A $1000, what would you spend $1,000 on?
Guys, a $1,000 to most of us is quite a bit of money, so is there anything worth having
in your wardrobe actually spending and buying for yourself that's easily worth $1,000?
Well, in today's video, I've got ten items which I think are worth that price.
Number one and no surprise here, a well-fitted suit.
Now, I know for $50 you can actually go to a thrift store find a suit and make sure it
fits you well get it adjusted, but the thing is you're going to spend a lot of time finding
that perfect suit for under that price.
Now, once you start getting into the $800 the $1,000 maybe even the $1,200 price point,
there is a lot more options.
And, at this point you better make sure it fits you properly because that's the key,
you could spend $3,000 on the suit and it's not going to look great on you if it doesn't
fit your body.
Pay attention to my style pyramid.
Guys, remember, that's fit, that's function, and that's fabric.
The fit needs to be spot on.
The function needs to be a classic style which is going to be around for at least ten years.
The best way to do, go back look at what was in style ten years ago what's in style now.
Most likely and, you know, that's going to continue to be in style.
You want to look at navy blues, you want to look at a dark charcoal gray, or a medium
gray, those are going to be great suits to start with.
Now, the fabric, you want to go with the best you can afford.
Now, at $800, $600, $1,000, $1,200, you're not going to get the best fabrics in the world,
but you're going to get some really good ones.
Believe it or not, there are suits out there that are $25,000 because of the fabric.
Now, does that make them twenty five times better than a $1,000 suit?
No.
And this a lot of you guys are saying, Antonio, but why would you spend that money?
Again, let me take a step back and say it comes down to how much time you have, what
industry you're in.
If you're a lawyer, if you're a consultant, you live in your suits, you need something
that's a hundred percent wool, something that's going to be luxurious something that's going
to drape is going to look great possibly even maybe the name or of the company if you're
going to talk with someone about it is important.
Then, that's definitely wear something like this if it can help you close a million dollar
deal or help you take your business from $50,000 to $500,000.
Yeah, I think it's worth it in that case.
And, again, it's not just about how others perceive you, but how you perceive yourself.
Item number two that's easily worth $1,000 is a mattress that you love, a mattress you're
going to sleep well on.
Guys, take this from a guy that for the first four years out of college when I was in the
Marine Corps, I had a second hand mattress that I'd somehow saved.
Since college I had three storage containers I had them laid out as a frame and then I
put that mattress on top.
And I remember a girlfriend saw this and she just was like appalled she was like can't
believe this is actually how you sleep and I didn't think anything of it until I visited
my sister, Lisa.
And she has this really nice mattress and I love I could just lay on that bed and sleep
a solid ten to twelve hours without turning without getting hot.
I mean it was just great.
And so, I knew I needed to find this and I went out and I invested in a good mattress
about fifteen years ago and I have never looked back since then, guys.
And think about how important sleep is to everything that you do in your day, so why
not invest in a good quality sleep.
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Item number three worth $1,000, the right bag.
I'm talking the right briefcase, the right piece of luggage, or the right carryon-on.
One that you're going to use again and again that's going to stand up to a beating is actually
going to look better over time.
Oftentimes, I gravitate personally towards leather items.
I found that leather especially over the years it just starts to look better over time especially
with briefcases.
Now, when it comes to carry-ons especially if it's one that you are getting checked and
it's getting beat up, there is a chance that you can lose, maybe you're not necessarily
going to spend $1,000, but maybe you're going to spend two to three times what you would
normally spend if you went for something that discount.
But, what you're going to get are better wheels, something that's actually going to have handles
which are not going to rip off.
So, what you're looking for again here is attention to the built, attention to the details.
Look a the quality of materials, but make sure in that case it's something that's very
functional something that's actually going to do its job again and again and look great
as it does it.
Item number four that's worth $1,000 and maybe this isn't an item, but it's more of a service.
And I think having a gym membership and a personal trainer for some people is probably
worth the expense.
Why?
Because this is the only body you've got in this life, guys.
And I see so many people throwing up excuse after excuse of why they're not going to get
in shape, why they're not going to eat better.
And perhaps it's worth you spending the money enduring the pain when you have skin in the
game that's the beautiful thing about a great personal trainer.
They're showing up at the gym at 6:00 for you.
And guess what?
When you've got that accountability, you don't roll over and push that sleep button because
this again is your body, this is your vehicle throughout life and it's well worth that investment.
Item number five on my list of items that you can easily spend $1,000 in your wardrobe,
watches.
And believe me you can easily spend $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $100,000 on watches.
It's amazing.
If you really start to develop a love for this, you start to realize, wow, this is an
intricate system that in on of itself, you know, you look at the detail you look at the
jewelry, you look at the build quality of these things and you start to see why the
collectors get into this and how they're able to maintain their value over time.
So, if you're getting into watches, definitely down in the description I'm going to link
to some other channels, but Hodinkee is one that I love and I think that they do a great
job talking about really do a great job talking about really high-end watches and everything
that goes there.
But, watch is easily something you can spend over $1,000 on.
Item number six that you can easily spend $1,000 on guys is a nice jacket or coat.
So, I'm talking about leather jackets, I'm talking about trench coats, I'm talking about
rain coats, I'm talking about overcoats.
There's a wide variety out there especially when you start looking at better fabrics better
build they start at about $1,000.
Now, what I love about buying a nice jacket or coat is that this is outerwear this is
something when people meet you for the first time they see again and again.
So, this is definitely an item I know personally I've spent that kind of money on some great
coats and no problems no regrets on that investment.
Item number seven worth $1,000 to the sharp-dressed man actually isn't an item it's a service
professional and I'm talking about a financial planner I'm talking about an account possibly
even a lawyer.
I'll let you guys -- I didn't want to give each of them their own points the point being
is if you're starting to count in the money if you're starting to have success make sure
you've got professionals who you can talk with.
My service professionals have helped me save thousands and thousands of dollars by actually
putting money in the right places at the right time.
Actually, you know looking at okay I could actually take that as a deduction I didn't
know I could do that.
They keep me in line they definitely keep me, you know, out of places I don't want to
be by, you know, making sure I pay the tax man on time.
The point being, surround yourself with smart professionals.
Item number eight worth $1,000 is upgrading your laptop, upgrading your tablet, upgrading
your phone every two years.
That's my rule.
You may be different for how you work.
I have an online business, so for me reliability and speed are important.
And what I find is that even though my devices are perfectly fine over time they start to
get slower maybe because the software builds up the amount of memory is taken up, you just
have to upgrade because of everything around it and it's something I've got that rule.
Dependability is also important, so what I do is I keep some of my older devices as backups
and then I have my newer devices are my go-to devices.
But, I can tell you it's a night and day difference when you've got something that is ready to
work within a few seconds versus something that takes -- end up taking five to ten minutes
especially when speed is important to you.
Item number nine worth spending $1,000 on, gentlemen is your smile your teeth.
Go to the dentist regularly.
But what changes over time as you get older is that you're going to need more work done.
Your teeth naturally aren't, you know, they -- they aren't going to stay young forever.
So, a lot of guys are surprised when they turn 40 when they get into their 50s that
they need a lot more work.
People that never had cavities start to get cavities, people they start to have ish they
start to have issue with their gums, whatever it may be take care of your teeth, the investment
is worth it.
Item number ten worth spending $1,000 on thousand dollars on gentlemen, pots, pans, utensils,
and learning how to cook.
Guys, it is a skill which will serve you the rest your life because look around we have
an obesity epidemic going on and that's going on because people don't even know what they're
putting into their bodies.
They can't control it they're going out to eat all the time.
And, understand guys you need to take this -- you need to control this.
In your early 20's your metabolism may be able to keep obesity at bay, but over time
this is going to catch up with you.
It is what it is the most important thing more important than exercise, so learn how
to cook.
You know the best thing about learning how to cook is that you can start to make delicious
meals all the time.
You start to save yourself quite a bit of money, so that $1,000 you spend on cooking
classes on really nice pots and pans that, you know, will stand up to ten to twenty years
of use is going to come -- you're going to make that money a hundred times over within
a few years simply on the money you save not going out to eat.
But, guys understand you can't outrun your mouth.
It's seventy percent of the fight, pay attention to the food that goes into your body.
All right, gentlemen.
Now, it's your turn.
I want to hear from you down the comments below what would you have added to this list.
Maybe you would have added pets, maybe a vacation, maybe pieces of jewelry like rings or something
like that.
But I want to hear from you I want to hear your opinions what did I miss what
you disagree with.
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I think the best test of quality is simply how everyone in my sister's family is fighting
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sleep is important.
And, when you can find a mattress that you're not rolling around on that when you lay down
you immediately fall asleep and you wake up feeling great, guys that is well worth the
investment.
That's it.
Take care, gentlemen.
I will see you in the next video.
Bye.