Don't be Nice, be successful - Mr. Wonderful & Grant Cardone | Cardone Zone Ep. 166
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How a Tough Mom Built Self-Reliance With a Trust
- Kevin's mother cut him off after college with the line "the dead bird under the nest never learns how to fly," forcing him to support himself.
- Her hard stance created years of struggle but ultimately motivated Kevin to succeed financially.
- When he made money, he set up a generational-skipping trust that paid for his kids' education but stopped afterwards to avoid dependency.
- His son, initially upset to learn the trust only covered school, used that reality as motivation and changed his behavior.
- The son went on to become an engineer at Tesla, which Kevin attributes to his mother's lesson and the structure of the trust.
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