¶ Intro / Opening
Having any outline is a really good place to start , even if you're not practicing it perfectly . It doesn't exist anyway . It's just a really good place to start . Yeah , would you rather walk through a dark cave with a rope , like you get to hang on to the rope , or would you just want to freestyle it ?
I'm willing to bet you'll be more successful when you hang on to the rope .
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Next Level University , next Level Nation . Welcome back to another episode of Next Level University where we help you level up your life , your love , your health and your wealth . I am still wearing the smallest sweatshirt known to man from Scotland Today for episode number 1,974 , we are talking about the five S's of success .
We used to talk about the four S's of success . Screw them , throw them in the trash . They're garbage . The five S's of success are where it's at , lock in , because we're getting ready to do it get your notebooks out .
The floor is yours . Forget if you're in your car .
Stop everything you're doing what you learned , everything you've learned before this . This is where it's at no , no , we're kidding . But if you do , want to write it down . I think it'll be helpful . I'm serious , I'm serious .
Yeah , you're not , you're not . Why not which one's your favorite . Oh , the five S's of success . The fourth one's my favorite .
Yeah , no , the fifth one . The fifth one , you gotta stick around . Hey , make sure you stick around , very , very very very , very , very end of this video .
So the algorithm pushes it . And the fifth one is my favorite . I think that's what we should do . We should just lean into , okay . So some people in this space , they really play the game . Kevin and I are trying . Really , we're not , we're not , we're doing our own thing . I think we should just lean into it . Man , I love it . Okay
¶ Understanding Self: How identity shapes success
, first s of success . Did this recently with a client . Shout out to you , you know who you are and I'm going to be doing this with all my clients . Fyi , because we want to assess this . First one self , self-concept , self-acceptance , self-love , self-respect , self-discipline . Its identity , the self , kev Ellen , what about ? Your self-concept has changed ?
Make this land .
What about my self-concept ? What is the definition of self-concept ? What is the definition for those listening how you ?
view yourself , how you see yourself . It's like I'm a winner versus I'm a loser .
I would say that's pretty accurate . I would say I Excuse me . I said this on a podcast recently . Never felt smart . Grew up , broke , went from not having a job to working at a gas station . Then literally every job after that was like what , what can I get ? Not , let me reach for something , not what do I want , what can I get , what is available to me ?
Did that for most of my life . Never thought I'd be any level of successful . Always felt like I was an outsider . Looking in my self-concept was I am a loser . People will most likely feel bad for me for most of my life and I'm probably not going to amount to almost anything .
The self is a lot of things Self-acceptance , self-love , all that stuff . But to really round this out , because we have five to get through , it's the unconscious record that's playing Apparently between two and five . A child starts to notice themselves in the mirror and they start to go oh , this is me .
You ever see your cats doing that , cats just looking in the mirror going am I ace , am I fudge ?
They don't care .
Tal Riel does that . She's like Hmm , I think this is me Interesting . Okay , I move my paw , it's very bright , but anyways . So children do that . That's the self . That's you when you first start to identify . Am I a winner or am I a loser ? Where do I fit in this whole ? Okay , that's the self .
One more thing I want to say about the self what was it ?
Are we thinking of a pyramid with this Upside down pyramid pyramid ? I would prefer a cycle .
You would prefer a cycle If you were to draw a star . This is the star of success .
Oh gosh . Also , the reason I said F , what you heard is because there's the four S's of success .
There are five . Remember sustain .
You made them the five . There's the five . So what are we ? This is like external , this is internal , the other one's external .
No , this is internal and external .
I need you to organize this shit . Now we have two . I know .
I like two different frameworks that are the five S's .
We can't have two Five S's of success . I know , I know I need you to lock it up .
The old one . Throw that out for now .
Oh no , I like the old one . I know it's good , it's good , but right now , Kev , right now we're just going to do the new one . I'm
¶ The power of Story: Changing your mindset
sorry .
This is the five S's of success 2.0 , okay , so the self is the first one . Boom , we're going to move on . Next story this is the similar to the self , but here's the difference the story you tell yourself about yourself is your ego versus . One of them is unconscious .
Okay , so kev might unconsciously have a record playing of I'm not a winner , I'm gonna lose . It's the expectation of self . So kevin , growing up , didn't have a high expectations of himself . Is that fair ? Oh , yeah , okay , the hyper conscious podcast when we started that eight years ago , you started it .
It I came on , Changed the way you think , changed the way you act , changed the way you live . What you did is you re-evaluated the story you told yourself about yourself , which then eventually started to take root in your unconscious . Okay , so the second one is story . Kevin's old record was I'm not great , I'm not going to be that great .
I'm not great , I'm not going to be that great , I'm not going to be successful . I don't have high expectations of myself . I'm not going to be an astronaut in NASA .
Okay , then , eventually I'm just saying then eventually , kev had a new story of himself in the Hyperconscious podcast which is maybe I can be successful , maybe I can be , maybe I'm smarter than I thought , maybe I'm harder working than most people , maybe I have grit that other people don't .
And that's when he started changing the story about himself consciously and then that started to download unconsciously , okay .
¶ Managing your State: Energy, emotions, and focus
Third state state is I'm hungry , I'm tired . I had protein pancakes this morning , so I'm kind of tired . I'm tired . I had protein pancakes this morning , so I'm kind of tired , protein pancakes . Right now it's Saturday morning . You and I are pretty In a pretty good place , not only individually , but Together in our relationship .
So this episode Is going to be a higher Energy episode . We're in a good spot . We're laughing , we're having fun , you're making jokes . That's when things are good . I'm hammered , hammered , drunk , hammered drunk , but he's not .
That's when you know you're off the rails when I have to keep giving these disclaimers . Just assume everything I say is not true . No , but they can't do that because then they won't'm gonna make a whole production about it .
you'll know it's not , it's never gonna happen .
Once hungover , very hungover yeah and I did one podcast after I smoked my pen , but that never saw the light of day it was about relationships I remember , and we didn't know anything , and we disagree .
Well yeah , we didn't really know it's like , yeah , let us teach you .
And it was in a dark basement on a pool table .
Yeah , 100% you were . That's how every great story starts .
Yes .
Okay , so state we were not in a great state . Kevin and I did an episode Never saw the light of day because it was hot garbage .
It was hot garbage .
All right , so self story state . Next is strategy . You thought I was going to forget . I almost did get . I almost did . I almost did . Strategy is the how . What are you going to do ? Are you going to start a podcast ? Okay , you're going to buy a mic . You're going to buy a camera . You're going to use StreamYard versus Riverside .
You're going to start a podcast ? Awesome . How are you going to do it ? Buzzsprout online YouTube Strategy Love it Chess game Awesome . Last one , System .
Once you have the right self-concept self , Once you have the right self-concept self , once you have the right story about yourself , mindset , once you have the right state and you're healthy , happy , productive , fulfilled , feeling good in your physical body , once you have the right strategy , now it's time to make a system .
What's the difference between a strategy and a system ? A system is something you do consistently , Okay , and you iterate upon it and you improve it . So a system might be . We do an episode a day for anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes . Kevin makes jokes while Alan says intelligent things .
¶ Building a consistent System to sustain progress
Put that right in the intro .
Put that right in the intro . I'm obviously joking . He's nodding his head , but he's not giving any audio feedback . So for all of our audio listeners , they think I've offended you .
I like to make Alan feel insecure and I know how to do it , so it's fun .
Nice work , but that's the system . So metrics , habits , system . Kevin's been eating a lot of rice and he had the wrong system . He was putting double the amount of rice on accident for the longest time . So his system was off and probably his state considering he was eating enough to kill a small horse .
Now let me ask you a question . It's going to sound stupid , but it will be the most profound thing you hear today , for sure , mr Alan Lazarus . Why does any of that matter ? Why , why , why should ?
I care about any of that shit . The only way you can achieve success is if you have all five of those in alignment . What's something you want to succeed at ?
I would like to be the best podcaster who's ever walked this green earth .
Can we use a more simple goal ? What are you trying to get to for fitness ?
One Trying to be the best natural physique there's ever been , that's ever walked the green earth no definitely not 170 right now .
You're what ? 182 or something .
Today I was 180.1 .
Nice , okay , so you have 10 more pounds . Yes , okay , 10.1 to be exact . All right , here we go . The self what is your self concept when it comes to fitness ?
I can achieve it . I got it . I'm in control . I'm a bodybuilder yes , got it , I'm in control . I'm a bodybuilder yes .
That too , also that I'm also a bodybuilder . Nice , okay , cool , all right . What is the state I'm going to go ? State cause I put them out of order before state . What's your current state Meaning ? How do you feel physically right now ? I ?
feel well , didn't get a lot of sleep . I'm running on a 55 sleep score , 63 .
Yeah .
I saw you .
You liked one of my Facebook , my Instagram messages at three o'clock in the morning I was up as well . Yeah , I was going to text you and be like hey man , what's happening ? How's it going ?
Yeah , so honestly , state is probably like slightly below average all things considered , just cause I didn't sleep well Okay .
Story . What's the story ? What's your mindset about achieving 10 pounds in 10 weeks ?
Right now it is actually surprisingly harder than I expected and it is going slower than expected . So my story is .
This is probably going to be a little bit harder than I had expected . Okay , is that affecting your belief in it , in your ability to achieve ? No , okay , good , all right . And then the next one is strategy . What's your strategy ? Exercise 10 pounds in the next 10 weeks , or how long are you going ?
Yeah , 10 pounds in the next . But that's the strategy . Wouldn't the strategy be like a more , a less specific system ?
Strategy , the Strategy , the strategy is like the deeper understanding . The system is what you actually do .
So I need to exercise and track my calories .
No , no , no . The strategy is Eat less , burn more . You always go to what you do and I like that about you Because you're a doer , I doer .
I didn't mean it like that I am a doer . I didn't mean it like that I am a doer . I didn't mean it like that .
You remember a few episodes ago you said I'm not trying to sex to you . It was funny , yeah , yeah .
That's from again . Don't watch it because it's fairly graphic , but I used to love it back in the day . There's a show called Eastbound and Down and he says make sex to you . It's like it's so weird to hear that might be the funniest thing I've ever heard . It is really funny .
All right , so last one system . What's your system Meaning ? What do you ?
do consistently . I think the strategy and the system are confusing and I think you should explain them . You should separate them more , because even for me it's like the strategy is exercise more and track calories and then the system is very specific , like I exercise five .
You know what I mean that that again , they're a little blurry . Right , they're very similar , but the system is what you're iterating upon . There's something in corporate called an sop standard operating procedure so it's what you're iterating upon . There's something in corporate called an SOP standard operating procedure .
So it's what you're doing on a day-to-day basis , and what you're iterating upon , versus the strategy , is a high-level understanding of why .
Would the strategy be a mission statement ?
The strategy is like let's say , you and I have an army and we're going to go into battle , okay , we're going to use the cannons over here , we're going to have the infantry here and then we're going to have the cavalry flank .
Then the system is how you put the cannonballs in the cannons and what angle do you put the cannons at in order to hit the you know , I don't know , I'm not some , I don't know warfare man , the cannon .
Yeah , but go ahead . What I don't know ? Warfare man , the cannon yeah . But go ahead . What's your ?
system . This is the the intricate details of Okay , I'm eating rice every day . Yeah , every day .
I wake up , I weigh myself , I try to exercise for 45 minutes . I track my calories , I track my macros . I make sure , I try to make sure I'm getting enough sleep , which didn't happen last night , but yeah , I'm very how sleep , which didn't happen last night , but yeah , I'm very . How much water a day .
All those .
Two of these at least . So , whatever , this is 36 , 72 , probably 100 ounces , I would say Probably 100 ounces Of liquid a day .
Nice , anything else Mobility , you do mobility .
I do . Mobility , yeah , 20 minutes of mobility , nice Per day . 15 per day 15 to 20 , depends on the day .
That's a hell of a system . It's a great system , so you will be successful . If I had to bet , you would be successful if you kept all that up .
This is why it gets weird . Think about , in my mind that's not that much Because I've been doing this for a long time , but that system started with one of those things , not all of those things . Yeah , exactly , I wasn't doing 20 minutes of mobility and eight hours of sleep . That is new .
That's like a newer thing for me , like last couple years I've been focused on that since I got my aura right . So I don't want anybody to hear that and say , well , that's a lot . It is depending on where you are in the journey . It's not really a lot for me because it flows nicely with my day and a lot of it's unconscious .
I just weigh myself , I don't really think about it and I remember the number and then I write it down after the gym , right , but yeah , I just want to throw that other very last thing
¶ What happens when one of the five S’s falls apart
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So if kev were to have one of those five fall , he'd be in trouble because they have to fall . Like if you had had a poor self concept , if you didn't consider yourself a bodybuilder and you didn't think you could do any of this , you wouldn't do the other ones . You would never even get to the strategy point Right .
So at the end of the day , success is about external achievement and you want to achieve 10 pounds in 10 weeks . I think that that's a noble goal and I think a lot of people want that . A lot of people want to lose 10 pounds .
One of the things that I why I come off so fucking arrogant is because if I wanted to lose 10 pounds , I would just do it , and that sounds so damn arrogant , but when you break it down , it's actually not that arrogant . I just know exactly what the recipe is that's like saying I know how to make . I know how to make eggs .
It's the same exact thing same exact mathematical thing .
Yeah , contextually it sounds arrogant . Depends on the people you're around , though . Yeah , because if you're hanging out with seven other bodybuilders , everybody thinks that exactly , so it's different .
Yeah , yeah , yeah , really . Yeah , it's unfortunate that it's like that for everyone context , or so yeah it's like that for everyone .
Everyone has their thing that they're . If you're up ahead of the people around you in something and you talk about how easy it is for you , it's going to sound arrogant .
Speaking is not hard for me , it's not hard anymore but if I go hang out with somebody who's terrified of speaking and I talk about I've done X amount of blah , blah , blah , it's going to come off as arrogant as hell when I don't mean it that way . It's just . This is my current level of understanding . I had another thought oh to your .
This is my current level of understanding . I had another thought oh to your point . When I stopped identifying as a bodybuilder , I started going to the gym less and I started to do different workouts . I had a moment yesterday where I forgot my belt . So I wear a belt when I lift . It's a weightlifting belt .
Tighten the gut Sometimes , yeah , but honestly , a big piece of it for me is it's I popped a rib once doing that , you can't Rule of thumb . Don't wear a belt while you do leg presses . I did that .
That ain't Rib .
Yeah , your body doesn't bend that way Dumb . It's weird . One of the reasons I use it honestly maybe the biggest reason I use it has nothing to do with functionality , other than when I do squats , when I do chest day , I don't need my belt necessarily . I'm not going to hurt myself , I'm not worried about that .
I like it because it puts me in the mindset of a bodybuilder .
Yeah .
I invested in new stringers that I have hanging up on the wall over there . Same with the hoodie .
Ooh , hat down hoodie .
It's all it's game time . It's all the music you choose . It's all the identity .
It's all . The brands come with an identity too . So Nike is athletes , so when you wear Nike you feel like an athlete , more of maybe a basketball player or a runner , and then for bodybuilding it would be what Gymshark or whatever , I don't know .
The point is is that there's a certain identity associated with every product the someone who uses a Apple , a Mac , is different than someone who uses a PC , that kind of thing .
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At the end of the day , these five self state , story , strategy and system if those are in alignment , you will achieve success .
Now it's just a matter of time and consistency , and that's the part that really blows , because you just have to do it for a really long time , like kev needs to do this for the next 10 weeks maybe we could add a sixth s which is what sustained power yeah now we have the 11 s's oh , baby staying so important . Did you see my post today ?
I have a life outside of this , so , no , I did not wake up immediately and say what did Alan Lazarus post today ?
No .
I did Very good .
Thank you , brother , and shout out to the team for that clip . That was fire .
But I can see you're back to writing novels in your I'm working on it .
Captions I'm working on it . I'm working on it . But it breaks down how amazing you can , the amazing things you can achieve if you are consistent over a long period of time . So , anyways , if anyone wants to see that post production team , can you please link that post in the show notes ?
I will send it to you via WhatsApp now . Nice , nice , why are these ? We'll get out of here ? I will send it to you via WhatsApp now . Nice , nice , why are these ? We'll get out of here ? I've lost track of time . Just for behind the scenes . We did yesterday's episode and today's episode and we did them back to back .
So we just we did the first episode , just kept the recording going . So the timer in the top left that tells you how long you've been recording for is essentially useless , because I don't know how long the first episode was . Are these five s's better than the other five s's or are they just different , different ?
so the other five s's are , uh , struggle , no sacrifice sacrifice , struggle , struggle , suffer , suffer , succeed , sustain , sustain yep , I like those better .
We're going to put both in the show notes , both digital assets of both pairs of S's in the show notes , and then Kevin and I are probably going to end up coming up with a combination of all of them , and I do like the idea of staying power . I think that's really powerful .
So we'll come up with something and we'll iterate like we do , and for now , those digital assets will be in the show notes .
It's going to be the 75 S's of success , and then eventually it'll be the 365 S's of success , and every day you can flip the page and there'll be a new one . What do you think about that ?
That's a terrible idea , that what ?
do you think about that ? That's a terrible idea . That's a fucking terrible idea .
Well , I can see it Today stool . Test your stool for the proper markers .
Are we talking about poop now ? Okay , cool , I didn't expect that . I didn't think that was the first S you would draw From the random cards of S . But stool it is .
The 365 S's . Day 362 , have you checked your stool ?
You'd have to get creative . You'd run out of probably constructive ones .
How's your sex life ?
Sex would be one for sure , yeah .
I don't know . There's no way . Somatic expression .
That's a good one . I feel like you're gonna take my job .
I usually name stuff around here well , you only got a 55 sleep score , so I'll take it easy on you well , I mean I'm I don't know , I'm ready , I think I'm ready to retire and kind of kind of sail around the world .
It's an excellent state 8 years , it's been a good run . 1974 episodes like why do we have to get to 2000 ? It's close enough , you know , let's call it a day , alright . What is your wrap up before we let everybody go on a boot their day ?
external success is really , really hard to achieve . Everyone has these dreams , whether it be a dream car or a dream body or a dream home , one client horsey farm , one client mansion on the beach , villa in Spain , you name it . Dreams are not easy to achieve .
They're actually alarmingly difficult to achieve , and while it does sound really cool to say everyone can achieve their goals and dreams if they set their mind to it , statistically that's wildly fucking untrue , and so what I'm trying to say here is these five S's will help you , and if you check in with them consistently , like I do with my clients , you're going
to increase your chances of actual success by such a significant margin . You can't wing it and win . You can , you can wing it and win , but but very , very , very few people do that , and even if you do do that , it's very hard to sustain something that you didn't design .
So I'm grateful you're here , I'm grateful you're listening , and success is a lot harder than I think people let on .
I would say getting to a result by accident just increases imposter syndrome , because you know , you don't know how you did it and it's just not a good place to be . Not a good place to be . I don't know if I've ever really well , I guess in the past kind of , but most of the time I was unsuccessful .
Relationships , though , and fitness kind of winging it . Relationships , though and fitness Kind of winging it . Relationships more .
I was going to say . I feel like you think I was out here Jeffing fitness . I've been tracking calories since before . It was a thing .
Yeah , but you never pulled , you never did muscle building phases .
I didn't need to . I just wanted to beat abs , just abs , can you ?
imagine if you did Dude , your old coach would have told you dude , you've got to do an off-season bulk .
You've got to build this muscle here . I wanted to be lean all the time . It's dumb .
It's a dumb idea , terrible idea .
It wasn't great . It wasn't great , but I was more dialed in than you probably think I was more dialed in than you probably think I was more dialed in .
That assumes you know what I think . I know you think less . What if you were exactly ?
dialed in as much as I think the statistical , the statistical probability of that is just off the charts astronomical it's astronomical at best . Anything else you'd want to say to the ?
people here . No , what's your wrap up ? Oh , shoot , okay , what's your ?
wrap up . Oh shoot , okay , what is my wrap up ? Having any outline is a really good place to start , even if you're not practicing it perfectly . It doesn't exist anyway . It's just a really good place to start . Would you rather walk through a dark cave with a rope , like you get to hang on to the rope , or would you just want to freestyle it ?
I'm willing to bet you're you'll be more successful when you hang on to the rope For some reason . I've been watching these really anxiety provoking people who do like cave spurlunking and when I tell you anxiety , I mean there's barely enough room to get by and they're having the time of their lives .
These people are built different , but in a lot of these caves they have ropes to follow up . There's a reason , because when you lose the rope you die . Now life isn't that serious , but it kind of is .
It kind of is .
It's a good metaphor dreams your dreams die , and it's really hard when you lose the rope . It can be really hard to get back to it . So I would much rather the rope be sustainable . I'd rather you , let's just cool , start with self . Awesome , love it . Start there .
That's something to follow , that's something constructive , that's something that leads you in a direction that you want to go . I think that's a great place . That's where I started . I started with self . I didn't have any of the other stuff and then eventually , I figured out on my own and then I had the privilege of teaching millions of people how to do that
¶ Why dreams matter (and how to achieve them)
. And here we are Now . I'm a self-made man . Self self-made no no I I think to to the point of this . Sometimes strategy is finding someone who knows how to do it better than you do .
Oftentimes that strategy I just want to say lately I've enjoyed the show a lot because we're back . I think we're talking a lot about achieving dreams again . We used to be all about dreams back in the day , remember we have there's .
I mean , it's so hard . I said this to Taron the other day . I said you'd think after 2000 episodes I'd like know what I was doing . I feel like I know less . I don't know . It's weird . It's like I'm too in it now .
I don't so yeah , we're talking about dreams again . Man , when we first started , we were big dreamers , you and I . We were naive as shit .
But we were dreamers . We're still big dreamers , but I also think that now we know what matters more and what matters less , and this definitely matters . So , so , so , so , so much , so much . I don't want to take away from that . I just didn't . I don't know if I understood how much the internal game really mattered . Well , you .
I know we got to jump . You have . I don't think . I think people , when they think of dreams , they think of astronaut or no . I'm talking . What car do you want to drive ? I'm talking . What do you want your lifestyle to look like ? I'm talking where do you want to live ? What kind of home Do you want ? Cathedral ceilings ? Well , I think that's a good .
That's a good . I mean , whenever I say dreams , it doesn't mean you have to want to be an olympic gold medalist . That can be the case and if that is the case , reach out please . But I want to eventually coach olympians .
That would be awesome but , you need to do like a side . You need to do a side quest and go get a gold medal in something archery or something that way you can say you're an Olympic gold medalist .
Sidequest , I want to stick to business coaching . That's my jam .
I'll give you a gold medal in that .
Thank you , you're welcome . Immediately after I did my marathon , she took an Oreo box .
I respect that . I kid you not .
She taped yellow tape and she said number one something and she gave me a gold oreo metal . It wasn't even circle . It's brutal , it's awesome . I have it in my drawer right over here , man .
Yeah , and I wore it .
I wore that shit on my last lap . I looked like a 90 year old man . I haven't posted that video . It's not good . I think you should I'm not a huge fan of it .
Well , yeah but like what would you tell someone listening ?
it was like a a jaunt , a very painful jaunt at the end . But anyways , dreams man dreams I had a dream to run 25 miles without stopping at some point , and I did that , but walking at the end , I mean barely walking , but it was a dream . Right , I did a triathlon . That was a dream . These right , I did a triathlon . That was a dream .
These are dreams , they don't have to be . I wanted to be a fitness model . That was a fucking dream . I did it right . I wanted to win a fitness show . I , fucking I did it . That felt so good to achieve my dreams . I just think we need dreams and , yeah , we need to be realistic and honest with ourselves and self-awareness , but you got to have dreams .
I'm very grateful . We're talking a lot more about that lately . Same Same Life without dreams is not as fulfilling .
It's definitely not as fulfilling , and I don't think it's as exciting , I don't think it's as meaningful , I think it's easy to . Anytime I've ever said , like what the hell is the point of all this ? I didn't have dreams and or my circumstances were terrible . I'd say that too . At the beginning of this .
I thought it was all worth it , but it was like what if those two are connected ? What if ? What two are connected ?
Not having dreams and having terrible circumstances I would they're not you , I was gonna yeah , I was gonna say I would , that's how I'm willing to die on . They are not . They are fucking .
They're not always some of the worst circumstances I've had are because of this dream son , they're not always connected they're never yeah , but they're never yeah , they're never connected Wanting to start a family , wanting to get married , wanting to have pets , wanting to have a home , wanting to have a career in a certain industry , like all of those are dreams .
I just think it's important to realize that when we're kids , we had all these dreams . You achieved a bunch of your dreams .
I did .
I did .
I think that's a really good thing to talk about and again we're going to go . We're just going to keep running this on because we like talking about this .
But dreams are personal and just because maybe your dream I think that's the beauty of what Alan said Maybe your dream is not to have a horse farm with 100 acres in the middle of the US , somewhere in the lands Cool , that's okay . Maybe your dream is to have a certain amount of money in the bank awesome .
Maybe it's to marry someone or have a great family awesome . Maybe it's whatever , but it's personal to you and don't let anybody . I hate when people say like , oh , dream bigger , dream bigger . I I understand , I think that's good to for some people , but let's start with .
Let's start with recognizing the fact that you had the courage to dream in the first place . Let's start with that strong work for dreaming . And maybe you are more capable than you think , but I'm not going to shit on you for having a dream in the first place . Shout out to you . I respect it .
And again , I think in the beginning I probably didn't understand that . I didn't understand that dreams are personal and who am I to tell you that your dream isn't big enough . Who am I ? Who am I to tell you Now if you accomplish it and it feels empty and all . Maybe there's , maybe there's something on the other side of that , but I think it's important .
Dreams are personal yeah , the only thing I would say is if you don't have dreams , I would check in on that because I think that dreams are something that to look forward to in the future , that you can become more in pursuit of , and I think that that's what makes life extra special and it can be like I said .
I said it can be anything , any number of things . I've had vision boards where I wrote down a bunch of stuff and some of them came true . Some of them I'm like fuck that . Some of them I'm still going for , but I've achieved a lot of them and I think that's awesome . I do .
There's no better feeling in the world than achieving a dream that was once just in your imagination 100
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speaking of dreams , let's get out of here so I can go back to bed and dream . No , I'm not going back . We have a meeting after this . Uh , next little nation , april 5th 2025 . Next little live 2025 totally virtual . So we've hosted many in-person events .
I can say that at this point , we've hosted and or co-hosted and done most of the work for the ones that we co-hosted . And also fairness , this year we're going purely virtual . Six In six events . That's a good amount of events .
We're going purely virtual because we have a global audience and if you live in Europe or you live in Alaska or wherever you live , it might not make financial sense to take a flight across the world and or country for a one-day event . It's expensive , not super sustainable and not accessible to most people .
So we're doing it totally virtual , from 10 am until 5 pm , so a full-day event . Tickets are only $47 . And with that ticket , with that purchase , you get access to the replay . It's going to be awesome . You get access to the replay . It's going to be awesome , alan and I having the time of our lives . Amy's going to be there , amy's flying in .
So , yeah , we want it to be a really positive event for you . There's going to be breakout sessions . You're going to meet other people . I can't imagine it wouldn't be a really transformational day . And 47 bucks . I know times are rough right now . Money's tight , things are expensive AF .
We didn't want this event to be expensive AF , because we want you to be able to come and transform with us , so we'll have the link in the show notes for it .
People don't pay the price unless the promise is clear , kevin and I promise it'll be worth the money . It's not 47 bucks because it's less valuable . It's 47 bucks so that it's affordable , so that we can provide value to more people .
Speaking of dreams if you're out there and you feel alone in pursuit of your dreams , I had a client reach out to me this morning and talk about how much she's struggling because every time she goes out with friends , she feels like they're trying to convince her to live like they do and she can't not with her dreams .
She's not gonna convince her to live like they do and she can't Not with her dreams . She's not going to be able to live like they do Bar hopping and she feels alone . If you feel alone in pursuit of your dreams , reach out . I can promise you this . I will increase the probability that you achieve your goals and dreams . I can't promise it'll be easy .
I can't promise it'll all be fun it definitely fucking won't but I can promise you will have a higher chance of achieving your dreams . It's a good way to put it . Thanks man .
No , you're welcome . No , no joke . I know you're waiting for me to drop something , that's it . That was it . Just a compliment , not backhanded , just a regular compliment .
Fronthanded compliment . I was going to say fronthanded .
Well , that's not good either . All right , cool ,
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