Wealth Lessons from Billionaire Grant Cardone

A billionaire's video recently went viral online,

showing him teaching his daughter to make money.

This dad is Grant Cardone,

a self-made American entrepreneur

who went from an ordinary salesperson

all the way to a billionaire.

So I was really curious:

How would someone who actually made

their fortune from scratch teach

his daughter to make money?

I watched the entire video

and picked out the three money mindsets

that are most useful for ordinary people,

yet rarely mentioned. And you'll find that

much of what he teaches his daughter

is almost the exact opposite of

what we were taught growing up.

Especially the last one—I think

the sooner people know it, the better.

First, girls must learn

sales. When Grant's daughter wanted to make

her first short film

and needed to raise money,

he was fully capable of giving it to her directly,

but he didn't.

Instead, she knocked on strangers' doors,

pitching her film,

and raised 3,000 dollars in two days.

But what Grant really wanted to teach

wasn't about the 3,000 dollars,

but proactively asking for resources,

facing rejection, and persuading people.

Because as a girl grows up, she'll find

that many important opportunities won't

simply come to you

just because you're good enough.

Want a raise? Negotiate. Want a promotion?

Go after it. Want to win clients

and close deals? You must build trust.

But many girls were taught growing up

to be modest, not too pushy, and just

do their own work well,

believing others will naturally notice.

But that's not how the adult world works.

Doing something well and letting people know

that you can do it well

are two completely different skills.

So Grant taught his daughter early on

that sales skills give a girl the confidence

to never have to wait

for someone else to choose her.

Second, you don't have to like something

before you do it well. When Grant

first entered the car business,

he didn't like the job at all.

But instead of quitting because he disliked it,

he found ways to do it well first.

As he got better and better at it

and made more and more money,

he actually started to like it.

This goes completely against

the advice to "find your passion."

We always think life works in the order

of liking it first,

working hard, and finally mastering it.

But with many things, it's the exact opposite:

do it first, gradually get good at it,

get results, and only then like it.

And when people first start

doing something, they are at their clumsiest,

most prone to failure,

and feel no sense of achievement.

That is why we are so prone

at this stage to say, "I don't

like it, I'm not cut out for it."

But sometimes you don't truly dislike it;

you just dislike the feeling

of not being good at it yet.

If you walk away every time it is hardest

and yields the lowest return,

it will be hard to hold out until a skill

truly starts to become valuable.

Third, among the three most important pieces of advice

a billionaire gave his daughter,

money actually ranked only third.

His daughter asked Grant, "If you could only

give me a few pieces of life advice,

what would you want me to remember most?"

He barely had to think.

"First, choose the right partner;

second, don't have too many friends;

third, you must understand money."

What is most interesting is that

a self-made billionaire actually

ranked money third.

Why is your partner first?

Because choosing a partner is actually

choosing your next several decades.

If you choose the wrong person,

what you lose is not just feelings,

but also your time, attention,

and even your ability to build wealth.

Why shouldn't you have too many friends?

Because one's time, attention, and trust

are inherently limited assets.

You can know many people,

but those who truly enter

your inner circle must be few.

Only last comes money. Grant wants

his daughter to understand not just how to spend money,

but how money is generated,

how it is kept, and how it keeps growing.

Because only people who truly understand money

will not be stuck forever selling

their time for income.

So looking at these three points,

I realized Grant, in teaching his daughter to make money,

did not start by teaching how to buy stocks

or invest; he first taught how to

proactively pursue opportunities,

how to make herself valuable,

and how to protect her time,

relationships, and money.

Because a person's true wealth capability

is never just about how much money

is in their bank account right now,

but rather, if one day all of that

money is gone, whether you still have

the ability to earn it all back.

This may be the money-making ability

that a self-made billionaire

most wants to teach his daughter.