REAL AF with Andy Frisella - January 12, 2016


Setting and Surpassing Your Goals, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO38

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setting and surpassing goals goal setting my book goals making big goals and success goals goal setting goals vague goals success potential life struggle achievement executing consistently
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Gary V. All Vaughn Gary Vaynerchuk Grant Cardone Sean Whalen McGregor Funky Comadina Michael Jordan Gerard Butler James Bible Seth Curry King James Joe Blow Gary Vee Edumacation Impaler Khaled Tyler
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In this episode of The MFCEO Project, we talk about how to keep your goals even though you ve already failed your first set of goals for the new year, and how to make sure you re setting new ones that you re actually going to keep.

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00:00:00.380 Hey guys, you're listening to the MFCEO Project, where Andy Frisella chases away rainbows, dines
00:00:06.180 on unicorn meat, and tramples on wilting flowers. 0.59
00:00:09.300 Pay heed, all you who have joined us, you are entering the real world.
00:00:13.640 We're just breaking in the new year, certainly there's still time to set big goals for 2016.
00:00:18.760 Setting and surpassing your goals is the topic of today's podcast, Brace Yourselves.
00:00:30.000 Hey guys, what's up? You're listening to the MFCEO Project. I'm Andy and I am the motherfucking CEO.
00:00:49.680 Woo! That's my 2016 woo. 0.99
00:00:54.020 Which still has a little Kermit the Frog in it.
00:00:55.820 Yeah, man. It's got that DJ Khaled in it.
00:00:58.620 You know, it's raspy. I kind of like it.
00:01:02.580 Or to harken back to a little older one, Tone Loke.
00:01:04.920 Yeah, Tone Loke style. You know, Funky Comadina.
00:01:08.080 But here's the thing, man. I'm excited. We haven't been recording.
00:01:12.920 You know, I know last week we played Sean Whalen, number two, which was...
00:01:18.000 Dinner Conversation with Sean Whalen.
00:01:18.700 Dinner Conversation with Sean, you know, which was always a good time.
00:01:21.380 But we haven't actually recorded a new podcast in a few weeks because I actually lost my voice completely for literally two weeks.
00:01:30.520 So, I'm excited to be back. I know, you know, Vaughn, you're excited to be here.
00:01:36.420 Tyler's excited to be here all the time.
00:01:38.440 Woo! 0.99
00:01:39.200 No salmon shorts because it's 40 degrees. 0.99
00:01:41.280 But look, I'm still wearing shorts because I ain't a pussy. 0.99
00:01:43.780 All right? 0.99
00:01:45.060 So, here's the deal, guys.
00:01:48.460 You know, it's the second week of 2016. 0.99
00:01:52.240 You know, 98% of you, let's be realistic, have already failed your fucking goals for this year. 0.99
00:01:57.500 All right? 0.99
00:01:58.000 So, we wanted to give you some time to fail that first set of goals.
00:02:04.780 And then today we're going to talk about how to set goals that you're going to keep.
00:02:07.640 All right?
00:02:08.020 So, even though we're two weeks in and, you know, you're down and you're already eating fucking bonbons again, you know, drinking alcohol and saying bad words or whatever it was you swore off you weren't going to do but you're actually still doing,
00:02:21.000 we're going to show you how to keep your goals today and why setting goals the right way is important because the way most people set goals almost insinuates that they're going to fail from the get-go.
00:02:33.980 So, we're going to get into that in a minute, but first, before I do broach that topic of goal setting, we're going to talk about a few things.
00:02:42.020 We have some big, big, big stuff coming in for 2016.
00:02:47.320 Huge.
00:02:48.140 Huge stuff, like Viagra mega boner announcements.
00:02:52.480 Godzilla size.
00:02:52.940 Yes.
00:02:54.080 Like hide your boner at the chalkboard whenever you're, like, in seventh grade type announcements.
00:03:00.960 Exactly.
00:03:01.740 Yeah, Vaughn, you know what I'm talking about. 1.00
00:03:02.760 You're still doing that shit. 1.00
00:03:03.980 I'm with you. 1.00
00:03:04.420 Yeah.
00:03:05.740 So, what do you want to talk about first, man?
00:03:09.820 What's the first announcement?
00:03:10.840 What do you think the biggest one is so far?
00:03:12.500 V.
00:03:13.220 The V?
00:03:13.980 The coming of V. 0.94
00:03:14.860 The V-ster? 0.99
00:03:15.720 The V-ster. 0.99
00:03:16.500 The V-ster. 0.99
00:03:17.620 All right.
00:03:18.360 Guys, first of all, huge event in St. Louis on March 8th.
00:03:26.340 Gary V, Gary Vaynerchuk, you guys know who he is.
00:03:31.040 Crush It.
00:03:31.600 Crush It. 0.99
00:03:33.580 Jab, jab, jab, right hook. 0.98
00:03:35.820 Thank you, economy.
00:03:37.340 Basically, the number one entrepreneurial thought leader in the world at this time.
00:03:42.820 Social media expert.
00:03:44.320 Content expert.
00:03:45.940 Influencer marketing expert.
00:03:48.260 All right. 1.00
00:03:48.620 This guy's the fucking man. 1.00
00:03:50.360 We'll be launching his book, which is called Hashtag Ask Gary V. 1.00
00:03:57.300 All right.
00:03:57.640 In St. Louis, March 8th, with me.
00:04:02.540 Okay.
00:04:02.980 So we're going to be, I'm honored.
00:04:04.760 I'm humbled.
00:04:05.320 I don't even know why I deserve the opportunity.
00:04:07.800 But Gary hit me up and invited me to help him launch the book to speak at an event that we're going to do for the book launch, which the book comes out March 8th.
00:04:20.620 And we're going to launch the book. 0.97
00:04:21.740 We're going to send it into the fucking stratosphere. 0.98
00:04:23.700 We're going to do a live event. 0.99
00:04:25.020 We're going to do Q&A. 1.00
00:04:26.440 We're going to burn the fucking house down. 1.00
00:04:28.380 And I've got a text here from Gary, too. 1.00
00:04:29.920 He's like, I'm answering every motherfucking question. 0.99
00:04:32.140 I'm on fire. 0.99
00:04:33.240 I'm ready to go. 1.00
00:04:34.360 I'm going to kill it. 1.00
00:04:35.340 Like, dude, he is fucking hyped. 1.00
00:04:37.040 Like, he called me yesterday for like two minutes. 0.99
00:04:39.040 He's like, you ready to kill it on March 8th?
00:04:40.480 I'm like, yeah, bro. 1.00
00:04:41.300 It's fucking January 5th. 1.00
00:04:43.640 Like, I'm ready to kill it on March 8th. 1.00
00:04:45.600 Good. 0.99
00:04:46.600 I mean, dude, the guy's intense.
00:04:48.000 So if you're a fan of this show and you haven't heard Gary speak, you are in for something great.
00:04:54.920 And I hope that you guys will make the trip to St. Louis because I don't know when the next time I'm going to get to speak with Gary is.
00:05:02.000 And I'm super excited because our mentalities are so parallel and our attitudes are parallel.
00:05:08.880 Sympatico.
00:05:09.480 Oh, yeah, man.
00:05:10.460 Those complicated words, I don't know.
00:05:12.260 You know, Mr. Edumacation down there.
00:05:14.220 I'm just a blue collar guy down here.
00:05:15.820 Sympatico means brothers from another mother.
00:05:18.020 There you go.
00:05:18.560 You know.
00:05:18.940 Yeah.
00:05:19.380 That kind of thing.
00:05:20.060 Yeah.
00:05:20.540 Sounds like raging Viagra chalkboard boner stuff to me.
00:05:23.320 We will be announcing the tickets sometime next week.
00:05:29.320 It's going to be 400 tickets.
00:05:31.860 We will sell out.
00:05:33.100 I mean, it'll sell out probably in the first five minutes.
00:05:35.580 So you're going to want to pay attention to when these tickets come available.
00:05:41.400 It's going to be an awesome event.
00:05:43.060 So I hope you guys, wherever you're from, whether you're driving distance or, you know, you could take a day off or whatever from work.
00:05:49.840 I guarantee you, if you come to this event, you will leave with more value than you paid out for the money.
00:05:57.440 I promise you. 1.00
00:05:58.380 And if you don't, I'll give you your fucking money back. 1.00
00:06:00.560 All right. 1.00
00:06:01.180 So make the trip.
00:06:02.680 Let's shake some hands.
00:06:03.740 Let's kiss some babies. 1.00
00:06:04.760 I'm ready to do this.
00:06:05.820 I know Gary's ready. 0.99
00:06:06.660 It's going to be a fucking good time. 0.98
00:06:07.740 So that is the first big announcement. 0.96
00:06:11.940 Vaughn, you know, what do you think the next biggest thing is here?
00:06:16.720 How about the fact that Vaughn the Impaler impaled his wife and now is having a baby?
00:06:21.780 Oh, yeah.
00:06:22.300 Well, I'm not having a baby.
00:06:23.800 Well, your wife is.
00:06:24.780 Yes.
00:06:25.040 Yeah.
00:06:25.460 We are having a baby.
00:06:26.440 Yes.
00:06:26.640 Congratulations, dude.
00:06:27.640 Thank you.
00:06:28.240 Yeah.
00:06:28.580 Number two.
00:06:29.240 All that impaling.
00:06:29.860 I like.
00:06:32.440 Well, you guys thought it was just a nickname. 1.00
00:06:34.100 It's fucking. 0.99
00:06:34.660 It's legit. 1.00
00:06:35.920 Vaughn the fucking Impaler. 1.00
00:06:38.200 Anyway, my wife's going to kill me for saying this. 1.00
00:06:41.220 But when we went to your Christmas party the other day.
00:06:43.420 Yeah.
00:06:43.780 She was going to wear a shirt that said Kasha the Impaled. 0.64
00:06:46.820 That'd be funny.
00:06:47.660 Yeah.
00:06:48.040 Dude.
00:06:49.140 Speaking of that party, man, I got drunk.
00:06:51.000 You did.
00:06:51.760 You hugged me like maybe 12 times.
00:06:54.140 Yeah, dude.
00:06:54.760 Yeah, man.
00:06:56.000 I loved it.
00:06:56.580 It was great.
00:06:57.480 Man, I don't know.
00:06:58.100 I was hung over the next day.
00:06:59.680 That was fun, though.
00:07:00.380 Yeah.
00:07:00.620 Oh, yeah.
00:07:01.180 I figured you were.
00:07:02.260 Yeah.
00:07:03.360 Kind of hurting the next day, but it was fun.
00:07:05.320 It was a lot of fun.
00:07:06.120 So next big announcement.
00:07:08.420 My book.
00:07:09.540 Yes. 1.00
00:07:10.620 Kill, kill, kill. 1.00
00:07:11.920 Coming out. 1.00
00:07:14.060 Our goal is beginning of summer to bring it out.
00:07:18.200 Going to be a good book.
00:07:19.360 It's going to be something that I don't think I've never read a book like it before.
00:07:28.160 I think it's going to be new, fresh. 0.99
00:07:29.940 I'm not going to brag about my fucking book. 0.99
00:07:31.880 But, you know, anyway, my book. 0.99
00:07:33.320 You can brag about it, though.
00:07:34.320 No, I think it's.
00:07:35.600 So you go ahead and brag about me.
00:07:37.160 Well, I mean, you know, let me put it this way.
00:07:40.980 I love what Gary Vaynerchuk said about you.
00:07:43.360 He said that you have a gift for transferring enthusiasm.
00:07:46.020 And I think that book, in this book, that enthusiasm for killing it, for conquering everything, for overachieving, is really going to come through.
00:07:54.600 And my hope is that people respond to the book kind of like, you know, I don't know, ecstasy or.
00:08:01.020 Look, man, it's going to be.
00:08:01.900 They just get hooked on the first time.
00:08:03.320 It's going to be.
00:08:03.820 Like crystal meth.
00:08:04.620 Yeah.
00:08:04.820 There's going to be 50% of the people that read that book. 1.00
00:08:07.120 And they're going to say, holy shit, this guy's fucking awesome. 1.00
00:08:09.780 And there's going to be 50% of the people that call the fucking cops. 1.00
00:08:12.440 And that's pretty much what it's going to be. 0.99
00:08:14.080 Yeah.
00:08:14.440 So look forward to that.
00:08:16.280 Definitely.
00:08:16.440 You know, I'm going to take this opportunity because you're not going to do it.
00:08:21.620 But I'm going to take this opportunity because I discovered this on Emily, your wife Emily.
00:08:26.020 I discovered this on her Facebook because I didn't even hear it from you.
00:08:29.680 But for those of you who don't know, Entrepreneur Magazine actually did feature a little story on the top seven Instagram accounts to motivate the entrepreneurial journey.
00:08:43.340 And Andy Frisella was one of them.
00:08:45.820 I believe you were number three.
00:08:47.460 I was number four.
00:08:48.280 Gary was number three.
00:08:49.360 That's right.
00:08:49.680 Gary was number three.
00:08:50.380 Which was cool because it was like.
00:08:52.080 Yeah.
00:08:52.360 So you get to hear both of us speak on March 8th.
00:08:54.500 Very cool.
00:08:55.100 So if you guys are interested in reading that article, you can go to entrepreneur.com or you can just go to themfceo.com forward slash entrepreneur mag.
00:09:07.520 And I've made a custom link so you can go right to our website and be able to read that article.
00:09:12.440 Dude, the funny thing is about that is like they didn't even contact me.
00:09:15.700 They didn't even say anything.
00:09:16.260 It was just it just showed up.
00:09:17.880 So like I got tagged in it and I'm like I'm like scrolling through the names like I'm like I'm reading an article and I'm like thinking for sure I'm not going to be in it.
00:09:25.680 Right.
00:09:26.100 I'm like looking at it.
00:09:27.080 I'm like, all right.
00:09:27.580 Yeah.
00:09:28.300 All right.
00:09:29.080 I never heard of that guy before. 0.99
00:09:30.920 You know, and like usually when I read shit like that, I'm like, who the fuck are these people? 0.99
00:09:35.160 And then when I saw my name, I was like, oh, they must have done their homework. 0.99
00:09:39.420 That's great.
00:09:40.100 Well, I mean, I don't like being humble about it.
00:09:42.000 I hardly think it's because of me, but I will tell you that I emailed them a long time ago telling them about you.
00:09:48.560 You did?
00:09:48.960 I did.
00:09:49.420 A long time ago.
00:09:50.340 Oh, man.
00:09:51.140 You just ruined my thing.
00:09:52.520 I know.
00:09:53.020 You took the wind out of my sails.
00:09:55.600 All right.
00:09:56.020 So, third announcement.
00:09:58.340 All right.
00:09:59.480 If you follow me and you follow my company, First Form, okay, which is www.the numeral one, S-T-P-H-O-R-M.
00:10:08.760 We make the world's most premium sports supplements and nutritional supplements.
00:10:13.260 We are doing a contest based on transformations, physical transformations, mental transformations, life transformations, that we are giving away $250,000 in 2016 to people that want to participate.
00:10:31.680 I am doing, the cool thing about this transformation is that this contest, I mean, it's not a new idea.
00:10:36.720 People have done transformation contests for 20 years.
00:10:39.660 But, there has never been one where the CEO of the company has dedicated himself and put himself out there in a way that he's going to do it with you.
00:10:52.300 So, guys, look. 0.97
00:10:53.680 Right now, I've got 70 fucking pounds I need to lose. 0.99
00:10:57.140 All right? 0.99
00:10:57.500 And I'm going to lose it.
00:10:58.820 But, the point is, is that if you have a goal, if you have a goal to improve, whether it be gain muscle, get better shape, lose weight, whatever, you need to check this contest out.
00:11:07.300 All right?
00:11:07.580 Because it's for everybody.
00:11:09.140 And the website is www.mytransformationstartstoday.com.
00:11:17.020 Okay?
00:11:17.660 So, go check that out.
00:11:20.060 We're giving away monthly prizes and monthly progress. 0.99
00:11:23.820 And we're going to do some big, big shit. 0.96
00:11:27.300 We put the video out yesterday or two days ago. 0.99
00:11:30.220 We've already had, like, we had 4,000 people sign up in the first fucking hour. 0.56
00:11:35.800 And it's shut the website down. 0.97
00:11:37.500 Wow.
00:11:37.860 So, it's going to be a lot of fun.
00:11:38.840 I've got to admit, the first time I saw that video, I was like, dude, is that Gerard Butler and 300?
00:11:44.200 Yeah.
00:11:44.600 That's who I thought it was.
00:11:45.520 Yeah, only, like, plus 100 pounds.
00:11:47.900 Yeah, man.
00:11:48.520 You know, like, dude, I'm not comfortable with my physical conditioning right now, clearly.
00:11:53.440 I mean, I've got a lot of progress to make.
00:11:55.520 But the thing is, is in the message of the video, you can go to Facebook and watch it on First Forms Facebook, is that, look, man, no matter how much you think somebody has their shit together, there's things about their life that are not right.
00:12:09.620 You know what I mean?
00:12:10.120 And so, you have to be careful to look, you know, and idolize people because, dude, everybody's got their struggles.
00:12:16.760 You know, a lot of you guys right now are struggling financially.
00:12:19.420 A lot of you guys are struggling with emotional issues or relationship issues.
00:12:24.120 A lot of you guys are struggling with, you know, physical issues like I am. 0.96
00:12:27.720 But the reality of the situation is that we're all fucking fighting a battle. 0.77
00:12:32.000 And that battle might be obvious or it might not be. 0.93
00:12:35.740 But the case of the video that we made for that, which went viral, it was, you know, I wanted to make my struggle fucking very obvious what it was. 0.92
00:12:47.260 And so, if you watch the video, dude, it shows me getting out of bed with my shirt off and staring at the mirror at my big fat body. 0.96
00:12:52.900 And, you know, that sucked for me. 0.95
00:12:54.280 I didn't want to shoot that. 0.81
00:12:55.640 You know what I mean? 0.98
00:12:56.080 That was fucking very hard for me to put out there for everybody. 0.89
00:12:59.940 But the reality is, is like, dude, I'm committed to making a change. 0.92
00:13:02.560 So, what's it going to make a difference in six months?
00:13:04.840 You know what I mean? 0.98
00:13:05.820 So, dude, embrace your flaws, embrace your weaknesses and own them and fucking let's make it happen. 0.96
00:13:11.720 So, mytransformation.com. 0.98
00:13:13.520 Check it out.
00:13:15.320 It'll give you a little more insight if you just know me from the MFCEO project into, like, what our company's about, what we do in, I guess, quote, unquote, my day job.
00:13:24.480 So, check it out.
00:13:27.000 Awesome.
00:13:27.500 So, today.
00:13:27.800 We're going to talk about goals.
00:13:29.180 Goals.
00:13:30.720 Goals.
00:13:31.380 Like, what are your goals?
00:13:35.600 Yeah.
00:13:35.980 Like, how to determine whether a goal is worth pursuing and that sort of stuff.
00:13:40.440 Is that what you're talking about? 0.95
00:13:41.260 You know, I think the biggest thing that, you know, when we're little, man, everybody tells us this shit, like, oh, you got to have goals and you got to write them down. 0.91
00:13:50.780 And, you know, once you write down, because there was a study in the 50s that, like, you know, the 3% of the people that accumulated the most wealth were the ones that wrote their goals down. 0.95
00:14:00.840 And I don't know. 0.82
00:14:01.920 I could be totally wrong on that, but I've read that a bunch of times, you know, and the asterisk holes out there are going to fuck correct me on it. 0.98
00:14:08.540 So, you guys do the fucking research and send it to me. 0.96
00:14:10.720 The reality is, is there's been studies that show that people that write down their goals succeed. 0.99
00:14:16.020 They have a better chance of succeeding.
00:14:18.340 But the reality of that study is that most people that still write down their goals never achieve them.
00:14:25.040 Okay.
00:14:25.280 So, why is that?
00:14:27.000 Because we've been taught our whole life, oh, if you write down your goal, you're going to have a better chance of achieving it.
00:14:32.200 That's true.
00:14:32.660 But your chances are you're still going to fail.
00:14:36.000 Why?
00:14:37.440 And it has to do with the way that we think about goals, the way we set goals, and the way that we act upon those goals.
00:14:44.200 So, today we're going to address, you know, a number of different issues.
00:14:49.580 We're going to talk about setting goals.
00:14:51.180 We're going to talk about keeping goals.
00:14:53.200 We're going to talk about surpassing the goals that you set.
00:14:57.500 So, guys, the thing is, is that when most people set goals, we're taught when we're little or in high school.
00:15:05.000 And I've heard this a trillion times, and I could not disagree with it more.
00:15:09.020 And you're going to hear this and probably disagree with it.
00:15:11.240 I have arguments with this, with people in my company all the time.
00:15:15.320 They say, set obtainable goals.
00:15:18.640 Set obtainable goals.
00:15:20.300 Set goals that are realistic. 0.99
00:15:22.280 Bullshit. 1.00
00:15:23.360 You should be setting goals that are so fucking big that nobody else that you're around is going to believe you. 1.00
00:15:30.720 Okay? 0.90
00:15:31.060 If you're setting goals that don't demand that you raise your level of greatness, they're not big enough.
00:15:37.800 Okay?
00:15:38.860 You are the measure of your own success. 1.00
00:15:40.900 And if a goal is hard for someone else but easy for you, your goal sucks. 0.99
00:15:45.940 You know?
00:15:46.260 So, a lot of people take these little, they take these little bitty goals like, oh, you know, I want to get a 1% raise on my paycheck this year.
00:15:55.420 Well, dude, the reality is, is that if you're aiming for a 1% raise, you're probably going to get like a one-tenth of 1% raise.
00:16:04.440 Okay?
00:16:04.880 So, it's important that you set goals that are big.
00:16:08.120 That way, if you even fall short, you're still gaining much more than you would if you set small, obtainable goals. 0.98
00:16:14.920 You know, the ultimate goal of every one of your goals is for you to be a fucking animal in life and to be great. 0.97
00:16:21.700 So, if a goal doesn't demand that of you, why are you even setting it? 0.99
00:16:25.500 Okay?
00:16:25.780 Why are you setting these small goals?
00:16:27.500 Like, oh, I'm going to, you know, be a better dude.
00:16:30.240 Or, oh, I'm going to be a better this or that or that. 0.99
00:16:32.800 How about I'm going to be the greatest fucking dude to ever live in the face of the fucking earth? 0.98
00:16:36.180 What would you say to people who say that if you set those high goals, you're just setting yourself up for failure? 0.99
00:16:42.360 I think that, here's the thing.
00:16:44.700 People need to think about goals differently.
00:16:46.860 All right?
00:16:47.180 When you set small, obtainable goals, the chances of you taking the action for you to achieve those goals,
00:16:56.020 because it's simple actions and you know that, and it's obtainable actions and you know that, is less.
00:17:01.800 Okay? 0.96
00:17:02.120 If you set gigantic fucking goals and you know, dude, for me to ever hit that goal, I've got to take these massive actions. 0.99
00:17:09.240 I've got to take these massive moves. 0.99
00:17:11.500 I've got to do massive things, and you make that part of who you are, doing massive things, taking massive actions.
00:17:18.440 You're going to achieve far more than you ever would because you know you have to act.
00:17:24.060 So, like, when you're running on a small goal and you know that, you know, it doesn't take that much for you,
00:17:29.080 I want to lose five pounds in 2016. 1.00
00:17:32.660 Well, fuck, dude. 1.00
00:17:33.340 You could lose five pounds in a week. 1.00
00:17:34.660 So, you're going to wait until, like, December 16th of 2016 to start your goal, you know? 0.95
00:17:41.540 What about, I've got to lose 70 fucking pounds or 100 pounds?
00:17:46.120 Those goals are easier to obtain because they create massive action, you know, they demand massive action on your part to achieve. 0.92
00:17:55.040 So, is that the same phenomenon as what happens in sports where teams play to the level of their opponents?
00:17:59.620 Yeah, exactly.
00:18:00.620 That's exactly what it is, you know?
00:18:02.380 And people do that.
00:18:03.340 You know, they play to the level of the goals they set.
00:18:06.240 You know, it's the exact same thing.
00:18:07.920 That's a great, great comparison.
00:18:10.040 And I've seen it.
00:18:11.940 I've seen it personally.
00:18:13.700 I've seen it professionally.
00:18:14.560 I've seen it with employees.
00:18:16.420 I've seen it with, you know, my friends.
00:18:19.200 I've seen it with other successful people. 0.95
00:18:20.960 And the most successful people on earth consistently set goals that are so big that everybody fucking laughs at them 0.79
00:18:28.380 because when everybody's laughing at you, you know, first of all, that adds a little extra pressure. 1.00
00:18:33.140 You're in fire to your ass, which is great. 0.99
00:18:35.400 But the reality of it is, is you know, in your heart, the kind of action it's going to take to get there. 0.99
00:18:40.920 And that is not going to be something that you take for granted. 0.99
00:18:45.000 Like, if you want to be a fucking billionaire, you know, you got to get your shit together at a young age and you're going to start working now. 0.98
00:18:50.780 Where, you know, if you say, oh, my goal is to be a millionaire, nowadays, you know, most people think, well, one day if I just stick with it long enough, I'll have the opportunity to make a million bucks. 0.98
00:18:59.880 Well, that's not the case, first of all. 0.84
00:19:01.840 Number one, making a million dollars is a lot fucking harder than you think. 0.64
00:19:04.740 Second of all, why not make your goal to be a billionaire? 0.94
00:19:07.700 And if you did that, the million dollars is going to come a lot easier.
00:19:11.280 You know what I mean?
00:19:12.020 But it throws, the whole way you think about goals kind of flies in the face of what most people teach.
00:19:18.100 You know, they teach you small, obtainable increases.
00:19:22.160 You know what I mean?
00:19:23.260 Which require little bitty, tiny actions, which require minimal commitment, which require minimal thought or minimal focus.
00:19:30.280 And the result of all those minimals is minimal.
00:19:34.120 You see what I'm saying?
00:19:35.080 Absolutely.
00:19:35.480 So, you have to train your mind to think maximum action, maximum thought, maximum focus, maximum, you know, move, maximum movement forward. 0.99
00:19:46.320 And the way you do that is by setting gigantic fucking goals. 0.98
00:19:49.300 So, I challenge you to take your goals. 0.99
00:19:52.800 And when I speak publicly, I always say this. 1.00
00:19:54.460 My job is to ruin your fucking goals. 0.99
00:19:56.620 I challenge you to take a look at your goals and tell me that they aren't fucking, that they're big enough. 1.00
00:20:02.100 Because right now, I guarantee you, your goals are fucking goals for pussies. 1.00
00:20:07.320 And you're not a pussy. 1.00
00:20:08.820 And if you set goals for pussy, you're going to be a pussy. 1.00
00:20:11.540 Period. 1.00
00:20:12.600 You know?
00:20:13.380 That's the way it works.
00:20:14.860 Did you and I talk about Seth Curry and what he said recently about, somebody said, what's your purpose as an NBA player?
00:20:21.220 And his answer was, well, my purpose is to replace Michael Jordan as the greatest player who's ever played the game.
00:20:27.640 And a lot of people were like, oh, I can't believe he would say that.
00:20:31.400 Why would he ever say that?
00:20:32.660 And his quick reply was basically, shouldn't that be the purpose of literally every player in the NBA?
00:20:39.600 And because that's his, quote unquote, unattainable, unreasonable, big goal that makes people laugh, look at the level he's playing at right now.
00:20:48.060 Exactly.
00:20:48.500 And he may never replace him.
00:20:50.220 But even if he doesn't, like you asked a minute ago, isn't your chance of failing greater?
00:20:55.460 I would say, yeah, it probably is.
00:20:57.300 But would you rather fail at being the greatest player in NBA history and come up short and end up in the Hall of Fame? 0.99
00:21:03.320 Or would you rather fail at making the fucking roster and then end up a washout nobody working at fucking McDonald's? 0.99
00:21:10.300 See what I mean? 1.00
00:21:10.920 Yeah.
00:21:11.180 It's the same thing.
00:21:11.800 You're going to say the same thing about making a billion dollars or making a million dollars.
00:21:15.240 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:21:15.700 Would you rather fall short of making a billion dollars and have $400 million in your account and say, fuck, I failed my goal? 0.98
00:21:21.980 Or fall short of making a million dollars and the most you ever make in your life is like $60,000 a year. 0.98
00:21:28.020 See what I'm saying?
00:21:28.640 Absolutely.
00:21:29.320 I mean, you just said something that made me think that a good way to state it is you're saying it's better to fall just short of greatness than to succeed fully at mediocrity.
00:21:38.140 Yes, exactly.
00:21:39.260 And you're always going to be better for that.
00:21:40.540 So, you know, if you could train your mind to think the right way, you know, your chances of success are much greater.
00:21:49.220 But the reality is, is a lot of people, you know, they're like, well, yeah, but you'll never hit your goals. 0.99
00:21:54.500 Well, motherfucker, you're never hitting your goals anyway. 1.00
00:21:57.180 You know what I mean? 1.00
00:21:57.780 You're not hitting them anyway.
00:21:58.660 You're not even hitting your small goals. 0.98
00:22:00.380 So what difference does it fucking make? 1.00
00:22:02.660 Set big fucking goals, take big fucking action. 1.00
00:22:06.220 I like it. 1.00
00:22:07.040 Yeah.
00:22:07.480 That's what it takes. 1.00
00:22:08.260 You know, and yeah, people are going to laugh and yeah, people are going to make fun of you and yeah, people are going to say shit. 0.99
00:22:14.120 That's a good indicator that your goals are big enough. 0.99
00:22:17.380 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:22:18.280 When I tell people we're going to grow first form into a billion dollar brand, I get fucking eye rolls every fucking time I say it. 0.98
00:22:24.340 From people that, from people who have witnessed where we've came from and seen it grow from where it started. 0.98
00:22:31.600 You know what I mean?
00:22:32.680 Right.
00:22:32.960 Nobody's ever going to believe. 0.99
00:22:34.280 Nobody's going to believe until it's fucking done. 0.94
00:22:36.320 So you're saying first two criteria. 0.97
00:22:39.960 And then those people who are laughing at you are going to come to you and they're going to be like, dude, I always knew you could do it, man.
00:22:45.380 I always believed in you.
00:22:46.360 Can I work for you?
00:22:47.080 Yeah.
00:22:47.680 Yeah.
00:22:48.440 Dude, it's just the way people think, man.
00:22:51.240 And I'm not really worried about the way, quote unquote, they think.
00:22:55.240 We're worried about what your outcome is.
00:22:57.600 And if you want a big outcome, you're going to have to set big goals.
00:23:01.280 That's it.
00:23:03.680 You know?
00:23:04.180 So point number one is choose a goal that.
00:23:09.620 Point number one is rip out the goals you wrote on January 1st. 1.00
00:23:13.500 Go to the bathroom, take a shit, and wipe your ass with the goals and flush them down the toilet. 1.00
00:23:20.360 That is point number one. 1.00
00:23:22.540 Okay?
00:23:22.820 Point number two is take a fresh sheet of paper and write down goals that are one million times bigger than that goal.
00:23:30.980 Okay?
00:23:31.580 This is why I like Grant Cardone.
00:23:33.780 Okay? 0.97
00:23:34.340 Grant Cardone's book, 10X, if you haven't read it, is a fucking awesome book. 0.88
00:23:38.700 Look, and the reason that I personally, dude, I read the book, and there's a lot of things that I read in it that I were like, yeah, that's good, that's good, that's good, that's good.
00:23:47.520 The one part of the book that is so fucking great about the 10X theory that he's talking about is your goals should be 10 times what your initial goal should be.
00:24:00.320 Because it's going to require, for even to hit your initial goal, it's going to require 10 times the action you think it is.
00:24:05.940 Because you're going to need 10 times the money you think you're going to need, so set goals 10 times as big and take action 10 times as big.
00:24:13.260 And, dude, I can't say it any better than that because I agree with him 1,000%.
00:24:18.300 You know, I could sit here and reword this and say, oh, this is how Andy says it.
00:24:22.060 But, dude, I can't say it any better than he said it. 0.99
00:24:24.560 It's one of the few instances I've read somebody's book and I've been like, fuck yes. 0.97
00:24:29.760 That right there is what goal setting is about. 0.77
00:24:32.800 So, dude, as soon as we get off this podcast, if you haven't read 10X, go read 10X.
00:24:38.500 If you want, skip to the chapter on goal setting. 0.56
00:24:40.540 You'll fucking, well, actually don't do that because he explains the theory of 10X.
00:24:44.140 But the point is, is the guy's nailed it in the book. 0.96
00:24:48.100 And, you know, it's the way successful people think.
00:24:52.280 You don't ever see somebody with, you know, $10 million a year income or, you know, $20 million a year income that has goals of like,
00:24:59.300 oh, I'm going to raise my income by 4% this year.
00:25:02.080 No, they're like, I'm going to fucking triple my income this year. 0.64
00:25:05.080 You know what I mean?
00:25:05.840 And I'm going to do that by tripling my action, by tripling the amount of phone calls I make, by tripling the amount of meetings I take,
00:25:11.000 by tripling the amount of emails I send, by tripling the amount of efforts I take, the amount of hands I shake, everything.
00:25:19.800 And that's how you do it, you know? 0.99
00:25:21.220 And if you set a goal of 4% increase, you're going to do, you know, 4% more fucking, 4% more shit. 1.00
00:25:26.940 It just doesn't equate to greatness, which is what you fucking want. 0.99
00:25:31.240 Because if you, why else would you even be listening to this? 0.98
00:25:34.880 Right.
00:25:35.320 You know?
00:25:36.320 So, you know, the goal setting on terms of like how big you should be setting your goals is like if you,
00:25:45.600 if someone else read your goals, you should feel a little bit embarrassed.
00:25:49.920 You know what I mean?
00:25:50.420 Yeah. 0.98
00:25:50.820 Like a little silly. 0.93
00:25:51.860 That's how, that's when you're on the right track. 0.92
00:25:53.760 Yeah. 1.00
00:25:54.180 So on your new sheet of goals that you're going to write after you wipe your ass with your old sheet. 1.00
00:26:02.000 Okay. 0.99
00:26:02.440 We're going to talk about how you write these goals out.
00:26:04.880 Guys, you're going to have to write out goals clearly, sharply, precisely with exactly what you want.
00:26:14.520 We're not talking about, I'm going to try to be better at sales.
00:26:17.340 That's not an absolute statement. 0.99
00:26:18.840 That's a pussy statement. 1.00
00:26:19.880 Okay. 0.99
00:26:20.420 It's not clear.
00:26:21.300 It's vague.
00:26:22.140 It allows you to get off the hook.
00:26:23.780 You know, what does even better mean?
00:26:25.180 What does it mean?
00:26:26.080 Oh, I'm better. 1.00
00:26:26.760 I'm going to fucking dress better when I'm selling shit. 0.99
00:26:28.700 I'm going to fucking shake more hands. 0.99
00:26:30.780 I'm going to keep my fingernails better. 0.99
00:26:33.100 I mean, what the fuck does it mean? 0.98
00:26:34.360 I'm going to be a better salesman. 0.98
00:26:35.480 How about this? 0.99
00:26:36.100 I'm going to sell 10 times the amount of shit that I sold last year. 1.00
00:26:39.840 And I'm going to fucking go buy a Lamborghini. 1.00
00:26:41.740 How about that? 1.00
00:26:43.000 That's a fucking goal. 1.00
00:26:44.520 Okay. 1.00
00:26:44.960 Not fucking, I'm going to be better. 1.00
00:26:47.200 I'm going to be a better piece of shit. 1.00
00:26:49.780 No. 1.00
00:26:50.780 I'm going to be fucking awesome. 0.99
00:26:52.100 I'm going to be a wild animal. 1.00
00:26:53.080 I'm going to go tear people's fucking heads off. 1.00
00:26:55.620 That's the attitude you have to have when you're setting goals. 1.00
00:26:58.000 Not, I'm going to be better. 0.99
00:26:59.920 That's for pussies. 1.00
00:27:01.000 So I love the statement that I read the other day. 0.99
00:27:04.420 Vague beginnings invite chaotic endings.
00:27:08.040 In other words, if you're kind of unclear where you're starting.
00:27:10.580 Dude, that's the way people go through life, Vaughn.
00:27:12.740 Vaughn.
00:27:13.200 Yeah.
00:27:13.480 People go through life like that. 1.00
00:27:14.720 They swim with the fucking stream, right? 1.00
00:27:17.900 They let the fucking stream dictate where they're going to go. 1.00
00:27:20.680 They get in the water and they swim with the stream. 1.00
00:27:23.180 Because you know what?
00:27:23.900 When you swim with the stream, at first, you feel like you're moving a lot faster.
00:27:28.480 It's easier.
00:27:29.420 Right?
00:27:29.860 Let's swim with the stream.
00:27:31.500 I'm going to swim. 0.99
00:27:32.060 I'm going to do my little fucking doggy paddle with the stream because I'm lazy. 0.99
00:27:35.840 All right? 0.93
00:27:36.320 And then where do you end up? 1.00
00:27:37.200 You end up in a bear's fucking mouth somewhere down the river. 1.00
00:27:40.360 You know, some big bear is waiting at the river and he catches you in his fucking mouth. 1.00
00:27:43.760 And guess what? 1.00
00:27:44.160 It's game over. 0.99
00:27:44.900 And you didn't do shit. 0.99
00:27:46.120 You didn't go anywhere you wanted to go. 0.99
00:27:48.160 You didn't do anything you wanted to do.
00:27:49.320 You live life on life's terms instead of your terms.
00:27:53.900 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:27:54.860 So let's fucking stop swimming with the stream. 0.99
00:27:58.400 Take control of your goals and move the fuck forward with precision, with action, and with dedication on a, not even a daily basis, on a fucking minute-by-minute basis. 0.99
00:28:11.920 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:28:12.660 It has to be that kind of focus.
00:28:15.020 Don't dip your toe into the pool. 1.00
00:28:17.240 Fuck no. 1.00
00:28:17.920 Cannonball. 1.00
00:28:18.500 No.
00:28:18.800 That's right. 0.99
00:28:20.700 Big motherfucking cannonballs. 0.99
00:28:22.220 Yeah. 0.99
00:28:22.800 You know?
00:28:23.820 I mean, dude, it's...
00:28:25.700 I mean, the other thing about being clear...
00:28:29.200 I mean, I could go on and on, dude.
00:28:30.020 You know what I mean?
00:28:30.740 But the other thing, and I know you'll agree with this, is the other thing is about being clear and sharp is that you're able to measure that.
00:28:36.740 But if you're vague, if you're hesitant, how can you measure whether you've actually completed your goal or not?
00:28:43.560 But you're saying, make sure your goal has a point.
00:28:46.900 Make sure it's sharp.
00:28:47.940 Razor sharp.
00:28:48.440 Yes.
00:28:48.860 Because then you can measure it.
00:28:50.100 Right.
00:28:50.200 Then you have a way to...
00:28:52.380 No, dude.
00:28:52.940 People set those vague goals so that they can let themselves off the hook.
00:28:56.540 They can look at themselves in six months and be like, okay, for example, I want to lose weight.
00:29:02.200 Well, you know what?
00:29:03.260 I'm six months later.
00:29:03.980 I lost three pounds.
00:29:05.720 I accomplished my goal.
00:29:07.040 Oh, I want to be better.
00:29:08.360 Well, you know, my sales numbers are the same, but I'm nicer to everybody that comes in.
00:29:13.640 Right. 0.99
00:29:13.880 They let themselves off the hook with the fucking better. 1.00
00:29:16.980 How much... 1.00
00:29:18.880 Dude, vague goals are for fucking weak-minded people. 1.00
00:29:23.000 That's the bottom line. 1.00
00:29:24.360 You know what I mean? 0.98
00:29:25.220 Like, it's for people who want to pretend they're ambitious and pretend that they're going to accomplish shit but don't really want it. 0.96
00:29:32.040 You know what I mean? 0.98
00:29:32.620 Right.
00:29:32.940 And there's a lot of people out there like that.
00:29:34.440 Being vague gives you wiggle room, like you said.
00:29:36.740 Yeah.
00:29:37.660 You should give yourself no wiggle room.
00:29:38.940 It's CYA.
00:29:39.780 Right.
00:29:40.180 Yeah.
00:29:40.440 Exactly.
00:29:41.000 Yeah. 1.00
00:29:41.480 That means cover your ass if you're not... 1.00
00:29:44.140 That's right. 1.00
00:29:44.700 ...you know, into the lingo.
00:29:46.660 Yeah.
00:29:46.920 And I really can say that because, I mean, that's a word that's in the Bible.
00:29:51.700 Asses? 1.00
00:29:52.240 Oh, yeah. 0.99
00:29:52.760 In the old King James, there's ass all over the place. 0.99
00:29:55.140 There's ass all over the place in the old King James Bible? 1.00
00:29:57.320 Fuck, I'm going to read that. 1.00
00:29:58.940 Other pictures? 1.00
00:29:59.620 That sounds like a bar. 0.99
00:30:02.840 There's ass all over the place. 1.00
00:30:05.220 But, you know, I go on and on, man, because it's really the mentality. 0.99
00:30:09.480 You know, you either want it or you don't. 1.00
00:30:11.440 You either want to do this shit or you don't. 0.98
00:30:13.260 And a lot of people like to pretend that they're ambitious and they want big goals and they want things, but they really don't want them. 0.99
00:30:21.340 You know, they just want to say they want them.
00:30:22.960 They want to say, oh, I got big goals and blah, blah, blah. 0.99
00:30:25.340 But they don't want to do the fucking work that comes with it. 0.98
00:30:27.400 So they set these bullshit vet goals that they can wiggle out of and they continue to live their comfortable little life that, you know, and dude, if that's you, dude, quit trying to pretend you're ambitious and just be you and be happy with where you're at. 0.99
00:30:41.180 You're going to be a lot happier. 0.98
00:30:42.580 You know what I mean?
00:30:43.300 Just be happy and say, you know what?
00:30:46.100 I'm happy where I'm at.
00:30:47.180 There's nothing wrong with that.
00:30:48.820 There really isn't.
00:30:50.180 Like, this is not a podcast for people who want to stay in a safe spot.
00:30:55.760 But there's people that do. 0.98
00:30:56.960 And I don't judge them for that because that's what makes them fucking happy. 0.96
00:31:00.320 I don't have a problem with that. 1.00
00:31:01.840 But don't be one of these motherfuckers that pretends to be ambitious and have these goals and pretends like you want this shit when in reality you're not going to act on it. 1.00
00:31:09.820 You're not going to follow the directions. 1.00
00:31:11.180 And then at the end of the year you're going to say, oh, fucking life, you know, it really hit me hard this year. 1.00
00:31:16.120 Man, fuck life. 1.00
00:31:18.020 Hit life back. 1.00
00:31:20.340 You know, people, they're victims, dude. 1.00
00:31:23.520 And if you're a fucking victim, don't listen to the show. 1.00
00:31:26.500 Go let yourself off the hook permanently. 1.00
00:31:29.160 Say, I'm happy being an average dude.
00:31:31.680 And be that.
00:31:32.680 And, dude, nothing wrong with that.
00:31:35.060 No.
00:31:35.720 You know what I mean?
00:31:36.120 You're absolutely right.
00:31:37.080 I know a lot of dudes who are average dudes that I know.
00:31:39.740 They're some of my favorite people in the world.
00:31:42.220 And they're happy being where they are.
00:31:43.920 And, dude, there's part of me that sometimes envies that.
00:31:48.040 Like, I wish I could think that way.
00:31:49.780 I can't. 1.00
00:31:51.100 I'm a fucking, I'm not wired that way. 1.00
00:31:54.300 I've got to keep moving forward or I get depressed, you know, and I feel worthless. 1.00
00:31:58.580 So, you know, this is for you motherfuckers like me. 1.00
00:32:01.980 You know, all right? 1.00
00:32:03.300 Crazy people. 0.98
00:32:04.400 Exactly. 0.71
00:32:05.320 So, obviously, when we talk about goals, I think the natural tendency is to focus on results.
00:32:10.860 But I know that a big way that you approach goals is to sort of bake into those goals and emphasis on the process.
00:32:18.080 Right.
00:32:18.860 Yeah.
00:32:19.520 You know, thinking about them.
00:32:21.860 Okay.
00:32:22.060 So, I do both.
00:32:22.820 All right.
00:32:23.120 There's people who do one.
00:32:25.460 Usually what people do is they focus on the end result.
00:32:28.520 And that's all they focus on.
00:32:29.860 And some people will tell you that's the way to do it.
00:32:32.960 And I agree with that to an extent.
00:32:35.560 All right.
00:32:36.060 I agree that there needs to be a major amount of time focused on the end result.
00:32:41.600 You have to focus, you know, if you're an athlete, you know, what you want to achieve as an athlete and think about that on a daily basis.
00:32:48.980 All right.
00:32:50.180 But what a lot of, and some people can get away with just doing that.
00:32:54.660 I'm not one of them.
00:32:55.720 You know, I am an analytical person.
00:32:59.720 I have to break down the process that it's going to take for me to get to a goal.
00:33:05.760 So, you know, there's two points we're trying to talk about here.
00:33:09.340 We're talking about focusing on the end result you want.
00:33:11.560 And we're talking about breaking and reverse engineering the process from the goal and the end result that you want back to where you are now.
00:33:19.200 And then analyzing that process, making that process part of your daily routine, and then executing on that process daily, understanding that that's taking you to your goal.
00:33:30.980 So I do this a little bit in a different way than most because I would say most people do one or the other or recommend one or the other.
00:33:39.300 I would say you need to spend equal time on both.
00:33:43.680 You know, what I do is, like, before I go to bed, I always practice visualization of my goals.
00:33:49.540 I see myself living the end result.
00:33:52.180 I have a vision board that shows where, quote, unquote, my end result is.
00:33:56.660 And what's funny about your end result is it always moves.
00:33:59.340 But I see myself living the life that I want to live.
00:34:05.540 You know, I literally see myself, you know, doing the things that I want to do.
00:34:12.240 Before I go to bed, I spend 10 minutes, you know, until I, you know, really until I fall asleep thinking about with my eyes closed and visualizing myself living that life. 0.89
00:34:21.220 You know, for a long time, when I was broke as fuck, you know, I used to visualize myself, you know, driving up to an airport, getting out of the Lamborghini, and I would, like, see the door go up, and, like, I would get out, and I would walk up to the airplane, and the stairs would be down, and, like, it would have, like, the chrome, you know, handle, and I would go in, and it'd be all nice, and I could see, like, all the finishes, and I visualized that for years and years and years. 0.89
00:34:46.620 And I also visualized me speaking to people and people clapping and getting excited, and that was back when I wasn't making, you know, I was making $695 a month. 0.98
00:34:57.020 You know, now that's regular shit to me. 0.95
00:34:59.080 I'm getting ready to fly to New York. 0.99
00:35:00.640 You know, we're all getting ready to fly to New York on a private jet in fucking two days. 0.98
00:35:04.280 You know, the, the, that's my life. 0.98
00:35:08.480 It's become what my life is.
00:35:09.860 So, like, I've always take that time to focus on what I want at night before I go to bed.
00:35:16.500 And then what I do is I break the process down, you know, and if you haven't listened to the episode, Kill It Every Day, we're talking about the power list, and you go back and listen to it.
00:35:26.980 But then I use my power list to break down the tasks that are required on a daily basis to get to that point.
00:35:34.800 So.
00:35:35.200 I like that.
00:35:35.660 I don't think I've ever heard you say that, where you take the individual goals, and then each goal has kind of a corresponding power list.
00:35:43.940 Is that what you're talking about?
00:35:45.000 Like, you have a, you have a goal, and then you have an action steps.
00:35:48.060 Right, but I break it down into daily actions.
00:35:50.000 Okay.
00:35:50.300 You know, I break it all the way down.
00:35:51.580 Like, if I want, you know, a goal that's five years from now, I have the ability to sort of break it down.
00:35:58.900 And I don't mean like, like, dude, there's people here listening that are going to be like, well, how do you break down a goal?
00:36:03.700 Dude, you do the best you can.
00:36:05.040 You know, being an entrepreneur, being somebody who wants to be successful, there's never a solid game plan moving forward.
00:36:11.360 Or you break the goal down the best you think, you know?
00:36:15.180 I mean, like, dude.
00:36:16.240 It's an art, not a science.
00:36:17.860 Sort of, yeah.
00:36:18.500 You're adjusting, you know what I mean, as you go.
00:36:20.340 And, you know, people, like, for example, like, if your goal is to be a millionaire, you're not going to fucking put your daily actions, you know, to sit on the couch and watch, you know, Making of a Murderer for 10 hours straight a day.
00:36:37.220 Like everybody's doing right now. 0.98
00:36:38.360 Because I see it on fucking Facebook all the time. 0.99
00:36:40.160 You know what I mean? 1.00
00:36:40.720 Right.
00:36:40.920 It's got to be a corresponding action.
00:36:42.980 And, like, you sometimes will not know what actions need to be taken, but you have to make your best guess and your best adjustment forward.
00:36:52.060 And that's what being successful is about.
00:36:53.820 There's no surefire plan.
00:36:56.360 You're going to have to, like, guess.
00:36:59.000 And then when you figure out if that's working well or not, you know, you adjust.
00:37:03.620 And that's how you go.
00:37:04.460 So, yeah, you have to break down, you know, where you want to be and reverse engineer it into daily actions.
00:37:12.500 And we talk about that on the Kill It Every Day podcast.
00:37:15.480 So, I mean, if you haven't listened to that, go back and listen to that because it's very, very thorough in the exact steps I'm talking about right now.
00:37:22.860 The thing is, guys, is that, you know, ultimately this is going to come down to your daily actions and the habits you develop over the course of time. 0.92
00:37:30.240 So, while it's important to, you know, like we talked about in the beginning of the podcast, you know, dream big and write down your goals and all the shit that your second grade teacher told you to do.
00:37:39.900 If you're not focusing on the daily actions and the process and starting to make the process work for you, you're never going to get there.
00:37:46.760 It's like staring at a road map and saying, I'm in St. Louis, Missouri, and I want to be in New York.
00:37:52.560 And me just staring at New York and, like, just staring at it. 0.98
00:37:56.480 It doesn't make fucking sense. 0.96
00:37:58.320 All right? 0.97
00:37:58.580 So, but if I stared at New York and then I started looking at the roads that start in New York and work myself all the way back to St. Louis, I say, all right, well, this is what I got to do.
00:38:06.900 I've got to travel seven miles a day on foot on this road, you know, and eventually, dude, you figure it out and you get there.
00:38:17.120 You know what I mean?
00:38:17.740 So, you've got to focus on the daily actions.
00:38:19.860 You've got to focus on the daily steps.
00:38:21.800 And you've got to reverse engineer the best you can to get to your goal.
00:38:24.880 So, and guys, go back and listen to the podcast about the power list, which is Kill It Every Day.
00:38:31.100 Yeah.
00:38:31.420 It's a good one.
00:38:32.260 Yeah, it's one of our most popular.
00:38:33.780 Right. 0.96
00:38:34.420 Because, dude, once you utilize the power list, you cannot fucking fail. 0.93
00:38:38.860 It's a fail-safe, dummy-proof way of achieving your goals. 0.79
00:38:44.680 You cannot fail if you execute the power list properly.
00:38:47.900 It's impossible.
00:38:49.400 So, yeah, guys, if you want to listen to the episode with the power list on it, it's called Kill It Every Day.
00:38:54.360 It's just the MFCEO.com forward slash P9.
00:38:59.240 And that'll take you directly to that episode.
00:39:02.620 So, guys, let's talk about the obstacles along the road, okay?
00:39:09.600 Everybody looks for the smoothest possible ride.
00:39:12.760 Everybody, which makes sense.
00:39:14.000 I mean, there's no reason you shouldn't.
00:39:15.320 You should always look for the easiest possible way.
00:39:17.420 I'm not going to sit here and say, hey, look for the hardest way possible.
00:39:21.420 I mean, it just doesn't make sense.
00:39:22.720 But here's the reality of whatever it is you're trying to accomplish.
00:39:28.200 You looking for the easiest way is going to get in your way, okay?
00:39:32.920 You have to look at it realistically.
00:39:34.640 You have to look at it as something that's going to require work.
00:39:38.400 It's going to require a tremendous amount of work, a tremendous amount of thought, a tremendous amount of focus.
00:39:44.000 And when you're trying to, you know, talk your way out of it, which are your excuses, you're going to fail.
00:39:52.120 You're not going to get to where you want to be.
00:39:53.540 So, when we think about, like, what the biggest obstacles are, you have to first win the battle in your own mind. 0.77
00:40:00.880 You know, when you encounter yourself making an excuse, you have to actively take control of your thought process and murder that fucking excuse to the point where it does not even exist for a figment of a second in your mind. 0.93
00:40:15.560 Okay? 0.95
00:40:15.840 We talked about autocorrecting your negativity in a past podcast.
00:40:19.700 It has to be done again and again and again until the first time the negativity creeps into your brain.
00:40:26.400 It's gone that quickly.
00:40:28.580 Okay?
00:40:29.160 It has to become a habit.
00:40:30.820 Getting out of your own way, getting out of your own excuses, getting out of the habitual nature of you whining, crying, bitching, and moaning in your own brain has to stop. 0.99
00:40:41.500 And if it doesn't stop, you will never get where the fuck you want to go. 0.99
00:40:45.880 It just won't happen. 0.99
00:40:47.300 So, when we talk about, you know, obstacles along the way, 99% of the obstacles that you're going to hit along the way are planted, grow, and harvested in your own brain.
00:40:59.960 They come from yourself.
00:41:01.620 So, you have to train your brain to think differently. 1.00
00:41:05.400 And when these things start to sprout, you've got to pull them out and throw them in the fucking garbage. 1.00
00:41:10.020 And that's it. 0.99
00:41:10.640 And the most successful people on earth understand how to do this instantly.
00:41:16.040 It's not even – and right now, you're not going to be at that point.
00:41:19.260 Okay? 0.51
00:41:19.420 You're not going to be at the point of, you know, oh, man, I got this negative thought and I've already figured out how to fucking use it to my benefit.
00:41:27.140 You know, that's what the great ones do.
00:41:28.500 The great ones take their negativity and turn it into positive action.
00:41:31.500 They're in control of their emotions so much that when the negative thought or the negative impact or the negative emotion comes into play,
00:41:38.360 they are automatically using that to move forward.
00:41:43.320 They are turning that negative frustration, excuse, whatever it is, and taking that energy and converting it into positive action to move forward.
00:41:52.660 That's what great people do and that's what your goal should be internally.
00:41:55.680 So, the next time you think, you know, oh, they're laughing at me or, oh, this is hard or, oh, this is that, you should immediately stop, get up from whatever you're doing and go do something that takes you towards your goal.
00:42:09.580 Okay? 0.98
00:42:09.780 I'm talking about physically, like if your goal is to lose weight and you think about how hard fucking cardio is or how hard your weightlifting session is, you should stop, get up off the couch, go to the gym, go outside, and fucking do something. 0.88
00:42:23.280 Even if it's for five minutes because that's how you're going to train your mind to get out of these habits. 0.69
00:42:28.840 If you're thinking this is a work-related thing, it would be like, oh, man, I got to send 70 emails tonight. 0.98
00:42:35.040 All right, get up off the fucking couch and go send 10 right now. 1.00
00:42:38.840 It'll make you feel better. 0.99
00:42:40.300 The action of moving forward cures your negativity long-term.
00:42:46.220 So, you know, eventually what happens is you get seasoned. 0.99
00:42:49.260 You get like a salty old fucking sea dog on this stuff. 0.98
00:42:52.280 And, like, negativity comes in, you automatically react with positive action. 0.99
00:42:55.720 And that is something that is going to take you from being an average Joe to struggling to being a fucking unstoppable force of nature that gets whatever the fuck he wants or whatever she wants anytime, every time, for the rest of your life. 0.91
00:43:10.840 And it's worth the investment to retrain your brain in that way. 0.96
00:43:14.500 Guys, if you want to listen to this podcast or check out the show notes for this episode, just go to themfceo.com forward slash P37, if you can believe that.
00:43:24.620 We're on our 37th episode.
00:43:27.320 Yeah, so your biggest obstacles to success are your own excuses.
00:43:32.000 Like we said, everything we talk about here is about achievement.
00:43:34.620 It's about goal setting.
00:43:35.480 It's about how to get what it is you want out of your life.
00:43:38.260 How to achieve the potential that you have in your life.
00:43:43.060 Okay?
00:43:43.340 That's what success really is. 0.98
00:43:45.000 Success is not a fucking dollar amount. 0.96
00:43:47.860 Now, it's not a goal you achieve. 0.99
00:43:50.480 It's not a fucking car. 0.99
00:43:54.400 It's not a house. 0.99
00:43:55.540 You know what it is?
00:43:56.280 It's the fulfillment of one's true potential.
00:43:59.520 And that true potential is going to always be expanding because the more you learn, the more experience you have, the more resources you have, the more connections you have, the more your potential grows.
00:44:10.800 So, when you define it like that, you know, fulfilling your true potential is a very hard thing to do, right?
00:44:19.160 But it's important that you define success in a way similar to that because if you don't, what will happen is you'll get the car, you'll get the house, you'll get the bank account, you'll get the fucking whatever it is, you know, fill in the blank, and you'll stop.
00:44:33.140 And when you stop, you'll lose.
00:44:35.640 How many times do we see this in, you know, daily life on Instagram or Facebook?
00:44:42.240 You know, rappers who focus all the time on making a million dollars or $10 million, they make the money and then they never hear from them again. 0.93
00:44:49.140 And then you see them on fucking TMZ two weeks later, you know, or two years later in their underwear on drugs on the street. 0.56
00:44:56.700 I mean, look, life is about constant progression. 0.99
00:45:00.340 It's not about a thing, all right?
00:45:02.420 So, when you think about, you know, what we're talking about here, I want you to realize some things. 0.98
00:45:08.040 You know, the shittiest day in a struggle for success is better than the best day of not doing shit, okay? 0.97
00:45:14.760 So many people go through life and they think that life is about doing the least amount possible. 0.98
00:45:20.960 That is not what life is about, okay? 1.00
00:45:23.160 Life is about being a fucking animal, running through the walls, conquering shit, dominating shit, 1.00
00:45:29.900 and turning around and saying, fuck yeah, we're going to do this shit together, okay? 1.00
00:45:35.640 That's where the fucking good shit is. 1.00
00:45:37.340 That's where the juice of life is. 1.00
00:45:39.240 The juice of life is not in doing the least amount.
00:45:42.280 It's not in, you know, doing the, you know, swimming with the stream like we talked about.
00:45:49.120 It's not what it is.
00:45:50.000 What it is, is it's about setting where your potential is and achieving that potential and then resetting it again and again and again and again.
00:46:00.400 Because let me remind you of something, guys.
00:46:03.360 You are not just about you.
00:46:05.840 You are about everybody that knows you. 1.00
00:46:07.980 You have an obligation for the people around you to see you succeed, for your kids to see you succeed, for your fucking wife or husband to see you succeed. 1.00
00:46:18.980 You are an example whether you realize it or not. 0.99
00:46:22.000 And I take that responsibility seriously.
00:46:25.040 And you should too. 1.00
00:46:25.900 So, quit fucking going through life, you know, doing the least amount of shit and realize that the worst possible day on the road to accomplishing your potential is still better than the best day of sitting on your ass and watching fucking Netflix. 1.00
00:46:42.380 Period. 1.00
00:46:43.540 Okay?
00:46:44.480 So, the next thing I would say too is, you know, be weary of your emotions.
00:46:52.140 You know, your emotions are not relevant to your execution. 0.97
00:46:56.440 You know, I would say the most successful people on earth have become experts at doing shit when they don't feel like it.
00:47:06.820 I think that's the X factor that separates people from average to mega, mega, mega successes is that the people who do things when they don't feel like doing them. 0.97
00:47:19.760 Versus the people who just do shit when it feels like, because the reality is you're not going to feel like it most of the time. 0.71
00:47:27.700 You know what I mean? 0.93
00:47:28.800 It's about doing things when you don't feel like doing it.
00:47:31.680 It's about executing even when it's not easy to execute or not convenient or not, you know, fun or you're sick or you've got these other things going on. 0.88
00:47:41.400 And, you know, executing when you don't feel like it is what separates the elite, elite, elite from the fucking what could have been average, you know, Joe Blow.
00:47:51.920 I would even argue that 90% of the people in our country probably are driven by their emotions, both positively and negatively. 0.74
00:47:58.920 I agree.
00:47:59.400 They feel good about themselves, even though they've accomplished nothing.
00:48:02.800 But then the flip side of that is sometimes people beat themselves up.
00:48:07.500 But objectively, if you look at what they've accomplished, they've accomplished a lot.
00:48:10.560 They're just beating themselves up.
00:48:11.880 Well, that's because those people there, the people that beat themselves up, those people understand that success is a moving target.
00:48:18.580 That's why they do that.
00:48:19.740 Yeah.
00:48:19.880 You see what I'm saying?
00:48:20.540 Yeah.
00:48:20.820 Like, dude, people say, oh, Andy, you're so successful. 1.00
00:48:24.680 I feel like a fucking loser. 0.98
00:48:26.780 And when I tell them that, like, I really don't tell people that a lot because they think I'm, like, joking. 1.00
00:48:32.680 But it's the truth. 0.98
00:48:33.760 You know, I feel like I should be so much further ahead and so much, you know, more successful in not only just business but in other areas of my life that, you know, I feel like a fucking bum. 0.99
00:48:47.780 You know what I mean? 0.96
00:48:48.360 I could do way more than what I'm doing, and I should be doing it.
00:48:51.200 Well, I think it's because you recognize something you've told me before, that success isn't this one-time thing.
00:48:57.360 It's dynamic.
00:48:58.160 I mean, you don't get to a point and then for the rest of your life continue to be successful.
00:49:03.600 It's, I mean, if you were lazy, if you were hardworking on Monday but lazy on Tuesday, you weren't successful on Tuesday.
00:49:11.120 That's right.
00:49:11.560 You know?
00:49:12.000 Right.
00:49:12.840 Right.
00:49:13.040 And so many people hang on to that one time they had success in their life. 0.99
00:49:17.260 I mean, dude, how many guys you see talking about their fucking high school football games? 0.98
00:49:20.320 Right, right, right. 0.99
00:49:22.080 I mean, well, regardless, you know, you've got to execute when you don't feel like it.
00:49:29.440 I mean, I think that is the defining, that is the defining point that separates success from average or failure.
00:49:37.620 Executing consistently even when you don't feel like it.
00:49:40.760 And sometimes executing more when you don't feel like it.
00:49:42.900 And turning, like I said a minute ago, turning that negative energy of not feeling like it into productive action.
00:49:48.440 You know what I mean?
00:49:48.800 That is the key, man.
00:49:49.660 It really is.
00:49:50.980 Successful people execute whether they feel like it or not. 0.99
00:49:53.540 You know, it's easy to do shit when you feel like doing it. 0.99
00:49:56.400 So, and third, you know, I guess the third point to wrap this all up is like, look, it is good and okay and right to feel good when you fucking kill it. 0.99
00:50:09.780 You know, society has groomed us over the last 15 years to almost feel bad about winning. 0.98
00:50:15.360 No, winning is fucking awesome. 0.99
00:50:16.540 If you're fucking winning, good for you. 1.00
00:50:18.340 Fuck yeah, win. 1.00
00:50:19.460 That's what this is about. 1.00
00:50:20.400 And if you, if you win, fucking feel good about it. 0.98
00:50:23.900 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:50:24.720 Don't settle and say, oh, I won.
00:50:26.360 Like we talked about a second ago.
00:50:27.920 But dude, it's okay to feel good when you win.
00:50:30.860 There's nothing wrong with that.
00:50:32.160 You know, I know I said emotions don't matter, but what I don't mean is that it's not okay to feel good when you win.
00:50:40.020 You know, I just feel like society has like beaten that out of people. 0.98
00:50:43.820 Like, oh, you fucking, you're winning and that's bad. 1.00
00:50:47.000 I know, motherfucker, that's awesome. 1.00
00:50:49.100 And I want you guys to feel good when you accomplish, you know, these little things along the way. 1.00
00:50:54.880 Take a minute and say, fuck yeah, dude, I dominated that shit. 0.99
00:50:57.540 You know, that's what's going to end up building your confidence to the point of unstoppable force of nature anyway. 1.00
00:51:02.260 You know, celebrate your successes quickly, feel good about them quickly and get back to work, you know.
00:51:10.840 Another thing, you know, that goes along with this too, guys, is you need to celebrate other people's successes.
00:51:16.480 I mean, when you celebrate other people's successes, it's like we talk about with thank you, you know.
00:51:21.640 It's a powerful thing to say congratulations.
00:51:24.180 You know, when people do well, dude, give them credit, you know, because here's the reality.
00:51:28.280 When they see you doing well, you're going to get that credit back, you know.
00:51:31.420 And we all know it feels better to give credit anyway than it doesn't take it.
00:51:34.800 So, I don't know, guys.
00:51:37.160 Don't let society beat down your will to win, you know.
00:51:39.780 When you start accomplishing your goals and you start winning, like, you know, the funny thing is, is I like cocky people.
00:51:46.900 Like, it's not cool to be cocky.
00:51:49.460 Like, what's his face?
00:51:50.440 McGregor the fighter. 1.00
00:51:51.400 Everybody's talking shit on him. 0.99
00:51:52.860 Dude, the guy's awesome. 0.99
00:51:54.120 You know why? 0.98
00:51:55.000 Because he's fucking good. 1.00
00:51:56.080 And he knows he's good and he puts in the work to be good and he talks shit good. 0.99
00:51:59.880 But, you know, now, if you're going to be that kind of person, you've got to be prepared to eat some humble pie whenever you lose. 0.96
00:52:04.940 But, dude, you know, I'll bet if he loses or when he loses, he's going to be gracious about it.
00:52:09.440 You know what I mean?
00:52:09.860 There's nothing wrong with having a little swagger, man.
00:52:12.460 Nobody wants that guy when he's on the other team.
00:52:14.520 But when he's on your team, you love him.
00:52:16.500 I want him on my team.
00:52:17.400 Yeah, because he raises the level of the whole team.
00:52:19.340 Dude, I'm going to get him on the podcast, man.
00:52:21.300 That guy, I don't know, man.
00:52:25.000 I mean, maybe I'm different than most people. 0.99
00:52:26.700 I just, you know, when people talk shit and when they're winning and, you know, all that, I love it. 0.99
00:52:32.340 You know what I mean? 1.00
00:52:32.860 A lot of people are like, oh, he's fucking blah, blah, blah. 1.00
00:52:34.980 Well, yeah, that's because you're sitting on the couch being a bitch. 1.00
00:52:37.260 Yeah. 1.00
00:52:37.820 You know what I mean?
00:52:38.440 You don't like that talk because you're not doing anything. 0.90
00:52:42.020 But when they do something, they're the first ones to talk about how fucking awesome they are.
00:52:45.980 They're insecure, so they take, yeah. 0.95
00:52:48.040 Nah, dude. 1.00
00:52:49.200 Shit talking is a fucking art. 1.00
00:52:51.260 And, like, Conor McGregor, he's like the fucking CEO of shit talking. 1.00
00:52:55.180 Like, did you see his press conference, by the way? 1.00
00:52:57.700 Did you see it?
00:52:58.880 Tyler saw it.
00:52:59.500 He shake his head.
00:52:59.980 Yeah, dude. 0.97
00:53:00.440 That was fucking awesome. 0.67
00:53:02.460 Yeah. 0.80
00:53:03.440 But anyway, yeah.
00:53:06.340 So, dude, when you win, celebrate your win. 0.97
00:53:10.080 Get a little, you know, this isn't the motherfucking CEO show for nothing, man. 1.00
00:53:13.820 Have a little fucking attitude. 1.00
00:53:14.900 Have some swagger. 1.00
00:53:15.920 Feel good about yourself for a minute. 0.99
00:53:17.180 But get refocused quickly and get back to work because, remember, you're only as good as your last fucking at bat. 0.99
00:53:23.500 That's the reality of why. 0.94
00:53:24.720 All I do is work, work, work, never run the sidelines, I only, hustle, hustle, never take your day off, I only, work, work, work, work, work, work.