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The Short Game – By NexYearEP 029: The Ugly Reality of Building an Empire (Shoe Dog)You want to be successful, but you want it to look pretty. You want the aesthetic morning routine, the cool title, and the cinematic montage. But the second the process actually gets ugly, you fold.You quit your diet when you stop losing a pound a day, and you quit your project the second it stops being fun. If you want to actually build something great, you have to accept that the middle phase is always a nightmare.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate reality check for anyone...
2026-03-1914 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 028: Supreme Fearlessness and Dealing in Reality (The 50th Law: Fearlessness Unleashed)You are avoiding a decision right now because you are terrified of looking stupid. You are not asking for the promotion, you are not starting the project, and you are staying in a comfortable situation because you are afraid of what might happen if you fail.You think playing it safe is protecting you. It is actually the exact thing that is keeping you broke, out of shape, and stuck.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate manual for supreme fearlessness: The 50th Law by 50 Cent...
2026-03-1815 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 027: Hustle is a Symptom of a Broken Machine (Traction)You are completely burned out right now because you think 'hustle' is a valid life strategy. You are trying to out-work your own disorganization. If your fitness routine, your work output, or your daily habits fall apart the second you have a bad day, you do not have an empire. You have a fragile house of cards.Motivation is for amateurs. If you want to actually win, you need an Operating System.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate manual for building a machine that runs without your emotions:
2026-03-1714 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 026: Why You Don't Deserve a Trophy (Relentless-From Good to Great to Unstoppable)You are waiting around for a trophy right now just because you did exactly what you were supposed to do. You think showing up on time, hitting your macros, or doing your baseline job makes you special. You want a pat on the back for simply doing what is expected.That is the mindset of a Cooler. If you want to actually win at life, you have to stop looking for validation and start delivering results regardless of the circumstances.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are kicking off 'The Untouchable Operator...
2026-03-1610 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 025: The Marcus Aurelius Guide to Taking Your Mind Back (Meditations)Right now, you are probably blaming your boss, the economy, or your ex for why you are stressed out. You think that if the external world would just behave exactly the way you want it to, you would finally have peace.That is the mindset of a slave. You cannot control the outside world, but the second you let those outside forces dictate your internal state, you have given away all of your power.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are closing out 'The Sovereign Week' by reading the ultimate manual for...
2026-03-1317 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 024: Your Safety Net is Making You Weak (The 33 Strategies of War)You are frustrated right now because you are not making the progress you want in your life. You think it is because you do not have enough time, enough money, or the right connections. Let me tell you the real reason: You gave yourself a Plan B.Having a comfortable fallback plan is the enemy of greatness. When you know you can always just fall back into your comfortable job or your old habits, you will never fight at one hundred percent capacity.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading about...
2026-03-1218 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 023: Speed is the Ultimate Weapon (Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World)You are sitting there right now watching people who are half as smart as you pass you by in life. They are getting the promotions, they are getting in shape, and they are winning.It is not because they have better ideas than you. It is because you move too slow. You are sitting around waiting for the perfect time, the perfect plan, and the perfect motivation. You are getting outpaced by Operators who understand that speed is the only thing that matters.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the...
2026-03-1117 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 022: Stop Doing Fake Work (The Book of Five Rings)You are completely exhausted right now, but you have absolutely nothing to show for it. You think you are grinding, but the truth is you are just swinging a sword at the air.Spending hours formatting a resume instead of talking to hiring managers, re-reading notes instead of taking the test, and arguing on the internet is not moving the needle. It is fake work. You are doing it because it feels safe.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate manual for ruthless efficiency: The Book of Five...
2026-03-1012 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 021: Nobody Owes You Anything (The Prince)You are sitting there right now wondering why you keep getting passed over in life. You think if you just put your head down, work hard, and act like a nice guy, someone is eventually going to hand you a promotion, a deal, or a win.Let me give you the hardest truth about human nature: Nobody owes you anything, and nobody cares how nice you are. Complaining that the world isn't fair is the ultimate Clown mentality.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are kicking off 'The Sovereign Week' by reading...
2026-03-0916 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 020: If You Fight a Fair Fight, You Are a Clown (The Art of War)I love watching people start a business and immediately go pick a fight they don't need to have.They look at a massively crowded market and decide they are going to win by just sweating more than the next guy. They drop their prices by ten percent and call it a strategy. It is the exact same energy as sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic when there is a wide-open backroad right next to you. It just means you lack awareness.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are closing out 'The Leverage Week' with...
2026-03-0614 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 019: Chaos is a Filter (The Obstacle Is the Way)Everyone wants the freedom and the money of running their own company. But the second a supplier misses a deadline or a client yells at them, they completely fold.They point fingers, they play the victim, and they quit. That is what a Spectator does. An Operator knows that the difficulty is the entire point.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate playbook for handling chaos: The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday .My entire business at NexYear is built...
2026-03-0514 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 018: The Psychology of Forcing the Door Open (Influence)Every day, I see Spectators complaining that they cannot get a meeting with a high-level VIP. They send a hundred cold emails. They beg for fifteen minutes of someone's time.It is a lazy, stupid system. If you are asking someone for a favor before you have provided any upfront value, you are playing a loser's game.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the book that changes the game: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini .We do not beg CEOs for their...
2026-03-0414 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 017: Distraction is Incompetence (Deep Work)I cannot stand people who make life harder than it needs to be. Right now, most people cannot focus on a single complex task for more than forty-five seconds without checking their phone.They claim they are grinding while scrolling TikTok. It is sloppy, it is oblivious, and it is entirely avoidable incompetence.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the book that fixes this: Deep Work by Cal Newport .At NexYear, when we are building out a complex physical logistics campaign for...
2026-03-0320 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 016: Stop Sweating, Start Building (High Output Management)If you look at the internet today, everyone is bragging about how little sleep they get. They post pictures of their laptops at 2 AM and think exhaustion is a personality trait.That is the Clown mindset. Working 18 hours a day doing low-level tasks isn't a flex; it's the business equivalent of sitting in the left lane going 45 mph.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are kicking off 'The Leverage Week' by reading the ultimate playbook for building a machine: High Output Management by Andy Grove .I...
2026-03-0213 minThe Short Game – By NexYear🚨EMERGENCY DROP🚨: The Broken Mechanics of Modern DatingIn this special Emergency drop of The Short Game, Drew Meitner steps away from the usual business playbook to analyze a fundamentally broken social economy: the modern dating market. For driven men in their 20s and 30s, the landscape has completely shifted. Dating apps and social media have created a rigged attention economy that artificially inflates options and funnels matches toward a tiny fraction of CEOs, VIPs, and clients.This episode takes a raw, data-driven look at the harsh realities of modern courtship. We break down the illusion of endless choice fueled by filters and OnlyFans, the...
2026-02-2820 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 015: The Victim Trap: Why Pointing Fingers Makes You Weak (Extreme Ownership)A massive logistics campaign goes wrong. A shipment is late. A custom box is ruined. What is your first instinct?If you immediately point your finger at the shipping company or blame the client for sending the wrong file, you are a Clown. Playing the victim might protect your ego in the short term, but it proves you have zero control over your own business.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are finishing 'The Empire Week' by reading the ultimate leadership manual: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink.
2026-02-2720 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 014: Silence is a Weapon (The 48 Laws of Power)You got the meeting. You are sitting across from a CEO. And out of pure nervousness, you talk too much.The moment you over-explain your product to prove you deserve to be there, you hand over your power. You become just another desperate vendor they can squeeze on price.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate survival guide for the corporate snake pit: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.I break down exactly how I navigate high-stakes meetings with VIP clients at NexYear. We...
2026-02-2619 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 013: Speed is a Weapon (Amp It Up)Open your inbox right now. Count how many emails say, 'Let's circle back on this next week' or 'We will review this and get back to you.'That is the sound of a company dying. Corporate America moves at a snail's pace because leadership tolerates a sluggish culture. Everyone is comfortable. Everyone is slow.If you are a 25-year-old Operator trying to take market share from giant legacy companies, you cannot afford to be slow. Speed is your ultimate weapon.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the...
2026-02-2514 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 012: Escaping the "1 to n" Trap: Why Copycats Fail (Zero to One)Look around. Everyone in our generation is launching the exact same business.The same AI wrappers, the same social media agencies, the same dropshipping stores. They look at a crowded market packed with a thousand identical companies and think, 'I'll just work harder. I'll just be 10% better.'That is a race to the bottom. If you are competing on being slightly better or slightly cheaper, your margins are going to zero. You are playing a loser's game.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the ultimate Tycoon playbook...
2026-02-2414 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 011: The Operator vs. The Spectator (Skin in the Game)The internet is full of 23-year-old 'business coaches' and 'growth consultants' selling $10k retainers for slide decks.If their advice bankrupts your company, they still keep the money. They are playing with fake chips. They have zero downside.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the book that separates the Operators from the Spectators: Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.I break down the Symmetry of Risk. We look at the ancient Hammurabi Code and why you should never take advice from someone w...
2026-02-2314 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 010: Compromise is for Losers (Never Split the Difference)"You pitched the deal. Now they want a discount.If you say 'Okay, let's meet in the middle,' you are a Clown. You just admitted your price was fake.Today on The Short Game, we are reading Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss.We learn why 'Win-Win' is a lie and why 'No' is the most powerful word in the English language.I break down the FBI Tactics I use at NexYear to negotiate with suppliers and...
2026-02-2011 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 009: Stop Begging. Start Framing. (Pitch Anything)"You know the drill. You get on a Zoom call, and you say: 'Hi, thank you so much for your time. I know you're busy...'Stop.You just killed the deal. You signaled that you are low status. You begged.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the book that teaches us how to flip the script: Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff.We break down the science of Neuro-Economics and why the human brain ignores boring people and...
2026-02-1912 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 008: Stop Baking the Pies (The E-Myth Revisited)"I have a confession to make.I am tired.I spent the last 48 hours checking shipping labels, answering customer support emails, and arguing with a supplier about cardboard thickness.I look at my business card, and it says 'Founder.' But if I look at my calendar, I’m not a Founder. I’m a high-paid shipping clerk.That is the Technician's Trap.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are reading the book that saves us from ourselves: The E-Myth Revisited by Mi...
2026-02-1808 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 007: The Blood in the Water: Escaping the "Red Ocean"(Blue Ocean Strategy)Every agency looks the same. Every SaaS tool looks the same. Everyone is fighting to be 10% cheaper.That is a race to the bottom. That is death.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we are breaking down Blue Ocean Strategy to find the 'open water' in your market.I explain the exact moment I realized NexYear was fighting the wrong battle. We were trying to beat 1-800-FLOWERS at their own game. So we pivoted.We used the Four Actions Framework to eliminate the fluff...
2026-02-1715 minThe Short Game – By NexYearEP 006: Profit is an Opinion. Cash is a Fact. (Financial Intelligence)Stop looking at the scoreboard. Start looking at the bank account.In this episode of The Short Game Podcast, Drew Meitner breaks down Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs.We aren't talking about accounting; we are talking about survival.Most "rich" people on social media are technically bankrupt. They show you the revenue (Vanity) but hide the cash flow (Sanity). They are playing "Clown Math."If you run a business—especially a physical operation like NexYear where inventory burns money—and you don't know the difference between "Net Income" and...
2026-02-1616 min
The Short Game – By NexYearEP 005: Loud Money vs. Quiet Money: The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His SonWhy I Act Crazy Online: The Rockefeller "Psyop" StrategyEpisode Description:Everyone tells you to "Build in Public." They want you to dance on TikTok, share your revenue numbers, and be a "content creator."They call it transparency. I call it Loud Money. And Loud Money is weak. Loud Money gets copied. Loud Money makes you a target.In this episode, we are going back to the source code of the original Tycoon: J.D. Rockefeller. The man owned 2% of the entire US...
2026-02-1315 min
The Short Game – By NexYearEP 004: Stop Rotting. Start Building. (The Napoleon Hill Protocol)The stats are in: The average man is checking out. Video games, VR, and cheap dopamine have destroyed the workforce.Today, we use Think and Grow Rich to engineer a way out of the "Rot."Featuring:▪️ The "Ambition Gap" in 2026.▪️ How to use Sexual Transmutation to outwork everyone else.▪️ Why NexYear is betting on "Tycoon Energy" while everyone else is playing "NPC."Short Game. Long Money.Powered by NexYear The relati...
2026-02-1216 min
The Short Game – By NexYearEP 003: The Death of Privacy: Why Tycoons Don't Dance (Dale Carnegie)The "Surveillance State" is here. Police are tracking cars across counties in 45 minutes using Ring doorbells. Privacy is dead. You live in a glass house now.So, if you can't hide... you better make sure people like what they see.Today on The Short Game Podcast, we weaponize the 100-year-old classic How to Win Friends and Influence People not just to be "nice," but to survive the simulation.IN THE WAR ROOM:The News: Why "The Grid" sees everything (and why you can't opt out)....
2026-02-1121 min
The Short Game – By NexYearEP 002: The End of the Career Ladder: Why AI is Deleting Entry-Level Jobs (Naval Ravikant)The old rules are dead. A new report predicts AI will wipe out 50% of entry-level jobs by 2027. If your plan was to "climb the corporate ladder," you are climbing a ghost.In this episode of The Short Game, we open the war room to break down the only survival guide that matters: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.We discuss:Why "learning to code" might be a trap (and what to learn instead).Naval’s concept of Specific Knowledge: The one thing AI cannot automate.NexYear’s Take: I...
2026-02-1015 min
The Short Game – By NexYearEP 001: The Wartime CEO (Surviving the AI Crash)Everyone has a plan until AI eats their market share.Welcome to the premiere episode. The truth? 2026 is permanent "Wartime." We’re cutting through the noise of the Super Bowl’s "fake reality" to expose the cold, hard mechanics of this economy. Using Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things as our manual, we explain why "nice" leaders are about to get crushed.What We Cover:• The Vibe Shift: Why "Peacetime" leadership (perks, patience, consensus) is a death sentence in 2026.• The Threat: The "Wh...
2026-02-1006 min