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Create A Financial Empire
And A Multi-Million
Dollar Network
By Brian K Wright with Aaron Wagner
Brian: Welcome, and purposely surrounded themselves with people
Aaron? Why do that they wanted to have their lives.
you think some
people achieve Brian: I know you’ve invested in a lot of things.
wealth and others How do you decide what to invest in? I’m sure
don’t? there are many answers to that.
Aaron: There are a lot of reasons why some Aaron: There are. Obviously, in my business,
do and some don’t. Achieving wealth is not a my firm has two core competencies; one is real
product of intelligence or education or any of estate development and the other is food and
those things, but it’s actually just a product of beverage. We probably made at least another 20
execution. I believe that the most successful investments outside of those industries, and I
people in the world are people that are quick would say that every firm and every person has
decision makers. They’re decisive and they go to their own investment thesis and philosophy, their
action immediately, and a lot of the “figure me out” underwriting, and investment/legal requirements.
is on the fly. There is no perfect route. You’ve got But for me, it comes down to the people who are
to adapt and move, and you’ve got to be dynamic. involved. In terms of risk, I believe that you have
The people that are the doers are the people that to bet on jockeys, not horses. You have to make
are winning. sure that you’re betting on people that are going to
Brian: That’s fantastic. I know that there are a lot win despite the odds. When they come up against
of people out there who have self-limiting beliefs hardships, they’re going to be able figure things
around money. For anyone out there who might out.
have self-limiting beliefs around money, what The best solution people in the world are the best
advice would you give to them? entrepreneurs because they don’t take no for an
Aaron: It’s really hard to look at your blind spots answer, so that’s who I want to bet on.
and know what your self-limiting beliefs are. A big People put so much value in good ideas, but there
part of awareness is that you have to surround are graveyards full of good ideas. But execution
yourself with people that are going to allow you to rules the world.
see a vision a little bit beyond what your current
vision is. And for me, the easiest way to do that is Brian: When working with investors in business,
levelling up my network. not just in real estate but in business in general,
what criteria do you have to decide who you really
People often say, “You’re a product of the people want to work with?
you spend time around.” And I believe that’s
true. The people that I’ve seen that have created Aaron: Well, I’m glad you asked that because when
success are the ones that are have meticulously I first got started in my business, I needed all the
capital that I could get to do deals. I wasn’t very
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