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He went to a blind meeting, sat But for the first time, we’re able
next to a woman whose also blind, to see our whole little planet and
a professional secretarial assistant, there’s 4 billion people that don’t
and he asked, “Somebody ought have energy, food, or water.
to do something so blind people
can see what happens on TV and I’m in all those businesses right
movies.” now saying, “I want to help, but
I want to help everybody help all
Her pivotal answer was, “Look, you those people.” I don’t want to do
and I are blind, we’re somebody, it alone. You need to have a team
we can do something.” to get your dream. Team means
together everyone accomplishes
They created Narrative TV. 14 more.
million people pay $10 a month to
get Narrative TV to see that. And Brian: Great. Thank you for
then he did it. He’s written a lot being here. It was an honor and a
of books, but that’s the first one privilege to have you here today.
that really hit big time, and I wrote
the endorsement, “This book is so Mark Victor Hansen is best known as
powerful, it should be a movie.” being the co-author for the Chicken
Soup for the Soul book series and
Well, it made $100 million as a brand, setting world records in book
movie. Jim says now, “Because We’re going to have 5G, we’re sales with over 500 million books
you asked, Mark, I write books going to have blockchain working. sold.
that I can’t read, and make films I We’ve got CRISPR that’s going to
can’t watch.”
take care of most diseases at a Mark and his business partner,
Through it all, you’ve got to ask DNA level. We’re in this exquisitely Jack Canfield, created what Time
interesting time in history. I’m just
yourself, “How are you going to so elated to be alive now. It’s never Magazine called “the publishing
have triumph?” phenomenon of a decade.” Over
been better. 500 million sold around the world
Brian: That is fantastic. Lots of Brian: What are some of the and over 100 licensed products in
people filter their dreams through other most amazing things that the marketplace. It’s one of the most
the lens of whether they think it’s you’ve ever heard people ask for successful publishing franchises in
attainable for them or not. How and receive? the world today.
do you get people to think a lot
bigger? Mark: Well, I want you to ask He’s a very prolifi c writer with many
Mark: Well, I did a whole set of for everything. I want you to ask popular books, in additi on to the
for a life that’s worthy of you. Do Chicken Soup books, including The
tapes on that, too; how to think
bigger than you ever thought you projects that are important and Power Focus, The Aladdin Factor,
beneficial.
could think. Because Bill Gates, Dare to Win, and One Minute
who’s obviously one the richest One of the guys we quote is Millionaire, which has inspired and
men in the world, says, “In the Dr. Peter Diamandis, who’s helped thousands of people around
short term, most of us expect too taken a mantle from my teacher, the world to become millionaires.
much. In the long term, we don’t Buckminster Fuller. And he said,
expect anywhere near enough.” He’s also known as a passionate
“What are you going to do in philanthropist and humanitarian
And I think we’re going into the your lifetime or, at least the next working tirelessly for organizations
decade, to positively affect a
first decade where we’re going to billion people?” such as Habitat for Humanity,
do $50 trillion worth of business American Red Cross, March of
in the United States. As soon as If you ask big, you’ll receive big. Dimes, Childhelp USA, among many
this coronavirus is over, it’s going There are amazing questions such others.
to go berserk in business because as, “How do you serve a billion
everything is going to happen.
people?” No one’s ever done that.
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