Chris Gardner tells 55,000 laid-off Citibank workers on a train that they still have skills and talent. Instead of hunting for jobs, leverage what you can do and find work you'd do for free. Entrepreneurs waste energy on what they lack when they should start with what they have.
Good morning, Believe Nation! If you feel like you don't have the resources, the money, the connections, the experience to take the idea that you have and make it a reality and a success, I'm going to share with you a clip from Chris Gardner that I think will help you.
I'll never forget a recent experience doing my business on Wall Street, getting on the train to come back to Midtown, 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Normally there's a lull This train should be empty. But on this day, the train was full, full of people, all in business suits. A guy recognizes me, comes over and says, hey, are you Chris Gardner? We started talking. Turns out I'm in a car with the first wave of the 55,000 people who had just been laid off by Citibank. And I noticed something. Everyone's holding a box. You've seen the boxes. You've seen They've seen them on television. They've got their houseplant, their coffee mug, the pictures of their kids. And they're all going home. They're all going home to tell their wife, their husband, their children, and the landlord they don't have a job. I began to share with this young guy that, you know what? Yeah, you lost your job, but you haven't lost your skills, your talent, or your expertise. What we've got to do now is create opportunities where the skill, talent, and expertise can be transferable. Creating an opportunity and looking for a job are two different things. This could be prime time for pushing your button, rather finding your button. What do I mean by that? Prime time to find that one thing that you love to do so much you would get up in the morning and do it free. Prime time to find that one thing that the sun cannot come up soon enough in the morning because you want to go do your thing. This could be that time in your life.
So my quick take on this is you've got Chris Gardner, right? You got a guy who went from being homeless to being worth millions. And so many entrepreneurs, what they do is you focus on what you don't have. You focus on the resources that you don't have. You focus on the connections that you don't have. You focus on all the things that you don't have. Where instead, what you need to do is focus on your resourcefulness. Because while you may be limited in your resources, you should be limitless in your resourcefulness. At least you should be if you want to be successful as an entrepreneur. The key is to stop thinking about what you don't have and start thinking about what you can do with what you do have. If Chris Gardner can go from being homeless to being a millionaire, you can overcome whatever you've convinced yourself that you're missing in your business to start being successful. The key is to change your mindset. Start where you are and start with what you have. Believe. Thank you guys for watching. My question of the day for you is I want to know, I want to know what excuse is holding you back right now. I want to know what voice in your head you're telling yourself, "I can't be successful because I don't have blank." I want to know what that blank is, what that story is that you're telling yourself. Leave a comment below I'm really curious to find out. Of course, if you guys like this video and you want to see more, don't forget to subscribe to the channel and the newsletter. Have a fantastic day, and I hope to see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM for another inspirational video to kickstart your day. Believe.
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