welcome to another famous Friday I believe that whatever goal you have
believe that whatever goal you have
believe that whatever goal you have whatever challenges in front of you
whatever challenges in front of you
whatever challenges in front of you somebody has already solved it and the
somebody has already solved it and the
somebody has already solved it and the best way to accomplish your goal is to
best way to accomplish your goal is to
best way to accomplish your goal is to model the success of people who’ve
model the success of people who’ve
model the success of people who’ve already reached those goals before you
already reached those goals before you
already reached those goals before you so today we’re gonna learn from Tom
so today we’re gonna learn from Tom
so today we’re gonna learn from Tom Monaghan the founder of Domino’s Pizza
Monaghan the founder of Domino’s Pizza
Monaghan the founder of Domino’s Pizza and his lesson is commit now when Tom
and his lesson is commit now when Tom
and his lesson is commit now when Tom Monaghan was growing up he had a lot of
Monaghan was growing up he had a lot of
Monaghan was growing up he had a lot of commitment issues when he was 4 years
commitment issues when he was 4 years
commitment issues when he was 4 years old his father died on Christmas Eve and
old his father died on Christmas Eve and
old his father died on Christmas Eve and his mother felt like she couldn’t
his mother felt like she couldn’t
his mother felt like she couldn’t support him she couldn’t have kids she
support him she couldn’t have kids she
support him she couldn’t have kids she couldn’t handle the stress and all the
couldn’t handle the stress and all the
couldn’t handle the stress and all the work involved so she gave him up for
work involved so she gave him up for
work involved so she gave him up for adoption and he bounced from orphanage
adoption and he bounced from orphanage
adoption and he bounced from orphanage to orphanage to foster home to foster
to orphanage to foster home to foster
to orphanage to foster home to foster home never was able to really commit to
home never was able to really commit to
home never was able to really commit to a family nobody committed back to him
a family nobody committed back to him
a family nobody committed back to him when he was in high school his freshman
when he was in high school his freshman
when he was in high school his freshman year he couldn’t commit to high school
year he couldn’t commit to high school
year he couldn’t commit to high school and he said you know what I don’t think
and he said you know what I don’t think
and he said you know what I don’t think this is for me I’m gonna go become a
this is for me I’m gonna go become a
this is for me I’m gonna go become a priest and so we joined the seminary
priest and so we joined the seminary
priest and so we joined the seminary school but he couldn’t commit to that
school but he couldn’t commit to that
school but he couldn’t commit to that either and he got expelled after a year
either and he got expelled after a year
either and he got expelled after a year so went back to high school and he
so went back to high school and he
so went back to high school and he finished and they got his degree but he
finished and they got his degree but he
finished and they got his degree but he didn’t really commit to it he that there
didn’t really commit to it he that there
didn’t really commit to it he that there were 44 people in his graduating class
were 44 people in his graduating class
were 44 people in his graduating class and he finished 44th of everybody on his
and he finished 44th of everybody on his
and he finished 44th of everybody on his yearbook under his picture he wrote
yearbook under his picture he wrote
yearbook under his picture he wrote there harder I try to be good the worst
there harder I try to be good the worst
there harder I try to be good the worst I get but I may do something sensational
I get but I may do something sensational
I get but I may do something sensational yet I love that because it’s got a
yet I love that because it’s got a
yet I love that because it’s got a little believed in at that right even
little believed in at that right even
little believed in at that right even though he’s sucked and failed and
though he’s sucked and failed and
though he’s sucked and failed and couldn’t commit to anything yet he still
couldn’t commit to anything yet he still
couldn’t commit to anything yet he still believed that something sensational is
believed that something sensational is
believed that something sensational is about to happen so he graduated from
about to happen so he graduated from
about to happen so he graduated from school and he thought about going to
school and he thought about going to
school and he thought about going to university instead he didn’t commit to
university instead he didn’t commit to
university instead he didn’t commit to that he joined the Marine Corps and he
that he joined the Marine Corps and he
that he joined the Marine Corps and he saved up a little bit of money to start
saved up a little bit of money to start
saved up a little bit of money to start a business and he bought this business
a business and he bought this business
a business and he bought this business off the snake oil salesman that that
off the snake oil salesman that that
off the snake oil salesman that that went under it was the guy just basically
went under it was the guy just basically
went under it was the guy just basically stole his money and he ended up being
stole his money and he ended up being
stole his money and he ended up being broke having $15 to his name being in
broke having $15 to his name being in
broke having $15 to his name being in San Diego and having to hitchhike dock
San Diego and having to hitchhike dock
San Diego and having to hitchhike dock to his home in Ann Arbor Michigan that’s
to his home in Ann Arbor Michigan that’s
to his home in Ann Arbor Michigan that’s where things started to change for him
where things started to change for him
where things started to change for him he went back home he met his brother and
he went back home he met his brother and
he went back home he met his brother and he decided to get into the pizza
he decided to get into the pizza
he decided to get into the pizza business right just another thing the
business right just another thing the
business right just another thing the truck is that’s that’s been the story of
truck is that’s that’s been the story of
truck is that’s that’s been the story of his life bouncing one thing to another
his life bouncing one thing to another
his life bouncing one thing to another thing to another thing to another thing
thing to another thing to another thing
thing to another thing to another thing and never fully committing so they
and never fully committing so they
and never fully committing so they started pizza business they borrowed
started pizza business they borrowed
started pizza business they borrowed $900 together they buy a failing pizza
$900 together they buy a failing pizza
$900 together they buy a failing pizza business and they decide to take it over
business and they decide to take it over
business and they decide to take it over and for the first time in his life Tom
and for the first time in his life Tom
and for the first time in his life Tom Monaghan really applies himself he’s
Monaghan really applies himself he’s
Monaghan really applies himself he’s working 100-hour weeks to get this
working 100-hour weeks to get this
working 100-hour weeks to get this business off the ground he’s killing
business off the ground he’s killing
business off the ground he’s killing himself he’s committing he’s really
himself he’s committing he’s really
himself he’s committing he’s really putting everything he’s got into this
putting everything he’s got into this
putting everything he’s got into this business but it’s not taking off and you
business but it’s not taking off and you
business but it’s not taking off and you know you know as an entrepreneur when
know you know as an entrepreneur when
know you know as an entrepreneur when you’re starting up a company you’re full
you’re starting up a company you’re full
you’re starting up a company you’re full of excitement you’re full of energy
of excitement you’re full of energy
of excitement you’re full of energy you’re so pumped for how great
you’re so pumped for how great
you’re so pumped for how great everything’s gonna be and then the wall
everything’s gonna be and then the wall
everything’s gonna be and then the wall hits you right when you realize it’s
hits you right when you realize it’s
hits you right when you realize it’s gonna be way harder than you thought it
gonna be way harder than you thought it
gonna be way harder than you thought it was gonna be and six months in working
was gonna be and six months in working
was gonna be and six months in working 1800 hour weeks his brother tells him I
1800 hour weeks his brother tells him I
1800 hour weeks his brother tells him I can’t do this anymore
can’t do this anymore
can’t do this anymore this is way too much work we’re not
this is way too much work we’re not
this is way too much work we’re not making enough money I’m gonna I’m gonna
making enough money I’m gonna I’m gonna
making enough money I’m gonna I’m gonna move on I’m gonna do something else and
move on I’m gonna do something else and
move on I’m gonna do something else and this was the turning point in Tom wanna
this was the turning point in Tom wanna
this was the turning point in Tom wanna ins life because it would have been so
ins life because it would have been so
ins life because it would have been so easy for him to say yeah you know what
easy for him to say yeah you know what
easy for him to say yeah you know what you’re right I’m gonna do something else
you’re right I’m gonna do something else
you’re right I’m gonna do something else too this isn’t working and just bounced
too this isn’t working and just bounced
too this isn’t working and just bounced another thing because that’s all he did
another thing because that’s all he did
another thing because that’s all he did his whole life is bounced to another
his whole life is bounced to another
his whole life is bounced to another thing instead Tom Monaghan for the first
thing instead Tom Monaghan for the first
thing instead Tom Monaghan for the first time decided that he was going to really
time decided that he was going to really
time decided that he was going to really commit himself to something and he gave
commit himself to something and he gave
commit himself to something and he gave up the only thing the only thing he had
up the only thing the only thing he had
up the only thing the only thing he had a value the only asset he had was his
a value the only asset he had was his
a value the only asset he had was his Volkswagen Beetle and he traded his only
Volkswagen Beetle and he traded his only
Volkswagen Beetle and he traded his only asset that car to his brother in
asset that car to his brother in
asset that car to his brother in exchange for this brothers shares in the
exchange for this brothers shares in the
exchange for this brothers shares in the business so he would own 100% of the
business so he would own 100% of the
business so he would own 100% of the company and in doing that he said I made
company and in doing that he said I made
company and in doing that he said I made the decision to commit myself heart and
the decision to commit myself heart and
the decision to commit myself heart and soul to being a pizza man my purpose was
soul to being a pizza man my purpose was
soul to being a pizza man my purpose was clear and the knowledge that the future
clear and the knowledge that the future
clear and the knowledge that the future success or failure of the business
success or failure of the business
success or failure of the business rested on my shoulders alone was welcome
rested on my shoulders alone was welcome
rested on my shoulders alone was welcome so finally he committed himself to
so finally he committed himself to
so finally he committed himself to something and that’s when the business
something and that’s when the business
something and that’s when the business started to take off he turned his 1
started to take off he turned his 1
started to take off he turned his 1 location around he started franchising
location around he started franchising
location around he started franchising opening up more locations and eventually
opening up more locations and eventually
opening up more locations and eventually built a brand name that people know that
built a brand name that people know that
built a brand name that people know that is across the
is across the
is across the he had every excuse in the world not to
he had every excuse in the world not to
he had every excuse in the world not to do it right you think as entrepreneurs
do it right you think as entrepreneurs
do it right you think as entrepreneurs we come with all of excuses not to take
we come with all of excuses not to take
we come with all of excuses not to take action and he had a lot of them right oh
action and he had a lot of them right oh
action and he had a lot of them right oh I didn’t have a family that supports me
I didn’t have a family that supports me
I didn’t have a family that supports me I didn’t have a father figure in my life
I didn’t have a father figure in my life
I didn’t have a father figure in my life I bounced around from from family to
I bounced around from from family to
I bounced around from from family to family orphanage to orphanage I didn’t
family orphanage to orphanage I didn’t
family orphanage to orphanage I didn’t really get a great education I was a
really get a great education I was a
really get a great education I was a last in my class in high school I never
last in my class in high school I never
last in my class in high school I never went to university I didn’t have a lot
went to university I didn’t have a lot
went to university I didn’t have a lot of money
of money
of money I put whatever money I had into a
I put whatever money I had into a
I put whatever money I had into a business and didn’t work out right all
business and didn’t work out right all
business and didn’t work out right all the excuses in the world not to be
the excuses in the world not to be
the excuses in the world not to be successful as an entrepreneur and yet he
successful as an entrepreneur and yet he
successful as an entrepreneur and yet he plowed through am i committing himself
plowed through am i committing himself
plowed through am i committing himself built an empire so look at yourself in
built an empire so look at yourself in
built an empire so look at yourself in the mirror look at the excuses you’re
the mirror look at the excuses you’re
the mirror look at the excuses you’re telling yourself for not taking action
telling yourself for not taking action
telling yourself for not taking action for not getting started you’re not
for not getting started you’re not
for not getting started you’re not really fully committing yourself to your
really fully committing yourself to your
really fully committing yourself to your business and you can decide to take that
business and you can decide to take that
business and you can decide to take that step then you too could be on your path
step then you too could be on your path
step then you too could be on your path to building your empire believe you guys
to building your empire believe you guys
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