#268: Jack Raines – Meeting His Heroes, Losing $150,000 (In A Day), & Internet Dopamine

Jack Raines is the writer of YoungMoney.co, a blog/newsletter with more than 20,000+ readers. Jack covers finance and career advice and has quickly built it up over the past 18 months.  

In this conversation, we spoke about how Jack has met his heroes, what it's like to lose $150,000 in a day, getting mentioned in Tim Ferriss' newsletter, why you should travel more, and how he hopes to be remembered.

(0:00) Humble Beginnings

(4:23 Would Jack Change Anything?

(6:27) Inspirations

(9:00) Meeting Heroes

(11:43) Online Networking

(17:48) Losing $150,000

(28:28) Dopamine (Twitter vs. Money)

(32:12) Consuming vs. Creating

(38:01) The Case For Traveling More

(43:31) Getting Over The Hump

(45:40) Writing/Creating

(51:12) Tim Ferriss Mention

(55:41) Early Metrics

(57:01) Books

(58:53) Legacy

(59:56) Challenge

Resources

• Three Sides of Risk – https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/
• Jack’s Satirical Viral Writing – https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines/status/1584977015605964800
• The Case for Traveling More by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/case-traveling
• How I Write by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/write

Jack's Links

• Website: https://YoungMoney.co
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackraines

My Links

• ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
• 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
• 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
• 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
• 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda
• 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda