Zeke

Helping young men in their 20’s build real purpose & meaning | Saying the things society won’t | Practical systems over motivation

[Zeke @cookedbrowisdom]

My failure arc:

2019: hated my job
2020: got a new job to “fix” my problem
2021: started a marketing business and made $50k+ in 3-4 months time
2022: funnel stopped working and I couldn’t sell anything. Shifted to coaching and helped a “friend” go from 0-90k followers on instagram. Ran a cohort together and were ready to build the business of our dreams.
2023: my “friend and business partner” ghosted me. He was making $10k+ per month from his audience and brand deals.
2024: lost. Confused. No income or job. Got into debt just to survive. Failed multiple businesses.
2025: working odd jobs to make a living. Try living across the country because it’s always been a dream of mine.
2026: land a very good job at a fortune 100 company working remote. Still haven’t given up on the dream. It just took a while to try again. 13 followers on my new account. Unsure about where it will lead. Hoping to finally build the business of my dreams online. I have what feels like “all the knowledge” I need, just something to click. I’ve built brands. I’ve built audiences. I have plenty of students with 20k, 30k 50k and 100k audiences using what I taught them. Just never clicked for me. I’ve made money from business. I’ve sold things for a living for the last 7 years. I know branding, marketing, and built many products of my own. Even built a mini course and sold it making $1200 with virtually no audience. I’ve “done it all”. To any young man out there who is trying to make it and it just feels impossible. We’re on the same journey. I have a lot of experience in things but I haven’t made it. But I know the struggle and how depressed you can get feeling like nothing goes your way no matter what happens. And even when something good happens it never quite pans out to actually change our lives and give us the freedom we so desperately want. The freedom to travel, to live from anywhere, to work on meaning projects, time freedom to work 1 hour a day, 2 hours or 12 hours. Whatever we want. Not feeling locked in a cage our entire lives. Slaving away at someone else’s command. Just to unlock the cage. To crawl out of it and start to spread our wings and see where the wind takes us. To not have a life so gosh dang predictable. Wake up when we are told. Work when we are told. Do whatever we are told. Go to bed when we are told because we have to function for the next day of being told what to do. How is that a life. Makes no freaking sense. Let’s crawl out of this pit together. Let’s go do something freaking awesome. Send me a message if you want to connect. Let’s work on something meaningful together until we build the freedom we want. And not stop a second sooner. Cheers to the future friends. Let’s get it.

[Zeke @cookedbrowisdom]

@SahilBloom @zachpogrob But it’s so comforting. Big Huggies

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@Dearme2_ Screw it I want to scream too!

JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH
JUNE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MONTH

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@CoachDanGo Nothing wrong with burgers. I eat them every night

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@Dearme2_ Full time income helping young men in their 20’s build purpose in their lives and living in Japan with full location and time freedom. Dreaming delusional

[Zeke @cookedbrowisdom]

When I was 18 I thought everything would go perfectly and I’d be a millionaire by 25. Now I’m 25 and I own a condo with renters in it right now. But no where near being a millionaire. Fought some losses that absolutely sucked like losing $40k in stocks. But it taught me lessons I’ll never forget. No I’m restarting all over again. But I’ll do it right this time. Couldn’t be more excited. I want to help other young men in their 20’s who have suffered the same way I have.

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One of the biggest shocks looking back on ages 20-25 has been how much I could have accomplished just sticking with one thing. Stock investments have been insane in the last 5 years. I jumped in and out and thought I was “smart”. Lost everything. Jumped from job to business and back again. No progress. I hope I look back from 30 and am shocked at how much I accomplished in just 5 years. Because I didn’t jump ship. However, those years were both valuable and formative. Not all losses.

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What if we were so honest we just said “thanks for your life changing advice, I’ll never use it, but thanks.”

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@KevinSzabo14 Yea brother it’s a unique experience. My parents still go to food programs to help out

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@danywander Guy on the left looks like he works at Starbucks. Guy on the right looks like he discovered multiple galaxies.

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Honest advice for my 20 yr old self. Stop trying to act 25 at 20. Your early 20’s are huge years. You have no idea how your perspectives will shift in those 5 years. So don’t pretend you know.

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@ysuckme What defines intelligence?

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@ValaAfshar Words mean nothing when your actions don’t align

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@KevinSzabo14 For me it’s my income, I’ve always made x amount of money per year and can’t surpass it. It’s as if my subconscious is fighting to maintain what’s comfortable. How do you reorganize your beliefs to accurately reflect your goals?

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@gabriel1 I feel like I just got a high level crash course in AI. This makes so much sense

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@notcee_fan The pinnacle of value, if more businesses applied this thinking imagine where they could be. lol

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@CoachDanGo @notcee_fan Of the best kind

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@rumilyrics I’m interested in the new philosophy of work and meaning. Listening to Alan Watts has really opened my mind up

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@Markmanson I’m super early on my journey, I started building my purpose when I wrote my first post in this account 3 weeks ago. I’ve determined I want to help young men like me in their 20’s build purpose and meaning in their lives. Couldn’t be more excited

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@Markmanson I started this account with a ridiculous and outlandish goal of helping 100k young men in their 20’s find meaning and purpose. 3 weeks in and I couldn’t be happier

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@CoachDanGo Single ingredient foods have never done me wrong. They are so good too. My big bowl of Greek yogurt with blueberries is something I look forward to every night