Oct 10, 2024
Inspiration
What it Takes to be Successful
Summary
Success demands 30 years of dedication, including enduring 18-hour workdays, facing constant rejection, and overcoming numerous challenges.
Achieving success necessitates making sacrifices now to reap future rewards, committing to reaching one's full potential despite ongoing adversity.
Perseverance Through Adversity
The path to success involves withstanding judgments, threats, lawsuits, betrayals, and copycats from peers, customers, and competitors for decades.
Purpose Beyond Personal Gain
True success extends beyond personal achievements, focusing on using one's success to help others and make a positive impact.
Misconceptions About Success
The belief that success can be achieved without significant effort and sacrifice is fundamentally wrong and misguided."
Timestamps
00:00 Success requires commitment and sacrifice today for a better future and the ability to help others.
00:31 Success demands relentless effort, resilience against criticism, and a willingness to embrace boldness despite challenges.
01:22 Success demands relentless dedication and a willingness to endure years of challenges and sacrifices.
Transcript
00:00 This is the secret of the successful people. This is what I've committed my life to do it. I told my mom when I was 16 years old. One day one day. I'm gonna be successful. One day. One day. I'm gonna be successful and one day I'm gonna help a lot of people. I always say this pay the price today so you could pay any price in the future pay. The price now okay pay the price my buddies were travelling seeing the world and I didn't have any of those experiences. I've had people.
00:31 Tell me hey you market too much you mark it too aggressively take me off your list. My office tells me we hit the list too much. I'm like what's a list far hit the list. That's what it's far. They're say eight eight eight billion people on planet. Earth look I've been ridiculed by my peers my customers and by competition I've been judged for working too much wanting too much being too colorful being inappropriate insensitive and too out there. I'm trying to figure it out. I've been threatened. I've been sued. I've been betrayed by friends. I've been ripped off and I've been copied 30 years 30 years 18-hour days not eight-hour days not ten-hour days.
01:22 Not 12-hour days 18-hour days. I've been married 15 years to Lena. Not one time has she ever said you work too much not one time she has never said to me what are you doing getting home. So late she knows what I'm doing I'm closing deals. I'm taking care of my family. I'm trying to get to 10x levels. It's been 30 years 30 years. It's probably gonna be 30 years for you to doubt uncertainty insecurities rejection disappointment and judgment. It's gonna be 30 years of it are you willing to pay the price are you willing to pay the price. If anybody thinks you're gonna be successful without paying that price you're wrong.
