yet you don't get ahead financially?

I remember when I was 18-19 years old

that I was hustling and trying to do side jobs

and try to make a living.

Try to support my mom,

but I could never get ahead financially.

I was desperate for money.

I wanted to make more money to be able to provide

for my family, but I could never get ahead.

And I realized that there is something in my belief system

back then that was holding me back.

So, you need to stop thinking like this

if you ever want to get ahead financially.

If you ever want to be successful, if you want to be rich.

You see, money's a very interesting thing.

Money doesn't go to the people who are desperate for it.

It's not enough to say, "I want to make more money.

"Oh, I want to increase my income.

"I want to pay off that debt."

That's not enough, right?

If you want to make more money

money earned is a byproduct of value creation.

So at the time I wanted to make more money,

but I couldn't make more money

because I wasn't upgrading my skillsets.

If you wanna make $1,000,000,

solve $1,000,000 problem.

Right?

If you want to make $100,000,000,

solve $100,000,000 problem, right?

So don't chase money.

Chase problems.

What are some of the problems in the marketplace

that you could solve?

Maybe only you could solve

that you could bring to the marketplace?

Your unique skills, your expertise, your talent

you bring it out there, right.

You solve people's problems.

Or you see a need in the marketplace

that's not being fulfilled.

Your product, your service, your brand

that could fulfill that need better than anybody else.

You could also make more money.

It's not enough just to sit around

and hope that things will change.

To hope that you make more money,

to hope that things will turn around.

You need to be proactive about it.

I want you to think about money as a money tree.

And most people want to have more fruit.

They want to have better fruit,

and they look at that tree, look at the money tree,

and say, "I'm not making enough money."

It's no different than if they look at the fruit and say,

"I don't like how it tastes.

"It's bitter, it's small, it's dry,

"it doesn't taste good, it's not sweet."

Right?

And they complain and they act like a victim.

And they don't like the fruit,

but if you don't like the fruit

looking at the fruit and complaining about it

that's not gonna solve the problem.

What do you need to do?

Call them below.

You need to look at the roots.

What is causing this.

Money's a result, it's not a cause.

It's an effect.

What's the cause and effect relationship?

What do you need to do to create and produce better fruit?

You need to nurture the tree.

Right?

You need to plant the seed.

If you have not even planted the seed

how can you expect to have a fruitful tree?

Right?

That produces fruit that you want.

You can't.

What is that seed taking your action.

Taking that first initial step.

Upgrading your skill, learning how to deliver more value.

Now, you may be saying, "Well, Dan, how do I do that?

"How do I deliver more value to people?

"I'm just doing what I'm doing.

"I'm going to school, I just have a dead-end job."

That's the problem.

You're looking at the fruit, you're looking at the root,

you look at the fruit, you don't like the fruit,

first you gotta change the roots.

Right?

You look at most big, tall trees.

What do they have?

They have a very good, strong foundation.

They have a very strong root system.

That's the foundation piece.

That's something that you could change.

That's something that you could work

on yourself and get better.

So don't complain and say, "Hey, how come I cannot be rich?

"How come other people are rich, and I am not?

"How come they are successful and I'm not?"

Look at the roots.

Work on the roots, if you work on that long enough,

and you give yourself a little bit of time,

eventually you will have fruit that you want.

If you want to level up your skills

I have hundreds and hundreds of videos available to you

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But keep learning, always remember

in order to produce better fruit,

you first need to change the roots.