This is honest advice for content creators and business owners who want to grow on social media in 2026.

In this episode, I'm going to be sharing with you nine things that I wish I could go back a decade ago and tell myself.

Because a decade ago was when I was first getting started owning a small business.

My first small business was helping moms keep their kids safe on Snapchat.

It was an online course that was filmed entirely on my phone

with a cheap $10 microphone that I bought off Amazon in a rented out room at the local library.

It was a business that was born out of necessity and a little bit of desperation. At that time, I was a college football player and I just didn't have the time

to work a nine to five, but I wanted to create financial independence for myself. I wanted to

cut the financial umbilical cord and take the silver spoon out of my mouth. I wanted to be able

to provide for myself and take care of my friends and my loved ones like my parents had taken care of me for my entire life up until that point.

And I'm so thankful that young Brock started that business, but I'm also so thankful that I'm

doing something vastly different today because I'm not teaching parents how to keep their kids safe

on Snapchat anymore. I'm teaching people just like you, small business owners, content creators,

brands, influencers, how to grow their following and make money on social media. So by the way,

I do want to quickly ask you to subscribe because every single week on this podcast, I put out a new

episode doing exactly what I just said, helping you figure out the latest trends, strategies,

and techniques to see a real difference in the least amount of time possible. Some of the following nine lessons that I'm going to share

with you are going to be surprising. There are things that might catch you off guard, things that

you might disagree with. And there are going to be things that you have probably heard 50 million

times, things that are cliche. And just because something is cliche doesn't mean that it is false. In fact, I would say usually if something is cliche, it is extra true. And the reason that you're hearing it is because you need to hear it. The reason that you're hearing it over and over and over again is that it's something that truly matters. It's something that's truly going to make a difference. It's something that you truly need to soak up. So if you hear something today and you're like, really, this is one of the lessons that he's sharing? Yes, it is. And I hope that I can tattoo it onto your brain, because while it is cliche, it is something you need to hear. And one last final thing before we get into these nine lessons. And I absolutely hate this part. Like I honestly do. I hate this part

of public speaking where I have to tell you like what I'm known for. I have to tell you like my

credentials because this just feels like ego stroking. And so I genuinely hate what I'm about to say.

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