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I studied 1,000 viral posts. The #1 pattern nobody mentions:
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I studied {number} {subject}. The #1 pattern nobody mentions:
You're not lazy. You just haven't found a system that works with your brain. Here's mine:
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You're not {negative-label}. You just haven't found {solution}. Here's mine:
3 years ago I had $0 and no audience. Last month: $47,000 revenue. The single mindset shift that changed everything:
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{time} ago I had {low-point}. Last month: {high-point}. The single {change} that made it possible:
The YouTube algorithm doesn't care how hard you worked. It only cares about this one metric:
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The {platform} algorithm doesn't care about {false-assumption}. It only cares about this one metric:
I failed at 7 businesses. Then I noticed a pattern in every failure. Here's what nobody tells you about starting over:
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I failed at {number} {attempts}. Then I noticed a pattern in every failure. Here's what nobody tells you about {topic}:
Your morning routine is irrelevant. What actually determines your productivity is this:
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Your {popular-habit} is irrelevant. What actually determines {outcome} is this:
The real estate market is about to flip. 3 signals that told me this 6 months before anyone else noticed:
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The {market} is about to {prediction}. {number} signals that told me this {time} before anyone else noticed:
$100M business lesson that took me 10 years to learn: volume wins. Not quality. Not timing. Volume.
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${revenue} business lesson that took me {time} to learn: {lesson}. Not {myth-1}. Not {myth-2}. {lesson}.
If your offer isn't selling, it's not a traffic problem. It's a value problem. Here's how to fix it in one afternoon:
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If your {thing} isn't {working}, it's not a {false-cause}. It's a {real-cause}. Here's how to fix it in {time}:
Most people will never be rich. Not because of luck or circumstance. Because of this one daily decision:
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Most people will never {desired-outcome}. Not because of {excuse-1} or {excuse-2}. Because of this one {habit}:
The fastest way to grow on YouTube in 2025 isn't posting more. It's this counter-intuitive strategy:
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The fastest way to grow on {platform} in {year} isn't {common-advice}. It's this counter-intuitive strategy:
I made $0 from my first 50 YouTube videos. Here's what I changed on video 51 that made all the difference:
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I made {low-result} from my first {number} {content-type}. Here's what I changed on {milestone} that made all the difference:
I Spent 7 Days Buried Alive
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I Spent {time} {doing extreme thing}
Would You Swim With Sharks For $100,000?
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Would You {do scary thing} For ${big number}?
I Gave My 40,000,000th Subscriber Anything They Wanted
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I Gave My {milestone} Subscriber Anything They Wanted
Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It
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Last To Leave {valuable thing} Keeps It
I Built 100 Wells In Africa
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I Built {number} {things} In {place}
Spending 24 Hours In The World's Most Dangerous Place
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Spending {time} In The World's Most {extreme adjective} Place
I Hired 2000 People To Fight For $1,000,000
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I Hired {big number} People To {do thing} For ${prize}
Survive 100 Days In A Circle, Win $500,000
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Survive {time} In {constraint}, Win ${prize}
I Opened A Restaurant That Pays You To Eat
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I Opened A {thing} That {does opposite of expected}
Whoever Keeps Their Hand On This Car, Keeps It
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Whoever Keeps Their {action} On This {prize}, Keeps It
I lost 40 pounds without counting a single calorie. The only thing I changed:
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I {achieved result} without {common method}. The only thing I changed:
The fitness industry sells you complexity to keep you dependent. Here's the dead-simple truth about losing fat:
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The {industry} sells you {complexity} to keep you dependent. Here's the dead-simple truth about {goal}:
I went from $30,000 in debt to a $500,000 net worth in 4 years. The boring strategy that made it possible:
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I went from {low point} to {high point} in {time}. The {adjective} strategy that made it possible:
If I had to start over today with 0 followers, I'd do this every single day
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If I had to start over today with {starting-point}, I'd do this every single day
5 ways to make money on social media:(even if you have 0 followers).
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{number} ways to make money on {platform}: (even if you have {starting-point}).
These 3 React Projects Will Teach You More Than 50 Tutorials Ever Could.
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These {number} {topic} will teach you more than {number} {common-path} ever could.
Why Ali Abdaal's YouTube channel is dying (my pov)
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Why {top-creator}'s {platform} channel is dying (my pov)
How To Be An Email Copywriter (& Get Paid) For Beginners
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How To Be An {role} (& Get Paid) For Beginners
AI Replacing Writers Wonβt Kill These Writing Jobs
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{Trend} Wonβt Kill These {Category} Jobs
The weird funnel that made me a millionare
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The {adjective} {system} that made me a {milestone}
I spent 10+ hours roasting SaaS websites for SEO
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I spent {number}+ hours roasting {niche} websites for {topic}
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