Hannah HammondFounder & CEO, HB Capital & The Firm RE · CEO of HB Capital | Helping CRE Developers & Investors Fund Deals Nationwide | Host of The Hannah Hammond Show

I finish every podcast with School of Hard Knocks style questions with my guests 🔥

Name: I finish every podcast with School of Hard Knocks style questions with my guests 🔥
Uploaded: 2026-05-16T17:37:53+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Hannah Hammond
Description: In this podcast clip, host Hannah Hammond asks a series of rapid, "School of Hard Knocks" style questions to her guest, a self‑made millionaire. The…

16 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this podcast clip, host Hannah Hammond asks a series of rapid, "School of Hard Knocks" style questions to her guest, a self‑made millionaire. The guest reveals he became a millionaire at age 28 and attributes his success primarily to a clear personal "why," which is rooted in his grandparents' survival of the Holocaust. He emphasizes that the only bad decisions he’s made were when he ignored his gut instinct. The conversation pivots to practical advice: follow your gut, balance passion with a pursuit that can financially sustain you, and avoid instant‑gratification habits. He delivers a concise message to younger generations and to his 25‑year‑old self, urging them to build something meaningful rather than chasing short‑term pleasures.

So how old were you when you became a millionaire?
28.
What's the best piece of advice you've ever heard or received?
The only bad decisions I've ever made are when I didn't follow my gut.
What's the number one thing you attribute your success to over anything else?
My why.
What's your why?
1940s, where people were enslaved based on nothing other than the fact that they were Jews. My grandparents were included in that.
They figured out a way to survive Auschwitz.
He was only kept alive because he was able to make Nazi uniforms. And I get to be born here. My dad paid for my education. I walked out of college with no debt, and I'm going to do something average?
Fuck that. You could leave one message to the younger generation, what would it be?
Follow your gut. This whole follow your passion advice that we get as students or adolescents, incomplete. You do need to be passionate about what you do, but it also needs to be something that can also feed yourself.
If you could send one text message to your 25-year-old self, what would it say? An hour paleo would be the text. Drop the instant gratification and build something meaningful.
Amen.