Tommy Mello
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You might be the man 99% of the time, but inside your home, you're not the king, you're the joker.
You're gonna be, like me, crying in your underwear in your theater room at three in the morning because you have $700,000 in bills and 400 grand in your bank account.
Like, and you're like, none of this shit makes me happy.
The cars, the houses, the money, the brand.
But inside, I felt dead, empty, and scared to master the mundane.
The millions are in the boring work, the repetitive work.
It's all about discipline.
I'm not the smartest guy.
I'm just disciplined.
Thanks for having me on.
Yeah, I mean, the short version of it is I got lucky.
You know, I was going.
I came out of the Navy.
I really wasn't 100% positive what I wanted to do.
I went back to my favorite human on planet Earth, my dad.
I said, what should I do, Dad?
And he said, what should I do?
He said, go to ASU, use the MGI bill and get a degree in finance.
And I'm like, dude, I'm horrible at math.
Like, what are you talking about?