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The Gladiator Mindset. Two heart attacks, £100 million lost, and 20 years learned the hard way. Then $700 in his pocket, everyone had given up, and Dubai was supposed to be a fresh start.
Dariush Soudi built and lost empires – gyms, tech companies, franchises – before arriving in Dubai broke, broken, and starting again from scratch.
In this conversation with Matt Haycox, Dariush breaks down what doing it the hard way really costs you, why most people are conditioned to lose before they even start, and how walking into every room like a gladiator became the philosophy that rebuilt everything.
Chapters
0:00 – Coming Up
0:16 – Intro
0:49 – Dariush's Childhood
5:38 – Future and Career Prospects as a Child
9:51 – Why did your family move to England?
10:20 – Skiving A-Levels
11:20 – Going into Sales, Working Hard, Becoming a Natural
12:26 – Biggest Mistakes You've Made in Sales
16:03 – Dariush as a Parent – Anger Issues, In and Out of Prison in England Growing Up
17:24 – Dubai Jail
22:46 – Sales Career in Dariush's 20s
28:16 – Dodgy Business Partners and Heart Attack from Stress
33:36 – Arriving to Dubai with No Money
37:05 – The Origin of 'Gladiator'
39:16 – Selling Events
46:04 – Why Dariush Does What He Does
47:52 – Final Thoughts
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