Top 400 Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “AI is going to allow civilization-scale capital stewardship on a whole nother level.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

402. “When you invest in something, you establish an energetic connection with it. So be careful what you invest in, and invest wisely.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

403. “Our Investments should be consistent with our values.”

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404. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we are excited to invest in the evolution of a lot of different industries from IP to E-commerce to Transportation to Real Estate and more. But in every case, the goal is to add value and make things better. We are an investment company with soul and with purpose.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

405. “Investment activities should inherently spread value and inherently spread prosperity. Investments should naturally result in a wide scope of people and ecosystems experiencing benefit.”

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406. “Blockchain technology will be critical to the next phase of human civilization.”

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407. “An economic ecosystem that disrespects natural ecosystems will be disrespected by natural ecosystems.”

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408. “When you’re buying from me and I’m buying from you and we’re all buying from each other, there’s flow within the ecosystem. And businesses in our ecosystem can tap into a portion of that flow to facilitate liquidity for their specific business.”

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409. “Like with pure Capitalism – in a Permaculture Economy, trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit and not by the state. This is essential to the success of an economic ecosystem.”

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410. “My goal is for Mayflower-Plymouth to have the most Assets Under Management than every other Asset Management company.”

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411. “Productivity is about turning valuable inputs into valuable outputs. Individual people are more productive when all the elements of the permaculture economy are at work in their lives. When individuals are productive, then businesses become productive. When businesses become productive, the nation becomes productive.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

412. “Prosperous families lead to prosperous nations.”

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413. “The Bahamas is becoming a leading nation when it comes to Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency.”

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414. “People can tell when a leader disciplines with the power of love versus when a leader disciplines with a love for power.”

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415. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we have a unique approach to minimizing risk in our portfolios. We approach risk holistically.”

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416. “In a Permaculture Economy, there is functionally no waste because the waste from every one is a resource for another. All of every ones output provides value to others input. All that is produced is consumed.”

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417. “Cars are evolving to match the new paradigm. Soon, things like steering wheels, pedals and rear-view mirrors will seem ancient. More practically, we will all be better able to optimize our time and attention to focus on more important tasks, family, work, and self care.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

418. “A good business adds value not only to individual people, but also to systems and networks of people. A good business has a multiplicative value effect.”

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419. “It’s good to always think good thoughts about money. Think loving thoughts about money. Think joyful thoughts about money. Think of money and smile and feel the joy of having so much money. And fill every atom your body with that feeling. This is true wealth.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

420. “Mayflower-Plymouth is not only a company, it’s also an ecosystem.”

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421. “It’s good to include playful and imaginative activities in business management. Managers of every business should be actively utilizing their imagination and directing that toward the advancement of the business. And incorporating playful activities into managerial routines is a good way to do that.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

422. “The expectation for capital is always that it grows.”

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423. “Every school should be a hub of creativity.”

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424. “In nature, capital is stewarded and not merely used. Permaculture Economics shares this stewardship approach to capital.”

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425. “How do you design a garden. Well the intentional placement of boundaries and the intentional facilitation of interactions has a lot to do with it. The same is true in an economic ecosystem. The intentional placement of boundaries and the intentional facilitation of interactions has a lot to do with the success of an economic ecosystem. This is one reason why Permaculture Economics is so effective.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

426. “Only a wise and prudent people who are spiritually evolved can be trusted to govern themselves.”

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427. “Investing, like spirituality, has a lot to do with the flow of energy.”

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428. “The eyes should be washed out with clean water every morning of every day.”

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429. “Look at nature. The most urgent priority is the stewardship of capital.”

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430. “Every teacher should have real world experience in the subject they teach. To teach science, you should now be or have been a scientist or been in a job that uses science a lot. To teach business, you should now be or have been an entrepreneur or worked in the corporate world. This way, we can teach for real life and not for tests or abstractions.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

431. “Saving money is vital to cultivating wealth. You cannot magnetize money if you have a habit of spending all of the money you have. Eventually, money will realize its not safe with you. To magnetize money and accumulate money, you need to be a saver, among other things.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

432. “Many charitable organizations don’t need to exist, and their work would be done better by either a business or the church.”

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433. “Gratitude is a very effective medicine for all kinds of problems.”

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434. “Municipalities that foster thriving business ecosystems can issue more investable bonds.”

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435. “Free money most often costs too much.”

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436. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we enjoy growing and creating wealth with our Assets Under Management.”

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437. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re helping businesses and cities make significant improvements with our management consulting services. And for that, we’re making the world a better place. And we’re making a lot of money – many millions of dollars – by helping others and making their lives better.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

438. “One sure way to increase a businesses profits is to implement a process improvement program. When a business audits it’s internal processes and extracts waste from those processes, the result is inevitably more time or money being leftover.”

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439. “How your business makes your customers feel has a direct correlation to how much money they are willing to spend with your business and the promptness with which they spend money with your business. You should make your customers feel welcome, make them feel appreciated, make them feel respected. And show customers that your business is valuable by ensuring that you and every employee treats the business with care and respect.”

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440. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we view the world through the lens of Capital.”

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441. “Everybody has problems. There’s no need to be ashamed of the problems you’re experiencing. There’s no need to hide them or pretend like your life is perfect. It’s actually better to expose your problems because only when problems are exposed can solutions find them. Only when problems are exposed can they be solved. I learned this lesson the hard way.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

442. “Denial of unpleasant facts is a cancer to resolving crises. Manifesting has its place, spiritual work has its place... but those things are even more effective when paired with practicality and realism. Acknowledge the unpleasant facts, then utilize whichever resources will eliminate them.”

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443. “To key to classroom behavior management is to have a structured system in place whereby good behaviors are actively and abundantly rewarded, and bad behaviors are promptly and efficiently punished. Rewards should be like the air, ever present and always lingering. Punishment should be like a thunderstorm that is obvious and inconvenient yet quick, temporary and not abusive. The predominant theme of classroom management should be good behaviors and continuous rewards.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr