How Grandpa Built It

Daniel Botero shares insights on how consistency leads to extraordinary results in life and business, emphasizing patience, perseverance, and strategic planning.

In this podcast, I updated you on the business and talked about the power of a personal brand.

In this episode, I talk about the end of the pivot and the The 4 Phases of Entrepreneurship 1. Uniform Optimism: • Icon: Lightbulb or rising sun. • Description: “Excited and optimistic with a vision, but unclear on the steps.” 2. Uniform Pessimism: • Icon: Cloudy sky or confused face. • Description: “Doubtful and overwhelmed by problems without clear solutions.” 3. Informed Pessimism: • Icon: Magnifying glass or gears turning. • Description: “Identifying problems and understanding the work needed to solve them.” 4. Informed Optimism: • Icon: Bright sun or thumbs up. • Description: “Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with a clear path to success.”

In this episode I break down the new vision for Opny, share the core values, and the standards that we hold the team accountable for. I explain why having this 3 things makes a great culture and how culture is the #1 competitor advantage.

In this episode, I open up about the hardest 3 months of my business career. Where I thought our company was going to go out of business. I break down the problem, how we found the issue, and how we solved it.

Life is a game where you can’t win. There is no finish line. The game of life is infinite. This is driven by the fact that the most important parts of life are infinite. Like the relationships with my wife, family, and friends. Like my health Like my business and career. Every time I have hit a milestone in any of those 3 main areas of life, I realize there is more. Just like when I got married, I thought that was the goal, but that was just the beginning of the book's next chapter, which only ends when I stop caring or die. There is no winning in the game of marriage. Just like in my business, when my goal was to open a business or write a book, or 1 million dollars in sales, or make it to 5 years. Whenever I reach a massive goal, I realize that was not the finish line but a mile marker. It is impossible to win the game of business. There are way too many factors and variables. The game then becomes about survival and impact. Which makes this journey eternal. On the other hand, it is easy to lose in this game. You can ruin your relationship, health, and career in seconds. The day we stop worrying about our relationships, our health, and our careers are the day our goals start regressing. You see, we are either growing or dying, but there is no such thing as staying the same. Because the game is not only played by us. It is played by everyone else. 7 billion people are playing the game of life, and time waits for no one. So the lesson is simple. Continue to grow and invest time, energy, and resources in the things that matter now and in the future. Enjoy the journey because there is no destination. Our goals are moving targets, and we must balance the present and the future. But most importantly, enjoy the ride, make an impact, and bring people with you! Love, grampa, Daniel

In this Episode, I bring my best friend and business partner to the podcast and talk about the key to a good friendship.

In this episode, I speak about how I turned a curve ball into a homerun.

10 years ago today, I graduated from college. Here are the top 3 lessons I learned that changed my life and perspective. Your career is a marathon and not a sprint. As someone who is always moving fast, always wanting more this was a hard lesson to learn. Every year I would set massive goals, try to accomplish them all, and fail to make much progress. What I learned is that we often overestimate what we can do in a year but massively underestimate what we can do in a lifetime. So the key is to focus on only 3 priorities at a time. Life is a trade-off between time and money. We are born poor but with all the time in the world, but when we die, if we did life right, we die with a lot of money but no time. So the lesson here is that you are trading your time for money at the begging of your career. But the problem is that time is the most valuable resource and is limiteed. The sooner you can go from trading time for value, the sooner you take charge of your life. Failure is a good thing, not a bad thing. Like most young people starting their careers, I was afraid to fail. I was afraid to tell my boss that I did not know the answer. I thought making mistakes was a bad thing. But in fact, mistakes and failures are the best lessons. Every failure I have had has been my most prominent teacher and source of motivation. Show me someone who has not failed, and I will show you someone who has never done anything remarkable. So don’t be afraid to fail. To me, you either win or you learn but never fail!!

In this episode, I talk about the compound effect. If you had to pick $1 Million Dollars or a penny that doubles every day for 30 days what would you pick? If you picked the penny, you would end up with over $5 million, and in this episode, we talk about the lesson I have learned regarding the compound effect with the business. Enjoy!