Hey beautiful subscribers!
I’m sorry but I just had to comment on the timing of this.
This isn’t political at all, seriously, but come on.
Today (of all days) Pfizer announced a 90% effective Vaccine for Covid-19.
This comes literally the Monday after the presidential election has seemingly been decided, putting Biden in the White House.
I’m sorry, I really am.
But no matter what side of the political aisle you are on, this STINKS.
This REEKS of corruption.
Bottom line: Someone got paid to keep this quiet until after the election.
Look. I’m happy there is a vaccine.
I really am.
But this is just the icing on the cake for 2020.
Here are some of the most important things I’ve learned this year, in quick bullet point form.
1) You guessed it! People will USE a perceived crisis for their benefit.
In my opinion, we all just need to take this new OBVIOUS knowledge for what it’s worth.
I was personally extremely surprised how EVERYONE (not just Republicans or Democrats) used Covid as an excuse to simply do what they wanted to do anyway…
Didn’t really like that friend group? Ahh, Covid… Can’t see you guys…
Didn’t wanna stay open late? Ahh, Covid… let’s close at 10…
Didn’t want to _____ (you get it). There are thousands of examples.
I guess the only thing to take from this one is that if we are smart, we should use times of perceived stress or calamity in our own lives, flip them on their heads, and USE that period to GET STUFF DONE.
2) The closer you are to the money printer, the better.
We’ve all seen it.
That favorite bar closed down.
That favorite gym boarded up.
The list goes on.
We’ve also seen the opposite.
Apple valued at 2 Trillion.
Airlines receiving billions in bailouts.
Small businesses committing fraud with PPP money and buying lamborghinis…
I’ve written about this extensively in other letters, but the winners and losers of 2020, very simply, have a LOT to do with how much ACCESS they have to the FREE MONEY that the government prints.
Publicly traded tech companies like Apple? They have EXTREME access to the capital that flows into the stock markets during times of money printing like this.
Small businesses with minimal cash flow and employees? Shut their doors.
The key here? How can the LITTLE guy move a little bit closer to the printer?
Top ways that I’ve written about before =
Start an Amazon company -> instead of consuming on Amazon, PRODUCE for Amazon, and thus move yourself closer to the money printer
Buy Bitcoin -> As the dollar is devalued by money printing, Bitcoin will go up. Period.
3) Literally anything can happen, and listening to people that say it can’t is stupid beyond belief.
If you would have told us at the beginning of 2020 that ANY of the things that happened this year could happen, we would have LAUGHED YOU OUT OF THE ROOM.
We all would have.
Not so funny now, huh?
I have this deep feeling that 2020 took the lid off people.
Everyone was kind of in a “box” before.
The box of their preconceived notions of the world.
The ways they were raised.
The way it had always been…
But now all of that has been pretty much shattered, by a variety of events that just simply make you go “wtf?”
My prediction is that 2021 will be the year of people saying SCREW IT.
SCREW IT - i’m starting that business everyone says I can’t start.
SCREW IT - i’m dumping that gf or bf that is bad for me
SCREW IT - i’m moving here and starting over.
After 2020, these “drastic” life decisions will seem like a piece of cake, and people will make them more and more.
4) Thinking for yourself might be the most IMPORTANT quality there is.
We always knew it was important.
“think for yourself” momma always said…
But seriously…
Think of all the ways people have tried to sway you this year…
VOTE THIS WAY!
START THIS BUSINESS!
THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY!!!
YOU’RE AN IDIOT IF YOU THINK THIS!
It’s insane!
The takeaway is that you’re on your own.
At the end of the day, and I apologize for being blunt here.
No one really cares about you.
Sure your parents and your loved ones.
But outside of that?
You are just a pawn in someone else’s game.
So STOP PLAYING.
Stop buying into what people say at face value.
Examine their motivations.
For instance, why is Kale writing you this letter right now?
Many reasons.
If you subscribe, it earns me money. It’s great. You can subscribe here
I want to write a book someday. This is good practice.
I need an outlet to get some of this stuff off my chest.
I honestly hope to help a few of you but if I don’t it won’t affect my life (just being honest).
There you go.
Brutal honesty.
But I would examine my bullets that I just posted above, if I were you.
Is Kale really being truthful?
Is he someone I can really trust?
What are his REAL motivations?
Should I let him sway my opinions on things?
THAT ^^ is the analysis you should be doing on EVERYONE.
You can do this.
Thanks for reading this slight ramble of a letter today.
If you agree that the timing of this Vaccine is absolutely insane though, please smash the like button and leave a comment.
I really can’t believe this one…
Kale
A Vaccine The Monday After the Election? Give me a BREAK.