Welcome to another edition of the Social Proof Podcast. We find amazing people that do amazing things, and today is no different. We have an author here, entrepreneur, business owner, coach, life changer. I was in the gym with my friend the other day, Justin P., who has a really, he does a lot of online e-commerce businesses. He's like, you're going to see who and i said dr benjamin hardy he said

oh my gosh he changed my life i need to come he couldn't make it this time but um we'll give him one

of those oh yeah so i will give him a book justin p i will get you this book man uh but we have dr

benjamin hardy here man author of your favorite book whatever that is is. It's a bunch of them, but I'm sure

it's in your library. So I guess I'll let you introduce yourself in how many, you know,

people know that you're an author. I know you're an author. And I heard you speak. I know

you're an amazing speaker. But I love to know a little bit more about who you are as an entrepreneur.

Yeah. So honestly, I started out, not even with aspirations to be an entrepreneur. But as I learn more and more about growth, development, impact on naturally, I just went into entrepreneurship. I was way more interested in psychology, and still am, honestly.

But my knowledge and psychology led to understandings of strategy.

And so now I just apply that rather than to people to companies.

You went to school to be a psychologist?

Yeah, I have a PhD in what's called organizational psychology, which is essentially business

psychology.

And so I took a lot of understandings of psychology and strategy and organizations.

And a lot of what holds people back mentally emotionally and what leads a person to start

rapidly growing are similar principles for a company.

And so I just-

Give me a parallel.

Like one is just how people operate with time. So for example, a struggling person is going to let their past determine their present and future, right? A struggling person. So if something bad happened or whatever it might have been, history, et cetera, like history is something good to learn from.

But, you know, whether you grew up

in a tough situation, I grew up, my father was a drug addict, for example, had plenty of traumatic

experiences and people have their own past that impacts them. But if you let your past determine

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