From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth

If I told you that a kid flunked out of first grade, I don't think the first thing you would say is That's a future billionaire. But you probably would have joined the crowd of people that made fun of me for being dumb. Today he's known as this guy you see on the cover of Forbes Tech Entrepreneur, this billionaire, sun god, because of all the work he's done in the solar industry. But the crazy thing about Hayes is that his story is very much a started from the bottom story. a lot of great leaders that are level five leaders, there's daddy issues, there's learning disabilities, or there's a near-death experience. Hayes pretty much never does podcasts. I pulled the friend card, I asked him to do this, because I think he's got a story worth telling. I've never told that one before, definitely on camera, but You're in the eye of the storm, right? Like the oh wait. Subprime mortgage crisis. You're in the mortgage business. I would like literally throw up in my driveway before I could go see my family every night. You said

The difference between rejection results is just how long you stick with it. A lot of people quit when it gets hard. Sometimes you don't even know you're quitting. You just come up with a reason why you think you need to quit. What was it like? Meeting Yuan the first time. Um well when I met Elon for the first time Got Karo No

Be what I want to I think what's interesting about your story, because I have all the research here. And if I just zoom out and I just think about it, I think How does a guy who flunked out of first grade end up, you know, one of the Miss Macy's class. Yeah, m th shout out to Miss Macy. Uh how does that guy end up You know, where you are today. Super successful.

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