The Cardone Zone

Grant Cardone and Lewis Howes will both be at the upcoming 10X GrowthCon in Miami this March. The 2017 10X Growth Conference presented by Grant Cardone promises to be the #1 business conference of the year. Don't miss this chance to spend 3 days with over 20 Experts, Entrepreneurs and Business Executives in 40 sessions detailing exact strategies and tactics being used to dominate the market. These experts charge as much as $10,000/hr to consult people on their business growth strategies, and now YOU can get access to every session, live Q&A, unparalleled networking opportunities and priceless information for a fraction of what a consulting fee would run you. This is an exclusive event, seating is VERY limited, and this event will sell out. Do not miss this once and a lifetime chance to accelerate your path towards your business and financial goals.

Sharpening the Iron with Grant Cardone and Tim Storey: The old saying that iron sharpens iron is true. You don't know all your blind spots. Listen in to Grant and Tim talk about making your dreams a reality, turning setbacks into comebacks, and what you can do about blind spots—because we all have them.Tim and Grant will both be at 10X GrowthCon this March. What would you pay to change your life forever?

What will it be worth to take your income from where it is to 10X that?

What would you pay to spend three days with me?

What questions do you need answered?

What do you need to know to blow up?

What do you need help with? Social media, branding, getting known, closing the sale, building a team, investing?

What would it be worth it to simply know the mistakes to avoid?

Roddy Chong is one of the world's most talented violinist most known for his works with Shania Twain, Celine Dion, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. But what most people don't know about Roddy is that his skill alone didn't get him to where he is today. Roddy and Grant talk about how being an entrepreneur really is what helped Roddy achieve the levels of success he has today.

Roddy Chong is one of many that will be at the 10XGrowthCon, now the bigger question is, will you be there?

Brad Lea is coming down to Miami for 10X GrowthCon! He is banking $50 million a year and the creator of Lightspeed VT, a great virtual training platform. What did Brad do to get where he is today? How important is it to be connected to important people? Find out why Brad wants to hang out with people that make him feel like a loser. Brad also reveals why you have to make adjustments.

The 2017 10X Growth Conference presented by Grant Cardone promises to be the #1 business conference of the year. Don't miss this chance to spend 3 days with over 20 Experts, Entrepreneurs and Business Executives in 40 sessions detailing exact strategies and tactics being used to dominate the market. These experts charge as much as $10,000/hr to consult people on their business growth strategies, and now YOU can get access to every session, live Q&A, unparalleled networking opportunities and priceless information for a fraction of what a consulting fee would run you. This is an exclusive event, seating is VERY limited, and this event will sell out. Do not miss this once and a lifetime chance to accelerate your path towards your business and financial goals.

Everyone needs hustle, if you aren't hustling you are being lazy. Forget Tim Ferris and his 4-hour work week, and forget the "normal" 40 hour work week. If you want massive sucess, you need to start working hard. That said, you need skills with your hustle. It's not only about the hustle. If you have no skills or strategy to go with your hustle than you are just spinning your wheels and wasting your time. You must combine hustle with strategy!

Between the years of 1991 and 2013, there were 23 NBA championships won, and 14 of those were won by teams led by just 3 men—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade. There is only one man who has helped bring out the best in 14 different NBA championship teams.

His name is Tim Grover, and he personally trained elite champions Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade. You may not play basketball, I don't, but Tim can still help us in our business because he will help us understand what it means to dominate.

To be the best in sports or business or any other aspect of life, it's never enough to just get to the top; you have to stay there, and then you have to climb higher because there's always someone right behind you trying to catch up. Most people are willing to settle for "good enough." But if you want to be unstoppable, those words mean nothing to you.

Being the best means engineering your life so you never stop until you get what you want, and then you keep going until you get what's next. And then you go for even more. Tim Grover trained Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. You need the mindset of a champion to make it big!

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck? You can be making $40,000 a year or $270,000 a year—I know people who do both—and live with no money leftover at the end of the month. What can you do, besides increasing your income? Here are two things you can do to cut your expenses:

1. Reduce your tax bill—There are many things you can do to pay less to the IRS. Make all 9 exemptions. You want the government taking less from your paycheck. Don't pay people, especially the IRS, before you need to.

2. Renegotiate student loans—Why would you pay this right now? Be Donald Trump, say that this deal no longer makes sense. If the president can renegotiate deals, you can too.

The bottom line is that rich people do things that poor people don't do. It's not just what you make but what you keep. Search online about budgets, and nobody talks about the IRS or student loans. These are two huge expenses many people have. Cut into these and start keeping more of your money!

Grant is in the Cardone Zone every Friday at noon EST. Are You Ready for Economic Expansion? Will Donald Trump be good for the economy? If the taxes go down and the debt goes up, there will be big expansion for probably 2 years. People are getting confident and they start spending money. When the economy expands, here are 5 things to prepare you for when the table gets turned:

1.Increase your Think—Have massive goals. Think big and then 10X that. 2.Reduce the Time—Take time out of the equation. You need to shorten deals. Don't waste Saturdays. 3.Fill your pipeline Up—Always have so much going on that no one deal is that big to you. 4.Stay Super Focused—You don't get this from CNBC and Facebook. Train daily to stay sharp. 5.Follow the Money—Don't just hustle. Sorry Gary V, it's not just about the hustle. You need skills. 6.Stack and Pack—Keep saving money and put it away. You'll need it later.

Whether there is economic expansion or contraction, you need to figure out how to prosper in all situations! Get on www.Cardoneu.com today it's your last chance for lifetime access.

Today on the Cardone Zone Grant Cardone compares and contrasts the stock market and real estate.

If you invested $1,000 in stocks (one share of the DOW) in 1985 today it would be worth $18,950. The average cost of home in 1985 was $24k and today it is $240K. You don't make 216K from that, you have to put a new roof on it and paid property taxes for 30 years.

Houses on average went up 10X. There are better investments than this. My properties pay me 10-12% every year and my tenants pay down my debt. With income producing real estate over time debt will go down or value will go up with the property—or both likely. Pay more rent and less in housing. You need renters paying your debt down not you paying it down in a house. In the stock market for every Apple there are 50 that never went anywhere. Don't make little moves.

Make big moves. Get at least $100K before you start investing. If you want to get rich get income producing properties only. You don't need stock, houses, gold, or bitcoin. If you can't repeat it, it's no wealth because it can't be duplicated.

Guessing the right stocks and flipping houses are like a casino, you can pick a winner but can you duplicate it over and over again?

Try and start with 16 units—so what if it's a bigger payment, don't think small. If you can figure out 4 you can figure out 16. You have to be committed and creative. If you lack creativity to get money, you aren't committed. If you are ever going to get in the real estate game you must have income and know how to make money.

Get on Grant Cardone's Playbook to start earning more cash so that you will have something to invest for in the future.

Dollars aren't tied to gold. Your money is dying—it's going down in value each day. That's why you need to get as much money as you can as fast as you can so you can put it into assets that will blow up. Money that just stays money will die.

The problem is that you are being educated by people who are teaching you things from a bygone era. Middle class wages are flat and they won't be going up again. You must simplify this. If it doesn't produce income, don't do it. When interest rates go down, debts go down, and assets go up. It's all artificial. Your money is going down in value. Get rid of it and put it into assets, but wait until you have $100K saved. You need to first understand basic economics—you want it, they have it, go and ask for it. In 1960 the minimum wage was $1.60. That was worth $2 more than minimum wage is worth today even though the dollar amount is higher.