1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,252 15 minutes. 2 00:00:01,408 --> 00:00:03,391 That's all it took to change everything. 3 00:00:03,782 --> 00:00:07,747 Not 15 hours, not 15 days, 15 minutes. 4 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:11,191 And if you think this sounds way too simple to work, you are about to 5 00:00:11,191 --> 00:00:15,260 discover why that's exactly the problem you've been conditioned to believe. 6 00:00:15,260 --> 00:00:16,956 Freedom requires massive action. 7 00:00:17,921 --> 00:00:21,573 That's the lie that's keeping you trapped your success. 8 00:00:21,573 --> 00:00:23,452 DNA podcast, your success. 9 00:00:23,517 --> 00:00:24,634 Is in your DNA. 10 00:00:25,030 --> 00:00:25,500 What is up? 11 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:25,969 What is up? 12 00:00:25,969 --> 00:00:26,934 What the hell is up? 13 00:00:26,934 --> 00:00:30,352 My fellow success seekers, welcome back to another episode of Your Success, 14 00:00:30,352 --> 00:00:34,082 DNA, the podcast for my aspiring entrepreneurs and nine to five escapees. 15 00:00:34,082 --> 00:00:38,100 Anyone out there that's looking for some mindset shifts, habit upgrades, and that 16 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:41,491 little dose of rebellion all designed to help you break free from the convention 17 00:00:41,647 --> 00:00:45,613 so that you can build not just a life, but perhaps even a business aligned with. 18 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:47,060 Your version of success. 19 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:49,747 And if you know someone who dreams about ditching the grind, but still 20 00:00:49,747 --> 00:00:52,513 makes a little time for that personal development, a little sprinkle of 21 00:00:52,513 --> 00:00:55,173 self help in their life, then go ahead and forward this episode to them. 22 00:00:55,434 --> 00:00:58,382 Alright, lemme break down what we're gonna be talking about in today's episode. 23 00:00:58,565 --> 00:01:02,530 First, I wanna share with you the exact moment that I discovered small, 24 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:07,278 consistent actions compounded into lifetime changing momentum faster than any 25 00:01:07,278 --> 00:01:09,317 grand gesture ever could or ever would. 26 00:01:10,486 --> 00:01:14,086 Then second, we're gonna break down the specific 15 minute framework that 27 00:01:14,086 --> 00:01:17,530 turns your lunch break or any other time you choose into your liberation 28 00:01:17,530 --> 00:01:21,913 strategy without burning you out and without sacrificing your current income. 29 00:01:22,252 --> 00:01:26,504 And then third, finally, I'm gonna reveal why this system works when everything 30 00:01:26,504 --> 00:01:30,730 else seems to fail, and I'm gonna give you the precise action steps that you need 31 00:01:30,913 --> 00:01:33,156 to start your own 15 minute rebellion. 32 00:01:33,378 --> 00:01:37,578 As soon as you're done listening to this podcast, that train today, okay, here's 33 00:01:37,578 --> 00:01:41,021 what no one tells you about building your escape plan from whatever it is. 34 00:01:41,021 --> 00:01:43,786 It could be financial escape, it could be relationship escape, 35 00:01:43,786 --> 00:01:44,934 it could be spiritual escape. 36 00:01:45,039 --> 00:01:48,534 The reason that you're stuck is not because you don't have enough time. 37 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:48,873 Mm-hmm. 38 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:50,204 No, we all have the same amount of time. 39 00:01:50,726 --> 00:01:54,013 It's because you've been brainwashed into believing that meaningful 40 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:56,778 change requires massive disruption. 41 00:01:57,378 --> 00:01:58,995 That's corporate condition talking to you. 42 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:00,926 I'm just gonna call it like I see it. 43 00:02:01,213 --> 00:02:03,613 They want you to think that it's all or nothing. 44 00:02:03,978 --> 00:02:06,169 You could quit your job or you can stay forever. 45 00:02:06,639 --> 00:02:09,795 You can hustle eight hours a week, or you can accept mediocrity. 46 00:02:10,291 --> 00:02:13,943 All of that is designed to do one thing and that's to keep you paralyzed. 47 00:02:14,021 --> 00:02:14,308 Okay? 48 00:02:14,621 --> 00:02:15,360 So here's what I want you to do. 49 00:02:16,213 --> 00:02:18,534 I want you to go ahead and close your eyes for a moment. 50 00:02:18,534 --> 00:02:21,743 Now, it only if that's a safe thing to do right now, but either way, I 51 00:02:21,743 --> 00:02:23,126 want you to picture something with me. 52 00:02:23,673 --> 00:02:25,369 It's 6 47 on a Tuesday. 53 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,213 You're sitting in your car, maybe it's in the company parking lot, 54 00:02:28,839 --> 00:02:31,395 and you got your coffee in hand and it's slowly getting cold. 55 00:02:31,839 --> 00:02:35,647 You have 13 minutes before you have to walk back through those doors and pretend 56 00:02:35,647 --> 00:02:37,369 you give a shit about the morning meeting. 57 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:40,604 But today, today feels a little different for some reason. 58 00:02:41,021 --> 00:02:44,752 Today instead of scrolling through social media or checking your emails, the ones 59 00:02:44,752 --> 00:02:48,926 that really don't even matter, you open up your phone and you pull up a simple 60 00:02:48,978 --> 00:02:51,639 note app and you write one sentence. 61 00:02:51,978 --> 00:02:54,091 I am building my path to freedom. 62 00:02:54,658 --> 00:02:56,406 Go ahead, feel that for a second. 63 00:02:56,928 --> 00:03:00,658 Notice how those words seem to land a little differently than I want to 64 00:03:00,658 --> 00:03:02,902 escape, or I hope things can change. 65 00:03:03,476 --> 00:03:05,745 You're not wishing anymore, you're building. 66 00:03:06,372 --> 00:03:09,893 Now picture yourself typing the first small step. 67 00:03:10,154 --> 00:03:13,676 Maybe it's research, three people in my industry who went solo. 68 00:03:14,015 --> 00:03:17,380 Maybe it's write down what I'd charge for the skill. 69 00:03:17,406 --> 00:03:23,485 I already have something small, something totally doable in 15 minutes 70 00:03:23,511 --> 00:03:26,667 in the next day, and then set a timer. 71 00:03:27,072 --> 00:03:28,011 For 12 more minutes. 72 00:03:28,272 --> 00:03:29,341 Yeah, you know what I'm gonna tell you? 73 00:03:29,785 --> 00:03:32,758 And then just do it right there in your car. 74 00:03:32,837 --> 00:03:36,385 While your coworkers are rushing past your window, stressed out about 75 00:03:36,385 --> 00:03:40,137 maybe being two minutes late, but you're not stressed, you're building. 76 00:03:40,729 --> 00:03:44,355 Now here's what I want you to, don't you to fast forward three weeks, same parking 77 00:03:44,355 --> 00:03:46,807 lot, same time, same coffee, getting cold. 78 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:50,851 But now you are not just writing ideas anymore, you're messaging 79 00:03:50,851 --> 00:03:51,994 maybe your first potential client. 80 00:03:52,573 --> 00:03:55,390 Your hands are, you know, a little shaky as you hit that sand button, 81 00:03:55,703 --> 00:04:00,007 but you hit it anyway because somewhere in those 15 minute sessions, 82 00:04:00,216 --> 00:04:01,703 something inside you shifted. 83 00:04:02,225 --> 00:04:06,242 You stop being someone who just dreams about freedom and you start being 84 00:04:06,242 --> 00:04:08,225 someone who builds that freedom. 85 00:04:08,825 --> 00:04:10,338 Okay, let's fast forward one more time. 86 00:04:10,338 --> 00:04:12,633 Just picture yourself six months ahead. 87 00:04:12,868 --> 00:04:15,894 You're still in that same parking lot, but this time you're on a 88 00:04:15,894 --> 00:04:17,733 call with maybe your third client. 89 00:04:18,353 --> 00:04:20,988 As the conversation ends, you sit there for a minute and you 90 00:04:20,988 --> 00:04:22,736 realize something profound. 91 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:28,574 You have just made more in that 15 minute call than you made in a full day at 92 00:04:28,574 --> 00:04:30,634 the job that you're about to walk into. 93 00:04:31,221 --> 00:04:32,890 But here's what really changed. 94 00:04:33,490 --> 00:04:34,429 It's not just the money. 95 00:04:35,029 --> 00:04:37,925 It's who you became in those parking lot. 96 00:04:37,925 --> 00:04:41,290 15 minute moments, you became someone who follows through. 97 00:04:41,838 --> 00:04:45,647 You became someone who builds instead of just consumes and you became someone 98 00:04:45,647 --> 00:04:49,664 who creates their own opportunities instead of waiting for permission 99 00:04:49,716 --> 00:04:53,056 from someone that can't even give you permission in the first damn place. 100 00:04:53,618 --> 00:04:56,879 The person that you became was always inside you. 101 00:04:57,479 --> 00:05:00,479 The 15 minutes that you spent each of those days just 102 00:05:00,479 --> 00:05:03,296 gave them space to breathe. 103 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:04,731 Yeah, so. 104 00:05:05,446 --> 00:05:09,959 Let's break this down into a system for that 15 minutes that you can start today. 105 00:05:10,141 --> 00:05:12,385 I'm gonna call this the 15 Minute Freedom Framework. 106 00:05:12,463 --> 00:05:12,907 Duh. 107 00:05:12,933 --> 00:05:16,167 It seems simple and it has three phases. 108 00:05:16,637 --> 00:05:18,724 Phase one is gonna be your identity shift. 109 00:05:18,724 --> 00:05:20,498 This is about one to five minutes. 110 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,611 This isn't about productivity, ladies and gentlemen. 111 00:05:22,611 --> 00:05:24,280 This is about psychology. 112 00:05:24,463 --> 00:05:28,376 For the first five minutes, you are not working on your side hustle. 113 00:05:28,898 --> 00:05:29,994 You're becoming an entrepreneur. 114 00:05:30,346 --> 00:05:31,885 Or whatever it is you're trying to become. 115 00:05:32,224 --> 00:05:34,128 Okay, here's what I want you to do. 116 00:05:34,598 --> 00:05:35,328 Open a doc. 117 00:05:35,798 --> 00:05:37,128 You can open it on your laptop. 118 00:05:37,233 --> 00:05:40,807 You can open it up on your iPad, on your phone, whatever. 119 00:05:41,224 --> 00:05:46,911 And write one sentence that starts with, I am building, and you finish a sentence. 120 00:05:47,537 --> 00:05:48,267 Don't write. 121 00:05:48,424 --> 00:05:50,302 I want to build, don't write. 122 00:05:50,354 --> 00:05:51,633 I hope to build. 123 00:05:52,259 --> 00:05:54,502 I want you to write present tense. 124 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:57,672 I am building a consulting practice. 125 00:05:57,828 --> 00:05:59,994 I am building an amazing podcast. 126 00:06:00,150 --> 00:06:03,124 I am building a fantastic relationship. 127 00:06:03,385 --> 00:06:05,707 I am building a content business. 128 00:06:05,967 --> 00:06:08,289 Yeah, I am building my freedom. 129 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:10,611 Whatever it is you wanna write, just write it. 130 00:06:11,133 --> 00:06:15,880 Then spend the next four minutes writing why that matters to you. 131 00:06:16,350 --> 00:06:17,811 I don't want you to write down your goals. 132 00:06:18,020 --> 00:06:19,559 I want you to write down your reasons. 133 00:06:20,328 --> 00:06:20,980 We've heard about that. 134 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:22,154 You need to know your why. 135 00:06:22,259 --> 00:06:26,433 And here's inside of that, you need to know that that why aligns with who 136 00:06:26,433 --> 00:06:28,389 you are and who you want to become. 137 00:06:28,572 --> 00:06:30,502 And the deeper you go, the better. 138 00:06:30,815 --> 00:06:33,659 Because if you can't write your why, it's not gonna happen. 139 00:06:34,180 --> 00:06:37,311 And if you write something about your why, that who you are 140 00:06:37,311 --> 00:06:38,980 doesn't align with, guess what? 141 00:06:39,215 --> 00:06:39,576 It's not gonna happen. 142 00:06:39,907 --> 00:06:41,680 So you need to align these things up. 143 00:06:42,228 --> 00:06:44,446 Phase number two, this is micro action. 144 00:06:44,707 --> 00:06:46,728 You're gonna spend minutes six through 12 on this. 145 00:06:47,472 --> 00:06:52,376 Now what I want you to do is take one tiny action, one specific action 146 00:06:52,611 --> 00:06:56,654 towards that identity you just wrote down, and I mean, hi, TINY. 147 00:06:56,941 --> 00:06:59,002 It needs to be even smaller than the word tiny. 148 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:01,115 Maybe it's research one potential client. 149 00:07:01,324 --> 00:07:05,159 Write one paragraph of content outline, one service that you would offer. 150 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:07,585 Maybe you send one networking message, right? 151 00:07:07,585 --> 00:07:10,246 One thing you can do to build that amazing relationship. 152 00:07:10,272 --> 00:07:12,280 Maybe you learn one new skill. 153 00:07:12,672 --> 00:07:13,454 For seven minutes. 154 00:07:13,924 --> 00:07:17,859 The key here is completion execution. 155 00:07:18,395 --> 00:07:21,187 You must finish something in those six minutes. 156 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:24,395 Your brain needs to experience that dopamine. 157 00:07:24,395 --> 00:07:29,065 Hit of closure, not excitement, not intrigue, not interest, 158 00:07:29,614 --> 00:07:30,601 closure, and completion. 159 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:32,521 Okay, now here's phase three. 160 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:33,564 This is the compound setup. 161 00:07:33,564 --> 00:07:36,277 This will be that last couple of minutes you got in there, 13 to 15. 162 00:07:36,564 --> 00:07:39,564 This is where most people are gonna stumble and bumble 163 00:07:39,564 --> 00:07:40,843 and fall and face plant. 164 00:07:41,208 --> 00:07:45,799 They take action, but then they won't take the time to set up tomorrow's action. 165 00:07:46,365 --> 00:07:50,957 Use those final two or three minutes to decide exactly what you will be 166 00:07:50,957 --> 00:07:53,591 doing in tomorrow's 15 minute session. 167 00:07:54,061 --> 00:07:54,635 Write it down. 168 00:07:55,144 --> 00:07:56,213 Be specific. 169 00:07:56,500 --> 00:08:00,544 Tomorrow I'm gonna spend 15 minutes writing the outline 170 00:08:00,831 --> 00:08:01,952 for my first blog post. 171 00:08:02,109 --> 00:08:03,752 Not work on content. 172 00:08:04,039 --> 00:08:06,257 No work on content is not specific. 173 00:08:06,309 --> 00:08:09,700 I'm gonna spend tomorrow and then finish that sentence. 174 00:08:09,778 --> 00:08:10,091 Okay. 175 00:08:10,326 --> 00:08:12,835 And here's the weekly of evolution that's gonna come on, 176 00:08:12,839 --> 00:08:14,657 on how this is gonna compound. 177 00:08:14,865 --> 00:08:17,970 Week one, you're going to figure out the rhythm. 178 00:08:18,635 --> 00:08:22,131 The building of the habit that you're trying to create, of 179 00:08:22,131 --> 00:08:23,278 who you're trying to become. 180 00:08:23,409 --> 00:08:27,791 Week two, you're gonna start seeing those small wins and those small wins. 181 00:08:27,791 --> 00:08:30,970 They're gonna start gaining and improving your confidence in week three. 182 00:08:31,652 --> 00:08:36,165 You're gonna be making real progress that others are gonna start noticing 183 00:08:36,348 --> 00:08:40,470 and by week four you're gonna be protecting that 15 minute time block. 184 00:08:40,626 --> 00:08:42,452 Like your life depends on it. 185 00:08:42,452 --> 00:08:43,052 And guess what? 186 00:08:43,365 --> 00:08:45,974 Your knew life absolutely does depend on it. 187 00:08:46,261 --> 00:08:47,096 Okay, so. 188 00:08:47,605 --> 00:08:50,213 Speaking of guarding things, building action plans. 189 00:08:50,213 --> 00:08:53,578 If you're serious about this type of transformation, then you need to come 190 00:08:53,578 --> 00:08:57,700 on over and join the community of people who are actually doing it and sign up for 191 00:08:57,700 --> 00:08:59,970 the Unleash Your Success DNA newsletter. 192 00:09:00,178 --> 00:09:03,518 It's specifically designed for my aspiring entrepreneurs and nine 193 00:09:03,544 --> 00:09:05,839 to five escapees just like you. 194 00:09:05,839 --> 00:09:09,335 Each week we get into more mindset shifts and habit upgrades, 195 00:09:09,335 --> 00:09:10,639 and more doses of rebellion. 196 00:09:10,718 --> 00:09:14,344 All that help you break free from the convention to build not just a 197 00:09:14,344 --> 00:09:18,100 business, but again, a life aligned with your version of success. 198 00:09:18,413 --> 00:09:19,822 More of the kind of things that we talk about. 199 00:09:19,822 --> 00:09:21,413 Here we go a little deeper quite often. 200 00:09:21,413 --> 00:09:23,996 This isn't just another generic business newsletter. 201 00:09:23,996 --> 00:09:26,657 This is your weekly reminder that you weren't born to 202 00:09:26,657 --> 00:09:28,561 play by someone else's rules. 203 00:09:28,822 --> 00:09:29,135 All right? 204 00:09:29,265 --> 00:09:32,552 And to sign up, you'll see the link down in the show notes, or you can go to your 205 00:09:32,552 --> 00:09:34,978 success d.com and sign right up there. 206 00:09:35,057 --> 00:09:36,309 Okay, so let's. 207 00:09:36,857 --> 00:09:39,231 Let's zoom out for a moment, shall we? 208 00:09:39,544 --> 00:09:43,900 Why does this 15 minute system work when everything else 209 00:09:43,952 --> 00:09:45,178 you've tried seems to fail? 210 00:09:45,756 --> 00:09:49,460 And here's why I think it is, it's because it's designed around a 211 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:53,399 fundamental truth about your psychology, about human psychology in general. 212 00:09:53,999 --> 00:09:56,451 We do not resist small changes. 213 00:09:56,999 --> 00:10:02,764 We resist the story we tell ourselves about big, huge mo ginormous changes. 214 00:10:03,051 --> 00:10:03,338 Yeah. 215 00:10:03,364 --> 00:10:06,051 It's like the, the frog that you toss into the water and then 216 00:10:06,051 --> 00:10:07,199 turn the heat up under the water. 217 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,060 I don't want you to boil yourself to death, but you get what I'm saying when 218 00:10:11,060 --> 00:10:12,860 you say I'm gonna start a business. 219 00:10:13,394 --> 00:10:17,151 Your brain instantly goes into calculation mode, right, and starts 220 00:10:17,151 --> 00:10:21,064 calculating all the risks, reminding you of all the unknowns, all the ways 221 00:10:21,064 --> 00:10:25,316 that everything you don't know could go wrong, and that's why you procrastinate. 222 00:10:25,836 --> 00:10:31,026 However, when you say, I'm gonna spend 15 minutes thinking like 223 00:10:31,026 --> 00:10:35,435 an entrepreneur, your brain says, okay, I can handle 15 minutes. 224 00:10:35,618 --> 00:10:38,018 What could go wrong in 15 minutes? 225 00:10:38,631 --> 00:10:41,083 So you see this is bigger than productivity. 226 00:10:41,292 --> 00:10:43,379 This is about identity architecture. 227 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:47,944 You are not just building a business, you're building a version 228 00:10:47,944 --> 00:10:50,605 of yourself who runs a business. 229 00:10:50,839 --> 00:10:52,118 Or maybe you're not building a business. 230 00:10:52,118 --> 00:10:54,387 Maybe you're trying to improve your relationship. 231 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:57,048 So you're not building a better relationship. 232 00:10:57,074 --> 00:11:00,779 You are building a version of yourself who has, who executes 233 00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:02,266 on a better relationship. 234 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:03,857 And here's the real paradigm shift. 235 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:07,535 Freedom is not a destination that you are going to arrive 236 00:11:07,535 --> 00:11:09,100 at and go, ta-da, I'm here. 237 00:11:09,856 --> 00:11:13,822 It's a muscle that you develop 15 minutes at a time. 238 00:11:14,109 --> 00:11:14,422 Yeah. 239 00:11:14,578 --> 00:11:14,943 Okay. 240 00:11:15,048 --> 00:11:17,552 All that said, here's your Whiskered wisdom for this week. 241 00:11:18,098 --> 00:11:21,906 Your future self is built in 15 minute increments. 242 00:11:22,454 --> 00:11:22,950 There it is. 243 00:11:22,976 --> 00:11:26,941 Wisdom dropped every day that you choose to spend 15 minutes 244 00:11:27,072 --> 00:11:29,080 building instead of consuming. 245 00:11:29,628 --> 00:11:32,706 You're voting for the person that you want to become every day. 246 00:11:32,706 --> 00:11:33,385 You don't. 247 00:11:33,985 --> 00:11:36,489 You're voting for who you are to stay the same. 248 00:11:36,933 --> 00:11:37,428 There it is. 249 00:11:37,950 --> 00:11:41,472 The person you'll be in one year is determined by what it is you do in 250 00:11:41,472 --> 00:11:43,898 the next 15 minutes, every single day. 251 00:11:44,524 --> 00:11:46,454 You're a specific action for today. 252 00:11:46,916 --> 00:11:48,481 Set a timer for 15 minutes. 253 00:11:48,794 --> 00:11:53,176 As soon as this episode is done, open the document and write that sentence. 254 00:11:53,333 --> 00:11:53,902 I am building. 255 00:11:54,702 --> 00:11:55,720 Complete that sentence. 256 00:11:56,242 --> 00:12:01,668 Then spend the remaining time taking one small action towards that identity, that 257 00:12:01,668 --> 00:12:05,059 person that you need to become, to create whatever it is that you're building. 258 00:12:05,059 --> 00:12:05,842 Don't overthink it. 259 00:12:06,102 --> 00:12:07,328 Don't plan it to death. 260 00:12:07,485 --> 00:12:10,172 Don't break it down into minutia, little steps. 261 00:12:10,224 --> 00:12:11,372 No, just start. 262 00:12:12,207 --> 00:12:16,094 Whatever that first idea, first step that popped into your head, do it 263 00:12:16,615 --> 00:12:19,055 because the only difference between the dreamers and the builders is this. 264 00:12:19,761 --> 00:12:22,448 Builders start before they are ready. 265 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:25,735 Listen, you've been preparing long enough, you've been thinking 266 00:12:25,735 --> 00:12:27,248 about this for freaking ever. 267 00:12:27,352 --> 00:12:30,404 You've been planning for it and you've been waiting for that perfect moment. 268 00:12:30,822 --> 00:12:31,396 But here's the thing. 269 00:12:32,022 --> 00:12:34,109 Perfect moments do not exist. 270 00:12:34,685 --> 00:12:36,328 Only present moments exist. 271 00:12:36,693 --> 00:12:42,824 Your 15 minute rebellion, it starts right now, not tomorrow, not Monday, NOW Now. 272 00:12:44,611 --> 00:12:46,593 I don't want you to keep waiting for permission to 273 00:12:46,593 --> 00:12:48,524 become who you were meant to be. 274 00:12:48,889 --> 00:12:50,402 Who's gonna give you that permission anyway? 275 00:12:50,846 --> 00:12:53,533 The world doesn't need another person out there playing it safe. 276 00:12:53,846 --> 00:12:58,750 It needs you unedited, unafraid, and completely unstoppable. 277 00:12:59,324 --> 00:13:02,115 And with that, I'm gonna leave you as I always do, think 278 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:03,498 successfully and take action.