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When gurus talk about themselves, listen carefully for the red flags
The first example of this is Michael Sartain when he says this (at minute mark 1:02:30) in one of his videos:
Sartain: "One of the things I've learned is that even if I don't really know what I'm talking about, if I sound like I really do—[and] I'm *really* good at this—if I sound like I do, people just listen to me."
Ideally, an expert would actually know what they're talking about and, when they don't, admit it. (After all, no one's expected to know everything anyway.)
Another example is Earn Your Leisure (a financial education brand) when they say this:
Bilal: "...It's not in a person's [a financial education company's] best interest to make sure that an entrepreneur is a star because they're not underneath their umbrella. Like, I'm not getting paid for this, so why is it going to benefit me to make you a star? This is when strategic alliances come into play, but...now I'm just giving away too much game because now you [I'm] treading very thin water. Let's get away from this."
Rashad Bilal basically says that when they make their financial education content for their viewers, those viewers aren't contracted to him. So, he doesn't get much benefit from actually helping those viewers and gains more from strategic alliances (for example, sponsorship deals with other brands).
Again, would you want to work with someone who cares more about profiting from sponsors than helping you succeed?
Sometimes reading people is as easy as listening to what they say and believing them when they seem to be telling the truth about themselves.
P.S.:
I think there might be another thread for this already. So, if there is and anyone knows it, happy to move this post there.
Yeah, true that.
I'd say this is the "in your face" type of red flag since he's basically told you.
So if someone told you he's NOT going to serve your best interests, believe him.
Plus, someone with that mindset, raises far more questions for me.
I'd wonder how truly capable one is at his job if he's afraid of making others successful.
Someone who thinks of himsel as doing well and with the ability of delivering great value tends not to be "afraid" of making others successful. He also tends to think that at least some of them will credit him (so he sees the win-win in it).
