076: Homeless to Billionaire with Andres Pira

Originally from Stockholm, Andres bought a one way ticket to Thailand at the age of 20, and soon found himself homeless, sleeping on public beaches and unsure of what to do next. Fast forward to age 30 and Andres had made himself a millionaire and went on to develop a real estate development empire called Blue Horizon, which today has over 240 employees across 19 companies and is worth nearly 2 billion dollars, and he just launched his new book “Homeless to Billionaire”.

Not only has Andres amassed incredible wealth, but the way he did it speaks to me on a deep level and I am so excited for you to hear the story straight from the man himself.

Places to Find Andres:

His website.

His book on amazon.

On Instagram @andrespira.official

Show Notes:

[3:00] minute: What was life like growing up and what was the mindset around money ingrained in you while you were young?

Money was evil and life just happens to you.

Those who had money were evil.

[3:45] minute: When you were 20 years old and moved to Thailand, what prompted that move?

Depressed in Sweden. Dropped out of school at 14 and thought he had no future.

Wanted to start a new chapter in life.

[4:40] minute: What happened when you got to Thailand then?

Got there with $100 in pocket.

Saw the tropical paradise he had always wanted so he was happy right away.

Got a job giving out brochures for a resort in Phuket.

[5:40] minute: And at what point did you find yourself homeless?

One year in he was thrown out of his one room apartment because he hadn’t paid rent in four months.

His mindset was off. His distracted living wasn’t going to get him anywhere.

[6:15] minute: What was that experience like, getting thrown out on the streets with nowhere to go, does that shake your world?

It was the worst days of his life, but it was also the best thing that ever happened.

[6:40] minute: So I’ve read other places then that the story goes you called a friend back home in Sweden for advice and it changed things, tell me that story.

He already owed money to all the people he knew in Phuket so no one could help him.

He was too proud to call his family in Sweden, so instead he called a friend that didn’t have any connection to his family. That friend didn’t have money to send but said he would send a book instead.

Printed out the pdf of the book and it made him more angry. The book was The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.

Set out to prove the book wrong by doing everything it said thinking he would get no results, but it turned out the opposite.

[10:00] minute: For anyone who is not familiar with the book, can you give a general overview of what the book was telling you to do?

Visualization, controlling your mind, controlling your thoughts.

The two things people do wrong is they start so big and so perfect which causes your unconsciousness mind to create limiting beliefs.

Andres started small by visualizing a cup of coffee and two days later a man working on the beach brought him a cup of coffee.

[12:40] minute: I love that you said to start small, that you’ve got to get to the place of believing it’s possible and already done. Setting those goals so far beyond what we’ve ever done makes it incredibly hard to get ourselves on a subconscious level to a place of belief.

[13:40] minute: The question I have for you is that the push back I get when mentioning the Secret or the Law of Attraction is that people think it’s just about wishful thinking, I’m curious how did the Law of Attraction play out...