1 00:00:00,163 --> 00:00:00,681 Oh my God. 2 00:00:00,763 --> 00:00:03,818 You wanna know what really pisses me off about the personal development space? 3 00:00:03,872 --> 00:00:06,518 Everyone's got a damn origin story. 4 00:00:06,518 --> 00:00:09,763 They're all out there like, I'm broke, I'm sleeping on my friend's couch. 5 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:13,336 I was eating ramen noodles and then I discovered this one secret. 6 00:00:13,963 --> 00:00:14,945 That changed everything. 7 00:00:15,054 --> 00:00:19,390 Here's the thing, I'm about to tell you five reasons why you should probably 8 00:00:19,390 --> 00:00:22,827 ignore everything that I'm about to say, and if you're still listening 9 00:00:22,827 --> 00:00:27,218 to that, well maybe just, maybe you are ready for the truth about what 10 00:00:27,218 --> 00:00:29,400 it really takes to escape the matrix. 11 00:00:30,572 --> 00:00:34,150 Your success, DNA podcast, your success is in your DNA. 12 00:00:34,731 --> 00:00:35,168 What is up? 13 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:35,604 What is up? 14 00:00:35,822 --> 00:00:36,831 What the hell is up? 15 00:00:36,877 --> 00:00:38,622 My fellow success seekers. 16 00:00:38,622 --> 00:00:41,513 Welcome back to another episode of the podcast, and I wanna 17 00:00:41,513 --> 00:00:42,740 get stuck right into it here. 18 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:45,359 I, I'm not gonna be talking about, Hey, this is what we talk about. 19 00:00:45,413 --> 00:00:48,113 You know, what we talk about around here, and if you don't know what 20 00:00:48,113 --> 00:00:50,486 we talk about, 'cause this is your first time, well then stick around 21 00:00:50,568 --> 00:00:53,104 and you're gonna learn it because today's episode we're gonna talk about. 22 00:00:53,381 --> 00:00:56,709 Five reasons that you should probably ignore everything. 23 00:00:56,736 --> 00:01:00,690 I'm about to tell you why I am really the worst person to teach you about 24 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,163 escaping the nine to five, and that's exactly what makes me the right person. 25 00:01:05,245 --> 00:01:07,968 Yeah, first, first off, I'm gonna be shattering the myth. 26 00:01:08,495 --> 00:01:11,304 You need to follow someone else who has made it. 27 00:01:11,304 --> 00:01:14,768 He says, with air quotes, because most of those success stories out there are 28 00:01:14,768 --> 00:01:20,031 just carefully crafted pieces of fiction designed to separate you from your wallet. 29 00:01:20,031 --> 00:01:23,659 Second, you're gonna discover why my biggest failures might be 30 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:25,104 more valuable than anyone else's. 31 00:01:25,713 --> 00:01:29,668 Highlight reel and how the scars from losing everything twice, maybe 32 00:01:29,668 --> 00:01:34,059 even three times, has taught me what actually works in the real world. 33 00:01:34,086 --> 00:01:38,368 And then third, I'm gonna reveal the uncomfortable truth about why I still 34 00:01:38,368 --> 00:01:42,895 struggle with my own advice sometimes and why that makes me more qualified, 35 00:01:43,086 --> 00:01:45,813 not less to guide you through your. 36 00:01:46,063 --> 00:01:46,827 Transformation. 37 00:01:46,936 --> 00:01:48,463 Look, here's a truth bomb. 38 00:01:48,463 --> 00:01:51,627 That's gonna make some people a tad bit uncomfortable. 39 00:01:51,654 --> 00:01:55,063 Most personal development gurus, yeah, they're just selling you a fantasy. 40 00:01:55,309 --> 00:01:56,318 They're peddling you. 41 00:01:56,318 --> 00:02:00,845 The idea that success is a straight line from broke to breakthrough, and all you 42 00:02:00,845 --> 00:02:04,049 need to get there is their $2,997 course. 43 00:02:04,613 --> 00:02:05,622 To unlock that secret. 44 00:02:05,731 --> 00:02:06,959 That's not just wrong. 45 00:02:07,204 --> 00:02:10,995 That's dangerous, ladies and gentlemen, because it sets you up to believe that 46 00:02:10,995 --> 00:02:15,140 if you are not seeing instant results, then you are doing something wrong, 47 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:17,054 or worse yet you might be broken. 48 00:02:17,772 --> 00:02:21,972 Let me tell you the moment that I realized that I was just full of shit. 49 00:02:22,272 --> 00:02:22,572 Okay? 50 00:02:23,854 --> 00:02:24,890 It was, I dunno, was it 2009? 51 00:02:25,163 --> 00:02:28,081 I was standing in front of a, a room full of entrepreneurs giving 52 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:29,936 this polished presentation. 53 00:02:29,963 --> 00:02:33,427 I was an experienced speaker, I believe it was, it was entitled The 54 00:02:33,427 --> 00:02:35,363 Seven Steps to Unstoppable Success. 55 00:02:35,527 --> 00:02:37,627 I had the slides, I had all my stories. 56 00:02:37,681 --> 00:02:39,890 I had my perfectly timed. 57 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:40,763 Pauses. 58 00:02:40,845 --> 00:02:42,263 I even looked the part. 59 00:02:42,345 --> 00:02:42,563 Okay. 60 00:02:42,563 --> 00:02:45,181 Maybe my long hair was, long Hair was a little outta place, but 61 00:02:45,181 --> 00:02:45,972 you know what I'm talking about. 62 00:02:46,218 --> 00:02:48,318 But inside, yeah, that was a different story. 63 00:02:48,372 --> 00:02:52,081 Inside I was dying, you see, three months earlier, my second, 64 00:02:52,163 --> 00:02:53,745 or was it my third business? 65 00:02:53,986 --> 00:02:58,077 Had imploded, not failed, imploded, and I lost everything again. 66 00:02:58,186 --> 00:03:00,722 The house, the savings, the confidence. 67 00:03:00,913 --> 00:03:05,086 I was 47 years old starting over for the third time, and here I was 68 00:03:05,304 --> 00:03:08,549 standing in front of a group of people teaching them how to succeed. 69 00:03:08,690 --> 00:03:09,531 Ah, ah. 70 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:11,849 Can you say the words cognitive distance. 71 00:03:12,236 --> 00:03:16,736 That cognitive dissidence was crushing me after the presentation. 72 00:03:16,736 --> 00:03:21,045 This young woman, probably in her early thirties, reminds me of my daughter today. 73 00:03:21,072 --> 00:03:23,718 She came up to me with tears in her eyes, no joke. 74 00:03:23,718 --> 00:03:24,972 She was literally weeping. 75 00:03:25,218 --> 00:03:27,427 She says, thank you for showing me that. 76 00:03:27,427 --> 00:03:28,109 It's possible. 77 00:03:28,163 --> 00:03:31,490 I have been stuck in my corporate job for eight years, and 78 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:32,581 you have just given me hope. 79 00:03:32,813 --> 00:03:33,359 Pow. 80 00:03:33,468 --> 00:03:34,395 That's when it hit me. 81 00:03:34,450 --> 00:03:36,359 She wasn't inspired by my success. 82 00:03:36,522 --> 00:03:41,050 She was inspired by my humanity, by the fact that I was still fighting, that I 83 00:03:41,050 --> 00:03:45,086 was still trying, that I was still getting up, dusting myself up and getting back 84 00:03:45,195 --> 00:03:46,995 at it every time I got knocked down. 85 00:03:47,813 --> 00:03:52,422 That night I went through and threw away just about every polished presentation I'd 86 00:03:52,422 --> 00:03:54,195 ever created, and I had a number of them. 87 00:03:54,304 --> 00:03:57,959 I decided if that's what's going to help people, that I'm gonna be 88 00:03:57,959 --> 00:04:01,149 telling them the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 89 00:04:01,177 --> 00:04:05,159 Even the parts that made me look like I didn't quite have it figured out, 90 00:04:05,159 --> 00:04:06,231 you know what they say, warts and all. 91 00:04:06,899 --> 00:04:08,345 Especially those parts. 92 00:04:08,345 --> 00:04:12,845 So here are the five reasons you should probably ignore everything I'm 93 00:04:12,845 --> 00:04:17,045 about to tell you and why each one at the same time kind of makes me more 94 00:04:17,045 --> 00:04:20,127 qualified to guide you through your escape plan than most other folks. 95 00:04:20,290 --> 00:04:20,836 Reason number one. 96 00:04:21,349 --> 00:04:22,959 I don't have a rags to riches story. 97 00:04:23,013 --> 00:04:24,077 I wasn't born poor. 98 00:04:24,295 --> 00:04:27,595 I didn't couch surf on anyone's couch over years of my life. 99 00:04:27,595 --> 00:04:30,704 I didn't discover success at 19 and retire at 25. 100 00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:31,086 Nope. 101 00:04:31,195 --> 00:04:34,986 I'm just a middle class military kid who became a corporate marketing and inventory 102 00:04:34,986 --> 00:04:36,677 director, and I made some decent money. 103 00:04:36,731 --> 00:04:38,313 I had a corner office for a while. 104 00:04:38,340 --> 00:04:40,740 I drove a nice car from the outside. 105 00:04:40,877 --> 00:04:41,886 Many folks would tell you. 106 00:04:42,127 --> 00:04:46,818 He's made it, but inside I was suffocating the real stories, my friends. 107 00:04:46,899 --> 00:04:48,700 I don't think it's in the rags to richest stories. 108 00:04:48,809 --> 00:04:51,618 It's riches to meaning stories. 109 00:04:51,672 --> 00:04:55,681 You know, it, it's, it's trading the golden handcuffs for actual freedom. 110 00:04:55,981 --> 00:04:58,599 And if you're listening to this show, chances are you're not 111 00:04:58,599 --> 00:05:00,427 starting from zero either, are you? 112 00:05:00,481 --> 00:05:00,863 No. 113 00:05:01,054 --> 00:05:01,299 Right. 114 00:05:01,304 --> 00:05:04,654 Most folks that are listening to this show have something in their pocket. 115 00:05:04,790 --> 00:05:08,095 You're starting from somewhere that might look successful to other people. 116 00:05:08,654 --> 00:05:10,890 Maybe even to yourself, but it still feels empty. 117 00:05:11,081 --> 00:05:11,354 Yeah. 118 00:05:11,518 --> 00:05:14,409 Some of you're nodding your head with me right now, like it would bear with me. 119 00:05:14,463 --> 00:05:17,790 That right there, that's a different kind of prison and it requires 120 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:19,181 a different kind of escape plan. 121 00:05:19,290 --> 00:05:19,563 Okay. 122 00:05:19,672 --> 00:05:20,981 Reason number two, I. Yep. 123 00:05:21,145 --> 00:05:21,799 Here it comes. 124 00:05:21,881 --> 00:05:24,418 I have failed way more than I have succeeded. 125 00:05:24,636 --> 00:05:24,936 Yeah. 126 00:05:25,099 --> 00:05:28,454 Here's what those highlight reels that you see on TikTok will not show you. 127 00:05:28,645 --> 00:05:29,299 I've started seven. 128 00:05:30,127 --> 00:05:30,727 I think it's seven. 129 00:05:30,809 --> 00:05:34,490 Seven businesses, three completely failed, two barely broke even. 130 00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:37,681 And one made decent money, but it killed my marriage. 131 00:05:37,790 --> 00:05:39,754 But if I'm honest, that marriage wasn't right for me. 132 00:05:39,754 --> 00:05:40,054 Anyway. 133 00:05:40,054 --> 00:05:41,772 But that's, that's a whole nother podcast episode. 134 00:05:41,963 --> 00:05:42,590 Only one. 135 00:05:42,781 --> 00:05:44,990 The current one actually aligns. 136 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:47,454 With who I am, with, who I am proud to be. 137 00:05:47,536 --> 00:05:51,218 Most gurus will tell you about their wins every day, all day long. 138 00:05:51,436 --> 00:05:56,263 I want to tell you about my losses because that's where the real education lives. 139 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,136 Sure, there's some education in the wins, but the real education that 140 00:06:00,299 --> 00:06:02,759 deep down change your world education. 141 00:06:03,231 --> 00:06:04,104 Comes from the losses. 142 00:06:04,159 --> 00:06:08,140 When my first consulting business fell on its face, I learned that passion 143 00:06:08,140 --> 00:06:10,731 without systems is just expensive therapy. 144 00:06:10,895 --> 00:06:13,868 When the second one imploded, I learned that success without 145 00:06:13,868 --> 00:06:16,049 alignment is just a prettier prison. 146 00:06:16,049 --> 00:06:17,495 We've talked about that before around here, have we? 147 00:06:17,495 --> 00:06:17,686 Mm-hmm. 148 00:06:18,068 --> 00:06:21,640 Those failures, they weren't really failures, they were setbacks, right? 149 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:22,922 There were setups for a comeback. 150 00:06:23,168 --> 00:06:27,040 They were education, expensive and painful, but necessary education. 151 00:06:27,827 --> 00:06:30,472 Reason number three, I still have a day job sort of. 152 00:06:30,663 --> 00:06:31,018 Okay. 153 00:06:31,127 --> 00:06:33,554 I'm not typing this from my yacht in Monaco. 154 00:06:33,745 --> 00:06:33,936 Nope. 155 00:06:34,209 --> 00:06:34,427 Nope. 156 00:06:34,509 --> 00:06:37,290 I don't have a team of 47 virtual assistants, not even 157 00:06:37,290 --> 00:06:38,654 a team of AI assistants. 158 00:06:38,872 --> 00:06:41,109 I still do client work, and I still have bills to pay. 159 00:06:41,504 --> 00:06:43,168 Here's what that means for you. 160 00:06:43,304 --> 00:06:45,459 I understand the transition. 161 00:06:45,677 --> 00:06:47,722 I know what it's like to build something while you're still 162 00:06:47,722 --> 00:06:49,113 trapped in something else. 163 00:06:49,195 --> 00:06:52,440 I know the fear of leaving security or uncertainty. 164 00:06:52,686 --> 00:06:52,986 Yeah. 165 00:06:53,231 --> 00:06:56,313 Most of the people teaching escaped nine to five haven't really 166 00:06:56,313 --> 00:06:59,313 worked a nine to five, especially not for a long period of time. 167 00:06:59,504 --> 00:07:03,677 They, most of them that I have seen have went from college to entrepreneurship. 168 00:07:03,968 --> 00:07:08,004 They never experienced the real soul crushing reality of corporate life. 169 00:07:08,086 --> 00:07:10,322 I have for more than 20 years. 170 00:07:10,486 --> 00:07:16,540 I know what it feels like to die a little bit each and every day in the job that 171 00:07:16,540 --> 00:07:18,777 pays you okay, but kills your spirit. 172 00:07:19,022 --> 00:07:19,240 Yeah. 173 00:07:19,404 --> 00:07:22,131 Reason number four, I don't follow my own advice sometimes. 174 00:07:22,595 --> 00:07:24,668 Sorry, this being real with you last month. 175 00:07:25,586 --> 00:07:30,059 Spent maybe three days doom scrolling on social media instead of working on my 176 00:07:30,059 --> 00:07:34,913 project, my book, my course, my lessons, my podcasts two weeks ago, I skipped my 177 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:38,131 morning routine for 14 days straight. 178 00:07:38,513 --> 00:07:39,359 Yeah, I did. 179 00:07:39,522 --> 00:07:41,540 And yesterday, I think it was yesterday, maybe it was the day before 180 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:43,368 yesterday, I ate reheated Pizza. 181 00:07:43,695 --> 00:07:45,086 For lunch, I'm not perfect. 182 00:07:45,168 --> 00:07:49,750 I'm not disciplined 24 7 365, and I do not have superhuman willpower. 183 00:07:49,995 --> 00:07:50,731 But here's the thing. 184 00:07:50,868 --> 00:07:52,777 I know how to get myself back on track. 185 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:56,186 I know the difference between a temporary setback and a permanent 186 00:07:56,186 --> 00:08:00,331 failure, and I know how to forgive myself, get myself up and start again. 187 00:08:00,549 --> 00:08:03,849 That's not a weakness that my friends is a superpower because 188 00:08:03,849 --> 00:08:06,359 life isn't about never falling down. 189 00:08:06,550 --> 00:08:07,422 Everyone falls down. 190 00:08:07,695 --> 00:08:08,840 That's how you learn to walk. 191 00:08:08,977 --> 00:08:13,913 It's about getting really good at propping yourself back up, dusting yourself back 192 00:08:13,913 --> 00:08:18,468 off, sometimes wiping the cock off your face and taking that next step forward. 193 00:08:18,713 --> 00:08:22,040 And reason number five, I can't promise you that you'll get rich. 194 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:22,340 Nope. 195 00:08:22,559 --> 00:08:23,077 Sorry. 196 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:24,386 You've come to the wrong place. 197 00:08:24,386 --> 00:08:27,249 I can't promise that you'll make six figures in six months. 198 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:27,659 Nope. 199 00:08:27,713 --> 00:08:29,840 And you'll never see me say anything like that. 200 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,668 I can't promise that you'll retire early. 201 00:08:31,722 --> 00:08:34,254 I can't promise that you will never, ever have to work again. 202 00:08:34,886 --> 00:08:36,004 I can promise you this. 203 00:08:36,113 --> 00:08:40,613 If you follow the principles that I teach, you'll build something that's yours. 204 00:08:40,777 --> 00:08:44,104 You'll wake up excited about what it is you're doing, who it is you're doing 205 00:08:44,104 --> 00:08:48,304 with, instead of dreading it, you'll have more control over your time, your 206 00:08:48,304 --> 00:08:50,431 life, your relationships, your income. 207 00:08:50,940 --> 00:08:51,731 And your impact. 208 00:08:51,977 --> 00:08:53,940 You might not be rich, but you'll be free. 209 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:56,204 And for most of us, that's worth more than money. 210 00:08:56,313 --> 00:08:56,586 Yeah. 211 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:57,050 Okay. 212 00:08:57,050 --> 00:09:00,213 Look, if you're still listening, how many minutes we are into this, 213 00:09:00,349 --> 00:09:03,459 it means you're probably tired of the polished BS that's out there. 214 00:09:03,731 --> 00:09:06,786 You want someone who's been in the trenches, who's got muck on his 215 00:09:06,786 --> 00:09:09,677 face, who's made the mistakes, and who's willing to tell you the real 216 00:09:09,677 --> 00:09:11,313 ass truth even if it's not pretty. 217 00:09:11,531 --> 00:09:15,731 That's exactly what you'll get in my newsletter, the Unleash Your success DNA. 218 00:09:15,731 --> 00:09:19,931 Every week I share real strategies, miss failures, and hard won insights 219 00:09:19,931 --> 00:09:23,750 that actually work for people like you, people like me, people like us, the ones 220 00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:27,268 who are building something meaningful while still having to pay the damn bills. 221 00:09:27,404 --> 00:09:30,990 No hype, no false promises, just truth tactics, and occasional 222 00:09:31,054 --> 00:09:32,722 kick in the ass when you need it. 223 00:09:32,777 --> 00:09:34,277 And of course, a pat on the back. 224 00:09:34,331 --> 00:09:34,686 Okay. 225 00:09:34,795 --> 00:09:37,713 Sign up@yoursuccess.com because. 226 00:09:38,072 --> 00:09:42,081 If you're choosing Escape the Matrix, you need a guide that's actually been there, 227 00:09:42,572 --> 00:09:48,190 just saying, okay, now here's why I think this matters at, at a, at a bigger level. 228 00:09:48,781 --> 00:09:53,281 We're living in an age of manufactured authenticity. 229 00:09:53,527 --> 00:09:53,854 Yes. 230 00:09:53,963 --> 00:09:54,918 Some of you are nodding. 231 00:09:54,918 --> 00:09:56,390 Some of you're like, what do you mean Tracy? 232 00:09:56,472 --> 00:09:57,727 Everyone's got a personal brand. 233 00:09:57,863 --> 00:09:58,927 Everyone's got a story. 234 00:09:59,063 --> 00:10:00,400 Everyone's got a story to tell. 235 00:10:00,563 --> 00:10:02,445 Everyone's selling you the dream. 236 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:08,990 But what we are really hungry for is the truth, the real, messy, complicated get. 237 00:10:09,222 --> 00:10:10,640 Real with me, Tracy. 238 00:10:10,859 --> 00:10:11,322 Truth. 239 00:10:11,431 --> 00:10:15,550 The personal development industry has over the past few decades 240 00:10:15,550 --> 00:10:19,777 become this fantasy factory selling people the idea that transformation 241 00:10:19,995 --> 00:10:22,040 is easy, that success, yeah. 242 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:26,022 It's inevitable that all you need is the right mindset and everything will 243 00:10:26,022 --> 00:10:28,313 just fall into place like Jenga blocks. 244 00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:30,345 M, that's not just wrong. 245 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:34,327 I think it can be harmful because when people don't see instant results, 246 00:10:34,545 --> 00:10:35,772 they start to blame themselves. 247 00:10:35,990 --> 00:10:38,881 Worse yet, they might even think they're broken or that they're not 248 00:10:38,881 --> 00:10:42,700 trying hard enough, or maybe that they don't have inside of them what 249 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,609 it is it takes to be successful. 250 00:10:44,745 --> 00:10:45,727 I don't think any of that's true. 251 00:10:46,081 --> 00:10:47,772 The truth is transformation. 252 00:10:48,004 --> 00:10:52,395 It's hard building something meaningful takes time and guts and 253 00:10:52,395 --> 00:10:54,550 bloody knuckles and sweat and tears. 254 00:10:54,768 --> 00:10:58,313 The ones that are most qualified to guide you are the ones who have 255 00:10:58,313 --> 00:11:00,222 struggled and they kept going anyway. 256 00:11:00,222 --> 00:11:03,904 The ones who have stumbled and bumbled and fell and face planted right down 257 00:11:03,904 --> 00:11:07,859 into the horse shit, and then stood up, wiped it away, maybe even laughed 258 00:11:07,859 --> 00:11:11,486 at themselves, looked at what went wrong and started making corrections. 259 00:11:11,595 --> 00:11:14,650 The people most qualified to guide you aren't the ones who've never struggled. 260 00:11:14,922 --> 00:11:17,295 Starter ones who struggled and kept going. 261 00:11:17,486 --> 00:11:20,240 Anyway, so lemme give you your whispered wisdom for today. 262 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:24,549 Your sticky lesson for today is stop looking for perfect mentors and 263 00:11:24,549 --> 00:11:26,568 start looking for the honest ones. 264 00:11:26,759 --> 00:11:31,013 The person who can best help you isn't the one who has it all figured out. 265 00:11:31,231 --> 00:11:34,640 It is the one who's willing to share what, what they have figured 266 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,795 out and what they are still. 267 00:11:36,995 --> 00:11:41,386 Figuring out in order to help you figure it out, your specific action for this 268 00:11:41,386 --> 00:11:47,086 week, identify one area where you've been seeking out that perfect advice. 269 00:11:47,086 --> 00:11:47,631 You know what I'm talking about? 270 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:50,659 He says with air quotes, that perfect advice or where you have been waiting 271 00:11:50,659 --> 00:11:52,595 for that right mentor to come along. 272 00:11:52,831 --> 00:11:57,604 Instead, find someone who's one step ahead of you, two or three steps ahead 273 00:11:57,604 --> 00:12:01,722 of you, and that person is willing to share their real world experiences with 274 00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:07,013 you, warts and all, because the path to your success isn't paved with gold and 275 00:12:07,177 --> 00:12:10,150 bricks, and it's certainly not paved with other people's highlight reels. 276 00:12:10,422 --> 00:12:15,031 It's built on honest conversations, hard work, and about what actually 277 00:12:15,031 --> 00:12:16,968 works out there in the real world. 278 00:12:16,995 --> 00:12:17,868 Okay, so. 279 00:12:18,095 --> 00:12:21,368 All that said, I can't promise you that following my, my advice 280 00:12:21,368 --> 00:12:24,640 will make you rich, will make you famous, or will make you instantly 281 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,513 successful, confident, loving, adored by the masses, none of that. 282 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:32,877 What I can promise you is that it will make you more honest with yourself 283 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:37,486 about yourself and about what you really want and what it takes to get there. 284 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:41,822 And sometimes that honesty is the first step towards the freedom. 285 00:12:42,463 --> 00:12:43,881 You're probably really looking for. 286 00:12:43,990 --> 00:12:46,036 So stop waiting for permission. 287 00:12:46,118 --> 00:12:50,400 Stop looking for the perfect plan and start building something that's 288 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,318 yours, one honest step at a time. 289 00:12:53,590 --> 00:12:57,900 With that, I'm gonna leave you as I always do, think successfully and take action.