REAL AF with Andy Frisella - August 22, 2022


363. Q&AF： Believing In Yourself, Undermining Your Authority & Prioritizing American-Made Products


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In this episode of The Realist, DJ and Andy talk about how they got their name on the chalkboard in school, and why it sucks. Also, DJ talks about how he almost got kicked out of school for telling a terrible joke.

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00:00:00.000 What is up guys, it's Andy Priscilla and this is the show for the realist, say goodbye to
00:00:21.160 the lies, the fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality.
00:00:26.520 Guys, today we have Q and AF. That's where you bring the Q's and I bring the AF's. You can submit your
00:00:33.440 questions too. Email those questions in guys to askandy at andyfriscilla.com. Now, if this is your
00:00:39.420 first time listening, this isn't a normal show. If you're a normal human and you're soft like
00:00:44.760 everybody else, you won't like the show. Just go ahead and turn the shit off. But if you're going
00:00:49.840 to stay because you have skin that's thicker than a fucking saran wrap on a fucking corn 0.98
00:00:58.060 dog, corn dog. Yeah. Thank you. Uh, with a cat, with a fucking casserole, no salt. Yeah, exactly.
00:01:04.540 Right. Uh, if you're one of those people, uh, we have multiple formats on the show. Okay. So today
00:01:10.120 you're going to get Q and AF. Um, sometimes you're going to get CTI that is cruise the internet. That's
00:01:15.380 where we throw up topics, talk about current events. Uh, we make fun of these stupid motherfuckers in 1.00
00:01:20.460 the world. Then we talk about how we can fix the world. Then sometimes we have real talk. Real talk
00:01:25.760 is, um, just a five to 20 minute speech, uh, about what I think needs to be said. That's why it's called
00:01:34.420 real talk. Then we have full length. Full lengths are always a little bit longer and they get a little
00:01:41.500 more in depth. You know what I'm saying? Uh, and they have to do with my rich, interesting,
00:01:46.380 successful friends. Sometimes we bring on people that disagree with us and then we argue,
00:01:52.080 but, uh, but yeah, man, we basically talk about how they got to be who they are and how you're no
00:01:58.640 different than them and how you can do the same kind of shit. All right. Look, personal excellence
00:02:02.940 is what's going to fix this country. We could talk about the fucking problems all day. We can talk
00:02:07.380 about what's going on all day. We can talk about the crazy people ruining the world all day,
00:02:10.820 but that doesn't have an effect on us personally. Um, if we all collectively look to raise our
00:02:17.700 standards. So that's what the show is about, man. Um, yeah. What's up? Yeah. Yeah. We got your
00:02:25.320 chalkboard up here. Yeah. I saw. Yeah. So, so we re re re instituted, uh, an old rule. I'm going to
00:02:32.360 steal it from back in the, uh, the, from back in the, uh, grade school days, you know, where you got
00:02:39.060 your name put on the board. And then when I was in school, you got four check marks. Okay. So you
00:02:44.080 got your name and then you got four checks and then you got detention, except in here, when you get to
00:02:50.520 four checks and your name on the board, you got to fucking run. That's what we're going to do.
00:02:54.740 All right. I don't remember what, what did you do the other day? I didn't do anything, bro.
00:02:58.580 Yeah. Yeah. You're just oppressed. You're just an oppressed black man. Yeah. It's just, you know,
00:03:05.160 yeah. Well, if you notice, I hope nobody steals it. Cause you know, you guys are going to automatically
00:03:08.960 assume as me. If you, if you notice, we, we didn't put it on a blackboard. We put it on a whiteboard.
00:03:13.560 Yeah. I see what black marker. Yeah. To make it extra oppressive. I mean, you know, so sometimes it
00:03:18.780 happens. Yeah. Sorry, bro. Sucks. Uh, but DJ got his name on the board. I think it was for telling
00:03:24.220 this terrible fucking joke. Um, which doesn't surprise me.
00:03:28.580 So you got four checks left to go before it's time to run. Yeah.
00:03:33.600 How is it? Okay. So question, legitimate question. Can your name and check marks be erased?
00:03:40.200 Yeah. If you tell something funny joke, but like that ain't going to happen. I mean,
00:03:45.060 I mean, you know, it's like, I mean, I mean, you better go work. You better go work.
00:03:51.300 That stuff comes around every now and then. I mean, sometimes I get some, some inspiration.
00:03:54.760 We already had to take away your two. I feel like cream soda was pretty like,
00:03:57.380 but now that yesterday was pretty funny. Well, who made it funny though?
00:04:02.760 Did you make it funny or did I make it funny by pretending not to know?
00:04:06.240 No, you knew. No, I did know.
00:04:13.540 Bro, what you make, what you mean is I didn't, you didn't know.
00:04:16.320 Yeah. You had no idea.
00:04:17.480 I knew.
00:04:18.860 But that motherfucker, I knew.
00:04:20.160 Did he know? He had no idea.
00:04:22.740 He knew. He knew.
00:04:24.380 Oh, look at that. See?
00:04:26.120 Wink.
00:04:26.660 Now, bro.
00:04:27.280 He's just winks.
00:04:27.680 It's just white dudes sticking together.
00:04:31.900 All right, then Joe.
00:04:33.320 All right.
00:04:33.960 I didn't know.
00:04:35.740 Fuck.
00:04:36.580 I didn't, I didn't know that cream soda was a white people thing.
00:04:40.300 Yeah, it's fine.
00:04:40.960 It makes sense though.
00:04:42.120 Cause I love it.
00:04:46.020 All right.
00:04:47.000 That's real.
00:04:47.500 We got Q and AF.
00:04:48.720 We got Q and AF, man.
00:04:49.600 Let's get into these.
00:04:50.560 All right.
00:04:51.020 Guys, question number one.
00:04:53.580 Andy, in your personal development journey,
00:04:57.420 have you ever lost belief in yourself because it was taking too long
00:05:02.380 or something didn't work out the way you wanted it to?
00:05:04.720 And if you did, how do you overcome this lack of belief?
00:05:08.200 I guess, impatience in time.
00:05:10.100 Yeah, I think people think about belief as if it's like,
00:05:14.140 like once you have belief, it's just always there.
00:05:18.140 And that's not how it works.
00:05:20.120 At least that's not how it works for me.
00:05:23.060 You know, belief sometimes is going to be really strong.
00:05:27.000 And sometimes it's not going to be there.
00:05:29.300 And, you know, when it's not there,
00:05:31.940 I've had to work really hard to consciously remind myself
00:05:35.260 of the things that I've done in the past.
00:05:37.620 And then also think about the logical way
00:05:42.340 of how I'm going to accomplish what it is I believe in,
00:05:45.720 like the actual step-by-step plan.
00:05:48.740 Because usually when you have a lack of belief,
00:05:51.000 it's because your emotions are involved.
00:05:53.460 You're down, your momentum's low.
00:05:55.640 And so, you know, you have to really separate yourself
00:05:58.300 from the way you feel versus what's reality.
00:06:01.300 And so that's how I think about it.
00:06:03.380 And, you know, there's been a number of times in my life
00:06:06.300 where things have gotten really bad in business, you know?
00:06:10.760 I mean, it's never like, like out of,
00:06:14.660 let's say like 10 days, right?
00:06:16.780 Like this is how I would describe it.
00:06:18.460 You know, like three of those days,
00:06:20.220 you might feel really good.
00:06:21.860 Three of those days, you might feel okay.
00:06:25.120 Three of those days, you might be like,
00:06:27.180 fuck, how am I going to do this?
00:06:28.640 And it kind of like, that's kind of how it is, you know?
00:06:31.880 Um, but I think the key and the way to think about this
00:06:37.000 would be to consider when your belief is the strongest
00:06:42.160 and what habits were you to, uh, completely dialed into
00:06:46.620 when that was going wrong.
00:06:48.660 To make that, yeah.
00:06:49.280 Yeah, and for me, like, like, um, you know,
00:06:51.940 I just be real here.
00:06:53.320 Uh, you know, I had, I injured my shoulder
00:06:55.140 really bad last September.
00:06:56.960 Um, I waited for 90 days because I wanted to see
00:07:00.100 if it would heal before I even got an MRI
00:07:01.700 because I'm stubborn about going to the doctor,
00:07:03.680 especially during all the COVID shit.
00:07:05.840 I didn't want to go.
00:07:06.720 Well, you're in the best shape of your life.
00:07:07.900 Yeah, I was, dude, I was in the,
00:07:09.600 I was in the absolute best shape of my life by a lot.
00:07:13.740 And, um, you know, so I had surgery in December.
00:07:19.220 Uh, like, dude, I was in a sling for six weeks.
00:07:22.440 When I got out of the sling, I had zero mobility in my arm.
00:07:25.480 Like I couldn't move it in an inch.
00:07:26.860 It was just hang there.
00:07:28.280 I lost all my muscle.
00:07:29.760 I lost all my physique.
00:07:31.220 Uh, and with that, you know, mentally struggled,
00:07:34.400 um, because training is such a massive part of my life
00:07:38.560 that, you know, not having that outlet
00:07:41.400 has been very difficult for the last year.
00:07:43.520 I would say this last year for me
00:07:45.100 has been probably the hardest year so far.
00:07:48.280 Uh, but it's also been the year 1.00
00:07:50.940 where I made the most money
00:07:51.820 and been the most successful.
00:07:52.820 Um, but mentally it's been the hardest year,
00:07:56.120 uh, and physically.
00:07:58.620 And now, you know, I'm back to where I can train
00:08:02.000 just within the last week or so
00:08:03.860 where I could train what I would say
00:08:05.600 the way I like to train.
00:08:07.460 Um, and, you know, I could feel my mental
00:08:11.840 starting to come back.
00:08:12.940 And so, you know, I failed 75 hard this last, uh, weekend,
00:08:17.640 uh, because I got super fucking sick.
00:08:20.060 And, um, you know, I'm just looking at it
00:08:23.200 like I'm starting 75 hard for the first time ever.
00:08:25.380 And I'm rebuilding from scratch.
00:08:26.740 And as I get through that, my, my skills
00:08:29.160 and my discipline and my confidence
00:08:31.340 and my, and my grit and my fortitude
00:08:33.100 and my belief and myself will all come back.
00:08:35.760 And I know that because I know how the program works.
00:08:38.620 So sometimes, you know, it's just like,
00:08:41.240 you got to admit where the fuck you are 0.75
00:08:42.820 and say, all right, I'm fucking down. 0.71
00:08:44.220 I need to lock back in and get dialed in
00:08:46.040 and tune this up.
00:08:46.840 And that's why I call it a program
00:08:48.920 and not a fucking challenge 0.97
00:08:50.080 because it's a tool that you use when you need it.
00:08:53.400 So when you recognize that your belief is low,
00:08:56.000 one of the things that you can do
00:08:58.060 is manufacture momentum, uh,
00:09:00.780 towards where it is you're trying to go.
00:09:03.620 And usually the belief is only low
00:09:05.620 for two or three days and it starts to come back.
00:09:07.920 And the longer you progress with that momentum,
00:09:10.020 the stronger the belief gets in the more,
00:09:11.880 you know, that's how it starts to gain it back.
00:09:14.100 We are in control of our momentum.
00:09:16.080 People don't realize that.
00:09:17.160 Like people think momentum is something that we catch,
00:09:19.560 like a sailboat catching some wind.
00:09:21.600 That's not how it works.
00:09:22.520 Or somebody gives it to us.
00:09:23.780 Yeah, it's not magic.
00:09:25.080 It's, we manufacture it.
00:09:26.720 You know, you shrink, you win one day,
00:09:28.740 then you win the second day,
00:09:31.040 then you win the third day,
00:09:32.040 and you win the fourth day.
00:09:32.800 It's about creating a streak.
00:09:34.420 Like, and unlike, you know, baseball,
00:09:37.720 where, you know, there's,
00:09:38.960 you're going to fail 30% of the time,
00:09:42.580 or I'm sorry, 70% of the time to even be in the hall,
00:09:45.200 and you'll still be in the hall of fame.
00:09:46.920 Um, you know, with these, these,
00:09:49.740 with this kind of shit,
00:09:50.600 you are in full control of your execution.
00:09:52.200 So like you can bat a thousand on your daily execution.
00:09:55.880 If you bat a thousand and win your day on Monday,
00:09:58.480 and then do it again on Tuesday
00:10:00.280 and do it again on Wednesday,
00:10:01.160 do it again on Thursday,
00:10:01.860 even those four days are going to set you up
00:10:03.640 to catch some momentum.
00:10:05.220 So, so you need to think about momentum
00:10:06.760 more so as something you create,
00:10:08.460 not something that just magically happens to you.
00:10:10.940 And when you can start to understand that
00:10:13.200 and then start to create it,
00:10:14.320 then you're also in control of the belief level
00:10:16.480 that you have.
00:10:17.420 So, uh, that's my tips on, on that.
00:10:20.020 Let me follow up on that, Andy.
00:10:21.540 How do you approach like the,
00:10:24.560 the time constraints that people,
00:10:26.800 the society maybe can put on different milestones,
00:10:30.820 goals like that, right?
00:10:31.700 Like, like, how do you approach that?
00:10:33.100 Like if somebody tells you,
00:10:33.980 it's going to take you 10 fucking years 0.82
00:10:36.220 to make a billion dollars
00:10:37.800 and no matter what you think you can do,
00:10:40.200 it's not going to speed it up.
00:10:41.160 Not going to slow it down.
00:10:42.440 Do you accept that?
00:10:43.240 Or do you still in your mind,
00:10:44.260 try to fight that?
00:10:46.160 Well, look,
00:10:47.300 this is why it's important to be mission based.
00:10:50.020 And this is why it's important to understand
00:10:52.400 and love your mission
00:10:53.320 because none of us know how long it's going to take.
00:10:56.440 Right?
00:10:57.080 So I don't know how long it's going to take
00:10:58.800 for me to get to where I want to go
00:11:00.260 or get my companies where I want to go.
00:11:02.880 But what I try to do is build the process
00:11:05.140 into something that I enjoy doing.
00:11:07.320 Right?
00:11:07.780 And, and if I can enjoy that time,
00:11:10.960 then the time becomes irrelevant
00:11:13.080 because I'm enjoying my life.
00:11:14.720 You understand?
00:11:15.680 You're going to look up one day,
00:11:16.720 I'm like, fuck, here we are.
00:11:17.320 Yeah, it's just there.
00:11:18.180 Yeah.
00:11:18.360 So like, you know,
00:11:19.320 don't focus, overly focused on like,
00:11:23.080 you know, I want the money.
00:11:24.300 Start focusing on solving the fucking problem
00:11:26.680 and doing it in a way that you enjoy.
00:11:28.840 And like, you know, sure.
00:11:30.680 Yes.
00:11:31.180 You, you, in the beginning,
00:11:32.920 like for me,
00:11:33.940 like for me to, you know,
00:11:35.560 make my first million dollars
00:11:37.380 and shit like that.
00:11:38.400 Okay.
00:11:39.200 Um, I was very focused on the million dollars.
00:11:42.520 Right.
00:11:43.320 And I grinded my ass off for a long time
00:11:46.100 to get to that level.
00:11:47.140 And it was agonizing.
00:11:49.080 Okay.
00:11:49.780 But I'm,
00:11:50.420 what I'm trying to explain
00:11:51.320 is once I shift my perspective
00:11:53.040 from just getting that level of success,
00:11:56.880 right.
00:11:58.620 Into how can I solve the problem better?
00:12:01.020 How can I improve my business?
00:12:02.980 What can we do better?
00:12:03.880 How can we serve our customers better?
00:12:05.860 How can we get them better results?
00:12:07.500 How can we do this and that and this?
00:12:09.340 How can I innovate our processes?
00:12:11.620 And I started focusing on
00:12:12.960 just always trying to improve.
00:12:15.060 The money just then came
00:12:16.740 and it felt effortless.
00:12:17.860 Because I wasn't focused on,
00:12:22.020 it's like watching a pot to boil.
00:12:25.360 You know what I mean?
00:12:26.100 Yeah.
00:12:26.340 So, uh,
00:12:27.380 and it's also more effective.
00:12:28.620 Like, like, dude,
00:12:29.520 you're not in business.
00:12:30.460 Like people say,
00:12:31.020 oh, why,
00:12:31.620 why does your business exist?
00:12:32.880 To make money?
00:12:33.500 No, it doesn't.
00:12:34.740 Your business exists
00:12:35.700 to solve fucking problems. 0.94
00:12:37.640 And then the money
00:12:38.520 is the byproduct
00:12:39.300 of how well you solve the problem.
00:12:40.960 That's a fundamental reality
00:12:42.480 of how business works.
00:12:43.900 And you'll have plenty of people
00:12:45.640 that'll fucking tell you different, 0.87
00:12:46.920 but not one of them
00:12:48.180 have bigger bank account than me.
00:12:50.020 So, it's the truth.
00:12:51.680 Yeah.
00:12:52.400 It's the truth.
00:12:53.580 So, like, I've lived it.
00:12:55.420 I've built it.
00:12:56.040 You can come here
00:12:56.660 and see my shit. 0.85
00:12:58.220 You know,
00:12:58.800 you see the products
00:12:59.640 all over the fucking place. 0.97
00:13:01.360 I know what the fuck
00:13:02.160 I'm talking about.
00:13:02.940 Yeah.
00:13:03.220 And I've lived pre-internet,
00:13:04.860 post-internet,
00:13:05.520 and it's, you know,
00:13:06.640 there's guys out there
00:13:07.440 that say,
00:13:07.760 it's all about the money.
00:13:08.440 It's all about the money.
00:13:09.160 It's all about the money.
00:13:09.880 It's all about the money.
00:13:10.540 It's not all about the money
00:13:11.680 because, dude,
00:13:12.160 once you have
00:13:12.880 a certain amount of money,
00:13:15.180 the money doesn't mean anything
00:13:16.700 to you anymore.
00:13:17.780 It just doesn't.
00:13:19.260 Like, you're going to get to a point
00:13:20.500 where you're going to have
00:13:21.620 enough money,
00:13:22.480 and I know this is hard to believe
00:13:24.300 because a lot of people
00:13:25.020 are struggling right now,
00:13:26.260 but if you keep
00:13:26.900 your fucking head down
00:13:27.840 and work through this opportunity
00:13:29.560 that's getting ready
00:13:30.260 to present itself,
00:13:31.440 you're going to eventually
00:13:32.080 get to a point
00:13:32.560 where you have enough money
00:13:33.460 that you're living
00:13:34.060 exactly how you want to live,
00:13:35.680 and you literally have no use
00:13:37.600 for the extra money
00:13:38.440 that you get,
00:13:39.540 and so you start looking
00:13:40.660 at ways to, you know,
00:13:41.920 be into charities
00:13:43.660 and things like that,
00:13:44.580 but the point is
00:13:47.040 it doesn't drive you anymore.
00:13:48.180 It doesn't fulfill you anymore.
00:13:49.260 It's not exciting anymore,
00:13:50.180 and when you get to that point,
00:13:51.880 all right,
00:13:52.280 what the fuck?
00:13:53.380 What do you do then, right?
00:13:55.180 So you have to care about
00:13:56.980 how it is that you make your money
00:13:58.340 if you want to be happy
00:13:59.320 because you spend so much time
00:14:01.720 trying to achieve these goals
00:14:04.520 that if you're fucking doing 0.95
00:14:06.080 something you hate, bro,
00:14:07.620 not only will it seem
00:14:08.940 like it takes forever,
00:14:09.800 but it'll actually probably
00:14:11.100 take forever
00:14:11.680 because you won't work
00:14:12.420 that hard at it,
00:14:13.480 so, you know,
00:14:14.900 there's a lot of ways
00:14:15.600 to think about it,
00:14:16.300 and I used to be
00:14:17.120 a money-driven person
00:14:18.400 when I didn't have money,
00:14:19.900 but I'm just telling you
00:14:21.000 when I flip my mind
00:14:22.060 to solving problems
00:14:23.100 versus making money
00:14:24.160 is when the magic
00:14:25.200 started to happen.
00:14:26.320 That's true.
00:14:28.200 Guys, Andy,
00:14:29.000 question number two.
00:14:30.940 I recently started a company
00:14:32.240 and hired an old boss of mine,
00:14:34.340 okay?
00:14:34.560 We have a great relationship,
00:14:36.260 except sometimes
00:14:37.020 he says things
00:14:37.820 in front of the new employees
00:14:38.940 that could come off
00:14:40.160 as undermining my authority.
00:14:41.640 I'm afraid that this
00:14:42.740 will spread to other employees,
00:14:44.180 and I don't want to lose
00:14:45.280 my friend
00:14:45.860 as he's a hard
00:14:46.680 and good worker.
00:14:47.500 How would you handle
00:14:48.280 the situation?
00:14:49.340 Yeah, you got to pull him aside
00:14:50.440 and you got to say,
00:14:51.100 hey, look,
00:14:51.700 and by the way,
00:14:52.800 this is normal.
00:14:53.640 This is fucking normal shit.
00:14:54.960 This is not like
00:14:55.640 relationship ending.
00:14:56.920 You don't have to fire
00:14:57.480 people for this.
00:14:58.760 A lot of times,
00:14:59.420 people just don't realize
00:15:00.300 they're doing it.
00:15:01.880 You pull him aside.
00:15:03.400 You say, hey,
00:15:04.020 when you do this and this,
00:15:05.660 it makes them not listen
00:15:06.820 to what the fuck I'm saying,
00:15:07.820 and it cheapens
00:15:09.440 our ability
00:15:12.420 to get to where
00:15:13.640 we want to go.
00:15:14.780 So if you disagree
00:15:15.820 or you think something,
00:15:17.560 tell me,
00:15:18.440 but tell me
00:15:19.040 not in front of them.
00:15:20.160 Yeah.
00:15:20.520 You see what I'm saying?
00:15:21.680 And so that's all it is.
00:15:22.700 It's a conversation.
00:15:24.440 This is like communicating
00:15:25.860 with,
00:15:26.780 you know,
00:15:27.200 as a family
00:15:29.540 or as a business
00:15:30.720 or as friends
00:15:31.760 or anything.
00:15:32.620 This is more so
00:15:33.500 just about being clear
00:15:34.400 in your communication.
00:15:35.600 Like, you know,
00:15:36.620 hey,
00:15:36.840 DJ,
00:15:38.340 come here for a second.
00:15:39.480 Look, dude,
00:15:40.440 when I'm talking
00:15:42.240 to the guys,
00:15:43.440 don't say
00:15:44.360 anything
00:15:45.520 this way
00:15:46.720 because if you say
00:15:47.640 it like that,
00:15:48.260 then it makes it look like
00:15:49.160 I don't know
00:15:49.640 what the fuck
00:15:49.940 I'm talking about.
00:15:50.680 Yeah, I got you, bro.
00:15:51.380 Yeah.
00:15:51.700 So like that's going
00:15:52.600 to fuck up our ability
00:15:53.640 to get ahead.
00:15:54.480 So, you know,
00:15:55.560 next time,
00:15:56.940 you know,
00:15:57.180 just tell me that
00:15:57.820 in private afterwards
00:15:58.800 and I'll correct
00:15:59.380 it moving forward.
00:16:00.120 And I'll do the same
00:16:00.640 for you.
00:16:01.040 Yeah.
00:16:01.420 Got it.
00:16:01.800 Yeah.
00:16:02.140 And that's it.
00:16:03.220 That's what I don't get,
00:16:03.940 man,
00:16:04.020 because I feel like,
00:16:04.760 I mean,
00:16:04.900 obviously we know a lot
00:16:05.560 of people have issues
00:16:06.260 with confrontation,
00:16:07.240 but like,
00:16:07.800 especially if it's your boy,
00:16:09.040 like this is your friend,
00:16:09.900 this is your,
00:16:10.580 like you shouldn't
00:16:11.300 have no issues
00:16:11.920 saying like,
00:16:12.580 hey,
00:16:12.780 look, dude,
00:16:13.640 what is that?
00:16:14.260 You know,
00:16:15.440 listen,
00:16:16.020 I don't know
00:16:17.300 because I think
00:16:19.680 it's just unfamiliarity
00:16:21.400 with the,
00:16:22.120 with being comfortable
00:16:23.180 having conversations
00:16:24.200 because when I,
00:16:25.580 I can remember
00:16:26.240 like when I was
00:16:27.200 younger in business,
00:16:28.260 I can remember
00:16:30.260 having anxious feelings
00:16:31.640 about having to talk
00:16:32.540 to Chris about something
00:16:33.480 that was important.
00:16:34.200 You know,
00:16:34.540 when we were in our first,
00:16:35.740 you know,
00:16:36.380 four or five years of business,
00:16:37.740 um,
00:16:38.580 I can remember those things,
00:16:39.700 like,
00:16:40.140 you know,
00:16:40.480 but now,
00:16:41.440 you know,
00:16:41.960 now I'm 23 years
00:16:43.960 in the journey
00:16:44.600 about to be 24.
00:16:46.580 Um,
00:16:47.840 like it just comes out now.
00:16:49.440 Like I don't even think
00:16:50.260 about it at all,
00:16:51.060 you know,
00:16:51.780 and that can be bad too.
00:16:53.180 So,
00:16:54.080 um,
00:16:54.700 so,
00:16:55.380 you know,
00:16:55.540 I think it's just unfamiliarity,
00:16:57.040 you know,
00:16:57.280 practice,
00:16:57.960 you know,
00:16:58.280 I think you practice communicating,
00:16:59.620 become a good communicator,
00:17:00.740 you know,
00:17:01.340 and what you realize is
00:17:02.440 after you shoot straight
00:17:03.740 a couple of times,
00:17:04.440 it actually moves everybody,
00:17:06.020 uh,
00:17:07.280 further,
00:17:07.880 you know,
00:17:08.780 towards where you want to go
00:17:09.660 at a quicker rate.
00:17:10.980 Everybody's happy with that,
00:17:12.100 you know,
00:17:12.740 because everybody wants to get there.
00:17:14.100 Yeah.
00:17:14.640 I think that conversation piece,
00:17:16.420 I mean,
00:17:16.600 just being able to just go out
00:17:18.100 and have those conversations
00:17:19.000 is so crucial right now,
00:17:20.200 bro.
00:17:20.800 Cause everything's online,
00:17:21.880 everything's here.
00:17:22.460 So like we've removed that social,
00:17:24.000 even like obligation
00:17:26.100 to fucking just talk to people. 0.91
00:17:27.320 Yeah.
00:17:27.760 It's,
00:17:28.200 it's definitely,
00:17:28.900 you know,
00:17:29.620 something that people,
00:17:31.220 especially,
00:17:31.900 you know,
00:17:32.120 under the age of 25
00:17:33.520 who have literally grown up
00:17:35.640 on the internet,
00:17:36.280 maybe even under the age of 30.
00:17:37.580 Now,
00:17:38.480 um,
00:17:39.080 you guys need to practice
00:17:40.600 your direct communications
00:17:41.720 and without being rude,
00:17:43.040 you know,
00:17:43.940 not like,
00:17:45.400 like the main reason
00:17:47.940 people have anxiety
00:17:49.100 is cause they like anticipate
00:17:50.740 this being an argument
00:17:52.700 or some,
00:17:53.320 some sort,
00:17:54.020 right.
00:17:54.260 There's no need for this
00:17:55.180 to be an argument,
00:17:55.940 bro.
00:17:56.140 Like we're trying
00:17:56.900 to fucking win together, 0.89
00:17:57.780 you know?
00:17:58.580 And I think when you really
00:18:00.160 break down why you're anxious,
00:18:01.660 it's,
00:18:02.200 it's because,
00:18:02.740 you know,
00:18:03.580 you're,
00:18:04.100 you're projecting
00:18:04.960 your frustration onto them
00:18:07.040 and you think their reaction
00:18:08.000 is going to reflect
00:18:08.740 that frustration
00:18:09.580 when in reality,
00:18:10.820 um,
00:18:11.980 if you just say it calmly,
00:18:13.260 they'll just go along with you
00:18:14.860 and it'd be no big deal.
00:18:15.880 Yeah.
00:18:16.240 I'm not saying if anything,
00:18:17.080 that anxiety keeps you
00:18:17.980 from fucking, 0.99
00:18:18.520 for sure.
00:18:18.960 You know what I'm saying?
00:18:19.380 It makes it worse.
00:18:19.960 You know,
00:18:20.180 there's consequences.
00:18:20.920 Like if I say some dumb shit,
00:18:22.060 I probably will get knocked out.
00:18:23.180 Yeah.
00:18:23.400 So just try to be direct,
00:18:24.820 you know,
00:18:25.300 um,
00:18:26.140 and,
00:18:27.260 and it's required,
00:18:29.200 man.
00:18:29.500 This is not an optional form
00:18:30.920 of,
00:18:31.300 uh,
00:18:32.700 communicating to be successful
00:18:34.120 in business.
00:18:34.600 Like if you don't do that,
00:18:35.760 if this person doesn't have
00:18:36.840 that conversation,
00:18:37.600 what he's afraid of
00:18:38.780 will happen.
00:18:42.500 Guys,
00:18:43.080 our third
00:18:43.800 and final question,
00:18:45.520 uh,
00:18:45.720 Andy,
00:18:45.980 question number three,
00:18:47.140 my business has made a push
00:18:49.340 to prioritize
00:18:50.160 American companies,
00:18:51.620 uh,
00:18:52.200 as in,
00:18:52.880 uh,
00:18:53.480 our suppliers and vendors
00:18:54.940 as an IT company.
00:18:56.600 Many of our,
00:18:57.300 uh,
00:18:57.720 largest software vendors
00:18:59.120 are like Microsoft
00:18:59.980 where they're associated
00:19:00.980 with the WF,
00:19:02.080 uh,
00:19:02.720 with few viable alternatives.
00:19:04.440 I don't want to support
00:19:05.940 globalists period.
00:19:07.120 Is there any advice
00:19:08.160 on how to purge
00:19:09.080 my vendor list
00:19:09.920 of corrupt companies?
00:19:11.720 Yeah,
00:19:11.820 do some research,
00:19:12.640 bro.
00:19:13.320 There's small,
00:19:14.140 there's smaller companies
00:19:15.100 out there that do
00:19:15.780 what it is you need to do
00:19:16.960 and that are here
00:19:19.060 that will work with you.
00:19:20.460 100%.
00:19:21.360 There's other people
00:19:22.580 like you
00:19:23.200 that have the same beliefs
00:19:24.500 as you
00:19:24.960 that want to work
00:19:25.920 with you
00:19:26.420 that are out there.
00:19:27.760 They're just not named
00:19:28.520 Microsoft.
00:19:29.620 Right.
00:19:29.820 It's not as easy
00:19:30.680 as like going on Amazon
00:19:31.880 and just ordering
00:19:32.760 some shit.
00:19:33.460 Like part of what
00:19:34.960 we need to understand
00:19:35.760 here is that for us
00:19:36.740 to take our country 0.95
00:19:37.540 back in the way
00:19:38.640 that this person
00:19:39.340 is referring to,
00:19:40.580 uh,
00:19:41.460 you know,
00:19:42.400 supporting American jobs,
00:19:43.640 supporting American
00:19:44.380 owned products
00:19:45.420 as much as we can.
00:19:47.060 Um,
00:19:47.500 and then also creating
00:19:48.780 American manufacturing
00:19:49.940 back here in,
00:19:51.240 in America,
00:19:52.140 uh,
00:19:53.380 you know,
00:19:53.820 what you have to realize
00:19:55.180 is,
00:19:55.500 is that that's,
00:19:56.420 that's going to be
00:19:57.420 inconvenient at first.
00:19:58.540 Like there's going to be
00:19:59.440 some inconvenience involved.
00:20:00.780 Like you,
00:20:01.900 you know,
00:20:02.240 instead of going to Amazon,
00:20:03.340 you go down to the fucking, 0.99
00:20:04.260 you know,
00:20:05.740 store down the street of,
00:20:07.020 you know,
00:20:07.760 that's somewhat smaller.
00:20:09.660 Whatever it is,
00:20:10.300 brick and mortar.
00:20:10.940 Yeah.
00:20:11.340 In America, 0.65
00:20:12.160 you know what I'm saying?
00:20:12.760 Like just shit like that.
00:20:14.100 Like that's,
00:20:14.660 if you want to make those changes
00:20:15.820 and I might even say in Amazon,
00:20:17.320 I'm just saying in general,
00:20:18.400 like if you're trying to
00:20:19.920 if you're trying to,
00:20:21.220 you know,
00:20:21.500 not give Walmart your business
00:20:23.100 or the fucking farmer's market, 0.88
00:20:24.960 you see what I'm saying?
00:20:26.100 Like shit like that.
00:20:26.940 Like,
00:20:27.600 so if you're doing B2B,
00:20:29.920 understand that there's lots
00:20:31.160 of other people out there
00:20:32.060 that feel the same way you feel
00:20:33.580 that you just haven't
00:20:34.560 connected with yet.
00:20:35.460 Yeah.
00:20:36.160 Would you say this is any different
00:20:37.220 than like,
00:20:37.620 I mean,
00:20:37.800 cause I'm like,
00:20:38.420 you've been in business 24 years.
00:20:40.580 How many other business
00:20:42.120 relationships did you have
00:20:43.140 to cut off?
00:20:43.820 Just whether it was just
00:20:44.860 bad business practices,
00:20:45.940 whatever it is,
00:20:47.220 you know,
00:20:47.420 like it's a natural thing
00:20:48.460 of business,
00:20:48.880 isn't it?
00:20:49.540 Yeah.
00:20:49.880 I mean,
00:20:50.180 usually dude,
00:20:51.020 I mean,
00:20:51.460 we,
00:20:51.760 we build relationships
00:20:52.760 over long periods of time
00:20:54.240 and usually disagreements
00:20:56.560 that,
00:20:57.040 that we might have.
00:20:58.340 I,
00:20:58.680 I try to work primarily
00:21:00.060 with smaller companies
00:21:01.220 that are,
00:21:01.780 that are here.
00:21:02.220 Like I've always done that.
00:21:03.480 So like we have
00:21:04.220 the relationships built.
00:21:05.420 I don't really do any,
00:21:09.000 you know,
00:21:09.400 a bunch of shit overseas.
00:21:10.440 Like,
00:21:11.380 you know,
00:21:11.780 you know what I'm saying?
00:21:12.600 Like most companies,
00:21:13.340 like in the shit that we do have, 0.65
00:21:15.380 that's not made in America, 0.91
00:21:16.440 we are working to get made
00:21:18.020 in America right now,
00:21:19.160 you know?
00:21:19.920 So it's,
00:21:20.800 it's a process.
00:21:22.740 You know,
00:21:23.500 customers have to understand
00:21:24.800 that and be patient
00:21:25.520 with companies that like,
00:21:26.660 dude,
00:21:26.820 manufacturing has,
00:21:27.920 has basically abandoned
00:21:29.100 the United States
00:21:30.040 for a long time.
00:21:31.140 Massive void.
00:21:31.960 Yeah.
00:21:32.260 And so like,
00:21:32.880 it's very hard for companies
00:21:34.120 to get good quality,
00:21:35.320 you know,
00:21:36.400 items in some,
00:21:37.340 some industries
00:21:38.200 that are made here.
00:21:39.680 So,
00:21:40.080 you know,
00:21:40.860 customers should be
00:21:41.640 fucking patient about that
00:21:42.800 and understand that companies
00:21:44.040 are trying to bring
00:21:44.800 that shit back.
00:21:47.640 But to this gentleman,
00:21:49.140 you know,
00:21:50.240 look,
00:21:50.520 dude,
00:21:50.880 there's lots of other people
00:21:52.020 out there that feel
00:21:52.520 the same as you,
00:21:53.240 that,
00:21:53.400 that you're,
00:21:54.000 that offer what it is
00:21:54.940 you're looking for.
00:21:55.580 You just got to dig deeper
00:21:56.480 and start looking for it,
00:21:57.400 you know?
00:21:58.740 And then build relationships
00:21:59.980 with those companies
00:22:00.740 for the long term
00:22:01.460 because the truth of the matter
00:22:02.460 is people are becoming
00:22:04.060 far more aware
00:22:05.040 of what we're talking
00:22:05.980 about here.
00:22:06.480 Like a lot of people
00:22:07.600 are not wanting
00:22:08.480 to shop with these companies
00:22:10.460 that are affiliated
00:22:11.140 with World Economic Forum
00:22:12.280 because they're realizing
00:22:13.240 that they're getting
00:22:14.320 their funding
00:22:14.860 based upon
00:22:15.660 political ideology
00:22:17.600 inside their company,
00:22:19.320 which is then forcing
00:22:20.240 the political ideology
00:22:21.340 through the company.
00:22:22.700 And that's why,
00:22:23.360 you know,
00:22:23.600 you people that work
00:22:24.360 for these big companies,
00:22:25.260 you got to do all this
00:22:26.060 fucking crazy shit.
00:22:27.300 It's out of control.
00:22:28.400 Everybody agrees.
00:22:29.800 So the way to stop that
00:22:31.080 is by stop shopping
00:22:32.120 with those companies
00:22:32.900 and start shopping
00:22:33.480 with other companies.
00:22:34.760 You know,
00:22:34.900 if you work for one
00:22:35.580 of those companies,
00:22:36.360 maybe you should consider
00:22:37.520 working with a smaller company
00:22:38.760 that represents
00:22:39.340 your own personal ideals
00:22:41.020 and values.
00:22:41.880 You know,
00:22:42.700 I think it's important
00:22:43.720 for people to decide
00:22:44.900 where they want to stand
00:22:46.660 because it's not,
00:22:48.480 we're in a dangerous place
00:22:50.120 and if people don't make a stand
00:22:51.760 and don't start inconveniencing
00:22:53.520 themselves,
00:22:54.400 you know,
00:22:54.920 we're going to be
00:22:55.420 fucking China eventually.
00:22:57.240 Like in a literal way.
00:22:58.600 So you have to be aware,
00:23:01.080 you know,
00:23:01.380 you have to do
00:23:01.920 the best you can.
00:23:04.260 And if you're
00:23:04.900 a smaller business,
00:23:05.700 you know,
00:23:06.060 this is an opportunity
00:23:07.220 to get ahead of the curve
00:23:08.360 because that curve
00:23:09.740 that I'm talking about,
00:23:10.660 like the American made goods
00:23:12.340 and all that,
00:23:13.020 that's going to take
00:23:14.000 a few years
00:23:14.600 to really get into play.
00:23:15.980 So,
00:23:16.500 because dude,
00:23:16.940 of the adjustment period
00:23:17.700 I'm talking about,
00:23:18.460 right,
00:23:18.740 the manufacturing
00:23:19.400 just doesn't exist.
00:23:20.540 So there's,
00:23:21.080 once those manufacturing
00:23:21.980 facilities
00:23:24.980 for all of these
00:23:26.820 different items,
00:23:27.680 you know,
00:23:27.980 any goods start existing
00:23:29.300 here in America again,
00:23:30.460 then you're going to see
00:23:31.980 that resurgence
00:23:32.660 really pick on.
00:23:33.660 So like,
00:23:34.460 why not start that now?
00:23:35.960 Start that process now.
00:23:37.560 Do the best you can.
00:23:38.620 You see what I'm saying?
00:23:40.240 100%.
00:23:40.640 Yeah.
00:23:42.120 Guys,
00:23:42.600 Andy,
00:23:43.320 that's three.
00:23:44.240 Cool.
00:23:45.620 Pay the fee.
00:23:46.380 All right.
00:23:47.080 Guys,
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00:23:49.260 good quality info
00:23:50.460 out of the show,
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00:23:55.100 Went from sleeping
00:23:56.020 on the floor.
00:23:57.020 Now my jewelry box froze.
00:23:58.720 Fuck a bowl.
00:23:59.520 Fuck a stove. 0.96
00:24:00.380 Counted millions
00:24:01.080 in the cold.
00:24:02.040 Bad bitch. 1.00
00:24:02.880 Booted swole.
00:24:03.720 Got her on bankroll.
00:24:05.360 Can't fold.
00:24:06.240 Doesn't know.
00:24:07.040 Headshot.
00:24:07.880 Case closed.