Derrick Hayes

Being humble and being smart enough to know that you can't do it alone.

You got to create a team.

And that's the most important thing because as you grow, you have to learn and you have to get challenged.

If you're not getting challenged, it's like working out, right?

If I'm sitting there and I'm lifting weights, that's not really tiring me out.

Then I'm not getting stronger.

But if I put the right team around me that's going to challenge me to be a better me, challenge me to the decisions I want to make, challenge me to the scale I want to get to, then that requires pure dignity and education and soaking it all up and knowing that you just don't know it all.

And you got to be okay with that.

Because here's the thing.

A lot of people say, oh, I got a mentor.

This person helps me out.

But for me, I could look at anybody on Instagram that intrigues me, that works hard, that keeps my engine going no matter what field it is.

But when I'm looking at the expertise of my business, I'm leaning on my advisors, leaning on my team because it's like this.

A bicycle is a kickstand.

It can't stand up on its own, but it can keep going with somebody pedaling.

I can pedal my bike, but if I wanted to sit there, I need a kickstand.

So that's the way I look at life.

I need somebody now until when I'm tired or I want to stop my bike, I need somebody I can lean on.

And those are the kickstands you need around you for life.

And that's your advisors.