Yo, Yo!

This week was my 33rd birthday!

I wanted to share with you the 33 biggest life lessons I’ve learned. I’m incredibly grateful to have experienced these to share with you:

1. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you are not!

2. Awareness is the 1st step to change

3. Steps in growing your business: I do it, we do it, they do it.

4. People think success is when you have no problems. But success is when you are courageous about the problem that come your way and take action towards them

5. When the WHY has heart, the HOW will get legs

6. Wealth is built through assets, not income

7. Things happen for you, not to you

8. Nothing has meaning but the meaning you give it

9. You grow into the conversations you are around

10. Don’t follow money, follow excellence

11. Understand the power of relationship capital

12. The bigger the dream, the more people you tell, the more naysayers you will get

13. To achieve your ideal self, ask yourself what goals must this person have & who must this person become

14. Not all money is equal. There is good money (recharges you) and bad money (drained you)

15. Fear is the only thing that gets smaller, the more you run towards it

16. Anything worth doing is worth doing it poorly in the beginning

17. Relationships are built on connections not communication

18. There are short term people and long term people. Choose wisely

19. Some people are so poor, all they have is money

20. It doesn’t matter if you get millions if you don’t like yourself

21. Your biggest disability can be your mindset

22. We shouldn’t judge others because you don’t know if you had the same experience, you would have done the same thing.

23. Money is only a tool. Use it wisely

24. No amount of money is worth it if you can’t sleep well at night

25. Listen to understand, not to reply

26. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard

27. Build a bigger life, not a bigger lifestyle

28. Be happy with the life that you have as you build the life of your dreams

29. The quality of your life is in direct proportion of the quality of your peer group

30. The world needs you right now, not when you are perfect

31. Love is spelled: T-I-M-E

32. Don’t collect bills. Collect assets that pay for your bills

33. To be fulfilled: Focus primarily on what you have, not something you lack

Bonus lessons because I’m on a tear:

34. Comparison is the thief of joy

35. If you don’t have a personal life mission, money won’t make you happy and nothing will be enough

36. When you heal your inner child trauma, you heal the trauma of past generations too

Coming soon:

Our 6 Keys To Financial Independence educational email course is getting a lot of great feedback.

We are expanding Key #4, Goal Setting (With Accountability), into it’s own course! Actionable steps to set and hit your real estate investing goals! You’ll learn everything I’ve used to hit my goals year-after-year.

Keep an eye out for it!

Podcasts this week:

How To Defeat The Victim Mentality And Adapt Empowerment: We discuss the differences of empowerment vs. victim mentalities, my person experience identifying moments of a victim mentality, and how things in life happen for us (not to us).

Removing Your Ego To Run Your Business Better: Meet Gonzalo, my brother! At 27 years old, he owns one of the biggest wholesaling companies in the country. Gonzalo talks about how his business pivoted when the real estate market shifted, how he has a new lens since becoming a parent, and what work-life balance looks like for him.

That’s all I got for today. Have a great weekend!

Diego

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