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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

936 | Les Brown: “I Don’t Charge Too Much. You Just Don’t Have Enough Money.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

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

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It’s Flashback Finance Friday! On today’s episode, Les Brown reminds you that if they can’t afford what you’re worth, it’s not your problem. Believe in your product, your service, and yourself.

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0:00.0

When I decided to become a speaker, I noticed that you hear most of my heroes

0:06.8

and gave the same speech. To memorize script, they give it everywhere. I

0:11.9

decided I was going to make myself different. What is different about you? You've

0:17.8

got to have something that makes you stand out. When you are in a situation and

0:27.2

people make decisions with their dollars in a time when the economy is tight, in

0:33.8

a time when budgets are tight. You don't have the option of not believing in

0:41.8

yourself if there's any doubt is an ounce of doubt and trust me 99 and a half

0:47.9

won't get it. If there's any doubt if you intimidated by the competition, I

0:53.3

charge more than 99% of the speakers. They said, hey, you know, you charge too much.

0:59.3

No, you just don't have enough money. I don't charge too much. You get, well, I've

1:05.1

got a speaker that will come in for 15,000 dollars. I said, then get that. Then you

1:09.2

get a 15,000 dollars speaker and you get the result to whatever they produce.

1:13.0

But when you want the best, you call me and I might be at the same level.

1:19.6

Okay, no, no, we don't want anybody else. We want you. Very good. Then write the check.

1:26.2

You have to believe in yourself. You have to believe in your product. You have to

1:37.3

believe in your service. And you have to sell you every day. That's the biggest

1:45.0

sale you have to make. The biggest sale, ladies and gentlemen, that I make every day

1:50.6

that less brown, you can do this. The biggest sale I had to make when I left the doctor's office

1:58.7

and they said, Mr. Brown, your PSA is still going up. The biggest sale I had to make as I was walking

2:05.4

out of the office, I can beat this. I can beat this. It doesn't matter about what they say about

2:12.0

their numbers. I'm not going to listen to that report. Oh, no, absolutely not. They are not

2:18.2

God. They don't know the future. They don't know who I am. I've got to fight this at the cellular

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