The fastest way to get rich is to copy.

Most people won't do it. Their ego won't

let them, but there is a guy called

Monish Pabrai who did not care about any

of that. He copied Warren Buffett. How

he spends his day, how he runs his

business, how he makes every decision

without ever meeting him. And he made

$154 million from it. He calls himself a

shameless cloner, and he's quite proud

of it.

I know you clicked this video for a

reason. You have a side business, a

YouTube channel, or a skill that you

want to turn into real money. Maybe even

quit your job and do it full-time. But

nothing seems to be working.

I have been there.

And what Pabrai figured out changed

everything for me. It can do the same

for you. Let me show you how.

Imagine two gas stations right across

the street from each other. Same

neighborhood, same prices, same gas. One

of them is absolutely crushing it. Cars

wrapped around the block, loyal

customers, making tons of money. But the

other one is losing money every single

month. What's the difference?

Well, the successful gas station wipes

your windshield for free, checks your

tire pressure, tiny little touches that

cost them very little. But here's the

thing. The failing station can see this

happening every single day. The winning

strategy is literally right there across

the street. But they won't copy it. Why?

Pride. Ego.

We don't copy other people. We do things

our way.

And they go bankrupt. Pabrai read about

this and he realized something.

Humans have something weird in their DNA

that prevents them from adopting good

ideas easily.

The solution to your problem might be

right in front of you. Someone else

already figured it out. It's working.

It's proven.

But you won't do it because you want to

be original.

But Mohnish Pabrai made a different

choice.

One day, he's sitting at the Heathrow

Airport between flights, killing time,

and he picks up a book called One Up On

Wall Street by Peter Lynch.

He's flipping through it and he comes

across something about Warren Buffett.

Now, Mohnish Pabrai knew nothing about

investing at this point. He was just an

engineer. But he reads that Buffett was

making 31% a year for over 40 years

straight.

Most investors can't even get 10.

So, right there in that airport, Mohnish

Pabrai has one thought.

This guy has figured out the investing

game.

What if I just copy exactly what he

does? Not try to be smarter than

Buffett, not try to improve on his

methods, not add his own brilliant

twist.

Just copy everything. No shame, no ego.

So, Mohnish Pabrai goes home and starts

studying Buffett like it is his life's

work.

He reads everything Buffett ever wrote,

watches every interview, reads every

book about him. He starts going to

Buffett's annual meeting every single

year

for over 20 years straight. [music] He

copies everything. How Buffett

structures his business, how he spends

his morning. He even starts reading 5, 6

hours a day and working completely

alone. The same way Buffett does.

And over the years,

he starts making millions.

Then, in 2007, he decided to actually

meet Buffett. Every year, Buffett

auctions off a lunch for charity.

Mohnish Pabrai and his friend pay

$650,000

just for lunch with Buffett. People

thought they were insane.

But Pabrai thought differently. In Hindu

culture, there's a concept called Guru

Dakshina.

It is a gift to your spiritual teacher

when your education is complete.

Buffett had taught him everything,

changed his life, turned him from an

engineer into a millionaire without even

knowing Pabrai existed.

None of that would have happened if

Pabrai had not been willing to

shamelessly copy in the first place.

If cloning is this powerful, why is

almost nobody doing it? Pabrai has a

very simple answer.

They are not as shameless as me.

They have more ego. To be a great

cloner, you have to leave your ego at

the door.

An ego shows up in two ways.

The first is the originality trap. From

childhood, you are taught copying is

bad. Schools call it cheating. You get

punished for it. But here is the

reality.

Almost every successful person started

by copying. They just don't advertise

it. Sam Walton, the guy who built

Walmart, the biggest retail chain on

Earth, used to walk into competitor

stores with a notepad and a pen,

scribbling down their layouts, their

shelf arrangements, how they placed

their signs.

He called it the best part of the job.

But most people are too embarrassed

[clears throat] to admit they copy.

Pabrai does not have this problem.

Someone asked him, "Pabrai, why don't

more people clone like you?"

He said,

"They have too much ego. I don't care if

you think I am unoriginal. I care about

winning."

That is it. He's not trying to impress

you and me. He just wants results.

The second way ego shows up is more

sneaky. Even when people try to copy,

they dip their toes in for a week and

give up.

Pabrai says, "These damn humans hear

something and say, "Good idea. Maybe I

will use it." That does not work. You

have to go 10,000%

or nothing.

But, here's what most people

misunderstand about cloning. They think

it means becoming a mindless copycat. It

is the opposite. Pabrai cloned from

multiple sources. Buffett for investing,

Munger for thinking, Graham for

principles, philosophers for life

decisions. He took the best from the

best and put them together his own way.

And the funny thing is, by cloning from

so many sources, he actually became

original. Because no one else combined

those pieces the same way. Pabrai says,

"I have no original ideas. Everything is

cloned."

But, nobody else put those pieces

together the way he did. This brings me

to the most important part of this

video.

I did not make this video just to tell

you about Pabrai. I made it to help you.

Almost every single week someone comes

to me, a friend, a subscriber, asking me

why their channel is not growing. Why

their business is stuck. Why nothing is

working. And every time it is the same

problem.

They're trying to be original before

they understand the rules of the game.

Let me show you what I mean. A few

months ago a friend of mine came to me

for advice.

She runs a short-form YouTube channel

where she shares food recipes. I look at

her channel and honestly, everything

looks clean, polished, well-edited.

Then I ask her one simple question.

"Can you show me the top competitors in

your niche?"

She pulls up one of the biggest channels

in the space.

And the moment I look at it, I notice a

few important things.

They have no subtitles, no music. They

never put the recipe for the food on the

screen. Every video is around 30

seconds. And most importantly, every

single video was on a topic that was

already proven to get views in that

niche.

But my friend,

she was doing the opposite of all of it.

She was adding subtitles, music, putting

the full recipe on the screen. And on

top of that, she was picking topics

based on what she thought the audience

wanted.

So, I asked her,

"Why are you doing this differently?"

And she says,

"Well, I think adding the subtitle and

recipe makes it more useful for the

viewer. Plus, I want to create something

original. I don't want to be a copycat."

And this is exactly where beginners go

wrong.

Because that creator, the one with

millions of views, that's not an

accident. That person already figured

something out. There's a reason there

are no subtitles, no music, and no

recipe on the screen.

They probably tried all of those things.

And the data told them, "It does not

work."

But beginners come in and think,

"I know better. I will do it my way and

improve it."

No, you will not. Not yet.

And this really drives me crazy, because

in real life, nobody would ever do this.

Think about it. If you wanted to become

a barber, you would never walk into a

barber shop on day one and say, "Hey

everyone, I have never cut hair before

in my life, but don't worry, I am going

to figure out my own way."

Of course, you would never do that.

Instead, you would find the best barber

you could, you would stand behind him

and watch how he holds the scissors, how

his wrist moves, how he tilts the

customer's head, how he talks to them

while he works. You would copy

everything. And only after weeks of

doing it this way, once your hands

actually understand the craft, then you

would start experimenting.

But as soon as people start a business

or YouTube channel, they skip this step

completely. They do not learn first.

They do not copy first. They just

reinvent.

And then they wonder why nothing works.

By the way, my friend actually listened

and started cloning what works. 3 months

later, she proudly shows me how many

views she got. One video hit 100,000

views.

Then another crossed half a million.

She did not invent anything new. She

just stopped trying to be original and

started cloning what was already

working.

And now she is slowly starting to

experiment with new things because she

already understands the basic rules of

the game.

All right. So, let's get practical. You

want to clone?

Here's how.

Go back to what Pabrai did. He did not

pick five investors and grab a little

from each. He picked the one. The

absolute best, and he went all in before

he branched out. That is what you need

to do. Find your Buffett. If you're a

YouTuber, find the one channel in your

niche that is doing better than everyone

else.

If you're starting a business, find the

one person who already built what you

are trying to build. Pick one. And once

you find them, do not just skim the

surface. Pabrai did not just watch one

interview and call it a day. He read

every letter, went to meetings for 20

plus years. He was not trying to get a

summary. He was trying to understand how

Buffett thinks. What principles are

behind every decision he makes?

And here's the part most people skip.

The boring parts.

Everyone wants to clone the big flashy

insight, the one golden idea. But

success is not one big insight. It is

1,000

small decisions that stack up over time.

How you structure your morning, how you

handle distractions, how you protect

your time.

It's like going to the gym. You can't

just do the exercises you enjoy and skip

everything else. Doesn't work like that.

You have to do the whole program.

Same thing here. Clone the whole system,

not just the parts you find exciting.

Then, and only then,

you are allowed to adjust.

So, if you are out there right now

trying to build something and nothing

seems to be working,

stop for a second and ask yourself one

honest question.

Am I copying what already works or

trying to be original before I have

mastered the basics?

Because chances are the winning formula

is already right in front of you,

but you refuse to use it.

Thanks for watching.

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