Chris Del Grande
@valuedmerchants.com
Husband Father Founder Valued Merchant Services
2X #Inc5000
#MerchantServices #Payments #Entrepreneur #SmallBusiness #BusinessLoans #Connector
https://www.valuedmerchants.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valuedmerchants
2X #Inc5000
#MerchantServices #Payments #Entrepreneur #SmallBusiness #BusinessLoans #Connector
https://www.valuedmerchants.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valuedmerchants
MARGINOL™ 500mg
Fee-Free Freedom Tablets
Boosts Profit Margins & Slashes Processing Costs
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💵 Eliminates 100% of unnecessary credit card processing fees
🧾 Supports transparent pricing and clean bank statements
⏱ Fast-acting | Once daily | Lasts forever
Fee-Free Freedom Tablets
Boosts Profit Margins & Slashes Processing Costs
⚠️ For small business use only
💵 Eliminates 100% of unnecessary credit card processing fees
🧾 Supports transparent pricing and clean bank statements
⏱ Fast-acting | Once daily | Lasts forever
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
MARGINOL™ 500mg
Fee-Free Freedom Tablets
Boosts Profit Margins & Slashes Processing Costs
⚠️ For small business use only
💵 Eliminates 100% of unnecessary credit card processing fees
🧾 Supports transparent pricing and clean bank statements
⏱ Fast-acting | Once daily | Lasts forever
Fee-Free Freedom Tablets
Boosts Profit Margins & Slashes Processing Costs
⚠️ For small business use only
💵 Eliminates 100% of unnecessary credit card processing fees
🧾 Supports transparent pricing and clean bank statements
⏱ Fast-acting | Once daily | Lasts forever
Purpose is not about saving the world; it’s about serving your corner of it with love, consistency, and conviction. The ripple always reaches farther than you think.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Purpose is not about saving the world; it’s about serving your corner of it with love, consistency, and conviction. The ripple always reaches farther than you think.
Experience is how the world teaches you about yourself. Every success refines confidence; every failure refines humility. Wisdom is what happens when you stop resenting the lessons.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Experience is how the world teaches you about yourself. Every success refines confidence; every failure refines humility. Wisdom is what happens when you stop resenting the lessons.
Chaos is uncomfortable because it removes certainty. Yet, within that disruption lies freedom. The mess is where the masterpiece begins.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Chaos is uncomfortable because it removes certainty. Yet, within that disruption lies freedom. The mess is where the masterpiece begins.
Your story doesn’t need to be polished to be powerful. The cracks make it human, and humanity is what connects us. Every time you share something raw and true, you give someone else the courage to drop their armor. Realness is the bridge between isolation and connection.
October 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Your story doesn’t need to be polished to be powerful. The cracks make it human, and humanity is what connects us. Every time you share something raw and true, you give someone else the courage to drop their armor. Realness is the bridge between isolation and connection.
Great golfers and great founders share a mindset: one shot, total focus.
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great golfers and great founders share a mindset: one shot, total focus.
You will outgrow many versions of yourself. The one who settled. The one who feared judgment. The one who mistook survival for success. Each time you shed an old layer, it feels like loss, but it’s actually liberation. Growth asks you to trade comfort for consciousness, fear for faith.
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
You will outgrow many versions of yourself. The one who settled. The one who feared judgment. The one who mistook survival for success. Each time you shed an old layer, it feels like loss, but it’s actually liberation. Growth asks you to trade comfort for consciousness, fear for faith.
Wisdom is the reward for pain transformed. It comes when you stop asking, “Why did this happen to me?” and start asking, “What did this teach me?” Perspective doesn’t erase the struggle, but it gives it meaning, and meaning turns suffering into strength.
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wisdom is the reward for pain transformed. It comes when you stop asking, “Why did this happen to me?” and start asking, “What did this teach me?” Perspective doesn’t erase the struggle, but it gives it meaning, and meaning turns suffering into strength.
Faith is the art of walking in the dark while trusting the floor is there.
You may not see where the next step leads, but you move anyway, not because you’re sure of the outcome, but because you’re sure of the purpose.
Real faith is quieter than hope but stronger than fear.
You may not see where the next step leads, but you move anyway, not because you’re sure of the outcome, but because you’re sure of the purpose.
Real faith is quieter than hope but stronger than fear.
October 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Faith is the art of walking in the dark while trusting the floor is there.
You may not see where the next step leads, but you move anyway, not because you’re sure of the outcome, but because you’re sure of the purpose.
Real faith is quieter than hope but stronger than fear.
You may not see where the next step leads, but you move anyway, not because you’re sure of the outcome, but because you’re sure of the purpose.
Real faith is quieter than hope but stronger than fear.
Fear is a natural companion on the road to change. It’s the body’s way of saying you’re stepping into something unfamiliar. Instead of fighting it, learn from it. Fear means you’re on the edge of expansion. The key isn’t to silence it — it’s to move forward despite the noise.
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fear is a natural companion on the road to change. It’s the body’s way of saying you’re stepping into something unfamiliar. Instead of fighting it, learn from it. Fear means you’re on the edge of expansion. The key isn’t to silence it — it’s to move forward despite the noise.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean re-entry.
You can release resentment without reopening the door.
Boundaries and compassion can coexist—and often must.
You can release resentment without reopening the door.
Boundaries and compassion can coexist—and often must.
October 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Forgiveness doesn’t mean re-entry.
You can release resentment without reopening the door.
Boundaries and compassion can coexist—and often must.
You can release resentment without reopening the door.
Boundaries and compassion can coexist—and often must.
Some doors open because you’re prepared; others because you’re persistent.
You don’t need perfect timing—you just need to keep knocking.
You don’t need perfect timing—you just need to keep knocking.
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Some doors open because you’re prepared; others because you’re persistent.
You don’t need perfect timing—you just need to keep knocking.
You don’t need perfect timing—you just need to keep knocking.
You’ll never be fully ready to take the leap. The fear doesn’t disappear; it just becomes background noise. Courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s moving forward while it’s still there.
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
You’ll never be fully ready to take the leap. The fear doesn’t disappear; it just becomes background noise. Courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s moving forward while it’s still there.
Life isn’t about finding yourself—it’s about remembering who you were before the world told you otherwise.
The journey back home to your true self is the real success story.
The journey back home to your true self is the real success story.
October 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Life isn’t about finding yourself—it’s about remembering who you were before the world told you otherwise.
The journey back home to your true self is the real success story.
The journey back home to your true self is the real success story.
We’re not defined by what happens to us, but by how we choose to interpret it.
Two people can face the same storm and emerge entirely different.
Perspective, not circumstance, determines the lesson.
Two people can face the same storm and emerge entirely different.
Perspective, not circumstance, determines the lesson.
October 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We’re not defined by what happens to us, but by how we choose to interpret it.
Two people can face the same storm and emerge entirely different.
Perspective, not circumstance, determines the lesson.
Two people can face the same storm and emerge entirely different.
Perspective, not circumstance, determines the lesson.
The most powerful stories are often born out of pain.
A loss becomes the reason you value time differently.
A heartbreak becomes the reason you learn compassion.
A failure becomes the reason you discover resilience.
A loss becomes the reason you value time differently.
A heartbreak becomes the reason you learn compassion.
A failure becomes the reason you discover resilience.
October 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The most powerful stories are often born out of pain.
A loss becomes the reason you value time differently.
A heartbreak becomes the reason you learn compassion.
A failure becomes the reason you discover resilience.
A loss becomes the reason you value time differently.
A heartbreak becomes the reason you learn compassion.
A failure becomes the reason you discover resilience.
Think about the people who changed your life.
Most of them didn’t do it with grand gestures—they did it with presence.
A teacher who believed in you before you believed in yourself. A friend who stayed when everyone else left.
A stranger who spoke kindness on the day you needed it most.
Most of them didn’t do it with grand gestures—they did it with presence.
A teacher who believed in you before you believed in yourself. A friend who stayed when everyone else left.
A stranger who spoke kindness on the day you needed it most.
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Think about the people who changed your life.
Most of them didn’t do it with grand gestures—they did it with presence.
A teacher who believed in you before you believed in yourself. A friend who stayed when everyone else left.
A stranger who spoke kindness on the day you needed it most.
Most of them didn’t do it with grand gestures—they did it with presence.
A teacher who believed in you before you believed in yourself. A friend who stayed when everyone else left.
A stranger who spoke kindness on the day you needed it most.
Regret is one of the heaviest burdens a person can carry.
Not the regret of mistakes made, but of chances never taken.
Of words never spoken, of dreams left untried, of relationships left unrepaired.
Not the regret of mistakes made, but of chances never taken.
Of words never spoken, of dreams left untried, of relationships left unrepaired.
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Regret is one of the heaviest burdens a person can carry.
Not the regret of mistakes made, but of chances never taken.
Of words never spoken, of dreams left untried, of relationships left unrepaired.
Not the regret of mistakes made, but of chances never taken.
Of words never spoken, of dreams left untried, of relationships left unrepaired.
And maybe our task is simpler than we realize—not to reinvent humanity, but to remember it.
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And maybe our task is simpler than we realize—not to reinvent humanity, but to remember it.
The problem with chasing perfection is that it keeps moving.
No matter how much you achieve, the bar gets raised.
You end up chasing a ghost instead of living your life.
Progress is the only sustainable path—perfection is a prison.
No matter how much you achieve, the bar gets raised.
You end up chasing a ghost instead of living your life.
Progress is the only sustainable path—perfection is a prison.
September 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The problem with chasing perfection is that it keeps moving.
No matter how much you achieve, the bar gets raised.
You end up chasing a ghost instead of living your life.
Progress is the only sustainable path—perfection is a prison.
No matter how much you achieve, the bar gets raised.
You end up chasing a ghost instead of living your life.
Progress is the only sustainable path—perfection is a prison.
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Myth: Credit card fees are just a cost of doing business.
Reality: The right processor can reduce fees and return that money to growth.
Reality: The right processor can reduce fees and return that money to growth.
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Myth: Credit card fees are just a cost of doing business.
Reality: The right processor can reduce fees and return that money to growth.
Reality: The right processor can reduce fees and return that money to growth.