Adiel Vargas

Founder of Athrive
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

For I cannot lose either the past or the future; how could I lose what I don't have?

Which means I can only be in control of one thing which I do have to lose: the present.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Do the best salespeople:

1. Convince their prospect to buy?

2. Make their prospects Convince themselves on why they should buy?

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Pro tip:

Make sure you never read a philosophy book when you have no power and no fan.

I haven't read a book in like 2-3 months and the first 1 I pick up was Aristotles...

Big mistake💀 Knocked me out for 3 hours straight and fell asleep.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

"You can shoot 10,000 jump shots a day, but if your technique is still shit, you'll never be good at basketball."

- Michael Jordan

The only thing that separates you from the best is a knowledge gap.

All you have to do is acquire the right skillset.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Life hack:

Mix your coffee with a bottle of water and have it next to you for when you wake up.

Two things happen:

1. Way less effort to drink
2. Save a lot more time

Just swallow it and forget about the taste.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

A man who can say "I failed" is 10 times more of a man than somebody who can only say "what if?"

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

The day you decide you're perfect the way you are is the day you tell the world you want to stay the same.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Pro tips when cold calling:

1. Don't drink water so you don't have to pee to take bathroom breaks.

3. Be ready to dial next number whilst one is already ringing.

4. Dial from 8am EST - 8pm EST every day until you build up your client base.

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Imagine you told everybody about your dreams and aspirations.

They call you crazy.

Everytime you strive for something greater, you hear their voices in your head.

Sometimes keeping your mouth shut is self-care. At least it has for me.

Now I'm harder to hurt.

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Blueprint to $10k/mo:

Price point: $1,000

100 calls leads to 2 appointments scheduled.

I need 83 appointments in total.

83 × 100 = 8,300 cold calls.

60% of the 83 appointments show to the meeting.

83 × 60% = 50 appointments show

Close rate is 20% out of the 50 that show.

50 × 20% = 10 people buy my product worth $1,000

10 people × $1,000 price of product = $10k/mo

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Being an exceptional human being means that you do exceptionable things.

And if you are exceptional, that means you are an exception.

That means you have to do things the common human isn't willing to go through.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

Pleasurable activities like instant gratification is just a smokescreen for unmade decisions you still have to make.

It covers up what's really causing you to move towards pleasure

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

As a producer, you need to do more to get better.

And your consumer/customer doesn't want more. It wants better.

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The man who is willing to sacrifice the most is the one who will win.

The only thing I will not sacrifice anymore is my reputation.

That's the only asset which is very hard to retrieve.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

You have a belief issue.

Because you have a trust issue.

Everytime you tell yourself you're going to do something, you don't do it.

Which causes imposter syndrome.

The evidence you get from doing the thing you said you were going to do is what creates confidence.

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Didn't wanna go to the gym today.

That's exactly why I should go.

Whenever you experience the most pain or resistance to do a productive task is when you experience the most growth.

Effort × Pain = Resistance

Resistance creates change.

Change is growth.

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Taking a break from posting as a whole.

Made a very big goal.

I eliminated everything that would hinder me from reaching it.

Posting content isn't necessarily attached to me reaching my goal.

There's multi billion dollar agencies with no brand.

See yall in a couple months.

[Adiel Vargas @VargasWordsmith]

My mom:

Are you crazy? Why are you losing sleep?

Me:

Watching shareholder meetings of Tesla and Berkshire.

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There's your feelings.

And then there's your work.

The feelings come and go.

The work ALWAYS stays.

And nobody else is gonna do it for you.

So you have to perform regardless.

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Most people aren't cut out for this shit.

Every day you wake up with the burden of having to lift a Boulder.

When something goes well, there's some shit that fucks up.

You ask yourself if it's worth feeling "happy" to begin with.

When you already know that leads to sadness.