👋Hi, I’m Jay Yang. Got a bunch of new followers here, so wanted to reintroduce myself. I believe you don’t need permission to create your own opportunities. When I was 16, I cold-emailed Tyler Denk, the CEO of beehiiv, with a list of ideas on how I could help. That email turned into an internship where I built beehiiv 101—a course that’s helped hundreds of users unlock the platform’s potential. At 17, I sent Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo, a 19-page pitch deck breaking down gaps in his social media and email marketing—and how to fix them. That landed me a role as Head of Content, where I led campaigns (like the one that made Million Dollar Weekend a New York Times bestseller). At 18, I decided to try my hand at the game of business and scaled a ghostwriting and creative agency to six-figures within its first year. At 19, I self-published my first book You Can Just Do Things, which became an Amazon best-seller, and dropped out of college to work as a social media strategist at Acquisition[.]com on Alex & Leila Hormozi’s media team—where I help write ads, tweets, newsletters, YouTube scripts, and many other things in between. When I’m not working, you’ll find me: - Playing pickup basketball at the local gym. - Picking up and putting down heavy things (roughly 10-12 times). - Working on my second book. - Hanging with family and friends. I started writing on Twitter in 2021 to share what I’m learning about marketing, strategy, and building a life I love. If that tickles your fancy, welcome to my lil corner of the internet. 🤝

You can just do things

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YOU CAN JUST DO THINGS

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Can’t believe I turned 20 today… What a wild journey it’s been so far: When I was 16, I cold-emailed Tyler Denk, the CEO of beehiiv, with a list of ideas on how I could help. That email turned into an internship where I built beehiiv 101—a course that’s helped hundreds of users unlock the platform’s potential. At 17, I sent Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo, a 19-page pitch deck breaking down gaps in his social media and email marketing—and how to fix them. That landed me a role as Head of Content, where I led campaigns (like the one that made Million Dollar Weekend a New York Times bestseller). At 18, I decided to try my hand at the game of business and scaled a ghostwriting and creative agency to six-figures within its first year. At 19, I dropped out of college to work on Alex & Leila Hormozi’s media team, and self-published my first book You Can Just Do Things, which became an Amazon best-seller. …and now I’m 20. Part of me feels like I have to follow it up with something even bigger and grander this year. But the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized how important patience and playing the long game is to your long term success. So when I feel restless or anxious about my future, I zoom in. I will write daily. I will read daily. I will lift daily. I will learn daily. I will help others daily. If I do those things, I cannot lose. Here’s to another trip around the sun! ✊🏼

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Hey, I genuinely never do this, but it's my birthday and I just had an amazing workout this morning - I'm in one of those moods where I just want to share the good vibes. So here's something I've never done before: I'm cutting my book price in half. Today through Sunday, you can grab a copy for $9.99 instead of $19.99. If you've been on the fence about reading it, maybe this is your sign. Or if you know someone who might enjoy it, it's a perfect time to gift it to a friend too. Anyway. Link is in the tweet below. Let’s have a day! ✊🏻 -Jay

this hits

this hits "Study the tape."

Learning occurs through reps and feedback, not time. Which is why there are 50 year olds with the maturity of a 20 year old, and 20 year olds with the maturity of a 50 year old.

Bad leaders take credit and give blame. Good leaders give credit and take blame.

The best leaders develop other leaders.