Les Brown Tells Minority Business Access Podcast ‘I Was Told by a Psychiatrist That I Was Suffering From Delusions of Grandeur’

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MotivationalĀ speaker andĀ New York TimesĀ best-selling authorĀ Les BrownĀ sits down with Tech and Energy CEO andĀ MBA: Minority Business AccessĀ podcast host Solomon AliĀ for an interview that will shift people’s perspective on what’s possible.

Excerpts fromĀ Les Brown’sĀ Interview with MBA: Minority Business Access podcast:

“When I was asked what college I attended, I would reply, ‘I have no college education.’ In fact, I was labeled educable mentally retarded and held back from the fifth grade to the fourth grade, and I think that’s going to give me an advantage when I tell my story.” – Les BrownĀ on using what was meant to hold him back to propel him forward

“Early on in my career, my ex-fiancee’s friend asked me, ‘What do you do young man?’ I said, ‘I’m a motivational speaker.’ She asked me who I spoke for, and I said, ‘No one yet, but I’m going to speak for major corporations all over the country and around world.'” – Les BrownĀ on speaking dreams into existence

“[Early on] I was told by a psychiatrist that I had delusions of grandeur, and I said, ‘Is that a bad thing?'” – Les BrownĀ on being labeled unrealistic at the beginning of his career

“I was sleeping in my officeĀ and hiding in the closet when the janitorial staff came in to clean up. I then spoke at a place called The Church of Today. I did a six-week series calledĀ Choosing Your Future. On the sixth week, news reporters came out to interview me and one of the King brothersĀ (from television syndication companyĀ King World Productions)Ā saw the news interview and he called me. Three days later, he offered me aĀ $5 millionĀ contract to do a talk show. What were the chances that he was in that hotel on that day watching television, and I was being interviewed and it just happened to catch his attention.” – Les BrownĀ on attracting a multi-million-dollar television deal into his life in the early 1990s

“I encourage you to make rejection and the word ‘No’ your vitamin.” – Les BrownĀ on not letting rejection discourage people from chasing their dreams

Listen to and watch the entire inspirational and informational conversation betweenĀ Les BrownĀ andĀ Solomon AliĀ here.

Additional guests onĀ Solomon Ali’sĀ MBA: Minority Business AccessĀ podcast have included:Ā Married to Medicine‘sĀ Lisa Nicole Cloud;Ā Jeff Hoffman, the founder of Priceline.com;Ā Chris RyanĀ of Tiger Investment Group;Ā Noel Lee, inventor of Monster Cables and a collaborator on creating Beats by Dre; andĀ Alec Stern, a co-founder of Constant Contact.

About MBA: Minority Business Access Podcast

HostĀ Solomon AliĀ advises listeners on how to avoid common pitfallsĀ to build and thrive in business. Episodes address areas of concern and opportunity for bothĀ new and established businesses.Ā Learn all you need to know about gaining access to capital to jump start your entrepreneurial success.Ā 

AboutĀ Solomon Ali

Solomon AliĀ scales companies across healthcare, technology, and energy sectors through the acquisition of funding and management consulting. Of the less than 20 African-American-owned publicly traded companies in the U.S., Mr. Ali, has held a seat on the board of directors of three of these companies. His team has successfully closed more than 140 mergers and acquisitions and arranged more thanĀ $250 millionĀ in structured investment capital and financing.