194. Q&AF： Favorite Car, Solopreneurship To Entrepreneurship & Moving On From Employer
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On this episode of the Realist, DJ and Andy discuss the importance of having an orange racetrack in every household. DJ talks about how he grew up playing with cars and how he got into the automotive industry, and Andy talks about the lack of discipline in our society.
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What is up guys, it's Andy Priscilla and this is the show for the realist, say goodbye to
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the lies, the fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality.
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Guys, today we have Q and AF, this is where I get questions and then I answer them in
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Before we get started, there's a fee for the show if you're new, the fee is not monetary,
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to entertain you and make you think about some shit and teach you how to make some fucking
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show because I don't run ads for the show and we've been able to be one of the top podcasts
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on the planet by just word of mouth, which I think is the right way to do shit, right,
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like if I do good, you help me out, if I don't do good, don't feel obligated to help me out,
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totally cool, with that being said, pay the fee, all right, now, the way this show works
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is real simple, DJ, what's up, hey, what the fuck was that, DJ is going to get his shit
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together and then he's going to ask me three questions and I'm going to give some answers,
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you know, based upon my experiences in this life, which have been extensive, so let's get
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started, I'd just say a long time, it made you sound old, yeah, good job, I got as much
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experience as you can have for a person my age, yeah, business, there's a lot there, man,
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there's a lot there, yeah, guys, as always, you got three questions, you can email your
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questions in to askandy at andyfasella.com, send those in, we appreciate you, yeah, keep
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sending them in, let's keep getting good questions, and without further ado, what is the email?
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Ask Andy, askandy at andyfasella.com, there you go, or never mind, I'm going to give you
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the other one, yeah, don't, all right, without that being said, let's get into this, man,
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number one, Andy, it's no secret that you like cars, you're a car guy, and I had no
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idea what the fuck car guy even meant, like, I'm thinking, okay, fucking Mr. Beast is and
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shit, right, you're a car guy, what made you get into cars, and with all the vehicles you
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have right now, what would you say your favorite one is?
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You know, dude, when I was a kid, I had Hot Wheels and Micro Machines, all right, and that
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was, like, the main thing I played with as a kid, we had, like, the orange racetracks, and, you know,
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a lot of people, yeah, yeah, yeah, the ones you got your ass beat with, you know what I'm saying,
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and they're, they, once, see, you could kind of track the, the, the downfall of society,
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uh, to the direct point of when orange racetracks, uh, were taken, like, somewhere
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else, because when they were popular, parents used them to whoop ass, and the whole problem
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with society is that we need to bring back the orange racetracks, no shit, every household
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should fucking have a set of this shit, okay, because I got my ass whipped with them, and
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anybody that knows about an ass whipping with a fucking orange racetrack, you, you know what
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not to do again, yeah, all right, and, and the whole problem in this country, I'm being
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serious, is that people don't fucking discipline their kids, 100%, to start with, right, so
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get yourself some racetracks, and fuck, get to work, I'm kidding, Jesus, you guys are
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going to freak the fuck out, I'm going to have my own a day, yeah, but think about it, yeah,
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you know, I'm kidding, but no, anyway, the point is, uh, I always love cars, because that's
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what I played with, um, when I was like, I don't know, when I was probably seven or eight
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years old, um, I saw a white Lamborghini at a gas station, it was with my dad, and I thought it
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was the coolest fucking thing I ever saw in my life, uh, it was a, it was a Countach, uh, you know,
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this was the 80s, yeah, and, um, it's fucking white, and I remember, like, thinking, like, dude, I'd
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never seen anything like that before, uh, and just the whole thing of it, like, got my attention,
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and, and, you know, I, it got me excited, I thought it was cool, and I just never grew out of
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that, you know what I'm saying, so, like, um, and really, honestly, that whole experience is
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really what inspired me to even become an entrepreneur anyway, this is why I get so upset
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with, like, people when they say, you know, don't worry about the material shit, material shit can be
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extremely powerful, because, you know, the first 10 years I was in business, um, I was in business,
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so I could own some fucking cool-ass cars and shit, you know what I'm saying, so I endured a whole lot
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of stuff that I wouldn't have endured just because of my passion for, for, for cars, right, and now
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we have thousands of people that have careers because of that, so, like, don't ever shit on
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people's material dreams, because I'm one of those people that persevered for that, you know, and then
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obviously, once I achieve that goal, uh, you know, you, you find new purposes, right, and, like, my
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motivations have definitely changed, like, I'm not working, I'm not doing this shit so I can get
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more cars, like, I fucking got every car I can fucking, that I want, and if I don't, if I don't
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have it, it's on the way, you know what I'm saying, so, like, uh, so that's, you know, as I got older,
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I started to value things differently, and, but that pulled me through, like, that pulled me through
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the hardest fucking time in business was those material goals, and so I, that's why I get so upset
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when I see people shit on people's material goals, like, I think, no matter what they are, like, I think
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it's fucking wrong, you know, because a lot of good shit can come from a desire, a materialistic
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desire, and then what happens is, uh, you know, you get to a certain point, and you start to have
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people around you, and you start to realize that, like, you actually make more money when you pour
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into those people, and, uh, and do the right thing, and, like, instead of looking at it, like, I want to
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get this, you start looking at it, it's like, I want to create this, and build this, and it becomes a
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totally different thing, like, now I get way more satisfaction, I've seen my people build careers,
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and buy houses, and build their own lives, and shit, and I would for myself, yeah, and so, you
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know, that all changes, but that's how I got into cars, you know, and, uh, I'm still into them,
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I don't post them quite as much as I used to, just, uh, I'm gonna get back into that, as everybody
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knows, you know, just built a nice garage, it's, uh, pretty insane, yeah, um, I don't really know a
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word to describe it, yeah, I mean, there's nothing like it, no, you know what I'm saying, I mean,
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there's other fucking awesome garages, but there's nothing like that, no, and, uh, you
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know, and, and, and, you know, I've, I've, I've been fortunate enough to own, I didn't
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even, bro, I didn't even, I couldn't even tell you how many cars I've had at this point
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in time, because I've, I've cycled in and out of so many different cars, but, uh, I've
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had the opportunity to drive and experience just about everything out there, um, and still
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my favorite car is my 1970 Chevelle, you know, I got a 1970 Chevelle SS, um, it's a 454 SS,
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uh, legit LS6 coupe, uh, black with white stripes, um, original LS6 that we actually tore apart
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completely and put an Art Morrison frame underneath it and, and, uh, you know, new modern suspension
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and fucking modern brakes and all the good shit, 454 LSX, uh, it's nasty, it's Whipple
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supercharged, it puts out, you know, somewhere around 800 of the tires, how we have it tuned,
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it'll do up to 1200, um, and I fucking love that car, bro, like, it's badass, like, I don't,
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like, it's nasty, yeah, it's fucking, like, and it's eternally fucking cool to me, like, that's
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what I think is cool, like, I've got all the shit, right, like, I have all the, I have all
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the big cars and the shit that people get wowed over or whatever, but, like, dude, to
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be honest, um, at my heart, like, I'm just a simple dude, like, I fucking love that car
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and I'd be totally happy with just that car, um, now I do love all the other shit and I'm
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going to continue to experience that, but, you know, if I only had that car, I'd be happy
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as fuck because it's badass, so that's my, that's my favorite car, uh, I don't think that's
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the answer people expect when they ask me that, they want me to say something like, you
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know, one of these crazy, well, I know what my fucking favorite car is, you know what
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my favorite car is, the Aston, no, I actually, no, the DBS, no, it's the fucking, it's the
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A12, bro, oh, it is, that A12 is just, which one, the super fast, the coupe or the, or the
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convertible, the coupe, okay, yeah, because I got the, it's fucking nasty, yeah, it's cool,
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I do love that, like, that's going to be my first car, like, I want that to be my first
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super car, right, is it, A12, no, it's the DBS, oh, yeah, DBS is fucking love it,
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yeah, but that fucking A12 is disgusting, A12 is a lot more raw, yeah, like, it's a
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completely different experience, well, and that's what, that's what I was saying, like,
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at the beginning of this question, like, I, I didn't, I didn't even understand, I think,
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I don't even know if most people understand, like, when you say you're a car guy, or you're
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a car girl, you're a car person, like, there's, it's a difference, oh, people, yeah, no, most
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people don't understand, they think it's a, uh, they think it's like, all right, get
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it, bro, you got, you like cars, no, that's right, they think it's, it's like, oh, you
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got a bunch of cars, and you fucking, yeah, you know, you think you're the
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shit, no, that's, that's only part of it, you're not wrong, yeah, that's, that's only
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part of it, there's a lot, but it's so, it's so deep, there's a whole lot more to it, yeah,
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it's so deep, like, there's a lot more to it, you know, and, and, and people who aren't
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into cars can't possibly understand that, but, like, you know, every car has a different
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experience, um, you know, some cars are more refined, some cars are more raw, some are all-wheel
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drive, some are rear-wheel drive, some have, you know, a V8, some have V10, some have V6,
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some have V12, like, some are twin turbo, some are supercharged, some are fucking naturally
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aspirated, I mean, every single one of those elements creates a completely different driving
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experience, and so, like, you know, if you're a real driver, and you understand that, it
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makes sense to have, you know, all the best experiences, yeah, so, like, that's, that's
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what, what I see when I look at those cars is individual experiences, you know, and other
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people see it as, like, uh, uh, you, like, they see a car collector, and there is different
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kinds of car collectors, like, there's car collectors that don't drive their shit, and
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there is guys that just have the shit to, to show their dick, right, yeah, right, and
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there's those guys, but, but honestly, those guys are so few and far between, because they
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get tired of it, the real enthusiasts, like, the guys who are in it for, you know, when they're
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70, they're still doing the car shit, those guys love cars, like, it's a love thing, and
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like, you know, people are like, why don't you like Tesla, because, like, dude, it's,
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it's totally, there's no driving experience with a Tesla, and, and, like, oh, have you
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Yeah, I've driven them all, like, dude, like, they're fucking boring, are they fast in a
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Yeah, that's cool, show your friends three times, then what?
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I'm just saying, that's, you get tired of the same thing, it's like a fast golf cart.
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It's just not exciting to me, and, like, yes, I can appreciate the acceleration, I can
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appreciate that, I can appreciate the whole idea of it and everything, but it's just still
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The experience is the fucking smell of the gas, the experience is the rumble, right?
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Yeah, bro, that shit, the sound, like, the feel, like, there's so much that goes into
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it, and people just, they don't understand it, so they criticize it, just like most things.
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But, I mean, dude, like, when I get my house in Florida, like, I'm going to get a house
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in Florida here pretty soon, and probably a house in Park City, too, those are two places
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I'm going to have homes, I want to build a, well, I can't talk about it, because it's
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going to be super innovative, but, anyhow, I got a project that I want to do that's fucking
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huge, but my plan is, like, when I get a house in Florida, I'm going to build another
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Like, I'm going to build, like, I enjoyed the process, well, I hated the process.
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I, it was, it sucked, but only because I was living at the property as it was happening.
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You just get tired of seeing, and it wasn't that the guys there, they were great dudes,
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everybody, like, all fucking super friendly, hard worker, like, great good dudes.
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But, bro, you just get tired of seeing people in your fucking yard.
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No, especially at seven in the fucking morning.
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And, like, you guys know how construction guys work.
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It'd be, like, so if I lived in a different spot, and they were working on it while I wasn't
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But anybody who's had construction done while you're living on the property, you understand
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So, you know, I'm going to get into some more shit, building-wise, even though I know I
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And there's, you know, I met some really great friends through cars.
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Like, I have some of my best friends and best business allies and mentors to me who teach
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me shit are just car guys that are bigger than me.
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And so, like, it's a great network to plug into because you meet so many people that
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You know, yeah, it turns a couple people off, but the benefits on the upside are huge, you
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So, like, when I got my first exotic car, I was real scared about, like, what people
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I had a Lamborghini for 12 months before I even knew, before anyone even knew I had it
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And I got caught driving it by one of my employees.
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But, you know, I was nervous what people would think.
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But the truth is, is like, I don't want anybody working for me that doesn't want a fucking
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Lamborghini or a fucking Ferrari or a fucking big life.
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Like, if you don't want some big shit for yourself, I don't even fucking want you on
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So, now I, you know, people ask, well, how do you deal with this and that?
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Well, if they don't have the aspirations to have that and they're going to fucking think
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negatively of me for heaven, then I don't fucking want them here anyway.
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Like, bro, everywhere I go, I have little kids run up to the cars and, you know, parents
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come up and, you know, ask questions and, you know, ask what I do.
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And the kids, you know, the parents will tell the kids.
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But, like, it's cool because, like, sometimes the kids are, like, 10, 11 years old.
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So, they're starting to understand shit and they're like, well, what do you do?
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And I'm saying, well, I'm going to own a business.
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I'm saying, well, what do you, what kind of business?
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And I tell them and they said, man, you know, and you could see them, like, start to turn
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And I always tell them, like, look, dude, if you work hard, if you build some shit, because
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that's what my dad told me back in that first experience.
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Like, when I saw that Lamborghini, my dad's immediate response to that was, well, if you work
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really hard, you know, you could have that stuff.
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Which is the opposite of what I think most parents say.
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Or that guy's screwing people or some bullshit, you know?
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Because I was eight years old, bro, and I still remember that.
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And, like, that one interaction, I think, changed the whole entire direction of my entire
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And as stupid as it was a five-minute ordeal, right?
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So, Andy, what's the most important thing that I should understand moving my business
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from a solopreneurship to actually having employees?
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Well, the most important thing that you need to understand is that you won't get very far
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I mean, so you already understand the most important thing.
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Most important thing is you can only go so far alone.
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And the second most important thing that I would say, besides that obvious fact, which
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this person seems to have already realized, is that, you know, it's going to be one of
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Like, even at 23 years in this business, my hardest part of my job is managing personalities.
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You have to look into, you know, read and talk and, you know, try to educate yourself through
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You know, learning from people who have done it is the best way.
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But there's plenty of books on management and leading and building teams and building
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And you should become a student of that for the rest of your life.
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Because I didn't take that serious when I first started.
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Like, I didn't understand what it meant to have employees.
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And what it really means is that you're responsible for these people's fucking future.
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There's entrepreneurs that see their employees as a way to make more money.
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And then there's entrepreneurs that actually see it as a responsibility to help build these
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And that group always is far more successful than the first group.
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The first group, they constantly cycle through employees.
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People understand that they're a cog at those organizations, that they can be replaced,
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We're over here in a situation where you're actually taking responsibility, a more active
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responsibility in building the careers for your people.
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And so what they do is they come and they start to understand, like, okay, I'm safe here.
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And that's when you're going to get your best out of people, right?
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So if you care about them, they're going to care about you.
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If you don't care about them and you just fake care about them, they're going to know
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And they're not going to do what they would normally do.
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And you're going to spend your life chasing your tail instead of just pouring into people.
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And I think the other thing, too, to mention is, like, you're now a personal life coach
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I'm to the point now where I'm not trying to hear your personal shit.
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But in the beginning, when it's just you and fucking a few other people, it's part
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But at this point in time, I've come to a place where it's not...
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I can't personally afford to pour my time unless it's, like, a dire scenario.
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But, like, the cool thing about building a culture that gives a fuck about each other
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is that when people start to have problems now, other people in the company will step
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And it's a beautiful thing because it's a true community of people that give a fuck.
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And, you know, when people give a fuck, you can accomplish a whole bunch of good shit.
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When people don't give a fuck, you're going to have a hell of a time getting them to accomplish
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Take the responsibility of their future seriously.
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You know, you should want to create a company that provides for them in the way that they
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That's the obligation of being on this team as a company.
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So, like, how I see my obligation is, okay, like, yeah, I understand I've got to actually
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run the company, but I also have an obligation to build the company into the type of company
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that can provide those kinds of careers, you know, which we're doing.
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And people say, well, what's your secret there?
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So, I think that's the hallmark difference between really great companies and companies
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And if companies were great and you see their downfall and you see them fall down, it's
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They get too big to where the point, they stop caring about their people and their people
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And that's why I know that some of these bigger, iconic companies are ready to get their ass
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Bro, there's never been a better opportunity for brands that are like my size and, you know,
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Like, the next generation of big brands is out there.
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Like, these big dudes ain't going to fucking last forever.
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People that don't give a fuck about the company, about the customer, about the company, about
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They say, as an employee, what's the best way to tell my boss that I want to move on?
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I feel like this has to be a young person because we see this a lot with young people.
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But as the employee, what advice do you have for them to have that conversation with them?
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Well, I mean, I think that's a normal part of business.
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I think any normal CEO or boss or owner, whatever the fuck you want to call them, should be comfortable
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I mean, most, you know, unfortunately, like I said in the previous question, most people
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don't value their people enough to really give a fuck about their future.
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So, like, they get real pissed off when people quit.
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The truth is, is like, if you've poured into someone and you've built someone and you've
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taught them skills and you've taught them shit, one of the most rewarding things is, is when
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Most of the time, those people will come back anyway.
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Um, and so I don't think it's a really good idea to try to limit people or give them a
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hard time when they decide they want to go somewhere.
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It's a better idea to support them and say, okay, well, this would be good.
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I hope that everybody would be working in a company where that would be, that would be
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And, and so having the conversation, you know, you probably gonna expect them to get upset
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and just know in your heart that in your head that like, that's what they're doing
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and just try to keep the conversation to what they, what you just said, you know, Hey, there's
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And then, and then as an employee, go out and live that because like, dude, the, the
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worst thing that I see people doing now, and it's been a trend for the last seven, eight
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years, um, is people that complain about their old jobs.
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Like if you complain about your old job, like the first motherfucking thing I do that we
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do is we go look, like, go look and see what kind of shit they said about their old
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Because if they're going to say that shit about their old job, they're gonna say that
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So, you know, I think a lot of people really fuck themselves by, by bitching about shit
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So when you leave and you say, Hey, no hard feelings, uh, do your best to support that
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Because then you build a reciprocal relationship that can last and then you don't burn any
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bridges and you have a situation where you could possibly come back later maybe, you
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know, and you have a friend and an adversary instead of, or a friend and an advocate instead
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So if that brought value to you, if you liked it, if it, if it made you think, if it gave
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you some good information, uh, show the show for us.