The 8th edition of The Post Game Newsletter features Jay Yang, author of You Can Just Do Things & Social Media Strategist for Alex & Leila Hormozi.
He just recently crossed the 250,000-follower mark on Instagram after staying consistent over 5 years and 1,470 posts. I feel like he just does a really good job breaking down complex topics into practical advice for people.
Here are a few takeaways from the conversation:
5 years and 1,470 posts Later
He talks about doing so many reps that it’s impossible to fail. In a world constantly seeking immediate gratification, he’s stayed consistent for 5 years, doing the work every day.
You Can Just Do Things
Jay wanted to apprentice under people he looked up to and talks about doing the work up front so that you become impossible to ignore. He says that if he followed the default path, he’d end up with the default life.
He says Permissionless work makes sense when it’s intentional. For him that was picking out his favorite company at the time Beehiiv (this Newsletter platform), putting together a pitch deck of how he could help the company, and sending it to the founder, Tyler Denk. It landed him a job with them and helped him launch his career from there.
Proponent of a “North Star”
Jay talks a lot about a North Star and how it can help you remove distractions and make decisions / sacrifices in accordance to whatever your goals are. He also says if you don’t know what your North Star is, then maybe you should experiment with a bunch of different things til you find it.
“Clarity doesn’t come before action, clarity comes from action”
You’re Either Earning or Learning
He says once you find learning is declining and earning isn’t growing, it might be time to work for someone else or start your own thing.
He keeps a running learning doc from every person he’s ever worked with. If he doesn’t add to the learning doc at least once a week, then he knows it’s time to try something else.
The Four Types of Luck
Blind Luck - Where you grow up, your parents, etc.
Hustle Luck - Luck that comes from motion. You take so many actions where you can make things happen.
Luck by Spotting Unique Opportunities - You develop knowledge and find a gap in the market where you have specific knowledge. Maybe you can build a business from it or work alongside someone in that area.
Luck From Attraction - You’ve built a skill set and knowledge to where now people are coming to you with opportunities.
He says he got his most recent opportunity with Alex Hormozi through Luck from Attraction.
People in his network knew people from Hormozi’s content team and linked them up. It was a result of permissionless work from the past.
What Would he do Differently?
He says tactically, he wouldn’t do anything different. But psychologically, he didn’t have to make things so serious that didn’t have to be. He says questions he’d ask himself are: What would this look like if this was fun? What would the less stressed version of this look like?
He says the journey has been a lot of running away from something vs. running towards something. Right now, he’s in the process of shifting that to running towards something
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Other Things this Week:
Nick Castellanos is one of the most interesting / unique Philly athletes that I can remember (in my lifetime at least).
He’s had some extreme highs during his time in Philly (2023 playoffs - pretty sure he was the first player in MLB history with back-to-back multi-homer games).
He’s also had some extreme lows (2022 - Jim Salisbury asking the most rhetorical question of all time asking if he heard fans booing him after a loss, in which Casty told him it was a stupid question - it might have been).
This season has been a rollercoaster. Most recently, he’s under fire after fielding questions from reporters about how he’s adjusting to his new role platooning in the outfield and what his relationship is like with his manager, Topper.
I think it’s a double-edged sword. He can probably do a better job not making it seem like he should still be in there every day when he hasn’t produced much since July and Bader hitting .315 with 5 HRs, 16 RBIs, and 28 runs since the trade to the Phillies.
At the same time, he’s got reporters asking him the same questions every day - especially the guy who asked him about his future with the club while his current team has a legitimate shot to make a World Series run. They’re doing their jobs and Casty takes the bait too often / wears his emotions on his sleeve. But how do you answer the question “Do you understand why you’re not playing every day?” looking to generate click bait and headlines.
This podcast he did with Mookie pulls back the curtain more on the situation and also just shows Casty has much more patience for guys who are walking / have walked in his shoes.
Merrill Reese
I fell asleep during the second half of the game and woke up asking Lindsey what happened. She said I’m pretty sure something big happened at the very end of the game. Yes, it did.
HERE IS THE MERRILL REESE CALL OF THE GAME WINNING BLOCK
GOOSEBUMPS
— #Philly Sports Sufferer (#@mccrystal_alex)
8:26 PM • Sep 21, 2025
Carson Wentz
6 teams in 6 seasons is crazy, but I am rooting for Carson Wentz. Always think it’s cool to see guys like Baker Mayfield / Sam Darnold revive their careers after seemingly being dead in the water.
Carson Wentz has the opportunity to rewrite history…
— #MNMuse (#@_MNMuse)
7:35 PM • Sep 15, 2025
The Reverse Phillies Karen
The smile on this guys face could be one realizing he just gave up one of the more sought out balls in recent history. Or he could be the ultimate reverse Phillies Karen and a great guy. Either way, this is awesome.
This is awesome. Need to publicize guys like this as much as we did the Philly Karen.
— #Big Cat (#@BarstoolBigCat)
12:05 PM • Sep 25, 2025
Free Agent
On Episode 65, I had on Kirsten Toth, former hockey player and founder of athlete networking platform, Free Agent. She was awesome and is doing great things to connect former athletes looking to figure out that next step, make connections, and find job opportunities.
Had the chance to talk to her team about why I think what she’s building can help athletes in their next chapter.
Something Funny
Might be NSFW (language) for Astrazeneca ears
Upcoming PGP Episodes:
10/2: Stephen Bienko - Founder & CEO of 42U. Stephen partners with university athletic departments and student-athletes to help them develop personal brands, enhance NIL opportunities, and prepare for life after sports
10/9: Aidan Melograna - College Basketball player who quit playing hoops (for now) to build an info marketing agency
10/16: Going to post episode with Brandon Zachary where he had me on his podcast Athlete Resilience Center
Thanks for checking out the Newsletter / podcast. LMK if there’s anyone you’d like to see on the pod and I’ll cold email / DM them until they respond.
See you next week,
Joe