1 1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:02,530 Yeah, there we go, okay, 2 2 00:00:02,530 --> 00:00:06,120 I'm gonna record what I'm doing here on the screen, 3 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,650 and I'm just gonna use, I'm gonna use OneNote, okay, 4 4 00:00:09,650 --> 00:00:14,650 and I'm gonna map out "MBA or not", okay. 5 5 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:19,630 And you'll notice my handwriting's really messy, 6 6 00:00:19,630 --> 00:00:21,930 so I'm actually just gonna use text here instead. 7 7 00:00:21,930 --> 00:00:25,880 So let's say we're not sure what to do with our career, 8 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,663 so beginning here, I'm just gonna type here, 9 9 00:00:31,137 --> 00:00:36,137 "Current job in tech not good." 10 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,980 All right, and then we're gonna map out what to do, 11 11 00:00:43,980 --> 00:00:45,993 and then we'll put your goal over here, 12 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,440 which is "Dream job, Wall Street, in finance." 13 13 00:00:58,220 --> 00:00:59,053 All right. 14 14 00:00:59,053 --> 00:01:00,430 And then, you think to yourself, 15 15 00:01:00,430 --> 00:01:02,983 well there's probably two ways to get there, right? 16 16 00:01:04,737 --> 00:01:09,737 Let's put an arrow in here, there we go, arrow. 17 17 00:01:11,020 --> 00:01:12,530 That's one way, and here's another way. 18 18 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:14,220 This'll make much more sense to you in a second, 19 19 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:16,280 but only by visualizing like this 20 20 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,940 do you kind of create breakthroughs in your own life. 21 21 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:23,847 Okay, so I'll write here, "Get there by networking," 22 22 00:01:26,290 --> 00:01:29,187 and you can use my book for free, of course, 23 23 00:01:29,187 --> 00:01:31,647 "Using Chris's free networking book." 24 24 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:40,410 Or what you can do is, the other way to get there, 25 25 00:01:40,410 --> 00:01:44,890 let's say your dream is to go to a great MBA school 26 26 00:01:44,890 --> 00:01:49,460 like Wharton, "MBA at Wharton," 27 27 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:51,933 which is probably the best finance school out there. 28 28 00:01:53,570 --> 00:01:55,750 Okay, so, MBA at Wharton, question mark. 29 29 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:56,970 And then you're like, well, 30 30 00:01:56,970 --> 00:01:58,380 all right, so what I'll do is this, 31 31 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:00,100 I'll try to network as much as I can, 32 32 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:03,460 using Chris's book, and his methodologies, 33 33 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,690 because he's failed a lot and learned a lot of things, 34 34 00:02:05,690 --> 00:02:07,170 and if that doesn't work then maybe 35 35 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:08,130 I'll try an MBA at Wharton, 36 36 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:10,210 now, what do I need to get into Wharton? 37 37 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:13,580 Well, I probably need, uh, you know... 38 38 00:02:15,008 --> 00:02:16,730 I'll probably do well in the GMAT. 39 39 00:02:16,730 --> 00:02:20,133 Okay, so, GMAT, right here. 40 40 00:02:21,350 --> 00:02:22,183 Okay, you probably need over 700, 41 41 00:02:22,183 --> 00:02:25,567 "GMAT over 700." 42 42 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:27,850 Okay. 43 43 00:02:27,850 --> 00:02:29,873 And then, well how do I do that? 44 44 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,203 Well Chris recommended doing, 45 45 00:02:34,661 --> 00:02:36,630 this has gotta go back, it's fine like that, 46 46 00:02:36,630 --> 00:02:38,905 do the Princeton review, okay. 47 47 00:02:38,905 --> 00:02:41,405 (baby crying) 48 48 00:02:44,210 --> 00:02:45,060 Princeton review. 49 49 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:48,313 Those poor parents. 50 50 00:02:48,313 --> 00:02:50,010 It's so funny because I remember when I used to walk my kids 51 51 00:02:50,010 --> 00:02:52,880 right here, they'd be crying sometimes, 52 52 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,530 and I'd be so stressed, and people would look at me, 53 53 00:02:55,530 --> 00:02:58,347 walking by me, and smile, as if to say, 54 54 00:02:58,347 --> 00:03:01,090 "Just savor this moment, you'll never get it back." 55 55 00:03:01,090 --> 00:03:02,360 Anyway, a little off topic. 56 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,260 All right so Princeton review you'll take, 57 57 00:03:04,260 --> 00:03:05,773 you're like okay, that's cool, 58 58 00:03:06,610 --> 00:03:07,443 what else do I need to get in? 59 59 00:03:07,443 --> 00:03:11,680 Well, I probably need to do, god I don't know, 60 60 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,570 I probably have to write great essays. 61 61 00:03:14,570 --> 00:03:16,627 And so here, you'll write here, 62 62 00:03:16,627 --> 00:03:17,727 "Essays." 63 63 00:03:24,690 --> 00:03:26,390 I'll go in fast forward mode here. 64 64 00:03:31,394 --> 00:03:34,980 Okay, okay, you're mapping this out, what's next? 65 65 00:03:34,980 --> 00:03:38,960 Well you gotta get recommendation letters, 66 66 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,513 so you might write that here, 67 67 00:03:41,790 --> 00:03:43,690 I'll go in high speed mode again here. 68 68 00:03:47,613 --> 00:03:49,700 I think you understand what I'm getting at here, 69 69 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,343 you just kinda, you map out what you wanna do, 70 70 00:03:53,220 --> 00:03:58,220 and you can use either Powerpoint, or you can use OneNote, 71 71 00:04:00,110 --> 00:04:01,640 the thing I love about OneNote is that 72 72 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,540 it saves all this stuff automatically in the cloud 73 73 00:04:04,540 --> 00:04:06,150 on OneDrive for free, 74 74 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:10,190 which is Microsoft's attempt at Dropbox, sorry. 75 75 00:04:10,190 --> 00:04:12,150 And then you can also pull it up on your iPhone, 76 76 00:04:12,150 --> 00:04:16,330 or your other handset, or on your computer at home, 77 77 00:04:16,330 --> 00:04:17,710 Windows or Mac, right. 78 78 00:04:17,710 --> 00:04:20,160 So it's kinda helpful to visualize things, 79 79 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,770 you can drag and drop around things, 80 80 00:04:21,770 --> 00:04:24,050 especially if you have really messy writing like I do, 81 81 00:04:24,050 --> 00:04:25,360 you can even do this in Powerpoint, 82 82 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:26,900 I do that in Powerpoint sometimes as well, 83 83 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:30,190 but just kinda map things out, 84 84 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:34,870 and then just kinda do if, then, logical diagrams, 85 85 00:04:34,870 --> 00:04:36,660 and then also add little things like, 86 86 00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:38,840 would this make me happier, yes or no? 87 87 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:40,970 Or, why do I wanna go to Wall Street? 88 88 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:42,303 Is it all about money? 89 89 00:04:43,340 --> 00:04:44,950 Would money make me happy? 90 90 00:04:44,950 --> 00:04:45,783 No. 91 91 00:04:45,783 --> 00:04:47,620 That sort of thing, whatever, so just kinda, 92 92 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,320 you could sit here in solitude on a park bench, 93 93 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:51,690 like I am, for hours, 94 94 00:04:51,690 --> 00:04:54,253 just kinda writing all this stuff out, 95 95 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:56,950 or you can kinda write out cool little quotes 96 96 00:04:56,950 --> 00:04:57,783 to motivate you, 97 97 00:04:57,783 --> 00:04:59,170 I wrote here on the side, it must have been a while ago, 98 98 00:04:59,170 --> 00:05:03,350 I wrote, "Hats are like a halo." 99 99 00:05:03,350 --> 00:05:05,254 And this certainly is a halo here, 100 100 00:05:05,254 --> 00:05:07,970 because this from my hero (mumbles) 101 101 00:05:07,970 --> 00:05:09,060 which I talked about before, 102 102 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:13,660 so I find that just sitting here, and going for these walks, 103 103 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:15,020 is incredibly inspiring, 104 104 00:05:15,020 --> 00:05:17,000 and we're all different, 105 105 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,430 but I find that when I take long walks like this, 106 106 00:05:20,430 --> 00:05:23,720 I do a pretty good job of assessing how happy I am 107 107 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:24,960 in life where I am right now, 108 108 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,440 and where am I now, and where do I want to be, 109 109 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,660 and there's a gap, and I have to work on filling that gap. 110 110 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:32,430 And I used a hypothetical example here 111 111 00:05:32,430 --> 00:05:33,890 of going to business school. 112 112 00:05:33,890 --> 00:05:36,660 And for me, I actually, I did this exact same exercise 113 113 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:39,350 for business school when I was, 114 114 00:05:39,350 --> 00:05:41,760 it was 1997 I think, 115 115 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,820 yeah it was '97, 116 116 00:05:42,820 --> 00:05:45,923 and I read that carpenter book that I just mentioned here, 117 117 00:05:47,211 --> 00:05:49,130 on the golf course in Mississauga, 118 118 00:05:49,130 --> 00:05:50,890 Mississauga golf course, and I played by myself, 119 119 00:05:50,890 --> 00:05:52,460 and in between each hole 120 120 00:05:52,460 --> 00:05:55,650 I sat down on a park bench similar to this one here, 121 121 00:05:55,650 --> 00:05:57,860 and kind of mapped out my life, 122 122 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:00,120 and why I wanted business school, 123 123 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,590 in hindsight, had I known what I know now about networking, 124 124 00:06:04,590 --> 00:06:06,570 and been able to get into finance by networking 125 125 00:06:06,570 --> 00:06:08,660 I would not have gotten an MBA, 126 126 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:09,990 but to each their own. 127 127 00:06:09,990 --> 00:06:11,763 Anyway, I hope this is helpful, 128 128 00:06:12,670 --> 00:06:14,460 I got a long walk back, 129 129 00:06:14,460 --> 00:06:15,850 I hate taking the same route back, 130 130 00:06:15,850 --> 00:06:17,523 so I'm gonna go uphill this way, 131 131 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,570 I'm not gonna bring you with me 132 132 00:06:19,570 --> 00:06:21,330 because this has already dragged on too long, 133 133 00:06:21,330 --> 00:06:23,280 I'm sorry, it's a long one today. 134 134 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,630 But if you think this was helpful, 135 135 00:06:24,630 --> 00:06:26,580 and only if you think this was helpful, 136 136 00:06:27,690 --> 00:06:30,200 click the like button, subscribe, 137 137 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,350 and I will, I'll see you mañana. 138 138 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:33,183 Take that walk. 139 139 00:06:33,183 --> 00:06:34,208 Thank you. 140 140 00:06:34,208 --> 00:06:36,625 line:15% (rock music)