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Excuse me, sir. How did you get rich?
How did I get rich? Yes, I'm meeting you.
No, how did you get rich?
I'm retired. I know who you are. I've seen you before.
You do?
I was in the computer business.
The computer business? Did you have your own company?
Yeah, back in the '80s.
So, what was the most amount of money you made in a single year?
Oh, God. The beginning of the computer industry. $650 million.
Are you serious, man? How does that feel like, man? Congratulations.
Lucky. Better lucky than good.
Did you come from a family of entrepreneurs? Did you grow up So, you didn't have rich parents?
Nope. My dad died when I was 12 years old.
Close with your mom?
The best.
Your mom teach you about life?
No bird flies so high that they don't come down for water. Everybody's the same.
And how old are you today?
67.
But as a multiple nine-figure entrepreneur, what's the best financial advice you would give to the younger generation?
My kids, there's only two things in life that you control. Is your credit and your reputation. Everything else somebody else can ruin. You can only ruin your credit and your reputation. Think about that.
Been people that doubted you at all?
Everybody does. Everybody thinks that you were given stuff in your life. Nobody understands the hard work that went into doing that. And then all of a sudden they go, "Oh, they inherited it." Which is not true.
You weren't given anything.
Nothing. We put my mother's house up as collateral for a loan in 1979. We couldn't fail. My mother would be out of her house.
Has to work or it has to work.
You had no choice.
You feel about AI?
I think it's great. I don't know enough about it.
Have you heard about HighLevel?
No.
It's a company that most successful entrepreneurs use in today's world. It automates your entire follow-up process. But it sends emails, text messages, announcements to all prospective clients so you never lose a single dollar on the table. It's called HighLevel.
Yeah.
If me and you died tomorrow and you had one more message to leave with the younger generation, what would that be?
You live every day like it's your last. You never know. Work hard, play hard.
Believe in God?
Absolutely.
Who is your God?
God.
Who's your God, my man? Who's your God?
Jesus Christ.
Hey, you're not afraid to say it, man. Jesus is king.
That's it.
Hey, you got it, man. I I connect with all the millionaires and billionaires I interview. Could I get your contact?
You forever. My son saw you earlier, he said.
Get your contact? Is that cool?
Sure.