06/27/25 - Wakie Wakie 4:44

Welcome to Your 444 Newsletter!

Where clarity, credibility, and the right conversations collide.

Today’s topic?
Why most entrepreneurs never get real answers to their biggest problems.

It is not because they are lazy.
It is not because they are not smart.
It is because they are asking the wrong people.

I used to do this too. Hustling alone. Hitting walls. Making money, then losing it just as fast.
All because I had no real circle. No one I could trust. No one who had actually built something beyond a social media post.

That changed when I got around people who had receipts.
Real business owners. Real operators. Real wealth.

Now? That room is the Deal Maker Alliance.
And last week, that room got access to a billionaire.

No fluff. No camera crew. Just unfiltered, tactical wisdom for entrepreneurs who are serious about growth.

4 Thoughts to Reflect On

1. Your network is either a multiplier or a weight.
   If your circle has never built what you are trying to build, their advice is costing you more than you think.

2. Proximity solves what podcasts can’t.
   Hearing a strategy is one thing. Having it applied to your business live is something else entirely.

3. Most free advice is recycled nonsense.
   What you hear in the cheap seats is not what gets discussed behind closed doors.

4. If you are the smartest one in the room, you are in the wrong room.
   You need a circle that stretches your thinking, not just claps for your moves.

4 Lessons I’ve Learned

1. Growth is faster when you borrow someone else’s wisdom.
   A one-hour call can save you six months of trial and error.

2. You do not need a hundred mentors. You need five real ones.
   But they only show up when you are in the right environment.

3. Success leaves clues. But only if you are close enough to see them.
   You cannot spot winning patterns from the outside looking in.

4. Being in motion is not the same as building momentum.
   Sometimes the missing piece is not another strategy. It is the right person asking the right question.

4 Challenges for You This Week

1. Audit the advice you are acting on.
   Where did it come from? And has it actually moved the needle?

2. Write down the last big business question you had.
   Then ask: who did you go to for the answer? Did it help or just confuse you?

3. Look at your current circle.
   Are they growing? Are they pushing you? Or are you carrying the weight?

4. Make the move to get in the right room.
   Apply to the Deal Maker Alliance and start getting answers from people who have actually built something real.

You do not need more noise. You need sharper voices.
And the right voices are waiting inside the room.

To smarter moves and stronger circles,

Mark Evans DM