If You Could Ask John Assaraf and Murray Smith One Question...
You may recognize John Assaraf's name and face as he's appeared recently on Larry King Live, The Ellen Degeneres Show and others talking about The Secret and the Law of Attraction. What you may not know is that in the last 20 years, he has built four multi-million dollar companies including growing RE/MAX of Indiana to over 1500 sales associates, who collectively generate over $5 billion a year in sales, and are paid over $120 million in commissions yearly.
Murray Smith is a serial entrepreneur, having built 13 of his own businesses. His most recent success is story is that he bought the Indian Motorcycle trademark from bankruptcy (just the name) and built it into the 2nd largest U.S. motorcycle company in the world with sales exceeding $75 million in the first year and a value of $300 million. Indian Motorcycle has been one of the most featured business success stories in recent media.
So if you could ask these top business coaches one and only one question, what would it be? Post your question in the comments. I'll narrow the list down to the best few and use them as the basis for the interview.
Be sure to check out John Assaraf's blog. Here's a sampling of some of his recent posts:
- It's Not Your Fault
- The Value of an Hour
- Beware of Psychic Vampires
- 10 Questions - Do You Have What It Takes?
- Crossing the Line of Fear
Comments
In your experience what character trait most often holds people back from achieving their business goals?
Can you build a successful business on a concept or industry that is not your passion?
Why not use The Secret Law of Attraction to build your business, like John?
Indian Motorcycle lasted five years finally succumbing under the weight of a series of decisions made by management including an inordinate amount of managers, poor R&D, excessive ancillary spending, inattention to the expectations of capital investors,and less than responsible relationships with vendors and dealers.
This business model may deserve to be analyzed and the principals questioned about their practices, but not for the reasons offered here.