Cosmos

Welcome back to the show, my fellow extraordinary Americans. Today’s guest is Jayden Vasquez. An Air Force mechanic with a background in military discipline, Jayden transitioned from serving his country to pursuing the entrepreneurial dream. 

Along the way, he was fortunate enough to find a private angel investor who mentored him and shaped his path to success. This mentorship led to the founding of Jaden’s company, money, and Morals, which focuses on teaching businesses how to implement ethical practices and build assets that last for generations, not just boost short-term revenue. 

He shares insights, strategies, and stories of how ethics and entrepreneurship can drive meaningful long-term success on social media such as LinkedIn. He’s an extraordinary American. I’m glad and honored to have him on the show. Jayden, are you there?

Jayden

Yeah, man.

Cosmos

Jayden, thank you so much for taking the time to do this podcast with me.

Kazima is an entrepreneur who got started in the military

This is like season three’s first episode, and I appreciate it. I know you’re an entrepreneur, so can you tell us more about yourself, your background, and how you got started?

Jayden

Yeah, of course, Kazima. And I’m super excited to be on the show as well. Being the first episode of season three, it’s exciting. So, a little bit into my background in entrepreneurship, I have always been eager to be successful. I grew up watching my parents. Growing up in LA, I grew up in a very scarcity mindset, so there wasn’t much opportunity. It was very consumed within the culture. 

So, I left my hometown of Compton, California, and decided to leave for the military because I wanted to go ahead and explore the world. I had some experience with that. It was an amazing time. I appreciated my time doing that; it taught me a lot of discipline. 

But one thing that always separated me, and I felt led to my success as an entrepreneur, was my eagerness. Whenever I want something and am hungry to achieve a dream or goal, I set my mind to it. No matter how many nos I hear, that’s something I appreciated growing up. No matter how many nos I hear, I get it. It led me to an opportunity that I never thought I would have had, as far as being fortunate enough to mentor underneath a private angel investor. I was coming out of the military when I transitioned into entrepreneurship and didn’t know my path. Still, I was reading books about t Harvake, seekers of the Millionaire, mind reading Grant Cardone’s, Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki’s, you name it. I was reading about all these different people. Still, I didn’t have any guidance on becoming an entrepreneur, what the lifestyle meant, or even the mindset of an entrepreneur. 

I was fortunate enough to meet a gentleman who has had great business success and has run very successful companies. He’s been a multi-million dollar and even billion-dollar investor himself. At first, he did not want to talk to me at all. 

But as I mentioned, eagerness separated me from the pack, and I sat down and forced him to converse with me. I know to this day he still gives me some kind of slack about it, but being able to hear those no’s and still come back and sit down and finally be like, look, man, I understand that you do not want to have conversations with me, but I’m eager to learn more about this opportunity and about your businesses. 

After hearing three no’s, I finally got a yes. That was the start of what has felt like a movie about entrepreneurship.

Resiliency is what allowed Jay to continue pursuing the entrepreneurial dream.

Cosmos

Well, Jay, I realized that so many Gen Z and young people are going into entrepreneurship these days. But, you know, it’s not usually for everybody. Not everybody is inspired to pursue entrepreneurship. 

So, what is the motivating factor that draws you towards entrepreneurship? Something very hard to do, like, in the first place?

Jayden

Yeah, I would say resiliency was a big thing for me that allowed me to continue pursuing the entrepreneurial dream because one of the things I’ve noticed is there are a lot of self-proclaimed wanna-preneurs, in essence, where they have local small businesses or things along the sorts. They start the first six months with many trials, tribulations, and hurdles that they have to face. 

Through my experience as well, times get hard. I had to let go of something I like to call imposter syndrome. I had moments, sitting at tables where million-dollar deals were going on, and I had zero clue or zero idea at the time who I was. While sitting there, I had to walk away, sit with myself, and realize my value and worth as far as I belong to sit at those tables. I might not have had as much business experience as those individuals had, but I had the resiliency. That is something that I am very grateful for growing up in the neighborhoods that I grew up in because it taught me that no matter what type of hard trial I was going through, as long as I continued looking up at the sky, there was an opportunity to shoot for the stars. 

So, for me, it’s always been just being resilient. And not only that, but I realize that my self-worth equals my net worth. If I didn’t value myself, I would not be successful. I had to repeatedly prove to myself that I belonged to sit at these tables. My presence is what brought me here. Who I am as a person is what brings me to sitting at these types of tables. And just having that confidence in myself and that love for myself allowed me to excel and continue with my resiliency.

Resiliency is an important part of entrepreneurship and business in general.

Cosmos

Jayden Resiliency is an important part of entrepreneurship and business in general because there are times when you go through ups and downs, and you just have to push through, you know? And that’s just how success happens. Like, it’s normally when you’re about to hit the gold mine, like most people, just leave a few feet from it. But it’s the resiliency that ultimately gets true. But in your opinion, other than resiliency, what other things it takes to be a successful entrepreneur from your perspective?

Jayden

Yeah. From what I’ve noticed, I have not had a traditional upbringing in entrepreneurship, and it’s a business. I know some very credible people who do. They have their degrees, run multiple companies, and have been doing this for many years. 

However, I’ve noticed that multimillionaires and successful business owners have similar mindsets. Mindset is where everything starts. It is the driving factor in whether you will succeed or fail in the game. 

Not only do they have a mindset built on success and thrive in abundance, but they have also been very ethical people. Growing up in the areas I grew up in, I always had this very misconstrued mindset that all wealthy people were self-centered or focused on increasing their investments and income. 

But being around upper-echelon people who have real success, I’ve noticed the opposite. They are very in tune with their spirituality, have morning routines, and are mentally strong. Also, their ethics are a huge factor in their success. 

They make it a point for themselves to do what’s right or wrong and what’s ethical. We believe right or wrong is based on illegal or illegal. You can skirt the gray areas of being illegal, but providing abundance for people and having what I like to call in our world abundance exchange drives growth for the consumer and the person selling the product.

Ethics is a driving point for businesses.

Cosmos

Well, so, Jayden, you talk about ethics, right? So, ethics is an important part of your business. Can you tell me how ethics can impact a business so that the audience knows why it’s so important?

Jayden

Yeah, of course. I mean, with money and morals, the company I founded as well, that has been much of the message we are trying to push out regarding education. Ethics has been shown through multiple studies. You can kind of fact-check me if you need to, but Harvard Business Review, multiple resources have also shown that increasing ethics brings a 496% increase in top-line revenue over ten years, which is not small numbers. We’re talking about. We’re talking about a 500, almost 500% increase just by implementing ethical business practices. 

Not only does it increase your top-line revenue, but it also increases your employer retention. It increases those that you are, your consumers. Essentially, it increases their likeliness to return to you and your business. And again, with money. Immortals. I understand that many people believe in building top-line revenue, but that is not the name of the game for building wealth. That’s something that we teach about money and morals. It is all about the asset game, which we can dive into later. However, ethics is a driving point for businesses.

There is a tidal wave of younger generation trying to pursue entrepreneurship.

Cosmos

So, I’m asking you, Jayden, because many people in our generation, the millennial generation, especially the Gen Z generation, are pro-entrepreneurship. Still, there are also many people who believe that unethical people get to the top. If you look at politics and all the big corporations and big pharma companies, the general idea is that there is a lack of ethics. Morals and values are winning the day at this point. 

So, if a Gen Z person had to ask you about this, what would you say to that person?

Jayden

So, first of all, just kind of start with your main point. I would say yes. I notice a tidal wave of the younger generation trying to pursue entrepreneurship, and I will not tell anybody not to pursue that. But at the same time, I do have to tell people entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, and you have to discover if it’s for you. Do you have the drive, first of all, to be able to face, as I mentioned earlier, the trials and tribulations that you’re going to face and continue going, even if you get knocked down on your butt? Not only that but are you eager to have a bigger vision? 

A lot of people have very small minds. They believe you know what? I’m going to become an entrepreneur. I’m going to buy a house, I’m going to buy a Lambo, and I’m going to do whatever for my family. You’re thinking too small at that point, and I don’t think you’re cut out for entrepreneurship. It would be best to think about where ethics and the others-focused mindset kick in. How can I positively affect a million people? Because if you can sell a $1 product to a million different people, you’re a millionaire. 

So, there are some factors that you have to think about when becoming an entrepreneur. Not only that, but I also do. I understand the mindset that the people at the top are all unethical, not practicing certain values and skirting lines, which, don’t get me wrong, is true. Some people do that. 

There are many times when businesses skirt the lines of black and white and try to, like I mentioned earlier, make it legal and illegal, but their success is short-lived. As you’ve noticed, many companies fail over a certain amount of time. I’ve noticed that it’s all about building a community of people you can trust, like-minded individuals, where you can sit there and know that you are providing abundance to each other and are living in a thrive and abundance mindset. 

As we’ve noticed, with the tide turning right now, the economy is not doing that great because of these examples of unethical leaders at the top. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in circles of very wealthy and successful individuals in many different industries. 

I’m not worried because I work with many successful people with ethics and values. I know not one of them will fail even when our economy crashes because we’re all involved in the circle; we’re all involved in this space of like-minded individuals.

Cosmos

Jared, that’s amazing. It’s also really positive to hear because it gives hope to the people. Many people think that corruption and a lack of ethics rule the day in business. 

But there are, there are groups of us that are following this ideology like it’s a relatively new ideology, like which you and a bunch of others are pioneers of, which is called economics, which is combining the essence of ethics and morals with capitalism, with the positive side of capitalism, and money combined with morals. And that is what the young generation needs. So, in your words, can you tell the audience briefly about economics and what that is about?

Jayden

Yeah, I am not a conspiracy theories theorist in any way, shape, or form, but it seems like our generation is becoming more and more educated about the things that are the powers that be. 

So, I am neither going to confirm nor deny that any of this is true, but what if certain powers be that had a secret elevator to success? Essentially, the board game rules are the best analogy I can give. When it comes to money, it is nothing about coming from money, coming from rich families, being dumb, being smart, having a degree, or not having a degree. 

Money is a skill set, and wealth creation is a skill set anybody can learn off the street. My mentor has been a great example because I was always a very good student in high school. But I’m learning under a billion-dollar investor who barely passed high school. 

That tells you that the education system we’re built on is not meant for success. You must learn this skill set like a handyperson learns how to use a hammer. 

So, what if I told you there was a board game regarding money, and you only had five or six rules? While the elite at the top had all 20 in the game rules, you’ll try to move a piece; they’ll slap your hand and tell you, nope, you can’t do that. And you’re going to be like, why can’t I do that? And they’re going to explain about five different rules that you do not have. 

So, when it comes to our generation, I don’t think that we are lazy and don’t know how to sacrifice for money because I’ve heard this a lot. X, Y, and Z. And that’s not the case. We are just a smarter generation. There are so many tools nowadays to create wealth. There’s AI, there is crypto, there’s a technology out the wazoo. There’s a whole new lifestyle being formed right in front of us. And there are rules to the board game that we do not know yet. 

So, like I was saying earlier, what if the elite few at the top do not want to give out those rules? I’m not confirming or denying that this is possible, but I feel as if everybody within our generation has realized or heard of the analogy of the rat race. You continue running around, and then the entire system of our economics is built off of having worker bees, a select few at the top, and a middle class within that rat race. What if I told you that our entire economic system was built off of a faulty system? 

A lot of people don’t realize this, but if you do your research—and this is what I love about having access to the Internet—if you do a quick Google search, you will realize that our economic system, the American dream, is built on a faulty system. If you research it right now, you’ll realize the American economic system was built on a gentleman named Adam Smith. 

He built this off of something called the oppression system. This system was meant to have worker bees. 95% of the population would be worker bees, about 3% of the population would be our C suite exact types, and 2% of the population would run everything.

Cosmos

Wow.

Jayden, what if I told you that is exactly how things are being run now? And that is exactly why we are seeing our economy fail. It was a fever dream of some gentleman living in the 18 hundreds, and now we finally see its consequences. 

So, what if I told you that I was friends with a superhero? Not. No, I’m not a friend with a superhero. But that is what it has felt like being involved in the circles that I’m involved in. It is watching multimillion-dollar deals happen right before you every day. And it’s something that is hard to explain. But that is why we have built economics; I have too many secrets to the game that I believe should be shared with everybody. Everybody has this concept of what they believe building wealth is and being in business. 

And it is completely wrong. There are just too many. There is too much education and many want-to-preneurs who don’t know what they’re discussing. They learn a few things and build an entire education system based on them. And it’s not right. I am here to convey that economics is a new private economy. 

It is all the rules; it’s the board game held by the wealthy elite, and I am trying to give it out to the masses. It is something that, luckily, my mentor has allowed me to be the face of because this has been his baby for the longest amount of time. We have our Grant Cardone, Robert Kiyosaki, and the hackers I mentioned earlier. Right now, those are the game’s leaders when it comes to being in business and an entrepreneur. 

But you kind of have to ask yourself, who are their mentors? These are billion-dollar individuals, Grant Cardone being the only billionaire on there. But these are billion-dollar individuals from whom are they getting their education? Who are they getting their advice from? Because I know for sure it might be from each other, but there’s somebody smarter than they are. 

So, the example that I always give is imagine a staff. You have a staff. Economics is an entirely new economic system that aims to create abundance.

There’s a long stick, but you also have a spear. The entire population of normal people or individuals who aren’t that educated in business they’re on the staff. Your grant Cardone, your t carmakers, Robert Kiyosaki’s, and Les Browns are on the spearhead. But what most people think is, you know what? No, they’re on the spearhead’s tip, which is completely wrong. They are right on the bottom of the spearhead, along with the people they get advice from. Like I said, I’m not a fan of conspiracy theorists. I’m not a fan of putting out false information, but it’s only an educated assumption that they must get advice from somebody. 

So, who’s at the tip of the spear? That’s where I’ve been lucky enough to be involved with an individual with access to the tip of the spear. And when I tell you, not only are they different rules that they play on, but it is also an entirely different mindset and lifestyle in which they involve themselves. They. My mentor had bought a Bentley just because he felt like it. He woke up one morning and bought one just because he felt like it. They’re playing at a different money game. 

I don’t know about you, but growing up in an area where poverty and a scarcity mindset were common occurrences, I was always hungry for more. Now that I have access to that and have had a certain amount of success, thanks to the mentors that I have had, it feels only right that I give this education out to the masses.

Cosmos

Jayden, what you’re doing is amazing. The current generation in America needs this relatively new ideology and a new way of thinking and acting because our old system and the old way of doing things are not working. There’s a massive level of wealth and inclining quality. The top, the top elites, are ruling with a lot of people, becoming poorer and poorer, and we’re all living in a scarcity type of environment. And we need this for our generation. 

And so, from your perspective, what do you think economics would look like if applied in America from the Gen Z generation arms, where we are teaching Gen Z about the basic principles of this ideology?

Jayden

Yeah, I know this might not make too many people happy, but what if I told you the best explanation of this for this was capitalism with ethics? That is, capitalism is a system that works for the majority but not for most. 

So, what if I told you we got rid of everything good from capitalism and everything good from ethics and combined both of them because, you know, capitalism has some faults, but we got rid of all the negative and kept all the good? In essence, economics would change not only nationally but also globally. This isn’t a new business idea. This isn’t a new company. 

Many people want to leave behind movies about themselves, biographies, and books. They want something to leave behind. This is not a company. This is not a book. This is not a movie about my mentor’s lifestyle. This is not anything along the source. This is an entirely new economic system of how things should be done so that everybody can live and thrive in abundance. I know there are so many individuals. I have gotten myself involved in the psychedelic therapy space. 

So, I hear all these; I won’t call them fever dreams, but visions of a better future and peaceful environment. And, like, I wouldn’t say I like to get too much on the hippie dream, but they have the right mindset, but they have the wrong education. What if I told you this entire new economic system would bring a thriving mindset to everyone, including Gen Z and millennials? I hate to use this slang, but boomers are from every generation. 

What if there was a new way for them to succeed and thrive in abundance, rather than having the scarcity mindset of saving money and hoarding it all to myself because I don’t know how they will pay the next bill? What if I told you if we introduce this new economic system to the world, that won’t even be an issue in the future? Worrying about how you will make money to pay the next bill is so small-minded. It is poor. And poor is not your fault, and it’s not anybody’s fault. It’s a mindset issue. And that’s exactly where economics kicks in. 

It is a new economic system that gives you strategies for success and rewires your mindset. I’ve been around individuals in the metaphysics space. Harvard-accredited professor believes in creating miracles and possibilities. Everything is possible. The only difference is the probability of that outcome. What if I told you this is a very probable outcome? It’s not. Not only is it a possibility, it’s a probability that it will happen. You can join the wave and join in on being in a culture based on thriving abundance, or you can get left behind as the entire economic system crashes in front of our eyes.

Cosmos

No, this is capitalism with ethics. It’s a thrive-and-abundance mindset, like a new way of doing things. This is exactly what our generation needs in this current economic instability. Right now, we’re at the cliff of an incoming recession. Infinite money printing, where they’re just going to print a lot of money, will make everybody poorer. 

Economics is a means to stand the tide and create a new world. We should combine capitalism’s best with ethics and morals because the lack of ethics and morals has led us to this current state.

Jayden

You know, that is exactly why I, economics, was founded. It is. And the only reason we’re rolling it out is that this baby has been sitting here for 20 years—that’s how long my mentor has worked on this. And like I said, I am very grateful to be the face of economics, but there are certain tides and timing when it comes to business launching something. 

Right now, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but right in front of our own eyes, it seems like our generation and countless, not only Americans but people globally, are crying out for something new, someone to help change what’s collapsing right in front of them. And a lot of people don’t know who to trust anymore. 

As I said, social media is such a great platform to push out education, create businesses, and become wealthy. But with so much noise, it’s hard to know what to focus on. And one of the biggest acronyms I’ve always been taught when it came to being successful in business was focus. Follow one course until successful. That is something that I believe a lot of entrepreneurs fail at. I’ve noticed a lot of successful entrepreneurs have attention problems. 

It is very hard to have them sit on something for longer than a couple of months. But that’s exactly what sets people apart. Sets. What sets successful entrepreneurs apart from unsuccessful ones is that they can, say, dedicate to one rabbit at a time. If I threw out on the field five or six rabbits for you to chase, you know, go chase crypto, go chase real estate, go chase stocks, you don’t have enough time to focus on any single one of them because you’re not only are you trying to chase that rabbit, you’re trying to chase this one, and then you got four more back there. This is one course that our generation and everybody globally can focus on to achieve their dreams of wealth and success. 

I know everyone has a different mindset on what being wealthy and successful is for themselves, but it all starts with a new system of things, and that is where economics comes into play. It will be a new economic system for our generation to first latch on because we are mainly crying out for something new. 

We are tired of the traditional ways our parents taught us to save money, work hard for our money, and work 40-plus-hour work weeks. It’s like, no, man, that’s not what I want to do. There’s no enjoyment there. What am I going to do? I will work 40 hours a week for 40 years and then retire when I’m 65. Are you hurting? Why can I not be? Why can I not have financial freedom now?

That is something I feel like every person is entitled to financial freedom.

That is something I feel every person is entitled to, which is financial freedom. Now. It doesn’t matter how old you are; it doesn’t matter what situation you have going on at home if you have the right mindset. You realize the tide that’s happening right in front of our very own eyes, with all the craziness happening in the world, and this is your opportunity to get qualified advice. This isn’t my advice. This is from successful entrepreneurs who have run billion-dollar companies and have been billion-dollar investors. This is their baby. And I am just lucky enough to be the face of economics.

Cosmos

That is amazing, Jean, because this is exactly what our generation seeks. How does economics affect our current Gen Z generation and the American dream?

One thing I wanted to ask you, Jean, is, from your perspective, how does economics relate to our current Gen Z generation and the American dream? How do you see economics helping our current generation realize the American dream?

Jayden

100%. Yeah. So, as I mentioned earlier, many people do not have the right education when it comes to becoming wealthy. I’ve known many people who went to college to get their MBAs or business degrees, all just to find out that it went to waste. Economics comes into play because this is an entirely new economic system that gives you the right education. 

We are giving you the right rules for the board game that nobody ever taught. And everyone has this American dream of coming here or being here and becoming wealthy, having, you know, the white picket fence House, the 2.5 kids, whatever that meant. I have always read that statistic. It’s like the American dream. But what if I told you I could have more? It starts with you and your mindset, and then we will give you the right strategies and education. 

So you not only realize, like I mentioned earlier, that it’s possible, but it’s probable. So, in essence, this, for America, is the new dream. It is not just a suburban house in Malibu, California, or a white picket fence. Two kids, one dog. This is achieving every dream you’ve ever set for yourself and making your visions a reality.

Cosmos

That is so amazing, Jay, because, yeah, not only for America but the entire world. We need an ideology dealing with ethics, fair exchange to abundance exchange, and capitalism, which creates a proper incentive structure. 

That will create a new era of prosperity because we need prosperity in our nation and the world, but we’re not having that with the current way of doing things. Only a few people are prosperous, whereas the 99% are not. As you mentioned, we need an ideology for the masses.

Jayden

Yeah, 100%. That’s definitely where I come into play when it comes to the role that I am presenting myself as, with economics is being that spokesperson and ambassador and a younger face for our generation to realize that it’s time to wake up, it’s time to make a change in America as you notice, or as you have built a platform on extraordinary Americans I’ve worked with, as I mentioned earlier, a superhero, in essence, someone, I can’t name, but that has given me the secrets of the game that I sometimes can’t even, wrap my head around as well.

Jayden says mentorship and financial literacy in education have impacted his success.

Cosmos

So, Jayden, I know that mentorship is crucial to your journey. How have mentorship and financial literacy in education impacted your path? That is the essence. I think one of the pillars of economics is literacy and education, which have the right rules of the game. 

Can you describe how it impacts your path so the audience can understand it?

Jayden

Yeah, I mean, financial literacy and education are the most important aspects of the game. And as I’ve talked to individuals I’ve been around, they have bootstrapped many companies. 

And the one thing they always tell me is, Jayden, you need to realize the blessing that you have, in essence, of being able to mentor underneath somebody who has made the mistakes for you. The people I’ve been around in business all have 30, 40, and 20 years of experience with me. But I get to take advantage of that mentorship because I’m giving a year of my time or X amount of my time to learn what they’ve gained over 20 years. 

We in business like to call this time compression. You mentor somebody who has 30 years of financial literacy and education over you. They’ve stepped on all the line minds, made all the mistakes, and had to sit there and go through the struggles themselves. You get to take all 30 years of that experience, cram it into one, and walk away. That is a blessing that most people don’t have.

As I mentioned earlier, most people go down the traditional route of going to college, getting their business degree, opening up whatever small business they might have, and they have no idea what to do to make that business successful. They have no idea how to market their company, they have no idea who to hire for accounting, they don’t know how to create arbitrage, and they don’t know how to increase their top-line revenue. There are so many different factors that most people don’t think about. They just sit there and go, you know what? I’m going to get my business degree. I’m going to open up my own company. I’m going to be successful. That’s it. 

They don’t realize the 20 to 100 factors that play into running a successful company. That’s why 80% of startups fail because they don’t have the right education or a mentor who is helping them. What has played such a huge role in my success is mentoring underneath the top people on the totem pole, taking all the educational knowledge mistakes they made, using that for my knowledge, and compressing that into a year or two worth of time. 

Now, I have all that experience behind my belt. I can get, I know, I now get to use their leverage when it comes to my business and moving forward, because not only do I get the education from learning underneath them, but now whenever I go to start a company, or I try to create a potential joint venture with somebody, they’re going to call the person that has mentored under me and ask them for their opinion on who I am as a person and in essence, do a background check on who I am. 

So now I get the leverage of the person who mentored me. Not only did I take 30 years of his experience, I took 30 years of the leverage that he built. Now, I get to stand higher than he ever started with. That has been such a huge factor in my success has been being able to be humble enough to give credit to those above me who have taught me what I know now, but also being confident enough to know that everything that they taught me, I can apply to my own business and know that I’m going to be successful because of it.

Cosmos

Jayden’s time compression is one of the major reasons, and I want the audience to notice. The major reason you do mentorship is that it reduces the mistakes you will make. Normally, five to ten years can be done in a year or two. 

So that is one of the reasons mentorship is such an important aspect. Mentorship and having the right environment, because that’s what accelerates our growth. So I agree with that. Yeah.

Jayden

Yes, 100%. That is honestly such a driving factor. And that’s why I am so adamant about helping the younger generation, our generation, succeed in business and entrepreneurship. Finally, getting rid of that shackle off your ankle when it comes to the economic system of America and globally allows you to become much more creative, and being financially free allows you to focus on real wealth. 

As soon as you stop focusing on paying the bill to bill and worrying about car insurance, the car payment I got this bill to pay, it allows you to truly sit there and meditate and focus on what matters, creating generational wealth and leaving an impact behind. 

That’s why I’ve appreciated the mentors I have had so much: I’ve taken all their experience and been able to become financially free within such a short amount of time that I never even thought this was a possibility for me. I can sit here and say, you know what? I’m going to retire in three years at the age of 25. How many people can say that? All because I was willing to be humble enough, pay the penance, face every obstacle and still overcome it, and realize that the vision I set for success was more important than every little thing I had going on in my life.

Cosmos

Wow. Jayden.

Jayden says he’s been financially free since the age of 21

So, Jayden, what have you learned about business that you wish other young entrepreneurs of your generation should know? The one most important, the one critical, most important thing from your perspective?

Jayden

The most important thing I would advise young entrepreneurs is always to be willing to learn more, always be malleable, and always listen before they speak. As I mentioned earlier, confidence is a huge factor in business. Your self-worth, in essence, is equivalent to your network. 

But you also have to know when to add value. You just have to know when to shut up and listen. Or, if you know you can provide value and are confident in yourself, be able to sit up at that table and sit as you belong. 

So, I would say the biggest piece of advice I can give my generation is to always keep learning, especially from someone successful in the area that you’re trying to learn in. As I mentioned earlier, there’s so much noise with social media and the Internet that you don’t know who to trust. If you’re going to get advice, get qualified advice. 

If you’re going to sit there and listen to a mentor, do it from somebody successful in the industry that you want to pursue. There is no one way to attain wealth. Money is printed out every single day. Figure out the person having a successful life in the way you want to live yours and take their advice. If you have to pay for a course, if you have to do this, you have to go through every hurdle to learn from the right qualified advice. It is worth the sacrifice. I’ve been able to become financially free by the age of 21. 

Not many people can say that, and I give all that credit and credibility to the mentors I was around in the circles I was involved in. Not only that but being humble and ethical and showing that my values held more value to me than money did is what set me apart from younger entrepreneurs who started with me because I provided value to my mentors long before I asked for value back. I was put in sweat equity before I ever asked for any money back or ever asked for any opportunity. 

Putting my head down, putting in the work, and listening to qualified advice allowed me to separate myself from many younger entrepreneurs fighting for their opportunities.

Cosmos

That is amazing, Jan. And you’re right. We have to be able to listen to people who know more than we do so we can absorb all the knowledge because education and training differentiate us from people who want pleasure. We should always get the right education.

Money and morals teach companies how to build assets for their companies

But Jayden, on a different note, can you tell me in the audience a little bit more about your company’s money and morals and what it’s about?

Jayden

Yeah, there’s nothing crazy, but money and morals, in essence, were all the education in economics. But a lot of the education I’ve gained over mentor after mentor honestly revolved around ethics. 

In essence, the main thing that money and morals do is not ask for any clients or anything along those lines, but I consult some local small businesses and some larger companies. But everyone, as I mentioned earlier, has this misconstrued mindset about building wealth and making money. 

They’re more focused on building top-line revenue, which increases horizontal growth, but it does not allow you to grow vertically—the real game regarding wealth. If you want to obtain generational wealth, I don’t know if it’s a huge topic for many of your viewers. Still, it’s a huge conversation for the people I involve in building generational wealth. Knowing that my family and generational line will be cared for is exactly why I do everything. 

So, in essence, I teach companies how to build assets because most companies that come to me, especially a couple of the local business owners, ask me, “How can I increase my revenue? How can I increase my profits for this month?” 

And I have to sit there and completely drill on them. That is the wrong mindset. To become wealthy, you must go into the game of building tangible assets. And I have to go into a whole explanation of the difference between a good asset, a bad asset, and a great asset, which I cover with the people I work with, but they need to change their mindset to learning. 

I need to have my company gain assets because when it comes to an investor taking over your company and buying it out, they won’t look at how much money they’re a component of. It is how much money the company is making. Also, most companies fail because their CEO works in the company, which is fault number one. But number two is that they’re focused on increasing revenue. 

So whenever an investor is looking to buy your company out, they’re mainly focusing on the CEO trapped in the company. If I pull them out of the company, my profits will plummet. That business is going to have a dull period. And especially if that CEO is the only reason the company is making money, then that company is not worth as much as the evaluator says. 

I am so building assets for that company. Let’s say you have a lot of people I work with in the medical industry.

So, let’s say you have an app that helps you monitor cancer. You go ahead and explain that that app is worth $80,000 based on the work you put into it. I teach people how to make that asset owned by your company. 

And on top of that, I have a contact for them to go to, an evaluator. Every time an asset is evaluated for a company, it’s always given a three-x value because it’s projected for three years. So that $80,000 asset or app your company owns went from eighty k to now, $240,000. So now your company is worth $240,000. And originally, we started with your company being worth 80k. 

So when it comes to creating generational wealth, you need to get in the game of building assets for your companies and pretty much washing in wash, washing and recycling out those companies, buying new ones, building the assets, selling those, and just keep doing the same thing. That way, you’re never involved because, as I mentioned earlier, many people think entrepreneurship is being a small business owner. But at that point, you’re just a prisoner in your own game. You’re just a high-paid employee. You’re not a CEO, mainly a CEO or an entrepreneur. You’re a high-paid employee.

Cosmos

you’re right about that. Like, even in Robert Kiyosaki’s book on the four quadrants, they talk about employment and self-employment, and then there are the business owners and then the investors and a lot of people that think their business, like the entrepreneurs, are self-employed. 

So you’re right about that.

Jayden

So that’s an aspect of what money morals do as well. But that is more for private clients than we have. The majority of money and morals pushed out right now is just education. 

As I said, I don’t need any capital, resources, or context. I have everything that I need. I want to give back and give out the education that allowed me to be successful. But one of the biggest things I’ve also realized, which is where I’m transitioning and learning, is obscurity. I’ve had enough success to be financially free. 

As young as I am. However, obscurity is a huge factor that plays into credibility. Nobody knows me on this platform, or some people might know. Not many people know me on this platform. Being able to push out your, push out my education, and have the voice spread is where I want the money and morals to go. It is a huge platform for young entrepreneurs to have the right education regarding wealth.

Cosmos

That is amazing.

Jayden, are there any other projects you’re working on that you want the audience to see?

Jayden

Yeah, of course. If the audience would like, they can contact me on LinkedIn or Instagram. I will give you those links to put in there as well. One of the bigger projects I’ve been involved in is more of a passion project now that I’ve been able to focus my sights on bigger things. I have involved myself much in the psychedelic therapy industry because I am now going to get kind of humble for reviewers. I grew up with a father who had PTSD due to serving time out in Iraq as a veteran. 

So, I’ve done a lot of research myself, and now I am figuring out ways to introduce myself to the psychedelic therapy industry because there are too many studies that have been showing the benefits that psychedelic therapy has for veterans with PTSD. 

Honestly, there are a lot of other mental health benefits as well, such as depression addiction. There are so many routes that this new industry is taking over mental health. So that’s what I’m currently working on going ahead and figuring out where I can provide value for the psychedelic therapy space because that is a huge passion of mine.

Cosmos

That is awesome, Jayden. And, yeah, I was going to ask you: How can the audience connect with you and learn more about you, your work, and everything you do?

Jayden

Of course. Yeah. As I mentioned, they can follow me on LinkedIn and Instagram. I will also provide my money and morals website if they want to contact me there. That would work perfectly. But, yeah, those are the best platforms on which you can reach me.

Cosmos

That is amazing.

Jaden and Jayden share their vision of economics on the podcast.

Jaden and Jayden, I’m so grateful you took the opportunity to come on this podcast and share your vision of economics and how it can apply to not just America but the entire world. Our generation needs a new ideology based on thriving, abundance, and prosperity. And they need to know the game’s rules because the elites are having it all right now. We have to have something that will help us deliver the American dream. 

So, I’m grateful that you took the time to do this.

Jayden

Yeah, of course. It’s something that I’m very passionate about. I believe everybody deserves a chance, especially those who come from nothing. Many successful people who come from nothing are always in the game of giving back. And that has been very heartwarming, not only for myself but also inspirational. I’ve been around too many mentors who have shown me that giving back is the true essence of why success is worth it. 

So that’s where I’m at now. I’m just trying to give back my education and finally tell the secrets I was taught because it has been driving me insane for too long, hearing about all these platforms providing the secret sauce or the secret ingredient to how to become successful. And there’s too much unqualified advice. And that is why I want to allow our generation to succeed finally. That’s something that not a lot of people have the opportunity or the blessing of receiving. 

So, I believe our generation deserves that chance.

Cosmos

And the same over here. I do believe that, too. I want to conclude this show by telling everyone that there’s an extraordinary thing within every one of us, and we must awaken it and unleash it. So, until next time, bye for now.