Make Better Decisions and 100 Other Reasons To Work Less | Rand Fishkin
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Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Rand Fishkin shares his insights on entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He discusses the impact of the hustle culture on success and emphasizes the importance of making the best decisions as an entrepreneur. Rand shares his experiences in the video game and marketing industries, highlighting the need for creators to think strategically and understand their target audience. He also introduces his ventures, SparkToro and Snackbar Studio, and provides resources such as his book "Lost and Founder" and the SparkToro blog for further exploration.
Some highlights we explore:
- The impact of the hustle culture on success and decision-making
- Rand's experiences in the video game and marketing industries
- Strategies for thinking strategically and understanding the target audience
- The importance of finding fulfillment and happiness in both professional and personal pursuits
Enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know if you would say this. |
| 0:01.3 | I would say that the lifestyle and the grind, the hustle culture, the like put in, |
| 0:08.6 | you know, hundreds of raw hours every month, I believe that inversely and counterintuitively |
| 0:17.0 | worked against the success of the business. |
| 0:19.6 | I think that it made us tired. I think it made |
| 0:22.9 | us burnt out. I think it made us make poor decisions. And what the hell is the goal of an entrepreneur? |
| 0:28.1 | What's your job or my job? It's to make the best decisions we possibly can, which I don't think |
| 0:32.8 | you do if you're working 60 or 70 or 80 hour weeks. |
| 0:38.7 | Hey, everybody. what's up? |
| 0:39.5 | It's Chase. |
| 0:40.4 | Welcome to another episode of the show. |
| 0:42.0 | The Chase Jarvis Live show here in your ears, |
| 0:44.3 | in your face. |
| 0:45.0 | If you're watching, listening, the show is built for you. |
| 0:48.1 | I sit down with the world's top creators, entrepreneurs, |
| 0:50.1 | and thought leaders, and I do what I can to unpack their brains |
| 0:52.8 | and help you live your dreams and career hobby and life. And today's show is with Rand Fishkin. Now, Rand is the second time, |
| 1:00.1 | I think second time guest in the show, really interesting entrepreneur. And I know you're |
| 1:04.5 | going to love his story. He dropped out of University of Washington a long time ago to go to work |
| 1:09.8 | at his mom's small business. An incredible story of how |
| 1:13.4 | that small business transformed his life and led him to creating, among other things, his first |
| 1:19.0 | company called MOS, SEO MOS. If you were at all in corporate marketing, you're probably aware |
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