Dean Graziosi shares Mark Victor Hansen's story: rejected by 50 to 60 publishers before Chicken Soup for the Soul became a bestseller. Hansen was told to get a real job. Graziosi uses it to argue that rejection is part of the path, and only you can stop your own dreams.
Hi, this is Dean Graziosi. Welcome back to the weekly blog. You know, I had some other things planned I wanted to talk about today, but yesterday I spent the entire day in the studio. I'm sitting in my studio right in my office. My main office is in the next wall over here, right across the wall. And we built this amazing studio where I get to just turn the camera on and talk directly to you. And I love it. But yesterday we spent the entire day in here with Mark Victor Hansen. If you don't know who Marc Victor Hanson is, he's the co author of of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, the One Minute Millionaire, the Aladdin Factor, all these great books, has sold over 157 million books. He's in the Guinness Book of World Records for selling more nonfiction books than any other person on this entire planet. And he's just a really good guy. But what I wanted to talk about is we got into a conversation yesterday and I really thought it would be great for you to listen. With all the success he has now, you figure 157 million books, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars have been generated because of what he writes down or co authors with somebody. But he told me the story on how he was writing his first book and 50 or 60 publishers turned him down. That everybody told him to go get a real job, his family told him to get a real job, his own father told him not to come back to their house because he was too much of a dreamer or too focusing on a bigger future for himself. And that's got to be really hard. But guess what? He didn't give up when 50 something publishers told him it wouldn't work. And he didn't give up when his parents looked at him crazy. And he didn't give up when some of his friends stopped talking to him. He knew in his heart he had the desire to change his life. And he did in such a huge way. And not only has he generated hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, but Mark has affected people's lives all across the world. Think about wherever you go or anybody's house you've gone in. Most everybody has a Chicken Soup for the Soul book and he's the reason. So don't you dare get discouraged if the first couple real estate deals you try don't work out, or the first realtor you talk to says your strategy doesn't work, or a friend or family member says you can't or someone tells you you can't make money in today's market or you can't make money with bad credit or you can't make money with no money down. Nonsense. The only person that can stop you from reaching the entire dreams or all the dreams that you have for yourself and your family is you. So don't dare let that happen. I'll see you here next week. Same time, same place. Take care.
