Michael Brooks is a strong believer in harmony, teamwork, loyalty and partnership. He has spent years building successful businesses with remote freelance talent and implementing strategic solutions through digital marketing and electronic payments.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The biggest difficulty was family – the people that are around you that love you the most that’s how you can do it. That was the greatest challenge, is accepting that they might be wrong. The people that I have no doubt love you, the people that care about you, people that want the best for you, tell you know you can’t do that that’s for somebody else”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Sam Walton : Made in America My Story Mass Market by by Sam Walton
Favourite Quote:
“As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.” Julius Caesar
Recommended Online Resources:
- 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.
- Rumble is your rights management video platform Host, distribute and monetize all your professional, social and viral video
- How I Built This
- Blitzscaling
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Get committed. Figure out what you are committed to”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael Brooks:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” Maya Angelou
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael Brooks:
- “there’s always things I would have done differently – different hiring decisions – bitcoin I would have bought…. Every error or every long road we have taken has added to where we are now. And when you have a long vision, when you can make a long-term commitment, you don’t look at those things that were a little bit of a detour and go oh that’s terrible – you look at it and go that’s a good lesson”
- “Not getting distracted by shiny objects I think would be the biggest one – not getting deterred ”
- “I think it’s commitment, it’s one word and I will sum it up, its commitment. Constantly asking yourself what are you committed to and making that into a well-defined vision. The more and more you can get clear on what you are committed to the more and more successful you are going to be”
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