- Sometimes I see, sometimes even Vision members,
that the last few days, usually before we have the session,
that they would register.
We get the most amount of registrations
in the last few days.
British Columbia!
B.C., Vancouver, that's normal to them
because they cannot be so sure of the schedule until,
they don't want to make a commitment
until two or three days before.
It shows again a lack of self-management.
I could, I block the entire V.E.G.;
I block all of the seminars I want to go to
already next year.
I don't need to wait.
"Oh, I guess I'll wait for it to happen."
No, I know, I just script it out.
- [Narrator] The King of High-Ticket Sales,
World's Highest-Paid Consultant,
(dramatic music)
Media Celebrity,
Multi-Millionaire Entrepreneur,
Acclaimed TEDx Speaker,
International Best-Selling Author,
Dan Lok.
Wilson and we were, actually, will you go the the mic?
It's a powerful lesson and we talk, even in a deep-dish.
Share with them, maybe what I share
with you and then what happened,
cuz that's I think a powerful lesson for people as well,
so give Wilson a round of applause.
(applause)
- Hi, my name is Wilson.
- [Dan and audience] Hi Wilson.
So Dan, just shared a news with us today.
Can I share that?
- [Dan] Sure.
- Okay, so he just got an email today from the producer of,
was it Jurassic Park?
Or just a producer.
- [Dan] A division of Legendary Films.
- Yeah, so approaching Dan to have him
feature in a personality show,
and it's something that I'm super proud of Dan,
because a year ago we went on a conference together,
and we had dinner.
He shared with me his vision of having a show on Dan Lok,
and speaking in front of people in the TED conference,
he told me this in the confidence that
he was actually doing it already,
that there was really no doubt.
And I asked him, I'm like,
"So what are the steps that you are doing?"
are like, "Have you had anything lined up already?"
And he said: "No, I had nothing lined up,
but I know for a fact that if I craft my skills,
and if I continue doing what I'm
doing right now I will get there.
And within a year, these two things materialized,
and that's the reason, how powerful
really believing in his own message and really believing
and doing the work and everything would just happen.
- [Dan] That's the difference, struggling vs. scripting,
Ronald Losch, great job.
(Audience applause)
So,
by definition, if you have goal a definition,
if you know, if you've set a goal, and you're very clear,
you know exactly how to accomplish it,
you're goal is too small.
You're goal is too small.
If you know what,
"Here's my goal, and I see a very clear path getting there",
Your goal is too fucking small.
You should have such a big goal:
"You know man, I have no clue to how I'm gonna get there."
No ideas, no context,
but that's what I want so bad I'm gonna make it happen.
I don't care if it takes six months,
I don't care if it takes a year,
I don't care if it takes ten years.
Yes?
- [Audience Member] And it will have to scare you as well.
- Yeah, the goals have to scare you a bit,
stretch you're comfort zone.
That's where goals come from.
Not because of the money aspect,
because of the growth aspect;
who do I have to be in order to accomplish that.
And that's why people sometimes
misunderstand what I'm about.
Sometimes they watch videos on Youtube,
and they think this is what I'm about.
And when people come to V.E.G. and meet me in person,
"Oh, you know what, Dan you are
different then what I think you are."
Interesting, and then when they see the tip of the iceberg,
and then when they devote DOIC, they in a circle,
then when they really get to know me,
and it's like oh, it's different.
It is different.
So don't judge because oh,
they watch on the video like that.
That's why I get sometimes these haters,
and as you become more successful, are you gonna get haters?
Yup, the more successful you become,
the more haters you get.
And the funny thing is, think about the.
How many have haters right now in your life?
Yeah.
Let me ask you a question, do haters in your life
most of the time don't actually know you that well?
Turns out they have never talked to you.
They don't know you.
And in fact they don't even hate you.
They hate themselves.
They don't hate you, they hate themselves.
Their life sucks, and they try to make your life miserable.
That's why they send you these hateful messages.
Successful people where too busy doing are,
minding our own business.
We don't have time to hate.
We are creating, we're striving,
were adding value, we're impacting the world.
We don't have the time to type this hate message.
Except Air Canada, fuck you.
(laughter)
That is worth my while, 'cause you gave me a lot of grief,
right; lost my luggage and crap like that, okay.
That cost me money!
That is not good.
So, extreme control equals extreme freedom.
Repeat after me.
- [Audience] Extreme control equals extreme freedom
- People look at how I script my days, control time,
and think it's too restrictive,
it's a sacrifice of freedom.
It's the opposite of that, they are wrong.
Because, I'm able to do everything I want,
because of the extreme measure that I use, not the opposite.
I have the freedom I have, I have,
I don't have to answer call, I'm not interrupted,
because of my extreme control.
So it's the opposite of that.
Extreme control equals extreme freedom.
So I want to end with this story.
Many years ago, How many of you know my,
have heard of my mentor, Dan Peña?
Okay.
If you don't know him, search on google, "Dan Peña"
And, know it's a 50 million dollar man,
because his claim to fame is two things:
number one, he grew an auto company form zero to
450 million dollar in eight years.
Second claim to fame is, he has created,
in terms of equity and value and wealth for himself
and for mentees over 50 billion dollars.
That's why he's know ans the 50 billion dollar man.
So many years ago, when I went to the Castle Seminar,
and I picked Dan, I come pick Dan,
holds this seven day Castle Seminar multiple times a year.
It costs ten thousand pounds to attend.
So many years ago, I attended the seminar,
and when I went to the Castle, and it's seven days of him,
like nine to six, nine to seven, all day, just him.
Imagine, this for seven hours.
No, actually, eight, nine hours every day for seven days.
Okay, as an audience I get tired.
I get exhausted, right?
Day three of the seminar, so about it's day one,
day two, day three; so we had a bunch of guys,
maybe six, seven guys who went out for dinner
after the seminar, and after we had dinner,
and he had to small..., because he lives in Scotland.
He lives in a castle, 15 century castle.
So we went around a small town, and we and we had dinner,
and we came back, and kind of to just go to the kitchen
to grab something, to grab some water.
And I walk by Big Dan's office, and this is his office.
I walk by Big Dan's office, and it was around 11 pm or so.
I saw this light, that's kind of weird, because it's like,
it's 11 pm, everyone should go to bed.
And I saw, oh, Dan you're still working.
And he says something to me I'll never forget.
He says: "well, all you kids are all filthy stinking rich,
I got to make a living."
"All you kids are filthy stinking rich,
and I got to make a living."
I'm like: "Good night."
(chuckles)
And that I always remember what he said
and the way he said it.
That you think whatever you have accomplished is a lot,
your standard is too low.
You guys flew into my castle learning from me,
and you guys are drinking and stuff.
11 pm, I am working.
That's the difference;
that's why I have a fucking castle and you don't.
(laughter)
It's very simple.
And that also, another way I've looked at it,
I think about the lesson is, we need to raise our standards:
in terms of productivity,
in terms of what we can accomplish, in terms of our goals.
Don't compare yourselves to people who are low performers,
compare yourself with people who are peek performers.
And I agree with him; a bunch of young kids
were learning from him and he's still working,
and this is what he made his money, and he's still pushing.
Not because he needs the money,
it's because that's what life is, it's about growth.
So I want to leave you with that thought.
Raise your standard, be more productive,
and you can do so much more, okay.
Thank you very much.
(applause)