Episode summary
Why ‘Quality Over Quantity’ Is Keeping You BROKE
How I Invest With David Weisburd
· · Hosts: David Weisburd · Guests: Grant Cardone
Summary
Grant Cardone argues that success is built by multiplying effort, not refining in private. He says the common belief that “quality is senior to quantity” is backwards: repeated reps, follow-up, and omnipresent marketing create the quality people later admire. He describes how he built attention with rough early YouTube videos, relentless phone follow-ups, and a company culture that celebrates “shitty first versions” rather than waiting for perfection.
He also says most people fail because they underestimate resistance, ignore sales discipline, and are taught the wrong lessons about work and self-worth. Cardone blames schools and broader culture for teaching compliance instead of rejection tolerance, compounding, and financial literacy, while also creating a victim mindset through labels. In his view, strong performers are defined by extreme strengths, extreme weaknesses, and unusually high self-esteem.
A major part of the conversation is Cardone’s retail fundraising model and his real estate strategy. He says Cardone Capital has raised over $2 billion from retail investors and now manages a portfolio of about $5.2 billion across 47 deals. He explains why he prefers direct retail capital over banks, and why he combined real estate with Bitcoin to create what he calls a hybrid vehicle with more upside, more time, and a stronger moat than traditional REIT structures.
Key takeaways
- Cardone says quantity comes before quality, and that repeated reps are what actually create exceptional output.
- He argues that most people underestimate the amount of rejection and follow-up required to close sales.
- Cardone says Cardone Capital has raised almost $2 billion from 20,000 investors by going directly to retail instead of banks.
- He believes real estate plus Bitcoin creates a new investment vehicle that can outperform traditional REIT structures.
- Cardone says illiquidity is an advantage because long holding periods let investors capture more of the upside.
Notable quotes
“This idea that quality is senior to quantity is wrong. Quantity is senior to the quality”
“I became that because I was terrified. to be ignored”
“We do this 332 rule. You call me today, you're interested. I'm calling you three times today, three times tomorrow, and two times on the third day”
“The consumer does not buy the best product ever. The consumer buys the best known product”
“I have $5 billion worth of real estate. I don't really understand the difference between a deed and a title”
How the episode opens
This idea that quality is senior to quantity is wrong. Quantity is senior to the quality. It's so arrogant to think that anybody's going to get one quality painting.
I don't know how many pieces Van Go did. I think he only sold one piece his whole life. He did hundreds and hundreds of pieces.
When we first started doing social media, I was 52 years old. This is 2012. I saw the internet.
I saw social media and I'm like, "Oh my god, dude. This is this is I'm going to get known."
Grant Cardone. He joins me now. He's the international sales expert and the author of the 10X rule. The only difference between
I told my wife, she was an actress. She came back from a an audition one day and she was crying. She's like, "Oh, it was terrible.
It was terrible. I'm like, "Baby, I'm going to make you famous. I discovered YouTube today and we're going to get millions and millions of people to know our name and you'll never have to do another audition.
I didn't see the quality first. We We would take a phone, turn it sideways, no lighting, we didn't have the little O-rings. We didn't have Zoom calls.
We didn't have setups, dude. Nothing. I had an iPhone 4 or something.
Just one video at a time. I still have that first video up there. I think it had like 85 views over like 13 years.
We do this 332 rule. You call me today, you're interested. I'm calling you three times today, three times tomorrow, and two times on the third day.
We know that formula. Now, you're going to be like, "Oh my god, bro. Don't call me up eight times.
Yeah, I'm going to call you eight times.
From the episode’s captions: roughly the first two minutes, lightly cleaned. Keep watching on YouTube →
Topics
- 10x rule
- omnipresence marketing
- quantity vs quality
- retail investor capital
- real estate bitcoin hybrid
Companies and tickers mentioned
- Cardone Capital
- AlphaSense
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