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How I made my first $1 million dollars with coding at 25

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This is Qazi from cleverprogrammer.com.", 'start': 0.029, 'duration': 5.561}, {'end': 10.111, 'text': 'And this video is going to be a little bit different than a lot of the videos that I make.', 'start': 5.87, 'duration': 4.241}, {'end': 13.472, 'text': "And this video, it's not going to be flashy.", 'start': 10.591, 'duration': 2.881}, {'end': 16.052, 'text': "There's going to not be that many edits.", 'start': 13.532, 'duration': 2.52}, {'end': 27.455, 'text': 'And I am just going to document and talk about my journey to my first $1 million in the last two and a half years.', 'start': 16.572, 'duration': 10.883}], 'summary': 'Qazi will discuss his journey to $1 million in 2.5 years.', 'duration': 27.426, 'max_score': 0.029, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA29.jpg'}, {'end': 103.099, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 71.496, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 72.417, 'text': 'Just put in your email.', 'start': 71.496, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 74.258, 'text': "I'll send you this masterclass.", 'start': 72.777, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 75.599, 'text': "It's three-part series.", 'start': 74.338, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 77.08, 'text': "It'll absolutely blow your mind.", 'start': 75.639, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 78.502, 'text': 'Completely free.', 'start': 77.441, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 81.904, 'text': "Go there, do it now, and I'll see you on the other side.", 'start': 78.762, 'duration': 3.142}, {'end': 88.91, 'text': "To kind of get into this video, and there are a few important concepts that I'm going to be talking about along this.", 'start': 81.924, 'duration': 6.986}, {'end': 93.473, 'text': "I'm probably going to be talking about the concept of time arbitrage.", 'start': 89.03, 'duration': 4.443}, {'end': 95.515, 'text': "I'm going to be talking about..", 'start': 93.733, 'duration': 1.782}, {'end': 103.099, 'text': 'value versus money and skills and probably many other things 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'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 381.816, 'text': "I don't know if you can see this or not very clearly, but I'm just.", 'start': 377.034, 'duration': 4.782}, {'end': 382.837, 'text': "I'm trying my best here.", 'start': 381.816, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 387.96, 'text': 'But yeah, more, like about one million dollars was generated around this period.', 'start': 383.657, 'duration': 4.303}, {'end': 389.84, 'text': 'And sure, you can add this too.', 'start': 388.46, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 393.602, 'text': 'So all of this is from coding.', 'start': 390.061, 'duration': 3.541}, {'end': 398.045, 'text': "Yeah, now I'm pretty much gonna just talk about like what I did every year.", 'start': 394.103, 'duration': 3.942}, {'end': 402.467, 'text': '2014 for me was all about just increasing my skillset.', 'start': 398.065, 'duration': 4.402}], 'summary': 'Around one million dollars was generated from coding, with a focus on skillset improvement in 2014.', 'duration': 25.433, 'max_score': 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543.158, 'text': 'And I, along with Tenzin, would code.', 'start': 541.016, 'duration': 2.142}, {'end': 545.68, 'text': 'Actually, we started in the basement of my house.', 'start': 543.438, 'duration': 2.242}, {'end': 549.684, 'text': 'And in the basement of my house, we would code every day, every single day.', 'start': 546.181, 'duration': 3.503}, {'end': 552.166, 'text': 'And I would code every single day.', 'start': 550.404, 'duration': 1.762}, {'end': 556.729, 'text': 'And I remember I learned about you know, Command Line and got really good at it.', 'start': 552.526, 'duration': 4.203}, {'end': 567.092, 'text': 'Command Line is a really amazing skill to have that just a lot of developers try to avoid and then they get screwed over later.', 'start': 556.909, 'duration': 10.183}], 'summary': 'In 2014, coded for 16 hours at ps1 in chicago, later in the basement, mastering command line.', 'duration': 37.732, 'max_score': 529.36, 'thumbnail': 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The author chose Python due to its relative obscurity, emphasizing that contradiction is where genius lies and advocating for specialization to achieve exceptional results.']}], 'duration': 709.99, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA377034.jpg', 'highlights': ['The commitment to coding resulted in unhealthy habits like malnutrition, lack of sleep, and consuming unhealthy foods and energy drinks, which the speaker does not recommend.', 'The author chose Python due to its relative obscurity, emphasizing that contradiction is where genius lies and advocating for specialization to achieve exceptional results.', 'The author stresses the significance of specializing in one language and avoiding tutorial purgatory by sticking to one language and consistently progressing to achieve proficiency.', 'In 2014, the author dedicated 16 hours daily to coding, mastering command line skills, and completed numerous courses on Coursera, Udacity, and Team Treehouse.', 'In 2014, the speaker and their friend committed to coding, learning for about 15-18 hours a day, which led to skillset improvement.', 'The speaker mentions that about one million dollars was generated around the period of their coding journey.']}, {'end': 1958.225, 'segs': [{'end': 1114.965, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1087.365, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1094.531, 'text': "Anyways, so it was really important what I didn't do that I think is really important to highlight, and I just kept making consistent progress.", 'start': 1087.365, 'duration': 7.166}, {'end': 1100.575, 'text': 'So I went from projects, projects, then more advanced classes, more advanced classes,', 'start': 1095.091, 'duration': 5.484}, {'end': 1107.1, 'text': 'and then I just taught myself almost all of the coding and then I did a lot of it on my own by doing my own projects and things like that.', 'start': 1100.575, 'duration': 6.525}, {'end': 1109.742, 'text': 'That was about 2014.', 'start': 1107.54, 'duration': 2.202}, {'end': 1114.965, 'text': 'Honestly, that was also a lot of 2015, what I did, because I just understood how important the skill set was.', 'start': 1109.742, 'duration': 5.223}], 'summary': 'Progressed from projects to advanced classes, self-taught coding, and emphasized the skill set in 2014 and 2015.', 'duration': 27.6, 'max_score': 1087.365, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA1087365.jpg'}, {'end': 1249.753, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1195.881, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1205.511, 'text': 'so if I understood that coding is gonna be greater than chess, like money-wise, dollar-wise and opportunity-wise and things like that,', 'start': 1195.881, 'duration': 9.63}, {'end': 1206.292, 'text': 'the need for it.', 'start': 1205.511, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 1207.493, 'text': 'I mean chess is a hobby.', 'start': 1206.292, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 1209.675, 'text': 'Coding is something that the world depends on.', 'start': 1207.593, 'duration': 2.082}, {'end': 1211.017, 'text': "There's a big difference.", 'start': 1210.116, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 1220.406, 'text': "Well then, I thought, okay, how many times is it better? And I would say that it's almost five to 10 times better, the opportunity for coding.", 'start': 1211.277, 'duration': 9.129}, {'end': 1226.913, 'text': "Well, if the opportunity is five to 10 times better, then if I'm making $150, or let's not even say 150, let's just say,", 'start': 1221.027, 'duration': 5.886}, {'end': 1242.607, 'text': 'If I was making $50 for a chess coaching session for an hour of my time, well, that $50 in the coding world is worth a lot more in the long run.', 'start': 1230.737, 'duration': 11.87}, {'end': 1246.45, 'text': "It's worth somewhere like $300 to $500.", 'start': 1243.007, 'duration': 3.443}, {'end': 1249.753, 'text': "And the reason I say that is because there's no chess job you can do full time.", 'start': 1246.45, 'duration': 3.303}], 'summary': 'Coding offers 5-10 times better opportunities and financial worth compared to chess.', 'duration': 53.872, 'max_score': 1195.881, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA1195881.jpg'}, {'end': 1318.43, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1269.365, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1278.971, 'text': 'So then I thought okay, these $50 are actually either less than or equal to coding like $500..', 'start': 1269.365, 'duration': 9.606}, {'end': 1291.082, 'text': 'Okay, so once I made this conclusion, I thought, okay, well, all I need to do is trade my chess skill for coding skill.', 'start': 1278.971, 'duration': 12.111}, {'end': 1291.983, 'text': "That's really it.", 'start': 1291.362, 'duration': 0.621}, {'end': 1297.348, 'text': 'So if I could trade my chess skill for coding skill, then I would go really, really far.', 'start': 1292.583, 'duration': 4.765}, {'end': 1299.69, 'text': "And I thought okay, what's the best way to do that?", 'start': 1297.748, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 1302.394, 'text': "So obviously there are free courses and that's helpful.", 'start': 1299.77, 'duration': 2.624}, {'end': 1305.757, 'text': 'but I mean think about any Olympic athlete, right?', 'start': 1302.394, 'duration': 3.363}, {'end': 1307.419, 'text': 'That you know of the best in the world.', 'start': 1305.798, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 1312.806, 'text': 'None of them became the best in the world by taking courses and learning by themselves.', 'start': 1307.68, 'duration': 5.126}, {'end': 1318.43, 'text': 'Most of them became Olympic level athletes because they have coaching every day.', 'start': 1313.086, 'duration': 5.344}], 'summary': 'Trading chess skill for coding skill can lead to great success; coaching is crucial for expertise.', 'duration': 49.065, 'max_score': 1269.365, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA1269365.jpg'}, {'end': 1460.968, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1435.731, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 1441.496, 'text': 'So think about how much opportunity there is for coding versus Uber.', 'start': 1435.731, 'duration': 5.765}, {'end': 1443.077, 'text': "So let's just say you drive an Uber right?", 'start': 1441.536, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 1451.142, 'text': "So let's say that there's coding on this hand, and I'm gonna make the claim that coding opportunity is more than Uber driving opportunity,", 'start': 1443.277, 'duration': 7.865}, {'end': 1453.183, 'text': "because they're already coming out with self-driving cars.", 'start': 1451.142, 'duration': 2.041}, {'end': 1459.187, 'text': 'Five years, 10 years from now, there are gonna be no drivers, okay? 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Progression from projects to advanced classes, self-taught coding, and personal projects by 2015.', 'Realization of the importance of the skill set in coding and the correlation between skill acquisition and financial gain, leading to the decision to prioritize learning coding over instant gratification purchases. Understanding the importance of coding skill set and its correlation with financial gain.', 'Evaluation of the earning potential of coding over chess, with coding opportunities being approximately five to ten times better, leading to the decision to prioritize coding for long-term financial benefits. Comparison of earning potential: $50 for chess coaching session is worth $300 to $500 in coding.', 'Recognition of the scalability and long-term earning potential of coding compared to chess, leading to the decision to transition skills from chess to coding for greater income and impact. Understanding the scalability and long-term earning potential of coding over chess.', 'Decision to exchange chess skill for coding skill to achieve significant progress and success in the coding field. Decision to trade chess skill for coding skill for career advancement.']}, {'end': 1958.225, 'start': 1299.77, 'title': 'The value of mentoring and transitioning to coding', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of mentoring and the transition from one skill set to another, emphasizing the significant opportunities in coding compared to other traditional jobs, with examples of the potential income and long-term trajectory.', 'duration': 658.455, 'highlights': ['Mentoring and coaching are crucial for skill development, as seen in the examples of Olympic athletes and top students, emphasizing the need for consistent guidance. Importance of mentoring and coaching for skill development, comparison to Olympic athletes and top students, need for consistent guidance', 'The speaker transitioned from chess to coding by investing the income from chess into coding mentoring, emphasizing the significant arbitrage in skill set transition and the value of coding opportunities. Transition from chess to coding, investment in coding mentoring, significant arbitrage in skill set transition, value of coding opportunities', "Coding is highlighted as a skill set with potentially 10 to 100 times more opportunity compared to traditional jobs like Uber driving, due to factors such as long-term trajectory, income potential, and broader applicability. Coding's significant opportunity compared to traditional jobs, long-term trajectory, income potential, broader applicability", 'The concept of not every dollar being equal is emphasized, illustrating the long-term value and potential of income from coding compared to traditional jobs, with a comparison to online business income. Emphasis on the long-term value and potential of income from coding, comparison to online business income']}], 'duration': 870.86, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA1087365.jpg', 'highlights': ['Progression from projects to advanced classes, self-taught coding, and personal projects by 2015.', 'Understanding the importance of coding skill set and its correlation with financial gain.', 'Comparison of earning potential: $50 for chess coaching session is worth $300 to $500 in coding.', 'Understanding the scalability and long-term earning potential of coding over chess.', 'Decision to trade chess skill for coding skill for career advancement.', 'Importance of mentoring and coaching for skill development, comparison to Olympic athletes and top students, need for consistent guidance.', 'Transition from chess to coding, investment in coding mentoring, significant arbitrage in skill set transition, value of coding opportunities.', "Coding's significant opportunity compared to traditional jobs, long-term trajectory, income potential, broader applicability.", 'Emphasis on the long-term value and potential of income from coding, comparison to online business income.']}, {'end': 2293.078, 'segs': [{'end': 2083.087, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2049.739, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2053.024, 'text': 'you will just become exponentially better in the long run at that thing.', 'start': 2049.739, 'duration': 3.285}, {'end': 2054.847, 'text': 'And this determines your character.', 'start': 2053.204, 'duration': 1.643}, {'end': 2056.668, 'text': 'This will also determine your income.', 'start': 2054.927, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 2060.672, 'text': "Who are the people that are getting paid the most? 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The chapter stresses the significance of possessing a broad range of skills, highlighting that individuals who strategically develop diverse skills tend to earn higher income and demonstrate stronger character.', 'The concept of compound interest is applied to skill development, indicating that the more time invested in developing skills, the greater the exponential growth and irreplaceability of those skills. The chapter draws parallels between compound interest and skill development, emphasizing that skills, when strategically cultivated over time, compound in value, making them irreplaceable and valuable assets.', 'Illustrates the impact of possessing multiple valuable skills compared to being proficient in only one area. The chapter elucidates the advantage of possessing an array of valuable skills, making individuals more desirable and employable, compared to those who are proficient in only one area.']}], 'duration': 330.17, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA1962908.jpg', 'highlights': ['Developing diverse and strategic skills leads to increased income and character development.', 'The concept of compound interest is applied to skill development, indicating exponential growth.', 'Possessing multiple valuable skills makes individuals more desirable and employable.']}, {'end': 2631.267, 'segs': [{'end': 2415.995, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2333.83, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2344.974, 'text': 'somebody would literally need to be paying you $10,000 or $1,000 an hour driving Uber for you to accept that.', 'start': 2333.83, 'duration': 11.144}, {'end': 2346.335, 'text': "That's how you should look at it.", 'start': 2345.234, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 2351.537, 'text': "That's really how you should look at it, okay? So these $10 are greater than these $100.", 'start': 2346.475, 'duration': 5.062}, {'end': 2353.178, 'text': 'These $10 are greater or equal to the $1,000 an hour from Uber.', 'start': 2351.537, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 2362.794, 'text': "Okay, so I'll do this.", 'start': 2361.013, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 2368.578, 'text': 'And this is why you wanna just spend all of your time into this thing.', 'start': 2363.815, 'duration': 4.763}, {'end': 2373.041, 'text': 'So now, once you understand this, another thing that you can understand is okay.', 'start': 2369.058, 'duration': 3.983}, {'end': 2380.106, 'text': "if I'm even making $5 or $8 an hour from coding and I can just barely make my ends meet, somehow that's really worth it.", 'start': 2373.041, 'duration': 7.065}, {'end': 2383.128, 'text': 'And I should just keep figuring out how to invest more time into coding.', 'start': 2380.206, 'duration': 2.922}, {'end': 2388.932, 'text': 'The biggest thing that helped me was I just 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{'end': 2559.601, 'text': 'And what that allowed me to do was now I was actually spending 100% of my time coding.', 'start': 2550.425, 'duration': 9.176}, {'end': 2560.141, 'text': 'all right?', 'start': 2559.601, 'duration': 0.54}], 'summary': 'Learning a $500/hour skill, ended up getting paid for it, now spends 100% time coding.', 'duration': 32.426, 'max_score': 2527.715, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA2527715.jpg'}, {'end': 2643.469, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2614.363, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 2617.944, 'text': 'And instead, what you wanna do is you wanna respect your fucking dream.', 'start': 2614.363, 'duration': 3.581}, {'end': 2619.244, 'text': "It's your dream, man.", 'start': 2618.004, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 2620.364, 'text': "You said it's your dream.", 'start': 2619.304, 'duration': 1.06}, {'end': 2621.865, 'text': 'So then respect it.', 'start': 2620.945, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 2624.606, 'text': "Then don't do the shitty job that you're doing right now.", 'start': 2622.365, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 2628.607, 'text': "Don't do the side hustle that you're doing right now.", 'start': 2625.746, 'duration': 2.861}, {'end': 2631.267, 'text': 'Like quit it and then start making income from this,', 'start': 2628.627, 'duration': 2.64}, {'end': 2638.889, 'text': "or start making income from this and then just quit that because you're spending your waking hours, your most active hours, your most alert hours,", 'start': 2631.267, 'duration': 7.622}, {'end': 2640.089, 'text': "on the thing that's not your dream.", 'start': 2638.889, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 2643.469, 'text': "So then you're just not gonna have the life that you want.", 'start': 2640.589, 'duration': 2.88}], 'summary': 'Respect your dream, quit non-dream jobs, and pursue income from your dream to achieve the life you want.', 'duration': 29.106, 'max_score': 2614.363, 'thumbnail': 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high-value activities, as demonstrated by the author's experience of transitioning from making $10 an hour to $35 an hour teaching coding within three months.", 'Recognizing the disparity in value between different income sources is crucial, as evident in the comparison between earning $10 an hour as a server and earning $10 an hour from coding, highlighting the importance of investing time into high-value activities.', 'The author emphasizes the significance of investing time into high-value activities, exemplified by the strategic decision to dedicate significant time to tutoring and mentoring, resulting in a substantial increase in hourly income within a short period of time.', 'The chapter underscores the importance of understanding the relative value of income, urging individuals to prioritize high-value activities by equating the worth of their time, such as considering the equivalent of earning $10,000 or $1,000 an hour from Uber to accept lower-paying opportunities.']}, {'end': 2631.267, 'start': 2436.229, 'title': 'Transition from teaching chess to coding', 'summary': 'Highlights the transition from teaching chess to coding, the increase in hourly income from $35 to $50 to $500, and the shift to spending 100% of working time on coding, leading to a more fulfilled and focused lifestyle.', 'duration': 195.038, 'highlights': ['Earning $35 to $50 an hour teaching coding and learning a new $500 an hour skill set led to spending 100% of working time on coding.', 'The decision to focus solely on coding was driven by the realization that it is worth ten times or a hundred times more than teaching chess in the long run.', 'Spending 18 to 16 hours a day on coding allowed rapid progression, equivalent to years of effort for others.', 'The importance of dedicating substantial, continuous time to a pursuit, rather than sporadic efforts, for exponential growth and success.', "Emphasizing the need to respect and prioritize one's dream, leading to a more fulfilling and focused lifestyle."]}], 'duration': 337.828, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA2293439.jpg', 'highlights': ['Transitioning from making $10 an hour to $35 an hour teaching coding within three months.', 'Recognizing the disparity in value between different income sources, highlighting the importance of investing time into high-value activities.', 'Dedicating significant time to tutoring and mentoring resulting in a substantial increase in hourly income within a short period of time.', 'Urging individuals to prioritize high-value activities by equating the worth of their time, such as considering the equivalent of earning $10,000 or $1,000 an hour from Uber to accept lower-paying opportunities.', 'Earning $35 to $50 an hour teaching coding and learning a new $500 an hour skill set led to spending 100% of working time on coding.', 'The decision to focus solely on coding was driven by the realization that it is worth ten times or a hundred times more than teaching chess in the long run.', 'Spending 18 to 16 hours a day on coding allowed rapid progression, equivalent to years of effort for others.', "Emphasizing the need to respect and prioritize one's dream, leading to a more fulfilling and focused lifestyle."]}, {'end': 3099.108, 'segs': [{'end': 2653.812, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2631.267, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2638.889, 'text': "or start making income from this and then just quit that because you're spending your waking hours, your most active hours, your most alert hours,", 'start': 2631.267, 'duration': 7.622}, {'end': 2640.089, 'text': "on the thing that's not your dream.", 'start': 2638.889, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 2643.469, 'text': "So then you're just not gonna have the life that you want.", 'start': 2640.589, 'duration': 2.88}, {'end': 2648.05, 'text': "You're not designing the life to suit you in what it is that you want.", 'start': 2644.009, 'duration': 4.041}, {'end': 2649.491, 'text': 'So you wanna quit that.', 'start': 2648.17, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 2650.631, 'text': 'I quit chess.', 'start': 2649.791, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 2651.631, 'text': 'I quit chess.', 'start': 2651.071, 'duration': 0.56}, {'end': 2653.172, 'text': 'whatever else I was doing.', 'start': 2652.111, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 2653.812, 'text': 'I quit it.', 'start': 2653.212, 'duration': 0.6}], 'summary': 'Quit non-dream activities to design the life you want.', 'duration': 22.545, 'max_score': 2631.267, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA2631267.jpg'}, {'end': 2707.206, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2675.044, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2676.945, 'text': 'This is pretty important to understand, so pay attention.', 'start': 2675.044, 'duration': 1.901}, {'end': 2687.292, 'text': 'So say, I figured out how to charge $35 to $50 an hour to teach somebody coding because I had years and years 2010,, 2011,, 2012,, 2013,, 2014,,', 'start': 2677.245, 'duration': 10.047}, {'end': 2691.475, 'text': 'four or five years of experience freelancing negotiating prices.', 'start': 2687.292, 'duration': 4.183}, {'end': 2695.578, 'text': 'I used that skill set to charge people $50 an hour for coding.', 'start': 2691.795, 'duration': 3.783}, {'end': 2696.378, 'text': 'Well, guess what?', 'start': 2695.818, 'duration': 0.56}, {'end': 2707.206, 'text': 'On platforms like CodeMentor.io and Outside World, there were developers who were saying that they would charge me $50 an hour for their time.', 'start': 2696.859, 'duration': 10.347}], 'summary': 'With 4-5 years of freelancing experience, charged $35-$50/hr for coding, matching rates on platforms.', 'duration': 32.162, 'max_score': 2675.044, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA2675044.jpg'}, {'end': 2780.13, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2748.87, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2750.311, 'text': "Now let's understand this.", 'start': 2748.87, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 2757.694, 'text': 'This is the same thing as flipping on eBay or flipping a home.', 'start': 2750.571, 'duration': 7.123}, {'end': 2760.34, 'text': 'something in real estate.', 'start': 2759.479, 'duration': 0.861}, {'end': 2762.501, 'text': "It's literally the same exact thing.", 'start': 2760.4, 'duration': 2.101}, {'end': 2764.862, 'text': "I'm just flipping attention and time and money.", 'start': 2762.661, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 2766.623, 'text': 'This is the time arbitrage.', 'start': 2765.262, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 2770.365, 'text': "I'm exchanging my three months of time for somebody's 10 years of time.", 'start': 2767.223, 'duration': 3.142}, {'end': 2773.507, 'text': 'This is an insane deal.', 'start': 2770.905, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 2780.13, 'text': "How many months are in 10 years? 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The speaker mentions paying $50 an hour for mentoring and coding sessions, highlighting the investment in knowledge acquisition.', 'Earned $80K in 2015 and $104K in 2016 through teaching and freelancing. The speaker mentions earning $80K in 2015 and $104K in 2016 through teaching and freelancing, showcasing the returns from the investment in learning.', '20K+ investment in learning led to substantial returns. The speaker indicates investing around 20K or more in their own learning through online courses, coding courses, and mentors, which resulted in significant returns through teaching and freelancing.']}], 'duration': 467.841, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA2631267.jpg', 'highlights': ['The speaker stresses the significance of quitting non-goal-aligned activities and focusing on developing desired skills.', 'The speaker shares their experience of charging $35 to $50 an hour for teaching coding, demonstrating the value of skills and experience in negotiating prices.', 'The concept of time arbitrage is introduced, highlighting the potential for exponential growth and skill acquisition through strategic time management and leveraging opportunities.', 'The speaker invested $50 per session in learning coding and mentoring, showcasing the investment in knowledge acquisition.', 'Earned $80K in 2015 and $104K in 2016 through teaching and freelancing, showcasing substantial returns from the investment in learning.', 'The speaker indicates investing around 20K or more in their own learning through online courses, coding courses, and mentors, which resulted in significant returns through teaching and freelancing.']}, {'end': 3465.574, 'segs': [{'end': 3140.202, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3099.108, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3101.33, 'text': "that's why it takes them 20 years to get the same results.", 'start': 3099.108, 'duration': 2.222}, {'end': 3106.735, 'text': "you know the only way they can get the same results if they have a job at google or facebook, and you don't need that.", 'start': 3101.33, 'duration': 5.405}, {'end': 3112.36, 'text': "like if you understand these principles, you know i was reading lots of books, so i didn't mention that,", 'start': 3106.735, 'duration': 5.625}, {'end': 3118.005, 'text': 'but audible was really helpful for me and i was listening to um Rich Dad and Poor Dad.', 'start': 3112.36, 'duration': 5.645}, {'end': 3124.732, 'text': "I listened to John Saunders' book Soft Skills that had a huge impact on my life, and 10X by Grant Cardone,", 'start': 3118.706, 'duration': 6.026}, {'end': 3132.639, 'text': 'and just lots of books that hearing them and reading them helped change my life and changed the way I thought completely.', 'start': 3124.732, 'duration': 7.907}, {'end': 3140.202, 'text': 'Then, Once my thoughts changed, then my actions followed, and then, after my actions followed, the results came after a while right?', 'start': 3132.799, 'duration': 7.403}], 'summary': 'Listening to audiobooks and changing mindset led to improved results and life changes.', 'duration': 41.094, 'max_score': 3099.108, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA3099108.jpg'}, {'end': 3230.464, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3157.626, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 3160.747, 'text': "Once your thought starts to change, well then, that's the leading indicator.", 'start': 3157.626, 'duration': 3.121}, {'end': 3165.008, 'text': 'Once that happens, the lagging indicators are that your actions start to change.', 'start': 3161.067, 'duration': 3.941}, {'end': 3169.249, 'text': 'And then even more of a lagging indicator after that are the results.', 'start': 3165.248, 'duration': 4.001}, {'end': 3171.49, 'text': 'Then results start to come up after a while.', 'start': 3169.57, 'duration': 1.92}, {'end': 3180.213, 'text': "But all of the things that are really beneficial for you have very slow long-term impacts and they're there's only long-term gratification.", 'start': 3171.53, 'duration': 8.683}, {'end': 3186.277, 'text': "There's no instant gratification, which is why most people aren't good at it, because humans are designed for instant gratification.", 'start': 3180.253, 'duration': 6.024}, {'end': 3188.999, 'text': 'And most people focus on just instant gratification.', 'start': 3186.297, 'duration': 2.702}, {'end': 3193.321, 'text': "And if you do that, well, you're not gonna get most things that are amazing for you,", 'start': 3189.419, 'duration': 3.902}, {'end': 3196.864, 'text': 'like your body transforming into the body of your dreams long-term.', 'start': 3193.321, 'duration': 3.543}, {'end': 3201.306, 'text': 'Your relationship turning into the relationship of your dreams, Long-term.', 'start': 3197.364, 'duration': 3.942}, {'end': 3206.729, 'text': 'Your business turning into the business you want, long-term, okay? This is very long-term.', 'start': 3201.607, 'duration': 5.122}, {'end': 3211.632, 'text': 'I mean, this might seem very small to you, but this is a six year, one, two, three, four, five, six.', 'start': 3206.789, 'duration': 4.843}, {'end': 3214.414, 'text': "It's about six years long transformation and progression.", 'start': 3211.692, 'duration': 2.722}, {'end': 3220.517, 'text': 'I went from being really weak and skinny, I transformed a lot of my own body.', 'start': 3215.274, 'duration': 5.243}, {'end': 3227.281, 'text': "I mean, I was scrawny, weak kid who couldn't do anything, and I transformed my body a lot in this time.", 'start': 3220.617, 'duration': 6.664}, {'end': 3230.464, 'text': 'I transformed my social skills a lot in this time.', 'start': 3227.961, 'duration': 2.503}], 'summary': 'Changing thoughts leads to long-term transformation in body, relationships, and business, with slow, six-year progress.', 'duration': 72.838, 'max_score': 3157.626, 'thumbnail': 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listening to books like 'Soft Skills' by John Saunders and '10X' by Grant Cardone had a huge impact on the speaker's life, leading to a complete change in thought process and subsequent actions, resulting in achieving results.", "Contrasting the 20 years taken by some to achieve results with the immediate impact experienced by applying the principles learned from books like 'Soft Skills' and '10X'.", 'The speaker found Audible to be really helpful in his journey of reading and listening to books, which brought about a significant transformation in thinking and subsequent actions.', 'Mentioning the impact of understanding certain principles from books, without the need for employment at companies like Google or Facebook to achieve similar results.']}, {'end': 3465.574, 'start': 3140.262, 'title': 'Leading indicators and long-term transformation', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of leading and lagging indicators, emphasizing the importance of long-term transformation and the 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transformation.', "The speaker's six-year transformation journey, focusing on physical fitness, social skills, and various professional skills The speaker shares a personal journey of a six-year transformation, including significant improvements in physical fitness, social skills, and professional development, highlighting the commitment to long-term progression and the continuous pursuit of improvement in various aspects of life."]}], 'duration': 366.466, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA3099108.jpg', 'highlights': ["Reading 'Soft Skills' by John Saunders and '10X' by Grant Cardone led to a complete change in thought process and actions, resulting in immediate impact.", 'Contrasting the immediate impact of applying principles from books with the 20 years taken by some to achieve results.', 'Audible was instrumental in the significant transformation in thinking and actions through reading and listening to books.', 'Understanding principles from books can lead to similar results without the need for employment at companies like Google or Facebook.', 'Long-term transformation and soft skills development are crucial for success in physical fitness, relationships, and business.', 'Emphasizing the slow, long-term impact of beneficial activities and the need for long-term gratification in various areas.', 'Leading indicators such as thoughts lead to changes in actions and results, illustrating the importance of mindset and thought transformation.', 'Personal journey of a six-year transformation, focusing on physical fitness, social skills, and professional development.']}, {'end': 3726.124, 'segs': [{'end': 3504.817, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3465.734, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3471.437, 'text': "You know, the schools that I'm at, it increased by like 40%, 50%, the amount of kids that are coming in.", 'start': 3465.734, 'duration': 5.703}, {'end': 3474.098, 'text': "So I know you're making a lot 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3528.475, 'text': 'That came from a lot of self-esteem, a lot of pushing myself,', 'start': 3524.692, 'duration': 3.783}, {'end': 3535.34, 'text': "a lot of being uncomfortable doing the things that I didn't wanna do and having confrontations that I did not want to have.", 'start': 3528.475, 'duration': 6.865}, {'end': 3536.381, 'text': "That's not easy.", 'start': 3535.58, 'duration': 0.801}, {'end': 3537.601, 'text': "That's really hard.", 'start': 3536.781, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 3539.983, 'text': "That's harder than most other things,", 'start': 3537.661, 'duration': 2.322}, {'end': 3547.43, 'text': "because when people try to confront it literally feels like death to you if part of your body feels like you're gonna die.", 'start': 3539.983, 'duration': 7.447}, {'end': 3553.996, 'text': 'so that other things i would do is like i would go to a woodfield mall and i would force myself to talk to people,', 'start': 3547.43, 'duration': 6.566}], 'summary': 'Balancing three jobs at 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'text': "because you only get what you ask for and you'll never get what you don't ask for.", 'start': 3647.991, 'duration': 5.142}, {'end': 3654.934, 'text': "It's just a simple rule of life.", 'start': 3653.153, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 3660.556, 'text': "Like all the people who cry to me and they're like you know, I was so great with my company and I did all the things,", 'start': 3655.434, 'duration': 5.122}], 'summary': 'Training to ask for more led to less problems, as you only get what you ask for.', 'duration': 26.892, 'max_score': 3633.664, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Hpi5AgRLPmA/pics/Hpi5AgRLPmA3633664.jpg'}, {'end': 3705.83, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3675.085, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 3675.846, 'text': 'I have integrity.', 'start': 3675.085, 'duration': 0.761}, {'end': 3676.587, 'text': 'They should have seen it.', 'start': 3675.886, 'duration': 0.701}, {'end': 3677.768, 'text': "No, it's your fault.", 'start': 3676.767, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 3679.329, 'text': 'You should have asked for more and moved on.', 'start': 3677.808, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 3681.472, 'text': 'Same thing that happens to people in relationships.', 'start': 3679.55, 'duration': 1.922}, {'end': 3687.538, 'text': "They're like I don't, the other person doesn't see the gem that I am and the value that I bring and all of this,", 'start': 3681.492, 'duration': 6.046}, {'end': 3689.82, 'text': 'and they treat me like shit and they abuse me and all this.', 'start': 3687.538, 'duration': 2.282}, {'end': 3690.861, 'text': "It's your fault.", 'start': 3690.12, 'duration': 0.741}, {'end': 3692.142, 'text': 'for being in the relationship.', 'start': 3690.981, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 3694.543, 'text': "I'm never on the side of the person who's the victim.", 'start': 3692.182, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 3701.347, 'text': "Sometimes, maybe, yeah, if you're being bullied and stuff and you have no choice, sure, I 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