In Jiu-Jitsu, you need courage. The courage to fight your opponent, the courage to get out of your comfort zones, and the courage beyond the cage. Same in the business world, you need courage by taking the first steps. Make that calculated risk of jumping into something that you really want to do and don’t wait. Do it now. Take educated risks.
If you don’t know how to do it, you are going to learn it. This is Paul’s mantra in life. Paul is a stockbroker who took his financial skills into the MMA world, with his consulting help, his clients are able to turn failing operations into thriving ones.
Listen to the full episode here, as Paul shares his experience with entrepreneurship, travel, and becoming a two-time best-selling author.
In this Episode:
- How Paul began and what clicked along the way every time he made the career change
- Paul only had a car, motorcycle, air mattress, and dresser when he moved to Texas
- Working as a stockbroker with a Criminal Justice degree
- Paul’s dream growing up was to become a lawyer
- Takeaways in his 6 years as a stockbroker
- Paul’s piece of advice to people who are stuck in a career that feels not fulfilling
- How his consulting company started, the Combat Business
Important Quotes:
“Always be investing, don’t time the market, just put money away and forget about it.”
“I had to get real creative but one thing that really saved me, it goes back to being a stockbroker, for the last twenty years, I have been investing and putting money away. Understanding the financial options we had.”
“I’ve been preaching to people to put money away, get a business savings account, put money in it. They always say they will do it later, and then later came and they are screwed.”
“The real driving force now is helping more people, get to the level I am at and then meet people who are at a higher level and aim on how to get to that level. It’s like Jiu-Jitsu, I just want to keep getting better.”
“Life is short. Don’t wait. It’s like another cliché to say buy the shoes, take that trip. Make that calculated risk of jumping into something that you really want to do and don’t wait. The older you get, you start losing people. Do it now, take educated risks and enjoy life.”
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