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If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.
Know your numbers. Measure them. Own them.

People do what you do, not what you tell them.

What I Would Tell the Next Generation

If I had one guiding principle for the younger generation, it would be this: follow God.
The one and only, the great I AM—Jesus. Jesus is King.

Slow Success Lasts

People are always looking for an easy button - they want it fast. But the best barbecue is cooked the whole weekend, not in a microwave.

Small Steps Compound

How did we get here? One tiny step at a time, one tiny conversation at a time.

Even if you don't feel good, shut up and go do it anyway.

Responsibility is yours

Nobody's going to come discover you. Nobody's going to come save you. The Cavalry's not coming. You have to get up, leave the cave, kill something, drag it home. And even if you don't feel good, shut up and go do it anyway.

You have to get up, leave the cave, kill something, drag it home.

Nobody's going to come discover you. Nobody's going to come save you.

The hardest one is the first one.

Debt-Free Real Estate Strategy That Built a Billion

When real estate has no debt on it, it cash flows like crazy. Get one or two properties and pretty quickly they'll throw off enough cash to buy the third. You get this positive snowball working in your favor.

Pay cash and move slow.

Why Debt Is Just Risk With a Different Name

Debt equals risk, and the borrower is slave to the lender. We went slowly because we did it with organic cash - but when COVID hit, we didn't go out of business.

Hardest Seasons Bring You Closest to God

I met God on the way up, got to know Him on the way down.

I never hold back. I didn't get here by holding back.

Human connection is becoming more valuable

As the world goes more AI and more tech, the non-scalable human interactions and effort you put into the people you roll with are about to explode in value - even though people still misunderstand its value today.

The power of non-scalable leadership

I'm busy, but I'll always make time for non-scalable behaviors - having dinner with teammates, one-on-one conversations, and 15-minute check-ins. Let people know you're human, and learn what they truly care about. That's what's missing.

I have no time. I'm fighting for every second.

The CEO Skill Nobody Teaches

Scaling unscalable behaviors with the human beings that most matter to your outcome is disproportionately the most important thing a CEO can do.

Keep going until you get there

Keep fighting, keep going, and then do what you want to do.

You need enough cash flow to keep the business alive.

What it takes to build success

To build something like an 80 million business, you have to sacrifice time. One day only has 24 hours, and every day and night you are thinking about how to improve, how to get more business, and how to do things better. Every moment, your mind is on your work. I would go to the office every day, even on holidays, reading documents and staying focused.

Find successful people, study them, and do exactly what they do.

Follow the pattern of success

I just follow the pattern. Many of my friends are older than me and very successful in business, so I study what they do and follow exactly the patterns they use.