Ever wondered how the simple act of following a daily routine could be a game-changer for your life? Strap in, because we're sharing firsthand accounts of transformations wrought by challenges like the 75 Hard, and dissecting the role exercise and healthy living play in maintaining mental sharpness as we age. Dive into the heart of our conversations, which reveal the underlying power of personal standards in shaping our daily lives, the resilience forged through life's curveballs, and the profound impact of gratitude for the seemingly mundane.
Reflect on the gravity of your own intelligence when you join us for a discussion that spans the social impact of smarts in financial success and the implications of beliefs on achieving goals. Feel the buzz as we reminisce about our Tesla test driving adventure and debate the viability of joining the electric vehicle revolution. Get a sobering look at the power of social compliance and environmental conditioning; see how these forces unwittingly dictate behaviors, and learn what it takes to navigate friendships that hinder your growth.
End your listening journey with a motivational boost, as we share the stories of content creators like YouTuber Matt Armstrong, whose dogged perseverance demonstrates that consistent effort is the cornerstone of remarkable achievements. Confront societal norms and beliefs that may have nestled comfortably in your subconscious, including our candid thoughts on public breastfeeding. So, mark your calendars, because every Wednesday morning, we're serving up fresh episodes that promise to inspire, reflect, and yes, even give you a good chuckle.
Ever wondered how the simple act of following a daily routine could be a game-changer for your life? Strap in, because we're sharing firsthand accounts of transformations wrought by challenges like the 75 Hard, and dissecting the role exercise and healthy living play in maintaining mental sharpness as we age. Dive into the heart of our conversations, which reveal the underlying power of personal standards in shaping our daily lives, the resilience forged through life's curveballs, and the profound impact of gratitude for the seemingly mundane.
Reflect on the gravity of your own intelligence when you join us for a discussion that spans the social impact of smarts in financial success and the implications of beliefs on achieving goals. Feel the buzz as we reminisce about our Tesla test driving adventure and debate the viability of joining the electric vehicle revolution. Get a sobering look at the power of social compliance and environmental conditioning; see how these forces unwittingly dictate behaviors, and learn what it takes to navigate friendships that hinder your growth.
End your listening journey with a motivational boost, as we share the stories of content creators like YouTuber Matt Armstrong, whose dogged perseverance demonstrates that consistent effort is the cornerstone of remarkable achievements. Confront societal norms and beliefs that may have nestled comfortably in your subconscious, including our candid thoughts on public breastfeeding. So, mark your calendars, because every Wednesday morning, we're serving up fresh episodes that promise to inspire, reflect, and yes, even give you a good chuckle.
You need to question all of your beliefs, because we don't question them, dude. You need to question every belief on where it came from.
George:Why are you giving up on your dreams? Because society tells you to. Why aren't you doing things differently? Because society tells you to why did you stop at $150,000 and not go to $500,000? Because it was easier to do what everyone else is doing.
Robby:It's all instilled in your beliefs. Yeah, all instilled in your beliefs. Why does a person who very rarely does a person go from making, let's just say, $150,000, go back to working for a 50K year? Very rarely. I'll tell you when it happens.
George:How good is Wednesday. Wednesday is such a sick day. I was driving to the gym this morning and literally two minutes before I got to the gym I was like, oh shit, it's Wednesday. Million dollar days. You know what's sick?
Robby:Episode is dropping Not only is it Wednesday, but this is going to air on a Wednesday.
George:It's too much. It is too much. It is Wednesday's favorite day of my week because I get to listen to another episode week in, week out. Haven't missed a day yet Haven't missed a session. And welcome back everyone. I hope you're having a million dollar day and I'm joined by friend co-host. We say last episode, gentleman and scholar.
Robby:I don't know what scholar, but I'll take it. I'll take it. Yeah, we've been very consistent with this man. It's been ongoing. We always have something to say. I'm I've been getting great feedback. Yeah, about the episodes I had.
George:I literally had a message this morning someone wanting to come on to the onto the podcast and I said we want it to come next week. I said we want it to come next week. I said we're casting today. Yeah, I'm passed, he goes. No, I'm busy.
Robby:He said well you never told me. I guess I'll find out who it is soon. But yeah, we need to.
George:We're probably due for a guest as well. I think we're due for a guest, but the thing is, what I've found is, since we've had some guests on not that no one's been bad guests I just want to make sure that we're delivering the right content and filtering the right type of person to come on here, to make sure that whoever does come on is actually providing exceptional value not just telling their story, unless they have a real, but even when they are telling their story, it's something that has come from experience, but also that they can pass on to others and learn from 100%.
Robby:So I've been doing the 75 hard thing, right? Yep, and it is. It's a week in. Now it's day 10 today. Yeah, cool, yeah. I haven't eaten any bread, I haven't eaten any vegetables for 10 days straight. Have you dropped any weight? I'm about four kilos down.
George:Yeah, it's generally your first week when you have a big change.
Robby:Yeah, first week you week when you have a big change. You're going to have a slow change. I don't think it'll drop four kilos every week. No, initially, yeah, you lose some water weight and you've been drinking a lot of water. So much water, man. I hate it. Worst part of it Hardest, not hardest you just piss a lot Like so much man. Yeah, you know what I mean. But I've got a pretty good routine around it now where I've kind of systemized it. It's all just kind of happening Because at the start I wasn't, I was getting caught out, yeah, and then you know, come the end of the day you've got a liter and a half to go. It's like 10.30 at night and you're like oh, um, but no, it's been good, I, I feel good, I'm. I think I feel good cause I've been training, though, like I'm dude, I'm exercising an hour and a half every 24 hours. That's a lot.
George:Yeah, it is. It's definitely a lot, but out of your 1,440 minutes a day you're taking At least 90. 90 of it out At least.
Robby:Yeah, when you look at it like that, it's not really that much. No, no, but I'm saying it still takes Comparison to I feel great, I feel good man. I was walking to the gym this morning. It's so cold this morning, yeah, seven degrees Fresh, and I was walking to the gym because it's right in. It would take me a long way to drive.
George:Literally Is it the one on the corner. Yeah, yeah, I know where you are. It would take me a long way to drive.
Robby:Yeah, and I was walking to the gym this morning and I walked out and I was like this is fresh. But hey, I felt good man. I was like this is how good's life. What time Was it? At? 5.30?.
George:Oh yeah, super early. Yeah, I was about 6.30 this morning.
Robby:I'm usually there before 5.30. Yeah.
Robby:Just to get it out of the way, I want to be home done by 6, ideally, ideally Now. I've been very consistent with it now as well, because I know I need to get two sessions. Um, that being said, though, I was walking this morning and I was like how good's life man. Like how good, look at what. Look what I get to do. Like, got up this morning, walking, live in a nice area, can walk pain-free on my way to the gym with my water bottle full of filtered water, like you know what I mean, what a life we get to live, and I just thought that was really cool, man. I was like life's good.
George:I was saying, you know, first world problems. I was speaking to someone the other day saying, oh, you know, my car didn't start or something happened, or first world problems. But it is first world problem because you live in the first world.
Robby:Of course. Imagine you had third world problems in the first world.
George:That's right. But it's hard sometimes for people to compare to that and say, oh well, at least you're not getting blown up, you know, and it's like, yeah, I get that. Yes, that would be significantly worse, but in order for me to relate to that, I'd have to be there. I can't necessarily go oh, I feel better now because I'm not getting blown up. No, this is a problem for me in my world, because I live in the first world. It's relevancy, it's still relevant, absolutely so. Again, dumbing it down to that level where you woke up in the morning like, how good is this? I get to be cold. I get to walk to the gym pain-free with filtered water, I get to work out, I was like, how does this? That's right. That level of gratitude is fantastic. And I read this quote the other day no amount of how did it go? It was so good. No amount of regret will change the past. No amount of anxiety will change the future. Any amount of gratitude will change the present.
Robby:Any amount of gratitude will change the present and it's bang on. So true Bang on, dude. I put up a post the other day and I was saying one of the biggest. I shared five things I've learned and one of them was that was a good post, by the way, thanks. One of them was winged it, by the way Just deleted the caption and I started typing and that comment um, one of them was doing the little things matter. You get me not like the little things like drinking water, like staying hydrated, eating good food, um, getting enough sleep. Hey, there isn't many problems in the world that a good night's sleep doesn't fix. Like, sometimes you just need to go to bed. Yeah.
Robby:Okay, seriously, like sometimes your whole world can be falling apart and you're like I just need to go to bed. I just go to bed, sleep, wake up and I'll be like a new human.
George:This is what I found. Going to bed early now is I'll go to I'm. Actually, when I get to home and chill out on the couch after the kids are in bed, I'm so tired that I have to go to bed or I'm just going to sleep on the couch, and that's around 9.30, 10 o'clock. So I find that every night, 9.30, 10 o'clock, I'm going to bed. But what happens as a result of that? My body clock wakes up at 5 am With no alarm. With no alarm, I wake up, I wake up and then I'm ready to go. But I think, because I'm waking up so early, that's why I'm tired at nighttime, when it gets to that 9.30, 10 o'clock mark or that 9 to 10 mark. So it's easier for me to go to bed. And now I'm in that routine where it gets to that time like shit, it's 9 o'clock, I've got to go to bed, I'm tired.
Robby:You know what you just reminded me. You know it's changed for me since starting this 75 hard thing. I don't I'm not sleeping as much Like you know what. I'm probably sleeping the same amount, but I'm feeling more refreshed.
George:Yeah. So, it is. Yeah, well, your body's getting that time to recover from the workout as well Is that what it is Like, I don't know.
Robby:I think it would be. Usually, I'll wake up at 5 am and I'm tired. Yeah, you don't want to get up that early. I don't want to get up Now.
George:I'm like all right, let's go. Yeah, I was speaking to my PT this morning about that exact same concept and how important it is for you just to be moving. Who was I speaking to the other day? My mother-in-law and her mum, so my grandmother-in-law, but my grandmother I'll call her my grandmother, yeah, yeah in Greek, but she's in her 90s, early 90s, 93, and she's really sort of starting to decline in her mobility Still there, mind and body, still there in mind, which is really important. But, yeah, just walking a bit slower. She had a little fall in the kitchen the other day, so taking a lot longer for her to recover and be strong. And I'll say to my mother-in-law I was saying this is a perfect example of why it's so important to always be exercising and keeping strong, Because as you grow older, your muscle mass decreases and when you become 60, 70, 80 years old, you become fragile and more prone to disease because you haven't built that muscle mass over the last 20, 30 years.
Robby:It's been proven one of the biggest Without a doubt, even against sicknesses like cancer and everything.
George:Absolutely yeah. And even with your mind, brain sicknesses as well, alzheimer's, all that sort of stuff. And I was saying to her, because she's in her 60s too, I said, like you should, and she walks a lot, which is great, but I said you should even start buying a few weights, just little ones, light ones, and start doing some weights, build that muscle mass so that when you are 60, 70, 80 years old it's not going to be a matter of you deteriorating and being in a wheelchair. And that was a huge motivator for me to start training literally over the last 12 months was I didn't want to be 60 years old and be fat and just over the hill, even 50 years old or 40 years old. I wanted to have an amazing body, big, strong, healthy, because I've put in the effort and I want excellence in my life. I want that level of achievement. And what I've found the biggest change in me exercising regularly for the last nine months, has been mindsets massive the fact that you feel good, look good in clothes, all that sort of stuff, but also the flow and effect with clarity in your mind too, massive clarity in my mind, the strength I've actually got. I'm not tired. I used to be a lot more tired than what I was when I was doing nothing. I'm not tired during the day anymore. I've got that energy boost. I've always got that level of okay, let's go, let's do it. Don't get me wrong. I've had days where I'm tired, but they're few and far between.
George:The other thing I suffer from migraines. I used to get migraines at least once a quarter, Once every three months, once every six months I'd get a migraine. And for me for those of you that don't suffer from migraines, mine are quite debilitating. So I lose my vision first up. So, yeah, it's the first thing that happens. So that's how I know I'm getting a migraine. So at least it's kind of good that I get that trigger, because if I take a norepinephrine or a Panadol at that moment the migraine tends not to hit me hard and so I lose my vision first. And when I say lose my vision, imagine looking at the sun and then looking away and you see like that blurriness. That's what I get. So I get that blurriness in front of my eyes. It doesn't go blind, no, it doesn't go black. So that happens first, and then the migraine will start sort of 15, 20 minutes later, unless I take something, and even when I do take something it still hurts. So I pretty much take that and then I'll have to lie down, try and sleep it off, pretty much, if I have my eyes closed for about 20 minutes to an hour somewhere there. Generally, when I open my eyes up my vision's back and then the migraine it's just a slight headache.
George:But what I've found, ever since I've been working out drinking water, eating the right foods, haven't had a single migraine. Oh wow, haven't had a single one. There you go, yeah, and I only just realized that the other day because my wife said she had a headache yesterday, the other day, and it was like you know what. I actually don't remember the last time I had a headache and it was probably that time. We were out, actually at dinner, remember, yeah, yeah, that was last year. That was last year. I don't remember. I know where we were, I just don't remember the exact time. But that was the last time I had a migraine at that event.
Robby:No, it was November.
George:Yeah. So I mean that's okay, it's still well Past seven months.
Robby:Yeah, yeah, that's sick.
George:How good's that. It is so good and they're just a simple change like that in my life and in my diet. I'm going to bed early, getting to sleep, drinking plenty of water, drinking hydrogen water. I don't know if that makes a difference. Does that make any sense? I don't know. I'm drinking more water, so does it work? It works, probably because I'm drinking more water. Does it work because of the actual hydrogen infused into the water? No idea, no idea, no idea. I don't feel more energy as a result of that. The other thing I've started to take now is creatine as well. I take about five grams of creatine a day. You just mix it with water. Yeah, just mix it with water. Okay, and I never used to back in the day when I was training in my early 20s, because I thought, fuck, it's like steroids, why am I going to take it? Yeah, Creatine's good for you.
George:Yeah, it's so good for you. And I was listening to this lady I can't remember her name, australian lady living in the States and she studies the brain and neuroscience and all that sort of stuff Louise Nicole, it could be her. Yeah, and she did a post about creatine the other day, saying creatine is like one of the safest things that you should be taking and every single person should be taking at least five grams a day. And it has proven. There's studies out there. I'm going to buy it right now. I'll tell you which one. Don't buy it. I don't. Yeah, there's proven studies that show a direct link to it offsetting the risk of Alzheimer's disease and helping your brain cognitive function. How good is that.
Robby:Just something so small. I was going to say no brain, no, but how good is it? No pun intended.
George:So I was like when I saw that that was just another reason to start taking more often, and then also the training benefits that it has too, to start taking more often, and then also the training benefits that it has too. So I find at the gym it's not necessarily making me more ripped, but I can push out two to three more reps than what I probably previously could.
Robby:How good. You know what you just made me realize. What's that? So for people that don't know, maybe haven't listened to the last episodes or don't follow me I'm on a carnivore diet. I have been for 10 days now and do you know what I've realized about what you just said? I've actually and I noticed this because Joe Rogan said it once as well he said that I don't get tired anymore, not in the sense of I don't have tired days, like in the sense of I don't crash in the day and then. I don't have tired days like in the sense of I don't crash in the day and then I'm not. I haven't been crashing. Yeah, I haven't. Dude, last night I was editing video till 1030. Usually come 1030, I'm cooked Like I need to just lay down, like you know what I mean Like my brains. I've had enough. Last night was fine Work and work Like you know what I mean.
George:And then when you go to bed, it's like an instant sleep too. It's not go to bed rolling around for half an hour.
Robby:It's no bed. Close my eyes sleeping in five minutes. Yeah, I feel clear. Hey, do you want to feel really clear? Absolutely. I don't know how to do this, but try fasting for a full day. Oh, I could do that easily Like don't eat anything, and then see how you feel that night. That night you won't sleep, You'll be awake, You'll be like man. I am so clear right now.
George:That was part of the reason why I started fasting in the first place. So part of that whole fast state is you are more alert as a result of you being hungry, because, biologically, when you're hungry, you need to go hunt and get food. Yeah, so you are actively. Your body is like stay alert. You got to go fucking get food to survive, yeah, and that translated at work when I was fasting, because I was doing intermittent, intermittent, intermittent, yeah, fasting, and I found that in the morning up until about 1 pm, I was really alert and doing stuff because I was hungry and I was like sharp. And then it's like when you eat like how many times when you've had a really big meal you want to have a nap you look magic, yeah, because you've had that meal and you want to relax. But, yeah, I definitely saw the advantage of that. I love that feeling. Yeah, it's good too. I like that. I've had it so much.
Robby:I would prefer to eat one meal a day and eat as much as I can. Yeah, because it's very hard to consume 3,000 calories in a single sitting. Yeah, very, very difficult, yeah. So I'd rather sit down and have one meal, consume 2,000 calories at once, than have three meals throughout the day and get full from that one meal, I like. I get to win. Win because I stay sharp throughout the day and I get to eat as much as I want.
George:No, no ink, yeah uh, a little bit off topic, but, uh, something that's talking about sharpness and a bit of being alert and maybe not off topic. But the other day I don't know if we were talking in the podcast we were talking outside of the podcast. I'm pretty sure we were talking outside of the podcast and we're talking about how no, I think it was during the podcast that we've got eight months left in the year. Yeah, and if I told you right now, robbie, you need to make a million dollars, there needs to be a million dollars cash sitting in your bank account, in your personal bank account, by the end of the year. Can you do it? It's like, based off my current trajectory, probably not. Okay, robbie, you need to make a million dollars by the end of the year or I'm going to cut both your arms off and you'll never see your family again. Nothing's changed as far as the value or the timeframe, but you're going to make that million bucks happen, aren't you? Yeah, with those, it's just. You're just more motivated, that's right. Yeah, that's right. So that has really been playing on my mind a lot since our last session. Yeah, I'm pretty sure we did mention it Last episode.
George:Yeah, and that's been playing on my mind literally all week, so much so that I was messaging you over the weekend and said, hey, we need a meeting. And we just set up a weekly meeting every Tuesday, tuesday morning, and it's got nothing to do with us catching up as a coffee for mates talking shit. It was like to business. Hey, how do we get that not playing so small? How do we play that bigger game? How do we achieve that? And I found that, during that whole week leading up to that point, the decisions I was making was in line with that goal, because you're more focused. I was more focused on it. Yeah, absolutely, and it's easy to say, oh, I want to make a million dollars in a day, I want to do this, I want to do this. It's like no, no, no, no. What's the strategy to get there now? And that's why I wanted to have that meeting with you yesterday and we're going to do it weekly from this point on.
George:And we were talking about things because we were looking at one of the businesses that we're doing together and it's like, based off our current trajectory, we're going to need 20 months to get into that space. How do we do it in eight? What needs to happen, what needs to change. And we said this, this, this, and we're looking at some different avenues. And then it made me think again okay, well, what do I need to do in my construction business? What do I need to do in my consulting business? What do I need to in my life? And it's like even at nighttime, where, like again, if I'm losing my arms, in eight months I would be working at nighttime. You know what I mean. I'd be grinding on the weekends, I'd be doing every single moment. I had an opportunity to do that. Why don't you, why don't I? I reckon it's probably comfort level, it's 100% Comfort's a killer mate.
Robby:Exactly, comfort is a killer. It's 100% Comfort's a killer mate. Exactly, comfort is a killer. It's a disease that slowly chips away at you because it feeds into your security side. There's no benefit to it, yeah.
George:I can't remember which video I was watching, I think it was a whole Mosey one. But he was similar to that where he was making some good money and it's like, okay, I can live pretty comfortably for the rest, yeah, you take your food, yeah. And he's like why do I stop at two mil? Like why, why aren't I going for 400 mil? Yeah, why not?
Robby:yeah, and it's like it's there, it's achievable but it's like but everyone, everyone, everyone stops and it's some people can't do that and it's like it was I was.
George:I've been so annoyed. All week I've been annoyed like good, yeah, it's pissing me off so much that I'm like why am I fucking thinking like this? The other thing I heard as well, which was really good and so totally true, and I live by this anyway. It's like the harder you work, the poorer you will remain, in the sense of manual labor. I need to use my intelligence to make the money. My mind will make the money, not my hands. So if I need to go out and build a house, I can only build so many houses with my hands.
Robby:Yeah, correct, I'm limited.
George:There's no leverage, an army companies, different methodologies, thinking differently. Buy another company, buy a carpentry company, buy an electrical company, integrate them into my business. Then we're talking okay, now I can leverage my time and do all that sort of stuff. So a lot of people think, oh, I've got to work really hard and do this. You're limited by your time.
Robby:Yeah, and that touches on what we spoke about. If you're happy for me to share this Absolutely, that touches on what we talked about. If you're happy for me to share this Absolutely, that touches on what we talked about. I was saying we need to start building a sales team. There is only a limitation of how much we can sell directly. That's right. We need to start getting people on board that can do this, because then you get one, then you get three, then you get five, then, next thing you know, you've got a team of 50.
Robby:Nelly, and I don't care how good of a salesperson you are, you can't outsell 50 people. No, you can. You can't outsell 500. That's right. Do you know what I mean? That's right. There's only you have limitations in place as to capacity, what you can do. That's just reality. The only way to bypass that is leverage. Exactly Right. But we get comfortable. Then You'd make a little bit of coin or you get yourself out of the shit. You know I'm not going to take your arms anymore. Okay, fuck off the pedal thing, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
George:I made a million bucks in three months. Oh, you get to keep your arms now, yeah.
Robby:And then you're like cool, one, two, yeah, sweet. Thank God Sweet, I got it Sweet hey go to 10.
George:Yeah, you've got six months. Yeah, rampant, go to 10. So that's 100% right, because that's probably what would happen in most instances with most people. 100% they would get to that million in three months Go oh fuck, how good's this. Relax now, go to Bahamas, go buy a house.
Robby:Go do whatever I'm going to. It's all instilled in your beliefs. Yeah, all instilled in your beliefs. Why does a person who very rarely does a person go from making, let's just say, $150,000, go back to working for a 50K a year? Very rarely. I'll tell you when it happens, when a person didn't believe they were worth the 150. That's the only time it'll happen. Anytime that person thinks they've earned that position or earned that role or earned that career, they'll never go back, not because they just don't want to, because they now believe they are worth that and they always find a way to meet what you were. You know what I mean. You'll always find a way, whether it's boosting yourself up or whether it's holding yourself back, you'll always find a way to keep yourself where you think you belong. Yeah.
George:Yeah, without a doubt.
Robby:Yeah.
George:So what do you do about it? No, no, absolutely. The great thing about that whole concept is I think about it every single moment of every single day since that day.
Robby:You know what else I've been thinking about since that day. What.
Robby:The whole thing about when we spoke about cars and you said, well, maybe buying the new car will make you feel like it's a new thing, it's more motivation, it's. Do you know what I mean? And what I did on the weekend. I actually called you. You called me. I did a lot of time. I went and test drove a Tesla just to see what all the fuss was about, because I mean, as mentioned last time, I still need a new car. That Ranger had lined up, gone, missed the boat. Yeah, called your mate about the other Ranger, spoke to him. Oh, did you speak to him? Yeah.
Robby:Spoke to him. So new Ranger, it's about 78K, that much, or a brand newer. Wow, I think they were that much.
George:V6. Oh, the V6, yeah, yeah.
Robby:I think the four-cylinder is 76. Still a lot.
George:Still a lot, no brainer, I think, the previous model. I got the Wildtrak X, which is the previous generation, so only two, three year old car. So this is an indication of inflation on the vehicles 60,000. Brand new, oh, wow, yeah, brand new. And that was at the time when I bought that car, aside from the Raptor, but that was the top of the range.
Robby:Hey, there's no more. There's no more cars for 25k. Oh really, it's no. What do you get for 25k?
George:yeah, no piece of shit.
Robby:Well, yeah what do you get, or you know how, like I remember buying cars for 1500 bucks I've been saying that I reckon.
George:I reckon the ass has fallen off the car market as it had slowed down a little more. Without a doubt. Me in general, yeah, but I see that like I've been trying to sell two cars. I've always, whenever I sell a car, it goes like in the past it's gone within three to four weeks every single time. I've got one car I've been able to sell since November last year and it's the best-priced car on the market, best options, low Ks, no buyers, no buyers. I had one guy. He's still trying to get his finance sorted. If he gets that sorted, the car will go. But even I've got one at the Ranger. I've got that up for sale. I'm not really pushing that. If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't, I don't really care. But it's interesting to see that that space has slowed down so much and it does give you an indication on what the economy is doing as well.
Robby:Yeah, people spending money and not spending money, yeah, but yeah. So Saturday I was at Tesla, yeah, and I went and I drove. Well, actually, I'll tell you the story of how I got there. So I was on the phone to your mate talking about the Ranger and I got off the phone and one of my mates looked at me and he goes are you buying a car? I was like, yeah, like Ranger. He's like, yeah, he's like why. I was like there's nothing else. Man Like, what else am I going to buy? He's like get a Tesla. And I was like, really, he's like, yeah, I was like why. He's like I've got one. I was like, is it good? He's like best car I've ever owned Really, actually never been in one. Yeah, prior to this, yeah, cool.
Robby:And so I teed up a test drive on Saturday morning. Where'd you go? Thessalonica, richmond, oh, cool, yeah, right next to Zagami. Yeah, it is right next to Zagami. No, no, no, no, that's the service center You're talking about. Swan Street. Yeah, yeah, no, no. Oh, okay, not far from zagami. It's close. Go past there later. I'm just gonna do. Have you seen that place on plumber street or melbourne the car place, the car? Yeah, yeah, I was driving past last night I was gonna pull in. It was dead like empty. It's like 9 30 at night. I was gonna pull in and make a video at the front and say where I had to um, I would have been so pumped, you would have been so pumped, you would have been pumped. Yeah. So drove the Tesla and, honestly, I was blown away, man. I was absolutely blown away at how far behind we are with everything.
George:And that's what was interesting when we spoke about that and that's what you told me about it. Because I mean, I look at Teslas, I've been in one, I've been in a couple, once in an Uber, I think it was, I don't know. I've sat in it once with a friend. I'd never really driven one, never thought much of it, but the little things that you were telling me how much it disrupted the industry, the car industry.
Robby:They've changed. Yeah, they've changed the way. Model 3 has no. Like you get a stereo, two joystick kind of things. That's it. There's nothing else. Like there's no indicators, no stalks, no, what? Yeah, you can't indicate.
Robby:You indicate on the serial button, are you serious? Yeah, you indicate on the serial. You put it to drive on the screen. Um, and I was super impressed and I was like there's a slot for your phone and the keys on your phone and obviously electric car. They're like why are you in the ev market, sir? And I said, no, just kind of like, don't fucking talk. Yeah, if you had a petrol, I'd probably take it. Um, where is, where's your petrol range? And I've spoken to a few people because I was very, very interested. Like, after I left, I was like man, that's like, if I can make this work, um, I'm probably going to be a tesla owner if I can make this work. Um, I'm probably going to be a Tesla owner if I can make it work.
Robby:And then I left and I called a few people that I know just to discuss it with them. Get some Pete, okay, you know, I like doing that. And I called a few people and the feedback from everyone was so bad in the sense of not oh, tesla's a shit, blah, blah, blah. Oh, tesla's a shit, blah, blah, blah. Oh, you know, you hear stories of the battery catching fire. Or you hear stories of people's phone died and they couldn't get into their car, or you hear stories of they went to do a soft route or there was no. What did someone tell me a story? They're like did you hear that story about the people who were lined up at the electronic charging station for four hours because there was a big line? And I just looked and I'm like what are?
George:the odds. Can I just say, when the first petrol, when the first car came out, do you know what they were saying? Are you serious? You're going to sit on 60 litres of petrol, which is a bomb? Yeah, that's what they were saying when the first cars came out. They're like you're sitting on 50 litres of petrol which can explode at any moment.
Robby:Bit and this. This loops perfectly into what we were saying before, in the sense of we don't like change generally. We don't like everyone must tell everything. Everyone was telling me. I was looking at him and saying this is it you telling me this? Like you telling me, oh, there's not enough ev charging stations, or saying, when I see you on the side of the road I'm gonna laugh and I'm just gonna go put.
Robby:Fuel is the equivalent of a hundred years ago, someone saying, aha, your thing needs fuel. That's why the horse is better. Do you know what I mean? And that sort of thinking is what stops society from moving forward. And I was like this car is the future, whether you like it or not, it is the EV. You want to talk about hydrogen cars, whatever. I don't care, I'm not even interested in the EV side. But the way they've designed the car it's come from someone that's very forward thinking. Yeah, correct, dude, very forward thinking. You know what I mean. There's just aspects about the car where you're like dude, maintenance you don't need. It's got regenerative braking. So the car's have you ever driven one? No, I've never driven one. Oh, so when you let go of the accelerator, it brakes.
George:Yeah, I've been in there with someone and they did it and actually made me feel a bit sick when, like how they were driving with when they took their foot off the accelerator. Bad driver? Yeah, I think it might have been, I won't say. I won't say what gender they were. They were a woman, yeah well that explains everything. Current affair.
Robby:My number is 9681, calm, so yeah I was, um, I was very impressed, yeah, very, very impressed, and then very shocked by feedback I got. You know, people say some people say it's not a car. Pretty sure it's a car, pretty sure when I applied for a loan it was a car loan. Um, yeah, people were not. Um, people don't like change man.
George:It was a Harvard study, one of the very first Harvard studies ever done on human psychology, and it was. The professor was standing at the front of a room, or a sorry, a person was standing at the front of the room and he draw four lines on a piece of paper. One of those lines was different from all the from the other three lines. Okay, so let's just say he drew three lines that were 10 centimeters long. Then he drew one line that was 13 centimeters long. Visibly, you could see, one of those lines was longer than the others. In this room were paid actors. There were 40 paid actors and one person who had no idea. Everyone else was a paid actor. So, yeah, running, you understand where I'm at at the moment. Yeah, okay. So the professor then proceeded to say to everyone I want you to come up and I want you to circle which line. So come up, one by one, circle which line is different, and one by one, every single person would come up and they would select the first line being the 10 centimeter line, and then the one person that wasn't a paid actor that the experiment was based off would come up and be like oh no, it's number three. Number three is clearly longer times. By the fifth or sixth time that that person went up there, he ended up circling number one. It's because he bought into what everyone else was doing and what they were saying. They bought into that comfort, into society pressures and to fit in. We are a herd animal, we want to go with the flow. We want to not be seen to be different. Social compliance. This person, after the fifth or sixth time, said, okay, yeah, I see, number one is a little bit different compared to all the other ones. I understand that All those other people were putting him there to do that. Link it back that whole thing.
George:Why are you giving up on your dreams? Because society tells you to? Why aren't you doing things differently? Because society tells you to? Why did you stop at 150K and not go to 500? Because it was easier to do what everyone else is doing? Why did you get a job, buy a house, get a car, have four weeks holiday? That's what everyone else does. Why'd you have kids? Why'd you have kids? Why'd you get married? All these things? Because that's what life is. That's's what I have to do. You need to start thinking differently and stand out in the crowd, because the people that chose number three each and every single time, knowing that it was different or knowing that they would be different, or exiled because they were different. They're the multi-billionaires at the moment 100.
Robby:You need to question all of your beliefs because we don't question them. Do that we don't? You need to question every belief on where it came from. Why did I start thinking this? Why do I think that marriage is good or marriage is bad? Why do I think that I need to have kids or I should never have kids? Why do I think that I need to go and work? Why do I think I need to buy a house? Why? Why does everyone like you know what?
George:I mean Honestly, it's proven in this day and age, right now. Australian dream To buy a home yeah, it's American dream, australian dream, like every government does it. Yeah, it is literally going down. They're supposed to buy a home. You're investing in us. That's what it is. That's what it is. Yeah, exactly, don't put like buying a home right now. That's actually what it is. Huh, yeah, if I can just realize that.
Robby:Is it Question? Have you seen the Push? Oh, I don't think I have. Fuck. What is it? Dude? How many recommendations do I have to make on this podcast before you start taking some up? Listen, everyone. It used to be on Netflix, it's not anymore, but you need to write this down now. If you're driving, pull over Darren Brown, d-e-r-r-e-n Brown the Push.
George:Oh, is that that guy in kind of stand-up?
Robby:He's standing up on stage and he's getting people to do he has one like that on but that's not the Push. His name is Darren Brown.
George:Yeah, you told me this. Yeah, yeah, I started watching it when we were away last year sometime. The Push yeah, I was watching it on the iPad and you were showing me what he was doing. Yes, I remember.
Robby:Yeah, so it's all about social compliance and what they do is they understand that human behavior is as you said. They want to fit in with herds. They will do what everyone else is doing. So and he explains it in detail. It's an hour long, it's worth your hour and some, I promise. Otherwise, if you watch it and you don't like it, send me an email and I'll send you a musbuck. I um watch it.
Robby:It shows how much we try and fit in and then they want to use, they want to see if they can use social compliance to get someone to commit murder. Yes, I remember. Yes, it's fucking great, like so to commit murder. Yes, I remember. Yes, it's fucking great, like so good to watch. Man, it'll have you on the edge. You see, it made me want to throw up when I was like what, what is happening? Man? I can't believe they've gone this far with it. Like, really cool, really cool. Everyone should watch it because you'll understand how powerful social compliance is, yeah, and how much we feel like we need to fit in and how often we'll do things just because everyone else is doing them. Yeah, without a doubt, because it's the same. It's all actors in that. Yeah, except for one person, except for that one person, except for one person. So everyone's a professional actor. The difference is.
George:It's not picking on that one person either. That one person isn't weak, they're not influenced necessarily. Yeah, they're just another person. So some people are more socially compliant, without a doubt, but I'm saying the vast majority of people that, weren't, the paid actor would probably still end up conforming with everyone else.
Robby:So let me tell you you may have seen this, but I'll tell you one scene from it. When you see this scene, this scene will blow you away. And it's right at the start, so I'm not ruining anything, but the scene is they show you how they're going to work out, who they want to do this experiment on, and the way they do it is. People are coming in for a reality TV interview, yeah, and they walk into the room. So, yeah, cool, walk into here. And let's just say, for example, you're the first person that comes in. Yeah, cool, just walk through there.
Robby:Um, there's some people waiting in there. You can just wait in there with them and when you, when your name's called up, you can go whatever they're like. Okay, cool. So they go, they sit in this room and everyone's sitting, and then first person goes in, everyone's sitting, but the three people that are sitting in there already, or three or four people, are all actors. And then there's another person and that person hits a bell, ding, and then everyone gets up, stands up, then ding and they sit down and then the person who walks in is thinking what the fuck is going on here?
Robby:Ding up, ding down. Person looks and ding. I better get up as well. Gets up, gets down gets up.
George:So that person now. So how many times did it take that person before they stood up, stood down, Then they sent another person in.
Robby:That person says the same thing, does the same thing. An actor leaves. Another person in An actor leaves. Now you've got a room full of people no one's been instructed, and they're all going up and down to the bell and it's like these people had no instruction to do this. They're just following what they and, hey, some people went in and thought this is fucking weird and left. Yeah, do you know what I mean? That was actually cool. That person's not socially compliant. Yeah, they don't do what everyone else is doing. We need someone who does what everyone else is doing. Right, fucking cool man.
George:Really interesting experiment, isn't it? There's another one that I heard with um, um, oh, that's right, it was with fleas in a jar. Have you seen that? Yeah, yeah, so it's a very similar concept that they they put. If you put these fleas in a jar without the lid on it, the fleas will always jump out, because they can jump 500 times higher than their own height. Now, as soon as you put a lid on whatever it is, I know, write that down. Write it down, teach your kids. It's 100% correct, yeah, and accurate, as is everything we say on this podcast Always. And then the guys put a lid on the jar and the fleas could only jump up to the height of the jar. Now, as these fleas would reproduce and do all that sort of stuff, they would still be only ever to jump as high as the top of the jar. When they took that off, they could only ever jump as high as the jar because that was what their environment was allowing them to do and that's what every other future generation thereafter would do.
Robby:It's called? There's actually a term for it, it's called learned helplessness. Yeah, like you know the whole. You've heard the elephant thing. When the baby, when a baby elephant spawned, they tie it up to like a ball and it can't get out. And then it grows big Eventually. It they tie it up to like a ball and it can't get out, and then it grows big Eventually. It's got so much strength that it could rip this pig out of the ground. But because it now knows that once this thing's tied to it it can't get out, it doesn't get out, it doesn't try, yeah, and apparently it gets to the point where they just tie a rope around the leg and it's not tied to anything. The elephant will stay still.
George:Yeah, so it, I would say a rather little story on the basis of that. How can I say it in such a way that doesn't give anything away specifically? So I'm going to call it my own friendship group, but it's not, but I'm going to call it that. So recently, and again, this isn't an entirely accurate story, but it's more to prove the point so recently I've had an argument with friends, let's say, and since splitting away from those friends, I've realized how small they're playing, I realized how mediocre they are and I've realized that they're probably not as great friends as I thought they once were. And again, full disclosure. This isn't what I'm saying is not true for me. Yeah, it is for someone I know.
Robby:Yeah, and you're talking from someone else's perspective, from someone else's perspective.
George:Yeah, and I was talking about it with this person anyway and like, once they realized that you know the friends was there talking, they're like, oh, they do this, they do this. You know they're bitching, they're moaning, they're talking behind my back, and I'm like, okay, so you've separated yourself from that because they have all seen, because they were confronted with this issue, and like, oh, everyone does that, everyone does that. That's why that's how we interact, don't take it so personally. And I'm like you've just separated yourself from that group and you've said I want this standard of life. This is what I expect from a friend. This is my definition of it. I want someone that's loyal, trusting. I can talk to you, you can talk to me, you'll engage with me, I'll engage with you. It's a good transaction between us. And if you're settling here, because that's what everyone does, that's what the norm is, then again you're conforming with that society. And the advice I was giving this person is go, as hard as it might be now for you, you need to get rid of these people out of your life, because they are only ever going to drag you down. They are never going to rise to your level, they are only going to bring you down to theirs and although there may have been good, fun times in the past with these people, you need to realize and understand that they are not the people that are going to put you forward in the life that you want to live and also help you grow as an individual. And, if anything, I think they'll make you worse by being around them. As fun as they may be, in moments when things get serious or when something happens, it's not going to serve you anymore and you need to remove yourself from that equation. And when I was having this conversation with this person, I think they definitely saw it and they felt better, having removed themselves from that situation, from that environment too. And this is probably happening with. I think it's happened in my own life too.
George:When I look at people that I may have that I used to hang out with, that no longer really associate with anymore, I've said I want this level, I want this level of life, I want this level of freedom, excellence, values, everything. And if people aren't there, it doesn't mean I hate you, it doesn't mean I wish bad upon you. It just means I'm going to limit my time around you. It means I have to do things differently, because I'm not going to be the herd mentality. I'm going to be that next level of excellence, and there's nothing wrong with that no, nothing at all, nothing at all. And you should be striving for that.
George:The other thing that I was saying because you're isolated now, if you're in a group of 10 people and you're that one person and the nine other people are like what are you doing? Come out with us, let's go drinking, let's go do drugs, let's go pretend with 22 again, and you're like no, I don't want to do these things. I've got huge aspirations. I want to make $30 million this year. I want to go on the best family holidays. I want to go. I want to do this, I want to look after myself. I want to go work out every single day, do 75 hard, and I'm like come on, come on, come do this with us, come be young, come be fun. It takes guts and a lot of will and determination not to be sucked into that and, yeah, not conforming with that level of life and acceptance of how things are, especially when it's what you've known. Yes, that's what they've known the whole time, because for a long time that was fun. Yeah.
George:Some of those people don't grow up.
Robby:And just to touch on that point as well, that was fun. It was Back in the day, back then, back then, and when I look back at it it'll always be a fun memory. That's right.
George:It's not fun now, that's right, and that's what was happening with Spurs. And as a result of that I said you need to understand as hard as it is to let go of that. You're going to start to attract a whole new level of people around your circle. It may not be as many, maybe you'll only attract three people, but guess what? Those relationships are going to be impactful, meaningful, inspirational. They're going to help drive you, they're going to challenge you in a positive way, and that made that person step back and go wow, you're completely right, you are completely right. I don't need to settle for them just because that's what they want to do. I promise you. I promise you and I'm saying this to them Fast forward 10 years.
George:They're going to be in the same fucking boat. They're going to be living the same life. They're going to have the same level of happiness, the same level of insecurities, all these things that they think is normal. They're going to be living that. Meanwhile, you're going to be that person that they're going to look at and go oh, look at them, they've changed, they used to be cool. Or look at you with jealousy or spite, whatever, or maybe someone will be happy for you, who knows?
George:But they'll look at you and go oh, they left us. They're a traitor. But you in your heart of hearts will know no, this is what I wanted in my life. I wanted to achieve a better level of life, and that meant having to let go of this, not following society, not conforming, not being another sheep at the end of the day, and that's what it takes. Are you going to be the black sheep in your company, in your life, in your family? Are you going to be that person that creates that significant change that generations to come will go? Our life changed at that moment because of this person Made a decision. That's right. Because of this person Made a decision.
Robby:That's right. There's a cool on the Modern Wisdom podcast where they say when your friends come and tell you, just remember, when your old friends come and tell you that you've changed, they just don't know how to say that you've grown. You know? That's what it is you outgrow the people around you. It sounds like that person in that situation it the people around you.
George:It sounds like that person in that situation has just yeah, without a doubt, without a doubt, and that happens. Yeah, it does. And unfortunately for that person, it happened in a stressful way, in the sense that they sort of realized abruptly that these people didn't really care for them as much as they thought they did or as much as they did for them, because they were like I love you, I care for you, let me look after you kids, let me hang out, let me help you join, you need help with your business or like really going out of their way to help. But it wasn't reciprocated and it wasn't until something serious happened in their life that they were like oh, hang on, all these times that I thought that I've had your back and I thought you had mine. You never actually have, not in the way that I've expected.
George:And as upsetting as it was for them in that moment it also helped them. It was almost like a weight off their shoulders because I was like oh, okay, cool, I know you're not my people now, that was fun, but we're done, I can now go find new people, I can now go. This is where I want to be, this is who I want to hang out with. This is who I want to be associated with want to be associated with.
Robby:Yeah, I don't know who you're talking about, but in my perspective on it as well, that person needs to take responsibility, yeah, and say, okay, cool. It took me a little bit longer to work this out. It did. It took a situation to arise for me to actually notice something that was probably happening the whole time.
George:Yep, and that's exactly what it was for them. It's exactly what it does take that, without a doubt. That's how it's taken me longer for certain things. Yeah, not just in life, but business.
Robby:Like sometimes something needs to happen for you to shine the light Like you need to hear it. You know it's like you're sitting in a dark space. You need to hear a noise to shine a light over there and say, holy shit, there's a hole in the ground. Yeah, Do you know what I mean? Whereas you probably wouldn't have shined a light on that part or relationship had not an incident occurred. I couldn't agree more with that.
George:Yeah, I couldn't agree more, and more often than not, it's going to be a difficult thing that's going to make you change, unfortunately.
Robby:Well, you change for one of two reasons, right Inspiration or desperation. Yeah, that's the only thing that makes us change. You're either inspired you want more, you want to do, you know. Motivated, you're ambitious or you're fucked. Yeah, and you put in a hole. You're like holy shit, I need to get out. Yeah, like you know, I mean my back's against the wall, and some people make good moves when their back's against the wall and some people sit there and say, oh, poor me in the play victim yeah, yeah, exactly right, yeah, exactly right.
George:Uh, and you know I was thinking about this the other day as well with just going on that the difficult mindset is, I've said, the most growth I've ever seen in my life is post difficult scenarios, every single time.
Robby:That's because you fall down to do something you probably don't want to do.
George:Yeah, and I would want. I was thinking like I believe I would want my children to have difficult times in their life. Well, only because, from the perspective of I will give them, my children, to have difficult times in their life, only because, from the perspective of I will give them I want to try and teach them, or I will teach them, the skills to navigate that.
Robby:But I believe it's important for them to have difficulties. It trains you for resilience, dude. That's the whole point of doing the fucking shit you don't want to do. Yeah, you know where I live. I have cold showers every morning. Where I live now, the shower has never been cold. I really never not wanted to do it so much. Yeah, like in the sense of like it's fucking cold, dude, and the shower's open, like fairly open, so the steam's not staying in, so I get cold in there, and then I'm like I gotta go cold as well and the water's freezing cold. Then, like it's. I've never lived in a house where the water was this cold and I'm so put off doing it and I still fucking do it every single morning and I think you need to do it, dude, I know that's the truth. Yeah, I think you need to do it, dude, I know that's the truth. Yeah, I think you need to do it because it's easy to do the stuff you don't like. For you, going to the gym is not that hard. You do it. Working hard is not hard at all. Yeah, you just do it Like it's in your nature. Yeah, but go and do the stuff you don't want to do. Yeah, no, I went into a restaurant the other night and I could only eat meat.
Robby:That was all I could eat. They ordered all these sides. There was potatoes and everything, and I just didn't. They're good at potatoes. Yeah.
Robby:We should do a whole podcast on potatoes. Potato podcast Shit, potato cast, potato cast. But yeah, the whole thing around doing hard things in life is it builds resilience, it builds skill. It builds you know tenacity. It it makes you stronger. You know, when you get kicked in the face for the hundredth time, it doesn't hurt like the first time, when you've never been kicked. And you get kicked it fucking hurts. Yeah, you know what I mean. And then you learn to walk it. Yeah, you and I go take a punch to the ribs. Now it fucking hurts. A UFC fighter takes a punch to the ribs and takes it Keeps going. Yeah, he's like yeah, is that all? You got? Four of those a minute? Do you know what I mean? It's reps man. Yeah, yeah, it's is.
Robby:John Peterson says this bad stuff's going to happen. That's right. Bad stuff is going to happen in your life and you need to be strong enough to make those changes. You have to build that strength, dude, not to say that you're going to purposefully put your kids through it. Yeah, without a doubt, helping them when they are is just training them. You know, and you sort of correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like there was a part of you that wanted them to build that strength.
George:Oh, there is, without a doubt. Without a doubt, you know, my daughter at the moment is going through this little phase where she hates school and she doesn't want to go there. They say at school yeah, and I like, I understand that that's how she feels, that's fine, but you have to go to school. I'm not going to write a letter to your teacher and say you know, she doesn't like school, she's not coming today or for the rest of the year. No, you've got to persevere and you've got to go through it and understand that this is part of your journey to do this. How old is your daughter?
Robby:Seven. So I was actually talking to someone yesterday. He's got a seven-year-old daughter as well and he was telling me how his daughter was having a massive tantrum in the morning because she didn't want to go play this sport at school or something or go do this run at school or something along those lines, and he's like she was flipping out and he's like I was trying to deal with it this morning. I was like what's that? Like man, I can't even imagine what it's like sitting there negotiating with a seven-year-old.
George:This is what I love about kids. They are the best. They are so persistent in getting there in what they want. Tell us what you think. Tell a seven-year-old that, no, you can't play any video games anymore. Well, you can't do this, you can't do that. It's like the answer isn't't okay, not yeah, okay, dad, thanks, but what do you? It's no, no, come on five more minutes. Look if I they are the best negotiators okay, if I clean my room for the rest of the week, can I play for another half an hour? It's like, no, pack it up, okay, but I will. But just hear me out like they just and I love seeing that with my kids because I'm like don't give up. I like that persistence.
George:I was saying this the other day to my wife. I was like this is a good thing, they should be negotiating, because somewhere along the way, when you grow up, you stop negotiating. It's like, no, no, with what life? With life, yeah, with conditions, with anything, it becomes acceptance. It could be work, whatever it might be, it becomes acceptance. Yeah, it becomes acceptance. They're like, yeah, no, worries. So I want this is your pay, this is your pay rise. You can't have that, you can't have this. Yeah, this is your pay rise this year. We're going to give you five grand.
Robby:No, you know what was a massive lesson for me once? My cousin talking about pay and salary. I don't know where he got this from, but he's a couple of years younger than me and he got a job offer. They called him and they're like we're going to offer you I don't know 65K or whatever it was. And then he's like it's got to be a bit more than that, it's 70. And she's like like, oh well, let me call you back. And I thought this guy like you know you take the job like what are you doing anyway? She calls back within minutes okay, 70. And I was like, dude, you just turned, made 5k, like that. And then I thought it's amazing how we're taught like. No one teaches you that you can negotiate that.
George:That's what I mean. The kid gets lost as they get older. The negotiation goes away. Their determination, their drive to have that thing that they really want it gets beat out of them. So I like when they negotiate with me, even though I need them to pack up and go to bed, Like put your shoes on, we're leaving. No, I want to watch this TV show. No, I'm playing with the dog. Stop playing with the dog, Put your socks on. It's like, oh, I'll put one sock on the other one you have to do because I'm tired. They are such great negotiators. You know what. It is right. It's condition, yeah, that's right. Period of time Stop, stop, no, no, no, no, no Time.
Robby:That your life just says no to you or be to you, it doesn't allow you to have what you want, that you start to believe that you can't. Yeah, and that's why, whoever you are listening to this, you're probably sitting there saying maybe I can't make that million bucks, or maybe I can't make that thing that I want happen, or have that dream home or whatever it is. It's conditioning, it's all conditioning.
George:It's like you said once you're making $150, you'll never go back. No, but in the same token, you're probably also not thinking I'm worth $250.
Robby:No, or there's a better question how do I become worth 250? Yeah, what do I need to do to do that? What do I have to do? How, like what, someone, someone somewhere, is earning more than?
George:you doing that same role as you yeah, somewhat somewhere that's probably you know what.
Robby:Yeah, one time I read this I was working in real estate and I read this I got so upset, but it also motivated me heaps and it said there is someone out there earning more than you who's not better than you. Like who's who you are better than, yeah, and that person's earning more than you because they're doing something that you're not. And I was like you're right, like there is people out there out and I think I've did I talk to you about this once and I was like, yes, was it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think we spoke about it on the podcast actually. Yeah, and I was like people out-earning others that are not necessarily better than them. What are they doing better? Like you know what I mean.
George:And it's like you can get-. That's the thing. The hard work doesn't always necessarily Doesn't Isn't the best way to do it. No, especially if it's manual labor, like you said.
Robby:That's right putting in the reps and, whilst you do need to get those calluses and have that level of experience, it's not necessarily what's going to give you that level of success and freedom.
George:It's always what's the next step. Huh, not have heard him or seen him. Matt Armstrong, he's in the UK and he just buys crashed up cars and rebuilds them and he documents the whole journey and he gets on average two to three million views per video. So he's done quite well for himself. And he started off by fixing his girlfriend's. His girlfriend had a car accident and he ended up going okay, let me buy your car off you. He bought it off the insurer and then he just fixed it. He fixed it himself, bought the parts. So he was never been a mechanic, he just self-taught. He was cluey, read books, understood what he needed to do. He worked it out as he went. So he would go there fix all the cars. Well, he fixed his TT and then he documented the whole journey and he started to get a few more likes, a few more follows, stuff like that. Then he bought the next car. He bought an Audi RS5. Then he bought a M5. Then he bought a Bentley and the Bentley, I think, was the one that sort of took him to that next level. And then Bentley invited him over to their headquarters and did this thing with him and started to get a lot more attention. The guy's massive. Now he's fixed and owns a Murcielago I think it was a McLaren, something I can't remember what model Aston Martins he's built up to start doing prestige cars and now he's doing a Rolls Royce. Anyway, what I liked about it and I showed my kids this too I said in 2016, he started this video. He gave up everything he was doing. He was a professional BMX rider, which wasn't really paying the bills, and on the side he was working jobs and stuff like that, and he had money there just before COVID actually. So 2018, 2019, he had enough money to go buy a house and instead of buying that house, he bought the car to document this journey because he loved working on the cars and doing that sort of stuff. And when he started this journey, he had three likes on his videos and that happens at the start content before he saw the result of getting the Bentley being flown over to Bentley's headquarters wherever that is showing the car, revealing the car, selling the car, then buying the Lambo, the crash Lambo, then buying the next one, then buying the next one, fixing the next one. It took him three years before he even really got that traction. And then, after the three years to now and he's showing that journey in this video I was watching how he got to that space. And then he bought five acres in the UK dream home. He had all the cars in his driveway and he's going to extend this. This will be our new garage. We're going to film all this content.
George:He was that one person that tried something different and continued and built on from it and, as a result, is reaping the rewards because he thought about doing things differently and he risked it. He put on some risk on the line and I loved watching that story and I wanted to show my kids that. I said listen, he started with no followers. Mr Beast Very similar scenario. He was creating videos for two, three years before anyone even knew who he was and what he was doing and what he was about. He's older than me yeah, he's mid-20s or something like that and now he's cracked the algorithm. He goes. I know exactly what to say, when to say it, how to say it in order for this video to get 6 million views and what I need to do.
Robby:Yeah, he just got. He started when he was 12 or whatever, so he's got 13 years in the game.
George:That's what I mean that's what I mean. There are people out there putting in the work Like this podcast. Now we're six months in, we're six months into doing it. Oh, I don't think we've announced this. 10,000 downloads.
Robby:It's actually about the In the six months. Yeah, it's more than that. Now I haven't told you, but we recently I didn't tell you that we bought the, the YouTube tool that shows us how to, because there's tools for YouTube. Yeah, yeah, like we've taken the YouTube game to another level, you guys are in so much trouble.
George:Yeah, much so much trouble For six months right. And have we had any viral videos?
Robby:Apart from a couple of shorts now, okay.
George:When I say viral videos, has anything hit a million?
Robby:Nah.
George:Okay, yet we should give up, not a chance. You see what I mean, though. Yeah, six months, six months Every single week. We've brought your podcast every single week. My pt today asked me he goes hey, how's your podcast.
Robby:So yeah, how says that conversation? I'll get a haircut. The other day the guy's like how's the podcast? How's the podcast going? Yeah, it's good. Yeah, good, man, it's going well. We're having a lot of fun. Don't touch me. How else?
George:are we going to give you a haircut? Yeah, um. So it's like, look, you're going to look back at these six months one day when we're number one in Australia, when Joe Rogan's assistant sends us an email, says, hey, guys want to have you on the podcast. Let us know when you're available, we'll fly you out. What's? His name Joe Rogan, his assistant. Oh, no fucking idea.
Robby:I was just assuming he has one, the guy in the that's all he does. Yeah, for sure.
George:See, 200 does? Yeah for sure. 200 mil, yeah, six, exactly Whoever it is, doesn't matter. And then people will look at that Must be nice. Oh, you got invited by Joe Rogan to be on his podcast. That's nice, lucky you. Hang on. Have you listened to the 300 episodes we did leading up to the invitation? 300? Or 500? Yeah, or 1,000. We've got over leading up to the invitation.
Robby:300 or 500. Yeah, or a thousand. We've got over 200 videos on YouTube, do we really? Yeah, that's sick. Over 200.
George:That's legal. Long clips, short clips so, and that's in the space of six months, in the space of six months In the space of six months.
Robby:Someone was like to me you need to put out more videos. I was like putting the work, yeah now. That's just an example in this space. But you know, you know some people from dunna. They don't believe they can get the thing at the end. Yes, that's what it is. I don't believe they're gonna get the thing at the end and they're like why the fuck would I do this work and risk not getting it? It's also delayed gratification.
George:People want it. Now I want to film a podcast episode. I want it to be going viral day one, and if it doesn't, I'm not going to do it, because I need it to go viral for this to be worth it. Otherwise I'm not going to continue. I mean, we've said shit on the podcast. What was it the other day? Oh, we were talking about gender equality and I started off the podcast saying I'm going to start employing more women because I don't have to pay them as much as men and they're second-rate citizens, so it makes sense for me to employ more women One of our most watched trailers, by the way. Was it really because that's what I was going to say that whole, that 30 second intro? Yeah, we, when I said that, I knew we could use that as a shock, pretty sure you say that in the episode.
Robby:Oh, at the end that cap, yeah, it was after it. Oh, that's right, I was remember.
George:You say yeah use that 100, because that to me, but that could have got 10 million views and they're like oh, this guy's a pig, this guy's this, this guy's this, hang on. Did you listen to the rest of the podcast? No, well, why would I? I heard what you really think about it.
Robby:He said it to me. He's like was he joking? I'm like, well, you have to listen to the podcast. That's right, You're? I don't know.
George:I'm not sure, knowing George. Yes, no, sorry, no, he wasn't. He's dead serious. That's what he is. Yeah, but it didn't. It didn't hit 10 million views. So I'm going to stop podcasting. No, we're going to continue. This is just an example of podcasting, but sometimes it might mean you need to work for a whole year in your role, in your side hustle, in your anything, on your fitness, before you start to see results. Yeah, or you need to do the other.
Robby:like, you talk about fitness, maybe it's your food. You talk about making money, maybe it's your knowledge. Maybe you need to read 40 books this year and dedicate two hours a night to reading for you to get that, for you to then see the million dollar rate reward in a year's time. That's right. But I put that all down to belief, dude. I put that all down to if you really don't believe you can have it. Because here's the thing with beliefs they're right. If you don't believe you can, you can't. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, if you don't believe you can, you can't. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. And if you believe you can, you will. And I believe people don't do that stuff because they think what if I? You know what I mean?
Robby:Someone said to me once why would I try and make a million bucks? And I was like, why wouldn't you? He's like cause what I'd have to sacrifice it, what I'd have to sacrifice it wouldn't be worth it. And I said so you equate more pain to doing it than pleasure. Of course you're not going to do that. I'm trying. Do you know what I mean? Of course you're going to. If you have that belief. You are not only going to not do it, you're going to stop yourself from doing it. Yeah, do you know what I mean?
George:And you're going to get those same beliefs. You're going to stop yourself from doing it yeah. Get out of your own way. So true, so true. Oh no, we need the sound effect. We need the sound effects back.
Robby:We'll have to get that fired up, yeah.
George:Get out of your own way. Yeah, get out of your own way. That's the core message for today really is be that 1%, Be the 1% of the 1%, Because I deep down believe everyone wants more. Make the change. I deep down believe it. Everyone does want more.
Robby:Well, why would you not If I told you so you know what the best thing I use when people say I don't need more money and I say if you walked outside and there was a duffel bag and it had a million bucks in it, would you take it? Yeah, I'm like, why would you take something you don't need? Exactly Makes no sense. Ah, so you would take it if it didn't cost you anything. So you think that you'd have to do to get it? It's the cost outweighs the thing. Okay, so that's the problem. You just haven't worked out a good way to get it.
George:Yeah, here's a, a similar example, but something a little bit sideways. It's like you see, these people who and it's primarily women, let's put it say plus size models, right, and being um, proud of your curves. I do, dude. I was going to say Right, and I feel that when I hear people talk like that, it's an immediate cop-out. It's an immediate cop-out saying I'm proud of my curves, I'm a plus size model, no, lose weight, you're fat, yeah, and you're not putting in the effort.
George:And then to look at a size six model and say that's not beautiful yes, it is. Or because they're beautiful, yeah, or both are beautiful. Hang on, they're not. She eats a strict diet yeah, she exercises two to three times a day. Or he, yeah, right, if that's you. No, I'm saying. But there's male models too, right, they'll have six packs, they've got big shoulders and chests and everything they do. They eat well, they train two, three times a day, they do their hair, they make sure that the clothes fit them correctly, all that sort of stuff. And then here you come in with not putting that level of excellence in saying, no, no, curves are cool too, but you know what that is.
Robby:What's that? It's lowering the standard. It's lowering the standard because it's easier.
George:Yeah, it's easier to do that. I am a plus size woman. I'm a plus size man, whatever it might be. This is what we should accept as being beautiful as well. No, it's not. You are not putting in the same amount of effort as those people are. They are putting in a huge level of effort to maintain that physique, to maintain that look, to do everything they need to do. You are doing significantly less and wanting the same reward Significantly less and wanting the same praise.
Robby:Yeah and dude, it's work. The diet is work.
George:You know what I mean. This is work. This is just an example in that space, but you can apply this whole notion to anything, to anything, yeah, to every aspect of your life mental, physical, spiritual, wherever you are lacking. If you are saying I am here and that's okay, you're giving up. Yeah.
Robby:Why is it okay? Why not a bit more? Why not bit more? Why not go from level 4 to level 5? Or you know, if you're a 9, go to 10. And if you reckon you're a 10, well, go to 11. Yeah, yeah, I mean, raise the bar. Raise the bar. Should we get a top-playing? Raise the bar.
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Robby:It's all good so, like people always say they're like yeah, I'm sure 18 is enough for them to lose weight.
George:To keep them healthy, so they Potentially I mean when I'm saying plus size, 18 is enough for them to lose weight Potentially. I mean when I'm saying plus size, I'm saying not obese, not unhealthy overweight, just not at peak. That's what I'm thinking. When I say plus size model, I'm not saying like you're like, okay, Lizzo, Lizzo. You know the rapper. No, I put my hair back in my nails, I don't know. Anyway, you'll know her if you hear her song. She is, without a doubt, overweight, yeah, and she's like all about her body and pride. And you know, I'm happy within my skin. Oh, that's cool. Like to be happy within your skin. But if I said to you hey, you eat this apple when you wake up tomorrow you're going to be a size six, Would you take it A hundred percent?
Robby:I would.
George:Yeah, it's no chemicals, not genetically modified, just it's magic. It is a magic pill. Take this pill, drink this drink. Take it no negative side. This is actual magic. Magic exists. Drink this cup of. Yeah, no negative side, this is actual magic. Magic exists. Drink this cup of water and you will be a size six tomorrow. Are you going to do it? Absolutely, they would, every single fucking time. And if they don't, they're lying.
Robby:I 100% agree with you.
George:They are absolutely lying because as much as they sit there and own. Oh, this is me, I'm beautiful. This is me. You would take that healthy body in an instant. You know what that is.
Robby:It's conditioning man. Yeah, it is. They have been beat so hard by it that they've convinced themselves that they are happy with it. Yeah, I mean, they have been so defeated by this exact thing, by life, by the world, that they're like no, no, but this is good. Yeah, like this, no no but this is good, yeah, like this, no, no, this is good. And I'm not saying don't be grateful for what you have. I'm not saying that at all.
George:Without a doubt, and we're not picking on a certain body type or anything like that. We're not, but we are, we are, we are, we are 100% picking on you. Thank you for bringing me back down to earth. I can't believe I was trying to be PC. Yeah, you totally. I watched this great thing. I watched this great thing with Trump the other day. Can't wait for him to get reelected. Trump is so good and he's standing there. He's like every single woke person. Nothing good has ever come from you. You're all a disgrace and it's just like just bag, just like literally two, three liner Saying how bad they were.
Robby:And he no, I said right, he's a very smart man. He knows who his audience is, very smart and he knows that him saying something like that gets people yeah, people back him. They're like he's right, this is the guy. Yeah, very smart man. But yeah, back to um, the fat people. Um, no, seriously, dude though. Hey, you know, you know why I say that. Yeah, I'm not. Look, look, I'm probably. I'm, I'm currently overweight for what I should be. Yeah, that's the truth and awareness, you know. But you know what it is. Noticed it more now than like, don't get me wrong, I knew I was putting away, like I was well aware, but I was not so when you have it, just when you have it, don't know.
George:Yeah, for breakfast that day, guys it that day guys. To give you a bit more context, it was a pink glazed, jam-filled donut with his coffee. It was off its head. I looked at it and I was like I would eat six of those. I'm pretty sure it was like six bucks and I was shattered.
Robby:Was it really? It was like six bucks and then I ate it. That wasn't worth it. That was so worth it, man, I was going to get another one. I'll just hold the bag, that's all, just let me smell it. But yeah, look, I've noticed now how many people like I go to, like Woolies or whatever, and then I notice how many people I wait.
George:Yeah, when you start training.
Robby:Like when you're eating and then you notice how many people are just scoffing random stuff, and you look and you think, because I'm mostly tracking what I'm eating, now I'm noticing everything else.
George:Yeah, we said that in an episode a few months back. Yeah, when I went on holidays and you'll see, I noticed all the fat people Not the fat people, all the dad bods everywhere, because everyone had given up. They're like, no, I'm a dad now, I'm just going to have this body for the rest of my life.
Robby:I've got kids, I don't need to look after myself. Yeah, why? How does this Sideways?
George:Oh, good, good. So I'm fucking a current.
Robby:You're not just me. I'm curious what's your take on Current affairs coming back. Because the whole thing where my mind went was this Fat dad's body, blah, blah, blah. Okay, and then mom's same thing. But then, oh, women get pregnant. So you kind of empathize with it a little bit. But hey, how does the supermodel who has a kid get back into shape eight weeks later? Without a doubt. Without a doubt, you know what I mean. Okay, and then what's your? Take on breastfeeding in public. Take on breastfeeding in public.
George:I've got no issues with it. I reckon it's weird. Yeah, yeah, I've got. Maybe it'll change when you have kids.
Robby:You reckon.
George:Yeah, I think so. I think a lot changes when you do have kids and what isn't important to you, I've got no issues with it. If some lady wanted to breastfeed her kid, couldn't care less. If I was having dinner next to her, couldn't care less, no issues no issues.
Robby:You said there would be zero.
George:Yeah couldn't get a lot. What's your?
Robby:yeah, I think maybe when you have kids you might feel different no, I I don't think it's normal, because if a chick walked out topless, what's the difference between that and a baby sucking on her tits?
George:it's probably, it's more. I don't know what's the difference. Well, you're not actually seeing everything anyway.
Robby:No, but her breasts are exposed. What's the difference? For a split second, one second too long? What's the difference? I'm curious like tell me uh one.
George:If she's coming out topless without a child attached to it, yeah, there's probably a different reason. How about one one only, uh one only. Well, it's still a different reason as to why the one is out on purpose looking up to the movie.
Robby:Huh, she's walking off to the baby, but even then, even then I don't know, I I find it um, yeah, maybe, I'm wrong.
George:Maybe it could be a cultural thing. Do you reckon for yourself from a young age? Do you know what I mean, growing up in a muslim family? Possibly do you reckon it could be a cultural thing that's come through the years and just subconsciously, when you see that and think that.
Robby:So but yeah so I think a lot of people are conditioned because it's a big thing, like it's a whole movement. Is it really like free the nipple, like no, that's not the movement, that the movement is there, um like around, that they should be, and I I get it would be inconvenient.
George:I understand that I do, yeah, if you'd have to go sit in the car or go find somewhere to yeah because they're probably eating every few hours or whatever it might be.
Robby:Yeah, um, but yeah, I just think you should try.
George:I'm not 100 comfortable, yeah, and that's fine, and you are allowed not to be. You're not a bad person for feeling that way. I couldn't give a fuck. Yeah, exactly, but I'm just saying it's been public before. That's right. You can do that. You can feel that way, and that's the beauty about this country. We can, yeah, if we live in a good country, we can do what we want when we want.
Robby:Most of the time, yeah, but I see I don't feel like you can feel that way, because I feel like, when something is so deeply ingrained in people that if you think, if you think gays shouldn't get married, do you know what I mean? His response then was if that bothers you, something's wrong with you. Yeah, why there's something wrong with him. Not because of that, though, ah, yeah, true, other reasons. Do you get what I'm saying? Because it's so deeply ingrained in what we believe that it's almost like wait, you don't think that you Are, you normal.
George:Yeah, without a doubt. Do you not know There'd be things like that for me too?
Robby:Like wait, you don't call this a chair. Something's wrong with you. Yeah, Like that's very strange. Yeah, yeah.
George:It's like what we're talking about. You know how the them-they movements, all that sort of shit, yeah, yeah, that's deeply ingrained in me. There's only two. That my mind, I think. That's like you've got mental issues. Yeah, If there's something, there's something not right there or you're just trying to be a dick. So, yeah, there, there are things like that that are so deeply ingrained in us. And, yeah, I don't. I appreciate your point of view and others like you that have that point of view. Me personally, I just don't care. I don't know if there's plenty of think that. I don't think there probably would be. I think there's obviously enough for it to be a conversation. That's for sure, that's for sure. Anyway, very sideways I told you, Not necessarily, because it's still talking about conforming and doing what the crowd, like you know we're talking about. The vast majority of people probably don't care. In all honesty, I would think about breastfeeding in public. Yeah, but think about breastfeeding in public. Yeah, but it's very much talking.
George:Why I don't?
Robby:know, this is what I'm saying. Maybe most people have kids. That's why we need to ask these things, and not just about this, about everything, about everything.
George:That's why Like, why why?
Robby:does no one get it. It's a greater issue. Why does no one get it? Why does everyone think it should happen? Or why do people think it shouldn't Like? Why do I think it shouldn't yeah? Or why does it bother me, or why doesn't it bother you? Do you know what I mean? And just probing a little bit, yeah, Say okay. Why is this that way?
George:Yeah, it's an interesting concept as far as not just that just asking the questions. Ask yourself the question, okay, so let's get some takeaways from this episode. Yeah, okay, ask yourself the question why? Why don't you have the things that you want in your life right now? Why are you doing everything that everyone else is doing? Why are you stuck in the same job? Why are you stuck in that relationship? Why are you have the shit body? Why do you live in the area? Why do you live in the area? Why do you live in the area? Why do you live in the area? Why are you not spiritually connected? Why do you make as much money as you do? Yeah, you could be making $20 million right now. Why aren't you making $100? Why are you just going through the motions?
Robby:So ask yourself, challenge yourself, because it'll give you more purpose, more drive, more meaning in your life and you will feel more fulfilled.
George:Someone's life is going to fall, apart from asking you why, but you know what it does and hopefully you bounce back from that when you hit that rock bottom, because that's what you want to be doing. Okay, great episode, as always. Never a dull moment, never. Many of you are listening, but are you subscribed? That is the question I have. You're not. Are you subscribed? Have you clicked that button and said? You know what I want to subscribe? I'm going to hit the bell next to it. I want to get all the notifications. I want to put it in my favorites and I'm going to send it to my mom. It was mother's day the other day. This is a late. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Yeah, the gift that keeps on giving.
George:Yeah, the gift that keeps on giving. Share this with a friend. Yeah.
Robby:And then they get a new episode every week, every Wednesday. How good. 5 am, 5 am, is it? Yeah, that's awesome. That's awesome Just from time to the workout 5 am every Wednesday. So, no matter how early you wake up, the episode's there. It's there, ready for you, ready to roll.
George:Thanks very much for joining us today, guys, cannot wait for you to tune in next week.
Robby:Awesome. Thanks, guys, see you later.