Cody argues entrepreneurs must stop asking permission and become sole decision-makers. He shares how relying on external advice stalled his early progress acquiring apartment buildings, and how taking 100% responsibility and learning from mistakes built what he calls a "hustle muscle" that lets you act faster and find better deals.
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Hey, what's up guys? This is Cody, and today I'd like to chat about why it is absolutely vital for you to become your own decision maker and not rely on other folks when it comes to any step in the decision-making process. The reason this video is becoming relevant and why I wanted to post it today is over the past year and a half, I have found that in the very beginning, it is super easy to look forward to having instructions on what to do, when to do it, and exact step-by-steps for the decision-making process. But as I've started progressing further and further along this business journey, acquiring some apartment buildings, I found that if I cannot make my own decisions quickly and effectively without the advice of someone else, then I end up getting stuck. I end up not learning as much about the business game, the real estate space. And so the number one piece that I've had to learn is is taking 100% responsibility for every situation that I'm in. What I found is that when you take 100% responsibility for each situation that you face, there's no one else that you can push blame on, especially as a younger entrepreneur. I have found that when I get into a sticky situation, especially at age 19, age 20, it was very easy because of the society that I grew up in to try and push blame onto other folks, whether it was in the office, or it just wasn't a good lead, or multiple different things and circumstances that were out of my control because I didn't take responsibility for them. What I've been working on doing since those experiences is taking 100% responsibility, saying, what could I have done better? Because when I can't push blame on somebody else, I end up learning the skills and I start developing the hustle muscle, the skills that I didn't have at that point in time to try and reevaluate when I get into future situations. I'm able to handle it much, much better and more effectively, and it helps me grow as a human being, as a businessman. And so being able to take total control of the decision-making process is allowing me to, number one, find new deals. I'm getting in contact with new folks that I wasn't in contact with before because I had to sync up with other people in the office before even making any decision. And that was a hindrance for me, and it's just a learning process. So I wanted to create this video just to say, no matter what it takes, try and work on your skills as becoming the sole decision maker. Don't make rash decisions, make informed decisions, but make sure that they are your own decisions so that you can't place blame on anybody else. Because when you do that, you give up control of the situation, and it inhibits you from being able to grow as a person, as a businessman, and it keeps you from your full potential. So with that, I want to create a short video. Hope you guys enjoyed. And like always, if you like the content, please do subscribe. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, and I'll see you next time.
