If someone asked you to work for freeā¦ would you?
I found this interview that CNBC did with the famous entrepreneur, Eddie Huang. In it he said something pretty wildā¦ but true.
"If you meet anyone whoās good at what they do, theyāre extremely passionate, theyāre crazy O.C.D. detailed about it, and they would probably do it for free. They would probably do it even if it wasnāt their job."
He even went so far to sayā¦
"The people that are bad at something are the ones that do it because itās their job."
Heās not saying, of course, that you shouldnāt get paidā¦ but that WHY you do something plays a big role in how hard you work at it.
Do you do it because you love it?
Or because itās your job?
This is something Napoleon Hill talked about as well in his principle of āgoing the extra mileā.
He said,
"Form the habit of going the extra mile, giving service that is not expected, for this attracts friends, clients, and supporters in many ways."
He even once suggestedā¦
"Iām going to offer you a suggestion which may bring you such overwhelming success that you may not need to attend further visits with me. My suggestion is this: start tomorrow in whatever occupation you are engaged to render some form of useful service to someone near you which you are not expected to render, and for which you neither expect nor ask for compensation. And render this service with a pleasing mental attitude, which will show clearly that you enjoy doing it."
And if you look at the early days of many successful people, youāll find this patternā¦
Steve Jobs: Before founding Apple, Jobs worked at Atari as a technician, where he was known for his minimalist lifestyle and even slept on the floor in friends' rooms.
Oprah Winfrey: Before becoming a media mogul, Oprah worked at a local radio station during her high school years, where her pay was minimal.
Walt Disney: Disney started his career working as an unpaid intern at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he created ads for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters.
Mark Zuckerberg: While developing Facebook, Zuckerberg wasn't working for a salary. His early work on the platform was driven by passion and interest rather than monetary reward.
Jeff Bezos: In the early days of Amazon, Bezos and his employees worked in a modest garage, packing orders themselves.
They were so excited about what they were doingā¦
ā¦they had such a definiteness of purposeā¦
That they were willing to work for free for years or even decades.
It sounds crazy ā because of course we want to get paid for what weāre doing!
But if you love what youāre doing. If youāre passionate about it.
And if you really want to truly succeed.
Then over-deliver. Maybe even work for free. Become so passionate about it that itās not about the moneyā¦
ā¦and the funny thing isā¦
ā¦moneyā¦ will come to you.
- Russell Brunson
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