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Now officially an influencer.
Never thought I'd be here. Grateful for this journey. Here's everything I've learned.
▶Play the video: Now officially an influencer.I dropped my phone down the toilet. So naturally I wrote a post about it. Ten lessons I learned about resilience in business when my iPhone went down the bog. 2,000 likes. One TEDx talk offer.
Everything is a lesson now. Even the thing that isn’t a lesson is a lesson, because I made it a lesson about making lessons out of lessons. And there’s no certification for being a thought leader. Put it in your LinkedIn profile and you are one. We’re a world full of thought leaders. Nobody’s reading them.
The final lesson. Nobody ever writes on LinkedIn, “I got lucky. Right place, right time.” Instead it’s “I woke up at 5am every single day for 305 years and now I’ve made it. Look at my Bugatti.” When really, your dad already owned the company and was already a millionaire. And you get up at 5am because your bed is uncomfortable.
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If you haven't yet posted one of these things online, how can you even call yourself an influencer? Never thought I'd be here grateful for this journey. Here's what I learned. Everything happens for a reason. It don't though, does it?
I recently dropped my phone in the toilet and I immediately found myself writing a social post. Yesterday, I made a mistake, but mistakes teach us things. And that's why leaders must embrace failure. Here's 10 lessons I learned when I dropped my iPhone down the bog about resilience in business. Do you want to know how many likes it got?
2,000 likes, one TEDex talk offer. It's ridiculous. The lesson here is, well, everything is a lesson. Even this thing that isn't a lesson is now a lesson because I made it a lesson about making lessons out of lessons. And speaking of making lessons out of lessons, you have to remember you are already a thought leader.
There's no certification, there's no lesson to learn to be a thought leader. You just put thought leader in your profile on LinkedIn and boom, you're a thought leader. I've just done it now. We're a world full of thought leaders. No one's reading them, but we're a world full of thought leaders.
But I think the most important final lesson to learn is this. When it comes to winning in business, no one ever writes on LinkedIn. I just got lucky. Right place, right time. I got lucky.
I admit it. Instead, everybody writes, "I woke up at 5:00 a.m. every single day for 305 years, and now I finally made it. I'm a successful business owner. Look at my Bugatti." The truth of the matter is, your dad already owned the company, and he's already a millionaire.
And the reason you get up at 5:00 a.m. every day is because you have a really uncomfortable bed.