Aleksander Vitkin Podcast

In this video I discuss all the different "money hustles" I did before the age of 22. We go through some different things that have allowed me to make money as a student...

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I get many messages from young people asking me for an advice on how to start a business with no money. They complain about not having enough money and have no idea what to do with their life. According to me, the best thing in that case is to go and get a job.

People are very confused and do not know how to make money. They live in a world with limitless opportunities and there are jobs everywhere around them.

When I was 16 years old I was calling a lot of companies asking them for a job or if I can sell them something. I had almost no skills, but eventually I got a job.

Many people think that they can’t find a job, because the economy is bad and that is absolutely not true at all. Even if the economy is bad, there are still lots of opportunities.

If you really want to achieve something in your life, you will be able somehow to create an opportunity in front of you. If you are a student, you can say that you are not going to work and get drunk every day. However, there are students who prefer to work and hustle in pursuit of their dreams.

I have had 13 jobs before the age of 22. I was forced to do things like wake up at 5am, take a bus for hour and half and then clean toilets for a minimum wage. Furthermore, I have been working as a waiter for an entire summer holiday for below minimum wage and more than 8 hours a day.

After the age of 23 I started emailing companies asking for a job and money. Eventually one of them offered me a job, but it was really hard to get it.

I was also approaching local businesses and offered them marketing services. I had to experience a lot of rejections, but some of these companies offered me a job.

Another thing that I have been doing is writing in a blog about video games.

During that time I was surviving on $20 a week for food. It was not that bad, but it is not enough for sure.

When you desperately need money, you should get a job. I was in that situation and it was not that hard. You have to start from the bottom. There are jobs everywhere that can help you step on your feet and then you can move on and start a business.

I had a very lazy mindset in my early years. Although I was that lazy, I was able to do it. So, if I can do it, you can do it as well.

Entrepreneurs are always looking for young people who want to hustle and want opportunities and go the extra mile. Approach companies, email them, offer value and go towards your goal.

Here's what I would do if I was in politics as a third party candidate right now...

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Have you guys seen the American presidential election? I have been looking at it and it is quite exciting. I am not American. It does not really make too much of a difference for me. And I do not like talking about politics. But because it is just a good example, I am going to use politics as an example in this podcast and in the podcasts about marketing, so bear with me.

Do you guys know Rand Paul – The candidate for the election. He dropped out. He had this amazing message. He made complete sense, super intelligent guy.

If I was into politics, I would either support him or try to be like him. That’s how good I think he was or he sounded. And he is the son of Rand Paul. I am sure that you guys know him. What did he say when he dropped out?

Now, I am paraphrasing. He said something like: “I did not the minutes or the hours on TV. Guys like Donald Trump, they got the minutes on TV and I did not, so I dropped out.” But is that really the way to go?

Today’s world is all about social media. Where do a lot of people hang out on social media? Where do really successful politicians like Donald Trump hang out? They are on Twitter. Everyone’s always quoting their Twitter. Everyone is always watching their videos on YouTube.

Now, Rand Paul, did he create daily YouTube videos? Did he get on YouTube and spread his message with daily videos. Yes / No. I think in the future it will be essential to do that. I think people who know almost nothing and have very small following or no following at all who figure that out now can become super famous and super successful like some of these people like Rand Paul in the near future. That is because we know how to leverage social media. We know that we can use this and it is a meritocracy.

The better you perform, the more audience you gain. I do not have any advantage. No one is going to “promote” me or no one is going to put me on TV and then push me up. We need to build that up from scratch. Those guys, if they did the same thing, if they did daily videos their audience will explode, because they are leveraging multiple channels, they are leveraging existing connections, their existing fame, which I do not have and other YouTubers do not have.

We do not say: “Oh, look at us, poor us.” It is not like that. I am just saying they are missing out a huge opportunity and they do not know. They do not know the power of social media. They do not know how much you can gain on social media.

You can gain a following, you can gain an audience, you can gain huge personal brand. You can get millions of people watching you every single day on social media, on YouTube. The more people start buying into what you are talking about, the more they believe your idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that exactly what politicians want?

These guys, they will not do it. They will not sit every single day: figure out some YouTube videos, get on camera, get it right. Make sure they do not say anything wrong over and over. They just will not do it. That is why there is an opportunity for us, for the younger people, for the younger generation.

We can hustle super hard now and get a huge advantage that is very hard to compete with. You do need to be in politics, you can do this in business, you can do this with almost anything, charity, whatever you want to do. You can gain an audience and become quite famous and leverage that for whatever needs you will need in the future. It is very, very powerful. Leverage these guys.

Here's what I would do if I was in politics as a third party candidate right now...

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Have you guys seen the American presidential election? I have been looking at it and it is quite exciting. I am not American. It does not really make too much of a difference for me. And I do not like talking about politics. But because it is just a good example, I am going to use politics as an example in this podcast and in the podcasts about marketing, so bear with me.

Do you guys know Rand Paul – The candidate for the election. He dropped out. He had this amazing message. He made complete sense, super intelligent guy.

If I was into politics, I would either support him or try to be like him. That’s how good I think he was or he sounded. And he is the son of Rand Paul. I am sure that you guys know him. What did he say when he dropped out?

Now, I am paraphrasing. He said something like: “I did not the minutes or the hours on TV. Guys like Donald Trump, they got the minutes on TV and I did not, so I dropped out.” But is that really the way to go?

Today’s world is all about social media. Where do a lot of people hang out on social media? Where do really successful politicians like Donald Trump hang out? They are on Twitter. Everyone’s always quoting their Twitter. Everyone is always watching their videos on YouTube.

Now, Rand Paul, did he create daily YouTube videos? Did he get on YouTube and spread his message with daily videos. Yes / No. I think in the future it will be essential to do that. I think people who know almost nothing and have very small following or no following at all who figure that out now can become super famous and super successful like some of these people like Rand Paul in the near future. That is because we know how to leverage social media. We know that we can use this and it is a meritocracy.

The better you perform, the more audience you gain. I do not have any advantage. No one is going to “promote” me or no one is going to put me on TV and then push me up. We need to build that up from scratch. Those guys, if they did the same thing, if they did daily videos their audience will explode, because they are leveraging multiple channels, they are leveraging existing connections, their existing fame, which I do not have and other YouTubers do not have.

We do not say: “Oh, look at us, poor us.” It is not like that. I am just saying they are missing out a huge opportunity and they do not know. They do not know the power of social media. They do not know how much you can gain on social media.

You can gain a following, you can gain an audience, you can gain huge personal brand. You can get millions of people watching you every single day on social media, on YouTube. The more people start buying into what you are talking about, the more they believe your idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that exactly what politicians want?

These guys, they will not do it. They will not sit every single day: figure out some YouTube videos, get on camera, get it right. Make sure they do not say anything wrong over and over. They just will not do it. That is why there is an opportunity for us, for the younger people, for the younger generation.

We can hustle super hard now and get a huge advantage that is very hard to compete with. You do need to be in politics, you can do this in business, you can do this with almost anything, charity, whatever you want to do. You can gain an audience and become quite famous and leverage that for whatever needs you will need in the future. It is very, very powerful. Leverage these guys.

Here's what I would do if I was in politics as a third party candidate right now...

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Have you guys seen the American presidential election? I have been looking at it and it is quite exciting. I am not American. It does not really make too much of a difference for me. And I do not like talking about politics. But because it is just a good example, I am going to use politics as an example in this podcast and in the podcasts about marketing, so bear with me.

Do you guys know Rand Paul – The candidate for the election. He dropped out. He had this amazing message. He made complete sense, super intelligent guy.

If I was into politics, I would either support him or try to be like him. That’s how good I think he was or he sounded. And he is the son of Rand Paul. I am sure that you guys know him. What did he say when he dropped out?

Now, I am paraphrasing. He said something like: “I did not the minutes or the hours on TV. Guys like Donald Trump, they got the minutes on TV and I did not, so I dropped out.” But is that really the way to go?

Today’s world is all about social media. Where do a lot of people hang out on social media? Where do really successful politicians like Donald Trump hang out? They are on Twitter. Everyone’s always quoting their Twitter. Everyone is always watching their videos on YouTube.

Now, Rand Paul, did he create daily YouTube videos? Did he get on YouTube and spread his message with daily videos. Yes / No. I think in the future it will be essential to do that. I think people who know almost nothing and have very small following or no following at all who figure that out now can become super famous and super successful like some of these people like Rand Paul in the near future. That is because we know how to leverage social media. We know that we can use this and it is a meritocracy.

The better you perform, the more audience you gain. I do not have any advantage. No one is going to “promote” me or no one is going to put me on TV and then push me up. We need to build that up from scratch. Those guys, if they did the same thing, if they did daily videos their audience will explode, because they are leveraging multiple channels, they are leveraging existing connections, their existing fame, which I do not have and other YouTubers do not have.

We do not say: “Oh, look at us, poor us.” It is not like that. I am just saying they are missing out a huge opportunity and they do not know. They do not know the power of social media. They do not know how much you can gain on social media.

You can gain a following, you can gain an audience, you can gain huge personal brand. You can get millions of people watching you every single day on social media, on YouTube. The more people start buying into what you are talking about, the more they believe your idea. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that exactly what politicians want?

These guys, they will not do it. They will not sit every single day: figure out some YouTube videos, get on camera, get it right. Make sure they do not say anything wrong over and over. They just will not do it. That is why there is an opportunity for us, for the younger people, for the younger generation.

We can hustle super hard now and get a huge advantage that is very hard to compete with. You do need to be in politics, you can do this in business, you can do this with almost anything, charity, whatever you want to do. You can gain an audience and become quite famous and leverage that for whatever needs you will need in the future. It is very, very powerful. Leverage these guys.

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Today I have a little story for you about when I wanted to get into yoga here in Valencia Spain. So, I was calling all these yoga places. And every single person I talked to was somewhat helpful, spoke decent English.

However, they did not know sales. They were not even good at order taking, just like writing my name out and making an appointment.

Instead in the worst case, they just gave me a price and said: “Ok. Well. See you around.” In the best case they pitched me, they gave me a bunch of features and almost never benefits.

Here is what I would do if I was doing yoga sales:

1 - I would check if the person has a need for your freaking yoga classes. And if you do not have a need for yoga classes what do they have a need? Why are you looking for yoga classes right now? Why exactly do you want to do the yoga classes? What does this mean to you?

I want to go to yoga classes to meet girls. I am not in yoga classes to do the fucking yoga thing. I do not care about yoga. I just want to go to meet girls. Guys go to yoga classes for girls.

I am not going to tell them that. If I tell them that is going to be super awkward, but she has been doing it for a while. She knows that there are some benefits to going to yoga classes. Just like everyone in the whole world knows. If she would just have done that, I would have signed up immediately.

2 - I would ask is if they have the money to pay for the yoga classes. Why would I ask if they have the money and how would I ask if they have the money? I would not say: “Can you afford this?” I would say: “We are running a premium coaching class.” That is what I would say. The reason I would say that is to apply that: “Yes, this costs money.”

Some people are looking for freebies or looking to stand outside the yoga class and be creepy or whatever it is people are looking for when they are not looking to pay. I do not want to deal with people who do not want to pay and cannot pay. So, I will not deal with that at all.

3 - I would ask them is if they have the time like: “Do you have time? Are you going to come?” Because I do not want to sell a bunch of yoga classes if people are not going to show up, so screw that. I would rather work with people who actually implement, because it is just better. You make more money in the end. You are not going to have people asking for refunds and stuff like that. Trust me it just works much, much better. Although there is a good case if you just take everyone’s money. Most businesses work like that. So that is also fair point.

I am also focused on 20 year goals with business. So, I am also focused on creating long term relationships. You do that by being honest, ethical and moral. That is why I ask for time as well.

4 - I would talk about is urgency. I would install urgency into the offer. All good companies do that. All good companies which do not do that, I do not know what they are doing. But it is kind of weird, so always install urgency.

There is a limited amount of time for people to join. If you join in the next 3 days they will be on time to make use of the promotional period. And of course the promotional period is forever and that is also fine. That is no big deal. There is always a sense of urgency that you need to install in the offer and that will make you get a lot more sales.

This sales manifesto will explain the 5 sales strategies I use to become a great salesperson.

Most businesses don't use all 5 of these sales strategies, which is crazy cause they're absolutely crucial. Check out this podcast to find out my 5 favorite sales techniques.

►If you find the ideas from the podcast helpful don't forget to hit Subscribe to support the channel ◄

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Today I have a little story for you about when I wanted to get into yoga here in Valencia Spain. So, I was calling all these yoga places. And every single person I talked to was somewhat helpful, spoke decent English.

However, they did not know sales. They were not even good at order taking, just like writing my name out and making an appointment.

Instead in the worst case, they just gave me a price and said: “Ok. Well. See you around.” In the best case they pitched me, they gave me a bunch of features and almost never benefits.

Here is what I would do if I was doing yoga sales:

1 - I would check if the person has a need for your freaking yoga classes. And if you do not have a need for yoga classes what do they have a need? Why are you looking for yoga classes right now? Why exactly do you want to do the yoga classes? What does this mean to you?

I want to go to yoga classes to meet girls. I am not in yoga classes to do the fucking yoga thing. I do not care about yoga. I just want to go to meet girls. Guys go to yoga classes for girls.

I am not going to tell them that. If I tell them that is going to be super awkward, but she has been doing it for a while. She knows that there are some benefits to going to yoga classes. Just like everyone in the whole world knows. If she would just have done that, I would have signed up immediately.

2 - I would ask is if they have the money to pay for the yoga classes. Why would I ask if they have the money and how would I ask if they have the money? I would not say: “Can you afford this?” I would say: “We are running a premium coaching class.” That is what I would say. The reason I would say that is to apply that: “Yes, this costs money.”

Some people are looking for freebies or looking to stand outside the yoga class and be creepy or whatever it is people are looking for when they are not looking to pay. I do not want to deal with people who do not want to pay and cannot pay. So, I will not deal with that at all.

3 - I would ask them is if they have the time like: “Do you have time? Are you going to come?” Because I do not want to sell a bunch of yoga classes if people are not going to show up, so screw that. I would rather work with people who actually implement, because it is just better. You make more money in the end. You are not going to have people asking for refunds and stuff like that. Trust me it just works much, much better. Although there is a good case if you just take everyone’s money. Most businesses work like that. So that is also fair point.

I am also focused on 20 year goals with business. So, I am also focused on creating long term relationships. You do that by being honest, ethical and moral. That is why I ask for time as well.

4 - I would talk about is urgency. I would install urgency into the offer. All good companies do that. All good companies which do not do that, I do not know what they are doing. But it is kind of weird, so always install urgency.

There is a limited amount of time for people to join. If you join in the next 3 days they will be on time to make use of the promotional period. And of course the promotional period is forever and that is also fine. That is no big deal. There is always a sense of urgency that you need to install in the offer and that will make you get a lot more sales.

This sales manifesto will explain the 5 sales strategies I use to become a great salesperson.

Most businesses don't use all 5 of these sales strategies, which is crazy cause they're absolutely crucial. Check out this podcast to find out my 5 favorite sales techniques.

►If you find the ideas from the podcast helpful don't forget to hit Subscribe to support the channel ◄

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Today I have a little story for you about when I wanted to get into yoga here in Valencia Spain. So, I was calling all these yoga places. And every single person I talked to was somewhat helpful, spoke decent English.

However, they did not know sales. They were not even good at order taking, just like writing my name out and making an appointment.

Instead in the worst case, they just gave me a price and said: “Ok. Well. See you around.” In the best case they pitched me, they gave me a bunch of features and almost never benefits.

Here is what I would do if I was doing yoga sales:

1 - I would check if the person has a need for your freaking yoga classes. And if you do not have a need for yoga classes what do they have a need? Why are you looking for yoga classes right now? Why exactly do you want to do the yoga classes? What does this mean to you?

I want to go to yoga classes to meet girls. I am not in yoga classes to do the fucking yoga thing. I do not care about yoga. I just want to go to meet girls. Guys go to yoga classes for girls.

I am not going to tell them that. If I tell them that is going to be super awkward, but she has been doing it for a while. She knows that there are some benefits to going to yoga classes. Just like everyone in the whole world knows. If she would just have done that, I would have signed up immediately.

2 - I would ask is if they have the money to pay for the yoga classes. Why would I ask if they have the money and how would I ask if they have the money? I would not say: “Can you afford this?” I would say: “We are running a premium coaching class.” That is what I would say. The reason I would say that is to apply that: “Yes, this costs money.”

Some people are looking for freebies or looking to stand outside the yoga class and be creepy or whatever it is people are looking for when they are not looking to pay. I do not want to deal with people who do not want to pay and cannot pay. So, I will not deal with that at all.

3 - I would ask them is if they have the time like: “Do you have time? Are you going to come?” Because I do not want to sell a bunch of yoga classes if people are not going to show up, so screw that. I would rather work with people who actually implement, because it is just better. You make more money in the end. You are not going to have people asking for refunds and stuff like that. Trust me it just works much, much better. Although there is a good case if you just take everyone’s money. Most businesses work like that. So that is also fair point.

I am also focused on 20 year goals with business. So, I am also focused on creating long term relationships. You do that by being honest, ethical and moral. That is why I ask for time as well.

4 - I would talk about is urgency. I would install urgency into the offer. All good companies do that. All good companies which do not do that, I do not know what they are doing. But it is kind of weird, so always install urgency.

There is a limited amount of time for people to join. If you join in the next 3 days they will be on time to make use of the promotional period. And of course the promotional period is forever and that is also fine. That is no big deal. There is always a sense of urgency that you need to install in the offer and that will make you get a lot more sales.

Is capitalism evil? Here's my point of view as an entrepreneur...

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I am going to answer the question: “Is capitalism evil?” So, where did I get this question? I actually can see some posts on the internet on social media from time to time saying, especially when there is an economic recession like a couple of years ago people start saying : ”Well. It is capitalism’s fault.”

Then I watch the news or I watch anything online really and there is always new like corporation fires people or entrepreneurs are doing this and this and they are taking money away from people in some way shape of form. And the government is trying to stop the evil companies from spreading, weird newspaper articles that appeared in news over and over and over.

Most people see news is usually negative about businesses, so they naturally start to assume that there is a lot of evil going on and a lot of scamming and stealing from “dumm” people. The news is designed in a way that is showing you all the bad stuff that is happening right now, because that is what gets the clicks, it is based on clicks.

Entrepreneurs do not watch the news anymore. They do not go to news websites like CNN and Foxnews and so on. The reason for that is because they do not want to be influenced by all that constant stream of negativity and what I found is it is much better to look at what words actually mean and what actually is going on in the world and what the actual data is saying that’s happening right now.

What is capitalism? Capitalism ultimately is people working together ever more. It is an ever increasing amount of working together. That is what capitalism is. I do not call it capitalism anymore, I just call it people working together.

The more there is of that, the more people feel safer to buy from each other. The more people buy from each other, the more trade there is, the more wealth is created. It is just a basic law of economics.

If you look at countries where there is “low” capitalism and for example a lot of other systems, you can see that there is very low amount of trust. There are like weird systems of how to trade, because people do not trust each other. You need to first become friends and then give each other gifts and there’s all these weird stuff going on there.

While in capitalistic countries like here is the contract, here is the money. And what you can see is in the countries with strong capitalism there is more wealth. And the countries with weak capitalism generally per person they are rather poor. So, is that a coincidence? Is just a correlation?

What do I do as an entrepreneur to stay ahead of the curve and stay positive and keep my business growing? So, I do not watch any news. I read a lot of books. I get information from fellow entrepreneurs and people who are really smart and are into science and reading books.

I talk with people who are working on perfecting their skill in a certain craft like fitness or copywriting or sales and these people are always looking at what is coming, what is interesting, what is happening, what is the cool stuff that I can start investing and thinking about and learning.

These people do not talk about all these evil and all these bad things that happen. We talk about stuff that is going to make the world and everyone around us go forward in life. Not backward and afraid, but forward and looking to build something, looking to create something. That is what entrepreneurship and capitalism is for me personally.

Is capitalism evil? Here's my point of view as an entrepreneur...

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I am going to answer the question: “Is capitalism evil?” So, where did I get this question? I actually can see some posts on the internet on social media from time to time saying, especially when there is an economic recession like a couple of years ago people start saying : ”Well. It is capitalism’s fault.”

Then I watch the news or I watch anything online really and there is always new like corporation fires people or entrepreneurs are doing this and this and they are taking money away from people in some way shape of form. And the government is trying to stop the evil companies from spreading, weird newspaper articles that appeared in news over and over and over.

Most people see news is usually negative about businesses, so they naturally start to assume that there is a lot of evil going on and a lot of scamming and stealing from “dumm” people. The news is designed in a way that is showing you all the bad stuff that is happening right now, because that is what gets the clicks, it is based on clicks.

Entrepreneurs do not watch the news anymore. They do not go to news websites like CNN and Foxnews and so on. The reason for that is because they do not want to be influenced by all that constant stream of negativity and what I found is it is much better to look at what words actually mean and what actually is going on in the world and what the actual data is saying that’s happening right now.

What is capitalism? Capitalism ultimately is people working together ever more. It is an ever increasing amount of working together. That is what capitalism is. I do not call it capitalism anymore, I just call it people working together.

The more there is of that, the more people feel safer to buy from each other. The more people buy from each other, the more trade there is, the more wealth is created. It is just a basic law of economics.

If you look at countries where there is “low” capitalism and for example a lot of other systems, you can see that there is very low amount of trust. There are like weird systems of how to trade, because people do not trust each other. You need to first become friends and then give each other gifts and there’s all these weird stuff going on there.

While in capitalistic countries like here is the contract, here is the money. And what you can see is in the countries with strong capitalism there is more wealth. And the countries with weak capitalism generally per person they are rather poor. So, is that a coincidence? Is just a correlation?

What do I do as an entrepreneur to stay ahead of the curve and stay positive and keep my business growing? So, I do not watch any news. I read a lot of books. I get information from fellow entrepreneurs and people who are really smart and are into science and reading books.

I talk with people who are working on perfecting their skill in a certain craft like fitness or copywriting or sales and these people are always looking at what is coming, what is interesting, what is happening, what is the cool stuff that I can start investing and thinking about and learning.

These people do not talk about all these evil and all these bad things that happen. We talk about stuff that is going to make the world and everyone around us go forward in life. Not backward and afraid, but forward and looking to build something, looking to create something. That is what entrepreneurship and capitalism is for me personally.

Is capitalism evil? Here's my point of view as an entrepreneur...

►If you find the ideas from the podcast helpful don't forget to hit Subscribe to support the channel ◄

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I am going to answer the question: “Is capitalism evil?” So, where did I get this question? I actually can see some posts on the internet on social media from time to time saying, especially when there is an economic recession like a couple of years ago people start saying : ”Well. It is capitalism’s fault.”

Then I watch the news or I watch anything online really and there is always new like corporation fires people or entrepreneurs are doing this and this and they are taking money away from people in some way shape of form. And the government is trying to stop the evil companies from spreading, weird newspaper articles that appeared in news over and over and over.

Most people see news is usually negative about businesses, so they naturally start to assume that there is a lot of evil going on and a lot of scamming and stealing from “dumm” people. The news is designed in a way that is showing you all the bad stuff that is happening right now, because that is what gets the clicks, it is based on clicks.

Entrepreneurs do not watch the news anymore. They do not go to news websites like CNN and Foxnews and so on. The reason for that is because they do not want to be influenced by all that constant stream of negativity and what I found is it is much better to look at what words actually mean and what actually is going on in the world and what the actual data is saying that’s happening right now.

What is capitalism? Capitalism ultimately is people working together ever more. It is an ever increasing amount of working together. That is what capitalism is. I do not call it capitalism anymore, I just call it people working together.

The more there is of that, the more people feel safer to buy from each other. The more people buy from each other, the more trade there is, the more wealth is created. It is just a basic law of economics.

If you look at countries where there is “low” capitalism and for example a lot of other systems, you can see that there is very low amount of trust. There are like weird systems of how to trade, because people do not trust each other. You need to first become friends and then give each other gifts and there’s all these weird stuff going on there.

While in capitalistic countries like here is the contract, here is the money. And what you can see is in the countries with strong capitalism there is more wealth. And the countries with weak capitalism generally per person they are rather poor. So, is that a coincidence? Is just a correlation?

What do I do as an entrepreneur to stay ahead of the curve and stay positive and keep my business growing? So, I do not watch any news. I read a lot of books. I get information from fellow entrepreneurs and people who are really smart and are into science and reading books.

I talk with people who are working on perfecting their skill in a certain craft like fitness or copywriting or sales and these people are always looking at what is coming, what is interesting, what is happening, what is the cool stuff that I can start investing and thinking about and learning.

These people do not talk about all these evil and all these bad things that happen. We talk about stuff that is going to make the world and everyone around us go forward in life. Not backward and afraid, but forward and looking to build something, looking to create something. That is what entrepreneurship and capitalism is for me personally.