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The Big Decision - with Daniel Friedland, MD and Zach Friedland

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The mindset shift that brings you financial freedom

Most people think wealthy people got that way because of sheer dumb luck, a huge inheritance, screwing people over or being “in the right place at the right time.” But nothing could be further from the truth. Let me explain. Imagine we took five first-generation multi-millionaires  (meaning they didn’t inherit their money, they made it themselves)  and stripped them of everything they had. Let’s say we took away all their money, their houses, their business connections and the rest of their worldly possessions. Now, let’s say we dropped them off in the middle of a big city with nothing but the shirt on their back and lint in their pockets. What do you think would happen if we checked up on them five years later? I can guarantee that every one of those first-generation multi-millionaires will be a millionaire again. And if they aren’t they won’t be far off from their goal. Now let’s try another experiment. Let’s take five ordinary, working class people and put 5 millio