When your head gets in your way.

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Your brain lies to you

Brent Milne

Mar 30

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When your head gets in your way.

What if the problem isn’t what you don’t know, but what you’re sure you know?

Mark Twain put it well:

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble.
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

That shows up most when fear kicks in.

Dustin Hoffman talked about this early in his career.

He’d just had success in New York, and got called to Hollywood.

Sitting in the meeting, his internal voice was brutal.

“This isn’t for me.
I don’t belong here.
He’s made a mistake.”

He was convinced of it.

He was wrong.

The director gave him the lead role in The Graduate.

That’s how convincing your internal chatter can be.

It feels like truth.

But it’s often just protection.

Your brain is trying to keep you safe.

Avoid risk.
Avoid failure.
Stay where things are familiar.

But that’s not the same as moving forward.

So how do you know the difference?

You don’t.

You take the next step anyway, and see what happens.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. Most people don’t fail because the strategy is wrong, they fail because they listen to the wrong voice.

This helps bypass the internal chatter by giving you more accurate data – https://go.wm-tips.com/insight.

It gives you something to work with.

If you live outside the USA, use a VPN and a USA node to get the best results.

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026

30 days isn’t enough

30-day challenges are too short.

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30 days isn’t enough

Brent Milne

Mar 29

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a calendar with red push buttons pinned to it

30-day challenges are too short.

They sound long enough.

But they’re not.

Unless you already have a winning funnel and a reliable traffic source.

30 days won’t get you there.

And if you do have those?

Why would you be doing a 30-day challenge?

You’d just keep going.

That’s the point.

30-day challenges aren’t about results.

They’re about getting something started.

The problem?

At 30 days, it’s just starting to work.

It usually takes another 30… 60… even 90 days
before you see real traction.

Because of compounding.

It’s always flat at the start.

Always.

And if you stop while it’s still flat, you never see what it becomes.

That’s when people feel like they’ve failed.

You haven’t failed.

You just stopped too soon.

I’ve done it more times than I care to admit.

One of my sites hit 1 million visits in a single day.

It took over 10 years to get there.

And for most of that time?

I did nothing.

The only thing I did right, was keep the site live.

Compounding kept working.

Even without me.

Now imagine if you don’t stop.

If you keep adding.

If you keep building.

You don’t need 10 years.

But you do need more than 30 days.

Most people never see results, not because it doesn’t work, but because they never stay long enough.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you want help staying consistent with what to create:

https://go.wm-tips.com/insight.

March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

This is what actually compounds

I’ve been playing snooker all day.

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This is what actually compounds

Brent Milne

Mar 26

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I’ve been playing snooker all day.

My opponent is getting better.

We’re not pros…
but we take it seriously (and enjoy it).

Snooker is a tactical game.

You’re not just playing the current shot.

You’re playing the next one…
and sometimes the one after that.

And when you can’t make a shot?

You make it difficult for your opponent.

Points build slowly.

Sometimes just 1 at a time.

That part is linear.

But here’s what isn’t.

Your thinking improves.
Your positioning improves.
Your decision-making improves.

Your skill compounds.

Sometimes you get lucky.
Sometimes you don’t.

But over time?

The better player wins more often.

Building tiny assets is the same.

Not everything you create will work.

Some will flop.

Some will surprise you.

Some will set up something bigger.

But none of it is wasted.

Because your skill improves.

Your judgement improves.

Your timing improves.

And that’s what compounds.

The results follow.

All you need to do…

is keep playing.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you want a simple way to start building your first few assets:

https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

Build your own world.

Why does André Chaperon talk about Tiny Digital Worlds?

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Build your own world.

Brent Milne

Mar 25

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Why does André Chaperon talk about Tiny Digital Worlds?

He used to talk about TLBs.

Tiny Little Businesses.

Simple assets.
Small things that make money.

Sound familiar?

Micro-blogs.
Scattergun PDFs.

Same idea.

But he’s taken it a step further.

Now it’s about building a Tiny Digital World.

Not just assets…

But an environment.

A place that attracts the right people
and quietly repels the wrong ones.

Because the internet is now big enough…

That anyone can build their own corner of it.

And here’s where it connects.

TLBs — your small assets —
are how you find your people.

You put things out.
You see what gets attention.
You notice what resonates.

That’s your signal.

And once you see it…

You stop scattering.

You start building.

You build your world there.

Remember:

You don’t need millions of people.

You need 1,000 true fans.

There are billions of people online.

Finding 1,000?

That’s not the hard part.

The hard part is:

Knowing where they are.

That’s what your assets do.

They show you.

Then you build your Tiny Digital World around them.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you don’t yet have a system for creating these small assets…

Start simple.

This will help:
https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

Your first step is finding your people.
This gets you moving.

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

“I like to listen to the money”

A farmer friend said that to me once.

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“I like to listen to the money”

Brent Milne

Mar 24

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A farmer friend said that to me once.

He had a sandy property.

Only really good for sheep and cattle.
Cropping wasn’t an option.

And like most farms…

Money was tight.

So he did something different.

He started making fencing clips.
By the thousands.

Then he built a machine to automate it.

That became his real income.

A semi-trailer would show up once a week
and take everything he produced.

He was paid $0.01 per clip.

Doesn’t sound like much.

But the machine ran 24/7.

It made about $100 per hour.

More than the farm.

That’s when it clicked for me.

He wasn’t just farming anymore.

He’d built an asset.

Something that worked.
Something that produced.
Something that didn’t rely on him showing up.

Now think about this.

What if you had an asset that earned $0.01 per visitor?

And what if that asset got 10,000 visitors an hour?

That’s $100 per hour.

Same model.

Different vehicle.

So the real question isn’t:

“Does this work?”

It’s:

“How many assets do you want working for you?”

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you don’t currently have a system for building assets like this…

Here’s a simple recommendation:

Get Never Too Late.

https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

If it’s not too late for a farmer to reinvent how he makes money,
it’s not too late for you.

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

Shotgun first. Rifle later.

Shotgun or rifle?

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Shotgun first. Rifle later.

Brent Milne

Mar 24

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Shotgun or rifle?

Both work.

But only if you use them for the right job.

A rifle needs precision.

Miss… and you get nothing.

A shotgun?

Much harder to miss.

One cartridge can send out 50–100 pellets.

Aim in the right direction…
and you’ll hit something.

That’s how I’ve always approached marketing.

Yesterday’s idea?

That’s a shotgun strategy.

Create 50–100 PDFs.
Get them out there.

You won’t hit everything.

But you will hit something.

Now compare that to the “rifle” approach.

One PDF.
One perfect attempt.

High chance you miss.

And in this game…
a miss is as good as a mile.

But here’s where it gets interesting.

Once your shotgun starts hitting…

You get data.

You see what people respond to.

Now you can switch weapons.

Now you use the rifle.

You double down on what’s working.

That’s not guesswork anymore.

That’s rapid market research.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you don’t currently have a system for doing this…

I’ve now finished Never Too Late — and it’s solid.

Very practical. Actionable.

The updated 5 Bucks a Day book is also worth your time.

There’s even a section at the end called Throwing Mud
(which lines up exactly with what we’ve been talking about).

If you want a structured way to apply this:

https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

This compounds quietly

Building assets for free.

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This compounds quietly

Brent Milne

Mar 22

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Building assets for free.

Most people ignore this because it looks slow.

But stacking small assets is how long-term income is built.

Because they compound.

Here’s the simple version.

Pick a sub-niche.

Find questions people are already asking
(Google, YouTube, Bing — doesn’t matter).

Make a list.
50… 100… doesn’t need to be perfect.

Now here’s where it changes.

For each question:

Use AI to create a solid answer.
Turn it into a PDF.
Add a link to something that makes you money.

Then store them all in one place.

At first?

Nothing happens.

Feels pointless.

Then a few get picked up.

Then a few more.

Then something interesting happens…

You stop creating “content”
and start building assets.

Each one keeps working.

Each one can be found.

Each one can send traffic.

Put them on document sharing sites.
Kindle.
Wherever makes sense.

Free or $0.99 — doesn’t really matter.

The real value is the stack.

This isn’t new.

Emanuel Haldeman-Julius did it with his Little Blue Books.

No internet.
No AI.

Just volume + distribution.

Now you have both.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. If you don’t currently have a system for building assets like this…

Dennis Becker just released Never Too Late.

I picked it up (and a few of the upsells) — it’s practical.

Worth a look if you want a structured approach:

https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Random is expensive.

Living randomly is costly.

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Random is expensive.

Brent Milne

Mar 20

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Living randomly is costly.

I went to the hardware store three times today.
Same checkout.

Same operator.

By the third visit, I told her I was only there to see her…
and I’d have to think of something else to buy so I could come back again.

She and her friend were giggling.
I don’t think she took me seriously.

The 40+ year age gap might have had something to do with it.

Truth is… I wasn’t going back for her.

I was going back because I didn’t have a system.

I kept forgetting things.

That’s what a lack of systems does.

It makes life random.

Most of the time, it doesn’t matter.

But sometimes… it really does.

You miss a bill.
You skip something important.
You drift for a month.

Then another month.

Nothing.

Meanwhile, someone younger and dumber than you
posts about making $X last week.

What’s the difference?

Not talent.

Not luck.

They followed a system.

Systems and processes are boring.

But they remove thinking.
They remove forgetting.
They remove drift.

And that’s what builds income.

Regards,
Brent

P.S. There’s a new launch that might interest you.

It’s from Dennis Becker — Never Too Late.

I haven’t bought it yet, but I plan to when it launches (around when you’re reading this).

If you’re missing a system, this might help.
https://go.wm-tips.com/never-too-late

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

You can’t get enough of what you don’t need

Is that why people keep buying shiny objects?

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You can’t get enough of what you don’t need

Brent Milne

Mar 19

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Is that why people keep buying shiny objects?

They don’t need them?
Most of them don’t work.

And the strange thing is that most people who buy them never ask for a refund.

They assume the failure must be their fault.

It usually isn’t.

Many of those products never worked in the first place.
They’re just thought bubbles dressed up as solutions.

These days a lot of them are also AI slop.

AI is a tool, not something to worship.

It’s like buying a shiny new spade.

The spade won’t dig the hole by itself.

There might be a learning curve.
You can do a lot of damage before you learn how to use it properly.

But with a bit of instruction and guidance you’ll master it.

AI tools are exactly the same.

They’re useful tools.

Not magic.

Regards,
Brent.

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Streaks don’t create habits.

I noticed something recently in the Kindle app on my iPad.

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Streaks don’t create habits.

Brent Milne

Mar 18

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I noticed something recently in the Kindle app on my iPad.

It has a feature called Reading Insights that tracks how often you read.

Apparently I’ve read for 273 weeks in a row.

That’s just over five years.

It is also 1 week longer than my previous longest streak.

I didn’t know that.

I don’t check it.

It doesn’t affect whether I read or not.

I read over breakfast.

I read over lunch.

And I read at night when I shut the computer down.

The streak didn’t create the habit.

The habit created the streak.

Most people try to do it the other way around.

They chase the streak.

But if the habit is strong enough, the streak happens automatically.

It’s the same with anything.

Exercise.

Writing.

Building a business.

You don’t chase the result.

You build the habit.

The result takes care of itself.

Regards,
Brent.

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