Insider Secrets 71 with Andrew Stotz

<p><strong>Standout Quotes:</strong></p> <p>"If you really want to rise up spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically, whatever it is, you've got to take some pains” - [Andrew]</p> <p>"The lesson is that we can make it through any situation, as long as we have our foundation" - [Andrew]</p> <p>"I didn't want to be just an average Joe going to work and coming home. And I just felt like there was so much more to life that I wanted to experience" - [Andrew]</p> <p>“Being a good analyst basically means that you start with this premise, believe no one, believe nothing” - [Andrew]</p> <p>“In the world of finance and maybe even in the world of business, rare is valuable” – [Andrew]</p> <p>“I think when we’re young, we have black and white, we see things in black and white” – [Andrew]</p> <p>“The most important thing I've learned from all of my guests is the idea that pay attention to your intuition because that can provide a lot” – [Andrew]</p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Andrew describes himself in one word as "Relentless".</li> <li>I grew up in outside of Cleveland, Ohio in a little town called Hudson, Ohio.</li> <li>I started going off the rails with drugs and alcohol.</li> <li>And basically at the age of 11 was when I started getting high pretty consistently.</li> <li>I stabbed my father in the hand with scissors and spent a couple of weeks in jail.</li> <li>At the age of 16 or 17, I tried to kill myself. I saw a friend of mine going to rehab so I also went for rehab.</li> <li>I landed in Thailand with $2,000 in my pocket and no language skills, don't really know anybody. I closed all my bank accounts. I sold my car. I had no assets in the US.</li> <li>I taught finance at university and then after one year of teaching that I realized that, I'm never going to make any money being a teacher in Thailand.</li> <li>When we young, we have black and white, we see things in black and white.</li> <li>Think of creating wealth, and growing wealth as two separate things. You create wealth through your bu