TEDxHarkerSchool - Rahim Fazal - How Getting Fired From McDonalds Changed My Life

Entrepreneur and Speaker Rahim Fazal considers it a person's duty to always stretch personal limits and therefore grow as a human being. Certainly he has put that belief into practice throughout most of his life. At a young age, he is already a successful businessman, an MBA graduate, and a frequent and popular speaker. Passionately willing to take calculated and essential risks in order to achieve his visions, Rahim quietly created an online business while still in high school, negotiated its sale during his Senior year, and then spent two years building a second company and ultimately taking it public. Most recently, Rahim completed his MBA at Canada's top management school, the Richard Ivey School of Business. Because of his achievements, he was the youngest student in the school's 80 year history accepted without a prerequisite university degree. Rahim is a frequent and popular speaker to high school and college students across the US and Canada. He is also an advisor to the Extreme Entrepreneurship Education Corporation in New York City, an organization helping young people realize the value of pursuing entrepreneurship through education and outreach.
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[@DanDykes]

In 2011 my son came home from college for the weekend . He told his mother and I that we needed to meet him for dinner at a local Italian restaurant that evening. When we arrived he was there with two other classmates and their parents. After dinner one of the boys stood up and announced that the three of them had decided to start their own business. At the end of the speech he said and by the way we are broke so you guys will have to pay for dinner. Eleven years later they run a growing business with over 300 employees. A lot of people are capable of doing the same thing. You have to have faith in yourself and be willing to work extra long hours and you can make it happen as well. My son and his two friends were each 23 years old when they started on their journey.

[@themacocko6311]

This guy had a million dollar business at 17 and here I am 11 years of college and the best I've had is a 12/hr job at the gym.

[@corycourtorielle2905]

5.

[@405OKCShiningOn]

Hi, you are a work in progress and no matter where we are we can be faithful at what we have to do because better is on the way. Modern life is tough don't be down on yourself. Hang in there. Support.

[@braxtonstein893]

Compare your success to that of others and you'll never be successful.

[@alexmendez3217]

Run your own company

[@vectravi2008]

He is human. You are hearing of his successes. He hasn't told you of his suffering in life. Believe me he has them or he will. You are who you are. Enjoy life as best you can. It is short. Yes some will be more lucky than you, but you are more lucky than a lot of others. 🙏

[@willsommervil6141]

They should make a movie or a TV series of this story. I like it a lot 😅❤️

[@lorisdavidebrigliadoro4225]

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[@rokpepeshogun]

Why don't you do it

[@itsmekaioh]

One of my faves! Thank you! ❤️🙏

[@Lagspikee]

This is truly motivating and inspiring. I'm a 19 year old CS student and to have accomplished this would when I was 17 would have been so thrilling.

[@javianbisetti3736]

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[@deehsmemories]

👏🏼👏🏼 Wish I watched this ten years ago! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@mugakamurakumo]

Speaking of McDonald's, Ray Kroc would of been proud.💜 PERSISTENCE AND AMBITION IS KEY

[@poppybell2209]

AMAZING TALK. Absolutely astounding. So authentic.

[@dreamerlove35]

I honestly had a lot of laughs and gained a lot of positive energy to "do" things after hearing this. At first I wondered why it was relatively longer than other TedxTalks, but I'm glad it was because it's just one of the best talks I've heard! Way to go with "Can't let anything get in the way of your dreams with all the funny moments to make it happen! I actually started a KZbin channel and have been doing it for a few weeks, and now I have a clearer idea of why I started and why i should keep doing it. It's the Fun in doing it :) Thanks Rahim for sharing your story with me!

[@timothylester6463]

This is gr8 inspiring lecture... all students should watch and learn from him...

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

loved it thank you

[@annalisafreschini6594]

What a great speaker!!!

[@SOFI_READS]

Brilliant 🤩

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Great talk . Determination persistent n passion. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@HangNguyen-hu3rd]

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[@Dman9fp]

Oh yeah just in general too. Don't look for validation getting into a new passion, hobby, business, etc. We may know in our hearts it's here to stay, and indeed time will tell it sometimes, for sure... But just follow the heart and roll with it and let others decide whether to accept it or not. Either way, their problem xD

[@jude1515]

Excellent presentation Rahim.

[@faizasaeed1000]

he is so cute and very inspiring, he said everything that i wanted to hear

[@azrensoldvideos]

So true! What i liked was how he did whatever it took to have success w/ his company. Lots of respect for him :)

[@sannaryles]

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[@sannaryles]

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[@amelynherehdyd]

He's amazing. So inspirational. Never get bored listening to his life story

[@TheMagenAlex]

Awesome talk!

[@briggitsworld7888]

This guy made my night 😂. Such an inspiration

[@needles1975]

Americans are guilty aiding and abetting child cruelty

[@alexandere3126]

Top class rahim

[@tyrone8867]

Working there really messed up my self esteem, even after no longer working there

[@goodsense7421]

where?

[@csharpe5787]

And why

[@1982A]

Amazing :!

[@henryswarey]

Always believe you can do more then you are doing right now.

[@meenaa972]

You made it sound like a thriller story. I stopped breathing when you paused longer

[@innovativefacultytrainingp1546]

Fantastic

[@bongumusakowa5452]

Perfect 🎉🎉🎉

[@thomassaunders6657]

Thankyou

[@Olaviano]

Great!

[@dgl646]

Rahim😘 is in US even I'll be coming

[@Yonggbaek]

To get fired by McDonald's he must have been extremely, purposefully, monotonously slow. I've never heard of a position where you organize fry boxes? Maybe he means inventory but that would be the entire back room plus the coolers. Makes no sense..

[@ravenruppie96]

Nah. It can be far more than that.

[@harrywebb6022]

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[@LaPriiNceSaXxX]

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[@va1301]

Best story so motivational and funny

[@nwakava9558]

This is why my bright college buddy drop out to join a MLM company only to return 2 years later broke.

[@kathyturmell2501]

Richard Hanson P

[@beinghimachali8239]

Spark

[@evilpac2327]

If they had so many clients, why didn't they pay for the lawyer's work? I didn't like that part of the story.

[@ambern.9887]

Because they were only making money if they sold the company.I imagine anything else went into the up keep of the servers and other costs.

[@Nic.hopson]

Exactly.

[@bigcatt859]

They don't trust lawyers like you 😂😂

[@osirusj275]

just dont tell you have worked at macdonalds, he dont need a reference at 16.

[@dgl646]

He's so cute 😍😍😍

[@sk.sartajansari6416]

Really....

[@dgl646]

?????

[@sk.sartajansari6416]

You like him????

[@dgl646]

Yes the guy in this video is cute!! Why

[@dgl646]

Consider it like then yea I like him

[@sebastianwrites]

Isn't tragic though... that from beginning to end, they have to lie to their parents, the school, the customers, and the lawyers and schools. Clever guys, but I'd been honest with my parents, and people all the way along the line, had an agent interested in my writing from the BBC, again I was honest. Now, I'm 52, bullied, abandoned by my family, years out of work... because being honest with your parents, meant they only supported you, well... they just didn't. It was doing - there way or no way... kicked out, and if I hadn't been 'honest' then I wouldn't have been from home. So bullied, homeless, and stuck with dealing an abusive neighbour, later when on a number of occasions had found tenancies, and honest with the landlords, evicted time and time again, and then honest with the police, my neighbour wasn't, and now I have a conviction for stalking... I've been honest with people about this, and been banned from pubs and stores, because I feel I haven't done anything wrong. Then charged again with stalking, because I told someone I had this conviction, and again based on the lies of my neighbours and incompetency of the police, and legal system.... and this someone then used this conviction against me. Even today, I wished to get the surname of the officers involved so I could email these officers, the police control were going to give me it... but I was honest, that I intended to email them, and now the control won't! Again, what sense does that make, they 'were' going to give me the details? And even now, I can imagine a number of people saying... yes, blah, blah, blah protocol, some other excuse about protecting details, bureaucracy. You're missing the point... these chaps have just proven you have to lie (unless I'm missing something) to get ahead, actually you have to lie just to be respected and get treat decently. That's not the way it should be! Take these guys, and this chap being fired from McDonald's well, in some places in Europe you get a 'really' good wage at McDonald's, a "really" good wage, holidays, all manner of benefits. So, I don't know... I will say one thing, I don't say how things are ever going to change if we're not honest with 'ourselves' at least, and actually everyone else, about what the problems are?

[@riversedgegoatdairy297]

Very interesting, and good points. These two guys had to lie. He lied a lot. Call it a white lie towards better good? Not really, the lawyers didn't get anything? That shlounda like cheated...... In their own system..... These two kids didn't have any money at all whilst running their business of 25 000 clients? These two knew the system well. They dodged where they had to. They also were extremely resourceful. I also suspect adrenaline was a driving force in their endeavors. Great story..... Great excitement. Maybe deep down inside, they did what they did for a Hollywood or maybe a Bollywood movie? Still give them a clapping hand. They .ade it and learned a lot. And yes, even if it meant not being honest.

[@sebastianwrites]

@@riversedgegoatdairy297 I've always tried to be 'honest' right the way down the line... but the number of times I've been disappointed by this. Including with my parents who mostly very selfish and just wanted me to do what they wanted me to do... and not take any risks with me. However, you also take how they had have a voicemail saying they were too busy, and then people wanted them more. A couple of weeks ago, a girl decided she liked me, and then this other blond girl, because the first liked me, wanted to get my attention. When I did finally give her my attention, that was it... she just wanted to get ego boost! The other girl, this week was barely interested in me. Now, if I'd have played one off against the other...? Again, I say isn't it sad that people are attracted towards the 'glitz' and not the integrity?

[@marvinross2198]

O'well was he livin' in a area like a large city-R-small city what group of ppl he was hanging around mm, do he know the story about like Tulsa Oakland & so on.

[@billycranston5481]

Operation thundercats you know because of the transformers.

[@louisemiller2350]

How many times did he say "you guys"? Aren't women there too?

[@kllol1892]

Cash flow better than your mother 😂😂😂😂nice one 😁😊☕

[@jonathanbobadilla7]

40% of students who attended this talk, were stoned.

[@OpheliaLondon]

Are we to believe that by growing a beard, his buddy didn't have to show actual proof of his age? Seems unbelievable...

[@rajeshdevjee4654]

corruption

[@bvictory5698]

Just gotta talk to the right clerk... I wa a friends with a bank manager and he would push my checks through and not make me wait for them to clear. Would also let me know if a check was gonna bounce and not to cash it by being able to see the persons account before he ran the check (obv only if they used the same bank)... sometimes it really is who ya know.

[@riversedgegoatdairy297]

Monopoly or any other games, bend the rules? What happens? You rock off the other players and..... Potentially you win the game..... Or earn millions. Now I am second guessing the moral of this story.... Are there any morals? Makes me wonder. Pelowski should also earn a medal.... She after all cheated the system for 100's of millions..... Parallelism?

[@Haise8]

Hilarious Narration

[@donaldtietjen3833]

I hope that was a slip-up. If he's lying on something so small just to get some lols, this story loses all credibility.

[@williammaldonado3516]

😆 LOL! 👍

[@marmitaa8619]

Jesus christ. Ted talks getting beyond useless now. Oh this is 10 years old. Fair enough.

[@princeandy123]

I got fired from McDonald’s too and I hope you can watch the video that I posted on my channel

[@xoxoxocoxox9251]

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[@celloswiss]

"you guys"???? seriously 🙄

[@willsommervil6141]

F McDonald’s 😂😂😂

[@kinky_Z]

Oh, this is that rich kid "gamer", right? I could be wrong there. Wait, if your McDonald's gig was the only way you were going to put food on the table and a roof over your head, maybe you wouldn't have gotten fired for laziness. I HAD no other option except waitressing in greasy spoons and $10/day gigs to stay alive. I didn't have a private bedroom with mommy and daddy after work. My parents were appalled that I was secretly working my way through school. They died of embarrassment! Even though they were quite well off and had few obligations, I only got about $20 from them after age 16, which is when they threw me onto the streets with nothing in So Cal. I did EVERYTHING on my own including working for every dime for my MBA years later. I would have loved to have had a good relationship with my parents but that was impossible to do with a pair who were off the Missouri farm, Reagan and Nixon Republicans with 2 books (one Ayn Rand) and 2 record albums in the house and who thought any schooling past 12th grade was a complete waste of time as was art and music. Your McDonald thing is specious rich boy shit and sorry. You are SO LUCKY to have had the situation you had!! I can't make it to the end. Riches to riches stories kind of bore me. What happened to the old Ted Talks? This is somewhat of a joke!

[@whendidyoutubeaddhandles]

Anthony Ynohtna if you payed any attention to what she said, they kicked her out because she wanted to continue her education.

[@karolinemcdermott9301]

Kinky I agree it’s like your trying to make it this I had it harder so your story has no legitimacy because you have parents? You missed the entire point and managed to make it about you. That’s impressive.

[@ltsjoshy]

Ok boomer

[@aaronsmith4806]

Maybe you should have watched 10 minutes of the talk instead of making a 5 page comment totally misjudging the video

[@joemar6740]

someone is upset with their life

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[@davidsbaltris1129]

So he promotes lying, having secrets, commuting felony and deception. He seems like the guy which you would never want to make a business with.

[@Princezisha24400]

Living in a brown family is its own struggle. Im pretty sure every brown person understands why he had to do this. As an Indian myself i know how my culture is. It crushes dreams. :)

[@prbishal]

This is gr8 inspiring lecture... all students should watch and learn from him...