Paint a Picture, Cast a Vision, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO137
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Summary
In this episode of The M.F.C.Eco Project, I talk about how to motivate your business partner to get their head back in the game, and why you should never do business with your friends.
Transcript
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what is up guys you're listening to the mf ceo project i'm andy i'm your host and i am the
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motherfucking ceo guys today is friday fire which means i'm gonna drop fire and brimstone
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on your fucking dome i'm gonna cook your brain i'm gonna make it feel like hot chocolate vanilla
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pudding mix before it's cool and tasty and still gross because that's what i imagine brains being
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like is like really gross and people eat that shit believe it or not so not human brains like
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cow brain brain sandwiches and you motherfuckers that eat that are gross but before we get to that
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most of you guys know you follow me uh on instagram and social media you know that we're starting a new
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show uh on youtube called the frisella factor it's a q a based show uh before you know you get any
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ideas of other people's shows that you know the other entrepreneur ask question shows this is going
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to be a lot different uh there's going to be different aspects to it it's going to be very
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interactive it's going to be very entertaining uh and it's going to be you know basically a new take
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on how to do a fucking youtube show and i 1000 plan to fucking conquer youtube a thousand percent
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of course with your help so guys for me to answer your questions i need you to ask me your questions
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going to get that show up and running here in just a few days now to the point that i wanted to address
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okay i got a question and and via instagram which i don't often answer but i thought this was one
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worthy of answering because it needs to be talked about from a couple different angles i had a young
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guy ask me yesterday what do you do when you have a business partner that needs to get his head back
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in the game how do you motivate him to get his head back in the game okay first of all if you're in
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business with someone and you're partnering with someone that you need to motivate to do what the fuck
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they need to do you've got the wrong fucking business partner all right let me just say that
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right up front you guys and you young guys especially always have this glorified you know
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idea of i'm going to start a business with my friends all right and instead of going out and
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doing the work yourself you find security and doing it with people that are your friends
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and there's a reason that that saying goes never do business with your fucking friends
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all right because i'm going to tell you what happens most of the time most of the time what
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happens is exactly what this young man is dealing with you have two people who love the idea of
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success you know the money the cars the planes the significance the power the recognition all the
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things that people think about when they come to success but they don't love the process of building
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that shit okay and the process of building that shit requires a lot of work a lot of stress a lot
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of thinking a lot of time and a lot of commitment that people just aren't willing to put in so because
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you know society is groomed right now to think that entrepreneurship is so fucking cool you have a
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lot of people wanting to jump in and make their quote-unquote millions of dollars and be fucking ballers
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all right but the problem is is that's not good enough you've got to be focused on solving a
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problem you've got to be focused on providing value you've got to be focused on becoming better every
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day you've got to be focused on personal development you've got to be focused on doing the fucking work
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especially when you don't want to fucking do it and a lot of times most of the time when people find
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out what entrepreneurship is really about they flake the fuck out which is what you're dealing with dude
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uh who asked the question you're dealing with a guy who's a flake who is never going to fucking be
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able to do this if you're already having to fucking pull this dude along all right now i want to address
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a couple other ideas based around this question now you are going to have people that you work with
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that work for you that work with you that you're going to have to pull along okay and and you need to
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self-evaluate why that is usually the reason that you have to pull people along and that they aren't
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motivated on their own when they work for you when they're a manager when they're employee uh you know
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whether whoever it is and they constantly leave and you're having high turnover and you're having
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these people who don't believe in you that is your fault that is not their fault that's not a character
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flaw with them that's you and let me tell you how you improve that you as the manager as the ceo
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as the number one as the fucking head honcho the big boss you know all the fucking you know the pimp
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ever the the fucking man okay you're the fucking man you big part of your job is to paint the picture
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for other people that means you have to paint the picture for your employees you have to paint the
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picture for your customers you have to paint the picture for your investors you have to paint the
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picture for the people you do business with. You have to become very good at painting a compelling
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picture that helps people believe in your vision. And if you can't do that, you're going to
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constantly struggle with people who cannot see where the fuck you're trying to drive your fucking
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train and they're going to jump off. Okay. And so when you have people, whether it be a business
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partner, a manager, an employee, this, that, the other, that don't believe in what you're doing or
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can't get focused or can't get motivated, a lot of times that has to do with you not being able to
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paint the fucking picture in a compelling manner. So what I mean by that is you should be able to draw
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on a fucking whiteboard within 10 minutes, a very compelling vision of how, not only what you're
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going to do, but how you're going to do it and where these people fit in and where the opportunities
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are. Because at the end of the day, guys, a lot of people are very selfless in the way that they
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want to contribute and be a part of something. But at the end of the day, you got to take care of
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them. They've got to be able to understand and, and see a place for themselves, or they're not going to
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fucking work. And guys, this is digging into a further issue, which is how do I create a culture?
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How do I create a situation where I have all my people in my organization rowing the right direction?
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Okay. And in the beginning, it might just be one business partner, but as you go, it's going to,
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you're going to have to have multiples of dozens of employees. They're going to help you, you know,
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build this thing that you're trying to build. And if you don't get these guys rowing in the same
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direction. And I use the analogy of a boat. All right. If you got one half, the boat rowing one
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speed, you got the other half boat rowing a slower speed or a faster speed. Guess what happens? You go in
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fucking circles. All right. You don't get anywhere. You don't get where you want to go. You are the
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fucking orchestra conductor. You are the, you are the guy calling the shots. You're
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your job is to paint the picture is to get everybody to rowing the same, not only the same
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direction, but the same pace so that you guys can move along and do what it is you're trying
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to do. And you cannot do that. If you're constantly having to motivate because you're not good at
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painting a compelling vision and showing people where they fit in. And guys, now let me make this
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very clear. This does not mean bullshit motherfuckers and lie, because if you lie to
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people and you bullshit them about where they can fit in their career opportunities, one, it's
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immoral. All right. You're wasting people's time to, they will find out that you lied to them. And
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whenever they find out that you lied to them and they start thinking you lied, they're going to
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fucking destroy your fucking business with everybody. They fucking know three. Okay. It
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goes back to being immoral again. All right. Because dude, you guys have to think your customer,
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your employees and your people in your organization should not be thought of as somebody who is there
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to serve you. You should be there to serve them. You should be thinking about their best interests.
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You should be thinking about how we're going to create a company that creates career for these
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people. Okay. It's moral leadership. It's the right thing to do. And when you do the right thing,
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people know you're doing the right thing for them for the right reasons. They'll come to work and
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bust fucking ass 10 times harder for you. All right. So I know this is like an in-depth,
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you know, more in-depth answer than just like a one or two sentence answer to how do I motivate
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somebody. But we're digging into deeper issues. We're digging into issues where, you know,
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the reason people aren't motivated likely has to do with your communication skills, not being on point.
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And if you can't, like I said, stand at a whiteboard for 10 or 15 minutes and not only draw out where
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you're going, how you're going to get there and where everybody fits in to your organization,
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you're going to have a very difficult time getting anywhere ever. And I'm not talking about just
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getting up there and say, Oh, we're going to be a fucking $20 million company. Everybody fucking
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says that. Oh yeah. One day we're going to make millions of dollars. Everybody says that you've got
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to get up there and say, this is how we're going to do this. This is the, this is a solution that we're
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going to provide. This is how we're going to get customers to get the results they're looking for,
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whether it be a product, a service, um, or anything else. And this is how we're going to
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help people. And by helping people in this way, we're going to earn money. And when we earn money,
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we're going to grow the company in this way. And you have to be able to dot these things out on a
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whiteboard and connect the dots for people because most people can't see what the fuck it is that you
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see. So if you're having trouble with motivating, if you're having trouble, like you're, if you feel
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like you're constantly having to drag people down, it's because you are not a good enough
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artist when it comes to painting the picture of where the fuck you're going, you need to learn
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how to do that better. So a, you probably have a bad business partner B because a business partner
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should bring a contribution to you. Like if you're going to start a business and you're thinking like,
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Oh, I'm just going to do it. My friend, unless that friend brings something that you don't have,
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you shouldn't be a business partner with them. Unless they bring some knowledge, work ethic,
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money, uh, connections, you know, things that you don't have, there's no reason for you to go into
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business with them. All right. That's where 99% of small businesses totally fuck up. Okay. Now
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they're going to say, people are going to say, well, you, you've, you've made 18 years with the
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business partner. Yeah. But there's things that he does that I can't do. And there's things that I
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do that he can't do. So it falls into what I said. When you need somebody to do certain skills,
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you've got to find somebody that compliments you, uh, B, um, you know, if you are having
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consistent problem with people motivated, you've got to learn how to fucking paint the picture.
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So guys realize that being a CEO is not just about numbers. It's not just about walking around,
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being fucking big boss, man. It's about being a literal conductor of the orchestra and a problem
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solver, uh, at all fucking times. All right. And unless you're ready to sign up for that kind of deal,
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don't become a business owner. Don't try to be a CEO, become a highly valued piece of an
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organization that is highly paid. That is very, very, very beneficial to most people.
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All right. So guys, that's the answer to the question. Don't forget to go to, uh,
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ask the MF CEO to ask your question and you can subscribe to the YouTube channel there.
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We're going to be doing a lot of content, two shows a week here coming up.
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And, uh, guys, thank you so much. And we'll talk to you soon.