The 50th Law was the first real book that changed my life.
It was the book that allowed me to start my first business which netted me $100,000 during
my freshman year of high school.
It was the book that allowed me to reverse my pornography addiction into something powerful,
a tool to not only start a new venture for myself, but also to inspire others to become
who they've always wanted to be.
When I say these things it's not to brag about accomplishments, but rather to show the practical
application of the lessons from this book to my reality, and to allow you to do the
same for your reality.
My journey as an Asian kid in a Jewish suburb is much different from 50 Cent's childhood
being abandoned by his parents and having to grow up on the streets but the same ideas
apply.
Regardless of where you come from, you will face challenges, and this book will be one
of the best at helping you not only break through your issues to achieve success, but
to also embrace the journey that comes with it.
Chapter 1: See Things for What They Are – Intense Realism:
One thing before we jump into this first lesson is that instead of just repeating the book
in a shortened form, most of these lessons will come from my personal life as I’ve
always liked to relate to a video or book to absorb more from it.
My main advice is not only to watch this video, but to also read the book for yourself.
The first step from Robert Greene and 50 Cent or Curtis Jackson is to embrace your reality.
See through the bullshit and get to the point.
While we don’t like to talk about this topic too often, all of us will die: me, my friends,
my family, and even you.
Rather than to wish everything were different and that you came from a better home or that
you were better looking or that you had a higher IQ, embrace your challenges because
that is what life dealt you.
You can’t run away from it, and as much as people say that living in a bedroom wasting
your life away on video games and porn is technically an easier lifestyle, at the end
of the day it is miserable, and I’ve lived through that.
My entire life I’ve been challenged.
You might say not as harshly as 50 Cent, and I agree, but everyone faces different struggles.
To say that porn addiction isn't real and isn't hard is dumb as well as it's easy to
become complacent over that.
But rather than just complaining I turned it around.
Because it was so hard I was able to start a YouTube channel about it.
Through this I made an online course, I connected with other creators, and have been able to
flip around something that killed my first business into something that made my drive
that much stronger.
Embrace the struggle and use it to your advantage.
The first time I started NoFap I saw it as a challenge that would help my discipline,
and that's what sparked all of this.
Chapter 2: Make Everything Your Own – Self-Reliance: Do not be completely reliant on others for
anything.
Learning by yourself is a great way to gain confidence, gain knowledge, and to make extra
money that can be invested into yourself.
For many, working at a job is your best chance for a stable income, but rather than being
dependent on one thing for your money, you can start an internet business or your own
side business or side job.
Online you can create a YouTube channel, start a side hustle, or just help others and gain
experience.
You will have an abundance of options rather than getting o your bands and knees for a
job.
Remember, the best time to find a job is when you already have one.
For me, KreativeVein is a business that will help me pay for college or just live on my
own.
But while my goals is to hit 1 million subscribers July 31st, 2021, if YouTube goes under or
if YouTube is overrun by corporations, I need to build an audience in different places.
Getting subscribes on a course while helping people for free and using different accounts
on different social media platforms allow me to keep my audience and my brand by myself.
Chapter 3: Turn Shit into Sugar – Opportunism: The key lesson here is that every negative
situation contains the possibility for something positive, an opportunity.
Your perspective on challenges is the determining factor in how you will overcome them or succumb
to them.
If you see the world as this negative place where nothing good will happen, you will fail,
but if you see the world as a neutral arena where things happen, but you can flip them
around to learn and problem solve, then you are able to make a name for yourself despite
disadvantages.
This would’ve been another great place to talk about how I transformed my porn addiction
into a positive as I talked about it in the first lesson, and if you read the book many
lessons transcend one another.
This was an instance from my software business days.
I was in the 8th grade, making a few hundred dollars from selling programs online.
I was happy with it and used it to not only buy new shoes for basketball but also to invest
in Google stock.
But it turns out it was against eBay’s policies to sell on multiple accounts at the same time
as I was using a separate account from my parents so they wouldn’t know about my online
business.
I sulked around for a week or so because I’d put in a lot of work on eBay to sell well,
but rather than complain, I gave away a free trail on YoUTube to see if anyone would subscribe
and possibly go to my weekly site to buy a program.
It worked, and rather than a few hundred or thousand dollars, i was in the six figure
range in my first year.
If bad shit happens, the world is giving you chance to prove yourself as a bitch like my
13 year old self, or turn it around into something greater.
Chapter 4: Keep Moving – Calculated Momentum: If you’ve ever watched a YouTube channel
that’s gone stale, or have seen those one hit wonders that never get up there again,
it’s because they’ve stopped moving.
They became complacent with what they’ve gotten.
I’ve seen this with myself on my old channel, and with YouTubers that I used to watch.
Do not get pinned down and stop evolving.
If everything stopped and you had to start all over again you wouldn’t know how to
survive without what has already been built.
I noticed this in my YouTube channel which is why I’m switching to this type of video
for today.
I realized that the premise of my channel is to make you the person you’ve always
wanted to be, and I’ve achieved a lot of that.
Although I still have problems with pornography addiction, I’ve become normal again in my
viewing habits and am getting longer and longer streaks without it.
I’m looking better and getting more attention from girls.
I’m more confident and have a social circle now.
However due to this, I don’t have that many issues where I can make YouTube videos detailing
how to solve them.
So instead of trying to pump out more videos on tips and tricks, I need to continue on
the mission of making me who I’ve always wanted to be and step up my quality of video
and test new ideas like this book summary, but rather than regurgitating information,
I’m showing how to use this information.
So that’s how I’m moving forward, testing rather than sitting around and hoping everything
will continue.
Get that flow and never let it up, keep moving with the times.
Chapter 5: Know When to Be Bad – Aggression: 50 Cent learned that when hustling, if you
showed fear you would be disrespected.
You must get over any general fears you have of confronting people or you will find it
extremely difficult to assert yourself in the face of those who are more cunning and
ruthless.
Learn how to manipulate and sometimes just overpower others.
For me, while I have always been bold in the respect of fighting back if anyone would insult
me, there were times where I was scared of confrontation.
I had to learn to box back against kids that were bigger than me, and when I did, even
if I lost, I gave them a run for their money.
I would play dirty, sometimes pulling out a sharp object to scare them off, and overtime
they just stopped messing with me.
You also have to know how to be passive aggressive as well.
I’ve messed with people’s grades if they started issues with me, and after that, they
know not to mess with me.
For most of my days I’m a very positive person, and fighting back is not a negative,
but just another challenge in the world to see if I can be bold enough.
That’s all there is to the first part of the 50th Law summary.
Keep moving, be bold, and have fun in this lifetime.
There will be five more lessons with personal stories attached, so be sure to subscribe
for more.
That’s all there is to it, thanks for watching, KreativeVein.