Is There a Short Cut to Making Money?

Everyone wants to make money and often wants to do it the easiest and fastest way possible. Matt reacts to the idea of whether or not there is a shortcut to making money. Spoiler alert – there isn’t.

There are tons of people out on social media giving business advice. Some of it is good advice, but most of it isn’t good. In this series watch CapForge’s owner react to different advice videos. He’s an expert in all things business and has 20+ years of experience under his belt. Some of the things he reacts to might even surprise you!

Video Transcript: 

Business Advice Video: 

Shortcuts to making millions. People don’t think that there are shortcuts to make money. Guess what? That’s why they’re not making any money. Nowadays there’s this thing called the Internet. The Internet. And you can research what your competitors are doing. Actually, copy what they’re doing and tweak things a little bit. You could also learn from mentors, people that are more successful than you, that make more money than you. Take advantage of them.

Matt: 

Okay, so the shortcut to making millions is going online? What? And then copying people and doing what they’re doing but tweaking it a little bit. I don’t know. This is very vague and unhelpful advice. I don’t think there’s a shortcut to getting rich. I think there are different ways you can get there but I think they all involve hard work and effort. I don’t think there’s any shortcuts. I don’t think you’re gonna find the shortcuts on the internet. The people offering shortcuts on the internet want you to pay them for their course or class or seminar or whatever. Which is not gonna make you rich. /you’re gonna be out the cost of the course. And then chances are the course isn’t really gonna get you where you were hoping. It’s not gonna turn you into a millionaire just because you bought the course. And so I think people who suggest that there is a shortcut to getting rich, and it’s by copying other people, they’re missing the point of how real business happens. And the effort and time and work that goes into it. And what makes people successful. And it’s not by watching a 30-second video that says “Take the shortcut to success by going online”.