Episode 498： Did You Hear What They Said About You？
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Summary
There are three types of people in life, there are the lead dogs, the responders, and the late bloomers. The lead dog is the one that takes the lead and takes the risk. The responders are the ones that sit there and say, "well, you know what, I m just going to go back to work, back to normal career, business, job, whatever it is." The late bloomer is the person who sits there and says, "I m going to be the lead dog of my family, of my business, and of my industry."
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You have a reputation, you, you have a reputation, could be good, could be bad, but you have a reputation.
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Your spouse, your kids, everybody thinks of you in a certain way.
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Now, obviously at this point, maybe many of you have read the quote by John Wooden who says,
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you know, don't be too concerned about your reputation, only be concerned about your character
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because character is who you really are, reputation is what others think of you.
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It's a nice statement to say, and I've seen a lot of people hide behind it because they'll say,
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I don't care what people think about my reputation, it's my character.
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I don't care what other people say about me, it's my character.
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The reality is, your reputation is like your credit score and everyone's got one.
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If you don't pay your bills on time, you got a bad credit.
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If you keep saying you're going to do something and you don't, you got a bad reputation.
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If you keep saying things you're going to do and you do, you got a good reputation.
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If you keep buying cars and homes and you pay them off, you got a good credit score.
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41 million people have applied for unemployment.
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Unemployment is around 30% amongst people that work.
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One out of four people are applying for unemployment right now.
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One out of four people today, minimum, don't have a job.
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So why is this a good opportunity for your reputation?
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Everybody's calling it a new normal this, a new normal that, but slowly we're going back
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While we're going back to normal, if there's ever been a time to change your reputation
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and regain respect in the marketplace with a new reputation, it's today.
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There are three different types of people in life.
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In any business, in any endeavor, there's three different types.
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There are the lead dogs, then there's the responders, then there are the late bloomers.
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The lead dog is a person that sits there and says, you know what, everybody else is doing
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this, everybody's trying to go back to work life, back to normal career, business, job,
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I'm going to be the lead dog and I'm going to recreate myself and I'm going to go out there
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and do my business in ways no other's ever done it before.
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I'm going to go and be confident and have a lot of courage while everybody else still
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kind of playing like, oh my gosh, let me see what everybody else does before I move my
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I'm taking the lead because I'm the lead dog of my family, of my business, of my company,
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Then when the lead dog takes the lead, guess who else comes next?
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Did you see the other guys wearing masks at his restaurants?
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The lead dog is the one that gets the attention because you could be wrong as a lead dog.
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The lead dog could make a decision that maybe won't work in your favor, but you are the
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The glory and the hate comes at the price of being the lead dog.
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And the lead dog is the one that everybody talks about.
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Then comes the safe people, which is the responders, who respond to a lead dog.
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Then it's the late bloomers who kind of sit there and say, well, you know, my unemployment
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I'm just going to go till the very end and then I'll start applying for a job.
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Why would I go to work if the government's giving me free money?
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I'll go back to work September 1st when they stop paying me my unemployment.
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If you're in that community, you're the late bloomer.
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Things are not going to change in your life, unfortunately.
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You're always going to be the person that comes late and life's typically going to be
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tough for you and ain't nothing going to change unless if you change today.
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Okay, my challenge to all of you watching this is if you're a late bloomer, become a responder.
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If you're somebody that typically is a responder, challenge yourself to be a lead dog.
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And if you're a lead dog, try to get yourself to be a lead dog of the next level.
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Meaning, if you've always been a lead dog of a league at YMCA, try to see if now you
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can be the lead dog of the next league of better players.
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If you've always been a lead dog of your office, try to be the lead dog of your region now.
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If you've always been a lead dog of your region, try to be the lead dog of the nation.
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If you've always been a lead dog of a national whatever company you're a part of, try to
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Upgrade the level of lead dog you've always done in your career and you'll see things
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Because at the end of the day, during times like this, those who choose to lead are going
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to have a very, very special next 12, 24, 36, 5, 10 years waiting for them.
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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.