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He pulls up to Starbucks in a fairly new Porsche 911 late this afternoon, convertible isn't really my thing but hey, I don't pay his bills.
As a huge car enthusiast I have to gawk at it a bit out of instinct. A man gets out, he's on the phone, headphones in ears. Gary Vee style.
As normal with any similar instance, I look at his car, then show a appreciative smile at him/her. Thoughts in my head always wondering how they got where they are and what they could teach me.
Unfortunately, I'm always a bit introverted and shy and talking to a stranger would be terrifying. Unimaginably worse if they happen to be driving one of my dream cars.
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I'm never hanging out with friends this long but I hang around with them long after finishing my frappucino, interested by this guy who was now pacing the parking lot still on his phone.
He had taken multiple calls and sounded a bit frustrated at times, big buzz business words kept catching my ear. He definitely knew a thing or two about this whole "making money" thing.
After a few hours, he heads out. I'm sitting outside with my friends by the parking space occupied by the Porsche. He looks at us and jokes about the weather.
Just as heart-racing as I am approaching a girl at the bar, I approached him, asking for a minute of his time to talk about my new software business. He obliged.
In short. He gave me some advice so useful that I still cannot wrap my head around. Just like that! In under 60 seconds! It was like magic. Of course, I instantly connected with him on LinkedIn before writing this post. My game was changed in just 60 terrifying seconds. I'm shaking with excitement at the insight this simple interaction provided.
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TL;DR - If that guy or gal rolls up in the fancy luxury/supercar and he strolls by not particularly in a hurry, talk to him/her. I don't feel exclamation points even get this point across. Take my lack thereof as a sign of how serious I am. I prefaced our conversation with 15 seconds of my entrepreneurial failures in the past, then went straight on to ask for some advice. What a miraculous thing, the amount of insight that I didn't have just 60 seconds prior. Talk to them. I don't care how nervous you are. Do it, just 60 seconds. You literally have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Just talk to them.
It strikes me now as the moment @MJ DeMarco saw that Lamborghini Countach. Maybe that story inspired my actions today. Let me know... did you talk to the guy in the Porsche? What happened when you did it?
As a huge car enthusiast I have to gawk at it a bit out of instinct. A man gets out, he's on the phone, headphones in ears. Gary Vee style.
As normal with any similar instance, I look at his car, then show a appreciative smile at him/her. Thoughts in my head always wondering how they got where they are and what they could teach me.
Unfortunately, I'm always a bit introverted and shy and talking to a stranger would be terrifying. Unimaginably worse if they happen to be driving one of my dream cars.
.....
I'm never hanging out with friends this long but I hang around with them long after finishing my frappucino, interested by this guy who was now pacing the parking lot still on his phone.
He had taken multiple calls and sounded a bit frustrated at times, big buzz business words kept catching my ear. He definitely knew a thing or two about this whole "making money" thing.
After a few hours, he heads out. I'm sitting outside with my friends by the parking space occupied by the Porsche. He looks at us and jokes about the weather.
Just as heart-racing as I am approaching a girl at the bar, I approached him, asking for a minute of his time to talk about my new software business. He obliged.
In short. He gave me some advice so useful that I still cannot wrap my head around. Just like that! In under 60 seconds! It was like magic. Of course, I instantly connected with him on LinkedIn before writing this post. My game was changed in just 60 terrifying seconds. I'm shaking with excitement at the insight this simple interaction provided.
.....
TL;DR - If that guy or gal rolls up in the fancy luxury/supercar and he strolls by not particularly in a hurry, talk to him/her. I don't feel exclamation points even get this point across. Take my lack thereof as a sign of how serious I am. I prefaced our conversation with 15 seconds of my entrepreneurial failures in the past, then went straight on to ask for some advice. What a miraculous thing, the amount of insight that I didn't have just 60 seconds prior. Talk to them. I don't care how nervous you are. Do it, just 60 seconds. You literally have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Just talk to them.
It strikes me now as the moment @MJ DeMarco saw that Lamborghini Countach. Maybe that story inspired my actions today. Let me know... did you talk to the guy in the Porsche? What happened when you did it?
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