David Ghiyam
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Podcast Appearances
If I look at any company and I look at your org chart and I sit and I interview your executives, your vice presidents, your managers. I will learn everything about you even if I never met you. Each person will be a fraction of who you are. The part of you that is anxious will be one C-level. The part of you that is excited and thinks unlimited, there'll be another department executive.
If I look at any company and I look at your org chart and I sit and I interview your executives, your vice presidents, your managers. I will learn everything about you even if I never met you. Each person will be a fraction of who you are. The part of you that is anxious will be one C-level. The part of you that is excited and thinks unlimited, there'll be another department executive.
You can see the amalgamation of a person's consciousness spread out amongst their executives, their directors, their managers, so on and so forth. So how powerful this is that as founders, we need to spiritually work on ourselves, expand our consciousness, remove our limited beliefs, work on our fears, go in a deep soul level, clean it all out. And it's amazing.
You can see the amalgamation of a person's consciousness spread out amongst their executives, their directors, their managers, so on and so forth. So how powerful this is that as founders, we need to spiritually work on ourselves, expand our consciousness, remove our limited beliefs, work on our fears, go in a deep soul level, clean it all out. And it's amazing.
Either the employees will elevate to that or the employees will leave. Like they'll just quit.
Either the employees will elevate to that or the employees will leave. Like they'll just quit.
What a pleasure. I say this mantra all the time. I pause. What do I pause? I pause the part of me. that wants to fix the problem and look for some form of instant gratification to numb my pain or I need certainty about something, right? So your question was, what do I say to myself or what is my mantra or my affirmation when something goes wrong?
What a pleasure. I say this mantra all the time. I pause. What do I pause? I pause the part of me. that wants to fix the problem and look for some form of instant gratification to numb my pain or I need certainty about something, right? So your question was, what do I say to myself or what is my mantra or my affirmation when something goes wrong?
That's different than when everything's going right. So when something goes wrong, I feel pain on a soul level, on a body level. Where do you feel it? Throat, chest, stomach? I usually feel it in my stomach. Head? I feel it in my stomach. I feel it in my neck, in my shoulders. And the famous example, I've shared this before, is when my CFO called me one day.
That's different than when everything's going right. So when something goes wrong, I feel pain on a soul level, on a body level. Where do you feel it? Throat, chest, stomach? I usually feel it in my stomach. Head? I feel it in my stomach. I feel it in my neck, in my shoulders. And the famous example, I've shared this before, is when my CFO called me one day.
And I remember where I was because when there's some traumatic thing that happens, you always remember where you are. I was in my basement of my home. He calls in the morning and said, we have a problem. I said, what's the problem? And he said, we have been a victim of wire fraud. I said, okay, what does that mean? He said, well, we just lost one point. I said, what happened?
And I remember where I was because when there's some traumatic thing that happens, you always remember where you are. I was in my basement of my home. He calls in the morning and said, we have a problem. I said, what's the problem? And he said, we have been a victim of wire fraud. I said, okay, what does that mean? He said, well, we just lost one point. I said, what happened?
He's like, well, somebody hacked our system, spoofed an email, pretended to be one of our manufacturers, requested an invoice to be paid, and changed the bank account. I said, well, we have protocols. You always call to confirm when a bank change has been made. He said, I know. I did not do that. I said, okay. Now, every emotion you can imagine. 1.1 million taken from you. Stolen.
He's like, well, somebody hacked our system, spoofed an email, pretended to be one of our manufacturers, requested an invoice to be paid, and changed the bank account. I said, well, we have protocols. You always call to confirm when a bank change has been made. He said, I know. I did not do that. I said, okay. Now, every emotion you can imagine. 1.1 million taken from you. Stolen.
Disappeared into the ether. Oh, my God. What were the feelings I felt? Anger. Frustration. Rage. Fear. Like, are we going to make our months? Like, how is this going to affect our valuation? Like, there was a thousand things running through my mind. If I didn't know Kabbalah and I didn't know spirituality, at that moment, what would I have done? I would have screamed at him.
Disappeared into the ether. Oh, my God. What were the feelings I felt? Anger. Frustration. Rage. Fear. Like, are we going to make our months? Like, how is this going to affect our valuation? Like, there was a thousand things running through my mind. If I didn't know Kabbalah and I didn't know spirituality, at that moment, what would I have done? I would have screamed at him.
I would say, call the FBI. Call our lawyers. We need to fix this problem immediately. Like, I would go off. I would go off on my kids. I would go off on Mary Ruth. I would go off, and the whole day I would be in a bad mood. Now, I felt all those emotions, and I was in a horrible mood at that moment. And then I remembered, this test has come from the Creator. And I know something.
I would say, call the FBI. Call our lawyers. We need to fix this problem immediately. Like, I would go off. I would go off on my kids. I would go off on Mary Ruth. I would go off, and the whole day I would be in a bad mood. Now, I felt all those emotions, and I was in a horrible mood at that moment. And then I remembered, this test has come from the Creator. And I know something.
One thing Kabbalah has taught me. Every time you desire to go to your next level, and the month before, the business was doing well, but it wasn't doing as well as I wanted. And I started to walk in the streets of Los Angeles and pray to the creator and to the universe and say, show me how to expand my vessel. See, prayer is not, God, you need to change. You need to...
One thing Kabbalah has taught me. Every time you desire to go to your next level, and the month before, the business was doing well, but it wasn't doing as well as I wanted. And I started to walk in the streets of Los Angeles and pray to the creator and to the universe and say, show me how to expand my vessel. See, prayer is not, God, you need to change. You need to...