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So the team and I were reflecting on some of the best moments in the podcast thus far, and we even looked at some of the comments and feedback we've received from y' all, the listeners, and we wanted to take this episode to dive into some of those clips. I want to share my perspective, I want to share my thoughts, and I want to share the takeaways that I've applied in my life after hearing these episodes. So let's get into it. We'll start with Sahil Bloom.
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development. They track the lives of 2,000 plus people over the course of 85 years. They found that the single greatest predictor of physical health at age 80 was relationship satisfaction. At age 50, how you felt about your relationships was more impactful than anything else than your blood pressure, your cholesterol, smoking, drinking, any of those things. And similarly, the people you surround yourself with determine your outcomes. When you're surrounded by people that believe you are capable of more, that want you to think bigger, you rise to the level of those expectations. It's called the Pygmalion effect. It's a scientific phenomenon. We actually see it. And if you're around people who belittle you and talk you down, you're going to do the opposite. You're going to lower to those expectations. So, point being, surrounding yourself with people you love is the single greatest life hack that anyone can have. And it's, generally speaking, free. You just need to take the actions to go and do it. And so for us, the change was made because we realized, and I realized very viscerally, that the amount of time we had left with our parents was so finite and countable, and that is within your control more than you realize. I had this one formative conversation that I write about in the book that I had 15 more times. I was going to see my parents before they were gone. They were 65. I was seeing them once a year. Do the math. It's pretty simple. And we changed that. We moved across the country, and now I see my parents several times a month. I mean, that number 15 turned into hundreds. We literally created time through taking actions. And there has been nothing more meaningful in my life than seeing my parents with my son. The amount of life and joy that grandchildren bring to grandparents is unbelievable. And now there's scientific evidence it actually extends their life. It is literally life giving for them the joy that that brings, the happiness that that brings. And it brings me joy and happiness along the way as well. So I just can't say enough about that like finding ways to surround yourself with people that you care about. It doesn't necessarily have to be your parents, but people that you love, people that encourage you to think bigger, that lift you up, that create energy in your life. The single greatest life hack.
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So I was fortunate to meet Jesse Itzler a couple years back at one of the GoBundance events. And one of the topics that Jesse talked about in his speech was this notion of how many times a year do you see your parents? And if the answer is two or three, the average life expectancy here in the United States is somewhere around 75, 77. And so you can simply do the math as to how many more times you are likely to see your parents before they pass away. And in that moment, I recognized that we were living in the state of Texas. My parents and Melissa's parents were living in the state of Wisconsin. And I had to be intentional about doing everything in my power to get both of them down here, around us, around, around their grandkids, and most importantly, get them around that as well. And when Sahil mentioned this, I literally got goosebumps because the only reason I bought the ranch initially was to lure Melissa's parents into moving to Austin, Texas. I remember her father saying, we'll move when you have a kid, and then her mother saying, we'll move when you have two. Now, I fell for it after the first one, and I fell for it after the second one. But finally I was like, what will it take to get you guys to Austin, Texas? And Melissa's dad said, what will I do with all my time? We have over six acres up here in Wisconsin. I split all of my own firewood. I love working on cars. I love doing things. When we move to Austin, what will I do with my time? And it hit me, if I buy a ranch, there will be projects forever. He will be able to tinker around the property for an entire lifetime and still not accomplish everything that we need to do. And so we literally bought the ranch as a way to lure Melissa's parents into moving to Austin, Texas. And so, again, when Sahil talked about this, it really resonated with me as to the power of surrounding yourself with the people you love the most and the amount of energy not only they will bring you, but you will bring them in return. Now let's look at Preston Smiles. How have you learned to say no to stuff?
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Yeah.
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And, like, you have to.
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Yeah. I mean, that's bottom line. Like, even just the amount of podcast that I get asked to be on. And I'm like, feel so, like, I'm like, oh, that's such a good person. But it's like, okay, well, that hour and a half takes away from all this other stuff that you say matters to you. So, no, I think I've just gotten good at not letting things stick to me. Right. To observe but not absorb is one of my biggest practices. So I used to. I'm a bleeding heart, as you can tell, and so are you. Right. Like, some people just really love humans and are like, so, like, oh, how can I serve? Correct. Yeah, exactly. Right? So I used to say no and then be like, well, actually, maybe it's not a full no.
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Maybe just reach out to me in.
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Three more months, and then I will be a yes. And I, like, bend my no.
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Yeah.
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And now I'm like, hey, thank you so much. Like, I genuinely appreciate that you would want me on your X, Y, and Z, or that you want me to help you with this thing. I am not available for that right now, but I just want you to know I think you're dope.
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Yeah.
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And then, woof, clean. Right? Let it go.
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So this concept of observe and not absorb was something that really hit me in the moment. When we recorded Preston's interview, I was wrestling with this desire to say yes to everything and everyone. And in this conversation, it hit me that saying yes to something in the business life is also saying no to my kids and my wife. For instance, saying yes to a podcast recording on the day of my daughter's kindergarten graduation is. Is saying no to going to my daughter's kindergarten graduation. And when Preston shared his perspective on a bent no, if you will, I looked at that concept and thought, if there was a world record for the best no bender ever, I would receive that award. My instinct, my intuition is a no, but I find a way to bend and morph into a well, sure, maybe, kind of, I'll do this. And then throughout the entire process, I regret it. I. I dread it, and I'm miserable. And again, I'm giving something else up by saying yes to that thing. So I learned from Preston this idea of an honest no, but with compassion and empathy. Hey, no, I don't have time for that call, but I understand you're really going through it on this deal. If you reach out to me in two weeks, maybe I can make some more time or, hey, I really understand that you need me at that thing. However, my kids, my daughter, her kindergarten graduation is far more important than anything else on my calendar. And I'm gonna have to say no this time. But like Preston said, hey, you're dope. I see you. I appreciate you, but the answer is no. Let's take a look at Hal. I'll Rod.
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So I created these affirmations. Step one, affirming what I was committed to. I am committed to beating cancer and living to be 100 years old alongside Ursula and the kids. No matter what. There is no other option. And I read that over and over and over and over and over and over again because I believe that what you affirm repeatedly becomes your reality. So it was like, rather than go, well, what if I die? What if it was, I'm committed to beating cancer no matter what? And then I had a list of five of the most compelling reasons why. Why was I doing it for my wife, doing it for my kids, doing it for my mom and dad, doing it for myself, doing it for the people that I could inspire by my journey, right? So I had these really compelling affirmations of why I was doing it that. That were so compelling that when I felt like giving up and I was scared, I'm like, no, I'm committed to being cancer for Ursula because I promised her forever and a day, and. And my mom and dad don't deserve to lose another child. And on and on. And then I had all my. My affirmations of what I would do to beat it. Like, how I would approach it in terms of my mindset, in terms of the supplements I was taking, in terms of the holistic protocols and practices, how I was using my miracle morning to beat cancer. Like, all of that. And every day I would read. It was in one page, I would read that, and it would focus my mind, my beliefs, my emotions on. I got this. I'm beating cancer. I'm going to heal myself. The challenging part was I had to simultaneously prepare to die in terms of logistics, right? Like, it would be irresponsible as a father to be like, I'm going to be cancer, so I'm not going to make sure all my affairs are in order, like, no.
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So it was this.
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Like, that is the craziest thing to be. Like, all right, I got to have this mindset where I'm going to be cancer, and I've got to set everything up for dying.
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When I look back on this clip, there was a question that I should have asked Hal, but I failed to, and that question is, how many affirmations do people tell themselves every single day in their own head that they don't even recognize is truly an affirmation. What dawned on me through this conversation with Hal is the stories that I tell myself in my own echo chamber of bullshit in my head is who I become, what I become and the actions I take. You know, there's that saying, you are what you eat. Well, that rings true, too, for you become what you say to yourself and to others about yourself. And so this allowed me to really reflect on the words I was telling myself, the stories I was buying, and the narratives that popped into my head when I felt shame, when I felt regret, when I felt remorse. And then look on how often am I actually becoming that person? Because that is the narrative I've already given myself. And so this was a great reminder to go back and look at my affirmations and also take affirmations and start instilling them in my kids. I mean, Rylan's six, Bode's four. Marley. She's a little bit too young yet at nine months, but it allowed me to say to myself, what do I want Ryland to say to herself about herself every single day? And start rehearsing those affirmations with her in the morning, in the evening, make sure she's speaking good, positive words into existence about the girl, the woman she's gonna become in life, rather than accept the narratives of judgment and shame and blame that the world is going to give to her. Let's take a look at Chandler Bolt, and it just reminds me of the Les Brown quote that I love, where he says, you know, it's.
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It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
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Yeah.
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And my parents always talked about growing.
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Up this concept of bloom, where you're planted, like, hey, it doesn't matter if you're this. If you're a street sweeper or. Or you're sweeping the office building. Be the best sweeper that ever existed, and people will notice. So there's a story in this concept about be careful, because the house you're building may just become the house you lived in. The old story talks about this woodworker who was getting ready to retire, and his boss came to him and said, hey, I recognize you want to retire. I appreciate all your hard work, but I need you to do one final project for me. And the woodworker, who had worked a long time for this man, said, like, okay, fine. And you could tell he resented it. You could tell he was regretful that he took the project on. And so as he did this project of building this house, he started cutting some corners. He cut corners that most people wouldn't recognize. He cut corners that most people would never notice, but he cut corners that he never did in his entire career up until that point because he wanted to be done with the project faster. And when the project was complete, he went to the boss. He was super proud, mostly because he was about to retire, and the boss looked at him and handed him the keys and said, congratulations, you just built this house that you now get to have. That's now yours. And when Chandler talked about this, I reflect back on my journey through GoBundance. I never recognized that serving on the Go Crew was actually building the house that someday I would get to reside in. I didn't understand that when I started on Go Crew at 23 years old, the culture that was being built, the mindset that was being built, the ability to go the extra miles for our members in that moment was going to become the blueprint and the ethos for the tribe that someday I would get to serve as the CEO of. And so when Chandler talked about this, it just really reminded me of, no matter where you're planted, as Chandler said, or no matter what task you're given, do it as if someday that house will be yours. Take pride in that moment because you never can connect the dots. Looking forward, let's take a look at Brian Lubin.
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I'm working on this whole concept right now where it's just like, the effort that it takes to go from the top 90% to the top 10% is substantial, but the effort to go from the top 10% to the top 1% is, like 10 times that.
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Yeah.
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And so, like, that's the jump that we're making is that jump from, like, good to great, excellent to elite.
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Yeah. And.
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And what most people don't realize is it's like a multitude of a hundred times harder than even getting to the league.
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What do you think is holding you back from doing that?
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Time.
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Time. Reflecting on this clip, one of the things that I would like to challenge Brian on is why does it have to be exponentially harder? You see, I think we take all of these stories and these notions and we give them this glory and this complexity that's going to bring us more pride through the achievement of it. So, for instance, why does going from the top 90% to the top 1% have to be hard? What if you asked yourself, who do I have to become? Who do I have to hire such that going from the top 90% to the top 1% is easy effortless? And in alignment with who I want to be as a human being. I think our mind is wired to answer questions and I think our mind is wired to create the reality around the question we ask ourself. And so if you truly think that you're going to have to put in exponentially more effortless to go from the top 90% to the top 1%, then guess what, God, the universe, your reality, whatever you believe in is going to give you that. It's going to give you a situation where you have to work exponentially harder. The question we should ask ourselves is, who do I have to become? Who do I have to hire? Who do I have to learn from such that going from the top 90% to the top 1% is effortless fun, and I don't have to lose myself in the process.
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Let's look at Carly Brown, my top three life values. And like, I'm gonna break some parents brains maybe, but mine were health, business, family.
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Yeah.
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And I think that it's like, oh, but you don't put your kids first. Well, my way of loving my children fully and completely is making sure their mother's in optimal health, running a business that allows us to live a freedom based life life where I can keep them home, I don't have to put them into a system that doesn't align. And that is then. And then from there I get to show up fully and completely with them as mother in my power because I believe that's the most powerful thing I can give them. So understanding my values of health, business, family also allows me to make really clear decisions of like, that's a yes, that's a no. Does it align with my values?
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So what's interesting about this is the amount of hate and shame we have received from this part of the clip. Exactly. Is mind blowing to me. You know, there's this saying, like, don't throw stones at people that live in glass houses. I commend and applaud Carly for showing up authentically as herself and speaking her truth, even on a public platform like the podcast. And honestly, in the moment, there was thoughts in my head going around like, do I believe that? Do I think it's bullshit? How do I feel about that? What would my wife think if that's how I lived? But when you listen to the words she spoke after she made that bold statement of I approach my life from health, then business, then family, she went on to say that it allows her to show up as the powerful mother that she is meant to be. So in reality she does prioritize her family first. She just knows that in order to be the best version of herself for her family, she must first put on her oxygen mask, take care of her health, take care of her business. That allows them to have the freedom and flexibility that their life has. And then she can focus on her family. Because for her and her family, what's most important is freedom, flexibility, and empowering her children. And she knows without her health and without her business, none of those things are possible. You've done it all. You've built the business, You've made the money. You conquered the grind. You're the lone wolf. And yeah, that got you here. But let's be real, it won't take you to the next level. The Truth Most successful people don't hunt alone. They join a tribe. A network of elite entrepreneurs, investors or leaders who challenge them, push them and hold them accountable to their biggest goals. Gobundance is that tribe. Extreme accountability, real wealth building, life changing adventure, and a brotherhood who refuses to let each other play small. So here's the challenge. Stay the lone wolf or run with the pack. The right tribe changes everything. Find a link in the description Apply today. This episode is brought to you by Loletta Birnbaum llc. Doing Business justice if you're a business owner, entrepreneur, real estate investor, or a combination of each, you know how critical it is to have trusted legal advisors on your team. Loletta Birnbaum has built a stellar reputation providing exceptional legal services that make a difference. As a national business law firm, Loletta Birnbaum provides a wide variety of of legal services including general corporate contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, intellectual property, commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, real estate and employment. Whether you're navigating a complex business deal, resolving disputes or protecting your brand, their team delivers practical, results driven legal solutions tailored to your goals. For inquiries, GoBundance members should email Loletta Birnbaum at gobundancealeletta.com that's L A U L E T T A dot com. You can also visit their website at www.lau let.com to learn more about how they can do your business justice. This episode is brought to you by Apex Functional Health, the team behind Age defying health at GoBundance. If you're a high achieving entrepreneur, investor or leader, you know that your health is your greatest asset. But the truth is, traditional medicine isn't built for people like you. It treats symptoms, ignores root causes and keeps you stuck in cycles and of fatigue, stress and subpar performance. That's where Apex comes in. They do not do band aids. They engineer elite health transformations for men, women and children looking to optimize their health and be proactive instead of reactive. APEX uses root cause functional medicine, advanced lab testing, and cutting edge biohacking tools to help you optimize energy, eliminate the root cause holding you back, and reverse early signs of aging so you can live, feel and perform at your best. APEX helps you take control of your health so you can lead with power, not burnout. Visit apex functionalhealth.com to schedule your free strategy call and see what's possible. When your body finally works for you, not against you, what's slowing your business down Is it endless emails, scheduling headaches, repetitive tasks that steal your time? My Outdesk has your solution. Their experienced global virtual assistants handle the busy work so you can focus on strategy, growth and whatever matters to you most. From administrative support to marketing and customer service. They've got you covered at a fraction of the cost of hiring in house. Scale smarter, save bigger, get the support you need. Today at MyOutDesk, let's take a look at Dave Perret.
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You drive through the desert and you do all these things and I mean, I got blown up at one point in a truck and I'm fine. Whatever. You see some stuff and you do things and you're 20, you're. And I was like leading convoys of 80 vehicles through the desert and leadership opportunities and all this stuff. And you come back to the US and the amount of gratitude you have for where you live. And then it's crazy. Now I hear people that have, you know, people that are close to me that have issues with everything and not to say that the country is perfect. I'm like, dude, leave. And they're like, what are you. I'm like, no, no, I'm not telling you to move to, you know, South Africa. Like, leave America. I'm telling you get your passport and go travel to South America. You know, Asia, Africa, Europe, wherever. Go anywhere. Maybe, maybe not. Paris. Go somewhere where the people actually, like, have to work to survive and come back and spend a month and you will. You'll love everything about America.
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Damn the amount of gratitude I have for the life that I'm able to live from. This conversation has literally changed how I drive to work each and every morning. I mean, the USA is the best place to live in the entire world. Like everywhere. We have our faults, we have our flaws, but if you look at the support system, we have the freedom and flexibility. We have the ease of water and food and shelter this is the best fricking place on earth. And when Dave dove into this, the team and I reflected on just how grateful we are to even be able to podcast, to even be able to sit here and create content, to be able to walk out in the ranch and look at zebras and longhorns and goats and donkeys and pigs and sheep. Like, we have so much to be grateful for. And what I think Dave was really highlighting here is what you focus on expands. If you focus on the negativity, that is all you will see. But if you focus on the gratitude, if you focus on all the amazing things in this world and in this country, the United States of America, you will see so much beauty and so much peace everywhere you look. Look at what just happened with the natural disaster in South Texas, the floods in Kerrville. It was a horrific event. And I cannot even fathom to understand what the families of those victims must be feeling and going through. And yet you have people online having the nerve to say, this is what you voted for. That's what you get. Nobody in the United States of America voted to lose their child. Nobody in the United States of America voted for a flood to totally destroy a camp where kids have gone for many, many years to make some of the best memories of their lifetime. But yet people have the nerve to say that it's because of our government and because of this country that that's what those families get and that's what those families deserve. Again, I appreciate the heck out of Dave. I appreciate the heck out of every man and woman that has chose to serve our country, protect our freedom, and defend this amazing place that we have to live. And when we talked about this in the episode, I just reminded myself to find more gratitude each and every day. Literally. Go sit in the pasture, no phone. And just enjoy the beauty that is this country that we get to live in and all the opportunities that we have at our fingertips that most other countries would kill to have. Let's dive into Blake Eastman.
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Labels are probably the most helpful and the most destructive thing in personal development and growth. You have no idea. The labels that you use to describe yourself can be so easily manipulated. So for if it's example, if I'm working with someone, they're like, I'm a real introvert. And I'm like, okay, so you won't like this role or you won't like that role. And I know that because I'm keeping them there, because those roles pay more. You're just exposing how to play yourself.
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So look I have the privilege of also watching Blake be the keynote speaker at the Austin Entrepreneurial Summit powered by GoBundance this year. And one of the things Blake did through his speech was he put on the screen a photo of a man surrounded by a bunch of women, all of whom had a weird and awkward face. And he started off by saying, this is one of the most notorious and famous serial killers in the world. And then he went to the audience and he said, give me your perspective. What do you see in the women's face? And people said, fear. People said, uncertainty. And then he flipped to the next slide and he said, I gave you that label to show you as proof, as evidence as to the label you give things and the meaning you then apply to them thereafter. And that next slide literally said, this is the most generous man in this country. And then he went to the audience and he said, now, how do you feel about those girls? What's on their face? And they're like, happiness, excitement, curiosity about the next thing he's going to impact, the next dollar he's going to give. And through this clip from the podcast and through that speech, I have really caught myself removing labels from the things that I used to give labels to without truly understanding what they were, whether that be people or whether that be things like even. Take this, for example. The other day I got stuck in traffic and I was so fricking annoyed that I had to sit in construction and I had to sit in traffic. And the label I gave that was, this is inconvenient. I'm going to be late. I hate sitting in traffic. I hate going slow. And I sat there in that moment, I reflected back on this clip and I thought, well, what if the label instead was, thank goodness that this traffic is here because it is allowing me to not go through a light when somebody else is going to run a red light and T bone me. Or how fortunate am I to be sitting in this traffic so I can consume this extra minute of the podcast or have that extra minute of the call, or actually arrive home at the same exact time my kids arrive home and watch them jump out of the car and into my arms? So be careful of the labels you give things because you never truly know or understand the story behind it, and your label will limit all possibilities of the great things that could occur. Let's talk about Mike McCarthy.
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I mean, one of the interesting things is that, you know, I love my dad. We had an incredible relationship. We built an awesome business together. He told me that he was proud of me at some point. And at the same time he had a hard time connecting with me and his dad had a hard time connecting with him. And then my grandfather's father passed away when he was 5. So you can see this pattern started where it was nobody's fault and my grandfather had to grow up without a dad. So of course he didn't know how to connect right with his son. So I think there's probably in every family some story of trauma like that that's passed down. And my work in this lifetime has been to identify what is that in our family. And that's the thing. It's connection to our, to my kids. Like, and I noticed, which was really uncomfortable, me having challenges connecting with my kids. Like, it didn't feel comfortable to play with them and do the things with them that my wife was. And I really had to like, look in the mirror and be like, what is that all about? And, you know, I struggled with it for many, many years and even just tried to pretend like it wasn't a thing. And then it just bubbled up enough over time where I'm like, I've got to work through this. And it's not about working on it out there, it's all about working on it in here. So I think you can see in that, like, why legacy and like bringing my kids along on the fanbundance journey and having these type of family structures in place, it's all in a. In a. In an attempt to make sure I write for all of my ancestors this trauma that's been passing down. So I like to imagine like, you know, the. My great grandfather that passed away young, who probably didn't have any choice in it. I'm sure he didn't want to die, is like, hey, I'm doing this for you.
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Yeah.
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And for me and for my children and their children. And I think that's the real work of most entrepreneurs. They. They just may have maybe haven't realized it yet. Because oftentimes when you achieve massive success, the thing that's driving you that you think is driving you, like, I'm going to get happy if I close this big deal, or I'm going to be. Everyone will be proud of me when I get there is like, when you get there and you get thing and it doesn't provide the feeling that you think it should, then it's devastating.
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It's a really interesting perspective. And I truly believe what Mike is saying to be accurate, that the trauma that our parents and their parents and their parents. Parents carried most often not by choice dictates the actions and the behaviors we have. But I choose to look at this a little bit differently. I can't go back and change how my dad was raised. I can't go back and change how my grandfather was raised. And so, honestly, it's not my job or my responsibility to try to rewrite those stories, but it is my job and my responsibility and my opportunity to look at the stories I'm creating that three generations removed from me will look back and go, like, oh, great, great grandpa Matt, he gave us those stories. And one of those things for me is feelings. I've never felt comfortable feeling things. And I know this is gonna surprise a lot of you listening, especially those of you who know me closely, but I don't like to feel. It's scary. It makes me nervous. And mostly I tell myself that it makes me weak. And recently, my son was crying about something, Honestly, about something I don't think he should have cried about. But who am I to tell him why he should feel the emotions he's feeling? And I was really lucky in the moment. Now, in the moment, I didn't say I was really lucky, but looking back, I was really lucky in the moment that Melissa looked at me and said, don't tell him not to cry. Let him cry. And when we had that discussion, of course I felt triggered. And anytime I feel triggered, I know that there's some work there that I need to look at. Whether I'm willing to do it or not, that's a different question. But I look at that, and I recognized that one of the things I'm giving my children, regardless of where it came from, I'm just going to own it and say, I am responsible for giving this to my children, is this notion of it's not okay to feel your feelings. Feelings are scary. Feelings are bad. We don't cry. And so I've really had to correct myself and my behavior to not tell my kids, don't cry, but rather sit in that moment and say, how are you feeling? And we literally had a beautiful moment recently where Ryland expressed her feelings. Rather than cried. She said, dad, I feel sad. I feel really hurt when Bode does that. He's my brother. And when he does that, it hurts my feelings. Like, that's the best gift any parent could ever get is a child at six years old being able to communicate and articulate their feelings and express them to you in words. And I took it one step deeper, which is a thing I learned from my communication coach, Liz Coleman. Which was asking Rylan where she felt it in her body. Because if I can start to help her recognize where she feels those emotions in her body, she can then start to create systems, processes, and routines to work through those feelings, express them, immerse herself in them, not run from them. So I really respect and believe what Mike's saying to be true. And I also think it's my job and my responsibility to pay attention to what I'm giving my kids and try to arm them with better tools than even I have for myself. Let's take a look at Diego Corzo.
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That I've been super blessed to be. To be one of the. I would say one of the successful dreamers in the US Because I'm undocumented. I don't have papers or anything, but I feel like I keep going because, number one, my parents made their sacrifice to leave their home country of Peru to come here. And the sacrifice that they did, that I saw when I was a kid, it will be a disservice if I didn't become the best version of myself, because that is what they taught me, right? And if I just limit myself to a. To a regular life, that there's. That is nothing wrong. But I feel like pushing for my potential is one of those things that no matter what, no matter what obstacles I have, I have to see what my potential is.
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So, look, Diego is one of the most badass people that I've ever been around. I mean, this dude had all of the odds stacked against him, and in spite of all of them, still found a way to achieve financial freedom, start his own business, and build the life that he knew deep down he was capable of. And what hit me through this discussion with Diego was there are billions of people in this world, and my worst day, for many of them, would be their best day. The problems that I'm facing on a daily basis, most people would die to have. And yet here I am, using those bad days as excuses for why I'm not going to go out and continue to persevere in spite of them, take advantage of the opportunity I have in front of me, and try to really see what my true and ultimate potential is. And when I had this discussion with Diego, I was wrestling with some things, like imposter syndrome. I was wrestling with some things of, like, maybe I shouldn't be in this podcasting space. Maybe I shouldn't be doing this. Maybe I shouldn't be a CEO. And when Diego said those words of, I have a responsibility to see what my true potential is it really lit a fire inside me to let go of all those stories, all those narratives and say I owe it to myself. I owe it to my family and I owe it to the people that I think I can impact to go out there and be the best version of myself that I can possibly be and see what I am truly capable of. Because at the end of the day the worst thing that could happen is I fail. And failure is often you ending in the exact same spot you are sitting in to begin with. So look, I hope you had as much fun listening to me rehash some of the team and I's favorite moments from the podcast we've done thus far. I appreciate you all being here, I appreciate you leaning in and I appreciate you listening to the words and the wisdom that people have to share on the podcast and applying them to you in your life. See you all next time.