WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.880 What most people do their entire lives is they go for one or two or three years, 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:06.880 and the thing doesn't work out. 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:28.535 And they say, oh, this isn't for me. I'm gonna try something else. They go to the new thing. One, two, three years. It doesn't work out. They did repeat the process, and before you know it, you've done that six times and it's taken you, you know, uh, eighteen years of your life. You're 38 years old and you don't know what the fuck you're gonna do with your life. That is the danger of not pushing through 00:00:29.690 --> 00:00:31.210 the monotony 00:00:31.210 --> 00:00:35.290 of achieving anything. And there's not a single person on the planet. 00:00:35.530 --> 00:00:41.210 I don't care if it's Elon Musk. I don't care if it's Bezos. I don't care if it's Michael Jordan. 00:00:41.450 --> 00:00:46.165 I don't care if it's Tom Brady. It they're every single person. These people, 00:00:46.485 --> 00:00:59.045 they are experts at doing the work diligently at a high level after the excitement fades. Yeah. That's where things are really produced. You're not even producing anything 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.160 before the excitement fades. 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:28.140 What is up, guys? It's Andy Pucella, and this is the show for the realists. Say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness, delusions of modern society, and welcome to mother reality. Guys, today, we have q and a f. That is where you submit the questions, and we give you the answers. Now you could submit your questions a bunch of different ways. DJ's gonna tell you how. 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That is where a person who has completed 75 hard comes on the show, talks about how they were before, how they are now, and how they use 75 hard to take back control of their life. If you're unfamiliar with 75 hard, it is the initial phase of the live hard program, 00:02:14.885 --> 00:02:19.150 which is the world's most popular mental transformation program in history. 00:02:19.470 --> 00:02:25.310 You can get that entire program for free at episode two zero eight on the audio feed. 00:02:25.470 --> 00:02:28.510 Again, that's two zero eight on the audio feed only, 00:02:28.830 --> 00:02:31.790 or you can go to andyfurcella.com 00:02:31.790 --> 00:02:33.870 and buy the book on mental toughness. 00:02:34.215 --> 00:02:39.015 It has the entire live hard program and a whole bunch of other info that's not on that free episode. 00:02:39.255 --> 00:02:47.575 Uh, if you're somebody who likes the ins and outs and the nuts and bolts and all the details, that's the that's the way to go. Uh, obviously, it's not free, but it is more in-depth. 00:02:48.630 --> 00:02:53.110 Let's see. We are the biggest show in the world that doesn't run ads. That is a fact. 00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:54.310 Alright? 00:02:55.030 --> 00:02:58.150 The reason we don't run ads is because I 00:02:58.630 --> 00:03:00.950 do not wanna be told what I can and can't say 00:03:01.445 --> 00:03:02.165 ever. 00:03:02.485 --> 00:03:03.125 So 00:03:03.525 --> 00:03:06.405 I make a little deal with you guys, and it goes like this. 00:03:07.285 --> 00:03:11.285 If you like the show, if it makes you laugh, if it makes you think, if it's something of value, 00:03:11.765 --> 00:03:14.005 realize that the only way our show grows, 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:19.140 because we don't have a big network behind us and we don't have a big, uh, ad campaign, 00:03:19.140 --> 00:03:20.820 it only grows through word-of-mouth. 00:03:21.140 --> 00:03:25.620 And, uh, we just ask very simply that if you enjoy the show, the specific episode, 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:31.845 share that bitch out. Alright? So don't be a hoe. Share the show. Alright. Dish episode. 00:03:31.925 --> 00:03:38.405 Yeah. I mean, some people think they could share one for the whole year and they've done their little deal. Like, that's not the deal, man. The deal is 00:03:38.645 --> 00:03:48.430 every episode. If if it gives you value. Yeah. If you think it sucks, fucking Yeah. Don't share it. Yeah. But they never suck. They don't suck. Yeah. That's right, man. What's going on, dawg? 00:03:49.710 --> 00:03:58.030 Nothing, dude. Yeah. I got a little you know, I don't I know we can't really talk about it, but I have some shit. I got some drink in my cup. Yeah. Gas. 00:03:59.275 --> 00:04:02.315 It's my favorite drink we've had so far. Absolute 00:04:02.715 --> 00:04:03.675 gas. Yeah. 00:04:03.995 --> 00:04:04.795 Yep. 00:04:05.115 --> 00:04:09.755 It's Let's just tell them what it is. No. I can't. No. No. I'm saying, like, we just beep it. You know what saying? 00:04:13.550 --> 00:04:20.510 Dude, this is fucking gas. Yeah. It is. Like, this is my summer drink. No doubt. Like, drink. Like, not drink. It's a drink. 00:04:21.150 --> 00:04:21.790 And 00:04:22.430 --> 00:04:29.925 what do you call it, though? Because, like, you're used to calling it, like, purple and pink. Give me some of the red. This is pink. No. But it's clear. 00:04:31.125 --> 00:04:32.245 What do you say? 00:04:33.285 --> 00:04:44.860 Because you guys you're gonna be confused. Just the drink, dog. Yeah. Just simply a drink. Give me the drink. I want the drink. Alright. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Then that now the yellow drink's good too. The yellow is good. I'll drink yellow juice all day long. Yeah. 00:04:46.540 --> 00:04:49.260 That's what I mean. That one golden shower. That 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:51.740 that kinda sound like I'll drink urine, didn't 00:04:51.915 --> 00:04:52.715 Well, 00:04:54.955 --> 00:05:16.340 that enough of that. It's time to get better today. That is good, though, ain't it? Bro, it's fucking gas. Yeah. It's absolute gas. I know. Dude, fuck. I'm excited, dude. You know, just when I think, you know Yeah. It's there. Know what I'm saying? We're still learning. Yeah. We're still learning. Yeah. Dude, perspective is a powerful fucking thing, ain't it? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like like Yeah. You could see things 00:05:17.545 --> 00:05:23.785 many different ways. It's the exact same thing. And I think that how you choose to see anything is really gonna be 00:05:23.785 --> 00:05:34.300 responsible and dictate the quality of your life Yeah. Or the quality of your products. Yeah. Yeah. Or how shit your life is. Right. You're 100% there. Absolutely, man. Well, guys, 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:39.340 it's q and a f. We got three good ones for you, bro. Cool. Let's get better, guys. 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:43.020 Andy, question number one. Andy, 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:44.860 with an exclamation point. 00:05:46.565 --> 00:05:50.725 Andy, I'm a 23 year old female medical student 00:05:50.965 --> 00:05:53.605 with a very clear vision for my life. 00:05:53.925 --> 00:06:02.350 I often feel misunderstood by my family and those around me because many people deemed the goals I've already set and achieved as impossible. 00:06:02.910 --> 00:06:08.590 I was and still am often ridiculed with people telling me I won't make it anyway. My long term goal 00:06:08.990 --> 00:06:12.750 is to immigrate, which is why I choose a field like medicine 00:06:13.185 --> 00:06:15.665 that isn't tied to a specific country. 00:06:15.985 --> 00:06:24.785 I'm already learning the language and immersing myself in the culture. I'm seeking advice on how to effectively build a foundation for long arc goals 00:06:24.945 --> 00:06:27.425 that span a decade or more. My question is, 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:36.880 what is the best way to lay the groundwork for goals that are still far off? Ten years more in the future. How do you do that? Well, 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.280 look. First of all, goals 00:06:39.520 --> 00:06:47.975 that took ten years ten years ago now take three years or four years because of the different technologies that we have. So it's hard to put a time frame 00:06:48.295 --> 00:06:52.695 because of the evolution and the speed at which technology is changing in the world. 00:06:53.175 --> 00:06:55.895 My ten year goals, when I started in 1999, 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:57.980 that was a much different 00:06:59.100 --> 00:07:06.300 amount of ground to cover than a ten year goal now. Mhmm. And which is really great for for you guys. You know, we have a lot of talk about, 00:07:06.780 --> 00:07:07.180 you know, 00:07:08.635 --> 00:07:13.435 how hard it is to succeed and all these things, but it's always been hard. And 00:07:13.675 --> 00:07:35.650 I would honestly trade places with any of you at this current time, even considering what's going on in the world, to be 20 years old again and have the ability to cover way more ground in a much shorter period of time. Yeah. So let's be careful about how much we think we can accomplish in ten years because it's probably a whole lot more than you think at this point in time because that ability to to accelerate 00:07:36.165 --> 00:07:41.525 is only going to get more and more and more. So that's the first thing. The second thing is 00:07:42.325 --> 00:07:45.765 in order to achieve any goals, you have to understand 00:07:45.765 --> 00:07:50.645 that you are going into a battle. Okay? A metaphorical battle. 00:07:50.965 --> 00:07:51.525 And 00:07:52.440 --> 00:07:54.280 you cannot go into the battle 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:55.240 with 00:07:55.880 --> 00:08:20.875 bad tools and bad weapons. If I if we were in a real battle and I sent you out there against people who were you know, had rocket launchers and machine guns and I gave you a little buck knife, you're gonna get killed. Alright? You're not gonna be successful no matter what you do, no matter how tough you are, no matter it doesn't matter. The tools that they have are better than the tools that you have, and for that reason, you don't have a chance. 00:08:21.355 --> 00:08:23.195 So we have to understand that 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:24.300 our 00:08:24.700 --> 00:08:26.460 mind and our body 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:34.540 is the tool. That is our weapon system. That is what allows us to accomplish the goals that we're going to accomplish. 00:08:34.860 --> 00:08:45.645 And far too many people don't realize this. They don't realize that if you're not finely tuned and you're not training your mind and you're not holding yourself into the best possible condition, 00:08:46.125 --> 00:08:50.520 you are in a situation where you are at a disadvantage against people who are. So 00:08:51.160 --> 00:09:02.600 how should you look at this? Well, the number one reason that most people can't achieve their goals isn't because they don't know how to achieve them. It's because they lack the ability to adhere 00:09:03.175 --> 00:09:09.255 to the steps of achieving the goal for a long enough period of time for those things to materialize. 00:09:09.815 --> 00:09:10.455 So 00:09:10.855 --> 00:09:13.495 you have to be able to cultivate 00:09:14.295 --> 00:09:15.655 and understand 00:09:16.135 --> 00:09:18.215 that the skills of 00:09:18.610 --> 00:09:19.490 resilience 00:09:19.490 --> 00:09:20.770 and fortitude 00:09:20.770 --> 00:09:23.250 and grit and mental toughness 00:09:23.330 --> 00:09:27.490 and the ability to endure and the ability to adhere, 00:09:27.890 --> 00:09:29.490 these are the things 00:09:29.810 --> 00:09:38.375 that, number one, give you the confidence to achieve these goals, but number two, give you the very practical ability to follow a plan 00:09:38.855 --> 00:09:40.535 for much longer 00:09:40.695 --> 00:09:44.615 than you might be excited about following it. Alright? 00:09:45.255 --> 00:09:49.095 So this is the purpose of the live hard and the 75 hard lifestyle. 00:09:49.910 --> 00:09:51.590 A lot of people don't understand 00:09:51.750 --> 00:09:59.750 that 75 hard and live hard are to be completed every single year. This is a lifestyle. This is not a one hit it, fix it type thing. 00:10:00.390 --> 00:10:02.630 These skill sets that I just mentioned, 00:10:02.950 --> 00:10:05.270 grit, fortitude, mental toughness, discipline, 00:10:05.725 --> 00:10:10.125 the ability to endure, resilience, all these things, they have to be trained 00:10:10.765 --> 00:10:14.765 all the time because they're perishable. It's no different than 00:10:15.485 --> 00:10:17.965 any other perishable skill. If you 00:10:18.550 --> 00:10:35.035 wanna learn how to play the guitar and you get pretty decent at guitar and you stop for a year, you're not gonna be as good. If you stop for five years, you're gonna be starting over. These are things that you have to understand about your own tools, your your mind, your body. 00:10:35.435 --> 00:10:36.075 So 00:10:36.715 --> 00:10:39.115 learning that at a young age, 00:10:39.275 --> 00:10:40.555 because you're very young, 00:10:41.515 --> 00:10:48.875 and being able to be conscious of that and become aware of that and keep that finely tuned will give you the ability 00:10:49.570 --> 00:10:51.730 to adhere to your plan 00:10:52.450 --> 00:10:56.290 much longer at a much higher level than everybody else. 00:10:56.530 --> 00:10:59.890 That is a huge advantage because 98% 00:10:59.890 --> 00:11:00.690 of people, 00:11:01.010 --> 00:11:04.335 they quit the minute that it becomes inconvenient. 00:11:04.335 --> 00:11:10.575 The minute that something happens that they don't like or the minute that they get bored with it, they're saying, you know, 00:11:11.215 --> 00:11:17.935 I've done a lot of reflection, and I've realized that this just isn't for me. Well, listen, dude. Nothing's gonna be for you because 00:11:18.270 --> 00:11:23.630 every single thing that you could possibly choose on the entire planet to do 00:11:24.030 --> 00:11:40.175 is going to get boring, and it's going to get monotonous, and it's going to get to a place where you don't feel like doing it. And if you don't have the ability to push through those times, you cannot get there. Yeah. If you start over every single time something starts to feel boring or monotonous or not exciting, 00:11:40.335 --> 00:11:48.895 you're never gonna get to the place you're trying to get. And this is the mistake that most people make. Most people start a thing. They have this amazing energy, 00:11:49.990 --> 00:11:51.670 quote, unquote, motivation. 00:11:52.310 --> 00:12:01.190 They let that motivation drive them to the point where it's no longer exciting. The motivation fades. They lose the fuel to move down the path. 00:12:01.830 --> 00:12:04.230 You have to operate on a on a different 00:12:04.475 --> 00:12:05.435 understanding. 00:12:06.155 --> 00:12:21.710 Is that the real progress in life is not made when you're motivated. The real progress in life is made when you'd rather do anything else and you still do what it is you're trying to do at a high level. That is the separator between those who do and those who don't. 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:27.390 And if you can develop that and you can keep that in mind and you can keep that finely tuned, 00:12:27.790 --> 00:12:32.670 you will be at a massive advantage over everybody else. So that is the second thing. Understand. 00:12:33.155 --> 00:12:35.155 You have to control what you control. 00:12:35.395 --> 00:12:43.315 You have to always finely tune your mind. You have to keep your body in the best shape that it can be because these are your tools, your weapons that you're using 00:12:43.475 --> 00:12:45.635 to fight the life resistance 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:48.860 that comes your way when you are an ambitious person. 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:51.900 Okay? And number three, um, 00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:54.540 you need to get very specific. Okay? 00:12:55.500 --> 00:13:04.695 I wanna do this, and you break it down backwards into daily critical tasks that have to be done every single day that will eventually lead you to there. And guess what? 00:13:05.015 --> 00:13:15.810 I've built a piece of technology that actually does this for you. If you go to operator standard and get on the wait list, cause we're still in beta and we're still in the the MVP mode, 00:13:16.130 --> 00:13:18.290 we are gonna open that up very soon. 00:13:18.770 --> 00:13:23.170 Go get on the wait list for operator standard. Go on my website. Join the wait list. 00:13:23.490 --> 00:13:24.930 And when this launches, 00:13:25.475 --> 00:13:30.355 there's there's thousands of people in there already. They took advantage of jumping into it in, uh, December. 00:13:30.355 --> 00:13:30.915 Mhmm. 00:13:31.475 --> 00:13:39.875 And they've done an amazing job helping us find the holes and figure out what needs to be and how to do. But this technology is amazing because what it actually does 00:13:40.910 --> 00:13:46.510 is you get to tell it what you're trying to do, and it breaks down the critical task all the way down to today 00:13:46.910 --> 00:13:50.350 that helps you get to where you're trying to go. So you're not questioning 00:13:50.510 --> 00:13:54.590 what you actually need to do. Yeah. It takes that vagueness out. That's just one of the things it does. 00:13:55.725 --> 00:13:59.405 This this thing is like fucking Jarvis for winners. Okay? 00:13:59.965 --> 00:14:05.645 I can't even tell you all the shit that's gonna come out with it and what we're working on, but that it does that now. 00:14:05.885 --> 00:14:06.525 So 00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:09.740 you can either do that yourself 00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.780 or 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:14.300 you can get that and fucking 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:21.260 use that. Yep. And so those are the three things that you have to do. Let me ask you this, Andy, because I know like I said, man, we we talk, you know, 00:14:21.955 --> 00:14:30.115 oftentimes outside of this, just life shit, you know. And I remember asking this was years ago, dude. I asked her. I'm like, you know, did you know that you would be where you are today? 00:14:30.435 --> 00:14:41.100 And your answer because, you know, most people are like, oh, no. I didn't know. Just figured no. No. You're like, no. This is what I expected. That's right. Right? And and I think I guess my question is, and it may not even be the right word, 00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:43.020 but in 1999, 00:14:43.020 --> 00:14:44.300 19 year old Andy, 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:45.420 was there, 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:49.500 like, a level of, like, blind confidence 00:14:48.955 --> 00:14:55.835 at that time? Like, you know what I'm saying? So it's so the answer is yes and no. Okay? Did I know we would be here 00:14:56.235 --> 00:14:57.355 specifically? 00:14:57.915 --> 00:14:58.955 Not exactly. 00:14:59.355 --> 00:15:01.995 Did I know that I would be in a position where I was winning? 00:15:02.590 --> 00:15:15.790 Yes. On an undeniable win? Undeniable winning. Yes. I expected that. That was not ever a doubt in my mind. I just kept moving, and that is, like, what faith is about. Right? Right. Like Yeah. I said blind confidence. Well, look, dude. 00:15:17.345 --> 00:15:20.545 The work's always gonna come before the belief. Yeah. Alright? 00:15:20.865 --> 00:15:24.705 People think that when they start out, they have to have this amazing belief 00:15:24.945 --> 00:15:33.890 in their ability to accomplish things. And because they don't, they think there's something wrong with them, but they've got the the order of operations backwards. Okay? 00:15:34.130 --> 00:15:48.475 The truth of the matter is is the only way that you start believing that you're actually gonna get there, like truly believing it. Like you said, at the at the beginning, you're like, I wanna be there. That's where I wanna be. I would like to be there. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And and because people lack confidence, 00:15:48.555 --> 00:15:50.875 goes back to the live hard program, 00:15:51.595 --> 00:15:57.995 they they they say, man, I don't really believe that. And what happens is that freezes them up in the beginning. And they're not realizing 00:15:58.155 --> 00:16:09.810 that you have to go and you have to do some of the work, and you've gotta do the work for a considerable amount of time. Not a month, not three months, not six months, not a year. We're talking years. Okay? 00:16:10.370 --> 00:16:11.090 And, eventually, 00:16:12.065 --> 00:16:18.945 you get to a point where it starts to produce results, and you're like, oh, shit. Okay. This makes sense. I work. 00:16:19.345 --> 00:16:29.560 I see some results. I get some more belief. Okay? And when that cycle happens two or three times where you start to really learn that your inputs equal a certain output, 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:34.760 now confidence isn't a problem because you understand what the game is about. Yeah. So 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:40.040 the the reality is is you have to do the work blindly 00:16:40.785 --> 00:16:46.945 the best that you can. And by the way, we have incredible tools like we talked about in the operator standard 00:16:47.505 --> 00:16:49.025 that will help you 00:16:49.425 --> 00:17:13.125 understand the things you should do when you may not know what to do. And as long as you do them and then they start to produce results, you'd learn that confidence, and that's where the expectation comes in. Yeah. So once you get to a point where you've, you know, you've put the ingredients in, you've baked the cake, the cake comes out as pretty good. You've put the ingredients in, you baked another cake, the cake comes out pretty good. You put the ingredients. You you bake another cake. The cake comes out better. 00:17:13.365 --> 00:17:15.365 And you continue that process. 00:17:15.525 --> 00:17:27.050 It doesn't take that long before you figure out, like, fuck, dude. I can do this. Mhmm. And this is great. So now you know what it takes to actually move forward, and you're in a position to move forward with confidence, understanding 00:17:27.050 --> 00:17:27.770 that 00:17:28.730 --> 00:17:30.410 you now expect 00:17:30.650 --> 00:17:34.490 to be successful. You're not hoping or wishing or 00:17:34.970 --> 00:17:41.595 doubting it. Right? You understand that if I put this work in, it will produce this result. And that's a very 00:17:42.155 --> 00:17:43.035 freeing 00:17:43.115 --> 00:17:48.635 feeling because it removes the things like doubt. It removes the things like uncertainty. 00:17:48.635 --> 00:17:54.315 It removes the lack of confidence. And now you understand that is is simply inputs and outputs. 00:17:54.650 --> 00:17:57.610 And that's what we have to understand. Dude, expecting 00:17:57.610 --> 00:17:58.410 to win 00:17:58.810 --> 00:18:03.690 is completely different than hoping to win. Yeah. Okay? Hoping to win is, 00:18:03.850 --> 00:18:04.570 man, 00:18:05.370 --> 00:18:06.090 you know, 00:18:06.570 --> 00:18:16.375 maybe if I do some of this work, a a lucky break will happen. I'll meet someone. Something will happen. People will like it. I'll go viral. I'll do this. I'll do that. That's hope. 00:18:16.775 --> 00:18:42.185 Expecting is I'm going to do whatever the fuck it takes no matter what to produce this result. And that result is going to fucking happen. And I don't give a shit if the fucking world ends. That result is still gonna fucking happen. That's a different thing. Okay? Totally different thing. And the only people who actually win are the people who eventually get to a point where they expect it. But you've gotta build that part by doing the work, 00:18:42.745 --> 00:18:44.265 not really understanding 00:18:44.665 --> 00:18:48.985 until you see the results a few times to gain that confidence of expectation. 00:18:48.985 --> 00:18:58.050 Yeah. Yeah. It's Yeah. Like it's like the hockey stick you talk about. You're gonna go for a minute without seeing anything. No no fruits at all. Yeah. Yeah. Most people will quit. I mean, dude, look, man. 00:18:58.450 --> 00:19:04.465 Most people are quitting their goal in six months. Yeah. Like, nothing happens in six months. 00:19:04.865 --> 00:19:13.505 Okay? And and that was not that's not a new thing, by the way. I mean, we could blame the Internet and say, oh, yeah. It's all these influencers. Time to change it. It it 00:19:13.905 --> 00:19:26.600 it's more in your face now. But even when you were younger, even when I I was younger, that's the same way people operated. Okay? They operated from a place of relying completely on their motivation 00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:28.120 and not on 00:19:28.525 --> 00:19:32.605 pushing past the point where the motivation fades. Yeah. Or 00:19:32.765 --> 00:19:39.485 working until something bad happens and then saying, oh, yeah. Well, something bad happened to me, and that's the story they tell for their whole life. 00:19:39.885 --> 00:19:51.390 You have to keep going through those things. And if you don't, you just have to accept that you're not gonna ever become what it is you're gonna become. What most people do their entire lives is they go for one or two or three years, 00:19:51.630 --> 00:19:53.390 and the thing doesn't work out. 00:19:54.270 --> 00:20:15.410 And they say, oh, this isn't for me. I'm gonna try something else. They go to the new thing. One, two, three years, it doesn't work out. They did repeat the process, and before you know it, you've done that six times, and it's taken you fucking, you know, uh, eighteen years of your life. You're 38 years old, and you don't know what the fuck you're gonna do with your life. That is the danger of not pushing through 00:20:16.130 --> 00:20:17.730 the monotony 00:20:17.730 --> 00:20:27.815 of achieving anything. And there's not a single person on the planet I don't care if it's Elon Musk. I don't care if it's Bezos. I don't care if it's Michael Jordan. 00:20:28.055 --> 00:20:32.695 I don't care if it's Tom Brady. It they're every single person, these people, 00:20:33.015 --> 00:20:36.535 they are experts at doing the work 00:20:36.775 --> 00:20:38.855 diligently at a high level 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.280 after 00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:47.080 the excitement fades. Yeah. That's where things are really produced. You're not even producing anything 00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:49.320 before the excitement fades. Like 00:20:49.800 --> 00:21:01.655 Damn. Yeah. Brother, that's crazy to think about, dude. Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Well, once the new car smell wears off, what are you doing then? Oh, I'm gonna get a new car. That's right. You know? That's right. Yeah. 00:21:02.215 --> 00:21:08.615 Dude, that's wild, man. That's how people think. Fuck, man. I love it, man. Let's keep moving, guys. Uh, guys, Andy, question number two. 00:21:09.490 --> 00:21:12.370 Andy, I own a small roofing company in Iowa. 00:21:12.770 --> 00:21:19.490 For the first few years, it was exciting because everything felt like growth. I've hired eight more guys full time. 00:21:19.730 --> 00:21:22.130 We are making more money than we ever have 00:21:22.765 --> 00:21:33.645 and are backed up almost four months, which is huge for us. Um, but lately, the pressure has started feeling different. Now I've got employees with families depending on these paychecks, 00:21:33.645 --> 00:21:38.720 customers are trusting us with big money, and mistakes cost way more than they used to. 00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:40.560 I still want to grow, 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.920 but sometimes 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.760 I honestly miss when it was smaller and simpler. 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:50.960 How did you handle that place realizing that your decisions affect a lot more than just you now? 00:21:53.785 --> 00:22:00.265 I certainly leaned into it. I didn't run away from it. You know, for me, that happened about when I was 00:22:00.825 --> 00:22:02.745 thirteen or fourteen years into my business. 00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.460 You can only go 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:13.500 so far when it's about you. Okay? When when your purpose is about you 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:25.455 and you go out and you make enough money and you're able to, you know, pay your bills and, you know, maybe you have a couple toys and you're not in a financial position of stress the way that you were, 00:22:26.175 --> 00:22:29.935 comfort starts to set in. And when comfort starts to set in, 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:47.285 that's when things get real dangerous. Because most of the time when comfort sets in, people stop going and doing the things that got them to that point. And while all of their competitors are still doing those things, and then they end up losing, and they can't figure out why they lost because they're like, well, 00:22:47.845 --> 00:23:02.550 you know, I was doing good, but now things are not good. Well, yeah, the reason things aren't good is because you're playing a game that runs on a sliding scale. You are actually competing against other human beings. And when the when everybody else is moving forward and you stand still, 00:23:02.790 --> 00:23:19.335 they're gonna pass you. It's no different than getting way ahead in a marathon and then deciding to pull out your lawn chair and say, man, you know what? I'm so far ahead. This is great. I'm at mile 19. I'm gonna chill. I'm gonna and then eventually, they pass you up. And then you you can't catch them because you have to start the momentum over again. Yeah. So 00:23:19.815 --> 00:23:23.495 so you have to understand that comfort is super dangerous. 00:23:23.575 --> 00:23:27.815 And the way you should be looking at this is this is a reignition 00:23:27.815 --> 00:23:28.775 of your 00:23:29.255 --> 00:23:30.535 responsibilities 00:23:30.790 --> 00:23:34.870 that will cause you to continue to progress, learn, 00:23:35.030 --> 00:23:36.390 work, grow, 00:23:36.630 --> 00:23:37.510 and create 00:23:37.670 --> 00:23:52.505 at a bigger scale level. What you should be doing right now by the way, the four month wait list is not good, just so you know. Yeah. Okay? No. You think that's good for you. Where you perspective. Good. It's perspective. You know why that's not good? Because those people that are made waiting for four months might 00:23:52.745 --> 00:24:01.930 hire someone that can do it tomorrow. Mhmm. Okay? So while you think it's good because we got all this business on the books, you're thinking about yourself. You're not thinking about your employees. 00:24:02.090 --> 00:24:10.250 And, dude, if you're an ethical business owner, you have to understand that you have a responsibility for the people who have bet on you for their livelihoods. 00:24:10.410 --> 00:24:15.345 Those men and those women have bet on you for their livelihoods. Understand 00:24:15.345 --> 00:24:18.625 that. And if you can't take that seriously, 00:24:18.865 --> 00:24:24.545 not only will you not win, you're kind of a shit shitty owner. Not even kinda. You are. Yeah. Alright? 00:24:24.945 --> 00:24:27.745 So this is a point in time where 00:24:27.985 --> 00:24:28.705 your 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.300 intent 00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:35.020 naturally moves, and this happens to all entrepreneurs who scale. Okay? 00:24:35.260 --> 00:24:37.180 It naturally moves from 00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:48.505 what I need to do for me to a point where I have to grow because these people are betting on me, and they have families, and they have homes, and they have obligations. 00:24:48.665 --> 00:24:50.265 And if I don't grow the business, 00:24:50.425 --> 00:24:55.625 they're not gonna be able to pay those things. And that's a different kind of pressure. It's kinda like I imagine, 00:24:55.970 --> 00:25:15.405 like, when people have children and it's all about themselves. And then all of a sudden, there's this little fucking sack of meat that comes out, and you're like, holy shit, dude. If I don't do it, this kid's gonna fucking starve. Yeah. Okay. Now I've never experienced it in that way, but I imagine that's what it feels like. A 100%. Okay? Yeah. That's what I've been told. Yeah. 00:25:15.725 --> 00:25:17.805 But that same responsibility 00:25:17.805 --> 00:25:19.805 and obligation should be 00:25:21.165 --> 00:25:22.285 put on 00:25:22.845 --> 00:25:31.000 your employees as well. Okay? Because, like, dude, these people are betting on you, man. They're betting their lives. They're betting their families. They're betting their futures on you. 00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:33.560 And if you sit there because you have, 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:43.045 you know, a couple bucks in the bank, you're a piece of shit. That's the truth. Okay? Because they're betting on you. You have to understand that. They are betting on you. 00:25:43.365 --> 00:25:59.710 Okay? And you a lot of people like to bitch. Nobody believes in me. Nobody what about all those employees that show up every day? Yeah. They fucking believe in you. That's right. Otherwise, they wouldn't fucking be there. Okay? So you well, how you should be looking at this now is to change the responsibility 00:25:59.950 --> 00:26:06.495 and the intent from yourself to them. Alright? And when you can do that and then you expand 00:26:06.495 --> 00:26:09.295 the vision of your growth to 00:26:09.615 --> 00:26:15.135 include their hopes and dreams and what they're trying to accomplish underneath that umbrella, 00:26:15.695 --> 00:26:22.820 now you start to create a really great company that solves the problem of overwhelm that you're currently experiencing. 00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:25.540 When you have people that understand 00:26:25.780 --> 00:26:26.500 that they're 00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:29.860 that they can actually achieve 00:26:30.515 --> 00:26:39.395 what they're trying to. They can make enough money. They can build what they want. They can live in a house they want. They could drive the car they want. They can do these things in your system. 00:26:39.795 --> 00:26:43.795 Now you're in a situation where they are willing to help you, 00:26:44.195 --> 00:26:51.930 uh, in a very proactive way to handle the minutiae and the overwhelm that comes with scaling. So 00:26:52.090 --> 00:26:53.530 your choices are this. 00:26:54.090 --> 00:27:06.565 Yeah. You could reminisce about the good old days, but remember, in the good old days, you were fucking broke. Okay? You didn't have the bass boat. You didn't have the Corvette. You didn't have the Escalade. You didn't have a nice house. 00:27:06.725 --> 00:27:07.925 You were starving, 00:27:07.925 --> 00:27:16.280 and you had to watch what the fuck you ordered at the restaurant. See, everybody likes to reminisce about the good old days, but they forget those things. Yeah. Okay? So 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:23.480 let's be real about what you're talking about. And I would remove this idea from your head because there is a metaphysical, quantaphysical element 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:39.435 to what you desire in your brain that the universe and God will provide for you. So if you start to think, man, I really would just like to live a simple life and all this shit, God's gonna find a way to deliver that to you, and you may not like the way he delivers it. Yeah. So 00:27:40.155 --> 00:27:49.240 you need to be thinking about the other people. You need to be thinking about their well-being. And when you can go from thinking about you to thinking about them, it unlocks a whole new level in entrepreneurs. 00:27:49.240 --> 00:28:11.945 Yeah. Well, dude, and and, like, again, we've we've talked about this before, man. It's like, you know, like, dude, you you said all like, you said, like, man, I I miss the store days. I I do miss it, but my job, my role is different now. It's changed. It's evolved. You know I'm saying? How many different hats have you worn? All of them. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. HR, fuck. Like Dude, all of them. I packed boxes. Dude, I remember whenever we we we first started shipping out, dude. 00:28:12.425 --> 00:28:14.160 At 04:00 in the afternoon, 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:17.200 we would go out and literally pack the boxes. 00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:43.275 Okay? Before that, when it was just me and Chris, we would print shit out on a printer, and there'd be, like, five or six boxes, and we would pack them and order them. I mean, I've done everything here. Yeah. Everything from sweeping the floors to being the CEO to being chairman of the board. Like, ever everything. Everything. I've done everything. Yeah. Okay? You gotta you gotta get comfortable in what that role is now. Yes. And that role will evolve. And and when you get a new role, that's gonna come with different responsibilities. 00:28:43.470 --> 00:28:50.190 The reason that I like the, quote, unquote, good old days was because I got to deal more with customers face to face. 00:28:50.510 --> 00:29:14.880 That's not reality for me anymore. Not because it was easier. No. That's I just enjoyed it. Yeah. So I find other ways to do that. For example, how I do that now is instead of dealing with customers face to face, I will walk the floors, and I will talk to the people, and I will talk to them, and I will help them with what they are doing. And I get that same sort of reward in a different way. Yeah. So Yeah. Yeah, man. Look, 00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.760 dude. This is very simple. 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:23.520 Stop thinking about yourself. Start understanding that you have a massive responsibility to take care of your employees, 00:29:23.760 --> 00:29:26.720 and that little fire that you feel like is getting a little, 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:36.775 you know, small is gonna reignite in a way that's much bigger than it ever was. Because there's one it's one thing to worry about yourself. Okay? Like, I know how to survive 00:29:37.335 --> 00:29:39.175 being broke. Alright? 00:29:39.415 --> 00:29:40.135 It's 00:29:40.295 --> 00:29:46.400 I don't ever wanna go back there. But the reality is is if I had to, I could fucking do it, and it wouldn't it wouldn't be a deal. 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.680 When I think 00:29:49.760 --> 00:29:50.400 of 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.080 my employees 00:29:52.880 --> 00:30:01.725 in any company that I'm involved in or own, and I think about them having the obligation of children, and I think about their bills, and I think about the things that they have. 00:30:02.285 --> 00:30:10.765 These are serious obligations, dude. And I always think like, fuck, what what's going to happen if if they lose their job? Mhmm. Like, I 00:30:11.710 --> 00:30:16.430 I hate that. I don't want I don't want that to happen. Yeah. And and if I'm being honest, 00:30:16.990 --> 00:30:31.095 sometimes I care about that too much, which causes me to hang on to employees longer than I should. Oh, that's a whole Yeah. Motherfucking conversation. Because, dude, like, I am You got a good heart. I do. And sometimes it's fucked me, but the 00:30:32.135 --> 00:30:33.575 the overall 00:30:33.735 --> 00:30:36.935 result is still much better because of it. Yeah. 00:30:36.935 --> 00:30:38.055 I love it, man. 00:30:38.535 --> 00:30:41.175 Love it, guys. Andy, let's get to our third and final question. 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:44.040 Guys, Andy, question number three. 00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:47.800 Andy, I think I spent most of my early twenties 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:49.080 subconsciously 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.840 waiting for someone to point me in the right direction. 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:55.320 A mentor, an opportunity, 00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:58.425 a break, something. Now I'm 30, 00:30:58.665 --> 00:30:59.945 and I'm realizing 00:30:59.945 --> 00:31:00.825 nobody's 00:31:00.825 --> 00:31:01.465 coming. 00:31:02.585 --> 00:31:03.545 No shit. 00:31:04.505 --> 00:31:16.960 Andy, if if I want a different life, it's on me to build it. Yep. But was there a moment for you where that fully clicked? And once it did, how did you change the way you approach life? How did you move differently? 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:21.040 Well, 00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.760 look. 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.960 I started when I was 19. 00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:28.755 I didn't have any money. We had $12,000 00:31:29.235 --> 00:31:32.195 that we used to pay the rent for our store 00:31:33.075 --> 00:31:37.715 for an entire year because nobody would rent to us because we didn't have credit, 00:31:38.195 --> 00:31:46.400 and we didn't have anything that would make them wanna rent to us. So then we had to finance the rest of everything on the credit cards, which put pressure on us and put debt on us. 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.960 So I didn't have a choice. 00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.960 Alright? I had to go. 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.000 And 00:31:57.015 --> 00:31:58.375 for a long time, 00:31:58.615 --> 00:32:00.935 we had smaller competitors 00:32:02.695 --> 00:32:03.495 who 00:32:04.455 --> 00:32:11.730 even at that level, you know, they're they came from a rich family. They had an inheritance. They had an investor. They had something. 00:32:12.530 --> 00:32:13.170 And 00:32:13.970 --> 00:32:15.970 I used to be really bitter about that. 00:32:16.530 --> 00:32:20.290 I used to get really mad about it. The first especially the first 00:32:21.075 --> 00:32:24.755 three or four years where, like, literally, we weren't making any money. 00:32:25.155 --> 00:32:31.955 It would really irritate me. I was like, why the fuck? You know, we gotta compete against all these people who have all this and that and this and this and this. 00:32:32.995 --> 00:32:35.555 But what I started to realize 00:32:36.290 --> 00:32:37.250 is that 00:32:38.450 --> 00:32:41.330 because those people had those resources, 00:32:41.730 --> 00:32:46.450 they weren't learning the lessons that they needed to learn that made them effective. 00:32:46.690 --> 00:32:48.770 And so by year four, five, six, 00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:52.865 I was being able to outmaneuver them, like, very easily, 00:32:54.225 --> 00:32:54.945 and 00:32:55.425 --> 00:33:16.800 they couldn't figure out why. Well, the reason why was because I started with nothing and I had to figure it out. And they started with the safety net, and they didn't have to figure it out. They could always go to just writing a check or going back to the investor or going to their trust fund or whatever they had to do. So I started to understand that I was learning these skills that they didn't learn. By year ten, I had put most of these people out of business. Okay? 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.000 So 00:33:18.685 --> 00:33:21.325 I went through that in a little bit different way, 00:33:22.365 --> 00:33:25.165 but I did realize from the very beginning 00:33:25.405 --> 00:33:28.605 that it was on me and nobody else. 00:33:28.765 --> 00:33:30.925 Like, nobody was going to 00:33:31.485 --> 00:33:33.885 come and do any of the shit for us. Like, 00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.100 it wasn't even 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:46.900 it it wasn't even, like, something that I really thought about. Was I bitter that other people had better advantages than me? Yeah. Until I understood 00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.540 that I was the one with the advantage. Because 00:33:49.985 --> 00:33:57.985 people who come with resources and they come with safety nets and they come those people never learn how to fucking fight. It's just like people 00:33:58.225 --> 00:33:58.865 who 00:33:59.105 --> 00:34:09.520 complain about how hard it was growing up. And they say, well, I I I grew up here, and I grew up with the trailer, and I did this, and I come from the hood, and nobody gives a fuck about me. 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.200 Do you understand 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:22.065 how big of a fucking advantage that actually is? Because you learn the skill of survival and fighting at a very young age. But because your perspective 00:34:22.145 --> 00:34:22.785 is 00:34:23.585 --> 00:34:25.905 based upon what people try to say is, 00:34:26.225 --> 00:34:37.770 you know, oh, that person got there because they had this, or that person was lucky, or that's that's what we hear our whole lives. We hear from other people around us our whole lives that literally everybody 00:34:37.770 --> 00:34:42.915 else that's made it did so because they had some sort of advantage that you 00:34:43.155 --> 00:34:44.115 don't have. 00:34:45.075 --> 00:34:54.435 That's not the way it really works. The way it really works is is that the people who build real shit, they actually come from the hardest situations 00:34:54.870 --> 00:35:00.630 early on in life because they had to learn how to survive and provide for themselves 00:35:01.350 --> 00:35:05.910 in a way that these other people didn't. You know? They learned how to fight young. And 00:35:06.470 --> 00:35:11.665 when you come from that and you look at it at the right perspective, which is what I'm telling you now, 00:35:12.625 --> 00:35:19.505 you are at a tremendous advantage over everybody else. Okay? But most people can't break free of that victim mindset, 00:35:19.505 --> 00:35:21.265 and they don't understand the reality 00:35:21.710 --> 00:35:31.470 that all of these people that they look at, the reason they have all these crazy stories about where they come from isn't because they make them up after they get there. It's because 00:35:31.790 --> 00:35:37.070 the people who had to go through the hardest shit are the people that are equipped to actually fight the battle of entrepreneurship. 00:35:37.685 --> 00:35:39.525 So this whole idea 00:35:39.925 --> 00:35:42.485 that is in society that is propagated 00:35:42.485 --> 00:35:45.845 by a bunch of fucking people who are victim mindset losers 00:35:45.925 --> 00:35:49.285 that everybody who's done everything is somehow, you know, 00:35:50.245 --> 00:35:54.130 grew up with a fucking golden spoon in their mouth is total bullshit. 00:35:54.290 --> 00:36:00.690 Alright? The best operators in the world came from the hardest situations. Every single operator that I know that's built anything relevant, 00:36:01.570 --> 00:36:04.450 those people came from shit. Mhmm. Okay? 00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:06.210 So if you come from shit, 00:36:06.655 --> 00:36:11.295 you should instead of like saying, oh, I come from all this bad stuff and I got PTSD 00:36:11.295 --> 00:36:17.695 t two type of c from fuck from when I grew up. Like, motherfucker, use that shit. Yeah. Okay? 00:36:18.095 --> 00:36:23.630 Lean into that. Understand that you are equipped with a set of skills that these other people don't have. 00:36:26.190 --> 00:36:30.270 And when you apply those skills and they continue to go down the path, 00:36:30.830 --> 00:36:32.590 eventually you get to a point 00:36:33.125 --> 00:36:36.405 where all of the people with the quote, unquote advantages 00:36:36.405 --> 00:36:38.405 have fallen off because 00:36:38.725 --> 00:36:44.565 they have a backup plan. They have comfort. They don't have to succeed. 00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:46.020 Otherwise, 00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:57.140 you know, they could go they have the ability to go back to mom and dad or go back and say, oh, I would try this other thing or do this other thing or do this other thing. That's that's something you don't have, and that's a blessing. That's not Yeah. That's not a handicap. 00:36:57.540 --> 00:36:58.340 And so, 00:36:58.580 --> 00:36:58.900 you know, 00:37:02.405 --> 00:37:06.725 I don't know if that really answers your question about, like, how do I 00:37:07.925 --> 00:37:18.660 realize that nobody's coming. Uh, the the only thing you gotta realize is that, like, that's the that's what it is. Like Yeah. Nobody's coming, bro. People have their own lives 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.700 in mind. They are worried about themselves. 00:37:22.020 --> 00:37:37.145 This is why, like, all you fuckers that think everybody's talking about you all the time, bro. Bro, they're talking about you in a passing conversation one time. Their your your ego's so big. You think people just obsess over what you're doing? Like, fuck that. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, they're worried about themselves. 00:37:37.305 --> 00:37:54.980 So go ahead. No. I mean, you know, you like, one of the things that I've always, like, had a hard time understanding is, like, that that whole thing of, like, oh, everybody else has got it, and I don't have it's like, well, first, like, you don't even know if they actually do have an advantage. Like, you don't know because you're just seeing the end result, not the not the work that went into that. Right. That's one. But then two, 00:37:55.380 --> 00:38:01.175 who gives a shit? It ain't you. It's not your situation. Right. Right. You know what I'm saying? It's like Coulda, 00:38:01.175 --> 00:38:04.935 shoulda, woulda been, coulda been, hope hope hope it was too fucking bad. 00:38:05.255 --> 00:38:13.520 Okay? It ain't. It just ain't. It is what it is. Now what? And if you that's right. That's right. Dude. You have to be dedicated 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:16.240 to producing the end result. 00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:41.400 You have to be obsessed with it, dude. Like, that's the thing. It's like, you know, like these these idiots on the Internet who put out all this shit about balance and got a fucking work life there's no work life balance as an entrepreneur. That's not real, especially when you're get getting it going. It's not a real fucking thing. Okay? And anybody who says different hasn't built anything. You know, the whole problem with the Internet is it gave a voice to people who can talk real well and say nothing. Right? So 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:49.400 that's the entire problem with the Internet. How many of these people saying, oh, you're gonna have work life balance have actually built anything significant? 00:38:49.995 --> 00:38:53.355 Okay? I promise you, they did not have work life balance 00:38:53.995 --> 00:39:13.720 in the first five to ten years. They didn't have it. You have to be obsessed, bro. That's the level of competition because you have to understand other people are obsessed. There are people that will eat a bowl of glass and eat a pile of shit every single day for as long as it takes to get where the fuck they wanna go. And if you're not one of them, they're gonna beat you. That's it. That is reality. 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.360 So 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:20.315 I had this kid met messaging me the other day and, like, I was showing something on my Instagram. 00:39:21.355 --> 00:39:29.035 Oh, I know what it was. I was showing the startup of my Carrera GT, and he could see all the other cars through the windshield. Mhmm. And he messaged me, and he's like, 00:39:29.355 --> 00:39:32.550 dude, I'm so sick of being where I'm at. Like, honestly, 00:39:32.950 --> 00:39:37.830 how do I acquire this level of wealth? Like, how do I do it? 00:39:38.150 --> 00:39:42.390 And I'm like, dude, how old are you? He's like, 22. I'm like, perfect. You're the perfect age. 00:39:42.790 --> 00:39:44.070 You have to become 00:39:45.305 --> 00:39:47.705 you have to become so obsessed 00:39:47.785 --> 00:39:49.625 with producing the outcome 00:39:49.705 --> 00:39:52.265 that literally nothing else 00:39:52.265 --> 00:39:53.705 fucking matters. 00:39:53.865 --> 00:39:54.665 Nothing. 00:39:54.745 --> 00:40:03.300 And people will say, oh, that's selfish. That's wrong. It is what the fuck it is. Yeah. That's what it takes. Okay? If you are not obsessed with producing that outcome, 00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:07.700 especially in the beginning, you're gonna get eaten alive. You're gonna get eaten 00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:09.460 the fuck alive. 00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:12.740 And it doesn't matter what Joe Schmo therapist 00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:20.525 or, you know, dude who never built anything on the Internet who's doing shit for likes, shares, views. Remember, half the shit on the Internet is 00:40:22.045 --> 00:40:24.445 pacifying victim minded bullshit 00:40:24.445 --> 00:40:25.725 that people post 00:40:26.070 --> 00:40:34.790 to make people feel better about them not doing the thing that they're supposed to do. Okay? Learn to take a step back and watch people's content. 00:40:35.110 --> 00:40:38.790 A lot of the things that are being said are not said because they're the truth. 00:40:39.030 --> 00:40:39.990 They're said 00:40:40.070 --> 00:40:46.065 because it makes the majority of the market, which is people who are not going to follow through, 00:40:46.385 --> 00:40:53.185 feel much better about not following through. Mhmm. Okay? It is it is prop it is giving them permission 00:40:53.780 --> 00:41:09.965 to stay where they are, and that's why it gets the like, shares, views. That's why when you see a clip of me saying what I just said, people are like, oh, well, are you happy? Yeah, motherfucker. I actually am happy. I walk into my garage every day and get to pick out a car like you pick out your fucking shoes. 00:41:10.045 --> 00:41:24.680 Okay? It's cool as fuck. I get to do whatever I want. If I wanna go to fucking Vegas today, I'd call up and there'll be an airplane in thirty fucking minutes and I can go there. I can do whatever the fuck I want anytime I want. If one of my family members or one of my friends or somebody I know, 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:28.040 her house is about to get foreclosed on, 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:34.925 I could fix that. Okay? If someone gets cancer, I could fucking pay for that, which I've done all those things. 00:41:35.245 --> 00:41:38.125 Okay? If our city gets hit by a tornado, 00:41:38.125 --> 00:41:41.645 I can fucking contribute to that. I can make differences because 00:41:41.805 --> 00:41:44.445 and those things make me happy. Yeah. So 00:41:44.605 --> 00:41:46.045 this whole idea 00:41:46.285 --> 00:41:46.845 of 00:41:47.150 --> 00:41:50.270 you you either get to be rich or you get to be happy 00:41:50.510 --> 00:42:04.975 is it's not either or, dude. It's how you get rich and what value system you have and what you do with the money that allows you to figure out what you're gonna do when you be happy. People have this lie in their mind. You know? Because I tell you, this is true too. 00:42:06.415 --> 00:42:10.335 After a while, when you own all the material shit, it stops 00:42:10.335 --> 00:42:11.135 mattering. 00:42:11.135 --> 00:42:11.775 Like, 00:42:12.255 --> 00:42:20.970 when I walk into my garage, you know this because you've been there, and we'd bring someone, even if they're famous, into the garage who's been around it. They're like, holy 00:42:21.210 --> 00:42:23.050 shit. Mhmm. To me, 00:42:23.450 --> 00:42:28.330 I don't even notice it. Yeah. Like, I'm walking in. I'm like, this is my life. This is what I do. Alright? 00:42:30.455 --> 00:42:42.775 I don't give a fuck about like, I know you guys see me post all the cars and shit. I'm posting that for fucking 18 year old, 19 year old, 20 year old Andy to say, hey, man. Look what the fuck you can do. How do I get that? Right. 00:42:44.730 --> 00:42:45.450 This 00:42:45.690 --> 00:42:51.930 this idea that you can buy all this shit, it's gonna make you happy. No. That's not that's not true. But it gives you 00:42:52.250 --> 00:42:53.290 far more 00:42:53.610 --> 00:42:55.530 ability to make impact 00:42:55.530 --> 00:42:57.930 on your friends, your family, your community, 00:42:58.250 --> 00:42:59.370 which makes you really happy. 00:43:00.015 --> 00:43:01.295 Okay? So, 00:43:01.935 --> 00:43:04.735 you know, you can't really listen to someone who says, 00:43:05.055 --> 00:43:08.815 oh, are you yeah. He's got all this shit, but is he happy? 00:43:09.055 --> 00:43:13.455 Uh, well, they don't know because they never had anything. Okay? 00:43:13.455 --> 00:43:15.055 You never hear someone 00:43:15.250 --> 00:43:19.730 who has made a bunch of money and worked their fucking ass off and 00:43:20.130 --> 00:43:33.725 worked for thirty years and build this incredible life. And then they say, oh, man. I wish I hadn't done that. Yeah. That's not what the you never hear them say that. That's right. You only hear people who haven't done motherfucking thing say that. And then you have these feel good 00:43:34.285 --> 00:43:35.805 predators on the Internet 00:43:35.885 --> 00:43:39.005 who could by the way, they understand 00:43:39.005 --> 00:43:42.285 what they're doing. Okay? This is why I call them predators. 00:43:42.685 --> 00:43:43.725 They know 00:43:44.125 --> 00:43:45.405 and are aware 00:43:46.120 --> 00:43:51.400 that most of their market is people who are going to not do the thing. 00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:53.960 So they curtail their content 00:43:54.040 --> 00:43:58.040 to make peep people feel great about not expanding 00:43:58.040 --> 00:44:05.345 their own human potential, which is ultimately the entire goal of being on this fucking planet. Listen, motherfuckers. 00:44:05.425 --> 00:44:11.025 These people are handicapping you, and not a single one of them has made any money outside of the the other 00:44:11.425 --> 00:44:19.500 outside of anything other than making people feel like it's okay to just be right where they are. And, dude, the reality is and then you have the Christians, 00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:23.260 I am one, who don't understand Christianity 00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.940 and think that being 00:44:25.145 --> 00:44:34.185 a very small little, you know, poor little me is somehow biblically the way you should be. The bible actually talks about you not 00:44:34.265 --> 00:44:35.065 wasting 00:44:35.065 --> 00:44:36.585 your fucking talents 00:44:36.665 --> 00:44:46.880 to become who it is you're supposed to become. God gives you gifts. He gives you something inside of you that is meant for you to pull out, 00:44:47.200 --> 00:44:48.000 develop, 00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:51.120 and give to the world, and there's no 00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:52.480 favor 00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:58.645 in in God's eyes to not use those things. It talks about it in the bible. So this whole idea 00:44:58.885 --> 00:45:05.765 of there's some sort of moral high ground of wasting your life being a nothing is a complete lie, 00:45:06.085 --> 00:45:07.605 and it is totally 00:45:07.765 --> 00:45:08.405 exploited 00:45:08.630 --> 00:45:10.950 by these feel good predators 00:45:11.270 --> 00:45:15.030 who know that their audience is a bunch of fucking victims. 00:45:15.110 --> 00:45:16.870 And if they say something like, 00:45:17.510 --> 00:45:18.150 hey. 00:45:18.470 --> 00:45:26.365 You have to be obsessed with your goals, and you have to, like, fucking basically for a period of time give up everything else. 00:45:27.245 --> 00:45:46.860 They know that those people don't wanna hear that. They wanna hear what they wanna fucking hear. It makes them feel good about how they are now. And that's that's why these people do that. They know. They fucking know what they're doing. That's the thing you don't understand. You know how I know they know what they're doing? Because I know these people and they've told me that and they said things like that. Okay? And it's disgusting 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.500 shit. 00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.860 Imagine 00:45:49.245 --> 00:45:51.485 Oh, that's yeah. Bro, imagine 00:45:52.605 --> 00:45:53.885 your whole business 00:45:54.205 --> 00:45:58.845 as being some sort of therapist or some sort of influencer or some sort of author, 00:45:59.325 --> 00:46:09.380 and your whole business plan is to make people feel good about being way less than what they could be because you know that's what's gonna sell shit for you. 00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:12.260 That is fucking evil shit. 00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:13.620 That is predatory 00:46:13.620 --> 00:46:14.020 shit, 00:46:14.435 --> 00:46:17.315 And that is what you are listening to. And then furthermore, 00:46:18.835 --> 00:46:20.115 the rest of the people 00:46:20.755 --> 00:46:22.515 that post all this content 00:46:23.075 --> 00:46:23.795 about, 00:46:24.915 --> 00:46:28.035 you know, oh, you gotta have this and this and this and listen, man. 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.320 They've never done anything. 00:46:31.560 --> 00:46:32.520 They don't know. 00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:35.080 Okay? People are good talkers. 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:42.520 They're not just because they can get on a microphone and get in front of an interview and sound real smart doesn't mean they fucking know what the fuck they're talking about. 00:46:43.225 --> 00:46:47.705 Okay? There's these things. I don't know if you know them. They're called it's called acting. 00:46:48.345 --> 00:46:48.825 Okay? 00:46:49.145 --> 00:46:49.865 Like, 00:46:50.025 --> 00:46:52.745 you know Yeah. There's this other thing called lying. 00:46:52.985 --> 00:46:53.545 Right? 00:46:54.025 --> 00:47:01.710 And just because someone like, do you ever notice that the people who who seem to be the nicest are always the ones that lie the most? Yeah. No shit. Okay? Like 00:47:02.430 --> 00:47:09.645 How about they're so nice? Yeah. Right. And then we find out all this fucked up shit. I'm gonna tell you right now, I'm totally fucked up. Okay? 00:47:09.805 --> 00:47:13.165 So I don't ever pretend to not be, but I'm gonna tell you this. 00:47:13.405 --> 00:47:32.163 I know what I know about winning. And if you're not obsessed with winning and you don't realize that no one's fucking coming, you're not gonna get fucking anywhere. I love it, dude. I love it, man. Guys, Andy, dawg. That's a hell of a way to start a week, man. Alright, guys. Let's go out. Let's get better. We'll see you tomorrow on CTI. Do not be a hoe. Share the show.