I am the one that gave Grant this goal to become a billionaire. The first time I
mentioned it a few years ago I said, Grant you need to become a billionaire.
and Grant reacting in true Grant style and I was ready because I'm fortified
that cat5 came to me and he was like what are you talking about you want me
to be a billionaire that's because you're not the hammer you're not out
there working you're not you don't know what it takes to be a billionaire how
can you sit there and ask that of me I mean it was like brutal right I was like
damn maybe I shouldn't assess that and then he calmed down and my structures
were still standing and I said you need to hear me out on this my friend you
need to be a billionaire because that is who you are it is not about a financial
thing it's because you are that big grant cardone
you were that expansive and not huge that I know this if you become a
billionaire you have exchanged your products and services with enough people
that I know you help people I believe in you your products help people they
change people's lives when you guys write to me and say my life has changed
you have helped my marriage you have helped my business these are my rewards
if you took every dollar away from us you cannot take away my courage my
conviction my strength my dignity my pride my willingness to always get up
and keep on fighting no matter how hard I get hit no matter how hard I get hurt
you stand back up and you stand next to the person you're with and you freakin
Forge forward because you know you have what it takes to
make it work because you know in your gut you're extraordinary
and no one can take anything away from you when you know who you are and you
have your pride I'm still a girl I get emotional when you have your pride your
integrity and your honor what else is there
so I send this guy out to battle he'll be on the road for four or five days at
a time you know I'm not complaining you're gone why'd he have to be gone so
long I'm not bitching I'm not whining I don't call him I don't want him thinking
about me in the kids I told you I'm not normal I don't want him thinking about
me and the kids I want him thinking about slaughtering
deals and bringing it home to me I want the rewards I want you people saying my
life changed because of that man I want him to know that his wife and his kids
are fine because I have his back and I have his home and it's gonna be in check
as long as I freakin rule this empire everybody's going to be ok you freaking
slaughter the dragon and don't come home until it's done
haha the perverse side of that is you know one day G was out all day working
it's like 10 o'clock at night I hadn't heard from him but you know I have Intel
I have resources so I'll call somebody see ok need anything make sure you feed
him ok don't send him home with hoping and
fed please but I know he's okay and I know he's working he comes home at 10
o'clock one night and I'm like hey how was your day
and he was like whining cry practically crying this man he's like I had a bad
day and I looked at him and I said then what are you doing home go back out
there and sell something don't bring home your little problems to me go home
when you've accomplished your goals and you feel good about yourself bringing me
back a victory Jesus you're either creating an empire or destroying one
every single decision your decision to be here today you're creating your
empire y'all looking at me like what you gonna say nice I don't know I just
forgot I'm like ah what do I say next alright I
know what I'll tell you now certainly I'm not perfect I mean I know it's hard
to believe but I'm destroying an empire - look I've been with Grant for 14 years
I've certainly I can cause some damage - but the one thing that we have with each
other is trust I've never kept a secret from this man
he's never kept a secret from me there's nothing that anyone can hold over my
head that's really not where I wanted to go either but when I was destroying an
empire all right it was all about me you know I couldn't
think beyond whenever this is what I'll tell you whenever I start to lose it
it's when I get to only thinking about me I shrink I go normal that's what
normal people think they only think about themselves I hate to say it but
you only think about your your spouse and your kids and that's it like your
circle is this big and and it's selfish I hate to be the one to tell you that
but it is it's selfish what about your community what about what about mankind
that desperately needs people right now you know every time I get like where I
just think about me me me me I'm destroying you know Cole and Sonia asked
me to come here today about maybe two months ago and I was like oh I'll do
anything for you and they were like yes and then they said it's this date and I
went no I've got my pistol nationals and you two have already booked the house I
got my team of guys that I shoot with it's my first time in the Nationals the
pistol iron sights I'm sorry I can't do it so I said no destroying my empire
that is a choice and I made it because grant is a powerful man and has my back
about a month later he's like Elena what are you doing did you actually tell Cole
and Sonia and all those people in that room that
you're not going to speak you have something to give to someone you should
be heard and you know the typical thought if I was gonna be normal was but
I don't really have anything to say to anybody like what do I know that's
normal I do know things you can help people you know things other people know
things so I called them back and I said is there still a space available I've
got to speak if I can help one person I've got to do it you know so I tell you
about destroying and creating because there's some people the normal people
would tell me in my life they would say oh but you you do enough you should be
able to go enjoy yourself you should be able to go have your gun moment like
like like like don't lose yourself into this whole grant thing and like this
other thing like you need your own life too
those people are not my friends folks this is where I should be these are the
rewards this is my purpose this is my life I don't get a break from my life
you know why would I want a break from my life I'm creating it every single day
to be extraordinary so this is an empire fact you aren't doing it yourself like
in the history of all empires study any Empire and it's never done alone it
takes a team it takes a partner it takes it takes expansion it takes a realm it
takes other people like coming here today like I met you like I have you now
III think I can consider you guys friends now
like if zombie apocalypse happens all I want is friends that's all I want I'm
like there is nothing else I want friends all over the planet so you know
this is one of my favorite stories a Clydesdale can pull 8,000 pounds alone
but if you put it side by side with another Clydesdale it can pull
twenty-four thousand pounds that's three times which you can do on your own