Today, I lost my best friend and wife, Roxanne Benton . I love her with every ounce of my being and she passed away next to me holding her hand. She passed peacefully and quietly, which is how I knew she would.
She was an incredible mother, wife and friend. She was the most generous, sweet hearted person I know and she made me a better person and husband and I am forever changed by being with her for 17 years.
I havenโt shared much on Twitter/X but Roxy was diagnosed with cancer in 2022, only months after we moved to Reno. I did one Facebook post about it but removed it because she wanted privacy through her battle. Thatโs who she was, a very private person and didnโt want to burden others with her struggles. So itโs also why I didnโt discuss it on social media.
She fought HARD for 3 years, through many ups and downs that are even hard to explain in one post. She went through hell on earth, to put it bluntly. I was at every doctor appointment, emergency room visit and hospital stay. And I would do it all again to be there for her.
She will be greatly missed but I am grateful to our Lord that she is no longer struggling or in pain. She has been healedโฆ fully.
I love you Roxy and we will see you againโฆ โค๏ธ
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January 2022. I'm at a networking event in Lagos. These two conversations I had that night changed everything.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ:
Guy approaches me: "Kenny, business is so hard. Economy is bad. Nobody has money to buy anything. How do you survive in this market?"
15 minutes of complaints about government, inflation, and how "rich people don't understand the struggle."
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ:
Lady approaches me: "Kenny, I've been following your content. I'm scaling my business from โฆ2 million to โฆ20 million this year. What's your biggest growth insight?"
15 minutes of strategy discussion, opportunities, and expansion possibilities.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐. ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐.
That night, I made a decision that will offend 90% of people reading this:
Whenever I'm meeting new people, ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ค๐กโ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ.
The result? Big opportunities started coming in left, right and center.
Cashflow increased by over 100X in 12months.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ:
Your brain is constantly absorbing the dominant conversations around you.
Spend time with people discussing problems โ Your brain focuses on problems
Spend time with people discussing solutions โ Your brain focuses on solutions
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต #1:
Energy is transferable and it does not need your hotspot on before it connects to your brain.
Broke people don't just lack money. They lack the thinking that attracts abundance.
And abundance thinking is contagious in both directions.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐:
I don't avoid broke people because I'm better than them.
I avoid broke energy because I'm protecting my wealth mindset.
Rich people talk about opportunities.
Middle-class people talk about other people.
Broke people talk about obstacles.
I choose to be around people discussing opportunities.
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต #2:
Some of you reading this are the broke energy I'm avoiding.
You're the ones leading conversations with complaints.
You're the ones explaining why things won't work.
You're the ones bringing limitation energy to every interaction.
Stop engaging in conversations about:
โ How hard business is
โ Why the economy is bad
โ How expensive everything has become
โ Why certain strategies won't work
โ How unfair life is
Start engaging in conversations about:
โ Growth opportunities you're exploring
โ Strategies that are working
โ Markets you're excited about
โ Solutions you're developing
โ Success stories you're creating
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐:
Your income is the average of the conversations you have daily.
If your daily conversations are about struggle, your income will reflect struggle.
If your daily conversations are about success, your income will reflect success.
I'm not avoiding broke people to be mean.
I'm avoiding broke thinking to stay wealthy.
There's a difference.
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If you don't sit down one minute and make a CONSCIOUS and INTENTIONAL decision to start working to improve that aspect of your life you're not comfortable with, you'll keep delaying your progress, luck and blessings.
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Iโm forever grateful for the height weโve attained on this journey so far
From a broke painter struggling to survive to a Top internet marketer with over 3,500 students across 14 countries and counting
This canโt be luck. Hard work + Grace happened here because I found purpose and followed it
That new thing youโre yet to try out might be all you need to try out and get everything you ever prayed for
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