 Justin Tang, how's it going? Good. He's the founder of Exit Escape Rooms, he brought escape room games, real life games into North America. He's the first guy who did it. Now he's got 13 locations and it's in stories, it's super inspiring because he came from absolutely nothing, I mean like nothing. And now he's very successful, look at the car he drives, he's got many different cars actually and he's got a huge business with 13 locations. So what's the first sign that shows when somebody is going to be successful? The first thing that I believe that is a critical sign of a person who can become successful is a person who knows how to go against the grain. When you have an idea, a lot of people will tell you that this is impossible, this is not going to work. You have to expect that. But please believe in what you are planning to do, believe in your idea. Back in the days when I tell people that I want to do a business, the business is about trapping people in a room and charge them money. Everyone told me that this is impossible, this is crazy, this is not going to work. So what's the second sign that somebody is going to be successful? The second sign would be having a clear goal and clear plan. The goal can set as high as you want, but every step should be small. You can't become successful overnight. So make sure that every plan, every step that you create is small enough to reach. It's like the Chinese proverb that says, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And there's another part of it that says, fear not to be moving slowly, just fear staying still. So everything takes planning, but don't be discouraged when something doesn't happen right away. There's also a Chinese quote saying that every skyscraper is built from the ground. And that's exactly what we are talking about right here. Okay Justin, what's the third sign that someone is going to be successful? Value opportunity more than money. Let me give you an example. 10, 15 years ago, I was running a marketing company. All the job that I was getting is very low pay, lower pay than you can imagine. The money that I'm making is less than a reception in the fast food chain basically. Then people ask me, why don't you just find a job? You can easily earn more than that. I explained it to them, but my word wasn't convincing because of where I was. There's no way for me to convince them or explain to them the reason behind why I'm doing it until in the further future, then they see it and they know it. I stay on my track, no matter how low the income is. I've chased my dream. Just for the day that I could get the first contract that can kickstart my business. So I just need to hang in there until the opportunity comes. So they said it's very common to be just a step away from success, and that's the easiest time to quit, right? It's the easiest time to quit, and the most pressure and the most temptation to just give up is just before you reach success. Gifting up is very easy, but you will suffer a lot after that. So please do not give up on your dream or goal. Right, so just imagine if you just took a job back then, and then you just quit your marketing business at that time, you would be nowhere where you are today, right? If you just listen to your friends and say, okay, I'll get a job. I'm just going to shut down my marketing company. What we're going to do, you would not be able to create this huge empire for yourself, right? They wouldn't be able to create anything, really, right? You wouldn't be able to hit that big break that you had and build such a successful business. I will lose my goal, I will lose my dream. And at the end of the day, I'm just an ordinary person giving all my effort, and somebody else is gaining the result from my effort. But you didn't because you never want to give up. You had no choice, you had to succeed. Succeed, go big or go home. Well, for many people, they see there is a choice. You can go find a job, right? But for me, there's no choice because I understand that that is not what I want, for sure. That's only one thing that I want. And in order to reach that place, then I have no choice, I have to keep going. All right, so what's the fourth sign that someone's going to be successful? They know how to escape from their comfort zone. To me, I see comfort zone as an invisible cage that's separating a person to become success. When somebody is in their comfort zone, basically, they don't feel any pain, they don't feel any stress, right? And then when they start feeling stress, when they start feeling pain or discomfort, then they just want to get away from there, right? Either they run away or they do drugs, and they just want to go back to comfort zone, right? When they get uncomfortable, they say, no, no, no, I don't want this, I'll go back to my comfort zone. There's always a tomorrow for them. In the dictionary, tomorrow is always popping up in their mind. So, you know what, maybe not today, today is not the day to do it, let's do it tomorrow, et cetera, et cetera. So what's the difference between successful people? How do they handle discomfort or stress? One thing I managed to do, I can't speak for everybody, but once you learn how to enjoy being stressed, then comfort zone is no longer a cage for you. When the stress comes, usually what I think of is, okay, there's a problem, and I would imagine how would I feel when I get the problem solved. So rather than hiding from the problem, I would look forward and imagine what would happen if I solved this problem. And I look forward to it, and I just take action to it. Right, awesome. So what's the fifth and final thing or sign that shows that someone is going to be successful? I think last but not least is keeping all these successful people around you. And I do see that a lot of people, they feel better when they are at the top of the group. And that way they feel better, but they can basically gain nothing from the people around you. They just, you know, somehow make you feel better somehow, which I don't agree. In my social circle, I'm usually being at the lower position of the group, and I enjoy that. There's a lot for me to learn from them. Being around successful people, you can gain a lot and be humble, of course. Be humble, and most of them are willing to teach you, share experience. And if you have a good idea, and if they see a potential in you, they might probably invest in you as well. So you want to learn more about becoming an entrepreneur or how to take your career or business to the next level. You want to associate yourself by watching these videos with successful people like Justin or myself. So just subscribe to this channel, let me know what your comments are. Which sign do you think is the most important? Like this video, and we'll see you in the next David Wong Show.