@SpiritofPines - Living the No-College American Dream - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 39

The Michael Girdley Show

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Pine Baron (@SpiritofPines) the first anonymous guest on the podcast. We talked about his journey to develop wealth and get into real estate buying, why Pine wished to be anonymous on Twitter, why people trust corporations so much these days and which corporations we trust.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(00:56) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital
(02:10) - Why be Pseudonymous on the internet?
(05:17) - Why be concerned with the Cancel Culture on Twitter?
(08:55) - Why was it unexpected for corporations to do leadership like societal and governmental?
(12:09) - Do large corporations have historically shaped the discourse and our values as a nation?
(18:51) - How do your sales funnel look like? Where does Twitter fit?
(22:10) - Let’s hear the Pine Baron Biography!
(25:17) - What is the strategy for real estate?
(29:42) - Talk us through marketing agencies as scalable businesses and income source
(32:14) - Book Smart or People Smart? Which one is most applicable for business?
(38:41) - How did a Tuna Fish Sandwich at a gas station give the realization that there's a whole different set of lives that people are living across the city?
(41:05) - Poker as a marketing experience & Pine’s American Dream experience
(44:53) - Start doing the job before you get the job
(54:22) - College education, institutions & the ROI analysis
(1:01:00) - What is wrong with educational institutions today?
(01:08:37) - What is it like living under your means in your 30s

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Links:

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