I recently had the honor and pleasure of meeting Mr. Bill Bartmann at the Peak Potential's Never Work Again Seminar in Palm Springs, CA. And I must say he is the nicest, most down to earth billionaire I've ever met (okay, so he's the ONLY billionaire I've ever met). How many people can say that they shook hands with a real life billionaire? Mr. Bartmann not only built a billion dollar company from only $13,000 investment and was named as One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs in 100 Years (by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Allbusiness.com and Apple Computer) but he has a permanent place in history in the Smithsonian Institute Museum of American History! Pretty cool, huh?
Of course, you can't walk away from meeting a billionaire without taking away some life lessons. I certainly didn't and I took copious notes and I'm going to share them with you! Here are a few pieces of advice from a very wise man.
The secret to success is to increase your self-esteem. Simple as that! If you increase yourself esteem, you'll have a better chance of taking some risk and putting yourself out there to succeed. Also, Mr. Bartmann has four additional lessons about business. They are:
1) The only opinion of you that matters is yours
2) In order to be truly successful you have to learn how to forgive. You can't go forward by looking backward.
3) Everything in life is a choice. So "choose wisely"
4) Invest in yourself.
It was truly a great experience to be able to meet and learn from someone like Mr. Bartmann who has gone through it all and has come out on top. He's not only successful in business but he's also successful in life. He is one of those people you can definitely learn from. Some moments in life you'll remember forever. These are one of those moments.
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