REAL AF with Andy Frisella - March 06, 2022


248. Q&AF： Business Rollercoaster, #75HARD Couples & Starting A Business Now？

Topics
mental roller coasters of entrepreneurship hard couples and business starting a business now
Hosted by
Andy Frisella
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Andy Frisilla Headshot Booty
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In this episode of the show, we sit down with Andy Frisella to talk about the ups and downs of life and how to deal with them. We talk about how he deals with them, how he handles them, and how he uses them to propel him forward in life and business.

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00:00:00.000 What is up guys, it's Andy Frisella and this is the show for the realest sake about the 0.98
00:00:20.800 lies of fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality. 0.93
00:00:24.340 Guys, today we have Q and AF. 0.97
00:00:27.120 This is where you bring the Q's and I bring the AF's.
00:00:30.560 I got that right this time.
00:00:31.580 That was great.
00:00:32.140 All right, all right.
00:00:32.980 Are you in a trophy now?
00:00:34.640 Yeah, I am.
00:00:35.020 You're going to let me use your trophy?
00:00:36.700 Yeah, sure.
00:00:37.320 Oh, you're such a nice guy.
00:00:38.640 I kind of got to give it to you.
00:00:39.920 You know, your privilege makes me.
00:00:42.880 Number two, baby. 1.00
00:00:44.180 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:00:48.220 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:00:50.460 You're on a roll. 1.00
00:00:50.940 I'm going to stack these motherfuckers up. 0.99
00:00:52.780 244 episodes. 1.00
00:00:54.080 Motherfucker finally hits two jokes. 0.99
00:00:57.500 All right, dude. 0.99
00:00:58.000 So where do they submit these questions for the show?
00:01:00.240 You can submit your questions.
00:01:01.460 Email them in to askandy at andyfrisella.com.
00:01:04.200 All right.
00:01:04.600 And we also have a fee.
00:01:05.820 The fee is not monetary.
00:01:07.020 It is very simple.
00:01:07.760 Please help us grow the show.
00:01:09.300 Okay.
00:01:09.840 We try to provide value in these shows.
00:01:11.660 It's going to help you get better in life.
00:01:12.940 Both with CTI episodes and the Q&A episodes. 0.89
00:01:17.880 Q&AF are more focused on personal development and just a general how to get fucking better 0.99
00:01:23.580 in any area, especially in business.
00:01:25.960 And then CTI is current events where we try to bring you guys the deciphered truth of what
00:01:31.840 we think is actually going on with the real world.
00:01:34.340 And then sometimes we're going to do interviews and sometimes we're just going to get on and 0.99
00:01:37.160 fucking yell. 0.99
00:01:37.640 And that's it. 0.99
00:01:38.840 Basically.
00:01:39.300 So if you get value out of the show, please share the show.
00:01:43.720 That's the fee.
00:01:44.880 It's awesome.
00:01:45.540 All right.
00:01:46.200 Well, Andy, I got three good ones for you.
00:01:48.200 And here we go with question number one.
00:01:50.240 Andy, when you were young in business, right?
00:01:54.240 Just getting started.
00:01:55.600 How did you handle the mental roller coasters of experiencing big wins or the losses or the
00:02:00.700 lessons you had to learn?
00:02:01.600 How did you handle those, those mental roller coasters, bro?
00:02:05.460 Yeah.
00:02:06.200 You know, I'm not sure it's different than how you do it now, right?
00:02:08.880 Yeah, I don't see it like that.
00:02:09.680 Like I never saw it.
00:02:10.660 I never saw it or my perspective was not that it was a roller coaster.
00:02:15.380 I see it from a different perspective.
00:02:18.320 So I have this huge vision in my, in my head, right?
00:02:21.920 Of what I want to be, what I want our company to be, what I want all my companies to become,
00:02:27.400 right?
00:02:27.580 All my projects, including this show.
00:02:30.040 And I have this vision that's really big.
00:02:32.540 And I just understand the nature of the process is going to be up and down, right?
00:02:40.040 You're going to have good days.
00:02:41.020 You're going to have bad days.
00:02:42.280 And at the end of the day, as long as you execute every single day, whether it's good
00:02:45.840 or bad, you will eventually create this massive vision.
00:02:48.980 So I don't, I never like bought into it from an emotional standpoint.
00:02:53.400 I handle it very unemotionally.
00:02:55.020 I mean, dude, sometimes, yes, I get super mad.
00:02:57.920 And sometimes I get, I lose my temper and I get down and all those things are very real.
00:03:03.660 I'm not saying I'm immune to them.
00:03:05.140 What I am saying is they don't affect my, my ability to execute.
00:03:08.580 Yeah.
00:03:08.920 And I trust in the ability to execute.
00:03:10.860 And as long as I execute on the days I feel down or the days I took a loss or the days
00:03:15.680 this, um, I don't, I just kind of wash it off, dude, and get out of the next day.
00:03:19.680 It just comes with the tear.
00:03:20.580 Yeah.
00:03:20.760 It's just, it's just the process.
00:03:22.720 And what you guys will find is there's no, that pattern is a pattern that's consistent
00:03:29.040 no matter what your life is about, right? 0.99
00:03:31.020 If you're a fucking drunk, you're going to have good days and you're going to have bad 1.00
00:03:34.640 days. 1.00
00:03:35.280 It's just nature of life.
00:03:36.720 It's not the nature of entrepreneurship.
00:03:38.560 The nature of entrepreneurship is if you execute, you will eventually create what it is you're
00:03:43.360 trying to create regardless of how you feel.
00:03:46.120 So that's why I'm so big on discipline.
00:03:47.680 That's why I'm so big on grit.
00:03:48.980 That's why I'm so big on using the power list.
00:03:51.160 That's why I'm so big on all of those things because it's execution.
00:03:54.680 It's not how you feel.
00:03:55.540 It's not emotional.
00:03:56.280 And so I don't look at it like, how do I deal with the ups and downs? 0.98
00:04:00.280 I just look at it like, this is the life I chose and my shit has to get done. 0.99
00:04:05.820 Right. 0.99
00:04:06.100 And that's how I choose to view it.
00:04:07.220 And I think that's a much more steady and balanced way to view how this is in terms of 0.99
00:04:15.180 taking it day by day and being like, fuck, today was great. 1.00
00:04:18.040 And then tomorrow, like, fuck, today sucked. 1.00
00:04:20.300 Like, that's just not a good way to live. 1.00
00:04:22.460 Yeah. 0.99
00:04:22.700 You know, so I try not to let the wins and losses of life, um, fuck with me too big. 0.98
00:04:29.900 I just understand what I'm trying to accomplish on a large scale. 0.98
00:04:32.480 I work backwards to create that plan.
00:04:35.200 Um, you know, I use the power list consistently.
00:04:39.320 Uh, and, and that's it, dude.
00:04:41.860 You know, uh, you can go to episode 16 and really F feed if you want to hear about the
00:04:45.080 power list and what it does.
00:04:46.540 But as long as you execute, it doesn't matter how you feel.
00:04:48.860 Eventually you'll create that vision that you have in your head.
00:04:51.060 That's awesome.
00:04:51.580 Yeah.
00:04:52.420 So let's talk a little bit about discipline, right?
00:04:54.460 Obviously we know we've got 75 hard and what's your take on a couple doing 75 hard together?
00:05:01.200 Is it a good idea?
00:05:02.000 A bad idea?
00:05:02.780 What's your thoughts and or advice on that?
00:05:05.540 Well, I think it's a great idea.
00:05:06.980 I think because I think a lot, first of all, a lot of people do that.
00:05:11.500 I have literally people doing it as couples.
00:05:14.180 I see all the time that we do it every day.
00:05:15.740 Yeah, exactly.
00:05:16.640 I hear, um, all the same things from these couples.
00:05:21.560 Uh, I hear, you know, all these different things, you know, oh, blah, blah, blah, blah,
00:05:27.340 blah, blah, blah.
00:05:27.800 But at the end of the day, all these messages come down to the same message.
00:05:30.800 And what it is, it's about earning respect for your partner. 0.97
00:05:33.360 Because when you do hard shit together, you gain more respect. 0.95
00:05:37.040 When you gain more respect, the relationship gets better. 0.98
00:05:39.800 And, you know, all the things that go with the relationship get better.
00:05:43.000 So, um, I think it's a great idea for people.
00:05:46.780 I've heard from lots and lots and lots.
00:05:49.440 And then when I say lots, I mean, literally thousands of couples, not hundreds, thousands
00:05:53.960 who have done it, who have written me, who have said it, it's saved their marriage or
00:05:57.760 it saved their relationship or it saved this, or it created this new bond, or they're having
00:06:02.020 a better physical relationship, uh, all these different things.
00:06:05.640 Right.
00:06:06.300 Um, but at the end of the day, they're all the same thing.
00:06:08.740 And the same thing is this, uh, when you learn to respect someone because you've suffered
00:06:13.440 through hard things together, the relation, there's a, there's a bigger bond created.
00:06:17.680 And it's just always that way, whether it's a sports team, whether it's a business team, 0.97
00:06:21.500 whether it's a podcast team, whether it's a fucking relationship with your friends, 0.91
00:06:26.540 whether it's, uh, you know, it's why, like when you have people that are in the military 0.92
00:06:31.520 that they come out and they're friends forever, like when you suffer together, you earn respect
00:06:35.920 and there's a bond that's created.
00:06:37.160 That is, that is undeniable.
00:06:39.640 And, and so I think it's a great idea, you know, and I don't want to tell you what to
00:06:43.720 exactly expect.
00:06:44.540 I think it's important for you because one of the biggest tools about 75 hard and live
00:06:48.380 hard program is developing the awareness for your life.
00:06:51.680 So like, if I go and say, Hey, this is what you're going to expect.
00:06:55.220 It sort of takes away, you know what I'm saying? 0.97
00:06:57.400 So my, my, my advice to this person would be to go fucking do it, do it the right way, 0.99
00:07:02.360 stick to it hard as fuck, do it with intent. 1.00
00:07:04.460 And I bet when you're done, you're going to say, fuck, that was the coolest thing we ever 1.00
00:07:07.120 fucking did. 1.00
00:07:08.480 That's fucking awesome. 1.00
00:07:09.380 Yeah. 0.94
00:07:10.780 Andy, our third and final bit, uh, question for you.
00:07:15.920 Andy, what's your take on starting a business or making a big move right now with all the
00:07:21.280 uncertainty in the world?
00:07:22.440 I think it's a great time.
00:07:25.300 I think it's a great time to start a business because I think most people are sitting on
00:07:29.940 their hands, waiting for everything to get better.
00:07:32.620 I think a lot of people are, are playing defense.
00:07:35.460 Um, they're going into their shell and, you know, I think the companies that are highly
00:07:39.500 offensive right now are going to win.
00:07:41.480 Um, and I know there's supply chain issues and there's things that hold back certain industries,
00:07:46.720 but at the, at the time, at the same time, there's a lot of people who weren't prepared
00:07:51.800 for these, these issues that are, that are closing, right?
00:07:55.720 There's a lot of businesses that just closed because of the pandemic.
00:07:59.080 600,000.
00:07:59.720 And I hate to say this, but that's an opportunity, right?
00:08:03.200 Like there's an opportunity for those people that are looking to become entrepreneurs to
00:08:08.000 fill some of these holes that have been left closed or left open because our government
00:08:14.240 is tyrannical and unreasonable.
00:08:16.720 You know, and, and so as much as I hate to say, you know, oh, there's one person's
00:08:22.420 losses, another person's gain.
00:08:24.140 That's reality of the situation.
00:08:26.180 You know, um, there, I can think of two or three buddies that own gym franchises that are
00:08:31.780 kicking ass because a lot of these big box gyms closed during the pandemic.
00:08:35.740 Right. 1.00
00:08:36.340 Right.
00:08:36.560 So that it leaves a vacuum for new, new people to come in.
00:08:39.580 And so, uh, I think there's a big vacuum with restaurants.
00:08:42.440 I think there's going to be a huge, uh, want and need for these smaller restaurants.
00:08:46.580 To these mom and pops to reopen.
00:08:48.340 And, and, um, I think there's all kinds of opportunity.
00:08:52.020 I think that, you know, the times in my life where we've done the best in business have
00:08:56.320 been in the worst times of society.
00:08:58.720 Um, the, the five years after 2008 crash, we, we grew a hundred percent because no one in
00:09:05.460 our industry was trying to grow.
00:09:06.700 They all tried to like go in their shell and all those companies that went in their shell
00:09:10.480 during that time, they're all closed now. 0.99
00:09:12.320 Like we, we, we, we took their shit. 0.99
00:09:14.420 Right. 0.99
00:09:15.240 Um, same thing the last couple of years, like our company has grown incredibly, incredibly
00:09:20.440 fast, um, because we were poised to take advantage of the technology that would allow us to do
00:09:27.160 things remote and all these different things.
00:09:29.000 We were, we were at that point.
00:09:31.120 And so I always see hardships in society as an opportunity to start a business or to grow
00:09:35.800 a business and get offensive.
00:09:37.000 You know, when everybody's going left, that's when you need to go right.
00:09:39.700 And that's, that's how I believe that's how I've always operated, um, with very few exceptions.
00:09:46.000 And, uh, and I, I, I think that if you're a real entrepreneur, um, and you're really,
00:09:51.580 cause like, dude, look at the end of the day, entrepreneurship's been overhyped where people
00:09:57.460 think that it's for them when it's really not.
00:09:59.880 Um, and I, I think a lot of not savvy entrepreneurs right now are scared shitless.
00:10:06.640 Uh, they're, they're trying to just survive.
00:10:10.000 And a lot of, a lot of entrepreneurs who are at heart risk-taking entrepreneurs who are
00:10:14.540 willing to fucking go out there and put their nuts on the line are winning big because that 0.70
00:10:17.980 they're doing just that. 0.99
00:10:19.260 Right.
00:10:19.460 Um, I think there's an awesome opportunity to build teams right now, because I think a
00:10:24.820 lot of people are seeing this, this situation with, uh, their, their companies, maybe forcing
00:10:30.440 certain things or, or making them do things they didn't believe in.
00:10:33.680 And there's a lot of really highly skilled people that are working for companies that,
00:10:39.020 that are, that are woke, that are looking to leave and they're looking to find, and ask 0.91
00:10:43.980 me how I know I've hired almost 300 fucking employees in the last year and a half, 200, 0.98
00:10:48.940 what, two, just 275. 0.98
00:10:50.840 So, you know, and, and most of those people come from these places and our team has got
00:10:56.560 infinitely stronger and infinitely better and much bigger because of the policies of some 0.99
00:11:01.620 of these bigger places that, you know, people just don't want to do that shit. 0.99
00:11:05.040 I'm not buying it. 1.00
00:11:05.640 No.
00:11:05.780 Yeah. 0.99
00:11:05.980 Like people don't want to work for globo fucking Coca-Cola. 0.99
00:11:08.860 They don't want it. 1.00
00:11:09.560 They don't want to do that shit. 1.00
00:11:10.540 Right. 1.00
00:11:10.720 Like it's not, their heart ain't in it.
00:11:12.520 There's no mission to be had.
00:11:14.060 Right.
00:11:14.620 There's a mission here.
00:11:16.080 There's a mission in what we do.
00:11:17.300 There's a mission in some of these smaller companies that are out there trying to do things.
00:11:21.620 Um, and I think Americans are really getting to understand the danger that big corporations,
00:11:27.560 uh, pose to society.
00:11:30.320 You know, they're seeing the funds go to these politicians that make these ridiculous laws
00:11:34.820 and these, these tyrannical mandates and, uh, these, these, these judges that don't prosecute
00:11:41.280 anybody and let the cities burn.
00:11:43.440 Um, I, I think people are noticing where that money goes and, and they're seeing all these 0.98
00:11:48.120 companies that support things like the world economic forum and they're staying the fuck 0.60
00:11:51.420 away from them and they're getting the fuck out.
00:11:52.860 And, um, that's not my, that's not me guessing.
00:11:56.380 I, I'm telling you that's happening.
00:11:58.200 Like that's actually happening because I see it every day here.
00:12:00.840 You know, people, people are still business wise.
00:12:04.240 They're, they're way behind what's the next trend is going to be.
00:12:06.720 The next trend is going to be pro America, American made, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 0.93
00:12:10.980 And they're still afraid, you know, like, and they're still fucking saying, Oh yeah, dude, 0.89
00:12:14.860 I love this free country of America. 1.00
00:12:17.000 Motherfucker. 1.00
00:12:17.820 Uh, the reason you call yourself the silent majority is cause you ain't fucking free. 1.00
00:12:21.580 Hmm. 0.99
00:12:22.840 Yeah.
00:12:23.400 You can't even, people are waking up to that.
00:12:24.780 Yeah. 0.99
00:12:25.020 You can't, you couldn't even wear a fucking Trump hat to most of these companies without 1.00
00:12:27.960 getting fucking fire. 1.00
00:12:28.840 No shit. 1.00
00:12:29.360 And that, and dude, how is that right? 0.99
00:12:31.680 Regardless of what you think of Trump, you see what I'm saying?
00:12:34.920 Right.
00:12:35.320 Right.
00:12:35.520 So, you know, people have an opinion and they have the right text to have their opinion.
00:12:41.400 And, and we've had corporate America do the work in the bidding of these giant woke
00:12:47.980 agencies to stifle the opinion of, of most of America.
00:12:52.800 And, uh, you know, people are tired of it.
00:12:55.320 They want to support companies that aren't scared of it.
00:12:57.460 They want to support companies that understand job creation.
00:13:00.140 They want to support companies that contribute to their own local economy. 0.99
00:13:03.500 They want to support companies that stand for the right shit. 1.00
00:13:06.280 And people are catching on to this bullshit. 1.00
00:13:08.440 So I think there's tremendous opportunity to be had right now. 0.99
00:13:12.140 And I think if you don't take advantage of it, you're probably going to get eaten up.
00:13:14.580 That's what I think.
00:13:16.740 That's awesome.
00:13:18.000 Guys, Andy, that is three.
00:13:19.920 Let's go pay the fee.
00:13:20.940 Yeah.
00:13:21.180 Yeah.
00:13:22.380 Went from sleeping on the floor.
00:13:24.040 Now my jewelry box froze. 1.00
00:13:25.760 Fuck a pole. 1.00
00:13:26.540 Fuck a stole. 1.00
00:13:27.380 Counted millions in the cold. 1.00
00:13:29.080 Bad bitch. 1.00
00:13:29.900 Booty's woke. 1.00
00:13:30.740 Got her on bankroll.
00:13:32.380 Can't fold.
00:13:33.260 Doesn't know.
00:13:34.060 Headshot.
00:13:34.880 Case closed.
00:13:35.700 Close.