work hard work working hard hard work work harder work hard hard work hard
work harder work hard hard work hard
work harder work hard hard work hard work how do you get money to do what you
work how do you get money to do what you
work how do you get money to do what you love you don’t write
love you don’t write
love you don’t write I lost a load of money when I started
I lost a load of money when I started
I lost a load of money when I started doing what I loved what you do is you
doing what I loved what you do is you
doing what I loved what you do is you position yourself to succeed so for
position yourself to succeed so for
position yourself to succeed so for example if you’re doing something else
example if you’re doing something else
example if you’re doing something else and you and you want to do this thing
and you and you want to do this thing
and you and you want to do this thing you love you do it after hours you work
you love you do it after hours you work
you love you do it after hours you work 9:00 to 6:00 you get home you kiss the
9:00 to 6:00 you get home you kiss the
9:00 to 6:00 you get home you kiss the dog and you go to town right I mean you
dog and you go to town right I mean you
dog and you go to town right I mean you start building your equity in your brand
start building your equity in your brand
start building your equity in your brand and whatever you’re trying to accomplish
and whatever you’re trying to accomplish
and whatever you’re trying to accomplish after hours you everybody has time stop
after hours you everybody has time stop
after hours you everybody has time stop watching lost that’s a good overheard
watching lost that’s a good overheard
watching lost that’s a good overheard right that was a good overheard so you
right that was a good overheard so you
right that was a good overheard so you know what I mean I mean if you want this
know what I mean I mean if you want this
know what I mean I mean if you want this if you want bling-bling if you want to
if you want bling-bling if you want to
if you want bling-bling if you want to buy the Jets if you want to do work
buy the Jets if you want to do work
buy the Jets if you want to do work that’s how you get it there are two
that’s how you get it there are two
that’s how you get it there are two rules that I always adhere to and that
rules that I always adhere to and that
rules that I always adhere to and that is to work hard and be brave and I think
is to work hard and be brave and I think
is to work hard and be brave and I think the essence of hard work is one that’s
the essence of hard work is one that’s
the essence of hard work is one that’s pretty straightforward is that you’ll
pretty straightforward is that you’ll
pretty straightforward is that you’ll never be the best-looking you’ll never
never be the best-looking you’ll never
never be the best-looking you’ll never be the tallest most talented most
be the tallest most talented most
be the tallest most talented most capable you’ll never have the most money
capable you’ll never have the most money
capable you’ll never have the most money there will always be someone who’s
there will always be someone who’s
there will always be someone who’s better at whatever you’re doing them
better at whatever you’re doing them
better at whatever you’re doing them with what you then you are but you can
with what you then you are but you can
with what you then you are but you can always be the hardest-working person in
always be the hardest-working person in
always be the hardest-working person in the room and I think the hardest-working
the room and I think the hardest-working
the room and I think the hardest-working person will always win the one thing I’m
person will always win the one thing I’m
person will always win the one thing I’m the most happy about in terms of my
the most happy about in terms of my
the most happy about in terms of my career is the fact that I got there
career is the fact that I got there
career is the fact that I got there but the grace of God first of all but
but the grace of God first of all but
but the grace of God first of all but short of that I got there just by
short of that I got there just by
short of that I got there just by working hard not partying with the right
working hard not partying with the right
working hard not partying with the right people not compromising myself in any
people not compromising myself in any
people not compromising myself in any way or cutting any kind of deals just by
way or cutting any kind of deals just by
way or cutting any kind of deals just by working hard just by plugging along so
working hard just by plugging along so
working hard just by plugging along so on wood as I like to call it I’m a 20
on wood as I like to call it I’m a 20
on wood as I like to call it I’m a 20 year old one night sensation I always
year old one night sensation I always
year old one night sensation I always believed that not still talent can can
believed that not still talent can can
believed that not still talent can can take you so far but I think you need to
take you so far but I think you need to
take you so far but I think you need to have the work ethic and the drive to to
have the work ethic and the drive to to
have the work ethic and the drive to to achieve your potential I mean I’d say
achieve your potential I mean I’d say
achieve your potential I mean I’d say you know my natural talent you know
you know my natural talent you know
you know my natural talent you know probably brought me 50 percent of the
probably brought me 50 percent of the
probably brought me 50 percent of the way
way
way but then after that it was all it was
but then after that it was all it was
but then after that it was all it was all done – the work that I’ve done and
all done – the work that I’ve done and
all done – the work that I’ve done and the volume of work that I’ve done over
the volume of work that I’ve done over
the volume of work that I’ve done over the you know the last 15 years you know
the you know the last 15 years you know
the you know the last 15 years you know when I really started to take goal
when I really started to take goal
when I really started to take goal seriously and you know follow what
seriously and you know follow what
seriously and you know follow what you’re making this a career I think it
you’re making this a career I think it
you’re making this a career I think it was important thing here that prese
was important thing here that prese
was important thing here that prese Hardware beat tablet era the work hard
Hardware beat tablet era the work hard
Hardware beat tablet era the work hard it’s going to get both and I believe
it’s going to get both and I believe
it’s going to get both and I believe everybody does tap town you gotta find
everybody does tap town you gotta find
everybody does tap town you gotta find your talent then you gotta work really
your talent then you gotta work really
your talent then you gotta work really really hard and I just strive to be the
really hard and I just strive to be the
really hard and I just strive to be the best and I think those are the biggest
best and I think those are the biggest
best and I think those are the biggest keys to success but the biggest one of
keys to success but the biggest one of
keys to success but the biggest one of all is working hard you can’t accomplish
all is working hard you can’t accomplish
all is working hard you can’t accomplish anything if you’re not in early and out
anything if you’re not in early and out
anything if you’re not in early and out the latest which I read there I think
the latest which I read there I think
the latest which I read there I think some people and maybe I used to think
some people and maybe I used to think
some people and maybe I used to think once you got successful you could you’re
once you got successful you could you’re
once you got successful you could you’re successful in it okay you know you can
successful in it okay you know you can
successful in it okay you know you can kind of just relax a little bit and but
kind of just relax a little bit and but
kind of just relax a little bit and but that’s not the case at all you have to
that’s not the case at all you have to
that’s not the case at all you have to pedal even harder you have to work even
pedal even harder you have to work even
pedal even harder you have to work even more there are more opportunities that
more there are more opportunities that
more there are more opportunities that need more time and dedication and in
need more time and dedication and in
need more time and dedication and in order to do them well you have to really
order to do them well you have to really
order to do them well you have to really really hunker down and do the hard work
really hunker down and do the hard work
really hunker down and do the hard work but I’ve never been afraid of hard work
but I’ve never been afraid of hard work
but I’ve never been afraid of hard work and I always tell people when I’m asked
and I always tell people when I’m asked
and I always tell people when I’m asked and it’s pretty often that I’m asked
and it’s pretty often that I’m asked
and it’s pretty often that I’m asked about dreams and achieving creative
about dreams and achieving creative
about dreams and achieving creative goals that I always believe that the the
goals that I always believe that the the
goals that I always believe that the the bridge between reality and a dream is
bridge between reality and a dream is
bridge between reality and a dream is work and I always in moments of despair
work and I always in moments of despair
work and I always in moments of despair and doubt and dark days focus on on the
and doubt and dark days focus on on the
and doubt and dark days focus on on the work I show up and I work and I work in
work I show up and I work and I work in
work I show up and I work and I work in I work in a work the only thing that you
I work in a work the only thing that you
I work in a work the only thing that you can control that influences success in
can control that influences success in
can control that influences success in life is how hard you work how honest you
life is how hard you work how honest you
life is how hard you work how honest you are and how well you deal with others
are and how well you deal with others
are and how well you deal with others you can control those uh variables but
you can control those uh variables but
you can control those uh variables but less variables it you can’t control how
less variables it you can’t control how
less variables it you can’t control how lucky you are although the more you work
lucky you are although the more you work
lucky you are although the more you work the luckier you get you have no
the luckier you get you have no
the luckier you get you have no influence on the intellectual
influence on the intellectual
influence on the intellectual capabilities that God did or did not
capabilities that God did or did not
capabilities that God did or did not give you but you can work as hard as
give you but you can work as hard as
give you but you can work as hard as possible you can be scrupulously honest
possible you can be scrupulously honest
possible you can be scrupulously honest so that people respect you and you can
so that people respect you and you can
so that people respect you and you can get along with others cuz nobody does
get along with others cuz nobody does
get along with others cuz nobody does anything by themselves did you have to
anything by themselves did you have to
anything by themselves did you have to pay a price though you personally well I
pay a price though you personally well I
pay a price though you personally well I think that everything is an either-or
think that everything is an either-or
think that everything is an either-or you there is a price in everything you
you there is a price in everything you
you there is a price in everything you can study or you can go out and play you
can study or you can go out and play you
can study or you can go out and play you can defer to others or you can try to
can defer to others or you can try to
can defer to others or you can try to hog the credit you can be honest
hog the credit you can be honest
hog the credit you can be honest and suffer the consequences or you can
and suffer the consequences or you can
and suffer the consequences or you can lie cheat and steal and short-term maybe
lie cheat and steal and short-term maybe
lie cheat and steal and short-term maybe even advanced but long-term you are
even advanced but long-term you are
even advanced but long-term you are better off if you’ll work harder you are
better off if you’ll work harder you are
better off if you’ll work harder you are better off if you’re honest then you are
better off if you’re honest then you are
better off if you’re honest then you are better off if you give all this credit
better off if you give all this credit
better off if you give all this credit and get them to help you with by helping
and get them to help you with by helping
and get them to help you with by helping them what do you tell others who try to
them what do you tell others who try to
them what do you tell others who try to strike that balance between family and
strike that balance between family and
strike that balance between family and work and the answer of either/or is
work and the answer of either/or is
work and the answer of either/or is invariably yes you can’t go all in one
invariably yes you can’t go all in one
invariably yes you can’t go all in one direction you cannot walk away from your
direction you cannot walk away from your
direction you cannot walk away from your family for your career on the other hand
family for your career on the other hand
family for your career on the other hand if you walk away from your career from
if you walk away from your career from
if you walk away from your career from your career for your family you’re not
your career for your family you’re not
your career for your family you’re not gonna have the money to support the
gonna have the money to support the
gonna have the money to support the family and parents all the time are
family and parents all the time are
family and parents all the time are making those kinds of choices between
making those kinds of choices between
making those kinds of choices between career and family they do some of both
career and family they do some of both
career and family they do some of both and you try to blend the two and that
and you try to blend the two and that
and you try to blend the two and that may not be the perfect answer but that’s
may not be the perfect answer but that’s
may not be the perfect answer but that’s a practical answer that I’ve always told
a practical answer that I’ve always told
a practical answer that I’ve always told young people when they go off to college
young people when they go off to college
young people when they go off to college you have to study and you have to get
you have to study and you have to get
you have to study and you have to get good grades but you certainly should
good grades but you certainly should
good grades but you certainly should have a good time as well because that’s
have a good time as well because that’s
have a good time as well because that’s part of your growing up experience and
part of your growing up experience and
part of your growing up experience and there’s no point in leading life to
there’s no point in leading life to
there’s no point in leading life to suffer all the time you want to enjoy
suffer all the time you want to enjoy
suffer all the time you want to enjoy life as well as the next person so it’s
life as well as the next person so it’s
life as well as the next person so it’s some balance some blend between the two
some balance some blend between the two
some balance some blend between the two I don’t think there’s any magic in being
I don’t think there’s any magic in being
I don’t think there’s any magic in being successful and I’m not talking about
successful and I’m not talking about
successful and I’m not talking about making a million dollars or a billion
making a million dollars or a billion
making a million dollars or a billion dollars I’m just talking about being
dollars I’m just talking about being
dollars I’m just talking about being successful I’m talking about being
successful I’m talking about being
successful I’m talking about being successful what you guys do at work I
successful what you guys do at work I
successful what you guys do at work I don’t think there’s any magic you got to
don’t think there’s any magic you got to
don’t think there’s any magic you got to work hard you got to respect the people
work hard you got to respect the people
work hard you got to respect the people around you and you just got to go I’ve
around you and you just got to go I’ve
around you and you just got to go I’ve never met a successful person that
never met a successful person that
never met a successful person that doesn’t work hard well I think there’s
doesn’t work hard well I think there’s
doesn’t work hard well I think there’s no no substitute for hard work none zero
no no substitute for hard work none zero
no no substitute for hard work none zero I was in India I talked to 200 of the
I was in India I talked to 200 of the
I was in India I talked to 200 of the newly hired individuals and this is I
newly hired individuals and this is I
newly hired individuals and this is I can say this because I’m of Indian
can say this because I’m of Indian
can say this because I’m of Indian heritage they always asked me when I go
heritage they always asked me when I go
heritage they always asked me when I go to India so tell us the one or two
to India so tell us the one or two
to India so tell us the one or two shortcuts they get to your point and I
shortcuts they get to your point and I
shortcuts they get to your point and I always say there are no shortcuts you’ve
always say there are no shortcuts you’ve
always say there are no shortcuts you’ve got to put in the time and so I think
got to put in the time and so I think
got to put in the time and so I think the first takeaway is there absolutely
the first takeaway is there absolutely
the first takeaway is there absolutely no shortcuts it takes time and it takes
no shortcuts it takes time and it takes
no shortcuts it takes time and it takes a lot of hard work you know it’s funny
a lot of hard work you know it’s funny
a lot of hard work you know it’s funny sometimes I talk to my wife about this
sometimes I talk to my wife about this
sometimes I talk to my wife about this but like hard work is like super
but like hard work is like super
but like hard work is like super in life and like now like I grew up like
in life and like now like I grew up like
in life and like now like I grew up like in Berkeley and have any money I played
in Berkeley and have any money I played
in Berkeley and have any money I played for the football for the Yellowjackets
for the football for the Yellowjackets
for the football for the Yellowjackets oh I was just like a kid in the
oh I was just like a kid in the
oh I was just like a kid in the neighborhood and now like I have a lot
neighborhood and now like I have a lot
neighborhood and now like I have a lot of money and so like with my kids I’m
of money and so like with my kids I’m
of money and so like with my kids I’m like okay now that I’m rich how do I
like okay now that I’m rich how do I
like okay now that I’m rich how do I teach you the value of hard work because
teach you the value of hard work because
teach you the value of hard work because that’s really the only important lesson
that’s really the only important lesson
that’s really the only important lesson that I’ve got but like for all of you I
that I’ve got but like for all of you I
that I’ve got but like for all of you I think most of you out of public
think most of you out of public
think most of you out of public university probably know a little of the
university probably know a little of the
university probably know a little of the value of hard work
value of hard work
value of hard work keep that lesson that’s the input though
keep that lesson that’s the input though
keep that lesson that’s the input though that work is what’s important it’s that
that work is what’s important it’s that
that work is what’s important it’s that effort where you learn the secrets that
effort where you learn the secrets that
effort where you learn the secrets that are super valuable and can change
are super valuable and can change
are super valuable and can change people’s lives and change the world
people’s lives and change the world
people’s lives and change the world thank you so much for watching I’d love
thank you so much for watching I’d love
thank you so much for watching I’d love to know which of the clips meant the
to know which of the clips meant the
to know which of the clips meant the most to you which one you enjoyed the
most to you which one you enjoyed the
most to you which one you enjoyed the most finally I wanted to give a quick
most finally I wanted to give a quick
most finally I wanted to give a quick shout out to Shahrukh Hasan thank you so
shout out to Shahrukh Hasan thank you so
shout out to Shahrukh Hasan thank you so much for ordering my book it means a lot
much for ordering my book it means a lot
much for ordering my book it means a lot to me for those of you who have ordered
to me for those of you who have ordered
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