You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;
as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;
as young as your hope, as old as your despair. 
~Douglas MacArthur

Staying Young in Business

Staying Young in Business

Recently during one of my seminars I had a rookie salesperson tell me that he was told by his manager and some of his company’s tenured employees that it was going to take him a while before he “truly understands the business.” But what those seasoned folks don’t understand is that because he was told it was going to take a while, guess what…it IS going to take a while. That well-intentioned advice, in fact, only encouraged him to take his time getting to the TOP. But here was my advice to him. Respectfully smile, listen and learn from as many seasoned business professionals as possible, but don’t EVER let them dictate how long it takes you to reach your potential. Only YOU have control over that decision.

For example, this week I had a fella named Cameron Johnson on my weekly business radio show. Cameron is a millionaire, just published his second book on entrepreneurialship (You Call the Shots), created and sold more than a dozen internet businesses and was recently a business guest on CNBC, Fox News and more. Oh, and did I mention that Cameron just turned 23 years old! So what’s the point? Well if you ask Cameron, he will tell you he has no more skill and knowledge than anybody. But what Cameron does have, like many successful young business people, is tone deafness to those who tell them that the path to business success is going to take “lots of time in the trenches.”

While the lessons learned from time in the business are invaluable, there are some things that the rookie employee can do to speed up the clock:

  • Seek out knowledge from tenured employees and learn from THEIR experiences
  • Add only 15 minutes to each work day
  • Take that 75 extra minutes each week to learn something new by reading a book, a journal or internet newsletter
  • Stay tuned to the latest technology in business that can make you more efficient
  • Don’t let your mind grow old

Oh, and don’t think you need to be 23 to have the heart and desire of a rookie. Because as Douglas MacArthur puts it, it will be your faith, self-confidence and hope that will act as your “fountain of youth.” And armed with that, you may find yourself at the TOP more quickly than you ever imagined.

To listen to Brian’s radio interview with former teen
self-made millionaire Cameron Johnson,
go to www.preciseselling.com/Radio.htm.
It will either motivate you…or make you sick to your stomach!

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