This is about perseverance of one young man, and grew to someone caring about his legacy. We all have one. What’s yours going to be?
How and why does a 36 year UPS employee, who started by unloading UPS trailers, leave after those 36 years and become an author, speaker and CEO of his own company?
Tune in and you will discover the answers and maybe even questions for yourself to answer.
Intro: 1976 started with a job unloading trailers at UPS. Lesson was never turn down an opportunity with them. UPS believed in him so he believed in himself and as time went on he gained confidence in himself.
4:05 - learn from mistakes but we all also need someone to help us.
5:40 - “legacy” is a word of importance in his life … leave things better than you found them... create a legacy. How are people going to remember you at the end of your career? THAT is your legacy.
9:00 - noted how he has seen/heard a distinct change in the tone of people as they age and think more and more about their own legacy. What one word describes you? What is going to be on your tombstone?
13:00 - Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus (children’s book he read to his kids)… sometime we drive the bus; sometimes we’re just in the bus; sometimes we are the pigeon.
16:00 - no substitute for hard work, but enthusiasm is needed for hard work to succeed.
19:00 - need to feel like you fit, like you belong when at a job. If you don’t have that feeling it’s not going to work.
Pitch: Book- “Tighten the Lugnuts” - fix what you can effectively. Book written in the 3rd person. $1 from every sale of the book goes to the Jimmy V fund on behalf of Coach Wooden, whom he met. As a leader (family, business, whatever) it’s not about you, it about everyone else. Be yourself, be humble.
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