Look Who it Was Random video

Taking Chances to Achieve Success

72 views · Published 25 May 2017 · 5:43 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Zerofatzreturns · 2017 · Howto & Style

Watch on YouTube

http://epicconversions.com/ac2017/ac2017sales/ - Affiliate Command 2017 lives here!

I want to talk for a minute about taking shots...
Fred Smith was an undergraduate at Yale University
in 1965. As part of the coursework, he wrote an
economics paper exploring the process of
transportation of goods in the United States.
He found that the shippers relied on transporting
large packages across the United States by means
of truck or passenger airplanes. Smith thought of
a more efficient transportation idea.
He wrote a last minute paper on how a company
carrying small, essential items by plane could be
a much better business. He, however, did not go
into details about how to actually run such a
company. His paper was graded “C”.
But Smith did not give up on the idea and launched
the company in 1971.
Within three years of the founding of the company,
Federal Express was on the verge of bankruptcy. It
was losing over $1 million a month, due to the
rising fuel costs.
At its zenith, the company had just $5,000 to its
name. Smith made a final pitch to General Dynamics
for more funding...
The request was turned down.
Most ordinary people would have quit at this point
and shut down the company. Not Fred Smith.
What he did next is easily the boldest move by the
founder of a company.
Smith flew to Las Vegas and played Black Jack that
weekend with the remaining company funds.
Yes, all of the $5000.
On Monday, the management of the company had a
pleasant surprise lined up.
FedEx had $32,000 in its bank account, which was
just enough to cover the fuel for their planes and
to continue operating a few days more.
Soon after, the company was able to raise
significant amounts in funding.
Today FedEx is a global giant with operations in
more than 220 countries and territories and an
annual revenue of US $45 billion.
This story is special to me because it really
points out two behaviors or traits that helped
Fred take Fed Ex to the next level.
One, Fred Smith never gave up. Even when things
seemed at their worst. He didn’t throw in the
towel.
And two, Fred Smith was not afraid to “throw a
hail mary.” He had that mentality that he was
taking his stand with Fed Ex and he was going to
go down fighting...to the bitter end.
There was no retreat.
I took a similar stand when I finally went full
time as a marketer. It was scary and seemed
uncertain to me…
...but I took my shot. I jumped (so to speak).
Tomorrow I release Affiliate Command 2017 and this
course will teach you how to do everything that I
do to make a full time living on the internet.
It will walk you through the entire thing and it
will also give you 11 weeks of group coaching as
well.
It is a special course and it will help you win.
Think about Fred Smith for a minute though...when
nobody else believed in him or his company he took
the last of his money and went to Vegas to play
Black Jack.
There was no internet back then. Fred didn’t have
the ability to build an email list. He threw
the “hail mary” that he had to throw to give his
business a chance.
And it paid off.
I say make sure you take your shots. Don’t be
afraid to jump.

That’s all I got. I’ll see you tomorrow for the
big launch!

Kam (aka ZeroFatz)

P.S. Be sure to enjoy the sales page of Affiliate
Command 2017. It’s really a webinar that was
designed to help you.

More from this channel