REAL AF with Andy Frisella - April 28, 2016


Plant Your Ass On the Right Rocket Ship, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO62


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In this episode of the MFCEO Project, we discuss the difference between owning your own business and being an employee in a company. You may not be able to own a business, but you can be the CEO of your own company.

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00:00:00.000 We gon' let the band deal with this.
00:00:02.520 Ha ha.
00:00:03.380 Mm-hmm.
00:00:06.580 M-I-A style. 1.00
00:00:08.480 Old school.
00:00:10.080 Uh-huh.
00:00:12.320 Okay.
00:00:13.320 Shut up. 0.95
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00:00:15.880 What's up?
00:00:16.720 What is up, guys?
00:00:18.240 You're listening to the MFCEO Project.
00:00:20.280 I'm your host, Andy, and I am the motherfuckin' CEO.
00:00:24.380 Guys, this is an entrepreneurial podcast.
00:00:26.720 One of the biggest things we struggle with as a podcast in getting this message out is helping people understand that even though you may not own a business, you may not be a CEO, you have to look at your life as if you're an entrepreneur, okay?
00:00:46.080 You are the CEO of you, and I want you to be the motherfuckin' CEO of you, which means you go through life with confidence, you go through life with swagger, you go through life having fun.
00:00:56.600 Enjoying yourself and being very successful in the meantime.
00:01:00.740 Now, a lot of the things that we talk about on the podcast do have to do with people who own companies.
00:01:07.620 They're people who are legitimate CEOs, presidents, high-level executives, entrepreneurs, and today I want to talk to you guys who are employees.
00:01:18.280 I want to talk to you guys who might be at the bottom entry-level positions of a company, okay?
00:01:24.720 So it's going to be a little bit different of a thing.
00:01:28.440 When you start out, and a lot of guys feel hopeless because of this, okay?
00:01:33.680 They feel like, man, I'm at the bottom.
00:01:35.760 I'm just starting out.
00:01:37.160 It's going to take me X amount of time to get ahead, or I can never get ahead, or I can't see where I'm going to fit in in this company long-term.
00:01:44.700 And a lot of that comes from frustration because of lack of patience.
00:01:50.960 On the other hand, there is a lot of jobs out there that you might be working that have no future for you, okay?
00:01:59.000 And today I want to talk about the difference between those two things.
00:02:03.080 You may not be somebody who's going to own your own business, and that's okay.
00:02:07.440 Not everybody can do that, and not everybody is going to do that.
00:02:11.200 In fact, the statistics show most people aren't.
00:02:14.780 Most people are going to have quote-unquote regular jobs.
00:02:18.560 So if most people are going to have quote-unquote regular jobs, it's important for you guys listening to understand that which jobs are going to be the ones that are going to be right for you.
00:02:31.700 And I want to give you a couple things to think about today, all right?
00:02:34.940 Now, when you're getting into a company and you're at the bottom level, there's a couple key things that you want to be focused on.
00:02:43.240 Number one, you want to focus on does this company have upside, okay?
00:02:49.280 What is the upward mobility of my opportunity in this company?
00:02:53.600 Is this company going anywhere?
00:02:56.180 And guys, there's a lot of companies out there that just aren't going to allow you to move up.
00:03:01.820 Because they're already established, they're already big, they already have as much growth as they're going to have.
00:03:08.140 And you may move up to, you know, you may not be the lowest guy on the totem pole, and you may move up to the next position, assistant associate director of the associate's assistant to social media and newsworthy information assistant.
00:03:24.200 But, dude, that's not where you want to fucking be.
00:03:27.060 You want to be able to move up into a high-level, high-value, high-pay position, a career opportunity if you're going to trade years of your life for that.
00:03:36.740 Am I right?
00:03:37.720 I know I'm right, okay?
00:03:39.480 So how do you know if this is the company for you?
00:03:42.900 Okay, well, first, let's look at the way the company is laid out.
00:03:48.280 Let's have some awareness.
00:03:49.440 Is there other people I can meet in this company who have started out at the very bottom and moved through the program?
00:03:56.460 Is there upward mobility in scalability of the company?
00:04:01.180 Can I move from, you know, fry cook to burger cook to owning a store?
00:04:07.280 Okay?
00:04:08.500 These are important questions to ask yourself, all right?
00:04:11.240 You have to be able to recognize whether or not there's opportunity, all right?
00:04:15.660 And here's the difficult thing with that.
00:04:17.360 Every company that you apply to is going to tell you, we have great opportunity here.
00:04:23.380 We have tremendous opportunity here for you to grow.
00:04:26.880 But the reality is, is most companies are fucking lying to you when they tell you that.
00:04:30.740 Because they need people to work, and you're somebody who can work. 0.92
00:04:34.720 So they tell you this shit so you will work.
00:04:37.380 You understand what I'm saying?
00:04:38.240 So you guys have to be smart enough and on top of your game and aware enough to be able to see through that nonsense and actually pay attention to what the company is doing, not what they're saying.
00:04:52.620 Because it's real easy to promise a pie in the sky.
00:04:56.080 It's real easy to promise all this shit.
00:04:58.660 But when you look at the reality of the situation, you have to be able to make the decision if the company is actually going to follow through on those promises, is the company going to actually grow, is the company going to actually take care of me, do they care about me, do they care about my family, do they care about other people's family, do they care about other people in the company.
00:05:19.180 And you have to be able to evaluate that on your own because the company is going to fucking lie to you.
00:05:24.800 That's just the reality.
00:05:26.360 Okay?
00:05:28.460 The next thing that I would encourage you to take a deep, hard, long look at is how long has the longest guy been there?
00:05:38.920 How long has the longest person been there?
00:05:40.940 What do they have to say about the company?
00:05:43.060 Where did they start in the company?
00:05:44.320 You have to take the position of I'm interviewing the company.
00:05:49.180 And I'm not saying you walk in the fucking interview and you say, oh, hey, I'm fucking interviewing you because, dude, they're going to tell you to get fucked.
00:05:56.280 But what I am saying is that once you're in the company and once you're, you know, dedicating your blood, sweat, and tears and life to a company, you have to be able to evaluate whether or not this company actually fucking cares about you or not.
00:06:09.960 All right?
00:06:10.700 You've got to make that decision on your own.
00:06:12.620 And you've got to make the decision on if they're telling the truth.
00:06:15.500 And what's the easiest way to tell if someone's telling the truth?
00:06:18.640 Pay attention to their actions.
00:06:21.160 Pay attention to their history.
00:06:23.800 Do they show a history of growth?
00:06:26.160 Do they show a history of telling the truth?
00:06:30.220 Do they show a history of taking care of their employees?
00:06:32.420 Or are they just blowing a bunch of bullshit up your ass so they can get you in their system for six years or a year or two years and let you just pour in all your hard sweat and labor?
00:06:43.620 Because I think that as a CEO, this is something that I feel like most employees are concerned with and what holds them back from giving their all.
00:06:54.740 Okay?
00:06:54.900 And when you don't give your all, it doesn't matter what position or what company you're with, you're not going to be successful.
00:07:01.320 And what I've seen happen many, many times is that people lose trust in a company so they don't give their all and then the company says, hey, you're a shitty worker and then they get fired.
00:07:13.080 Okay?
00:07:13.320 It's a vicious cycle that people get into.
00:07:15.400 So what I'm trying to get you guys to understand is that if you're picking the right company, you should feel good about going all in for that company knowing that in the next 10 to 15 years, you're going to have a legitimate, well-paying, important, valuable part of that company.
00:07:32.620 And if you're not, if you don't see yourself doing that in 10, 15 years with a company, you're in the wrong fucking company.
00:07:39.020 All right?
00:07:40.140 I'm trying to get you to avoid the vicious cycle of being an employee that goes every three years, gets frustrated and quits.
00:07:46.320 All right?
00:07:47.020 Pick the right company from the get-go.
00:07:48.960 Here's another important thing that you can look at.
00:07:51.520 Is your company a market leader or is your company a market follower?
00:07:56.580 Pay attention to the things that they do.
00:07:59.180 Are they innovative?
00:08:00.180 Do they do things original?
00:08:02.620 Do they take great care of their customers?
00:08:05.520 Or do they not care about their customers and only care about selling shit?
00:08:10.040 Do they copy things that other companies do in their same space?
00:08:14.660 Do they try to be just like so-and-so?
00:08:19.840 Okay?
00:08:20.100 Because here's the danger in that, guys.
00:08:22.060 When you try to be just like so-and-so, like a lot of people, they'll come and pitch me ideas for companies.
00:08:27.560 And they'll say, Andy, I've got this great idea.
00:08:31.380 And the first thing out of their mouth is, you know, it's just like Uber, but it's this.
00:08:36.640 Or it's just like Best Buy, but it's this.
00:08:41.180 And they have a plan in their mind in the same space.
00:08:46.400 And they're trying to be just like this other company.
00:08:50.280 And guys, here's the problem with that.
00:08:51.760 And this goes for the same thing if they're always trying to copy other companies that are ahead of them in the game.
00:08:57.120 Guys, when you fucking copy somebody else, realize that you're copying their decisions from two, three, sometimes five years ago.
00:09:06.860 And what that ultimately means, because that's how long it takes the end product for the public to see, to materialize.
00:09:13.480 What that ultimately means is that you're always one, two, three, four, five years behind the leader in the company.
00:09:19.520 And if you're an employee and you're in a model like that and you work for someone who thinks a good idea is to take someone else's shit and just rip it off,
00:09:28.020 you're always going to be five years behind, too.
00:09:30.600 You're going to be just with them.
00:09:31.760 So why would you waste the next five, ten years of your life going to battle with someone who doesn't fucking get it and is never going to get it?
00:09:39.760 All right?
00:09:40.660 Guys, you have to be smart enough.
00:09:42.380 You have to be aware enough.
00:09:43.640 Don't be a fucking sheep.
00:09:45.440 Okay?
00:09:45.860 Evaluate what you're doing.
00:09:47.540 Evaluate your position.
00:09:50.080 Evaluate your upward mobility.
00:09:52.060 And let me say this.
00:09:54.260 Understand that growing a company, with all the things I've just said, you have to understand the flip side of this.
00:10:00.160 Understand that growing a company takes time.
00:10:03.680 Okay?
00:10:04.320 Understand that even if you pick the perfect company to be a part of and you pick the perfect job to take,
00:10:11.460 you've got to understand that building a national or international brand is going to take time.
00:10:19.300 Now, good thing for you is it takes less time than ever.
00:10:21.960 But the important thing here is to pay attention to the commitment that the owners, the CEOs, and the decision makers have made to that growth and to their employees.
00:10:32.660 Okay?
00:10:33.560 If that's there and you've seen a history of that and they continue to show that that's the direction they're going, you're in a good fucking spot.
00:10:41.540 You can feel good about pouring your heart and soul into something.
00:10:43.840 But if it's just a pie in the sky promise and a bunch of bullshit that someone's thrown in your face to get you to hustle as hard as you can for the next year or two years,
00:10:53.620 dude, in two years you're going to be out of a fucking job being pissed off that you wasted the last two years. 0.97
00:10:59.120 All right?
00:10:59.500 So I'm trying to save you guys some time and give you guys something to think about.
00:11:03.200 Now, constantly be evaluating and be aware of the position you're in, the direction the company's going, the role you're playing in the company,
00:11:13.980 and understand that you need to avoid the vicious cycle of what I just talked about, the entrepreneur.
00:11:23.100 I don't have a name for it, man.
00:11:24.400 I need to fucking name this somehow.
00:11:25.680 Now, but the hesitation of going all in as an employee because you don't 100% believe in the direction of the company
00:11:36.000 and you think they're taking advantage of you, and then you don't give 100%, and then they say you suck, and then they fire you.
00:11:42.600 You see what I'm saying?
00:11:43.240 This is the importance of why you need to pick the right spot so that you can fucking go in and go all in
00:11:50.040 because if you don't go all in, you're never going to be successful no matter where you are.
00:11:54.500 All right, guys?
00:11:56.240 Look, always be aware.
00:11:58.140 Always keep your eyes open.
00:11:59.560 Always keep your radar on.
00:12:00.920 A lot of times, man, you know, and I hate to say this, dude, is that business is filled with fucking snakes.
00:12:08.300 It just is.
00:12:09.020 It's filled with a lot of people who could talk a lot of good shit, and it sounds good.
00:12:15.160 It sounds good.
00:12:16.520 But what is the history?
00:12:18.160 What is the direction?
00:12:19.100 What is the real history of this company?
00:12:25.200 Are they properly funded?
00:12:27.260 Do they know what they're doing?
00:12:29.040 Are they innovative?
00:12:30.320 Do they allow for upward mobility?
00:12:32.300 How big are they trying to grow?
00:12:34.700 Do you see yourself fitting into that model?
00:12:36.800 Do you see yourself enjoying that model?
00:12:38.940 Do you see yourself doing this for 20 years, 30 years, 40 years?
00:12:42.440 Where is the company going to be in 40 years?
00:12:44.620 Guys, there's so many things you can ask yourself, but you have to make sure that you plant your fucking ass on the right rocket ship.
00:12:53.440 Because if you're on the wrong one, it's out of your control, and that's the bottom line.
00:12:58.580 So, guys, that's my talk for you guys today.
00:13:01.860 A little bit different than a typical Thursday Thunder.
00:13:04.300 This is aimed towards you young guys who are, you know, you're not owning your own business, you're not owning your own shit, but you're trying to find the right one to commit to.
00:13:15.200 Dude, you've got to do it with your heart, man, but you've also got to do it with your brain.
00:13:19.480 Don't let people take advantage of you.
00:13:21.500 Don't let people use you.
00:13:23.360 Make sure you get in with the right family.
00:13:25.600 Make sure you get in with the right people, because if you don't, man, it really doesn't fucking matter what you do.
00:13:30.920 All right, guys, I love you.
00:13:32.100 Thanks for the support.
00:13:32.980 We'll see you on Tuesday, and in the meantime, don't be a fucking bitch. 1.00
00:13:37.580 We're going to let the band deal with this.
00:13:40.720 Mm-hmm.
00:13:44.080 M-I-A style. 1.00
00:13:46.080 Old school.
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00:13:49.880 Okay.
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00:13:53.380 What's up?
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00:13:55.820 Okay.
00:13:56.220 On Thursdays, we'll put the camera here.
00:14:05.040 It'll be a straight-on thing.
00:14:06.440 It'll look different.
00:14:07.240 That's why.
00:14:08.060 And then we'll just do this.
00:14:09.640 Like this.
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00:14:17.460 And then you sit down there and zoom in.
00:14:21.940 We'll figure it out.
00:14:25.660 I thought that was good.
00:14:26.640 I thought that was good.