What Happened in My Flight To New Orleans
The Proven Entrepreneur
Don Williams
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🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Many of us get stuck in our comfort zone, and who wouldn't? But growth only happens when we are uncomfortable, and progress means being comfortable with uncomfortability. Don Williams flies solo in this episode as he tells a story of a recent flight to New Orleans and an unforgettable encounter he experienced. What new insight did Don glean from this? Tune in and find out!
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| 0:00.0 | Are you an entrepreneur that's short on time, money, or just looking for that success blueprint? |
| 0:09.0 | The proven entrepreneur is the podcast for you. |
| 0:12.5 | Host Don Williams and his guests are sharing and inspiring entrepreneurs around the world |
| 0:18.2 | with real success stories. |
| 0:20.0 | Here's your host Don Williams. |
| 0:24.1 | Here is, um, gosh this is a great story. |
| 0:29.4 | So the other day I'm flying to New Orleans and I'm on American Airlines which has who |
| 0:37.7 | I normally fly because it's so close and it, uh, I'm sitting down, I'm sitting up front, |
| 0:49.0 | I don't always fly up front but I'm sitting up front this time and, um, and an older well |
| 0:55.3 | dressed gentleman. |
| 0:56.3 | I'm 60. |
| 0:57.3 | I say older, you know, he's older than me and, yeah, and this older gentleman very well |
| 1:05.9 | dressed, nice sport coat, very traditional, you know, like he's a lawyer or a banker or |
| 1:12.5 | something like that, nice sport coat, nice shoes, the whole thing and, and I'm sitting |
| 1:17.9 | on the aisle and so as he walks up he's talking and I think he's doing a, you know, he's |
| 1:23.8 | having a phone call with his earbuds and he asked me if he can come in and I'm like sure |
| 1:30.2 | and I get up and he, and he comes in and he's talking and he sits down and I don't think |
| 1:35.5 | he thinks about it, he's continuing to talk away and I just think he's on a phone call |
| 1:39.7 | but he reaches in between the seats and he pulls out the life preserver. |
| 1:46.9 | So like, you know, when you fly and they say now if we end up in the ocean, you know, |
| 1:50.7 | you reach in here and you get the life preserver and you put it on and you strap it and all |
| 1:54.2 | that. |
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