The Ultimate Productivity Hack Is...

How I got here…

21: Graduated Vanderbilt in 3 years Magna Cum Laude, and took a fancy consulting job.
23 yrs old: Left my fancy consulting job to start a business (a gym).
24 yrs old: Opened 5 gym locations.
26 yrs old: Closed down 6th gym. Lost everything.
26 yrs old: Got back to launching gyms (launched 33). Then, lost everything for a 2nd time.
26 yrs old: In desperation, started licensing model as a hail mary. It worked.
27 yrs old: "Gym Launch" does $3M profit the next 6 months. Then $17M profit next 12 months.
28 yrs old: Started Prestige Labs. $20M the first year.
29 yrs old: Launched ALAN, a software company for agencies to work leads for customers. Scaled to $1.7mmo within 6 months.
31 yrs old: Sold 75% of UseAlan to a strategic buyer in an all stock deal.
31 yrs old: Sold 66% of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs at $46.2M valuation in all-cash deal to American Pacific Group. (you can google it)
32 yrs old: Started making free content showing how we grow companies to make real business education accessible to everyone (and) to attract business owners to invest or scale their businesses.

Today: Our portfolio now does $200M/yr between 10 companies. The largest doing $100M/yr the smallest doing $5M per year. Our ownership varies between 20% and 100% ownership of the companies. Many of them we invested in early and helped grow (which is how we make our money - not youtube videos).

To all the gladiators in the arena, we’re all in the middle of writing our own stories. The worse the monsters, the more epic the story.

You either get an epic outcome or an epic story. Both mean you win.

Keep crushing. May your desires be greater than your obstacles.

Never quit,

Alex

*FULL DISCLOSURE*
I make content to make money - just - on a longer time horizon than most. I want to build trust with business owners so we can find the best ones and help them scale. And if they’re awesome, write them a check and go all the way as partners.

[Jws]

makes sense. when you can't do anything but work, you will develop a rhythm with that work. Then you get better at it and end up getting bonuses(hopefully) for doing a better job like promotions and such.

[brettperkins]

By watching this video we have proven his point to be true.

[tl]

The world is full of distractions. Success is achieved by ignoring them

[andrejthechef]

That is so true I struggled with focus now. I didn’t use it so much, but now it’s a little bit more intense so I’m working on it.

[konstantinschnitker]

I know too many people with no particular work results who are far too good at saying no.

[InspireDaily_]

😮 THANKS FOR SHARING THE VALUABLE INFORMATION 👍

[regime]

I am always bordered by why my output and progress is too low, I spent my time only working, but I today I realized that I am too used up. I didnt rest. but today's good nap gives me a lot energy, and distractions especially the people around me.. I am always fraustrated by my progress

[damienwelter]

Dope, implementing that right away, but for my activities as opposed to writing.

Though, eventually, it will INCLUDE writing.

[roybaumanart]

I thought you were going to" Don't break the chain". Which is also fantastic. I don't think most people know it but Seinfeld is wise

[emmamackt]

I remember thinking when I started by first job....nobody teaches you how to work!

[ShaneJay-wxnu]

But I watched this because I was (and probably still will) procrastinating the tasks I needed to do.

[patch]

I did this in college. I could do my work or stare at my white wall in the corner

[Makmetics]

Alex reminds me of one of the A.I. opponents from the Civilization games.

[Jerry-uv]

You’d think it would be more than 2 hours due to it being a natural passion and love for humor.

[maxghealth]

productivity gurus shaking in their boots rn

[chipmanky]

Kobe Bryant urges 2+ hours twice a day. That’s how you become legendary

[JustNippin]

can you make a video on how to work? or your philosophy on it at least?

[NoBody-tkyd]

Hmm Jerry Seinfeld says that? Neil Gaiman also says the same thing. Either way, a good practice.

[OneYoumark]

thats why jerry wrote about nothing! " yeah but what is it about??..." ".... nothing!! its a show about.. nothing!"

[dreamfev.r]

I was kinda hoping hed say this cause if all my problems were to be solved by some "productivity hack" that I didnt come around til 2024 Id be utterly disappointed 😞