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Excuse me, sir. Sir, is this your G Wagon? Yeah, it's me. Hey, what did you do to be able to afford a G Wagon out here in Dubai? Uh, I own the world's largest water park. You own the world's largest water… my nickname is Aquaman. Yeah, basically.
How long have you been a business owner? More than a decade. And I go all over the world interviewing the most successful entrepreneurs. Can I interview you for the channel real quick? Uh, five minutes today? Oh, let's do it now.
Have you ever been broke before? I was bankrupt twice. Su-24 times. You were bankrupt twice and Su-24 times? How did you come back from that? Again, the thing is, never quit. People think, cuz I'm from here, or you're born with money, you have oil money. I mean, I wish that was the story, but that wasn't the case. So you don't come from money? No, no, I don't. My family was middle class, and then I was the black sheep. I said, "No, I'm going to be different."
Were you a good salesman? I became a good salesman. How did you become better at sales? Failing my first year. I was rejected 67 times first year. 617 times first year. Every day I was getting at least two nos. Every no, one step closer to exactly… now I know how to navigate them much faster. And then, like, eventually you became now the biggest one in the world.
What's the deepest life quote that you've ever heard? I want to read something for you, actually. I wrote this to myself eight years ago, and I was four million dollars in debt: "Train your mind harder than your body. Never accept someone else's limitation. Pain is essential. Visualize what you want all the time. Learn the meaning of 'Overlord.' Become obsessed. Never become satisfied." That was me eight years ago.
So it seems like the mindset is everything. It's the only thing. You can't be motivated all day, but you need to be disciplined. You got amazing advice, my friend. Thank you so much for your time, man. Thank you. Appreciate you. You need to come to the water park.