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The Brian Buffini Show

Timeless Lessons from the Greatest Salesman #194

The Brian Buffini Show

Brian Buffini

Entrepreneur, Brian Buffini, Business, Entrepreneurship, Coaching, Good, Life

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

“Like the laws of nature, the laws of gravity and the laws of physics, the true principles of success have been with us for thousands of years.” – Og Mandino

 

In this fast-paced world, we often look for quick fixes and easy solutions for success and are blind to the old principles that always work. In this episode, recorded live at the Buffini & Company MasterMind Summit, Brian explores some of the timeless lessons of success he has learned from his mentor and the greatest salesman in the world, Og Mandino.

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At the end of this episode, Brian walks the audience through a writing exercise for defining goals in each of the five circles of life. Our team has put together a resource so you can do the very same. Use this free worksheet to help you examine the five areas in your life where you can begin anew. Click the button above to grab it!

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Why life is a game.
  • Why you must embrace failure if you want to succeed.
  • Why you never need to go it alone.

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

“The Greatest Salesman in the World,” by Og Mandino

“I’ll Cry Tomorrow,” by Lillian Roth

Buffini & Company MasterMind Summit

 

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:

“Like the laws of nature, the laws of gravity and the laws of physics, the true principles of success have been with us for thousands of years.” – Og Mandino

“The most important secret of success that I had to learn the hard way is that life is a game. And you can’t play in that game with any chance at all of winning unless you know the rules.” – Og Mandino

“We want to be a pro at the game of life.” – Brian Buffini

“If you want to succeed, you have got to learn to live with failure.” – Og Mandino

“One of the key ingredients to success is how you embrace the seasons and the experiences of failure and turn them into your gift.” – Brian Buffini

“No man or woman is an island. Success can absolutely not be achieved alone. There is no such thing as a self-made man or a self-made woman. All of us need help to achieve, to grow or to recover from a disaster.” – Og Mandino

 

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0:00.0

Music

0:15.0

Welcome to the Brian D'Affini Show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies of success.

0:21.0

I'm the producer David Lally and I'm excited to share this episode of Brian recorded live at Baffini and Companies Mastermind Summit.

0:29.0

This personal growth event is packed with inspiring content from Brian and his guest speakers, which this year includes author Chris Hogan and Olympian Apollo Ono.

0:39.0

Visit Baffini and Company.com slash mm to learn more and check out a free resource at the end of today's content.

0:47.0

In the meantime, let's dive in.

0:50.0

For those of you new and for those of you not new, I've made a fortune by teaching the same clients the same thing for about 25 years.

0:59.0

He said I should write personal notes. You know, I'm 17 years. I just got it. I just got it. I don't know. Did he ever cover that before?

1:08.0

So we talk about the five circles and for those of you know, obviously those five circles. It's a curriculum. It's a content. It's also the logo of the company.

1:19.0

And it represents spiritual. Your relationships, your vocation, your financial life, your personal life.

1:25.0

So we'll fill in a few on these and as we give it more depth, okay, give it more clarity as you go to write goals. It's about your faith and it's about your values.

1:33.0

Okay. And your relationship. It's about your family and about your friends. In your vocation, it's about your business and career.

1:41.0

In your financial life, I like to differentiate it between your budgets and your finances. Your budget is what controls the money. The finances is what grows the money.

1:51.0

And then on the personal circle, that's your physical life, working out, eating right, taking care of yourself, getting the appointments, getting the doctor visits, doing the whole thing and your emotional life.

2:04.0

And it's easy. It's easy to get busy. It's easy to get busy. I actually made a commitment this year. I said, okay, I'm going to work on some things I hadn't done for a long time.

2:13.0

And so I had laced surgery. You guys know that story. I've told many times, but I had laced surgery years ago. So I haven't up into an optician in 18 years.

2:24.0

So I'm like, oh, I can see good. Like, you know, and I'm, you know what, I'm going to get my ice checked went there and turns out there's other reasons to get your ice checked.

2:34.0

And now I can read again. I went to a dermatologist. Now, I've always heard the phrase that Irish people are the reason God made dermatologists.

2:45.0

I live in San Diego. I'm not a big fan of sunscreen. So what could go wrong?

2:51.0

But it was like one of these things I'm busy. I'm working. I'm doing this. I'm doing that. Just having done these basic things. Go there and they go, hey, you got a little something on your nose. We need to take care of it.

2:58.0

By the way, it's been there quite some time. That's good. So sure enough, they readjusted. Now, it's hard to improve on this. But, you know, and so little things. And so I've been doing all of these things. And it's like, I'm like, where was I?

3:14.0

How did I miss those? And it's just so sometimes it's big stuff. Sometimes it's little stuff. Are you guys with me? And they can be both lists and they can be also be goals. So the goal was, hey, I'm great at taking care of my properties.

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