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The biggest sign you need to cut your boys off !!

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Why it worked

The video taps into a relatable social dynamic about friends who talk big but don't act, using the concept of "dopamine talking" to explain the behavior in a novel way.

Summary

The speaker explains that a key sign of a bad friend is when they talk extensively about starting businesses and achieving success but take no actual action. This "dopamine talking" prevents them from experiencing real success and can lead them to feel entitled to the achievements of others who do put in the work.

Structure

1Introduce the concept of "dopamine talking" friends.
2Describe friends who talk about success but don't act.
3Explain how this lack of action prevents success.
4Discuss how these friends may feel entitled to others' success.
5Conclude that such friends are not good to have.

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The biggest sign you need to cut your boys off !!

Transcript

I'm sorry but the easiest way to know you need to cut your boy off is if he dopamine talks. And the reason I say this is because dude, he may be going to you saying, bro, we're gonna start this business and we're gonna do this and we're gonna get rich and we're gonna buy this car and start this business. Next thing you know, he has took no action. He's not doing anything. You see him a month later, nothing has changed. He hasn't started anything. This is not a good friend to have, y'all, because if you're a person who likes to take action, a person who actually is taking action is gonna get the success. And since he's dopamine talking, he's getting the dopamine that he should only get if he was taking action. And so once you get that win, he's gonna feel entitled to your success. He's gonna be like, where's mine? Wait, where's my handout? Because his dopamine was tricking him into thinking he was putting in work. Don't give me wrong, bro, we all been there. You see what I'm saying? But you just gotta shut up.