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Segment: Stop Chasing Money - Build A Vision of Wealth That Lasts

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What if money isn't the goal but simply the tool, and the real currency of success is vision, integrity, and understanding how the world actually works? In this powerful and deeply philosophical episode of Konnected Minds Podcast, we sit down with Aldis Ozols, a European entrepreneur who made millions, lost everything, rebuilt from nothing, and found himself spiritually reborn in Ghana, for a raw conversation about money, happiness, purpose, business philosophy, spiritual awakening, generational knowledge and the brutal difference between working for money and making money work for you. From explaining why money is like blood in the body, a resource that should flow naturally without you obsessing over it every second, to breaking down why people who chase money for money's sake rarely make substantial wealth because they miss the value behind the transaction, to revealing why he fasts for up to 20 days on water to train his character and prove to himself that even if he loses everything again he has the discipline to rebuild, this is the story of what happens when you stop chasing money and start chasing vision, integrity, and long term value creation. Our guest breaks down why someone who thinks only about money will buy the cheapest rubbish, package it in original boxes, and sell it to unsuspecting customers without thinking about whether that person will ever return, why a customer came to his spare parts business with a used engine he paid 25,000 Ghana cedis for only to discover it was filled with metal shavings and would fail within two weeks, and why short term money thinking destroys businesses, reputations, and entire industries. He explains why if you want to make money fast you become desperate and stop calculating, why you just say yes to everything without thinking, and why this desperation is the number one reason people fail in business even when they have access to capital. But we also confront the uncomfortable truth about what creates real wealth, why he built a house in a quiet area of East Legon instead of the busy center because he saw the value for people who want peace and sold it for the same price as properties in the center by focusing on quality and vision, why sales ability is the number one skill that applies to every aspect of life including relationships and personal branding, and why integrity is the foundation that separates those who build sustainable businesses from those who make quick money and disappear. We discuss why people at the top may not all have integrity but those who survive long term absolutely do, and why protecting your reputation by working with professionals even when you have no money is what builds generational wealth. We dive into the philosophy of happiness and money, why being poor creates a much higher possibility of being unhappy than having money but money itself does not directly equal happiness, why he knows multi-billionaires personally who are not happy because they are now working for the money instead of the money working for them, and why if he had to choose between having money or not having money he would never want to be without money again but he also trains himself through fasting to know that he can survive and rebuild even if everything disappears. We break down why you don't write a book when you can write a book but when you cannot hold the knowledge in your heart anymore, why he wishes someone had given him this book when he was 20 years old so he could make fewer mistakes, and why passing knowledge to the next generation is a responsibility that cannot die with you. We unpack the powerful lesson about book recommendations, why you cannot give a pill without knowing the sickness, why Rich Dad Poor Dad is essential for someone going into business but an artist who wants to master drawing should focus only on perfecting their art and let money follow naturally, and why Einstein never thought about money when he was doing what Einstein does. We discuss why How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie teaches you how to deal with people and get what you want by being genuinely nice, why the 80/20 Principle shows you that 20% of your effort produces 80% of your results and most people only wear 20% of the clothes in their closet, and why focusing on the 20% that matters can multiply your income exponentially. We also explore the spiritual side of his journey, why Ghana hugged him, melted him down to raw material, and rebuilt him into a completely different personality, why his first tattoo says "Dzi Nane" because he is truly grateful for what Ghana has given him, and why he calls his time in Ghana a miracle and a second chance that transformed his entire life. We break down why he now runs A1 Diesel Africa helping people fix engines properly instead of selling broken parts for quick money, why one customer's broken engine story represents everything wrong with short term money thinking, and why building a business...

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Segment: Stop Chasing Money - Build A Vision of Wealth That Lasts

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is about the drive to just and is not money money money is a resource what you use like like like like in the bloodstream blood you are not thinking about your blood it is there and it is distributing oxygen and all the minerals for all your body with money you can do amazing things and with the same money we can do terrible things it is up to you what is your plan what you want to do you know and money it is it is sports yeah you have made money you have lost money then you make money and you lose money what's the biggest lesson you've learned that young people can learn from this it is combination of luck and your understanding how things works how not just money or how how this world works one biggest lesson always also to me many people ask they want one recipe you do this and

that's all there is thousands of recipes and but one is clear if someone want to do money for money I don't think he will make a lot of money actually because we should always see the value behind the money for example this house you build it because you saw the opportunity there was flatland before right and and some people also came here and think but is not center of is like on but you say good this is the place what people will value who want the quiet area because you don't hear any highway here this is very quiet is the perfect spot for someone who need that and you buy the land for less money than in the very center of is lagoon and build it and sell it for the same price because you make quality

and you sell for the same price almost I mean same price what is in in the center it is it is a vision is not just money because if you just sit and desperately think money money money the house and the people behind who will buy the house it not even come to in your mind and in a spare parts the same if you only think money money money what you're gonna do you buy cheapest rubbish package it in original boxes and bring it to the market and pretend like this is it because this is very short think you think only money you don't think long term if that person will come one more time yesterday one absolutely amazing guy came to me with the engine he said okay can you fix it this engine in my car I just bought it used engine somewhere I look just from from outside the engine and I see it it's been dropped it is many many things around it is broken is it's been

I say okay let's check something let's open the earth the oil filter and let's see if there is no metal circulating in engine he say why say you want to know if the engine is healthy right we open and we see there is lot of metal so that means something is melt and inside an engine but he paid 25,000 gonna see this for the engine and now he cannot get money back like that because people say well we can start it for you we can fix it in your car started what means started you don't need started you want to actually drive the car and not two weeks what is guaranteed time you want to drive I don't know maybe two years at least not two weeks who need car for two weeks but this is the option where he buy the engine this engine sellers they don't think about him next engine or somebody family members will make money he just want to make the money and this is the problem when we think to quick make money all human beings we don't

choose the right tools we don't choose the right approach we just think money and this is the problem tell me about your timing Ghana I know Ghana has been very nice to you it's almost as if Ghana is giving you a second chance 100% Ghana hug me melt me down to material and build completely different personality that is my first tattoo genie that was my first what I put it on my skin as because I'm really grateful to Ghana what Ghana have given to me and how how people receive me it is it is amazing it is a miracle I can say this why did you choose to write a book you don't write a book when you can write a book you write a book when you cannot hold that in your heart

anymore and you never know when God will call me tomorrow is not promised and it will be sad if I will die with all that knowledge what I have I must pass that knowledge to the next generations I wish I have this book in my hand when I was 20 years old and I wish somebody who have been everywhere ups and downs and who have achieved something what I respect give me book and say read it and make little be less mistakes you will still do yours but at least you will make less and I see you have other books as well I was watching your podcasts and there is many questions about what book you advise and most

of the people say rich died poor dad but let me tell you you cannot give a pill don't know in what is the sickness as a pharmacist you know that you don't just give a pill you want to find out what is about what the person is about imagine somebody who want to master the art the drawing you want to become an artist he shouldn't think about money money it is he need only money to eat and sleep somewhere but all what his mind must be it is about his art perfect in it just to perfect it no money and money will follow him money will will follow him unexpectedly he cannot even spend that money imagine if Einstein start think money he never think about money when he do what Einstein do so for the rich dad is if you want to go to the business yes is one of

the first books what you read for sure and there is another but for everybody I will say how to win friends and influence people deal can you be beautiful book yes you're absolutely right is one of the books that it will actually teach you how to deal with people how to be nice with people you understand who you are and you can get what you want from people by reading this book is one of my favorite books yeah yeah and then we always we want to be effective we want to do less useless things and want to do more things what gives a result right and then this is book yes so very interesting right after I finished reading that book the 80 20 I figured out that a lot of people they only wear about 20% of the things they have in the closet and that most people that's with just 20% effort is what gives you 80% of the results yeah so if you keep focusing on that 20% you can you can multiply your income as much it's

not just because this is talking about these books that I'm also talking about it I actually think you brought amazing books I will still give them both to you and I will give my book lose millions in life thank you this what is not yet out yes I'm also giving wow thank you I'm also giving you and none of you guys you touch it no it will be available in all the sources books dot com in my website it will be available now it is only this available audiobook also and this will be available in July I believe if God permit this conversation is not just for my audience it's for me so I have a question for myself you meet money drove all the time there was an interview where you were speaking about a rose rise being a state was a symbol after all the time when you've gone through spiritual awakening and all of that money actually make you happy not directly money when you see

look at the money but what money can do to you when you are poor to be unhappy the possibility is much higher than when you have money is not directly money equals happiness no I know some multibillionaires personally who are not happy they have bad looking face because they are working for the money now already they must operate that money right and they are not in control anymore like what they want they must be all the time alert like that's all that that's not a life and there is nothing with what you can say happiness that if I need to choose to be with the money or without the money I don't want to be one day again

without the money definitely I still do I still do what I do sometimes I I do fasting for a few days because if you can courage yourself to don't eat two days three days seven days my longest is 20 days on the water and if you can control yourself not eat only drink water this is where your character also grows and you know if you will even lose the money you are going again to make new money because in the end of the day I don't want to take credit from the God but you are the one who make together with him that's how it works that is thank you so much I don't know about you but you have taken me through some of the most important lessons that I would have ever lent about money in

this life thank you so much I really appreciate this and so I want to take you to my favorite restaurant in Accra let's go so we can have some steak and really have and really have deeper conversations about this and to my viewers and to my listeners help me say thank you to my guest here today and if you are looking for the company is a one diesel Africa Google it go on Instagram TikTok his face is everywhere people's cars are being saved so get yours there and if you don't know where to get the book I'm going to drop the disc everything description for you guys let's really follow there is a white button if it is still white press it because if you want to see guests with experience you need to press that button and there is a ring bell press that as well

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