I had the opportunity to be on a wonderful panel of professionals at a local high-school yesterday and discuss financial freedom.
One of the students stood up and asked the question “What can they do to get out of poverty?”
This was such a powerful question for a youngster to be asking.
The panel gave some awesome feedback on budgeting, education, setting goals, networking, etc.
I believe Poverty is a mindset.
My response was this;
I am no smarter than anyone in the room. If I can learn how to invest and create wealth, then so can you.
I’m just an inner-city kid from Akron, OH (LOL)
I didn’t grow up with wealthy parents or mentors.
I didn’t know multi-millionaires personally. But I knew that they were not smarter than me.
They just knew something I didn’t know.
So, I read books so that I could learn about Creating Wealth.
Books like Rich Dad, Poor Dad; Cashflow Quadrant; Multiple Streams of Income to name a few…
And I continue to read to this day.
But I took it one step forward. I didn’t stop at just reading a book. I wanted to learn how to EXECUTE what I was reading.
So, in the year 2000, I found someone who was being successful in Real-estate.
I asked to take them out for a cup of coffee so I could learn about being a real-estate investor.
That $1.50 coffee was the jump start to me building a $4 Million dollar real-estate portfolio over the next 8 years.
How about that for return on investment??
What I shared with the children is that the ANSWERS they are looking for can be found in BOOKS, but the EXECUTION can be found in RELATIONSHIPS
We all have things in our life the we are exposed to by default but, also things that we chose to expose ourselves to.
They say success leaves clues, so I shared this with these young adults; Find successful people, ask what they do, how they got there and then….
C.A.S.E
Copy
And
Steal
Everything.
…….a young man came up to me at the end of the session and asked if he could buy me a coffee?
I ended up sitting with this young man at the end of the presentation and teaching him about stocks and investing. Why? Because he asked.
If you are ready to EXECUTE, then LET’S CONNECT. Maybe we can grab a coffee.
Yours in Health and Wealth,
Perry Jeffries
The Entrepreneurs C.F.O.
“I help Entrepreneurs and Professionals Create and Execute Customized Financial Plans…So That They Have Peace Of Mind and Can Become Financially Free”
Perry is founded Phy-nancially Fit LLC in 2012. “Phy-nancially Fit LLC looks to impact the lives of Entrepreneurs and Individuals by showing them how to increase their income, energy and efficiency by creating customized financial, wellness and growth plans, so that they can one day retire Healthy and Wealthy.”
Perry is the President of Diamond Equity Advisors located in Columbus, OH. Diamond Equity Advisors is a full-service Wealth Management / Financial Planning firm. Perry currently Holds a Series 7 License (Securities License), Series 66 License (Investment Advisor), Life / Health / Annuity Licenses (Insurance License), has a CRPC (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) Designation through the College of Financial Planning and has the CPFA (Certified Pension Fiduciary Advisor) Designation.
In the areas of fitness, Perry has held the CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) certification through the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) and still holds the PES (Performance Enhancement Specialist) certification through the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine).
In addition, Perry is also a member of the John Maxwell Global Leadership Team. He has earned the certification of an Independent Speaker, Coach and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team.
