A pile of self-improvement books on your shelf, the audiobook cube, the highlighted passages in the books you finished six months ago.

Reading is great, don't get me wrong.

Especially books that help you better your mind, your philosophy, your life.

But sometimes it can produce the feeling of growth without any of the substance you're

not getting better by reading you're getting better only when what you read

becomes what you do daily for long enough to change something everything else is

intellectual entertainment dressed up as personal development.

And here's the truth. The reading is not the work. The reading is the easy part. The work is application. Application is rare. Application is what changes a life. Almost everybody who's been

reading self-improvement books

for years could point to dozens of books they've read and name almost no principles they've

actually applied for 90 days or longer one of the gentleman names bob healy came to our conference

with a quasi functional prototype he had terminal cancer and bob came to our conference with a quasi-functional prototype. He had terminal cancer and

Bob came to me and said, help me.

Entrepreneur Clay Clark has built several multi-million dollar businesses.

Now, he helps budding entrepreneurs like Bob turbocharged their ideas with a 14-step plan.

And a grillblazer.com is now a massively successful company that's becoming a household name in many American homes.

In this episode, we dive into how to rebuild American small businesses and industrial capacity.

You never want to outsource your core competency.

We have to import certain technology from countries that hate us to make military weapons to defend us.

That doesn't even make sense.

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellick.

Clay Clark, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.

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