David Novak | CEO of Yum Brands, David Novak Shares How to Become a Highly Effective Person & How to Develop a Higher Sense of Urgency+ Join Eric Trump & Kiyosaki At Clay Clark's March 6-7 Business Workshop!
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Clay Clark
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🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 292 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On today's show, we are interviewing the former CEO of Yum Brands. |
| 0:08.3 | You know, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut. |
| 0:11.9 | He was the CEO of that organization. |
| 0:14.8 | However, my interest in David Novak started many, many years ago. |
| 0:19.9 | You see, back in the day, I was reading this incredible book |
| 0:23.4 | about how to become a more effective manager and leader. The book was titled The Education of |
| 0:29.5 | an Accidental CEO. And the book was written by the CEO of Yom Brands at the time, David Novak. David Novak, N-O-V-A-K. And the book was written by the CEO of Yom Brands at the time, David Novak. David Novak, N-O-V-A-K. And the book was just a real |
| 0:42.5 | page turner. You know, I'm a guy who believes the more you learn, the more you earn. And so I was |
| 0:47.8 | just flying through this book where David shares how he was able to double the size of the |
| 0:52.9 | restaurants to 41,000 worldwide restaurants. And he was able to double the size of the restaurants to 41,000 worldwide restaurants. |
| 0:57.0 | And he was able to grow the company's market capitalization from $4 billion to $32 billion. |
| 1:04.9 | And so you can imagine my excitement and nervousness when David Novak agreed to be on today's show. |
| 1:12.2 | And so I didn't want to waste this opportunity. |
| 1:14.0 | And so I asked David about everything I've ever wanted to ask him, |
| 1:18.0 | including how did he go from living in a trailer park to becoming the CEO of one of America's largest companies? |
| 1:24.8 | You know, people always say, well, how could you live in a trailer and travel |
| 1:27.9 | around like that? Well, I thought everybody did it. You know, what's really funny is that even now, |
| 1:34.6 | no matter how big the house is, when I get together with my two sisters and my mom and dad, |
| 1:38.7 | who I'm blessed that they're still alive at 90 years old, you know, we all sit on the same sofa |
| 1:43.8 | clumped up against each other, just like we did in the trailer. |
| 1:47.0 | I asked David directly, what are the keys to getting promoted? |
| 1:51.0 | Early on in my career, I really tried to outwork everybody, and I would get in at 5 o'clock and leave whenever I felt like I could leave. |
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