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This is Miami, Florida, a city that's becoming the most powerful money hub in all of America.
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Old money to new money, millionaires to billionaires.
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Everyone says Miami is the land of opportunity.
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So I came to Miami to meet the people running the city and figure out how they actually built their wealth.
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In this video, I'm meeting everyone from the wolf of Wall Street to the
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owner of a hundred million dollar compound to understand how real wealth is actually built in
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How did you get rich?
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How did you get rich?
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I grew up under 20 million followers.
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I'm not rich.
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I'm not rich.
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I'm not rich.
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I'm not rich.
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I'm not rich.
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I'm not rich.
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Excuse me sir.
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I have a question for you.
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How did you get rich?
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What's that?
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No real quick sir.
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I grew up under 20 million followers.
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Excuse me sir.
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How old were you when you became a millionaire?
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What makes you think of a world war?
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Man I've been with you over 40 billion years in the last
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I just asked one question sir if you had one advice to the younger generation of entrepreneurs.
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I'm not gonna be full.
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Dad, can you just give one piece of advice to the younger generation on how to be successful?
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No. You know how I became successful?
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By doing what I want to do and this is not what I want.
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Alright you guys look as you can see man I tried man I tried to fight for that interview right there.
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And shout out to his daughter the ladies that he was with, man, they tried to get him to stop gatekeeping and give some game.
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If only that billionaire knew how impactful his advice could have been for the younger generation.
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But look, I'm not gonna let that discourage me.
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I don't care how many no's I get in this video.
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Look, Every no is a step closer to yes, so I'm not gonna stop until I go find the real millionaires
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and billionaires live out here in Miami you guys come on
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Alright you guys look we're in the design district right now
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There's more supercars here than anywhere else in the world
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and maybe other than like Dubai but anyways look we got a Rolls -Royce It's back in right now to the valet.
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We're gonna go up
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and try to interview them figure out how they got Rolls -Royce rich out here in Miami you guys come on
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Excuse me sir, excuse me sir Is this your Rolls Royce?
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How did you get rich?
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One minute.
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One minute, guys.
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Thank you, man.
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How did you get rich?
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I sold my...
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I sold a business.
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I worked at a business, was super successful, and then sold it.
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How much did you sell?
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Real quick, sir.
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I'd be billionaires all over the world.
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How much did you sell your company for?
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Well, I sold it twice.
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The first time I sold it, I sold it for over a hundred million.
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And the second time I sold it, took on new partners, took on a big management system, and we sold it again for over $400 million.
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$400 million.
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Could I interview you for a minute real quick?
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Is that okay?
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Yeah, sure.
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What type of company did you sell?
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It was a food distribution business.
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I bought it for $300 ,000.
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Very small, few employees, but you know, I built a great team around me.
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Smartest guys out there, hardest working, So you turned $300 ,000 into $400 million.
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Yes.
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When you say food distribution, who were your customers?
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Who were you selling to?
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Every restaurant you go to was my client.
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Everyone.
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Actually.
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Everyone.
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There's not a restaurant that we didn't serve.
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How in the world did you get access to these types of clients paying you millions of dollars?
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Having the right products, having the best buying team, the best procurement team available, and also having great sales side.
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We had a wonderful sales force out there on the street and hitting all the restaurants.
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Had a great product, competitive pricing, great sales.
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Service is a big, big factor in our business.
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And then to make a long story short, it all worked out wonderfully.
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You're part of the top 1%.
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I'm going to challenge you right now.
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Where do the richest people in the world put their money?
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If you have real estate, you can never really go broke.
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Actually, it's a sleeper.
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I bought a piece of real estate for $5 million back in 2013.
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Very little cash.
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I'm going to say 15%, so maybe $700 ,000, $800 ,000.
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And that building today is probably worth $25 ,000, $30 million.
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Are you serious?
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Yeah.
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Foss base on that is very low.
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How much real estate do you own today?
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$100 million?
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Yeah.
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Not $100 ,000.
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Not $100 ,000.
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$100 million.
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Yeah.
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But you can't pull the cash out of the real estate unless you sell it, though.
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No, you can refinance it.
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And that's tax -free.
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So break down.
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What do you mean by refinance?
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If you and I bought this building across the street for $2 million, and it appreciated over a period of the next five, six years to $8 million,
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and there was a $6 million equity piece in here, and assuming that $2 million was all debt, you would be able to leverage that building and take out the money tax -free.
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You got a couple million bucks.
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Yeah, you take out a lot more than that.
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Well, that's exactly the play.
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That's the real estate game.
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You've sold companies for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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You've got to know a thing or two about negotiation.
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What's your best negotiation advice right here?
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The most important thing about negotiation, the deal has to work for both of you.
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If it works for just yourself, it won't last.
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If it works for them only, you're wasting your own time.
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So it's got to be win -win business.
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It's got to be win -win, always.
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Always win -win.
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When people try to sell a company like you did for hundreds of millions of dollars, what's the number one mistake they made?
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They didn't structure it correctly, they didn't create enough of a platform where they've implemented the right process
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and procedures for them to obtain the highest valuation possible.
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How important was the entity structure?
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When you started your companies, did you have an LLC?
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Like, did you structure your company?
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Oh yeah, absolutely.
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How important was that?
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It's very important, but that's like getting dressed in the morning.
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That has to be done.
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What company did you go to to start your LLC and S -Corp?
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You can basically do that online yourself.
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I had good accountants to do it for me, but you can do that yourself.
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I had a because they don't set themselves up for success from the beginning.
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They don't have the foundation there.
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- Correct.
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- So there's a company that I've used for all of my companies to start my businesses, all my LLCs, it's called Busy, and it enables you to set your business up, to turn the idea into a business in just 10 minutes.
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- Sure.
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- It doesn't take months, it doesn't take days, like everybody thinks it does.
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- No. It takes hours, yeah, it takes possibly 10 minutes, yeah.
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- So that next company that you start, we're gonna have you go through Busy.
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- Absolutely, let's do it.
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I'll be setting up a new LLC shortly.
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- You bought a company for 300 ,000, turned it into $400 million.
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Do you think somebody should start or buy a business - Start.
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- Start.
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Why?
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- Because I'm-- - You bought a business, man.
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- Yeah.
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- You flipped it.
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- I didn't buy income.
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I bought access to the industry.
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I bought access to key employees.
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- That's game right there.
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- Yeah, you buy businesses when you need access.
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You build businesses when you have the tools.
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- You got amazing advice, Bob Craig.
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- All right, my man.
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- Thank you so much for your time.
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Hey, I connect with all the billionaires I interview.
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Could I get your contact?
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- Absolutely.
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- Is that cool?
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- Absolutely.
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- Guys, we just interviewed an entrepreneur that sold his company for $400 million.
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Man, Miami is crazy, you guys.
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That's why we're out here.
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And what did he say?
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Even after that nine -figure exit, he's already getting ready to start that next LLC.
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And that's what the most successful entrepreneurs understand.
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By starting that LLC, every idea they have can become a real business fast.
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told them the same thing that I tell everyone.
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Look I've observed the most successful entrepreneurs they all use Busy to start their companies.
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Because here's the truth, people think setting up a business is this long complicated process that takes months, requires lawyers and tons of paperwork that you don't want to touch.
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But it doesn't.
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With Busy you don't need a lawyer to start your business at all.
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Because they handle the filings for you, they handle all the paperwork, they handle the compliance, everything you can think of.
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So you can turn your idea into an actual LLC and business overnight.
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Not in months or years like everyone assumes.
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Here's what setting up a business through Busy really does.
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Having that LLC, that means protection for your personal assets, the right structure from day one, and a foundation that actually lets you scale.
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So if entrepreneurs who are selling their companies for hundreds of millions of dollars are immediately starting their companies the smart way, then you should too.
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Guys, waste no more time.
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Click the link in the description of this video to start your business through Busy Today
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and turn your idea into a real company this week.
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With that being said, let's go get this next interview.
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interviewed since I started the school of hard knocks
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and it's my first ever Cuban billionaire
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that I'm gonna be featuring on this channel this is a guy
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that built his wealth building one of the biggest law firms in America
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and technology and healthcare and a whole bunch of different industries
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and I'm not just gonna be interviewing him anywhere I'm gonna
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be interviewing him at his I don't want to call it an estate
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but a compound a hundred and seventy five million dollar house
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that he owns is where we're headed right now to go
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interview the man John Ruiz a 41st billionaire in hard knocks
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history let's go see what he has to say how you doing sir All right, perfect.
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All right, you guys, we are in
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and we are right now in just a couple seconds going
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to be approaching the house of billionaire John Ruiz out here in Miami, Florida, right?
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We're going to be interviewing him, like I said, guys, at his $175 million house, guys.
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Look, I've been to $1 million houses, $10 million houses.
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We're talking $175 million houses.
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This is about to be insane, you guys.
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Come on.
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All right, you guys, we just got to the house out here.
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Like I said, this is not a $10 million house, $175 million house that we're about to go into and see you guys.
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Come on.
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Hello.
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How are you?
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I'm doing good.
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How about yourself?
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Doing great.
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We're here for John.
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You ready to interview a billionaire?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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This is our 41st one.
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We were just talking about.
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You're beating records.
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Yeah.
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Thank you for having us out.
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It's a pretty big house.
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He's going to be coming out here.
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He's going to be coming out.
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How you doing, sir?
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How are you?
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Good, man.
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It's great to meet you, John.
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Pleasure to meet you.
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Thank you for having us out, man.
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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We were letting them know, man, you know, that you were the 41st billionaire that I've interviewed on this channel.
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I did.
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Okay.
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Yes, sir.
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I'm happy you're a young guy and doing what you're doing.
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Thanks, sir.
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Great, great, great work.
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Can we check out the spot?
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Absolutely.
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So how long has this been home for?
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I've been here about six years.
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Six years.
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I bought it and then I I've done a lot of improvements to it. For sure.
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First of all, growing up, did you have any idea?
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I mean, I've never seen a walkway like this in my entire life.
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Did you have any idea growing up that this was going to be possible?
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No, you don't think about it, but you know, this country's amazing.
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You know, my dad was homeless, came from Cuba with five kids, and I was the first one to ever go to college and much less higher education.
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So I went to law school.
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So you didn't come from money?
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No, I came from nothing.
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Literally started with a $800 credit card that my dad had given me with a Discover credit card, and that's how it started back then.
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- I got a law school, went straight to open up my own firm, and I didn't have money to pay rent, so I gave hours of work instead of the rest.
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- So back then, you did trade some time for money.
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- Oh, absolutely.
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- Can we check out more of this spot?
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- Let's go do it.
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- Let's go check out the backyard, shall we?
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- Let's go do it.
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- Let's do it, my man.
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What would you say is the total valuation of this house?
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- You know, this is right now the most expensive neighborhood in the United States.
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The home's out at about $175 million right now.
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I bought it for 46 minutes, and I've invested probably about another 20 into it.
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That alone is a big accomplishment, at least for me, you know, born in the United States the only one of the five
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kids little by little you start learning here's what I can
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tell people it takes the same effort to make one dollar
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than it does to make a hundred million it is it's the same thing
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because the rules are the same the laws are the same it's just a bigger platform
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but sometimes it's easier because the people that you're dealing with are at
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that level already and they understand and they move like that
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and they move quick and they know what they want to do right
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so that's one of the things you learn with time
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that you don't really have to reinvent the wheel you just got
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is different because to me that is sort of trying to create a new wheel.
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Let's check out the backyard my man.
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Now John I got one last rule for all my interviews.
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There's no holding back.
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We're gonna give the younger generation the blueprint on how to become not a millionaire but a billionaire in today's world.
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Can we make that happen?
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Absolutely.
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Let's do it.
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You think everybody's built for entrepreneurship?
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No it takes a lot of dedication, hard work and a lot of sacrifice.
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Did you sacrifice a lot?
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I still do.
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You still do?
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I still do.
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How old are you?
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Do you sleep a lot?
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No, I sleep three and a half, four hours a night at most.
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You're not, are you serious?
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I'm serious.
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I really sleep two hours solid, two solid hours.
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You can function right.
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And I can function right.
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Man, I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I don't do anything that's toxic to my body.
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I try to work out, train, I eat well.
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One of the most important things that people need to understand is you have to be available.
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If you're not an available person, the people call you and you don't respond and it's not going to work.
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I always respond to everybody.
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You text message me, I'm responding to you.
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The emails are a little different because there's so many of them.
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I get over a thousand people something emails a day.
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So you monitor me.
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I tell someone, you want to get to me?
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There's not one text message that I don't.. by the time
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that I go to sleep or I wake up at 3 :00, 4 :00 in the morning, I'm responding to everybody's text message.
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So being busy is not a flex?
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No. No, it's not.
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It's just not.
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So let me ask you this.
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Among yourself and all the billionaires that you know, what do they all have in common?
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You got to believe in yourself.
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And don't listen to the noise.
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Every single time I've had a business that's been successful, everybody told me it wasn't going to work.
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Everybody.
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Why didn't you listen to them?
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Because I listened to myself.
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If you don't believe in yourself, then nobody else is going to believe in you.
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There's a saying that money is the root of all evil.
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Do you think that money changes people or just amplifies who you already are?
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I think a lot of times it changes people because it goes to their head.
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Did you ever let it go to your head?
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Never.
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Why not?
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Because to me money comes and goes and I learned that I've had a lot, I've had a little, I've had to struggle.
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I still remember when I first got married I didn't have $10 to go to McDonald's.
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Money's not that important to me.
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And by the way, you know why?
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Because I can go sell lemons in the corner
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and I'm going to make more money than anybody else
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because I have the drive and I know how to do it and I have the vision.
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I could lose everything tomorrow and probably in a year or two I'll be back.
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What's the biggest misconception people have about really wealthy people?
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I think if you really divide society into three, you have the people that are doers and I find myself as somebody like that.
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I'm not going to criticize a Jeff Bezos, an Elon Musk, a John Morgan.
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What am I going to criticize them?
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But there's people that focus on criticizing the for your community or society that are helping the masses.
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They don't do anything.
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Those people that criticize, they just criticize to be evil
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and they talk bad about the people and most of the time they don't even know them.
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They don't even know who they are as a human being.
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Why are you hating?
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Why are you hating?
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Because it's envy.
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And that's the two worst letters in the alphabet are the N and the V.
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And you put them together.
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It's envy.
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But you don't worry about them.
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You don't worry about their opinion.
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No, I do.
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At first, when I was younger, I did.
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But now I realize, like, these people don't pay my bills.
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They don't do anything.
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And at the end of the day...
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Nobody else's thoughts ever pay my bills.
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Never pay your bills.
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Now, I'm going to challenge you right now.
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Take me back to the most life -changing conversation you ever had.
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What is the greatest piece of advice you've received throughout your career?
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My dad.
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There's no bad business with a good man.
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There's no good business with a bad man.
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You'll never fail.
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Happy everyone.
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- Go for in business?
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- A million times.
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- Yeah?
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- But I f* harder.
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- There's no mercy for the competition?
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- No, no, I don't sleep and you'll pay.
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- How old are you now?
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- 59.
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- Are you a good negotiator?
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- I won't say it, but my partner says I'm the best negotiator I've ever met.
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- So give me your best sales and negotiation advice as a billionaire for the entrepreneurs out there.
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- You gotta make the other person understand why what you have is valuable to them, not valuable to you.
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So when you make them understand that they need you and you don't need them, that's when you're going to make the best deal.
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Let me ask you this, if me and you died tomorrow and you had one last message to leave with the younger generation, what would that be?
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It's not about how great you are one day.
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My dad taught me this.
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You got to do it every day.
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One day somebody will wake up and I want to conquer the world.
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And then the next day they don't do it.
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I wake up every day with the same goal in mind, which is to execute.
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You got amazing advice, sir.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for your time.
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And then I connect with all the billionaires I interview.
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Could I get your contact?
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Absolutely.
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We just wrapped up with the billionaire John Ruiz at his hundred
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and seventy five million dollar compound out here in Miami, Florida.
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He just dropped so much gain in that entire interview.
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But what did he say?
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It takes the same amount of stress, the same amount of effort to solve one dollar problems as it does.
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$10 ,000 problems as it does million dollar problems
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and billion dollar problems solve rich people problems
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and you'll make way more money great interview out here in
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Miami Let's go with this next one to keep this one
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rolling you guys come on guys The time has now come
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when you're right now on the way to go meet
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and interview the legend the wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort at his house out here in Miami.
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Jordan has one of the most iconic business stories of all time.
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Look, you've seen the movie I've seen the movie.
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I don't know how many times.
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So this is a guy that's mastered the art of persuasion in Wall Street history.
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So let's go interview the legend himself, Jordan Belfort.
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- All right, you guys, look, we just got out of the car and we're walking up right now on Jordan Belfort's place.
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Look, I'm pretty sure we are on Star Island right now, which is one of the richest neighborhoods.
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Look, we were already in one earlier.
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On to the next, man, proximity is power.
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The more hands you shake, the more money you make.
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Let's go meet the legend Jordan right now, come on.
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Here we go.
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Let's go.
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All right, you guys.
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We just got into the gate.
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We are at Jordan Belford's house right now, and we are going to be interviewing him any second now, you guys.
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Come on.
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Hey, how are you?
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Nice to meet you.
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How you doing Jordan?
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Nice to meet you sir, James Dumoulin.
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How old are you by the way?
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23 years old.
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Hey, I have one rule for all the interviews though.
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What's that?
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There's no holding back.
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We're gonna give them the blueprint on what it really takes to make it in today's world.
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Can we make that happen?
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I never hold back sir.
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Let's go.
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Who am I here with today?
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Jordan Belfort.
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The Wolf of Wall Street.
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The Wolf himself, yeah.
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What was the most amount of money you made in a single day?
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In a single day in cash.
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23 million.
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- In like four minutes.
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- What happened that day?
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Do you remember?
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- I was trading, I did an IPO.
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- Yeah, I started a brokerage firm when I was very young and made a
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Ton of money and you know the story is pretty public.
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You're very renowned for your sales prowess.
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Right.
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You master the art of persuasion, but you are an excellent recruiter.
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What did you learn about recruiting that you give to an entrepreneur building a company in today's world?
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One of the mistakes people make, they say, well, I'm an entrepreneur.
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I'm not a salesperson, but every entrepreneur needs to be a salesperson.
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Bottom line, right?
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It's not just selling a product.
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You're selling a vision for the future.
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You want to have great employees.
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You want to have great people that buy into your vision, right?
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Well, you have to communicate that vision to them in a way
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that connects them emotionally, moves them makes them want to take action.
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Without that, very difficult.
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You're going to be then just recruiting strictly for money and trying to overpay people.
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They're not really committed emotionally.
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They don't believe in what you're doing.
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When someone truly believes in accomplishing a mission, a vision, they will break through walls, work twice as hard.
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But if you can communicate that to people in a way that moves them, well then guess what?
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The vision's a 10 and after you've done explaining it, they're like, well, that kind of sucks.
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So that's where persuasion comes in in communication.
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Do you think everybody's built for entrepreneurship?
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Here's what I would say, right?
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I don't think there's a built for or not built for.
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Really it comes down to your desire.
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You know, what do you want out of life?
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I don't think everyone has to be an entrepreneur.
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Like if you're happy and what makes you contend is something completely different from that and you're really not in money, you don't, you know, measure money and you don't value it in that way, that's okay.
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I think the problem is when you really do value money
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and you want great things and you want to live a life where you can have what you want, when you want, as much as you want with whoever you want, all that sort of stuff, right?
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But you then don't connect it up with actually being an entrepreneur
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and you think you're gonna get that by working for a paycheck.
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Well, that's very difficult.
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So it's like not for everybody, but I think for anyone that really wants to live a life of abundance, it's very difficult to do that with a paycheck.
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What is the best financial advice that you would give to the younger generation?
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The biggest challenge of making money is finding yourself, getting to that spot where you actually have a formula to make money.
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Then it.. comes in hard and fast.
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I think what people often mistake with getting rich, you know, I say the only way to get rich is quickly.
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I don't mean through a get rich scheme.
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It's the hard work that you put in, like there's certain elements you have to line up in a business.
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Often you like you start something, you think you got a great plan, looks great on paper, never works the first time.
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It's about pivoting and then trying things.
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And suddenly that last piece of the puzzle comes into place and you soar.
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And then it's about literally making as much as you want.
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How do you turn a no into a yes?
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Let's say that you're trying to get that deal closed and it's no. yes.
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So I don't really think the job of a salesperson is to turn no into yes.
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No is typically no in a lot of things in life.
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You're a young guy, you have to be careful, no means no, right?
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But in sales, if someone says no, I'm not interested, I'll have a great day.
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You know, I'm not interested in trying to take someone who doesn't want what I have or need what I have.
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The job of a real salesperson is to take, let me think about it and turn it into a yes.
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Let me call you back.
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Let me speak to my wife.
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Let me talk to my business partner.
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What great salespeople do is they take those and turn the root of all evil.
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Do you think that money changes people or does it just amplify the person who they already are?
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Anyone who said the money is the root of all evil never had any money, that's why they say it, right?
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But I think for sure I always say money is like alcohol, you know, it amplifies you, it doesn't change you.
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It's like you go into a bar, right, and you know someone that's a really nice person and they get a little drunk, they're the f*ing.
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Life of the party, right?
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So if there's an angry, bitter person inside, when they get drunk, they're a royal f*.
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Right, that's it.
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Money is the same way.
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I'm gonna challenge you.
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Take me back to the most life -changing conversation you ever had.
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What's the best advice that Jordan Belfort received in his life?
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Good one would be, you know, when I first got sober.
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I had this phenomenal sponsor.
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And the first thing he said to me was, yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift.
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That's why they call it the present.
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Do you have any regrets?
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Listen, you know, I don't live in regrets.
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Of course, you know, you'll say, would you change?
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Of course, if I could change anyone I ever hurt in my life, I would unhurt them.
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But you can't live life like that.
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What you could do is you can live, learn, and be a better version of yourself every day.
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And I focus on that.
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My last question for you, for my audience of 21 million followers, it's only right that I ask you this, "Sell me this pen." I never heard that before.
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This is a great one.
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So, "Sell me this pen," what it really is, it's a test for salespeople, right?
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What typically sales people will do that don't know how to sell is they'll just start selling you.
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Oh my God, look at this pen, this black pen.
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This is the best pen out there.
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Never runs out of ink.
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I mean, this is an unbelievable pen.
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What the f* right?
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It's a pen, right?
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The question though is, you know, how could I sell you a pen if I first don't know what you want?
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So the first thing I would do, I would reverse it.
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So tell me how long you've been in the market for a pen.
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Like, are you even looking for a f*ing pen?
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I don't waste my time trying to sell things to people that don't need them or want them.
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Hey, you have amazing advice, sir.
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Thank you for your time, and I connect with all the millionaires and billionaires that interview.
546
Could I get your contact?
547
Yeah, sure.
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Guys, that's a wrap on today's video just interviewed the legend, the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort out here in Miami.
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But I need you to stop right now.
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Like and subscribe for amazing content.
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I've got coming to this channel every single week.
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Guys, nobody is bringing you content like this.
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But let's go a step further.
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I want to give you direct access to my billionaire network.
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Every single week, I host live calls with the millionaires and the billionaires that I interview on this channel.
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And it's inside my school community called the School of Mentors.
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That's become the number one most powerful entrepreneur community and network in the entire world.
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So I can't wait to see you to join with that being said we'll see you in the next video.
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Why practice speaking with this video?
This engaging video featuring Miami billionaires offers a unique opportunity for English speaking practice. By immersing yourself in conversations that reveal how these successful individuals built their wealth, you not only enhance your vocabulary but also gain insights into contemporary business culture. The informal style of the interviews allows for realistic dialogue that reflects everyday English usage. Practicing with this video will help you feel more confident in engaging with native speakers, especially in casual or business contexts.
Benefits of Listening and Speaking
- Real-Life Context: Learners can hear how words and phrases are naturally used in conversation.
- Increased Confidence: Regularly exercising shadow speak techniques can enhance your fluency and comfort level when speaking.
- Interactivity: The questioning format encourages learners to practice formulating their inquiries and responses.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Throughout the video, several key grammatical structures and expressions stand out. Here are a few you may want to focus on:
- Direct Questions: The speaker often asks, "How did you get rich?" This simple yet powerful structure is essential for engaging conversations.
- Conditional Questions: Phrases like "If you had one piece of advice..." introduce conditional grammar, which is crucial for discussing hypothetical scenarios.
- Informal Speech: Expressions such as "I don’t care how many no’s I get," demonstrate the use of contractions and informal language, giving insight into conversational tone.
By practicing these structures through repetition and shadowing, learners can improve their grasp of English syntax in informal settings.
Common Pronunciation Traps
When engaging with the Bostonian accent seen in the video, there are specific pronunciation challenges to be aware of:
- Wealth-related Vocabulary: Words like "billionaire" and "millionaire" may be pronounced quickly, losing clarity. Focus on emphasizing syllables to maintain clarity.
- Informal Contractions: Phrases like "I’m not gonna" may sound rushed; practice saying them slowly to master their pronunciation.
- Speed and Intonation: The fast-paced dialogue can be tricky. To develop your English pronunciation, practice slowing down your speech when you mimic the speaker.
By incorporating these pronunciation tips, you enhance your overall speaking capabilities while making your English sound more natural.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · You've sold · they've implemented |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | mind, which is · now, which is · someone who doesn |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is actually built · be done · being said |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.