hey there i'm drew badger the co-founder
co-founder of English anyone . com
com
com and
and i'd like to welcome you to this
this very important presentation on
on the mind of the entrepreneur today
today i have the privilege of helping
helping you build a successful online
online teaching business because I've
I've learned from so many mistakes
mistakes
mistakes I
I currently help more people become
become confident fluent English speakers
speakers and earn more money than
than I ever did as a teacher in the
the classroom I'm
I'm able to teach whenever I want
want wherever I want however I want
want and can travel the world freely
freely
freely best
best of all I look forward to waking
waking up and building something a
a system
a system I
I own each and every day now I'd like
like to help you do the same what
what I'll teach today are some of
of the most important principles of
of entrepreneurship I've
I've learned over my early career
career the keys to business success
success in this video you'll discover
discover the dangerous myth of the
the entrepreneur a way of thinking
thinking that stops countless people
people myself included for many years
years from building a successful business
business
business the
the number one driver and benefit
benefit of a successful business the
the one idea that makes success business
business or otherwise possible put
put what I'll share into practice
practice and you too will be on your
your way to building a successful
successful business that can improve
improve the lives of millions of people
people around the world and give you
you financial freedom I
I know the story of struggle intimately
intimately because
because I lived it for so many years
years when I first came to Japan to
to teach English in 2003 and was starting
starting to study business more seriously
seriously
seriously I
I decided to take on private students
students to earn extra money this
this did increase my income but at
at the cost of my time I
I couldn't see then that I was carrying
carrying buckets instead
instead of building a pipeline i
i also created an innovative book
book that helps Japanese children
children learn to read write and speak
speak the English alphabet in just
just a few hours I spent nearly two
two years designing the book creating
creating its illustrations and even
even formed a company to get the book
book published and into online bookstores
bookstores in the end I had a beautiful
beautiful book available on amazon.com
amazon.com but
but very few sales the
the odd thing about both of these
these attempts at turning my skills
skills into helpful profitable businesses
businesses is that I thought struggling
struggling meant i was doing everything
everything right I
I was incredibly frustrated but kept
kept going trying
trying idea after idea because I assumed
assumed I was supposed to fail many
many times before I found success
success after all that's
that's how we're told success happens
happens isn't it in
in reality i struggled and continue
continue to struggle for so long because
because i was making two huge mistakes
mistakes
mistakes the
the first was failing to take advantage
advantage of leverage the true driver
driver of successful businesses the
the only way I could make more money
money personally teaching lessons
lessons was to teach more students
students
students this
this meant that I was trading time
time for money and that limited the
the number of students I
I could help by the number of hours
hours in a day and I leverage my skills
skills by creating videos or some
some other form of lessons that anyone
anyone could learn with at any time
time
time I
I could have helped far more people
people and earn much more with the
the same amount of time and effort
effort
effort this
this is the power of leverage leverage
leverage is also the main benefit
benefit of a business because as your
your system develops and improves
improves you can help more and more
more people often with less and less
less effort the
the business itself can also be leveraged
leveraged to take advantage of tax
tax benefits give you more free time
time and ultimately provide passive
passive income the
the second mistake i made though correctly
correctly employing leverage was believing
believing a dangerous myth about how
how business success happens a myth
myth were all told growing
growing up a
a myth we see in the news and financial
financial press a myth that mutates
mutates the idea of business is profitable
profitable service into a complicated
complicated trial by fire promising
promising years of hardship and pain
pain in return for little hope of
of success this
this is what I call the dangerous
dangerous myth of the entrepreneur
entrepreneur it's
it's the story of the dreamer who
who thinks of a perfect idea developed
developed independently in a dining
dining room garage basement or dorm
dorm room releases it to the world
world and grows it into a wildly successful
successful business though this myth
myth is the foundation of many motivational
motivational stories I
I call it dangerous because it presents
presents a distorted view of how most
most business success is really happen
happen because of this myth people
people believe they must first come
come up with a perfect original idea
idea and if they can't think of one
one
one they
they decide that they're just not
not meant to be entrepreneurs if
if they do think of an idea they may
may spend months or even years working
working on it in seclusion often with
with nothing more than a hope that
that people will purchase their finished
finished product or service in the
the end if their creation produces
produces little interest or sales
sales they decide that the initial
initial idea must not have been that
that great so
so they returned to the drawing board
board and begin the cycle again because
because i believe this myth I focused
focused more on thinking up original
original ideas like my book for Japanese
Japanese children then on listening
listening to what my market really
really needed I
I spent years working on various projects
projects with no understanding of
of how I'd actually make money from
from them
from them it
it felt like business success was
was out of my control despite
despite having struggled for so long
long enduring many years of frustration
frustration and failure though I did
did possess one thing I'd like to
to give you now that enabled me to
to continue on my journey and ultimately
ultimately learn how to build a successful
successful business more than business
business skills are tactical information
information about how to write sales
sales copy build websites or advertise
advertise the one thing most responsible
responsible for me finally achieving
achieving success was knowledge of
of a single life principle what
what I call the insight to introduce
introduce the insight i'll share a
a story as you listen see
see if you can discover the insight
insight for yourself when I'm finished
finished I'll reveal the insight explain
explain why it's so important and
and help you begin living it for yourself
yourself
yourself one
one morning a monkey trainer brought
brought a basket full of bananas to
to feed his monkeys as he presented
presented the bananas he
he explained to the monkeys that each
each would receive three bananas in
in the morning and for later in the
the evening hearing
hearing this the monkeys became angry
angry
angry they
they each wanted for bananas not three
three immediately very
very well the monkey trainer said
said smiling at the monkeys i'll
i'll give you each for bananas now
now and three tonight with that the
the monkeys were satisfied this story
story though short and simple illustrates
illustrates a very important idea
idea
idea your
your interpretation of experiences
experiences is far more important
important than the experiences themselves
themselves whether the monkeys received
received three bananas in the morning
morning and four in the evening or
or four bananas in the morning and
and three in the evening they were
were still receiving the same number
number of bananas to use a more relevant
relevant example let's say you realize
realize you've lost your wallet at
at that moment you have the choice
choice to view the event as positive
positive or negative setting off a
a string of emotional responses that
that guide your actions for the rest
rest of the day however
however you feel though you're correct
correct
correct everything
everything that happens in your life
life is a choice . it may be that
that the person who finds your wallet
wallet becomes a trusted friend and
and adviser turning a seemingly unfortunate
unfortunate situation into a fortunate
fortunate one maybe not the point
point is that in the moment you can
can never know for sure so
so why choose to complicate things
things with a negative attitude almost
almost certainly turning a neutral
neutral experience into a negative
negative one you
you see there is no such thing as
as an independent experience your
your life is an unending stream of
of events each connected to the next
next
next so
so logically you can't consider any
any one event as good or bad because
because successful people do not see
see things that appear negative as
as actually negative they don't stop
stop themselves along the road to
to success they
they take responsibility maintain
maintain calm and because they don't
don't know what positive thing might
might come from a seemingly negative
negative experience go
go on to achieve with a desire to
to fail is to stop walking on a path
path because some experience looks
looks negative frustrating more difficult
difficult to you yet how
how do you really know that a mistake
mistake or frustration isn't part
part of something positive that will
will lead you to your ultimate goal
goal
goal the
the truth as hard as it may be to
to believe at times is that life is
is merely how you see it you
you may not be able to control the
the world around you but you always
always have the power to decide how
how you think feel and react that's
that's the real secret to success
success because I understood the insight
insight struggles and frustrations
frustrations did not cause me to quit
quit
quit I
I could have seen them as negative
negative but I didn't the insight
insight is especially important for
for entrepreneurs and business owners
owners because we don't leave the
the typically ordered com lives of
of employees employees
employees are pieces of a larger machine
machine performing systematic actions
actions that aren't subject to much
much change the
the life of an entrepreneur by contrast
contrast can be like a tiny ship in
in a stormy sea you experienced tremendous
tremendous highs and lows things beyond
beyond your control toss you around
around
around you
you could be a move away from tremendous
tremendous achievement or catastrophe
catastrophe at any moment without
without the ability to control how
how you feel about experiences you
you will never develop the foundation
foundation you need for success in
in business beyond
beyond entrepreneurship the insight
insight is very applicable to language
language learners I
I teach the insight to my personal
personal students because they also
also experience great highs and lows
lows setbacks and frustrations on
on their way to fluency like
like those who are successful in business
business people who get fluent in
in another language aren't any more
more intelligent than those who don't
don't
don't they
they just don't stop when they experience
experience frustration as they work
work towards their goals the
the best part about the insight is
is that it's something everyone has
has access to you
you don't need to have a graduate
graduate degree lots of money or any
any other advantage to understand
understand and benefit from this important
important principle you
you just need to accept responsibility
responsibility for success or failure
failure because the insight prevented
prevented me from quitting which
which I did consider doing many times
times i was able to continue learning
learning and discover what I now know
know about actually building a successful
successful business the
the turning point for me was when
when I decided to follow only the
the advice of those who'd actually
actually build successful businesses
businesses money touches everyone's
everyone's life so
so everyone feels qualified to have
have an opinion about it unfortunately
unfortunately this means it's easy
easy to be led astray by well-meaning
well-meaning individuals who know
know very little about building businesses
businesses I
I know I certainly had been it made
made perfect sense to visit a baker
baker if I had questions about bread
bread or consult a doctor if I had
had concerns about health but until
until only recently that same logic
logic never transferred to my study
study of business the
the successful people i began learning
learning from all had a few core things
things in common they knew how to
to persevere in the face of adversity
adversity they understood the power
power of leverage they
they rejected the dangerous myth of
of the entrepreneur in favor of a
a far more logical approach to business
business at all but guarantees success
success
success when
when i began to build English anyone
anyone . com my
my current English education business
business I harness the power of leverage
leverage by building systems to serve
serve more people than I could personally
personally help I
I created videos and lessons anyone
anyone could enjoy anytime anywhere
anywhere
anywhere the
the lessons I sell have automated
automated sales systems so I don't
don't need to physically distribute
distribute lessons or teach classes
classes and my students are all over
over the world everything
everything I do in my business also
also begins not with my own ideas
ideas but with the learners I
I serve each and every lesson solve
solve a particular problem and everything
everything I create is virtually guaranteed
guaranteed to be profitable because
because it's co-created with my students
students
students the
the takeaways from this presentation
presentation are the following one
one
one how
how you think is the strongest indicator
indicator of your future success if
if you can control how you feel about
about situations and view the seemingly
seemingly disastrous as potentially
potentially beneficial you
you will be well prepared for the
the entrepreneurs journey to to become
become successful learn from those
those who are where you'd like to
to be
to be remember
remember that advice is often worth
worth what you pay for it three
three to build a successful business
business act like an entrepreneur
entrepreneur listen
listen to your market and build systems
systems you can leverage to serve
serve more people with less effort
effort
effort if
if you're an English Learner would
would like to discover the insight
insight for yourself and become a
a confident fluent speaker click on
on the link in this video or in the
the description below this video to
to learn more about our six month
month
month english
english fluency training video course
course finally i'm considering creating
creating a new kind of business english
english course one that would help
help entrepreneurs current business
business owners employees and english
english learners learn more about
about business success if you're interested
interested in such a course click
click on the link in this video or
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or it's been a pleasure helping you
you learn and I wish you the best
best
best as
as you continue along the entrepreneurs