{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4eeb4be5-109b-472e-a7cc-38752d9a2fd1","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"It\u2019s Better To Start At The Bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/4eeb4be5-109b-472e-a7cc-38752d9a2fd1\"></iframe>","title":"It\u2019s Better To Start At The Bottom","description":"You\u2019re probably on the front lines right now.\u00a0 You\u2019re cold calling into businesses. You\u2019re preparing the presentation that your executive will give.\u00a0 You\u2019re doing the grunt work.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYou\u2019re dreaming of one day (soon) sitting in the corner office as someone that runs this place.\u00a0 This menial job is beneath you.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHold up.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBefore you ride these tasks off as useless or unimportant, consider that it may give you a huge advantage in the long run.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTim Grover, who trained Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade and countless other NBA legends, share his thoughts here from his book Relentless:\u00a0<br />\r\n\u201cPeople who start at the top never understand what they missed at the bottom. The guy who started by sorting the mail, or cleaning the restaurant late at night, or fixing the equipment at the gym, that\u2019s the guy who knows how things get done. After he\u2019s eventually worked his way up through the ranks, he knows how everything works, why it works, what to do when it stops working. That\u2019s the guy who will have longevity and value and impact, because he knows what it took to get to the top. You can\u2019t claim you ran a marathon if you started at the seventeenth mile.\u201d\u00a0<br />\r\nBe grateful for the come-up and use it to your advantage.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here\u00a0.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}