Million Dollar Days
Welcome to Million Dollar Days with Robby Choucair & George Passas. Your go-to podcast for a deep dive into the world of Life and Business Mastery.
Join hosts Robby Choucair and George Passas, a dynamic marketer and a seasoned Entrepreneur, as they navigate through an array of intriguing topics ranging from the everyday to the extraordinary.
Robby brings his marketing expertise to the table, offering insights into the latest strategies and trends. George, with his extensive experience in business, provides a grounded, practical perspective. Together, they explore everything from the feasibility of alien existence to effective goal setting, and even the nuances of religion.
Million Dollar Days is not just about business acumen; it's an exploration of life's many facets, wrapped up in conversations that are as enlightening as they are entertaining.
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Million Dollar Days
Winning at Life: The Power of Consistency and Commitment
What does it take to truly succeed in life and business? In this episode, Robby and George discuss the transformative power of consistency and commitment, using the example of completing the 75 Hard challenge. This mental and physical endurance test isn’t just about fitness—it’s about proving to yourself that you can stick to a goal, no matter what life throws at you.
Discover how a single dismissive comment can ruin potential deals and why companies like Apple and American Express are masters of customer service. We explore the common pitfalls that skilled craftsmen face when transitioning from technical roles to business management. Through real-life examples and rich discussions, we emphasize the need for continuous learning and the gap between technical expertise and business acumen. We also reveal the crucial elements that help businesses scale to seven-figure turnovers.
If you’re on the path to success, this episode will help you reflect on the sacrifices you’re making and whether they align with your long-term vision. Robby and George offer strategies to ensure that your sacrifices are meaningful and contribute positively to your journey. Tune in to understand the true cost of success and how to navigate it without losing sight of what’s truly important.
You know what I've noticed lately. What's that? That businesses suck balls, dude. So there's a story, let me explain. So I finished 75 hard.
Speaker 2:Congratulations. Thank you. That's actually you know what Significant achievement. Significant achievement. Not many people will get that far Easy work.
Speaker 1:Easy, yeah, nah, you know what. You know what it was. I knew it was done from day one. Yeah, like there was never a doubt in my mind, like if at one point people were like, dude, you moody as man, you should, maybe you should stop this thing. And I'm like, I'm not stopping, like I will, I'll might end up killing a few people. I'm not stopping, I mean like I am so committed.
Speaker 2:I hope they serve meat in jail yeah, that's it, yeah, that's it at least you get your workouts in easy enough yeah plenty of pages to read, reading what else do I have to do?
Speaker 1:I don't remember two workouts reading water. That'd be tough, but 50-75 hard. And do you know what I was looking forward to the most Donuts. No, still haven't had a donut. Should get a donut Bark. I'd love a donut.
Speaker 2:But looking forward to not having to cook anymore. Yeah, you want to. You can't wait to get your first Uber.
Speaker 1:Dude, I can't like. I cooked so much throughout this whole thing that I'm like I'm done.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you'd either become a fan of it and just be like.
Speaker 1:No, this is the worst thing ever. There isn't. No one can convince me, unless you like cooking. If you like it, yeah, put on, you do what you want. But if you don't like it and you're trying to convince me that a you save money or b it's worth cooking so you can have a fresh meal, idiot, what about, hella, fresh?
Speaker 3:it's the same thing. You can have a fresh meal, idiot. What about HelloFresh?
Speaker 1:It's the same thing. You're just not buying the ingredients.
Speaker 3:But you get the recipe and it's way easier to do it.
Speaker 1:Nah, I did a HelloFresh during COVID. Yeah, because it was like We've done it a few times, we had nothing to do. Yeah Right, you'll never come into me, cooking is the thing to do. But you'll never go into cooking is the thing to do. But here we are. So I was like, okay, I'm going to sign up to this thing. And I almost signed up to this thing called Fed I don't know if you've seen it. It's like pre-packed meals. It was like 20 bucks a meal. I was like, okay, that's not bad, like 20 bucks a meal. But I didn't sign up because I made it really complicated. So I was like complicated, can't get my order for two weeks, and it's like minimum one month ongoing subscription gonna charge me weekly, blah, blah. And I'm like like, make it easy, man yeah, do you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Like let me put the order in. If I want to put another one in, I will like if the food is that good, I'll put another one in. Yeah, you don't have to trap me in, so I didn't order it because we're going away and then. So then order that. So I was talking to someone and then he's like you know what, you're right, and he goes if you had a personal chef, you would never cook. And I thought you're right Like even the people who claim I like cooking like you would never cook. If you had a personal chef, you would not cook.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was saying that the other day to my wife, saying it's not as far fetched as you might think to have a personal chef.
Speaker 1:Dude, I called one. Oh, dude, I called one. Oh, did you? Yeah, so let's do this. So I jumped on google. So I googled personal chef, being personally, this might be biased, but if you run ads, I tend to think you're smart. Do you know what I mean? I think, if you're running ads, like you have some level of understanding of business yeah, do you know what I mean? Like you have someone that you're investing in marketing. Yeah, you're not a complete goose. Yeah, maybe it's biased, but to me it's like if you are running ads, you have some understanding of business.
Speaker 2:Yeah, how many people? And you've seen this firsthand. You stand in front of a room of 100 people, which you end up if you're running ads right now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what's the percentage? Like it'd be, you'd be like. I count them on one hand yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 5% Less. Sometimes, yeah, it's less, and it's like, guys, there's your biggest opportunity in this world, just to get ahead of everyone else.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I'm not biased. No, no, 100%. Yeah, because when I see someone running ads, I'm like you know why?
Speaker 2:though people don't do it, it's because it hurts before it gets good. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, exactly, they've got to put money on the line before they go. Okay, yeah, this is sick.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it's called paid ads. Yeah, it's not called borrow money ads. Yeah, exactly, do you know what I mean? You have to pay for it, yeah. So I see an ad, I click it, I inquire the chef. The chef, yeah, I inquire. Hey, blah, blah, blah. Fill in the inquiry form. I'm interested in getting some meals cooked. Blah, blah, blah. And then I get an email. Hey, mate, depending on what you're after, prices can vary. Can we jump on a call? Yeah, sure, okay, cool, what time suits tomorrow? Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, can we do 3.30? Okay, done. So next day comes around. I put 3.30 in my calendar Again, surprising to call me at 3.30. So, listen, listen. So 3.30 comes around. Phone does a ring. I'm working and I'm thinking the phone's gonna ring. Phone does a ring 3.40. Phone does a ring 3.50. Nothing. Phone does it ring. Rate 50, nothing. Does this thing do not disturb?
Speaker 2:oh shit probably had a? Um, what am I recording one? Ah, it's alright, we can keep talking, we'll roll with it um rate 50.
Speaker 1:Nothing, I'm thinking my phone, do not disturb. Hmm, no, it's not okay. 4, 4, 10 and I, I've only forgotten about the call, yeah well, how shit's that?
Speaker 2:so mistakes happen. You give benefit of the doubt once sorry.
Speaker 1:I get an email 420. Hey, mate, are we still on? Yeah, I was waiting for you to call me. I replied oh, I don't have your number. So I just looked and I thought this person's retired people are sleeping, listen. So I left it. I was like put it like, I'm not even gonna try, like I don't have your number, ask for a number. Do you know what I mean? It says sales, could you? I'm gonna call you. Yeah, you're gonna book in front. I'm gonna call you like you're, you're selling to me. So then, 10 minutes later, I get another email what's your contact number? And I'm like okay, so I send my contact number. My phone rings hello, hey mate, blah blah blah. Sorry about that. No, it's all right, no, worries.
Speaker 1:At this point I'm already thinking this guy's weird, yeah. And then he's like so what are you looking for? Blah, blah, blah, tell me a little bit about why, like, why do you want a personal chef? I said dude, I want to cook. I, what are you looking for? Blah, blah, blah, tell me a little bit about why, like, why do you want a personal chef? And I said dude, I want to cook, I want to cook blah, blah, blah. He's like okay, cool. And then he's like how many meals do you want a week? I said what do you? What do you recommend? He has you on five. I said you know, five meals, five dinners. That should be fine, and then I'll work out the rest. He's like okay, cool, um, so, so it's going to be roughly. This call-out fee is going to be roughly $4.50 and we've got a special for the month of July 10% off. $4.50? That's nice, dude. So I said $4.50 and you got a special for July. It's 10% off. Yeah, he's like so it'll be $4.10 or whatever.
Speaker 1:So I'm like so that includes food. No, you got to buy the food, so food, groceries on top. So I'm like, okay, all 10 a month. Is it a Michelin chef? No, it's supposed to be good food. And it was like 410 a month. And he's like no, a week.
Speaker 1:And I was like and how much do I need to spend on groceries? And I was like so it's going to be $450 normally and $150, so it's going to cost me $600, and I'm going to get five mils. And he's like, yeah. And I was like it's $120 a mil. He's like yeah, and I'm like I don't see value in that. He's like well, this is not for everyone, bud, some people can't afford it. And I'm like what Dude listen, shut, what dude listen, shut the fuck like. You know what I mean. And then I'm like and then I'm like this just why would I pay 120 bucks? Why would that's just seem silly. I'd rather order uber eats every night. You know what I mean? Like that's gonna be, it's gonna cost less.
Speaker 1:And then I'm like so how do people normally make this work? He's like oh, some people do it and they get 10 mils. I said oh, so how much is 10 mils like? Maybe this will work out if I get. How much is 10 mils Like? Maybe this will work out if I get 10 mils? How much is 10 mils? Same price. So you had to double it. No, same price. Yeah. And I'm like wait, what do you mean? He's like yeah, so 10 mils. I said so, if I did 10 mils, it would still be 600. He goes yeah, I said so. If are you dumb? Like are you? Are you? Why did you? Don't open? How like? It's all good, man, I'm good, don't worry about it. Um, yeah, all good, thanks. And I got off the phone and I was just thinking how shit are people at business? Yeah dude.
Speaker 2:It's okay, this is the thing. Right, this guy could be a really good chef. He he could be a fantastic chef. He could be really good at what he does. He's an idiot. Yeah, it just comes down to that level of education. When did he ever get taught how to sell? At school? He probably never got taught that. He would have gone out and gotten his apprenticeship or, I dare say, become a chef, be really good at it probably worth the money, maybe.
Speaker 1:And if you're really fucking good at your job, dude, you can charge. You know what? I'm sorry. There is no meal that I'm going to pay 120 bucks for a microwave three days later yeah, I get what you're saying from that.
Speaker 2:There's no value. I'm a big value person.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 120 bucks you better be there, yeah, but but I want to feed it to me. There's no, so the meals got delivered to you. No, he would come cook him in your kitchen and then put them in your fridge and then. So you got five meals, but that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Imagine cooking he wasn't eating it five days later. I think I've missed out, I've missed. I'm thinking he's coming every single day.
Speaker 3:No, and cooking for you fresh, like straight from fry pan to table.
Speaker 1:That would be. I'd say you know what, what I can see, that's what I thought it was. Yeah, no, no, no. You can't cook them all at once and put them into containers, put in your fridge. Oh, that's silly I'm an idiot.
Speaker 2:That's silly. Yeah, yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:But aside from that, let's let's get over that part of it. I was dude. I was so upset. I was like dude. This was two days ago.
Speaker 2:yeah, aside from that aspect of it, I think, yeah, he just hasn't grasped what he needs to do to actually make sales in this space, to make it feasible, because he could probably have 400 clients. Instead, he just gets that one somewhat wealthy person. That is just man, just sort it out for me, I can't be bothered. Here's your money. He probably gets that every now and then. Instead, he could really make something of it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, maybe the guy was a douche. Oh, this isn't for everyone.
Speaker 2:Some people can't afford it as soon as you say that you've lost your client, You're bagging your client in a way that's not advantageous to you.
Speaker 1:Zero advantage. You're breaking rapport. Even if I couldn't afford it, even if I was flat broken, I was way out of my budget. It's not a nice thing to say, dude. Who are you to talk to me like that? A client, a potential client, I almost wanted to buy it and then not let him in the house, like here, take the money I can afford anything, just because I get shitty people like that? Yeah, I know. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, and then I just thought I was having a conversation with someone about it. I was explaining the story to them and businesses are not that great. How many businesses do you go to these days and say this service is amazing? How many? What Businesses do you go to these days and say the service here is amazing?
Speaker 2:I mean, I'm thinking about it so obviously Can you name?
Speaker 1:one. Yeah, I can name one, amex yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, apple. Yeah, when you walk into an Apple store, I think their service there is pretty good. Yeah, they know who you are. Yeah, they know everything about the product. Yeah, you walk into an apple store and they don't know something about the product. Do you know what I mean? They know everything. Everyone's happy. Yeah, like they have that perception. There's literally 100 people in there working. So, yeah, I think apple is probably one of those ones. Amex is sure amex.
Speaker 1:Every single time I've called them dude.
Speaker 2:They help you. Yeah, the other day I had I was going through my amex and I saw a transaction there for 518 dollars and I was looking for all the invoices. I'm like what the hell is this?
Speaker 2:that's the worst feeling, man, but yeah uh, it just annoys me when I don't have the invoice. I don't know what it is. I'm like looking at what is this? And then I see the website, I'm, I see the company name, I google it. I I'm like what the fuck? It was some furniture place in America. I'm like I've never bought anything from here. And it was on my card. It wasn't on one of my employees' cards, it was mine. I'm like I've not been here in the last 30 days and I caught a message. I sent it online. It said don't recognize this, Don't know what it is, blah, blah, blah. And two days later they're like yep, no worries, Refunding the money.
Speaker 1:Oh, you didn't refund all the walls.
Speaker 2:No, there was a charge. Someone charged my card and they shouldn't have 518. $518. 518. I sent it to them. I said I've never made this transaction, I've never purchased from this company. Amy, it's really good like that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Like you call them. You say, hey, what's this about? Oh, sorry, sorry, no worries.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's infinite. Did I solve your problem Like you did? Yeah. This is sick, that's it, but you can't say that about every business.
Speaker 2:No, but that goes to show why so many businesses go broke, doesn't it? Think about it. So many businesses go broke in every industry industry. It's because those people are not trained. They're really good at their craft is what I've found. They're good at what they do, but that skill that they have obtained over the years of them working for someone or studying aren't the skills that they need to grow their business, aren't the skills they need to be successful in business. You need a new set of skills. You need to forget what you've learned. That was great for you back then. Now you've got to go okay, what's this, what's this? How do I do this? How do I do that?
Speaker 2:And for me, it's very evident in what I do when I'm coaching and mentoring builders, because 90% of the builders I speak to are technically guns Like. They are really great craftsmen. Do you know what I mean? They can genuinely build a fantastic product with their two hands, run a construction company and they fall to pieces. Yeah, I've had so many arguments with tradies, particularly carpenters, right, well, builders, sorry, carpenters turned builders. Yeah, no one can manage quality like I can when I'm on the tools Dude.
Speaker 1:That's right, I do that with the, the tools Dude. That's right. I do that for the rest of your life, that's right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's like, mate, you're telling me it can't be done, when I do it every single day. How do I build an $8 million home and I don't pick up a hammer? And it's better than anything you've ever built in your life. How.
Speaker 2:I don't get the same customer service. Yes, they get better Playing a different game. They get better that's right Playing a different game and it comes down to well, really, they're not getting out of their own way, but they stop self, they stop educating. They don't realize that what I just said, those skills are not what you need in business. They're not what you need to grow, to be successful, to build relationships, all that sort of stuff. Those skills, it's like me saying you know, I used to be really good at Lego when I was a kid, so I'm going to use that when I go build a house. They're two different skills. Like I don't need that anymore.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I was talking with a mentor this morning you did and he was telling me, apparently, with those recent stats released, do you know how many businesses actually get seven figures Like make a million dollars in turnover not profit?
Speaker 2:A million dollars. That's quite low, it's not much. I think yeah, Do you?
Speaker 1:know how many businesses get to a million bucks? No, two percent, wow. Do you know how many get to?
Speaker 2:Eight figures. I heard it was one, it's 0.2. Wow, I thought it was less. I thought it was one. Sorry, I thought it was more. I thought it was 1% and I thought that was fuck all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 0.2. I haven't don't quote me on these figures, I'm just re-quoting someone else.
Speaker 2:If wrong, blame him, deal with it, but they'd be close. But businesses suck, dude, it's. Look, it's not easy, it's not actually you know what? Hey, maybe I'll take that back, like, let's take that back, dude. Yeah, I think it can be easy. I think when you start winning it's easy. Yeah, it's not that. Yeah, like also, it's not. Once you crack it, once you get that thing, and it's just like bang whoa, I know what's going on here. I just keep winning, I just keep winning, I just keep winning.
Speaker 1:It's like momentum.
Speaker 2:Yeah, who was it? Adrian Portelli. The other day I sent you that photo of him and a couple of posts later he had 100 million Amex points. All right, 100 million Amex points. So it just goes to show it's like the more success you get, the easier things also become too All right, because he's using his Amex to do whatever deals he's going to do and then he also gets all the benefits associated with that, so he could probably fly around the world however he wants, do whatever he wants. That to him is in a fart in the wind, yeah, but I'm just saying the game keeps getting the bigger and more successful you get, the game gets easier to win.
Speaker 1:It's a different game you play when you're doing five mil. It's easier to grow from that than it is to go from zero to 500. Yeah, I agree, because you have leverage, you have resources, you have you know what I mean Credibility.
Speaker 2:You get more trust in your industry, like you get more trust in your space. You can hire three people.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, pull that trigger and be like cool, let's build that arm of the business. Yeah, man.
Speaker 2:I say that as a sales process when I'm dealing with my clients. It's like you don't get me when you're building your house. You get my whole team. You get a team of people building a home. You don't get me in a tool bag. You get people there that will have. You get a dedicated site supervisor. You get a dedicated administrator. You got the office. You got this, you got this, you got this, you got this, you got this. Like everyone is building your house, not just one person, and people feel comfortable with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we get the whole party yeah.
Speaker 2:And it's a lot of business to suck man, it could also be a little bit of arrogance in that regard too, with that guy, yeah, but also the business owners. That's stupid Also the business owners. That guy sucked too, like I said, because no one can build a better house than me. I'm never going to get off the tools. I give the best customer service. They think that they are the best in their own little circle, in their own little world, and again they may be one of the best craftsmen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that guy could have been a gunship Really good. Yeah, that's right, you just yeah, that guy could have been a gun chef Really good. Yeah, he knows how to talk to people, that's right. But like you just booked a call with someone, like you just booked a call via email, like you didn't call, yeah, or email instantly.
Speaker 2:Was it a Zoom meeting? Yeah, like you think you would have something set up to communicate with that person.
Speaker 1:Nothing and waited almost an hour. Yeah To yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:That's the other thing. I had a look. I think the common denominator is people. They can just be shit. I was interviewing for a job the other day Not me interviewing, I was interviewing people for a role at my business.
Speaker 2:You weren't going for a new job. So they were interviewing and I was interviewing I don't know half a dozen people, whatever it was, and had a scheduled appointment with someone. It was a Zoom meeting. They didn't rock up to the meeting, nothing. I waited five minutes and then I hung up and I thought that was a long time.
Speaker 1:Five minutes is fair. Yeah, yeah, you've never met them. And then they show up in five minutes If you know them. Yeah, you've never met him, never met him.
Speaker 2:And then a job in five minutes, yeah, if you know him, yeah, you send a text, hey still coming, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's different if it's a regular appointment or client or whatever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like I might be running late.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, that shit happens, that's fine. But this was something like for me if I good everything, good opportunity to work with me and the team, I would be on the meeting five minutes early. Well, yeah, you should be. I'd be ready and raring to go, not okay? 3 o'clock bang, let's turn. Let's open Zoom up now so I get in there at 3.02. Already, you're late.
Speaker 1:Already you lost. And then they send you a message saying sorry, zoom's up 30. And then they send you a message saying sorry, Zoom's updating. Yeah, who's false out? Yeah, that's right. Be prepared, people aren't equipped.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's actually the best way to put it. Yeah, they're not equipped.
Speaker 1:They're not equipped Because, like you, just you don't go to many. I don't know, maybe I've just noticed it more since I've been in business A hundred percent. You would. You go into places and you're like this sucks. Like you know what I mean. This is not. This is you could improve the value people feel like they're getting by simply doing something different. Like do you know what I mean? Like the I can't remember. I mean, like the I can't remember who was saying this Something along the lines of, okay, going to the restaurant, we take over a restaurant. How often do we ask people if they have food? Do we introduce ourselves? Do we go back once they've gotten their meals within seven minutes to say, hey, how's the food? Like you know what I mean? And putting in those processes that don't have A monetary exchange.
Speaker 1:There's no extra cost for you to do that and the person on the other side feels like they're getting more value. Yeah, do you know what I mean that guy. If he was sales trained he probably would have got me 60 bucks a meal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're considering it then, yeah, but because he didn't even know how to explain to me that, hey, man, if you do 10, it'll be worth it. Yeah, is to me that, hey, man, if you do 10, it'll be worth it. Yeah, you had to come up with that, yeah, I had to. And then I thought this guy's an idiot.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, did you say. So what is it if you got 30? At that point, and 40?
Speaker 1:And 50?, Get off the phone. Yeah, I was like all right, cool man Cool.
Speaker 2:I'll give you a call. What was I going to say with that now, about them not being equipped?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a lack of human skill, human understanding. But I feel like two things with that One. I think we could all look into our businesses and say where am I missing something?
Speaker 2:Well, that's what I was going to say Exactly. I just shrugged my memory. I've just picked it up. Here's the thing. Right, you see how bad everyone else is around you. You don't need to improve by 200%, you just have to do an extra five.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you only have to be that's right, it's not that hard to beat everyone it. Yeah, you only have to be that's right, it's not that hard to beat everyone.
Speaker 2:It's not that hard. Most people suck. That's right, that's right. So if you're listening to this now and you do have a business and you do have future aspirations in anything that you're doing right now, could be you just could be an 18-year-old and you want to try and you want to be captain of the football team? All right, I guarantee you, most of your teammates are probably playing PS5 right now.
Speaker 2:Go for a jog, yeah. Go kick the footy. Don't go Do a leadership course. Go have the conversation with your coach. Say listen, coach, I'm ready to take up a more senior role. Now, if that's captain, vice captain, team leader, whatever you want it to be, I just want you to know that I'm here, ready to put my hand up, Take the initiative. If a kid ever said that to me, I'd be like cool, let's give you a shot. Dana White said this he goes. If you want to win at life, you just have to be a little bit savage. He goes. The ones that are savage in this life are going to win. They're going to get anything that they want because they're willing to work that little bit harder than everyone else. So, if you've got a business, if you've got anything that you want to achieve right now. Understand that your advantage over the rest of your competition is your ability to work a little bit harder, work a little bit smarter.
Speaker 1:Yeah, get the basics right. Yeah, everyone's trying to invent the new thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the new Uber and the new fucking Netflix or whatever it is. Oh, this is going to crush it. What's your USP?
Speaker 1:Yeah, what's your USP? What's that Unique selling purpose? Everybody's trying to be so different and it's like everyone else sucks. Dude, yeah, like, just do the you know most people just want. Have you ever you know what's hard to find Good cleaner? I think I've got one gone too, do you? Yeah, we'll swap, although obviously it's better. Dude, I'm telling you, have you ever had a bad cleaner? Yeah, there is nothing worse than paying for a clean and coming home and the house isn't quite extremely clean nothing, I do it.
Speaker 2:Well, I do it when I, when I'm handing over a project we do, builder cleans oh, that's a full-on clean, proper clean, yeah, but it's still like, if I walk through the house, a brand new house you're about to hand over and it's fucking 30. Of course yeah, you need to do that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:But you know, I've got my office, so my office gets cleaned weekly. Yeah. And I'm like there's a couple of little things there. I'm like, oi, come on, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:I get it's in and out job, but no dude, I've got a Vietnamese lady, yeah, and she comes in with like five Asians yeah, I'm bad of a white man. Yeah, same I'll go. I mean, just smash that. The first time I used her I went to like a top shop. Let me see, yeah, nice man, how good that moved some shit, huh.
Speaker 2:The cleaner I used. I actually used her. I used to have an Airbnb, an apartment in the city and I used to Airbnb it out and she used to go in there and clean it and all that stuff. Really good Was it At the time? Yeah, killed it. Now not so much. Well, I haven't done it for a very long time. But what happened? This is when Airbnb sort of just started. It was a year or so in, and what I first did it yeah, now everyone's doing it.
Speaker 2:But back then I had an look. I'll give you an example. I had a two-bedder apartment in the city over facing the casino, like really cool, really cool little place. Uh, it would get 600 bucks a week back then in rent, just for rent. And so let's just say that's what, 24, 25 grand a year, something like that. When I was airbnb'ing the apartment it got 60 to 70 000 a year. Sick, it was no brainer. Yeah, did that for a couple years and sold it. Um, but yeah, it was.
Speaker 2:She was my cleaner back then. Now she cleans my office and then. But the connection she made with me, right, I introduced her to my sister-in-law who has a real estate company. She does all her vacate cleans. She does some of my builder cleans. So now she's gone from she was just herself and her husband and then she's got, like you were saying, a whole team of people and so busy just cleaning up. Well, with her I think she was definitely working hard at the time, that's for sure she was working hard. And then she took that opportunity too and she worked on that relationship with that connection. I think that's another really important thing in business. You need to have good relationships. Yeah, Like if this person was relating to you and had been trying to build rapport and a relationship, like he broke rapport when he said, oh, you can't afford it, build rapport and a relationship.
Speaker 1:Like he broke rapport when he said, oh, you can't afford it. Yeah, he was pretty much like not for everyone. You could have said that a different way. You could have said that a thousand different ways.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what's your budget? Yeah, or even just go okay. Look, I understand that's not for everyone, but we do have other packages which could be more tailored to your needs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, okay, what are they? But hold on food in your fridge, not for what you just said. Yeah, I was like dude. That's insane. Yeah, I'd rather go-. You're not going to cook it for me every day, I'd rather go to Squire's Loft every night.
Speaker 2:Yeah, why would you not? Yeah, you're going to pay $60 for a steak. $60 for a steak? Yeah, it's going to be cooked the way I want it.
Speaker 1:It 120 bucks. Yeah, silly, yeah. And then he's responsible. It's like he got defensive. Yeah, he did 100% of it, but that's just his own insecurities cost him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's right, but again, that's how a trained salesperson will use that.
Speaker 1:Surely I'm not the first person to give him that objection. You know what I mean. Like there's no way in the world Unless I'm the first person to ever ask for five but he put five to me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was like you led me down a trap. I'm flipping out that he's not cooking it every single night for you. These are packed meals. That's what I'm flipping out. He would come cook once. Yeah, that's that's nothing.
Speaker 1:he's like you need to have Tupperware to put it in. He didn't say Tupperware, he said container Like the plastic stuff.
Speaker 2:Whatever you lost me at fucking. How does one of your bucks come here?
Speaker 1:You lost me at what's your number. That's right, I've been on the phone an hour ago.
Speaker 2:All right, okay. So there's people out there that, like Hormozy's massive on having one business and being really good at that business, dominating at that business yeah. And then you have other people who Like me, with him, yeah, I tend to agree with you and him. I think he's right, dude.
Speaker 1:I believe so too. Trying to play in 20 different industries is not viable, I agree.
Speaker 2:I don't think going out there and say, look, I'm going to crush it and build an empire Do you know what I mean? And go down that path. I don't think that that's honestly. I think you're stretching yourself too thin.
Speaker 1:Who was it? Who was it that said even maybe, or was he maybe someone else, I think, maybe Jimmy Carr said this, and they said how arrogant are you to think that you can do three different things and I'm going to do this one thing and you're going to beat me? Yeah, true, like how arrogant are you to think that you can do two other things as well and still be better than me at this one thing? That that's all I'm doing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, it makes complete sense. You want to win at that game, do the best of that game. Yeah, I mean that's right, like Usain Bolt didn't do the 100 meter sprint and then jump in the pool see what I mean. Yeah, like paper guns maybe you could have it's pretty quick it'd be a good singer, for sure you'd want you'd be a good singer, probably.
Speaker 2:But yeah, that's what I mean. You, and I even think about that myself. Do I stretch myself too thin sometimes? Uh, and I've got the've got the two core businesses. Anyway, we're doing the building company and then the events, and then the training and the coaching and mentoring. And, to be honest with you, there's been times where I've looked at it and gone, fuck, I don't have enough hours in the day, like next few weeks it's cooked. Yeah, next few weeks it's going to be cooked.
Speaker 2:But again, it's also forcing me to do other things in my business, like the things in my business, like putting on a GM. That for me, I kind of feel that the fact that I've got that second business is forcing me to put on a GM at my contraction company. And if I didn't have that second business growing, I don't know if I would have put the GM on At this stage. Anyway, I'll probably just like, no, no, I'll just do it myself, I'll just keep being the managing director and keep growing the business. But I feel that I would fall into that trap too, that I'm just going to keep working hard and I do, I work very hard. And would I fall into that trap.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I kind of feel that the second business has helped me level up in that instance and it's very similar in the sense like it's not a business of I've got my construction business and then the mentoring business is mentoring florists. Do you know what I mean? I'm in the construction space. Still, they're related in the sense that the proof of stake is in my construction business of what I'm teaching and I say, look, I do it here every single day, you can do it too, and I've got the time to leave my business because I've got a team there to do stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I'll show you how to do that too, and that's the other thing that now is going to give me another level of credibility, as I say hey, guess what? My business is under management.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You think I'm here to fuck around. Guess whose business is worth more, mine or yours. And that's not because we're turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, it's because worth more as a result of that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's more valuable as an investment that's right People can buy it as running.
Speaker 2:That's right. Someone could come in, metricon could go. Hey, you know what? We need a luxury arm to our business because we don't have that PASCON.
Speaker 2:Oh great, I see you're doing some sick shit just cash bagging me at the doll's, I don't know so yeah, I do feel that, but I tend to agree with you, because there's a lot of people out there that and we've got friends like that too they've got 10 businesses. What the fuck are you doing, bro? Yeah, and it's not 10 businesses like 10 restaurants, it's right. It's 10 different. It's like I've I've got a pottery business, I've got a marketing business, I've got a whatever a landscape business. It's like, dude, I've got general managers in all of them. I'm just managing my portfolio.
Speaker 2:You know what's really what's a really good Sorry to interrupt because it just reminded me then, because Omazio actually said that too. He goes at the end of the day, like people say, you've got to do what you love. He goes, business becomes what you love at the end of the day, because you kind of move away from your profession. You're no longer the builder, you're no longer the marketer yeah, you're not the artist anymore. You're not the artist, no, you're the business person. So really you're kind of in the business game. You're not in that profession, field, field. So you could argue to a degree that yeah, all those other businesses, they're just a business and you are a business person. You could say that to her yeah, yeah, but okay like me and you are in partnership on a business.
Speaker 2:I, when we, when I spoke to you about that, I said from day one hey look, I can't do much in this business. Yeah, like I can't pick up the, the tools and help you out, in the sense of I'm not going to drive it. You're driving and can you do that. You're like yes, sweet, absolutely. I said cool, I'll give you the financial support, I'll give you this, we'll do this. We have meetings every week but I just at the moment don't have the time. But if you called me up and said hey, I need you to make six phone calls today to do this, this is it let's go and I've done that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think I fucked it up too. Yeah, um, but no, I could do that if you needed me, or if you said I think he calls me up to say I need you to hold the light for me whilst I film yeah, no worries, dude. Yeah, oh, you're like you yelled no uh you yelled a lot, edited my first video the other day. It's gone viral.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's fucking jealous yeah, he's, he's spewing um. Touching on what you said as well, I think everyone deep down. There's so many things you need to do in your business. Yeah, there are so many different things. Like you want to really get your business right, like you want to really operate at the highest level. There is so much you need to be doing in your business that you don't do because you don't let yourself think about it, because it's a time consuming factor, or hard, yeah, or the other thing, the shiny object. You know what I mean? Yeah, like a shiny object syndrome, you're like, oh, but you know that new, that Dude, most entrepreneurs are like have some level of, you know, adhd or something, and they like they all get attracted to the new business.
Speaker 2:I was like that, me too. I was like that. When my second business started, my consulting business, it took off overnight, yeah all of a sudden, it's like this is sick.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's not so sick. Yeah, it was cool to start. Now it's just the same thing. But this is something I heard on a YouTube video and he goes as you get into business, you get new opportunities coming your way. As you get bigger, as you get better, as you start to make more money, as you grow your businesses, new opportunities come your way. And he calls them the girl in the red dress. Yes, in the sense of the distraction.
Speaker 2:Yes, what was this? Where was this?
Speaker 1:I read this this was Hormozy. And he says you go through, oh yes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, it was at the episode. Yeah, I said that I heard the exact same one. Yeah, he's like.
Speaker 1:at the start he was like you're doing a thousand bucks a month and the girl in the red dress, so you can keep focusing on $1 million a month. He goes, the girl in the red dress becomes a lot hotter, he goes. You need to look at the girl in the red dress and still say no. And still say no. I'm not going to distract me. The girl in the red dress is an analogy for the opportunity, another business, the partnership, the person coming to you saying, hey, man, let's do this. Yeah, you know what I mean. Blah, blah, blah. And it's like you need to be able to say no to those opportunities. Those opportunities get hotter and hotter as you get bigger and bigger and they get harder and harder to say no to. He mentioned this the other day. He's like every opportunity that comes to me now, a billion dollars, a billion Billion. Yeah, I bought a book today. It's called how to make a few billion dollars.
Speaker 2:Yeah, sick um did you just say it and?
Speaker 1:like the cover, or was it no recommended? It was on a, I'm pretty sure I heard on the same video I'm talking about right now. Yeah, so it talks about in the video, and I was like done, yeah, yeah, it'll be read soon, I'll let you know how to make a few bendos. But yeah, it's like, don't you know the stuff you need to do in your business? Don't go and get distracted by the new shiny thing. That's easy, that's the easy way out. Protect everyone. Everyone else is gonna get distracted, you know this. Yeah, yeah, let them get distracted. Oh, because I want's in front of you, become a specialist. Yeah, 100%, do what you do better than anyone else.
Speaker 2:And even in that space too, there's often someone that's better than you or done the things that you have done, or at least for a lot longer. So if you're wondering now in your business okay, well, cool, I get what you're saying. Where do I start? What do I do? What do I need to do to get better? Go and find someone going. There are so many you can have. So there's so many mentors out there that you could reach out to to help you along your journey, in whatever profession it might be, and it might start off small and you might have to go through a few. You know I've had multiple mentors in the past. Some of them. I look back and, dude, I surpassed you in three weeks of working with you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but that's the whole purpose of mentoring, that's right. And then it moves on to the next one. Yeah, and it moves on to the next one. At the moment, yeah, at the moment, I've got one guy I speak to a bit about some stuff, but not in-depth technical shit. But other than that I'd say I'm probably ready for another one.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Do you know what I mean? But I'd love to have that next level mentor, the one that's good, the one that I'm. Do you know who I want to speak with? I'm going to speak with the guy that I feel, as soon as I walk in there, that I don't belong.
Speaker 1:Yeah, imposter, syndrome.
Speaker 2:I want that. I want to walk in going. What am I doing here? This guy's going to laugh at me. That's what I want.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm trying to do 25 mil. He tells you 25 a month.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's what I want. That's what I want. I want to walk in the house or walk in his office. Yeah, this is sick and just go. I want him to just belittle me, just go. Nah, all right, you ready to fucking play with the big boys? Yep, let's do it Good.
Speaker 1:Give me 10 push-ups. Yeah, very complimentary. Give me 10 push-ups. Yeah, I think you know. And people who don't know. Yeah, there's this cool thing because we all you know, we all tend to offer great advice when it comes to other people, but when it comes to yourself, you're like I don't know. Learn to look at either yourself or your business objectively and from the outside, looking in. Like okay, I not robbie talking about robbie, I'm whoever I am now looking at this guy who's doing this podcast.
Speaker 1:Look at it from the outside in and give yourself advice like that yeah, I mean like, look at it from the outside in and say, okay, cool, if I was coaching this person, who has, whatever qualities you have, whatever, you know what I mean which you know, yeah, which you know better than anyone else if I was coaching this person, what would I tell them to do? I probably don't start here, okay, cool, go do that there, do that right now, go do that thing. You know what I mean. I'll tell them to do this and this and that, okay here's the other thing not not all your.
Speaker 2:you know, a mentor doesn't just have to be a physical person you're connecting with. You can get a mentor just from someone on YouTube, alex Huamose. He could be your mentor. See what I mean? Yeah, just listening. Yeah, listen to his shit. Yeah, go and they call them silent mentors. Yes, have a silent mentor. Self-educate, go read a book. You know, you said you picked up a book that said how to make a billion dollars, how to make a few billion, a A few billion, not even just one. No, that's not me. You think it was. You think it's plain small. You just make one billion.
Speaker 1:What the fuck's wrong with you? I'm so excited to read it. That's so cool. It's all about roll-ups, roll-ups. What do you mean by that In the lolly? Yeah, no, I was going to say Roll-. Yeah, yeah, much more of multiples, like a big franchise. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's all about that. Yeah, you only need to do one. Hmm, a set Life. Yeah, it might take you five years. Yeah, five years Is that a lot? I think Dan Pena is massive on that. Yeah, dude, that's like we all play the big boy.
Speaker 2:I'm pretty sure he does a lot of that shit, anyway. So back to what I was saying yeah, look for silent mentors. Go down that path, man. The internet is free. Do you know what I mean? Jump on fucking YouTube. Jump on YouTube and you'll be surprised at what you find and what you can learn and who you connect with and who you go to. And then something will lead to something. Because you're looking at those business things, you'll get an ad on your feed one day that says oh, come to this business growth summit or whatever the fuck it is. Then you go and that person might be a dick, but then you meet a person you're sitting next to who's also in this industry, and he goes this, this, this, you know what's sick Today. Today we met up for Today. Today we met up for no, not today. Yesterday we had lunch, lunch, slash meeting. We're talking shop and then all of a sudden, we're talking something about something Hiring a person, was it?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then I was like where are you?
Speaker 2:going to put them Exactly? Where are we going to put them? He's like you know we need to, you know? Then I just fucking jumped on my phone. He's like you know what, let's have a quick look, what office is it around? And then, no shit, we found an office. I found an office there that I saw late last year and they wanted whatever it was. They wanted six figures for it, the office, and they had reduced it significantly. I thought, fuck, that's pretty good, that's actually pretty good value. I showed you Today, this afternoon we checked it out. All of a sudden, just from one simple conversation, we're on the verge of moving. I'm moving office. You know what I mean. We're all, both of us, moving office and combining the team in this one place Sick, sick. But you see how that idea came from nothing. We had planted the seed of earlier in the year, saying, hey, we'll go get an office when this takes off, when this takes off, we'll go do it, and we're probably not 100% ready right now, but that's the best time to do it.
Speaker 2:The best time to do it and I look at that and I go, fuck man, that one simple conversation could change the trajectory of our businesses from a perspective of even just the mindset of walking Like. My office is nice. I've got a good office here in Port Melbourne. It's served me well and, in all honesty, I could probably stay here for another couple of years without any issues. Yeah, you've got space. I've got space, I've got room to grow. You know we're going to have another. I've just employed one person. I'm about to have another person in here and I could probably still fit If I really wanted to. I could fit another five people in this office. Yeah, easy, if I wanted to, we can start getting busy, but if I wanted to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if I wanted to be a tight ass, okay, but You've got space, you've got space. I've got space. I've got space to do it. Yeah, you can change shit up, that's it. So the point I'm getting at, though, is going to another space, a nicer space, one that's more open plan, one that we can really establish a great team environment. Man, that'll be so cool, yeah, so cool to have that, and all came from one little conversation. Now, these are the sorts of conversations you could be having when you start putting yourself out there and speaking to other business owners speaking to a mentor, speaking to advisors, listening to this podcast, listening to other podcasts, listening to or watching YouTube clips, because this conversation that me and you are having could inspire you to go fuck it.
Speaker 2:You know what it's about time I move out of my house and go get an office. A lot of businesses start there. I started my business at a home office Me, too. It was my mom and dad's spare room upstairs, actually, when I first started my company. Where did I go? When I first started my company, my ex-boss leased a desk to me, and I did some work for him contracting, so I leased. I contracted him for a week for a year, and he just rented me a little spot in his corner office. He had a huge office. He just rented me a desk. I said thanks, dude, it was so sick, it was great. And then, on top of that, I then left. I said, listen, I've won a couple of jobs. I'm going to give it a crack on my own Went and stayed at my old man's place, for it was probably my parents' house. How long was I there? For? Maybe two and a half, two months.
Speaker 2:And then I found an office this one, oh, you've been here ever since I've been here, ever since I've been here, ever since Been here ever since, so this will be massive.
Speaker 1:If you decide to like, you're in a whole different position. Yeah, yeah, how long have you been here? Wow six years, something like that. Pre-covid.
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely, pre-covid Sick. Yeah, Massive, yeah it is, it's great, and that just goes to show the growth of everything that I've been through as well. But that one simple conversation, one simple conversation, changed my trajectory or our trajectory. Potentially Nothing's in concrete, but it'll come to fruition eventually. Yeah, it's like you said today. It's like the thing about lifetime opportunities. In a lifetime opportunities they come around once a year and I've always had that mentality too, like I've never been, like oh fuck, we're going to miss out. Never follow very rarely.
Speaker 2:You've never had to follow anyone maybe I was younger then getting invited to a party, but now that I'm older, I couldn't give a fuck.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm hoping I don't get invited. Pretend I didn't get the invite. Yes.
Speaker 2:No, I don't think I do, man. I just know what I want. I've got a lot of clarity around that now.
Speaker 1:You know what? Actually, now that I think about it, I don't know anything. I've had FOMO for recently, yeah, or like last year's or any FOMO.
Speaker 2:I mean, I said it a few episodes back where I felt sorry for myself because I didn't have certain things in my life that I thought I would by now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but that's not FOMO.
Speaker 2:No, but I mean, mate, yeah, that's more. Potentially, yeah, a little bit. Let yeah, potentially A little bit. Let's say, I thought I'd be driving multiple supercars by now. Other people are and I'm not. Poor me. Perhaps that's a level of it.
Speaker 1:But even then I snapped the fuck out of it very quickly too.
Speaker 2:You got to leverage that feeling yeah, and that's exactly what I've done. Exactly what I did it was only a moment in time, though, when I say moment in time, it was leverage that feeling yeah, and that's exactly what I've done.
Speaker 1:Exactly what I did. It was only a moment in time, though. When I say a moment in time, it was like that morning.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you've got to leverage that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and sometimes you just sit in it, yeah and I think that's what I was doing, because I got annoyed at it. Sit in it for a moment and just be like, oh, it's got to fucking change.
Speaker 2:I've. So the yes. Yesterday you came to my office, walks into my office, ladies and gentlemen, and he's holding a big fuck off box like what the hell is this thing? What do you do? What rubbish are you bringing into my office? Now, as I'm talking, big like this box is like robbie's holding it, like he's holding it with two arms, like he had to walk through the door sideways. That's how big it was. And I'm like what is this? Okay, I thought it was just I don't even know what it was a little something for like our trainings events a new camera, bloody, a new light for iggy, I don't know. And you're like open it, it's sick. Oh, what is it? He's like open it, it's sick. You wouldn't tell. I was like this is your birthday present. I was like what are you talking about? I guess I could have. I've been on back order this whole time. I thought he didn't get me a birthday present, fucking dud, yeah.
Speaker 1:Anyway, don't be a nut. Yeah, that's it. Nah, I'm just saying you're a nut, I'm sick, thanks, sick, sick, sick, sick.
Speaker 2:So I'm opening it up. And I open it up, still don't know what it is. I see a massive polystyrene cover on top of it and polystyrene cover on top of it, and then you're just standing there giggling like you're like this, open it, open it. And then I take the lid off. I take the top polystyrene cover or top off. Underneath it, a model yacht, a model super yacht like this. It's at least 800 mil wide yeah, I'm finished with these maybe more meter there.
Speaker 2:That's huge. Anyway, I'm like straight away like that's sick. That is so cool, obviously for the fans listening and and long-time listeners of the podcast. We talk about landing the chopper on the super yacht often and how that's a uh, a shining light in what we're doing with everything.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean being in the position where we're going cool, let's get this soup, let's get the chopper to land it on the yacht a um pinnacle moment yeah and anyways, we set it up, took it out of the box, wrapped it out of the unwrapped it out of the plastic and I've just got it on top of my bookshelf. At the moment in my office it's literally I I'm sitting at my desk and I'm looking at it all day. I can't miss it Makes you bookshelf. Yeah, every time I walk out of the office I look at it. I'm like yeah, that's sick, it is. It's that daily reminder, that daily reminder going.
Speaker 1:Yeah you're right. Yeah, whether the yacht comes or not, it's absolutely irrelevant. It is irrelevant, it is the supercars.
Speaker 2:yeah even with the houses, even with everything, it's it is the yes, keep going.
Speaker 1:Yes, it is what it symbolizes. You know, like gary v says it yeah, I might never be able to buy the jets. He is, but it's the chase of wanting to buy, that's right he loves the journey more than loving the destination it's all about the journey.
Speaker 1:Hey, I set this up and I'll say it again because it rings so true, man, but I've been reading books where they're talking about people from 200 years ago and I said it last time chopping people's heads off and everything else, and these are people who did some iconic historical like emperors and kings, and taught in schools and most of you would not know who they are. I did not know who any of them were. You know what I mean. Would not know who they are. I did not know who any of them were. You know I mean like rulers of the world 300 years ago. 300 years ago, no idea they were and they were like top of the game in life. Guess what? They're all dead. They're all fucking dead, dude, and we're gonna be dead too, like in 200 years. No one's gonna know who we are. Of course they are dude.
Speaker 2:Imagine what episode we'll be up to by then. Yeah, imagine how much content they're going to have. Do you know what? Guys On that right? You're completely right. Your children's they're not going to know who you are dude?
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's right. Can you tell me who invented a really old company? What's an old company? Microsoft, goldman Sachs? Yeah, who made it, mr Goldman? Well, who made IBM? Mr IBM, you don't know. You don't know the people behind it. No, the company has outlived the person. Yeah, because even people say don't you want to make a company, that's going to last. The company is going to last. It's not going to be me. Yeah, people in 100 years won't know Jeff Bezos. Yeah, do you know what I mean? Very, very few, and they'll probably be forgotten by the next generation. But you know what is forever?
Speaker 2:the internet for now, for now, for now, but I think it will be. This is the opportunity, though and we talk about this a little bit at brand and and when we're talking about marketing and all that sort of stuff, right, one of the greatest motivators for me to create content, not just on socials, but even this podcast, is the ability that I can now communicate with future generations yeah, in the sense that they can connect with me. Like. Like, I will never know my great great grandfather. I've never met him. All right, my great great grandfather, he exists, don't even know his name.
Speaker 1:All right Now. Do you know your grandfather's dad?
Speaker 2:Know him? No, I've never met him. Do you know him, obviously. Do you know anything about him? No, very little. Do you know his name? Probably George, but no, being Greek, everyone's George.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, like, is that the eldest son, sort of thing?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, so this is what I'm saying, like, imagine now I could jump on YouTube and type his name in Okay, I'll see what he's about and then listen to every fucking episode, every podcast. Now, obviously we're talking about many generations ago, but we're going to be many generations for someone. You know what I mean For our ancestors, our kids. We're going to be the ancestors for our great, great, great kids in the future. They can come back to this moment my profiles. They'll probably still be there, you reckon. Why Do they get taken down when you die? There is a setting, is it? Yeah, yeah, whatever, don't know, but I'm sure some people can leave it up there if they want.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I'll probably leave it there forever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man, why would I want to take it down? My thing is do you think Meta will still be around? Because eventually they, eventually they're going to have to sit there and say, hey, there's too many profiles, or hey, think about it, dude, in 100 years, 8 billion people would have died. 150 years, yeah, 8 billion people would have died. 8 billion. Yeah, wow, a lot of fucking people, man. You know what I mean. In 150 years, no one that's alive now will be alive.
Speaker 2:That's funny when you say it like that, isn't it? No, it isn't. Like holy shit, like everyone on the planet is going to die it's gonna be gone in 150 years.
Speaker 1:it's not that fucking like. 150 years was not 1880. Yeah, who the fuck's still around? Yeah, I'm generally, and that was like life was completely different, let alone where it's going to be in 150 years. You're going out, no way around it, whether you're religious, not religious, you're here now. You're here now. You're here now. You know what I mean. And it's like you're not going to the shit you worry about. It's not going to matter. Yeah, nothing's going to matter. I heard this quote the other day Everything's going to disappear.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I heard this quote the other day and I wrote it down because I liked it. So those who died yesterday had plans for this morning. Those who died this morning had plans for tonight. Don't let life take. Don't take life for granted. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You'll never know if you have the chance to do it again. Today there is no time, tomorrow there will be no energy, and the day after tomorrow we may no longer be here. So don't delay anything and live in the now. It was a cool little. It was a cool little little quote. Really enjoyed it.
Speaker 1:It's true, dude.
Speaker 2:It's true, damn straight. It is Damn straight. It's sad to a degree. Would you live forever if you could?
Speaker 1:I think that would take the beauty out of life 100%. It would.
Speaker 2:If you were immortal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like now it doesn't even matter anymore. Then you just plug your missiles. You get to the point where you're like what am I doing? Yeah, what am I doing? Been around here for ages. Say hot shit every time. But yeah, that's that man.
Speaker 2:For those of you watching at home, you can see out the window right now, which you probably can't. It's actually night time because we're doing this in the PM. In the PM, what time is it? It's nine, it's twenty past nine, to make sure.
Speaker 2:On a Wednesday that we don't miss a single week for you guys now that ties into everything we're talking about, though, doesn't it just working that little bit harder? Yeah, I could have been home watching Netflix, or probably in bed, by now, realistically knowing how I've been going to bed the last month or so. But we both said it, we just looked dude. We'll do what needs to be done. This is a time for me, actually, where I'm not working, in the sense that I don't have to. There's no phone calls I can make that are going to benefit me right now, and, with everything we've got coming up in the next couple of weeks, we thought no, no, let's do a couple of, let's do an episode tonight, so we can actually stay ahead and make sure that we're getting everything done that needs to be done.
Speaker 1:The one of my favorite sayings we don't do our best, we do what's required. Yeah, I share that with my team all the time. Yeah, yeah, look, we don't do, I do my best, I don't care, do what's required, do what's required yeah no, I'll try my best. No, no, do what's required, you're not. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I like that a lot yeah do what's required.
Speaker 1:no, they all Do what's required. No, they all do what's required. I love that dude yeah without a doubt. You know like, yeah, the T-man, I'll do what's required and when it's my turn too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's like practicing what you preach. You're not sitting there just going. I'll do my best. Oh no, I'll try. Yeah, you all do what you want. I have a question. We got Iggy a mic. Everybody Watch out, because I've noticed in a couple of episodes I've been listening to it goes all distorted and weird. When Iggy talks he sounds like a robot. I forgot he had a mic. Yeah me too. I was like holy shit, was there someone else on this show? He's the man behind the mic, iggy, the man behind the camera.
Speaker 3:The question is what are your thoughts about Rian Johnson? Because he's like trying to extend, like human life in general. Because you were talking about like would you live forever?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and both of you said like no right, yeah, but I would live, if I could live healthily to 100 years, 150 years, I would. But you know what? Okay, good question. Good question. Do you know who Brian Johnson is? Yeah, you mentioned him actually in a previous podcast Me, yeah, just a couple of episodes ago. Yeah, I watched something on him the other day on YouTube Weird looking. Yeah, he's a little bit odd. He looks weird. Yeah, yeah, I think he gets his lips subjected or something. Yeah, I'm not sure he's doing Every single day. He takes about 50 supplements, or 40 supplements with every single meal.
Speaker 1:You know every single person I know that's really like next level, like dude, compared to most people. So just FYI, finished 75 hard, did a blood test next morning, should I? Oh, you're good. Yeah, haven't got the results yet but I'll keep going. Oh, really curious to see that. Yeah, to see how 75 days of just eating meat was. Yeah, but that is more than most people do. 75? No, no, getting my blood taken, blah, blah, blah. And I always get once, maybe twice a year. I usually get my blood taken.
Speaker 2:And that's more than what most people man I've gone I had a blood test last year. Before that, it would have been fucking 10 years.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you should do it, dude, it's very important.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying I hadn't that like, yeah, I was sick. Yeah, I mean like that's what I mean and I know this of sickness is not how I know. But I'm saying most people are like, yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:People see me and they say, man, that's full-on. Like I pull up my blood test result when I go to the doctor's phone, they freak out. They look at me like who is this carrying your blood test results? I'm like I've got a printed copy, this laminated one, yeah.
Speaker 2:And then these guys are like next level then yeah, he's spending $2 million a year just on food, like on everything. He's doing all his supplements, the testing, the everything. And I think they said he's got the genetics. No, he's aging like a 10-year-old. That's what they said. At the moment he's got it to a point where he's aging at the same rate as a 10-year-old.
Speaker 1:I think he's aging at like nine months a year. Yeah, whatever that is, he's aging slower than time, yeah.
Speaker 2:Which is insane. Yeah, full on, and it'd be interesting to see how long he goes and lives for and how healthy he is in the later years as well. He works out for an hour a day in the morning, so he's just all routine, this guy. He's all routine. Nothing changes Like same foods, same supplements, exercising at the same time, sleeping at the same time. Everything is next level. He sold his business for $800 million to PayPal. Yeah, he's almost a million. Yeah.
Speaker 1:So I mean he's got money to burn he wanted to die.
Speaker 2:He's like I was just didn't know what to point out. If you have you seen a photo? Have you seen a video of him before he started this journey? No completely different. He actually looks healthier he looks weird.
Speaker 1:Now, yeah, like you look at him and you think it's weird man, like he just looks odd. He looks like a robot. If he's out there, it's an AI. Yeah, oh, that makes sense.
Speaker 2:So your question about that yeah, it'd be interesting to see at what point he kicks the bucket and how long he actually goes for. But coming back to your thing, like even for me living to 150, I would hate the thought that the natural progression of life would be different for me, where I don't die before my kids.
Speaker 1:But if you're in the same world, what do you mean? You're in the same world.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're living longer, they're living longer. Yeah, I know I want to die before my kids, though, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So but like that's naturally, yeah, knock on wood, without a an accident or anything that'll always happen regardless of yeah, correct, correct, because if you, even if your health gets extended, they're younger than you, their house can be way more yeah, I know what you're saying.
Speaker 2:Yeah in that perspective, but so you live for 150, they'll probably 200, yeah, in in a world where they're everything's 100 right. But the longer I live, the more it's probability that they might, because you know, when you get to your 80s and I'm fucking 120, you know what I mean and it's like whatever. However much older I am than my kids fit, it's like. Whatever age they are, they can be adults, they can be grandparents themselves.
Speaker 1:I don't want them to go before me. You've got to look at. 80 will become the new 50.
Speaker 2:grandparents themselves. I don't want them to go before me, yeah, but I think 80 will become the new 50. Yeah, you know what I mean. Well, man, that's why I've started Again. We've said this on a few podcasts. I went trained today feeling stronger than ever. I want to be 50 years old and fucking people looking at me going this guy's off his head, absolutely, absolutely, with the fittest 50 year old you'll ever see. And by the end of the year we're about to book our holidays for the next year I want to be at the resort with everyone else top off and everyone going, yep, this guy's next level.
Speaker 1:I saw. So when I walked in today, I saw the calendar on the thing. Oh yeah, you like it. Man, this guy's one step ahead. No, I've got my 2025 calendar ready. That's one step ahead. No, I've got my 2025 calendar ready. Well, I was just gonna say yeah, and then I noticed it was 2024. None's like he's one step behind, he's taking six months into it.
Speaker 2:I did it oh yeah I've got the rest of this year and then I got 2025. I'm gonna plan out the whole fucking year next year.
Speaker 2:Yeah, sick yeah, I'm gonna have it everything business events, holidays, everything, everything's gonna be blocked out. Yeah, that's sick, because I want it to go next year and just give it a nudge. Man, we've given it a nudge over the last. When was our first event, do you remember? Of course no. What year Was it? Last year? So it was 23. Yeah, it was because we planned it. 22. 23 was the first it kicked off there. It was because we planned at 22. 23 was the first it kicked off there. It was, you're right, thanks. And you think, about you won't?
Speaker 1:That's all right.
Speaker 2:Give credit when credit's due. Think about what's happened between that point and now, like how much has happened and what's transponded from that and the shit that we're doing. And I'm like man. Imagine what next year is going to bring Jeez, like man. Imagine what next year is going to bring Jeez, excuse me, I'm so excited. What is it? Reflux or whatever? Almost threw up, almost threw up. That's how excited I was. But yeah, I want to plan that whole next year and go. This is what we're doing.
Speaker 2:And I heard someone say start shifting your mindset to thinking in years and months. Just understand what's coming in the future. Not everything has to happen next month. You don't have to get the Lambo next month. Do you know what I mean? You could have that year plan and yeah, I've got my calendars there ready to go for that exact reason, because I want to plan out everything next year, and partly even the full holiday stuff too. And again, part of the reason why I want to jam here because I want to be able to go away for six weeks and not have to worry about shit. Know that I'm still getting money coming through the door, know that I'm still getting everything done back home, not needing to open a laptop, but doing it because I want to. That's at the point I want to get to.
Speaker 1:You know, at this point now, I just got back from Europe last year.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, yes, I remember Very different From last year.
Speaker 1:It's in a whole different space, dude, yeah, it's like you never went. Yeah, it's like I don't know it's funny, but like even someone was talking to me the other day and that whole story about the this is going to get full circle sick. The whole story about the yacht and the chopper happened. Oh yes, it did. That's where that came from. Yeah, I was in Greece, that's where it came from. And then someone said to me the other day he's like you telling that story because you made me think and I was like what? You're the helicopter as well. What is it? He's like no, he's like why do we do pleb stuff? And I'm like what do you mean? He's like like this touristy go on a boat with 50 other people. Like why can't I be on my boat?
Speaker 1:yeah and I was like right, that's right. That's how I felt. I was on a boat with a bunch of people. It's fun. But I was thinking, looking at the other person, thinking that guy's got his own massive super yacht. I know helicopters are landing. I watched a helicopter land on it and I was like who's that, like why am I doing that? Or something next level to this. You know what I mean. And there's people who will hear that and say and I get a couple of black on this online. But people they say like, oh, why do you want to make a billion dollars? Why don't you try to help people If you're giving a billion dollars?
Speaker 2:away to help a lot of people. Yeah, that's right. You're making a billion dollars. You're helping fucking thousands of people. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:You employ people. You're a positive, that's right. You're a net positive effect on the economy. That's economy, that's right. Um, but yeah, it's just like that was a year ago now.
Speaker 2:Well, it was even in that post I sent you the other day with saying we said he said his name a couple times, uh, portelli, he put some photos up and I don't even know. He had a private jet. He did yeah at his initials on the jet. I'm like that's sick, that's the shit, man. Like that's what you exactly. You're crushing it, you're winning. You're Going around the world buying supercars. Like fucking bought a dinosaur foot for his kid to play with, like literally a T-Rex foot 130 grand or something like that. Just whatever. How much is it? 130 grand? I'll take six. And it's like why not have it? Yeah, it's all there, it's all obtainable. Have 13 kids like Elon Musk? Oh man, I would. I love kids. I'd have a thousand kids, do it.
Speaker 1:You've got a transgender kid do you?
Speaker 2:I saw something with Jordan Peterson yesterday, did you see that? I saw the clip, yeah, and I was like, and he was like he got tricked into accepting it Scammed into.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a very interesting podcast. It was full on.
Speaker 2:It was full on and he fully said, like he was there, he goes my son's died. They killed my son. Yeah, they turned him into a chick. Yeah, that's what he said. But he goes, they killed my son. He should have done it. Said my son's dead, I don't have a son anymore and he goes. That was tragic for me. And he goes. It's a disease. That's what he was saying in it. It was pretty. It was very um, confronting, not confronting. I wasn't confronted by it, but it was. It was very like you don't hear people talk like that anymore, in the sense that and he's never been one to shy away from anything like that no but you don't hear people talk like that anymore.
Speaker 2:As far as saying no, no, this is a disease, this is fucked, we've got to stop it at all costs. There's a lot of logic to what he says. I agree with you. That's where I'm wired, that way a little bit, from a logical point of view. I'm like, yeah, okay, well, you're saying one thing, another and other. Yeah, there's a lot of logic there. Not everything's all a logical answer. I get that too. Why? I'm sure there's other things that come into play too. That just means we don't understand it.
Speaker 1:That's true. I always tell people, if you can't explain it, it means you don't understand it. Yeah, no, I can't. I can't explain it. You can't explain it. Dude life, we don't understand. Yeah, that's right, it's okay, that's okay, I accept that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I accept that. Yeah, well, it's like faith, isn't it Faith? Yeah, like religion. What's the difference between faith and fear? I don't know. They're both paid up. Yeah, yes, yeah. To fear something that hasn't happened or may never happen is illogical.
Speaker 1:You can't. They're both made up in your own head. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Preconceived notions of something that is or is not. Yeah. Might never happen. Very cool. Do you know something that is and should be, what People subscribing to this podcast that's real.
Speaker 1:That's definitely not made up. That's not made up. Real, that's definitely not made up.
Speaker 2:That's not made up at all. It's not made up. It's something that everyone listening to this right now has definitely done. Surely, how many episodes are we in? Is it like 40 yet? Are we up to 40? Yeah, this is 42. Oh shit, so 42. We're 42 in. Oh, how good we're 42 in. Oh, how good we're 42 in. And if you're still listening with us, thank you, and make sure you hit the subscribe button, make sure you hit the bell, make sure you tell your friends and this is your first time listening to us.
Speaker 2:Thank you, thank you and welcome, glad to have you here, uh, but it helps us reach more people, more people. We got featured on the main page of Spotify the other day, didn't we? I heard, which was really cool. It was funny because we went from having an average listening to just boom skyrocketing in that month. That's the power of a platform. It's the power of consistency, the power of doing things just working that little bit harder than everyone else. Why do you think they did that? The algorithm would have been, in a way, I believe. I don't see why this wouldn't be like that. They're like okay, cool, these guys have consistently been doing this for 30, 40 weeks. Let's give them a leg up. People are going to listen and maybe, as a result of that, we got 10 more listeners.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, but we did Like the listens have gone up since then. Yeah, there you go the weekly listens. Yeah, there you go, gone up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's sick, but apply that whole same strategy to what you're doing in business. We're talking about being better business people Like apply that strategy, just be better every single day. Be consistent. Consistency is really important. Discipline really important. Be committed to growing and to doing things differently. We're talking about super yachts. There are people out there if you run a butcher, if you're a florist, if you're a builder, if you're a marketer, there are people out there that have the same business as you in the same profession, making hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars, and you're still here trying to be a 2% of the Australian economy that cracks seven figures. Wake the fuck up and subscribe.
Speaker 1:Wake the fuck up, eddie Averoo. Eddie Averoo.
Speaker 2:Yeah, big group. He's cool. We should get him on the pod. We haven't done a call-out in a while. A shout-out, shout-out. Sponsor. We haven't done a sponsor. Should we do a sponsor done a sponsor? Should we do a sponsor? Go for it. My sponsor. I actually don't know what the brand is. It's hydrogen water. The water. Yeah, I don't actually know if this works, but when I press it it goes blue and bubbles come out out of it. And you know what, ever since I've been drinking this now I don't know if it's a combination of me drinking more water, but my migraines have gone away. Haven't had a migraine since that time we were in Sydney, so I see that as a real positive thing. Gary Brecker, he's massive on it. He reckons you've got to have hydrogen water every single moment of every single day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he reckons. If you just say I bought a water filter from him, not from him, not from him, not from him. A water filter that he recommended, get one that removes these things, yeah, if you just remove the chlorine and the fluoride from your water 30 days, it's like your whole life is a bitch. Did it. Dude, I told you I never felt fucked.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's the thing. Yeah, Lack of yeah, but lack of disease isn't health.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I go get checked.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I have a filter. I've just got one of the Ritax ones, the water filters. Yeah, it doesn't take out fluid. Oh, doesn't it? Which one did you get? I might get your one too. Then I'll send you a name.
Speaker 1:Send it to me.
Speaker 2:I'll sponsor them, no, but anyway, yeah, I don't know if it works. I think it does, but it's had. You know what? Even if it doesn't work, at least I'm drinking more water and I think that's helped me. So it works. So go and get a hydrogen water machine and wake the fuck up. Yeah, wake the fuck up. Thanks guys, appreciate you tuning in, look forward to speaking to you next time. Thanks guys, see ya.
