#322: JT Barnett – Seeing The Future

JT Barnett is a former professional athlete turned founder and content creator. His content is centered around business, marketing, and lifestyle and has grown his audience to over 1M people. In this conversation, we spoke about how he broke down different platforms at a young age, how he spots talent, JT's internal growth, how to find a wife, when he knew he’d be famous, and much more.

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(0:00) Intro

(2:00) Breaking Down MySpace & Instagram

(5:41) Why Does JT Break Down Platforms?

(9:13) Systems Are Meant To Be Built Then Broken

(24:59) Where Are We Going?

(30:45) Why Do We Take Selfies Now?

(37:15) Public Relationship & Fame

(44:22) Finding A Wife

(46:32) JT’s Many Coaches

(49:55) Going Internal

(52:15) More Comfortable In Survival

(59:18) When Did JT Know He Was Going To Be Famous?

(1:00:19) Spotting Talent

(1:08:53) Scaling The Unscalable

(1:13:48) What Does JT Want People To Take Away?

(1:17:18) Challenge

Resources

• 11 Reasons Not To Be Famous By Tim Ferriss https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/
• Due Diligence: JT Barnett – Lessons From 1M+ on TikTok & Avising Brands and Creators – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TVemUDfVabqzJO7nlbcPp?si=70e79200b3434f8b

Creators Mentioned By JT

• Matt Choi – https://www.instagram.com/mattchoi_6
• Tamar Ciment – https://www.tiktok.com/@tamarciment
• Victoria Paris – https://www.tiktok.com/@victoriaparis
• Timm Chiusano – https://www.tiktok.com/@timmchiusano
• Connor Price – https://www.instagram.com/connorprice_
• Arden Jones – https://www.instagram.com/ardenjones

JT’s Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jtbarnett/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jtbarnett.

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jtbarnett

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