Mark

Trading psych + Discipline

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@AlexHormozi Did hormozi get orange pilled?

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@harrrmy samsies

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@recap_david PULSE

[David Roberts @recap_david]

I built a zero-person AI newsletter business that did $2,000+ in revenue last month.

No team. No payroll. No freelancers.

Just 4 AI agents running the entire operation (and I spend less than 4 hours a week on it).

Here's how the system works:
→ A CEO agent sets the vision and orchestrates every hire
→ A Growth Engineer scrapes local news, Reddit, and event venues into a daily JSON database
→ A Content Director reads that database, curates the best events, and writes every Thursday newsletter in my voice
→ A Sales Director fields every ad lead, generates ad creative with nano banana, and closes deals over email
→ All orchestrated through Paperclip AI & powered by Claude Code

Spokane Pulse (my local newsletter) now has 6,662 subscribers and a 47.5% open rate, almost double the industry average.

Local newsletters are quietly printing money. Naptown Scoop does $320K/year. Wichita Life clears six figures. The model is wide open in almost every city, especially when building it in an AI-native way.

If you want the full blueprint and step-by-step walkthrough video, Like, RT, and comment "PULSE" (must be following so I can dm you)

I'll send you the exact Paperclip AI company export I use to run Spokane Pulse. You can clone it, swap in your city, and ship.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@NasheCeezet_zw Grade A post

[Mark @themarkblevins]

The trading psychology space has you chasing this mythical state of emotional zen.

Forget it.

Your emotions aren't going anywhere.

Stop trying to eliminate them and start building guardrails.

You don't need a better mindset.

You need a better cage.

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[Mark @themarkblevins]

@PathOfMen_ You'd also be poorer if you moved faster on the wrong thing. Speed is only an advantage after you've picked a direction.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@PathOfMen_ The best cardio is the one you actually show up for. Everything else is theory.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@PathOfMen_ The people who need you to know they're winning usually aren't.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@PathOfMen_ In 10 years, telling someone you work for yourself won't be impressive. It'll be expected for anyone serious about their life.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@lukebelmar If your exit plan is to stop doing the thing, you picked the wrong thing.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@StoicTA Master one setup or collect 50. Only one of those makes money.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@StoicTA The best traders I know are bored 80% of the time. The worst ones are busy every day.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@StoicTA Bitcoin doesn't reward conviction. It punishes the lack of it.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@jadecap_ If your trading falls apart the moment one person stops posting, you don't have a strategy. You have a subscription.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@edgaralandough The people who save $0 aren't bad with money. They're just staring at the mountain instead of taking the next step.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@edgaralandough People who can't sit in silence for 10 minutes are the same ones wondering why they can't stick to a plan for 10 days.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@edgaralandough Stressed, reactive, short-tempered - that was never 'you.' That was survival mode running 24/7. Stability just gives you permission to finally be the person you actually are.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@edgaralandough Survivorship bias. You only see the ones who got it back. The ones who didn't aren't posting about it.

[Mark @themarkblevins]

@edgaralandough You can't outsource presence with a $5,000 training program.