GLS 2017: Session 2 – Marcus Lemonis

  • What does it feel like to be invisible? I lived my life feeling invisible.
  • Things can be done the right way.
  • Most people expect me to come to these events and talk about how to make more money. I don’t care about money.
  • The real message I have is about how to understand yourself better. How to understand how to function.
  • I had an eating disorder. I was molested by a family member. I attempted suicide. I didn’t have a lot of friends.
  • I needed to do something different. I needed to reinvent myself.
  • I went to Marquette University to get away from everything. Here’s what I learned: all your problems will follow you.
  • In life, particularly in faith, you have a moment where you really begin to understand yourself.
  • What I ultimately wanted to do in life was to put people together to solve problems. I learned that I didn’t have to do it in such a dirty way.
  • I believe business is about vulnerability. I believe business and life is about creating connections.
  • I believe your success with your ability to be vulnerable.  The most important thing in life for me is to be vulnerable, to be transparent.
  • I believe when you can unlock someone’s heart and earn their trust you can navigate through anything together.
  • Called individual to stage and asked him to share a story that no one else knows.
  • I believe that vulnerability is very difficult to unleash.
  • If you were an owner of a business, a manager of a business that you wish wasn’t working for you, please stand. Shame on you. We are suppose to be stewards of others.
  • Asked three mothers to come to stage. Role played about a kid who didn’t like another kid.
  • As a leader/manager/owner, it is your duty to make sure everyone is successful. What we don’t know is their story.
  • We’re suppose to take all those bad experiences and do something good with it. That’s what a leader does.
  • In 2008, 2009 downturn happened and I was afraid I was going to lose everything. I was watching tv and watching the stock market crash. I thought that the world had sensationalized what was happening in the marketplace. I’ve always felt like an underdog. How do I take what I have and find others just like me?  I made it my mission to find people like me and help them, with words, money and my hands.
  • The youth of this has a platform to think about things differently.
  • Give a fat kid a chance, even if you don’t know their story. Provide leadership, even if it’s stern.
  • Money’s important because you have to pay your bills. But if that’s your purpose, you will leave this world very unahppy.

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