The One Concept That Changed My Mindset Forever
How one of my mentors gave me the key to beeing successful in life
It was a cold February day in Montreal. The blizzard was raging outside. We just had 10 inches of snow cover the whole city and we were not done yet. As I wrestled my car in a pile of fluff to make-due as “parking”, I realized that I had arrived.
That day at lunch, I was scheduled to meet the person who would become my mentor for the first time.
I arrived at the restaurant and patiently waited for him. I had jotted down some questions to ask him although, I wanted the conversation to mostly flow. I wanted to learn about him that day and not just fire a salvo of one liners followed by a question mark.
As he arrived in a rush and sat down, I was not prepared for this though. He asked me what I wanted, what I was here for. But instead of jumping onto my questions, I simply told him I wanted to learn about his life, how he became who he was and how he went into real estate.
The first and most impactful lesson came in right away.
“First thing is, you need to drop the fear.”
I was taken aback by that one. First and foremost, I had hoped to get to know that person before even…
