He followed a mentor for nine years and the mentor was wrong for him. Not dishonest, not incompetent, simply a man with decades of contacts who built businesses through hotel meetings and three way calls, teaching somebody in his twenties with no network at all to work the same way. Scott Zlateff calls that his most expensive lesson, and it is the post to read first.
The success principles piece runs longer and starts where you would expect, with deciding, then makes a point most writers skip. Refusing to decide is itself a decision, and it moves you backwards.
He reviews a mobile service company he chose not to join, which is more useful than a review by somebody inside it.
Some posts promote an advertising programme with claims worth checking before you act on them, and the Black Friday and viral video pieces are entertainment.
Read the mentor post if you are following somebody whose path looks nothing like the one available to you.