EP41: Five Things My Father, Bob Proctor, Taught Me

I had something most students of my father never had. I got to watch Bob Proctor when there was no stage, no seminar, and nobody taking notes.

I saw him at the kitchen table.In the car.On phone calls.During ordinary moments at home.And, ultimately, during the final days of his life.

In this episode of Born to Win, I want to share five of the most important things my father personally taught me—not simply lessons I studied, but principles I watched him live for more than sixty years.

These five ideas have profoundly shaped the way I think, make decisions, handle difficult situations, and live my life today.

My father was one of the most decisive people I've ever known.

When I brought him a big idea, he rarely started by asking me how I was going to accomplish it.

He would ask:

“Brian, do you really want this?”

Because if the desire was strong enough, he believed the way would begin revealing itself one step at a time.

I also watched him deliberately choose where he placed his attention.

He looked for what was good.He practiced gratitude.He refused to allow people who had hurt him to occupy space in his mind.

And perhaps the most meaningful lesson came near the end of his life.