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My best piece of advice
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A couple of days ago I was invited to a podcast. One of the questions I was asked was… “What advice you have for entrepreneurs” Or that kind of question. ​ But the answer was instantaneous. ​ Do, do and do. ​ Many are frozen. Other overwhelmed for all things they have to do. Others are lazy and procrastinators that use busyness to justify inaction. Others want perfection that is one of the worst procrastinators’ behaviours. And they don’t launch or try anything until perfect. ​ And you know that nothing is perfect. ​ This newsletter started out of a test. ​ I was in a meeting. With highly educated people. Very high. Very educated. They were talking about investments, money… Which is a kind of unusual thing to be discussed by these people… But there I was. ​ I listened. I couldn’t believe what they were saying. I then spoke. And I told what I do and why. They listened. And then… “Vicente, you should tell people these things”. ​ Immediately an idea. ​ No idea of software. Doing websites. Registering anything. Curating sound or whatever. No idea. But I put on an audio those thoughts, and I created a newsletter… In less than 30 days… which is a lot of time in my opinion… but it was just in the middle of other businesses and my job. I launched “Invest better than 99% of people”. In 1 month, I did more than $5k. ​ I tested the idea. Of a newsletter. Of a course. ​ And the rest is history. ​ The sound was terrible. The format terrible. Purely amateur. And still. 0 complaints. Many thanks. A few good business opportunities came from those students… ​ Do. Do. Do. It’s the best advice I can give you. You become better by doing things. ​ And if you want to learn about PPPs… let me tell you that you can get this at a discount. On October 1, price will increase… a lot!
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Vicente Valencia
I talk about Personal Growth, Management, Infrastructure and More | C-Suite Executive | Mentor, Coach, Strategic Consultant | Real Estate Investor | 👇JOIN +2k readers 👇
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