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Wow! Just listened to a Ben Legg podcast on 40 minute mentor. It’s not my style to be a sycophant, but sometimes you just have to stand in awe. I’m not quite sure what the army did to him in Bosnia, but it’s like he’s wired- literally! If my brain has become tuned to an 80mph thrill ride in the family SUV, then Ben’s just lapped me several times over in his F1 car. It’s insane just how quickly he articulates. Every word counts; there is no waffle. It’s like his brain is on speed. I just wonder if he ever switches off and recharges, or is he a prototype for the next Tesla human battery?!
It now makes sense why the catapult course is so intense. I’ve read all the biographies of the great entrepreneurs, but I’ve never been as inspired by a podcast.
One thing I have noticed about successful people is that, without diminishing their genius, they do seem to have a higher entity which follows them through life and joins the dots. Ben is no exception.
I doubt my brain will ever run at the same speed as Ben’s, but what I can take from this is: don’t waffle and articulate your vision concisely.
Another great asset of joining the dots is if you work hard, work smart, show humility and listen, then the work will come to you. It’s pretty clear if you have talent you dont have to hard sell.
Bravo Ben. From hence forth you can be a Steve like me…you shall be known as Steve Austin! (The bionic man- for those not born in the 70’s)
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That’s a tough question Sarah Hughes. As a kid I was quite driven in terms of academics, collecting trophies, reading biographies and aiming high. So maybe someone who drifted for a while then found their purpose later in life would offer a better personal story. For me the driving force is that everywhere I look I see opportunities for improvement – in myself, in society, in government, in The Portfolio Collective – and I can’t bear to see those opportunities going unaddressed. I also just like helping others. Ideally each of us finds their passion – whether it is excellence in writing, or solving homelessness, or building beautiful homes. If you can find what that driving force could be for you, everything will take on another level of intensity and progress will just start to happen ….
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I am with you on the improvement compulsion Ben (though I am probably down a gear)! For the people who need a leg up, or who are late bloomers, it would be amazing to get them some stories of how it all came together, and how to go from zero to somewhere. Do you have any thoughts on where to find them? The reason I ask is that I know from some young entrepreneurs I have mentored that they don’t feel like entrepreneurs, they don’t know where their ’tribe’ is, and when they look around the examples they see of ’success’ intimidate them because they come mostly from people who seems to have patforms or leg-ups or levers that they don’t find in their lives…
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We will find some examples Sarah Hughes – I have added it to our content roadmap for articles or podcasts
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Thanks to your post Steve, I’ve just listened to it on my morning cycle and loved it too. @Ben it would be so cool to hear you on a podcast or article about people trying to go from ’zero to somewhere’ ie. peeps who don’t have a great stack of prior professional positions at bigco, or an amazing network or a fab set of qualifications. Would you be the one to have advice for them?