My family escaped the Khmer Rouge to come to America.
At 16, my mom died and my dad left me to fend for myself.
20 Years later I'm:
> Father to a little boy
> Built my business to $100M+
Here's every business lesson I can think of you won't learn from Harvard Business School:
I think the best gift a father could give his kids is “presence”
Not “presents” when they can’t be
Sadly, the latter is more prevalent and the junk on the news we see every day is the byproduct
Prove me wrong…
Integrity gets more valuable the higher up you climb
No one cares if a nobody in his mom's basement lives with "integrity"
He hasn't been tested, he hasn't been tempted
But at the top, temptation ratchets up 1000x
The more you have to lose, the more people watching you...
Even tiny slip ups can be devastating.
My family escaped the Khmer Rouge to come to America.
At 16, my mom died and my dad left me to fend for myself.
20 Years later I'm:
> Father to a little boy
> Built my business to $100M+
Here's every business lesson I can think of you won't learn from Harvard Business School:
If people approached relationships with the intention of helping people rather than "networking", they'd have a far bigger, more powerful and wealthier network.
Your biggest gains will come when you're a noob
This is true for the gym, business, or any other skill
Take advantage of this
You don't have any bad habits yet
You are a malleable blank canvas
When you're new at something, go 10x harder than you think you should
Momentum wins
10) Don't be too proud to learn
"Having it all figured out" is overrated.
You can only stop learning if you DECIDE to stop learning.
You know you've made it when you're the dumbest person in the boardroom.
If you want to make millions as an entrepreneur, I’ve done it twice with two businesses in two different industries.
I also made a lot of mistakes along the way.
So here are 10 pieces of advice I’d give myself if I had to do it again:
9) See setbacks as lessons
If you've read my threads, you know I've had my fair share of setbacks.
By all logic, they should have ruined me.
Instead, I used failure as a springboard
and leveled up.
Now, I have a ton of insane stories and a boatload of experience.