U.S. Memory Champion, Chester Santos – “The International Man of Memory” is the world’s leading memory skills expert. Chester has given presentations on memory skills in over 30 countries around the world. He’s confident that anyone can develop a powerful memory to help them become more successful in business.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I really faced a lot of discouragement from friends and family. Everyone thought that I was pretty crazy to attempt to do this. And I started off things also at a really bad time most likely because I won the US memory championship in 2008. And right after winning I jumped into trying to build a business in training people in memory skills and as we know 2008 was probably not the best time to start a new business and things did not really go very well in the first few years”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale Carnegie
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Book by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz
Favourite Quote:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” Michael Jordan
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“really to just not give. If you do encounter failures try to find a different solution to whatever it is you are trying to solve, whatever problem you are trying to solve, just keep trying new things until you do find something that works and no matter what just don’t give up just really keep pushing through the hard times. And as that quote from Michael Jordan illustrates to us really that is how you will succeed failing over and over again actually is going to help you to eventually succeed.” …[Listen for More]
More About Chester Santos:
Chester Santos – The International Man of Memory
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.” Anthony Robbins
Other Quotes From the Chat with Chester Santos:
- “no matter what career that you go into, no matter what kind of entrepreneur you are, sales and marketing is something you really need to master”
- “keep trying push forward”
- “finding what small things I can do to improve upon the previous year and if I do experience failures certain areas I don’t give up. If for some reason a project that I was working on failed one year I just find a different way and try different things to make it a successful the next year”
- “don’t give up and push through the failures”
- “improving your ability to learn is really, really important nowadays may be more than ever”
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