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The Skill Every Billionaire Masters 🤯

School of Hard Knocks Shorts•2:00

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Excuse me, sir. Sir, question for you. How did you guys get rich?

>> How did we do what?

>> How did you get rich?

>> Well,

>> Well, Kevin's not actually rich.

>> Listen, I worked hard.

>> What was your main business?

>> Children's educational software.

>> How about yourself?

>> I started a big tech company.

>> I'm going to challenge you both, yeah. What's the number one skill people should be looking to master in today's world?

>> AI. AI.

>> Beyond that though,

>> Sales. You got to know sales.

>> Robert's right.

>> Forever, a great salesperson starts the month at zero. Men and women that consistently hit their sales targets are gold.

>> Good sales people sell a product. Great sales people sell value.

>> How old are you all today? Uh, Robert's 106.

>> [laughter]

>> I'm a vampire and I'm only 71.

>> How old are you?

>> 71. You're not 71. Are you 71? I know. I didn't even know that.

>> Well, he's got three facelifts. No, no. Listen, I don't do facelifts. I do longevity.

>> How old are you, sir? How old are you?

>> 64.

>> Let me ask you this right now. What's the greatest piece of advice that you received throughout your career? Steve Jobs. He was a nasty guy. He said, "There's only three things you have to get done every day. That's called the signal. Everything else that stops you from getting the three things done is the noise. If you understand what I'm telling you, you'll be successful." I said, "Steve, you're such an Why would I believe you?" He said, "Trust me." He was very right.

>> Think about all the billionaires that you both have met, what's that one trait they all have in common?

>> Oh, easy. Great purpose. I've never met somebody with great wealth who doesn't have great purpose.

>> Listen, they don't care about money. Billionaires don't care about money.

>> So true.

>> They're on a mission. If you're a great entrepreneur and you're so passionate about your business, you wake up one day saying, "Oh, I'm rich."

>> What's your name? It's Mr. Wonderful. Kevin O'Leary. And who's he?

>> [laughter]

>> What's your name?

>> Robert Herjavec. My final question. If me and you died tomorrow, if you had one more message to leave with the younger generation, I've got 23 million followers. What would that message be? Only two out of 10 people are going to be entrepreneurs. If you feel it, take the risk. Cuz here's the truth about the economy. 80% of the people in America work for 20% that are the entrepreneurs. Are you one of the 20%? Go and get it.

>> It. Y'all have amazing advice. I got I I got your contact already. How did I get your contact?

>> Absolutely. That was a great interview.

>> And he's great. He's great.