Dean Graziosi records a handheld Weekly Wisdom video from Del Mar, California where he reflects on universal principles of success inspired by a biography of Benjamin Franklin. He contrasts Franklin’s repeated failures and persistent ‘underdog’ achievements with modern-day naysayers to argue that timeless principles — persistence, self-direction, and resilience — allow ordinary people to overcome obstacles and create change. The clip includes a short promotional CTA directing viewers to deansfreebook.com.
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Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekly Wisdom. I'm Dean Graziosi. It's a pleasure and an honor to have you here. I'm down in Del Mar, California. Last couple days of a family vacation. I want to talk about a couple things today. One is the universal. The universal principles of success. And let me back up for a second. I know I've sent you a lot of emails. If you're on my. In part of my DG family, I've sent you a lot of emails about Brendon Burchard. Thank you. And for having the patience of those emails. But Brendan is such a great guy and his program that he put together and the free videos he was doing were fantastic with so much wisdom and value, and I just. I had to push it. So if you know me, if you've been a part of the DG family for a while, you know that I never promote anybody else. I never push emails like that for anybody else. I only do it when I know it can positively affect your life. So thank you for letting me do that. But that's over. And now we're back to just our Weekly Wisdoms. This one I'm doing handheld with my phone. Before we go to dinner. I had something I wanted to share right now because I'm in the middle or almost done with a book on Benjamin Franklin, a bio on Benjamin Franklin. And we all know so much about him, I think, right? From his incredible inventions from lightning, from the lightning rods in the top of your house to bifocals and wood stoves to creating a college and so many things. We also know him as the guy that wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, who negotiated the deal with France to come help us in the Revolutionary War. And so many things. And some of the things I didn't know until I read this book, but the one thing that I saw that has just got me so fired up about the book is Benjamin Franklin faced the exact things you, you and I face today. Where most people tell you you're crazy, It'll never work to. To break away from England at the strongest country in the world at that time and become independent. To writing the Declaration, to let the people lead to the rich, you know, the rich landowners saying it'll never work. They wanted kings and queens and the hierarchy of people. Not letting the middle class and the average person be the voice of a nation. That'll never work. You'll never get France to give us money and to help us in a war. Everything he did was a no. And America was the underdog. The David and Goliath story. America was David. We were the ones that said it could never work. Now, if you're not from America, the American story is still an incredible thing. And Benjamin Franklin is still an incredible story no matter where you live, because it's a story of the little guy being persistent and following his heart and making it happen. He failed way many more times and he succeeded like a baseball. You know, someone good in baseball if they bat.400. It's history books, right? So my message today is not only look back in history because history repeats itself. Read the bio of Benjamin Franklin if you can. You'll be inspired through the roof like I am. But really what I wanted to share today is it's. It's fired me up in a way to just let me share with you that it doesn't change. Technology changes. Evolution changes. But the universal principles of success don't. You can do anything you want when put your mind to it. You can overcome massive obstacles when you decide you can. You don't have to listen to the naysayers and other people don't have to control your life. You are in control. If someone like Benjamin Franklin can help create a nation coming from humble beginnings, why can't you take your life to the next level? I'm Dean Graziosi. Thanks so much for watching. It's a pleasure and an honor to have you here. Hey, make sure you go to deansfreebook.com that's deansfreebook.com, get my New York Times best seller for free. Or if you're@dane graziosi.com, you can click on the link right on this page. Page. I'll talk to you soon.
