If you are working a 9-5 and youâve always dreamt of starting a business, is not imposible! In this video we go through the exact steps you need to take to start a business while working a 9-5 job so you can achieve the freedom of being your own boss.
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0:00 intro
0:31 Know your why
2:36 Donât ask permission
3:32 Overcome fear
4:29 This isnât for everybody
5:40 Outro
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Hi, Iâm Cliff Weitzman.
I am dyslexic.
âReading a sentence takes me the same amount of energy and brain power as most people take when solving a four digit long division math equation in their head.
I was diagnosed in 3rd grade. It was the best day of my life. Before that, I would pretend to read in elementary school. Iâd sit with the book open in front of me and pass my finger under the words so that people (my parents, teachers, friends, siblings) wouldnât think I was dumb, or lazy. Reading circles were terrifying. One by one kids would read. And it would get closer to me. My hands would start to sweat. So I timed it just right. And right before it was my turn⌠Iâd go hide in the bathroom. I did this every time.
The worst part was my dad. He was my hero. The person I dreamed that one day I would grow up to be. Everybody loved him. I LOVED him. I wanted him to be proud of me. âCliff, why are you so lazy? Donât you want to learn how to read?â âI DO! CANâT YOU SEE HOW HARD IâM TRYING?!â I bursted back at him, tears streaming down my face. âNo, I donât. I spend 2 hours trying to teach you how to read every day. I bought every program. Stop fidgeting and pay attention, for once.â âPAY ATTENTION?! Iâm always paying attention.â âYouâre not. You donât care. Even your sister can read and she is 6.â âBecause I TAUGHT HER! I didnât want her to go through this too.
One day, likely during the 1000th time she searched, or in one of the 100 books she read on the topic she learned about âDyslexiaâ she thought that maybe I had that. She got me tested. Turns out that is exactly what I had. That, and ADD.
When I learned I was Dyslexic, I took the deepest sigh youâve ever heard a 9 year old give. âFinally!â I thought, âIâm not broken, Iâm not dumb, and I am definitely NOT LAZY!â âGreat,â I thought, ânow we know what the problem is called, letâs fix it!â My Dad found the actual audiobook for Harry Potter and The Sorcererâs Stone, narrated by Jim Dale. He got it for me.
I listened to it 22 times in a row. Those first three pages I would fall asleep on in the library? I have them memorized. Along with the rest of the first chapter of the book. 13 years later. I didnât stop listening. I listen to every book in that series. Then Narnia, then Lord of the Rings, then Game of Thrones, Pillars of the Earth, Atlas Shrugged. I never stopped listening.
I started finishing 2 audiobooks every week. 100 books a year. Iâve been going at this rate for 12 years. It takes no effort, and in fact, itâs the best part of my day.
The night before flying to Brown, to start college, I was only 2/3rds of the way through a summer reading book I had been assigned. I had no other choice, I hacked an old text to speech computer system to read the remaining portion of the book over night into my iPhone and then listen to it on the plane.
It worked!
I taught myself to code on the side and improved the software further. I spent the next 4 years in college perfecting this system. Instead of slaving over a textbook while chained to my desk â Iâd take 15 quick photos and then listen while eating breakfast or Longboarding to class.
Iâd listen to the 100+ pages of reading assigned per week for my classes while on the train or on the bus.
Today, tens of millions of people have been able to function in school and society because of Speechify.
Remember, that above all else, your mission is to be who you needed most when you were growing up. At least, itâs mine.
Much love â¤ď¸and would love to help you along the journey to becoming that person through these videos!
Thank you!
â Cliff Weitzman