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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

652: How Would You Help This Co-Worker by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich goes through a real-life work scenario and what he learned from it. Episode 652: How Would You Help This Co-Worker by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich (Career Advice). Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just for personal finance, but all aspects of life: money, careers, relationships, business, fitness, and more. Since then, he's been testing and sharing his findings with the world via I Will Teach You To Be Rich. He's also written a New York Times bestselling book, been profiled in a 6-page Fortune article, and been pictured next to Warren Buffett in Forbes Magazine, as well as been featured by a long list of media, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NPR, Fox Business, PBS, CNBC, and more. He also has tons of documented success stories—more than 20,000. The original post is located here: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/be-the-expert-how-would-you-respond-to-this-co-worker Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 652.

0:03.7

How would you help this coworker?

0:05.6

By Ramise Diwali, teach you to be rich.com and I'm Justin Mollick.

0:09.4

Welcome old friend.

0:11.1

Old or OLD stands for Optimal Living Daily.

0:14.2

This is where I simply narrate blogs and books for you for free.

0:18.3

Let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.

0:25.6

How would you help this coworker?

0:27.4

By Ramise Diwali, teach you to be rich.com.

0:30.3

Years ago, I needed to help a coworker finish a project that, number one, he was leading.

0:36.3

Number two, would help my team.

0:38.5

Sure, I said, just find me tomorrow and I'll show you how to do it.

0:42.4

Well, tomorrow came and went and he never found me.

0:46.4

Later, when he was asked about the project, he just sighed and said it didn't get done.

0:50.8

Then he turned to me and asked if I could help him later with the project.

0:54.4

Dude, you were supposed to find me, I told him sharply.

0:57.7

I know, he said, I was busy.

1:00.2

Sometimes if you want someone to do something, you have to go above and beyond.

1:04.6

So I exploded.

1:06.2

Listen, if you need my help, you need to find me, not the other way around.

1:10.9

Then he says something I'll never forget.

1:13.5

Technically you're right, but you have to decide if you want to be right or if you want

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