the fastest way to accomplish any goal is to model success find someone who’s
is to model success find someone who’s
is to model success find someone who’s already accomplished you’re trying to do
already accomplished you’re trying to do
already accomplished you’re trying to do and put their strategies to work for you
and put their strategies to work for you
and put their strategies to work for you success leaves clues you just have to
success leaves clues you just have to
success leaves clues you just have to follow them otherwise you’re going to go
follow them otherwise you’re going to go
follow them otherwise you’re going to go and spend countless hours and dollars in
and spend countless hours and dollars in
and spend countless hours and dollars in the wrong direction and it’s just going
the wrong direction and it’s just going
the wrong direction and it’s just going to leave you frustrated and angry when I
to leave you frustrated and angry when I
to leave you frustrated and angry when I was in university was one of the top
was in university was one of the top
was in university was one of the top students in my class and Merrill Lynch
students in my class and Merrill Lynch
students in my class and Merrill Lynch ask him to come and do a job interview
ask him to come and do a job interview
ask him to come and do a job interview for a position in Asia and he wanted me
for a position in Asia and he wanted me
for a position in Asia and he wanted me to fight in New York so they flew me out
to fight in New York so they flew me out
to fight in New York so they flew me out to New York and they put me up in the
to New York and they put me up in the
to New York and they put me up in the Waldorf Astoria and I remember sitting
Waldorf Astoria and I remember sitting
Waldorf Astoria and I remember sitting in this room full of candidates and I
in this room full of candidates and I
in this room full of candidates and I was nervous I didn’t want to talk to
was nervous I didn’t want to talk to
was nervous I didn’t want to talk to anybody I just wanted to get into my
anybody I just wanted to get into my
anybody I just wanted to get into my interview and start answering the
interview and start answering the
interview and start answering the questions I was really nervous the guy
questions I was really nervous the guy
questions I was really nervous the guy pulled me into the room and I sat down
pulled me into the room and I sat down
pulled me into the room and I sat down and he started asking me the usual
and he started asking me the usual
and he started asking me the usual questions you know tell me about
questions you know tell me about
questions you know tell me about yourself what are your goals and then he
yourself what are your goals and then he
yourself what are your goals and then he asked me a question just stopped me cold
asked me a question just stopped me cold
asked me a question just stopped me cold he asked me about what was happening to
he asked me about what was happening to
he asked me about what was happening to philippines and what impact would have
philippines and what impact would have
philippines and what impact would have in the economy and I had no idea I don’t
in the economy and I had no idea I don’t
in the economy and I had no idea I don’t remember what I said I i stumbled on an
remember what I said I i stumbled on an
remember what I said I i stumbled on an answer but now I was sweating and I was
answer but now I was sweating and I was
answer but now I was sweating and I was embarrassed that I couldn’t answer these
embarrassed that I couldn’t answer these
embarrassed that I couldn’t answer these questions he asked me another one and
questions he asked me another one and
questions he asked me another one and another one and another one and again I
another one and another one and again I
another one and another one and again I had no idea what to say I made something
had no idea what to say I made something
had no idea what to say I made something up but it wasn’t great and I now was
up but it wasn’t great and I now was
up but it wasn’t great and I now was panicking and was scared that you know
panicking and was scared that you know
panicking and was scared that you know this wasn’t gonna happen for me and so a
this wasn’t gonna happen for me and so a
this wasn’t gonna happen for me and so a few more questions later he choking a
few more questions later he choking a
few more questions later he choking a door and said you know thank you for
door and said you know thank you for
door and said you know thank you for your time I’d come to New York with my
your time I’d come to New York with my
your time I’d come to New York with my girlfriend and she was waiting for me
girlfriend and she was waiting for me
girlfriend and she was waiting for me and I came down the elevators and went
and I came down the elevators and went
and I came down the elevators and went out the front door the Waldorf and I
out the front door the Waldorf and I
out the front door the Waldorf and I remember seeing her face and she’s got
remember seeing her face and she’s got
remember seeing her face and she’s got this big smile in her face we didn’t
this big smile in her face we didn’t
this big smile in her face we didn’t hear the good news that I would deliver
hear the good news that I would deliver
hear the good news that I would deliver and I looked at her and all I could do
and I looked at her and all I could do
and I looked at her and all I could do was hang my head because there was no
was hang my head because there was no
was hang my head because there was no way that I got that job and I didn’t do
way that I got that job and I didn’t do
way that I got that job and I didn’t do well the interview because I was so
well the interview because I was so
well the interview because I was so distracted what I was doing back home I
distracted what I was doing back home I
distracted what I was doing back home I just joined this company and we’re
just joined this company and we’re
just joined this company and we’re trying to get it to go as a software
trying to get it to go as a software
trying to get it to go as a software business and whatever we did it seem
business and whatever we did it seem
business and whatever we did it seem like we couldn’t make it work we tried
like we couldn’t make it work we tried
like we couldn’t make it work we tried so many different things and for
so many different things and for
so many different things and for whatever reason nothing was happening we
whatever reason nothing was happening we
whatever reason nothing was happening we weren’t getting momentum we weren’t
weren’t getting momentum we weren’t
weren’t getting momentum we weren’t getting customers and we thought
getting customers and we thought
getting customers and we thought we’re smart people where you know we’re
we’re smart people where you know we’re
we’re smart people where you know we’re we were trying to add value we are
we were trying to add value we are
we were trying to add value we are working crazy number of hours to make
working crazy number of hours to make
working crazy number of hours to make this thing go and it’s just not working
this thing go and it’s just not working
this thing go and it’s just not working and I went to New York because that was
and I went to New York because that was
and I went to New York because that was my backup plan I always thought you know
my backup plan I always thought you know
my backup plan I always thought you know if I don’t do well with his business I
if I don’t do well with his business I
if I don’t do well with his business I can always go get a job that’s how I was
can always go get a job that’s how I was
can always go get a job that’s how I was curious I didn’t know if I take the job
curious I didn’t know if I take the job
curious I didn’t know if I take the job or not but I wanted to lease do the
or not but I wanted to lease do the
or not but I wanted to lease do the interview well my backup plan
interview well my backup plan
interview well my backup plan disappeared there was no backup plan I
disappeared there was no backup plan I
disappeared there was no backup plan I had to come up with a new plan I had to
had to come up with a new plan I had to
had to come up with a new plan I had to make my business work and on the way
make my business work and on the way
make my business work and on the way back something hit I realized I’m not
back something hit I realized I’m not
back something hit I realized I’m not the first guy to try to sell software
the first guy to try to sell software
the first guy to try to sell software before this can’t be that hard there’s
before this can’t be that hard there’s
before this can’t be that hard there’s got to be something I’m missing here and
got to be something I’m missing here and
got to be something I’m missing here and so I looked at companies like Microsoft
so I looked at companies like Microsoft
so I looked at companies like Microsoft the mcafee and into it and looked at how
the mcafee and into it and looked at how
the mcafee and into it and looked at how they got started I don’t care how Bill
they got started I don’t care how Bill
they got started I don’t care how Bill Gates makes extra million dollars now
Gates makes extra million dollars now
Gates makes extra million dollars now but how do you go from 0 to 1 I think it
but how do you go from 0 to 1 I think it
but how do you go from 0 to 1 I think it from that idea to making his first
from that idea to making his first
from that idea to making his first million dollars that was interesting for
million dollars that was interesting for
million dollars that was interesting for me that’s what I wanted to learn and I
me that’s what I wanted to learn and I
me that’s what I wanted to learn and I realized I didn’t have to be a creative
realized I didn’t have to be a creative
realized I didn’t have to be a creative genius I’d have to come up with
genius I’d have to come up with
genius I’d have to come up with everything myself I just had the model
everything myself I just had the model
everything myself I just had the model success so I researched those companies
success so I researched those companies
success so I researched those companies and started putting those ideas to work
and started putting those ideas to work
and started putting those ideas to work for our business and it worked and
for our business and it worked and
for our business and it worked and finally we had some momentum with our
finally we had some momentum with our
finally we had some momentum with our company finally we had some customers
company finally we had some customers
company finally we had some customers finally we had some traction some energy
finally we had some traction some energy
finally we had some traction some energy going and I just wish I figured this out
going and I just wish I figured this out
going and I just wish I figured this out a long time ago I wouldn’t have had to
a long time ago I wouldn’t have had to
a long time ago I wouldn’t have had to go through all that crazy struggle and
go through all that crazy struggle and
go through all that crazy struggle and frustration and anger that it takes to
frustration and anger that it takes to
frustration and anger that it takes to start a business if we just start on the
start a business if we just start on the
start a business if we just start on the right foot and started modeling success
right foot and started modeling success
right foot and started modeling success from the beginning whatever challenge of
from the beginning whatever challenge of
from the beginning whatever challenge of facing our business our personal
facing our business our personal
facing our business our personal somebody has already dealt with it and
somebody has already dealt with it and
somebody has already dealt with it and done it in a fantastic way that can work
done it in a fantastic way that can work
done it in a fantastic way that can work for you success leaves clues and if you
for you success leaves clues and if you
for you success leaves clues and if you model success you can easily achieve
model success you can easily achieve
model success you can easily achieve your goals good luck
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