This past week I got a chance to interview my fist mentor, role model and good friend… and a very successful businessman Robert Adams.
Wow, was I inspired once again by this humble self-made man – 131 jobs held in his life (he is only 5 years older than me!), worked in construction at 12 (lied about his age to get the job), operated a crane at a port, cut grass at a golf course… to building a company with 5 offices and 150 employees, selling it and now cashing 11 paychecks from the companies he currently owns or owns a part of!
Some questions I asked:
- Where is the balance between making money and passion? (27:45)
- If someone wants to get out of the 9-5 race and double their income, how should their philosophy change and what steps should they take? (55:40)
- What is your definition of success? (57:45)
- What advice would you give your 20-year old self? (58:22)
- If you could go back would you change anything? (1:08:00)
In this interview you will learn:
- Some of the earlier jobs that Rob has had out of 131 jobs in total he has had (11:50)
- What made him push off the bottom after he was brought down to his knees (17:00)
- How to develop your confidence (22:25)
- What money does for a person (30:07)
Major lessons from Rob:
“I don’t accept down. I only go up!”
“I got taken to my knees but they didn’t take my legs out.”
“My motto in life: outwork and out-prepare everybody else.”
“Sometimes you have to declutter your life not only from accumulated stuff but also from over-bearing people who are weighing on you.”
“There two kinds of unsuccessful people: the people who never try, and those who try and give up too soon.”
“You learn a lot more from failing and getting up than from standing on top and looking down!”
This interview is in my “Practical Tools for Life Mastery” members-only Facebook group. To become a member, go here.