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Our Wild Journey to Success: The Ken Roland & Brian Smith Story
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Success is much more than just making money. It’s more about who we become as a person. There is an old saying, “You learn more from failures than success.” And that’s what this book is about.
It's an entertaining look at the careers of Ken Roland and Brian Smith together as they had some unbelievable experiences on their way to great success.
It's an entertaining look at the careers of Ken Roland and Brian Smith together as they had some unbelievable experiences on their way to great success.
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Brian Smith
Brian Smith was born in Australia, where he developed his love of surfing. A chartered accountant, he studied at the UCLA Graduate School of Management, and with $500 of start-up money, he founded UGG Imports to bring sheepskin footwear to America. After seventeen years, as sales reached $15 million, he sold the business to Deckers Outdoor Corporation. The UGG brand has since exceeded $1 billion of international sales several times over. A passionate innovator and entrepreneur, Brian is one of the most sought after business leaders in the country today. As a media guest and inspiring speaker, he is committed to teaching his breakthrough business strategies to entrepreneurs and translating personal vision and spirituality into company culture. Brian spends his time with family and friends in Southern California, still surfs, plays golf, and attempts to improve the planet a little every day.
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Our Wild Journey to Success - Brian Smith
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The Missing Link
I recognized that direct selling would be a perfect way for me to apply all the success principles I had learned over the years in order to create success as a career network marketer. To make this a reality, I knew I had to be a professional. I realized there was one missing link in my life: a strong dependable mentor, a professional partner, who would hold me accountable and make me responsible for meeting my own goals.
Ken Roland was that friend and mentor. I learned from him the work ethic and determination that it took to be successful; he taught me to never give up, no matter what. Ken inspired me because he has a serious chronic arthritic condition that caused him to be on disability. He began his career in direct selling not to make a lot of money but just to help pay the bills and take care of his family. He was the very definition of perseverance. He taught by example, saying, "People will not do what you say; they will do exactly what you
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