The Go-Giver with John David Mann #168
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
“The size and measure of your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.”– John David Mann
What are the five stratospheric laws of success? In this episode, Brian talks to bestselling author John David Mann. John discusses the principles and philosophy behind his book “The Go-Giver”– a parable about the power of giving that has inspired a worldwide movement and impacted and transformed the lives of millions of people.
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Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“When you’re in business, you’re telling stories, you’re engaging people.” – John David Mann
“Facts tell, stories sell.” – Brian Buffini
“We’re drowning in information and starving for wisdom.” – Brian Buffini
“The law of value says that your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.” – John David Mann
“It doesn’t mean that we should give our stuff away for free...It means to value what you do and to put the maximum value into it.” – John David Mann
“The law of value is really about giving your best to the world and focusing on the giving.” – John David Mann
“You need to trust that if you give away all your best stuff, you’re going to get a lot more good stuff.” – John David Mann
“As you give...as other people receive it and use it, it amplifies you. It’s like love...you increase your love by giving it, by showing it. The same is true with respect; the same is true with value.” – John David Mann
“Give it out in slices, it comes back in loaves.” – Brian Buffini
“Your income is determined by how many lives you touch.” – John David Mann
“You do have to reach out and impact people’s lives.” – John David Mann
“It’s all about making a difference, that’s where the actual flow of compensation comes.” – John David Mann
“It’s not the mindset of a quid pro quo – I gave now you owe.” – Brian Buffini
“It’s so tempting to keep score...but what really works is giving unconditionally...and trusting that it will come back – and it will!” – John David Mann
“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar
“The size and measure of your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.” – John David Mann
“When you put somebody else’s interests first, it’s like it makes you a bigger person. It enlarges you.” – John David Mann
“The substance of influence is not push, but pull.” – John David Mann
“How far can you push a river? Not very far; but the sea can pull it for miles and miles and miles.” – John David Mann
“Influence is about draw...it’s not about me first.” – John David Mann
“The greatest gift you have to offer is yourself.” – John David Mann
“Authenticity does not mean license. It doesn’t mean regress.” – John David Mann
“Real authenticity is when you are giving yourself wholly to another or to others.” – John David Mann
“You’re going to get the most out of a relationship when you show up as your true self.” – John David Mann
“Just being yourself is good enough to be great.” – Brian Buffini
“People tend to have difficulty with freely receiving.” – John David Mann
“The way to keep continuously giving – the way to allow yourself to continuously give – is to stay open to receiving.” – John David Mann
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| 0:00.0 | Cool. I really feel like... |
| 0:02.7 | ...that you're about to cry. |
| 0:03.9 | Weak with the unadult or your joy of using a paint which finishes like a spray, |
| 0:07.2 | even though you're using a roller. |
| 0:08.7 | I was actually gonna say I really feel like having another one of those fancy biscuits, Rob. |
| 0:12.6 | Heritage by Duelux. It's a feeling. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Brian Vafini Show, where we explore the mindset, motivation and methodologies |
| 0:36.2 | of success. Today Brian interviews author John David Mann, and they'll discuss the five |
| 0:42.4 | stratospheric laws of success from John's book The Go Giveer. |
| 0:46.8 | If you want to follow along, we've put together a graphic outlining the five laws, so go |
| 0:51.0 | to theBrianVafiniShow.com and check out the show notes for this episode. |
| 0:56.0 | Let's listen in. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you, I am just thrilled about today's show. |
| 1:01.8 | I've actually been a big fan of our guest for many years, and I recently said to the |
| 1:07.8 | staff, this is who I want to talk to. |
| 1:10.5 | And if we happen to record it, that's great. |
| 1:12.6 | And so we have today John David Mann, who is a marvelous author. |
| 1:18.7 | He's written over 30 books, including The Latte Factor, which we just featured with |
| 1:23.6 | David Bach here just the last month, in fact. |
| 1:27.2 | He's written just some fantastic books, some great military books, which are fascinating |
| 1:32.1 | read to me, but a book that just resonated with me and stuck me cold years ago was called |
| 1:37.2 | The Go Giveer. |
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