions of people who benefit from his advice and stories. Ed's mission is to help others overcome their challenges, improve their lives, and achieve their goals.

Ed Latimore

Don't let stupid people gaslight you into thinking you're the dumb one.

Professional boxer (14-1-1) | Stuck at 1800-ish chess rating | Keynote Speaker | Author of “Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life

"Saying 'my bad' went a long way in keeping an accidental brush on a crowded bus from turning into an all-out brawl.

Even if the other person was wrong, swallowing my pride prevented countless unnecessary fights that could have ended badly.

People respond better to humility and respect, even amid chaos. Good manners and emotional control never make a situation worse.

Staying disciplined with my emotions granted me inner resilience and social capital that have paid dividends throughout my life."

From my book Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life—>https://amzn.to/45Prvnx

Sometimes the best way to help someone is not only let them fail but also to offer no assistance in their recovery.

Compassion has robbed many people of valuable lessons that can only be learned the hard way.

And when that happens, it's not a matter of if, but when they will make the same mistake. And you may not be able to help them, but now they're in a genuinely bad spot.

Much worse than if they hadn't been robbed of the opportunity to learn the first time.

I took all the SEO skills I've gained over the past 13 years and started working in a retainer/freelancer role at a startup.

Here is the week-to-week progress of the organic traffic from their analytics.

I'm happy, and this week is already on pace to be a bit higher than last week.

"You can waste a lot of time and energy trying to change things that aren’t yours to change, no matter how much you work at it. 

While you’re engaged in those pointless battles, you’re depleting resources that could impact those aspects of your life that would yield to your efforts if you could only see them."

From my book "Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life"–>https://amzn.to/3LVfkyV

In 2011, I had a fight that changed my life and saved me from being homeless in 2 weeks.

It was an amateur fight, so I didn't get paid for it either. But I was hurting for cash and 2 weeks away from my apartment lease being up.

The fight was against Dominic Breazeale in the 2011 National Golden Glove tournament. I won a decision and impressed his sponsors so much that they recruited me.

I couldn't control who I drew in the pairings. I could only control how I trained and how I fought, despite the distraction.

Learn more about the fight and what came of it in Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life–>amzn.to/4pRCBQi

"Among the many reasons to be kind to people is that you never know when you’ll need to rely on the kindness of others.

This doesn’t mean you’re only helpful because you expect others to help you. That approach will set you up for bitterness and disappointment.

Karma is a sloppy art that doesn’t always get it right, but you gain nothing by not helping when it would be easy for you.

You should be kind because it genuinely makes you feel better and makes the world a better place to live.

However, when karma does occasionally get things right, and you desperately need assistance, it’s amazing how it can turn a bad situation into something good or take a good situation and make it something great."

From Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life

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Teaching my son how to read has taught me an important distinction between the childish and mature mind.

When he isn't in the mood, no bribe works. He just won't focus.

But when he wants to, I can't get him to stop.

Kids rely on motivation.
Adults thrive on discipline.

The opposite of love is not hate.

It's indifference.

And it's only in rhat indifference that freedom to choose exist.

"And of course you can't become
If you only say
What you woulda done"

The best way to keep from falling off the edge is to stay as far away from it as possible.

Unfortunately, this is also the best way to lose it.

Crackheads are a relatively peaceful bunch, unless there's a full moon and they haven't fed in 72+ hours.

Learn more about crackheads and my experiences with them in Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life–>amzn.to/45LXiWy

The biggest lesson from 2025 that is already paying dividends in 2026:

You win creative work when you figure out your *own* personal, repeatable, profitable process.

You can't buy someone else's tactics, and you can't copy their strategy.

By all means, learn from it, take what works, and discard the rest...

But your biggest wins will come when you build what works for *you* and ONLY you.

Because in creative work, the process is simultaneously separate AND indistinguishable from the outcome.

Looking at what AI has become—along with the rest of the internet, in general—I have a serious question.

Well, two, actually:

1) How long before colleges actually collapse? I have said several times that I can't see the university system failing, but something will have to give for 95% of majors.

The cost to reward ratio is already lop-sided, and it's only going to get worse.

2) How long before compulsory schooling is just not a thing? This one might take a little longer, since school functions as de facto, state-funded childcare.

But, at the very least, the old models of teaching and assessing skills are dead men walking.

Which also means that in about 20 years, people are almost certainly going to be living in an Idiocracy.

If you think critical thinking is bad now, wait until the first group of job seekers who were raised on AI "graduate."

AI writing is how I really learned what "voice" is.

Because AI all sounds the same.

The structure is so predictable and the lack of creativity so obvious that it's painful to read—even if it's free of errors.

You don't make your writing seem human by adding mistakes. That's stupid.

You do it by being unpredictable, asymmetrical, and making references that are personal yet presented universally

You make new connections between ideas that people haven't heard before.

In other words, stop being lazy, learn something, and— just for flavor—maybe stop watching or reading anything created after the year 2010 for a while.

It's easy to have faith in the future when you take responsibility for the present and learn from the past.

Many times, the best way to help someone is to force them to do what they don’t want to do and tell them what they don’t want to hear.

I learn just as much by the end of a debate as I thought I knew at the start of it.

Experiences gives you stories to tell.

Craft gives you the ability to tell them.

"Alonso Quixano’s goal of helping people is a noble one but his method is all too common among people who are trying to be good:

They do easy things that they think should help rather than hard things that actually will help.

What this amounts to is that they want to be good on their own terms. 

But being good is something that we cannot do on our own terms, because being good means conforming ourselves to reality."

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Likes Ain't Cash. 4,800+ Customers. 250+ Clients Served. How I Turned My 1 Big Idea (Likes Ain't Cash) Into $3 Million:

Give The Sauce

2025 taught me that competence is abundant.

Mentor

The Ukrainian has some trouble comprehending that this is the peak male office.

Big news.

The Ukrainian and my Spanish residency has just been officially approved.

We got the villa. We've got the papers. Next up is the future.

God is good.

Churn

My parents had a friend called Ron.

He was like my rich uncle.

Uncle Ron had money. A lot of it.

He used to invite us over to his mansion in the beach.

From memory, and I'm forgetting most things, it had:

- A football court
- Basketball court
- Beach volleyball court
- (I think) 20 bedrooms
- A gym
- Heliport
- Ping pong table
- Pool table
- Multiple lounges looking at the ocean
- A pool
- Another pool
- A fridge that his employees kept fully stocked with cold coconuts.
- PEELED cold coconuts. With a machete.

This was so impressive to 12 year old me that I tried to recreate the house on Minecraft.

(It's still impressive tbh).

One day he took us marlin fishing.

Rented a boat with my dad and some friends and took us to the sea.

Usually one fishes 2-3 marlins on a good day.

That day we caught 16.

That day I learned that marlins are extremely strong. If it weren't for my 200lb dad muscling it out then I would 100% get yanked off the boat.

That day I learned that a marlin's skin is only smooth when felt in one direction. If you move it in the opposite direction you are for sure getting cut. It's like sandpaper but with knives.

He would let me, the 12 year old, ride the 4x4 motorbike to the beach. It was quite hilly so if you went real fast you could even catch some airtime.

He would hire a massage lady for the full day so anyone could get one if they wanted to.

Uncle Ron was blessed.

But he also knew how to be blessed.

He knew how to spend the money. How to use money to get nice things, experiences and bless others. He was just as good at enjoying it as he was at making it.

Uncle Ron taught me that being blessed is not just a state.

It's the start of a new skill.

Being blessed isn't the end.

One must also learn how to be blessed.

I might text Uncle Ron one of these days and show him the villa. Tell him about the wedding and the Euro trips I took with my brother, my parents and Abuelita.

I want him to know that marlin fishing was not the only thing he taught me.

Right Now, AI Is Easier To Sell Than Info

My Father's Wish

Having one offer is absolutely the way to go and will work out fine for you.

Offers

Group coaching expectation vs. Group coaching reality

Group Coaching

People Tend To Buy From People That Make Them Feel Safe

Rig The Game

You’re only marketing to 3% of your audience.

People who can afford your top tier service:

2 months ago I made an experiment and made a worse offer:

I removed something I consider a key component of working with me.

Admittedly this drives the price way up.

But some people didn't want that.

So I offered a compromise that fit them better:

"If you'd prefer not to have this, the price goes down."

22 people took me up on that offer.

And as of today, that "worse" offer has made $30,000 and keeps adding up every month.

Tomorrow it will be more.

And in 7 days it will be more.

A revenue source that was hidden from me - but hidden in plain sight:

Not everyone can and not everyone wants to afford your full thing.

But they can still benefit from some other thing.

Rigidity in the coaching and consulting market has influenced a lot of people into only selling one thing at one price.

Giving one door to one place.

And while it's effective for some, it's too rigid for most.

When you only have one door you limit the inflow.

And when you limit the inflow you limit the upside.

Lead Nurturing is a myth because people adapt to pain.

Lead Nurturing

Pauses Are For Netflix

How To Attract Whales That Can Afford You

Whales

The Basically Guy is the guy I wish I never become.

​The Basically Guy rarely understands new concepts because he tries to condense them into a one-liner.

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