In this episode, you’ll hear how Dovid Lichtenstein went from selling encyclopedias door to door to owning billions in real estate, and why he tore up a food stamp application instead of playing it safe.

Want to build wealth and keep your soul intact? Let’s get into it.

(And yes, he actually paid off a 100 million dollar personal debt. With one check.)

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:10 Who Is Dovid Lichtenstein?

03:50 A Lesson in Valuing Money

04:48 Dovid’s Upbringing and Family Background

06:15 Life Right After Marriage

07:34 Everyone Needs to Write Their Own Story

08:13 Getting His First Job

09:22 Don’t Let Fear Rule You

11:44 Entering Real Estate

15:15 Everyone Was Brought Here for a Mission

16:04 BitBean, the AI Masters

17:18 High-Quality Clothes from Twillory

18:18 Looking Back at Life Before Work

19:37 Making Waves in the Business World

21:14 Leaning Into Fame and Fortune

24:20 You Are Not Your Money

24:54 Following the Trends of the World

25:40 Accumulating and Getting Past Credit Card Debt

26:45 The Decision to Leave Lakewood

28:20 The Power of Curiosity

31:27 Looking Back at Past Mistakes

34:03 Having the Confidence to Take Risks

38:42 Losing 100 Million Dollars

41:34 Getting Back Up After Crashing Down

42:45 Beautiful Homes for Sale in Miami Lakes, Florida

44:15 Colel Chabad Feeding Thousands of Families

45:22 The AI Revolution

46:06 Building His Company Back Up

46:50 Jumping on Different Investing Projects

48:45 Learning to Be Happy with What You Have

49:52 Realizing It’s Not All About Honor and Glory

52:06 Why Does Dovid Continue to Work?

56:01 Is AI Messianic?

56:39 Learning to Say I Don’t Know

57:42 Effort vs. G‑d Providing for You

1:01:44 Make Your Own Luck

1:03:48 Keeping His Family Grounded in Reality

1:05:55 Dovid’s Family Members’ Various Businesses

1:07:07 The Different Levels of Giving to Charity

1:10:37 Learning from Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson

1:11:30 What Is Off the Page?

1:14:50 We Need to Be Louder and Kinder in Our Judaism

1:16:24 Outro

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