Ever wondered why some people seem to effortlessly climb the financial ladder while others struggle to get a grip? The secret might just lie in the company they keep. Join us, your Finance Bros, Anton Leftwich and Michel Dupoux, as we unravel the significance of a supportive financial environment in one's quest for monetary triumph. We're peeling back the layers to reveal how our day-to-day interactions can either fuel our growth or impede our progress. From the role of our partners, friends, and colleagues to the unexpected hurdles life throws our way, you'll discover the pivotal influence of your surroundings on your financial journey.
Then, we're cracking open the playbook on building relationships that bolster financial growth. Let's face it; the people close to us can make or break our bank. We share candid stories on the art of communication and decision-making within partnerships, especially when splurging on big-ticket items. The conversation gets personal as we dive into family dynamics, exploring how their support—or lack thereof—can shape our fiscal decisions. And for a bit of wild wisdom, we draw parallels with the animal kingdom to emphasize the power of aligning with like-minded individuals.
Finally, we're laying out the blueprint for thriving in business partnerships and the transformative impact of mentorship. Discover how solid contracts and transparent communication can cement the foundation of successful ventures, even amidst the complexities of family-run businesses. Our episode also touches on the delicate dance of work-life balance and the strategies we employ to keep our families in the loop and our minds at ease. So, buckle up and get ready to elevate your financial game as we navigate the twists and turns of personal and professional development.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
First and foremost, we want to be clear that what we
are sharing with you arestrategies and concepts that can
be implemented by individualswho understand the logistics of
how to approach such platformsas far as the literal, the
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mental and spiritual formatneeded to be successful with
your aspirations what's up world?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
you're tuning in to fbn and this is another episode
of Finance Bros Network, and Iam the one half of Finance Bros,
anton Lefwich, and this isMichael DePoe.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
The other half Money, mike.
Hey, as usual, we are coming toyou live with finance for
everybody.
That's right, for every people.
We are honored to be here andto be able to serve diverse
communities, as usual, hey, whatare we talking about today?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Man.
I tell you, Mike, this is sucha topic that's so close to our
hearts, especially, you know,and I'm really excited to dive
into it because it's somethingthat is I wouldn't even dare to
call it the foundation areputable foundation for the
growth and the pursuit ofhappiness, money, whatever that
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might be for our wealthies outthere.
So today we are talking aboutenvironmental support to get
paid.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Oh, man, brother, that's the whole podcast right
there.
Yeah, that's, that's the wholepodcast right there.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
yeah, because if your environment is not helping you
get paid, you ain't gonna getpaid brother, man, brother, it's
I'm telling you, brother, andeverything, everything it kind
of stems off of it, right, howwe wake up in the morning, how
we start our day, the lastthoughts in our head before we
go to sleep, these are thethings that are on our mind
constantly.
It's the people we have aroundus, the influence that they have
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on us and our ability tooperate within that truth and
just the mental stability foryou to do what you have to do.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It's a grind for all of us, right, oh man?
Day in and day out, we'regetting up and grinding.
And if we don't have thatsupport sometime, if we don't
have, if it's a partner beingthere encouraging us or when we
get to work, that friend's like,yeah, let's get this done,
let's make this happen, if yourenvironment is not conducive to
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those things, it's gonna be hardto get paid yeah, it really is,
man, it really is.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
You think, every, every step we take, we're making
a, we're taking a step forward,right, right, or you can call
it making a deposit, or whateveryou right right right.
And then if for every step we,someone, is taking a step on us,
can you imagine.
Ain't that something, manbrother?
It's like hey, man, I love itwhen you by my side, right, but
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it kind of hurts when you're onmy neck.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Oh my God.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
So let's talk about this.
And we went straight to Webster.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Oh, there you go what's the google?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
we googled it.
We googled it.
Definitely, you know, we gottagive you guys a definition.
So, uh, so the definition ofenvironment you know, to all due
respect.
So the definition ofenvironment straight from google
, straight from webster, is thesurroundings or condition in
which a person, animal or plantlives or operates.
Wow, how about that?
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That's deep, everything, downto the dirt, right, right, you
know what?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And look using it in the sentence.
Actually this was on Google toosurvival in an often hostile
environment, which I know a lotof us can relate to.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yep, yep, and that's what we're dealing with.
You know, day in and day out,we're trying to make money,
we're trying to get paid, butthere's always a scenario or
situation or things that justcome up.
Life, that's like going againstyou, mm-hmm, Mm-hmm.
Life that's like going againstyou.
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And it could be simple, asyou're at a job, you're starting
a job, and maybe you havefamily, you have kids and, god
forbid, one of them gets sick.
God forbid things are happeningand it stops your income.
That affects you.
That affects you.
It affects you financially.
Oh, 100%.
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How are?
Speaker 3 (05:09):
you going to operate at 100 with that going on in the
back, exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know Exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
And I think that's really a preface of what this
episode is supposed to help ourwealthians do Right Is operate
at 100 as often as possible,Because in the world that we're
in, anything we're doing, ifwe're passionate about it, we
may have an idea or even acareer where we feel like what
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we're doing is actuallycontributing to the world.
So in the morning you kind ofalmost feel like God bless you
if you feel like you're puttingthat cape on to go out and save
the world or save people or savefamilies or whatever you're
doing.
If you're a mechanic, you arecontributing to someone's
livelihood, the way they can getaround.
So the benefit of you beingable to operate at 100 at all
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times it's not just benefitingyou, it's not just benefiting
you, it's not just benefiting us, it's benefiting everybody who
comes within your proximity tocome to you for help.
So I want to talk about and I'mgoing to just go straight from
my phone here and make sure Idon't miss no notes.
I want to talk about somecomponents of this environment.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
That's necessary.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Yes that's necessary, that we need to be mindful of.
Okay, All right for ourwealthiness out there.
So, number one thing I just gota short list we put here
together.
Let's say number one yourpartner.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Significant other.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, they say that.
There's a saying and it's beencoming up a lot lately around me
and just in conversations andeven in my mind.
They say that one of the mostimportant decisions you will
ever make in your life is whoyou marry.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I mean, you're talking about somebody who
probably has the first thoughtin your head in the morning and
the last thought in your headbefore you go to sleep and let's
just break that down for aminute.
Anton, can you?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
imagine you're trying to build a life and you're
committing.
I know it's, it's, it's aspiritual thing, so to say, with
the marriage and everythingAbsolutely.
And I know a lot of people, youknow some.
Some people take it asspiritual, some people take it
as partnership.
Whatever people you know, some.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Some people take it as spiritual, some people take
it as partnership, whatever,yeah, whatever it is.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah, right at the end of the day, you in another
body, you're half at this pointbecause, remember, you ever hear
sometime one hand doesn't knowwhat the other hand is doing in
a company, yeah, this cannot bewhen you, when you get with
somebody when you decide tospend your life with somebody
Definitely.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Is there that C word in there, that communication,
communication, communicationis.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
But, and you know we're joking about it, but it's
really real?
And this is why we're talkingabout it on Finance Bros Network
and this is why we want ourwealthians to be aware of it.
We constantly mention it inother episodes about your
environment, your environment.
So that's why we decided toactually make an episode about
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it.
Oh, absolutely, because wereally feel your financial
stability, your financial goals,your financial aspiration,
mm-hmm definitely involves yourenvironment.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
A hundred percent, a hundred percent.
And you know, and at the end ofthe day, like it or not, this
all equates to our ability tomake money Yep Period, period,
so some, some things thatinvolve with, with a partner.
You know, it's, it's, it's socute.
You know, maybe people havelike a really good partner.
They like to leave those littlesticky notes on the fridge.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Right?
Doesn't it feel good to maybeget one of those?
Of course, of course.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
You know, you put your little sticky note in your
daughter's lunchbox and when itgets daddy loves you.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You know what I'm saying Little things like that
man.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
It makes a difference .
Speaker 1 (09:08):
It does, it does.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
It.
These are all deposits.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
And you know what.
It depends on your personalityand who the person you decide to
be a partner with Absolutely.
That's a good point, mike,because some people might say,
oh, I can never be with thatperson.
Well, maybe that person's notright for you in this partner,
especially for you to maintainor grow your financial wealth
and so on and so forth, becausesome let's just say let's call
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men and women.
We know there's all differenttype of partners out there, but
let's say men and women andlet's say the woman just likes
to support the man in everyaspect, as opposed to letting
him lead when it comes to makingdecisions.
And sometimes it might be viceversa the man might want to let
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the woman leave because, basedon our education and who she is,
and that's the way he wants tobe with that partner, and you
have to make that decision.
But in some relationships itcould be no, that big C word,
like you said, communication.
Yeah, it can be no, that big Cword, like you said,
communication.
We both have to say hey, if youwant to buy a Ferrari, you need
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to call me first.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Yeah, we need to have a conversation, we need to have
a conversation?
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Yeah, but baby.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I saved up that money .
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Nah, you ain't taking $200,000 that we saved up just
because you feel like you'regoing through a midlife crisis.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I'm buying this car.
That ain't what I thought wewere saving up for Exactly.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So that's where that type of partnership is a
constant communication oneverything how we're going to
spend money, how we're going togo on vacation.
But the thing is, there's anunderstanding you are managing
your environment to ensure thatyou're going to get paid and
that's where it's important,yeah, and everybody wins in that
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case.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
By the way, right, everybody wins.
All day In your proximity,everybody wins, so it's to their
benefit as much as it is ours,right, all right.
And now we got family, ofcourse.
Your mom, dad, cousins, niece,nephew, uncles, aunts, you know.
My family just happens to bepretty far away.
Most of my family lives downsouth in.
Louisiana.
So they're not really, you know, in my proximity, right, but my
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mom, somebody who's close to me, she's in my proximity.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
But you know what, in that environment, uh, do they
respect what you do?
Is your niece calling you up?
Hey, uncle, can you, can you,can you give me a thousand
dollars for this?
Like, seriously, you know whatI do or you know what I'm doing?
Okay, you know, can your momand dad?
Or if, if you have, uh, ifyou're young enough or old
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enough, I should say, you seeyour mom and dad working hard.
It's like, oh, where's my Tesla, where's your?
What?
You better be happy.
You turning 17, 18, you're ableto drive.
You get yourself a nice littleresponsible five-year-old
Corolla.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
That your parents bought for you.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
That is helping the people in your environment.
That also helps yourself too.
Yeah, yeah.
So that's why we have all thesefamily members that could be a
part of your life.
And are they talking you up,hey, how's your job?
Are they telling you, oh, youshould be quitting that job.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
That job is why not?
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Let's talk about the positive things, about the job,
or if you're willing to change acareer or start a business.
Are you going to be supportive,and not only financially,
because any one of those familymembers could help you
financially.
Oh sure, those would be sort ofthe first people if they
believe in you.
If they believe in you, yes,that would help you financially
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if you started a business, rightright.
But if they're gonna give younegativity, do you want them
people in your environment, evenif they are quote unquote
family?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
yeah, hey look, sometimes people want the extras
, right, so so it might benecessary to do a little extra,
right.
Right, you know what I mean.
If we want the extras, we mighthave to do a little extra,
right, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So that's relevant, mike, that's relevant.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, and we also obviously gotyour friends.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Got your friends but they got to have the same
mindset that's true there asfriends for certain things.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
You ever seen lions and sheep hunting at the same
time together?
Nope, I haven't either.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
I never seen a pack of lions hunting with a pack of
sheep.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Don't make sense.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Don't make sense.
We not looking for the samething?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
So you definitely you better have a lion hunting with
you with a line if you're alion, yeah, because there ain't
no sheep that's gonna bestanding next to you as a friend
they're gonna be like I don'tthink you should be eating that
over there.
Why?
That's my cousin?
Speaker 3 (14:10):
exactly that makes sense, in respect, lions don't
hunt with eagles either.
Exactly, eagles and lions arelooking for different things
right, so I mean we just, wejust gotta know our surroundings
, know what it is we want, andthen make sure that our
environment includes the thingsthat are conducive to what it is
we're looking for, what we'retrying to do it makes sense it
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adds to it doesn't take away allright right, all right so, All
right so.
And then there is of coursethere's business partners, the
business partner.
You're in business now You're in, and this is the pre-frame, has
already happened at this pointand hopefully we've done the due
diligence to figure out what itis we're about, what it is
we're trying to pursue, and thenwe have done the work to
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network or reach out and andhave these conversations and
communicate that vision to thepeople.
And then we like, like we did,Mike, we talked for how bro?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
how many?
Speaker 3 (15:04):
months months, years, years before we even I mean, it
was, it was yeah absolutely itwas business, and then it became
a friendship, and then it was adeeper friendship, and then it
became a friendship, and then itwas a deeper friendship, and
then it just became obvious itwas and I want to stress this
organically formed relationship.
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Brother, it wasn't forced, itwasn't you pitching me, me
pitching you, and we want to saythis to our wealthies you know,
the most best relationships arejust formed organically.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It's like you're not even trying All day.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
And I'm sure that we already know this.
Right right it just feels sogood when something happens
organically.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Right.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
It was just like oh man, it just happened.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Right Like man.
How did you do that?
Speaker 3 (15:47):
It just happened.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Right, you know what I mean.
But Even with all that, anton,I want to emphasize in a
business partnership, youdefinitely need to have a
contract.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Oh yeah, A hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Don't?
We have a contract.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
We do have a contract .
Speaker 1 (16:02):
We absolutely do have a contract, we have a contract.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
And we spent some days going over the contract and
it's in our vault rightcontract and it's in our vault,
even had even went as far ashaving a, a third person who,
right, is outside looking in,right, so we're not driven by
emotions, exactly saying thingslike did you guys ever think
about this, right?
Speaker 1 (16:27):
yeah, there you go, right so I love it so definitely
in that environment.
In a business environment, it'salways on paper, because when
you're dealing with business andyou know what I even want to
say if you throw in a familymember in there, you know the
only person I might give a passand I still, as a business
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person, if your partner is partof this business, you should
have a contract yeah, becausethere should be some
stipulations, and we spoke aboutgetting llcs and getting
corporation.
Guess what?
In all those type of structures, there's room for a person in
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the llc is called a managingmember.
If you make the person amanaging member, even if it is
your wife or, or your girlfriendor your or your significant
other, whatever, uh, you knowyou're calling that person.
There is a title for thatperson in a business structure.
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I love it.
Yeah, so that way, in theenvironment, everybody knows
their responsibility and whatthey are atoned for.
For God forbid, because that'sthe only way you're going to get
paid by each and everyoneunderstanding what are their
responsibilities and what theyneed to do absolutely, and the
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right people will have noproblem with it all day.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
No problem, they have the best intentions.
Yep, whatever needs to get done, let's do it.
Let's make it official, right,so right.
And of course, a mentor.
You know, mentor I?
I just so happen to be goingfor my walk the other day.
Yeah, and we'll kind of, wewe're gonna get into the to
self-deposits and stuff likethat.
I went to a World Walk.
I listened to an audio book.
It was a nine-figure mindsetand the author was saying that a
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friend is someone who knowseverything about you and still
likes you.
A mentor is someone who knowseverything about you and still
likes your chances of becomingsomething more.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
There you go, wow, yeah, that's great.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
I mean, I'll leave it right there, you know what.
I mean, and mentors, what wehave to have, that and it goes
back to the whole saying that wehave.
You know, we should always bein a position where we're able
to pull someone up.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Right.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
And then in a position where someone is able
to pull us up.
So not only are we, not onlyare we repeating the knowledge
that we're getting, and itre-solidifies it with us,
because when you, when you, whenyou hear this one thing, but
when you actually say it back,it's different, and when you're
teaching it to somebody whohasn't gotten it yet, it even
has more of an effect.
And then we're being coachableto then grow and learn more.
You know, pulled up to the nextlevel because there's always
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someone at the level we justcame from.
And there's always so much lovewe're trying to get to and
again.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
That's creating that environment where you're gonna
having a mentor.
This is a person who's alreadybeen through what you've been
through yeah, absolutely so.
If he's been through or she'sbeen through what you've been
through, obviously, hopefullythat mentor got paid and is
helping you get paid.
You, you get paid.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Yeah yeah, exactly perfect sense to me, right,
perfect sense, brother.
Hey, man, I, we could, we andwe could go really really deep
into this yeah, I mean we andit's.
It's this.
I knew it's gonna love thistopic man and I know we try to
keep it to the, to the, to thework, drive to work, right man.
This is passionate stuff righthere, man.
But we got some time, man, Igotta give it to him.
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Yeah, I give it.
We got to give it to them.
We got to give it to them.
Let's give it to them, man.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
Well, I wanted to really go over some of the and
we touch based on it, on theenvironment and what we need to
do to support, to get paid, andyou mentioned all these
different, I would say legs orarms or parts of the environment
that you need to help.
You need to have to help, youget paid, but you know what,
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what else additional that youcan provide to this environment
for for all of us to feel thiscomfort level, this confident
that this is what this is.
The environment I'vecommunicated to and understand,
so you know some of the things Iwas thinking about is speaking
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or showing your strategy.
Say, hey, this is what I wantto do, this is where I want to
be.
Yes, this is how I want to getthere.
Now, you've communicated that.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Man, I love it brother.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
And there's no dispute.
So, god forbid, something goeswrong or something happens or
there was some.
Well, remember our conversation, remember how I laid this out.
This is what I want, andsometimes some people.
We're not perfect.
We have to be put back on thattrack.
So make sure you're speaking orshowing the strategy I love it
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On what you're doing to not onlygrowing yourself, because you
are working on being thatwealthy and being that best
wealthy.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Man, I love that brother and make it relevant to
your family situation, like ifwe're talking to the kids saying
Daddy's going to work someextra hours this week You're not
going to see Daddy, as much.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
But we're going to Disneyland in two months and
they'll be okay with it.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
They'll be like Daddy , why you home early?
We're going to Disneyland.
I thought you was working till10.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
These kids these days .
That's what they're going tosay.
That's the first thing pop outof their head.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Why you home, dan, you know.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You said you was working overtime, danny, right,
you know.
And all this having a game plan, you know, forecasting the
future with them and let themunderstand financially what this
means you know what it meansfor them, for them and if it's a
business partner having abusiness plan, you know, have
the business them.
And if it's a business partnerhaving a business plan, you know
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, have the business, even ifit's you two.
Oh, we gonna do this.
No, let's put it down on paper.
Do we have a business plan,anton?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
absolutely.
I believe it was around 35pages.
There you go.
We had to, we had to chop itdown.
It was several.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
We had several different strategies, several
different business plans thatpeople have helped us out, and
we're just saying this thatwe've done our due diligence and
this is what requires and thisis we're hoping that's what
Finance Bros Network is doing tohelp, you know, get to people,
because we're doing the stuffthat we're telling you, man, say
(23:04):
that again.
We're doing the stuff thatwe're telling you, man, say that
again, we're doing the stuffthat we're telling you.
Thank you so having thatbusiness and you know what do
you do to have those resources.
You know to help you get paid.
You know what if you don't havethem?
What if you have?
We spoke about family.
We spoke about doing.
What if you don't have them?
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What if you have to beself-motivated?
Okay, you know you, sometime,you, you have to say, okay, what
do I do to be self-motivated?
Be creative, you know, organizeyourself, use a calendar.
You might be on your own,single by yourself.
You may not have found theright mentor yet, you may not
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have found that coworker who'sgoing to support you yet, but
you have to do it on your own.
You know we're trying to giveyou every aspect here, mm-hmm,
mm-hmm.
And I think the biggest thingthat a lot of people don't talk
about, anton, is your health, ohman, brother, your health, oh
man brother your health,especially if you're by.
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Even if you have people in yourenvironment that are supporting
you, you still have to beconscious of your health.
What's?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
a good.
What's a good?
What's?
What's the use of making moneyif you ain't going to be healthy
to spend it?
There you go?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Just saying you know doing healthy eating healthy,
yeah.
Uh, you know doing healthyeating healthy, yeah, exercising
, doing yoga.
Yay, Listen at one time I didhot yoga.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Can you believe that Holy jumping Jehovah fast?
I'm sure you had a dream.
Oh, my goodness, I did hot yoga.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
But you know what, at the end of the day it really
felt good.
It's not like I'm going to jumpand do it again, but I'm
telling you I did it.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Hey, I see I see a lot of men in court.
You know, incorporating thatkind of stuff right, because
it's about peace, right, wherecan I find peace?
Right, at the end of the day?
Right, for us, you know us, we,us man, me, people in general,
you know we all do a lot, butyou know we, I know me, I could
speak from the, from the, youknow, from the perspective of a
man.
Right, we deal with so much,yeah, and I know that throughout
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the day, when things get realloud, the first thing that goes
into my head when I can get ahold of one of my thoughts is
where can I find some peace?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And I know what you do, anton, on a constant basis.
Yes For you to help yourenvironment be better, and one
of the things I know you do iswalk.
I do constantly you say, mike,I'm going to walk, or I got to
do my walk today.
And again that's you realizingin your environment.
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For you to be successful, youneed to step away.
You need to get that activityin.
You got to brother.
You have to do it, because ifyou're not doing it, you're
taking something away from youand then you're now
contaminating your environment.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
Exact, I'm doing the exact opposite.
I have to remove myself, gathermy thoughts, listen to my
thoughts, because as soon as Iget back to my environment, I
know I have people therecounting on me and looking to me
for answers, which you candefinitely relate, mike.
I know you are a leaderyourself.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Hey, I try, I try brother.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
I mean, you're an influential member of your
society and network.
I know that much and you knowGod.
We were blessed to be in ourposition Definitely, and in that
position people are looking tous for answers.
So we have to.
We have to clear our mind andmake sure those thoughts are all
day, yeah, all day.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Well, let's get, let's get to the breakdown.
Yeah the literal.
Take a good look at yourenvironment and make a decision.
Are you going to work with itor are you going to change it?
Woo, if that's not literal, Idon't know what is?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Why do I feel like it hit me like the first time that
I heard it?
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Are you going to change it?
You got to make that decisionand that's a tangible thing you
would have to do.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
That's a good question to ask yourself Am I
going to work with this or am Igoing to change this?
I'm not going to get loudbecause I don't want to be like
I like it.
All right, let's hit them withthe mental.
Let's hit them with the mental.
Go ahead, mike, make surewhoever's in your environment,
are all heading in the samedirection mentally to achieve
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your goal, man bro, I think Ijust asked you a little while
ago have you ever seen a lionhunting with a sheep?
Speaker 1 (27:37):
There you go, or even an eagle there you go, it don't
matter If you're mentally notin the same direction.
Guess what man?
You're not going nowhere.
I love it.
I love it.
You want to hit?
Not in the same direction guesswhat?
Speaker 3 (27:45):
You're not going nowhere.
I love it.
I love it.
You want to hit them with thespiritual, Of course, Always
brother.
So okay, the spiritual on thisone is have faith in the people
you have chosen in yourenvironment.
If you believe in them, theywill believe in you.
And there's so much, brother,go ahead, go ahead.
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You were going.
You were gonna say I don't wantto do that.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
That's that.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
Took the breath away yeah, I'm telling you, and
there's so much in that, such alittle that short sentence,
because it's the word chosen inthat is in there.
Right in belief is in therethere you go okay, this is the
people chose and, with theelements and education that
we've just talked about, thefunnel, the filter is going to
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be accurate enough to make surethat when these people are in
our close proximity to have aninfluential you know, an
influential opinion orconversation with us that we can
believe in the things that theyare trying to communicate to us
.
And it takes that.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
And again, I know it's a spiritual thing.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Man, it's so spiritual.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
But you have to have that faith.
Got it, brother?
You have to because if you'repicking that person, it's not
going to be perfect all the timeand maybe you might have to
drop this person Because, again,remember, we're talking about
the time and maybe you mighthave to drop this person.
Cause again, remember, we'retalking about the spiritual,
you're just, but you got tobelieve in that person and let
that person see that you'rebelieving in them, that you have
faith in them, and then they'llreciprocate that, because you
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have chosen this person to bewithin your environment.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
And they'll respect that.
Yeah, so you could get paid.
So you can get paid.
Say that one more time, so youcan get paid.
There you go.
I love it, brother, I love it,and they'll respect that.
They'll appreciate thatAbsolutely.
And they'll value that andthey'll act accordingly.
Absolutely.
Can I give him the T-shirt?
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Oh, of course I know this is Mr Anton Brother T
T-shirt.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Go ahead and give him the T-shirt, anton.
So you know we've been talkingabout.
We've said this word quite afew times throughout this
episode, and here it is.
The T-shirt for this episode isget your advice from relevance,
not proximity.
Dang, you want me to say itagain?
Say it again, bro Get youradvice from relevance, not
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proximity man.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
that would make somebody think.
If they saw that on a t-shirt,I would definitely wear it.
I'd be like you know what thatmakes a whole lot of sense For
real.
I'm loving it, brother, so hey,we wrapping it up, we got any
more for him?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
Yep, okay, cool, all right, we hey, we wrapping it up
.
We got any more for him?
Yep, okay, cool, all right, wegood, we're going to leave it at
that.
Hey, you guys.
Oh, don't forget to check outour next episode.
We're going to be talking about.
What are we going to be talkingabout?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
We're going to be talking about coupons and
rewards.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
I love it, man, how to get a win while you win it.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Right there you, yeah , bring that to a personal
profit.
I love it, brother, making it apersonal profit.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
I love it.
Let's do it, man.
Hey, you guys, we're having alot of fun doing this.
You guys make sure you check usout at our new home, visually
on TV HHN TV.
All right, we are going to bethere.
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Until then, don't forget tocheck us out on all your social
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But you guys, don't forget tocome check us out and, as usual,
I appreciate you and we'll seeyou at the bank.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
All right, Joe Take care world Peace.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Thank you, thank you.
First and foremost, we want to be clear that what we
are sharing with you arestrategies and concepts that can
be implemented by individualswho understand the logistics of
how to approach such platformsas far as the literal, the
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mental and spiritual formatneeded to be successful with
your aspirations what's up world?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
you're tuning in to fbn and this is another episode
of Finance Bros Network, and Iam the one half of Finance Bros,
anton Lefwich, and this isMichael DePoe.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
The other half Money, mike.
Hey, as usual, we are coming toyou live with finance for
everybody.
That's right, for every people.
We are honored to be here andto be able to serve diverse
communities, as usual, hey, whatare we talking about today?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Man.
I tell you, Mike, this is sucha topic that's so close to our
hearts, especially, you know,and I'm really excited to dive
into it because it's somethingthat is I wouldn't even dare to
call it the foundation areputable foundation for the
growth and the pursuit ofhappiness, money, whatever that
(01:50):
might be for our wealthies outthere.
So today we are talking aboutenvironmental support to get
paid.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Oh, man, brother, that's the whole podcast right
there.
Yeah, that's, that's the wholepodcast right there.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
yeah, because if your environment is not helping you
get paid, you ain't gonna getpaid brother, man, brother, it's
I'm telling you, brother, andeverything, everything it kind
of stems off of it, right, howwe wake up in the morning, how
we start our day, the lastthoughts in our head before we
go to sleep, these are thethings that are on our mind
constantly.
It's the people we have aroundus, the influence that they have
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on us and our ability tooperate within that truth and
just the mental stability foryou to do what you have to do.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It's a grind for all of us, right, oh man?
Day in and day out, we'regetting up and grinding.
And if we don't have thatsupport sometime, if we don't
have, if it's a partner beingthere encouraging us or when we
get to work, that friend's like,yeah, let's get this done,
let's make this happen, if yourenvironment is not conducive to
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those things, it's gonna be hardto get paid yeah, it really is,
man, it really is.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
You think, every, every step we take, we're making
a, we're taking a step forward,right, right, or you can call
it making a deposit, or whateveryou right right right.
And then if for every step we,someone, is taking a step on us,
can you imagine.
Ain't that something, manbrother?
It's like hey, man, I love itwhen you by my side, right, but
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it kind of hurts when you're onmy neck.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Oh my God.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
So let's talk about this.
And we went straight to Webster.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Oh, there you go what's the google?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
we googled it.
We googled it.
Definitely, you know, we gottagive you guys a definition.
So, uh, so the definition ofenvironment you know, to all due
respect.
So the definition ofenvironment straight from google
, straight from webster, is thesurroundings or condition in
which a person, animal or plantlives or operates.
Wow, how about that?
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That's deep, everything, downto the dirt, right, right, you
know what?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And look using it in the sentence.
Actually this was on Google toosurvival in an often hostile
environment, which I know a lotof us can relate to.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yep, yep, and that's what we're dealing with.
You know, day in and day out,we're trying to make money,
we're trying to get paid, butthere's always a scenario or
situation or things that justcome up.
Life, that's like going againstyou, mm-hmm, Mm-hmm.
Life that's like going againstyou.
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And it could be simple, asyou're at a job, you're starting
a job, and maybe you havefamily, you have kids and, god
forbid, one of them gets sick.
God forbid things are happeningand it stops your income.
That affects you.
That affects you.
It affects you financially.
Oh, 100%.
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How are?
Speaker 3 (05:09):
you going to operate at 100 with that going on in the
back, exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know Exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
And I think that's really a preface of what this
episode is supposed to help ourwealthians do Right Is operate
at 100 as often as possible,Because in the world that we're
in, anything we're doing, ifwe're passionate about it, we
may have an idea or even acareer where we feel like what
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we're doing is actuallycontributing to the world.
So in the morning you kind ofalmost feel like God bless you
if you feel like you're puttingthat cape on to go out and save
the world or save people or savefamilies or whatever you're
doing.
If you're a mechanic, you arecontributing to someone's
livelihood, the way they can getaround.
So the benefit of you beingable to operate at 100 at all
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times it's not just benefitingyou, it's not just benefiting
you, it's not just benefiting us, it's benefiting everybody who
comes within your proximity tocome to you for help.
So I want to talk about and I'mgoing to just go straight from
my phone here and make sure Idon't miss no notes.
I want to talk about somecomponents of this environment.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
That's necessary.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Yes that's necessary, that we need to be mindful of.
Okay, All right for ourwealthiness out there.
So, number one thing I just gota short list we put here
together.
Let's say number one yourpartner.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Significant other.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, they say that.
There's a saying and it's beencoming up a lot lately around me
and just in conversations andeven in my mind.
They say that one of the mostimportant decisions you will
ever make in your life is whoyou marry.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I mean, you're talking about somebody who
probably has the first thoughtin your head in the morning and
the last thought in your headbefore you go to sleep and let's
just break that down for aminute.
Anton, can you?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
imagine you're trying to build a life and you're
committing.
I know it's, it's, it's aspiritual thing, so to say, with
the marriage and everythingAbsolutely.
And I know a lot of people, youknow some.
Some people take it asspiritual, some people take it
as partnership.
Whatever people you know, some.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Some people take it as spiritual, some people take
it as partnership, whatever,yeah, whatever it is.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah, right at the end of the day, you in another
body, you're half at this pointbecause, remember, you ever hear
sometime one hand doesn't knowwhat the other hand is doing in
a company, yeah, this cannot bewhen you, when you get with
somebody when you decide tospend your life with somebody
Definitely.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Is there that C word in there, that communication,
communication, communicationis.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
But, and you know we're joking about it, but it's
really real?
And this is why we're talkingabout it on Finance Bros Network
and this is why we want ourwealthians to be aware of it.
We constantly mention it inother episodes about your
environment, your environment.
So that's why we decided toactually make an episode about
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it.
Oh, absolutely, because wereally feel your financial
stability, your financial goals,your financial aspiration,
mm-hmm definitely involves yourenvironment.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
A hundred percent, a hundred percent.
And you know, and at the end ofthe day, like it or not, this
all equates to our ability tomake money Yep Period, period,
so some, some things thatinvolve with, with a partner.
You know, it's, it's, it's socute.
You know, maybe people havelike a really good partner.
They like to leave those littlesticky notes on the fridge.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Right?
Doesn't it feel good to maybeget one of those?
Of course, of course.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
You know, you put your little sticky note in your
daughter's lunchbox and when itgets daddy loves you.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You know what I'm saying Little things like that
man.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
It makes a difference .
Speaker 1 (09:08):
It does, it does.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
It.
These are all deposits.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
And you know what.
It depends on your personalityand who the person you decide to
be a partner with Absolutely.
That's a good point, mike,because some people might say,
oh, I can never be with thatperson.
Well, maybe that person's notright for you in this partner,
especially for you to maintainor grow your financial wealth
and so on and so forth, becausesome let's just say let's call
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men and women.
We know there's all differenttype of partners out there, but
let's say men and women andlet's say the woman just likes
to support the man in everyaspect, as opposed to letting
him lead when it comes to makingdecisions.
And sometimes it might be viceversa the man might want to let
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the woman leave because, basedon our education and who she is,
and that's the way he wants tobe with that partner, and you
have to make that decision.
But in some relationships itcould be no, that big C word,
like you said, communication.
Yeah, it can be no, that big Cword, like you said,
communication.
We both have to say hey, if youwant to buy a Ferrari, you need
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to call me first.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Yeah, we need to have a conversation, we need to have
a conversation?
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Yeah, but baby.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I saved up that money .
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Nah, you ain't taking $200,000 that we saved up just
because you feel like you'regoing through a midlife crisis.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
I'm buying this car.
That ain't what I thought wewere saving up for Exactly.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So that's where that type of partnership is a
constant communication oneverything how we're going to
spend money, how we're going togo on vacation.
But the thing is, there's anunderstanding you are managing
your environment to ensure thatyou're going to get paid and
that's where it's important,yeah, and everybody wins in that
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case.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
By the way, right, everybody wins.
All day In your proximity,everybody wins, so it's to their
benefit as much as it is ours,right, all right.
And now we got family, ofcourse.
Your mom, dad, cousins, niece,nephew, uncles, aunts, you know.
My family just happens to bepretty far away.
Most of my family lives downsouth in.
Louisiana.
So they're not really, you know, in my proximity, right, but my
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mom, somebody who's close to me, she's in my proximity.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
But you know what, in that environment, uh, do they
respect what you do?
Is your niece calling you up?
Hey, uncle, can you, can you,can you give me a thousand
dollars for this?
Like, seriously, you know whatI do or you know what I'm doing?
Okay, you know, can your momand dad?
Or if, if you have, uh, ifyou're young enough or old
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enough, I should say, you seeyour mom and dad working hard.
It's like, oh, where's my Tesla, where's your?
What?
You better be happy.
You turning 17, 18, you're ableto drive.
You get yourself a nice littleresponsible five-year-old
Corolla.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
That your parents bought for you.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
That is helping the people in your environment.
That also helps yourself too.
Yeah, yeah.
So that's why we have all thesefamily members that could be a
part of your life.
And are they talking you up,hey, how's your job?
Are they telling you, oh, youshould be quitting that job.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
That job is why not?
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Let's talk about the positive things, about the job,
or if you're willing to change acareer or start a business.
Are you going to be supportive,and not only financially,
because any one of those familymembers could help you
financially.
Oh sure, those would be sort ofthe first people if they
believe in you.
If they believe in you, yes,that would help you financially
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if you started a business, rightright.
But if they're gonna give younegativity, do you want them
people in your environment, evenif they are quote unquote
family?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
yeah, hey look, sometimes people want the extras
, right, so so it might benecessary to do a little extra,
right.
Right, you know what I mean.
If we want the extras, we mighthave to do a little extra,
right, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So that's relevant, mike, that's relevant.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, and we also obviously gotyour friends.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Got your friends but they got to have the same
mindset that's true there asfriends for certain things.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
You ever seen lions and sheep hunting at the same
time together?
Nope, I haven't either.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
I never seen a pack of lions hunting with a pack of
sheep.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Don't make sense.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Don't make sense.
We not looking for the samething?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
So you definitely you better have a lion hunting with
you with a line if you're alion, yeah, because there ain't
no sheep that's gonna bestanding next to you as a friend
they're gonna be like I don'tthink you should be eating that
over there.
Why?
That's my cousin?
Speaker 3 (14:10):
exactly that makes sense, in respect, lions don't
hunt with eagles either.
Exactly, eagles and lions arelooking for different things
right, so I mean we just, wejust gotta know our surroundings
, know what it is we want, andthen make sure that our
environment includes the thingsthat are conducive to what it is
we're looking for, what we'retrying to do it makes sense it
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adds to it doesn't take away allright right, all right so, All
right so.
And then there is of coursethere's business partners, the
business partner.
You're in business now You're in, and this is the pre-frame, has
already happened at this pointand hopefully we've done the due
diligence to figure out what itis we're about, what it is
we're trying to pursue, and thenwe have done the work to
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network or reach out and andhave these conversations and
communicate that vision to thepeople.
And then we like, like we did,Mike, we talked for how bro?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
how many?
Speaker 3 (15:04):
months months, years, years before we even I mean, it
was, it was yeah absolutely itwas business, and then it became
a friendship, and then it was adeeper friendship, and then it
became a friendship, and then itwas a deeper friendship, and
then it just became obvious itwas and I want to stress this
organically formed relationship.
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Brother, it wasn't forced, itwasn't you pitching me, me
pitching you, and we want to saythis to our wealthies you know,
the most best relationships arejust formed organically.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It's like you're not even trying All day.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
And I'm sure that we already know this.
Right right it just feels sogood when something happens
organically.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Right.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
It was just like oh man, it just happened.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Right Like man.
How did you do that?
Speaker 3 (15:47):
It just happened.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Right, you know what I mean.
But Even with all that, anton,I want to emphasize in a
business partnership, youdefinitely need to have a
contract.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Oh yeah, A hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Don't?
We have a contract.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
We do have a contract .
Speaker 1 (16:02):
We absolutely do have a contract, we have a contract.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
And we spent some days going over the contract and
it's in our vault rightcontract and it's in our vault,
even had even went as far ashaving a, a third person who,
right, is outside looking in,right, so we're not driven by
emotions, exactly saying thingslike did you guys ever think
about this, right?
Speaker 1 (16:27):
yeah, there you go, right so I love it so definitely
in that environment.
In a business environment, it'salways on paper, because when
you're dealing with business andyou know what I even want to
say if you throw in a familymember in there, you know the
only person I might give a passand I still, as a business
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person, if your partner is partof this business, you should
have a contract yeah, becausethere should be some
stipulations, and we spoke aboutgetting llcs and getting
corporation.
Guess what?
In all those type of structures, there's room for a person in
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the llc is called a managingmember.
If you make the person amanaging member, even if it is
your wife or, or your girlfriendor your or your significant
other, whatever, uh, you knowyou're calling that person.
There is a title for thatperson in a business structure.
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I love it.
Yeah, so that way, in theenvironment, everybody knows
their responsibility and whatthey are atoned for.
For God forbid, because that'sthe only way you're going to get
paid by each and everyoneunderstanding what are their
responsibilities and what theyneed to do absolutely, and the
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right people will have noproblem with it all day.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
No problem, they have the best intentions.
Yep, whatever needs to get done, let's do it.
Let's make it official, right,so right.
And of course, a mentor.
You know, mentor I?
I just so happen to be goingfor my walk the other day.
Yeah, and we'll kind of, wewe're gonna get into the to
self-deposits and stuff likethat.
I went to a World Walk.
I listened to an audio book.
It was a nine-figure mindsetand the author was saying that a
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friend is someone who knowseverything about you and still
likes you.
A mentor is someone who knowseverything about you and still
likes your chances of becomingsomething more.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
There you go, wow, yeah, that's great.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
I mean, I'll leave it right there, you know what.
I mean, and mentors, what wehave to have, that and it goes
back to the whole saying that wehave.
You know, we should always bein a position where we're able
to pull someone up.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Right.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
And then in a position where someone is able
to pull us up.
So not only are we, not onlyare we repeating the knowledge
that we're getting, and itre-solidifies it with us,
because when you, when you, whenyou hear this one thing, but
when you actually say it back,it's different, and when you're
teaching it to somebody whohasn't gotten it yet, it even
has more of an effect.
And then we're being coachableto then grow and learn more.
You know, pulled up to the nextlevel because there's always
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someone at the level we justcame from.
And there's always so much lovewe're trying to get to and
again.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
That's creating that environment where you're gonna
having a mentor.
This is a person who's alreadybeen through what you've been
through yeah, absolutely so.
If he's been through or she'sbeen through what you've been
through, obviously, hopefullythat mentor got paid and is
helping you get paid.
You, you get paid.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Yeah yeah, exactly perfect sense to me, right,
perfect sense, brother.
Hey, man, I, we could, we andwe could go really really deep
into this yeah, I mean we andit's.
It's this.
I knew it's gonna love thistopic man and I know we try to
keep it to the, to the, to thework, drive to work, right man.
This is passionate stuff righthere, man.
But we got some time, man, Igotta give it to him.
(20:04):
Yeah, I give it.
We got to give it to them.
We got to give it to them.
Let's give it to them, man.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
Well, I wanted to really go over some of the and
we touch based on it, on theenvironment and what we need to
do to support, to get paid, andyou mentioned all these
different, I would say legs orarms or parts of the environment
that you need to help.
You need to have to help, youget paid, but you know what,
(20:31):
what else additional that youcan provide to this environment
for for all of us to feel thiscomfort level, this confident
that this is what this is.
The environment I'vecommunicated to and understand,
so you know some of the things Iwas thinking about is speaking
(20:51):
or showing your strategy.
Say, hey, this is what I wantto do, this is where I want to
be.
Yes, this is how I want to getthere.
Now, you've communicated that.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Man, I love it brother.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
And there's no dispute.
So, god forbid, something goeswrong or something happens or
there was some.
Well, remember our conversation, remember how I laid this out.
This is what I want, andsometimes some people.
We're not perfect.
We have to be put back on thattrack.
So make sure you're speaking orshowing the strategy I love it
(21:29):
On what you're doing to not onlygrowing yourself, because you
are working on being thatwealthy and being that best
wealthy.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Man, I love that brother and make it relevant to
your family situation, like ifwe're talking to the kids saying
Daddy's going to work someextra hours this week You're not
going to see Daddy, as much.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
But we're going to Disneyland in two months and
they'll be okay with it.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
They'll be like Daddy , why you home early?
We're going to Disneyland.
I thought you was working till10.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
These kids these days .
That's what they're going tosay.
That's the first thing pop outof their head.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Why you home, dan, you know.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You said you was working overtime, danny, right,
you know.
And all this having a game plan, you know, forecasting the
future with them and let themunderstand financially what this
means you know what it meansfor them, for them and if it's a
business partner having abusiness plan, you know, have
the business them.
And if it's a business partnerhaving a business plan, you know
(22:26):
, have the business, even ifit's you two.
Oh, we gonna do this.
No, let's put it down on paper.
Do we have a business plan,anton?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
absolutely.
I believe it was around 35pages.
There you go.
We had to, we had to chop itdown.
It was several.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
We had several different strategies, several
different business plans thatpeople have helped us out, and
we're just saying this thatwe've done our due diligence and
this is what requires and thisis we're hoping that's what
Finance Bros Network is doing tohelp, you know, get to people,
because we're doing the stuffthat we're telling you, man, say
(23:04):
that again.
We're doing the stuff thatwe're telling you, man, say that
again, we're doing the stuffthat we're telling you.
Thank you so having thatbusiness and you know what do
you do to have those resources.
You know to help you get paid.
You know what if you don't havethem?
What if you have?
We spoke about family.
We spoke about doing.
What if you don't have them?
(23:25):
What if you have to beself-motivated?
Okay, you know you, sometime,you, you have to say, okay, what
do I do to be self-motivated?
Be creative, you know, organizeyourself, use a calendar.
You might be on your own,single by yourself.
You may not have found theright mentor yet, you may not
(23:47):
have found that coworker who'sgoing to support you yet, but
you have to do it on your own.
You know we're trying to giveyou every aspect here, mm-hmm,
mm-hmm.
And I think the biggest thingthat a lot of people don't talk
about, anton, is your health, ohman, brother, your health, oh
man brother your health,especially if you're by.
(24:08):
Even if you have people in yourenvironment that are supporting
you, you still have to beconscious of your health.
What's?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
a good.
What's a good?
What's?
What's the use of making moneyif you ain't going to be healthy
to spend it?
There you go?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Just saying you know doing healthy eating healthy,
yeah.
Uh, you know doing healthyeating healthy, yeah, exercising
, doing yoga.
Yay, Listen at one time I didhot yoga.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Can you believe that Holy jumping Jehovah fast?
I'm sure you had a dream.
Oh, my goodness, I did hot yoga.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
But you know what, at the end of the day it really
felt good.
It's not like I'm going to jumpand do it again, but I'm
telling you I did it.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Hey, I see I see a lot of men in court.
You know, incorporating thatkind of stuff right, because
it's about peace, right, wherecan I find peace?
Right, at the end of the day?
Right, for us, you know us, we,us man, me, people in general,
you know we all do a lot, butyou know we, I know me, I could
speak from the, from the, youknow, from the perspective of a
man.
Right, we deal with so much,yeah, and I know that throughout
(25:08):
the day, when things get realloud, the first thing that goes
into my head when I can get ahold of one of my thoughts is
where can I find some peace?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
And I know what you do, anton, on a constant basis.
Yes For you to help yourenvironment be better, and one
of the things I know you do iswalk.
I do constantly you say, mike,I'm going to walk, or I got to
do my walk today.
And again that's you realizingin your environment.
(25:39):
For you to be successful, youneed to step away.
You need to get that activityin.
You got to brother.
You have to do it, because ifyou're not doing it, you're
taking something away from youand then you're now
contaminating your environment.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
Exact, I'm doing the exact opposite.
I have to remove myself, gathermy thoughts, listen to my
thoughts, because as soon as Iget back to my environment, I
know I have people therecounting on me and looking to me
for answers, which you candefinitely relate, mike.
I know you are a leaderyourself.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Hey, I try, I try brother.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
I mean, you're an influential member of your
society and network.
I know that much and you knowGod.
We were blessed to be in ourposition Definitely, and in that
position people are looking tous for answers.
So we have to.
We have to clear our mind andmake sure those thoughts are all
day, yeah, all day.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Well, let's get, let's get to the breakdown.
Yeah the literal.
Take a good look at yourenvironment and make a decision.
Are you going to work with itor are you going to change it?
Woo, if that's not literal, Idon't know what is?
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Why do I feel like it hit me like the first time that
I heard it?
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Are you going to change it?
You got to make that decisionand that's a tangible thing you
would have to do.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
That's a good question to ask yourself Am I
going to work with this or am Igoing to change this?
I'm not going to get loudbecause I don't want to be like
I like it.
All right, let's hit them withthe mental.
Let's hit them with the mental.
Go ahead, mike, make surewhoever's in your environment,
are all heading in the samedirection mentally to achieve
(27:30):
your goal, man bro, I think Ijust asked you a little while
ago have you ever seen a lionhunting with a sheep?
Speaker 1 (27:37):
There you go, or even an eagle there you go, it don't
matter If you're mentally notin the same direction.
Guess what man?
You're not going nowhere.
I love it.
I love it.
You want to hit?
Not in the same direction guesswhat?
Speaker 3 (27:45):
You're not going nowhere.
I love it.
I love it.
You want to hit them with thespiritual, Of course, Always
brother.
So okay, the spiritual on thisone is have faith in the people
you have chosen in yourenvironment.
If you believe in them, theywill believe in you.
And there's so much, brother,go ahead, go ahead.
(28:05):
You were going.
You were gonna say I don't wantto do that.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
That's that.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
Took the breath away yeah, I'm telling you, and
there's so much in that, such alittle that short sentence,
because it's the word chosen inthat is in there.
Right in belief is in therethere you go okay, this is the
people chose and, with theelements and education that
we've just talked about, thefunnel, the filter is going to
(28:31):
be accurate enough to make surethat when these people are in
our close proximity to have aninfluential you know, an
influential opinion orconversation with us that we can
believe in the things that theyare trying to communicate to us
.
And it takes that.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
And again, I know it's a spiritual thing.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Man, it's so spiritual.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
But you have to have that faith.
Got it, brother?
You have to because if you'repicking that person, it's not
going to be perfect all the timeand maybe you might have to
drop this person Because, again,remember, we're talking about
the time and maybe you mighthave to drop this person.
Cause again, remember, we'retalking about the spiritual,
you're just, but you got tobelieve in that person and let
that person see that you'rebelieving in them, that you have
faith in them, and then they'llreciprocate that, because you
(29:16):
have chosen this person to bewithin your environment.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
And they'll respect that.
Yeah, so you could get paid.
So you can get paid.
Say that one more time, so youcan get paid.
There you go.
I love it, brother, I love it,and they'll respect that.
They'll appreciate thatAbsolutely.
And they'll value that andthey'll act accordingly.
Absolutely.
Can I give him the T-shirt?
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Oh, of course I know this is Mr Anton Brother T
T-shirt.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Go ahead and give him the T-shirt, anton.
So you know we've been talkingabout.
We've said this word quite afew times throughout this
episode, and here it is.
The T-shirt for this episode isget your advice from relevance,
not proximity.
Dang, you want me to say itagain?
Say it again, bro Get youradvice from relevance, not
(30:06):
proximity man.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
that would make somebody think.
If they saw that on a t-shirt,I would definitely wear it.
I'd be like you know what thatmakes a whole lot of sense For
real.
I'm loving it, brother, so hey,we wrapping it up, we got any
more for him?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
Yep, okay, cool, all right, we hey, we wrapping it up
.
We got any more for him?
Yep, okay, cool, all right, wegood, we're going to leave it at
that.
Hey, you guys.
Oh, don't forget to check outour next episode.
We're going to be talking about.
What are we going to be talkingabout?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
We're going to be talking about coupons and
rewards.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
I love it, man, how to get a win while you win it.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Right there you, yeah , bring that to a personal
profit.
I love it, brother, making it apersonal profit.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
I love it.
Let's do it, man.
Hey, you guys, we're having alot of fun doing this.
You guys make sure you check usout at our new home, visually
on TV HHN TV.
All right, we are going to bethere.
Streaming Release dates arecoming real soon.
You can check us out morning,noon and night, any time of day.
Until then, don't forget tocheck us out on all your social
(31:04):
media podcast platforms applepodcast, iheart radio, spotify,
google podcast might be up down,left, right depends on which
social media platform youwatching on.
But you guys, don't forget tocome check us out and, as usual,
I appreciate you and we'll seeyou at the bank.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
All right, Joe Take care world Peace.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Thank you, thank you.
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