Jack Raines is the writer of YoungMoney.co, a blog/newsletter with more than 20,000+ readers. Jack covers finance and career advice and has quickly built it up over the past 18 months. In this conversation, we spoke about how Jack has met his heroes, what it's like to lose $150,000 in a day, getting mentioned in Tim Ferriss' newsletter, why you should travel more, and how he hopes to be remembered. (0:00) Humble Beginnings (4:23 Would Jack Change Anything? (6:27) Inspirations (9:00) Meeting Heroes (11:43) Online Networking (17:48) Losing $150,000 (28:28) Dopamine (Twitter vs. Money) (32:12) Consuming vs. Creating (38:01) The Case For Traveling More (43:31) Getting Over The Hump (45:40) Writing/Creating (51:12) Tim Ferriss Mention (55:41) Early Metrics (57:01) Books (58:53) Legacy (59:56) Challenge Resources Three Sides of Risk – https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/ Jack’s Satirical Viral Writing – https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines/status/1584977015605964800 The Case for Traveling More by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/case-traveling How I Write by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/write Jack's Links Website: https://YoungMoney.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackraines My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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