Guys like Kenny Greene and Danny Porush weren’t the smartest guys around. “And as word of this little secret began to spread throughout Long Island-that there was this wild office, in Lake Success, where all you had to do was show up, follow orders, swear your undying loyalty to the owner, and he would make you rich-young kids started showing up at the boardroom unannounced.” – Jordan Belfort 3. The reason Belfort was able to transform young, uneducated people into charismatic stock brokers was because he was able to impart his knowledge by giving simple instructions in a way that even the most stupid employees could easily understand. While there had been other people on Wall Street who’d had the same idea, Jordan Belfort was the first person to execute on this idea. That rich people love to gamble – especially when the gamble seems like a legitimate business opportunity.
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Stratton Oakmont’s initial success was based on two premises: That Belfort had come up with a way of teaching young, uneducated people how to sound like professional stock brokers over the phone. Read on for some great insight into this motivated business man that will show you how Jordan Belfort was able to build a super pumped organization before it all came tumbling down. But beneath all the debauchery there are a number of key lessons for you to learn from the success of Jordan Belfort and Stratton Oakmont.
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