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What affects us most?

To the pessimist the glass is always half empty. To the optimist the glass is half full. Why would the same measure affect people two different ways. Answer - it all depends on how you look at it. Our lives are mostly affected by the way we think things are, not the way they are. The way we think they are affects us most

Learn how to protect your crops all summer. You got to take care of what you start. Sure enough as soon as you've planted your garden in the spring, the busy bugs and the noxious weeds are out to take it. They'll take it, unless you prevent it. You've got to learn to prevent the Intruder from taking all the good you start

Everyone has the same 24 hours

No matter how much money you have, everyone has 24 hours. So I focus on how I use every minute - whether I need eight hours of sleep or can push with six or five, whether I'm being productive or just on my phone. Every minute of my day is focused on basketball teams, my kids, or running my mortgage company - and it works.

Good ideas are reserved for those that search

If you start to search, the odds are excellent you will find good ideas. If you search, you will find. Finding is reserved for those, that search. Ideas are not reserved for those that hope. They're not reserved for those that wish. They're not reserved for those who complain. Good ideas are reserved for those that search.

Incremental steps to success

You take an incremental step and well now you can lift 55 pounds instead of 52.5 pounds. It's one step on a very long journey and it starts to compound on you. So a small step today puts you in a position to take a slightly bigger step for the next day and you do that for two or three years. Man you are starting to stride!

The major question to ask on the job is not what are you getting, the major question to ask on the job is what are you becoming. The big question is not what am I getting paid here, the big question is - what am I becoming here. Because true happiness is not contained in what you get. Happiness is contained in what you become

Competition builds work ethic

I love competition - it drives my work ethic. When you compete, two things happen: you either win and feel great, or you lose and learn what you need to improve so you don't lose again. Competition has driven my work ethic, and that work ethic has been my greatest asset because I'm willing to do things others are unwilling to do.

Has faith helped you out? Do you believe in God?

Yeah - 100%. I've seen it in my life. There were things clearly out of my control - they were in God's hands. In the early days we called them “angels” - people who showed up at the right time, did the right thing, and provided exactly what was needed. And suddenly, the business grew. So yes, I believe there's a higher power.

Each of us need all of us. One person doesn't make an economy. One person doesn't make a symphony orchestra. It takes all of us for each of us to be successful. Each of us need all of us and all of us need each of us. Each gift is important as we bring it to the table, as we bring it to the country, as we bring it to the community

Will business owners who ignore AI get left behind?

I do think they'll get left behind. The key isn't just using AI - it's knowing how to use it. You have to educate yourself, learn how to ask better questions, keep drilling down, and get the information you're looking for. AI is an amazing tool, and anyone who wants to improve their business should learn how to use it effectively.

You should be responsible because you need to have a deep meaning in your life to offset the suffering so you don't get bitter. And the way you do that is to bear a heavy load. To get yourself in check for you now and for you in the future and then to do the same for your family and your community. There's real nobility and meaning

Build Wealth by Building Others

Billionaires make millionaires. Millionaires make billionaires. But I've never seen a billionaire make another billionaire. So invest in people deeply. Help them get wealthy. The best business builders I've seen in my life are the ones that help other people build wealth. Nobody teaches it in school. It's like a game behind a game.

I can't imagine anything we could possibly strive for in our society that would make it into hell faster than equality of outcome. Historical evidence for the pathology of that root is so strong. You have to be historically ignorant beyond belief or malevolent or resentful beyond comprehension in order to think that that's a good idea

Definition of resolve is "promise yourself you will never give up". I asked the kids - how long should a baby try to learn how to walk? How long would you give your average baby before you shut him off?
Any mother in the world would say - you're crazy, my baby is going to keep trying until it learns how to walk.
What a magic formula!

The three pillars of business success

Three things: Cash - cash flow is critical to any business. It's your oxygen, watch your debt and your payables. Communications - if your team doesn't know where you're going, they can't execute; uncertainty is a killer. And Character - in times of trouble, you will be tested. Character is what ultimately separates a winner from a loser.

God has a better plan!

Commit your plans to the Lord, and He will establish them. But so often we say, “Here are my plans - let’s make it happen,” like God is a genie in a bottle. And He responds, “That’s cute - I’ve got a better plan.” Because His plan is bigger, He sees the outcome, and He even knows the desires of our hearts better than we do.

Ask with intelligence! Be clear! Be specific! Intelligent asking means how wide, how high, how soon, when, what size, what color, how much...
Define what you want and describe what you want. That's powerful. Goals become like a magnet. They pull you that direction and the better you describe them the more they pull. So ask intelligently!

Why do the wealthiest people invest in real estate?

Real estate is a very solid asset. You can touch it, feel it, see it, and even smell it. It's one of the least volatile investments, which makes it attractive from a risk-management standpoint. That's why many of the world's wealthiest and most successful people invest in real estate - it's one of the most versatile asset classes out there.

You get back much more than what you put out

You do not reap what you sow but rather you always reap much more than what you sow.
You don't get back what you put out. You get back much more than what you put out.
It works both positive and negative.
On the negative side it said - if you sow to the wind you reap the whirlwind.
So you've got to get ready for that or you will be naive

Complaining, crying, whining, griping...

Complaining, crying, whining, griping, a Bible word called murmuring... see that will ace your future, spend five minutes complaining and you have wasted five, and you may have begun what’s known as economic cancer of the bone.
Surely they will soon haul you off into a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret

You can't succeed by yourself

If you want to do well it takes all of us to help each of us. Good phrase - it takes all of us to help each of us do well. You can't succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit. You need a market. You need a society. We need each other's ideas. We need each other's collective ideas. Collective participation in the marketplace, society

Your better future is a dream for yourself and for your family - where do you want to go, what do you want to do, what do you want to be, what do you want to see... You've got to dream dreams. There's a Bible phrase that says - without dreams and visions people perish. You've got to have something to go for that inspires the heart and the soul

The role of faith in your career

I believe in an energy constantly creating all things, and if I cultivate a relationship with it, I can become far more powerful than I am alone. If I tap into the movement, the flow, and the creative intelligence that makes the sun, the stars, and the trees, I know I can be infinitely more creative and powerful than I am through my ego alone.

Be in every class you possibly can. Stay as long as you can.
The key is not to be careless in the gathering of knowledge, not to be casual in the ideas that could double your health, triple your income, accelerate your career, secure your fortune, amplify your harvest, so don't be careless in the gathering of ideas. Absorb every one you possibly can