Hey everyone! Quick note here. I’ve been nominated for the 2026 Entrepreneur of Impact competition, run in partnership with Daymond John from Shark Tank, and I’ve made it into the Top 15 in my group. It takes about 10 seconds and you get one free vote. For the rest of today, each vote counts as two votes (doubled). If you’re open to it, I’d really appreciate the support. Vote here: https://entrepreneurofimpact.org/2026/jacob-g-kite You can also find the link on my Instagram https://instagram.com/jacobgkite Appreciate you all.

I’ve worked with beginners, seven-figure operators, and people who almost made it. The difference is never intelligence. It’s never access. It’s behavior. Here are the eight traits that show up every single time someone actually wins. 1. Determination Determination is making a decision and refusing to reopen it every time things get uncomfortable. Most people don’t fail because they picked the wrong path. They fail because they keep second-guessing the right one. If you’re constantly asking, “Is this still worth it?” You’re not determined — you’re emotionally negotiating. Winners decide once and execute until reality forces a change. 2. Praise of God This isn’t spirituality for show. This is psychological stability. When you acknowledge God, success doesn’t inflate you and failure doesn’t destroy you. You stay grounded. You stay objective. People who worship outcomes become fragile. People who praise God stay dangerous — in a good way. Gratitude keeps your ego out of the driver’s seat. And ego crashes businesses. 3. Grit Grit is doing the work long after motivation leaves. After the launch. After the likes. After nobody’s watching. Every successful entrepreneur I know has done boring, repetitive, unsexy work longer than they wanted to. Talent gets attention. Grit builds empires. 4. Perseverance Perseverance isn’t intensity. It’s continuity. Anyone can go hard for 30 days. Very few can stay steady for 3 years. Most businesses don’t fail — people quit during the awkward middle where nothing is obvious yet. If you can keep moving while results are quiet, you’re already ahead. 5. Patience Patience is understanding lag. Results don’t show up on your timeline. They show up on the market’s. Impatient entrepreneurs sabotage compounding by chasing relief. Patient ones let time amplify correct decisions. If you understood how long things actually take, you’d stop panicking so early. 6. Acceptance Acceptance is telling the truth about where you are.

2026, 4 days in. You making these 13 mistakes too? Experts make more mistakes than newbies. Fact. Smarter people make less money than normies. Fact. Educated people overthink whilst normies act. Fact. You know what I'm saying here? Do you ever feel like your income level doesn't match your expertise? These last few days my inbox has been hammered with leads + booked calls coming in from people wanting to start up and scale up their online biz. Everyone's excited it's 2026. Most people will quit within 7-21 days. By the second month - what was their new years resolution? All gone. Don't let that be you. Why Your Business Maybe Stuck Right Now... Let me guess... You've tried ads. You've tried funnels. You've tried copying what "worked" for someone else. And yet your revenue feels capped. You see everyone else "killing it brooooo"... Why not you? You see the girls on Instagram crushing it. You see the guys younger than you getting ahead. Why not you? Painful truth: It's not bad luck. It's not the algorithm. It's not timing. It's these mistakes. Here are the 13 brutal reasons your marketing and client acquisition funnels aren't working - most of which I learned the hard and expensive way. 1. You're trying to make ONE product do all the heavy lifting You're relying on a single offer to carry your entire business. That's fragile. One market shift, one ad account issue, one dip in demand and everything collapses. Real businesses give buyers options. Different prices. Different depths. Different commitments. If you only sell one thing, you're leaving money and customers on the table. I can help you craft 3-5 high ticket offers in the next 7 days. 2. Your market and message don't actually match Be honest. If I asked you to describe your ideal buyer in painful detail - What they fear. What keeps them awake. What they secretly want but won't say out loud... Could you? If not, your message is generic by default. And generic messaging gets ignored. This one mistake alone decides whether a funnel lives or dies. I can have my team write your copy and messaging for you in the next 7 days.