07/06/2026
GIFTED 10M đ¸đ¸
About a decade ago, I was at an entrepreneur dinner at a steakhouse and I was the first one up to answer the icebreaker for the group.
The question was: âwhat would you do if someone gifted you 10 million dollars?â
Back then I was at year zero. I knew nothing about offers, investments, audience, podcasts.
Nothing.
So I said the first thing that popped into my head.
âIâd give all of it to my parents. Growing up I watched them give up their own lives for my brother and me.
And Iâm fine giving it away, because I know Iâm going to figure out my business and make my own 10 million plus.â
The table went silent.
Forget that I was meeting most of these business owners for the first time.
My answer had nothing to do with business at all. It was just a personal desire, and that was it.
I donât remember if anyone asked a follow-up. I do remember driving home that night thinking, man, maybe I should have answered that differently.
Fast forward to today. I still havenât made the 10 million in the business (yet!)
But after making millions over the last few years, Iâve realized something the dinner version of me couldnât have:
âŚthe money was never the point.
Being present with them living life was.
Treating my parents to ten days through Barcelona and Basque Country was worth more than I ever thought it would be.
They got to live in Spain đŞđ¸ for a stretch.
They got to see a version of life theyâd never give themselves.
We dined at and , two of Top 10 steakhouses in the world.
Some of the best meals of my life.
was epic too!
Going to make full videos on all of those experiences soon.
That âunofficial goalâ I blurted out at a dinner table ten years ago?
Crossed off the list. Just not the way I pictured it.
We never took family trips growing up.
So in a twisted way, this is me giving back to my younger self and have fun with the fam now too.
Couldnât have pulled it off without and â¤ď¸
Thank you both for the endless support.
Grateful for the journey and whatâs to come!
Marching onwards to 10M and beyond