007: Building Multiple Million Dollar Companies With Pejman Ghadimi (Part One)
Pejman (PJ) Ghadimi is a serial entrepreneur. He’s made millions of dollars through a variety of businesses, over and over and over. But his life didn’t start out that way. He and his mother immigrated to the United States from Iran via France with almost no money and no connections. But PJ was determined that whatever he did, he would be a success at it. At 14 PJ could not legally work in the United States, but he still found jobs and was extremely successful at a very young age. PJ stepped into the banking industry and worked his butt off to outperform and outpace his fellow employees and was promoted multiple times, once with a 100% pay increase! PJ went on to start multiple business’s, websites, and even made a couple million in real estate along the way. Hear more of his inspirational story on this episode of The Invest For More Podcast with Mark Ferguson.
Work life balance doesn’t exist for the super successful
PJ believes you can’t have a work/life balance and be extremely successful.In his mind work, family, hobbies, fun, responsibilities are all required to fill and make up a life. So it’s not a matter of separating the various areas of your life so that you can balance each one individually. It’s a matter of learning how to integrate them in ways that all of them can work together. That is life. It’s the kind of life PJ tries to live every day. He’s done it working in corporate setting and now as a business creator and owner. You can hear more about how PJ accomplishes it on this episode.
Too many people blame “the system” for their lack of success
PJ Ghadimi believes that your attitude and expectations must be in alignment with what you want out of life to be successful. The system was never designed or intended to make you successful. The system only gives you a way to survive. It’s up to YOU whether you will succeed or not. That comes down to how willing you are to work and hustle to attain the kind of success you’re looking for. Too often people have their expectations out of whack, expecting that some day they’ll buy a Lamborghini but aren’t willing to work harder than 95 percent of their coworkers to get it. Or they work at a comfy job that will never give them the income they need to have the life they want. There’s nothing wrong with having a job like that, but don’t expect to buy the car on the salary it provides. You’ve got to have the right expectations for the situation you are in and be willing to change your expectations if you aren’t willing to change your situation. Find out what that looks like on this episode of the InvestFourMore Podcast.
Building success takes time not matter how smart you are
Very few people start out life with a bank full of money and opportunities abounding. They have to pay their dues, which takes time. Don’t expect that you’ll move into any new area of learning or opportunity and be a success overnight. It never happens. The people who seem to burst on the scene out of nowhere have actually been silently working in the background for a very long time. They’ve been paying their dues for years in order to be a success in their field. This doesn’t matter if you’re a real estate investor, an entrepreneur, or a corporate employee. The learning curve is always there and you have to walk through it on your way to success. This episode of The InvestFourMore Podcast highlights the mindsets and expectations that can get you through the learning curve.
Success in business is always internal
Success doesn’t fall into your lap or “just happen”. It occurs because you are intentionally moving toward growth, developing your skills, sharpening your focus and goals, refining your ability and character until you make success happen. Anyone who tries to shortcut that process crashes, because they don’t have the personal strength to bear the load that success brings. As you look toward your goals, keep in mind that they will cost you many years of hard work and many late nights or early mornings. There is a price to pay for success, and only those who are willing to pay the price will ever achieve it. Learn how to set your expectations correctly so that you can aim toward success realistically.
PJ’s site – www.SecretEntourage.com