Episode 006: The Emigrant Edge - The Common Traits of Successful Immigrants

<blockquote> <p><strong>“We’re all emigrants, and if you embrace that emigrant edge, you can have a ‘rags to riches’ story in whatever area of your life you wish to focus on.” — Brian Buffini</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>According to Forbes Magazine, forty percent of the largest companies in the U.S. were founded by immigrants or their children, including Google, Technichron and even our own Buffini & Company. Brian Buffini has studied the “rags to riches” stories of other emigrants and found there are seven traits among people who have arrived in America with nothing and went on to achieve success. In this episode, Brian outlines each of the seven traits that all successful emigrants share and offers examples of business leaders who embody the characteristic. You’ll learn about the natural advantages and disadvantages of being an emigrant, why they view opportunity differently than others, and how to incorporate the seven traits into your life and business. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to again and again.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:</strong></p> <p>“For 150 years, Ireland’s greatest export has been its people.” — Brian Buffini</p> <p>“If you want to change your life, you have to move from one place to another. In order to grow at all, you have to make a decision as if you’re leaving one place to go to another.” — Brian Buffini</p> <p>“As soon as you start to pursue a dream, everything wakes up and everything has meaning.” — Barbara Sher in <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/Could-Anything-Only-Knew-What/dp/0440505003" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It</em></a></p> <p>“There’s a divine beauty in learning. Others have been here before me and I walk in their footsteps.” — Elie Wiesel</p> <p>“When you’re an emigrant, everything is an opportunity, and you see opportunity everywhere.” — Brian Buffini</p> <p><strong>“</strong>Eat the meat and then go after