Michael Graham is a serial entrepreneur turned Ironman triathlete. An ironman is considered to be the worlds toughest one day endurance event. It consists of 3 discipline sport, it starts with a 3.8km ocean swim, followed by a 180km bike ride wrapped up with a full marathon at the end. A triathlon on steroids. On the 24th of June 2018 Michael completed his first ever full Ironman race in the beautiful city of Nice. He now talks about his journey to Ironman with the aim of inspiring other to pursue their dreams!
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Michael’s Grandma
- Grant Cardone
- Gary Vaynerchuk
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was totally broke, I needed some money, and I got an opportunity to learn how to sell” …[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom Book by Tony RobbinsFavourite Quote:
- “we do today what other wont so that tomorrow we can live tomorrow how other can’t”
- “great generals are made at times of war not peace”
Recommended Online Resources:
- YouTube -YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
- Gary Vaynerchuk – Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian American entrepreneur, author, speaker and internet personality. First known as a wine critic who grew his family’s wine business from $3 million to $60 million
- Grant Cardone – bestselling author, world’s 1 sales trainer, renowned speaker, international social media influencer and real estate mogul.
- Simon Sinek – is a British-American author, motivational speaker and organisational consultant. He is the author of five books, including Start With Why
- Jordan Belfort is the real Wolf of Wall Street Speaking across the world, Jordan has been teaching his ethical persuasion technique to thousands
- Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Just do it. You can spend so much time trying to figure things out. Best way to figure things out is by doing it. Yes the needs to be a level of planning, yes the needs to be a level of meticulous due diligence, yes the needs to be all of that. But at the end of the day the way that things get done is by doing it… if you have got something and you thought about it. If you have got some kind of plan, figure it out and go for it, give it a go. The worst that can happen is you are back to where you are, the best that can happen you are on the way to the moon”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael Graham:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Your positive thoughts are both the prayer, and the answer to your prayer.” Bryant McGill
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael Graham:
- “are you in a position where you want to grow as a business owner and can you grow”
- “for the first one year, two years, maybe even three years of a business’s life you are buying time”
- “it took me a long time to own up to having certain weaknesses in my business, having certain weaknesses in myself as a business owner, as a person. Early on if I had been hard and honest with myself by going okay Mike these are your strengths, this is what you are great at, this is what you are not so good at, figure out someone who is better than you at this stuff, the stuff that I’m not good at, I think there would have made a huge difference to the development and the growth of business and my personal growth”
- “if you want great ideas go to local graveyards”
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