The Alexander the Great quote that dropped the hardest. I did not conquer half the world by listening to men who had conquered nothing. Stop taking advice from people who never did what you’re trying to do. Send this to the one who needs it. #advice#mindset#business
Can I borrow some money?” Here’s how to say no and keep the person. The question freezes you because you only see two doors: lend it and install a clock, or say no cold and watch their face change. The third door is a policy, because nobody can argue with a wall that was there
A friend owes you money and says “I totally forgot.” Never “no worries,” never chase it. “All good. Send it now while we’re both thinking about it.” Ninety seconds. Send this to somebody who’s owed. #money#friendship#boundaries
You relax on a plane and you’ve never met the pilot. So relax in your life. You know God’s driving. Send this to the one who needs it. #faith#peace#mindset
I pay every invoice the day it comes in. Not net thirty. That day. Pay slow and you train the best people to answer somebody else’s call first. Send this to somebody who thinks float is smart. #money#business#owners
People who want to use you rush you. People who want to know you take their time. Everything urgent, everything flattering, always a closing window, because the thing they’re selling can’t survive your patience. #trust#relationships#wisdom
Your wife says “do whatever you want.” Every married man knows that’s not what she said. “I know that’s not what you mean. Tell me what you actually�want.” Then sit down. Husbands, save this. Wives, send it and say nothing. #marriage#men#relationships
A lot of men think they found peace. They found silence. Peace is when nothing’s wrong. Silence is when everybody stopped bringing it up. Ask one person this week: “Is there something you stopped telling me?” Send this to a man whose house stopped arguing. #men#marriage
How do you recognize a good person? Not by what he says. Not by what he does. By the atmosphere he creates around him. Who are you at home, where you don’t have to impress anybody? Send this to the one who needs it. #character#marriage#men
When somebody goes around my back, I don’t confront them. I close every door I ever opened for them, in one move, and they find out on their own. The speech�is for you. The silence is for him. Send this to somebody who’s still trying to have the conversation. #business
“We decided to go with someone else.” “Totally fair. What did they do that I didn’t? And can I check back in ninety days?” You lose the deal. You keep the door. Save this for the next no. Owners, comment BOTTLENECK and we’ll help you out. #sales#business#rejection
I’m about to start paying my kids when they lose. Not when they win. When they lose and tell me one thing they’d do different. Most adults can’t do that at forty. I’d rather buy it at seven. Parents, would you? #parenting#kids#money
Somebody says “I know the owner” to get a discount. Train your people: “That’s great, he’ll be glad you came in. Here’s our pricing.” The people who actually know the owner never say it. They pay and text him later. Owners, save this for your front desk. #business#owners
A lot of men think they found peace. They found silence. Peace is when nothing’s wrong. Silence is when everybody stopped bringing it up. Ask one person this week: “Is there something you stopped telling me?” Send this to a man whose house stopped arguing. #men#marriage
Man to man. When God gives you the comeback you prayed for, do not go back to the place He pulled you out of. Send this to the one who needs it. #faith#comeback#men
I don’t negotiate with people I like. I pay their price. Beat a good man down once and you become the customer he fits in last. Negotiate with strangers. Pay your people. Send this to somebody who gets three quotes on everything. #money#business#respect
A man will work eighty hours to pay for the vacation and spend the vacation on his phone paying for the next one. His kids won’t remember the resort. They’ll remember the phone at the pool. One hour a day, phone in the safe. I have to get better at this. Wives, send this to
Man to man. When God gives you the comeback you prayed for, do not go back to the place He pulled you out of. Send this to the one who needs it. #faith#comeback#men