Million Dollar Days

Making Moves: Turning Big Ideas Into Reality

• Robby Choucair and George Passas • Season 1 • Episode 64

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Making big moves requires more than just dreaming—it takes action. In this episode, George and Robby dive into their journey of executing ideas and transforming them into reality. From upgrading their office space to creating the podcast itself, they share the thought processes, challenges, and gut feelings that drove them to make bold decisions. It’s not just about having a vision; it’s about pulling the trigger when the opportunity arises.

Let’s explore the impact of content consumption on our mindset and resilience. Hear how engaging with positive media can shift your perception, foster resilience, and promote proactive decision-making. We share personal experiences of resetting social media algorithms to better control the content we consume, ensuring it aligns with our growth goals. Tune in for our favorite podcasts and books, like those by Alex Hormozi and Patrick Bet-David, that inspire and motivate us throughout our daily routines. Together, we'll uncover how to integrate media into our lives for development and relaxation, and why avoiding negative news can enhance mental well-being.

This episode isn’t just about content—it’s about taking control of your inputs to create a better output. If you’re ready to replace negativity with positivity and learn how to guard your mind, this episode will give you the strategies to shift your consumption and your life for the better.



George:

I love the fact that when we say shit and it comes to fruition, you know when you actually do stuff Like we have recently moved office to a bigger premises.

George:

Where I was. I was in Port Melbourne. You were sharing office in somewhere South Melbourne, south Bank, south Bank and we're like at the start of the you know it was probably about mid-year a third of the way through somewhere there. You're like, hey, we the you know it was probably about mid-year a third of the way through somewhere there. You're like, hey, we should get an office. I fucking oath, we should get an office and went out, put it out there, had a couple of looks, we looked at a couple of offices and spaces and there was probably a couple of times where we nearly pulled the trigger like, yep, let's do it, let's go come on. And the trigger like, yep, let's do it, let's go, come on, and it just didn't come to fruition, didn't have a good gut feel. And then literally one came up uh, late last year and I looked at it, said that's sick, negotiated the price where it needed to be bang, pulled the trigger and we are now residents in albert's park I don't fuck around, don't fuck around yeah, and I was just, I was go for all three officers

Robby:

yeah, I know every time every time, and then I pulled out. I didn't even see this one.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you had it until after we agreed.

George:

So it's cool for that, that one little thing. And then you look at the other stuff that we've done. I mean, this podcast is a is a consequence of that as well, that similar conversation hey, we should do a podcast and then three months later the podcast was on living. We should do a podcast. And then, three months later, the podcast was on Living proof. We should do events, bang Ran events. And they've been doing them for a couple of years since, and it's just cool. You know, it's not just an idea, we've executed.

Robby:

Yeah. And also, if you haven't come to an event, what are you doing?

George:

Oh, guys, guys if you, what are you doing? Do you not want to be entertained?

Robby:

Yeah, do you not want to learn and grow and develop and just be knocked out the park?

George:

It's the podcast but live In person. It's in person. We still abuse you, we still abuse each other like it is fun and you walk out of that room wanting to change your life.

Robby:

Yeah, and, and there's one coming up next month in Melbourne, and if you're a resident of Adelaide, we'll be popping into Adelaide for the first time, first time in Adelaide Yep, first time in Adelaide Dates are confirmed, but you have to check the site because I don't know off the top of my head.

George:

Yep. Go to the Builder Elite website. Go to the Builder Elite website link somewhere there that'll show you what events going on stuff, do some stuff just figure it out yeah, if you can't work this out, then you're not. You're not welcome. Yeah, you can't come. Actually, you need to come even more so if you can't send me a fax and I'll send it back to you.

Robby:

It's like that person who couldn't register and I was like we don't tell them they can't come, but in all seriousness, yeah, absolutely.

George:

If you're in, if you are a builder or a construction professional you're a trade you should be getting to those events because it is sick. We will teach you some awesome shit that you can actually. That's the other cool thing about what we do. You can actually take the stuff we teach you, even at a single day event, and implement and have significant change.

George:

I once had one guy come up to me called nuggets yeah he came up to me goes I just did that one thing you told me at a builder summit and I made $50,000. I'm like, can you put that on fucking camera?

Robby:

Can you put that in my bank account? That's right. That's right. You know what?

George:

I mean, so that was pumped, that was cool. But yeah, I love how we're saying stuff and it's coming to fruition, because it's not just wishing it, hoping it. Oh yeah, that would be nice one day. Correct me if I'm wrong. We're spending a lot more money being in this office now, aren't we? Yeah, we're going to have a dedicated podcast studio, sick Sick. Can't wait to get that neon sign. Don't touch me, I'm casting.

Robby:

I'm going to turn it on every time we get in. That's going to be cool. I can't wait for that to all be sorted, but also, we're just making shit happen, dude. Yeah, you know what I mean. Like, time is fleeting, time is passing out and I'm trying to remind myself all the time I'm still doing the sticky notes.

George:

You saw it the other day, yeah pretty cool you came over and you saw it.

Robby:

It's like there's a whole bunch there now and it's like every it's a countdown week by week, and it's like, hey, this is a prime time of our lives. Like we need to be doing shit now. Do you know what I mean? Like this is now. It's now or never. Do you know what I mean? Because the next thing you know, you're going to be old and 40.

George:

Fucking got me.

Robby:

I was waiting for old and like 80, and it's like no, old and 40, you're fucked, it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen to all of you. No, but, dude, before you know, you're 40, then you're 50, then you're 60 and then you're like oh, I can't do that thing, that, because my body can't take it anymore. I can't. You know what I mean. It's like fucking, go now man, go, go, go and do something. You'll have to create urgency around that, but yeah, we're doing we're making moves.

George:

Do you know what? The other thing is as well and I was saying this to someone I don't know when or who or what, but it forces you to level up too, because now you've got like even for myself I've got a gm in the business, I've got a new office. There's additional costs there that need to be covered I can't just be like oh no, I'll just go back and play like I played in 2023 I think it it also elevates this is how I feel about it.

Robby:

I feel like it now elevates what we have to do. Yeah, Because now it's all of a sudden, you know. I mean people pull up, there's an office, our park. Yeah, it's a good looking office at the front too.

George:

Oh, it's great, it's a nice building.

Robby:

It's a prestige, it's one country.

George:

yeah, it's like the bayside suburb grand prix's around the corner yeah, we are not fucking around it's like cool, next level, yeah, next level, let's fucking go and you know it's funny, because what I loved about this right, it's I go, we had the, the lease signed and it's like, oh okay, so we're gonna five plus five, for example, your lease term, and something you said it's like, well, in five years time we need to move office. Like why, because we're fucking outgrow it. Yeah, like I'm not going to be here for 10 years.

Robby:

We're going to outgrow this. My reservation was, what if we outgrow it in less than five? That's right, that's what was my concern. But I'm like, yeah, good problem.

George:

Yeah, great fucking problem 30 people and you need to go find a whole level somewhere. That's going to be sick. I'm going to be like Steve Jobs and just walk in and fire people. I want them to be scared when I walk in.

Robby:

I'm going to tape it.

George:

This is what happens, or Entourage.

Robby:

It's going to be really good content Great content.

George:

But think about that level that you're going to be playing. If you have to go out and hire 20 people, are you really going to be concerned about? Oh, we're going to pay out our lease of $120,000?. No, Might even just have it as a spare office.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

George:

Whenever you're bored, just go in there and work, just do it on some quiet time, just for the street signage.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

That's it. Two locations, locations just for the brand locations, brand awareness, um so good putting into putting it out there in the universe, but also making the plans to get that shit happening.

Robby:

Oh, dude, you know, new, new office, new house yeah, moved you know what I mean going to the us going to the us yeah, business growing, things are going. Things, things are moving, making it happen, man, making, making, going to get a hat called making moves, making moves, making moves, or make your move, or make a move.

George:

No, I'm making making moves with an end making moves bacon, bacon.

Robby:

No, I can't. Um me too.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, no me too, yeah me too.

Robby:

Anyway, speaking of content, how's your car Good? Not that that's got anything to do with content.

George:

It's good.

Robby:

I enjoy it Apart from the fact that you posted a video of someone pulling a sticker back on your car and 50,000 people watched it.

George:

How fucking funny dude that's so true, I don't think I told you about that.

Robby:

How fucking funny dude.

George:

It's like that's so true. I don't think I told you about that. It's like I just sat in the chair whilst a friend was putting a logo on my new car. I just sat there and recorded him, put some music in the background and then fucking posted it. It got more views than the videos I pay you thousands of dollars to produce for me. Isn't that funny. It got more views, more content, more engagement, more followers, everything.

George:

Yeah, and it made me think well, what's different? What's happening with that content? That's different from everything else that we've done. But, by the way, one of the videos we put up got like 50,000 views. I don't know if you noticed that. The microphone yeah, that's my role in the business.

Robby:

And microphone holder. Yeah, it's prestige.

George:

Someone has to Gold microphone. Why don't we go sideways and now forget what?

Robby:

I was talking about the content, the content.

George:

And I think it was. You know how, when you have that hook, you want to see what the end result is. I think that's why it got so much engagement, because as he was putting the sticker on, it's like he starts to peel it back. Then people want to stay to the very end to see the whole finished product.

Speaker 2:

Do you?

George:

know what I mean. It's like one of those posts that are engaging in that regard.

Robby:

Like a sense of satisfaction.

George:

Yeah, correct To see the thing finished. Yeah, To see the thing finished exactly. It's like those paint ones. Yeah, correct To see the thing finished.

Robby:

Yeah To see the thing finished. Exactly, it's like those paint ones. Have you seen those paint ones with the bucket?

George:

where they put the hole in the bucket.

Robby:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's like you want to see what the end result looks like. Yeah, or the carpet cleaning. Have you seen that Carpet? Cleaning yes, exactly I almost want to do that. Just let me try it.

George:

I'm a changed man now I'm a changed man. I had to tell Instagram to reset my algorithm.

Robby:

I was flat out watching you. You know you can reset your algorithm. I didn't, can you? It's a new feature. Yeah, is it really? So you can go and say, hey, like the content I'm seeing is not what I want, yeah, right Reset the algorithm.

George:

Do you?

Robby:

follow the head of Instagram. The head of Instagram. What's his name? I can't remember his name Cameron, yeah, cameron, yeah, that's it, cameron Instagram.

Speaker 2:

Cameron.

Robby:

Instagram. Just find it. Yeah, you can receive the algorithm. Nice, so no more makeup videos. Okay, well, for now. For now, give it some time. Okay, but content. The other day the reason why I asked you about your car was because I took my car in, so you know, you've got to take your car in to get the 3,000K checkup.

George:

Have you not done that yet?

Robby:

I just did it.

George:

Yeah, I mean I'm way off it too, like I don't drive, yeah.

Robby:

I'm also at 5,000Ks.

George:

Ah, daredevil yeah.

Robby:

I'm just a rebel.

Robby:

That's it I walked in on a anyway. So I took it in, went to brighton ford yeah, good, okay, pulled up um, dropped my car and they're like cool. I said that's it. They said I can wait on the phone. You're like, yeah, cool man, if you go through there, there's a seat in the lounge area, you can have coffee, blah, blah. I was like, all right, cool. So I went, pulled up a laptop and I'm working and this is the first thing in the morning dropped it off like 7, 45 and I'm working. I'm working and I've got the TV on. Oh, by the way, I'm going to get a TV in the office back to what I was saying, tv in the podcast room, back to what I was saying. Tv's on it's playing the Today Show. Do you ever watch the Today Show? Today Show.

George:

I don't watch it no, have you ever yeah, scrolling anyway.

Robby:

So I'm there and-.

George:

We haven't woken up. A tenth of oh, today's show's on. Let's go.

Robby:

And I'm working, I'm working, and then I'd stuff and I'd watch it for a bit, and then I'd do some work and I'd watch it for a bit and I reckon I consumed I don't know 10 minutes, and I was so taken back by the content of what they were showing. This person stabbed, this flight almost crashed, this storm coming, and I'm like On the Today Show, dude, everything, everything was bad. This person got arrested, this is happening, this court case, and I'm like it's like the world's going to end. Do you know what I mean?

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

Like everything is just bad, bad and I understand why they do it. Yeah, I understand the psychological, like the psychology behind it, in the sense of you know, people are more prone to listen to. If you say it's a sunny day tomorrow, no one cares. But if you say, hey, there's a storm coming, everyone cares, because we want to survive.

George:

You're going to get 400 mils of rain. Yeah, oh, wow, dude.

Robby:

And it was like I think people need to be reminded about how important it is to filter what you consume on a daily basis. Do you know what I mean? Like, I think the importance behind that is you need to stand guard at the door of your mind, dude. And like, there's people who watch TV regularly. Do you know what I mean? And you do what you want with your life, but I think you just need to pay attention to what you're consuming, because mainstream media has no interest in providing you content that's going to add value to your life. They want you to watch for as long as possible so they can sell ads. Yeah, that's the game. That's how their business model works. We have eyeballs. People watch what we do, so therefore, advertisers can pay us money to advertise our platforms because people are looking Right. That's how Facebook works. That's how Instagram works. That's how all media works, or most media companies.

Robby:

Dude, if I had not been aware, like I was, what I said to myself was if I'd just woken up now, if I'd just woken up and I'd been out cold for 15 years or in a coma or something, and this is what I put on, I would think the world was in a really bad place. Yeah, do you know what I mean? All because of the content they're creating. And yeah, I think we need to be super cautious of that. I think you need to look at. You know, when do I spend my time watching on Instagram? What do I spend my time watching on TV? If you watched a Today show, if you watched a news, when was the last time you watched a news? Dude, fucking horrible, like horrible. Did you hear about that plane? This was in last month, the plane that had to do the emergency landing in Brisbane. No, no, no, no. Apparently, brakes locked up as soon as they took off and they couldn't land. They made everyone get into the brace position.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

And they had to do an emergency landing in Brisbane.

George:

Really With like a Qantas plane or something, yeah, yeah.

Robby:

They're screaming everyone's got to be in their emergence, like in the brace position. You know, grab your ankles or whatever it is.

George:

That's got nothing to do with safety as well, mind you.

Speaker 2:

What do you?

George:

mean, I think from. I read this thing somewhere. I can't remember how accurate it is, but it's got more to do with control. Yeah, like making sure people don't panic and you know when you're in the brace position your lungs are compressed like you know you're, you're all tight and you're not. You're less hysterical, whereas if you're like up and running, oh my god and people, yeah, like it's got like man, that plane's gonna crash. The fucking brace position is not helping you.

Robby:

Yeah, like you're fucked, you don't reckon come on, you can't hold that position, you're gonna survive, everyone else is gonna get obliterated. I'm gonna smoke a ciggy, but you're gonna, oh yeah, so that is it. That's it and just never spoke before.

Speaker 2:

That's it, that's it, that's it but yeah, man.

Robby:

So what I wanted to, I guess, chat about today was seeing, as you know, the main focus for a lot of these other people is just capturing your attention in any way they can. I wanted to share some of the positive content that we consume. You know what I mean, and just tell people what we do and what we share, and you know what I mean.

George:

Well, sometimes I need expert opinions.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

Sometimes I need positive mindset. Amazing advice yeah, you already know. You already know. So what I do is I'll go on to Spotify and I'll look up Million Dollar Days podcast and I will listen to an episode from start to finish.

Robby:

Yeah, but when you're like up to date, yeah. What else do you consume?

George:

When I'm up to date. Yeah, so I'll go back to episode one. Yeah, and I'll start the whole thing again. No, seriously, yeah, and I'll start the whole thing again.

Speaker 2:

No seriously Good one.

Robby:

Yeah, because you don't consume that, I don't consume it, and I just thought let's share some of the stuff we do consume and what's good content and what you know what I mean.

George:

Absolutely. First of all, I actually do listen to podcasts, if it's not my own, I do as well. I'll listen to a that will bring me benefit in some way. It could be a mental space. It could be a business space.

Robby:

It could be somewhere there. What's the most recent podcast you've listened to?

George:

Alex Formosi is probably the most recent, but I listen to Diary of a CEO. I listen to Chris Williamson's podcast. I listen to, which I haven't listened to Bradley for a long time. Bradley, yeah, he had some more stuff. He's changed. Yeah, I think I remember you telling me that and then I kind of noticed it.

Robby:

Yeah as well. I don't know if he's changed Whoever's running, his content has changed. He's probably the same dude.

George:

Yeah, yeah, probably so they were the main ones that I was listening to. There's a couple of other little ones here and there that I would listen to just on a rare occasion, but predominantly that. So that's one point of focus. When do you listen to podcasts? Often when I take my dog for a walk or if I'm at the gym I don't mind listening to podcasts at the gym. Yeah, I don't mind listening to it at the gym oh wow, sometimes I listen to music, but I'll happily listen to a podcast at the gym.

George:

for sure, I can't do that. Yeah, like doing two things at once. No, that's a myth. No one can multitask. There's no shame in it. Multitasking is a myth for all of you multitaskers out there.

Robby:

No, that's not it, it's more so. I just like when I'm in the gym, I just want music yeah, more of a motivational thing.

George:

or just mind off the hard part of what you're doing. No, just I don't know, could be just a habit.

Robby:

It's hard to. If I had to try and put it down to something, I would say it's just a vibe thing.

George:

Yeah, I reckon if you did a poll and said would you rather listen to music or a podcast at the gym? Most people would say music.

Robby:

most people would say music yeah, I think it's more of a like, kind of like a. Like I've got a playlist called g up yeah, do you know what I mean? And it's more about hyping yourself up for the moment, do you know, because you need to exert energy and I don't want to sit there like, oh, that's an interesting fact. Interesting fact, yeah, do you know what I mean? Like it's like yeah, I don't know. Kind of I feel like it, just I've tried. I've tried to say like okay, cool, like I'll use this time to learn you know that's in net time Like no extra time, I'll use this time to do this or do that or listen to an audio book, but I can't yeah, I can't.

George:

The other thing I do is read. Speaking of audio books, so I'll read as well.

Robby:

Where do you listen to podcasts? Continue that part. Where do?

George:

I listen to it. Yeah, you said gym.

Speaker 2:

Oh, and locations, I was like oh do I play on the platform?

George:

No, generally when I walk the dog gym and also driving If I drive, gym and also driving if I drive somewhere.

Robby:

most of the time, it's a podcast that'll be playing very rarely radio, sometimes radio, but very rarely do you listen to audiobooks I listen and read at the same time.

George:

I still like doing that. So I don't. I tend not to just listen to an audiobook, because it's kind of like a podcast anyway, and I find personally um, homozy actually got me onto this I listen and read and I feel that I consume a lot more of the content than just reading alone or just listening alone, because often when I listen to an audio book it'd be driving, you know, or again walking the dog. So I tend to like doing both.

Robby:

But you don't listen to any, to just listen.

George:

Not normally when I would do, that is if I've read the book already and I want to recap and just go over it again. So I've done that with, like, the 10x rule. I did that, not that that was a book, but I read that um no book? No, what's the other one, the 10x mentor?

George:

sorry 10x mentor the 10x rule yeah yeah, but that was only audio, was it? Yeah, it wasn't a book. I don't think it was a book. He's got the 10x rule, which is a book, and then he did the 10x mentor, which I think was just an audio book release. Great book, yeah nonetheless, yeah.

Robby:

So yeah, it was good. He's a good person to listen to from a get shit happening point of view like yeah, like like fire up.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, let's fucking go.

George:

Motivation, Stop playing so small yeah so books I'll listen to Sorry, I'll read as well. That's a place there that I like. They're the main ones, so podcast and reading.

Robby:

Yeah, I mean, you can watch stuff on YouTube as well.

George:

Yeah, a little bit. I love YouTube. Yeah, it's a good platform. It's a good platform, Great platform. I go to YouTube more for entertainment than education. I think you know Like I love watching this guy, Matt Armstrong, just rebuilds cars Like he buys crashed cars and he rebuilds them from start to finish.

George:

You know I just always like watching stuff like that. What else Matt Armstrong? What else matt armstrong? Yeah, yeah, he's in the uk, got millions of followers, just started off rebuilding an audi tt. That it was his missus and she crushed it. So the insurance company wrote it off. So he goes nah, fuck it, I'll fix it. So he fixed it. And then one car led to another to another. Then he started building a bentley, rebuilding a bentley, and then bentley got to another, to another. Then he started building at Bentley, rebuilding at Bentley, and then Bentley got him to go to their factory and bring the car. It was a whole massive brand thing. He blew up. Blew up just from doing something so small like that, isn't that sick it's so cool.

George:

That's what I also love about it the fact that he started off doing something so small and then it's grown so massively. He gets millions upon millions of views per video, not just subscribers. He's got millions of views per video and he shows how he does it and what he's done, and it's him and his old man and some friends and all that sort of shit. Um, that's cool. That's cool. I just enjoy watching it. Um, but yeah, other than that, what other positive things could you do? It's more.

Robby:

What else do you consume?

George:

Do you watch Netflix? Yeah, I watch Netflix, yeah, from time to time. What are you watching? Right now Put you on the spot? I don't know, man. Do you know? What I'm really good at doing on Netflix Is clicking series to add to my list and not actually watching anything.

George:

That's honestly what I do. I don't fucking know, dude, like it's like, oh that's sick, I'm gonna watch that and never watch it. And then something I'll turn it on, I'll flick through, see what's there, like I'll watch that and just never watch it. I've got the longest, like my list but I don't watch, fucking anything so what's the last thing you watched on netflix oh man, I think it was. I think it was this uh anime series called Arcane.

Robby:

Arcane.

George:

Yeah. It's meant to be really good, I don't mind watching cartoons here and there.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

Like it's more of an adult cartoon type thing not like Bugs Bunny or anything.

Robby:

You know, when I was a kid and I used to have adult cartoons like Cartoon Network.

George:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, adult time or whatever it was, yeah yeah.

Robby:

I used to have adult cartoons, you know, like Cartoon Network yeah yeah, yeah, adult time or whatever it was. Yeah, yeah. I used to think it was like really rude. I used to think, oh, have you ever watched Rick and Morty?

George:

No, I never got into that, you've never watched Rick and Morty?

Robby:

No, not once. Have you ever watched Rick and Morty? No, no, never got into it. Dude sick, yeah, it looks all right, it's very. I can't explain it. You have to watch it, family Guy, nah, I cannot watch Family Guy.

George:

Family Guy. I've seen some episodes of Family Guy. No. I'd rather watch the Simpsons. Yeah, the Simpsons is old school.

Robby:

I can't watch.

George:

Family Guy Longest running series, I think, of all time.

Robby:

Yeah, but can't watch Family Guy at all, I cannot. People try and show me clips and I'm like I do not find that funny, Like I don't know why.

George:

But yeah, sometimes I'll watch. I can watch stuff like that. See, I get enjoyment out of watching movies. Like I love going to the movies. Same, everyone does no, everyone does no. I enjoy, I really enjoy going to the movies. Go with my, with my wife, go with the kids, go by myself no, I don't, we can.

Robby:

You've been. Have you been before?

George:

I've never been by myself to the movies. No.

Speaker 2:

Me either, but if I liked movies.

George:

I'd to. I really wanted to go watch it. I like the experience. You know what it is. I like the audio-visual aspect of it. I enjoy and appreciate good quality sound, good quality picture and do you use like snacks and that, yeah, yeah, it's like a….

Robby:

Get popcorn, get a choc-top yeah, get a choc top. Yeah, get a choc top Ruin my macros Big coke.

George:

Yeah, it's nice to have a couple of munchies. I enjoy doing stuff like that. Throw some Maltesers in the popcorn. But we're talking about not activities. We're talking about content, what you're consuming. Yes or are you talking about other aspects of?

Robby:

that no? No, I was talking about the content aspect.

George:

Yeah, so specifically piece, but yeah, I would say they're the main areas that I consume. Uh, you know, you look at instagram and tiktok. You get both spec, like all those social media platforms, you get both spectrums. You get the negative and you get the positive. But again, it depends what your algorithm is feeding you too.

Robby:

You know, so I get a lot of business, entrepreneurial motivation stuff come up too. I think it's an occasional girl in a bikini comes up too, but I think it's Occasional girl in a bikini comes up too, but-. I think it's very dangerous With which.

George:

That media cycle.

Robby:

In the sense of how much you think the world is like what you Consume.

George:

Consume.

Robby:

When it's not.

George:

Yeah, just what you're being fed.

Robby:

Yeah, do you know what I mean? And it's like it's so, so powerful man Like you can watch a particular thing on Instagram, and then Instagram will be like oh, you watch this, I'll show you more. And then, all of a sudden, now your whole Instagram feed is one thing or two things or three. Dude, my whole Instagram feed is like UFC sports. Yeah, Girls, ufc sports, girls, cars, yeah, that's it. Yeah, and there's so much more out there. Yeah, do you know what I mean? And it's like it kind of puts you in a bubble.

George:

Yeah, absolutely it would.

Robby:

I think it's very dangerous. And then some people are in that bubble with mainstream media TV.

George:

Oh, without a doubt.

Robby:

Because they just consume Channel 9 and Channel 7 and the Today Show.

George:

Without a doubt.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

Yeah. So what about yourself? Where do you consume your positive stuff?

Robby:

Audiobooks Audible. I think that's the best $17. You can spend a month. Podcasts I prefer to watch them.

George:

Watch podcasts yeah.

Robby:

Yeah, cool, yeah. So, like I will put on a podcast while I'm eating, do you know what I mean? Or sometimes I'll just have it playing in the background while I'm working yeah, like I'm doing stuff like on youtube, yeah um, so I'll just have my ipad going um. They're the main things, man. To be honest, I don't really. And I read yeah.

George:

So looking at that so say you've got a person that's consuming the negative stuff. So so some people would be like big deal, man, fucking shit happens everywhere. I still want to watch it. I like it. I like it. I like watching misery. I like watching bombs go off in another country. I like watching planes having emergency landings. I like hearing about the storms. I like hearing about the disasters the earthquakes, the volcanoes, the fucking mass shootings. I like it. What do you say to those people? Is it still affecting them in a negative way?

Robby:

Yes.

George:

It would have to. In a subconscious level, it would make them pessimistic.

Robby:

Dude, it is impacting you more than you know. Yeah, that's right, even though they enjoy it. Whether you think, nah, it's all right. You know what I mean. It's like…. I think there was a study done and it showed like 53% of what we do is habitual.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

In the sense of we don't think about it.

George:

I would have thought it's more than that.

Robby:

Oh, 54. Maybe for some, yeah, but a large portion, regardless of what you do, is habitual. What's driving your habitual patterns? Your unconscious? Yeah Right, what is your habitual patterns? You're unconscious.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

Right. What is your unconscious doing? It's consuming everything. That's happening all the time. Yeah, do you know what I mean? Even though when you consciously consume something, you're consciously you're taking it in a different way to how your unconscious takes it in. And then, when you do something without thinking about it, it's your unconscious thinking that you're doing the right thing because of what it's already consumed.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

You have zero control of your unconscious.

Speaker 2:

Zero.

Robby:

You can't tell it what to do, you can't control it, but it listens to everything and you can influence it.

Robby:

Yeah, because it listens to everything. So if you watch shit content that makes yourself think the world's going to end, it's going to believe that your behaviors are going to be based around that. If you watch great content that makes you think the world's all fucking rainbows and everyone holding hands and singing kumbaya, it's going to make you believe that. Do you know? Your brain can't tell the difference between something you've thought and something that's happened.

George:

No, it's a hard concept to wrap your head around a bit.

Robby:

Why so? If you experience something and then you think about it deeply, your brain has the same reaction.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Robby:

So your brain can't tell what the difference is between.

George:

Well, maybe people who have psychotic episodes, then that probably explains that as well Psychotic episodes. Well, I'm saying if you think you're seeing ghosts and seeing people and then your brain can't tell that that's not true.

Robby:

Why do you mind going there? I don't know.

George:

Maybe it's the content I'm consuming.

Robby:

Do you watch ghost stuff?

George:

No, I get no interest in that stuff.

Robby:

Yeah, I think. I think it's something that if you want to make a change in your life, it can definitely impact the way you think and feel.

George:

Yeah, and it can lead on to other things too, because a lot of the good stuff you're consuming will influence you, maybe to take action, like, because a lot of the good stuff you're consuming will influence you, maybe to take action Like. We said this before, we've put things. If you come to me and you're like, hey, we know we should get an office, I'm like, eh, but then that means change. It means I have to move everything from my office.

Speaker 2:

Do you?

George:

know what I mean. Like I'm already putting roadblocks up before you've even mentioned. I love that when people do that. I find it so fascinating yeah but that's coming down to how you're consuming, like what you're consuming and how your train of thought goes. You know, I'm like, oh, let's move. Oh, really, that's far. You know, I don't want to go there, I've got to pay more.

George:

Fuck, I'm already paying here, Now I have to pay double that. So it's definitely affecting you and your life and everything. And also, here's the thing and when negative things do come up, if you're consuming good, positive shit, when negative things come up, you can handle it a lot better. You're more resilient to those problems that come up because of how your train of thought is. Your first reaction isn't I'm to think about this in a negative way. I'm going to justify, I'm going to attack, I'm going to blame, shame. I'm not going to do any of that stuff. I'm going to take responsibility, I'm going to take accountability, I'm going to be willing to go there and do what I can to get rid of this problem. So it is huge. Whereas if you're consuming that negative content's what's going to happen come up first and you're not even going to realize that happens. You're not even going to realize that happens.

Robby:

It's just going to be this okay, so if someone wants to change what they're consuming, what would you recommend?

George:

I'd say recommend some books. Yeah, well, what I would do first is stopping the negative shit, like just stop watching the news. Just don't watch it anymore when 7 o'clock comes or 5 o'clock, whatever time the news is on, just put on something else, put on YouTube, watch something else, listen to music, do whatever you want to do. Just don't listen to the shit that they're feeding you, because that's what they want, like they pre-plan what they're going to tell you.

George:

You what they're going to tell you, you know, yeah, you're going to do this, this, this and this, this will fuck them up. Good, you know, you don't need the news for the weather, you have apps for that. Okay, once upon a time you used to have to.

Speaker 2:

What's the weather tomorrow? We've got to wait until 5 o'clock yeah 5 to 6 tomorrow.

George:

See the seven-day forecast and write it. Oh, it's hot on Sunday, and then Sunday comes, it's 23 and showers Thunderstorms. That wasn't that long ago, wasn't that?

Robby:

long ago. That was like 10, 15 years ago.

George:

Yeah, I'd say when did the first iPhone come out? I remember I reckon it was 2009. The first iPhone? I think so. I think so.

Robby:

You reckon.

George:

Hey Siri, when did the first iPhone come out?

Robby:

2007. The iPhone 3G.

George:

Yeah, I remember someone in my office got it, but that was 2009 when he got it, anyway, but yeah, start with stopping the shit that you're watching, and then the next step would be to start to look at places where you consume.

Robby:

They never made an iPhone 1, huh.

George:

What did it start with? 3.

Robby:

Huh, 3. Is it iPhone 3? Well, 3g, because that was the whole internet thing. Oh, and then 3GS with the white back. Oh, game changer, do you remember? Yeah, and then a 4.

George:

Game changer. Do you remember? Yeah, game changer. Now, what have you got? 16.

Robby:

This is a 16. Must be nice, don't fuck around.

George:

I've got a 16 too. I think mine's bigger than yours, not the max Size, not the max. Don't fuck around, yeah, or it could mean for some people deleting the apps off your phone. You did that recently. You still do that, like delete the Instagram apps.

Robby:

Oh yeah, I don't have Instagram on my phone right now, so good, yeah, I don't have any.

George:

If that because it can be a negative thing, it can be that the actual habitual action of you scrolling could be a negative thing.

Robby:

Oh well, dude, how many times?

George:

You might be consuming great content. Sometimes you might be, consuming great content, but you're so ingrained in what you're doing that you hear scrolling, looking through all this positive content and you're ignoring your kids, do you?

Robby:

ever find yourself. You pick up your phone to do something and then you're on Instagram and then you put your phone down and then you go back to the computer and then you're like, oh, I needed the thing on my phone. What a seven vicious, seven minute cycle Like. You know what I mean. I went to my phone to do this one because I needed a calculator or a photo or something.

Robby:

Yeah, I went to do or send that text and I went to my phone and got distracted, went straight onto Instagram, scrolled, scrolled, scrolled, realized what am I doing? Put my phone down, went back to this and realized I picked up my phone to do that thing and I haven't done it yet. It's a vicious cycle, dude. That's why I played it, because then I can't do that and I have nothing to do on my phone. I just know I jump on my phone. Have you ever used Blinkist?

Speaker 2:

No.

Robby:

I got. Blinkist recently, which is like book summaries oh cool. Yeah, it sounds like a book summary in 20 minutes.

George:

Yeah it sounds like a book summary in 20 minutes. Yeah, right, and you can listen to it. Yeah, I've never heard of it. Well, that's a good starting point if you're not a big reader or don't want to sit there for four or five hours listening to a whole book or two hours.

Robby:

Yeah, but I think if you see the, you're not supposed to sit there and listen to the whole book.

George:

In one sitting. Yeah, in one sitting, yeah in a city of 8 hours and just pump this book out well, we might be driving to Adelaide soon, maybe just listen to a whole book, couple books on the way up, not talk to each other.

Robby:

Yeah, obviously podcast in the car. That would be sick. We can do it.

George:

Do you think? We think this is a game? We get the phones out. We'll have two phones either side, so we'll mount them to the car, to the windscreen and then just start talking. Well could happen. What an episode it's gonna happen. Eight hour episode it's gonna happen, boom.

Robby:

Four episodes on the way, four on the way back what?

George:

two hour long episodes.

Robby:

Okay, that'll give you some good content to consume, that you some good content to consume that'll be amazing content to consume any book recommendations you'd like to make? We had someone ask about this quite some time ago, yeah.

George:

I mean, it depends what you want in your life at that given moment yeah, what's been the top five books you've read, or thereabouts, I like five impactful books. I liked Five impactful books. I liked your Next Five Moves, patrick Bet-David. Yep, I liked that one. An easy read. I didn't mind Ikigai. It was a really easy read. It didn't change my life. But I think if you're in that sort of space-.

Speaker 2:

Was that the blue cover? Yeah, yeah.

George:

Yeah, that book opened my eyes up to longevity yeah, that's right, and the things that you're doing like, do you know what it is? What I got the most out of that is that's how important, or just stress is such a big killer in people's lives. I reckon being stressed and having that constant level of stress Fun fact.

Robby:

Did you know that stress will kill you if you think it will kill you, but if you think stress will not harm you at all, no amount of stress will do anything to you.

George:

So it's all in your mind, isn't it?

Robby:

There was a study done on fuck what was the um. I can't remember what the book was, but they found that the people who believed that stress was bad for you were actually harmed by stress, and the people who didn't believe it was bad for you had no consequences from being stressed at all there you go you know I mean so it's like it's all in your head.

George:

It is, 100% it is. Yeah, because what's good for you, it's not necessarily good for someone else.

Robby:

Heavily placebo-based.

George:

Yep, there was another book I read quite some time ago called Primal Blueprint and it was all about just your healthy eating, healthy body exercise, all that sort of stuff. That was really good for your fitness perspective. 10x Rule I think it's a good starting point as well for a lot of people. I think the 10X Rule is actually excellent If you're going to start and you want to be in that business space. Good place to start, easy read. 10x Mentors could do. Yeah, the flow on of that. The 10x Mentor, who else? I think they're probably my top five at this stage.

Robby:

Top five.

George:

Yeah, I bet it's tough.

Robby:

I'm going to say $100 million leads and $100 million offers.

George:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think a big one? Yeah, they would be in that list too, yeah. I think they're I've actually only read the, which is the first one Offers, offers. Yeah, I've only read the first one. I haven't read the second one. You've never read leads no, oh, dude, give it a squeeze. I think I've started listening to it. It's a great book, yeah.

Robby:

Great book. Let me find I've got a list here, me too.

George:

I'm just looking at my list. I'm going to add to it now, if you tell me what. I don't have here.

Robby:

Let me get this up here. So what have I read this year? I'm a fan of reading biographies.

Speaker 2:

I haven't gotten into that.

Robby:

Give it a word. You've got to like the person.

George:

I've got Arnold Schwarzenegger's book.

Robby:

Or you've got to have some level of respect for the person.

George:

Yeah, I've got Arnold Schwarzenegger's book. That's not about his life. Oh, isn't it. That's his book. Yeah, is it, he's written a Be useful or something I think it's called something like that Schwarzenegger's book go to the inside.

Robby:

Yeah, it was recommended to me but I haven't read it. Yeah, I think the Diary of a CEO. Yeah, you said that the 33 Laws of Life and Business, or something like that, yeah.

George:

Great book. I almost bought that the other day. Great book.

Robby:

Like really, really, really good. I like books that can be broken down into practical things. Yeah, and these books, the books like the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, you know, it gives you one law at a time and the law is not related to the next one. If you want to jump in and read Law 27 first, which you haven't read yet, I know. But if you want to jump in and read Law 27 first, which you haven't read yet, I know. But if you want to jump in and read Law 27 first, you can, because it's not related to Law 26 or Law 28. They're all different. It's like hey, man, here's 48 tools, pick whichever one you want. You know what I mean. I thought that was really cool. So the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, I think Thinking Grow Rich is a great book. Yeah, I think so too. I think it's a really good book. I think Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Have you read that? No, oh, you should read it too.

George:

Yeah, Man's Search for Meaning.

Robby:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

George:

So he was a Like mans M-A-N-S yeah like male yeah, frankl so he was a Like mans, yeah, like male, like XY chromosomes.

Robby:

That's not right, that's offensive.

George:

Sorry If you're offended from the sound I just made Man's Search for Meaning.

Robby:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's a good book.

Robby:

Great book. That's all I can think of, to be completely honest, from the ones I've read this year you like the books with stories, like it's written in a story yeah, I've read. Have you read the 5am club?

George:

no, I've got that. I was going to read that this year yeah got it there the go givers like that, yeah, the go givers like that yeah, yeah, the go-givers like that, the richest man in Babylon is like that it's a good money, about wealth and understanding wealth, but it's told in the sense of a story, so it's not like groundbreaking. But if you, there's a thing right, if you're starting at zero, you read some of these books you're like whoa, what the fuck?

Robby:

I didn't know that I read a book. This was the second book I ever read. It was called who says you can't you do? Yeah, my guy called daniel chidiak, melbourne-based author, yeah, cool. The book came recommended from the most strangest place but I just saw it and I was like, yeah, sure, like I'll you know. I mean, I'd read one book before that and it was how to win friends and influence people. And dude, this book blew me away and it was like. I look back at it now and it's like it's quite basic, but at the time it didn't. It wasn't basic to me. I didn't know that and I'll share something that he shares in the book. That I thought was really cool and it was around the whole concept of gratitude.

Robby:

It was around the whole concept of gratitude Right. And he says when was the last time, like, you got to actively practice gratitude Right? And he's like if I gave you $10,000, if I gave you $10,000 right now, cash, would you say thank you?

George:

Yeah, so I should probably say what's this for?

Robby:

Oh yeah, it's yours yeah.

George:

Oh, thanks.

Robby:

Yeah, everyone say what's this for? Oh, yeah, it's yours.

Speaker 2:

yeah, oh thanks, yeah, everyone would say thanks, well of course I'd say thanks, 10 grand, 100.

Robby:

I'd say thanks, he's like okay, cool. So what if I said here's 10 grand, but I'm gonna take your arm? Oh no, no, I wouldn't do that. Oh, so your arms worth more than 10 grand? Yeah, of course. When was the last time you said thank you that I have an arm? Oh fuck, never thought about that.

George:

yeah, that's when you go real micro with your gratitude, yeah.

Robby:

Like I started and I was like, holy shit, I've never been thankful that I've got two arms. I mean, people complain oh, I don't have the hair I want. It's like dude yeah.

George:

But here's the other thing. We are inherently ungrateful beings. Fucking second time you've done that. This, yeah going for. It's going for a walk. People know he's bumped his, bump, his water a couple times, just making sure it's um just keeping me on my toes getting next to that we are inherently ungrateful beings.

George:

Right because we've got an easy life. We're not in a war-torn country, we don't have to go hunt for our food, we can easily drive anywhere we want most of the time, or within a few minutes, get transportation to wherever we want to go. We're not starving, we're not thirsty.

Robby:

You don't have to worry about where your next meal is coming from. That's it.

George:

You're generally in a pretty safe time period of human history.

Robby:

What a time to be alive, by the way, and for that reason, like we're not in one of those.

George:

What's a war-stricken country at the moment? Um, palestine, palestine. We're not there, okay, you don't have to sit there. I'm so grateful that my family's in the same room as me, okay, whereas I'm sure a lot of those people would be like I would give anything to be anywhere other than right here, right now and I'll take my arm and as long as my family's safe take it, I don't need it.

George:

So this is what I mean. So we're inherently ungrateful, and it's often what people say you don't know what you have until it's gone. So by practicing gratitude on a regular basis, like a daily practice, whatever it might be, morning, afternoon, during the day, practice it. It's a really powerful tool to shift your mindset. For sure you know you're saying your subconscious is consuming what you're hearing and seeing. That's a great way to reprogram it.

Robby:

It is because it's like oh yeah, no, no, I'm thankful, I'm safe. Okay, cool yeah.

George:

But even being grateful for the difficulties in your life, it's like last year you were talking about you had a flat tire and you're losing your mind. What was the flat battery? Flat battery, the flat battery. You're losing your mind. You couldn't jump start it and everyone was cracking it and you had four people drive past. You're waving a 50 in the air. It's like, fuck, you have a car. What a story, huh? You have a car that you can have a flat battery on. All right, go tell that to a person in.

Robby:

I will have lived in two different places from when that happened.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, there you go.

Robby:

That's how long this podcast has been going.

George:

Yeah, effect and change.

Robby:

That was a great story though it was, it was a great lesson for me.

George:

It's funny because not long after that, probably a couple months, I had a similar issue with my car and I laughed at that lesson because you had said it and I experienced the same thing.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

Like poor me, my car, my $100,000 car, is broken down.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

George:

Did I. I've got to get it towed to the dealership so they can tell me it's going to cost me $1,800 to fix. All right, poor me, it's okay. Another great thing we're going to Vegas this year, as we mentioned. I was speaking to you yesterday. We're sitting down and I'm looking at it. I'm like fuck, during the time we've booked to go to Vegas, I've booked corporate seats for 15 people at the F1 over the three days and I'm like fuck, how's this happening?

Robby:

You double booked, I double booked.

George:

And then I had to reframe. I go, look at me complaining.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

Because I have to get on my business trip to Vegas during the same time that the F1 Grand Prix is on that I have bought corporate tickets for myself and clients and VIPs. Tough life, first world problems, first world problems. That's right.

Speaker 2:

So how's?

George:

that? Yeah, it's a problem. Every problem is relevant at the moment.

Robby:

It's happening, okay, yeah that's a, that's a, that's a really good but it's so true, no matter how big or small your problems are, your problems are real to you.

George:

Yeah, it's real to you, right there right now, like, okay, you're locked, your your car battery is flat. Yes, it's fucking annoying, right? I don't want to spend 500 bucks on a new battery. I don't want to spend 1,800 bucks getting my car fixed. Or I don't want to spend you said you got locked out of your house 500 bucks. He charged you to come open up the door. It's annoying.

Robby:

Don't forget. I watch all the episodes. That was right after Builder Summit.

George:

Was it.

Robby:

Yeah.

George:

So all of these things are annoyances in your life, but when you have clarity and you're in a good mental space, you always reframe it and go yeah. But how good is it that I've got two arms? How good is it that I can breathe unassisted? How good is it that I saw my mum today? How good is it that I got to go to walk?

Robby:

I got to walk my dog you know, yeah, and I think I think you put yourself in that space by controlling your environment and what you consume. Yeah, I mean, he spent time with consume.

George:

You know funny thing, I often look sick. This podcast is sick. How are you not subscribed? If you're listening and you are not subscribed and you want to change your life, I can just. How are you not subscribed If you're listening and you are not subscribed and you want to change your life? Fucking, just do it right now.

Robby:

Yeah, just hit that button. If you're watching this, tell us what we have to do to get you to subscribe.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, put a comment.

Robby:

Put a comment down below. Tell us, and we might do it, might do it, we might tell you to get fucked Could change your life.

George:

We might tell you to get fucked.

Robby:

But you know, for everyone listening we're grateful for you.

George:

That's right.

Robby:

It's for an exister, aren't you?

George:

That's it. So I last year, late last year, I did a training with my mentees in my program and we went away to Brisbane for three days and we're focused on life and vitality, okay, and we're talking about a whole range of things like mindset, resilience, gratitude, leadership, uh, setting goals. A whole range of stuff like awesome training. It's actually one of my favorite trainings that I do and the funny thing is I came to a realization halfway through the training and I'm like, guys, you know I'm sitting up here and I get it. It seems like I'm a motivational speaker and, you know, I'm really inspiring you to create the change in your life and all this sort of stuff. And like, wow, how does George know all these things? And he's such a great, amazing person.

George:

And it came to the realization that a lot of what I'm teaching came from my own shortcomings and challenges and self-talk. So self-talk to myself. It's like when I'm teaching you about resilience, I'm not talking to you to teach you about resilience, I'm talking to me. It's like no, george, you need to go through these difficult things in your life because it's going to build the character that you need in your life to have those things that you want. You know I've openly said here like I want, I want to have a garage full of supercars. How do you think you're going to get that? Do you think it's just like bang, there's the supercars. No, you're probably going to have to work really, really hard and have some really, really big problems and difficulties and challenges to be able to experience having a garage full of supercars.

George:

You want the best relationship with your partner, with your kids. Well, maybe you're going to have to experience some really difficult relationship challenges with your partner, with your kids, with your family, in order for you to have the absolute best relationship with them. Maybe it means you go through a scare with one of them. They're in a bad car accident, nearly die. They're diagnosed with a sickness. You're diagnosed with a sickness but because of that, it forces you to have that change in your life like that perturbation. It's an external irritation that irritates you so much that it forces you to grow and change dude.

Robby:

You know how many people I've heard say they got sick, like they got cancer or something. They got better. And then they they label that as it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Yeah, because I woke up, because I realized what mattered. Yes, it's a poorly wrapped gift.

George:

It is yeah, without a doubt, and it's a shame Some people have to wait for that moment to happen. You know what's more of?

Robby:

a shame People who don't get that moment.

George:

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

Robby:

They go through that. People don't get the wake-up call.

George:

Some people don't get the. Hey, we're here. You know what I mean.

Robby:

Wake the fuck up some people, just boom, done it's one and done that's it one and done. Yeah, and that's the shame yeah, you know.

George:

Andrew tate said it a little while ago. It's like you know, if you because you'll sit there and openly say there's no such thing as depression and all this sort of shit he goes. If you're fucking depressed, go to a cancer ward. Speak to someone terminally ill if they feel sorry for you and your problems if you can convince them, yeah if you can convince that person of your problems and that they're difficult and they're hard and your life is fucked, then you have the right to be.

Robby:

I truly I believe that to some degree, because I think it's a boredom thing, not in the sense of I'm bored, I'm going to pretend like it's more so, like your mind doesn't know what to do when everything's okay. Yeah, so you kind of Is it also a? Purpose driven thing too, like you have no direction, yeah, yeah.

George:

So some people I believe, so I think it would definitely be contributing.

Robby:

You need to be working towards something. I believe, like that's how I've. You know, reflection is the greatest thing in the world, because when you want to look back, you learn from your list, like you learn when you look back right. So if you look back at what you've done in the past, you'll learn from that. And when I look back at you know when I've been the happiest or the most driven, I generally had something I was working towards. Yeah, don't mean and I believe that's not everyone, but probably most people need some hey. This is why because what the fuck are we doing here? Do you know what I mean? Like, what are we doing here? Really, no one knows. There's a whole bunch of nothing.

George:

There's a little bit of your life and there's a whole bunch of nothing.

Robby:

There's a little bit of your life and there's a whole bunch of nothing after. Did you share? Did you watch that podcast? I shared with you the Diary of a CEO, one where they talk about what are we doing? Are they aliens?

George:

What's the?

Robby:

thing they look back at the universe and they can see.

George:

I remember you sending it to me.

Robby:

I'll check it out. I was talking to you about it when you were going to, anyway, yeah, like, what are we doing here? You know what I mean and I think you just need a. It's almost like a distraction from that. You know what I mean, which is what purposes or beliefs or religion? Yeah, you know what I mean.

George:

It's kind of like oh yeah this is religion's purpose, dude.

Robby:

This is why you're here.

George:

Yeah, that's right, mean that's right. I think it's definitely important to have that, without a doubt. I mean it is for me anyway, and you're right, I like the biggest change for me came and I always say it at events, at people, when I'm coaching, mentoring I say it's like the biggest change for me when I got punched in the face was during those three, four years of covid COVID. It was a wake-up call Three, four years. Well, it wasn't just the time of COVID, it was the aftermath for me as well.

George:

Like I needed to recover post that because we went from having plenty of money to having hardly any money in the business and then having to rebuild that whole wealth stream and success and everything that followed and having the resilience to go through that personally, professionally, all those elements and I needed that. Like I genuinely feel that that was the knock I needed on the door to appreciate the things I have in my life, to appreciate the challenges, to know that going through something like that, coming out the other end and still being strong, resilient and all the best like that was a great lesson for me. To know that, yeah, you can handle a lot of shit. You can handle a lot of shit. You know people might look at you. Might look at other entrepreneurs or people that are really wealthy or think they've got their lives together. Like Elon Musk says it. Like not many of you could do what I do, I could give you my….

Robby:

He says you wouldn't, you don't want to be me.

George:

Yeah, you don't want to.

Robby:

You don't know the battles he might think you want to.

George:

And I feel that way about my life. Some people might look at it and go, oh wow, you're so…. I get people to say that all the time it's like, oh man, you've done so well, I could only hope to be like you you're. You know, I want to do this things that you're doing. So you don't know it. You don't know what it takes to be here. Um, not everyone can do it. I'm sure a lot of people could. I'm sure a lot of people could even go further, but not everyone can do it. Do you ever look at?

Robby:

anyone did you? Did you ever look at people and think like, oh yeah, they've made it and now you don't look at them like that anymore, like in the sense of maybe you've passed them?

George:

Oh, back in the day.

Robby:

Yeah, yeah I can think of people. When I look at them, I think, oh man, like that's the like. One that springs to mind was when I was a first-year apprentice and I remember the service manager saying these specific words I didn't sleep last night. I was up all night trying to work out how we're going to fix so-and-so problem, blah, blah, blah. And I remember thinking, man, this guy's a service manager from Mercedes-Benz, like wow, this guy's made it.

George:

Made it. Do you know what I mean? Like wow, Now you're dropping off your merc for him to service yeah, Dude. And it's like I made it.

Robby:

Do you know what I mean? Like wow, Now you're dropping off your merc for him to serve?

George:

Yeah.

Robby:

Dude, and it's like I don't look at that. I used to think if I ever got to that position I'd made it. And I don't look at that. It's like the bar moves.

George:

Yeah, it does. It does without a doubt, do you?

Robby:

know what I mean. The bar moves Like there's. It was like the people I used to did you just lower your chair? The people I used to look at that were like oh, wow. And then it's like oh, like no, not so much anymore, it's like we'll probably pass you.

George:

I can't think specifically of anyone like that. I'm sure there's been moments in my life where it's happened and you know, my next hurdle is like I look at, say, people that are worth. I had an ex-business partner and an ex one of my dad's friends. They're still friends today, but the guy was worth half a billion dollars. Yeah, Sometimes it's really hard to conceive that like half a bill, like 500 million, Do you know what I mean?

Robby:

Yeah, I think you still can't fathom how much money that is. Yeah, do you know what I mean? I think you still can't fathom how much money.

George:

Yeah, do you know what I mean? And it's like well, what does it like I could build for the next five years and probably not hit that target of 500 mil, you know. So what's it take to get to that level of success?

Robby:

what did he?

George:

do. What did he do? I mean, he was in the. He was uh, I won't say. Actually he was in business, definitely for himself, and he made some strategic moves that helped him significantly and, funny enough, he did it during the 2008 gfc. He made strategic moves, he had the resources behind him and that's what made him a multi millionaire during that time. And then from there, his company grew, listed on stock exchange and just went from strength to strength, yeah.

George:

And then, just you know, once he had the money and the opportunities, he just kept making more money. But I do not wish for his life. I need to make that really clear. I'm not going to give too much away, but he had something happen to him that I would not ever wish upon my worst enemy. Do you know what I mean? And I don't wish for that life. But I look at you know, from that level of business success. I'm like you know what's it take to get there? Is it there? Is it a possibility? Is it in the realm of existence for us? You know, I think about that a lot. I still feel that it's we're in one of the years, like I'm in one of the years getting to that level, but when does it happen?

Robby:

yeah, I also think um we grossly underestimate how much it takes to get there yeah, yeah, I, I concur yeah. I mean we think like oh yeah, nah, just gotta, and it's like nah, way more. But also I think the naivety is a good thing because it allows you to take that next step, because if you knew it was a thousand steps, you wouldn't take the first one. But when you think it's 30, and then you're 107 steps in, you're like I'm almost there and you're like 10 steps away.

George:

I heard this also, this saying it's like you're 30 ways away, you're 30 no's away from a million dollars, so you've got to hear no 30 times before you get a million dollars. So a lot of people get discouraged when they hear no, or whether they hear stop, or whether you can't do that. They get discouraged and it's like, oh yeah, you're right, you'll never have a top 10 podcast. Now, okay, okay, you've got to hear that 30 times. You're 30 no's away, so every no that you get, you're just one step closer to your goal, which I like.

George:

That saying Fail fast. Yeah, that's right, like go out there, get shit happening. You're going to make a move. It might work out, it might not. Gets on to the next, no you know, make moves. That's it Making moves, making moves, making moves. So yeah, start consuming some good content, start thinking positive things, start practicing gratitude. Surrounding yourself with the right people is important as well. We're talking about content, but you'll start to hang out in different circles Dude content.

Robby:

We talk about content because it's consumption.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Robby:

You consume the thoughts, words, energy Beliefs, beliefs of the people all around you.

George:

Yeah, that's right. So then look at how your circle is going to change after that. Because mine definitely did yeah, mine definitely did and has over the years Like I don't hang out with a lot of people. It's funny Like I was always a very social person growing up. In my early 20s I couldn't tell you how many friends I had. I thought I had hundreds. Being serious, like I would have had like 50 friends. I'd be like, yeah, these are all my close friends, we're all close, we're all mates.

George:

And it's funny, it's like you get married, your priorities change. You see what else comes important that halves. And then you go again. You're like, okay, what are these? It's still going out. You're 30 years old, you're still clubbing hard and drugs and drinking and oh, it's still 40. You still can't what. You can't wait to get away from your kids so you can go out and get smashed and hang out with the boys or girls or whatever you want to do really. So then you just grow apart from those people. You stop hanging out, you stop associating and then you drift apart.

Robby:

But then I find that the quality of people that are around and left in your life still is is a powerful thing I think, um, that mindset, like that yolo, you know how people say yeah, yeah, oh man, like you, you got to do it now. Like you know what, if you died tomorrow, blah, blah, blah, all that you know. Get the car now, all that shit, go on the holiday, blah blah, that can keep you broke too.

Robby:

Yeah, do you know what I mean Like you're not willing to sacrifice that two years, that three years that take a step back. You know what I mean Like you're not willing to sacrifice that two years, that three years that take a step back. You know, living below your means, Yep, that can massively impact, Without a doubt, your trajectory and stop you from getting to half a billion. It's a billion with a B.

George:

The B. Yeah, so I found I was. I think I was very extroverted when I was younger and now I'm actually more introverted, like I don't want to use my energy on people that I don't feel are going to fill my cup. Actually, I feel that it's a little bit harder for me to connect with people these days. My wife was telling me off about it. She's like you used to be so fun and you'd be the life of the party and all that sort of stuff. I said, yeah, but now I just I don't feel the need to waste my energy on people that are just either there to use me or you know like what, for I just want to focus on the people that I think will bring value to me in my life.

George:

So there's a new term called ambivert Ambivert.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's most people. So what it says a person who has a balance of extrovert and introvert features in their personality.

George:

Yeah, I think I'm like that.

Speaker 2:

So what it means is that if you meet somebody that you do not like, then you will exhaust your social energy. But if there is somebody who you actually actually connect with, you get more social energy. Like if you meet robbie, you'll have more energy.

George:

But if you meet somebody who's like shit, yeah, and I think that's where I'm at now as well, because it's like, I don't know, I'll meet a mom and a dad from the school, all right, and it's like sometimes I feel the connections aren't there and it's like I'm just there making small talk, not having genuine.

Robby:

I fucking hate small talk, I know me too, so much.

George:

Like oh, what do you do with? I'm an entrepreneur? Don't you tell them. No, I'm a firefighter. I just put out spot fires all day.

Robby:

That's what I always say. That's what I was saying to Iggy the other day Firefighting, firefighting, firefighting.

George:

He's from Mongolia, he's quite literal, they don't have fires there, minus 40 degrees.

George:

You can't have fires. You can't have fires. It won't happen. Yeah, small talk, yeah, it's like again filling my cup. I just I'm sitting there and it's like, but it's also I find that it might take two, three times before I'll actually connect. Do you know what I mean? Like I know a couple of the dads like every time say, oh, what's new? Yeah, how's work going? Yeah, it's good. It's always the same fucking thing. Like, ask me, ask me what my fucking favorite color is. Bloke, like, do something different. Green, green, green's a nice color. Purple what's your favorite color secret? My favorite color is actually red. Why?

Robby:

because that's what color the subscribe button is. Hey, didn't see that one coming um. That is what color the subscriber is. It is, and that's what you should be hitting.

George:

If you're listening to these words coming out of my mouth, it means you're listening, but you may not be subscribed. So you can subscribe on YouTube, on Instagram, on Facebook, on TikTok, on all of those channels, everywhere. You should do it Spotify.

Robby:

It doesn't count, apple.

George:

Yeah, I'd be offended if you didn't. And you don't want to offend me Because it would be offensive.

Robby:

Well, is that what you just said?

George:

You don't want to offend me because it'll be offensive, it will be.

Robby:

And then there's repercussions.

George:

Repercussions for that. You won't improve your life and I'll be offended by that. Control what you consume, control what you consume, and you should consume a lot more of this.

Speaker 2:

There's actually a very good question to ask when you're meeting somebody.

George:

Please, I'll ask it next time I meet someone.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, what is the most relatable character, like movie character that is to you right now?

George:

Yeah, but if I just met a bloke G'day mate, how are you? You, well, Good, Just what's the most relatable movie character? You'll flip, first of all because you're like, oh yeah, I don't fucking watch movies. Nah, I'd be like Terminator 2.

Robby:

Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger, that's him.

George:

Yeah, yeah, interesting. Why did you pick?

Robby:

him that, plus a combination of Batman and Superman.

George:

Yeah, why'd you pick?

Robby:

them Because I'm the greatest.

George:

Yeah, Because, yeah it's a very detailed, I get it. It opens up the conversation.

Robby:

It's a little bit lighthearted, but I'm curious who would you say, who would I?

George:

say who do you relate to?

Speaker 2:

Gandalf Lord of the Rings Because you're fighting Balrog. No, it's because.

George:

I'm old and fucking 40. That's why I'm old Wow.

Robby:

Who would you say to Walking Stick? Who would you say?

Speaker 2:

Whiplash.

Robby:

The main character of Whiplash, See look, I can't relate to any of that, so I wouldn't ask that question. But what I do like to ask people is if we're having a conversation small talk is meant to fill the gap.

Robby:

I'd rather just be silent, but if you're having a proper conversation with someone, one of my favorite things to ask is what's your most favorite thing to do in the world? Because then you learn something that's actually valuable about that person and you see how self-aware they are valuable about that person and you see how self-aware they are because they're like, oh yeah, not much netflix, but often some people might brighten up by hearing that too.

Robby:

Oh, yeah, it's a, it takes it, it controls your focus into a positive way. Yeah, it's like saying, um, what are you most excited about right now? And you're like, oh, what am I most excited about right now?

George:

yeah fuck, I'm excited about some shit right now. Changes the focus. Yeah, changes the focus from a negative outlook to a positive one. You haven't asked them what's the worst thing, or you know how are you. Yeah, I'm okay.

Robby:

Do you have any worries at the moment?

George:

Yeah, do you have any worries at the moment.

Speaker 2:

What's?

Robby:

your biggest concern I'll end with right now yeah, because I want, did you just ask them? Yeah, because I want them to focus on the present moment yeah, not over the last four years, not in the future it's all on purpose everything what do, you do is the worst question you can ask so what do you do?

Speaker 2:

I just some stuff, I'll just say six years.

George:

Yeah, six years. You wouldn't want to know. It'll blow your tiny mind.

Robby:

I don't even tell people that I own an agency. You know, what I work in an agency.

George:

I'm just going to say I'm a podcaster from now on. Yeah, yeah, fucking nice. What do you do? I'm a professional podcaster Professional.

Robby:

That's it. By day or by night, by both. Yeah, at sunset.

George:

Anyway, guys, I hope you're having a million dollar day. We are still at the start of the year.

Robby:

I hope you purchase a merch.

George:

I hope you purchase a merch. You can buy a hat in grey, beige, blue or black. Not beige, maroon, sorry, not beige. Beige is not available. If everyone wants a beige hat, we can probably get beige. We can probably get it.

Robby:

Do you want to wear white riding or black riding? I think, oh good question. That's the reason I didn't write he's a thinker.

George:

He's a thinker.

Robby:

I'd probably go white, just to keep with the theme, just to keep, yeah, all the writings the same, yeah.

George:

Thanks for tuning in. See you next week. Another episode down on our way to 1000. See you then. Bye, everybody.

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