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CNBC.com has an amazing business transformation success story of a man who started out with little to nothing in his entrepreneurial journey to greatness. In fact, he’s an immigrant. When he came to America, he had virtually nothing. With a determined mind to go places in life and make it big in New York City, he endured countless trials and tribulations, determined to rise above and prosper beyond imagination. He did the transformation business work and believed in himself, inspiring others to believe enough in themselves and start their own businesses. If you’re someone that’s labeled a peculiar person or a weirdo by family members, past friends, or co-workers or your employer or former employer, keep reading for inspiration.
Harry Singh is an Indian immigrant who migrated to New York City virtually penniless. He’s the president and CEO of Bolla Oil Corp. in Long Island, New York. He didn’t allow his current financial situation at the time to hinder his ambition. When Harry first started out in the oil and gas industry, he owned only one gas station, after transitioning from his work as an auto mechanic. Singh had two cashiers and was virtually understaffed. He mentions in the CNBC interview that he never intended to be a millionaire. The past 25 years have been quite financially fruitful to him. His company has possibly amassed over $3.3 billion. Why? Because he believed enough in himself to do the transformation business work, regardless who didn’t see things the way he did entrepreneurially. Harry mentioned he migrated to New York City from a small village in Surapur Punjab, India. Believe it or not, he struck out from India to New York City and believed enough that he would succeed in the big apple, by spending his last $50 to fly and “tell his family goodbye,” because he was on a journey to achieve “greatness.”
Harry admits that landing in New York City and starting a business was challenging to his way of thinking at the time. He was afraid and unsure what if his hopes and dreams would come into fruition by starting a gas station. Undaunted by uncertainty, Harry Singh moved forward with and continued doing the transformation business work. After reaching New York, he didn’t plunge directly into entrepreneurship. He started out small determined to walk tall. Starting out as a small potato in New York City as a new citizen in America from India, Harry performed a job search and built his way up from the bottom by becoming a New York City taxi cab driver. From there, he started saving his money and planning entrepreneurially for his upcoming venture as a gas station owner. And in the midst of being a taxicab driver in midtown Manhattan, he took it a step further by going to the “public 9th step” in his ”entrepreneurial transformation,” by putting himself through school as an aspiring auto mechanic. After achieving school as a certified auto mechanic, he ventured out and took a dive into the abyss of uncertainty, purchasing his first gas station in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed, he did the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation.
When you want to achieve something good in life, you must be willing to change the way you think, act, feel, as well as change your circle of association. This means possibly doing away with negative family members who scandalize your name, phony friends who only come around when they want something or friend request you on Facebook when they notice you have a college degree now, never connecting with people again who reject you after making promises to do something for you that you never asked for, and ignoring ex-girlfriends what ex-boyfriends when they notice you drive past them in a nice car after shunning you off for your past financial status.
Harry built his business by fixing cars and cross promoting his gas station through relationship marketing. He used a long-term mindset not just to prosper in the field of work he was in at the time as an auto mechanic, but using those same customers to build up his loyal customer base. With the first little bit of money he earned in his first year as an auto mechanic amassing roughly about $76,000 before or after taxes, he didn’t become a spend-a-holic buying up cars and name brand clothing. With the salary he was earning as an auto mechanic, he set money aside for the purpose of purchasing his first gas station. Singh did well as a new immigrant to New York City going from virtually broke, to a taxicab driver, achieving an auto mechanic certification after putting himself through school, and now, a billionaire gas station entrepreneur.
If you have family members or friends or your employer dishing disparate treatment toward you, it’s never too late to start saving up money to pursue your entrepreneurial dreams. Those who succeeded the most in entrepreneurship today were never born into wealth. They were either born into poor below poverty families, or come from middle-class working families who never knew anything about saving money, as their parents worked paycheck to paycheck throughout their working careers.
Singh made a smart move by involving himself in the automotive and oil and gas industry. Harry knew sooner or later in his entrepreneurial journey, he was going to have to change the history of his thinking, thanks to virtually overnight changing technology. He didn’t limit himself to being a one track minded entrepreneur content with making money as an auto mechanic. With car companies upgrading their technology and having fewer breakdowns in their vehicles, this meant that Harry was going to possibly lose revenue as an auto mechanic. With a willingness to diversify his mindset, he quickly shifted funds into the oil and gas industry as an aspiring gas station owner. This way, not only could he achieve his financial dreams of achieving financial freedom and he using his current customer base to get the word out about his new gas station without shelling out zero dollars in advertising costs, but he could also leverage relationship marketing as a “subliminal upsell and word-of-mouth free advertising,” as a means of setting himself up to benefit from passive streams of recurring income. He was unfazed, yet, motivated by the 15% loss in his auto repair income. When you open your mind to adapting to the changing of times and have a willingness to take a risk in entrepreneurship, you’ll be surprised how much “entrepreneurial greatness” you can achieve, by being a lifelong learner, believing in yourself, and transforming negativity into unlimited profit potential.
Bolla Oil Corporation - Gas station in Garden City, New York
Today, Harry enjoys living in a $23 million-dollar mansion with a 3 car garage that transforms (with proprietary-sophisticated technology) into a 6 car garage, a $250,000 custom-made ceiling, a custom home movie theater, handmade guard rails for stair steps totaling close to or roughly around $1 million, and driving luxury cars of his choice. He drives Bentley.com, RollsRoyce.com or Ferrari.com cars as he pleases. But it didn’t come easy. Enduring turmoil, uncertainty, and most likely, “people switching up on him.” Have you ever had a family member, employer, or friend from the past that switched up when you because they consider you an outcast? Take that and run with it and use it to fuel your “entrepreneurial ambition for achieving greatness.”
Harry didn’t allow past friends, circumstances concerning family, his lack of education upon reaching New York City, nor his financial status from humble beginnings to suppress his entrepreneurial growth. He’s an everyday person just like you. He wasn’t born into wealth. Harry with someone with huge dreams that started out with nothing and knows what struggle is like. The last thing some people would hate to know in secret who did you wrong is that you took their negative energy and transformed it into a near future million-dollar side hustle. People who’ve done you wrong either through deed or verbally hate to discover you’re doing good without them. Harry took the negative and turned it into a positive by believing in himself and “doing the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation.”
The purpose of sharing this story and the CNBC video with you is to encourage you to make a healthy change in going from employee or peculiar outcast to a successful entrepreneur. Take the most difficult moments you're currently experiencing today or experienced in the past, and used that bottled up energy or past thoughts to start a business now. Starting now in the COVID-19 pandemic is the perfect time to get your side hustle going. Why? People are losing jobs and don’t know what to do financially. People are sitting at home without a dime in their bank accounts. People are sitting at home in isolation most likely because they have to quarantine due to Coronavirus. Starting a business now and focusing on the working class and unemployed is a great way to build a work from home business from the ground floor up. Focus on providing a solution for people to get through these turbulent times. If you provide solutions and encouragement for those who are down and out now and during the coronavirus pandemic, you’ll be surprised how those same people will propel your business from the ground floor up. Don’t focus on how much money you want to make in the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey. Focus more on the people without a care in the world if you’re not making money in the beginning. Putting emphasis on people first before profits will help your business become more successful than imagined financially in the future.
Enduring the most challenging adversities in this life is engineered to develop a thick spiritual and mental skiing in you. Harry Singh is an honorable example of overcoming adversities and mastering entrepreneurship. He did the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation with a visionary mindset. Today, Harry enjoys helping others, enjoying a billionaire lifestyle, being a provider to his family. And doing what he loves in business. Harry refused to settle for sloppy seconds by working for unthankful employers for the rest of his life. He took his skill set, believed in himself, did what was necessary, and kept going despite the challenges he faced. If Harry can do it, so can you.
Harry’s transformation business success story will hopefully inspire you to take the leap of faith today and dabble with the idea of being successful in the future after achieving “entrepreneurial greatness.” Believe enough in yourself, even when family disowns you and scandalizes your name. That energy can help you achieve “spiritual greatness,” beyond being a near future side hustle millionaire. Believe and you shall achieve.
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CNBC.com has an amazing business transformation success story of a man who started out with little to nothing in his entrepreneurial journey to greatness. In fact, he’s an immigrant. When he came to America, he had virtually nothing. With a determined mind to go places in life and make it big in New York City, he endured countless trials and tribulations, determined to rise above and prosper beyond imagination. He did the transformation business work and believed in himself, inspiring others to believe enough in themselves and start their own businesses. If you’re someone that’s labeled a peculiar person or a weirdo by family members, past friends, or co-workers or your employer or former employer, keep reading for inspiration.
Harry Singh is an Indian immigrant who migrated to New York City virtually penniless. He’s the president and CEO of Bolla Oil Corp. in Long Island, New York. He didn’t allow his current financial situation at the time to hinder his ambition. When Harry first started out in the oil and gas industry, he owned only one gas station, after transitioning from his work as an auto mechanic. Singh had two cashiers and was virtually understaffed. He mentions in the CNBC interview that he never intended to be a millionaire. The past 25 years have been quite financially fruitful to him. His company has possibly amassed over $3.3 billion. Why? Because he believed enough in himself to do the transformation business work, regardless who didn’t see things the way he did entrepreneurially. Harry mentioned he migrated to New York City from a small village in Surapur Punjab, India. Believe it or not, he struck out from India to New York City and believed enough that he would succeed in the big apple, by spending his last $50 to fly and “tell his family goodbye,” because he was on a journey to achieve “greatness.”
Harry admits that landing in New York City and starting a business was challenging to his way of thinking at the time. He was afraid and unsure what if his hopes and dreams would come into fruition by starting a gas station. Undaunted by uncertainty, Harry Singh moved forward with and continued doing the transformation business work. After reaching New York, he didn’t plunge directly into entrepreneurship. He started out small determined to walk tall. Starting out as a small potato in New York City as a new citizen in America from India, Harry performed a job search and built his way up from the bottom by becoming a New York City taxi cab driver. From there, he started saving his money and planning entrepreneurially for his upcoming venture as a gas station owner. And in the midst of being a taxicab driver in midtown Manhattan, he took it a step further by going to the “public 9th step” in his ”entrepreneurial transformation,” by putting himself through school as an aspiring auto mechanic. After achieving school as a certified auto mechanic, he ventured out and took a dive into the abyss of uncertainty, purchasing his first gas station in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed, he did the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation.
When you want to achieve something good in life, you must be willing to change the way you think, act, feel, as well as change your circle of association. This means possibly doing away with negative family members who scandalize your name, phony friends who only come around when they want something or friend request you on Facebook when they notice you have a college degree now, never connecting with people again who reject you after making promises to do something for you that you never asked for, and ignoring ex-girlfriends what ex-boyfriends when they notice you drive past them in a nice car after shunning you off for your past financial status.
Harry built his business by fixing cars and cross promoting his gas station through relationship marketing. He used a long-term mindset not just to prosper in the field of work he was in at the time as an auto mechanic, but using those same customers to build up his loyal customer base. With the first little bit of money he earned in his first year as an auto mechanic amassing roughly about $76,000 before or after taxes, he didn’t become a spend-a-holic buying up cars and name brand clothing. With the salary he was earning as an auto mechanic, he set money aside for the purpose of purchasing his first gas station. Singh did well as a new immigrant to New York City going from virtually broke, to a taxicab driver, achieving an auto mechanic certification after putting himself through school, and now, a billionaire gas station entrepreneur.
If you have family members or friends or your employer dishing disparate treatment toward you, it’s never too late to start saving up money to pursue your entrepreneurial dreams. Those who succeeded the most in entrepreneurship today were never born into wealth. They were either born into poor below poverty families, or come from middle-class working families who never knew anything about saving money, as their parents worked paycheck to paycheck throughout their working careers.
Singh made a smart move by involving himself in the automotive and oil and gas industry. Harry knew sooner or later in his entrepreneurial journey, he was going to have to change the history of his thinking, thanks to virtually overnight changing technology. He didn’t limit himself to being a one track minded entrepreneur content with making money as an auto mechanic. With car companies upgrading their technology and having fewer breakdowns in their vehicles, this meant that Harry was going to possibly lose revenue as an auto mechanic. With a willingness to diversify his mindset, he quickly shifted funds into the oil and gas industry as an aspiring gas station owner. This way, not only could he achieve his financial dreams of achieving financial freedom and he using his current customer base to get the word out about his new gas station without shelling out zero dollars in advertising costs, but he could also leverage relationship marketing as a “subliminal upsell and word-of-mouth free advertising,” as a means of setting himself up to benefit from passive streams of recurring income. He was unfazed, yet, motivated by the 15% loss in his auto repair income. When you open your mind to adapting to the changing of times and have a willingness to take a risk in entrepreneurship, you’ll be surprised how much “entrepreneurial greatness” you can achieve, by being a lifelong learner, believing in yourself, and transforming negativity into unlimited profit potential.
Today, Harry enjoys living in a $23 million-dollar mansion with a 3 car garage that transforms (with proprietary-sophisticated technology) into a 6 car garage, a $250,000 custom-made ceiling, a custom home movie theater, handmade guard rails for stair steps totaling close to or roughly around $1 million, and driving luxury cars of his choice. He drives Bentley.com, RollsRoyce.com or Ferrari.com cars as he pleases. But it didn’t come easy. Enduring turmoil, uncertainty, and most likely, “people switching up on him.” Have you ever had a family member, employer, or friend from the past that switched up when you because they consider you an outcast? Take that and run with it and use it to fuel your “entrepreneurial ambition for achieving greatness.”
Harry didn’t allow past friends, circumstances concerning family, his lack of education upon reaching New York City, nor his financial status from humble beginnings to suppress his entrepreneurial growth. He’s an everyday person just like you. He wasn’t born into wealth. Harry with someone with huge dreams that started out with nothing and knows what struggle is like. The last thing some people would hate to know in secret who did you wrong is that you took their negative energy and transformed it into a near future million-dollar side hustle. People who’ve done you wrong either through deed or verbally hate to discover you’re doing good without them. Harry took the negative and turned it into a positive by believing in himself and “doing the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation.”
The purpose of sharing this story and the CNBC video with you is to encourage you to make a healthy change in going from employee or peculiar outcast to a successful entrepreneur. Take the most difficult moments you're currently experiencing today or experienced in the past, and used that bottled up energy or past thoughts to start a business now. Starting now in the COVID-19 pandemic is the perfect time to get your side hustle going. Why? People are losing jobs and don’t know what to do financially. People are sitting at home without a dime in their bank accounts. People are sitting at home in isolation most likely because they have to quarantine due to Coronavirus. Starting a business now and focusing on the working class and unemployed is a great way to build a work from home business from the ground floor up. Focus on providing a solution for people to get through these turbulent times. If you provide solutions and encouragement for those who are down and out now and during the coronavirus pandemic, you’ll be surprised how those same people will propel your business from the ground floor up. Don’t focus on how much money you want to make in the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey. Focus more on the people without a care in the world if you’re not making money in the beginning. Putting emphasis on people first before profits will help your business become more successful than imagined financially in the future.
Enduring the most challenging adversities in this life is engineered to develop a thick spiritual and mental skiing in you. Harry Singh is an honorable example of overcoming adversities and mastering entrepreneurship. He did the transformation work out of inspiration or desperation with a visionary mindset. Today, Harry enjoys helping others, enjoying a billionaire lifestyle, being a provider to his family. And doing what he loves in business. Harry refused to settle for sloppy seconds by working for unthankful employers for the rest of his life. He took his skill set, believed in himself, did what was necessary, and kept going despite the challenges he faced. If Harry can do it, so can you.
Harry’s transformation business success story will hopefully inspire you to take the leap of faith today and dabble with the idea of being successful in the future after achieving “entrepreneurial greatness.” Believe enough in yourself, even when family disowns you and scandalizes your name. That energy can help you achieve “spiritual greatness,” beyond being a near future side hustle millionaire. Believe and you shall achieve.
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