Episode 006: The Emigrant Edge - The Common Traits of Successful Immigrants
04/19/16 • 43 min
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“We’re all emigrants, and if you embrace that emigrant edge, you can have a ‘rags to riches’ story in whatever area of your life you wish to focus on.” — Brian Buffini
According to Forbes Magazine, forty percent of the largest companies in the U.S. were founded by immigrants or their children, including Google, Technichron and even our own Buffini & Company. Brian Buffini has studied the “rags to riches” stories of other emigrants and found there are seven traits among people who have arrived in America with nothing and went on to achieve success. In this episode, Brian outlines each of the seven traits that all successful emigrants share and offers examples of business leaders who embody the characteristic. You’ll learn about the natural advantages and disadvantages of being an emigrant, why they view opportunity differently than others, and how to incorporate the seven traits into your life and business. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to again and again.
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“For 150 years, Ireland’s greatest export has been its people.” — Brian Buffini
“If you want to change your life, you have to move from one place to another. In order to grow at all, you have to make a decision as if you’re leaving one place to go to another.” — Brian Buffini
“As soon as you start to pursue a dream, everything wakes up and everything has meaning.” — Barbara Sher in I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
“There’s a divine beauty in learning. Others have been here before me and I walk in their footsteps.” — Elie Wiesel
“When you’re an emigrant, everything is an opportunity, and you see opportunity everywhere.” — Brian Buffini
“Eat the meat and then go after the marrow and the bones.” — Brian Buffini.
“A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with—a man is what he makes of himself.” — Alexander Graham Bell
“All growth depends on activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”— Calvin Coolidge
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Cicero
“When you start the day with the spirit of gratitude, everything else in your day works.” — Brian Buffini
“We pinch ourselves every day that this is what we get to do for a living.” — Jay Wright, Head Coach at Villanova
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all.” — Sir Richard Branson
“The ability to discipline yourself and delay gratification in the short term, in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” — Brian Tracy
“If you do what is easy, your life will be hard; but if you do what is hard, your life will be easy.” — Les Brown
“Keep perspective of how far they’ve come. In order to appreciate a mountaintop you have to remember what the valley looks like.” — Brian Buffini
“Somebody in your life came before you and fought so you could live your life. Someone in your lineage, that you don’t even know, somebody in your life paid a price to give you a better opportunity—what would they do with your opportunity?” — Brian Buffini
“At the end of the day we’re all emigrants, and if you embrace that emigrant edge, you can have a “rags to riches” story in whatever area of your life you wish to focus on.” — Brian Buffini
Emigrant stories, people and other things mentioned in the episode:
- Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA team
- Madeleine Albright, 64thS. Secretary of State
- Sergey Brin, founder of Google
- Peter Petrasek, who along with his wife left all their money to the U.S. Department of Treasury
- Jay Wright, head coach for Villanova University’s men’s basketball team
- The painting “An Emigrant Ship, Dublin Bay at Sunset” by the artist Edwin Hayes
- Lou Holtz
- Tommy Hopkins
- Zig Ziglar
- Lou Tice
- Stephen Covey
- Og Mandino
- Jim Rohn
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Calvin Coolidge
- Cicero
- Sir Richard Branson
- Brian Tracy
- Les Brown
Connect with Brian Buffini
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianbuffini
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianbuffini
Buffini Show Insiders:
“We’re all emigrants, and if you embrace that emigrant edge, you can have a ‘rags to riches’ story in whatever area of your life you wish to focus on.” — Brian Buffini
According to Forbes Magazine, forty percent of the largest companies in the U.S. were founded by immigrants or their children, including Google, Technichron and even our own Buffini & Company. Brian Buffini has studied the “rags to riches” stories of other emigrants and found there are seven traits among people who have arrived in America with nothing and went on to achieve success. In this episode, Brian outlines each of the seven traits that all successful emigrants share and offers examples of business leaders who embody the characteristic. You’ll learn about the natural advantages and disadvantages of being an emigrant, why they view opportunity differently than others, and how to incorporate the seven traits into your life and business. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to again and again.
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“For 150 years, Ireland’s greatest export has been its people.” — Brian Buffini
“If you want to change your life, you have to move from one place to another. In order to grow at all, you have to make a decision as if you’re leaving one place to go to another.” — Brian Buffini
“As soon as you start to pursue a dream, everything wakes up and everything has meaning.” — Barbara Sher in I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
“There’s a divine beauty in learning. Others have been here before me and I walk in their footsteps.” — Elie Wiesel
“When you’re an emigrant, everything is an opportunity, and you see opportunity everywhere.” — Brian Buffini
“Eat the meat and then go after the marrow and the bones.” — Brian Buffini.
“A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with—a man is what he makes of himself.” — Alexander Graham Bell
“All growth depends on activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”— Calvin Coolidge
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Cicero
“When you start the day with the spirit of gratitude, everything else in your day works.” — Brian Buffini
“We pinch ourselves every day that this is what we get to do for a living.” — Jay Wright, Head Coach at Villanova
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all.” — Sir Richard Branson
“The ability to discipline yourself and delay gratification in the short term, in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” — Brian Tracy
“If you do what is easy, your life will be hard; but if you do what is hard, your life will be easy.” — Les Brown
“Keep perspective of how far they’ve come. In order to appreciate a mountaintop you have to remember what the valley looks like.” — Brian Buffini
“Somebody in your life came before you and fought so you could live your life. Someone in your lineage, that you don’t even know, somebody in your life paid a price to give you a better opportunity—what would they do with your opportunity?” — Brian Buffini
“At the end of the day we’re all emigrants, and if you embrace that emigrant edge, you can have a “rags to riches” story in whatever area of your life you wish to focus on.” — Brian Buffini
Emigrant stories, people and other things mentioned in the episode:
- Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA team
- Madeleine Albright, 64thS. Secretary of State
- Sergey Brin, founder of Google
- Peter Petrasek, who along with his wife left all their money to the U.S. Department of Treasury
- Jay Wright, head coach for Villanova University’s men’s basketball team
- The painting “An Emigrant Ship, Dublin Bay at Sunset” by the artist Edwin Hayes
- Lou Holtz
- Tommy Hopkins
- Zig Ziglar
- Lou Tice
- Stephen Covey
- Og Mandino
- Jim Rohn
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Calvin Coolidge
- Cicero
- Sir Richard Branson
- Brian Tracy
- Les Brown
Connect with Brian Buffini
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianbuffini
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianbuffini
Buffini Show Insiders:
Previous Episode
Episode 005: Brian and Coach Lou Holtz at Augusta
“What would your life look like if you took away some of the excuses?” — Brian Buffini
Even the best coaches need little a bit of coaching themselves from time to time. In this case, Brian received priceless advice from top college football coach, Lou Holtz while playing golf at the world-renowned Augusta National Golf Club. While the trip was intended to lift Brian’s spirits after he lost his home and belongings, including his golf clubs, in the wildfires that tore through San Diego in 2007, things didn’t go according to plan. You’ll hear how tough words can bring out your best, the importance of perspective and why excuses never make up for a lack of practice. Most importantly, it’ll encourage you to ask yourself: What would your life look like if you took away some of the excuses?
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“Can I trust you? Are you good at what you do? Do you care about me? I took those three principles and applied them in my business life and it really solidified my success in business.” — Brian Buffini
“A coach can pull more out of you than you can pull out of yourself.” — Brian Buffini
“A rich man is not the man who has the most but the one who needs the least.” — Lou Holtz
“We lost so much valuable memorabilia that can’t be replaced, but we didn’t lose anything we cannot take to heaven.” — Lou Holtz
“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“When we don’t recognize our gifts we don’t understand our own value.” — Brian Buffini
Connect with Brian Buffini
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianbuffini
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianbuffini
Buffini Show Insiders: http://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/insiders
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Episode 007: An Interview with Sally Hogshead
“...to reach our fullest potential, we need to stop trying to change who we are and instead become more of who we are.” — Sally Hogshead
We live in an age of the short attention span. If you want to stand out in the market, it’s essential to differentiate yourself and show how you add value to your clients and solve their problems. At the center of this is the question: How does the world see you and the strengths you offer? In this episode, Brian Buffini interviews Sally Hogshead, branding expert and pioneer of the groundbreaking Fascination Advantage® system. A master communicator, Sally has conducted extensive research into the most common personality traits and has discovered how people and well-known brands can use their strengths to provide value and set themselves apart from their competition. You’ll learn why people have trouble identifying the value they offer the world, the two ways to tell if you’re motivated and how to develop the language necessary to separate yourself from your competitors. Here is your private code to find out how the world sees you:
- Go to HowToFascinate.com/YOU
- For the access code, enter BUFFINI
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“In order for anyone to reach the absolute fullest potential, we need to stop trying to change who we are and instead we have to become more of who we are. The problem is that so many people professionally and personally water down their most distinctive traits.” — Sally Hogshead
“When a brand waters down its most distinctive traits it becomes a commodity.” — Sally Hogshead
“Every time we communicate, we’re doing one of two things—we’re either adding value or we’re taking up space.” — Sally Hogshead
“When you add value, people want to work with you, they seek you out because you do something that’s distinct.” — Sally Hogshead
“We want to make sure that we’re constantly adding value.” — Sally Hogshead
“It’s impossible for us to see how the world sees us objectively. We don’t see us as the world sees us; we see us as we see us.” — Sally Hogshead
“I help people see how they’re most primed to add value. Show them what makes them different.” — Sally Hogshead
“Different is better than better.” — Sally Hogshead
“If they can’t describe how you are at your best, they can’t refer you.” — Sally Hogshead
“Our value is so natural to us that we don’t see it.” — Brian Buffini.
“The more specific you can be, the more you can develop language.” — Sally Hogshead
“What is the client’s problem for which you are the perfect solution? If you can identify why you are the perfect solution, you can quickly and succinctly identify why you are of the highest value.” — Sally Hogshead
“I’m not a routine oriented person so I’ve surrounded myself with teams and systems to help. It reduces stress and allows me to do what I do best, which is to make connections.” — Sally Hogshead
“What do you need so that you can contribute at your highest value? Protect it like any other asset. If you’re not able to be seen at your best, you can damage your brand.” — Sally Hogshead
“Fascinate your customers so they don’t go to someone else in the market.” — Sally Hogshead
“No compassion without pain.” — Brian Buffini
Connect with Sally Hogshead and learn How to Fascinate:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowToFascinate/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtofascinate
Buy the book: Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resisthttp://www.brandfascination.com/book
Connect with Brian Buffini
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianbuffini
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianbuffini
Buffini Show Insiders: http://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/insiders
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