Bereket Kelile 🚢

Financial Advisor | Retirement planning for Kaiser employees in Sacramento

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

Nike's replacement for the offensive Betsy Ross flag shoe. Clever.

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

90 percent of success is not getting distracted.

Inspired by @shaneparrish

I lost time and money i can't get back because of a lack of focus.

#sales #entrepreneur #personalfinance

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

—Mae West

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“The greatest muscle you can build:

Speed.

If next quarter becomes next month, next month is next week, and next week is tomorrow, you will make more money.

Business rewards urgency.”

- @Codie_Sanchez

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“Dance like no one is watching, but text and email like it will be read in court one day.”

—Your Lawyer

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"The biggest enemy of progress is not failure, but inaction."

—Winston Churchill

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“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”

—Warren Buffett

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“The meaning in our lives comes through story, not spreadsheets.”

—Brian Portnoy

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“The limits of my language define the limits of my world.”

—Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct.”

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”

—Napoleon

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“Wealth is the absence of financial worry, an income you don't outlive, and a meaningful legacy to those whom you love.”

—Nick Murray

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“Nobody believes money will make you happy. But we all want to find out for ourselves.”

—Zig Ziglar

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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms— to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

—Viktor Frankl (who survived a Nazi concentration camp in World War II), *Man’s Search for Meaning*

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

Every business fits into one bucket: services or goods.

The latter is easier to scale.

Services is a time suck.

If you're building something as a young parent with no time, I'd consider the "goods" route.

FYI, I chose services (before I realized what I was doing).

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

It's December 2026, and you're looking back on the year:

What 1-3 accomplishments gave you the greatest sense of success, pride, and satisfaction?

Now, imagine you're disappointed. Why?

Hint: we all know in advance 😉

[Bereket Kelile 🚢 @BKelile]

AI becomes valuable when your tech stack is integrated.

Before: I used different software programs with AI embedded.

Now: My main AI tool does note-taking, CRM, financial planning, tax planning & prep, and practice mgmt.

The key is having all your data in one place.

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@DearS_o_n Just start

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One thing I learned the hard way: finding effective lead magnets for my niche market.

2025 - felt like I was lighting cash on fire

2026 - I'm getting ~100 leads/month; $20 - $30 per lead; and enough opportunities to double my revenue this year (TBD on the close rate).

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@Codie_Sanchez Or, actions are the best indicator of one's true desires