This is the greatest story for success because
what's the oldest metaphor we have,
the guy who digs 85 feet to the gold mine,
right, and he drops the shovel.
The next guy walks by, digs one foot and finds the gold.
And it actually happened in Norway.
Norway's the most amazing country.
I mean the people are nice, they're happy,
they're handsome, they're like you know like Thor,
it's like Asgard over there, right.
And for the last few hundred years the country was one
of the poorest countries in the northern hemisphere.
They were lower standard of living there,
and then in the 60's they realized there might be
this massive oil deposit in the North Sea, North Sea Oil.
And they spent all this money in combination with Britain,
and BP and they searched for oil, they searched for oil,
and they kept digging and found nothing for like 20 years,
and they were just about to give up, and they had only
like a month left on the lease, and they were just gonna,
screw it, you know, and like on the last day,
they were just about to give up, they hit something
and boom they hit North Sea Oil
and literally turned into the biggest oil deposit
like anywhere and now Norway is swimming in gold basically.
There everyone shares in the wealth.
Everyone has like a pension,
they all get free healthcare,
and it's really amazing.
It's so funny because the story goes is that they were
just about to give up and it's like that
last hole they sunk, and the last ten feet they were just
about to pack up their stuff and go home,
and then the gusher hits and boom, there you go.
And then you watch and you see the impact it had,
and then take it to a personal level.
It's like one individual in your own life,
and what about you like what's
your North Sea Oil experience?
We all have them, and if you look at your life,
how many times have you tried something
and you just gave up like one step too quick.
Now here's the deal, the reason I don't usually like that
metaphor is because most of the times it's bullshit.
'cause most peoples, they don't have the skills to succeed.
That formula only works when
you have professional oil drillers.
So it always comes back from, I'm a big believer,
sort of this like the convergence of
inside, skills up here,
and real world business skills,
you have to have both, you have to have the idea,
the passion, the vision,
but the real world skills to make it happen as well.
You have both of those, and then you run that strategy
of like you know not giving up until you hit oil.
You keep changing your approach, well there you go,
you're gonna succeed every single time.
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