Nick Mornard: Landed in Miami With Nothing, Now Runs a Global Business
episodePreviously titled “Nick Mornard Landed in Miami With Nothing. Now He Runs a Global Business.” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 4, 2026
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What challenges did Nick face when moving to the U.S.?
If you do the wrong thing, the wrong thing will come to you. I do believe it. If you do the right thing, the right thing will come to you eventually. Don't give up. Don't expect anything fast. But if you are consistent, because a lot of people have great ideas, they have the great start, but they're not consistent because they want instant success. Instant success, I don't believe it exists.
The move from Europe to the United States, what was the impetus to that? Obviously you were doing very well, you were very successful. Why did you decide to come over to the States and start to build over here?
Wow, you have a couple of hours? Thank you, Ryan, first of all, to have me on your podcast. I really appreciate the offer. I'm looking forward to it. So yeah, that's a loaded question. So I moved to the US June 25th, 2013. So it's been 12 years. I couldn't speak a word of English when I moved. It was my childhood experience.
How did winning the green card lottery change Nick's life?
dream to move to the united states i was nine years old the first time i thought of it but um but yeah i won the lottery the green card lottery okay so that's very different than most people i was very lucky to want it but i applied since i was 18 years old and i won at 33 after seven years playing the lottery wow so i was consistent with it and you can only play the lottery seven years and so that was the last year that i was eligible to play the lottery that i won it So it's a long process. It's not like I received a green card in the mail after two weeks. It's a long lengthy process. But I received the card on June 22nd and on 25th I was in the plane to Miami and I figured it out. I literally landed with six luggages and that was the hardest three years of my life.
But I was always thinking, thanks to my mindset, if I can make it in a country like Belgium where we are taxed 53%, I can probably make it in America, which is the land of opportunities. And the first three years, I could have given a million times, but I was confident that I was going to succeed. And I'm not where I want to be now, but I'm further than I thought I would be after 12 years. But yeah, the journey was fantastic. I learned by speaking to numerous people, making tons of mistakes, and I keep making them. But if you dare, you will succeed. And I believe that in a lot of different areas, definitely in language as well.
I really like to, you know, I think a lot of Americans, you know, we love to bitch about the country and, you know, I think it's part of our culture with the whole free speech thing that people feel like it's an obligation to have some sort of complaint about this place. But I always think it's a good reminder, especially when I interview people who are either international or now live in the States on the show. At, you know, this is a, this is the place, you know what I mean? Not that you can't be incredibly successful anywhere in the world for sure. But like, yeah, we have problems here and yeah, there's stuff that broke and doesn't, you know, maybe annoy us and different, but like this, this really is a, a, a unique moment in time that,
and you know, in a unique place in time that you can essentially become what you want and you're gonna get beaten up and you're gonna get tossed against the wall and people are gonna do and the universe is gonna do everything it can to stop you from getting where you want to be. But, but as you said, you know, if you, if you persevere and you stay committed, man, it just, there's no other place where eventually it's going to work out. Like it just is like, if you keep going, eventually it's going to work out. Maybe not what you planned, but you'll get there. And you know, my next question for you is around that confidence, right?
What mindset shifts helped Nick succeed in America?
Like, obviously you are confident in yourself that if you just keep moving forward, you're going to eventually get to where you want to be. Where does that confidence come from? Is that Do you think that's innate in you? Was it taught? Is it just, you know, is it just practice learned?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges did Nick face when moving to the U.S.?
0:00–1:02
2
How did winning the green card lottery change Nick's life?
1:02–3:35
3
What mindset shifts helped Nick succeed in America?
3:35–7:31
4
How did mentorship influence Nick's journey?
7:31–13:16
5
What practical steps did Nick take to build his business?
13:16–13:49
6
Why is mindset critical for overcoming obstacles?
13:49–16:59
7
How can young entrepreneurs cultivate resilience?
16:59–22:12
8
What role does positivity play in success?
22:12–56:37
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