Les Brown
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Podcast Appearances
Yes. Oh, absolutely. Oh, my goodness. I'll never forget when I was going to appear on PBS to raise funds for public television. I had my friends to call him and His wife said, when the show came on, he said, Edith, please come look quick. It's the dumb twin. It's the dumb twin. At the end of the program, he called me in Columbus, Ohio. I had just been reelected to the Ohio legislature.
And he said, may I speak to Mr. Brown, please? I said, who's calling? He said, you know who this is. I said, yes, Mr. Washington. How are you? He said, you were the one, weren't you? I said, yes, sir. And what he was talking about, I saw him after giving a speech to graduating seniors. I was a junior.
And he said, may I speak to Mr. Brown, please? I said, who's calling? He said, you know who this is. I said, yes, Mr. Washington. How are you? He said, you were the one, weren't you? I said, yes, sir. And what he was talking about, I saw him after giving a speech to graduating seniors. I was a junior.
And he said, may I speak to Mr. Brown, please? I said, who's calling? He said, you know who this is. I said, yes, Mr. Washington. How are you? He said, you were the one, weren't you? I said, yes, sir. And what he was talking about, I saw him after giving a speech to graduating seniors. I was a junior.
And I told him one day, sir, I heard you say that if one person here heard your voice, they'll get a larger vision of themselves. If one person here heard your voice, they can make their school proud, their community proud, their family proud. I said, I heard your voice. I'm the one, sir. You said if one person. heard you, they will manifest their greatness. And he said, but you were so crazy.
And I told him one day, sir, I heard you say that if one person here heard your voice, they'll get a larger vision of themselves. If one person here heard your voice, they can make their school proud, their community proud, their family proud. I said, I heard your voice. I'm the one, sir. You said if one person. heard you, they will manifest their greatness. And he said, but you were so crazy.
And I told him one day, sir, I heard you say that if one person here heard your voice, they'll get a larger vision of themselves. If one person here heard your voice, they can make their school proud, their community proud, their family proud. I said, I heard your voice. I'm the one, sir. You said if one person. heard you, they will manifest their greatness. And he said, but you were so crazy.
I said, I know. but I'm rich now.
I said, I know. but I'm rich now.
I said, I know. but I'm rich now.
I'm glad you asked that question because we're in a place now that people need to know the answer to that question. I believe in order to live your fullest potential, to manifest your greatness, one, you have to transform your mindset. Earl Nightingale said, as you know, you don't get in life what you want, you get in life what you are. Number two, you have to upgrade your skill set.
I'm glad you asked that question because we're in a place now that people need to know the answer to that question. I believe in order to live your fullest potential, to manifest your greatness, one, you have to transform your mindset. Earl Nightingale said, as you know, you don't get in life what you want, you get in life what you are. Number two, you have to upgrade your skill set.
I'm glad you asked that question because we're in a place now that people need to know the answer to that question. I believe in order to live your fullest potential, to manifest your greatness, one, you have to transform your mindset. Earl Nightingale said, as you know, you don't get in life what you want, you get in life what you are. Number two, you have to upgrade your skill set.
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He taught me, transform your mindset, upgrade your skill set, become an effective communicator, and something else is very important. Practice the principle of OQP, only quality people. You earn within $2,000 to $3,000 of your closest friends. If you're the smartest one in your group, you need to get a new group.
He taught me, transform your mindset, upgrade your skill set, become an effective communicator, and something else is very important. Practice the principle of OQP, only quality people. You earn within $2,000 to $3,000 of your closest friends. If you're the smartest one in your group, you need to get a new group.
He taught me, transform your mindset, upgrade your skill set, become an effective communicator, and something else is very important. Practice the principle of OQP, only quality people. You earn within $2,000 to $3,000 of your closest friends. If you're the smartest one in your group, you need to get a new group.
Absolutely. They will pull out parts of yourself that you can't do it by yourself, that people rub off on you. Sidney Poitier wrote a book called The Measure of a Man. He said, when you go for a walk with someone, something happens. Either you adjust to their pace or they adjust to your pace. Whose pace have you adjusted to? And when I read that,