You know what today is right? You guessed it right! Today is Tuesday and that means it is time for another helping of Inspirational Food!
Life can have more than enough disa0pointments. It can be full of negativity and people anxious to point out you’re slightest mistakes to build up their own ego. But I am here to tell you that Derek Bingham is no different or better than you. I am your equal when it comes to life and I also understand how it can sometimes let you down if you don’t take control. When I think of one of my biggest personal challenges I ever had to face it was the negative influence of others. Today I want to share a personal story of my first business venture.
NYC Kid Turns An Idea Into A Business By Selling Paper?
When I was young I had many friends some good and some, hmmm let’s just say my mother knew best. I knew at a very young age that I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I had no idea what that was. To be honest with you all I knew was I wanted to work for myself. I think my first successful business was when I was 12 I made a consignment deal with a local grocery store to sell newspapers.
The deal was I would sell the owners 25 cents Sunday Newspapers door to door at 50 cents a piece. This allowed me a 25 cents profit and also provided a NEEDED SERVICE for some of the elderly people where I lived. It was a good idea I guess because I quickly grew my little business into a $50 Sunday business. I was selling papers so quickly that the owner eventually demanded I prepare my own papers because he could not keep up with me. This would mean I would spend time stuffing the papers with the coupon inserts that would take around 2 hours to do so I did not mind at all.
It seems that I must have had an influence because the word got out around the neighborhood quick I was making money. I had some friends who asked me if it was true and I was not afraid to say yes because I was so proud of myself. This was the point when I was finally introduced to competition and then everyone else joined in and my business venture folded.
But the lesson I learned was greater than anything I could ever think of learning. I found that I could think of something and create wealth from just an idea. This was a powerful lesson and far more valuable to me later on in life. I found that others took enough interest in me to follow something that I created from scratch. I was just a kid with a low self esteem but had followers which boasted my confidence just a little in myself. I noticed older and younger people respecting me and this felt great.
Surround Yourself Around Like Minded People To Learn The Secret
I truly feel that the first step to becoming successful in life is first knowing you are a success because you are working toward something. I remember this lesson by hearing an audio from one of my greatest inspirations of all time. This person I am speaking about is Mr. Earl Nightingale known from his amazingly cool audio The Strangest Secret that was originally released in the 1950′s.
This man talked about business and applied a logic that I was never ever expecting to receive in such a creative way. I was introduced to someone who was just like me in thinking but so much more educated and influential to my business that I still listen to it and get something out of it.
I started to see that if I was to become successful I needed quickly to surround myself with a team of like minded people. I knew that if I had friends that where smarter than I was then I would be influenced to learn more just to keep up. It is very important I figured out if I have motivated people around me that understood my passion to be successful I would also become what I am around. I feel that it is critical for anyone trying to accomplish goals in life to have successful mentors to follow. I feel that if you want SUCCESS you have to be around SUCCESS as it will undoubtedly always attract success into your life. This is a fact and works for anyone seeking more than just getting by in life. So today I will leave you with my own quote.
“I noticed a change in my actions and a burning passion to learn more just by sounding myself with more like minded people.” – Derek Bingham
Before I leave you today I want you to check out the audio below of Mr. Earl Nightingale’s Strangest Secret. If today’s message influenced you in anyway please leave a comment and a testimonial. I would love to hear from you. I Love You All And Will See You On The Next Post!
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Awesome Tuesday Inspirational Food post here Derek. I love hearing stories about where people have come from, that is the truly inspiring part.
Earl Nightingale is amazing. I, like you, learned early on to surround myself with other like minded successful people. I totally believe it helped to inspire me and to keep my drive at an optimal level by just being around these people. It can be far to easy to fall off the wagon when you are working from home and not networking with others!
Fabulous inspirational food for thought here!
cheers
Thanks Nat!
I learned at an early age that you are who you hang out with. So that is why I only hang out with people like you who understand the value of staying focused and the benefit of helping others.
DB Out!
It is honestly inspiring. Thanks for sharing for thought here and I look forward to reading more…
Thx
Thanks for the support Sajith!