Real quick, guys, if you can think about how you found this podcast,

somebody probably tweeted it, told you about it, shared it on Instagram, or something like that.

The only way this grows is through word of mouth.

And so I don't run ads, I don't do sponsorships, I don't sell anything.

My only ask is that you continue to pay it forward, do whoever showed you or however you found out

about this podcast that you do the exact same thing. So if it was a review, if it was a post,

if you do that, it would mean the world to me and you'll throw some good comment out there for

another entrepreneur. If you were unsure or you're uneasy, you get one of these like tiny like,

I'm just not sure if I'm going to do it, don't do it. I'm telling you like, there are so many

reasons you should not do a deal, you should be saying no way more than you should be saying yes.

The wealthiest people in the world see business as a game. This podcast, the game is my attempt

at documenting the lessons I've learned on my way to building acquisition.com into a billion dollar

portfolio. My hope is that you use the lessons to grow your business and maybe someday soon,

partner with us to get $200 million in beyond. I hope you share and enjoy.

I'm going to talk about the 24 rules of investing. And these are all structured as if

then statements. And the reason they're structured that way is that we make many decisions,

countless decisions every single day. And the idea is that if we learn a principle,

then we can continue to use that winning principle over and over again. And we don't look at the

principle in the micro, which means like, you could not make an investment and it could blow up.

But the question is, if I had made that same decision-making process over and over and over again,

would I over the longer term have made more money. And so the reason some of the greatest investors

published books about their principles is because they know if people make the right decisions,

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