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That's a really hard thing to admit to yourself.

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A few years ago, I was an in-person mastermind in the Philippines. It was sort of a regular affair. And the people that showed up were pretty serious business people. So you'd get there,

you'd make a sales pitch, or you'd present your business idea and other entrepreneurs your peers

would basically lay into you for a half an hour. It was pretty intense. In that group, there was

one entrepreneur that was a little bit different than the rest of us. I think it's fair to say.

For most of us, the default mindset is hustle, hustle, hustle, we're willing to do anything

to grow our business. But my

guest today was almost the exact opposite. Most things he wasn't willing to do to grow his business.

And that's because he had a very strong list of rules. Like, here are the things that I'm willing

to do and not willing to do for my business because lifestyles very important to me. And for all the

incredible business successes and big wins that came out of that mastermind, when I look back

on it, probably the thing that sticks with me the most is the one person who under-optimized,

who under-monetized, and who wasn't willing to take most of advice. In the two and a half years

since Mark Brenwall has

become an entrepreneur, he's built a business called Wad Nation that currently nets him $20,000 a

month in profit. And I think he lives a pretty good lifestyle while he's doing it. So I invited

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