Derik Fay Quotes

“I came from an impoverished and abusive childhood on my mother's side and had no assistance any step of the way.

I did not finish college, and I'm 100% self-taught. I learned through self-education, trial and error, failure, and persistence.

This gave me a foundation of appreciation for what I have, and the drive to help as many people as possible so no one has to feel hopeless or poor.”

“I invest in the person over the project. If you are passionate, hungry, and have a vision, I want to invest in you.”

“Be careful how you define 'rich'. I know many broke millionaires, and many 'wealthy' 9-5 ers.”

“Being exceptional at anything is accomplished simply by doing the small things each day that are uncomfortable or inconvenient.”

“Best advice I can give you is to assume every text, email, and phone message will be seen by an attorney some day trying got use it against you.”

“Buy Cash Flow! Nothing better to do with your money then to buy more money!”

“Change your mind, change your life!”

“Do you agree that the founder/CEO is ultimately responsible for all things that go wrong? I do!”

“Don’t fall in love with any deal, opportunity, or company!

They are vessels to create wealth. Execute, exit, and repeat!”

“Embrace everything that has brought you to this moment in your life.

Use it all as fuel to push your forward, not as a weight to hold you down.”

“Emotions are for things like enjoying art and music not making life decisions!

Grow up, take control of your life and do what you already know needs to be done but is inconvenient… or accept where you are and stop complaining.”

“Generational wealth isn’t achieved with passing money, it’s achieved with passing knowledge.”

“Get to neutral before make any decision.

Your feelings and your response do not have to be mutually exclusive. Accept how you feel then decide how you respond.”

“If you won’t stand in front of your loses, you have no right to stand on your wins.

Entrepreneurship is a difficult game. Yesterday's win, has no bearing on today's outcome. Keep your eye on the 'ball'.
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“Know that good things are coming even in the face of the opposite and they will come.

Positive thoughts get you through the negative times. Negative thoughts destroy the positive times forever.”

“Partnerships are for increasing the speed to your goal, or value of your company.”

“Pretty simple stuff. You find exactly what you think about, so think big!”

“Show up for yourself and watch how your life changes!”

“Sometimes letting go is the only way to move forward. Nothing defines you, but you!”

“Speed to opportunity is everything.

Opportunity always has a clock and waits for no one. So surround yourself with those who have walked the walk.”

“Stop complaining about success when you are not even doing the bare bone fundamentals of being a high value human.

You don’t get the roof without the foundation!”

“Stop thinking and start doing!

Yes it will be hard, yes it will be uncomfortable, perhaps you will even suck at first, but that leap of faith in yourself will pay dividends for the rest of your life regardless of the outcome.

Confidence is built by trying things. What you will find is the outcome is less important than the act of starting.”

“Taking the first step is harder than the next 100.”

“The single most detrimental item to your business, or to your success is others opinions. Opinions are not advice.

Advice is based on experience, or definitive facts. Advice is important, and should be sought after.

Opinions are emotionally based, volatile statements, derived from incomplete and often self serving information.

Far too often these two are confused for each other with highly detrimental effect.”

“The things you don’t want to do today, will give you the things you do want tomorrow.”

“Treat your team with the respect and dignity that they deserve.

Pour your values from the top down, give credit for the wins, and stand in front of your losses. Do this and watch how things change!”

“When you are starting out be passionate about opportunities, don’t wait to find an opportunity to be passionate about!”

“You are either moving your company forward or you are holding it back.

There is not an in between! Get out, or get out of the way!”

“Your financial statements are your bible in business! Study it, live by it, make decisions by it.

Running your own business puts you in emotional states, and it’s tempting to make decision based on that.

Go to your 'business bible' and find the unemotional, fact based answers. Numbers have no emotions, and tells no lies!”

“Your reputation is priceless, and it stacks over time.

How you handle success and failure, how you handle kind people and miserable people, how you treat your C suite and your janitor, these are all things that make up the map of your reputation.”