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Good Money with Derrick Kinney

John O’Leary – Invest in Others for Lasting Wealth

Good Money with Derrick Kinney

Derrick Kinney

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Can you think of a time when you did something that turned out really bad? Like I mean really bad? Only 9 years old, John O’Leary was burned on 100% of his body and given only a 1% chance to survive. Fighting a difficult recovery, he says the belief people shared gave him hope. If you feel weighed down by these uncertain times, John shares the lasting impact you can make when you invest your time, talent and treasure into others.

What you will learn:

  • The voice you follow influences who you become
  • How belief can change your life
  • The pain of today is the lesson for the future
  • Why you should pour into others
  • Staying generous in challenging times
  • Why you should lead at home
  • Good begets good

Quotes:

  • “It’s one of the reasons why the voice you follow is so important, because it’s going to influence who you become.” – John O’Leary
  • “What you believe eventually will become your life.” – John O’Leary
  • “Just give yourself permission to be sad, and upset, mad from time to time.” – John O’Leary
  • “We can forget everything we learned, which is one way to go forward, or we can become far better versions of ourselves because of the pain we’re going through today.” – John O’Leary
  • “What we have is intended not to be selfishly used just for our own benefit, but ultimately poured out into those around us.” – John O’Leary
  • “You’re not just called to be joyful when you’re on top of the world, you’re called to be joyful when you feel like you’re beat down by it.” – John O’Leary
  • “Good begets good.” – John O’Leary
  • “Raise the sail high… and you have to almost create your own wind sometimes.”- Derrick Kinney
  • “If we don’t lead at home, they’re going to think that how many followers they have, they’re going to think only the grades they get in school, only the teams they make on the weekends, that’s the stuff that matters. And that’s the stuff that doesn’t matter.” – John O’Leary
  • “Money just makes us more who we already are.” – John O’Leary

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the good money, good hands, good work podcast, where we believe money is not bad and good people should have more of it.

0:15.0

Good money in the hands of good people gets good work done.

0:19.0

I'm your host Derek Kenny.

0:21.0

My guest, John O'Leary, says that the voice you follow will influence who you

0:26.5

become. Just nine years old, he was in his garage playing with matches and gasoline,

0:32.1

like he had seen the older boys on his block do.

0:34.8

The result was catastrophic. He was burned on 100% of his body and given a grim 1% chance of survival.

0:44.0

But he did survive, and because he was surrounded by people who encouraged and believed in him,

0:50.0

he eventually thrived.

0:52.0

Now 33 years later, John is a successful business owner and family man,

0:57.0

and he uses his story to inspire others

0:59.8

to live purposeful, fulfilling lives. In our time together, John shares how the legendary

1:05.3

sportscaster Jack Buck visited him in the hospital and challenged him to believe in his

1:11.3

own recovery and he discusses the impact you can make when you invest

1:16.1

your time, talent, and treasure into others.

1:19.6

If these uncertain times are weighing you down, don't miss John's advice on how you can own what you can

1:25.7

control and let go of the things you can't. I think you'll enjoy my conversation with John O'Leary.

1:33.0

John, welcome to the show.

1:35.0

Derek, it's great to be with you, man.

1:36.4

Thanks for being my friend and thanks for the work you do.

1:39.2

Well, thank you so much.

1:40.3

And John, I must tell you as I read on fire, I was inspired and I think your message is so timely right now with the adversity many people are facing in the midst of this pandemic.

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