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Elan Gelfand's avatar

You are such an inspiration! This is gold. As a 20 year old, being able to learn from you is one of the things I’m most thankful for.

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Matt Sweeting's avatar

“The Five-Asset Inventory is gold. Beyond money, which of those assets do you find most under-used by people starting out?”

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lazaro Reyes's avatar

Thank you, my friend 🙏. The audio really connected with me it describes exactly what I’ve been doing without even realizing it.

Every time I approach a business, I end up closing a deal. If they don’t want my Business Advisor services, I bring them cross-sell products and get hired to bring the clients for that new service. Before the proposal, I already have the clients.

It’s true: when you offer advice, leadership, or simply help, you’ll always stay in the game.

A year and a half ago, I thought money was the only way to solve problems. Now I know many things don’t cost money sometimes just a favor can save you thousands.

My biggest wish is to meet with you ,Alex and Leila in person one day and I know I will. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t stop until I make it happen. 🚀

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lazaro Reyes's avatar

Wow my friend, I have no words. I loved every single line because it reflects exactly where I put all my effort. For me it’s not about how much money I can put in, but how much value I can create with my team. Influence, power, and traffic flow to businesses are far more valuable than just money.

Some time ago I read an article (I think by Neil Patel) that asked: “How hard is it to raise $2M for a startup?” The answer was simple: “Do you know someone who has $2M in the bank?” Today, I actually know several. One of my mentors is a multimillionaire. Everything feels impossible until you figure out the system it took me three years to decode one, but once you know, it all changes.

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Elan Gelfand's avatar

Sharron question for you: I’ve been wondering ever since reading this. When you say you are able to leverage relationship, time, skills, and brand. Are you saying you can work up a deal where I can tell someone “I can’t do $50,000” but I can do $25,000, get you in contact with one of my friends who can help with xyz, and I can work 15 hours on the installation of this product? Obviously details matter and this isn’t the best but instead of paying with money all the time I can say that “hey I remember you said you were looking for someone to help launch your book, if you take off 25% I know a guy you can talk to”? For skills and brand I’m a little confused (my mind doesn’t wrap around your complex topics Sharran why do you have to be so smart..) for skills does that mean using the same example I can say take off 25% and I’ll spend c amount of hours reviewing your book (given that my job is a world class book reviewer). How about brand I don’t understand it too much? Is it saying I have 1000 5-Star reviews and if we can work out a deal where I pay 50% off I will send all 1000 to your website..? Sorry for the length.

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