Be a True Lifestyle Entrepreneur (w/ Marc Teo)

She wanted AI, but I told her not yet. A recent prospect already had 25,000 Instagram followers, and some of her videos pulled 300 to 500 comments. From the outside, it looked like she needed a better system to handle all that attention. But only one in every 100 people who showed interest bought her consultation, and she was still winging her sales calls. She came to our Private Business Clarity Consult asking me to help automate her follow-up with AI. I could have said yes and sold her exactly what she asked for. Instead, I told her I would put sales and follow-up before automation. If the human process does not work yet, AI will only help you repeat the wrong steps faster. Worse, it could hide the warmth that made her work feel human. We mapped the sales process she actually needed and the first campaign she could run before adding more tech. At the end, she decided to work with me. I asked her, “What made you ultimately decide?” She answered, “Your integrity.” That answer stayed with me because good selling is not about agreeing with everything a buyer asks for. Sometimes the most useful thing you can do is tell them that the thing they want is not the thing they need first. A good consult should help someone see the real problem, even if they never buy from you. When people feel that you are protecting their result instead of chasing the sale, they trust you. #MasterImplementers P.S. I'm running the Empowered Biz Retreat this 19 & 20 Sep. Reply "retreat" for more details.

I’m about to tick off something from my bucket list!!! My mind was racing at 6am yesterday… And I couldn’t sleep cuz there were so my ideas in my brain. But after awhile it finally settled to 1 thing: -> organise an appreciation dinner for your clients/past clients in MI!!! In fact, this has always been something I wanted to do since 1-2 years ago but I always hesitated But in less than 6 hours I already: - researched & finalised the venue - decided on the dates - created the poster, “landing” & registration page (THANK YOU AI!!!) - announced to my community - sending out personal invites And instead of those formal dinners style, I decided to choose a place that had video + board games, and of course in Master Implementers style, a workshop/sharing segment by yours truly 😂 I’ve no idea what will happen, but I just thought to hopefully inspire some folks on the power of not just swift & decisive action, But more importantly, what a strong why can do for you. Jiayou everyone!! ❤️‍🔥

How to restart your momentum after losing it A client came on the call & told me the past 7 days were really totally out for him. So now it feels like restarting everything from scratch. He also said he still needs motivation once in a while, & that he doesn't think there's an immediate cure for it. The call was meant to be about a pile of cold leads. But I started somewhere else. There are four parts inside all of us: 1. The Warrior drives, pushes & piles on the pressure. 2. The Magician strategises & works more in flow. 3. The Joker makes it fun. 4. The Lover finds the purpose & carries a giant sense of gratitude. Then I asked him about fathers. Think about all the old generation fathers that pass a lot of trauma to their kids. Which part was very apparent in them? The WARRIOR. Every time. (& that's the exact one we reach for when we've fallen behind) Here's the lesson: ✅ Burnout isn't a flaw. It's 1 part of you driving too much. The Warrior still gets things finished, so the problem was never that he has one. The problem is he was about to restart by piling the pressure straight back on. Same part, same result. He could start with purpose instead. Or strategy, or flow, or fun. Then bring the Warrior in when the work actually needs drive. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. I'm running the Empowered Biz Retreat this 19 & 20 Sep. Reply "retreat" for more details.

Stop waiting to feel good enough to sell (he already closed one) A client said this on a group call last week: "At this moment, I don't know how good am I in." Right before that he'd told me "I know I can do it eventually." I stopped him mid-sentence. Because what he's really saying is that his offer has to be perfect before he's allowed to feel confident about it. 👉This is the lowest standard ANYONE can have in their lives, because there's no such thing as perfect. If your standard is perfect you'll never once meet it. So there's nothing clear to finish today & nothing real to improve next time... A real standard sounds completely different. It sounds like, I'll give you my best & I'll make it better every time I do it. (that one you can actually hit today) Then he told me one more thing. That he needs to believe in his offer. 👉The moment you say I NEED to believe, you've already told me you don't. Here's the lesson: ✅ People buy from you way before you feel ready. This guy had already closed a sale before he said any of this to me. Already closed one haha. So send the version you have this week, & let it get better while it's out there earning. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. I'm running the Empowered Biz Retreat this 19 & 20 Sep. Reply "retreat" for more details.

We won gold at nationals & we cried (I've never forgotten why) Back in secondary school we won gold at the national band competition, & the whole team broke down crying. It wasn't happy crying either, because the principal actually had to come down & talk to us. We didn't want gold. We wanted gold with honours. (& then the exact same thing happened again in JC. Twice!) Our friends from the other schools thought we were insane, & one of them said it straight to my face: "We're having silver, we're celebrating. You're having gold, you're crying. We all think you're mad." He wasn't wrong either, we really were mad. Here's the lesson: ✅ Your environment sets your expectations, & expectations set how far you push. Nobody in that band sat down & decided to have higher standards, we just spent every single day around people who treated gold as the starting line. So if your goals have quietly gotten smaller this year, don't go hunting for more discipline. Go & look at who you've been standing next to. (uncomfortable question, I know) You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. I'm running the Empowered Biz Retreat this 19 & 20 Sep. Reply "retreat" for more details.

I am in a mastermind with a group of people who charge several times more than I do. Fun fact: I'm the oldest person there, but they've made way more millions than me 😂 Which makes me the cheapest person in that room. Recently, I told the group how much I charge. One of them had a very direct response. He said: "Bro, I want to punch you." I could not sleep that night from that response. Later in the same mastermind, I asked someone else if I could look at some of his resources. His answer was one line... "Bro, you raise your price first, then I tell you." I was quite stunned at first. But I knew they said it out of love. They wanted to challenge me because they could see that I was charging way too little. And honestly, they were right. I just didn't see the value of my own work yet. And unless you want to suddenly aim to make $100K/month like me or suddenly upgrade your financial goals overnight... You don't have to raise your price tomorrow. But ask yourself honestly: Did you choose your price based on what your work is worth? Or did you just get used to charging that amount? You got this. #MasterImplementers P.S. I'm running the Empowered Biz Retreat this 19 & 20 Sep. Reply "retreat" for more details.

Why nobody buys your most expensive offer (1 change fixes it) One of my clients has a big programme at the top of his ladder, just under S$10,000. Nobody has ever bought it. Not once. We sat down last week to work out where his cash is actually coming from. So I looked at the first paid thing he shows people. A bootcamp, a little over S$400, with the big programme sitting quietly behind it. And before the bootcamp there's a free webinar. So the first two numbers anyone ever hears from him are nothing, & S$400. 👉Don't show your cheapest offer. Show your most expensive one FIRST, & if they can't do it, then you downsell them. A downsell only works when there's something above it to come down from. Right now people price him at the bootcamp & never even find out the big thing exists. So I told him to build a tier well above anything he sells today, & put it in front of people. Even if the first answer is no. 👉It's okay if people don't buy your most expensive offer, but you should still show them what it is. (that line is for you too by the way) Here's the lesson: ✅ The market prices you at whatever number you say first. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. Quick heads-up: I'll be increasing the prices of all my programs, services & products after this month. If you've been thinking about getting my help & want to know what might fit you, reply "details". I'll reach out personally & share more with you. No auto-DM or chatbot haha, it'll actually be me. P.P.S. I'm also building a brand new workshop. It's everything I've learnt about building a $20-50K/month business with 1 offer, 1 funnel & 20 hours a week, in one session. Want the details once it's ready? Reply "workshop" & you'll be the first to know.

Your free guide is killing your replies (1 line to fix it forever) New client last week. Her biggest want right now is cash, fast. So she'd been messaging her leads, & this is what she was sending: who I am → what I do → here's my free guide, enjoy! All in one message. Before the other person had said a single word back. I told her the guide was fine. Genuinely good stuff. But the message was so long that people would zone out very quickly. (we've all done this ya, we get excited & dump everything at once) So I gave her one change. Put ONE message in front of it: 👉Ask "would you like the guide?" & send nothing at all until they say yes. Here's the lesson: ✅ The first small yes is just getting them to reply. That reply is worth more than the guide, because it tells you this person actually wants what's coming next. And once they've said yes they've made a small commitment, so they actually open the thing. Send it unasked & they've committed to nothing, so it just sits there rotting. So this week, before you send anything to anybody, ask first. You'll find out damn fast who wants your best free stuff & who was never opening it. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. Quick heads-up: I'll be increasing the prices of all my programs, services & products after this month. If you've been thinking about getting my help & want to know what might fit you, reply "details". I'll reach out personally & share more with you. No auto-DM or chatbot haha, it'll actually be me. P.P.S. I'm also building a brand new workshop. It's everything I've learnt about building a $20-50K/month business with 1 offer, 1 funnel & 20 hours a week, in one session. Want the details once it's ready? Reply "workshop" & you'll be the first to know.

Every client I have can leave tomorrow (& that's why they don't) A lot of coaches I know put a minimum term on their clients. Mine is one line, & I said it out loud on a call again last week: "If you want to continue with me, amazing. If not, no problem at all." That's it. No minimum term, no lock-in, no clause. Now am I saying contracts are evil & you're a bad person for having one? No freaking way. But I can't do it, because of this: ✅ I cannot live with knowing that clients are staying because they are FORCED to. So people ask me, then how do you plan a business like that? I don't count on one person paying me forever. I work out what an average client is worth over a year, & that ONE number tells me what I can spend to bring someone in, what I can pour back into the people I already have, & whether the whole thing still stands up when everyone is free to walk. (seriously, that one number changed how I run everything) Same call, a therapist told me he won't sell packages of ten sessions. Because the moment a parent buys ten, they start judging their kid's progress against the receipt instead of the results. Damn true right. So ask yourself. If you removed the lock-in tomorrow, would your clients still stay? If no, that's the real thing to go fix k. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. Quick heads-up: I'll be increasing the prices of all my programs, services & products after this month. If you've been thinking about getting my help & want to know what might fit you, reply "details". I'll reach out personally & share more with you. No auto-DM or chatbot haha, it'll actually be me. P.P.S. I'm also building a brand new workshop. It's everything I've learnt about building a $20-50K/month business with 1 offer, 1 funnel & 20 hours a week, in one session. Want the details once it's ready? Reply "workshop" & you'll be the first to know.

How I got an A in accounting without using any willpower (this tip will make you more money) 15 years ago I took up Principles of Accounting, which has to be one of the most boring subjects around. The way my teacher got us an A was quite funny. Every Saturday, he would buy cakes, snacks and goodies to entice us to do practice papers. So we came, ate, hung out with our friends, and did the boring accounting work TOGETHER. None of us were grinding or forcing ourselves to be disciplined. Because we kept turning up week after week, the A wasn't even a hard thing in the end. For everyone who came consistently, accounting became the easiest subject to score in. Here's the lesson: When something feels boring or tedious, most of us try to push our way through it with willpower. ✅ The better question is how you can make it easier, more fun and simpler to do. The thing you actually enjoy showing up for is the thing you'll still be doing months from now. So this week, take the one task you keep avoiding, and instead of asking how to push harder, ask what would make it fun enough to want to show up for it. You got this 💙 #MasterImplementers P.S. Quick heads-up: I'll be increasing the prices of all my programs, services & products after this month. If you've been thinking about getting my help & want to know what might fit you, reply "details". I'll reach out personally & share more with you. No auto-DM or chatbot haha, it'll actually be me.

Please, you need to SELL HARDER. Recently there have been so much news of scams in SG: - Nanning - Investment gurus or sth - Marketing agency - Stock manipulation scams And these are just the reported ones: you’ve all the love scams, gambling syndicates etc all And my honest thought is ✅ THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO SELL HARDER & MORE!!! Because if you are a truly heart centred entrepreneur/salesperson who wanted to help You should be more than willing to sell more so you can actually provide real amazing value Instead of wasting their hard earned $$ on 💩 (not just scams but products & services that don’t deliver booo) Yes, I know you might have doubts, fears or even feel too comfortable to step up But if you truly believe in your mission, please sell harder & more, Because the FASTER you do it, the FASTER you’ll make more & help more people too. (of course with ethics ya don’t manipulate wrongly k) If you’re reading & resonate with this: 👉Please join this mission of selling “harder” & making the world a better place. If you ever need any help please reach out too, I’ll give you some free resources if you need (really) You got this. P.S. This is also why I finally decided to raise the prices of my programs, products & services by end of the month - and “promote” more actively than before Not just cuz I wanna make more $$ (of course), but so I can reinvest in whatever I make to help even more people too Reply “info” if you want more details k!

Likes is not cash. During a guest masterclass, one person told me they wanted to create "content that converts without sounding like overselling." I understood why. Nobody wants a useful post to suddenly feel like a hard pitch. My answer was simple: "It's okay, sell a bit, I just don't oversell." Later in the same session, I gave them one line: "P.S. Want my notes on [topic]? Comment 'ME' below and I'll send them." Most people think they need to post more to get more leads. But the fix isn't more content. It's one clear next step at the bottom of the posts they already write. I call this the Daily P.S. At the bottom of every post, add one short invitation to a useful guide, set of notes, or toolkit. When someone raises their hand, send it by DM and start a normal conversation. You can offer the same useful resource again and again. You don't need to make a new freebie or write a hard pitch every day. That tiny line turns a post that only teaches into a post that can start a real sales conversation. Posting can get someone's attention. A clear next step gives the right person a reason to raise their hand. #MasterImplementers P.S. Quick heads-up: I'll be increasing the prices of all my programs, services & products after this month. If you've been thinking about getting my help & want to know what might fit you, reply "details". I'll reach out personally & share more with you. No auto-DM or chatbot haha, it'll actually be me. P.P.S. See what I did there?

I love helping underdogs. I can’t help it when I see friends & clients who undervalue themselves & that makes me want to support them as much as I can Yes, I still help people who’re naturally ambitious & huge track record of success. But recently, I heard a multi-millionaire who helps people scale past 1million a month use this amazing belief: ✅ FEEL small, but THINK big. Most might assume feeling small means self doubt, struggles etc But it simply means you recognise you still have a long way to grow & evolve - which can be damn exciting!!! Because many people who hit a certain level start to feel comfortable (like me for a long time), and thus stop growing & living to your fullest potential. So yes, you can have massive goals, vision etc, AND still feel you are a long way from getting there But it doesn’t mean you gonna feel demoralised or bad - instead it’s an opportunity for a MASSIVE adventure - incl all the ups & downs along the way. Happy Sunday everyone!! P.S. case in point: this mentor was “whacking” (with love) a 21 year old Malaysian who was making USD$400K/month for being too comfortable & challenged him to think EVEN bigger There’re layers to the game man haha P.P.S. This is why while I’ve recently upgraded my $100K/month game plan & have no idea exactly how I’ll get there for now, I still feel fulfilled, happy & excited haha But the first step is to raise my prices of all my programs, services & products by end of this month 😂 If any of you want details just reply “INFO” & I’ll send it over!!

Get more event signups by selling the takeaway. I was giving someone feedback on how to get way more signups for his physical event, and this is so damn important. Most experts package their event around what they want to teach. “3 investing principles.” “The latest AI developments.” “How to build a portfolio.” But most people are not looking for another lesson. They are busy, and they want to know: What exactly will I get? Can I use it immediately? Will this help me make a better decision? So instead of saying, “I’ll teach you about investing,” package it as: → The 3 stocks on my watchlist right now → The latest investment I made, and exactly why → The 3 sectors I’m paying attention to → 3 business principles you can use immediately If a session includes a trial, do not hide it under “sharing.” Tell people they get a 20-minute trial and what they will experience. If you are showing a piece of technology, do not lead with what it is. Show them the one piece of technology I used to help my mum get healthier, and exactly what we did. The knowledge may be the same, but one version sounds like more work while the other sounds immediately useful. I love learning, and many experts do too. That is why people look to us in the first place. We do the deep learning so they do not have to. But clients do not need to learn everything we learned. If we try to teach them all of it, most people will zone out before they ever sign up. People do not want to learn how to fish at every event. Most of the time, they want the fish packaged into a simple toolkit they can use immediately. ✅ People do not sign up because your event has the most things to learn. They sign up because they can clearly see what they will walk away with. #MasterImplementers P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you grow your business past 6 figures on a 4-hour workday: 1) The 4 Hour Workday (free): Grab my entire system and design your personal gameplan → https://4hour.marcteo.com/ 2) 9 days with me for $9: Join me and the other Master Implementers inside the community and unlock every AI tool, playbook, system and template I've ever built for my clients → https://privatecommunity.marcteo.com 3) Want it done with you? I'll help you build and install your entire system so you land your next 5-10 clients, then coach you 1:1 to run it yourself. Reply "custom" and I'll send the details (or if you'd rather see how it works first, watch here → https://6figurepath.marcteo.com/ty).

The ONE question to get paid faster this week. You probably already know what to do. That was the pattern I noticed across my coaching calls recently. One client spent 1–2 hours using AI to create a single post. Another already had two paying clients, but kept delaying because she thought her offer needed to be more unique first. Another told me he felt lost, even though his practical next steps were already quite clear. Different people. Different situations. But the same gap: They didn’t need more information. They needed to decide what mattered, simplify it, and get it done. I see this all the time with smart entrepreneurs. They already know they need: → A clearer offer → Better content → A simple funnel → More follow-ups → A sales process they can repeat So they buy another programme, watch more videos or ask AI for another plan. And six weeks later, the important thing still isn’t built. Not because they’re lazy. Sometimes they don’t know where to start. Sometimes they lose an entire weekend fighting with the tech. Sometimes client work takes over, and the project quietly disappears again. So whenever everything feels important, ask yourself: What is the ONE thing I can finish this week that gets me closest to being paid? Maybe it’s finally sending your offer. Maybe it’s following up with 20 warm leads. Maybe it’s publishing the landing page that has been sitting in draft mode. Maybe it’s writing the sales script you keep improvising on every call. Don’t choose the most impressive project. Choose the one that: → Can reach a real prospect → Moves someone closer to a buying decision → Is simple enough to finish this week Then finish it and put it in front of real people. Because a simple asset that exists will teach you more than a brilliant plan sitting in your notes. When you’re stuck, don’t ask: What else should I build? Ask: What can I finish that gets me closest to being paid? #MasterImplementers P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you grow your business past 6 figures on a 4-hour workday: 1) The 4 Hour Workday (free): Grab my entire system and design your personal gameplan → https://4hour.marcteo.com/ 2) 9 days with me for $9: Join me and the other Master Implementers inside the community and unlock every AI tool, playbook, system and template I've ever built for my clients → https://privatecommunity.marcteo.com 3) Want it done with you? I'll help you build and install your entire system so you land your next 5-10 clients, then coach you 1:1 to run it yourself. Reply "custom" and I'll send the details (or if you'd rather see how it works first, watch here → https://6figurepath.marcteo.com/ty).

Choose mentors whose life you would actually want. These days, when I invest in a coaching program or a mastermind, I am not just paying for the content. I am paying for the room. Earlier in my journey, I joined programs mostly for the lessons and frameworks. They were useful, but I eventually noticed that something else was shaping me even more. The people around me were setting a new normal for what was possible, what was worth caring about, and how a business could look while still leaving room for family. The deeper shift was that I stopped entering those rooms as someone hoping to be noticed. Over time, I learned to enter as a peer who could contribute too. That change did not come from a bigger bank account. It came from spending enough time around people with higher standards until those standards started rubbing off on me. I now use a simple filter when choosing a room. I am not only looking for people with bigger numbers. I am looking for people whose way of living I respect. Do they care about client results and real impact? Have they built a business without losing the rest of their life? Would I still want to become more like them if nobody could see their revenue, car, watch, or title? Different mentors have shaped different parts of my business, from sales and marketing to how I think. But the right ones also showed me a version of success that I would want for my own family. Whose standard are you quietly rising to right now? And is that actually the life you want? #MasterImplementers P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you grow your business past 6 figures on a 4-hour workday: 1) The 4 Hour Workday (free): Grab my entire system and design your personal gameplan → https://4hour.marcteo.com/ 2) 9 days with me for $9: Join me and the other Master Implementers inside the community and unlock every AI tool, playbook, system and template I've ever built for my clients → https://privatecommunity.marcteo.com 3) Want it done with you? I'll help you build and install your entire system so you land your next 5-10 clients, then coach you 1:1 to run it yourself. Reply "custom" and I'll send the details (or if you'd rather see how it works first, watch here → https://6figurepath.marcteo.com/ty).

Update: Reopening my WhatsApp channel again :) Hey folks, after 1.5+ months, finally decided to reopen my WA channel again haha For now, I'll be simply sharing whatever is on my Telegram channel But I'll be making some huge changes to what I'll be sharing there moving forward (including creating a community for anyone who's into growing their biz while living an amazing life) Either way, if you're reading this, thank YOU for the trust!! Exciting times ahead :) P.S. If you want, you can read my recent reflection of how I felt I actually lost my soul in content: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18SFc8SYDg/

Get into better rooms by being useful first. Back in 2020, there was a major event in the US that I really wanted to attend. The problem was simple. I did not have the budget for it. I could have accepted that answer and stayed home. Instead, I created useful work for people in my circle and gave them a clear way to support the trip in return. Their support got me into the room. That experience taught me something I still believe today. Access rarely gets handed to us, but being useful before asking can open doors surprisingly fast. Most of us wait for the invitation, the title, the introduction, or permission from someone more senior. But the people who get pulled closer to the action are often the ones doing useful work before anyone officially asks them to. If you want to get closer to a person, team, or opportunity, try this: Do a small version of the work before asking for the role. Write the piece, build the deck, or prepare the idea so they can see how you think. When you get into the room, do not only consume. Take good notes, spot what could be improved, and send back something useful. Choose rooms you would genuinely enjoy even if no business came from them. That removes the desperate energy and makes the relationships more natural. You do not always need a better introduction. Sometimes you just need to make yourself useful before you ask for access. Where could you do that this week? #MasterImplementers P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you grow your business past 6 figures on a 4-hour workday: 1) The 4 Hour Workday (free): Grab my entire system and design your personal gameplan → https://4hour.marcteo.com/ 2) 9 days with me for $9: Join me and the other Master Implementers inside the community and unlock every AI tool, playbook, system and template I've ever built for my clients → https://privatecommunity.marcteo.com 3) Want it done with you? I'll help you build and install your entire system so you land your next 5-10 clients, then coach you 1:1 to run it yourself. Reply "custom" and I'll send the details (or if you'd rather see how it works first, watch here → https://6figurepath.marcteo.com/ty).

You'll finish more when you stop starting so many new things. At the end of last year, I said something to my community that I had been avoiding privately. For about eighteen months, I had built my business around fun, fresh experiments, new ideas, and different formats. I enjoyed the ride, and a lot of it looked productive from the outside. But when I sat down to review everything, I had to admit that many of those ideas never got fully executed. I had a shelf full of half-built things. So at the start of this year, my rule changed. I wanted to add less and go deeper with every initiative I put my name on. New things create the feeling of progress long before they create real skill. Starting is exciting. The middle gets repetitive. But the middle is where you learn the small details that most people never stay long enough to see. I want to be clear about something. This does not mean staying in a business or model that feels wrong for you. If the direction is wrong, change it. But once you know the direction is right, stop judging the path by whether it still feels new. Depth is where real skill, income, and freedom get built. These are the two questions I now sit with: Where in my business am I mistaking motion for growth? Where might I be one focused quarter away from a breakthrough if I stop adding and go deeper? Before you plan your next new thing, decide what deserves another season of your attention. #MasterImplementers P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you grow your business past 6 figures on a 4-hour workday: 1) The 4 Hour Workday (free): Grab my entire system and design your personal gameplan → https://4hour.marcteo.com/ 2) 9 days with me for $9: Join me and the other Master Implementers inside the community and unlock every AI tool, playbook, system and template I've ever built for my clients → https://privatecommunity.marcteo.com 3) Want it done with you? I'll help you build and install your entire system so you land your next 5-10 clients, then coach you 1:1 to run it yourself. Reply "custom" and I'll send the details (or if you'd rather see how it works first, watch here → https://6figurepath.marcteo.com/ty).