Denzel Rodriguez says the fastest way to build wealth is mindset: getting into the mud and learning by doing instead of waiting for credentials. He recommends offering free or contingent work early to get testimonials and referrals, then scaling with mentorship and persistence.
When we're looking at financial frameworks, people are interested in making money. They want to become wealthy because they're trying to get rid of problems in their life that, that they have. And from what I've gathered so far, like step one is your mindset. Because if we look back at your origin story and how you got into everything, you are recognizing there's a blessing at the fact of like timing, age, upbringing, environment. You had those elements, but you also had the elements of suffering, of hunger, of trauma, of pain. So there's others listening that have experienced the same thing but haven't yet taken that action. And then I tried to, in a way, almost peel back another layer or almost like debunk what you've been able to do by saying, okay, well, what, what experience? How much time did you put towards experience? Because that's usually the next objection that comes up was, okay, you have the idea you're making money by serving business owners, people who are already in business or have a desire to start a business, and you're providing a roadmap. You're providing a proven roadmap, not just based off what you've done, but you're leveraging what's being done in the marketplace. And then you're just delivering that value on a one to one basis with people. And then to scale that business faster, avoiding having to go through the degrees and having to maybe study under someone or do an internship here. You just said, I'm just going to figure it out by doing it. Yes, I'll read the books. Right? You're not opposed to reading books. You're not opposed to getting a coach and mentorship. You're not opposed to any of those things. Those are, those are great. You're saying, I'd rather, I'd rather just be in the mud. I'd rather just get on the field as quickly as possibly even if I know nothing. And then you obtain a client and you're willing to say, hey, I'll work with you for free and we can work out a deal. Like, if what I'm saying works and you make all this money, then you pay me X, or we do this together, or you give me a testimony, you refer me to others. And so that creates this expedited approach where you can simultaneously start a business that puts you in position to make the money while getting the experience at the same time making mistakes, knowing that was a mistake, having awareness around it, and then figuring out how to not make that mistake again. Now you are, I would say you're moving at 2x speed or 5x speed to the person that did not take the action, tried to study it first, then do more studying, then do more studying, then you know, let's get a certification around it and do more studying. And do more studying. You're paying all this money all this time, but you never even got on the field and now it's a decade later and that's where you feel like you're behind, whereas you essentially flipped it. So there's a, so there's a mindset part to it where I think you have to develop. Either it's already in you, those that are watching you have this natural drive. And if you don't have that natural drive, it can be developed. I would say for me, the natural drive wasn't always there. It just wasn't. And I got exposed to people like Alex and others and I developed a drive where I was able to reflect on my life and then say, yeah, no, I don't want to be a part of this, you know, I don't want to live like this no more. And then with that natural drive, where Alex and I are in alignment is this figure it out mentality where you're like, I don't care what it costs or how much time. I don't care that I'm 29 years old, 25 years old, 23 years old, I don't care how young I am, I don't care how inexperienced I am, I'm gonna figure it out. So Alex and I are in alignment there because I have that same mentality. And then you also mentioned page patience like you were like, relax, yes, we need to move, but have the patience that these things are going to come together because you have the right mindset and you're taking action, right? So now that you shared with us, you know, today 2025, because as you said, you've made money selling shoes, right? You've made money in, in the health space, you've made money on, on social media, with, with marketing. So you've got, you've been developing all the, all these skills and now kind of packed it all together and you're now in a position, a decade in business and you're offering a much higher level service now for business owners in the, in the coaching consulting realm where you're holding these people accountable to their goals, building the roadmap, holding them accountable, check ins and strategies, etc. Etc. It.
