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\u201cDo what is easy and your life will be hard; but do what is hard and your life will be easy.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

Les Brown\u2019s inspiring story began when he and his brother were born in an abandoned building and adopted by a hardworking domestic worker named Mamie Brown. Dubbed \u201cthe dumb twin\u201d by his classmates, Les only began to change his vision of himself when a teacher told him, \u201cSomeone\u2019s opinion of you doesn\u2019t have to become your reality.\u201d

Since then, Les has been a radio personality, a politician and worked in the music business before becoming a heavily sought-after motivational speaker. In this episode, Brian Buffini interviews Les Brown and delves into his inspiring story.

You\u2019ll learn why it\u2019s essential to have a \u201chungry\u201d mindset, what are \u201cOQPs\u201d and why you should surround yourself with them, why goal achievement is located far beyond your comfort zone and how a system will help you attain lasting success.

Les also offers a list of his past talks, located for free on YouTube, to watch and learn from. This episode is packed with information; you\u2019ll want to listen to it several times to hear all of the inspirational nuggets Les Brown has to offer.

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Inspirational quotes from today\u2019s interview:

\u201cJudge a man or woman not by what they have accomplished but by what they had to overcome for their accomplishment.\u201d \u2014 Booker T. Washington

\u201cYou\u2019re never too old to learn and you\u2019re never too young to teach.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.\u201d \u2014 Ralph Waldo Emerson

\u201cI\u2019m here because of two women: one gave me life, the other gave me love.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cThere are moments in life that can make you or break you.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.\u201d \u2014 Maya Angelou

\u201cLiving from a place of integrity is what it takes to become an entrepreneur.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cYou gotta be hongry.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cThe people who are \u2018hungry\u2019 will do the things others won\u2019t do so they can have tomorrow the things that others won\u2019t have.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cBeing average is not an option; you have to be extraordinary in order to be considered average.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cI was \u2018hongry\u2019 even when I was no longer hungry.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini

\u201cYou can\u2019t read the label if you\u2019re locked in the box.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cPart of being motivated is surrounding yourself with OQP\u2014Only Quality People.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cDo what is easy and your life will be hard; but do what is hard and your life will be easy.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cDon\u2019t focus on what you don\u2019t have. Focus on what you do have and strengthen that, develop strategic relationships and find a way.\u201d \u2014 Mike Williams

\u201cYou can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.\u201d \u2014 Zig Ziglar

\u201cIf the end comes for you, let it find you conquering a new mountain not sliding down an old one.\u201d \u2014 Jim Rohn

\u201cYou don\u2019t get in life what you want. You get in life what you are.\u201d \u2014 Earl Nightingale

\u201cIn order to do something you\u2019ve never done, you\u2019ve got to become someone you\u2019ve never been.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cToday you either expand or you\u2019re expendable.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cAsk for help, not because you\u2019re weak but because you want to remain strong.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cOnce you stop fighting for what you want, what you don\u2019t want will automatically take over.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cDo what you\u2019re called to do.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cWe were not meant to work for a living, but to live our making and our making will make our living.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cLife is about experimenting and finding out \u2018what is your sweet spot?\u2019\u201d \u2014 Les Brown

\u201cIf you can control a man\u2019s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.\u201d \u2014Carter Godwin Woodson

\u201cIn life you will always be faced with a series of God-ordained opportunities, brilliantly disguised as problems and challenges.\u201d \u2014 Charles Udall

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Mentioned in the episode:

The Road to Your Best Stuff\xa0by Mike Williams Head First: The Biology of Hope\xa0and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit\xa0by Norman Cousins The Biology of Belief\xa0by Bruce Lipton

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Les Brown videos to watch on YouTube:

Les Brown Speaking at the Georgia Dome It\u2019s not over until you win! It\u2019s possible Getting Unstuck Change your mindset

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