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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Dan Ardebili and Tony Finbarr-Smith discuss what happens when you stop growing and learning. Spoiler Alert\u2026 It ain’t good! If a plant stops getting fed (water), what happens? It dies!<span id=\"more-3117\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Always Be Growing & Learning! In this episode, we also dive into some other RockStar Lessons and topics that have helped Dan become successful in his own life and empire. Listen to the story of when Dan wanted to attend a mastermind he knew would help him grow his biz but didn’t have the cash to go and what he did to make it happen! And the story of how Dan thought he was just too dumb to read a book and didn’t read a book until he was in his mid-twenties. How an \u201cF\u201d student in school was able to write 2 Best Selling books. We also discuss some of Dan and Tony’s favorite ways of learning and growing. Plus, so much more!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sneak Peek:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>>> [02:54] Invest in yourself instead of fighting the herd for so-called deals during Black Friday<\/p>\n<p>>> [07:59] The time Dan and his wife Siri Shakti sold their TV and Car Stereo equipment so they could have the cash to attend a Mastermind to help them grow their Empire.<\/p>\n<p>>> [11:24] How Dan went on a Mental Cleanse by not listening to music, watch TV or movies. Instead, he fed his mind, goals, dreams and made them a reality.<\/p>\n<p>>> [13:33] Why Dan and Tony prefer to listen to podcasts, audiobooks, watch YouTube videos, and other newer ways to consume content vs. books.<\/p>\n<p>>> [15:08] How Dan thought he was too dumb to read a book and didn’t even start reading books until he met his wife Siri Shakti. (He was in his mid 20’s).<\/p>\n<p>>> [18:26] Why some books by well-known authors are rushed and aren’t as good as other books they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>>> [21:58] The story about how Dan was an F student and wrote 2 best selling books.<\/p>\n<p>>> [27:17] It’s important to hire coaches, join masterminds and network with people more successful than you.<\/p>\n<p>>> [21:58]<\/p>\n<p>>> [21:58]<\/p>\n<p>>> [21:58]<\/p>\n<p>>> [21:58]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources Mentioned In This Episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/rockstarinlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Both of Dan’s Books Free Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/influence-the-psychology-of-persuasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/crushing-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: Crushing It!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/dont-sweat-small-stuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff About Money<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/youtube-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: YouTube Secrets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/big-magic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/100th-monkey-effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hundredth Monkey Effect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/guru-singh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guru Singh (Kundalini Yoga & Meditation)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/rsil-cold-yoga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cold Water Plunge Therapy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/cant-make-this-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: I cant Make this Stuff Up: Life Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/the-chimp-paradox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: The Chimp Paradox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/win-friends-influence-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/five-love-languages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book: The Five Love Languages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/glengarry-glen-ross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Movie: Glengarry Glen Ross<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/the-game-changers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch The New Netflix Movie \u201d The Game Changers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the YouTube Channel HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, comment below your Aha-Moments and any requests on what you want us to discuss on the next episode of The RockStar Entrepreneur Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Be a RockStar In Your Life,<br \/>And Make The World Your Stage!<\/p>\n<p>Dan \u201cRockStar In Life\u201d Ardebili<br \/>& Tony \u201cDon’t Stop Believing\u201d Finbarr-Smith<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:\u00a0<\/strong><em>(Read Time: 55 Minutes)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Ok, so hey, what\u2019s going on fellow RockStar entrepreneurs?\u00a0 Tony here and with me today, as always, is my partner in\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 crime for this here tv show, on this here Youtubes, we\u2019ve got Dan in the house.\u00a0 Say, \u201chey,\u201d Dan.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 What\u2019s up, Dan?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 A..a.ah..I knew<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 What\u2019s up, Tony?\u00a0 What\u2019s up, fellow RockStars?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 I just knew you were going to do that.\u00a0 So, a hey, Dan, what\u2019s the topic for today?<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Today is what?\u00a0 ABL and ABG\u2026which stands for\u2026I\u2019ll let you do the honors.<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 [Chuckles] Always be growing, always be learning.\u00a0 I was trying to think of something funny for those letters, but couldn\u2019t think of a single thing.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Yeah, wha..what would be that\u2026always be licking?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Ha ha ha\u2026ok.\u00a0 Always\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: We\u2019re talking about lollipops.\u00a0 C\u2019mon, man, ya like who doesn\u2019t like lollipops?\u00a0 Get your head out of the gutter.<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 I love me a lollipop.\u00a0 Always brown lemons\u2026I don\u2019t\u2026I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 It\u2019s\u2026it\u2019s\u2026I didn\u2019t know this would be included\u2026and I did not know this was going to be part of it.\u00a0 So, I plead the 5th \u2026on this one.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Very cool.<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 So, let\u2019s let\u2019s hit the ground running.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Yeah, I was trying to move my notes around here, but something happened to \u2018em.\u00a0 So, hopefully, I\u2019ll be able to stay on topic here this time.\u00a0 Ah, but, yeah..I mean I definitely\u2026we talked about like wha what can we talk about on a this session and I think the always be growing and always be learning is something that a everybody should definitely be listening to right now\u2026especially with the holidays coming up here in the U.S.\u00a0 We have Thanksgiving coming up and a, yeah, with the Thanksgiving, ya know, what comes along with Thanksgiving?\u00a0 Do you guys, well, you guys don\u2019t do Thanksgiving do you.\u00a0 What do you guys do?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u00a0A\u2026we we we just have Black Friday sales, which is\u2026we\u2019ve inherited from you guys.\u00a0 And\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Very good\u2026that\u2019s what I was gonna ask.<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Yeah, we we get the Black Friday sales\u2026that\u2019s literally the last three-four years that\u2019s been a big thing here. \u00a0Um and a interesting statistic\u2026something like 60-plus percent of purchases in Black Friday sales, at least here, um have not cost more six months before or six months after.\u00a0 So so what they\u2019re saying is 60-plus percent of the things purchased in Black Friday sales\u2026there\u2019s no savings to be made, but people just get crazy\u2026they get giddy crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Yeah, well that\u2019s\u2026well, the first thing I wanted to mention was if you\u2019re not growing, what happens?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Oh\u2026if you\u2019re not growing, you\u2019re dying.\u00a0 There\u2019s\u2026I think there\u2019s no such thing as maintaining.\u00a0 You\u2019re either getting better or you\u2019re getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Yeah, you grab a plant, right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 Well, this plant\u2019s dead because it\u2019s not alive anyway, so it doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 [Chuckles].\u00a0 I\u2019ve got some live plants over here, but I don\u2019t feel like pulling up a big, big tree or anything like that.\u00a0 But, you know, if a tree is not growing, then it\u2019s dying.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t just like take a break and just pause, right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony:\u00a0 Yeah, absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>Dan:\u00a0 So, same thing goes for us.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not constantly growing and learning and and, you know, and bringing in new new information and learning new skills and doing things like that and bettering yourself, then you\u2019re dying.\u00a0 You know, you\u2019re not getting the nutrients that you need\u2026that your brain needs and that\u2019s what I was kinda tying it back in to the Black Friday.\u00a0 You know, for us, Thanksgiving and then Black Friday, where everybody goes out and tries to get all these crazy deals and spending all this money and fighting over all these deals, but\u2026I want to, you know, kind of kind of like like for myself and I don\u2019t know about for you Tony\u2026because we never talked about this together, but for myself a for years I actually didn\u2019t go out to Black Friday or anything like that.\u00a0 Instead, especially when I had all these aspirations and all these things I wanted to do in my life, um I saved that money and, instead of going out there and fighting for all these sales and these deals, I would actually reinvest that into myself and into my my betterment of myself for me to learn more\u2026a\u2026for me to learn business tactics, self-development tactics, hiring coaches and doing that stuff.\u00a0 I mean, heck, for Christmas a my parents looked at me like I was crazy because we were having Christmas in my parents\u2019 house\u2026ah\u2026my my kids were young, you know, at the time.\u00a0 I think I only had one child at the time, Kaleen, and a she was little and, of course, she got toys and stuff like that.\u00a0 A\u2026but for my wife, I gave her a big box\u2026so she had all these different boxes to open up and they were actually tapes and cds, you know, on self-development and sales and and, you know, all these different strategies.\u00a0 And my parents were like looking at me like like I\u2019m crazy and looking at us like I was crazy, but my wife was like, \u201coh\u2026I\u2026I wanted this one!\u00a0 Yeah, this is awesome!\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to listen to it!\u201d\u00a0 My parents were like\u2026what the heck\u2026what’s goin\u2026what’s wrong with you guys?\u00a0 You know.\u00a0 While everybody else is giving like jewelry and all these other little like\u2026the stuff, the stuff that is gonna to be used possibly\u2026um\u2026or, it\u2019s just gonna be shoved in the back of the closet, or at the next garage sale, or, you know, a hand-me-down, or a re-gift\u2026right, people love doing that as well. And a\u2026and, you know, we weren\u2019t doing that. So, I wanna tell you guys out there, you know, hey, think about, you know, do I really need this stuff that I\u2019m going out there to fight about\u2026to fight over for, you know, for a flat screen tv that this company discounted for a specific reason just to get rid of it\u2026cause they had overstock or they just wanted to get you into the store so you\u2019ll buy other stuff that aren\u2019t really a great deal? And, you know what I mean, so what? You saved $200\u2026$500 on a tv. Well, if you re-invest that money\u2026cause this is how I saw it, if I re-invested that money back into myself and into, you know, my wife and for us to learn and grow more\u2026then, and also, you know, my business today\u2026if I re-invested that into my business people ask me like are you gonna go to holiday shopping Black Friday and I\u2019m like, \u201cno, I don\u2019t need to.\u201d You know what I mean, it\u2019s great to save a little bit of money, but I don\u2019t need to. I\u2019d rather be working on myself and investing in myself and, then, I can buy all the stuff I want and it\u2019s not \u201coh\u2026I\u2019m gonna get this because it\u2019s on discount,\u201d right, instead I can just buy the one that I want or I can buy it from wherever I want\u2026I can buy it on Amazon, I can buy it off of another website. I don\u2019t have to buy the one just because they\u2019re saying, \u201chey, you can come buy it at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I was just looking, as you were saying that. I was looking over there at my bookshelf, looking if I could see a Robert Cialdini\u2019s \u201cInfluence,\u201d where he talks about scarcity and I think that\u2019s a huge driving factor about these a Black Friday sales. And, if you\u2026if you just take a step back and think, like you said, they\u2019re discounting them for a reason, whether that\u2019s just to get you in the store or because there\u2019s a newer version coming out, or something like that, I think the discounts they tend to stay, don\u2019t they? Apart from the really, really crazy ones.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah.<br \/>Tony: So, if you just disconnect yourself from that whole Black Friday scarcity and then and then just come back to what you\u2019re saying\u2026like, do I even really need this thing? I think that\u2019s that\u2019s a lot of it, isn\u2019t it? We get wrapped up in the hype of it all\u2026when, in reality, do you really need it? And\u2026what could you be doing better with that money, like you said.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Exactly. Yeah. I\u2019ll give you another example. I remember\u2026um\u2026and this is when I made this shift in myself because I wanted to be successful. Um, I remember a there was this mastermind\u2026this event, this workshop mastermind coming up and it was like\u2026I think it was like $2,000\u2026it was either $1,500 or two grand, or something like that. And\u2026that number, and for some of you that number is astronomical, you\u2019re like \u201cWhoa! Like, I can\u2019t afford that!\u201d And, for some of you are like \u201cOh, I\u2019ve, you know, heard of more expensive ones.\u201d And, yeah, I\u2019ve actually joined more expensive ones but, at that time, that $1,000 or $2,000 workshop mastermind might as well been $50,000 to me because I didn\u2019t have that cash.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: And, I remember what I ended up doing was\u2026I\u2019m like, ok, first off I\u2019m gonna make a decision I\u2019mma I\u2019mma do this. I want to attend this. Um, there was actually full disclosure with my wife that I wanted to\u2026cause she was my partner in the business\u2026and I knew only one of us could go and I was like, ok, I want her to go, so she could learn and then she\u2019ll come back and tell me what she learned and, you know, it will help our business. And\u2026um\u2026what I ended up doing is\u2026I looked around the house and I\u2019m like, what could I sell. Well, I couldn\u2019t sell my car because I needed that, right. I needed that to go do my appointments and my business that I was doing at the time. So, I was like, ok, I can\u2019t really sell my car because that wouldn\u2019t make much sense. Uh, but instead, what else could I sell? So, I started looking around and I\u2019m like ok, well, I\u2019ve got this big screen tv. And, back in those days, that big screen tv wasn\u2019t a flat screen because we didn\u2019t have those, right. It was\u2026it was this a\u2026I don\u2019t even remember what they called them. It was like projection or something like backwards.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Rear projection?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, I don\u2019t k\u2026it probably was, but it was a 37 inch or a 42 inch, which was like humongous and heavy. It was probably 500 pounds. It was a Sony. I think I paid like $2,000 or $3,000 for that tv, at one point, and I was like\u2026you know what, I\u2019m just gonna sell this. So, I put it on Craigslist. Sold it for like, I dunno, 900 bucks or something like that. Uh, so I needed a little bit more money and then I ended up selling some old stereo equipment\u2026car stereo equipment that I had\u2026\u2018cause I used to like soup up my rides. I had like, you know, lowered car sportscars, five star rims\u2026Viper rims, that kind of stuff. I had a big 18 inch subwoofer in the back, I had a, you know, all the amps and Earthquake amps and all the stuff and a kicker speakers, or I think at that\u2026was it was Earthquake\u2026I think it was Earthquake speakers and amps I had back then. And a\u2026so, I put those for sale as well\u2026and and my a like touchscreen, which was like, you know, the shit back then. My touchscreen a like a receiver\u2026dvd\u2026er, not dvd, cd player, as well receiver for the car. And\u2026I sold all that stuff for, I dunno, maybe 500\u2026 800, or something like that. A\u2026so, right there was the money and I did that within a couple of days and a, you know, got my wife to go to that mastermind and had a breakthrough. And, even though it wasn\u2019t like that was like the tipping point of everything happening, all those little things that we did\u2026listening to the cds, to the tape series, you know, which would now be like audible or podcasts, because we didn\u2019t have podcasts back then. So, we had to go to events, we had to buy cds, we had to buy audio books, you know a, tapes, right, we had to get tapes. We couldn\u2019t do it on audible or something like that. And a we would just listen to those every single day, all day long. So, instead of listening to music a or instead of watching a tv, or instead of going to the movies or watching movies on tv and spending a, you know, an hour, two hour or three hours a day doing that, when we\u2019re in the car driving, instead of listening to music, we would listen to those tapes and those cds. Um, and today, instead of that stuff, I actually read books\u2026read books at home. So, instead, today I actually listen to podcasts um I watch Youtube videos or I listen to Youtube videos that are like podcasts video podcasts, like we\u2019re doing right now.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yup.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: And that\u2019s why we\u2019re doing this. I\u2019d rather not do video, but I\u2019mma do it because that\u2019s how I choose to learn my content when I\u2019m working out\u2026instead of listening to music. I\u2019ll put music in our Sonos speaker, where it\u2019s like in my workout room in my house and I\u2019ll play music really low, but then I\u2019ll put in my earbuds..my Apple ear pods. I\u2019ll put those in and I\u2019ll listen to either a podcast on Spotify or\u2026I used to use iTunes, but now I use Spotify\u2026or, I\u2019ll listen to an audio book or I\u2019ll listen, you know, to something on Youtube and learn. And\u2026I\u2019m doing that and that\u2019s what I did every single day\u2026was spend hours a either reading books, listening to audio books a, you know, today I do audible as well. A, but yeah, I would just spend hours and hours consuming all that stuff because I knew whatever I put in, a you know, enough of that would stick that it would\u2026it would plant those seeds for me to make those shifts in my own business and my own life and then it became part of my DNA and, today, a people will ask me like \u201cwhat books are you reading?\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cI-I\u2019m not really reading any books anymore. I-I consume content on podcasts, like I said, or on Youtube listening to stuff like that. Um, but, a lot of the stuff, you know, is things I\u2019ve accomplished in my own life today that nobody else is talking about, right? Like we\u2019re doing right now. [Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah. I think\u2026um\u2026I think books\u2026books always get given this kind of a\u2026they get put on a little bit higher of a bit of a pedestal\u2026books. But, if you think about it, you know, like this conversation we\u2019re having right now. This is live, this is fresh and um, you know, it\u2019s either going out live to people watching it or soon after. Whereas a book, if you think about someone sits down to write it and then it gets edited, and it goes through drafts and revisions and then gets published and printed\u2026and all of that jazz. So, stuff can go, especially in this world that we\u2019re living in now and, especially in the circles that we\u2019re kinda\u2026all the ponds we\u2019re swimming in, the the things advance so quickly. I mean, like look at Gary V\u2019s \u201cCrushing It!\u201d\u2026you know, he he doesn\u2019t mention LinkedIn once and, now, in all of his podcasts he\u2019s going\u2026I should have mentioned that.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Oh TikTok, yeah.<br \/>Tony: In in that he mentions Musical.ly, which is now TikTok, it\u2019s all out-of-date so quick, so fast. I think that that audio is great for keeping up but, also, I\u2019ve gotta say I\u2019ve the best of intentions\u2026and, you know, I said I was looking over there at all the books and whatnot that I\u2019ve got and I\u2019ve\u2026I\u2019ve read maybe ten percent of them. And..it\u2019s prob\u2026maybe more than that, but it\u2019s always the same ones that I reread, as well. I don\u2019t know if you have that way\u2026you know\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Hmm. I did. I used to. Yeah, remind me, I want to bring something up about about the book format, but I wanna also mention, um like yourself, I mean um\u2026fun fact: I never actually read a book um when I was in high school. Or, you know, maybe I like read like little children books when I was a little, little kid but, you know, like \u201cThe Cow Jumped Over the Moon\u201d or my ABC books. Um, but, you know, as Junior High or High School or anything like that, I never read an entire book. When I would read\u2026when I would look at a book, when I was like told I had to read a book for school or something, I would look at the pages and, as I was reading, I would forget every single thing I\u2019m reading\u2026as I was reading it. I would have to like mentally slap myself and focus in order to retain any words I was reading and, still, I would forget. So, I just thought that I wasn\u2019t good at reading. So, a\u2026when I met my wife, she loved to read and she said, \u201clet\u2019s go to the bookstore and let\u2019s get some books\u201d and I\u2019m like, \u201cno way, books suck,\u201d you know. But, I wanted to grow and I was starting\u2026at that time it was my personal training business that I was running and I\u2019m like, \u201cok, well, yeah, I\u2019ll try this.\u201d She\u2019s like, \u201cjust go look around and see what books you like.\u201d So, I started walking around and I went to the Business Sales side because I had to sell in my business and I hated sales\u2026and I found a leadership book and it was this um Malcolm Maxwell um. Was it\u2026no, I don\u2019t think it was Malcolm Maxwell. One of those books was one of his books\u2026I forgot which one it was. But, there was another book, \u201cDon\u2019t Sweat the Small Stuff,\u201d um\u2026and that book was small, short short little stories and inspirational stories and I started reading it while I was there and I got captivated. I\u2019m like, \u201cHoly crap! This is awesome!\u201d And I was in my early twenties and, or mid-twenties, and I was just like, \u201cactually, I like reading now.\u201d And\u2026I must have read over a hundred books in the first year. Like I went freakin\u2019 nuts! I was a sponge. I was listening to audio books, as well, but I was just going through books like crazy. Um\u2026because there wasn\u2019t a lot of audio books at that time, anyways, and they were more expensive\u2026they were like fifty bucks to a hundred bucks for an audio book\u2026and it was like, you know, ten bucks, twelve, fifteen, twenty, whatever for a regular book. And I was just reading them like crazy and I was reading them in the shops and some of them I would buy\u2026and buy them later because I didn\u2019t have a lot of money at that time. But, I\u2019ve read at least, I would say, at least 85% of my books and the only reason I say 85 is because later, a couple of years ago, I had bought more books that people had recommended, I just never read \u2018em\u2026because, to get to this point, two things: one, I kind of learned that books are not my primary way for me to learn, and it never was, I just forced myself to do it because there wasn\u2019t any other options. Um, but, today, you know, again, like I said, we have podcasts, we have Youtube, we have all these other ways that we can learn and get free and paid content. I belong to memberships, I spend hundreds of dollars a month on different kinds of memberships that I don\u2019t even always consume every month, but it\u2019s there for when I want to learn something. Um, learn free things on Youtube and I love doing it that way, but what I was going to bring up that that point about the books is exactly what you said. Is that two things\u2026one, when you grab a book, you know, it took like at least six months to a year\u2026sometimes even longer\u2026for that book to actually come out. So, things have changed. But, also, how many other people have stepped on it. You know, what about that publisher\u2026if it wasn\u2019t self-published\u2026that publisher could have said, \u201cwe don\u2019t want you putting this in there\u201d and, because they are paying the bills, you know, the author\u2019s like \u201cok, fine.\u201d And, then, another point I was going to bring up, that I heard not that long ago, pretty recently, was that um\u2026when you\u2019re an author writing your first book, there\u2019s not as much pressure because they don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to take-off anyways\u2026as far as from the publisher. But, after you have your first successful book, the first book, then they\u2019re like this dude\u2019s sold millions of books or this person\u2019s sold a million books. We need your next book to be in three months.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: [Sneezing]<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Bless you.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Thank you, pardon me.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: We need your book to be in the next three months, right. And, then the pressure comes on and then it\u2019s no longer a ok, am I creating a book that people need, or am I creating a book because now my publisher\u2019s forced me to create this content that\u201d\u2026and that\u2019s why I hear all the time\u2026like, I look at cert\u2026some big authors out there that have had some great books in the past that I go and I look at their most recent book and people are like, \u201cEh, it\u2019s more of the same. Nothing really new, kinda boring.\u201d And, that\u2019s probably the reason why\u2026is because they were forced to release another book because their publisher didn\u2019t want them to not become relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Or, they gave them an advance and then they had to put out three books or something like that, within a certain amount of time. So, that\u2019s what I love about podcasts, that\u2019s what I love about, you know, Youtube videos is that, like we\u2019re doing right now, I have some notes in front of me and you\u2019ll see me look up kinda like up at the screen every now and then, so I can try to stay on topic, because my ADD will kick in and um I\u2019ll see a squirrel, right. I\u2019ll look at a squirrel but, you know, we can be real with this\u2026whatever comes to us, in the moment, from the ether, you know, from the Cosmos, from the multiverse, that says, \u201cHey, you need to hear this\u2026or, I need to remember this\u201d\u2026because a lot of the times, the stuff me and you, Tony, talk about, you know, with an audience or without an audience, reminds us of things that we should be doing or that we\u2019ve done in the past that worked, or maybe that we wanted to try that we learned from somebody else. And\u2026that\u2019s what I love about this. There\u2019s so much that can come out of it organically and and we\u2019re not waiting six months or a year for something to be released and then it get watered down, right. For myself, I\u2019ll bring up one last point. A, for myself, when I wrote my books, I had actually hired a publi\u2026er, not publisher. I had self-published both my books and my wife had self-published her books as well. But, I hired um\u2026editors and, just so you know, I\u2019m a D- student. I should have been an F student in everything but, I guess, because of they they needed to hit their quota of graduated students and a side story here a I know I shoulda been an F student and I was like kinda testing the system, as a student, that I would not turn anything in and I would just do A, B, C, D, A, A, B, B, C, D\u2026and I would do all my tests like that and, just to see what would happen, and I still got a D or D-and I passed all my grades. And, I\u2019m like, what is this? How can this be? And I\u2019m, you know, doing all this crap, right. And\u2026and\u2026and they\u2019re letting me get through it, but the the point I was getting to from that little story right there was that I got a D-, or I should\u2019ve got an F, in English. I was not good at spelling, you know. I knew the basics and we didn\u2019t have spell checkers like we do today, right.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: A\u2026we had to actually get a book to to look in that book\u2026A..B..C..and look through there to find the word to see if we spelled it right. So, it wasn\u2019t as convenient and I definitely didn\u2019t do good in English, but I wrote two best-selling, Amazon best-selling books. How did I do that? Well, because this D-, F student hired an A+, Master\u2019s in English person, you know, a few hundred bucks, and they edited the entire thing for me. And, what\u2019s funny is, it came back with all these red lines of like \u201cthis isn\u2019t natural to say it this way\u201d and \u201cyou shouldn\u2019t say this in a book, this is only for like talking out loud,\u201d you put this word in here and all these other things and all this different punctuation. Um\u2026and it was funny because I had actually hired two um editors and both of \u2018em had like Master\u2019s in these ultimate, you know, certifications and all that. And that is when I first realized that proper grammar and English and punctuation is more of a guideline than a hard fast rule\u2026because they were actually arguing, without them even knowing each other, they were arguing different points\u2026like use this, don\u2019t use this. And I\u2019m like, how can this be? And I asked one of \u2018em, I was like, you know, I had someone else also look at it and they said the opposite. And they\u2019re like, well, it could go either way, some people believe this. And I\u2019m like, what? This is like the weirdest thing, but that\u2019s my point, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I think\u2026I think that a\u2026going back to something that you said earlier about reading and it not going in, so I just thought I\u2019d mention this before I forget. I found that when I read stuff, the same happens with me and I find that I learn much, much better if I read out loud the words that I\u2019m reading. And, I just find that it goes in a lot better. Now, that\u2019s usually something like small children would do. You know, they would\u2026they would like read and go: what.could.be.better.than.driving.a.supercar.of.your.choice? You know, they would read out like that. Now, for me, if I\u2019m taking in information, I find that it just fires more of my kind of modalities, you know, my learning modes, or whatever. Um\u2026by reading it and hearing it and actually saying it, as well, at the same time. So, that that kind of touches on why I think I prefer audio books and stuff, but I do find that my mind starts to wander. So, by kinda making my own audio book\u2026I mean, I prefer audio books over sitting and reading because I do a lot of driving, so I find the time. Whereas making the time to sit and read just seems, you know, when you have a small child and you\u2019ve got a household and whatever you need to do. I think a when you\u2019re driving, you have no excuse not to. But, I do think that reading aloud helps me retain the information better, but I prefer to just listen anyway because that\u2019s kinda like my mode\u2026or, my learning modality. What\u2026what say you on the topic of different learning modalities, Dan?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, it\u2019s it\u2019s all on the person. So, if you retain more and love reading then, yes, do more of that. Ah, but, you know, I mean, you should definitely still be listening to either podcasts or, you know, whatever it is in that field that you\u2019re trying to learn. I would process that because if you\u2019re trying to become a better a video editor or you\u2019re trying to, you know, learn how to do sales better, there\u2019s gonna be different like platforms that that content is gonna be best consumed for. So, it\u2019s kinda a balance of what works best for you, but also depending on what that is that you\u2019re trying to learn and where that\u2019s being processed. Now, for me, um, like I said, I don\u2019t really do a lot of reading, but that doesn\u2019t mean that I won\u2019t grab a book. But, I will google stuff and I will look stuff up online and read things. Um, I mean, heck, even before we were doing this, we were testing out some\u2026ah\u2026some software, right, unsuccessfully.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yes, we were.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: And\u2026I had to like google stuff and and learn that way. And\u2026I watched a video and I read texts and I did all these other things. Um, but for myself, like I said, I do podcasts, um I belong to a mastermind. Um\u2026in the past, I belonged to other masterminds. Um\u2026I invest in myself, I do networking with others, like-minded people, um I make friends with people that are actually operating at a higher level than me because, in order for you to grow\u2026you need to be able to have people that are at a higher level than you, as well. Not just at your level or below yourself, you know, um\u2026because that\u2019s how you force yourself to grow and to stretch. I also have a mentor and a coach that I actually pay money to and I\u2019ve done that for many, many years. Ah\u2026where, you know, I would do it weekly. Sometimes I\u2019d do it every other week. I\u2019m back to weekly again. And\u2026um\u2026I mean, I\u2019ve spent a lot of money on coaches. I mean, heck, in one year, I\u2019ve spent over a hundred thousand dollars\u2026like no joke. I can show you the wire transfer for a $100,000, not including trip costs and events and stuff that I did. I probably spent over $150,000 in real cash just doing those, but I got so much from it and I made so many new friends. And\u2026that\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tony: So, it was an investment\u2026not an expense.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, it\u2019s an investment in yourself. Yeah, and not everything is gonna be, you know, like a \u2026a return on investment instantly. Some things that I\u2019ve done, that I\u2019ve spent money on, didn\u2019t pan out. And\u2026I can go back and complain about him and say, \u201coh, I wouldn\u2019t go as far as saying it\u2019s a scam, just saying it was hyped up way more than what it was worth and I didn\u2019t really make any money off of it.\u201d But, you know, I got one thing from it\u2026and sometimes that one thing might have been a compliment, or they might have turned me on to a specific piece of software or tool, or a way of doing something that I\u2019ve continued to use today that have helped me either save time, make money, save money, or something like that. Then, it\u2019s a win\u2026because I\u2019m not gonna sit there and do checks and balances and like \u201cok, well this worked, this didn\u2019t work,\u201d or anything like that because, you know, you never know when you\u2019re gonna need something. So, I\u2019m just gonna keep consuming and adding things to my arsenal and, when I need it, I\u2019m gonna go get it. And, this is exactly what doctors and lawyers will do. Doctors and lawyers don\u2019t memorize every ailment and everything there is, right. If you\u2019re a doctor and, you know, you have a rare case from\u2026or a case you\u2019re not that familiar with, you\u2019re gonna either go to your books or you\u2019re gonna go to your colleagues, right.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Well, they\u2026they also have their own, medical version of Google. A\u2026at least my local doctors they do. They have a\u2026a computer-like database that is basically a search engine for ailments.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, I\u2019ve got to stop saying, \u201cbooks\u201d because that\u2019s old, right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Ha ha, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, but it\u2019s the same point. They\u2019ve got something they go back to\u2026a database\u2026because, you know, you\u2019re not going to be able to maintain every single thing in the entire world of what ifs this and what ifs that. It\u2019s only what you need at that particular moment\u2026and that\u2019s why it\u2019s good to continue learning because you never know when you\u2019re gonna need it and be reminded of something that maybe you\u2019d forgotten about because you didn\u2019t need to use it at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah, I think\u2026um\u2026one thing that you touched on there with doctors and lawyers. Where I thought you were going with that is that that in those fields\u2026not just doctors and lawyers, you know, but other fields too\u2026there\u2019s a requirement that for them to keep their license, they need to do CPD, Continued Professional Development. So, um, that\u2019s something that\u2019s obviously\u2026particularly with entrepreneurs\u2026that\u2019s something that folks neglect, without a doubt, because there\u2019s no consequence. And\u2026um\u2026I wonder if\u2026um\u2026you know, I wonder if the doctors and the lawyers and those people\u2026I wonder if they see that as an expense or a investment, which is what we\u2019re talking about is, you know, continually investing in yourself. That\u2019s that\u2019s a small, subtle shift, isn\u2019t it, from thinking, \u201coh, I have to spend this money,\u201d like oh it\u2019s a monthly outgoing, or whatever\u2026to thinking, \u201coh, it\u2019s an investment\u201d? Because, what you said about going somewhere, or doing something, or investing in something and not getting an immediate return from it, well that\u2019s looking at it as an expense, isn\u2019t it? Which, whereas, you\u2019re saying, \u201cwell, no, I\u2019m sure in the long-term it\u2019ll all be fine\u201d because you\u2019re coming at it with an attitude of investment and also this short-term view is also a mindset of scarcity, I suppose, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, well, it\u2019s like watching a plant or a tree grow. You know, you put a little bit of water on it, ya give it some fertilizer, or whatever you need to put in there. Um\u2026you don\u2019t see it grow instantly, do you? Do you see it like pop up\u2026Boom! It\u2019s a tree! Or, Boom! It\u2019s a plant! No, it takes so long that, if you were to stare at it every single day, you would not really see it like happening, you know. You would have to film it and speed it up in a time-lapse in order to see anything really happening, right? It\u2019s so\u2026so small and that\u2019s the same thing that\u2019s going on with us. It\u2019s so small that you typically don\u2019t see it and then, eventually, you become what people call \u201can over-night success,\u201d right. They\u2019re like, \u201cOh! Look at them! They\u2019re an over-night success!\u201d\u2026and you\u2019re like, \u201cdude, you didn\u2019t see all the times that I was sitting there, going through all these books, and listening to these cds and these audio programs and struggling, and, you know, digging through my couch cushion for loose change, so I\u2019d have gas money to go to a meeting to try and make more money in my business. And, you know, borrowing money from family to the point to where they said, \u201cget your head out of the clouds and why don\u2019t you go get a real job?\u201d And you\u2019re just like, \u201cAhhh!,\u201d you know, and \u201cI\u2019m gonna show them!\u201d \u201cOnce I\u2019m successful, I\u2019m gonna show them!\u201d I\u2019ll tell you what, another point on that, is all these people you wanted to prove wrong. Ah, man, once you become successful, it\u2019s just isn\u2019t really as fun. You feel kinda humbled, you know\u2026because, until you can feel humbled, you won\u2019t be successful to that point to where you\u2019ll go, \u201cI\u2019m gonna rub people\u2019s faces in it.\u201d Because that\u2019s not what it takes to become successful. Um\u2026I\u2019m sure some people out there have done something where, you know, they\u2026there\u2019s probably a few that have gotten like over-night type success, on accident or something like that, but they\u2019re not long to last, if they have that kind of mentality of like I\u2019m gonna go rub everybody\u2019s noses in it. But, I don\u2019t have anybody telling me anymore will I get my head out of the clouds. All they do is say, \u201cHey, I\u2019m proud of you,\u201d \u201cHey, you\u2019re doing great,\u201d \u201cWow, that\u2019s so cool\u201d and then they\u2019re, you know, talking about you and that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I think people who uh focused on \u201cI\u2019ll show them, I\u2019ll rub their noses in it\u201d kind of attitude. I wonder if they feel a massive\u2026uh\u2026anticlimax when they reach that\u2026like you said, those few who do get there and they still have that urge to rub people\u2019s noses in it. When they get there, I wonder if they then go like \u201cNow what?\u201d I wouldn\u2019t like that to be me, I guess that\u2019s what I\u2019m saying. Not that I\u2019m wanting to show anyone or prove anything to anyone, but I think that would be a really crappy win. I wouldn\u2019t be happy with that, I think.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, I can\u2019t speak for anybody else. Just for myself that\u2026you get there and it just becomes this awareness of, consciously, you remember the things that they said and that this wouldn\u2019t work, or anything like that. And, it did, and you don\u2019t go back and say, \u201cremember when\u2026?\u201d Or, anything like that. You just don\u2019t\u2026you feel like\u2026I don\u2019t want to say the \u201cbigger person,\u201d but it\u2019s like being an adult and and your child, or a child, is like, you know, saying some dumb stuff that makes no sense\u2026\u2019cause children say some dumb things, like, you know, like\u2026yeah\u2026 Like, when I was a kid, I remember thinking that cats were female and dogs were males, you know. I thought one was the masculine and one was the feminine, you know, it made sense to me. And, I probably said that to somebody and they probably looked at me like I was dumb, but mean they\u2019re not gonna sit there be like, \u201cOh, you\u2019re so stupid, you little two year-old or three year-old\u2026you\u2019re dumb!\u201d You know, like an adult, maybe a kid would say that. But, an adult, that would just be really harsh. So, that\u2019s kinda of what it kinda feels like\u2026is that, you know. And, I was actually thinking about this earlier today and a couple of days ago, where you have all these people talking about veganism and saying, \u201cyou\u2019re wrong, veganism is bad for you and it\u2019s not a healthy choice,\u201d or anything like that. \u201cIt\u2019s not sustainable\u201d and, you know, \u201cyou have to be careful because you\u2019re not getting all your nutrients.\u201d And, it\u2019s like, it\u2019s already getting to that point now, where socially they\u2019ve accepted. But, there are still a couple of people holding out, that are like on this \u201cNo, you still need meat. Sure, it\u2019s ok for you, but it\u2019s still not the best for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah, I had one the other day going, \u201cWhat are these for? What are these for?\u201d Shut up.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: And, it\u2019s like, I don\u2019t want to argue with them because it\u2019s just not where I want to spend my time. And, it doesn\u2019t bring me happiness to try and prove somebody wrong anymore. So, it\u2019s just\u2026a ok, well, I\u2019ve got people that, yes, had told me that I was wrong, had said, you know, that veganism is dumb, or whatever, you know, or I could never give up meat, and\u2026or dairy and, now, they do. I\u2019ve seen it happen, firsthand, because I\u2019ve been vegan now for, what, for almost sixteen years now\u2026if not sixteen years. And my wife, as well, and my kids. And, yeah, and I\u2019ve seen a lot of people change. Some people attributed said, \u201clook, you know, something you said stuck with me and, you know, I started researching it,\u201d or \u201cI saw this documentary and now this was a couple of years ago,\u201d you know. Yeah, and people change and I\u2019m not gonna sit there and go, \u201cYeah, I told you so!\u201d It\u2019s your life, do\u2026if you wanna to be successful\u2026be successful. If you wanna, you know, be vegan, be vegan. I\u2019m not gonna tell you how to run\u2026how to live your life. You\u2019ve gotta live with the consequences. So, you know, no matter what it is, I\u2019m just gonna give you the information. You do with it what you want, right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Mmm hmm. Mmm hmm. Yeah, I suppose, and that applies to everything, not just veganism\u2026\u2019cause<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, that\u2019s my point, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u2026people are gonna close their ears, a lot of people, if they\u2019re, you know, not on that train\u2026they\u2019re gonna go, \u201coh\u2026this doesn\u2019t apply to me.\u201d But, it\u2026it literally applies to everything, doesn\u2019t it? As long as, you know, you\u2019ve put across, you know, what you think will help that person and, assuming that they\u2019ve kind of requested or hinted at wanting help with that, you\u2019ve kinda put that across\u2026you\u2019ve done your best, I suppose, haven\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, and it\u2026it\u2019s not to say that just because, like, you know, for instance, somebody might\u2026actually, I\u2019ve heard this, like, quite recently: \u201cOh, you shouldn\u2019t talk about veganism\u2026um\u2026you know, in these a\u2026in these entrepreneurial type, you know a, business type stuff because\u2026because then you\u2019re gonna turn people off,\u201d right, \u201cthen, they\u2019re not gonna want to listen.\u201d And it\u2019s like, no, dude, I\u2019m just being me. I\u2019m being authentic and I\u2019m putting it out there. And, you can choose to listen to it, if you want to, or not. But, what you gotta understand is I listen to people that believe that veganism is wrong, that you know, they should eat meat and stuff like that\u2026and I learn things from them as well when it comes to business, maybe relationships, ah maybe, you know, things like\u2026ah\u2026biohacking, you know like red light therapy, cold plunges. A lot of those people eat meat and that\u2019s totally fine. I\u2019m not gonna go say, \u201cI\u2019m not gonna listen to anything you say\u201d because they have their pre-existing beliefs, or, for whatever reason, they choose, you know, to do something else. You know, I choose my mentors according to what I want to learn from them. I might have somebody that is super healthy, but they\u2019re not married. So, obviously, I\u2019m not gonna listen to their marital advice or their relationship advice, right? They might not have kids. Well, I\u2019m not gonna listen to their advice on children, ok? It\u2019s just that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: They might be\u2026ah, you know, ah successful as a, you know, in the fitness industry, or something like that, but I\u2019m not gonna listen to \u2018em when it comes to marketing if they\u2019re not a good marketer themself, right? They might just be in shape, but they might be lousy at the other stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yup.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: So, you\u2019re gotta pick and choose your mentors and kinda look at it like a menu of, well, I can learn this from this person, but not this from that person, you know? And, that\u2019s totally fine.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Absolutely. Can say that I disagree with any of that, which is good. We don\u2019t want conflict on here. Ah, now then, um\u2026on the topic of\u2026so, today\u2019s subject is always be growing, always be learning\u2026um\u2026we\u2019ve talked about\u2026um\u2026we\u2019ve talked about, you know, taking in information the way that you prefer\u2026um\u2026and I mentioned I listen to a lot of audiobooks. That got me wondering wha\u2026what audio books have you listened to recently? I\u2019ve listened to a couple of good ones I\u2019d like to share, but I\u2019m curious where, you know, where you\u2019ve been dedicating your [indecipherable] recently.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Sure. Why don\u2019t you say yours and I\u2019m gonna actually pull up mine\u2026just so I can remember because\u2026um\u2026because with audible, like I have a membership and I have all these books I\u2019m adding and I don\u2019t\u2026I haven\u2019t listened to \u2018em because there are so many podcasts that I\u2019ve been listening to. And, sometimes, I\u2019ll pop open one of the audio books and I\u2019m just like\u2026this one\u2019s kinda boring\u2026the way they\u2019re talking. Like I like this interaction versus like, \u201cHi, I\u2019m Dan and today we\u2019re gonna be talking about how to get inspiration to get up each day and be your best self. And, our first lesson today is to always be growing,\u201d right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Well, there\u2019s a lesson in itself. Before you buy the audio book, before you use that audible credit, listen to the preview. [Chuckles] Because\u2026and I tend to read the notes, as well, because I never buy fiction on there,\u2026ah\u2026but I was gonna buy one which was\u2026um\u2026I hadn\u2019t read in ages was \u201cThe Celestine Prophesy\u201d and I thought, \u201cOh, brilliant! It\u2019s on Audible.\u201d And, then, I saw that it\u2019s abridged and somebody reviewed saying that it\u2019s\u2026that it\u2019s\u2026it\u2019s missing half of the book. So, I didn\u2019t get that book. I\u2019ll tell you the ones I got then. Um\u2026so, recently, um\u2026 I listened to \u201cYoutube Secrets\u201d by Sean Cannell and Benji Travis.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Ok.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: And, they are brilliant on Youtube. Sean and Benji are brilliant. Sean has\u2026um\u2026so they, together they have\u2026I think it\u2019s called \u201cVideo Influencers\u201d. Um\u2026that channel and then, also on Youtube, Sean Cannell has \u201cThink Media\u201d and Benji does cooking stuff. Now, they\u2019re both brilliant\u2026ah\u2026on camera, very natural and all this, but I gotta say the audio book is on the verge of unlistenable. Um\u2026at first\u2026I\u2019ll give it that caveat. And, the first person that you hear is a guy called \u201cBenji\u201d and he\u2026and like he says\u2026um\u2026he talks a bit like you just did then, but the thing that stuck out to me the most was like I would say like\u2026like\u2026um\u2026\u201cpick up a cup of coffee\u201d like, you know, if I was reading it, I would say, \u201cpick up a cup of coffee,\u201d right. A bit of a tongue twister there. But, you know, \u201cyou\u2019ll receive a friendly welcome.\u201d Ok, but he says, \u201cyou\u2019ll receive A friendly welcome\u201d and he emphasizes the \u2018A\u2019 and, at first, I was like what the Hell am I listening to? And that was, at first, challenging, but it\u2019s a great book. I would recommend \u201cYoutube Secrets\u201d. Maybe get the book but, if not, the audio book. Sean Cannell and Benji Travis and that\u2026 that kinda gets you on the road to doing what we\u2019re doing right now, actually. And, they talk about\u2026a little bit about Youtube SEO and stuff\u2026there\u2019s nothing groundbreaking but, if you\u2019re interested in it, ah\u2026then that\u2019s interesting. But, there\u2019s a very nuts and bolts, \u201cHow to\u201d kind of a book. So, then to kinda balance that out\u2026I d-don\u2019t tend not to do fiction\u2026um, but I listened to \u201cBig Magic\u201d by Elizabeth Gilbert\u2026ah\u2026and she wrote \u201cEat Pray Love,\u201d which I\u2019ve not read or listened to. Um, but the idea of \u201cBig Magic\u201d\u2026behind \u201cBig Magic\u201d\u2026her idea is that\u2026um\u2026ideas are almost like living things and they come to you and get your attention and, if you don\u2019t do anything with them, they go to someone else. Ah\u2026she gives a few examples of that and\u2026and, particularly, um\u2026how many times you have and idea and don\u2019t do anything with it and then somebody comes up with that exact same thing and you\u2019re like, \u201cthat was my idea, what the Hell,\u201d but you didn\u2019t act on it. So, that\u2019s\u2026that\u2019s \u201cBig Magic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I learned that\u2026I learned that from the yogis, that\u2019s the collective consciousness. Um\u2026there\u2019s basically all this information\u2026just like, right now, in our rooms, we have all this information being transferred all over the place and, without like our computer or our phone to decipher the\u2026the wi-fi signal\u2026to attach itself to whatever it is we want to look at, you know, we don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Mmm hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: So, like looking around, up in the room and stuff, I don\u2019t see all these little data points and all this stuff going on\u2026these signals all over the place, these radio signals, satellite signals happening all around us. Um, but the information is all there and ah, you know, exactly what you just said, the collective consciousness is not like, you know, these radio waves, but they are similar, but they\u2019re the collective consciousness, where all around us, you know, all this information is being, you know, passed along and, if you don\u2019t take action on it, then somebody else will. Somebody else is having that thought. And, I remember, man, I\u2019ve written this down before\u2026I don\u2019t have the note in front of me, so I\u2019ll butcher the story. Um\u2026and let me know if you\u2019ve heard of this before too. Tony Robbins is the first person I heard talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Alright.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: We talked about this island in Japan, where these monkeys were and\u2026I can\u2019t remember if the monkeys were starving or whatever or they were hungry or something like that\u2026and they had learned, on one of the islands, they had learned to take the potatoes\u2026\u2019cause they had potatoes and the potatoes were dirty, because they were on the ground, so they didn\u2019t eat them\u2026but a monkey, or a few of the monkeys had learned to wash the\u2026the potatoes off and, then, to eat them. So, all of a sudden, the neighboring islands that were like, you know, hundreds or whatever miles away from each other, you know, they had no way of communicating\u2026so, it\u2019s not like they grabbed an iPhone and said, \u201cHey, bro, here\u2019s what I figured out,\u201d you know. \u201c Check this out! Yeah, yeah, hey monkeys on this other island!\u201d No, but all of a sudden, these other monkeys started doing the same thing and then on the next island and then it spread across. So, it was like, it\u2019s just\u2026it\u2019s crazy and that was the first time that kinda stuck with me. Um\u2026and I thought that was really cool. But, that, you know, again, it\u2019s the collective energy. And, this is one of the reasons why, and we\u2019ll get into this some other time, but this is why we do Kundalini Yoga\u2026um\u2026every single morning and we\u2019ll do a meditation. Um\u2026the yogis will do it like four or five in the morning, as the Sun rises\u2026\u2019cause that\u2019s where the information comes and they also say that\u2019s why you\u2019ll dream in the early morning, as the Sun is rising is when most of your dreams will actually happen. And, when you\u2019re awake, you\u2019re able to take in that information and process it\u2026ah\u2026by doing the yoga and doin\u2019 the, you know, and meditation. And, that why we do that every morning. I don\u2019t get up, my wife does\u2026she gets up like at four or five and does it. I used to do it. Now, I get up like at seven and I\u2019ll do it about 7:30. Um, eventually, I will start getting up early again. But, that\u2019s why we do it. It\u2019s so I can take that in and then I\u2019m constantly just writing down ideas and notes and some things.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Do you download?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, some things I\u2019ll never use, but I will tell you\u2026before I started doing Kundalini Yoga, um\u2026and\u2026and doing meditation with it, you know, this is all part of the Kundalini practice. Before doing that, I was a mess. Like, my head was going, \u201cbwwbwwbww\u201d\u2026it was, like, all over the place. Like, basically, if\u2026if my brain was a computer, it was\u2026it was like spam and overlays and pop-ups popping up all over the place and flashing all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: A thousand browser tabs open.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yes, that\u2019s how my brain worked. I had absolutely no control, whatsoever. And, today, I have\u2026I wouldn\u2019t say I have control, I have like tamed the wild horse\u2026um, but, you know, it\u2019s still does its thing, but I am definitely focused and getting this information downloaded and putting it on paper, putting it in Evernote, Google Docs, Trello. I\u2019m putting it all over the place. And, you know, that\u2019s why we\u2019re having this conversation today. It\u2019s one of the things that came to me. Hey, let\u2019s talk about this. [Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I do\u2026I do wonder how much of that is also to do with having some kind of an end goal in mind. The\u2026the idea of\u2026ah\u2026being more focused and\u2026and\u2026and all of that. Do you think you would have done that if you didn\u2019t have goals? That\u2019s just what popped in my head, as you were saying that. So, ah\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Define goals, though, what do you mean by goals though.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah, like let\u2019s say you didn\u2019t have plans, goals, ambitions. Say you\u2019re a bit\u2026ah\u2026just kind of like\u2026Let\u2019s say you were more reactive. Let\u2019s put it that way. So, let\u2019s say every day you just think, \u201cWhat should I do today?\u201d\u2026instead of being pro-active. Do you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I don\u2019t know if I can answer it the way you asked, but I think this will answer possibly\u2026is that I didn\u2019t want to be on camera, I didn\u2019t want to be on stage, I didn\u2019t want to write a book, I didn\u2019t want to do any of those things. I mean, I\u2019mma\u2026I\u2019mma introvert and I would much rather just be hanging out with my kids and having a good time and just kinda giving advice to people here and there, but it\u2019s a mission, it\u2019s my purpose. It\u2019s, you know, it\u2019s\u2026it\u2019s being called to and if I don\u2019t do it, I\u2019m gonna be freaking unhappy. And, how do I know that? Because I was unhappy until I started doin\u2019 it. Um\u2026I wanted to be successful, so I knew I wanted to do that\u2026so the success part\u2026ah was me overcoming my fears. I had to overcome a lot of fears, which one of \u2018em was speaking on stage\u2026which I was deathly afraid of, you know. And\u2026ah, but I forced myself to get up there and do it and, still, today I am fearful of doing that. But, I let that fear drive me to doing it\u2026to leaping first and let the net appear, to trusting in the multiverse and\u2026and forcing myself to just do it. Just like I do the cold plunge, where doing the cold plunge actually preps me for everything I do in life. Because, today, I stood in front of the cold plunge\u2026because my wife couldn\u2019t do it because when you\u2019re menstruating, you\u2019re not allow\u2026you\u2019re not supposed to go into the cold tub.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Mmm hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Or, do the cold water therapy. So, she wasn\u2019t doing it. So, I had every excuse not to do it today. Where I stood outside and was going, \u201cMan, I don\u2019t wanna do this, man, I don\u2019t wanna do this.\u201d But, I said screw it, I hit the timer and I just got myself in there, dunked my head under water, laid back\u2026in there for five minutes. And, it just forced me to\u2026to do it, to take action, to leap first, without even thinking, and that\u2019s\u2026and that\u2019s how I do things in my life and in my business. I just make the call\u2026just make the call and deal with it after, you know. Get on stage and deal with it after. I do prep, yes. I write notes, but I won\u2019t like practice anything\u2026because I can\u2019t practice. It just doesn\u2019t work for me. Just give me my notes, I\u2019ll get up there and I\u2019ll do it. [Chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Fair enough. Um\u2026I\u2019m very, very pleased to hear that actually \u2018cause I\u2026I\u2019m very fly by the seat of my pants, with minimal preparation. But, I like to have\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, it might suck, but at least we did it.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u2026an end result in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Exactly! One thing I want to bring up too, and we can circle back on that if you\u2019d like, is, you know, the whole thing we talked about\u2026is\u2026is, you know, always be growing. And, you know, some people will say, \u201cYeah, I know man, but it\u2019s hard. It\u2019s just so tough, you know, the struggle does it ever stop\u2026or anything like that?\u201d But, this is why they call it \u201cgrowing pains\u201d. It\u2019s not called \u201cfeeling good,\u201d right. It\u2019s not called, you know, like\u2026ah\u2026what\u2019s the other thing\u2026I\u2026I think I took a note here\u2026\u201cpleasure,\u201d right? So, it\u2019s not called \u201cgrowing pleasure,\u201d right? It\u2019s called \u201cgrowing pains\u201d. And, wh\u2026when that plant or the grass is growing\u2026or, that tree is growing and it\u2019s gotta break through\u2026it\u2019s gotta break through the soil. You think it\u2019s easy? It struggles, man, it pushes. It pushes for a while and then it just breaks free, right? And, that\u2019s the same thing that you gotta do is\u2026the struggle is real, it\u2019s gonna happen, but you gotta keep pushing forward, no matter how tough it feels. You got, you know, no matter, like\u2026like, for instance, we were talking about this before the call, or before this video, right. Um\u2026and I was actually talk\u2026I had a\u2026I had a call with\u2026ah\u2026some guys that\u2026that were at the\u2026ah\u2026matt last Mastermind I went to and I had to speak in front of, and I was fearful of that. And, I didn\u2019t want to do that and I was fearful of it, but I did it\u2026I forced myself to do it. And I\u2026and I did my yoga practice while I was there, I had to get up a little earlier to do it, um\u2026I did a cold shower, which is, especially \u2018cause it was San Diego, was nothing like my cold plunge, it was like 64 degrees, right. Which is not my normal 50 degrees\u2026ah\u2026Fahrenheit, or 9 or 10 degrees Celsius. So, it was way above that. So, it sucked, but I did it. But, then, I got home and I stopped working out. That was like one thing that suffered. I got outta routine of working out\u2026and I did that for about two-and-a-half weeks. And, today, was the first time that I worked out since that event, which was two-and-a-half weeks ago. And, it sucks, but you know what? I got back up on the horse and I\u2019m doing it again. And, that\u2019s fine. You know what I mean? Sometimes you\u2019ll\u2026you\u2019ll\u2026you\u2019ll take breaks, you\u2019ll feel down, you\u2019ll\u2026you\u2019ll struggle, you\u2019ll\u2026you\u2019ll get on yourself and you\u2019ll be like, \u201cYou\u2019re a loser, you\u2019re not doing this, what\u2019s wrong with you?\u201d You might get a little depressed but, you know what? Don\u2019t live there, you know. Just get back on there and start doing it again\u2026and then get yourself out of it. Don\u2019t sit there and beat yourself up for something that you can push forward through, right.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I did hear, and this kind of links up with it. I did hear a good story and, again, it was a video\u2026this\u2026this old rabbi dude and he was saying about how the\u2026is it lobsters?\u2026I think maybe it\u2019s lobsters\u2026they know\u2026they shed their\u2026they shed their kind of sk\u2026not their skin, but their shell or something. They shed their old\u2026I\u2019m sure it\u2019s lobsters\u2026they\u2026they shed their old shell, and\u2026and\u2026and then they have to go somewhere safe\u2026um\u2026because they are very, when they shed it, the\u2026the new one that\u2019s underneath is very soft. So, they\u2019re very vulnerable for a while, but\u2026but they\u2026they know when it\u2019s time to shed that old shell because they feel the pressure, they feel the discomfort of that old shell\u2026because they\u2019ve just outgrown it and it\u2019s too tight, so they kinda have to wiggle out of it and then let the\u2026what was underneath kinda harden a little bit before they venture back out and, you know, it\u2019s\u2026ah\u2026it\u2019s\u2026I think it grows a little bit while they\u2019re hiding or something. Um, but yeah, I, you know, that was probably the worst delivery of a story ever because I\u2019ve not even got across the point, I think. I\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I thought it was great! That was a great visual. No, but\u2026you\u2026you gotta trust that taking yourself outta the safe space and the shell, that you\u2019re gonna be ok. That, you know, that pressure to grow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tony: [Indecipherable].<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, exactly. There\u2019s another example that\u2026that actually reminded me of another example. Two examples.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Maybe we could link to that one\u2026Maybe we could link to that one, Dan, here, or something.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: It reminds me of another example of, I always say, the caterpillar to the butterfly\u2026even though it\u2019s the butterfly lays eggs on a plant, I actually took notes so I remember, so it\u2019s\u2026ah\u2026you know they have eggs\u2026larva, right? And, then it comes out, the cocoon is the chrysalis, or however you pronounce that, right? Chrysalis. And, it becomes liquid, so the caterpillar wraps itself in this, we\u2019ll call it the \u201ccocoon,\u201d but that\u2019s not what it\u2019s called, right. And, it goes in this chrysalis and it liquefies and it feels like it\u2019s drowning, right? It\u2019s drowning in liquid\u2026in its own liquid that it\u2019s making and it feels like it\u2019s dying. I mean, wouldn\u2019t you feel like you\u2019re dying if this liquid is coming in your\u2026bringing in this liquid? And then, all of a sudden, you know, you come out fifte\u2026it\u2019s actually fifteen days later, you come out as a butterfly, right? Completely, but you have to trust\u2026you have to trust that you\u2019re gonna come through it with all this pressure and this liquid inside. And, the other example I use is a tadpole, right. A tadpole is in the water, it\u2019s under\u2026it breathes underwater, in the water, right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Mmh mmh.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Then, what happens? It\u2026it hatches out of an egg and then it starts to develop\u2026ah, you know, gills and then, you know, and then it starts to develop and then the limbs come out. And, then, what does it do? It comes out of the water\u2026and it\u2019s gotta trust that it can now breathe air, right? I mean, can you imagine that? That\u2019s the same thing you have to do\u2026is, by always growing and always be learning is to be patient with yourself and to trust\u2026because in\u2026ah\u2026in Kundalini, which is in Sanskrit, which is the\u2026the ancient, you know, language that the yogis, you know, had developed, or, you know, used. And, 15,000 words in the U.S. language is actually derived from Sanskrit. Ah\u2026and all these words have meanings and when they say, \u201cpatience\u201d\u2026\u201cpatience\u201d actually means \u201cto know the outcome.\u201d And, think about that for a second. \u201cTo know the outcome\u201d = to have patience. Because we always were\u2026I mean \u201cpatience\u201d to us was just be patient\u2026just, you know, relax\u2026relax, someday it\u2019ll happen.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Just wait.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: But, imagine if somebody said, \u201cI\u2026this is gonna happen, no matter what\u2026so be patient\u2026because I know for a fact that I\u2019m gonna show you a glimpse of the future that this is gonna happen in four years, or less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: You would have a lot more confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: If you knew the outcome, for certain, you would be patient, wouldn\u2019t you?<br \/>Dan: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I guess it\u2019s the uncertainty, the\u2026ah\u2026the not knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u2026that\u2026ah\u2026makes the patience difficult. In fact, this\u2026this..is\u2026this swings around to a topic that I was gonna bring up\u2026ah\u2026from the\u2026the musical \u201cHamilton\u201d. There\u2019s\u2026there\u2019s Aaron Burr. Obviously, it\u2019s based on real people. Alexander Hamilton and\u2026ah\u2026George Washington and\u2026ah\u2026Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Mmm hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: But, Aaron Burr\u2026his whole thing is I\u2019m gonna wait for it. I\u2019m the one thing in life I can control, you know, and I\u2026I\u2019ll wait. I\u2019ll take my time. \u201cI\u2019m not falling behind or running late, I\u2019m not standing still. I\u2019m lying in wait.\u201d That\u2019s his, one of his lines. Whereas, Alexander Hamilton\u2026he\u2019s just go Hell for leather for it. \u2018Cause he has nothing to lose. So, ah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Nice.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u2026if you knew the outcome, you could wait for it.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, I will tell you, man, I\u2026I made\u2026I like to call \u2018em\u2026I like to call \u2018em \u201creality boards\u201d. I had made a \u201creality board,\u201d instead of a \u201cdream board\u201d because I made\u2026I want to make things a reality, right. Which is, again, knowing the outcome. And, I would put all these things I wanted. I\u2019d put a yacht, a helicopter, a, you know, a private plane and, you know, and $10,000 in my bank account at all times. And, you know, and to have lunch with\u2026ah\u2026Tony Robbins. And\u2026ah\u2026to have a Mercedes Benz and all these other things that I wanted. I wanted to have a bigger home, and all these things, and have kids, right. And have three kids. And, on that list\u2026and, again, I had a lot more stuff on there\u2026but, I would say a hundred percent of the things that I put on that board, on that reality board, came true. That I wanted to come true\u2026because my goals and my\u2026and my dreams had changed as time went on\u2026because I evolved and other things became important to me. So, no longer did I need the Lamborghini, right? Instead, I was happy with just a Mercedes, right. No longer did I need a helicopter or, you know, a private jet, or anything like that, because I don\u2019t want to travel. So, I didn\u2019t want to do that anymore, you know. And, I\u2026I didn\u2019t want to do that. So, I didn\u2019t need that stuff. But, the big home, I wanted the big home. So, I got the big house. I got the nice cars, you know. We got the nice life. I got all the stuff that I want, you know, and that I need. You know what I mean? I can buy all the cameras that I want. I can test out different things and have fun and I don\u2019t have to worry about those things. So, I\u2026I, you know, have patience because it is gonna come\u2026it is gonna come for you. Right?<\/p>\n<p>Tony: If\u2026if you do the work.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: If you do the work and just keep pushing forward.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: You have to keep pushing forward. This is not the secret where you just get to make a list and then sit back, lock the door, put on earplugs and never leave your house, don\u2019t answer your door, don\u2019t answer your phone. Not.how.it\u2019s.gonna.work.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I did\u2026I did\u2026I can\u2019t even remember where I heard it now\u2026ah, but they say that it\u2026I think it\u2019s the Quakers say as you pray, move your feet. So, they\u2019re saying, you know\u2026yes, pray for it. Absolutely. But, you\u2019ve got to walk in the direction of the thing that you want. You\u2019ve gotta make motion in the direction of the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Exactly.<br \/>Tony: You\u2026you gotta do it. You\u2019ve gotta do the work.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Oh, totally forgot, man, our ADD kicked in. You asked me about my books..and I looked up. The most recent one I\u2019ve listened to was\u2026ah\u2026was the Kevin Hart \u201cI Can\u2019t Make This Up: Life Lessons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Aw\u2026Wow. Is it good?<br \/>Dan: Yeah, I liked it. Yeah, my wife liked it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: He reads it, yeah?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, he reads it and it was funny because he wasn\u2019t \u201creading\u201d reading. He was like kinda like going a little off-script and a little on there. So, it was good. I definitely listened, but I have like\u2026probably like a hundred. Yeah, I have like a hundred. Lemme\u2026lemme scroll down there. Look, can you see? [Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Good grief.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I haven\u2019t listened to any of those. [Wild Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Oh, and I saw at the top \u201cInfluence,\u201d Robert Cialdini there. At the very top.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah. I have listened to some of these and some of these are good. But, probably in a year or two years ago, was the last time I listened to some of the other ones. Ah\u2026so, I don\u2019t know what to really give you guys. [Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: One I listened to not long ago was\u2026um\u2026\u201dThe Chimp Paradox\u201d\u2026\u2018cause I hadn\u2019t\u2026I hadn\u2019t listened to that. Ah, yeah, or read that. And, I found that interesting. I found that very, very interesting. I\u2019d definitely recommend \u201cThe Chimp Paradox\u201d. Have you read that?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I have not. Remind me that\u2026I\u2019ll download that one. I\u2026\u201dHow to Win Friends and Influence People\u201d\u2026one of my favorites. An oldie, but a goodie. I\u2019ve actually listened to that so many times. Um, but I got it in my audible now too, so I can listen to it again. Ah\u2026there was also\u2026ah\u2026what was it called? \u201cThe Five Love Languages\u201d and he has a couple of versions of that for like kids and also for like work, as well. That\u2019s pretty brilliant, as well. I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve heard of that one.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: No\u2026no.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, that\u2019s a good one\u2026\u201cThe Five Love Languages\u201d. Because\u2026ah\u2026Tony actually bases a lot of the stuff he teaches off of that, as well, that\u2026um\u2026when, whether it\u2019s relationships, business, ah kids, um\u2026they have like a different way of\u2026every\u2026each person has a different way of what they perceive\u2026they prefer their communication to be in, you know. Like, some people it\u2019s \u201cshow me, show me that you love me, or care about me, or that you appreciate me.\u201d Some people are \u201cdo things for me, do something nice for me.\u201d If\u2026if you\u2026some people are touchy feely, they\u2019re like, you know, \u201cgive me a hug, or a kiss, if you love me.\u201d So, it kinda touches on all those. And, learning what people\u2019s languages are and then being able to give it to them the way that they prefer. Because some people be like, \u201cI do all these things for you\u201d and they\u2019re like, \u201cYeah, but if you loved me, you would tell me you loved me.\u201d And, then, everybody\u2019s fighting on, \u201cwell, read\u2026listen to my language\u201d. And, they\u2019re like, \u201cNo, but listen to my language.\u201d But, they don\u2019t realize that they\u2019re speaking two different languages and they can\u2019t understand why each other doesn\u2019t understand that they are doing something for them. And, for myself, actually\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tony: I can\u2019t help but think that that\u2019s very similar to the\u2026ah\u2026to the learning modalities then.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Like, if I\u2019m auditory and I prefer to learn by hearing\u2026maybe I prefer to hear. I mean, I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re directly linked, but yeah, yeah\u2026so, it\u2019s very similar. Sorry. Carry on.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah. No, for\u2026for me, I actually fluently speak all five love languages. So, it\u2019s great for me, but\u2026ah\u2026in\u2026in our relationship, with me and my wife, Siri Shakti, ah\u2026for several years, it was very challenging. [Chuckles]. Because I would actually communicate in her love language but, because I wanted to be\u2026I knew I wanted both of us to be above that\u2026um\u2026and to be able to communicate in more than one love language\u2026a more than one language, I would try to convert her over to a different language and she\u2019d be like, \u201cNoooo\u201d. You know, what I mean, like. So, there was this conflict at first, but today we\u2019re able to communicate in all languages\u2026which is great.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Excellent.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: That\u2019s probably a good one for\u2026ah\u2026for a whole \u2018nother episode, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: A whole \u2018nother episode, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: A whole \u2018nother episode.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, yup\u2026I think\u2026I think\u2026I think we\u2019ve probably exhausted everybody here, right. [Chuckles].<\/p>\n<p>Tony: [Chuckles]. Ah\u2026well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Some people need rest after commu\u2026getting all this information, right.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Now, you can go out there and act on it, right.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Big download of information. Absolutely. A big dow\u2026so, what\u2026what would your\u2026what would your kind of action step from this be? What would you recommend people do?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Yeah, I would\u2026I would probably say\u2026I would um\u2026hmm\u2026what could we do? Maybe\u2026maybe if they were to take\u2026ah\u2026you know, from what we\u2026what we\u2019ve talk\u2026what we\u2019ve spoke about. Ah\u2026maybe one recognize\u2026ah\u2026how they learn best, whether it\u2019s books, audio, podcasts, I mean, try a couple different out, and you know, maybe you already know what you\u2026what you learn best. But, maybe you haven\u2019t tried something, so from the other things we talked about maybe try some of those other ones. And\u2026and, you know, maybe two or three different mediums works for you. Maybe only one or two works for you, but zero in on what that is for you. Um\u2026and, then, I\u2019d also say, what are some of the things that\u2026um\u2026maybe you\u2019ve given up on, that, you know, that some of your dreams that you want to make a reality. And, maybe it\u2019s time to revive some of those things that you want to accomplish in your life\u2026and maybe write down the top ten things that you want to accomplish in your life. And, from those ten, highlight or put a little star next to the first three that you\u2019re gonna take action on. And, then, choose the number one\u2026put a little number one next to one of those three that you starred. And, choose the first one, then take immediate action on that. Um\u2026maybe you wanted to write a book, ah\u2026maybe you wanted to start a Youtube channel. Well, what\u2019s the first thing you can do to take action on it, right now? And, maybe, that\u2019s calling somebody that you know has a successful Youtube channel, maybe it\u2019s buying a book on doing that, maybe it\u2019s\u2026ah\u2026watching some Youtube videos on that, or emailing your Mastermind group and saying, \u201cHey, who do you know that could help me with this?,\u201d um\u2026or joining a Facebook group\u2026ah\u2026because there are plenty of those Facebook groups where you can mastermind with other people that are successful in certain industries. I belong to a lot of \u2018em and I know you do, as well, Tony. And, maybe, that\u2019s the first action steps you would take. And, I would say that\u2026that\u2019s your\u2026that\u2019s your homework, your\u2026your fun task to do.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Excellent. That\u2019s a good one. I\u2026I do like the idea of masterminding with people in groups and, I guess, if you\u2019re watching this, um\u2026then that definitely qualifies you to join our RockStar Entrepreneur Facebook group, if you\u2019re not already in it. So, ah\u2026head on over to Facebook, just search \u201cRockStar Entrepreneur\u201d. You will find us there\u2026and\u2026ah\u2026in fact, see Dan\u2019s T-shirt there? That\u2019s the logo you need to look for. There it is, that\u2019s the one. So, have a look for that and come and join us. Introduce yourself and\u2026um\u2026that\u2019s a great place to get started to\u2026to just ask\u2026introduce yourself and just say, \u201cHey, this is what I want to achieve\u201d. And, just\u2026just maybe, that can be your first step to\u2026to helping you on that journey. And\u2026ah\u2026yeah, absolutely agree with the\u2026with the trying different\u2026different\u2026ah\u2026different ways of learning\u2026different modes, or modalities, of learning. And, I think always be learning what, you know, always be closing, if you\u2019ve seen\u2026ah, oh damn it, what is that movie called?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: \u201cGlengarry Glen Ross\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: \u201cGlengarry Glen Ross\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: Horrible movie, but great parts.<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Yeah, that\u2019s it. Do you know\u2026I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve even seen it. I\u2019ve seen all the clips that are worth seeing, I think. Ah, but always be closing, always be learning. I think that\u2019s a good takeaway from this.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: I always like\u2026I always like\u2026ah\u2026wha\u2026wha\u2026Dory? I always like\u2026ah\u2026 \u201cjust keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep learning, just keep growing, just keep selling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony: Oh yes. Well, I\u2026I think that wraps us up for the day. So, ah\u2026so\u2026you\u2026you guys, you know what you need to be doing, you\u2019ve got your homework, you\u2019ve got your little task there to do\u2026just to keep growing, keep moving, always be moving forward. Um\u2026so\u2026ah\u2026Dan? Any closing words from you?<\/p>\n<p>Dan: All right. Well, be a RockStar in your life, make the world your stage!<\/p>\n<p>Tony: And as I like to say, don’t stop believing. Thanks for watching.<\/p>\n<p>Dan: See you next time.<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the YouTube Channel HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, comment below your Aha-Moments and any requests on what you want us to discuss on the next episode of The RockStar Entrepreneur Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Be a RockStar In Your Life,<br \/>And Make The World Your Stage!<\/p>\n<p>Dan \u201cRockStar In Life\u201d Ardebili<br \/>& Tony \u201cDon’t Stop Believing\u201d Finbarr-Smith<\/p>\n<div id=\"ts-fab-below\" class=\"ts-fab-wrapper\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The following two tabs change content below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ts-fab-tabs\">\n<div class=\"ts-fab-tab\" id=\"ts-fab-bio-below\">\n<div class=\"ts-fab-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bfa498af3ac0c27598c7c2bec7f53c9?s=80&d=retro&r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bfa498af3ac0c27598c7c2bec7f53c9?s=160&d=retro&r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ts-fab-text\">\n\t\t\t<!-- \/.ts-fab-header --><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dan Ardebili is the co-founder of The 2RockStars, He is also a Internationally Renowned Best Selling Author, Reality TV Producer, Relationship & Life-Style Expert and Coach (teaching the world to live life with style!), Radio Show Host, and much more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ts-fab-tab\" id=\"ts-fab-latest-posts-below\">\n<div class=\"ts-fab-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bfa498af3ac0c27598c7c2bec7f53c9?s=80&d=retro&r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bfa498af3ac0c27598c7c2bec7f53c9?s=160&d=retro&r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarentrepreneur.com\/always-be-growing-and-learning\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=always-be-growing-and-learning\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEST… In this episode, Dan Ardebili and Tony Finbarr-Smith discuss what happens when you stop growing and learning. 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