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We all have dreams of being successful and achieving excellence in our lives, and it starts while we're very young. Our dreams never go away. Our dreams turn into goals, and they stay with us throughout our lives and change as we learn about and are exposed to new interests. But we all experience resistance, challenges, and obstacles in the pursuit of our dreams and our search of excellence. Some of us say, I'm going to get there no matter what. Some of us say, I'm going to try.
Some of us say it's nice to dream of excellence, but no matter how hard I work, I feel I'm never going to be able to get there. It doesn't matter where you fall into this spectrum. Everybody can achieve excellence by learning from others and learning how they achieved excellence. There are many ways to achieve greatness, and In Search of Excellence is going to help us get there by taking us through the stories of
routes, and strategies of people from hundreds of backgrounds who have achieved excellence in both their professional and personal lives. We're going to learn about planning for excellence, setting goals for ourselves, and overcoming the many obstacles we all face along the way, the hard work, dedication, and perseverance it takes to get there. My name is Randall Kaplan. I have a passion for helping others, and my goal in starting In Search of Excellence is to help people reach their potential
and achieve their dreams. I faced many challenges in my life. To name only a few of them, I stuttered for all of my childhood, I was bullied, and I lost my first job when I moved to Los Angeles and had only $3,000 in the bank. But I overcame these challenges and have been able to live an extraordinary life as a successful entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and mentor, all as a result of pursuing excellence.
Each episode, I'm joined by guests who share the many challenges and failures they also faced on their path to excellence. They share their insights about how they achieved greatness, starting with their upbringing, their habits, their mentality, and their planning on their path to excellence. They talk about their achievements regardless of the odds, which at the time may have been considered impossible, and they give insights on what it means to them to live a life of excellence. It's never easy, but we can all get there.
My hope is that these conversations will motivate and inspire you to reach your potential, to work harder, to strive harder, to make a plan, to push through and overcome the many challenges we face along the way, to make the impossible possible, regardless of the odds. It's about believing in yourself. You can reach your potential and achieve excellence in all areas of your life. Welcome to In Search of Excellence.