The Resilient Mind - Mindset of a Millionaire: Unlock the Power Within - Ex NBA Player Walter Bond

Episode Date: June 19, 2025

Walter Bond is a former NBA player turned world-renowned motivational speaker, known for his electrifying delivery and game-changing mindset strategies. With a background in professional sports and a passion for personal development, Walter teaches individuals and businesses how to break mental barriers and achieve peak performance. Take action and strengthen your mind with The Resilient Mind Journal. Get your free digital copy today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/Download_JournalThis episode is brought to in partnership with Motiversity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Resilient Mind podcast. In this episode, you will be listening to, Mindset of a Millionaire with Walter Bond. Get access to the Resilient Mind Journal by clicking the link in the show notes. Enjoy. Ladies and gentlemen, in three years I doubled my MBA income in the marketplace. You hear what I'm saying. And I've never had a real job. But I got a mindset.

Lesson number one. For you to get to that next level, here's what you need, information. You need to get information. No offense, I don't even watch TV. CNN don't pay my bills, okay? Power don't pay my bills. I don't even watch TV. I might catch a sporting event

or don't get mad about football game. I love to watch football. But I don't watch TV. Why? It's unproductive, in my opinion. I get 24 hours a day just like Bill Gates. I get 24 hours a day, just like Beyonce and Jay-Z. You get 24 hours a day, ladies and gentlemen.

What do you do at your 24 hours? You need to get more information in our coaching program. All we do is drop content nonstop. People are like, wow, I didn't know that. Wow, I didn't know that. See, you don't even know what you don't know. How did you let me come from behind and clip you? Do you guys know the studies show the better we look, the more money we make?

Which means your website should pass the eyeball test. Your trucks should pass the eyeball test. Your people should pass the eyeball test. You should pass the oddball test. Everybody in this room has a promise land somewhere, but you can't be stuck on the city you like. You gotta hear God and go to your promise land. Your promise land might be Utah.

Your promise land might be Minnesota. Your promise land might be Wyoming. Hear me clearly. You better use your money to get information and access, and you better be flexible because a real shark is flexible. Can we stop fronting and get real about this thing? about this thing, and if I can do it, you can do it. I knew nothing about life, I knew nothing about business, but I had the right mindset,

and I learned it through sports, and y'all got to hear my story so you understand. I didn't even start on my college basketball team. I came off the bench. At the University of Minnesota, I came off the bench, but in my mind, you can bring me off the bench, but I'm an NBA ball player when you get through talking. When you get playing, I'm an NBA ball player, and that's why I would walk with you. around and say, you can't check me. You can't check me. You protect me. If I was you, I would walk around every day and say, I'm a millionaire. I'm a millionaire. I'm a millionaire. I declare right now.

I'm worth millions. I'm worth millions. I will receive my salary right now, but I won't accept it as my value. So whatever you receive right now, receive it, but don't you accept it as your value? Because there's more out here for you if you change your mindset. In my coaching program, I got a concept called the Black Tie Effect. All I wish I had more time It's called the Black Tie Effect If you don't own your own tuxedo

And go to at least 6 to 10 black tie events In your market, you suck There's no better way For you to distinguish yourself As a top business leader in your area Than to go to black tie events I didn't say fundraiser Black tie events attract the top businessmen in your area

And what happens at a black tie event You sit at the table, and in America, we ask two questions. One of those two questions, what is your name? And what do you do? What is your name? And what do you do? What would happen in your local marketplace? You became known as a philanthropist.

What would happen in your local marketplace? You were known as being charitable. What would happen in your local marketplace if all the other business owners who are highly successful? Not only know your company, but they know you personally. Can I ask you a question? How many black tie events do you go to? Oh.

When I stopped playing basketball, I had no money coming in. And all I would do is go to black tie events and be around highly successful people. And I would sit at the table. They would ask me my name. And the second question, I was waiting for it. But what do you do? Well, I'm a former NBA player.

But now I'm a motivational speaker. And at those black tie events, You know, they attract not only successful business people, they attract the good guys too. See, snake business guys who only care about money, they don't go to black tie events. People who go to black tie events care about their community. People who go to black tie events make a difference in their community. Let me tell you something. I noticed right away at the black tie events, these were the successful people that I wanted to know.

And I began to build leverage. I began to build a brand by building relationships. with the top business people in my community because I was willing to go to black tie events. There's nothing more important you can do, business owner than to buy you a tuxedo and go to black tie events because everybody in the building

is going to ask you your name and they're going to ask you what you do. What would happen if your company became endeared to some charity in your community? Ladies, what better way is it to build the culture? Some of your wives, why don't you drive? drive this. He's busy trying to make money. You drive the charity. You found the organization and you make sure that your company is synonymous with some philanthropic area in the community.

There's nothing better than changing the life. There's nothing better than blessing somebody who's less fortunate. I made a commitment of lifting the spirit of people who were trying to get to that next level. Start your business with charity. There's no better methodology than that. Never forget this. All great brands are built on passion. So before you build your brand, it's not about the color. It's not about the font.

All great brands are built on passion. So can I ask you a question? What are you passionate about? See, if you're not passionate about anything, your marketing is going to be a whole harm as well. Does that make sense? You can't build a great brand without passion. Let's take a look at Nike.

Field Knight built Nike and the brand out of passion. He loves to run, and he couldn't find good running shoes. So he said, well, I'll just start a company and make some myself because a good runner needs to have good shoes. He's built an international brand based on passion. If you want to be a millionaire, you've got to think like a million dollar person. You can't fake this thing. Y'all hear what I'm saying. You got to be legit in this game. You can't fake it to the NBA. You got to be able to ball out. You got to be able to

hook. You got to be legit. And in business is the same way. You got to be legit. So take your money and get some information in your head and then take some money and get access. I've got three kids. And this is why you got to get access so you can make life easier for your kids. Well, ain't nobody do nothing for me. Oh, your mindset is jack up. Ain't nobody do nothing for me, so I ain't gonna do nothing for my kids. You ain't thinking about your legacy. Right now it's like a track meet. You're running a 4x1 by 1, 100 meter dash, 4 by 1, and your baton is in your hand, and

let me tell you something. I want you to run as strong as you can, as fast as you can, as hard as you can, and one day you're gonna get on. One day your knees gonna buckle, and your son gonna be right behind you. Your daughter gonna be right behind you, and at a track mate, they yell stick. And you've got to make a successful handoff to the athlete in front of you. And that's your son. That's your daughter.

So can you do me a favor? You've got to get on that track and run because the baton is in your hand right now. And to me, $50,000 ain't enough to live your dreams. To me, $80,000 ain't enough to live your dreams. Who's trying to live in that big house. Who's trying to live in that big car. Who's trying to retire with some real money in the bank? Ladies and gentlemen, you guys know,

the average American only has $1,500 in savings. You're a car accident in a way. from going broken. Hear me closely. Don't sell product. Sell hopes and dreams. Don't sell product. Sell hopes and dreams.

Don't sell product again. Sell hopes and dreams. I give myself away and blessings come my way. In your community be charitable. In your community be a giver. in your community, get to know the other givers, and I promise you one thing, something's going to happen to your heart,

something's going to happen to your culture, and the lagging indicator, something's going to happen to your pocket. Thank you for tuning in. Continue strengthening your mind by listening to our other episodes.