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Build your willpower!

Be around people that fortify your willpower. Build your willpower. Believe in the power of you and know that there is nothing that you can't do. I know a lot of smart broke people - and I just choose not to be one of them.

True wealth is what you give away!

I've never seen a hearse pull a U-Haul. You can't take it with you, so help others while you're here. Make an impact. I've given away over $10 million to charity because loving people is worth more than holding on to money.

What does the future of tech look like?

It's all AI, period. End of story. AI makes life easier and more efficient. I barely use Google anymore - I use ChatGPT all day long. It saves me three or four hours every day and has dramatically increased my productivity.

Let Your Product Do the Talking

The biggest lesson I learned is to focus on quality and let the product speak for itself. The best companies in the world have products that market themselves - you don't need to say anything. The product speaks for itself.

Life was not designed to give you what you need, life was designed to give you what you deserve.
If you didn't plant in the spring, then no harvest comes your way. If you planted little, then you are not gonna receive a lot

Did you have people that doubted you in business?

I don't allow people in the room to doubt me. If someone says no, it's because you haven't sold the benefits and you haven't created the urgency. 'No' is just another version of someone saying, 'I don't understand, sell me.'

We primarily get paid for value. Bringing value to the marketplace - that's how you get paid. You don't get paid for the time. I know it takes time to bring value to the marketplace but you get paid for the value not the time

Take special care of the inner circle - family, close friends. Nourish them, they'll nourish you. Inspire them, they'll inspire you. And take care of the details, the little things that makes it special for family and friends

If you are a creative type, who is kind of disorderly, then you are likely to be on the liberal left end of the distribution. And if you are a non-creative type and orderly, then you tend to be on the right wing end of things

Don't have debt. I am a debt-free operator. If there's a mistake, you can rebound. A lot of guys leverage all the debt up and want to talk about how many buildings they own - but they're so broke because they're leveraged up.

You can't get rid of January by tearing it off the calendar. But here's what you can do - you can get stronger, you can get wiser and you can get better. The winters won't change but you can and that's how life changes for you

You need to organize your family with a certain amount of discipline and a certain amount of structure so that you get to do what you want, so that you are happy to have your kids around, so that you won't take revenge on them

The Chick-fil-A Secret Every CEO Needs to Steal

You can't have someone behind the counter say "It's my pleasure" if they tripped over an extension cord, you're late with their paycheck, or they had to park half a mile away. Delight your employee. Everything flows from that.

Your best strategic position is how am I insufficient and how can I rectify that. That's what you've got. And the thing is you are insufficient and you could rectify it. Both of those are within your grasp if you aim low enough

Life is not a game, it's a series of games. And the right ethic is to be the winner of the series of games. And part of that means that you have to learn how to be a good looser because you are not going to win every single game

One way to not do very well in any hierarchy is to have a low IQ. If you have an IQ of less than 85 it's hard for you to read well enough to follow instructions. that's about 10% of the population. Might even be higher than that

No excuses, take responsibility

Imagine you were not born in America. You were born in Africa, India, the Middle East, or South Africa. What do you do? You put your drive together, get your access, get your act together. Don’t blame society - blame yourself.

Inner steadiness is life's greatest security

There are diseases money can't cure, relationships money can't restore, and losses money can't undo. The only thing that makes life bearable is an inner steadiness - the quiet confidence that you can handle whatever life brings.

Reach down inside of you and come up with some more of those remarkable human gifts. They're there, waiting to be utilized and then change anything for you you want to change. And I challenge you to do that because you can change

When people think your idea is crazy, you might be onto something

If you're doing something and your friends and family are challenging you - saying, “What are you doing?” - that's often a sign you're on the right track. The biggest opportunities usually don't look obvious to everyone else.

Opposites are in conflict and we are in the middle

It seems like opposites are in conflict and we are in the middle. Evil on one side, good on the other side; Illness on one side, good health on the other side; Darkness on one side, light on the other side and they are in conflict

Productivity to MAX

You really won't be that happy if you don't produce. Produce to the max if you possibly can.
To produce a little is okay.
To produce enough is okay.
To produce some to get by is alright.
But why not try productivity to the max?

The reality of bank lending

Banks give you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and when it starts raining, they take it away. When you truly need money, they're least willing to lend it - because they take risks only when they're confident they'll be repaid.

The power of visualizing what you want before you have it

I drove by this house when I was 17 years old and thought it'd be the coolest house ever. All those times when I was broke - I would always visualize this house. And when I was in a position to buy it, it came for sale. I bought it.