A mindset shift that made selling products and services easier for me: If I genuinely believe the product or service I'm selling offers a massive return for someone, I'd be doing a disservice to people by not promoting it. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Advice to my younger self: having freedom over your time will make you happier than any material possession. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
An open office space is horrible for productivity, but great for camaraderie. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Be impatient in the short-term and patient in the long-term. Most people get this backwards. They're too slow to take action in the short-term, yet they expect results right away. You should take action consistently each day, but don't expect results for months or years. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Become financially independent not to avoid work, but to have the means to work on whatever you want for as many hours as you want each day. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Being an entrepreneur means there is no benefit to appearing busy. There's no boss to impress. You are the boss. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Enjoyable Active Income: income resulting from active work that an individual finds enjoyable. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Having the freedom to sit in a field and read a book on a Tuesday at noon feels better than any fancy job title ever did. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
How to print money with SEO: 1. Find low-difficulty keywords. 2. Write articles targeting those keywords. 3. Place ads on site. Repeat over and over and over. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
I can’t imagine enjoying any corporate job. No matter how much I like the work itself, the environment and daily schedule is just too awful. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
I have a massive Excel spreadsheet with 3,000+ low difficulty keywords I plan on writing about in the coming months and years. The amount of keywords out there on the internet that you can rank for with even a low authority site is mind-boggling. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
I love being a solopreneur. No boss telling me what to do. No co-workers to align schedules with. Nobody to manage. Zero time spent in meetings and responding to emails. Just pure productivity. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
I've reached a point financially where no annual salary could ever draw me back to Corporate America. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
If I ever write a book on wealth accumulation, it will start with the following sentence: The number one reason to become wealthy is to own your time. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
If you can gain autonomy, you give yourself far more freedom to pursue competence and relatedness. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
If you have knowledge in a subject that most people are intimidated by, you can use that knowledge to earn some serious income. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
In many fields, it's easy to replicate the 'day in the life' routine of someone in the top 1% of the field. The hard part is replicating it for years. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
It's hard to overstate how much joy I've gained from removing a daily commute and team meetings from my work life. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Learning SEO is easy. What's hard is: (1) Consistently producing well-written articles. (2) Being patient enough to wait for results. Every single person I know who has had success with SEO has been excellent at (1) and (2). - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Learning SEO is not hard. What's hard is writing articles consistently for long enough that you give SEO a chance to kick in and work its magic. Most people lack consistency. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Many people I know in real life think it's impossible to earn $10k/ month. Many people I know online know that $10k/month is just the tip of the iceberg. Surround yourself with an internet tribe where huge $$$ income is normal. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Most people are capable of building a website that could change their entire financial life in ~2 years but 99% will quit after 2-3 months. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
Most self-help books can be boiled down to: Be impatient with action, but patient with results. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
My daily work schedule hasn't changed in 3 years. Literally all I do is sit and write SEO-optimized articles for 4 hours each morning. This has taken me from $0 MRR to $5k to $10k to $20k and beyond. Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom
My financial objectives (in order): 1. Make a ton of money. 2. Provide for my family. 3. Help extended family and friends. 4. Give back to community. - Zach Four Pillar Freedom