1:10

Welcome back to the episode . So good to have

1:12

you here and I am really

1:14

loving the feedback you're providing on these

1:16

solo Thursday episodes . For

1:18

those who are following along on Instagram and

1:21

you're part of our academy , I'm really

1:23

starting to open up and document

1:25

and share with you guys more around

1:27

what I'm learning , why I'm

1:30

deciding to invest time into that and

1:32

what my desired outcome is for that

1:34

. The reason being is I remember years

1:36

ago when I was doing CrossFit and

1:39

Matt Fraser would always just

1:41

dominate , would crush , same with Rich Froning

1:43

, and this was probably before

1:45

vlogging was a real thing . I wanted to

1:47

really get inside and be

1:49

able to walk side by side with them to see actually

1:52

how they live , because people

1:55

say this is what I did to achieve an outcome

1:57

. But you and I both know that

2:00

there are so many small things that

2:02

most people who are successful or

2:04

who have the results that we want maybe

2:07

don't even realize that they're doing . And

2:09

this is why proximity , this

2:11

is why environment with those that you

2:14

surround yourself with , is

2:16

so important , because you can pick up

2:18

on what those are . You might

2:20

be able to watch what I'm doing , and

2:23

let me give you an example I'm about

2:25

to start really just having a live

2:27

video on in our academy

2:29

on a specific thing that I'm learning about , and

2:32

as much as I have frameworks that

2:34

work well for me , there'll be things that maybe you can

2:36

pick up on and go ah , hasn't

2:38

spoken about that , but I've noticed you keep doing

2:41

this . Is that a reason why you're

2:43

achieving X outcome or not getting

2:45

that desired outcome ? So

2:47

I'm excited by that and it's

2:50

making me more intentional with what I'm learning

2:52

about and also

2:54

thinking about why I want to do these

2:56

things and why I'm even doing these Thursday episodes

2:59

. So , as you'll know for those of

3:01

you who are subscribed to the newsletter

3:03

and if you're not , you can do

3:05

it down below I'm choosing

3:07

things that I'm curious about and I

3:10

have like a big idea . The

3:12

idea is something that I want to test , something that I want to explore , almost like a big idea . Right

3:14

, the idea is , I guess , something that I want to test , something that

3:16

I want to explore , almost like a hypothesis

3:18

around why certain

3:21

things happen the way they do , or

3:23

maybe things that are going on in the world that

3:25

I believe are holding

3:27

men back or can be things that

3:29

can help men move forward . Once again , 73

3:32

, no 78% now of

3:34

our audience is male , across

3:37

YouTube , across Spotify , across

3:39

Apple . So

3:41

, because of that , I'm really directing

3:43

a lot of my information

3:45

and understanding to that , because I do believe

3:48

that , as the man , I

3:51

want to accept responsibility

3:53

for being the protector and provider . Now

3:56

, my wife and Amy we both contribute

3:58

equally financially . We both contribute

4:00

and have our own roles around the house

4:03

. However , the idea

4:05

that I have and what I'm choosing

4:07

to adopt is that I want to , should I

4:09

need to be able to protect

4:11

and provide . It's's why I prioritize health

4:14

. It's why I prioritize building

4:16

a business the way that I have , and

4:18

I don't speak a lot about it with

4:21

building business and why it's going the way I

4:23

am , why it is sorry

4:25

, but , as I mentioned , I'm going to start talking

4:27

more about that , sharing more around the stuff that

4:30

I'm learning in our academy

4:32

, so I'm very excited about that . Let's

4:35

dive into today's newsletter . That's why

4:37

you're here . Hard work won't

4:39

always make you richer . I want

4:41

you to think about that because

4:43

our entire life I

4:46

have been or I have grown up being

4:49

told I need to work hard if I want anything

4:51

from life , and

4:54

there's the saying that

4:56

hard work beats talent

4:58

when talent doesn't work hard , and

5:00

what I understand

5:02

and think about with that is that we

5:05

need to be working hard on the right things

5:07

, not just anything , because

5:09

there have been so many things in my life

5:12

where I have worked hard

5:14

I have . You

5:16

know , I'm 33 this year , right , I

5:18

had an original goal in 2014

5:21

to be a millionaire in my first year . Once

5:23

I started , I guess understanding I probably

5:25

wasn't the man I needed to be . Just yet I

5:28

shifted that goal and I was like , if I can do that

5:30

by 30 , awesome . That's now

5:32

my new goal . What

5:34

I've learned over the years is I've

5:36

worked very hard . I've

5:39

worked hard trying to achieve my

5:41

level , I guess , or my definition

5:43

of success . And for those

5:45

who define success as

5:47

working hard , awesome

5:49

. You probably don't need to work hard on the right things

5:51

, you just need to grind it out

5:53

day in and day out . The

5:56

way I want to think about it is this when

5:59

I was a builder chippy

6:01

I was going to say but maybe our American audience

6:03

won't understand what a chippy is for slang

6:05

, it's a tradesman or a carpenter . But

6:08

when I was a chippy , I would work hard

6:10

every day , and the definition of that hard

6:12

was hardcore

6:15

, laborious work , to the point of

6:17

your hands were all calloused . You're swinging a

6:19

hammer all day , you're lifting stuff , you're pulling

6:21

stuff down , so on and so forth . You

6:23

get the point . That , to me , was very hard work

6:25

. So if I define success

6:28

as working hard , awesome

6:30

. But I never made more

6:32

than $22.75

6:34

an hour while I was doing that job

6:36

. So the definition

6:38

of success that I was striving towards in regards

6:41

to financial abundance because that

6:43

is what society told me was the true definition of success

6:45

I was striving towards in regards to financial abundance because that is what society told me was

6:47

the true definition of success I was not moving any closer to that , regardless

6:50

of how hard I worked , that I was capped

6:52

. I could choose to work

6:54

more hours , which

6:56

would take a toll on my body , which

6:58

meant I would pull up sore tomorrow , or it would

7:00

impact other areas because I was tired

7:02

, I was grumpy , and so

7:04

I want you to start thinking about this , and I really

7:06

hope this has you questioning

7:08

things in your life . If you're not where you are

7:12

or where you want to be and there's a great

7:14

quote from Henry David Thoreau

7:16

it's not enough

7:18

to be busy , so are the ants

7:20

. The question is , what are

7:22

we busy about Meaning

7:25

what are the right things we need to focus

7:27

on . Success for me and I'm

7:29

going to share this because I want to start sharing a lot more

7:31

again around what things mean

7:33

to me and what I'm working towards Success

7:36

for me is having the financial means to

7:38

live my dream life , and I've worked out

7:40

the number number . It's $772,740

7:44

a year , and I will probably

7:46

break share with you over the coming weeks

7:48

in the newsletter and the podcast how

7:50

I got to that number and what that looks like . I

7:53

want you to keep in mind that is my dream

7:55

life . Like that is some wild stuff on that

7:57

piece of paper , and I'll probably share it later

7:59

, as I said , so I don't even need

8:01

that million dollar goal , which is is

8:03

almost a relief , and

8:06

I highly encourage you to start thinking about

8:08

these things specifically and getting data

8:10

so that way , you may also realize in

8:12

order to live your dream life or in

8:14

order to achieve your level of

8:16

success , you need to refocus

8:19

on where you're spending your time . To

8:22

add to that , I want to have time and the emotional

8:24

awareness to be a great husband , a

8:26

great father and a great friend . I

8:28

want to still be pursuing hobbies that light

8:30

me up . I got the Nashville Marathon this

8:33

weekend . I've been playing golf every day this week

8:35

. I'm making time for the things that matter

8:37

most , and I want to have great

8:39

health and energy and vitality to enjoy

8:41

everything that's to come . So

8:44

that's , for me , what my definition of success

8:46

is right now . So it's

8:48

not the working eight hours a day , doing the

8:50

grunt work that will , in

8:53

my eyes , never create a life of freedom

8:55

. Working to

8:57

create freedom is what will create

8:59

freedom , meaning you need to

9:01

free up time now to do the things that you

9:03

love . So

9:12

, as I mentioned , I've worked very hard I would say specifically more so for the

9:14

last 10 years on business , and once I hit the six-figure mark

9:16

, I thought I'd made

9:18

it , I'd achieved what I once wanted . But

9:21

, as always , we want to keep growing , we want to move

9:23

the goalposts , and the

9:25

thing that didn't happen was I

9:27

became comfortable . When

9:30

you become comfortable , it's very easy to

9:32

just continue doing more of what you already

9:34

have done because it's nice . Why not sit

9:36

in the comfort I have

9:39

recognized ? I

9:42

guess that by doing

9:44

more of the same thing , you know what

9:46

got me to the six-figure mark isn't going

9:48

to be the same actions required to get

9:50

me to the seven-figure mark . For my

9:52

business specifically . It needs scale

9:54

, which means I need to change

9:57

where my attention goes , while I feel

9:59

I have been working hard over the years , I've been podcasting

10:02

, networking , learning

10:10

, sales learning , marketing , learning to time manage , learning more about who I am as a man , how to communicate

10:12

better , how to be a better husband . I've been learning all of these things

10:14

. There's some things that maybe I've

10:16

avoided , that probably

10:18

would be quote unquote the

10:20

right thing , the thing that if I were to

10:22

invest a lot of time

10:24

into that , it would move the

10:26

needle a lot quicker to achieving my

10:29

goal . Right ? So , rather than just being specifically

10:31

busy all the time just for the sake

10:33

of being busy , I can sit back and

10:35

think about it . What are the things that I really

10:37

need to do to achieve the outcome or

10:39

to create my dream life ? Right

10:41

? Not always working hard , because it

10:44

won't always make you richer , and I've given multiple

10:46

examples of that . And if you stick around to

10:48

the end , I'm gonna give you two questions

10:50

from our self-discovery

10:52

program , which you can get access to , like at

10:55

the moment it's $47 . It

10:57

won't be this price for

11:00

long . It is evolved off the seven-day

11:02

Strongman of Value program that we

11:04

had . I just wanted to make it a little bit more

11:07

clear and concise . It'll take you about

11:09

three hours At best . $47

11:11

you'll invest . I can promise you that you will

11:13

walk away knowing more about

11:15

who you are , what you want and where you want to fit

11:17

in in the world . Right , and I'll go

11:19

through it , I guess in this email as well , with some things

11:22

that I'll cover so that will make a bit more sense , especially

11:24

the where do I fit in ? Because a lot

11:26

of people , and

11:32

myself included , for a long time didn't know my place in the world and

11:34

it's very isolating when you don't feel like you belong anywhere

11:36

. So back to my newsletter . Back to my newsletter

11:38

on that . But I've invested over $150,000

11:41

in my personal and professional growth , plus

11:44

thousands of hours through reading

11:46

, podcasting and conversations . Right and

11:48

just , lived experience , which is a key part

11:50

. But I kept my strategy the same . I kept

11:52

doing more of what I was already doing , hoping

11:55

it would provide a different outcome . Right

11:57

, working hard , hoping to

11:59

get richer . But I wasn't . This

12:02

is why , you know , I guess in one

12:05

aspect it's important to have a compelling

12:07

vision , something that's going to pull you through the challenges

12:09

. Most people in my situation

12:11

would have quit would have

12:13

just been like it's not happening for me . And

12:16

I could say this and I know I'm going

12:18

to show data around my podcast at some point

12:20

. I know I'm going to show more data around my

12:22

business where I have a really great breakthrough

12:25

and I could say look , I wasn't the overnight

12:27

success that a lot of people portray and

12:29

I'm not saying portray me as , but

12:31

portray themselves as online which

12:34

people go . I need to do that or I'm not doing enough

12:36

. For me , I've been the long slow burn

12:38

, but I've been consistently plugging away and

12:40

because I have the compelling vision for

12:44

the idea of how I want my life to be , even

12:46

though I haven't grown as quickly as I would love

12:49

to have or I've

12:51

been plateaued , essentially , the

12:54

idea of where I can get to is what's pulling

12:56

me forward . It's now what's made me look

12:58

at things and go okay , I have to change

13:00

it up . I've proven there is enough data

13:02

in my business to go okay , I have to change it up . I've proven there is enough data in my business to

13:04

go dude , if you don't change something , you're

13:06

going to continue to get more of what you want

13:09

. And look , I don't have a bad life , I

13:11

have a really incredible life , but I want more

13:13

. I really do want more . So I

13:16

know that the actions need to change and that's where

13:18

having that compelling vision , which we help

13:20

you within the self self-discovery program , will

13:22

help pull you through that right , will help you accept

13:24

and go . Lockie , what

13:27

you're doing right now is not the

13:29

best use of your time . You may enjoy

13:32

it , it may feel like you're

13:34

being productive , but the needle isn't moving

13:37

. Your life isn't improving

13:39

. It's time to accept

13:41

that maybe you need help , or the actions

13:43

or where you're investing your time

13:45

isn't the best . You're the only one

13:47

who can redirect your energy

13:50

, redirect your output , and

13:52

I could say it's

13:54

all about the right timing

13:56

. But if I'm being honest , I just

13:58

thought I could do it better . I've had coaches

14:52

and mentors for years , right

14:55

Years , especially Troy . If you're listening

14:57

to this , you're one of them who've been

14:59

like maybe you should try to change up your approach

15:01

with this and looking at doing

15:03

it like this how about minimizing some

15:06

things from your life and reducing

15:08

your offers and not trying not to do

15:10

so many things in a day , things like

15:12

that that I was like yeah , good for you , but

15:19

if I do more , it's going to move me closer to where I want to get to at a faster rate

15:21

. That's the general idea is more should be better , but it's not . Less

15:24

is more and that's very cliche . But the

15:26

older I get , the more

15:28

longer I've been in business , the more my life

15:30

is evolving , and family

15:33

and all of that I'm starting to recognize less

15:35

is more . Less things

15:38

to focus on , more into those things

15:40

. So when

15:43

I recognized , just , I'd

15:46

say , eight months ago , that I wanted to change

15:48

it and I accepted that

15:50

I couldn't do it my way , I needed a framework

15:53

from someone else that could help me , I guess , personalize

15:56

it . Because what I was worried about and

15:59

this is why I believe in frameworks once again in the

16:01

program is that we all have different strengths , weaknesses is that we

16:03

all have different strengths , weaknesses

16:05

, experience , beliefs , networks

16:07

, etc . And

16:14

if I were to say to you , this is how you , if you follow this step by step , this is

16:16

how you will increase your love life , this is how you will make more money

16:18

, this is how you will improve your health , it

16:21

may not feel right for you , and

16:23

when I say feel , it's so important for things

16:25

to feel right and I don't want it to be woo-woo . I want to explain

16:27

it . When you think about how

16:30

things make you feel so , in order for me to

16:32

create wealth , we all know that

16:34

you need to spend less

16:36

than you earn and you'll

16:38

accumulate savings . We

16:41

then can look at the next step to go . If

16:44

I'm accumulating savings and

16:47

I want to make those savings work

16:49

for me meaning I need to invest

16:51

them what are my options ? There's

16:53

so many things to look at and

16:55

some things I'm interested in . Other things

16:57

I want to stay well clear of , and they

16:59

may be different to you , and that's where we can

17:01

go . Okay , well , this is the framework Find

17:05

a way to earn money , make

17:07

sure you spend less than you earn and then

17:09

, when you're in a position to start

17:12

getting that money to work for you , so that when

17:14

you get older , when

17:16

you have more responsibility or

17:19

when you're just seeking more flexibility

17:21

and freedom in your life , that money is working

17:24

for you and it's giving you time

17:26

back . How you get there is going

17:28

to be very different , but if you were to look at a framework

17:30

, you're like oh cool , I can personalize that

17:32

for me as an individual , the phase of

17:34

life I'm in and all of that sort of stuff

17:36

, and that's what I want you to consider . So

17:39

I need to

17:41

think about if you're

17:43

going to pay someone for the results that you want . So

17:45

when you go back to understanding

17:47

that framework is

17:49

malleable to what you want

17:52

, that puts you in a very powerful position and

17:54

that's why , once again , when you're thinking about those

17:56

areas that you want to improve , go seek out frameworks

17:59

more so than step-by-step being

18:01

told exactly what to do . The exact

18:04

being told exactly what to do is

18:06

a great place to start , but the more experienced

18:08

you become , you want a bit more flexibility

18:10

. With that , I recognized

18:13

that I needed to get out of my own way and let go of

18:15

an identity that I didn't even realize I was

18:17

attached to . I was so fixated

18:19

on helping men who weren't ready to be changed

18:22

, who weren't ready to change

18:24

, and the opportunity

18:27

for me to improve my business growth get

18:30

more time back . Because what I've realized as well

18:32

men who are in a position and who

18:34

want to change aren't as

18:36

needy , and my

18:38

insight of that is people . There's people

18:41

that I've worked with that are constantly needing to be validated

18:43

and triple and double checked on everything that they're doing . And then there's

18:45

people who go okay and double checked on everything that they're doing

18:47

. And then there's people who go , okay , this is a framework

18:49

that we're going to follow . I'm going to go out there

18:52

, test some things , make some mistakes , come

18:54

back and share my learnings , and

18:56

then we can move forward from that , and I believe the

18:58

latter is the most beneficial

19:00

way to make improvements . So you need to think about what

19:02

you want , you need to have a plan to achieve it , and you need to know about what you

19:04

want . You need to have a plan to achieve it and

19:07

you need to know how it makes you stand out

19:09

from other people , because once you do

19:11

that , you're not going

19:13

to be working harder on things that aren't

19:15

moving the needle for you . The other belief

19:18

that you need to let go of is that working

19:20

harder is always going to make you rise to

19:22

the top . It's that same thing that I

19:24

was talking about in the beginning that it's

19:26

not going to work that way for you . You need to understand

19:29

that working harder on

19:31

the wrong things is just going to burn

19:33

you out . It's going to make you feel fatigued and tired

19:35

. So working smarter , in my eyes

19:39

right now , means solving bigger

19:41

problems . With the flexibility I

19:43

need to live a great life , and I do believe it's

19:45

possible . Most people who are working

19:47

hard believe that it's always going to rise to

19:49

the top , and that is not the case . You

19:52

must work hard on the right thing . So three

19:54

key points I wish I accepted earlier . The

19:57

first one is success doesn't always mean money

19:59

. It could mean time and probably should

20:01

mean time . The second one is delayed

20:03

gratification can pay off in the long

20:05

run . Third one is marketing

20:08

always wins , and you're probably wondering why

20:10

I'm saying marketing when we're talking about how

20:12

to create a better life . So if you stick around to the end , I'll

20:14

share why . I adopted

20:16

a belief that success didn't

20:20

motivate me for anything apart

20:22

from recognition . I'd never questioned why

20:24

society put money on the pedestal . That

20:27

it always did , and I guess men

20:29

seem to be recognized for the amount of money that

20:31

we have , and women generally

20:33

are recognized for their looks , and we

20:35

need to think about why that is more , because it's

20:38

not right , nor should

20:40

it define who we are as individuals . So

20:43

I think it's just this big

20:46

distraction that's just distracting

20:48

us from the things that should be truly important

20:51

, like family , health , happiness

20:53

and money in itself

20:55

. The way that it's marketed to you or the way

20:58

that it's positioned , has so many shiny

21:00

things attached . It's got the freedom , the success

21:02

, the

21:04

recognition , the status and it grabs

21:06

the desire of so many . I

21:08

know it did for me and it probably does for you

21:10

, and I've coached a lot of men who

21:12

earn seven figures or six figures , seven

21:15

figures and even eight figures , and

21:17

I've seen how achieving the status

21:19

, money and

21:21

the success doesn't always lead them to living

21:23

a fulfilling life . They've

21:25

started working with with me because they wanna get more

21:27

control over their time , they want to improve

21:29

their relationships , they wanna boost their

21:32

energy and get their confidence back and find

21:34

new hobbies and happiness right

21:36

. We don't need money to achieve that

21:38

. We need to invest our time in

21:40

the right things . Once again , communication

21:43

, time management , nutrition , sleep

21:45

are some examples of that . And

21:47

if you come back to , hard work won't

21:50

always make you richer . You

21:52

need to think about where the time is , because

21:54

if all you're investing your time in is hours

21:56

at work and you're not ever improving your

21:58

communication , never

22:01

learning to manage your time better or learn

22:03

about nutrition or exercise , it's

22:06

going to bite you in the ass in the long run . So

22:09

I'm in a fortunate position where I believe I can achieve

22:11

the financial goals without

22:13

sacrificing relationships , time , health

22:16

and hobbies , and it comes down to working on

22:18

the right things , managing your time and

22:20

saying no In saying

22:22

this . This is where that delayed gratification

22:24

comes in . The world we live

22:27

in affords us everything

22:29

at the press of a button . When we watch anything

22:31

we want on our phone , we

22:34

can watch anything we want from our phone . We

22:37

can order dinner from Uber Eats or gifts

22:39

on Amazon . Just this morning I decided

22:41

I wanted something for my golf bag . Three

22:43

minutes later it was ordered . We

22:46

don't have to wait , but building a great

22:48

life doesn't work like that . It has to

22:50

be delayed gratification . It's

22:52

about doing this dance between the things

22:54

we want now and delaying things for the future

22:57

. The easiest way is to look at it like

22:59

this Life will be full

23:01

of regrets and you must decide

23:03

which regrets you can live with . I

23:06

regret working hard for the past

23:08

10 years and missing out on birthdays , reunions

23:10

and events , but I can live with that

23:12

regret as it's helped me improve my ability

23:14

to coach , build my network and grow

23:17

my understanding and grow my business . It

23:19

wasn't possible for me to work on

23:21

the right things when I was younger because I had no

23:23

idea what the hell the right things were , and

23:26

this is why I love the framework

23:28

. It's not being told what to do , but giving

23:30

or being provided some guidance

23:33

on how to figure out the right things for

23:35

you as an individual . Now

23:37

you can take a framework and fill it in for

23:39

your own personal experiences . As I've mentioned

23:41

earlier , we all have the strengths , we all have weaknesses

23:43

, and that's why what works for me isn't

23:45

the exact thing that's going to work for you . But

23:48

if I were to give you a framework like the one we

23:50

have in the three-hour self-discovery program

23:52

, your process to finding

23:54

out who you are , what you want and

23:58

where you belong will look entirely

24:00

different , and so it should Do

24:03

. I regret not finding the frameworks for outcomes

24:06

I wanted earlier . Well

24:08

, I probably would have liked the idea

24:10

of being more successful earlier . So , yes

24:12

, delayed gratification

24:14

is why so many dads miss

24:16

their children's first sports carnivals , birthday

24:23

parties and bedtimes because they believe they're working for a better tomorrow and they

24:25

hope to buy that time back in the future . Look , there is no right

24:27

or wrong with that . It's always

24:30

going to be personal preference . We

24:32

may disagree , but that's your own personal

24:34

thing to focus on and structure . As

24:37

a man , I think it's something that you need to think about

24:39

and you need to decide . I personally

24:41

don't want to miss out on the sports carnivals , the birthdays

24:43

, the bedtimes , and that's why I've been building

24:45

my life the way I have since 2014

24:47

. Working hard can make

24:50

you believe that others will appreciate your sacrifices

24:53

, but that's not always the case . Just

24:55

because you think it's the right thing , your

24:58

wife may think it's the wrong thing , your friends may think

25:00

it's the wrong thing , and this is what sort of moves

25:02

us into the marketing

25:04

position . Some of the hardest

25:06

workers I know have been spinning their wheels for years

25:09

. They've been watching their life fall apart around

25:11

them , have a clearer image of

25:13

what they're building towards , but

25:15

they've done a terrible job of marketing

25:17

it to the people that matter most . We

25:19

live in an extremely busy and noisy world

25:22

and everyone is after attention

25:25

, including you , including me attention

25:27

from our family , our friends , our clients

25:29

, for connections , for experiences

25:32

in business , and if

25:35

you aren't marketing yourself to the right people

25:37

, no one's gonna notice . If

25:40

you're wondering why I'm saying marketing , it's the

25:42

same reason why I believe you should learn sales . We

25:45

are constantly marketing and selling ourself

25:47

, yet most people hate the idea of

25:49

it . Those who understand how it

25:51

works tend to build the life that they want , and

25:53

those that don't tend

25:55

to hate the people who do sales and marketing . But

25:58

I do it daily . I market myself as a husband

26:00

, as an athlete , as a coach and so many other

26:02

things . People

26:04

need to know your goals . They need to know your vision . They need to know your

26:06

mission . The problem is that many

26:09

of you are too afraid to

26:11

share it because you fear judgment and you fear

26:13

being seen . It's one of the scariest

26:16

things that I've seen men

26:18

battle with is allowing

26:20

their true self to be seen , whether it's to their partner

26:23

, to their friends or to their workplaces , and

26:25

that's why so many people are walking around

26:27

not feeling valued , because it's hard for

26:29

you to be valued if you aren't allowing people

26:32

to recognize who you really are , and

26:35

it's something that I believe you

26:37

need to get comfortable with in order to live a great life

26:39

. It's something , as I mentioned , that I'm

26:41

going to help you guys within the three-hour self-discovery

26:44

program . By finding out who

26:46

you are and embracing that , you

26:48

can start building that best community to thrive

26:50

. Think about , I

26:53

guess , how so many families grow

26:55

together . Iron Cowboy , who

26:57

I had on the podcast in episode

27:00

561 , he had his

27:02

whole family buy into his vision to

27:04

do 50 Ironmans in

27:06

50 states across 50 days , and his

27:08

children were all different ages back then , but

27:11

10 years later they're all a part

27:13

of the bigger picture of what they've created

27:15

for a business that they get to travel

27:17

and have a bigger purpose on . So it's

27:20

really cool to think about how marketing

27:23

yourself and positioning yourself , learning

27:25

to put your time

27:27

in the right places and delaying

27:30

the gratification you know some people disagree

27:33

or agree and understanding what

27:35

success really means to you can then

27:37

afford you more in the future . And

27:39

it's coming back to thinking about

27:41

where

27:43

does the hard work need to go in order for you

27:45

to improve your quality of life ? And

27:47

sometimes the hard work needs to be invested

27:50

in your relationship . It needs to be invested in

27:52

, I guess , subsets of skills

27:54

that will improve that , from time management

27:56

to communication , to vulnerability , et

27:58

cetera . But they're things

28:00

that I want you to think about , things that we go

28:03

through . So don't underestimate marketing

28:05

in that If you were to think about

28:07

how people perceive you , that is how you're choosing

28:09

to market yourself , and if you don't like the idea

28:11

of how you're showing up , you need

28:14

to think about how you would better position yourself

28:16

if you were to market yourself better . So

28:18

I want to leave you with two questions to think about , and

28:21

I want to also encourage you , or

28:29

thank you , for listening to this week's podcast and reading the newsletter . But the two

28:31

questions I encourage you to think about are this what do I want to experience over the

28:33

next five years ? And so you could think about career

28:35

milestones , you could think about family events

28:37

, you could think about travel . But think about

28:40

that , because when you start thinking about the things that

28:42

you want to experience , it helps you get

28:44

clear on your financial number . It helps

28:46

you understand whether you need flexibility

28:48

or stability . It helps you understand

28:50

whether you need to really prioritize your

28:53

health or not , and by doing

28:55

this , you then create sub goals From

28:58

that . The second question is where do

29:00

I need to invest my time to achieve this ? What

29:02

are the right things that , if you

29:04

were to work on , are gonna deliver a better outcome

29:06

? So hard work doesn't

29:08

always make you rich . Working

29:10

hard on the right things will make you rich , and

29:12

the meaning of rich in this instance is

29:15

whatever you define as success

29:17

. Finally , as

29:21

we wrap up this episode , make sure you go check

29:23

out the self-discovery program . It's

29:25

$47 . It won't be staying at

29:27

$47 for long . It is

29:30

the evolution of the seven-day strong mental

29:32

value program , which we've had a lot of great feedback

29:34

on . I just wanted to condense it and

29:36

really make it punchy , but there's a workbook

29:38

that you'll go through to really start

29:40

unpacking what's going on in your head so you'll

29:42

walk away knowing more about who you are , what

29:45

you want and where you , I guess , fit

29:47

in in this world . So you have more certainty in

29:49

that . Finally , let's connect on socials

29:51

. Check me out on Twitter , instagram

29:53

and Facebook at Lachlan

29:55

Stewart . Thank you guys for being here and we'll see you

29:57

next week .