STOP WAITING FOR THE "RIGHT STRATEGY." START SWINGING THE HAMMER.

No intro. No music. No bullshit. Just two dudes sitting down, cracking the mics, and going straight for the throat.

This is the most unfiltered, uncut, and unapologetically savage episode so far — packed with humor, business reality checks, partnership stories, and a full-blown assault on excuses.

If you've ever said "I'll start tomorrow," this episode might emotionally slap you.

🧠 What You'll Learn This Episode 1. Why You're Not Winning (And Why You Know It)

The guys break down the real reason most people stay stuck:

• Not lack of strategy

• Not lack of opportunity

• But lack of boldness and excess of bitch-ass excuses

2. "Luck Doesn't Favor the Ready — It Favors the Bold."

They go deep into the DDE partnership and how it happened because they jumped, not because they were "prepared."

3. Your Environment Isn't Your Problem — YOU Are

Brian's bar:

"My environment isn't a reflection of me. My environment is a result of me."

Stop waiting for supportive friends. Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Start becoming the person who creates their own environment.

4. Obsession Is a Requirement

Not optional. Not a buzzword. A requirement for anyone who wants to live a life that doesn't feel like a participation trophy.

Cole's line that sums it up:

"Obsession needs to become your motto."

5. The Deadliest Drug on Earth: Comfort

Birthdays, weekends, holidays, fatigue, "family dinners," and "mental health days" are the enemy when you're building something from scratch.

Your goals have strings attached. Most people want the reward without paying the string.

🔥 The Best Moments (AKA the Savage Shit You Came For)

• Damon from DDE telling them he's finally met people who hustle like him & Dave

• The barber story where the kid casually drops that Damon was hyped to partner with them

• The 4:30 AM gym session where everyone showed up except literal exhausted average humans

• Timmy's "I only slept 25 hours this week" text that got zero sympathy

• The tree stump story about Damon smashing the trunk off with a hammer like a psychopath

• Cole wanting to "deep throat the mic" within the first 20 seconds

• The rant about people who say they're "burnt out" from posting on Instagram

• The "Queen Latifah on Netflix" line

• The generational slap that online coaches are "burnt out" from sending Stripe links

• The 1930s guy building train tracks with his bare hands rolling in his grave at this generation

💥 Core Lesson of the Episode

There are two types of people:

TYPE 1: "Let me plan the best strategy first."

These people die with their potential still inside them.

TYPE 2: "Hand me the hammer. I'll figure it out."

These people win. Because they move while others think. They act while others talk. They jump before they're ready.

Luck doesn't pick the prepared. Luck picks the bold.

🎯 Take This Episode Personally

If you want:

• More money

• A better body

• A better relationship

• A better life

• More opportunity

• More freedom

• More respect

• More confidence

…then you need to trade your excuses for execution.

Every goal has strings attached.

The winners say: "Give me the strings."

The losers say: "I'll get started Monday."

🩸 If This Episode Hit You in the Chest

Do three things:

1. Screenshot this episode

2. Tag us on Instagram @therealbrianmark & @coledasilva

3. Send it to the one homie who complains the most

Let the world know you ride with the real ones.