#36 Be the Best in the World at Anything, and You’ll Never Go Broke w/ Robert Blackwell Jr, Founder of Quant16

Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO (https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerceo/) for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you. Robert Blackwell, Jr is the founder of Quant16, formerly EKI Digital, as well as a successful entrepreneur and former trader. He also founded Killerspin, the world’s leading table tennis engagement brand. The Killerspin experience reaches hundreds of thousands of people annually in over 160 countries around the world. Robert has served on many civic boards over the course of his career, and he currently serves the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Civic Federation of Chicago, Business Leadership Council as well as being on the executive committee to Choose Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell_Jr. http://robertblackwelljr.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-blackwell-jr-4218023/ 13:40 Growing up in the first black family in the Western suburbs of Chicago 22:35 Three great pieces of advice from Robert’s father 26:00 How Robert got his Mom to quit smoking. 36:37 Why Robert gets rid of stuff as soon as he starts to get too attached 51:24 Robert’s greatest blessings in life 1:3:02 The decline of black neighborhoods in America, and what Robert’s doing to combat it 1:16:20 Why you should avoid being a “minority business” 1:17:15 Be #1 in the world at something (anything), and you’ll never be broke 1:25:57 Robert’s take on responsible giving and how to revitalize free enterprise Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg