Most people, when they think about investing, they think they need money. They look at other people who have what they want. A lot of people have to try something first before they know whether they have the passion for it or not.

Some people chase attention. Others build influence quietly and let the work speak for itself.

Nico Mercuris is a strategist and operator known for turning complex ideas into scalable systems.

I already did the low level work first.

I was a sales rep. Then I became a trainer and then I became a manager. People are so in a hurry these

days to just get from point A to point B that they don't realize that all of the good stuff is in the

process. Your only competition is yourself and whether you're willing to have the stick-to-itiveness

to just do it long enough until you master it.

Most people quit when they have this adversities or they get a little taste of failure and they think that's it.

Focused on leverage, clarity, and long-term value creation.

Across ventures, investments, and advisory roles, Nico plays the long game, building foundations that last, not moments that fade.

The very simple difference between the people who become successful and the ones who don't is just not quitting. Don't take this the wrong way if you're a real estate investor. The majority of the millionaires I know in real estate are the least intelligent people. You don't have to be smart to become rich in real estate. You just have to do the same thing over and over again. The people who really get ahead in life, give yourself an hour to really focus on something.

And when it goes off, okay, take a break.

And if you can do that, you're going to, become rich in real estate. You just have to do the same thing over and over again. The people who really get ahead in life, give yourself an hour to really focus on something.

And when it goes off, okay, take a break. If you can do that, you're going to be way ahead of

everyone else.

Nico, what's the mindset of a successful investor?

The first is that, you know, most people, when they think about investing or they learn that they should invest, the first thing I think they do is they think they need money.

They need to work on getting the money together or they either have a job or a business that generates some kind of income.

And then they look at other people who have what they want, right? They look at people who have the nice car, the nice house, or maybe they went to a real estate seminar or a webinar and they learned about apartments or houses or maybe I should invest to this. Or then they see this guy over here as a stock pro and they're like, oh, well, he makes a lot of money trading stocks. Well, what about this guy over here? He does crypto and maybe I should do that. And so I think, first of all, it's investing in things you like that you're interested in. First of all, think about that. If you're a dentist, for instance, you may have a dental website, But let's say your passion is golf. You can't be a pro golfer because you're a

dentist, but maybe you can design your website with a golf theme. So there's a way to include

your passion in what you do. And with that example, what I'm getting at is that if your goal is

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