Today’s guest is Ron Malhotra. He's an entrepreneur, wealth adviser, leadership trainer, public speaker and author. He's the founder of The Successful Male. The movement is "designed to inspire men to become respectful, think big, (...) and make a positive difference to the world". Ron has organically built businesses, global movements, programs, teams, collaborative ventures & social media followings with millions of monthly views.
Trust & Influence are the new currencies of business. Today the business world is not about traditional leadership and communication. It is about Influence & Connection.
Facts
⦁ Born in India, he emigrated to Austraila at age 13
⦁ He started his professional career as an investment and wealth adviser
⦁ During his years in the financial and wealth advisory industry, he detected plenty of money-related patterns that prevented people to succeed in business and in life
⦁ These findings and discoveries allowed him to create a multidisciplinary theoretical frame to help people become successful
⦁ His main belief is that wealth is a medium to achieve higher goals. Without wealth, there's no positive influence and impact in the life of others. We are responsible to achieve success, in order to be able to help those in less advantageous conditions
⦁ He's the founder and CEO of "The Successful Male", a "concept, community, movement and a business designed to inspire men to become respectful, think big, live bigger (...) and make a positive difference to the world".
Quotes
"I felt that the men's market was neglected. And I had just come across statistics that were indicative of the fact that men were suffering and struggling. Their rates of anxiety, depression, violence, substance abuse - everything was on the rise."
"Big part of how we get treated has to do with how we see ourselves."
"Humility doesn't mean thinking less of yourself. It means thinking of yourself less."
"If I said to somebody, hey, tell me who you are, they'd give their name, their occupation. Their religion, culture or nationality. I would say, 'hey, tell me, of this, what did you pick?' Did you pick your name? No. Did you pick your religion? No. Culture? No. Nationality? No. Did you even pick your occupation? Or was that a byproduct of cultural conditioning, media conditioning or educational conditioning?"
"We have so-called educated professionals and literate professionals that know how to do their jobs. They know more about making a living but they don't know anything about making a life"
"Can you actually make a difference, if you're stuck in scarcity and survival?"
"Success is not about you. It's a vehicle through which you can make a difference"
"Our education system doesn't teach us anything about it. All it teaches us is that success is out there. You get that position, you get that qualification, you get that job and that's going to fix all your problems"
"Everything in nature is there to share their gifts to other things. (...) The purpose of life is to develop your gifts and then give them away"
"You are planting the seeds of a tree that you will never get to sit under"
"All of human progress is depending on 5% of the human population (...) the question is what the other 95% is doing? When will they get involved?"
"To get to this level of simplicity took a lot of complexity"
"I think there's a pain in the way. There's either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. You just chose your pain"
Ron's links
https://www.ronmalhotra.com/
https://www.thesuccessfulmale.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf6R5UTtYo8rnPkBOFoifpA
https://www.facebook.
