Our Biggest Lessons of 2024

In this off-the-wall episode, Robby and George kick things off with a hilarious hypothetical—Australia’s kangaroos vs. Uruguay’s population. But it’s not all laughs. The conversation turns to life’s real battles, including tackling challenges, learning from mistakes, and building a foundation for growth. Get inspired as the duo shares how 2024 shaped them and how you can level up your mindset for the new year.

As we recount a transformative 2024, we reflect on both personal milestones and professional victories. Celebrating a 40th birthday has not only been a personal achievement but has also invigorated our passion for future projects. Our adventures on the Australian podcast tour brought both challenges and rewards, reaffirming the power of consistency and connection with audiences. Through tales of unexpected event turnouts and the birth of our "Million Dollar Days" concept, we explore how perseverance and open communication are keys to success across personal and professional spheres.

As they wrap up, Robby and George offer actionable advice for setting 2025 up for success. Whether you’re building a business, navigating relationships, or chasing personal goals, this episode gives you the tools and inspiration to tackle the year ahead with confidence and a smile.

Chapters

• 0:00 Interesting Facts and Casual Banter
• 4:50 Personal and Professional Growth in 2024
• 11:09 Reflections on Growth and Success
• 19:53 Effective Communication in Relationships and Business
• 29:21 Books and Personal Growth Journeys
• 35:27 Implementing Training for Personal Growth
• 39:51 Overcoming Challenges and Growth
• 44:42 Success Through Event Marketing Growth
• 54:26 Reflecting on Personal and Professional Growth
• 1:08:29 Reflecting on Business Fundamentals and Growth
• 1:12:45 Yearly Reflection and Growth Progress
• 1:19:59 Aim to Inspire for Show Invitation

Transcript

Robby: 0:00

Did you know that there are 49 million kangaroos in Australia? Yep, you knew that, counted them myself. And did you know that there's only three and a half million people in Uruguay? So if all the kangaroos in Australia went to Uruguay, each person would have to fight 14 kangaroos to keep their country. Did you know that shit? Is that not the most bizarre information? Are they not concerned? Are they not worried? It's a net fight, man. If the fucking kangaroos come.

George: 0:36

We're in trouble, the Uruguayans.

Robby: 0:38

Yeah, are they not concerned?

Speaker 3: 0:40

You should be very. Mongolia has 3.5 million people also. You should be scared too. You should be worried. Mongolia has 3.5 million people also. You should be scared too, you should be worried. We actually have a joke. What if all the Chinese just throw their hat in Mongolia? We would all die. That's our joke.

George: 0:54

Yeah, why the? Hat?

Speaker 3: 0:56

1.4 billion hats just falling on them.

Robby: 1:00

Hats. Here you go, scared hats or something. Kangaroos that, yeah, kangaroos can father and hats. Oh, you can, this guy, you're better than that. But yeah, isn't that an interesting, an interesting fact? So why are you going back to Mongolia? Yeah, so why are you going back to Mongolia? What if they?

George: 1:20

throw out kangaroos there, yeah, all right, think about that.

Speaker 3: 1:23

The kangaroos have to go through China first. All right, they'll get through them. Nah, I don't know about that, it's impossible.

Robby: 1:32

Yeah.

Speaker 3: 1:32

Too many Chinese.

Robby: 1:33

Way too many Chinese, way too many. Why so racist? I'm not, I like them.

George: 1:37

What do you call a Chinese electrician, oh God? What do, oh god? What do you call malatrician? Why?

Speaker 3: 1:45

so fucking racist man. What's wrong with you, shit? What do you call a black superman? Superman, man of steel, spelled s-t-e-a-l oh, that's racist.

Robby: 2:01

That's very racist anyway. Well, if you weren't being racist today, you probably are now. Guys, welcome to the show. Welcome to the episode. Welcome to the show.

George: 2:09

You probably learned a few things already but imagine how much more you'll learn in the next hour.

Robby: 2:14

Yeah, Also, we don't know how long the episode's going to be. You don't even know what we're going to talk about I?

George: 2:19

I'm pumped. You just said, hey, I got a topic. I said don't tell me, don't tell me, I just want to be surprised. That's not what happened. And when you opened the fucking podcast, up with 43 million kangaroos versus Uruguay, 49. 49. Sorry my mistake, I'm thinking this is going sideways.

Robby: 2:37

I haven't even started yet Just letting you know You've already learned something. I have, something I have. Yeah, we've learned iggy's racist. We've learned, goodness, there's 49 million kangaroos.

George: 2:48

we learned that uruguay should be worried, and and mongolians don't like hats and mongol mongolians don't like hats.

Robby: 2:58

All right, guys. Thanks for listening. That would be. That would be enough information to learn today, but do you know what I want.

George: 3:06

What I want to get a sign, a neon sign that says don't touch me, I'm casting. We're going to learn it on. We're going to learn it on. We press the button. I'm pressing a button. Now everyone Imagine you're a button. I press a button and then it lights up Don't touch me, I'm casting.

Robby: 3:17

Iggy and I were looking at holidays to put in the new office. Yeah, that too. Both of them In the middle. I want Don't Touch Me, and we Would. And May's holidays there's going to be two couches, yeah, and we're going to sit there and face the cameras and just talk. I'll fall asleep. It's going to be sick, it's going to be amazing.

George: 3:36

It's a shame that Iggy won't be here to experience it. He's get to the airport, yeah, there'll just be hats everywhere. He won't be able to leave. He'll be like ha, ha, ha, fuck, I'm going to get you a hat. You know what Make?

Robby: 3:55

Mongolian writing about it. You've never seen him wear a hat. I've seen him wear a beanie. I've seen him wear that yellow beanie, heaps, and it's like a Mongolian beanie. Yeah, but apart from that, did you get it from Mongolia?

George: 4:09

Did you bring it from Mongolia? There you go. I'm not afraid of beanies.

Speaker 3: 4:15

But it's not Mongolian. What is it? It's not Mongolian the beanie? Yeah, it's probably just the Chinese You're getting racist. Is everything Chinese I'm getting racist? Is everything Chinese? I'm not racist, I just hate people in general. That's all right, that's fair enough then.

Robby: 4:32

We've dropped a lot of knowledge already, haven't even started. You could be six minutes into this episode, or however many minutes. Is it six minutes? I feel like six is accurate.

Robby: 4:43

Seven minutes and five seconds so six when I said it. Yeah, um, six minutes in, you've learned a whole lot. But, uh, the thing I actually wanted to touch on today and I didn't want to tell you because I wanted you to kind of off the cuff it is this episode right now, as you're hearing this. If you're listening to this, on the day it came out, it should be mid-december and the years come to an end and I wanted to share some of the best lessons we've had in 2024 and, if you feel free to drop that in at any time and tell us one that you've got, but what's's well, how's 2024 been for you?

George: 5:29

I mentioned it in the last episode. Actually, I think 24 has been a very good.

Robby: 5:33

I thought you were going to go into it and I was like, oh, you're going to lose this. And then we just went sideways, yeah, and I was like, okay, cool Good.

George: 5:41

Yeah, I feel that 24 has been a very positive growth for me personally and professionally. Yeah, which has been good. I probably have had a little bit more clarity, I think, this year than I've had in previous years. What do you mean? Clarity as far as direction, as where I want to go, what I want to do as in now at the end, yeah, throughout, but yeah, towards the end.

George: 6:02

Now as well, I'm going cool. This is definitely what I want. There's been definitely challenges this year too. There hasn't been rainbows and lollipops. There were a few difficult scenarios that I had to come across and face and get through, both professionally and personally as well. And again, looking back at all of those things like better for it, better story to tell. And you know, I can always look back and say I like the fact that I can always look back at most actually not most everything in my life and say that I'm proud of how I act and have acted and have followed on thereafter, so I like that aspect. But yeah, I think this year for me has really been like I turned 40 this year as well, significant milestone, and I don't feel like I've had a loss of enthusiasm. I feel like I've almost just getting started now like 40. Okay, well, now the train wheels are off. Yeah, that's right. Like let's fucking go. So I see that there's a lot of that happening too.

George: 7:08

I feel that I've had a real positive impact in a few people's lives, professionally and personally as well, like looking at all the training stuff that I've been doing and we've been doing and helping a lot of people in the industry and and getting some really good feedback there, but then also even my construction business helping people build their dream homes and having some really good clients. I haven't had a single bad client in all of 2024, which has been fantastic, a breath of fresh air. Literally it's been like four years of consistent shit. Well, no, I shouldn't say consistent, let's say the last two years previously. So 22, 23,. We're sort of riddled with those really bad clients post COVID. So that's been a real positive thing and also the future looks bright in that regard as well with those businesses. But yeah, I feel that this year has been a real turning point in my life, professionally and personally. Like I can look at it and go, yeah, that's a pivotal point where it's gone. It could have gone that way and it's gone that way and I'm glad it has. But a lot of that's come through the experience I've had over the last couple of years. Now we've done a lot of personal development type training as well over the last couple of years, which has definitely influenced how we think, how we behave, how we communicate. Oh, dude, but the podcast I get. We started that in 23, but really 24s. I see 24 as the podcast year. Do you know what I mean? A hundred percent.

George: 8:35

It's the year we said we were going to do this every single fucking week. Yeah, it's either strike or I didn't. We said we're going to do this every week and we have committed to it. We, we said we're going to do this every week and we have committed to it. We've done it. And now it's not like oh shit, are we running out of things to say. We're running out of episodes, like? We're veterans at this space. Now, you know we're episode 60 now. Yeah, something like that. 60, yeah, yeah. So like what a great. No, don't be stupid, come on, I'm getting ripped. What's wrong with um rewards? That's it. So, yeah, it's like, but I don't even think about the target anymore. It's just another episode. It's like oh, it's episode like.

George: 9:09

There's this guy I can't remember his name is jordan something and he does an ice bath every single day. Have you seen him? He gets in front, he goes good morning guy does his day. Yeah, he goes his day 735 of having an ice bath every single day. Is he still going? Yeah, he's still going. Actually, when he got to 365, he said he goes this is day 366 of having an ice bath every single day. Until I stop, until I don't. And he did that for about 10, 15 days, saying until I don't, until I don't, and then he cut it off altogether. I noticed so it's like no, no, no, why am I giving myself permission to fail one day in the future and not do this? And now he goes good morning guys. This is day 716 of having an ice bath every single day.

Robby: 9:49

Yeah, because he used to say this is day 237 of having an ice bath every single day for a year. Yeah, and then he had to fill that, because it hit a year and he had to fill that gap.

George: 9:59

Yeah, and now he's just cut it off and it's like cool, I'm going to say every single day I'm going to do the ice bath and every day I'm going to give you that piece of motivation and I kind of feel like that's where we are at with our podcast. It's been over 365 days, not that we've done it 365 days, but the weekly preparation, the weekly everything that's come beforehand has done that and this has contributed, I believe, for myself anyway, I can't speak on your behalf, but it's contributed to the mindset. When we speak out loud, that also helps you practice what you preach to a degree and giving yourself the advice. And even you you've called me up a couple of times hey, you're getting too comfortable. It's like, yeah, fuck, I know what I was. I probably was doing this, doing this, so it's great to have that account level of accountability. It processes your thought.

Robby: 10:48

Yeah, yeah, and I listen to every episode too. It's like because then you're like I'm saying this on there yeah, like I you know and then it's like let me think about what I'm saying.

George: 10:57

And then it's amazing, I believe this it's amazing how many people relate to the things we're saying too which we we love guys, by the way Like we hear people coming back to us and how funny was it the other day, You're like, this guy came up to me I didn't know who it was and he's like hey, I'm doing the carnival diet.

Robby: 11:09

Yeah, dude, how sick was that.

George: 11:10

That's so cool, so cool.

Robby: 11:17

And then someone's saying I'm doing 75 hard and then you're like oh, did you know that Ice baths I'm doing? You know I'm looking at losing weight? Blah, blah, blah, I'm going to go. I've just had a tea.

George: 11:27

We went to Brisbane yeah, we went to Brisbane and one of the guys there goes. The only reason I came was because I've been listening to your podcast. I wanted to see you guys in the flesh, so that's been really cool. First tour of Australia yeah, yeah, that was our, wasn't it? No, no, we did a Sydney tour. Yeah, this was like Sydney, melbourne, sydney, brisbane, melbourne, the whole eastern coast yeah, the whole eastern coast. That was cool. That was cool. Learned stuff there too.

George: 11:54

We recently did an event a few weeks back and we got a much better. We were surprised on the day by really big turnout on the day because it was a free event, so we weren't sure. Like we always account for about 15 to 20% show rate and we had a significant amount more than that rock up on the day and really engaged crowd got some great sales and I feel that you know you get discouraged sometimes in that event space. If well, I did anyway. This is could be just a whole part of the process.

George: 12:20

When you put in all this effort, time, resources and then you don't get the return. You get like, fucking, 15 people rock up, yeah, and you're like, fuck, is this okay? And it's not that I gave less of a performance or gave less of anything on the day. I still gave them 110% because I wanted to do that for them, but it still just makes you think from a strategic point of view. You said, oh okay, well, if this is what the space is going, is it best use of my time? So I think that we're getting to that stage where we're hitting our strides and people are really starting to take note of what we're doing and how we're about.

Robby: 12:53

Yeah, and I think a big one as well is repeats.

George: 12:57

Yeah, like people coming back, people coming back and going oh man, I've seen you and I was speaking to a guy the other day. He's like I came to your builder summit, I came to build mastery. I've come here and I've brought my employee. So it's like, okay, so you're taking note, and now they're like we want to go to the next level and they're engaging you as well. And that's what I'm finding on your media stuff too A lot of people. They're coming around now. Now they go. Oh, we've seen you two, three times. Like everything you've said, said the first time, made sense and is happening. And I've seen the results from the advice you gave me. Can I, can I buy? You want to talk now? Yeah, we want to talk now. So I think some people just need that two, three, four touch points before they actually commit.

Robby: 13:35

Yeah, there is that level it's understanding the uh customer journey, yeah, and, but it's consistency too because what if we turned around one?

George: 13:44

that's right and you go well after you had that, that one or that handful. So you had three events where you're like I didn't do that great. Maybe this isn't the thing, so we're going to give up.

George: 13:53

Yeah, and then you go you could stop and then and then that's it. You stop and then you never know. But if you're consistent, then you can have that one event where you get 3,000 registrations, 400 people rock up, and then you make a million dollars in a day. You're like what the fuck? How did that happen? And that's pretty cool too. How about yourself? What's been the biggest part of 24 for yourself? You know?

Robby: 14:19

I'm just going to touch on this as well. It's been almost two years. Seems to be coming up with the name For Million Dollar Days, has?

George: 14:28

it? Yeah, how do you figure that? How, yeah, just go back two years and then no, but like what do you mean? When did we? So it was like when was the? Oh, it's because we came up with the notion six months prior, no Six months prior.

Robby: 14:41

No, what Dude at an event Saying dude, we're going to make a million bucks in a day.

George: 14:46

Oh, that's right Anyone that's right At the speaker training, yeah.

Robby: 14:51

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and we're like dude, this is unbelievable. And then the whole concept it's all right, don't worry about it.

George: 15:00

Should have been worse than what happened to me. The whole concept of Iggy do you want to go get a towel? From inside, on the left of the fridge there's a towel. The whole concept of Robbie for context everyone listening in there. Robbie just spilled his water and now it's dripping on the ground Upstairs for thinking so oh yeah, we're at that training. We're going to make a million bucks in a day.

Robby: 15:28

Yeah the whole name came two years ago. Yeah, it's like, how quickly does two years fly by, right? Yeah, so fast.

George: 15:41

Two years ago we came up with the whole concept million dollar days yep, and then you're like and then you go yeah, it hasn't, but that's alright. Imagine how good it'll be the day. I mean the day it happens. I cannot, I will do a podcast that night.

Robby: 15:55

So to a live episode. Do you know what else we should do as well? Now that this is this is run for a full year, we should look at doing a thing where we just go through all the comments and, you know, just read, because there's been some comments. We've had some comments on YouTube.

George: 16:13

I don't look at it, I don't follow it. I've got to brush up. Is that one about the welcome to country still? Does that still go mental, or is it slowed down now?

Robby: 16:22

It's slowed down here, but, yeah, 2024, huh, Give me that Seven foot dead. What else? What's been the biggest highlight? The biggest like the one thing? Like you had said, this is the biggest. Can we categorize it? Sure.

George: 16:44

Like business, professional, personal, professional yeah, go. I'd say. My personal one one of the best things was in my construction business. We just landed this really milestone, significant project single home, real luxury, high-end home, so it was great to land that job. From that perspective, I'd say, oh my GM real luxury, high-end home, so it was great to land that job. From that perspective, I'd say, oh my GM, that'd probably have to be Making the decision appointing a general manager in my construction business. That's probably the highlight from that perspective. And then, from a personal one, it just comes down to I just feel that I'm a better. The 2024 of George is better than the 2023. So I'm proud of that. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I feel like I've leveled up.

George: 17:34

Yeah, I agree, yeah, so thank you. Um, so I like that I'm pumped, and for myself, yeah, so thank you. So I like that I'm pumped, and for myself like I want to try and push myself again next year, and that's going to come down to that whole goal-setting thing that we've been speaking a bit about over the last few episodes. I want to really set some ambitious goals and I like how you said the other day, if you don't achieve all your goals, were they really that good, sorry if you do a G.

Robby: 18:04

Do you really push yourself? Yeah, correct. What's been the biggest lesson for George?

George: 18:13

I'd say the biggest lesson for me is-.

Robby: 18:15

What's the thing? You now know that you did not settle yet I know where to do it, Audie. I'd say, apart from the 49 million kangaroos.

George: 18:34

I'd say that one of the biggest things is really coming to just understanding how much control I have over my own thoughts, but also like no one's going to do anything for you. I've always known that, but I've really put it into practice this year as in no one's coming to save you. Do you know what I mean? If I want something in my life, you know, and every scenario whether I've had a challenging scenario or whether I've had whatever it's been I've always found that when I back myself more than anything, then I always get through it. I think that's been one of the biggest highlights for me.

Robby: 19:20

So what's the thing? You now know that you didn't know?

George: 19:26

Like always bet on myself, Not that I didn't know that. Yeah, I feel like, but it's like. Yeah, I know, but I don't you know it, but do you put it into practice? I feel like you did. I feel like I did this year, but was I previously? I don't feel I was as much and probably more so. Look you probably more so from. I'm talking more from a personal perspective now, not the business side of the story, so I'd say more from that perspective.

George: 19:53

You know the relationships that you want to nurture, the relationships that you want to go through, like whether you have a challenge in a relationship both friends, your partner as well because that can often be a real challenging thing. You know running your business and doing everything you've got to do. I was speaking to someone today about that that I was coaching and you know we're talking about work and they're going on a holiday, and I said, look, just make sure your partner's on board with everything you're doing. Like, so you know, so she knows exactly what's happening and how you're going about it, what your goals and aspiration are. And he brushed off like, oh, yeah, yeah, she knows, she knows I'm like no, no, no, she doesn't. Okay, have the honest conversation, Like I'm going away on a holiday for a week to Bali, Tell her look, the business is operating without me. But there's good chance I'm going to need to step away for an hour and a half because something's going to come up and I need to be on emails, I need to make phone calls, whatever it's going to be, Because she might take it as in oh fucking, he's working all the time, oh, he's doing this, he's doing this. Even though she might be in full support of it, it's still there.

George: 20:54

So, having that open and clear line of communication and doing that, that's something that I've brought in this year with my wife, with my relationship, where we will have we'll just call it a date, but we catch up weekly without distraction and kids and shit like that, and we'll go for breakfast To a meeting. Yeah, but we talk about strategic things. When I say strategic, it's like cool. There's a time we'll talk about relationship. There'll be a time where you talk about money. There'll be a time where we talk about, well, what are we doing for holidays, what are we doing for this? And actually talk about the life aspect of what we're doing.

George: 21:32

You know, we tell them the story, right, yeah, but it's Last episode. We're talking about the line right episode. We're talking about the line right and everyone's playing on that line. Well, yeah, but that mediocre line, all right, where people just hover below it or hover above it. So I don't want to do that. Like, as you said, mediocrity makes you feel sick, and it makes me feel sick too, and I feel, by not having that communication with my wife, well then, how am I ever not going to be above that line in that aspect of my life? So, you know, we've been doing that now for six months and it's been really, really good.

Robby: 22:07

Well, it's just good communication, right it is.

George: 22:11

It is good communication, but it's also a plan. Do you know what I mean? It's not. It's like we're saying, oh, I want to go to wherever Bali, yeah, bali, or wherever Disneyland next year. Okay, saying that and putting a plan in place is going to be very different to doing that, because that might cost $50,000 to go over there and do that. How are we going to do that? How are we going to do that? You want to buy a house? You want to do that? Yeah, it is something I want to plan for next year.

George: 22:35

One of the things I want to go on three decent trips next year. We mentioned them early before. One's to go to Vegas, gc, one was to Singapore and another one is to Disneyland, if I can, that's fuck, 100k there, I don't know. It's a lot of money. It's a lot of money. But if we don't do one of those trips like mate, look honestly Disneyland's probably a bit of a stretch. But the other two are definitely very, very possible and within the realm of possibility, that's for sure, but again, without having that conversation, because we never used to before. And then what Does your life just become? Come home, hey, honey, how are you? How are the kids. What are they doing? What play Eat, have a shower, go to bed Is that what your life ends up becoming? You're paying that mediocre line or do we actually plan and challenge ourselves? Oh, here's another thing Having difficult conversations. I think that's really really powerful shit for anything, business and professional.

Robby: 23:35

Having a difficult conversation and that's something I've learned to do a lot more now and just bite the bullet go cool, it's like the best fucking thing, yeah, because you can dwell on something that the other person hasn't even thought about. They haven't even thought about, yeah, and you're dwelling on it and it does your thing In your head and da, da, da.

George: 23:55

And I know everyone. Okay, cool, hey guys, I don't even need to ask. You're all going through it right now. I bet you there is something right now that you need to talk to someone about, and it doesn't have to be a significant other. It could be someone at work, it can be a friend, it can be your mom, your dad, your sister. Whoever it is, it's going to be someone that you need to have a conversation with. That you're avoiding, and you know, conflict delayed is conflict intensified because, as you said, you're going to get to a point where it blows up, it festers, dude, it festers, and it's like fucking cancer, mate, and it's like yeah it's not good in your mind.

Robby: 24:28

No, it's not the right environment. Yeah, it is. You know, that's the I tell people. I say, like don't let people live rent-free in your head. Yeah, don't let people live rent-free in your head. Yeah, like it's the most expensive real estate on the planet.

George: 24:40

Yeah, so I reckon that, from a personal point of view, is something I've really concentrated on a lot this year is having the upfront conversation, not avoiding it. I do that within my business. I've had conversations with employees that you know. I've never, you never want to have those difficult conversations. All right, I don't think it's ever something like, oh, can't wait to have this awkward conversation or difficult conversation or whatever it is, but I find every time I have them. Totally fine, you get through it and it's actually oh, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Robby: 25:11

I think, yeah, it's also muscle. Yeah, I agree, it becomes easier. It becomes like, okay, let's just sit down and let's talk about this, okay, cool, blah, blah, blah All of a sudden, and then you do it again and again, and then the fifth time. Is there anything you do where you do it the fifth time? That's worse than the first time.

George: 25:29

Yes, very rarely, very rarely, you know, I've been training at the gym. I hated leg, not hated I just leg. Days would always be like, oh, it's going to be a hard workout, yeah, now I embrace it and so, yeah, cool, let's fucking go. What are we lifting today? Is that all I can do? That Light work? Yeah, so, and that's the same analogy, though, when you're having that difficult conversation, like this year, I had to fire someone and it was like I did it, just called them up, just called them up. I didn't hesitate. I called them up when I said I was going to call them up and I said listen, I don't think this is working out. Thank you for all your help. See you later. Not an easy conversation, and they started to bite back. You know to get defensive oh, but why? But this, but this? And I said this is the reason, this is the reason, so on. Thank you. And you know what, if I have to do it again, I'll probably be easier for you.

George: 26:18

It'll probably be easier. Look again this time around, though, I mean, if I had to fire anyone in my organization. Everyone's been with me for a very long time, so it wouldn't be an easy conversation if I had to get rid of someone. But in the same token, now I also because I hold myself in such high have such a high accountability for myself. I kind of feel that if people aren't pulling their weight within the organization and everyone else is, and I am then you're really letting the team down, and I kind of take it personally to a degree, so that, in turn, makes it a bit easier for me to have that conversation with them. So, yeah, come on, and plus, I'm the leader. If I'm going to be the leader of the company, then I need to be able to lead good times and bad, and then I look at that as well.

George: 26:59

In my relationship. I said, well, I'm the leader in my household, and that meant, yes, I am the leader of my wife. I will lead her to where I need to go and she will follow. Not out of obligation, it's out of wants. Yes, I trust you. You are going to do this. You are the head of the family. She's the heart. You're going to send us in the right direction. That's right. I will provide the home, she'll make it. I'll provide the house, she'll make it a home. You know, like that sort of aspect we're working together. It's not a a dictatorial thing.

Robby: 27:31

Where's the food. Sorry, where's the food?

George: 27:33

100 it's like I say this at some of our trainings all right, it's like and you see, there's been memes about it online too it's like I get home, I just take my shoes off, I throw them in the hallway, take my top off, just throw it on the floor and then, you know, go get, just change into some comfortable clothing, whatever. Come back 15 minutes later and it's gone. It's magical, I've got a magic floor. Do you know what I mean? Magical way? You know what I mean? Magic hallway, it's a magic floor. I get there. And not only that, right, it's not that it's just gone, it's in the place it needs to be, and it gets washed, and it gets folded and put away.

Robby: 28:07

Yeah, a day later.

George: 28:09

I can't fucking believe it. You should come and dump your stuff there too. You're okay. See if it works. See if it works. There was. You can't say that You're a misogynist, you're a fucking. Yeah, what's it called.

Speaker 3: 28:21

It sounds like sexist. I said it's okay. It's okay, relax, relax Okay.

George: 28:26

Because, yes, my wife does all those things for me. Yes, I get home and there's a nice, lovely cooked meal there for me to eat. I don't need to cook anything, I don't need to do anything. But every time my wife opens up her wallet, magically, there's money in there too. So it works both ways. Don't worry, she has a magic wallet, I have a magic floor. It's a two-way street, it is, and it's a teamwork thing, for sure, but yeah, I'm the leader there, so I've got to have those conversations. I often find that I'm the one that brings it up because I'll see something that bothers me or bothers her. I've read a couple of books this year on relationships too, which I've never done before. Yeah, never Like. It's always been personal developments, it's always been yeah, I think so I've got as you said.

George: 29:11

you get one good thing out of a book, it's a good book.

Robby: 29:13

Fuck it. So that's what I tried it yeah.

George: 29:21

There was probably a couple of things in those books Fuck. One of them was called A Man's Guide to Women. That was a good book about relationships and how men and women communicate. It was really actually heavily about how men and women communicate and how they're different. So that was good. Yeah, that's right, it's a lot about that and how they're different. So that was good. Yeah, that's right, it's a lot about that, yeah, without a doubt.

George: 29:45

And then the next one I was reading was called, excuse me, eight Dates, by the same author. Eight Dates, eight Dates, as in going out on a date, eight Dates, and then the eight topics you would talk about on that date to cover all aspects of your relationship and life and be on the same page, and stuff like that. They're actually books I would give to my children to read before they got married. They're those types of books you know what I mean Because you want to you read that one about the questions. No, I haven't read that one. I haven't read that one, but that's another one I would also give them too here, before you guys want my blessing to get married if you're proposing to your or real life. Yeah, both of you need to go out and read these books, if you want my blessing, and then for them to come together and discuss those books and have that conversation.

George: 30:25

But these are the things we're never taught. When we were growing up, you know, our parents never did that, they were just wogs. They stuck together If it was good, if it was bad, whatever it was. You can also remember the different Very different time, different time, different time, different, very different time. But then that's also our excuse too. Oh yeah, but we were brought up by then very different. No one taught us. No one taught us and there's still a lot of people that today, how many people would read a book called a man's guide to women?

George: 30:49

Honestly, think about it. You tell your mate you are guys, I'm ready. Or book, you're in. I'm actually reading a book that's called men guys, are you fucking pussy? Yeah, you're fucking under the thumb, little bitch, like you know. Come on, that's funny. It is so funny. 100, I deserve all the flack. That's like you deserve all the flack, but it's again. I actually heard chris williamson talk about it on his podcast and which is why I bought it and I love that thing. That's probably one thing I've picked up from you is, whenever someone says a book that's good, you go on amazon right away and buy it. Yeah, and I there because you've got so many books that you haven't read. Yeah, that.

Robby: 31:22

And I was like I just got more, um, financially aware, savvy, like just just was, really. Even till now I still track, like now I've got a spreadsheet and everything I didn't wasn't doing that six months ago, yeah. And when you see that you're like, oh my god, I spent four hundred dollars on amazon. Yeah the fuck did I buy. And then you see that you're like, oh my God, I spent $400 on Amazon. What the fuck did I buy? And then you bought 10 books and you're like that's great and I'm sure it's worth $400, but do I need to spend that $400 right now? That's right. I added to the wish list, yeah, yeah, because I'm like get through what you've got.

George: 31:52

Yeah, that's right, you've got so many to go through was a book he mentioned in something and he quoted something in that book. I'm like, wow, that's fucking really cool. And he actually recommended the book too. I said, all right, cool, I'll read it. And I did. And it was. It was a good book. It wasn't life-changing, but good book. So they're probably the most. They're the things that I've I've seen the biggest change in myself this year.

Robby: 32:13

Don't you think you get to a point where nothing is going to be well, not nothing like. The odds of learning something life-changing now are slim, like it was. There was at some point like, oh my god, I learned this thing and my whole life's gone in a whole different direction because you lacked so much knowledge. Yeah, but you get to the point where you're kind of very good and now it's just a 1% differences, dude, and it's like I've learned this habit.

George: 32:45

I've said this today, you did. And about us, I said it today. I was speaking to Nicole as well and she's like oh, is Robbie coming to that training with you, you know, when you're going next week or whatever it is? I said no, he's not, he goes. He's actually pulled out and he's like what he's like why? I think you guys always went to that stuff he goes. Why do you I go? Can I honestly tell you what I go? Honestly, I can't be fucked going myself. But I said to her I go.

George: 33:11

The reason is, I think we're at a different level now where a lot of the stuff we're being taught, whilst it's very good content and probably does help a lot of people and change their life, we're not there anymore. We used to be, yeah, I agree, but now because we're up here like I coach and mentor and you do the same thing, you're up on stage giving proper professional business advice and life advice and you're a certified neuro-linguistics programmer certified neuro linguistics programmer right it's. We're at that level now where I don't think I'm getting that much out of that training because I've had a level of experience that surpasses what they're teaching me and whilst I might still go there and go, actually you know what I like that, but that's the one percent I'm like that one percent.

Robby: 33:54

But I also think gone now are the days where you're going to go in and something's going to blow you away. But like.

George: 34:02

Did you think that? So when we did our speaker training, for example, right, we both sat there going what?

George: 34:07

the fuck, it was sick. That I would consider a life-changing moment. Yeah, to me it was because I went on and started a whole new training business on the back of that and had huge success. So that was a moment for me where I look back and go, wow, I don't, yeah, like I didn't think about, I didn't think I would receive that back then Will I receive it again from somewhere else? Because that's something else I'm going to ask you, like I don't have a mentor at the moment or a coach or anything like that. Yeah, I don't think I'm arrogant enough to say I don't need one. Yeah, and I would like one, but I just wouldn't even know where to look at the moment so it's like where do you find them?

George: 34:52

yeah because I feel like I'm okay. Say, kirwin ray was around at the moment. Yeah, I don't feel that he's the right person for me to join, okay, so you look at the other entrepreneur type business people that are out there. There's not that many, I think, that are top stock. I wouldn't go to a Jack DeLosa, I wouldn't go. Oh, that's it really. Where else would I go now?

Robby: 35:18

Just before we go down that way, but just before we do, I'm trying to find a photo that I want to show you, because you know, arthur, I did speak the speaker training. There's obviously different tiers, the one we did- together.

George: 35:30

we did two and three together. Yeah, the number one. Two was sick.

Robby: 35:35

Yeah, the first one I did prior. Yes, when I did that, I actually went and did. I would love to find the page man. I actually went and did. I would love to find the page man. I actually went and did my own event. Yeah, and I put on a free. Oh, is that a? Was that a?

George: 35:52

library. Yeah, I think you have here.

Robby: 35:56

Yeah, but share it again, and I had one person come to the thing, but it's like I'm so proud of us to go and cause it was. We weren't the only people in that room, man you know what I mean. There was, there was at least 40 people each time I went to that training and I reckon I can probably say maybe two more people, maybe three, who went did something with it.

George: 36:23

Not to the, not to the level we did. Oh, no, no one's. When you say did something with it they might have, done one or two events.

Robby: 36:28

There's only one who's done something. Do I obviously know them. Yeah, you know him, him, yeah, he was. Yeah, anyway, you don't understand, but there's only one who's really done full on. Oh, maybe two that have done actual events with a room full of people.

George: 36:45

Their own events yeah.

Robby: 36:51

Not on other people's stages. No, no, no, not that. Okay, that are their own things, tell me later. But yeah, man, that's another thing I take massive pride in. Do you know what I mean? Practitioners.

George: 37:00

And did something with it. Yeah, but see, I tell that story to people as well, from a coaching point of view. And I said, every time I've ever seen great success sorry, great amazing growth in my own life and business, it's because I took the fucking action and actually did something with it. So many people go out there, go and go to a training course to feel good, to feel warm and fuzzy inside, not have FOMO, go to do it but then don't implement anything out of that training. Whereas I took huge.

George: 37:27

I made it my personal business to learn that thing that I was being taught. Grab the good shit, implement it to see the change. And I got the change. And then I moved on to the next thing. And then I think that's why I outgrew a lot of those training organizations, because I was like, guys, I've crushed this and then they try and sell you back into the program the next year. And I was always like, why would I come back to learn the same thing? It's the same concept. I've already surpassed that. I implemented what you told me, I surpassed it and now I'm at a completely different level. I need the next level of training. And then I got that offered, did it and then again, second event I ever did. Please tell me that's a suit. Please tell me that's a suit.

Robby: 38:06

It's just a. It's a tail with a shirt.

George: 38:10

You look professional as fuck and it makes me sick.

Robby: 38:14

Yeah, now you're on stage with a hoodie.

George: 38:18

You're like, hey, motherfuckers, but it's like this. Looks like Mr Tricare just rocked up and he's about to blow my mind on fucking how to do a Venn diagram.

Robby: 38:27

Yeah, but it's so cool even to watch. Was that at someone else's?

George: 38:32

event. I think I remember this. We did a joint event. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Yeah, that is so funny. You're such a fucking nerd. Oh, that is a bug.

Robby: 38:40

And what's the date? What's the date, what's the date? It is September 2022.

George: 38:47

Yeah, I mean, yeah, before that was before we did it. Of course we did ours in January, because I October, october, 100%.

Robby: 38:56

I've just come back from PD. Did we do one that?

George: 39:01

late, mate. Did we do it before level two, before level three? I don't think so, dude. We did our level three speaker training late in the year. Oh, sorry, sorry, are you talking about a builder summit?

Robby: 39:12

Yeah, we did in February.

George: 39:13

Yeah, yeah.

Robby: 39:15

Yeah, february 10th. That was something like that. What a great day, though. Yeah, that was sick, we could. We don't believe it. But yeah, man, taking those lessons and fucking doing something with it.

George: 39:29

Yeah, and can I just say credit to you, right, how bummed were you after that first event? I was, yeah.

Robby: 39:34

Yeah, you were bummed after my first event as well. I had 13 people registered and I thought, cool, now I've got a little boardroom going. I'll never forget Shout out to my cousin, sam, because he was with me and he went and stood at the door and there was like five minutes to go and we were trying to turn that. We had to kill a light because it was in front of the projector and he was on a chair on a table and it was wobbling and I could not stop laughing. I was in tears and we got the light off. We turned the light off. I think we broke the light in Carlton Library. Sorry about that, yeah. And then I had one person chop because it was pouring down rain, yeah. And one person showed up and I was just like that happens.

George: 40:12

But look at the calluses, right. So you were bummed after that first event we did together because you didn't get the desired result. But looking back, you go Like how much do you think back and change? And go look at what's changed and what we've done and you grow from each one of those A hundred percent, each and every one of those you're like cool, this is what has to change, this is what has to change. And you've also realized oh also, you didn't. Your legacy of media wasn't set up at that stage to set everything that we needed to do. But also you start to realize that the demographic of the people that are there aren't necessarily there to buy media stuff. They sort of get it as a consequence of being there. And then they're like oh right, this is sick, maybe I'll buy it in two months' time. And they often do.

Robby: 40:57

I think one of the greatest. I can't remember where I got this, but I've known for a long time now and it's. I got it from somewhere when I was doing real estate, and it was. Nothing is personal. Everything's structural. Do you know what I mean? If I do exactly what the person next to me does, I'll get the same result. If I sit in the same way, speak in the same way, have the same relationships, do everything the same, I will get the same result. Yeah, and it just takes the ah, fuck, it's me yes yes, gentlemen, because it's not you, it can be no.

Robby: 41:32

But but if you do, it's the way you're structured, yeah, which is not you. Like you say, everything is, anyone can achieve the same result as someone else if they get the same structure in place. You know what I mean. I can do a slam dunk if I grow a foot. It's like what Feet? You know what I mean, not a neck for a foot, maybe Jumping toes, I don't know. But do you get what I'm saying? Like, everything is structural. So it's like, okay, it's not a you thing, it might be the way you speak, that's just the thing. You know what I mean. Or it might be the way you stand, or the way you're projecting yourself, or the way you're, and it's all structural and it's just. I just need to learn some skills that I don't have. Yeah, and it was that. That's okay, cool, it's all right.

George: 42:18

Like you know what I yes, Take what you need from it. Again, credit to you, because so many people would have been so bummed from that and go oh well, fuck, this isn't for me.

Robby: 42:26

I was bummed, dude. I went home and had a Big Mac and a fillet of fish and a chicken burger. That sounds like a good day out. It was the standard, didn't?

George: 42:35

it Tuesday lunch, but this is what I mean so many people. So that probably didn't help either, because if I got zero results and you got zero results, then we could have just made a big match together, yeah, but that just gives me an out yeah, correct, but that's not the.

Robby: 42:52

Thing that's going to push you forward.

George: 42:54

Yes, but I'm saying the credit to you because a lot of people don't think like that. They'll come up against a difficult scenario and we had people do that too. Yeah, there were people out there that did coaching and event sorry events, post us and be like and they said that you know, they got four people rock up, yeah and they're like, oh fuck, I booked the whole hall like I thought I was gonna get 4 000 people, like george and robbie did. Okay, I thought I was gonna get 200 people.

Robby: 43:19

I thought I was gonna we also did an event, had 500 and something people register. Yeah, and 50 people show up less than that dude.

George: 43:26

There was like 40 people, yeah, but like I was fucking annoyed on that day I was with 100 people or whatever I banked. We moved location because we got 500 registration, yeah, and I thought, shit, we're not going to fit everyone. Let's go to a bigger hall. Like we were in a big fucking room and it was like it looked empty, empty and you just grow from that like, but it didn't deter us, we go fuck it, we're gonna do it one more time.

Robby: 43:51

So we did it again the next month sorry, early the next year, dude, if anything that like lit a fire under my because I was like, because all the people who sat there, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I wasn't successful, yeah. And then you're like, you motherfuckers, keep watching, watch this, keep fucking watching, fucking watching. Now you're right, thank you, yeah, fucking, thank you.

George: 44:15

The haters will always drive you in that regard and it's like do you know our event just recently, a couple of weeks back? That was a sick event. It was great, but I honestly, honestly I don't think I've told you this, but I feel like that event was a turning point for us from a couple of perspectives. One we had you haven't told me this, so keep going. There's sick shits happening all the time, so I can't keep up, but I feel like that event was a turning point from a couple of perspectives. Spent less on ad spend, got a decent amount of registration, yes, okay. We got a much higher show rate as a percentage come to the event than we've ever had at a free event, and that above industry average, oh, dude.

Robby: 44:57

And it was. At least you were. You were on stage and we were running, or even. You don't know this, by the way. We were running around trying to fucking find chairs well, what the fuck? And we sat people around. You don't know this, by the way. We were running around trying to fucking find chairs. We're like what the fuck? And we sat people on the sides.

George: 45:08

We're like, we'll work out on the break, sort of you shouldn't have rocked up late, I couldn't get your awards. You know what I mean.

Robby: 45:13

If you're shitty, you're sitting on the board a ticket while you're on stage. How did you Not at all?

George: 45:20

Good on them. But this is what I mean, Like they're great problems to have.

Robby: 45:26

They're the type of problems you want to have We've always spoken about. Yeah, fuck it, let the people come, we'll work it out.

George: 45:30

That's it, and we did. It wasn't even that stressful. In the end we got a few tables out, a few chairs. We got to sort return on investment.

Robby: 45:45

It's a great day, yeah, even people who came said that was a great day. Yeah, and I think we've refined not just this, the content, we're getting very good at it. We're sharing yeah, we're getting very good at it the experience. You opened the event for me. Yeah, event for me.

George: 46:01

And I was like. I was like I told you after okay, you can tell the difference with someone that's trained when they're on site, cause we've had a few not, I'm not shitting on anyone that's ever helped us. Well, thank you, we appreciate it, we love it. Always come back and we're going to get you back again, but I'm not doing a job for you. What's wrong with you? But the beauty was it's like to see a trained professional on stage. It's just like a breath of fresh air.

Robby: 46:22

And it was a last second thing. I was like hey, I should open it yeah.

George: 46:25

Because you're not selling anything on the day and it's like, yeah, that's a great idea. And then you come up on stage and you looked at the slides. You've never really done it before. Obviously you've heard it because we've done them so many times. But you're like, hey, it's this, this, this and this. And then you use certain language and I'm like like it's just, yeah, a hundred percent, he knows what he's doing. So it's great to see that it's real. It is the reps now Like now, you know, not even a little bit, it doesn't even you don't even come into the realm of thought.

Robby: 46:55

Yeah, it's kind of like all right just just Just listen.

George: 47:06

I promise we're going to be blown away by the end. Yeah, that's a value in your mind Get your hands ready. So that was great. I really feel that that was a turning point because for me I was kind of maybe I was a bit pessimistic coming into the training. I thought, all right, we're going to get 30 people here. I sensed.

Robby: 47:16

I sensed that I was expecting it and I was trying. I'm like man, I'm going to work off worst case here. Yeah, Do you know what I mean? That's what I call it. You're saying you set up tables.

George: 47:27

Yeah, that's right. Yeah, in saying that I was totally prepared for 10 people to be in the room, do you know what I mean? I knew it, yeah, I know, but I'm just saying, and there was a line lie, I'm like dude, that's sick. And that's when we got some of the other team to go out and help register people. But that's a really great thing to see because it then I felt like it was just a turning point, a perspective of where people even in the room wanted to really be in the room.

Robby: 47:59

I think we learned that the timing was well on the first one as well.

George: 48:02

Yeah, without a doubt, that very first one it was. We did it. That was the second last week of December. It was the big fight. It was in the city, it was just so many things weren't great about that one.

Robby: 48:12

And we probably changed too many things at once Changed the pricing, changed the event name, changed that, and then it was like where the what's going on?

George: 48:20

Yeah, yeah, so going on. Yeah, yeah. So anyway, again, lessons learned.

Robby: 48:26

Lessons learned you become better and better at each one. That's the life right. Life is just a bunch of accumulated lessons.

George: 48:29

Yeah, exactly right, exactly right. And then you become better. That's why you want to have difficulties in your life. I was speaking to someone again. I said you should be pumped when you're hitting a low, when you're hitting a challenging time. Yeah, because you're going to make a great fucking story one day. This is going to be sick, because how cool is it? We can sit back there and say, oh yeah, you see that I made that. We had 400 people in a venue and we killed it in sales. I made that million bucks in a day. But hang on, do you remember, in December 2022, when we had 15 people rock up in a hall that could have seated 400? Do 15 people rock up in a hall that could have seeded 400. Do you remember that? Oh no, did that happen? Yes, that happened. And to come back and do it again the next three months later and to come back and do it again and keep going and keep going and have no loss of enthusiasm, have no loss of Anything.

George: 49:14

The event just got better and better. Our content is sick now. It's so fucking refined and we're tweaking it here and there and changing it here and there like, yeah, and there's stuff that's removed, there's stuff that's not there. When you put something in about the ai stuff and and it was that um generated video of yourself, but it wasn't you like that blew me away. When I saw that, I was like I knew it was that when it started playing I was wrong, I didn't have it everyone. I actually I could have got it off again to put it on video, but anyway, yeah, that's really cool. And then people are coming in and starting to talk and starting to see what we're doing and starting to go. Actually, we need to be at this event and that's where I feel the turning point has been is people are realizing what's going on and now want to come a part of these events. And I feel the next time we do it, it's going to go again and again, and again.

Robby: 50:02

Yeah, it's almost to go again and again, and again. Yeah, it's almost like a community dude, exactly right. Yeah, I mean like Siapa coming around, it's becoming its own thing, it's building its own, and like the Facebook groups, and you know what I mean, and it's like it's building its own thing together.

George: 50:16

Yeah, how good is it as well, like even from your perspective of and correct me if I'm wrong mastering your craft from the advertising point of view, you know you can now, really you get in the runs. You've been doing all the ads for us for two years, yeah, yeah, and you've got the runs on the board. Like when someone says, oh, can you do an event, I'm saying, can we market your own event? Yeah, what's wrong with you? But you know the metrics, you know the type of videos that hit. You know the type of content we should be saying. You know what. What works well, what doesn't, yeah, and that's really powerful too.

Robby: 50:48

You know what's funny like, and this is, this is a I guess it's a testament to the growth. But, like I look back at the first ones and we don't do. We don't do much the same. The same in what regard? Like the way we run ads, yeah, it's like we're doing things that are whole different. Like I look back there, yeah, and I guess everyone feels like this with their profession but you should look back at what you were doing two years ago and think that we're way better now. Like way from the copy, from the actual creative, from the ad, from the optimization. You know what I mean. The landing pages Do you remember the first landing pages? Now, like it's a whole different thing.

George: 51:31

Well, that's the thing, though, right, you now have testimonial videos. You now have heaps of photos. We've got videos there.

Robby: 51:39

The first ever event. There was no photos, there was nothing to showcase.

George: 51:44

Yeah, it was just a picture of me and you. It's like I was on it, old venture. So I'm just standing there and just you. Yeah, I put it with my arms crossed, that's it. Oh, let's trust this guy, that's it. Yeah, that was the whole crush. Crushed it. Yeah, it worked. I think that one, though the, because there was already a lot of people willing to buy before they stepped in the room. It was warmer, yeah, it was a lot warmer, whereas now it's a fist pump moment because the crowd's a lot colder now, which is in turn, actually a good thing.

Robby: 52:21

Yeah, because you're reaching people you weren't reaching.

George: 52:28

That's right, and how they're starting there, and I'm finding that once they spend three days with you, then they're again more willing to be open to work with you in the future as well, which is good because you're building that trust and rapport. So we've just spent fucking 30 minutes talking about me. Let's flip it around, mr Robert. Thank you. That photo that you just showed me, that's Robert, that's right. That's Mr Robert there.

Robby: 52:51

But how funny is that? Yeah, so cool. I love it. I wish I had a photo of the first, first one.

George: 53:00

Oh, when you're there in the boardroom by yourself. Oh sorry, with that one person, one lady, did you change your life.

Robby: 53:05

I reckon I blew her away. Yeah, she definitely didn't have the budget to work with us.

George: 53:12

Yeah, but hey, maybe she will. You know she'll come across your page one day again and go oh, I remember that one time when Robbie spent a whole afternoon, a whole evening, with me teaching me everything about marketing. I'm going to give him a call right now so he can run all my ads and marketing for this multi-million dollar business I built. He becomes your best fucking client for the rest of your life. Could happen, Absolutely could happen?

Robby: 53:34

Do you get many people come up to you now saying do you remember me?

George: 53:37

Yeah, dude, so bad. It's like, oh, I came. It's like, oh, yeah, I've met you. I had a guy on the weekend, a few weeks back, come up to me. He goes, oh, we've spoken on Instagram, like he was speaking to me, like I'd known him my whole life. He goes oh, we've been speaking on Instagram. Dude, I can't remember anything I've said on Instagram.

Robby: 54:04

I can't remember like where I parked the car. And you're like, do you remember me? And I'm like, looking at this person, like I've never seen you my whole life. Man, that's so much. But the funny thing is I've never seen him but I'd spoken to him on the phone. Oh right, I remembered me from that. And he's like, do you remember me? And I'm like, even if I remembered you, I've never seen you. How can I? But yeah, it's funny.

George: 54:26

It is, it is, but yeah, what has been looking back at 24, some of the most significant moments for you professionally and personal life as well. You had to know this fucking question was coming.

Robby: 54:44

Yeah, I just just I haven't thought about it a lot, to be honest. Yeah, um, if I happen to say I was talking, the reason why this came up was because I was actually. I asked this question to someone else in conversation and then I was like fuck, that's a good question, we should do a podcast about it. And my response to that person that I was talking to was I don't feel like I've progressed as much as I would have liked this year. I love the honesty.

George: 55:19

Yeah, Because how easy it is to say, oh yeah, I've had a great year. Yeah, nonetheless.

Robby: 55:23

I did. I looked back and there was progress and there was, I reckon, some really key fundamental things that I thought I had my head wrapped around, that I didn't, and it's like I feel like I've spent 2024 building a really good foundation. Good, like a really good base. Yeah, it's so important, though do you know what I mean like really really good from a business aspect, really good base to now say, okay, like how the fuck was it going to scale before? Yeah, I mean like now we're kind of in a much better. There's processes like man. I've built so many fucking processes this year and we've actually got an Iggy. You can probably agree to this, but or you don't have to agree, but if you don't, you're fired.

Robby: 56:22

But, you can. You've seen how far legacy media has come this year, from a. What we were doing in january to what we're doing now in december is like chalk and cheese, man, you know. I mean, now we get to the point where I'm like, hey, this guy said this and he's like which client was that? Yeah, because there's a.

George: 56:40

There's a, there's a bit happening now but also the, the even quality of the content, that the creativity I'm doing, like the ads you're running. I love seeing the ads, and especially when it's a new one that I haven't seen before, and then it's like oh, what the? Fuck what's happening there. And you're like, is this an apple? No, it's not an apple. Like you, look again, it's a banana and you take a bite of it and it's a brick.

Robby: 57:02

I can't take credit for the creativity. I just do what I get told.

George: 57:05

But it still has contributed to the foundation and to the growth of the business too. 100%.

Robby: 57:12

Because people will see that and go let's get involved. Even the stuff you don't see right, like the way we're managing jobs and the internal systems and internal communication and the way that stuff's happening, Um, yeah, I feel like it's been. For me, 2024 has been like even the self-belief dude, like the getting up on stage, like now. I'm just like cool, let's work.

George: 57:40

Let's go. Would you, would you hesitate to get up on stage with no prep anywhere?

Robby: 57:46

No, I can get up and do whatever. I got up to that. The intro in the morning when we spoke about it half an hour before, yeah, but also and I was like show me the slides and I just looked at him and I'm like, oh cool, like I'll just, I'll work it out on the fly, I'll work it out on the fly.

George: 58:01

But I'm just saying even from a perspective of if someone said to you hey look, we just need someone to talk and present at this fucking gala, I won't do it. There's 300 people.

Robby: 58:10

So yeah, cool, I'll do it. No worries, I'll do it, I'll crack jokes at no one you're laughing at You'll kill it.

George: 58:18

But see, that's the thing that I've noticed. Right something, and you're expecting a whole barrel of laughs and no one laughs. Yeah I kind of like that yeah it's like now you're like cool, oh cool. That joke worked better in rehearsal, yeah, but, and then but people would think, oh, how awkward you would get embarrassed it's like I like it, I like the.

Robby: 58:36

Oh, he's weird. It's just like, yeah, I am yes. Yes, you're right, wait, wait for it. Yeah, it's coming. It's going to get worse. Yeah, totally downhill from here. Yeah, but yeah, that's. That's what in my year in a nutshell, that's what I feel like. It's been a very very learning things I thought I knew well and realizing that I don't know them that well yeah.

George: 59:03

Is that so? Is what you just said. From the foundation point of view, is that more business?

Robby: 59:09

Oh, dude, if I show you now how well tracked we are when I say tracked like I can like, from every aspect of numbers. We're tracking everything like from leads to sales, to gross profit, to budgets, to like the business is on lock, how good is that? Yeah, that is so good. And it's like there was things I had to go through and learn where it's like, oh okay, cool, I kind of understood. I thought you know, have you? If you come to me and said, can you read a P&L? At the start of the year, I would have said, of course I can read a P&L if you're a fucking idiot. Me now, that guy was a fucking idiot, yeah.

Speaker 3: 59:52

And he probably could read a P&L, but now I'll fucking.

Robby: 59:56

I eat P&Ls for breakfast. Yum, it's the first thing I check in the morning. I'm not joking, it was the first thing I check in the morning. Yeah, so you?

George: 1:00:02

can track that. You can track those daily.

Robby: 1:00:05

I track them daily. Yeah, I track every dollar daily. Good yeah, every dollar, that's good, personally, professionally.

George: 1:00:13

I mean, that sounds like some pretty good wins there.

Robby: 1:00:26

Yeah, yeah, idea, yeah. But I just like you know how you said a few weeks back, you said you know how sometimes it takes 10 years to have that.

Robby: 1:00:29

Yeah, I feel like this was one of the 10 yeah that I needed to have yeah, do you know what I mean, and that's a great, that's great um foresight and I'm like cool, how the fuck was I going to get to where I want to go if I didn't get this right? Yeah, these are the things I need to get right. And it's like I shared a story the other day and I said stop crying because you're not where you want to be. Stop crying because you haven't got the things you want. You're simply not as good as you thought you are. Keep going, yeah. And I was like what's that? Redlining everything? Yeah, cool, I think it's good to be. I was like it's all structural and if I had everything in place to have what I want, I would have what I want.

George: 1:01:13

The reason why I don't have what I want is because it needs more work. What about you're 75 hard? How did you see that this year that you completed? Were you proud to have done that? Were you pumped that you got through it? Was it just something mentally done before you did it? Yeah, but still. It's still a good thing to have achieved. You stuck to that diet religiously. You did everything. You did it properly for 75 days. Do you think, after completing that process, it affected your life in any way on completion? Because a lot of people, I think and this is what I come down to some people do nothing, no PD, not looking after themselves in any way. So when they do something like a 75 heart, it changes their life, whereas you were still quite invested in yourself and a lot of the stuff that you were doing. So did it have that much of an impact on you when you completed 75 Art?

Robby: 1:02:08

Yes, definitely, in the sense of if you want to do shit, you can do it. That's the truth. You can either make excuses or you make moves. Yeah, do you know what I mean? And at that point I had no choice but to make the moves. And it was like hey, I haven't got my second workout and it's 10.30 and I'm tired. Yeah, we'll get the fuck up and go for a walk. The mind gives up before the so fucking tired dude that I was like closing my eyes for like six steps in a row and I was thinking how many steps I could take with my eyes closed Because I was fucking wrecked. I was so tired, mate, let me just hack into it.

George: 1:02:49

It was just so tired. Then you walk into a tree, yeah, and that's okay. It's ten, ten steps. Now I know if anyone's done anything.

Speaker 3: 1:02:57

I was reading books at 11pm.

Robby: 1:02:59

Yeah, because you're like I haven't done my reading today. Yeah, I haven't done my reading today. Are you still?

Speaker 3: 1:03:02

doing 75 hours. Yes, what day.

George: 1:03:04

40 days, 40 days in Still carnivore, still carnivore. How are you finding that Amazing? Yeah, I mean, you actually look slimmer. I am In context. Iggy was a slim guy to begin with as well yeah, I'm still slim.

Speaker 3: 1:03:21

Yeah, same same is it?

Robby: 1:03:24

don't these skin look clearer? I don't know.

George: 1:03:27

I guess so I don't look at his skin, that often neither, but I'm just noticing it.

Robby: 1:03:30

Now you're glowing, you're pregnant, yeah, yeah I'm taking care of my skin also.

Speaker 3: 1:03:37

Yeah, there you go. So, uh, you said awesome, why so? As you said, like some people never don't do any exercising and then do these crazy steps and there's like life-changing things. So I'm one of them. I haven't done any gym exercising for 10 years yeah, since I was. And you're doing it now. Yeah, now I'm doing it like hard. I've been doing leg exercises like three days straight because I injured my chest, so I was doing all like leg exercises for the last week. Do you have a gym where you live? Yeah, we do have a gym.

Robby: 1:04:14

In the building.

Speaker 3: 1:04:14

In the building so it's very easy to go and I'm so strong now compared to before I started, and I've been playing squash so much that I love doing leg exercises, squats, whatever lunges do it all day long. Good.

Robby: 1:04:33

That's great.

Speaker 3: 1:04:34

Yeah.

Robby: 1:04:34

I definitely think you, I think you should do it. Yeah, I just think it's a. It's kind of like a reset, like it just brings you back to the. I can do this very easily, and it got to the point where I was doing everything, like I'd have days where I would get up training in the morning. I used to always scull a liter of water in the morning because, like, I needed to get the water in. Yeah, and that's one of the hardest part is it is because I needed to get the water in. That's probably the hardest part.

George: 1:05:04

Is that actually a rule with the water Four liters?

Speaker 3: 1:05:06

A gallon. To be specific, it's 3.8 liters, something like that.

Robby: 1:05:13

I would get up in the morning train, scald the water and come home I'd have a shower, read, work a little bit and then I'd train again by like midday and those days were the best because I was done and all I had to do was drink the water and follow the diet. Yeah, and that was like the biggest, the most relieved day. And then you'd realize like, oh my God, I've trained. Like it's 1pm and I've trained twice today already.

George: 1:05:37

Was the training just walking? Did Was the training just walking? Did you consider that a training going for a walk?

Robby: 1:05:41

Yeah, okay, yeah, but it had to be for 45 minutes 45 minutes yeah, so you still walk all the way up to Kerf and Pier pack yeah, and it's a good time if you have kids to be with the kids.

Speaker 3: 1:05:54

Go out with the kids for a walk. Yeah, because you have to be outdoors. Yes, For one.

Robby: 1:06:03

Killing two birds with one stone. Yeah, I think it's a really good way of showing you that you can do everything and some, because it's not like it wasn't working. If anything, I was probably clearer. I had probably more clear-headed you ever hungry?

Speaker 3: 1:06:18

Not that much.

Robby: 1:06:19

That goes away. That goes away completely, if anything. You eat so much less you have less fluctuations like energy, everything. You're just yeah, because there's no carb crashes. There's no, none of that. Um, yeah, that was a great experience. Looking back at the time, I fucking hated it, but looking back, that was a really. Are you enjoying carnival? Yes, I'm hated it, but looking back.

George: 1:06:41

That was a really Are you enjoying Carnivore?

Speaker 3: 1:06:42

Yes, I'm loving it. I'm actually loving all of it Reading books and everything.

Robby: 1:06:50

I like the reading part.

George: 1:06:51

I'm definitely slowed down on the reading A lot of people, and there's people out there that just still continue the Carnivore. That's all they do. That's all they eat. Do you think it's a sustainable diet?

Speaker 3: 1:07:00

Yeah, it does feel like it's sustainable. If you eat intestines also, then it's 100% sustainable Because you can get the vitamin C from the organs, like from liver. So liver has vitamin C. You're not a liver person.

Robby: 1:07:16

You like liver oh?

George: 1:07:17

it depends how it's cooked. It's a bit. Yeah well, if it's fried, yeah it's generally fried.

Speaker 3: 1:07:23

Yeah, if it's fried it tastes good.

George: 1:07:25

Yeah, that's all right, I would eat it. Yes, and I have eaten it, not for a long time, but yes, yeah, I've eaten it.

Speaker 3: 1:07:31

Or you can eat sausage out of it. Blend all of them Hard liver.

Robby: 1:07:36

I've never. Yeah, it's good, it's good. You don't give it a crack. You just see differences and then you're like, oh fuck, Dude, my knee pain has never come back. Oh, that's great. Ever ever it's gone completely.

George: 1:07:47

I mean I had back pain when I was for many years before I was 40. And ever since training that's gone.

Robby: 1:07:54

Thanks for clarifying. That's okay, I needed to yeah, so that was definitely a. I don't know if I'd say that was a key event of 2024. Because it wasn't significant by yeah, I don't know. I do feel like it was. When I look back at my life, it will be one of the more subtle years. It won't be the year where there was you know how you were saying there was a turning point. Yeah, it won't be that year for me. Did you go overseas this year? I went to China.

George: 1:08:34

Oh, that's right, yeah.

Robby: 1:08:35

Tell me about that. Yeah, was it a post-China podcast? That was China? Was it very Chinese? How was China?

Speaker 3: 1:08:39

Was it very Chinese, very Chinese, china, china. I love China.

Robby: 1:08:42

China. What do you call a Chinese electrician? An electrician? What's wrong with you?

George: 1:08:51

I hear they have pretty scary hats there. I don't know. Did you see any when you were there?

Robby: 1:08:55

They were all in Mongolia.

George: 1:08:58

Oh, were they? I don't think so. Where else would they be?

Robby: 1:09:00

It's probably about full circle.

Speaker 3: 1:09:03

Yeah.

Robby: 1:09:04

Did you know there's 49 million kangaroos?

George: 1:09:11

Do you reckon we have any listeners in Mongolia? Do you we will? Is this your family? Surely someone in your family has listened to this podcast.

Robby: 1:09:20

Probably not, cousin. Why have you not shared it with them Someone?

George: 1:09:26

Just so you know, part of the Million Dollar Days franchise. You guys don't listen. Tune in. Surely let's get some listeners in Mongolia. I'll listen when I go back. Are we up? You're going to miss us. Of course he's going to listen. And then you've got to get people. You know what you can do whilst you're in Mongolia. You get people to subscribe and then we'll have a huge supporter base in Mongolia.

Robby: 1:09:48

We might learn Mongolian.

George: 1:09:49

You could even do a video that you can send back to us. That would encourage people in Australia and all parts of the world to subscribe. Well, they could probably do a video where they actually click a red button, not just like in real life, not just in pretend world, just a podcast show. Show them where on the screen it's going to be somewhere here, like if you click that button right there, just do it Lyle.

Robby: 1:10:15

Get it happening, lyle, make it happen. But yeah, man, to conclude 2024, 2024. I think the foundations matter, oh dude 100.

George: 1:10:29

I mean, homozy was saying this and this is you can take this from business and life. You're saying you know, so many people are focused on scaling their business, on becoming bigger and becoming better, but if you don't have the fundamentals right and you scale, you're just going to be your shit and then you're going to have more shit, but but bigger.

Robby: 1:10:45

So you've got to get those-.

George: 1:10:46

Yeah, you're going to scale your problems. Yeah, you're going to scale your problems. So you've got to get the fundamentals right. Like I coach my son's football team, the one thing you've really got to drill down with them and teach them is the fundamentals of playing the game. They've got to learn to kick handball, mark, run, bounce, like the basic shit, before you're starting to do the don't argues, before you start doing all the fancy tricks and kicking goals from 50. No, you've got to get the fundamentals right and then you focus on the technical side of things.

Robby: 1:11:12

I also think I used to think even a year ago, let's just say at the start of this year because doing what we do, we get a pretty good insight into most people's businesses, very good insight, yeah. And I used to think then most people don't know their business. Well, they don't know, it's true, most people have no idea, they don't know the numbers, they do things without proper directional purpose, and now I'm like most people have no idea, like no idea at all, and I think that's a huge advantage, because then it's like Upside's huge, isn't it? Enormous, dude. Yeah, enormous from several levels from the level of value we now provide when we come into people's businesses and from the level of, from the other aspect, of how much further along the position that we're in is now and ready to launch into the next step.

Robby: 1:12:26

Do you know what I mean? And it's like you can't do what we want to do next without having done what I have just done. Do you know what I mean? And yeah, that's been, that's been the biggest lesson. I'd say Love it, love it, Love it.

George: 1:12:45

So people listening, do you think it's a good idea to reflect on what they've done this year?

Robby: 1:12:51

Of course yeah, Because if you don't, you'll just fucking keep doing the same shit, man yeah.

George: 1:12:57

But then how do they know that? I mean, do you know If you're doing something shit like if you've had a shit year? Do you look back at that? Do you need to have a level of self-awareness and go? You know what I think I haven't been great in my health. You know what I haven't been great on my business? Are you honest with yourself? Yeah, you've got to be brutally honest, brutally honest. Would you reckon I could have done better this year?

Robby: 1:13:20

yeah someone someone that you could depend on, because here's the thing like there's people that you probably don't want their advice as well yeah, yeah, dude, that's, that's a topic for a whole, that's a whole podcast topic, isn't it? Obviously ask the right people. But yeah, definitely, man, and also the benefit to that as well is people will see what you don't see.

Robby: 1:13:41

Yeah, yeah, sometimes you need someone to call you out on your bullshit, yeah, and be like hey, you did this shit, or you get them fat. Whatever, it is right. You're doing this wrong. You made this money. You've got no idea what's going on. You're doing this. It's a whirlwind. You're going to spiral out of control, whatever it might be.

Robby: 1:14:06

But yeah, I think you should definitely self-reflect one to put some time aside for that. Yeah, review the year. What was the big thing for you? What's that setting up for the next year? How are you gonna do more, make more, whatever it is, have more free time, be the better, have more holidays a better version yeah, the upgrade, you the upgrade, you have to be the upgrade, got to be the upgrade.

George: 1:14:23

Guys, honestly, if you're the 25th, okay, we're going to fast forward to episode. Yeah, a hundred and whatever 10. Yeah, this time next year, the 25. Robbie, probably better. Mr Robert should be better than the 2024. Without a doubt and he will be, it's a thing right, because now you've got a solid foundation, now it's time to build, now it's time to fuck shit up.

Robby: 1:14:55

Yeah, and that's not to say we didn't build in 2024.

George: 1:15:01

That's right. It's not saying there hasn't been significance in your life, but there also should be that self-awareness yeah, cool, like we've done stuff, but hey, I know what I'm capable of and this year hasn't been that number one.

Robby: 1:15:15

So I said this to you. You'll recall I won't name any names, but I said to you that someone said to me I'm surprised George hasn't done this thing, seeing as he had so much success.

George: 1:15:30

Do you remember? Yeah, hasn't done. Was it further coaching? Yeah, in the line of coaching.

Speaker 3: 1:15:36

Yeah.

Robby: 1:15:36

And I'm surprised George hasn't done this, seeing as he has all this success. And I remember, and I told you and I said, and I looked at that person and I thought why didn't they say that to me? Yes, they don't think I'm succeeding. Do you know what I mean? Like they actually don't think I'm in a better position. And I told you and I said that upset me. And you said good. And I said it's a perfect answer, by the way. And then, and in my mind, I'm like but I know we've made progress. And it's like it's that one year of the 10 where they haven't seen the progress. Yep, do you know what I mean? Because it's going to fucking show. I know it is. You know what I mean? It's like when you've been going to the gym and you look the same and everyone's like oh, and then you go to the beach and someone was like whoa, that's going to come around. That's sick. But it's that period now. That's sick. That was that year for me and it's going to be so good.

George: 1:16:30

Like from my perspective, okay, because we're good mates now. And how good is it going to have people around you that celebrate that too? You know, like I've seen, I've been there, been there for the last three years, two years, whatever the fuck it's been. He's staying in Melbourne. Nick is staying in Melbourne the whole time. He'll be able to document every day. So this time next year he'll be able to document, he'll be able to do a video, a sick video, it's a story.

George: 1:16:53

It's a story, but it's going to be cool to celebrate that and just go there you go.

George: 1:17:05

And this going yeah, fucking oath, that is so cool, I love it, love it. So, uh, have a review of your got of your year. Make sure that you're being totally honest. Don't fuck around. No one's judging you. Like, we're not going to call you up and check that you've done this activity. You know what I mean. There you can, I might, I might call you. I'm definitely not calling you, I've got shit on. But, like, be accountable, have that reflection on yourself. Like take half an hour out of your day and do it all the time. Yeah, all the time. What do you mean? Like do it regularly? Oh, okay, in the sense of I'm just saying for the recap for this year, anyway, 100% you should do it.

Robby: 1:17:35

You should do it every year, but you should. Where's this month been? Maybe not as in-depth.

George: 1:17:42

Right, guys, I know you're all looking at it and it goes what? There's one week until Christmas. By the time this comes out Like the year's done, it's gone, we're done. Like what the fuck? Yeah, the whole year's done.

Robby: 1:17:55

Do you remember doing the goals episode? Yeah, a hundred times last year. Yep, yep. Yeah, a hundred times last year.

George: 1:18:00

Yeah, without a doubt I remember it Feels like two weeks ago, three weeks ago, five weeks ago. It's amazing how quick it's gone. It's amazing how quick it's gone. So that's what we want for you guys as a little bit of home play to do, because I want you to achieve sick shit next year. I want you to be really honest with yourself and then, in the episodes to follow, we'll probably do another goal podcast in the near future, probably next year. I dare say we could do that. Then Maybe, once we've established our goals, maybe before the end of the year, you reckon, yeah, ah, fuck them, they don't need help on the new year's resolutions.

George: 1:18:39

Why Get them pumped up? New year's resolution shouldn't be your excuse. New year, new me. If you're dead set, serious, start tomorrow. Go to the gym tomorrow. Yeah, get a head start. Stop smoking tomorrow. Get a head start. That's it. Don't wait for the first of January. Yeah, you'll be a few weeks ahead of everyone that's there going. I'm going to stop smoking this year. I'm like, okay, all right, cool, I've already done that.

George: 1:19:01

Told you I did that years ago. Thank you very much for tuning in, guys. It's another episode down. Yeah, and also.

Robby: 1:19:11

Oh sorry, we haven't finished yet. Can't build with this the podcast Everyone listening Jadwin. This has been a big highlight. This has been the first full year and we've made significant progress, not only on like statistically, but, I think, just in the conversations, conversations it means great.

George: 1:19:33

Yeah, had some awesome guests we've had. Like I love watching the short form content on the social media.

Robby: 1:19:44

I'm like, do you see a clip in the English? That's great advice.

George: 1:19:50

We're going to reshare that, yeah, all the time. So it's really cool to see that and I hope you guys get a lot out of it and are growing and becoming the best versions of yourself. And thanks for tuning in. Yeah, we really appreciate it and maybe we'll have you on the show one day. Start making some waves, start making some decent improvement that we take notice and want to invite you on here. That should be a goal for you.

Robby: 1:20:12

That should definitely, without a doubt, be a goal for you.

George: 1:20:15

It's do something so inspiring that it makes us want to reach out and get you on the show. It makes us want to reach out and get you on the show 100%. I would love to see stuff like that. Anyway, thank you very much for tuning in. As always, I'm Top George. Top George, that was this year. That was this year. Top George was this year. I'm Top George. This is Mr Robert, and we hope you have a million dollar day. Bye, everybody.