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🤔Every week, we disect, investigate, and unpack Powerful Life Quotes from a wise, successful, and inspirational person. We explore many different topics such as your Personal Growth, Mindset, Well-Being, Relationships, Leadership, and Gratitude. The Wise Words Weekly newsletter is designed to spark your continued progress, one small step at a time. 📈 None of this content should be construed as any type of investment or other professional advice.

Hello, my friend,

Picture this: It’s March 2026. Economic volatility is spiking, AI is reshaping entire industries overnight, tariffs are shifting supply chains, and nobody knows what’s coming next.

Sound familiar?

That’s exactly why Zig Ziglar’s words hit hard: “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize like crazy on what comes.”

This is the complete playbook for how to apply Zig Ziglar’s wisdom. Expect the best, prepare for the worst in real life and come out ahead when everyone else is scrambling. It’s the exact way people have become extremely rich in the stock market. Warren Buffett said, Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Buffett knows how to “capitalize on what comes.”

But remember, without doing your proper due dilligence, it’s just gambling. Making damn good decisions relies on taking “highly calculated” risks.

Stick with me for the next few minutes and you’ll walk away with a crystal-clear system for strategic preparation for uncertainty 2026 (and every year after). Let’s dive in.

This week, we’re diving into Mindset.

Zig Ziglar didn’t promise life would be easy, he promised you could meet it with eyes wide open and a growth mindset that is ready to win. Expecting the best keeps your energy high and your creativity flowing. Preparing for the worst removes the panic when things shift. And capitalizing on what comes? That’s where ordinary people become extraordinary. Remember Elon’s quote from this issue of Wise Words Weekly? How To Choose to Be Extraordinary🚀: Elon Musk's Bold Blueprint For Your Personal Effectiveness

Figure out what works and pour gas on that.

When you blend these three, something powerful happens: you naturally develop a growth mindset that sees every twist as a setup for your next level. It’s not blind optimism. It’s intelligent optimism with a safety net and a spotlight on hidden opportunities.

Most people spend more time researching their upcoming vacation than they do researching their stock purchases. Think about that for a minute. Warren Buffett said, “Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.” The way to know what you are doing is by learning more about the subject. 

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Tesla, Xai, Space-X, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and all things Elon Musk. I spend 2-3 hours per day, 7 days per week, educating myself on the most recent events and changes on these topics. 

That research (self-education) resulted in a dramatic uptick in my portfolio. I worked 20+ years in a great job and contributed 5% of every paycheck to their retirement program. When I retired, I left with $171,000 in that account. Upon retirement, I immediately rolled that entire account over into $TSLA. In a few short months, that nest egg that had taken me 20+ years to accumulate crossed the threshold of $500,000. This was a direct result of educating myself and taking massive action. I don’t say this to brag, and, it is definitely not investment advice! I’m not recommending you do that at all. I’m just telling you it is what I did (after doing a ton of due dillgence) and it worked out well for me. 

I expected the best, prepared for the worst, and then, capitalized like crazy!

Here’s the truth no one says out loud: most people only do one or two of Zig’s steps. They expect the best (and get crushed when it doesn’t happen). Or they prepare for the worst (and stay stuck in fear).

But when you do all three? You unlock adaptive leadership strategies that turn volatility into velocity. You stop reacting and start directing. You move from surviving 2026 to designing the life and business you actually want.

And the best part? This superpower compounds. Every time you capitalize on what comes, your confidence grows, your network notices, and new doors fly open. That’s how regular people build extraordinary results in the most uncertain years.

Recent 2025-2026 research is crystal clear: leaders and organizations that practice strategic foresight via deliberate scenario planning (the “prepare for the worst” muscle) make faster, better decisions when uncertainty hits. They build resilient operating models, spot emerging opportunities earlier, and accelerate out of downturns while others are still reeling.

Studies show this approach doesn’t just reduce stress, it literally rewires your brain for calmer, clearer thinking under pressure. Pair it with a growth mindset and you get the full formula Zig described decades ago. The data is finally catching up to the wisdom.

In short: expecting the best + preparing for the worst + capitalizing on what comes isn’t motivational fluff. It’s the highest-leverage mental model for resilience available today.

(By the way, if you aren’t sure where your growth mindset currently sits, before and after self-assessments are included in the Billionaire Growth Mindset Blueprint. There will be a link at the bottom of this newsletter. Keep reading.)

Milton Hershey endured a string of early failures in the confectionery business during the late 1800s. After dropping out of school at age 14, he tried several ventures: his first candy shop in Philadelphia failed and closed after four years; a second attempt in New York City also went bankrupt; and a third in Colorado met the same fate due to poor timing and competition. Deep in debt and nearing 30, Hershey expected the best. He believed he could perfect milk chocolate using fresh milk, a novel idea at the time. He prepared for the worst by saving what little he had, apprenticing further to master techniques, and starting small without massive loans. When an unexpected break came (a lucky caramel recipe sale in the 1890s that provided capital), he capitalized immediately, using the funds to found the Lancaster Caramel Company, then pivoting to chocolate production in 1900. He built Hershey, Pennsylvania, as a model town around his factory, turning his persistent optimism, contingency learning, and timely pivot into The Hershey Company, a lasting powerhouse in sweets.

Evan Williams co-founded Blogger but sold it amid struggles, then launched Odeo (a podcasting platform) that nearly collapsed when Apple dominated with iTunes podcasts in 2005–2006. The company faced massive uncertainty and near-failure. He expected the best. He believed social tools could empower everyday sharing. He prepared for the worst by pivoting internally, experimenting with side ideas, and keeping the team intact. When an internal hackathon prototype for short status updates unexpectedly gained traction, he capitalized decisively, shifting focus to what became Twitter in 2006. It exploded globally, and Williams later launched Medium as another success story.

These real-life examples reinforce the Zig Ziglar pattern perfectly: optimism drives persistence, preparation turns failures into lessons, and capitalizing on surprises creates breakthroughs.

Speaking of decisively capitalizing, you may really enjoy Tony Robbins' Wise Words On How To Really Grow.

Ready to make this your new operating system? Here’s your simple 3-step starter kit:

Do these consistently and you’ll be living Zig Ziglar’s wisdom by next week. I first read this quote years ago and I have been living my by these rules ever since. From first-hand experience, I can say, this is the way.

A great book on this subject is Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. Seligman.

Without realizing it, most of us impose limits on our achievement and our happiness by approaching life's problems and challenges with unnecessary pessimism. Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer in cognitive psychology and motivational research, tells you how to identify your own self-defeating thought patterns and how to harness the powers of your conscious mind to break those patterns.

Speaking of topics like risk, passion and mindset, many readers are now checking out my new book and complete mindset transformation kit, The Billionaire Wealth Mindset Blueprint - a complete 200-page daily operating system with a 30-day challenge and before/after self-assessments. Click below to check it out right now!👇

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Your friend,

Grant

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