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Always Play Offense AND Defense, Part II

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Matt McDonagh
Sep 13, 2025
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Sometimes I am surprised by an article flopping.

Other times, one of the pieces gets a big reaction.. and I completely expect it. Not because I am a genius talent writer.. but because of what I am writing about.

We all want to build a better life for ourselves.

We all understand that working systematically outperforms bursts of effort or disconnected energy / attention. When I write a piece that helps people understand pieces of wealth systems, or frameworks to build + grow them, you all resonate with it.

“Always Play Offense AND Defense” was one of those I bet this one resonates posts and I was right. It was one of our most shared posts on social media. Thanks to the great feedback we’re going to put together a series to give tactical advice, talk about leveraging teams and more.

Check out Part I if you haven’t already:

Always Play Offense AND Defense

Matt McDonagh
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Aug 20
Always Play Offense AND Defense

I love the way people talk about business.

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In the last piece, we talked about philosophy.

We drew a line in the sand between the business brawler, the reckless, chin-out haymaker-thrower…and the business boxer, the…

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