The Best Business Advice Ever - Don Ghermezian

[Music] my name is Don gazan I'm the CEO here at American dream and it's a real pleasure for me to be able to share some of my own personal stories with SH I was at a function a couple of weeks ago and a group of young guys came to see me and they asked me Mr gazan can you give us some good business advice I'm like yeah I'll give you good business advice on one condition I said what's a condition that you listen to the advice I give you so they asked me what's the business advice and I said guard your eyes and they looked at me like that's your business advice I said you asked me for business advice I've been in business for 40 years I'm giving you the best advice I could ever give you I don't care what business you're in I don't care if you manufacture toothpicks I don't care if you plant flowers doesn't make a difference if you keep your eyes pure especially in today's day and age that means you're going outside of your own natural abilities because it's very hard to keep your eyes Pro it then Hashem will go outside although there's no outside for Hashem but Hashem will go outside for you as well I invited these guys over to my house for Shabbat and we continue to talk about all the challenges of keeping your eyes pure anyways after Shabbat one of the guys called me on I want to say it was Monday or Tuesday says Don I have to tell you incredible story I said yeah so he says after Shabbat I have an app I decided I'm going to delete the app and then I brought the app back on Sunday I deleted that and then I brought the app back and then I deleted again on Monday and I said that's it I'm deleting this app there's no more finished Don said guard your eyes the best business advice that's what I'm doing later that afternoon he got a phone call and he's been chasing this particular client for years and years and years and for whatever reason this client has not given him the time of day everything he's done everything he's done to get this business no response nothing no positive he says the last time he deleted the app a few minutes after that got a phone call from the client that he's been chasing for years out of the blue client calls him to tell him I've been thinking about moving my business over I want to move my business over to you can you handle taking my business and the kid's telling me the story and he's completely dumbfounded that within minutes minutes of him showing Hashem that he was serious about protecting his eyes Hashem delivered for him right then and there so that there can be no mistaking it so that there's no such thing as coincidence this guy went and did the difficult thing Hashem immediately turned and gave him the business I asked him how much is that business worth for you on an annual basis and he told me it's worth $30 million $30 [Music] million you think I think we all think keeping our eyes pure is a very difficult thing it is very difficult thing or when you want business advice I'm giving you the best business advice that not only do I live by the gazan family lives by and we do our best wherever possible to try and keep people even in our own shopping center out of Harm's Way it's not always possible but we do our best best business advice you'll ever get for me is to keep your eyes pure and it doesn't make a difference what business you go into doesn't matter at all when Hashem sees that you're trying Hashem will try for you [Music]