Victor Maya arrived in the US illegally speaking no English and built multiple roofing companies. He works intensely from 8 am to noon, then frees his afternoons for personal pursuits. His disciplined routine shows how structure and knowledge of what works can overcome any starting point.
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Chapter 5 is Victor Maya. And my favorite part of this chapter was do better once you know better. Love to have you talk about that one for a little bit.
So Victor is a really cool one, right? Because he came over and his story, I won't give away all of it. Just you can picture this. He's coming over to the States with his family, speaks no English, came over illegally. He'll tell you this and basically starts as a first generation here in the States and has nothing like has literally nothing but the clothes on him. And he'll tell the story and you follow his journey into how he now has these amazing routines And the big thing I took away from him was what ties into this quote. He accelerates his day and really gets everything done between 8 and 2. He says some days 8 and 12, and he leaves that afternoon to do other things in life and even works out in the afternoons and all that. He's so disciplined and committed. And what I was blown away— why I wanted to include him early is to recognize that we all have an opportunity wherever you started, that he had to overcome what most would say are plenty of obstacles. But his structure in his day— and he's built several successful companies in the roofing business and all this other— but I love his