Douglas Vermeeren’s search for success strategies took him into the offices of the founders and CEOS of such companies as Nike, Reebok, Fruit of the Loom, FedEx, American Airlines, UGG boots, Uber, KFC, McDonalds, Disney, United Airlines and Microsoft. As a result, ABC Television and FOX Business are referring to him as the modern-day Napoleon Hill. He is also the producer and director of three out of the top ten personal development movies ever filmed, the author of three books in the Guerrilla Marketing series and a regular featured expert on FOX, CNN, ABC, NBC, CTV and CBC and others. Currently, his program Personal Power Mastery is rated as number three in the world for the most powerful personal development seminars. And now his new book Personal Power Mastery will take its place on the list of international bestsellers.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Sir Richard Branson
- Sir Alan Sugar
- Felix Dennis
- Alfie Best
- Brian Tracy
- Brian Smith founder of Ugh
When business started difficulties overcame:
“learn from people who are already doing it not from people who are just talking about it… Those who are really doing it and help you get there a lot quicker than anyone else, they are really worth the time and the effort to learn from because they will really help you get there in a hurry… As you are building your ventures ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Book by Stephen R. Covey
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Book by Malcolm Gladwell
Favourite Quote:
- “you can be rich or you can be right you can’t be both”
- “you can be rich or you could be right and if you choose to be right you get to keep everything you’ve already got. But if you want to be rich in every facet of your life you have to be teachable”
- “if you choose to hang on to what you have already got you are going to get what you’ve always got. And your last two years will actually be a reflection of your next two years, there will be no progress”
- “stupidity is the guy who is trying to get into the room next door but he’ll bang his head on the wall in the same spot again and again and again and again and again again and again and again and he’s not going anywhere. But tenacity somebody who will bang his head on the wall once, realise it’s not working and then he will try and find a new location and try, and then another new location. He is consistently trying new things, and he will even get help and support and mentor and he won’t let his ego keep him from making progress”
- “we need to take our time and be content being a tadpole, don’t try and rush to be the frog” Brian Smith
Recommended Online Resources:
Stephen Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People continues to be a best seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology and focuses on timeless principles of fairness, integrity, honest, and human dignity
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“the biggest one was probably all internal in terms of mindset and scarcity thinking, lack of belief and lack confidence in myself. But you know the strangest thing, there’s two thoughts, one is a samurai saying that I came across early in my martial arts career that really made a difference. It says when we can defeat the enemy within the enemy without cannot harm us. And so once I started getting my interior thinking a little bit better other things started to come into place for me ”…[Listen for More]
More About Douglas Vermeeren:
- Personal Power Mastery
- Douglas Vermeeren
- Passive Income Millionaire Book
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest
Other Quotes From the Chat with Douglas Vermeeren:
- “how you dream and how you think are going to be an ultimate reflection of the actions that you take”
- “you have got to be it before you can do it before you can have it”
- “need to expand who you are before you can expand what you have”
- “make a conscious decision to spend your time where it is going to be best serving you”
- “you can always tell who really believes what they are talking about by the actions that they take”
- “we need to recognise that you will never get a flower growing quicker by pulling on it”
- “imitate success and innovative it and keep the world moving forward. The future should always be arriving through you in the best that you can bring it”
- “if you don’t make a profit you don’t get the privilege. The idea must be profitable”
- “when there is more money coming in you can be a better creator”
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