Mike Andes and a guest argue the self-made founder myth keeps you poor. Scrimping on expert help slows progress; paying for guidance accelerates it. Pride makes entrepreneurs reject outside help because it threatens the self-made story, but no one builds alone.
That's nonsense. And I think it's important to know, like you, Mike, I didn't grow up believing these things. This is, this is a process where I've come to believe these things. And I look back and say, man, I wish I had believed this earlier. I was a little more in the, as I went in the earlier days of business and as a younger entrepreneur, younger person, I was very careful. I was like nickel and diming things. I mean, I was saving every penny kind of guy being really careful. And that slowed me down. but I totally believe in paying experts to just buy speed and give you the answer. Not everybody's legit, but on the whole, you win in a massive way going that route.
Because like, I've always thought in one, one regard, it's like, oh, people are trying to be cheap or they're trying to save money. But then sometimes I think it's like, it's more of a matter of pride because if I use anyone else, I will not be able to say I did it myself. Like if, if, if I take someone else's advice, if I get someone else's course, if I use an agency, even for example, Or if I, I get an advisor to help me sell my business, I'm not able to say I did this. I'm not self-made.
There's like nothing in my life I can say it was just me. Like, and so none of us are self-made. My dad, you know, taught me so many things. He helped me make my first lot flyer for my lawn care business. My mom drove me in the minivan and dropped me off in town. We, none of us are self-made. And so I just, we all, like, we all should take every advantage we could possibly get because millions of people have advantages and do nothing with them.
