Press Forward and Let the World Unfold with Gurpreet Singh

Welcome to this episode of the Million Dollar Mastermind. I'm Larry Weddell. And before we get started, if you want to know exactly how to win again and again, go to Wydell on winning.com webinar now to watch something I've put together for you. Now let's get going into this episode of Million Dollar Mastermind. I'm here talking with Gurpreet Singh, who's a trailblazer in business, in leadership development. She's an inspiration for men and women all over the country. She's from India. We've already heard about her fortune teller experience in India at age 6. And so thanks for being here, Gurpreet.

Thank you for having me.

Can I ask you about how you got here from India? Were you, your family from India? Were you born here? Did you.

Yes. Yeah, my family's from India. I wasn't born here. I came here when I was 3 years old and my, my father was an engineer. He was an air conditioning engineer. And he came here, you know, looking for a better life. And myself and my two sisters and my mom, we migrated here. You know, early 70s.

You didn't really penetrate the company, the country that much. You got to New York City and stopped.

Yeah, absolutely. Because this is the city that has everything. So once you find it, you just stay here and you do what you have to do.

And that's exactly what the people in New York think. And as far as we're concerned, you guys just keep that thought. There's too many New Yorkers are moving all over the country now to get away from the city. But tell us now, when you left, what were you looking for? Your, your first situation, you know, you're going to get out there now. And I guess the next, the first big move was choosing a, a college that, you know, your next step. What was your, how was your, how is this forming in your mind about what your progress would be going forward? Just a standard college, get a job, move up from there type thing, eventually get your own business. Was what, what was in your mind?

Well, what was in my mind after leaving business school because I was, you know, in the city for four years in high school now. I started thinking about, okay, it kind of became a rat race, you know, going to the city every day. And then I said, okay, now I have to move my college to local, maybe Queens. You know, that's how I picked St. John's University. You know, I wanted to have a car. I wanted to explore other things. And of course, going into St. John's and you know, my major was business. Just continuing and searching for what I was looking for.

Any big lessons that you took away from your college experience and what was your first experience out in the job market?

The college experience basically was good. Right. We did learn a lot from business school, but it was kind of vague, it wasn't specific. So I started going out in the world, you know, having two jobs, realizing, you know, I had this $40,000 of debt to pay off and I needed to get more hours. So I had two jobs, I did different type of jobs. You know, I was in computer programming and also I used to work at a store part time and just really going out there and meeting people kneecap to kneecap and learning from everyone was my goal and searching, you know, I didn't know what it was. You know, like you said, I knew, you know, that business high school was very specific, but going into college it was a little vague and it got a little fuzzy. So I tried many different things to find what I was looking for because a lot of people say, well, I don't really, I really can't find it. Well, you don't know that you found it. You have to search for it. It doesn't just show up automatically for you sitting in the couch. You have to take some action. And through the action you realize, well, I like this kind of. And then I like this kind of. And then you put all the pieces together.

Yeah. And that's what people misunderstand because if they were heard that first episode, they would be saying Gurpreet always knew what she wanted to do, which was be a success in business and have her own thing. But there's a long way from having that thought, being able to make it happen. The first thing we talked about was the education. But then you've got to climb the ladder and you've got to see what kind of business where. How fast can you make that happen? There's a lot of things involved and, and you refine those things. Talk about that fact where you don't necessarily have clarity on exactly what kind of business, when, how it's going to work. And you're never going to do that unless you get out and get experience in the real world. That's what I'm hearing you like if someone was listening and they're saying, just tell me what to do. Well, take advantage of what's in front of you. And if you have to work two jobs, three jobs or whatever, learn as much as you can learn so you can move up because there's things out there, you know, that's the real education, and you're getting paid for it. But don't go there like a lump on a log. Go in there with questions again. Do the thing, do the extras in these jobs. Meet the key people. Throw energy into this thing, and you're inquisitive this and, and try and be an impact player and see how your, your mind and everything responds to that and see what doors open. But there's places, you know, go. The places you can go now, so you can go to places you can't go to now, you know, things like that. So talk about the fact, because you've worked with a lot of people and trained a lot of people, that people seem to get stuck on that. I'm not really sure about what I want. And they stay paralyzed, really.

Right, right. So I always say, let the world unfold. And I. I realized that some. I spoke to a lady and she told me, well, why don't you work for like a temp agency? Because they send you on different jobs every day or a week or whatever. So I would go out on and explore all these different jobs. Like this week they would say, okay, we're sending you to this. I remember going to. One of my assignments was going to a mental institution, and I had to transcribe all the doctor's notes. And I was like, oh, my God. And in the beginning, I was like, why am I here? What am I doing? But then I was able to, what, become a good transcriber? I was able to actually read the doctor's notes because he was surprised. He's like, how could you even read my handwriting? So I had to look deeper into that. And I was locked up in a room all day transcribing a lot of papers. And it made me focus. So I learned about focus. I remember one year I had to do work at a place where they had inventories. So that made me look at a lot of different things and a lot of different products and say, wow, how did they come up with this? How do they come up with that? Right. I remember one assignment I had was working with a company that created dental products, right? It was called Dentsply Cavitron. And my job was to, you know, again, work with different people, help them and become like that, you know, kind of gal Friday they call it, right? The in between kind of person. But one day the receptionist, she was out and they were like, okay, well, we need you to manage these 42 lines. And I was like, what are you kidding me? And then I was able to do that, and then I learned how to talk to people. People always ask me, till today, aren't you afraid of talking on the phone? I said, no, I love talking on the phone. After that job assignment, I talked to so many people every day. I had to. My job was very important. If I didn't connect them to the right person, we could lose business. So I had to know who the people were, how to connect them to, you know, the new people who wanted to become customers. And a lot of dentists, you know, that were buying the products. So again, I learned a lot of technical terms.

Yeah. And you're a much more entertaining guest at cocktail parties.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, I'm not a cocktail kind of party person because small talk is not something I'm good at. But, you know, I was able to connect with people at a higher level. And even though I thought I wasn't a people person, when I look back at my resume, I had to deal with different types of people.

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Yeah, well, I learned that later, but at that point, I was not a small talk kind of person.

Yeah, you were a driven person. You were a driven person. And because you were trying to get someplace, you know, that's nothing to apologize for, and, you know, you were using your time. You were not wasting your time, and you wanted to accomplish things, and you wanted to accomplish things that mattered. I found when I was building the business, when I wrote, like, even reports and competitions and things like that, I never had them typed. I always wrote them out myself, printed them out myself, because there was something about. I could rattle off a bunch of numbers, but somehow when I wrote them down, they would sink deeper into my head, and I would have. I don't know if it slowed me down, and I would have time to realize the import of what the information was or where to connect it. But slowing down like that, like our competition sheets and everything like that, even when we had 40 full timers, you know, when I started, I told our guys, I said, if I, if I have the secretaries type it up, you guys are going to get the idea that we're some kind of big deal company. And I said, as far as I'm concerned, we're nothing. And you're going to have to try and read my scribbling until we take over number one of the company. And we did in nine months. So, you know, the advantage was it what I got. And so this. When did you get in this journaling thing? This journaling?

I heard that one when I was 16 from Oprah Winfrey. And I was watching her show one time and she was talking about her journaling and her thoughts and everything. And I just, you know, basically went to the, at that time, this one Woolworth or something. I don't know, I don't know what it was, but it was one of those stores where they had these cheap little notebooks. And I started journaling and just putting thoughts down. And since then I just have, you know, journal after journal. But I don't really keep the journals. I get rid of them and I start the new year and I start focusing on new thoughts. It's not, I don't have an idea. You know, I think every day is a new day.

Yeah, you should save those things because now we, you know, we have 1500 pages of journaling from Leonardo da Vinci. And so maybe down in the hundred years from now they're going to say what was. Did anybody have Gurpreet's journals? He threw them away. What?

Well, I don't know, but I personally, I don't think anybody wants to read that.

But yeah, you know, I made a decision with mine, and that is they're so personal. I do them in a way that nobody can access them. You know, I do it on the computer, but they're under strict encryption, encryption that I don't want to be broken. You know, I have plenty of stuff out for the public and out for people to know. I try and put it all out there, but my own notes, which is where, where I start the day with that, you know, and you know that. And I have it programmed, you know, I mean, I've got it, I've got templates for, to make sure during the course of a week I can give thought to different issues. And the computer is great for that, you know, setting up the templates and getting Yourself organized. But with Hugo, you're telling me that something actually good came from watching Oprah Winfrey Show. That's.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I learned a lot from Oprah Winfrey. And my other biggest teacher was Dr. Wayne Dyer, because he. He used to come on public tv, Public channel. And I didn't watch tv. I was the person that my. My father would program me not to watch tv. He said, TV wastes time. TV takes away from your life and everything. So the only thing we would watch is, like, public TV Masterpiece or whatever. And I remember him one day being there, and he. My father was listening to him, and I was listening from the background, and lo and behold, he was speaking things that I needed to know about the universe and how it works and how our thoughts work. And he broke these things down. And from then, I was listening to him every day. Practically unbelievable.

What would you say is a one thing that you would give him credit for? Helping you understand that is a key cornerstone for you. Kind of a foundational type, part of your thinking.

Even today, when I think of Dr. Wayne Dyer, I think of don't focus on what you don't want. Focus on what you do want. And he always spoke about looking inside for the answer, not outside. Everything is an inside job, just like how there's a book called Success is an Inside Job. And, you know, success is not an accident. And I would attribute him to that because he always gave good examples. Because I remember the example he gave. He said, if you lost a set of keys outside the house, why are you looking inside the house? Right. And if you ask somebody to help you find those keys, the first question they would ask you is, where did you lose the keys? Inside or outside? So if you're doing the opposite, you're really going against the universal laws. So I think I would really attribute him to that because all I can think about, I can hear him in my head even today. Even though, you know, he's no longer on the earth. But he left behind all this material.

Yeah. And it's important on your way up and really throughout your life to be exposing yourself to people who have the kind of ideas, thoughts, and input that can have that kind of permanent impact on you, you know, positive impact on you. Because, you know, every person, every situation, every conversation is either going to have a positive or negative impact on you. And if it's not a positive impact, it's going to be negative.

Right? Right. Absolutely.

You want to put your. You don't want to choose to expose yourself. Put your ears and your face and your eyes around people, around situations where your intake is likely to be positive. Because what happens there is you become more powerful and focused in making decisions, the right, you know, more of the right decisions, quicker as you move forward. And even choosing which activities to do and which opportunities to follow.

Absolutely. And one other thing I would attribute him to teaching his visualization like he taught it, where you can meditate, you know, visualization, meditate on what you want your life to look like. You can create your life. And that's what he always taught. He spoke about that you are in charge, you know, and he didn't talk a lot about the law of attraction, but he spoke a lot about you attract who you are. So all of that had, like, a profound effect on me because I was blown away, because nobody, even though I was living the laws of the universe, nobody sat down and taught them to me. And now it all made sense. It was almost like the puzzle came together.

Absolutely. Thanks so much, Gurpreet. If you enjoyed what you've heard and are dead serious about finding out for yourself exactly how this works you in the real world. I've taken the most valuable business lessons I've learned over 40 years and put them into something for you to watch. Go to whiteellawinning.com webinar now in order to move up as fast as possible. I'm Larry Wydell, and I run the Million Dollar Mastermind. Go, go, go.