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Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

#3291: Can "The Little Guy" Still Make It In America? YES!! [Part 1 of 2]

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

Business

4.9599 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m starting part one of a two-part mini-series where I’m answering one big question from both sides: Can the little guy still make it in America? Today, I’m making the case for yes—why someone starting from zero, with no help, can still succeed here. Then in the next couple of episodes, I’ll flip the script and break down why some folks would say no. I do this often—lay out both sides, so you can think deeper. Let’s start with the reasons why the little guy still has a shot. Show Notes:  [03:30]#1 Access to opportunity. [09:38]#2 We are still living in a performance and results based business, and there is still a chance for anyone to make it in America, regardless of where they started.  [13:11]#3 America rewards innovation.  [15:00]Recap Next Steps: --- 🎓 Work On Your Game University: http://www.WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com  📧 Get Dre’s Emails FREE:  http://WorkOnMyGame.com  🤖 Use The FREE “Dre GTP 1.0” ChatBot: Https://www.DreAllDay.com/AI  📲 Text Dre Baldwin: Text Dre at 1.305.384.6894 (or go to http://www.DreAllDay.com/Text) 🟢 Sponsor: AG1 by Athletic Greens: http://drinkAG1.com/WORKONYOURGAME  💦 Sponsor: AquaTru - $100 Off Any Purifying Filter Http://WorkOnYourGame.com/AT 🎧 Free Audiobooks:  The Third Day: http://www.ThirdDayBook.com/audible The Mirror Of Motivation: http://www.MirrorOfMotivation.com/audible 📚 The Free Books: The Third Day: http://ThirdDayBook.com  The Mirror Of Motivation: http://MirrorOfMotivation.com The Sales Discipline System: http://SalesDisciplineBook.com  The Overseas Basketball Blueprint: http://BallOverseas.com  Basketball: How To Play As Well As You Practice: http://HoopHandbook.com/Free  💵 Support:  CashApp: http://Cash.app/$DreBaldwin  Be sure to Subscribe to have each new episode sent directly to you daily! If you're enjoying Work On Your Game, please review the show and let us know!  Dre on social media: Instagram [http://instagram.com/DreBaldwin] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@workonyourgame]  YouTube [http://youtube.com/dreupt] Twitter / X [http://X.com/DreAllDay] Facebook [http://Facebook.com/WorkOnYourGameUniversity] Facebook Business Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6figuresandgrowing/  All Episodes + FULL Work On Your Game Podcast archive at:  http://WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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If you notice an imbalance between what they have and what you have, you become unhappy,

0:05.9

even if, without that comparison, you'll be perfectly happy.

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Rayolole.com.

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He's exceptional.

0:14.8

Work on your game.

0:16.3

I like the approach.

0:17.6

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0:18.9

Everybody relates to what Gray is saying is in a different way. Work on your game.. Everybody relates to what Dre saying is in a different way.

0:22.6

Work on your game.

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I like the way he thinks.

0:25.6

Work on your fucking game.

0:26.6

I like the frameworks that he's put together.

0:29.6

Work on your game.

0:30.6

And I would highly recommend it to anybody that's trying to work on their game.

0:34.6

Work on your fucking game.

0:36.6

I think it's a good approach. It's a different approach, too. Hey, you, work on your game. Gave me something really good. Work on you gain, Dreolde.com. And his philosophy makes a lot of sense. Not only work on your game, perfect your crap. Work on your game. He knows how to communicate in such a fabulous way. I can't say it enough. Work on your game. You're now tuned into the show where you learned the discipline to show up day after day to do the work, the confidence to put yourself out there, boldly and authentically and the mental toughness to continue showing up, doing work. Putting yourself out there, even when it's success you're expected to achieve, has yet to be achieved. And on top of all this, you're going to use those personal initiative. That is, the go get an energy that moves any one of us, including yourself, to go and make things happen instead of waiting for things to happen. And then we put all this together into a series of frameworks, approaches, insights, strategies and techniques underneath the umbrella of one unifying philosophy that is called Work on Your Game. My name is Drey Baldwin, also known as Drey All Day, and welcome to the show. And today's topic is, we are starting part one of a two-part mini-series. It's actually really going to be a four-part miniseries, but I'm going to answer, I'm going to ask and answer the same question in two different ways over the course of four episodes. The question is, can, open quote, the little guy still make it in the United States of America? That's what we're going to answer. I'm going to tell you the yes side and I'm going to tell you what some people see as the no side.

2:03.4

And again, this is going to be into a,

2:04.9

what's going to be a four-part series.

2:08.4

And as some of you know, if you're familiar with my style,

2:11.0

on many topics, I don't do it on every topic,

2:11.9

but on many topics,

2:15.6

I will argue from both sides of the conversation. I will tell you why someone could see it as a yes this way and someone could see it as the exact opposite the other way. Same way I do with a presidential election coming up. I'll tell you why this person could win. I'll tell you why the other person could win or I'll tell you if either one wins. Here's why. And what I'm going to do in this series is similar to that. So what I'm going to do here first is answer the question, can the little guy still make it in America? I'm going to answer in the affirmative. And I'm going to give you a two-part series on why the little guy can still make it in America. Then after today and tomorrow's episode, I'm going to give you the no, the little guy cannot make it in America points, and I'm going to lay out the points of what someone who does not believe that would say. Now, if you notice my language here, maybe you can catch my drift, do I believe, quote unquote, the little guy, meaning the person who is, let's just say the person who's starting at zero with no advantages and no handouts and no access, can they make it an America? The answer is yes. However you define making, however you define little guy, however you define making it, yes, the little guy can still make an America. That's my personal opinion. What I'm going to do in this two-part series is I'm going to give you the look at this question from both angles, the affirmative and the negative, and then I'm

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