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I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life.

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September 4, 20247 min

An Espresso Martini Won’t Solve All Your Problems — But Two Might

I woke up at 5 a.m. a few weeks ago, stressed out of my mind. I couldn’t take it anymore. After selling my company and semi-retiring, I had built the perfect life, and now it was all crumbling down. My business partner was abruptly gone and I was left holding a bag full of problems I didn’t choose. Instead of a sedate life of socializing, writing a newsletter, and taking my kids to hockey games, I was suddenly managing over a hundred employees and having to figure out how to stop hemorrhaging cash across four ventures. I couldn’t do it… Read the full article HERE. I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041⁠

July 31, 20247 min

Nobody Ever Became a Better Person by Watching Must-See TV

Unlike most TV shows, reading occupies a special place in our entertainment repertoire because of its power to transform our minds — by connecting us to the minds of compelling authors. And to make the most of these connections, we should be deliberate about our choices. Here are a few of my favourite... PodcastsThe Tim Ferriss ShowThe Prof G Pod Naval Ravikant in content developed by other people. Newsletters Your Next Breakthrough No Mercy No Malice 3–2–1 Thursday Morning Brew Fiction Books Game of Thrones Speaker for the Dead Anything by Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn, The Way of Kings (Fantasy) Anything by Andy Weir, The Martian, Project Hail Mary (Hard Sci-Fi) Non-Fiction Books Good to Great — analysis of successful companies Sapiens — a brief history of human society Siddartha — a fictionalized account of the life of the Buddha Man’s Search for Meaning — the story of Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl No Bad Parts — the principles of Internal Family Systems therapy How to Change Your Mind — Psychedelics for Mental Health Freakonomics — Novel data analyses of consumer phenomena Read the full article HERE: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/tv-is-fun-but-reading-is-still-the-source-of-the-best-wisdom

July 31, 20245 min

Betrayed and Hurt But Still Barefoot

“So, if you are a barefoot open-hearted man, curiously exploring the terrain of his life and then ouch, you stepped on a rock, does that mean you pick up the rock and move it out of the way, or does it mean that you’re going to put on shoes?” “It means I’m going to watch out for rocks,” I said. “Right, because you’d rather touch the grass and the soil and the warmth and the water than cover the world in leather.” And I realized that I can say “Ouch,” move the rock out of the way and continue. My train hasn’t derailed. My ship hasn’t sunk. I stepped on a rock. It’s all part of the experience. Read more at SanjaySays.co I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c ⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

July 17, 20245 min

The Real Meaning of Persistence: Getting Better At Quitting

You have to fail to succeed, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. I call this the Persistence Principle — 95% of things you try will yield no advantage, but the 5% that do have a benefit, will stack. That means you can and must quit repeatedly in order to have the best results over time. Evidence of the Persistence Principle is all around us, but it is hard to master because it goes against one of the most often quoted pieces of garbage advice we hear from our parents, our teachers, and our business mentors." Quitters never win, and winners never quit" is BS. We’re taught that winners are those who make better decisions. Winners have great intuition, they make better investments, and they hire better people. Winners stick to their guns and don’t back down. Wrong. Winners are the ones who know when to quit. Read the full article HERE. - I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy. Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

July 10, 20246 min

How to Make Big Money Without Taking Big Risks

The trick is not taking big risks at all. Most of the things you’re going to try will fail. Make lots of little mistakes and when something works out, then you spend a lot of money on it, when it’s already de-risked. Read the full article HERE: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/how-to-make-big-money-without-taking-big-risks - I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

June 28, 202410 min

Yes, I Have Bipolar Disorder

I had to declare personal bankruptcy to wipe out $550,000 in debt. I got divorced, and at age 31 I moved back in with my parents. I had a three-year-old daughter that I wasn’t seeing, and I wasn’t making child support payments. My doctor came back with the diagnosis that I was not only depressed but that I might be manic-depressive or bipolar. I was taken aback and denied it. Manic depressives are crazy. I wasn’t crazy... Read more: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/yes-i-have-bipolar-disorder I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

June 19, 20245 min

The One Secret to Living a Great Life

The One Secret to Living a Great Life I’ve been used to living my life according to where I am in relation to my plans. Financial plans, relationship plans, and physical fitness plans. Plans for my writing, plans for my restaurants, and plans for my investments. All these moving targets. All this calculated motion. It’s exhausting. Read the full article HERE: ⁠https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/the-one-secret-to-living-a-great-life⁠ I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

June 12, 20243 min

Discovering Truth in a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure World

It is completely possible for two people to disagree and yet both be right. You can get from point A to B by turning left then right, or by turning right then left. Maybe one way is faster than another or passes by your favourite drive-thru, but fundamentally, they’ll both get you where you want to go. So next time you’re in disagreement with someone, open your mind to the possibility that they are ALSO right. Read the full article HERE: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/discovering-truth-in-a-choose-your-own-adventure-world I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. SanjaySays.co | Join 2000+ readers getting two entertaining emails a week about managing your career and your life. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

June 5, 20248 min

My Heart Attack Was One of the Best Things That Ever Happened to Me

As I lay there, I felt like going to sleep, so I closed my eyes and began to drift, but then I pictured Rishika — standing on the roadside not knowing what to do, in an unfamiliar country, with her husband-to-be sprawled on the ground — and my eyes snapped open. I thought to myself, “Damned if I’m going to die on the side of the Don Valley Parkway while my fiancée watches,” and I hauled myself up, got back behind the wheel, and said to her, “I think I might be having a heart attack..." Read the full article HERE: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/my-heart-attack-was-one-of-the-best-things-that-ever-happened-to-me - ⁠⁠⁠SanjaySays.co⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial ⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041

May 29, 20246 min

Share This Article With Anybody Who Owes You Money

People don’t get mad because you don’t pay them back, they get mad because… Read the full article HERE: https://www.sanjaysays.co/p/on-taking-money-from-other-people - ⁠⁠⁠SanjaySays.co⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ I sold audiobooks.com for $56 million. Now at 58, I want to pass on all of my lessons, 100% raw and unfiltered, like exactly how much debt I had on my credit card when I declared bankruptcy… Listen to me tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my career and life so you don't have to make the same ones. Do as I say, not as I do. Follow Me Everywhere Linkedin: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysinghalca⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/sanjaysaysofficial⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjaysaysofficial⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@sanjaysaysofficial ⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4SdJ39hp242BMD4vcm1SZb?si=ac04d6c376f34c6c⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sanjay-says/id1729686041 ⁠