Episode 331： The Unfair Advantage Of Going Through Hell
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Summary
On this episode of ITM, Patrick talks about the unfair advantage you have of going through Hell and how it can set you up for success in life and in business. He also talks about a man who has been blind since he was 9 years old and has gone on to become the number 1 card mechanic in the world.
Transcript
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30 seconds, one time for the underdog, ignition sequence start, let me see you put em up, reach
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the sky, touch the stars up above, cause it's one time for the underdog, one time for the
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I am Patrick Bedevi, your host of ITM, and today I want to talk to you about the unfair
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You know, I was in the army, I get out of the army, people ask me, what's the biggest
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difference when you were in the army and you got out?
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You have a different lens, I can't describe it, like listen, a blind person cannot see
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what somebody with, you know, vision can see, right?
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At the same time, Richard Turner, whom I interviewed, who's the number one card mechanic in the world,
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who's been blind since he was nine years old, because one day he's in school, he's reading
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a book, he can't see anything here, the only thing he can see is here.
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And this guy, all of a sudden, is fully blind, he becomes the number one card mechanic in
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I feel that left hand you just moved right now.
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The only reason he has that, that's 20 years experience of being blind.
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You just kind of look around and everything's slow.
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Everything becomes slower when you have experienced a lot of tragedy.
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And that chip allows you to say, I don't know why we're afraid of this.
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It brings a certain level of poise, confidence to the crew that you're running with.
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You can only gain that from being in hell and back.
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And so if you haven't had that, you've got to almost put yourself in certain situations
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If you don't put yourself in those situations, no conference in the world is ever going to
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And if you have any questions for me that you may have, you can always find me on Snapchat,
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And I actually do respond back when you snap me or send me a message on Instagram.