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0:00I think genuinely that this is one of
0:01those videos that if you watch the whole
0:03way through, genuinely, could be the one
0:05video that actually changes your life,
0:07like the pivotal moment where you become
0:09a completely different type of human
0:11being, or you see the world in a
0:13completely different type of way. A lot
0:14of people look at my life and what I've
0:16been able to do by the age of 26, and
0:18it's a life that a lot of people would
0:20see as being the ultimate view of
0:22success. And I'm not saying that I'm
0:23like a way to talk myself up or sound
0:25prideful, rather it's just the reality.
0:27But there's so much deeper layers to
0:29what being successful truly is. And this
0:32type of video is going to be me
0:33basically talking to a younger Alex. All
0:35these principles I wrote down on the
0:36sticky note that I wish I would have
0:38known genuinely sooner, but I've amassed
0:41and learned over the years. Again, I'm
0:42only 26, so I'm not super old. I've had
0:44to grow up pretty fast and my mental age
0:46is a lot older than what my physical age
0:48says, and I think you'll understand that
0:49by the way that I view things and speak
0:51throughout these various different
0:52topics. So, this is going to be a
0:53longer, probably more winded video, and
0:56if you came here for straight-up
0:57entertainment, then this is probably not
0:59the video for you. But if you are
1:00craving and wanting something more out
1:02of life, not just financially, but in
1:03all areas, understand like this is
1:05coming from the heart. I'm giving you
1:07everything here. There's not anything
1:08that I'm leaving off on the table. And
1:10if you actually do digest this
1:11information, I do genuinely think that
1:13it is extremely valuable and can be
1:17something that actually really does
1:18change your life. So, this is going to
1:20be me speaking to you, speaking to a
1:22younger version of myself, on some
1:23really core concepts that I've learned
1:25throughout the years of of becoming more
1:26successful. Basically, again, I have
1:28like 15 to 17 points here. The way we're
1:29going to structure this is I'm going to
1:30explain each point, and I'm going to
1:32have a core statement for each one, so
1:34we can kind of stay on track. The first
1:36one I have here, there is no such thing
1:38as luck. Now, if you guys know who
1:41Seneca is, the Stoic philosopher guy, he
1:43said, "Luck is what happens when
1:44preparation meets opportunity." I cannot
1:48stand when people see someone who is
1:50more successful than them or has a
1:52better physique than them, and they
1:53immediately go to saying that person
1:55just got lucky. We have to dive in
1:56deeper and understand, okay, why do
1:57people tend to do this? And usually,
2:00it's because they don't want to act like
2:02they have to be in competition with the
2:03other person. So, in order to protect
2:05their own ego, they try and disqualify
2:08the other person who's doing better than
2:09them. This is why people have a better
2:11physique than someone else, a lot of
2:12people say, "Oh, that person's" They
2:13jump to the conclusion without knowing
2:15that person, "Oh, it's just steroids."
2:16Or when they see somebody who's driving
2:17a nice car, they're like, "Oh, they have
2:19daddy's money." Whatever. I've seen this
2:20time and time again. And I don't get
2:22upset when I hear that from people. I
2:24rather feel deeper because I feel bad
2:26for that person because they're clearly
2:27struggling with some sort of ego issue.
2:29Think about it this way. Two types of
2:31people. One person, when he sees
2:32somebody more successful than them, he
2:33chooses to ask that person questions,
2:35"What can I learn from you?" The other
2:37person says it's just luck, chooses to
2:39disqualify the person from being any
2:41anyone credible at all, and gains
2:42nothing from it. One person gains
2:44insight and information that will
2:45actually move the needle in their life
2:47potentially. The other person literally
2:49gains nothing. They're in the same spot
2:50that they always were and will be.
2:52Understand that. Let me give another
2:53example. There's no such thing as luck.
2:55It's when preparation meets opportunity.
2:58Let me explain it this way. I started
2:59blowing up on social media uh from
3:01TikTok in 2020. But, I trained in the
3:04gym for 4 years prior, and I had an
3:06amazing, incredible physique that I was
3:08able to use to launch my personal brand
3:10on social media. If I had no physique, I
3:12would have not have been able to take
3:13advantage of the timing of TikTok. The
3:15timing was incredibly, in a sense,
3:17lucky, but it was an opportunity. And I
3:19was able to take advantage of said
3:21opportunity because I was prepared. Get
3:23rid of this concept that in order to be
3:24become successful, you have to be lucky.
3:26There's no such thing as luck, okay?
3:28It's preparation meeting opportunity. If
3:30you were not prepared to take advantage
3:31of certain opportunities, then you will
3:33not be successful. You have to be
3:35prepared, okay? That is a core concept
3:37that I need to just get out the way off
3:38of it because people constantly try and
3:39disqualify other people's success just
3:41by blaming it on luck. That is an issue
3:43that you need to deal with because that
3:45will prevent you from learning more and
3:47becoming a better human being. Second
3:49thing, control your dopamine, or it will
3:51control your life. This one molecule I
3:53just started reading a book. It's called
3:54the molecule of more. This one molecule,
3:57if you cannot learn how to control it,
3:58it will control you. You will never be
4:00successful or happy in life. But, if you
4:02can learn to use it for you, you will
4:04become extremely powerful in all areas
4:07of life. Core line here, when your brain
4:08becomes addicted to effortless
4:10stimulation, meaningful work starts to
4:12feel unbearable. This is why for some of
4:14the people who already clicked off this
4:15video, they're not going to be able to
4:16watch it the whole way through because
4:17it's not giving them enough dopamine. We
4:19have a massive dopamine issue in today's
4:21day and age. I have 700 people in
4:23Pathway, it's my social media mentorship
4:25group that I do. One of the most common
4:26questions that I get asked from people
4:28isn't even social media advice, it's
4:29Alex, how do I become more motivated? I
4:31don't like spending time on creating
4:34content or editing. It's because you
4:35have a dopamine issue. We live in a
4:37society now where now more than ever it
4:39is so easy with no effort to have the
4:42highest spikes of dopamine, such as doom
4:45scrolling, watching things on the
4:46internet that you should not be
4:47watching, eating junk food, playing
4:49video games. All these different things
4:51are so stimulating, and they require no
4:53effort to get the dopamine. We're
4:55initially hunter-gatherers, brother,
4:57okay? Back before all of this, we had to
4:59Our sense of dopamine came from an
5:01exhausting hunt to where we got our
5:02prey, and we could take it home to our
5:04family or tribe, whatever, and that was
5:06the reward. We got a dick That was the
5:08dopamine hit of succeeding a task,
5:10right? But, there was a lot of effort
5:11that had to be done to do that. So, this
5:13is how it works. Because you are so used
5:15to getting so much dopamine for no
5:16effort, when you find the time to try
5:18and listen to a video like this or read
5:20a book or listen to a podcast or work on
5:22your business or start going to the gym,
5:24you find that it is so hard because it
5:27takes a lot more effort to get the same
5:29dopamine that you can get by just doom
5:30scrolling on your phone or watching a
5:32movie or playing video games. And that's
5:34the issue. You will be held a slave to
5:36the thing that is keeping you addicted,
5:38and it literally is an addiction that
5:40you have to learn how to break. You have
5:41to learn how to reset your levels of
5:43dopamine. This is how it works. When you
5:45can learn to control dopamine, and you
5:48you only give your body it from the high
5:50effort lower dopamine activities and you
5:52rid it of the low effort high dopamine
5:54activities, your body is only getting
5:56that high that molecule from high effort
5:59things such as going to the gym, working
6:00on your business, listening to podcast,
6:02reading books. It takes time and
6:04discipline to to create this transition,
6:07but this is why now when I go to drive
6:09somewhere far or if I'm on a plane
6:11instead of watching a movie or listening
6:13to music, I put on a podcast, I put on
6:16an audiobook, I listen to history
6:18videos, whatever. And I actually now am
6:20addicted to the thing that I used to
6:21hate doing because I thought it was too
6:23boring. I'm now addicted to it because
6:24now my body is only getting dopamine
6:26from those things because I rid it of
6:28all the other things. I'm not saying you
6:29have to go and stop playing video games
6:30and stop enjoying some of these things.
6:32You can have it, but in moderation.
6:35Okay, you have to have self-awareness to
6:36realize whether or not you were addicted
6:38to something or not and have the
6:39self-control to rid those things. So I
6:41recommend a dopamine detox. Okay, what
6:43does this look like? A lot of people
6:44need this if you're watching this
6:45majority of the time, you probably need
6:46it. You have to go a period of it's like
6:48fasting, a week or two, where you
6:50literally rid yourself completely of all
6:52of the low effort high dopamine
6:53activities. The doom scrolling, the
6:54watching things you shouldn't be
6:55watching, the junk food, the whatever
6:57might be that you clearly are doing that
6:59you were addicted to. Whether you like
7:00it or not, you're addicted to it. And
7:02you're going to replace those things
7:03with the high effort lower dopamine
7:05things such as working on your business,
7:07going to the gym, eating healthy,
7:09reading books, listening to podcasts,
7:11whatever it might be that are focused on
7:13building yourself up spiritually
7:14>> [music]
7:15>> and intellectually or physically. It's
7:16not easy. You're probably going to
7:18relapse. Over time, you will become more
7:20so addicted to the higher effort things
7:23that will actually move the needle of
7:24your life that will actually lead to you
7:26becoming more successful. Think about it
7:27this way. Who do you think's going to be
7:28more well off in life? The person who is
7:30obsessed with learning or the person who
7:32is obsessed with playing video games and
7:34doom scrolling? It's a no-brainer, okay?
7:36And if you can biohack this molecule and
7:38make it work for you, you will find that
7:40that side here that sounds boring will
7:43actually become extremely fun and
7:44engaging once you rid it of all the
7:46other distractions. The wrong people can
7:47destroy your potential. This goes for
7:49romantic relationships or friendships.
7:51If you look at some of the most powerful
7:53men in the Bible in the Old Testament
7:55like Samson, King David, they fell to
7:58women. Their weaknesses were from women,
8:01okay? So this is why I say I'm not
8:03saying all women are bad, I'm saying
8:04romantic relationships are a big one and
8:06friendships, the people that you
8:07surround yourself with is extremely we
8:10are as humans we crave connection, which
8:12is great, but sometimes we crave it so
8:14much that we disregard the imperfections
8:16of people have and if people have
8:18imperfections that can become toxic and
8:20we are so attached to them and their
8:21toxicity will leak into our lives and
8:23that will make us miserable. And this is
8:26why men and I'm guilty of had this
8:27happen in my life plenty of times where
8:29I crashed out, I almost wanted to not be
8:31here anymore all because of a woman,
8:33okay? So you have to audit your romantic
8:35relationships and your friendships and
8:37determine and distinguish and have
8:38discernment whe- not that person is not
8:41in a sense beneficial for you in in
8:43terms of a transactional moment, like
8:45but just examine what their intentions
8:47are, examine their morality, their
8:49standards for things, their goals in
8:51life and if there is an misalignment,
8:53you really need to question whether or
8:54not you should have that person
8:56genuinely in your life. I'm not saying
8:57to get rid of your day ones or anything
8:59like that, but there's not a lot of good
9:01people fully in this world. We live in a
9:02fallen world, okay? So if you find that
9:05the common rule of thumb is if you were
9:06to have like a child right now, like a
9:08newborn, like what people would you
9:10generally feel comfortable with them
9:11raising your kid? And if you can't
9:12answer that right away and like you
9:14would be like oh I can't trust Johnny or
9:16my my girl like I don't know if she's
9:18ready for that, I don't know if I could
9:19trust her, then they probably shouldn't
9:20be someone that you're actually putting
9:22effort into maintaining that
9:23relationship with, okay? It's just a sad
9:26truth. Sometimes it can get a little bit
9:28lonely because you have to do some
9:30pulling of weeds and that can be hard
9:33and that can be painful at times, but
9:34it's extremely important the people that
9:36you were around are most likely that one
9:38quote, you like show me your friends and
9:40I'll show you where you're going to be
9:41at, whatever. It's a very true concept.
9:42You have to surround yourself with
9:44people who have similar intentions that
9:45you have with life, similar desires, and
9:47you'll find that you will cultivate that
9:49environment more so easily together,
9:51okay? Controversial one, money will not
9:54make you happy. Core line here, money
9:56can improve your circumstances, but if
9:58it is your only purpose, no amount will
10:00ever feel like enough. If money is your
10:02ultimate driver in life, you will never
10:05be happy nor content. Read Ecclesiastes
10:07in the Bible if you don't believe me.
10:08Everything is a chasing after the wind.
10:10Money is awesome, it's great. It allowed
10:11me to buy the house that I'm in, it
10:13allowed me to buy my dad his dream car,
10:14my mom her dream car. Cultivated an
10:16amazing, incredible life. It's awesome,
10:18yes. But it's not my motive. A lot This
10:20is the issue. Money is great, but if it
10:22is your motive only, if it is your god,
10:25then you will be left unsatisfied. You
10:26will find that the goal posts that you
10:28had, I want to make this amount of
10:29money, then I'll be happy, will
10:30continuously keep moving farther and
10:32farther away from you,
10:33>> [music]
10:33>> and that is exhausting. That is when
10:35when that is where you're trying to get
10:36your happiness from, it will never fully
10:38fill you up. It's like trying to fill up
10:39a cup that has bunch of holes in it.
10:41There's no amount of money that can fill
10:43that cup and pour it, it just keeps
10:44seeping out, okay? You will never be
10:46fully satiated, fully content and happy.
10:49You have to have a deeper meaning why. I
10:51just posted a video on TikTok I talked
10:52about I literally will read it word for
10:54word [music] for you cuz I literally
10:55just posted it 2 minutes ago. A man
10:57doesn't want money to be happy, a man
10:58wants money to make the people he loves
11:00happy. All money does is it fix it fixes
11:02money problems. I think from the moment
11:04of not having money to having the money
11:06where you're in some sort not having to
11:08worry about it, there's an angle of yes,
11:10you are less stressed and a little bit
11:11more happy. But the from here to here,
11:13there's no extra happiness that is
11:15gained, okay? You have to have something
11:17deeper than that that is motivating you
11:19to become more successful in life. If
11:21[music] you keep thinking that money's
11:23going to make you happy, then you will
11:24never be happy. There's plenty people
11:25who are ultra successful who [music] are
11:27extremely depressed, okay? There's
11:29deeper things that are more important
11:31such as family and experiences and
11:33relationships. All those things are more
11:35important. So, for me, I want to retire
11:36young so that I can spend every living,
11:38breathing moment with them. Time is the
11:40most valuable resource in life, and
11:42money can allow you to buy back your
11:44time. I will be able to retire very
11:46young, and that is my motivator so that
11:48I can spend every moment with my friends
11:51and family, rather than work till I'm 60
11:53or 70 and then not being able to spend
11:55quality time. Who knows if my parents
11:57will even be here? I would rather chase
11:59after the success now, become well off
12:02to where I can buy back my time. Not so
12:04I can buy a bunch of cool stuff. I want
12:06to have freedom of time so that I can
12:08drop my kids off at every football
12:09practice and be present [music]
12:11throughout every single aspect of their
12:12life, rather than be at a job. That's
12:15the way that I view it, okay? I hope
12:16that that makes sense. Your mind is
12:18being programmed, okay? Core line here,
12:20the thoughts you repeatedly feed to
12:22subconscious eventually become the
12:24beliefs, actions, and identity that
12:26shape your life. One of my favorite
12:28books that genuinely probably changed
12:30the trajectory of my entire life, two
12:32books written by Napoleon Hill, written
12:33like the 1940s, Think and Grow Rich and
12:36Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill.
12:38Such interesting concepts here, infinite
12:40intelligence and auto suggestion. I'm
12:42going to talk about auto suggestion.
12:44Your subconscious mind is extremely
12:46powerful, similar to the dopamine
12:48concept that can either completely build
12:50you up and work for you, or it can
12:52completely work against you. If you
12:54genuinely have doubt that you can become
12:56successful, your mind will cultivate
12:59that. If you genuinely do believe
13:00without a doubt that you will be
13:02successful, your mind will seek and act
13:05on opportunities that presents itself
13:07more efficiently. There's been times in
13:08my life where I've had a lot of doubts
13:11with my social media growth, right, when
13:12I first started. And I would find in
13:14those moments where I'm neglecting
13:15myself and I actually say bad things to
13:18myself, it's not going to work out, I'm
13:19going to have to go back to my job,
13:20whatever, that whenever I have an idea
13:22pop up for like a content idea, I
13:24immediately shoot it down. I immediately
13:25overthink it and I talk myself out of
13:27it. Versus when I'm in a positive state
13:29of mind, I believe that it will happen
13:31no matter what. I find that I have ideas
13:33flowing in my mind 24/7 and because I'm
13:36in a positive environment and a flow of
13:38energy, I immediately go and act on
13:39them. And that is what's going to move
13:41the needle of my life to become more
13:42successful. That's why I was able to
13:44grow on social media because every
13:45single idea I had, I didn't second guess
13:47it. I didn't think how other people
13:48going to view me. I didn't think
13:49negatively about it. I thought
13:50positively about it and I acted on it.
13:52There was a time in my life where I
13:53wanted to buy an Audi RS5. I never saw
13:56them out on the road, but once I started
13:57researching them every day and kept
13:58telling myself I'm going to get one, I'm
13:59going to get one, I started seeing them
14:01and noticing them out in society more.
14:02It's not that there was more Audi RS5s
14:05out there, it's that my subconscious
14:06mind was more aware of [music] it. So,
14:08once I saw one, I was more aware. My
14:10subconscious mind would bring the
14:12thought to my conscious mind so that I
14:14was aware of it. So, the concept of auto
14:16suggestion is extremely important. If
14:18you find that you are constantly
14:20doubting yourself, you genuinely don't
14:22believe in yourself, you speak
14:23negatively about yourself, whenever you
14:25try to do something new, you have a
14:26negative outlook on it, then you will
14:28cultivate that as an uh you your mind
14:30will literally make that into a reality.
14:32I promise you. What do you think is
14:34going to lead to a better result? The
14:35person who is constantly negative,
14:37speaking ill about themselves 24/7,
14:39always doubting things, or the person
14:41who is delusionally positive in
14:43everything? It's common sense. Clearly,
14:45that guy is going to do things not only
14:47more, but better. He's going to be more
14:49excited about doing things. His energy
14:51is going to be better and that will
14:52usually lead to a better outcome than
14:53the person who is always negative.
14:55[music] So, write down your goals and do
14:57affirmations. It sounds stupid, it's
14:59going to feel forced, but I promise you
15:01over time, your emotions and your mind
15:03will begin to believe actually what
15:05you're saying and you will start over
15:07time cultivating that delusion into a
15:10reality. Six, comparison is keeping you
15:12from your purpose. Comparison doesn't
15:14just steal your happiness, it distracts
15:15you from the path you were actually
15:17meant to pursue. Now more than ever,
15:19people are constantly comparing
15:20themselves because of social media and I
15:21get it, okay? you see people on social
15:23media with a better physique than you.
15:25These kids who are 18, 19 buying
15:26Lamborghinis and moving to Miami. And
15:28you see one guy is doing e-commerce, and
15:30this guy is doing day trading, this guy
15:31is doing real estate, this, this, and
15:33that. So, then you're all over the place
15:35not knowing what to do, right? You don't
15:37know what to do. So, therefore, you
15:39spend a a few months trying to learn how
15:40to trade, and you join someone's course
15:42for that. Next next one, you go to try
15:43to do real estate, and then you try to
15:44do social media, whatever it might be.
15:46Pick one lane and stick to it. People
15:49are going to become more successful than
15:51you. It's perfectly fine. If you
15:52constantly are comparing yourselves to
15:54others, it will manipulate what your own
15:57path was meant to be, and you will find
15:58that if you would have just spent your
16:00time that you had in one thing, you
16:02would have made it work. But because you
16:04kept putting attention and energy in all
16:05these different things that you saw
16:06working for other people, you will not
16:08be able to go as far. You know less than
16:10you think. Bottom line, the moment you
16:12believe you know everything is the
16:13moment you stop learning, growing, and
16:15improving. You know nothing. I still
16:17know nothing. I am constantly seeking
16:19advice for more things. This is why I
16:21read books. The five types of wealth
16:23here. I bought this today. I feel like I
16:24understand a lot of the Bible. I still
16:26got a book that is 30 days to
16:27understanding the Bible. I got the
16:28molecule of more. I'm always open to
16:31other points of view and other concepts.
16:33I started reading the Orthodox Bible as
16:34someone who never grew up reading
16:35anything that was Orthodox or Catholic.
16:37Always keeping my mind open to different
16:40points of view, different thought
16:42processes. I love looking at One of the
16:44videos and audiobooks that I listen to a
16:45lot are different philosophies of
16:47different people like Marcus Aurelius,
16:49stoicism, Iki uh Iki guy, like the
16:51Japanese. Like I listen to all these
16:52different philosophies cuz I'm curious
16:54to understand different schools of
16:56thought. I love listening to debates and
16:57all these things. Understand that you
16:59know nothing. Always be open to learning
17:01different points of view. If you're a
17:02science-based lifter, be willing to
17:04listen to someone who's a bro lifter.
17:05You can maybe learn something from him.
17:07The moment that we think we know
17:08everything, pride seeps [music] in, and
17:10it stops us from growing and becoming a
17:12more efficient, better, successful
17:13person. Point number eight, your
17:14reputation is creating opportunities
17:16behind your back. Your reputation enters
17:18rooms before you do, and you can create
17:19or destroy opportunities you may never
17:21even hear about. Now again, we are
17:23fallible human beings. We sin, we mess
17:25up, we create a bunch of chaos, okay?
17:27I'm not saying that you're going to
17:29always have a perfect reputation, but it
17:31is an important concept, okay? I've made
17:33plenty of mistakes being on social media
17:35where I have harmed my reputation in
17:37some capacity. You need to try and keep
17:39that as clean as you can. Like you I
17:41don't know how else to explain I mean I
17:42feel like this is a pretty obvious one.
17:45Like for people who are doing only fans
17:46now, right? Or doing casino gambling
17:49deals right now. You're going to have
17:51kids one day, okay? Think bigger than
17:53that. Your reputation is extremely
17:55important, and you have to make sure
17:56that you are even though we think so
17:58small in the present moment, we
17:59sometimes need to think bigger and think
18:01bigger than ourselves, and maybe that
18:03will give you the confidence to not make
18:05a decision that you feel like doing in
18:06the moment, okay? Like I don't know how
18:08else to explain that one, but try your
18:09best to keep somewhat of a good
18:11reputation. You're going to make
18:12mistakes, you're going to mess up, you
18:13might have times where you do something
18:15really bad. That's fine, that's normal,
18:16you're a fallible human being, but just
18:18try to become consciously aware to think
18:20bigger than yourself. You're going to
18:21have kids one day that look back on your
18:22life
18:23>> [music]
18:23>> and make sure that they're proud of
18:25their dad. You cannot build your life on
18:26motivation. Core line here, you cannot
18:28build your future around an emotion that
18:30changes every single morning. I hate the
18:32concept of motivation. I hate the
18:34concept of motivation. It is a fleeting
18:37emotion, okay? Discipline is a skill
18:40that you develop over time. If you're
18:42somebody who can only take action once
18:44they're motivated, you will not be
18:46successful. Get comfortable doing things
18:47that are uncomfortable. Like I just
18:49started getting into running, not
18:50because I want to, but because I always
18:52want to be challenging myself to do new
18:54things. I don't get I this morning I did
18:55I did a run. I did not feel like doing
18:57it. I didn't put on a something to get
18:59motivated. I just [ __ ] did it. I
19:00don't know how to explain it. I just did
19:01it. Discipline you gain that skill over
19:03time, and one thing that I think is
19:05helpful for this is I do a daily
19:06checklist. I have one right here for
19:08today. I write my daily checklist either
19:10at night before the next day or first
19:11thing in the morning. And I do not let
19:13my head hit a pillow to go to sleep
19:15until I check off every single thing. I
19:18don't care if I'm motivated or not
19:19motivated that day, I do it. And this is
19:21important where you have to think bigger
19:22than yourself. So, like for example, the
19:24people who just want money, that's not a
19:25big thing to keep keep you disciplined.
19:27I think deeper. I want to retire young
19:29so I can spend every living breathing
19:30moment with my family before they get
19:31old and die. That for me is motivation,
19:33whatever, to keep me disciplined. And
19:35over time you you get addicted to
19:37discipline. It's like when I first
19:38started going to the gym, want to go.
19:40That [ __ ] was ass. I didn't feel like
19:41going. But now it's just a part of my
19:43habit. I do so as of my as like a it's
19:45second nature. I just do it. I don't
19:47think about it. I just go and do it.
19:49It's a discipline. You can develop that
19:50skill for building your business, for
19:52building your health, for building your
19:53relationships, for building with God.
19:55I'm not going to lie, lately I have not
19:56been feeling spiritually super connected
19:58and close with God lately, but every
19:59single morning I still choose to read
20:01this 30 days to understanding the Bible
20:03book that I've been finishing and read
20:05my Bible. I do it out of discipline
20:06sometimes, okay? And one one cool thing
20:08about discipline is that you train it
20:10really good, you cannot always control
20:12the way that you feel. Your emotions are
20:14always constantly changing. But you're
20:15in control of what you do. If I don't
20:18feel like going to the gym, I can still
20:19get my two feet in the car and go to the
20:21gym and go through the motions. If I
20:22don't feel like reading the Bible, I can
20:23still open this Bible and start reading
20:26the Bible. I am in control. And over
20:27time your emotions follow what you
20:29choose to do. That's why sometimes our
20:31best workouts in the gym are the ones
20:33where we didn't even want to go to the
20:34gym. It was supposed to be a rest day.
20:35We weren't supposed to go. But we went
20:36anyways because we wanted to move the
20:37needle of our life and we ended up
20:39having the best workout ever and loving
20:41that we actually went. Your emotions
20:42follow what your actions are. Do not let
20:44motivation be the thing that
20:45distinguishes you from making action.
20:47Confidence comes from keeping promises
20:49to yourself. Confidence and self-respect
20:51are built every time you keep a promise
20:52that nobody else knew you made. This
20:54kind of plays off the last point. If you
20:55say that you're going to wake up early
20:57next morning, or if you say that you're
20:58going to go run, if you say that you're
20:59going to do this, do that, hold yourself
21:02to it. Stay true to your word. Again,
21:05confidence is built through evidence.
21:07You have to prove to yourself that you
21:09can do what you tell yourself you're
21:10going to do. Do not lie to yourself. If
21:12you tell yourself you're going to do
21:14something, follow through and do it.
21:15Because the more that you don't do it,
21:17that word will mean nothing and you will
21:19find it extremely hard to hold yourself
21:21to new things. So, I told myself last
21:23night, like yo, I should go run the next
21:25morning. I ate a lot of food today. I
21:26ran this morning even though I didn't
21:27feel like doing it because if I wouldn't
21:29have done it, then that promise I made
21:30to myself the night before would have
21:32been nothing. So, this plays into that
21:33discipline part. But basically, make
21:35sure that you keep your own promises to
21:36yourself. If you say you're going to
21:37leave that person, [ __ ] leave them.
21:39Don't go back to them. Sorry for
21:40cussing. I'm swear jar three times I
21:42think this video. I'm cooked. Stop
21:43chasing money and become valuable. This
21:45is the same analogy. Stop chasing the
21:47butterfly and build the garden the
21:49butterfly will come. When I started
21:51social media, I did not even know really
21:53that money was a thing. I just focused
21:54on becoming obsessed with building a
21:56community and putting out a bunch of
21:58content. It took me eight months I think
22:00before I started making my first bit of
22:01money from social media and I made three
22:03grand in a week. And then I dropped out
22:05of school. It was more money that I had
22:06saved up at the time. Because of short
22:07attention spans and just immediate
22:09gratification and dopamine, we just want
22:11to chase the thing that's like the most
22:12tangible. If you want to build actual
22:14genuine long-term wealth, you have to
22:16cultivate a skillset and an environment
22:18that can actually attract the
22:21opportunities and the money. That's why
22:22I'm saying you have to focus on building
22:23the garden. So, if you're young now,
22:25stop focusing on because you see other
22:26people doing it, hitting your first 10k
22:28month, whatever. Focus on becoming an
22:29absolute unit. Be physically healthy and
22:32well-off. Be emotionally and spiritually
22:34healthy and well-off. Become
22:35intellectually well-off. Become obsessed
22:38with becoming a sponge to learning
22:39everything and bettering yourself.
22:41Become an absolute unit of a man and
22:43opportunities will more so attract to
22:45that, okay? That's what I say by the
22:47preparation or luck. There's no such
22:49thing as luck. It's preparation meeting
22:51opportunity. All these things play into
22:53each other. So, become extremely
22:54valuable. Become a unit. Become skilled
22:57in all aspects of life and then the
22:58opportunities will come your way. I find
23:00that when you're chasing [music] money,
23:01it it goes away from you. It's hard to
23:04get it. 12, your routine is creating
23:06your future. Your future is built
23:07through these small actions you repeat
23:08every day and a checklist keeps those
23:10actions from becoming optional. Do the
23:12checklist. What I did when I started
23:13social media, when I was still in
23:14school, when I had this, I had a big ass
23:16whiteboard, cut it down the middle. The
23:17right side was my yearly goal. I wrote
23:19exactly what I wanted in the year,
23:21amount of followers, subscribers,
23:22sponsorships, money that I was making,
23:24all these things. I then made a daily
23:26checklist that in theory, if I did every
23:29single thing everyday, in theory, I
23:31would get closer to whatever my
23:33long-term goals were. So, my daily ones
23:35looked like going live, answering every
23:36comment, every DM, spending time with my
23:38community in the Discord, editing two
23:40videos and posting them, filming YouTube
23:42video, posting it, whatever it might be.
23:43And I did that every single day and I
23:46hit every single yearly goal the first
23:48time I did this. I have a video of me
23:50actually checking off my yearly goals
23:52after I did this for the first time.
23:53Create a routine and hold yourself to
23:55it, okay? Hold yourself to it no matter
23:58what. Make a checklist. Do not go to
24:00sleep until you check off every single
24:01box. And then once you [music] do it,
24:03make a new checklist for the next day.
24:06And hold yourself to that one as well.
24:0713, success requires seasons of
24:09sacrifice, core line. You can have
24:11almost anything you want, [music] but
24:13you cannot have everything at once. It
24:14takes time. It takes time and sacrifice
24:17to build a life that is worth living.
24:18Things do not happen immediately over
24:20time as much as you guys want to believe
24:21because you see some other kid who
24:23became hyper successful financially well
24:25after a young age, whatever. That's not
24:26real life. It takes time to cultivate
24:29and build a life that is awesome, okay?
24:32And it takes a lot of sacrifice to do
24:34so. Like I mentioned before in this
24:35thing, you're going to see in this whole
24:36all the lessons that I just went over, a
24:38lot of them require sacrifice. A lot of
24:40them require dying to your old self,
24:42cutting people off, putting yourself
24:44first in certain things, spending time
24:46instead of going out to the bars or
24:47playing video games, you're listening to
24:49podcasts and reading books. There's
24:50sacrifices that take place. And in order
24:52to become successful, you have to
24:53sacrifice. If you don't sacrifice for
24:55what you want, what you want becomes a
24:57sacrifice. If nothing changes, nothing
24:58changes. Those are my two favorite
25:00quotes that I hold fast to myself fully.
25:0114, lifestyle creep will keep you broke.
25:03Do not increase your lifestyle every
25:05time your income increases and sacrifice
25:06real wealth just to look successful
25:08today. This is applicable to so many
25:10young folk who's just starting to make a
25:11little bit of money. I see it so often,
25:13people start making a little bit of
25:14money, first thing they do, car, car,
25:17car. They immediately increase their
25:18expenses and their lifestyle in the same
25:20ratio that they're making money, so
25:21they're not actually building real
25:22wealth. They're just appearing more
25:24richer in the moment. It took me to hit
25:26a million dollars liquid, liquid in my
25:29bank account before I bought my first
25:30supercar and I bought it cash. It was a
25:32R8. When I hit a million, I spent 170
25:34grand on a R8. I just made a video on
25:36TikTok where I said, cuz I had a friend
25:37of mine, I had a friend of mine who just
25:38bought a Lamborghini. It was like a LP
25:40610 for like 220 grand or whatever. He
25:42only had like 60 grand to his name and
25:44he put like 40 grand down on the car.
25:46Stupidest thing you can do ever. Why
25:48would you do that? But it's what people
25:50do. People start making their first bit
25:51of money, they go and buy a M3 M4 comp,
25:53they move to Miami in a five a thousand
25:55dollar a month apartment. Next thing you
25:56know, they're profiting two to three K a
25:58month that they can actually put to
25:59build real wealth. Do not let lifestyle
26:01creep come into your life. Understand
26:03that the cost of something today is not
26:05its true cost. Think about the
26:06opportunity cost of that money could
26:08have made you. Think about it this way.
26:09Let's say you had 10 grand that you were
26:12going to go put on a down payment on a
26:13car. Let's say instead of putting that
26:15on a on a car, you're going to keep
26:16whatever car you already had and you're
26:18going to put that in in the market.
26:19Again, I'm not This is not financial
26:20advice, but let's say average returns on
26:22the S&P 500 historically roughly 10%.
26:25Let's say we're going to leave that
26:26money, that 10 grand in the market for
26:2720 years. Let's say it compounds
26:29annually at 10%. In 20 years, that 10
26:31grand become 67 grand. Let's go to my
26:34buddy who just put 40 grand on that car.
26:36He had 60 grand saved up. Let's say if
26:37he put that 40 grand into the market,
26:39this is not financial advice, okay? This
26:41is just like S&P 500 annually roughly
26:43historically 10% returns. Let's say he
26:45put that in the market, didn't touch it
26:46for 20 years. Didn't do anything else.
26:4810% compounding annually based on
26:50historical returns. In 20 years, that 40
26:52grand will be $269,000.
26:55So, the cost of that car isn't the 40
26:58grand down, the cost of that car is
27:00$269,000
27:03just as down payment alone. Okay? If we
27:05were to talk about the full value of the
27:07car, let's say he pays it off for the
27:08year. If he was to put 200 grand in the
27:09market over that same amount of time,
27:11that 200 grand would become $1.3
27:12million. Okay? So, that's the way that I
27:14view things now. I think about what
27:16could this money make me if I actually
27:17invested it into an asset that could
27:19compound over time. And that's why I'm
27:21really big on if I'm going to go buy
27:22something, I need to feel as if I could
27:24afford it twice two times over. If I
27:26feel comfortable even making that
27:27decision, I'm strict on budgeting and
27:29percentages so that I can make sure that
27:31I'm building long-term wealth so that I
27:32can retire at a younger age, to have
27:35freedom with my family and spend every
27:36living breathing moment with them. A lot
27:38of these things are connected. Please do
27:40not let lifestyle creep come into your
27:41life. I understand that we're young,
27:42we're you know, once we get some money,
27:44we want to go and immediately buy
27:45something cool. I'm not saying do not
27:46reward yourself, but make sure your
27:47ratios are in check, okay? So, if you
27:50want to go buy that nice car, do it, but
27:52make sure that you could buy that thing
27:53two, three times over and you'd still be
27:55okay. Then you can get it. You're still
27:57going to get a nicer lifestyle over
27:58time, but it's going to be one that you
28:00can actually afford a lot better. 15,
28:02failure is not what you think it is.
28:03Core line, failure is not your identity,
28:05it's feedback showing you what you must
28:06change before your next attempt. This is
28:08why I'm not a huge fan of the school
28:09system because school has ingrained in
28:11our brain and our identity to be afraid
28:13of failing. That's why the night before
28:14a test, we study [music] and stress
28:16ourselves out. Dude, I would cry
28:17sometimes sitting before a test the next
28:19day because I was stressing on my grade.
28:21Because in school, you can't make back
28:23your failure. Once you get that grade
28:24and that score on the test, there's no
28:25fixing your wrongdoings. That's not how
28:27the real world works. The real world
28:29works by having failure being the best
28:31teacher. The best teacher is failure.
28:32The best teacher isn't going to a
28:34business school to learn how to run a
28:36business from someone who's never even
28:37ran their own successful business.
28:38Learning the best business advice is
28:40going [music] to be trying it for
28:41yourself, [ __ ] up a [ __ ] ton of
28:43times, and learning how to not mess up
28:45the next time. Okay? The worst decision
28:47is indecision because if at least if you
28:49make a decision, whether it's the right
28:50or the wrong one, you either one made
28:52the right one and now you're better off
28:53or you made the wrong one and now you
28:55know to not make that one the next time.
28:56So, at least you're slightly closer than
28:58the goal is if you than if you just made
28:59no decision at all. Don't be afraid of
29:01failing. You're going to fail plenty of
29:03times and that is such a blessing cuz
29:05it's the best teacher and in the real
29:06world you can mess up endless amounts of
29:09time and that is going to give you
29:11experience that actually sticks. It's
29:12not going to be It's not going to be
29:13chemistry, photosynthesis, whatever, e =
29:16mc squared that I'm going to forget the
29:18next day after I take my test and it's
29:20done. Failure advice sticks. That [ __ ]
29:22sticks and you actually don't forget
29:24those times. So, you actually remember
29:26the learning experience that you got
29:27from it. I I'm incussing too much on
29:29this. I got to stop. I'm getting too
29:30amped up. 16, build yourself in every
29:32single area of life. True success does
29:34not just come from being financially
29:35well off. It becomes from something
29:37deeper. Becoming stronger physically,
29:39mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and
29:41financially. Not winning in one area
29:43while everything else is just
29:44collapsing. Okay? It's like people who
29:45become extremely financially well off
29:47but their health is terrible, they're
29:48overweight. Or the person who becomes
29:49extremely financially well off but his
29:50relationships suck. His whole family
29:52doesn't even see him because he's so
29:53obsessed with his business. Build
29:55yourself up in every area. Become
29:57healthy, physically fit, make sure that
29:59you're spiritually and mentally well
30:01off, spending time in that. Make sure
30:03that you're also becoming more smarter,
30:05intellectual, educated, working on your
30:06business, financially. All these things
30:09are core to actual genuine success and
30:11fulfillment. You have to do all of these
30:13things. Success isn't just financial. It
30:15is physical. It is relationship. There's
30:18so many more deeper layers to it. Last
30:19thing and the most important one, build
30:21your life on faith and humility.
30:24Core line, you can gain the whole world
30:25and still lose yourself if your success
30:27is not built on a deeper spiritual
30:29[music] foundation. Matthew 16:26 says,
30:32"For what will it profit a man if he
30:33gains the whole world and forfeits his
30:35soul?" You have to stay humble in any
30:37and all things. Realize that you are not
30:39the author of your life, the Lord your
30:41God is. Submit to him and and yield to
30:44his will. When I pray, the analogy is
30:46praise, repent, ask, and yield. The most
30:49important part is yielding. Yielding
30:51means to submit. That Lord, I present my
30:54asks and my requests to you. I love you,
30:56God. I pray that this is what happens
30:58for my life, but Lord, you are the
31:00author of my life. I am not. I submit
31:02and yield to your will. My response is
31:04yes. There's a There's this song
31:06Elevation Worship available, and I would
31:07listen to the song when I first started
31:09social media. There's a part of the song
31:10where it says, "Use me how you want to,
31:12God. Have your throne within my heart.
31:13My You You Use me how you want to, God.
31:15Have your throne within my heart. My
31:17response is yes. My response is yes."
31:19So, I present I have all these
31:21aspirations, dreams, and desires, but I
31:23place them at the foot of the cross, and
31:24I say, "Lord, I pray for this, but if
31:27you have a whole different route for me
31:28in my life, I yield. I submit. You are
31:31my God. I am not my own God." There is a
31:33core component of that concept and that
31:35mind my that mindset that brings
31:38humility and that makes it seem that
31:40where every successful thing here that
31:42you see, this house, everything, is of
31:44God. I yielded it's him. It is not me.
31:47He used me in some capacity to But all
31:50of it, I give credit and authority all
31:52under God. It is all him. It is not me.
31:54That mindset keeps you humble. Pride can
31:57be the downfall of many men. Do not let
31:59pride seep in. Do not have The opposite
32:01of pride is humility. Stay humble.
32:03Submit everything to God. Yield to him.
32:05You might be the most aspirational
32:07person ever. I don't care. You need to
32:09be okay with your life going completely
32:11different if God asks you it for to go
32:13to go different. I'm going to end with
32:14this. The analogy of Abraham and Isaac.
32:15I got to say the whole thing on this in
32:17my Lines and Nails channel. It took a
32:18long time for Abraham to get Isaac. It
32:20was like 100 years or something. He gets
32:21Isaac, and God now says, "Yo, Abraham,
32:25homie, you got to go and sacrifice your
32:27son, your only son, because I'm telling
32:29you to." Take someone a 3-day journey.
32:31Imagine the campfires, like where you're
32:33sitting with the son, watching him
32:34sleep, knowing that he has to go and
32:36sacrifice him. He gets up on the
32:37mountain to go and sacrifice him. He
32:39goes to do it. Last minute says, "No."
32:41God says, "No, I will provide." And he
32:43says, "Because you have not withheld
32:45your son from me whatever, I will make
32:46your descendants as numerous as the
32:47stars." Something like that. And God
32:48provides a ram caught in a thicket,
32:51which I think is Christ. Whole 'nother
32:52concept. Um because we are willing to
32:55give our only son for God, he gave his
32:56only son for us. The core concept is God
32:58wanted Abraham's yes. Abraham obviously
33:00did not want to sacrifice his son, but
33:02in faith he said, "Lord, you are my God.
33:04I submit and yield to you." And because
33:06he did that, God didn't make him do
33:08that. He still gave Abraham deeply
33:10probably what he desired. God just
33:12wanted his yes. You need to give your
33:13God your yes in everything. Second
33:15analogy, I'll keep it quick. Toys R Us,
33:17okay? You're a dad. You have two kids.
33:19One kid expects everything from you and
33:20he's just placing everything in the
33:21cart, throwing everything in the cart. I
33:23want this, this, this, this, and this.
33:25The other kid says, "Dad, you know what?
33:27I already have everything I need. Dad,
33:28you can just give me if you want to get
33:30me something you can, but I'm perfectly
33:31fine, you know. You can get my brother
33:33here whatever he wants to get." What is
33:34going to move your heart more? My heart
33:36is going to be moved by my son who
33:37chooses to not expect everything and
33:39give it and throw it in the cart.
33:40Whereas the other one, I will not feel
33:42good about buying him and giving him all
33:43those things cuz he's expecting it. The
33:45one son that's yielding and submitting
33:47to me, I would want to bless. So, to
33:49move the heart of God, there is a
33:51submission and a yielding responding to
33:53him with you are my God, my response is
33:55yes. And that cultivates a life worth
33:58living. That's where I'll leave it at.
34:00Hope you guys enjoyed it. Not my typical
34:01video, but I randomly thought about it
34:03and I was like, "Hey, because I'm in a
34:05positive mindset, instead of shooting
34:06this idea down and getting second
34:07guessing it, I'm going to go and execute
34:09it and do it." Which is exactly what I
34:10told you guys to do. So, hope you guys
34:12enjoyed it. If you did, leave a like,
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34:33And that's pretty much all I got. Check
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34:42got. Till next time. Peace out.

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