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People Root for the Underdog
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0:00Everyone believes in the American dream until it comes true. When I was sleeping on the gym floor, I was the underdog. You know, my clients were all like, "Oh, good for you. You know, you're going after your dream." They'd see my blanket and my pillow in the [music] corner of the gym, and they knew I was sleeping there. And then within 9 months, I had hired people and I had a manager. And I remember I walked in the lobby, and the same people were like, "Ah, boss man's here. Oh, you're you're not too good for us now, right?" And I remember [music] being so jarred by the experience. And I was like, "You guys rooted for me. And now I did what you said you were rooting for me to do."
0:30[music] And that was when I realized that people want you to do well, but not better than them.