Candy started her first business before she could legally order a drink. Starting at 19 years old with NO degree, NO corporate background, NO money (and no internet) she began her career in business and investing. She has successfully started, scaled, and sold businesses in multiple industries, in addition to creating a vast real estate portfolio as an investor.  At 26, she founded a non-profit charity and through her business success, she bought and donated a building to the organization. Since then they have saved thousands of lives and was  actively involved, personally raising millions for the charity.  During her two and half decades as an entrepreneur, she has been named to Top Business Leaders 40 Under 40, Top 50 Women In Business, 10 People Making a Difference, Top 10 Business Consultants by Yahoo Finance, and was the youngest female to receive the Governor’s Award in Entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania. More recently she have been selected by Success Magazine as one of just 6 ‘Women of Influence’ and additionally listed as ‘Leaders Who Get Results’ with names like Tony Robbins and Brene Brown. She is a Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, business trainer and financial analyst.   In this episode, Brad and Candy discuss business strategies and how to maximize your potential.   Bombs: 10:59 When you’re in the box, you can’t see how dangerous it is. 26:20 The only person stopping you is you. 35:30 The only way you can ever make work optional is with passive income and assets that pay you.   Follow Candy @candyvalentino    Learn more about Candy https://www.candyvalentino.com  Watch the full video episode on Brad’s Rumble here: https://rumble.com/c/c-2544182  Watch the full video episode on Brad’s Youtube Here: https://bradlea.tv