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- [Interviewer] Now, it really seems like you're doing a lot
and you are really motivated.
I think part of the reason why people don't do
some of the really hard things in making a business work
is also because they really don't know why they're doing it.
Can you talk about what was your drive to do it?
Why are you still doing it now?
- I think that in life we go through four stages.
The first stage is what I call survival.
Paying bills, taking care of yourself. Survival.
At first I was doing it for survival because my mom
and dad got divorced when I was 16 years old
and I am the only child in my family.
I wanted to take care of my mom.
That was my want. It is a very simple reason.
So that was survival, and then go from survival
you go to the next stage: security.
That means you are taken care of, you have a place
to live in, you have shelter, you've got food,
you've got a car drive. That's security.
You go from survival to security,
and then from security to success.
Success, now you have more than that.
It's not just everything you need but everything you want.
You're taking the vacations, you are
driving the car you want, you're living in your dream house.
You're doing all of these things
and in the first ten years of my career
as a business person I was very motivated by success.
I was so driven, and I was so hungry
because I was motivated by materialistic things
because I thought that would make me look better
and that would make me look good
because when I was younger going through school
I didn't get the respect, I didn't get attention
so I thought that would make me happy.
It turns out that is not the case. There is one more stage.
That's from success to significance.
When you get to significance, now you are doing things
for reason beyond yourself, not just I want
to make more money so that I can buy more things
or bigger things, it's now what's my legacy?
Who do I want to impact? Now I have my skill
and I am comfortable, what's next?
What else can do, how can I utilize my talent
and intelligence to... It sounds cliche but truly
it's to make the world a better place
with what I can do then from significance.
I think our why will change throughout the time
so at first everybody has to go through survival.
I get that. I've been there. Survival to security,
from security to success, from success to significance.
So what drove me before? Success, for the first 10 years.
What drove me now is significance.
My mission is to impact new entrepreneurs worldwide.
That's my mission. When they put dirt on me I want
to say that I've done that. That's why my YouTube Channel
is one of the best ways to do it.
That's why just speaking is not the best way to do it
with my skill, so I would say it changes.
For you it would change as well.
- [Interviewer] That's a great answer.
Now I know... for people who are looking-
- Actually, you know what? Let me take a step back.
- Sure.
- It is in this order. Sometimes entrepreneurs want
to jump to significance without going past survival
and that limits how many people you can impact.
I hear some people say, "I want to help people.
I want to start being a social entrepreneur.
I want to impact all these people."
But I said, "You can't pay your freaking bills.
You are desperate. You are barely surviving.
How can you impact others?" I say you gotta pass
that stage first. Sometimes they use significance.
I want to help millions of people, but I can't pay my bills.
They want to use almost that significance as an excuse
not to take care of their own stuff
and I don't suggest that. I say be abundance, be abundant,
be prosperous with self first, so you can help others.
It's like the analogy I use of an airplane
oxygen mask. Putting on mask first then you can help others.
It's saving yourself first before trying to save the world.
Now you can say "I can impact other people,
I can save the world because I am taking care of myself."
Money's not an issue, I can't think about money
that I have a good life but you can only give
coming from a place of abundance.
You can't give coming from a place of sketching.
That's what I've learned. So get to the abundant state
and then you can give. If you believe you can give right now
get to the abundant stage and you
can give so much more. That's what I say.
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