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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
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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
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