00:00Discover how to grow a multi-million dollar business with telemarketing.
00:04In today's session, we have Richard Blank, and he has trained over 10,000 telemarketers
00:10over two decades.
00:12Now, the first question is, what's the secret to your success?
00:16Hi, Lily.
00:17The secret to my success, besides being on your podcast, is getting past your parents'
00:22guilt, because if you can remove that sort of weight, then you can rise.
00:29Okay, what do you mean by that?
00:31Well, when you're growing up, sometimes you might be under pressure to follow in certain
00:36footsteps scholastically.
00:38You might need to marry somebody that your parents want you to, or just follow in certain
00:43traditions.
00:45And for me, I was under an enormous amount of pressure to go to Ivy League and study law
00:50and go into real estate.
00:51Well, my favorite class back in the day was Spanish, and I also doubled down on it and
00:57majored in college.
00:58And then when I was in my late 20s, I had a one-million opportunity to move to Costa Rica,
01:02and I took it.
01:04And so sometimes you need to be selfish, and if you have a certain drive in your life and
01:09it will make you happy, you follow through with it.
01:12And little did I know, I was using that sort of foundation, Lily, and that sort of momentum
01:17to then fall into this opportunity to be able to start a call center.
01:21I just came down here for a couple of months to work at my friend's center, to take a breather
01:26for a bit.
01:27Little did I know, I stayed, learned the business from the inside out.
01:31And then in my mid-30s, I threw my hat in the ring and started my company.
01:34And here we are 16 years later at 150 strong, own my own building, and the stars were aligned.
01:41Wow, sounds impressive.
01:43So how can entrepreneurs leverage telemarketing to grow their business?
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