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I want to talk about what's alive and real, like not with only

2:10

myself, but also what I'm hearing from a lot of entrepreneurs.

2:14

So I just, I just held a mastermind at genius network.

2:17

That's Joe Polish's headquarters in Arizona.

2:20

Where he runs his, his, what is it?

2:22

$25,000 mastermind is a hundred K is a hundred

2:26

thousand dollar mastermind. That's where he holds in since.

2:28

Is epic place. If you ever get the opportunity to go there or even join genius

2:32

network, I highly recommend it. what I did is I held a mastermind workshop with Mike canids my

2:39

partner on the AI side of things.

2:41

It's where we're teaching business owners, how to essentially scale

2:46

what they're doing with themselves productivity wise, but their team.

2:49

And then also scale what they're doing in their marketing, their

2:52

media, and ultimately their business to be a leader in their industry.

2:56

And it's been really, really cool. I enjoy doing it.

2:59

It's what I kind of naturally do when I work with people anyway.

3:02

And that's what we talked about a lot in the show. What I'm realizing is that there's like a common level

3:08

of uncertainty with a lot of entrepreneurs, including myself.

3:13

There's some anxiety, there's some panic.

3:16

there's a losing of focus of what we think we do best

3:21

slash where we want to go with our businesses or whatever.

3:25

Impact we want to give and. I think this is leading to a point where, I don't know.

3:33

I think a lot of us are adjusting or trying to kind of

3:35

re adjust what we're doing in the why behind what we're doing.

3:39

So I wanted to talk about exactly that in this episode

3:43

and give you some insights of how I'm thinking about things.

3:46

What I heard in that room of 50.

3:49

Or so people all day long, it was like a nine to 9:00

3:52

AM to 6:00 PM thing session.

3:55

I mean, like Joe Polish was in there the whole time.

3:58

There was a great interview with him and Mike, I facilitated that

4:01

along with all these other people in the room, very high level.

4:05

entrepreneurs and it's a very similar thing

4:08

that's been talked about. And so.

4:11

Let me relate it first to the podcast.

4:14

We just released on a Tuesday, a couple of a couple days ago

4:17

with Tom burns on the show.

4:19

And we talked a lot about real estate and passive

4:23

investing or passive, Income.

4:25

You know, growing financial wealth, which is you're going to see as a

4:28

common thing on this show, because personally that's where I've been

4:32

thinking is recalibrating away from the doing to earn to more

4:36

of the passive wealth building. And there's a lot of ways to go about it.

4:40

And real estate is one of them. You're going to hear about some other concepts that I'll

4:44

bring on in the future as well. And I figured it was time for me to just kind of like give you a status

4:50

update of where things are and, and, it's kind of like an amalgamation.

4:55

Is that the word? And bringing everything together of what I'm, I'm kind

4:58

of hearing and experiencing.

5:01

And so Tom burns, if you didn't listen to that episode, go do it.

5:04

He's awesome. Great guy. Tons of wisdom.

5:08

He was a doctor that earned. You know, Dr.

5:10

Wages like really, really good earnings.

5:13

And I've had a couple other doctors doing the similar thing where

5:15

they reach a point in their life where they're just dissatisfied.

5:18

They're not. They're not fulfilled for whatever reason, you know, the north star.

5:24

whatever reason that got him into being a doctor.

5:26

It shifted or maybe it wasn't aligned in the first

5:29

place, you know, and that's kind of like the under. Our overarching thing here is like, what's your north star?

5:34

Do you know it? Do you know where you're headed and why you're doing what you're doing?

5:39

And Tom realized he's dissatisfied or he was as a doctor and he

5:44

transitioned what he was doing. he, he basically got into real estate.

5:49

He saw what was possible there and how that fed a lifestyle for him.

5:54

That was a lot more satisfying. You. It's family time with family was a big thing.

5:58

It still is for him. And there's a lot of other benefits, you know, tax advantages,

6:04

wealth building for real estate. So we're not going to go down that path, but the big aha moment

6:09

was like, Hey, here's a guy who was a doctor that spent a

6:12

lot of time to become a doctor and earned a lot of money.

6:15

But there was a shift. There was this point where he, he just knew some, there

6:18

was a disconnect and he needed to make the change.

6:21

And he did. this goes to the concept of.

6:26

Rich dad, poor dad, Robert Kiyosaki's book.

6:28

That was the first book I read before I got

6:31

into working for myself. When I was starting things out with Matt Wolfe.

6:36

And, you know, I've talked about it before that the purple book that

6:39

changed everything from like this business, or sorry, this employee

6:43

mindset dollar per hour to then, you know, business owner, but ultimately

6:47

to the investor where you are now able to invest in earn that way.

6:53

Financial freedom happens when you're earning more like that

6:57

passively than your expenses. And that's the holy grail.

7:00

Right? So. But how do you get there?

7:02

How do you get there in what you're doing right now?

7:06

are, are there things to shift is the path that you're on right now?

7:10

Going to allow you to get to that point, or are you going

7:13

to be burning out with your time for dollars kind of thing?

7:17

And not say it's a bad thing. Some people like it, but I'm, I'm, I'm sure that you can sh.

7:22

You know, adjust things depending on, what your bigger goals are.

7:25

So what are your bigger goals? I mean, just think about what that looks like and just know that, you

7:31

know, Tom did this shift, I've done some shifts over the years, and

7:34

a lot of other folks I've had on the show, I've done these tweaks

7:38

to get to a point where they are aligned with whatever the north

7:42

star is, but also align that to what they're doing in the day to day.

7:46

So for me, you know, I'm doing a lot on the podcast.

7:48

I'm doing a lot on consulting with folks.

7:51

Like I mentioned, And it's, it's good.

7:53

It's great. I have a lot of fun yet.

7:55

I know it's a, not a forever thing, at least on the dollar per hour

7:59

consulting thing, for instance, I know there's a bigger why for me,

8:03

it's family, it's time with family. It's also the impact I can give to others, which I love this podcast.

8:08

It has this network effect. And you'll see topics change on here over the years.

8:12

Like it's happened already. But then like, I want to like the elephant in the room here

8:17

is I think technology and AI and all these things are changing

8:22

so fast where there's a common thing I've noticed in myself, in

8:27

my partners, in the people I'm working with, you know, clients.

8:32

And also in that room I was at at genius network just on Saturday

8:36

is like, there's this interesting anxiety, this almost panic mode

8:40

that is starting to happen often.

8:43

If you, if you notice it, if you're getting real with yourself

8:46

and if you're real with others, there's honestly, there's.

8:50

There's a lot of folks that are confused and I think now is a

8:53

really, really, really good time for all of us to audit what is going on.

8:58

Like what's going on in your current reality.

9:02

And like, how are you feeling about your business, but also

9:05

just the state of things? Like, how are you planning for the future?

9:09

I know it's tough. Because technology is rapidly changing and, you know, just with

9:13

chat GPT, FORO rolling out what a few weeks ago, or a couple of weeks

9:17

ago at the time of this recording. That's probably opened your eyes to a lot of possibilities of what's to

9:23

come in just mere weeks and months.

9:26

That can revolutionize so many industries, but also kill a

9:30

lot of businesses that started up in the last couple of

9:33

years or so with AI or even. have been around in the past because things will start to get automated.

9:40

So it's like this wake up call, I feel like is happening, but

9:43

it's like subtly happening and not totally talked about.

9:46

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I suggest to pay attention to what's happening in terms of technology

11:25

rolling out, you know, like. Be on top of the news, go follow my boy, Matt Wolfee.

11:29

I'm going to have him on the podcast very soon.

11:32

I think in two weeks where recording. He's the number one guy to follow in terms of news for AI.

11:37

Just find them out on YouTube. It's the best way to go.

11:40

Matt Wolfe. So. You'll you'll hear a similar sentiment.

11:44

Him and I talk all the time. I just had a call the other night and talked about some of

11:49

this, like, man, there's some crazy stuff that's coming.

11:51

That's kind of unsettling and most people aren't ready for it.

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And that was also what was talked about at genius network.

11:57

You know, at Joe Polish's plays with Mike Koenigs is.

12:00

Like, we're all kind of feeling differently.

12:03

We're acting differently with each other. We're even communicating differently.

12:06

Technology does that to us. It's kind of like smartphones change the way that we all

12:10

communicate with each other. We don't really have these personal connections so much.

12:14

So. We're feeling disconnected and I feel that way.

12:19

Occasionally is. As well, often actually, you know, and like, I think a lot of us.

12:25

Might be feeling that way, but maybe we're not totally

12:28

communicating or noticing it, but know that like, There's a

12:32

lot of folks that right now feel.

12:34

A little confused. And if you're one of those people, it's totally cool.

12:38

It's okay. But it's time to do some about, and I think this is where you need to

12:42

audit and get real with yourself.

12:45

Pen to paper, go on a walk, go ramble on a phone

12:48

or something, but like, Start questioning.

12:52

Why are you doing things? Like what are you working towards?

12:55

Is it aligned with what you really want?

12:58

Or are you just doing it for some short-term thing?

13:02

Think about where you want to take things. So, you know, Tom talked about real estate.

13:06

Well, that's a vehicle that you can use as leverage.

13:08

It takes time. It's not overnight, but like maybe that's something you

13:12

want to start in process. That is something I'm doing here personally.

13:16

And a few other things for, for a kind of wealth,

13:19

alternative investing. So. one of the things I'll leave you here is with Joe Polish, he has this

13:25

saying that's an elf elf business.

13:27

He loves elf businesses and to do stuff that are

13:30

easy, lucrative, and fun. So maybe that's the mental model here that you can kind of

13:37

do your audit through is like, Are things that you're doing.

13:40

Are they easy? Are they lucrative?

13:42

Are they actually making money for you? And are they fun?

13:45

Because that's, I'm starting to check myself a

13:48

lot on all walks of life.

13:50

I'm what I'm doing here, including the podcast, the people I'm working

13:54

with, the partners I'm working with. my, you know, is it all aligned with this north star?

13:59

Which means it's family is a big piece, especially

14:01

in this season of my life. Is what I'm doing now to, you know, to further them in the experiences

14:08

I want to give my family. Is what I'm doing.

14:11

Easy, lucrative, and fun. And if it's not.

14:14

Should I am I, should I continue doing it?

14:17

Should you continue doing. Those things because.

14:21

Let's be honest. I mean, life is short and we only have one of them as far as I know,

14:26

but you know, who knows, maybe there's previous future lifetimes.

14:29

Jury's out. I haven't, I haven't experiences or maybe I have, I don't remember him.

14:33

Point is the point, the, the stuff we control here on this

14:38

plane, where we're at now. do you feel like you want to kill yourself in the process?

14:44

I mean, like. And I don't say that as a pun.

14:47

I mean, my father took his life and, and I know it's a thing

14:52

that's on the rise as well. There's a lot of.

14:56

I don't know the stats right now, but entrepreneurship.

14:58

I know there's a lot of folks who feel very pressured to like,

15:02

they put a lot on their backs. You might be feeling that way where, you work really hard because

15:08

you're trying to serve something.

15:10

Someone get to a goal, but like, if it doesn't shake out

15:13

or if it doesn't work out. Or if something like AI or technology totally takes over

15:19

the industry that you're in, or maybe eliminates what you do.

15:23

Because this is a very common thing I hear in conversations

15:25

with clients is like, man, chatty P T is going to take my job.

15:29

Well, Maybe a variation or a part of it, but also, you

15:33

know, the more you learn and the more you structure and.

15:37

You know, maybe leverage technology or go deeper on a specific niche.

15:42

Within, you know, the, the tech.

15:44

That someone else can't serve with a community, like is a good hint.

15:49

then, then, it's just a time to start thinking

15:52

about all this stuff and. I think of the pressures, the mental health side of, of the

15:58

impacts of what this time it can be for, for not only myself, but for

16:03

others around me, I'm seeing it. And this is what I wanted to communicate in.

16:07

More or less put in your mind and use it as a mental model

16:12

that you can now go on a walk or maybe you're already on there,

16:15

or do a drive and start to.

16:17

Start to think about these things, but more than that, get out of

16:21

your head and put it on paper or use a tool like the Oasis.

16:26

I've said it before. And I've I say it often, but like use a tool that captures your,

16:31

your thoughts, the things that are swirling around that might drive you

16:34

nuts, or maybe you haven't totally formed an action plan with it.

16:39

pin to papers, grape. That's the classic way gets you to slow down your thoughts.

16:44

And I recommend it. And then secondary is to use an app like the Oasis cast magic

16:51

also has a variation of that app.

16:54

Where you can whip out your phone and talk right into it.

16:58

And it's going to capture your thoughts. So you can a capture your thoughts, but then B you have outputs on

17:05

what to do with those thoughts, you know, like structures

17:08

them into a format for you. So. That's what I got as I just dropped something on the floor.

17:15

go, go ahead and go do your thing and, go out at yourself, go on that,

17:19

walk on that drive and start to think about what is your north star?

17:23

Is it, are you aligned with that? North star would be kind of step two and then what are

17:27

you going to do about it? You know, and, and, and remember the easy, lucrative and fun.

17:32

I think that's. You know, as a core, it sounds maybe pie in the sky.

17:35

Ha. It's possible.

17:39

It's possible. And, and it's up to us to make these changes.

17:42

No one else is going to do it. And in a world that's rapidly changing.

17:47

We got to do it now before, because we can't keep up with it.

17:49

Like. As human we're simpletons.

17:52

Now, you know, the, the AI is way smarter or at least

17:55

way quicker than we are. So, control what you can control inside yourself.

18:00

All right. On that note. reach out to me.

18:03

If you have any questions at all, [email protected]

18:07

and also go to hustleandflowchart.com/onething.

18:12

O N E thing. And just tell me what you want to learn.

18:15

I'm constantly looking at that. My team is as well and plucking different little ideas for

18:20

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18:38

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18:44

I will catch you next time. Leave that in. Why not?

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Tongue tied at the end. Alright. All right. See, y'all.