Simon Squibb sat down with Mike Thurston and we have all the juicy details. If you’re an achiever and goal-driven, this is one post you don’t want to miss as Simon Squibb dishes out profound advice on how to turn your dreams into reality.

In a recent video on his YouTube Channel, First Things THRST, popular fitness influencer Mike Thurston interviewed successful entrepreneur Simon Squibb. Not only is Squibb a successful entrepreneur, but he’s also an investor and the founder and CEO of HelpBnk. Having gone from zero to hero, Squibb is one man to listen to about achieving success.

Who is Simon Squibb?

Simon is a renowned entrepreneur and an industry trailblazer. He spent 10 years as an entrepreneur in the UK and 20 years in Hong Kong. Squibb left school and started his first company when he was only 15 years old and homeless. He sold his last company, Fluid, to PwC, and in the last 15 years, he has invested in over 70 startups.

Today, despite the pain and the negativities, Simon Squibb has built multiple multimillion-dollar businesses and has become a leading figure in the startup ecosystem. 

When it comes to Media and Politics, Squibb thinks it’s not wise to believe everything you hear. According to him, the media has one of two goals, either to sell or advertise to you and make you click, or they have an agenda.

According to him, he recently saw false trending news about his net worth on the SUN. Although the news was false, many people believed it, and the media got the traffic they wanted, forgetting how the false news might affect his life and family.

Although he loves the diversity of London and Britain, he doesn’t like politics. He thinks the political system is broken and needs to be fixed. For instance, he thinks the educational system is divisive and no one is fixing it.

Squibb’ Advice for Building Your First Business

Contrary to popular opinion, Simon thinks money is not essential when planning to start a business. He believes starting a business is a step-by-step process.

Furthermore, Squibb believes that to be a business mogul, it’s not enough to want success; you have to need it, and you can’t achieve that by being lazy.

According to Simon, even if you don’t have money for your business yet, you can do basic things like gardening or cleaning cars. This way, you get to learn the basics of business. He was able to run his tech company successfully by employing the skills he learned as a gardener when he was just 15 years old.

Rather than focusing solely on education, Simon believes you can become successful faster by starting a business and learning on the go. He also believes university is a trap that wastes people’s time. The educational system teaches books, but in real life, you need more than books to be successful. You need to be smart and understand how money works.

How Can You Make the Education System Suit Your Interest?

While Squibb is not trying to undermine the essence of education, he thinks the education system needs to be fixed, and he’s trying to fix it by leading from the front and not charging a dime for his course. Based on his opinion, the following are some ways to make education work for you:

• Understand what you want before you choose education.
• Don’t rely on the education system for everything, search for knowledge.
• Make a real-life situation out of your school education.
• Find your purpose

How to Find Your Purpose

Since one way to succeed in your business is to find purpose, it’s essential to know how to find your purpose. Simon stated that while some are lucky to be born with their purpose, others must find it through pains and difficulties.

However, to find your purpose, you need to differentiate between what you love to do and what you don’t love, focus on the things you love to do, and learn the necessary skills to do them perfectly.

As someone who derives happiness from helping people find their purpose, Squibb said the number one way to live a richer and happier life is to give to people without expecting to take from them.

Speaking from experience, Squibb made it clear that helping people find their purpose will make you famous. But when you choose to pursue fame for personal purposes, your fame becomes invaluable.

Squibb’s Three Simple Steps to Hack Your Success

According to Simon, you can hack about 98% of your life; the remaining 2% is about where you’re born. Here are the three simple steps to hack your success:

• Be willing to take risks. The more risks you take, the luckier you get.
• Know your destination. You can’t be successful by chance, you must have a mission and vision
• Be persistent. Keep going. Don’t stop.

Wrapping Up

As Simon Squibb said in the YouTube video with Mike Thurston, everyone can build and run a successful business. So if your dream is to be a successful business owner, believe it’s possible, and your dream will come true with time.

Watch the full video on First Things THRST here.