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An entrepreneur's recipe for sweet success

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Last week I wrote about using AI 101. You can find that article HERE.

Question for you: If you read it, did you enjoy that last article? Is AI interesting to you?

Before I am out on this next email, can you shoot me a reply about the topics you want to hear?

*** just type the number/s that interest you.

Small business acquisition
How to start a business
AI integrations to entrepreneurship/ life
Building HEALTH and WEALTH
Content creation in 2025
Balancing life and building an empire

Thanks for your feedback!

Now on to the juice!

If you don’t take anything else away from this email, take this away— DO MORE THINGS.

Here’s a snazzy chart that explains my statement:

credit: Kevin Dahlstrom

To be successful, you need to do more. Sounds simple. Maybe even reckless. VERY anti productivity guru schedule hacking and VERY unsexy, BUT the data and studies prove this.

Study ONE:

“The Matthew Effect”

Findings: People who take action and gain early success (even minor) are more likely to attract more opportunities, recognition, and resources over time.

Example: An entrepreneur who builds a small, successful project gains credibility and funding for bigger projects

Study TWO:

“The Luck Surface Area Theory”

Findings: The more you take action, the more you expose yourself to potential “lucky” opportunities

Example: People who publish more, network more and engage in projects tend to have more “doors” open for them in life.

Study THREE:

“Pareto Principle" (the 80/20 rule)

Findings: Studies on high level entrepreneurs have shown that 20% of people drive 80% of new projects/ businesses and, in return, capture a the majority of the success.

What this means: People that take action, naturally filter to the top.

Study FOUR:

“Grit and Persistence” (Angela Duckworths research)

Findings: Long-term perseverance corresponds with much better outcomes in careers, entrepreneurship, and personal growth.

BASICALLY, The ability to just keep taking action leads to compounding results over time.

Okay, that was a lot. The point I’m trying to make here is that the more you say “yes” and DO THINGS, the more likely you are to be successful at something.

It might not even be what you initially started doing, BUT along the way, you built up momentum, connections and a network that compounded into what you found success in.

I had a great chat the other day with a buddy of mine that is caught in this cycle of THINKING more than DOING.

Here’s what he said:

“…I psyche myself out and think that my plate is full. When in reality, it's probably not full…I think it's really a mind game for me.
‘Oh I can't do this because XYZ is already on my plate. I don't want to add something else.’
Also there's the initial step. Like it's hard to get over whatever mental hurdles pop up when starting something new. Maybe it's a fear of the unknown at play. Idk what l'm about to do.
Let me try to figure it out so that I do it right or I don't mistakes. Etc etc”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve said those exact same things to myself. And I don’t think that my buddy or me are alone in that.

The difference is that I got sick of not being in the game. I got sick of WANTING instead of HAVING or ACHIEVING.

It was a realization that every failure is actually just a step in the direction of the end goal; success. It’s a prerequisite. NONE of it is a waste of time. It’s all cumulative.

You just have to decide whether you want it bad enough to bet on yourself.

Success and failure can truly be boiled down to one thing: Action.

Not sure what action to take? Totally get that. I’ve been there. In many ways I’m still there. Shoot me an email back and let’s chat. I’d like to help. For free.

Until next time...

Stay in the fight,

My best tweet this week:

@kevinasrx

I’m 34 next month and I have a “body age” of 28. (Whatever that means)

I don’t bio hack

I’m not on testosterone (although it is intriguing )

I don’t even have a gym membership (garage gym)

I have 3 kids (6& under) and work a very high stress job and run multiple businesses on…

https://x.com/i/web/status/1888238245676298421

6:47 AM • Feb 8, 2025 ↗