I'm willing to give it everything I got to make it succeed we been 3.2 billion next thing I know we're in the middle of 911 bigest mistake I made I say I've done a terrible job terrible job at making a world a better place you really want to get there there's only one way today we sit down with 93-year-old billionaire Larry Silverstein the man who owns the World Trade Center in New York City Larry's story of success is a perfect example of what we should all be striving for he spent over 60 years building his
business has been married to the same woman for 68 years and has lived way past the average lifespan and is still working to this day I don't know what I do with myself if I retired this video is one of the funniest and most impactful that I've ever filmed and Larry's advice that you're about to hear is worth listening to over and over again so without further Ado let's jump into it how old are you 93 moving aggressive L to 94 what does it feel like to be 93 moving aggressively towards 94 I'm just 93
and having a good time being 93 would you say you feel your age it's impossible to be 93 without feeling your age a lot of people don't reach the age that you're at right 93 is way above the average in the US what would you say you've done in your life to get to 93 and still be doing what you're doing work my tail off I find Working is my life I've done it all my life and um I've had had an interesting time doing it so for example here at the Trade Center I meet
all kinds of Fascinating People like yourself thank you you get different perspectives different value structures it's it's a Fascination a lot of people would have retired by this age you know you're plenty busy I don't know what I do with myself if I retired people want to be rich fast successful fast get abs fast you know everything fast for you it's been a long journey right the successes have kind of come and come and come so I guess it's a matter of patience as well it's not only patience it's a willingness to invest a significant
amount of time effort energy and money I look back on my life whatever I accomplished Brick by Brick by Brick by Brick year by year by year by year fast no way could I couldn't do it so what do you say to someone who want who is always thinking fast I tell good luck simple I know I couldn't do it it took me it took me 50 or 60 65 years yeah of hard work if you didn't come in on Sunday don't bother coming in on Monday I mean you had to work I there was
no other way if you're looking back what is one thing that you spent a lot of time worrying about when you were younger and as you got older you realized it wasn't actually that important I look back and I realize stress is supposed to be a terrible thing for you all kinds of medical things tell you stress stress is bad I live my life on stress stress all the time I look up I say to people doctors tell me stress is bad I said I'm 93 I've lived my life of stress I how can I
account for it they said well you're different I think the the things that gave me the most stress a tough stress health issues within the family when someone gets sick stuff stuff really begins to happen yeah right that's the most critical issue illness within the family because then everything else stops your focus together on how to make this better right what's the most important decision you're going to make in your life well before you hear the answer I just want to give you a free gift for being here after interviewing a thousand of the highest
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married the spouse the most important decision you make in your entire life is the spouse because the wrong one is a disaster the right one is fantastic I've had the right one for 68 years everything we've done together we've done together as a team it's been wonderful Absolut I couldn't ask for a better relationship than I have with my wife it's been fabulous when it came to buying the Trade Center I sat with her one day and I said sweetheart this is what I think I'd like to do and why and she said it sounds
interesting is there risk I said yes there's plenty of risk I to what the risk was plenty of downside is there upside a ton of upside otherwise I wouldn't buy it she said can we handle the downside if it happens I said yes will it affect the family adversely to the point where we really have problems I said no you should go ahead try to get it done we been 3.2 billion that's a wonderful way of ma of risk assessment that's very important yeah when it came time to 9/11 she saw me getting dressed she
said where are you going I said I'm going down to work said but you can't go I said why can't I go she said you got light skin light color hair you got a problem you got to go to the dermatologist I said okay I'll go next I'll go next month she said no you cancel last month you cancel the month before you cannot cancel you must go to the she got upset say Yes dear I'll do whatever you want but don't get upset don't get excited next thing I know we're in the middle of
9/11 days and weeks and months that followed this is probably the most tense time in my my life the pressures were huge by that time I was 70 years of age had a lot of experience in the business if I didn't have that experience I couldn't have done it but with that experience I was able to do it so you've been together since you were my age I'm 25 yes can you define the word love with great difficulty the feeling you have for each other the appreciation you have of each other the respect the POS
positive attitude you carry to each other being there for each other without any equivocation whatsoever there's never an issue should I shouldn't I if it's something that is important for the family or important to your spous you do it simple love is a conglomeration of attitudes feelings I mean there's just so much that's part of it it's a loaded it's almost impossible to Define yeah make sure you marry the right spouse nothing more important than your entire life there's not that many people who' have achieved the success that you have a lot of those people
let's say the billionaires they have entered turmoil in their love life or certain parts of their life but your relationship has stayed regardless of the success that you've achieved it seems like the success never got to your head right you stuck with the same person your whole life when you get to REM marage you look back but what's obvious to me is that your accomplishments in terms of monetary issues meaningless number of buildings you own you operate your build meaningless number of books you wrote meaningless your net worth forget about them what's the most important
thing you got in your life beside your spouse your family that's where everything is your family nothing more important in your life than your family it's provided a dimension in life that's been spectacular because when you get involved where you can make a difference where you can affect people in a positive fashion you can make the world a better place that's your obligation mhm right we're here for a purpose make the world a better place right now I look back and I say I say I've done a turble job terrible job in making the world
a better place think you've done pretty well I would have much preferred at 93 years of age that the world can be at peace it's anything but at peace it's a tough time if you could go back in time knowing what you know today and give your younger self let's say your 25-year-old self one piece of advice what would you say to him be prepared for whatever it is you'd like to do or you want to do in your life make sure you're focused on it properly make sure you get it the time and attention
it deserves to enable you to say this is with confidence and intelligence this is what I want to do and this is how I expect to do it and then be prepared to say to yourself I'm willing to give it everything I got to make it succeed because you can't do life halfway that doesn't work if you really want to get you really want Toom you really want to get there there's only one way give it everything you got work your tail off to make it happen but the most important thing is your family thank
you so much you're very well thank you so much for watching this video If you haven't had a chance yet to grab a copy of our goal setting Journal which is based on advice strategies and formulas on living a more fulfilling life from Larry and over a thousand other strangers and self-development experts around the world click the link in the description to get started thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one
