Don't be Jeff

You can’t let trolls get to you.

The people who leave the nastiest feedback are usually the ones who’ve never done anything worth talking about.

Case in point — someone recently left a comment on my channel. I checked his profile. Ten years on YouTube. Zero subscribers. Not one video.

And yet, here he was… telling me how I should be doing my job.

Here’s the truth:

• The people doing the work rarely throw stones.

• The loudest critics usually have the least to show.

• If you let them stop you, they win.

So keep going. Keep posting. Keep building your thing.

And whatever you do… don’t be Jeff.

— Bruce

P.S. If you’ve been holding back from posting or sharing because of “what people might say,” this is your sign to hit publish anyway.

This Week’s Content

🎙️ Podcast of the Week
👉 Pizza Toni - Small Slice Shop Marketing

Alex, the founder of Pizza Toni in Montreal, to uncover the raw truth about starting and scaling a successful pizza shop. From working at Subway to managing high-volume kitchens, taking the leap into ownership, and opening multiple locations, Alex shares every detail about the grind behind his growing pizza business.

🎥 Youtube video of the Week
👉  How this shop does $3 million with no dine in.

Join us for an in-depth behind-the-scenes tour of Blue Square Pizza’s newest location. Learn how one operator scaled his pizza business by perfecting sourdough dough, eliminating dine-in, and creating a hyper-efficient, multi-style pizza shop built for volume. Discover why 2,000 pounds of dough were tossed during testing and how a $35K mixer changed everything.

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