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Don't Sell Yourself Short!

I had a $30 million deal on the table. I walked away because 10% upfront wasn't enough to deliver excellence. I said, 'I'm happy to walk away rather than hurt my brand and hurt your outcome.' We didn't even make it to the gate - they called us back immediately.

It's not that easy to cleanup your room. You want your room to be set up so that when you walk in there it tells you to be better than you generally are. It's organized, it has got direction, everything is in its place. You try to do that in your chaotic household

The best relationships are built by adding value

Always look to add value to somebody if you want to build a relationship. It's never a one-way street. Even when you're asking someone for something, ask how you can help them in return. That's how great relationships are built, and it's been critical to my career.

polygamous society

If a polygamous society develops which is the alternative of monogamy, then a small minority of men get all the women and also making the women unhappy because the women don't have any access to a genuine intimate one-to-one relationship over any long period of time

hit the bottom and bounce right back up!

People hit rock bottom all the time. Most of them stay there. They get comfortable, build a couch, and make a home down there. Don't do that. One of the best things you can do in life is hit the bottom and bounce right back up. And that's exactly what you should do.

These principles make great leaders

Read "The Boy Scout Handbook". Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent. Those principles will serve you well as a leader whether you're an entrepreneur or running a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Do you think everybody is built for entrepreneurship?

I do not. Entrepreneurship looks very sexy from the outside, but it takes a lot—long hours, sacrifice, and often 100-hour workweeks if you're going to do it right. You can learn to be an entrepreneur, but not everyone is willing to make the sacrifices it requires.

Why do you need debt and intelligence?

Debt is dangerous - it's like a loaded gun. If you misuse it, you'll go down. Look at the United States: we're over $38 trillion in debt because a bunch of idiots are running the country and keep printing more and more money. That's what happens when idiots use debt.

If there is one thing to be a fanatic about it's your health. Take care of yourself. The Bible describes it this way: treat your body like a temple. That's a good word. Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed, a temple - something you take extremely good care of

Ant's philosophy - They don't settle for half. They go for all

To feel good about yourself do the best you can. Gather all you can during the summer. We call that the Ant's philosophy. Ant's don't settle for half. They go for all. All you possibly can, do the best you can. The greatest lift of self esteem is doing the best you can

If you put more effort and more time and focus into your work whatever it would be whether it's a podcast or your YouTube videos or whatever if people enjoy it they gravitate towards it and then over time it exponentially increases the amount of people that are exposed to it

Why Smart Investors Are All Looking at Africa?

Nine of the 20 fastest-growing economies in the world are going to be in Africa in 2025. Only 0.5% of the world's private equity and venture capital is going into Africa. It is the most overlooked, undervalued investment opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors right now.

If you don't like how it is for you change it!
If it doesn't suit you change it!
If it doesn't please you change it!
If it isn't enough change it!
And I challenge you to do that because you can change.
You don't ever have to be the same again after tonight only by choice

Value people, even if they don't share your beliefs

I don't just believe in God - I follow Him. I’ve always believed in God. Faith plays a big role in my life. Because I feel like Jesus lived this way, I value all the people in my life. They don’t have to share my faith or my belief system - I still want to care about them.

What is lesser self? The lesser self world be resentful and bitter and aggressive and vengeance seeking and all of those things that go along with having a negative moral character and those are things that interfere with your ability to progress as you move forward through life

You got to make people feel!

Attention is a currency. How you wield that attention, that's the art. The opposite of hate is not love; it's indifference. You cannot make people feel nothing. You got to make people feel - whether that's good or bad doesn't really matter because you can channel that attention.

There are only two ways to grow a business: capital or debt. You choose which one you want to use. If you have a million dollars in capital, it's easier to grow a business. If you can access a million dollars in debt, it's much the same - the key is having capital to fuel growth.

What does it mean to have a meaningful life?

What does it mean to have a meaningful life exactly? Maybe it means to take responsibility, because your sacrifices have to be worth something. It has to have some meat what you are aiming at. It has to be something that can elevate your worm-like self to the level of tolerability

Women are high Pergamus which means they meet across a knop dominance hierarchies and so if you're a male who's successful in a given hierarchy the probability that you're gonna have additional mating opportunities is exceptionally high. It's an unbelievably good predictor of that

Let me tell you a secret about fasting

I believe in fasting. When you fast with a purpose and involve the Lord in prayer, saying - “I’ve got a decision to make, I don’t know who to marry, what school to go to, whether to invest or not” - after 24 hours of fasting, when you move forward, He becomes your partner.

Self motivation

Key phrase - self motivation. You’ve got to motivate yourself because I found out you can’t change people. They can change themselves, but you can’t change them. Lord knows some I’ve tried. People have to change themselves. It takes self motivation to really alter your life

How do you make the world better? Tell the truth! Because the world you bring into being as a consequence of telling the truth will be a good world. I think it's true metaphorically, I think it's true theologically and I think it's true at the practical and scientific level as well

Money is not the end-all be-all

Enjoy your life, keep grinding, and remember that money is not the end-all be-all. Happiness is the goal. Go figure out how to be happy. It’s easier to be happy with money, yes - but real happiness comes from health, taking care of people, and doing right by people. Life is great.

Don’t base your worth on business success

I’m not going to base my worth on whether my business works or not. I’m grateful it’s been successful, and the Lord has blessed our business and our people. But at the end of the day, that’s not how I value myself. The business could go away tomorrow, and I’d still be okay.