Transcript of Adam Ali: From Amazon Warehouse to Viral Fame & a Lamborghini at 22

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I'm 20 years old. I have a Lamborghini. I'll never forget, I was at a farmer's market the week two of filming. I asked this young lady, Hey, do you want to do videos? She was probably in her 20s. I showed her the TikTok account. It had like a thousand followers. She laughed and walked away. She was like, What a loser. He has a thousand followers. I was like, Damn. All right. It was a homeless guy that was a photographer. I was like, Yo, bro, I would love to be in the channel. We did an interview. He told this story about how he's homeless, trying to make it. Probably makes about $2,000, $3,000 a year. And after that video got a million views, I posted Venmo on my story, and he got 5K from that.

Hey, guys. Welcome back to Love Out podcast. This is Paul Alex. And today's guest is flipping the script on what it means to be a content creator in 2025. What do I mean? While everyone else chases trends, he's chasing the truth, showcasing real people, real hustles, real jobs, and the dignity behind everyday 9 to 5ers, guys. From building a powerhouse team at American Income to going viral by putting the spotlight on hard working men and women across America, Adam Ali is creating more than just content. He's creating a movement. Get Ready for a real conversation with the man behind The Mic, the Mindset, and the Mission. Welcome to the Livewell podcast, my man.

How are you doing? Thank you for having me, Paul.

No, absolutely, dude. I mean, for the viewers and the listeners, we have an ongoing relationship. He's a good guy. He's based out of here in Miami. Young entrepreneur. How old are you, man? About 23 years old. 23 years old. You know what I was doing at 23, dude? I was in Vegas at the pool. You got it straight, dude. You got it straight. I mean, you're already running a successful business. You're a content creator. You got a lot of things going on, dude. You've gone viral on social media so many times already. But to get into this, we're going to go ahead and talk to Adam about his creative genius and his vision behind his content, guys. So Adam, what made you want to start showcasing everyday people doing what they do for a living, brother?

Well, the way this all started, this was back in 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was actually working at an Amazon warehouse about 60, 70 hours a week. That was my way of getting my money. And I was what? 19 years old, just turned 20 at the time. And I used to listen a lot to Gary Vee, but also I was still stuck in life to where I didn't know what I wanted to do. So I said, what's the best way to just ask people? Hey, I need advice. But you go to a car show, you just go up to random people. They're like, oh, this kid just trying to bother me. So I said, what if I get a microphone and a tripod? And what if I start my own little show asking people about their jobs? And then I'll get to not only learn about what they do, but also build a media channel in the meantime. So I bought a road microphone set, tripod, and it was a car meet, McLaren Cars & Coffee in Charlotte, North Carolina. I went there and I was like, okay, who's getting out the nice cars?

I was like, Boom. Boom, there's my first target. So I went up to him. Hey, how are you doing? It turns out this guy's in medical sales. It makes half a million dollars a year. I'm like, damn, you make that much money? Tells me how he did it, how he got started. So I was like, okay, people are willing to come up and talk to me. I just tell them, hey, get on this podcast. I have this show. But also I get to just learn. I get to literally just learn about what other people do for a living. So it actually inspired me to want to keep going. And ever since then, I just kept doing more and more videos. And after that, I saw that it started working. After that, Carmy, I probably filmed about 20, 30 videos. I just made the Instagram account and TikTok. I posted a few of the videos, and one of them hit like 400,000 views. Okay, this is working. Then I started to look into it. I was like, wait, why are people interested in this? And people are interested in what other people make and do for a living because sometimes they don't know you can make that much.

Sometimes they don't even know that's an actual career field. So once I noticed, okay, my purpose here is going to be to interview people, but also educate others on what careers are out there, how much money you can make, and what does it take to actually get there. So that was the whole goal of this and the whole main objective, which it still is today. So just to educate others and inform others on what's truly out there for them, what's possible.

Did your mindset when you started creating this type of content, did it go into, okay, I need to start monetizing it right away, or were you more like, let me get momentum, build it up, provide value, and then eventually monetize?

I would say the first year, I didn't really have any goals to monetize or make money off this because I was still working on my job I had and then working with my stepdad in the construction. So I said, okay, money is not... I can just save my money and just travel with that. So no. But then it got to a point where I had 200,000 followers. I was like, oh, wow, I still make no money from this. Yeah. This is interesting. So I was confused at the moment, but I didn't let that stop me or demotivate me because I said there's still a bigger purpose out there for me.

No, absolutely. And then how old were you when you had those 200,000 followers?

So I was, what, 20 years old still. So I turned 21 in September 2022. But when I turned 21, the first four months were really good for me. Started off really, really good.

So you're 20 years old, have 200,000 followers. You're trying to figure it out. At that time, what did your friends say? Did you have a girlfriend at that time? What were the people around you? Because 200,000 followers is a lot of followers, dude. People start seeing that hype. They start hating, right? So what were the people around you? Like your family members, your girlfriend at that time, your friends telling you.

I'll never forget. I was at a farmer's market, like a week, two of filming, and I would still go up to random people. And a lot of people were just cool. They were on board with it. And I asked this young lady, Hey, do you want to do videos? She was probably in her 20s. I showed her a TikTok account. It had like a thousand followers. And she laughed and walked away. She was like, What a loser. He has a thousand followers. I was like, Damn. I'm like, All right. I guess people just see that as as validation. But that lit a fire inside of me. I was like, okay, I have something to prove for whoever that was. I still remember it to this day. As far as my friends, they were all confused. Wait, how did he do that? But they were supportive. No one really ever had anything bad to say. I would have their friend that would come help me here and there. So my mom was generally confused. She didn't know. She was like, okay, you're not making no money off this. This is not a real thing. And no girlfriend at the time.

So my friends that I had at the time were supportive. They would like the stuff. They would repost it. But then there's the whole other group of other friends that just didn't care at all. So when I started the account and it was at zero, I would repost it on my other account. I had like 3,000 fars. Hey, guys, go follow this account. You could see how many people clicked the sticker on the story post? Yes. It's like, damn, 800 people saw that you started a new business idea, but only five of them clicked that Instagram page. And if even they go follow it, it goes to show you the people that follow you and support you or are friends with you. They'll see you have a new business idea. Cost them nothing to like, repost, or share your content, but let it be a rapper, drops a new album, or or Love Island or something, they'll be quick to repost that or like it or share. So it showed me early on people will not support you. They don't care. They really don't care unless you're famous. So until you get to that point, they're good.

So why do you think Why people don't support people that they already know in today's society?

Well, let's say you have a problem in your house and you need a TV mounted and you have a friend with a TV mounting business. Someone will still go on Google and find someone more expensive and still use them because they just don't want to support that friend. People are just hard headed like that. So people feel like they're putting that person in a position to win or helping them out, and they don't like that. People don't like to do that. So if people see that you have a new business idea, a new Instagram page, and all it takes is for them to follow it, just like one post or something, they see that as them helping you to succeed, and it's putting them below you. That's how they think.

Yeah.

Well, at least I don't think that's how I think they think. But I just feel like that's how things are nowadays. And even now, I'll have tons of tons of entrepreneurial friends and creators that I like and see their stuff every single day, but I'll never see their stuff on my post. But I still do it. I'm still supportive. It's all good. But deep down inside, I was like, okay, all good. It's all good. It's literally all good.

You don't let it bother you.

Yeah, it doesn't bother me anymore. But I know certain people are a little busy, but you just know if you're starting a new business idea, it'll be hard to get the people around you to support it. But you'll get thousands of random people just start following you. Like, yeah, I like this person. I don't know who you are, but I like it. People will never meet you, but they'll be your biggest fans.

That's unique, man. But I think it ties to exactly what you do and what type of content you actually post. So you post more, you could say, content or content creation that shows real work, that hits hard with a specific audience. And why do you think people resonate with that on social media nowadays?

I think social media is filled with a lot of artificial content of pranks, guys walking up to girls, or just content that's useless, really. People, it's hard nowadays to find content that's actually useful and actually educational. So someone to watch the video of mine, they get to learn about how much money someone's making in that field. It could be a thing of there'll be two doctors, and there'll be a salary difference of $150 $1,000. And doctor that makes less wants to know, why am I making less than that guy? What is he doing differently? Is it where I live? Is it the hospital I work for? It could be a situation someone's banking, let's say a data analyst at a regular bank just got out of college. One The other guy is making 60, the other guy is making 65. But they went to the same college, same everything. But one of them negotiated the salary more. One of them applied for a better position. It's just things like that.

They worked, I guess, their situation or their niche or their industry better.

Yeah. I'll give you an example. I've gotten in trouble a lot of times by companies or by people for interviewing someone that works for that company because now that creates a discrepancy in the workplace. Really? And specifically, Bank of America. I did interview two people that made two different salaries but had the same job, and then it made it worse that one was male, one was female. And this could be a thing of one person negotiates a salary more than the other person. But Now that person knows I'm getting underpaid at the same job doing the same thing at the same company, but just because they negotiate their salary.

I mean, that makes sense.

It's got me in trouble a few times because whoever's high up at the company sees this They'll share it in the Slack channel or the employees. And then it's like, oh, wait. And then the employees start getting mad at each other. And then it just creates a whole issue. That makes a lot of sense. So even now with my interviews, I try to just, don't see your job and don't see your name. Interesting. Or at least try to I would have for it.

Yeah. No, that's interesting. And I love your content, man, because you're interviewing a ton of different people. One video I haven't seen yet. I want to see if you could get someone to actually jump on American Income So you can interview them to ask them a question. But they have to be from California. You have to interview a police officer from California, dude. And if you haven't yet, the reason why I see that, okay? Because you know my past. I was a detective for seven years before doing a whole entrepreneurship thing. And the one thing that people anchor on, bro, is the fact that they couldn't believe I was making $250,000 as a cop. But then again, dude, I was working 80 to 100 work weeks. So it's just like I was grinding, right? I wasn't sleeping and all that shit. So people still don't believe me. They're like, but there's websites. There's websites with my previous salary and address. So if you interview a cop from California that's active and they tell you how much they're making, dude, it'll go super viral.

Well, I need to because a lot of cops I've tried and they'll be like, I'm on the clock. I can't do this right now. That's the only way they tell me. I get hit with that all the time.

Yeah. No, for sure, man. All right. So a lot of creators post what we like to call flex content. Okay? But you focus on I'm expecting the grind, dude. Why go that direction?

So I'll put it to you like this. I'm 20 years old. I have a Lamborghini, but I don't wake up every day and be like, I have to post this car. They need to know I have this car. It's irrelevant. I think a lot of people like to post flex content because they like to feel cool. They like to feel like they're better than others. They like to feel superior, and they want to be perceived as better than the average person. Flex content nowadays is sometimes a bit toxic to people that are trying to make it, not yet have made it or failing in a business, because you could have one person that's starting a business and it might not be working, and then there's the other guy doing the same business, but they're flexing every day. So it's discouraging if you actually look into that. But you have to know, are those cars leased? Is that actually his watch? Are those watches real? Is that apartment lease? Is it owned? There's so many different things and questions you have to ask. But by the time you When you look into that, you can be focused more on your own thing.

So I always tell people, don't be too involved in what other people have. Like J Cole says very famously, is love yours. Like, literally love your life because some people have it worse, and you don't know what that other person is going through. That has all that stuff. They could be empty inside, empty soul. So with me, I started my content three years ago. I saw what worked for me, and I stuck to that. I don't think there's a need to do anything else besides the purpose and mission that I have. Sure. Maybe one day I'll start different types of content, different things. But for now, at least, what's working. I've literally changed lives. People have changed their careers and jobs because of me. So I'm going to stick to what's working and just stick to that.

That's pretty cool. The fact that you've been able to change lives based on your content and inspiring them to go ahead and do a job, right? I love that, man. And to piggyback on what you said, Adam, back in 2021, dude, when I started getting really deep into the online space, right? I'm an old-school millennial, dude. I'm a lot older than you. But when I got in it, I thought doing the whole digital marketing thing, working remote, living that type of lifestyle, and then buying the material things was what it was all about. And you're right. I felt empty, dude. It freaking sucked. So how to change more purpose. Me, I'm more of a startup guy. I like talking with my friends, getting an idea, and getting that going, right? That's what fulfills me, dude, helping other people. And I've been able to transform lives where they didn't think it was possible for them. But it's pretty cool, man. I respect you for that, man. So talk to me about what's the most emotional or powerful story you've captured so far?

Like an interview?

Yeah, dude. Maybe one person you've met or maybe somebody who's reached out to you to be like, Yo, I've been able to do X, Y, and Z because of your content. Or maybe a personal story of yours, bro.

Well, okay. There was There's a homeless guy that was a photographer, right? I saw him a lot in Virgil, especially trying to help out, shoot pictures. I was like, I'm good. I said, Yo, bro, I would love to be in the channel. I had this It was a good idea, but I asked two friends, should I do it? I don't want to act like I'm making fun of someone doing a video or something. But like, bro, just do it. And we did an interview. He told this story about how he's homeless, trying to make it, probably makes about $2,000, $3,000 a year. And after that video got a million views, I posted a Venmo on my story, and he got 5K from that. He was super happy. And it got to show me, well, I can literally change someone's day, whatever, just from this. And he was very grateful. He went on to do his own thing. But it was cool to be able to use my platform to actually help someone. Secondly, so as far as my impact and how I've helped people are most emotional, I've got a lot of DMs of People are saying they changed their careers, they changed their jobs because of me.

A lot of moms or parents will say they show their kids my content. So that goes to show me I have to be a little careful about the things I post now. I can't post stuff that's too bad or OnlyFans chicks or stuff like So I know that there's a lot of people watching me to actually get educated in a forum. So therefore, I have a bigger role of responsibility to make sure that I'm putting out good content every day. So that's the overall impact is still the same. A lot of lives have been There's not one that really hits home too much, but I see the messages. People come up to me all the time. So it's pretty cool. And it almost still feels weird. I walk down the street and people recognize me for what I do. And it goes to show me like, okay, I'm doing good work. I need to keep doing more good work.

Yeah, no, absolutely, man. And mad respect for using your influence for good, man, because the online world is very toxic, bro. It's very toxic. I don't like to use it personally. I just use it for business. I I wouldn't let my kid use it until he's an adult and he doesn't live under my roof. But with that being said, man, let's talk about your long-term vision. What is a long-term vision for American income?

A long-term vision, I would like to I would like to make this into a big media company one day. I would like to compete with a LinkedIn, for example. Basically, have a media outlet of just a full transparency of just all around the world, what people are doing, what are they making, different career fields. Have a community or academy to where people can learn different businesses, different fields, because I feel like nowadays, it's hard to start a new business and learn something new without spending thousands of dollars thousands of dollars on that product. So if I could have something to where I could use all the people that I've interviewed before and have a mini community where people can learn, it would be beneficial to the people that watch. So long term, I'm 23 now. The next five years, I'll like to obviously We get this page bigger, do more videos, travel the country, travel out the country. I would like to go to India, for example, and interview people that make away less than the people here and show a perspective. Like, okay, we have it really good here. See how these people have it here.

We need to appreciate what we have here more. Even if you're struggling in the US, you still have it better than the guy in India making $10 a month selling on the street corner, like food or whatever. So long term, definitely travel as well.

No, 100 %. I think international travel would be great for your page, man. But you know what comes up to my mind when we're talking about long term vision, dude, is what would be a really good concept is if you started a series on Netflix or something, right? And you follow the people that you interview initially And then you have your audience rank which one you want them to actually go to work with so you can actually see what they do. That'll be badass.

Like a day in the... Yeah, that'd be cool. Day in the life, right? Like a night's day in the life, not like the guru on that. No, no, no.

Like a Real like, yo, they're going to the grind, dude. You know what I'm saying? I think that'll be cool. So let's talk about personal life, struggles in a deeper way, dude. As you know, the LevelUp podcast, dude, currently ranked number one for the almost six months now, dude. Thankfully, thanks, man. But I couldn't do it without number one, my team, Emilio behind the scenes. He's the engineer for this. So a lot of knowledge goes behind this, guys. And we help people level up every day, dude. Like through Motivation, back in 2017, when I was a law enforcement dude, I used to listen to a very similar podcast. It's actually where I got the concept, where I would do three minutes to five minutes of just straight motivation based on my experience. And it's what motivated me every day to go to work, bro. Let's talk about where did you grow up and what was life like before your success, bro?

I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally, New York, moved to Charlotte when I was 13 and grew up there before I moved to Miami. Me at 21. Single mom household. I had my stepdad come in when I was 14, 15 years old. We didn't have the best environment. My mom was obviously doing what she could to make ends of me. My stepdad did his construction on the side. So it was a humbling experience. They didn't really have nice things at all. I bought my first car in high school. Didn't work in the summer to construction. So I was taught early to you always have to work hard for the things you want. And even in high school and middle school, I try to play sports. I got bullied a little bit sometimes, especially in middle school. It was smaller. And in high school, I decided to play soccer. That was the thing I like to do. And then I got pretty good at it and got a few scholarships, a few division two schools, which I ended up going to for one semester. I ended up dropping out immediately just because I saw the culture that was there, what was going on every weekend, all my soccer teammates.

It was something I just didn't want to be around drugs, alcohol. I just really did not like that. Then I got to see the seniors that graduated the year before. So they obviously had their first year of being out in the field, and they weren't able to find a job. They were like, Starbucks baristas. They were still partying, drinking. And I was like, damn, they stayed here for four years, and they're having trouble finding a job. They literally tell me they're applying for the jobs that make good money, but they're not getting jobs. So Yeah. Living up in Charlotte, North Carolina is a smaller city. There's a lot of people live there, but it's a smaller city vibe. And to be successful there, you work in a banking job at Bank of America and make like 80K a year. That's like, oh, you're making it. That's like top tier.

You've made it.

You literally made it. Yeah. So, yeah, life there wasn't... I didn't grow up in the hood or the slums, but it wasn't the best. You know what I mean? There wasn't much motivation at all, they're saying. So I would often try to go to these car meets and things like I had to get my motivation to see nice things. But upbringing, I appreciate my mom for everything she's done. I had a roof over my head. I had food every day, so I'm still grateful. And at least once I dropped out of college at 17, literally stayed there for a semester. I got a job. I went to Amazon, where else, got a job. I was like, okay, I'm going to make my own money. I'm going to at least try. And yeah, that's what I did.

So then country creation happened, American income happens, and then at the age of 21, you decided to Miami? Yes. Okay, so tell me about the transition to Miami.

So American income started to do well, and I started to come here once a month.

Why Miami?

I was able to meet a lot of people that were encouraging the content. People that I wanted to meet, these influencers, these bigger consecrators and business people. So I said, wow, Miami is a city where there's people that are actually supportive. I try to do content. People, they love it. And I said, okay, in order for me to truly grow and become a better person, I need to leave my current environment. I had great friends back home, but they weren't successful friends.

Got it.

They weren't where I wanted to be. I wouldn't want to trade places with them. That makes sense. So I said, okay, I need to go move. I met a guy in Berkul. He said, I'm ready to get a room on. I said, shoot, that's the easy way for me to get on the lease. I don't have to sign no paperwork. So I packed my car up, my 2014 Toyota, and I drove to Miami, Florida. It was Okay, boom. Here, March 2023. And ever since then, I just started making content here. And Miami has just been a place where I've been motivated by a lot of things I see here. I've met a lot of great people, and I like being near the water with good weather. Charlotte's great, but you see things here that you don't see over there. It's just hard. It's just hard to be motivated. And even content. If you want them to go make content over there, a lot of people don't really make good money over there, and there's not really a place to do the content So it's a little hard, but it was scary, though. Moving here with maybe less than 10K in your bank account, but just like, Hey, I'm just going to try it out.

You paid one month rent already. So I was like, Okay, I have to make... I have enough money for the next two months, and then I'm at zero again. So I like that it was able to teach me responsibility at a young age and she to me that, okay, you're a grown man now. You have to pay your own bills. So I got to get the feeling of what it's like to be an adult.

I love that, man. That's a great My perspective, especially coming from a young guy like you, 21. A lot of people don't move until their mid 20s, man, because number one, you can't afford it nowadays. That's just the way it is, right? But I feel like Miami is a good move, especially for networking. Your network is It's a lot of your networth, right? Yeah. So to get into a deeper question, what was your initial why when you started American Income until now? Did it change?

My initial why was to just provide myself with better living situations. Better lifestyle. Well, lifestyle, yes, but I've never really been into the fancy stuff. I still haven't even left the country for a vacation. I told myself, I can't take a vacation, so I hit a certain number just in general. Finding something that fulfills me inside and makes me happy, but also helps other people out as well and also provides me with a better way of living. And yeah, that's literally my why. It's just to help other people, but also help myself.

I love that, man. What does your family think now that they see your face and voice everywhere, bro?

They love it. My Mom's supportive now. She's on board with it. She watches my content all the time on Facebook or TikTok, and she's happy. She's happy that I'm able to not have to depend on her or live in the house anymore. And Mom likes it. But then my real father that I didn't grow up with, he's very Middle Eastern, doesn't like... If you don't become a doctor or something in the Middle Eastern household, you're like, shame on you. So even when I started this, I had told him, he was like, oh, you should be in University. Why are you not on a Chapel Hill? What's wrong? What is wrong with you? So I ignored it. But even now, it's still hard to convince him it does well. And it's funny enough. I texted him last week. I sent him a picture of my car and me standing in front of him. He was like, nice car. Like, whose car are you sitting in front of? Oh, wow. So I was petty. I was like, I sent him a picture of the registration and the insurance. I was like, it's mine. This is the proof.

Here's the purchase agreement. He was like, cool. He's like, what business? He asked me, how? What are you doing? Is it legal? So it's tough, though, because I never had a relationship with my real father. He lived out the country all his life. Basically, they separated after I was born, like a year after. So yes, my stepdad did come in my life at the age of 15, but at that point, I was already doing everything by myself. So for me, I never got the experience of what it is like having a father. So I feel like a lot of life lessons I had to learn on my own, like becoming a man. But I'm grateful for it. I don't regret it at all. I would do it over again if I had to. It would have just been nice to at least see what that would have been like. But now I know whenever I do have kids in the future, I do want to be present in in their life, even if things don't work out with the person I have kids with.

And that's very important, man. I mean, you're actually very mature for your age, bro. And that's a good thing. Your mom raised you right, dude. And I come from a single mother household. My biological dad was never there. And at the end of the day, dude, I had to learn the hard way. I was hard-headed, bro. I'm a Capricorn. So with that being said, this is going to be a very personal question I want to ask you. And it's just because this is the LevelUp, guys. We talk about self-help, self-belief mindset. It's everything, dude, in business. So let me ask you this question. Who pours into you when you're the one that consistently pouring into others?

That's a great question. Well, okay, I'll be honest. So before, I've never really had any mentors or anything like that. I used to listen a lot of podcasts, and I still do. Someone specifically that listened to a lot was Andy Fricella. He ended up following me two months into me starting American Income. So it was like, oh, wow, the person I listened to a lot actually sees it. It was very cool at the time. But even now on a daily basis, it's hard to pour into yourself every single day. So what I've done now is I've surrounded myself with a great group of people. That's good. They wake up at 4: 30 every day. They go to the gym every single day. They go to church once a week, and they don't drink, they don't smoke. They don't have any of those bad vises or habits. And And that helps me stay accountable and make sure that I'm in check. Because if your friends around you are not keeping you in check, then that's when you get out of check, and that's when things start happening. Yeah. No, absolutely. I've been blessed to have great people around me now.

Good. Back then, when I first moved to Miami, it wasn't always like that. I had a lot of bad people around me doing all the bad stuff, and I got involved into that. But then shortly after, I got to realize that's not the way I want to live.

Yeah. I've heard many times from different guests that come on the level up, man. It's called the Miami Tornado, right? You get stuck in that tornado of just nightlife, going out to restaurants, the girls, the women, and all that stuff.

I mean, it's fun, but to a certain point, it's like, what next? I like doing... I like restaurants now, but even then, it's sometimes the overkill. But now I'll go at 6: 45, 7: 00. So make sure I'm out of there by 9: 00. Just purposely go early. The clubs and stuff, it's normal. People that are young, people that live here, they're going to do it. We live in a city where it's It's the number one place to go out and see women. But once you understand that it's not going to help you at the end of the day, it's all good. Find better things to do.

That's what I call maturity, bro. Maturity. Living by example, man. Okay, so let's get into some advice for our people that are listening to you and watching this on YouTube and Spotify. Let me ask you, what does leveling up mean to you personally?

Taking that leap of faith into whatever you want to do next in life and making sure that nothing is going to get in your way of stopping you.

I love that. I love that. And what is one habit you do daily that keeps you grounded?

Oh, this is great. Waking up early.

Why is that?

Because in order to wake up early, you then have to go to sleep early. And then in order to go to sleep early, you can't eat late, can't drink, you can't smoke. I used to never be the person that woke up early. And it's funny, Ashton Hall says this a lot. The most temptation happens at night. The worst things happen after 10: 00 PM. So if you just go to sleep early enough, nothing bad is going to happen. You won't do nothing bad. Nothing's good. But in general, not drinking or not smoking anymore for the last six months, being clean. It's been helpful a lot, really. I feel great every single day. Waking up early has been very good. And hit in the gym daily has really been the new thing. Yeah. Everyone goes to the gym two, three times a week, but hitting the gym every single day. Sorry. And even today is the worst. Like a rest day, you just walk in a treadmill, 45 minutes, incline, just do something. It's been really good. It's been peaceful, and I love it.

Nice. Okay, so this is a deep question. If you lost everything today, what part of you could never be taken?

My resilience to want to go out there and make something happen myself. I think I'm never going to lose that. And I've tried many different business ideas, and they've all failed. This one seems to do well, but I've always tried over and over because whenever something fails or doesn't go my way, I really don't care. It doesn't bother me. I'm not going to sit at home and pat about it and be mad about it. I'm just going to try again.

So technically just taking in perfect action, man, making it happen. Yeah.

Don't take it personal. If it doesn't work, it's literally all good. Just try again.

I love that.

It's hard for a lot of people to understand that we're just try it again. But if you don't try again, you're literally taking longer to become successful.

Man, you appreciate to the choir, man. This is some good stuff right here, guys. What would you say, this is the last one. What would you say to someone sitting on a powerful idea, but scared to post it, man?

I think in general, whenever someone has a new idea or maybe If it's a new style of content, they don't want to put it out there. If it's really that serious, post the content and shut your phone off for a few hours. Go do something. So that way you don't have access to it. But I would say Why? Why are you scared to post it? What's stopping you? Is it other people's opinions? Do you feel like you look stupid? There's a lot of different things. Even me, when I'm out interviewing in public, there will be 20 people watching me, and I'm like, damn, I probably look stupid right now. But they're just people are just curious. What's going on? So once you can literally remove that fear of literally not caring at all, you have to be careless. You literally have to not care about anything. So whenever you make that post or put out that new idea, just know whether people laugh at you or people don't laugh at you. At the end of the day, no one really cares. People are so involved in so much other stuff. They're not going to care.

No, they're not. Absolutely. And even me. Let's say the video is if someone does care. There will be a video where it'll have a few million views and my shorts will be too short. I'm standing weird. I'm stuttering. My hand's moving in a weird direction. I read those comments and I just laughed. I'm literally getting made fun of on a daily basis, but it's funny to me. I enjoy it.

I feel like with social media and content, there's always going to be something to get picked on, dude. Absolutely. Always, right? It doesn't matter if it's perfect. They're still going to have something to say. Yeah.

I'll have a video with a doctor, and it's a good interview, and nothing's wrong with the video. Everyone's supporting the doctor, but then there's that one person, Oh, his shorts are too short. I'm like, That has nothing to do with nothing at all. I'm literally doing a whole interview with the successful doctor. Everyone's acknowledging the doctor and how well he does. And you just have to say, You know what? I'm going to find something to pick up.

Yeah.

Not even relevant. Not even relevant.

Hilarious. I'm curious. Adam, phenomenal, phenomenal advice. So for our young content creators right now, and you're looking to be inspired or you're inspired right now by Adam's story. It's a phenomenal story. He's 23 years old, started this when he was 19, 20? 20 years old. 20 years old, was able to transition to Miami to make it happen to actually connect with a better environment, better people. And, dude, you got a routine. That's phenomenal, dude. I wish I had your routine at your age, man. I'd be a lot farther. How do I say that? But with that being said, we're going to have a little bit over three million downloads on this episode, dude, when it comes out. What do you have to say for the people that are listening in, tuning in to your episode, and they're inspired by you, dude?

I would say, don't be afraid to take that leap of faith or take action to become a concert creator. I think even now, a lot of people, they laugh at someone where they say, Oh, you're a concert creator. Ha ha. They immediately think you're doing something stupid or dancing. If you want to become a concert creator in 2025, you literally have to Find a nice idea, buy whatever equipment you need. If you don't have money for a camera, use your phone. And if you want to find a good microphone set, some DJI mics, they're 150 bucks. And go out there and start making the content. Don't care about what other I will think. Take pride in what you do. Post quality content. People say post every day. But if I had to post two or three times a week and it was quality content, I would rather do that. And love what you do. And I actually have a passion for it. Don't do this for the money, because if you do this for the money, you're going to stop very soon. And just take action on your ideas. Even if it's not content, if you're struggling somewhere in life, just find better daily habits to do.

When I was at my lowest point broke and did I have nothing going for myself, I still went to the gym every day. I still would take my walks. I would still read, listen to a podcast. I was still happy. So you have to find a balance and stop drinking, stop smoking, stop masturbating. All this stuff is bad for You will become a better person if you don't do it, especially as a male. And some people might listen to this and be like, There's no way I'm going to stop drinking or smoking. Well, I guess you never know what that's like. So stop all the bad habits you have if you can, and you truly can, slowly but surely, and take action on the new things you want to do in life.

Let's level up, guys. And that's it, guys. That's where we have it. And then, by the way, Adam, where can they find you?

American Income on all platforms, and American Income on Instagram is primarily where I'm at.

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