Listen up, you pathetic lot. You sit there rotting in your comfortable chairs, dreaming of millions while putting in the effort of a common farm animal. Ali Abdaal uses a professional World of Warcraft (World of Warcraft) guild, Team Liquid, led by Liquid Maximum, to expose your mediocrity. These elite players spend 8 to 12 hours a day for decades to master one game. You haven't even spent 12 hours this month thinking about your business. If you want to be rich, you must sink an unfathomable amount of time into the specific task of making money. Stop thinking you are special; you are just lazy.
The math is simple, though your tiny brains will likely struggle to grasp it. Every human has 168 hours in a week. After 56 hours of sleep and 12 hours for biological maintenance, you have 100 hours left. If your day job and responsibilities take 60 hours, you still have 40 hours of discretionary time. If you aren't spending at least 10 to 15 of those hours actively building wealth, you are a failure by choice. Your day job doesn't count unless it is a high-leverage vehicle like being an algorithmic trader at Jane Street. For the rest of you, your time is being bled out by entertainment and social media.
Look at the data from the Lifestyle Business Academy (Lifestyle Business Academy). A student named Hermione, despite having two kids and a demanding job, grinds 10 to 15 hours a week on her business. She makes money. Another student, Harry, puts in 20 hours a week sending DMs (Direct Messages) and creating content. He hasn't made a sale yet, but his success is a mathematical certainty because of his volume. Success is not a miracle; it is a result of inputs. You, on the other hand, are likely doing zero hours of real work while expecting a lottery win.
Stop 'learning' and start doing. You've been reading books and watching videos like this for months. That is nothing but mental masturbation. The 'Six-Month Rule' is absolute: after six months, content consumption no longer counts as work. You must build a product or service that solves problems for people willing to pay. You must improve your skills to solve higher-value problems. If you aren't producing, you are just a consumer—a piece of cattle waiting to be milked by the system.
The path to wealth is a funnel. At the top is Time. Time leads to Actions. Actions lead to Outputs like content or products. Outputs lead to Outcomes like followers or leads. Finally, Outcomes lead to Money. If you don't put time in at the top, nothing comes out at the bottom. It is a closed system. You cannot hack the funnel. You cannot shortcut the grind. You must pay the price in hours or stay poor forever.
If you claim you have no time, you are a liar and a coward. Open your phone and check your screen time right now. If it is over 10 hours a week, you have just found your missing business hours. You simply lack the discipline to stop being a spectator of other people's lives. Either sacrifice your comfort now or prepare to spend the rest of your life as a slave to a paycheck. The 168-hour spreadsheet is your only hope of salvation. Audit your life, find your 15 hours, and start working. Move now. I don't listen to excuses.