Opinions on Dan Koe?

[Adam256]

I am currently in the middle of reading the Art of Focus by Dan Koe, and have seen some of his content before, but I was curious to see if anyone else heard about him before?

 

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[theag]

Never heard of him. After a quick google search, he seems like your typical run-of-the-mill wannabe guru. So pass from me.

 

[ZackerySprague]

He's okay. I've seen some of his videos.

 

[Vntonio]

I have read all of his letters (newsletter) and seen 90% of his videos since his beginning.

He is documenting his journey on psychology, the human mind, spirituality and writing.
In the beginning, his content was good, "originally"-putting together all the books he read so he can make you more enlighted.

But what about now?
He is trying to sell his programs, courses, masterminds, books and soon to be his SAAS.
More than that, every single letter has the same format, and the same ideas, he just mixes the ideas to form a new old topic.

In the last few months, I read the same shit over and over again. I'm now bored, nothing new, just his products every 500 words.

 

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[MTF]

At first I thought he was interesting because he was a solopreneur making lots of money. Then I realized he was just another Twitter bro telling everyone to do what he does (generic self-help) and selling them dreams.

His emails are ridiculously convoluted, written in a pseudo-intellectual style that reminds me of Nassim Taleb. There's no real business advice behind it, just becoming another guru writing the same shit in the same cliche Twitter style.

There are lots of guys like him appearing recently, claiming they figured out a way to be a 7-figure solopreneur. But dig into their background and you'll notice that many of them are now successful only because they had an extremely high-paying job (like Justin Welsh) or don't have any real products outside of the Twitter circle jerk world.

 

[Indulgency]

I think he is a great creator, great marketer, has built a finely tuned audience, and is great at monetizing his audience and building himself a funnel of people willing to pay for his products. So he has built himself a great business. Can you learn some things from him that add value to your life related to productivity or similar ideas? For sure. Is it worth paying for any of his stuff? Probably not. You could just read the common books and ideas much of his content is based on yourself.

Personally, when I first saw his videos a year or so ago they sounded intelligent and worth watching, but I have since unsubscribed. the value add is no longer there for me. The 20 minute rants of him saying basic things in a complex way to sound enlightened has gotten old.

 

[StrikingViper69]

I read two of his tweets after reading this thread. This type of guru’ing can be done with ChatGPT;’ for sure

 

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[Panos Daras]

I am at a point with these Gurus that the more I read or consume, the worse I feel about myself.

It's really hurting me. This is why I stopped with business/ self-help books. Now I just read about scientific topics and history. You can learn more about the real world and humanity from these kinds of books.

To be honest, after I read Noah's book, "Million Dollar Weekend," which focused on people just starting out, I realized I already knew everything I needed. Taking action and finding my personalized 'why' is way more important. Like much, much more.

It's like the old days with journalists; they all said the same stuff but with a different spin.

More and more content without any context. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Their whole business model is selling books and courses. That also applies to this guy Dan Koe. It is just fluff.

 

[Kevin88660]

His free content seems decent.

Reminds me of Dan Lok who has been delivering good free content, and the only complaints against him come from people who paid for his high ticket sales courses.