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15 years of biz & life lessons in <500 words: ↓ ↓ ↓ 1. Marrying well is the biggest life hack of all. 2. Be the type of person who reaches out to others... when you don't need something. 3. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency. 4. Most successful people move with this mindset: Entitled to nothing, willing to earn everything. 5. Pray like it's up to God. Work like it's up to you. 6. You don't need more time, you need a deadline. 7. The success you are looking for is waiting for you in the work you are currently avoiding. 8. Biographies of billionaires teach you more than self-help books. 9. Your lack of focus will kill you before your competitors ever get a chance. 10. Winning isn't an accident, it's earned. 11. Underrated superpower: Just dumb enough to believe in yourself, just smart enough to execute. 12. Complexity makes you seem smart. Simplicity makes you money. 13. Surround yourself with owners, the conversation is just different. 14. The more you learn about money, the more you realize most of us play with Legos while the really rich play chess. 15. Beginners do too much. Pros do only what's needed. 16. Underperformers want ease. Midperformers want credit. Winners want pressure. 17. Your most expensive mistake will be a "who," not a "what." 18. If you've survived this far, the odds are actually are in your favor. 19. The formula is: keep going after it gets hard. If you liked this post and you're NOT signed up for my newsletter... you're seriously missing out. Get it here → https://lnkd.in/eYXDrkzT
99.9999% of millionaires, businesspeople, entrepreneurs, etc. agree with you on #1 😂
Are you serious about #1? If you are guiding people to marry well to make their lives better, that’s pretty misogynistic. You lost me at #1.
"Be the type of person who reaches out to others... when you don't need something." All day long; we just don't have enough of this.
I am a young, black student from a little city at the tip of Africa. The mere fact that this post reached me is INSANE to think about. And this is the most valuable list of “life laws” I have ever read on the internet. Each and every line felt like they were forged by years of pain and pressure. Is this part of your new book? If so, then I have to scrape what little I can and buy it now to extract and study these lessons. Carry on doing God’s work! Codie A. Sanchez
Numbers 4 + 5 + 6 are Mic-Drop lessons! Having a Strong Mindset is key to success! A strong Mindset leads you to Discipline, which leads you to Consistency. These are the Pillars of unlocking your potential for Greatness. If there's one thing I've learned over the years, starting as an Entrepreneur, then switching to a 9-5, and then coming back to becoming an Entrepreneur is that you are entitled to nothing, BUT you're willing to do EVERYTHING it takes to earn everything you want and need! Faith in God is important, but you have to do that Hard Work, God only gives you the path, you need to take it! Codie Amazing post! Keep up the Great work you're doing!
Thank you for sharing these valuable lessons. Number 19 resonates deeply. Consistency is the key to success.
I would add: "Not everyday you´ll be motivated". And "Discipline is the key of success"
Engage with like-minded achievers and understand money deeply. Pros do what's needed, winners embrace pressure, and your costliest mistakes will be people, not things. If you've made it this far, persistence is your formula for success.
You nailed it with #1. Having worked with both online/home-based entrepreneurs and investor-driven tech entrepreneurs, there is definitely a correlation between having someone who can: 1) cover the costs of food/housing, health insurance, and other basic needs during the pre-revenue/early stage period; and 2) provide moral support, encouragement, and often free labor when people don't have money to pay for help These are often deciding factors on whether or not a startup can get to a point of steady revenue. On the other hand, if a spouse (or other supporting family member or partner) is unsupportive, negative, and even actively opposing the entrepreneurial venture e.g. pressuring to get a job, or if there are other issues at home, divorce & custody proceedings, etc that draw the entrepreneur away from focusing on developing and building their business, they may be dead in the water. Not sure if there are studies on the role a supportive partner plays, but that's got to be a major factor. Thar also speaks to lack of diversity for Women and People of Color who lack that support in industries where early stage startups are expected to bootstrap - meaning only those with a supporting spouse can get thru the bootstrapping years
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2wStill working on number 1.