Knowledge | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Marco's childhood was traumatic; at 2 years old, his mum left his dad, due to his addiction to gambling.
Every week his mum would have to work four jobs just to pay the bills and put food on the table while his dad blew his salary on gambling.
Marco and his mum would regularly move between towns and schools, and not really make any friends.
They even had to sleep in the park at times to survive.
Then his mum entered a relationship in the hope there would be stability.
Unfortunately, it regularly turned violent and abusive and they were on the road again.
Marco didn't have any much schooling and left his last school at 16, getting a cleaning job and shared a friend’s house to survive.
His mum found the right guy eventually, but through all his struggles as a kid, he knew he was the only person who could take responsibility for his own life.
He moved from job to job, eventually settling in direct sales, but he was the worst salesperson as he simply had no confidence at all.
One day the company’s top salesman said to him, "You have something inside of you, some fire, you have real talent, you can't see it, I do.
I want you to read this book I read that helped me overcome my fears, but tell no-one, just read it and read it again until you get the message." Marco read the book 8 times and became salesperson of the year.
He had so much confidence, he told his first clients he was going to sell them timeshare, to which they declined.
Four hours later, they bought and handed over $10,000.
Marco was shocked to the core and asked his buyers why they bought from him, which they replied that they saw that he believed in the product, so they wanted it. He never forgot that moment.
He went on to succeed, but not without tremendous struggle and hardship.
Although he reached the top of the corporate ladder, he lost his job and struggled to become an entrepreneur with failure after failure.
His 15-year marriage failed even though he has two beautiful children who were doing well.
He left his wife after trying many times to save his marriage and all he had was a 20 year old Volvo and an old laptop.
He wrote a book about his life, "Close the Deal & Suddenly Grow Rich", which became a #1 bestseller and he was again shocked to the core.
He wrote it based on his past success as a salesperson and selling a billion dollars’ worth of products in 10 years. Book royalties were not much however.
Until one day he asked a simple question "How can I become a Millionaire in my own right?”
He thought of a revolutionary idea that made him a personal fortune of $12 million in 2009.
Ever since then he has invested in properties and new businesses, eventually winning the People's Choice Award for Best Real Estate Investment Company 2014/15 and was given the title (equivalent to a knighthood) Dato' Seri Marco Robinson S.T.M.P in Asia where he spent the last 20 years.
To learn more about his life, seminars, online courses and opportunities to work with him go to www.marcorobinson.com
Ref : Property Report
