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To be a billionaire, you have to be arrogant enough to believe you can become one - and have a relentless belief that you can do it, taking risks that other people aren't willing to take.

The best ideas look crazy

If everybody thinks it's a great idea, you probably missed it. My best investments were the ones people thought were crazy. Once everyone agrees it's a great idea, it's already priced in.

Family is who shows up for you

Those people who are with you through the thick and thin, those people who are rooting for you no matter what, that's called family. The other ones are called blood. There's a difference.

If you took a random woman out of the population and a random man and you had to bet on who was more temperamentally aggressive, if you bet on the man you'd be right 60 percent of the time

Two Types of People: Talkers vs. Doers

There are two types of people on this planet: people that talk shit and people that do shit. If you talk shit you're going to be miserable. If you do shit you're going to have a good life.

Don't be fixing up the economy eighteen-year-olds, you don't know anything about the economy. It's a massive complex machine beyond anyone's understanding and you mess with it at your peril

You only need to please God!

Save your energy. Don't ever try to make people understand you or get approval from anyone. You only need to please God. If you keep trying to please humans, you will waste a lot of energy.

To be sincere, it's got to be true. You just can't come up with sincerity telling with erroneous story. You might make it sound sincere but sure enough, someday, it'll some back to haunt you

You could be way better

You could be incompatibly better across multiple dimensions and in pursuing that better that's where you'll find the meaning in your life and that would give you the antidote to the suffering

Don't panic. Be patient. The longer you are in something, the greater return it is. You have to stay in investments, because it compounds. Compounding money is the eighth wonder of the world.

The person who believes they can is right

You cannot doubt yourself. You have to believe in yourself more than anybody else, because the man who believes he can is right, and the man who believes he can't is right. That's everything.

Trust your wings, not the branch

Once you're comfortable in your wings, it doesn't matter whether the branch is strong or weak. A strong branch is great, a weak branch is just another lesson - you'll always find another one.

All values must be defended:
Political values
Social values
Community values
Family values
Marriage values
Friendship values
Business values
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Every garden must be tended all summer

Car washes business is depression-proof

You know how many billionaires have car washes? All the smart ones. It's like an ATM machine. A legal ATM machine. It's recession-proof. It's depression-proof. I learned that from Mr. Buffett.

Find someone who's actually done it

Find a great mentor - someone who's actually done it. There are plenty of teachers and gurus out there, but dig deep and find someone with real experience. Then pay close attention and listen.

A warning to young men!

For the young men out there: don’t look at porn. Stop pounding your fucking carrot every day. That’s your life force. Put that shit away. It will rob you of your soul, just like dope will.

When I don't know what to do...

When you don't know what to do - do nothing. So many people react to situations. If I don't know what to do, I take my time and I'll let you know when I'm ready. Don't make desperate decisions.

Purpose Takes Time!

When you understand that you have a Creator who placed you here for a unique purpose, you realize that purpose won’t be discovered overnight. It is developed, groomed, and nurtured over time.

Build for the growth you want

Most companies prepare for scale only when they have to. Build your processes and structure before growth arrives, so you're ready to grow into your potential instead of scrambling to catch up.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you can make a living, which is fine. But if you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune, which is super fine

It's not what happens, it's what you do

It's not what happens that determines the quality or the quantity of your life. It's what you do that changes everything. What happens is about the same. What people do - that's what's different

The injunction behind religious thought, fundamentally, is that you should live your life in such a way that the suffering it has to contain because you are confined and vulnerable, is justified

The distribution of the idea of individual sovereignty and property rights and free market economies out into the non-western world is making the non-western world rich really really really fast

You don't need a massive amount to start!

In the age of AI, you don't need a massive amount to start. You just need a good idea, grit, and hard work. You can use AI to build a business plan, a prototype, an app - and then raise funding.