--- title: How one piece of advice changed the life of Flock's founder and CEO description: You can achieve anything you set your mind to. See how that foundational piece of advice contributed to the success of Flock founder Bhavin Turakhia. image: https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/bhavin-turakhia-pic-2@2x.png --- [![Flock](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/FlockBlog_Logo/Flockblog-v2-inverted.svg) ](https://blog.flock.com/) [![Flock](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/FlockBlog_Logo/Flockblog-v2.svg) ](https://blog.flock.com/) × × ##### Try Flock today! 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His father emphasized this phrase to him and his brother nonstop throughout their childhood, and it became the mantra that drives them both today. ## Getting the gift of confidence as a child Turakhia credits all of his success today to his dad. His father worked 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day just to make ends meet. When Turakhia began to code at the age of 10, his father made sure to get him as many books as he could. Encouraging his son to read made him believe he could achieve anything he set his mind to. His father’s advice was a recurring theme throughout Turakhia’s childhood. Sometimes he’d get annoyed and dismiss him with, “Dad, we know!” But the more his father repeated it, the more it settled in.  > *“Knowing you can achieve anything you set your mind to is a monumental life lesson,” Turakhia said. “Once you internalize that, you gain all the confidence you need to thrive.”* ## [![Ready to try Flock? 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