Dear Friend,

In front of me on my desk sit eighteen hand-written notecards of writing with the very best material you'll ever read if you are anyone looking to create genius-level work made to last 200 years.

The most interesting thing I'd like to share with you today; however, centers around an ironic occurrence arising within your typical social injustice warrior crowd.

It centers on the existence of what they're labeling, *digital divide*. It refers to the *digital injustice* present in the world. It decries the fact that low-income areas only have access to internet connections of only 12mbps download speed.

I know the feeling. I was in such shoes at one point, years ago. I lived in an area wherein my download speed was only *5mbps*. I was even lower than what they refer to as an *underprivileged individual living in a rural area*.

A year prior, at age 27, I was living month-to-month practically dead broke. I was burnt out. I had been chasing business success by means of the startup life——starting work early, and finishing late——opposed to starting late, and working late like I apparently prefer.

My download speeds were of the lowest tier in my area. Nothing special. I had no idea what they were until I started doing internet download speed tests. It was *maybe* 20-25mbps on a good day.

After nearly a decade working hard, my hard work finally paid off.

A year later, I had moved to a *rural area* though. I was now living on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands (U.S.). However, according to the *digital injustice warriors*, I was now part of the *digital divide*. My internet speed was less than half of 12mbps, which is proclaimed as an *inequitable injustice!* If I had read such propaganda, I'd think I was doomed. But at least I was living on the most beautiful part of the island, overlooking Magen's Bay. But still, a 5mbps download speed? Oh, and a generator that didn't even work half the time?——and yes, the island's electricity died a lot. Like at least once a week because it was a very hot summer.

If you've read about the *digital divide*, you'd think my business's performance would decline. I was doing *performance marketing* (affiliate) full-time during that period. I had programmed and automated nearly everything. For almost a year, I had been breaking my monthly revenue records. 

Yet, I was the one and only employee. *A one man wolfpack*, if you will. In other words, even more was at stake if my performance and internet speed was impacted!

How did I do immediately after moving to a *rural area* that subjected me to the strictures and constraints of those in the *digital divide*?

I did OK...

I blew away my previous monthly revenue record with $627,936.10 in revenue. But I'm not done yet.

The next month I did $918,521.42 in revenue. Next month, $1,011,483.20, and the one after that, I apparently wasn't pushing myself hard enough, because my revenue didn't grow by much. It was a mere $1,024,787.27.

The moral of the story is those who decry the *inequities* of low-income families having worse internet speeds, are going to end up taking away the biggest advantage they have——the advantage of working in a way wherein your focus is on developing your brain, not Google's. This comes from analog; this comes from unplugging, and it also comes from... being a badass who cares about making a legacy, not a living.

See you tomorrow.

Until then,

*Always remember...*

*To stay crispy, my friend.*

P.S. Oh, but P.S. Even though I was not given a penny in the business activities I outlined above, I must disclaim that I am... someone who grew

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