“Do not launch a show unless you can do it for the next three to five years, every single week, knowing that you may get zero listeners, zero viewers, and make zero dollars.”

Financial Audit · For fans of self-improvement: The School of Greatness

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advised not to launch a show unless you can commit to three to five years of weekly episodes even with zero listeners, viewers, and dollars

three to five years, zero listeners, zero viewers, zero dollars

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