1638 | Kevin O’Leary: “The Dead Bird Under the Nest Never Learns How to Fly.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Today, Kevin O’Leary shares a personal story about entitlement, freedom, and taking responsibility.
Source: The Life Lesson That Made Kevin O’Leary a Multi-Millionaire
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QOD is! |
| 0:03.0 | The dead bird under the nest never learns how to fly. |
| 0:07.0 | Here we go! |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back to the Quotin of the Day Show! |
| 0:35.0 | I'm your host, Sean Crox and a Sean Croxin.com. |
| 0:38.0 | We got Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank fame on the show today. |
| 0:42.0 | Today he's going to tell you a story, a personal story, |
| 0:45.0 | about how you can raise kids who don't grow up |
| 0:49.0 | to become entitled adults. |
| 0:52.0 | Kevin O'Leary's coming up. |
| 0:54.0 | When I was graduating from college, |
| 0:57.0 | my mother came to my graduation and said, |
| 1:01.0 | I have good news and I have bad news. |
| 1:04.0 | The good news is I'm coming to your graduation. |
| 1:07.0 | The bad news is the dead bird under the nest never learns how to fly. |
| 1:13.0 | I said, what the hell does that mean, Mom? |
| 1:17.0 | She said, no more checks. |
| 1:19.0 | I have paid for your education from birth to last day of college. |
| 1:23.0 | You're done. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm still your mother, but I'm done writing checks. |
| 1:29.0 | This is your last day. You're finished. |
| 1:31.0 | You finished college. |
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