College Dropout to $30M CEO: Kawser on the "Evolve or Die" Philosophy

Welcome back, everybody, to the Infinite Gold Podcast. Your hosts, Bree and Anthony Goldner. And today we have a special episode for you, our first ever in-person episode. And if you've been following us for a while now, We have done everything via Riverside. Shout out to them. But it's all been through the computer. If you're new to the show, a lot of things that we talk about and the concepts we talk about are your mindset, your professional business, your vitality, your health, and your community. And today we have a special guest. We have CEO Kouser in the house today, the CEO of Beige Corporation. How are you doing, buddy?

Doing amazing. Thank you guys for having me on the show.

Yeah. Yeah.

Welcome. We're so excited.

First one in person and we're doing it here at your studios. This is awesome.

Doing it big. I love it. I love it. Yeah. It's, you know, we've been trying to get the space ready, so glad to have you guys.

This is perfect. Yeah. So Kouser, he's the CEO of Bay. She started it at a young age of 18 years old. Just a couple years ago has built it into a multimillion dollar company and we're excited to have you here today. One of the first things we like to do is we like to give you the floor, give you 3 to 4 minutes of just a quick background story of who you are as a person, what got you to here today, and what's your passion, your why, and just who you are as a person.

Yeah, absolutely. So yeah, I'm Kalzer. I'm the founder and CEO of Beige. Started the company when I was 18. I found a gap in the videography space. I wanted to make a music video and it was so difficult finding a videographer. So one of my buddies had a camera at the time and he was like, yo, I'll shoot the video for you. Go rent out the Lamborghini that you want and put together this production. And so it was just a bunch of my friends and myself coming together. We shot a video and it just became shoot number 1 for Beige. And then I was like, whoa, this turned out cool. I didn't really expect it to be what Beige is today. But what I found is like, there are also other people out there that needed an easier solution to book a videography and photography project. And so really just kind of ran with it. People started reaching out to me. They were like, hey, Kouser, can you do my wedding? Can you do my music video? Can you do my commercial for my small e-commerce brand? And I was like, yeah, sure, I'll connect you with someone who can. So just kind of went from there.

That's awesome. That's awesome.

It sounds like it just was started with one thing and it led to another, it led to another, and it had a whole domino effect and now it's built base to what it is now. That's so freaking cool. I love it.

Oh yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, it's been, it's been a great journey for sure.

Cool. And one of the questions that we'd like to ask is what keeps you going? Like what's one of the things that keeps you moving along this, you know, treacherous journey of being a CEO and of the entrepreneurial space?

Yeah, I would say the biggest thing for me is like my why, right? I know we, we talk about that a lot. You know, you're also my coach, which I'm grateful for. But I think for me, like my why is, is to really like bring light into the world, you know, in a world full of darkness. I, I want to, I want Beige, I want myself to be that moon for people. Yeah. Where we are able to essentially, you know, bring opportunity to you know, at places where there might not be as opportunity for a certain, you know, audience or demographic. I want to be able to create like opportunity for the creators that we work with and, you know, for really our end users to, to produce content. So that's what keeps me going, just knowing that I can help bring opportunity and bring light to people.

That's awesome. And another thing we like to ask, especially of, you know, big entrepreneurs like yourself, Um, what are some of the, um, obstacles that, uh, you've gone through that you've kind of learned from and that's got you to here today for some of the people who may be at the beginning stages and they're, they may, uh, hit those obstacles as well?

Yeah, for me, like the biggest challenge was starting with what I have.

Yeah.

With where I am and doing what I intend on doing, right? So I think the biggest challenge is just getting started for people. You know, people are like, oh, I've never done a podcast. Um, I—

that was us. Yeah, literally it was us.

Straight up.

How long, how long were we talking about that for?

For at least a year.

At least.

At least a year. And then finally we said, screw it, we're doing it. We don't have to have all the fan— all the fancy, uh, pieces of equipment. We just needed to get the basic stuff. And that's what got— we got it started.

Yeah.

And looking for a year now, how many episodes do you guys have?

Uh, this will be number 41.

Yep.

Wow. So 41 episodes.

Yes. February-ish.

Yeah.

And love you.

And most people quit before what, episode 20?

Yeah, roughly.

Yeah.

Wow. Oh, so plug out that hurdle.

That's amazing.

Yeah.

And so exactly that, what you said, like you wanna start with what you have, where you are, and then just see where it goes. Right. So that's what I did with Beige and just kind of ran with it and, you You know, it, it somewhat worked out. Yeah, I would say so.

I'd say it worked out.

I definitely say it worked out.

We worked out. Beige is doing pretty good.

Yeah.

It's funny that you mentioned that the first thing that your buddy said was, I got the photography, go rent the Lamborghini. And did you rent the Lamborghini?

Yeah, I rented the Lamborghini.

And now what showed up in your driveway not so long ago?

My first Lamborghini that I owned.

That's, that's sick. That's, how does that feel?

Honestly, I don't think I've fully processed it yet. Um, but it feels so cool, man. I, I, I feel so like grateful to wake up every day and see that thing in my driveway. You know, it's, it's, it's a blessing for sure.

Yeah.

And, and everything.

That's cool.

Dude, that's just living proof that when you put your mind to something, you can do anything you want in life. 'Cause you literally made that little dream come true. Like that's, I, that's huge. A lot of people don't realize that. Like, okay, if I'm, If I want something so bad, I'm gonna put my mind to it, work really hard, and then I'm gonna reap the, the results of it.

Oh yeah, 100%.

Now let's transition. Uh, you purchased the Lamborghini, showed up at your house a couple days ago. What is that Lamborghini used for and why did you purchase it?

Yeah, for me, like the biggest thing was to be able to share it with my community. Yeah. Um, so, you know, one of the new ventures, um, under Beige is Beige Fleet, right? Mm-hmm. Which is,, you know, people are able to enjoy these vehicles for special events and productions and like, you know, anything that, you know, they want to utilize, you know, cars for, for, you know, for different types of content, right? So, um, we're— the Lamborghini is silver now, but we're actually gonna wrap it, um, a unique color. It's gonna be a surprise. Um, but I think it, it's gonna, it's gonna do really well. And, and also like, you know, it's just nice seeing like, just even seeing like how excited like Jackson got, you know, with, with the cars, with the Lambo, with the Corvette, with the McLaren. Like, it's like, that's the stuff that I love, right? I love, you know, really showing that these cars are, are really just but trophies and, and symbols for hard work and, and success. And, you know, it's like, you know, one, one can call it like just a car. Another person can call it like a, an actual reminder, you know, and to me it's a reminder of like, all right, like you've got this far, keep going, you know, and then also share it with the people that, people around you, you know? Mm-hmm. So I, I love just going on drives with people whenever they come visit and just hang out, have fun with them.

That's awesome.

That's a piece of you sharing your success and sharing that what's possible. I love that. A hundred percent. I love that.

A hundred percent.

Yeah.

I, that, double date that we went on and you let us take the Corvette to go meet at dessert was freaking cool. Yeah. I'd never been in one before and that was just really nice to, that you shared that with us and I'll always remember that.

Thank you. Of course. That's, you know, that's, that's the purpose. Yeah. You know, it's like, otherwise it's just like, it's just a car, you know? Yeah. But you share it with people, you create content around it, you, you, you know, you use it to promote your brand and and all those things, right? Like I think it, it ends up, you know, being, being nice. I've always loved cars growing up. Mm-hmm. And like every chance I would get, you know, I would, I would rent a, a nice car if I'm in a new city or something or going on a road trip and like, just like invokes a different like emotion and feeling. So it's kinda cool.

I love that you said that. What did that do for you by you renting those nicer cars when you didn't own them yet? What did that do for you? On the inside and mentally?

I think so much of success is spiritual. Yeah. And so it really helped me manifest, you know, a lot of the, the realities that I'm living today through that spiritual attraction. Yeah. That those cars at the time helped me achieve. And I think like, you know, there's a saying, right? Like your mind doesn't know the difference between what's real and what's not real. So anything you feed your mind with,, right? Your mind, you can trick your mind. You can almost hypnotize your mind for success. You know, I had a world-class hypnotist come through a couple weeks ago to the compound, and it was really cool meeting him. And he literally hypnotizes people like Jake Paul and Logan Paul and some of the, you know, biggest entrepreneurs, biggest influencers to wire themselves for success, you know? And in a way, I would argue that You as my coach, that's one of the things that you're doing. You're, you're hypnotizing me and rewiring me for success. Yeah. Right. So with that being said, I'm, I'm like, you know, at the end of the day, like I gotta really just share that with people, you know? Mm-hmm.

I love that you mentioned that because that's one of the things we talk about a lot is, is you gotta put yourself in a position that sometimes is uncomfortable so that way it tricks your mind to saying that This is now a new comfort, comfort stage. This is a new area of life that you're now building yourself into. Because I bet you at the time, money might've been a little tight for you, right? But you're still renting those cars, those nice cars to put yourself in that state of mind that, no, I'm not this person anymore. I am this person now. And then you got yourself closer to those dreams and goals. And now we have 3 amazing cars in the driveway. That didn't just happen just because. So I love that you mentioned that. A really good concept that we talk about all the time too is the vertical side of business. That's kind of what you're doing within Beige. Do you mind explaining to some of the listeners that may not know what that vertical aspect is and why you're doing it?

Yeah, definitely, right? So our core product is videography and photography, right? In an effort to really expand our technology product, which we're launching soon here, we thought about what could be some really good marketing lead magnets that can also drive revenue for Beige, right? And so with these new verticals, we're more focused on lead gen than actual tangible revenue, right? So obviously like, you know, people like A-list celebrities and big artists coming into the space and, you know, they see the cars and, you know, they're shooting content with the cars, they're, they're doing shoots in the space. What that does is it helps with lead generation, it helps with referrals, it helps with that brand awareness for Baysh, right? So that's really like the, the reasoning behind adding these new verticals. So we have Baysh Fleet and Baysh Studios. So Base Fleet is our collection of unique production cars that can be booked for any sort of photo shoot, video shoot, event. Base Studios are a wide array and portfolio of locations and spaces that you can use to have any events and shoots of any kind. So both of those things I think can help organically grow the business because we're already investing tons and tons of money into marketing. So why not create a new business vertical where we're able to get our cost per lead down.

Yeah, I love that. So now instead of just spending money on marketing, you're spending money on a side business, aka within the business, that's also still part of Beige. So instead of going to pay somebody else to do something, why pay someone else when you could just have it all in-house?

And, and yeah, go ahead. Yeah, and you're pouring it back into Beige and then it's allowing you to continue to grow, keeps things in the family, right?

And it's like our— a lot of our users, like, they need a location to shoot at. They don't know where they're going to shoot at, right? They said a lot of our artists and influencers and brands, they may want like a unique car, like a purple McLaren wrapped with their, with their logo, right? Like for their shoot. So I think it makes sense. I think it's a great, like, purple cow, quite literally, because the, you know, Purple Cow is one of the best marketing books I've read by Seth Godin. And he talks about like If you're driving through the countryside and you see a bunch of, you know, brown, black, and, you know, white cows, but then all of a sudden you see a purple cow, you're gonna stop and look at it twice, right? Oh yeah. It's gonna capture your attention. And we live in a day and age where attention is currency and we really have to just tap into that, you know, and attracting attention in the right ways, right? I think, yeah, I think it helps a lot.

That's awesome.

That's so good. One of the issues that we had, um, and we still kind of struggle every now and again with is the, uh, social media side of things and the, uh, you know, brand awareness. And for us it's always like, we just wanna coach people, we just wanna help people. We don't, this, this whole, you know, social media, this whole, but you said it's everything. Why is it everything and why has so much of it gone towards that?

Yeah. I mean, that content, two of the greatest forms of leverage in our day and age today, and this is something I've learned from one of my mentors, Naval Ravikant. He has a great book. That's a collection of his work. It's called The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, but he talks about how there's four primary types of leverage, right? There's Capital. There's time, your own time. There's human resources, like other people's, you know, I mean, that kind of falls under the time capacity. And then there's code and there's media, right? So code and media are two of the greatest forms of leverage in our society today. And if you're able to focus on those two, they can outweigh the leverage that money and human capital can create because the content outlives you. It outlives your time. Like we were talking about that earlier today. And then the code and technology is able to also outperform it and outlive you. And create value for other people. It's all about value creation. That's what we're doing with Beige. So I think that's kind of really like what my thesis is in terms of like, You know, the importance of media today and it being such a great asset.

Yeah. So where do you see social media? Where do you see media going? Because obviously you're heavily invested in the space, so you always have to see, uh, in the future, where do you see it heading or what direction?

Media is heading into a place where Everyone is a media company.

That's, that's real right there.

That's true. Yeah. So what would you say to somebody who wants to start a business or who just, let's put it this way, I don't even want to be an entrepreneur. I just want to work for somebody. Why is their media and their brand still important?

Because it, it's what differentiates you from everyone else. You know, there's only one you. So the media that you yourself create, only you can create that media, right? So, you know, you're, you're your own intellectual property. Yeah. So why not capitalize on that? Produce amazing media where you share some of your experiences, share some of your knowledge, share some of your insights, and, you know, hope that it impacts, you know, at least one other person. Because if, if it does, if it achieves that, then your media is ROI positive. If at least one person is touched and moved by a piece of content that you're putting out.

Yeah.

It's like digital resume without having it on paper. You've got more than that, that would fit, than would fill a resume. Mm-hmm. Because now people get to see who you are, what you do, what you stand for, all of those things.

So what would you say to somebody who, like, cuz you mentioned everybody knows somebody, everybody knows something. And they have something inside them. What would you say to that person who's like, I don't know anything, or I don't know enough?

I would challenge them and, and ask them like what the last thing that they did was, right? And they could be like, oh yeah, I was taking a dump, uh, doom scrolling on my phone on TikTok. Well then I would probe deeper and I would ask, okay, what were you scrolling through? What's one piece of content that resonated with you? And they keep it like, oh yeah, it's that one butter chicken recipe that this one influencer was, uh, was showing you how to, how to make. I was like, well, I wanna try that. Well, and I would tell them like, well, you now know how to make butter chicken. You know what I mean?

True.

So you learn something, you learn something, you learn something from everything. Yeah. And you know, the power of the subconscious mind is even if you don't consciously learn and process what you're doing, your subconscious mind encodes that all. Right? And what are we doing in our sleep? Our subconscious mind is essentially storing all of those memories and those experiences into our long-term memory database and then disposing of the short-term. But that short-term, those short-term memories are still relevant whenever we come through another one of those. You know, life is a series of patterns and dots. And in order to predict the future, Steve Jobs said, you must look in the past and connect the dots. That's how you shape and create the future.

It is. Yeah. And I love how you say that. And especially you mentioned the past is because we like to say is you can help out your, you can help somebody else out where you were 5 years ago. So wherever you were 5 years ago, you take that knowledge and that's who you can help out right now. So if you think you can't help someone else out, look back at yourself 5 years ago. Who were you? Where were you? And now you help out that person right now.

Yeah. Like what we say is help who you were yesterday.

Exactly. Wow. That's powerful. Help who you were yesterday. Yeah. That's profound. Yeah. Uh, so, you know, there's a saying, right, that I always think of, right? Which is like, do something today that the future version of yourself is gonna be thankful for. Yeah. You know? And, and we were talking so much in our coaching session about focusing on, on myself, the individual, versus, you know, on my business page. And that like is literally like the next wave that I want to be on, you know. I want to unlock the billion-dollar ideas and, and the billion-dollar potential because I already have this platform, right, that we can get there. But in order to do that, I gotta unlock it. I gotta look within and unlock it within myself. And I think like That couldn't be more true, you know? And like, that is something that I struggle with, like time management, right? Like I have such a high demand, like life and career where it's like, if I don't manage my time properly, yeah. You know, things, things can kind of like, you know, shuffle around.

So, mm-hmm. One of the things we coach on a lot, um, through The Final Percent is the Infinity Model, and you're very Very good CEO. You're a very good entrepreneur. You're a very good businessman. Your business obviously is doing phenomenal right now. A lot of times is people want the business to be better. They still want it to be better and they always want to focus on the business. Well, if we take a step back within the affinity model, we focus on the mindset, exactly what you just said, that'll unlock more of that creativity, that creative mind into making the business actually better than if you were just trying to focus on the business itself. And you built this business based off of your creative mind, right? So where do you see individuals at the beginning of maybe their careers or their entrepreneurial journeys where they get stuck or they feel like they've plateaued?

You know, a lot of people feel like their ideas just aren't good enough, you know, but, and I would say like, I would argue that in the world of AI, you really have no excuse. Use, right, than to come up with creative ideas. You have idea generation machines that literally source from the greatest dataset known to mankind in history, which is in the internet, right? So with that being said, it's almost like if you're, if you feel like your idea isn't good enough, then you just lack confidence. So how do you build that self-confidence, right? So I would, encourage young entrepreneurs starting out, like, work on your self-confidence first. Yeah. You know, work on your image. Like, literally, like, you know, do things to, like, work out, do things to, you know, to improve, like, your self-image. Because if you look at yourself in the mirror and you're not happy, and I've been there, and, you know, something I even struggle with at times, if you're not happy with where you are and who you are, you got to work on being happy with that person. Yeah. Because you cannot just enter a, you know, a different body, you know, like, you know, you can't enter a different mind. It, you know, you're yourself. And so we have to nourish and nurture and care for ourselves and do the things right that, that I think like a lot of people know and it's obvious, but we don't do because it takes real work and consistent work.

Right there. Yeah. Doing the actual work sometimes is what scares people the most. 'Cause they know they need to do it. They know that that's what needs to happen, but they just don't do it.

Yeah. It's stepping into that uncomfortable, scary zone, that stretch zone that a lot of people don't wanna step into 'cause they're like, it's unfamiliar. Yeah. It's, it's not that it's just uncomfortable, but it's unfamiliar because they don't know, well, what happens if I do this? What happens if I do that? Like it's the if this, then that. You know, and that's a lot of what holds people back because they're letting that fear take hold of them and they don't get into that space where they're like, okay, I, I need to at least take a baby step and then it'll get me a little bit further, boost my confidence. But no, people get stuck and they stay there. Yeah.

All right. So what's the biggest obstacle, uh, that Beige is, uh, working with right now?

Yeah, the biggest challenge for us here at Beige right now is evolving our leaders to be ready for the next stage of the business, right? Because who our leaders were before that got us to this point is not who they need to be in order to get to the next benchmark, right? Our goal is to be a $300 million company in the next 12 months, and how we achieve that is through doing things that we've never done before. Yeah. Not by doing the same things, right? Sure, there's ingredients of our success thus far. We've, we're clearly doing something that's working, but in this next stage, we need to completely reinvent that and throw all of the things that are not working out the window and start innovating and having a better R&D streamlined process, right? Because right now, more than ever, like speed is going to be what takes us there, right? Currently as of today, you know, we're, we're a $30 million business. In order to be a $300 million business, we need to reinvent ourselves. And, you know, I think that's the biggest challenge, right? Um, to bring in the right new leaders, develop our existing leaders, you know, just like, just figure out what this next, you know, stage looks like for the team.

Yeah.

Making moves, making moves.

So how do you do that? You've got somebody who has been with you for the last 8 years or 4 years and they got you to this point. How do you maneuver around that person if that person's not gonna get you to $300 million? There's a lot of people who are in business or they went in business with their friends and the other person just isn't there, or isn't— Yeah.

That's not that person. The business outgrew 'em.

Yeah. So how do you manage that?

I mean, it's one of the most challenging and difficult things, right? Because, you know, you hang on, it's like hanging on to a bad relationship. You know, you know, you love that person and, you know, it, we've all been, excuse me, we've all been there and, you know, it's like hanging on to a bad relationship because, you know, you, you care about and you love that person and, you know, they're like a part of your family, but if you are limiting their potential to succeed. And vice versa, then what's the point? You know, so you, you either grow together or you grow apart, right? Like, so if certain leader is able to grow far more profoundly with their core strengths of competencies at another startup or at another company, or even start their own company with what they've learned, that's going to serve them a lot more than them constantly struggling to fit the mold of the $300 million beige, right? So I think that's gonna be the biggest thing. And, and really, you know, just being open to having those tough conversations, you know, I think that's like the biggest thing, but doing it through empathy, through integrity and, and, and, you know, just, just having the right mindset is important.

Mm-hmm. That's awesome. So as a business owner, we talked about business of beige. We talked about the vertical aspects of it. We talked a lot about your mindset and the mindset that goes into things. Another pillar that we like to talk about is health, vitality. How important is your vitality and your health to your business and just to life in general?

It's probably the core foundation. If my back is hurting, I recently had a slight minor back injury. If my back is hurting, I'm only thinking about how can I get my back to stop hurting, right? I'm not thinking about how can I put out this fire or that fire. In fact, those fires are exacerbated now because I'm myself not 100%. So I really want to start training, you know, training for this warpath to being a $300 million business in 12 months. And in order to do that, I have to completely completely reinvent myself and be the CEO that I know I could be. Yeah. Through working on myself individually, right? So, and we were talking about it in our coaching session, you know, starting like my mornings with you, you know, on some days, right? Like just really documenting that, like building that discipline and that routine to show myself that I still got it, you know, I still got that, you, you know, that personal health and that personal vitality.

I love that. So one of the biggest things that we've been working through in the last couple years, and that one of the things that The Final Percent says a lot is, uh, community supercharges everything. What is your take on community and what it can do for you?

I think community is the thread that weaves the garment of humanity together. So it's, you know, we can, if we're just one thread, you know, we can't hold up something massive that we're striving to, you know, achieve, right? So without community, we can't be a complete garment. We're just, we're just merely, but you know, a couple threads. So I think community is very important, you know, to serve our community, to seek help and guidance from our community at community is the, is really the way to build our dreams because then we have that support system. And I love what you guys have been able to do with The Final Percent and, uh, you know, just, just the whole community that you guys have built is like such an incredible brotherhood, sisterhood, like support system that allows people to launch, that a lot, that serves as a launchpad for people's dreams, right? So I think that that's super impressive.

So true. Yeah, it's building on those relationships and community. Speaking of relationships, taking it back to from when you started to where you are now, how has your relationship with yourself evolved from the start to now? And how has your relationships evolved with your friends, your family over time? Because I don't think it's talked about a lot in the entrepreneurial space that When you're building a business and you start becoming successful, you start losing people.

Can you go into that for us? Yeah. Um, I would say when I first started, I lacked a lot of confidence. And so in order to build confidence, I had to build a stack of irrefutable truths about myself through consistent action. That's something Alex Hormozi talks a lot about. And so for me, it was really like, how do I stack up as many wins to build self-confidence? And then when I became self, you know, when I inherited self-confidence through that, I was able to carry out further actions. I was able to show up differently in rooms. I was able to, you know, meet, you know, people like, you know, Greg and, you know, Anthony and, and Bri and you guys, right? So it really helped me then really exceed those expectations. I think where my relationship is at with myself today is I truly love myself. I'm really proud of myself. I would like to give myself a little more peace and as we're in the middle of closing some very major partners and investors are really I think that piece is naturally going to come so that I can have a more balanced, you know, approach to things. But yeah, I would say I have a great relationship with myself. I just need to focus on a lot more like personal, you know, like pouring back into myself personally and a lot of personal reinvestment. I think I've reinvested a lot and a lot back into the business, back into relationships and everything, but I need to pour a little bit more back into myself.

Yeah. And you alluded to an Instagram video not too long ago, but how does a mentor and a coach unlock those things for you? And why should— it doesn't matter where you are in business, where you are in life—

why should someone have a mentor or coach? Yeah, a mentor and a coach is extremely important because it's almost like the fast lane, right? Like, so my philosophy is there's no shortcuts to success., but there is a fast lane, right? So if you're on the, if you're on the 101 driving north to Santa Barbara, do you want to be on the rightmost lane where you don't really have, um, as much traction, or do you want to get into that carpool lane? Yeah. And the carpool lane is only, uh, available for more than one person. Mm-hmm. In that car, right? So you need to have a minimum of 2 passengers. So it's almost like that's the exact metaphor I want to use for the importance of having a mentor. If you want to get in that carpool lane, you sure as hell bring in that passenger, bring in your mentor that's going to be able to be your copilot, your partner in crime, and really just guide you and help you avoid the pitfalls and the mistakes that you might be too busy to look out for because they've been there. So with that being said, like, I'm super grateful to announce that, you know, you're my coach and, you know, Anthony and, you know, we've been doing some great things together.

So thank you. Just more to come, more to come.

You're awesome, buddy.

Dude.

Awesome. I, I love the analogy that you use with the carpool lane and how you're like, well, cuz I can't do it alone and you can't be in the carpool lane alone. You bring your mentor on with you. So I love that. And the way we like to end our episodes is we ask, what are 3 golden nuggets that you would share with our listeners based off of what we talked today?

What do you think that they should know? Yeah, definitely. Um, number 1, the importance of having a mentor, right? I think like that's the most relevant since that's what we were talking about just now. But having a mentor is incredibly important because they've done things and have experiences that you can learn from and they can be your blind spot., right? It's almost also like having that blind spot monitor, right? Yeah. Right. It's almost like they're going to be the ones looking over your shoulder to ensure that there's not another huge threat, you know, right there lingering. So having a mentor is extremely important. Um, number 2 would be really understanding that humans and businesses evolve. You know, you never, you never stay stagnant, right? So, yeah, you, one thing, uh, from Ray Dalio that I learned is you either evolve or you die, right? And sometimes in order to evolve, you have to die and reinvent yourself, and that's okay, right?

Okay. Yes. That's the most important part right there. Yeah.

Is it's okay to do that. It's okay to strip yourself from everything and just reinvent yourself. And I would say the final nugget from today is the importance of community. You know, community is thread that brings us all together, and I'm happy to be a part of your community and for you to be a part of mine.

So, oh yeah, we love you, bro. We're extremely proud of being part of the Beige community and everything that Beige is doing. It's phenomenal. It's really cool to see. It's really cool to be part of. So we thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you. Uh, we thank you guys for listening in, for watching in. Uh, if you like what you've seen, like the show, share the show, share the show. We know there's somebody out there that, is going through some issues that, uh, you're going through that somebody else has possibly have felt within the show. So make sure you, uh, share it with them. If there's any questions of, uh, guests that you want to have on the show, or for our Friday episodes where we dive deeper into, um, various, uh, questions, reach out to us. We're Wealth of Knowledge, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube. Let us know, we'll talk about it. We're here for you.