Truly, we are blessed to be living in the golden age of “contrepreneurialisim,” a wonderful era in which millions are drawn to the irresistible siren songs of a veritable Murderer’s Row of “let me show you how to get rich-ists.” So much snake oil! So little time!

Show Notes

Mike Winnet’s “The Contrepreneur Formula”

Shameless Self Promotion

• Phew just published his third book: The Stoic Salesperson; buy on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3fIpZrS
• Relating to that, the advice Phew received from a business coach
• This was the coach’s approach to everything
• Making everything sounds so much easier than it really is
• Then the marketing and upselling begins

Tai Lopez is a Complete Contrepreneur

• In my garage with my Ferraris
• How did my helicopter get in this picture?
• “If you’re in a room and you can’t figure out who the sucker is, you’re the sucker”
• Tai Lopez, Grant Cardone, etc. all doing the same thing

Unc’s Experience in the Space

• Unc has sold stuff online
• Nearly moved to Austin, TX to take a job there a few years ago
• Acted as webinar host
• Several of the webinars had in excess of 1,000 attendees
• Made $50K in two hours on several different occasions

The Golden Age of Contrepreneurialsim

• We’ve reached defcon con
• Who are the ultimate snake oilers?
• Phew bought Cardone’s 10X book; had almost no value
• All of his content has an upsell
• Kevin Zhang Online Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019

Unc’s San Francisco Treat

• Phew: quick Google search first item referenced “cult”
• EST, popular bacon the 70s
• An absolutely bizarre experience in San Francisco
• Psychological programming

Warren Buffett

• Rules that Warren Buffet uses:
• Rule one: The way to become rich is to make money, not lose it
• Rule two: Never forget rule number one

Exceptions to the Rule

• Frank Kern: seems like a credible guy
• Not a fan of those who espouse failure as a good thing
• Most people are afraid of failure, full stop
• Ryan Daniel Moran also seems legit
• Unc purchased the book he just published

Amazon FBA

• Building a business and selling it for a multiple of 25-30X
• Five years too late to that game?
• People who make real money are the ones who can see where the puck is going, not where it is
• James Altucher’s challenge to Phew to write the book: https://youtu.be/Z-QIQQQBfN8

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