He Can Make Anyone Look Good | Chris Do

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Chris Do and Eric Siu discuss the power of personal branding and the effectiveness of masterminds as a business model. Chris emphasizes authenticity and vulnerability in building a strong personal brand, while also sharing insights on scaling his mastermind. The conversation touches on overcoming the fear of judgment through self-love and highlights the value of storytelling and finding the right mentor for personal growth. Tune in for quick and valuable advice on meaningful connections.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to personal branding and the significance of authenticity
01:00 - Personal branding's demand for vulnerability and genuine audience connection
03:05 - Sam Evans inspires Chris Do to launch a mastermind
04:20 - Struggles and lessons learned in creating a successful mastermind
06:26 - Different approaches to structuring a mastermind
07:37 - Details about Chris Do's mastermind and its pricing
07:58 - Marketing and recruitment strategies for the mastermind
08:51 - Chris Do reflects on underestimating the reach of their KZbin audience and the need to leverage it more on platforms like LinkedIn
09:36 - Criteria for potential members, including demonstrable expertise, dedication to content creation, and belief in long-term brand building
10:35 - Eric Siu asks about the revenue range that is a good fit for the mastermind
12:20 - Eric Siu praises Chris Do's approach to masterminds and suggests the possibility of coaching for equity in the future
13:10 - Chris Do explains that his focus is on coaching for personal brand building rather than specific business goals but acknowledges potential business benefits
14:13 - Chris Do discusses the tailored approach to coaching, providing curated content recommendations based on individual needs and goals
17:28 - Chris Do discusses his ambition for the mastermind component
18:18 - Chris Do updates on the current state of the business and plans for the future
20:26 - Chris Do shares the reach and engagement on social media platforms
23:57 - Chris Do explains his approach to LinkedIn posts and engagement
27:52 - Writing from a place of emotion to engage readers
28:14 - No engagement groups or artificial methods used on LinkedIn
29:57 - Using the work detox to rest and gain clarity on problems
32:05 - Writing about topics that inspire or frustrate
34:14 - Elon Musk's impact on Twitter and his companies
35:06 - Chris Do discusses his approach to finding good problems to solve
36:01 - Chris Do shares the structure of his creative team
36:58 - Chris Do's monthly spending on content
37:24 - Eric Siu compares Chris Do's KZbin channel to Gary Vee's and discusses views
38:14 - Chris Do shares his thoughts on the success and popularity of creators
39:53 - Chris Do on Gary Vaynerchuk's content
41:31 - Creating good content that resonates with the audience
42:30 - Learning to care less about what others think
43:24 - The significance of self-love and personal development in relationships
45:30 - Taking care of oneself before taking care of others
45:51 - Story of "The Missing Piece" and the importance of self-acceptance
48:09 - The power of storytelling in understanding oneself
49:54 - The self-concept and its impact on branding and identity politics
51:50 - Self-acceptance and personal branding
52:18 - Formation of self-identity in childhood
56:17 - Importance of finding the right coach or mentor
59:43 - The value of coaching advice ($312,000 saved)
01:00:48 - Coaches should be chosen based on substance, not accolades or reputation.
01:01:23 - A business coach taught Chris Do fundamental lessons on how to relate to people.
01:04:27 - Chris Do's book "Pocket Full of Dough" contains lessons from his business coach.
01:04:46 - How to find Chris Do online

I'm watching a lot of videos with Chris and he delivers his ideas in a very clear way. I like that. I was like "yes, great you can ask for a lot of money and there is people buying, but what if I can't replicate this yet and need to pay the bills?" and he actually answers this in another video saying something like: if you can close a lot of deals you should price more, if you're receiving many "no" you're asking too much. Very simple yet effective way of thinking.

[@Thomasallnice]

45:00 “If there is no enemy within, there is no enemy without.”Favorite quote from this video so far.❤

[@aliabdaal]

Really great interview ❤

[@LevelingUpOfficial]

Thanks sir

[@ShaamJones]

Skip to 56:17 Importance of finding the right coach or mentor. Then go to the beginning and watch this video. Chris resonates with me because he doesn’t pretend to have all the answers and allows you to see him evolving in his thought process on-the-fly rather than regurgitating templated spiel each time. I also appreciate his candor on Gary V whose prediction content has not aged well as I suspected would be the case years ago. Great discussion 👏🏾

[@efficientapp]

Love Chris, have been following Chris since 2015-2016 and the comments about Gary Vee stuck with me quite a bit. Was also following him back then, but I continued following Chris-the difference is, I think, Chris was/is an introvert, still remember back in the day with Jose Caballer and The Skool. That was when I was also similar and connected with the introverted side of you, and now you're taking over the world. Seeing you go through that transformation gave me permission to also go through that transformation. So Chris, you've been able to be a mentor from afar, and you've always focused on giving value from day one. So with that, I know that when I see a video of you, I know I'm going to take something of value from it. This episode is no exception, listened to it once, and took some notes + shared some time stamps with Andra (wife) and my brother. Will listen to it again. The part about where you tell stories to learn who you are is so connective and relatable. Excited for what you're doing Chris, and well done on this conversation Eric! What a blast!

[@ericrichardson1263]

Kudos to the interviewer.. He Got Chris into a really good flow and he touched on some intriguing nuances..

[@zenaschin]

Very insightful, transparent, and deep conversation with Chris! Appreciate you for holding space for this, Eric 💜

[@talialavor8411]

I love Chris Do. Tells it like it is.

[@norovibes]

Watched the whole thing! Chris is the legend. Love seeing how his brand expands wider than creative community.

[@ValkiriStudio]

Such a fantastic interview! I love how clearly Chris Do communicates.

[@dangonzalez1785]

:56 Is where the video starts, I personally dislike when they put too many clips in the beginning because it isn't the same as the context before and after

[@TheBrettWay]

got multiple super helpful insights from this one thanks eric

[@LeadWithAdam]

Always appreciative of Chris’s wisdom

[@haydenwilsonx]

Awesome - great content. Chris, you’re a balanced, structured thinker. And Eric you’re asking great Q’s.

[@amywhite5528]

This episode is absolute fire! I wrote down so many things. Thank you ❤

[@talialavor8411]

Also, Eric, I really enjoy your interview style. I appreciate you asking the deeper questions so that it's not just surface answers. And then there are those little gems like how asking people if they've ever invested in a mastermind before is one of the best indicators of ability and willingness to pay.

[@LevelingUpOfficial]

Thank you!

[@OHANA-Beach-Suites-CDO]

Love Chris Do! Talented for sure! Great info here! Thanks!

[@quantum.spectrum]

Such an amazing conversation and great valuable information

[@JustinKonikow]

Great show from two REAL dudes appreciate you both @ericsiu and @ChrisDO

[@tricallyourmama]

37:49 Chris called it…clickbait title. Even tho Gary V’s views aren’t doing so well but this creator literally used Gary’s name in the thumbnail to garner views. Only spoke on Gary V for literally 3mins

[@saca.technology]

Such a great interview

[@munchkinm6929]

Such a great interview I learned so much thank you.

[@alfredmanzano680]

Very lovely interview 🙏🏽

[@Salouaibaline]

Very interesting interview. Great value, thank you for sharing insights to small business and creators.

[@taniasingh6367]

Chris keeping it real!!

[@jarrodbestmitchell]

Min 13-16 put somethings into context for me. Thank you.

[@Artem-jm9xd]

In defense of Gary, he is talking good about marketing and attention in general. Very valuable. Lots of wisdom. Especially meetings with real customers.

[@yourcreativeleader]

Chris brought a lot of MINDFUL insights to this conversation. Wish it could have been a bit slower, so Eric could have engaged a little bit more in the concepts and perspectives that Chris was putting forth. Overall though, a great one and I thank the both of you for putting this out for us to watch!

[@Asemco]

We dropped the ego is 🔥🔥🔥

[@RoseAnn_Diary]

Chris Do is amazing!!! I think the interview would have been better if the interviewer had asked deeper questions and gotten to know Chris Do from a deeper level and how he transformed his thinking to become the person he is now.

[@LevelingUpOfficial]

We have done that in an older interview from years ago :)

[@wherewemob]

a truly collaborative community is what it sounds like the overarching goal! Like the inverse of monopolizing. There’s more than enough for everyone to help each other out!

[@ShaamJones]

I agree. Naturally, I’ve been more drawn to finding my tribe over vanity metrics like followers and that has been more beneficial towards my growth and development. My circle focuses on helping each other succeed by completing, not competing.

[@wherewemob]

@@ShaamJones collaboration over competition, the ones that understand this don’t have the same problems.

[@Presiustajah]

Whoo, selling us that mastermind at the beginning. Lol 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@agustinarrarte7952]

love it

[@chia3805]

🙏🏼Chris ❤

[@iryumika]

I think what you gotta do Chris is team up with Superheroes and create meaningful stories surrounding the Futur. Bring on all thr storytelling skills into creating a new future. You haven't lived up to the name yet. But there was purpose behind that name. It's time for that name to ring true

[@roguemarineadvisors]

O NO!!!! RIP KEIR. I'm sure he was grateful that you made him do those videos.

[@catstickler]

One of the best compliments i get is when people are surprised that how I am in person is exactly how I am online. (A client joked because she didn't think I was SO feral about Star Trek as I show up online, and I go to events in a Starfleet uniform 😂) Anything else than authenticity and transparency would be exhausting.

[@Awytoo]

Marketing people market themselves to a marketers promoting ideas on how to market marketing to a marketing people

[@CarlosHernandez-ki6tv]

Breath 1: Gary V gotta write new content (40:42) - Breath 2: (Recites old Gary V content) (1:00:19)

[@IndigoWisdom1]

Difference between the Teacher & the Doer and the Speaker, as a mindset.

[@robertbarth5816]

What are you selling?

[@desmondhughes9143]

2:30 !!!

[@succanproduce]

❤❤

[@succanproduce]

great interview man

[@jarrodbestmitchell]

Chris wears Khaki?

[@kingdomcitizenship5613]

I would guess the majority of content creators online ARE NOT showing who they REALLY are. Everyone shows the world what they want people to see.

[@andrewbrady8781]

I dunno Chris content seems more engaging than Gary and I am still a fan of Gary rooting for his Attention Arbitrage book roll out to take off

[@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf]

I like anyone I feel alone

[@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf]

because people don't like man this time I like change ok

[@sehwagali]

Really wish Eric could read the room and let Chris talk about some of the topics he was really passionate about. The stupid urge to jump to your pre-written bullet points.

[@LevelingUpOfficial]

You do know this is a conversation and there’s no right or wrong way to have one right? You can talk about whatever you want to talk about with him when you chat w him.

[@brothersintruth]

Where is the gary vee comment? Clickbait title?

[@TheGoodContent37]

Is there a statistic analysis of people that made it without a couch and people who had a couch? I think people that chose a couch would have succeded without it. Is all an insecurity market. People that need someone to reasure them because they are afraid of doing things. Like an over priced psychologist.

[@andrewbrady8781]

What happened to Gary Vee's his NFT supper club is that thing dead I wonder I mean he did his NFT as pass to his VeeCon events about NFTs now like Mila Kunis who spoke at one of them owes millions in fines on her NFT Marijuana cat lady grandma cartoon series project.

[@hippowafflesify]

i love how they covered Gary vee's content. He is washed AH, now he's 24/7-ing Twitch livestream but with 15 viewers too.. its sad

[@cesarandjenrodrigues7804]

Gary Vee is just another big jersey talker. Never provided anything with value but he was kinda big. All his predictions about NFT were basically rug pulls. He deserves to be forgotten.

[@ericrichardson1263]

Bobby 2 pants😂😂😂 Yeah Gary ain’t bought the Jets yet wtf going on #GaryVee😂😂😊

[@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf]

why? people no job

[@smoakpipe]

garyvee fell off because he withholds information and leads people astray

[@iryumika]

What do you mean by that? Would you be open to elaborate?

[@IndigoWisdom1]

I don't think he witholds. I just think he is a traditional corporate/brick and mortar CEO. His online success was a secondary effect of his more tangible organizational experience. People don't really have an interest in what GaryVee is best at (building real-life businesses). His brand is just an after effect and definitely still a helpful voice for those who need that bridge into the mind of an entrepreneur or to take risks beyond what is not working for them currently. I wouldn't call Gary V a personal brand expert. He's a good all-around business man and yes this includes solid branding, marketing and content creation.

[@ricardomayo8337]

Its about as close to the business discussion youll get in wall street. Dont look a gifthorse in the mouth.

[@BaKimura03]

@@IndigoWisdom1back in the day he did provide some really good insights. Now he’s just preaching for engagements and saddles everyone with the “hustle” culture. His colonies glassdoors are indicative of this. Agree with you btw

[@robwilsontv]

GaryVee fell off?

[@subhabratadas4087]

1. Good info! 2. It could be the JhnyWlkr, but Eric looks like a muppet to me. Maybe the movements + outfit? No?

[@travismcphee22]

You just said he does $5-6M a year and he says GaryVee is terrible?! GaryVee grew Wine Library in the prehistoric digital days by waaay more than that. I don’t even watch GaryVee anymore but I didn’t since Ask GaryVee Ep. 33. Chris Do can’t even hold a pinky to what GaryVee has accomplished. Go sit in the corner with the other little kids, including myself 😅. See you in the kiddie corner my guy.

[@LevelingUpOfficial]

He has respect for gary vee but was just saying he hasn’t really adapted on YT

[@lucianomonteirobaptista7496]

Selective hearing. He didn’t say Gary vee is terrible. But his content formula is bad for the time where there is slot of good storytellers and content creators. And he is recycling a narrative for too long. Still a great person and entrepreneur but needs to innovate his approach of delivering content.