Break Free in 3 Minutes | Ignore the Critics | How to Believe

Good morning, Believe Nation! I want you to ignore the little man, forget about the naysayers and the haters, and build something to prove them wrong, just like Michael Dell did.

If you look at our story, you know, at any point in the process, you could have gone to conventional experts. In fact, I remember, I won't name the person because he's still an extremely well-known author of famous business books, teaches at a very prominent university. I showed up at a conference when the company was 3 or 4 years old and he was sort of critiquing our business. And he kind of said, oh, this will never work. And it was a common experience. I mean, when we launched our business in the United Kingdom, we had about 22 journalists show up. And it was sort of funny because it was about 3 or 4 weeks before we launched, we started actually selling. And the thing was just going like crazy. It was just growing so, so fast, which is a good thing because when we had the launch, About 21 of the 22 journalists said, "Oh, this is a horrible idea. Never work in the UK. It's a completely American idea. And, you know, don't even think about coming here. You should just pack your bags and go home." Good, lucky for me, we'd already started. And so, you know, "Hey guys, love to entertain some more questions, but I gotta go back to the office 'cause, you know, we're busy taking orders and, you know, making computers." This is such an important clip because everybody has a little man in their life.

Everybody has the person or a group of people who tell them it's not possible, that their dreams cannot happen, and point out all the things that are wrong with your plan, and instead of giving you encouragement and ways to fix it, they just pound on your ego and your self-confidence. What if Michael Dell decided to listen to that professor instead of launching Dell? What if he decided to listen to those reporters instead of expanding overseas? Michael Dell didn't listen to them, and he became a billionaire because of it. I remember when I was trying to expand my YouTube channel, I went to go see an expert who told me that the thing told me the things I was doing was wrong. He told me I didn't understand how the internet worked. And what if I listened to that guy, right? Oftentimes the little man is an expert. It's not just somebody hating on you. It's not an old friend or somebody in your family who doesn't know anything about your industry hating on you. Those people are easy to rush aside. But sometimes the expert is the person in the industry, right? The little man is that expert. What if I listened to him? You guys wouldn't have Nespresso in the morning. I wouldn't have nearly as much fulfillment and excitement and joy and happiness in my life. You've got to believe in what you're doing. You've got to know that it's gonna work out and stop listening to the little man. Thank you guys for watching. Question of the day today is: who is a little man in your life? I'm curious. I want to know who they are. You don't have to mention them by name, but tell me the story. Leave it in the comments below. Who's your little man? Thank you so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe, and I'll see you tomorrow morning again for another shot of espresso.