Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

Product Description
From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of
Principles
) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals.
Both successful entrepreneurs and chess grandmasters have the vision to look at the pieces in front of them and anticipate their next five moves. In this book, Patrick Bet-David “helps entrepreneurs understand exactly what they need to do next” (Brian Tracy, author of
Eat That Frog!) by translating this skill into a valuable methodology. Whether you feel like you’ve hit a wall, lost your fire, or are looking for innovative strategies to take your business to the next level,
Your Next Five Moves has the answers.
You will gain:
CLARITY on what you want and who you want to be.
STRATEGY to help you reason in the war room and the board room.
GROWTH TACTICS for good times and bad.
SKILLS for building the right team based on strong values.
INSIGHT on power plays and the art of applying leverage.
Combining these principles and revelations drawn from Patrick’s own rise to successful CEO,
Your Next Five Moves is a must-read for any serious executive, strategist, or entrepreneur.
Review
Praise for Patrick Bet-David
“Patrick is one of the most exciting thinkers I’ve had a chance to converse with.”
—Ray Dalio, author of Principles: Life and Work
“Patrick is one of the most driven goal oriented individuals that I have ever met. What he has done has inspired so many including myself. I am not only a friend I am a fan.”
—Kevin Hart
“Patrick is unusual because he’s a highly successful business person but he’s [also] a thinker… Plato would’ve called him a philosopher-king.”
—Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power
“[I believe in and follow] Patrick Bet-David. He has the drive and the fire to make a difference.”
—Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple
“A former veteran himself, Patrick’s teaching style and story is now inspiring other veterans to become entrepreneurs.”
—Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad
“Patrick helps entrepreneurs understand exactly what they need to do next.”
—
Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog!
About the Author
Patrick Bet-David went from escaping war-torn Iran to founding his own financial services firm, raising tens of millions of dollars, and creating Valuetainment, the leading YouTube channel for entrepreneurs. His unorthodox approach to business as well as life has led to compelling interviews with Ray Dalio, Kevin Hart, the late Kobe Bryant, President George W. Bush, and a host of other luminaries. His content on social media has been viewed over a billion times. Patrick never obtained a college degree and went from the army to selling health club memberships before entering the field of financial services. At age thirty, he founded PHP, a financial services agency. He lives in Dallas with his wife and three children.
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Chapter 1: Who Do You Want to Be?
1 Who Do You Want to Be?
I believe that having questions is better than having answers because it leads to more learning. After all, isn’t the point of learning to help you get what you want? Don’t you have to start with what you want and figure out what you have to learn in order to get it?
—Ray Dalio, author of
Principles: Life and Work and investor, on 2012
Time list of world’s 100 most influential people
Michael Douglas, playing Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film
Wall Street, says to Bud Fox, played by Charlie Sheen, “And I’m not talking a $400,000-a-year working Wall Street stiff flying first class and being comfortable. I’m talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet.”
Some people read that quote and say, “Making $400,000 a year and being comfortable sounds like a dream come true.” Some say nothing at all and