00:00:12another edition of modeling the Masters
00:00:13I believe that the fastest and most
00:00:15effective way to grow your business is
00:00:17to model the strategies of people who
00:00:19have already done what you’re trying to
00:00:20do so today we’re going to look at how a
00:00:22young man who had all the odds in the
00:00:24world stacked against him rose up to the
00:00:27challenge proved his critics wrong and
00:00:29went on to become one of the wealthiest
00:00:30entrepreneurs in the world this is a
00:00:33story of CNN found there Ted Turner and
00:00:35the top three lessons you can learn from
00:00:37his success Ted Turner is an American
00:00:42media mogul and philanthropist he’s the
00:00:44founder of the cable news network CNN
00:00:46and is known for his 1 billion dollar
00:00:48gift to support united nations causes
00:00:50growing up Turner was a C student and
00:00:53was rebellious eventually getting
00:00:54expelled from Brown University for
00:00:56having a woman in his room with him in
00:00:58the following years his parents divorced
00:01:01he got married and divorced his 12 year
00:01:03old sister developed terminal lupus and
00:01:05his father went so far into debt with
00:01:07his advertising company that he
00:01:09committed suicide Turner was 24 years
00:01:12old and his father’s company was almost
00:01:13bankrupt but he decided he would take
00:01:15over the family business nobody believed
00:01:18the young rebel would ever make anything
00:01:20of himself Turner set out to prove them
00:01:23wrong he built up his father’s
00:01:25advertising business and then expanded
00:01:27into radio and television ventures he
00:01:29went on to create the CNN television
00:01:31network and Turner Broadcasting System
00:01:33TBS he would also go on the by the
00:01:36Atlanta Braves baseball team in Atlanta
00:01:38Hawks basketball team to provide
00:01:40original content for her stations Turner
00:01:43came a long way from a 24 year old who
00:01:45nobody believed in in 1991 turned became
00:01:48the first media figure to be named Time
00:01:50magazine’s man of the year he owns over
00:01:532 million acres of land has the largest
00:01:56private bison herd of 50,000 and donated
00:01:591 billion dollars to United Nations
00:02:01causes his current net worth is over two
00:02:03billion dollars and he currently
00:02:05dedicates his time and resources to
00:02:06making the world a better safer place
00:02:08for future generations
00:02:11by committing himself to becoming a
00:02:13success and by working hard Ted Turner
00:02:16was able to turn his father’s bankrupt
00:02:18company around and become one of the
00:02:20wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world to
00:02:22help you turn your company around here
00:02:24are three action items you can learn
00:02:25from Ted Turner action item number one
00:02:30decide you’ll be a success a turning
00:02:33point for many entrepreneurs comes when
00:02:35they commit to their business and decide
00:02:37that they are going to see things
00:02:38through until they become a success it
00:02:41doesn’t mean that it’s going to happen
00:02:42overnight but it’s a commitment to
00:02:44reaching success I’m putting the daily
00:02:46effort into making that goal become a
00:02:48reality stunned by his father’s suicide
00:02:50turn and realize that he had to set
00:02:53ambitious goals for himself so he always
00:02:55had something to live for he committed
00:02:58to changing his path and getting serious
00:03:00about his life despite advice a sell-off
00:03:02Turner advertising after his father’s
00:03:04death turn her fought to keep the
00:03:06company and work to bringing enough
00:03:08business to pay off its debts as he grew
00:03:10his business he kept driving for higher
00:03:12goals to keep himself challenged and
00:03:14gave his best effort every day according
00:03:18to Turner if you’ve got an innovative
00:03:20idea and the majority doesn’t poopoo it
00:03:22then odds are you must not have a very
00:03:25good idea when people thought I was
00:03:27loony it didn’t bother me at all in fact
00:03:30I considered that I must be really onto
00:03:32something you should set goals beyond
00:03:34your reach so you always have something
00:03:36to live for I decided I wanted to be a
00:03:39success
00:03:41oxana number two never quit when you’re
00:03:45an entrepreneur there’s always a
00:03:46temptation to quit when the excitement
00:03:48of starting up wears off and near the
00:03:50daily grind in front in your business
00:03:51don’t quit remember you decided that
00:03:55you’re going to be successful and that
00:03:57comes from doing something every day
00:03:59that will move your business forward
00:04:00remember why you started your business
00:04:02and think about all the people you’re
00:04:04going to be able to help find that
00:04:06motivation to keep going even when
00:04:08people around you think you’re nuts
00:04:10almost every venture that Turner started
00:04:13up for every business that he acquired
00:04:14critics told him that it would never
00:04:16work and he was spending his money
00:04:18foolishly when Turner told people he
00:04:21wanted to create a 24-hour news only
00:04:23network they thought he was crazy nobody
00:04:26would tune in to watch news all day long
00:04:28it was a suicide mission they said
00:04:31undeterred Turner fought tooth and nail
00:04:33until he finally launched CNN which
00:04:35revolutionized the media industry and
00:04:37became a rapid success according to
00:04:40Turner all my life people have said that
00:04:42I wasn’t going to make it they laughed
00:04:45at me when i started with CBS they
00:04:47laughed at me when i started CNN they
00:04:49laughed at me when I bought the Braves
00:04:50they laughed at me when I bought the
00:04:52Hawks they laughed at me when I bought
00:04:54MGM you can never quit winners never
00:04:57quit and quitters never win action item
00:05:03number three work hard there are many
00:05:06paths of success but one common theme
00:05:08you’ll find if you model successful
00:05:09entrepreneurs is that they worked very
00:05:11hard to get their businesses going being
00:05:14an entrepreneur is not a nine-to-five
00:05:15job you’re going to work harder than
00:05:17you’ve ever worked before and will
00:05:19hopefully love almost every minute of it
00:05:21because you’re doing something that
00:05:23you’re extremely passionate about
00:05:24success does not come without the hard
00:05:26work behind it when Turner was launching
00:05:29CNN he frequently worked 18-hour days he
00:05:32converted his office into an apartment
00:05:34and slept over most nights at CNN
00:05:36headquarters CNN staff regularly saw him
00:05:39leave his office to grab a cup coffee in
00:05:41his bathrobe Turner felt that the best
00:05:43way to lead is by example and inspired
00:05:46his staff to work almost as hard as him
00:05:48to achieve their common goal
00:05:49a former employee one set of Turner he
00:05:52was much more than a cheerleader he was
00:05:55a kind of guy you’d want to run through
00:05:56a wall for according to Turner early to
00:06:00bed early to rise work like hell and
00:06:03advertise CNN came out of my heart and
00:06:07soul I see what keeps people young work
00:06:13so remember decide you’re going to be a
00:06:16success never quit and work hard to
00:06:20finish up this video I wanted to share
00:06:21one of my favorite true stories about
00:06:23Ted Turner and some of his best quotes
00:06:27Turner has a long-standing bitterness
00:06:30with News Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch
00:06:32it began in nineteen eighty-three when a
00:06:34Murdock sponsored yacht crashed in the
00:06:36Turner’s boat during a race causing it
00:06:38to sink only 10 kilometers from the
00:06:40finish line Turner was an avid sailor
00:06:43and won the American Cup sailings most
00:06:45prestigious award so he took the crash
00:06:48personally he challenged Murdoch to a
00:06:50televised fist fight in Las Vegas
00:06:52Murdock declined
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