A couple weeks ago I sat down with two absolute legends—Tai Lopez and Raoul Plickat—and we went deep on entrepreneurship, energy, and what actually moves the needle when you’re building companies. We talked about scaling (Tai sharing how his companies did ~$900M in revenue at the peak), why “bigger” isn’t automatically better, and how hiring too fast can slap you in the face the moment the market turns. The big theme: you don’t win by brute force forever—you win with tools, leverage, and better systems. We also broke down daily routines and “life hacks” that make entrepreneurship sustainable. Tai’s angle was deep work (3 real hours of heavy mental lifting), integrated life (stacking activities like calls + gym), and using intermittent fasting + power naps for energy. Raoul and I shared the practical side—drivers, assistants, treadmills, and delegation—because time becomes the real currency once you’re past survival mode. The most important takeaway for me is Tai’s “Law of 33%”: spend a third of your time with people on your level, a third with people below (your team), and a third with people way above (add two zeros). That’s the mentorship and environment play that changes everything—and it’s the same principle I apply to building social media funnels: get in the right rooms, copy what works, then systemize it at scale.