Myles Youngblood's entrepreneurial journey and the lessons learned from early failures. The evolution of "Beyond Ordinary" and its focus on highlighting unconventional paths to success. The significance of building a remote business and the benefits it offers. Insights into maximizing social media platforms for business growth, particularly Instagram and LinkedIn. The importance of following one's passion and knowing when to pivot in business. Strategies for maintaining focus and overcoming the challenges of entrepreneurship.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:30 - Welcoming Myles Youngblood

00:05:00 - Myles' Early Entrepreneurial Ventures

00:10:45 - Launching "Beyond Ordinary" Podcast

00:15:20 - Building a Remote Business Model

00:20:30 - Leveraging Social Media Platforms

00:25:00 - The Role of Passion in Entrepreneurship

00:30:15 - Strategies for Maintaining Focus

00:35:45 - Final Four Questions

00:45:00 - Closing Remarks

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Episode 273

So after that, like, I graduated and

I was just trying to hustle, just do different things. Like I started

a drop shipping store. Didn't work. I

tried day trading. That didn't work. What I mean, didn't

work. I'm talking about, like I'm losing thousands of dollars, tens of thousands

of dollars, like just trying to just figure it out, you

know, almost, uh, did Amazon, fba.

Thank God I didn't do that. Because the startup, to

buy all that inventory and then basically pray that you sell

it is. Yeah, it's a big

commitment.

Welcome everybody, back to another exciting show of the about

that Wallet podcast, where we help you build strong financial

habits so that you can have that

confidence when you talking about money, spending money,

and even making money. And I have an awesome guest that's coming

on that is going to be talking about, you

know, starting the business, how he got started, and actually

how he takes brands to that new level and also

take yourself to that new level to help the others people in

the world. And I, uh, have to bring on

Myles Youngblood. How you doing today,

sir?

Man, I'm feeling good, I'm feeling great. I can't complain.

How are you doing today?

Uh, it's a, it's a Saturday. It's

another day, man.

I know, Another day, another podcast. That's why I've been putting on my

Instagram story, man.

Yeah. And you've been doing quite a bit in the podcast

realm. I want to congratulate you on your

stride and keep moving beyond, you know, the

typical three episodes that most people have out there.

So appreciate it, man. Like

they, they would say that 90% of, uh, podcasters don't

make it past episode three, and then 90% of them don't make it

past episode. I think it was like 20 or something like that. And,

uh, I hit, I think episode 22 or 23

like the other day. So congrats, sticking it out.

Appreciate it. Appreciate it.

Yeah. How far do you want to take this thing,

man?

So

I want to take it pretty far. I really

do. I really want Beyond Ordinary to

really be one of those ones. And for those that don't know that, I have,

I, uh, have a podcast. It's called Beyond Ordinary.

Uh, it's connecting with great people, doing great things, inspire this to do

the same. And it highlights, uh, a lot

about entrepreneurship and, uh, the different facets

of entrepreneurship. Right. So I did an

interview with somebody last week. He was

a, he, he was a party promoter and he does that

full time. You know what I mean? Like I've known him for, for a very long time.

I've known him for like five years. So I've kind of seen his evolution,

which is why I wanted him on the show. Uh, but, you

know, some people might not see that party promotion being

a viable income and he was able to do it. Uh, so I have

stock traders, poker players, like, you know, a lot of non

traditional, uh, ways of making money. And that's when I want

to show people and inspire people to

know, do something outside of the regular 9

to 5. So to get to your original question, in terms of

where I'm trying to take it, I'm really trying to have my show be,

you know, one of those ones really like a modern

wisdom podcast or like a Diary of a CEO podcast, like a

really very high, um, quality

podcast with high quality guests. Uh, and that's

just going to come with time and putting in the

reps and uh, just. Yeah,

that's it. Just hard work. Putting the reps. Yeah.

Because, I mean, I saw you've been putting in the reps and actually

being able to meet you for the first time at Podcast

Movement. I mean it was awesome to see you there

and making your connections, making your rounds and meetings up with

some of the great podcasters that are out there. Was there

anybody that stuck out the most to you that you met

when.

You'Re at Podcast Movement, did anybody

stick out the most? I mean, it was just so many

great people that I met. There

wasn't anyone in particular. I, uh, know I met this one

guy named, uh, Taco. He actually lives out in

D.C. and I remember like me, and we're chopping it up, he

has his own show and he was telling me that, hey, like I shoot at the

studio, you can, you know, um, you know, check him

out. And that's actually the studio where I've been shooting at

recently. Uh, and it's actually around the corner from my house

too. It's, it's very convenient.

So really just making those

connections. And that's one thing I loved about Podcast

Movement is I was able to make a lot of

connections. Like, I know a lot of people go to these conferences and you

might, you know, be there, talk to somebody and then once

you leave the conference, like, you know, you don't really speak to them. But that

really isn't the case. I met up with, um, there's this woman

named Bree at ah, vid Summit and we've been,

um, which was like, what? I think two weeks after that,

we chopped it up. We still Talk on Instagram,

um, at Jamal. He's actually about to come on my

show to talk about, you know, mental health and corporate and stuff like

that. And there's like some other people that I've been meaning to,

to tap in with. Um, over the coming days.

I met, uh, another guy named Corey. He actually put me

in touch with his, uh, podcast

network, uh, the owner of his podcast

network. So I got a call with a call with him. So I've

really been just, uh, blessed and fortunate to be

able to meet a lot of, uh, quality

individuals, uh, through podcasting. And that's probably

been the best part and rewarding part. For real.

Yeah. Because I mean you started this thing not too long

ago and, but in 2020

you finished and coming through the pandemic.

But also your dad was an entrepreneur. What

made you follow his footsteps in that entrepreneurship?

Man, just seeing my dad just be

able to have his own schedule and not necessarily

live a, uh, traditional 9 to 5 life

really helped me see that there's other

ways of making money, there's other ways of living. So I was like,

okay, that's what I wanted to do. So for the longest

time I didn't know what I was going to do. I went to school for business. I

graduated Howard University with a degree in

finance. Unfortunately, I found out that it was

corporate finance, which is not what I really wanted to do. And by the time

I realized I was like, oh, this isn't what I thought this was going to

be, I was like halfway through my junior year already. So I was, all right, I'm going to just

stick it up. So after that, like I

graduated and I was just trying to hustle, just do

different things. Like I started a drop shipping

store. Didn't work. I tried day

trading. That didn't work. What I mean, didn't work. I'm talking about

like I'm losing thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars,

like just trying to just figure it out, you know, uh,

almost did Amazon, fba. Thank God I didn't do

that because the startup, to buy all that

inventory and then basically pray that you sell it

is, yeah, it's a big commitment. Uh,

but I didn't do that. And so what I ended up starting, I

started my own agency to help influencers

and content creators, podcasters, expand, um, their

reach and brand through short form content. So a lot of my

clients, they've been on YouTube for a very long time. And

when YouTube came out with YouTube shorts, they didn't necessarily know

what to do. And so I Was like, okay, I could

help them repurpose all this content. So I go in and

I take the long form content, cut it up, put into shorts. I have

a team that is really good at what they do. Uh, and then

we posted forum on all platforms because you never

want to pigeonhole yourself to just, you know, one platform.

And that's what I do, um, for myself. I'm sure

you've seen, uh, my Instagram reels. I post those every

single day. Uh, and it's really helped grow

my channel and my Instagram. I know, uh, I'm

starting small now, but those compounding effects

after, you know, a year, two years of doing

it, it's going to be incredible. So.

Yeah, and one of the things that I'm curious

of is why did you take the digital

route for entrepreneurship instead of the physical

route, like how your dad does.

That's a great question. That's a great question. So

it's, it's 2024, you know what I

mean? Like, it's so many, we have so many

different ways that we can make money outside of

the traditional way. And what I didn't want to do

was pigeonhole myself

and uh, to a particular

location. So one idea I actually was thinking,

was thinking about was doing like an atm, uh,

business. And I remember I ran it by one of my friends

and he was telling me it was like, bro, like at like you could probably make some good money,

but the thing is you don't want to have to, I would have to get

a car, I'd have to, you know, go to these

different locations. Obviously vandalism. I live in

the city, so they, I guarantee they're going to get, be

vandalized and stuff like that. So

I, I was like, you know what, let me just uh, let

me find a way to make money

online. And by doing that, it allows

me to hire staff that

isn't in my local area. So I

would have never been able to hire the great staff that I have

now. If I had a local business, you know,

I'd be kind of handcuffed and I didn't want to necessarily handcuff

my business.

So that's a smart way of doing it. And plus you came

out during the pandemic, so everybody was

already coming through with that

innovative, like, hey, it's okay to do everything remotely.

It's instead of the face to face, brick and

mortar style, um, companies.

So when you came out, like, even the job market

during that time frame was all remote. So, you

know, working in person is that

Something that you still work remotely

or is this still. This is your business full

time.

So I don't do my business full time. Not, uh,

yet. Uh, that's going to come very soon. But I

have been. I always tell people

that graduating in 2020 was a blessing and

a curse in disguise. And the reason why I say that

is because. What?

Well, one, like it does suck that I didn't get my

graduation. I never walked across the stage. I put in four years

at Howard, dragged me through my m. Administration, all uh,

the whole nine yard just for, you know, march to come and have them put

me off campus. I was also pledging at the time. We were supposed to have

our, uh, you know, our day where we come out, show the

campus who we are. And I was looking forward to it because I was like, damn,

like, I'm finally going to get my time back. Like, and it's gonna be my

senior year. And I'm not gonna lie. Like, when I

went home, I just,

man, it was almost like a gut punch. Like, damn.

Like this, like I'm on lockdown. I was supposed to have the funnest time

of my life. I didn't get to say bye to a lot of my friends.

Even to this day. There are people that I haven't seen since like

I graduated. But the reason why I say that

it's uh, it was a blessing is because

since then I think I started working

that like summer, like June, July ish,

and summer to today, I've been fully

remote. I've never had to go into a

corporate office. The only time I've ever had to go into the corporate office

is if they like, hey, oh, we need you to like do fingerprints

or whatever or oh, I need a new laptop. So I went

to the facility and they gave me a new laptop and stuff like

that. But in terms of someone being like, hey, Myles we need you to be in the

office so that way you can do work. I've never had to do that.

And that has allowed me so much

flexibility to be able to do

my business, do my podcast. Like, it would be almost

virtually impossible for me to do what

I do now if I had to go into a

corporate office.

Yeah, that makes sense. So now that you got your strategies,

your SOPs and um, your

processes that are set up so that you can actually

maintain the remote aspect

when it comes to helping out like your friends

or something like that. Are your friends also doing this? Because like

they say your a reflection of the five people that

you hang around. Are your friends also in entrepreneurship or

they just stick with the nine to five.

Uh, so I, I really only have one close friend

that has, uh, well, I, I, one

of my fraternity brothers, he's a photographer and he honestly is, is really

good and he's, he's made some decent money doing that.

Uh, but I've had conversations with him. He says that he still

wants to go to law school and stuff like that, and he doesn't want to, you

know, go full time as a photographer. I've been trying to push him,

um, over the years. I'll probably get to him one of these days. But I do have a

friend that also has his own content agency,

um, helping influencers, YouTubers and stuff like that.

So me and him been kind of bouncing ideas off of each other, talking

about, you know, hey, like, like what do you think about this

outreach group? He literally texted me yesterday talking about, hey, like I was supposed to

have a meeting with this person. Like, this was the text. Like,

you know, I'm saying, just bouncing ideas off each other. But I

will say that,

um, it's

just, it's hard. It's

hard. Entrepreneurship is hard and there's not too many people doing

it. And I've been telling myself, like, right now I'm kind

of in what I consider my lonely chapter because I

feel like a lot of the things that, you know, I've been going

through over the last year, like, I feel like a lot of people can't, just can't

relate. Uh, and I'm just, uh, I've,

I've kind of just had to make peace with the fact

that I'm not going to be able to relate

to, uh, a lot of people. I don't have like

a traditional lifestyle that a lot of people do. I really

wish I could just, you know, close my laptop at

5:00 and then kind of just like chill for the rest of the day. But

like, no, if, if, if I'm not doing my nine to five,

then, then I'm doing con, then I'm helping my editors do

content for the, for the podcast, booking guests, stuff like that. And if

I'm not doing that, then I'm trying to find new clients for my business

is literally a, uh, 2447 thing,

for sure.

Yeah, definitely. And I can relate to you

because podcasting, I'm always thinking about who's the next guest,

what I'm gonna put for the show, notes. And as we talked offline a

little bit, talking about the blogging piece of it, trying to add that

extra content in there. Um, and on top of

that, like you said, the short form content is becoming

key because Instagram just now allowing people to

upload what, three minutes worth of content now for

the reels. Yeah, that's good.

That's good. We noticed that.

Yeah. And so since you've been doing this for

a while, SEO is kind of one of those hot

topics. What is something

that people can do to kind of increase the

SEO presence on the short form?

I have somebody that pitches me SEO almost like every

other week. Literally

somebody like, did it, like they'll send me a screenshot

and all this other stuff. Um, but what I use, I

use Vidiq. Uh, I've been meaning to

put on my to do list to kind of like utilize

that. Um, so I've really just been

using Vidiq, Chad, gbt, like using

different AI softwares for, you

know, descriptions and SEO. Um,

in terms of doing it specifically for short form content,

I would say SEO is mainly for the long form content

because shorts, like the bulk, like

I would say 80 to 90% of how your short is going to get discovered

is just from the shorts feed, like the browse, uh, browse feed.

So it's more so, not necessarily about, let me

make this title so optimized. It's more so making

sure that the first three seconds of your

video hooks the watchers and you get

that 90, 100%,

um, retention on your shorts.

That's the main key for the short form content.

What platform seems to be your favorite?

Platform seems to be my favorite. In

terms of what? Just posting or being on.

Or just posting, being on, whatever. Like, because you,

most people say like, oh, maybe I should start

my business and start doing videos on Instagram.

Some people say, let me start doing LinkedIn. Let me see if

I could do tick tock or,

um, even X, or even just Facebook

solely though, out of those

different platforms of the big ones.

Right.

Which one is your favorite?

Uh, well, I guess this has to

be my favorite by default because I use it the most is, uh,

Instagram. And I think if I had to

literally only pick one platform and grow off of it, probably

Instagram. And mainly because not only does have the short form

content, but you could also like DM people on there

as well. Uh, it's just such a shareable

and personable platform. They, uh, got their

stories as well. So I would, uh,

Instagram has definitely been, uh, my bread and butter. And it's

not necessarily a surprise that Instagram right Now is

my second biggest platform behind my

YouTube um, but one thing I've been trying to

utilize recently was, is, uh, actually

LinkedIn. I've been posting my content over, over on

LinkedIn. And one thing that I liked about LinkedIn, I

gotta check to see if I think it. It's for the mobile

too. Is, uh, you. They have like a clickable

link. So I'll put the short. And then I'll also put

a link to, to the full content for anybody that

wants to, um, go over there. And I've

had, I've had LinkedIn for a very long time too. So I was like,

you know, there's like, if I have a LinkedIn with I think like what,

800 connections, I might as well utilize that.

And, and uh, I'm. Because not. I literally

just started getting on LinkedIn probably like last week

and one, uh, of. And there's. Because

I'm at Howard, anybody that guys Howard in their bio, I just accept

them, uh, automatically. You know what I mean? So there's plenty of people that

like, I have like, in my network that don't necessarily like,

personally know like that. But this, uh, there's one,

there's one girl, she was like, hey, like, you should probably

interview like so and so. And you know, I was like,

okay, cool. So I went to his profile. I'm like, oh, he's cool. He talks about

like, you know, sales, like funnel sales funnels and

utilizing AI and stuff. And that's something I'm interested in. And I, you

know, tried funnels myself. Not that great at it. So I was

like, let me, let me have him on the podcast. So like that,

not that once that happened, I was like, oh, you know, there's some

value being on LinkedIn, so let me do that. And also,

um, a lot of my guests are kind of older,

like, and so when I like, a lot of them

don't really have like Instagram. So I've been

just like, I saw. I've been getting back on LinkedIn, adding them on

LinkedIn, you know, tagging them and stuff like that, helping, um, you

know, them reposting, uh, the, the, you know,

the promotion of the episode and stuff too. So I look

forward to seeing how LinkedIn goes, uh, moving forward

for sure.

Yeah. And um, one of the things that, as we slide

on over to the third segment, which is the futures

and one of the things that you're constantly doing

is trying out different things and not giving up, but when

it comes to giving up, you know when to quit.

How do you know when you had enough of

trying something before you move on to something else,

I would say.

From a general

standpoint that. And

this isn't even necessarily my words, I follow this guy

named Alex Somozi, great business content. And

he said that you should only give up if something

fundamentally changes. And what he means by that is, like,

if you. He gave the example of if you

aren't trying to, like, scale newspapers,

you should. And you see that the newspaper market

is actually declining by like 25% year

over year, just as people go digital. And that's a fundamental

change in the market. So you should probably pivot.

So that's a general answer now in terms of me.

Uh, so I actually originally,

actually made a post about this on Instagram,

uh, for a national podcast. I didn't originally intend go

into 2024 wanting to do a podcast.

I was going to do a whole bunch of other stuff, and I was

actually going to do pivot business models, because

my business model is done for you, and I, uh,

want to do a little more done with you. So I paid for this

program with thousands of dollars. Whatever. Uh, I was going

to, like, help accountants for some weird reason or

whatever. And part of that program, they wanted me to, like, run ads and

do content with those ads. I'm like, cool, whatever.

And, um, they

was. They were like, hey, like, you should probably,

like, do podcast interviews with your clients, so that way, like,

you can use that social proof. So I was like, cool, whatever. Let me

give this a try. So, literally, first

episode on my podcast, I did it on Zoom.

This is when I was still trying to do that accounting,

you know, thing or whatever. And, uh, I

wasn't really. I would say that I wasn't really taking the podcast seriously

because I was doing it for that program. It wasn't like I was actually trying to

scale podcasts, right? But one day I

was, um, again, shout out to Alex Ramosi. He was

talking about, okay, like, if what you want happens,

happens, then what? And what I interpreted him by

that is like, if, like, the best case scenario happens, like, what

does that look like? And so I was like, all right, cool. So let me stop. Stop and think.

I was like, all right, well, I'll be making a lot of money. You know, I'm saying six,

seven figures, working with accountants. I'd, uh,

be talking to these type of people. And I have to

stop and think. I'm like, okay, is this really what I want to do?

And I was like, nah, it's not.

And I was like, hm, you know, doing this podcast was. Was kind of

Fun. Like, what if I, instead of, like, having the podcast, be like,

this little one off on the side, not really serious, and what if I actually like trying

to take podcasting seriously? So that's when

I decided to, uh,

pivot and. Oh, uh, actually

a main reason why I, uh,

pivoted from that done with you to

just going into podcasting is because another

entrepreneur who I respect, who. His name is Sam

Ovens, he said he recently shifted his

position on, um, what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. He

said that he used to always think that it's just discipline, discipline,

discipline. All you have to do. If you just have 10 out of 10,

discipline, you will succeed. And he's recently

pivoted on that point. Not necessarily saying that you

don't need discipline, but he was saying that you also have to have

that passion, and that passion is what's going to get you through

tough times. And that was the main reason why I

pivoted from doing that, is because I will wake up every

single day trying to make these, like, you, like, Instagram Reels,

YouTube shorts for accountants. And I didn't really care to

do that. Like, it was literally a dread. Like, it was to the point where, like, I would

get up in the day and I would know that I would have to make that content. I would just.

Just be so sick, just be so blunt. Like, I didn't even want to get out of

bed. Um, but

once I started doing podcasts, I'm like, oh, yeah, I really, I really

enjoy this. Like, let's see where this takes me.

So, yeah, yeah, having these,

uh, these interviews, to me, podcasting is

therapy, you know, this is where you can

actually get your thoughts out.

And right now, even though it's just you and I,

but we're going to release this to the world.

But even when you do your own single

interviews, you just talking to yourself and

the screen and maybe you got a couple notes,

that's it. Um, and

for a lot of introverts, this is great. But when it

gets to, you know, the conferences and stuff like

that, you meet around people and there's a lot of talking.

Because I was even thinking about to the point where I might just get business cards

of, like, who I am, my talking points,

just directly on the, on the thing, who I am,

what my show is about, name of it, all that fun

stuff because, uh, it's a lot of talking.

It's a lot. It is, it is. When we was at podcast

movement, I was like, oh, my goodness. Like,

especially having to do the Same pitch of what I do for

my podcast over and over and over again, like back to, back

to back. Oh, man, it was a lot. But good.

Great conference, Great conference. I'm trying to plot on, um, podcast

evolution in Chicago.

Okay. I did enjoy. I can give you heads up because

I did do, uh, evolutions earlier this

year in 2024. Um, because I was speaking there

and talking about the burnout for podcasters

and I just say, like, it's mostly suits

in there. So I'm gonna give you a heads up with that meaning. Um,

it wasn't like how movement was where there's a lot of

podcasters, we get a vibe and everything like that. It's

mostly the business side of the house. So they looking

for like, hey, you doing the deal? Cool.

What's the deal? And the deals were start off at 10k

and then they move up. So you got

Microsoft there, Google was there,

um, obviously the podcast

hosting platforms like Blueberry, uh,

Libsyn and so forth. So all of those guys are

there. Most, um, of the AI folks, everybody that's

helping out podcasters to be successful on the back

end. You're going to meet up with them.

Sure. Okay. I appreciate the heads up.

Yeah. So with the heads up in the

futures, um, what skills or habits that's going to

take you to that next level?

I think for me, I just need

to be a lot more

focused. And what I mean by focused, I mean sometimes, uh,

I'm just very like, I know what

I need to do for the day and I know what

I'm doing like right now. But like, like different things

pop up and it'll just like, take my attention. Like. So, for

example, uh, I might be, you

know, looking at some videos for

my, uh, for my clients and I'm doing

that and, and then something else. Like maybe somebody

emailed me, uh, about like just, I just

get a random email. So I'm like, okay, so then I'll stop doing that

and then I'll go to the email and then I'll go back to that. So instead

of like completing, I need to

complete the task that I'm doing and then move on to

the next task. That's something that I

need to start doing a lot more.

Yeah, that's good that you are able to kind of pinpoint

exactly that, um, that focus

piece. Once I figure it out, I'll definitely do an episode

on that or if I find a psychologist because,

uh, yeah, that's one of the things that,

um, that we all need to work on actually. You know

what? I need to bring somebody back on the

show because she does clean. She has a

cleaning business. Because I was asking her, like, how do you clean the

house within an hour? Whereas if I'm doing

it, it's going to take me like three hours cleaning

the same thing. And I'm like. Because, you

know, she was like, well, you mostly focus on the things where things

supposed to go, instead of just moving it out the

way or just bulk it together, finish

one room at a time. And I was like, oh, uh,

well, I might have you come back on to do a deeper dive

on how do you. You stay focused. So

thanks for that idea for sure. It helped both of us

out.

Exactly. That's what podcasting is for. Learn something.

Yes, sir. For free, too.

Emphasis on that.

Right, so, um, is there anything that you want to

leave the audience with before we dive into the final four

questions?

I, uh, would say

to just really follow your passion. I think

nowadays it's so easy for people to

get caught up in trying to chase money

or trying to chase status or whatever. Like, at the

end of the day, you know, I'm saying

everybody's gonna have their day eventually, so you might as well

do, um, what you want, do what you love, uh, and

so really just pursue what you passionate about for real. And it doesn't

even necessarily mean, oh, you have to start a business. But, like, if

there's something that you really like doing, just do

that, integrate that, integrate it in your life

somehow.

Hey, best way to leave it. So, you ready

for the final four?

Let's do it all.

Ah, right.

Question number one. What does wealth mean

to you?

To me, wealth means abundance. You can

be wealthy in multiple ways. You could have a wealth of knowledge, you could have

a monetary wealth. Uh,

it just means abundance,

honestly.

And what was your worst money mistake?

Oh, man, where's money mistake?

I would say the worst money mistake I ever

made was when I was, uh, I, uh,

was trying to day trade, right? And I

ended up losing a lot of

money, right? I lost probably like, it was probably

like $4,000, right? And I was on Kraken and I

was doing 5x leverage. No, stop loss. It was stupid. Ended up

getting liquidated, all that. So. And

I was doing it. Uh, my friend I was telling you about, like, we were

doing it together, so we were trading. So I got liquidated, he got

liquidated. And we came up with this

brilliant idea of, yo,

we were on 5 cracker only got 5x leverage. If we get on

Bybit, like, they got uh, up to 100x leverage. So

what did we do? 100x. Yes. 100x

leverage. You will, uh, you will get liquidated in a

second. But I mean, we weren't, we, we didn't go

that far, but we still far enough.

So what? We ended up doubling down. So I think

I took what, I think at this point, like

10, $11,000, put it in by bit,

and decided that I was going to

go on 25x leverage. Keep in mind

that I had no track record of being profitable

at this point. So I don't know why I

thought I went on YouTube. There was like, the

strategy that I was learning and da, da, da. And I was like, oh, okay, like this seems

simple enough. Let me, let me use this indicator. Okay, look at this

green dot. Blah, ah, blah, blah, Bye. All right, cool.

So I did that. And I'll never forget we were on the phone when we did

it. We put it, we put it in the order

and I was like, all right, I'm not trying to be, I'm not trying to

be emotional. Watch this. Da, da, da. Oh, I also. No stop

loss, by the way. No stop loss. I put the

phone down and probably like 60 seconds

later he calls me back and he's like, bro,

look, now I'll go back to look,

I'm just down astronomically. And so we over

here just trying to see if, you know, if it's

going to reverse. Did not so. And

so, all in all, I probably lost like

$20,000 trying to trade cryptocurrencies.

Um, and I did it the wrong way. So that was definitely my

worst mistake by far.

Wow. Hey, well, I mean, that explains

why you listen and subscribe to a lot of other

people. Get your education up. Keep it simple.

I'm doing it right this time around.

Right. Uh, number three,

what is your favorite financial or non

financial book?

I don't really have, uh, a favorite

finance book. I'm more, if I'm being

honest, I consume a lot more podcast.

Shocker, right? I consume a lot more podcasts

and uh, other content creators, content way more than I, than I

do books. But a book that I'm, I'm

rereading now I've already read it is, uh,

David Goggins book Can't Hurt Me. And I really

like that. I really like that book because

it really goes to show you, like, you could really do

absolutely anything you put your mind to and that you are

not. And more importantly, that I'm not unlocking

my full potential. And if I'm Being honest as honest.

That's one thing that, you know, I want

to be able to say when my time comes

is that I gave. I gave it my all and I

reached my full potential. I, uh, don't. I don't

want to be like, damn, shoulda, could have, woulda, like.

I ain't trying to live my life like that. So I'm trying to

reread that to really understand,

um, you know, myself and, you

know, as. As he says, you know, stay hard.

So, yeah, you gotta do what you gotta

do. Number four, what is

your favorite dish to make?

Um, like,

I. I'm being honest. I'm not really a cooker like that. I

can't. I ain't the best at throwing it down, but

recently, one thing I've been eating is a lot more chicken

thighs. Like the dark meat, it tastes significantly better

than white meat chicken breast. So I've been taking those, cutting those up, making

quesadillas out of those. Um, so. So,

yeah, that's. That's been something I've been eating

recently.

All right, uh, let's see the

last question of the show, which is where could people find

out more about you?

Oh, for sure. Uh, so I'm on.

I'm mainly on, uh, Instagram. I'm very active over

there every single day, which is at Myles Youngblood tv. And

that's Myles with a Y. Uh, and then my

YouTube. Uh, if you want to check out my podcast, it's

Myles uh, a young blood on YouTube.

So cool. Well, thank you, Myles

so much for coming through, dropping some knowledge, dropping

your story on how you were able to

become, uh, who you are today. And

definitely I'll be watching and subscribing to

see how far you go, and would love to have you back on

the show even to talk about anything that's new that's

going through, you want to share with the audience. Um, and

even if you made some mistakes, you know, we all learn from

each other mistakes, and that's the best way we can learn to get better, because

we don't talk about this stuff in our communities

enough. Um, and I think that this is something

that we can continue on, having this

discussion around the dinner table, especially with the holidays

coming up.

Absolutely, man. I mean, that's really why I started my show,

because I wanted to not only highlight my

journey, but other people's journey and understand that everybody

started from zero. Everybody started with just an

idea, and that idea came to fruition. You just. You just

met that person when they were at their peak or hitting or

just now catching their stride. But there. There's

a story behind how they got there. Uh,

and most of the time, the story wasn't, oh, they had a silver

spoon in their mouth. A lot of it was. It was a lot of hardship.

So I want to highlight people's hardships,

and I don't. And I literally have no shame in sharing mine.

So.

Yeah, no, I greatly appreciate you sharing it with the audience today

and with myself. So with that, everybody, hopefully

y'all got something out of this episode. If you did go ahead

on and, like, share, subscribe. If you didn't go head

on and share with somebody else, they might like it next time. So

who knows what night what might not be for

you will be for somebody else. All right,

everybody, y'all be safe. Safe. We out.

Peace. Later.

Uh, back in

2000, you recently graduated, Howard, and

has it been 2020?

You said 2000.

I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm thinking about my own stuff.

I was like, whoa, don't tell you I ain't that old,

right?

Uh, I mean, come on, now. I mean,

hey, I think I know.

So I can't even tell.