October 20, 2024 • 21 mins
In this episode of the RV Rental Secrets podcast, co-hosts Garr and Stacy come together to discuss how to navigate uncertainty with confidence and purpose, drawing on personal experiences from the road and their entrepreneurial journeys. Stacy joins from Utah, where she and her family are traveling the country, having already visited states like Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Texas, and Colorado. Meanwhile, Garr shares his recent experiences in Florida, including his encounter with a hurricane.
The conversation dives into the importance of taking action, especially during unpredictable times. Garr shares scripture from Ephesians and Proverbs that has been guiding him through current challenges, while Stacy reflects on how their industry thrived during the pandemic despite the uncertainty. They both emphasize the power of moving forward, making decisions, and embracing action, even when fear and doubt arise.
Throughout the episode, the duo offers insights into entrepreneurship, highlighting that success comes from continuous effort and learning from failures. Garr reminds listeners that "all work works," encouraging them to take massive action, even when the outcome is unknown. Stacy shares her own growth, from overcoming the fear of launching the podcast to pushing her limits with adventurous activities like whitewater rafting.
The episode wraps up with a discussion on the importance of having a definiteness of purpose in both life and business. Stacy and Garr stress that knowing your purpose will guide you through the uncertainty, and staying focused on your goals will keep you on the right path, regardless of external circumstances.
Tune in to this inspiring conversation to learn how to take action, push past fear, and keep moving forward on your entrepreneurial journey.
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.00000000002All right. 2 00:00:00,680.00000000002 --> 00:00:00,950 All right.
.9999999999Hey everybody. 4 00:00:01,639.9999999999 --> 00:00:06,570 Welcome to another episode of RV Rental Secrets Podcast.
I'm your co host Gar, hanging out with Stacy, who is currently in, where are you at Stacy? In Utah.
Stacey and her family are traveling the country, making memories.
Where are you been so far, Stacey? Give us a quick update.
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.9So we've been on the road for about a month and we've gone to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky.
.999We did a quick stop in Arkansas, in Texas, in Oklahoma, and then we spent a couple weeks in New Mexico for the Balloon Fiesta, and then we've hit up Colorado, and now we're in Utah. 10 00:00:43,329.999 --> 00:00:50,670 Awesome! Jealous I'm here in Florida and I drove to Georgia to escape a hurricane and now I'm back in Florida.
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So that's my travels lately. 12 00:00:53,439.999 --> 00:00:55,279.999 So yeah, I definitely had more fun. 13 00:00:56,399.999 --> 00:00:57,320 Yeah, for sure.
That was interesting journey for us being being northerners and then coming down to Florida.
.999That was like our first real hurricane, you know, Hurricane Mountain. 16 00:01:05,839.999 --> 00:01:07,280 So It was interesting.
But anyway, let's jump into today's podcast.
We haven't thought of a title yet.
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We thought of certainty during uncertain times.
.001We thought of knowing that, you know, we've had a couple of things we've tossed around, but I just got a couple of things that The conversation I had this morning, a couple of scriptures that God laid on my heart this morning and just the upcoming elections and just all those things compiled together. 21 00:01:35,610.001 --> 00:01:37,910.0005 I thought, you know what, let's talk about this today, Stacey. 22 00:01:37,910.0005 --> 00:01:42,250.0005 Let me just share the scripture first and we'll go from there and see where, see where it takes us. 23 00:01:42,260.0005 --> 00:01:47,560.0005 So I was reading in the book of Ephesians this morning, Ephesians three, verse 19. 24 00:01:48,30.0005 --> 00:01:53,250.0005 It says to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge. 25 00:01:54,565.0005 --> 00:01:58,285.0005 And that just, I'm like, what to know the love of Christ that passes knowledge. 26 00:01:58,775.0005 --> 00:02:04,605 I thought, how do you know something that passes knowledge? And so I just kind of been meditating on that this morning.
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.9005And that went from me jumping into our meetings, Stacy, our, our, our weekly meeting this morning, and we're talking about, we go over weekly, our. 28 00:02:14,410.0005 --> 00:02:24,010 Our ad spend for us trying to attract new franchisees and how many leads that's generating and how many calls that's generating and how many conversions that's generating.
.0005And last October we had 12 franchises sign up in here. 30 00:02:29,50.0005 --> 00:02:31,980.0005 We are today recording this podcast. 31 00:02:32,9.9995 --> 00:02:35,740.0005 We're halfway through October and we've had zero franchises sign up. 32 00:02:36,680.0005 --> 00:02:38,710.0005 And so we were just talking about. 33 00:02:39,260.0005 --> 00:02:53,770.0005 Why that could be in Stacy's husband, Garth commented you know, the elections coming up here next month and on certain times, everybody is just kind of waiting to see what happens before they move. 34 00:02:54,550.0005 --> 00:02:56,809.9995 And I told Stacy, I'm like, what, we don't do that. 35 00:02:56,810.0005 --> 00:02:57,550.0005 We're entrepreneurs. 36 00:02:57,550.0005 --> 00:03:01,460.0005 We move, we hustle, we grind, we do hard things. 37 00:03:01,460.0005 --> 00:03:03,840.0005 We don't wait to see what the economy is going to do. 38 00:03:03,850.0005 --> 00:03:05,590.0005 We don't wait to see who's going to be president. 39 00:03:06,190.0005 --> 00:03:07,949.9995 We don't wait to see what the weather's going to do. 40 00:03:07,960.0005 --> 00:03:08,290.0005 We just. 41 00:03:09,410.0005 --> 00:03:10,260.0005 Do what we do. 42 00:03:11,100.0005 --> 00:03:13,990.0005 What's your thoughts on that, Stacey? Yeah, I mean, you're so right. 43 00:03:13,990.0005 --> 00:03:25,640.0015 And, you know, thinking about uncertain times, too, the hurricanes the last few weeks that's definitely been another uncertain time for people in the east coast and down south. 44 00:03:26,110.0005 --> 00:03:28,840.0015 But yeah, I mean, think back to the pandemic. 45 00:03:28,840.0015 --> 00:03:30,820.0015 That was definitely an uncertain time. 46 00:03:30,830.0015 --> 00:03:34,900.0015 And in our industry, we were able to thrive in that. 47 00:03:35,260.0015 --> 00:03:46,715.0015 I know you've told the story before as When everything was getting shut down, you actually laid a bunch of people off in the business because you thought, you know, there was going to be a downfall. 48 00:03:47,245.0015 --> 00:03:50,645.0015 And it actually was helpful for our industry. 49 00:03:50,655.0015 --> 00:03:52,885.0015 And we were able to grow a lot in that time. 50 00:03:53,695.0015 --> 00:04:04,500.0015 So I think you just kind need to in business, keep moving forward and know that you can, do what you need to do regardless of what's happening around you.\ 51 00:04:04,500.0015 --> 00:04:05,590.0015 Yeah, exactly. 52 00:04:05,590.0015 --> 00:04:06,680.0015 I completely agree. 53 00:04:06,990.0005 --> 00:04:11,580.001 You know, you might have to tweak, you might have to make a move and all those kinds of things. 54 00:04:11,580.001 --> 00:04:17,720.0015 But that leads me to the other scripture that I was reading this morning and basically whatever the date is. 55 00:04:17,730.0015 --> 00:04:18,780.0015 So today's the 14th. 56 00:04:18,850.0015 --> 00:04:20,430.0015 So I was reading Proverbs 14. 57 00:04:21,325.0015 --> 00:04:31,365.0015 And one of my favorite scriptures came up today that I quote many times, and it is a Proverbs 14 23. 58 00:04:32,125.0015 --> 00:04:40,579.9015 And it says, In all labor, there is profit, or as one of our mentors Myron Golden says, all work works. 59 00:04:41,230.0015 --> 00:04:57,790.0005 And, and basically what that saying is in all action, it might not necessarily lead you to the desired end result, but in all action, there is profit because it makes me think of Thomas Edison writing and inventing the light bulb. 60 00:04:57,790.0015 --> 00:05:03,600.0015 And it took him 10, 000 tries and what did, what did he say? Every time it failed, he didn't say, oh, that failed. 61 00:05:03,600.0015 --> 00:05:06,800.0015 He said, oh, I just figured out one other way not to do it. 62 00:05:07,730.0015 --> 00:05:12,400.0015 And that's what I really think this proverb is talking about is in all labor, there is profit. 63 00:05:12,400.0015 --> 00:05:20,170.0015 So you could be doing things, you could be making moves, you could be trying things and in learning what works, what doesn't work. 64 00:05:20,490.0005 --> 00:05:35,140.0015 But like we see right now, talking about people in uncertain times with weather, government, this and that, whatever it is, if you don't do anything, That's like the worst thing you can do because life is still moving on. 65 00:05:35,610.0015 --> 00:05:45,20.0005 You know, Warren Buffett, he'll tell you in these uncertain times, that's actually the time where you can actually be become quite wealthy because everybody's in fear. 66 00:05:45,300.0015 --> 00:05:48,525.001 They're in what's that? That term I'm thinking of. 67 00:05:48,705.001 --> 00:05:58,525.001 They're having analysis paralysis, trying to think, well, if this, if that, you know what happens here, what happens there? Well, you don't know because you're not taking any action.
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So if you don't take any action, you don't know what the reaction is going to be to your action. 69 00:06:03,175.1 --> 00:06:05,585.001 So you don't know how to determine your next step. 70 00:06:06,960.001 --> 00:06:13,600.001 Yeah, and it goes back to like one of the scenes I've heard before is like the best time to start was a year ago. 71 00:06:13,880.001 --> 00:06:16,580.001 The second best time to start is now.
So you just have to get started. 73 00:06:19,219.999 --> 00:06:22,410 That's really what's going to move you forward is by taking action.
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Yeah, you got to take action.
It makes me think of another quote that I love by Tony Robbins, where he just says, take massive action.
.999If you're taking massive action, you're going to figure out that much faster.
What works and what doesn't work, or if you're not taking any action.
You're not going to know you're just not going to understand.
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And that was the other thing.
I was having a conversation with somebody who's signing up to start a fireside franchise this morning And she is in what I call the faith over fear stage where she's like, yeah but I don't know and what if this and that and i'm traveling next month and what if This happens while I'm traveling.
How do I figure out that? And you know, then cleaners and all the things. 82 00:07:04,865.1 --> 00:07:11,425 And I said, Lisa, we won't know any of that until we start walking in that direction.
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.999But if we just stand still and we don't think if we just stand still, we don't take any action.
.9We won't know what obstacles are are.
Because we don't have the chance to encounter any of them.
So we've got to start taking action.
We've got to start taking steps in the direction.
And man, isn't that the entrepreneurial journey? I mean, just, you know, obviously we have this in life in general, right? When we talk about weather and politics and those kinds of things, but man, the entrepreneurial journey, that's like the ultimate shortcut.
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To throwing yourself into painful situations, to throwing yourself into the unknown, to throwing yourself into the deep end of the pool, because it's scary.
.999Being an entrepreneur is scary because you don't know where the sales are going to come from.
.999You don't know if you're going to have the paycheck next week.
.999You don't know all those things. 93 00:08:02,149.999 --> 00:08:08,439.9995 It's much more comfortable to go check in, do the nine to five and know that you've got a paycheck coming. 94 00:08:08,439.9995 --> 00:08:09,950 And so.
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Yeah, man, the entrepreneurial journey.
It is definitely all about that.
It's, it's all about the things that we're talking about here this morning.
Yeah.
.999And I feel like you, like you said, you don't know unless you do it.
.999So by taking the action, you start to learn what works and what doesn't work.
And If you never get that far, then you're never going to learn from it.
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I mean, you can read all the books, watch all the trainings, but if you don't actually start taking the action based on what you've learned from that, you're not ever going to get anywhere.
.9995Yeah, it's so true. 104 00:08:45,619.9995 --> 00:08:53,540 And that's the whole, that's the interesting thing about this entrepreneurial journey, right? Is the reason why we don't take action.
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99 percent of the time is a fear of failure.
So it's a fear that we're gonna fail and we're gonna fail somehow.
We're gonna fail, but we're gonna let our family down because we're not putting enough money in the bank account.
.999We're gonna fail by, we have this business idea. 109 00:09:08,989.999 --> 00:09:09,939.999 Nobody's going to want to buy it.
We're going to, we're going to fail somehow from one, one end of the spectrum to the other so with failure, the thing about it is, if you're learning, you're not failing.
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So if you're taking action and you're learning something that works, maybe one thing that works, maybe three things that don't work, you're not actually failing.
You're just figuring it out. 113 00:09:32,299.999 --> 00:09:34,110 You're, you're, we can say it this way.
You're failing forward.
Yeah, you, you did something that didn't work, but that doesn't constitute as a failure.
That means you just figure it out.
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Because what happened is you figured out one way it doesn't work. 118 00:09:43,455.1 --> 00:09:46,145 And you also figured out something about yourself.
And that's what I love about the entrepreneurial journey is it just brings out all the insecurities inside of us, right? Like Stacey, with you starting this podcast, I just came out recently, co hosting it with you.
You started this on your own really as a challenge to yourself, right? Yeah.
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Cause Stacy, by default, she's not an extrovert like me who talks 90 percent of the podcast.
She's not, you know, I was surprised as heck when she grabbed that fifth wheel and started traveling the country.
.999I'm like, Stacy, don't you realize all these people are going to come up to you and talk to you. 124 00:10:15,484.999 --> 00:10:20,354.999 Like Stacy did the hard thing of starting this podcast, overcoming this fear. 125 00:10:21,384.999 --> 00:10:23,934.999 And now look, I mean, we're able to encourage so many people. 126 00:10:24,564.999 --> 00:10:25,644.999 And it's just amazing. 127 00:10:25,644.999 --> 00:10:26,984.999 So Stacy, you rock. 128 00:10:27,104.999 --> 00:10:27,504.999 I'm proud of you. 129 00:10:28,264.999 --> 00:10:36,474.998 And I think something, you know, that's changed inside of me being an entrepreneur, like I've learned to overcome so many difficult things. 130 00:10:36,504.999 --> 00:10:41,64.999 And now I'm trying to teach my kids that so this week we're going whitewater rafting. 131 00:10:41,114.998 --> 00:10:41,474.998 It's. 132 00:10:41,869.999 --> 00:10:50,139.9985 completely out of my comfort zone, something I wouldn't normally do, but I've done all of these, you know, little obstacles and overcome them. 133 00:10:50,139.9985 --> 00:10:53,79.999 So now I realize I can overcome the bigger obstacles. 134 00:10:53,89.999 --> 00:10:55,169.999 So it's just all a learning experience. 135 00:10:56,139.998 --> 00:10:56,619.998 Amen. 136 00:10:56,629.999 --> 00:10:57,269.999 It's it. 137 00:10:57,439.999 --> 00:10:58,109.998 That's true. 138 00:10:58,369.999 --> 00:11:09,469.999 You know, and that's the thing about fear too, is, is fear is I've heard it said this way before, as I think it's called an acronym, right? False evidence appearing real that's fear. 139 00:11:10,159.999 --> 00:11:11,169.999 So fear is. 140 00:11:11,829.999 --> 00:11:16,209.999 Hey, this could potentially happen or that could potentially happen. 141 00:11:16,779.999 --> 00:11:21,139.999 And, and I've heard it said before, Hey, it's okay that you're afraid. 142 00:11:21,149.998 --> 00:11:21,539.998 That's okay. 143 00:11:21,539.999 --> 00:11:23,469.998 That you have fear, just do it. 144 00:11:23,469.999 --> 00:11:25,859.9985 Afraid, do it scared. 145 00:11:25,859.9985 --> 00:11:27,619.998 Like that's okay to feel fear. 146 00:11:27,619.999 --> 00:11:31,929.999 That's okay to not know the outcome of a decision or a choice that you're going to make. 147 00:11:32,479.999 --> 00:11:35,69.999 That doesn't necessarily mean don't make that choice or decision. 148 00:11:35,874.999 --> 00:11:43,454.999 That means this is something new, right? I mean, obviously there's common sense, right? Like, hey, you're standing on the top of a 2000 foot bridge. 149 00:11:43,744.999 --> 00:11:44,384.998 Like, I don't know. 150 00:11:44,384.999 --> 00:11:46,44.999 I just really want to jump into that river. 151 00:11:46,44.999 --> 00:11:46,954.999 I think it'd be so cool. 152 00:11:46,964.999 --> 00:11:48,194.999 It's such a great story to tell. 153 00:11:48,554.999 --> 00:11:49,574.999 But then you feel fear. 154 00:11:49,824.998 --> 00:11:51,904.999 Well, no, that's real and present danger. 155 00:11:52,524.998 --> 00:11:53,854.998 So that's just common sense. 156 00:11:53,854.998 --> 00:11:57,704.999 Hey, if I jump off this, this bridge, I'm not going to have the story to tell. 157 00:11:57,724.999 --> 00:11:59,4.999 I'm gonna break my neck and die. 158 00:11:59,404.999 --> 00:12:00,844.999 So there's a difference between it. 159 00:12:01,139.999 --> 00:12:10,139.999 Fear in real present danger, right? You, you are out walking in the wilderness and you turn around the tree and there's a lion staring at you 50 feet away. 160 00:12:11,179.998 --> 00:12:12,529.999 That's a real and present danger. 161 00:12:12,529.999 --> 00:12:13,979.999 That's not, that's not a fear. 162 00:12:13,979.999 --> 00:12:17,489.999 That's not like, Oh, I better approach this lion and overcome my fear of lions. 163 00:12:17,519.999 --> 00:12:19,249.999 No, that's real and present danger. 164 00:12:19,719.999 --> 00:12:21,619.999 So it's okay to feel fear. 165 00:12:22,429.999 --> 00:12:24,259.999 Like fear is a God given emotion. 166 00:12:24,509.999 --> 00:12:29,549.999 Heck, a lot of times in the scriptures, it talks about the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 167 00:12:29,589.999 --> 00:12:32,719.998 I love Proverbs and Psalms and, and studying those. 168 00:12:32,719.999 --> 00:12:37,309.949 That's, to me, that's just so much richness in there for entrepreneurs to grasp. 169 00:12:37,309.949 --> 00:12:41,819.999 And, and it talks about right there at the beginning of Proverbs, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 170 00:12:42,269.999 --> 00:12:47,894.999 And it's not a fear of the Lord, like, If I make the wrong choice, he's going to smite me from the clouds. 171 00:12:48,324.999 --> 00:12:52,884.999 No, it's the fear and awe of, oh my gosh, the creator of the heavens and the universe. 172 00:12:53,299.999 --> 00:13:01,299.999 Like this awe and beauty and wonder of the God that created everything that created me, that's a healthy, beautiful fear. 173 00:13:01,299.999 --> 00:13:05,199.999 I think that's Martin Luther that says the only thing to fear is fear itself. 174 00:13:05,789.999 --> 00:13:10,519.999 Like, because when we just, when we're in fear and then it causes us to not take action. 175 00:13:11,114.999 --> 00:13:12,584.999 That's not the right place to be. 176 00:13:12,774.999 --> 00:13:13,964.999 It's okay to be afraid. 177 00:13:13,964.999 --> 00:13:16,864.999 It's okay to feel fear, but do it afraid. 178 00:13:16,914.999 --> 00:13:21,114.9975 As an entrepreneur in general there's not many more opportunities. 179 00:13:21,114.9975 --> 00:13:22,384.997 You'll get in life to do things. 180 00:13:23,89.998 --> 00:13:24,989.998 Afraid as being an entrepreneur. 181 00:13:25,329.998 --> 00:13:25,729.998 Yeah. 182 00:13:25,729.998 --> 00:13:33,529.9975 And I think with being an entrepreneur, like there's certain safeties that you can put in place to help you, through that fear process. 183 00:13:33,539.9975 --> 00:13:39,499.9975 So yeah, you're afraid of the potential outcome, but having mentors or. 184 00:13:39,659.9985 --> 00:13:51,479.9975 buying into a franchise system that has proven outcomes getting a software that can help it's all ways to put safety in place to move past that fear. 185 00:13:51,549.9975 --> 00:14:06,329.9975 Even looking at like other people's success stories like you know that other people have done it so you know that you can do it too, and it'll help you lead you forward, and then come out on the other side of it feeling so much better when you've actually accomplished what you set out for. 186 00:14:07,249.9985 --> 00:14:11,999.8975 Yeah, that is so true Stacy just the power of community I feel like that's one of the. 187 00:14:12,359.9975 --> 00:14:15,869.9975 The best things that we built here at Fireside is our power of our community. 188 00:14:16,219.9975 --> 00:14:19,899.9975 I was talking to a franchisee a while back and like, I don't know. 189 00:14:19,899.9975 --> 00:14:21,729.9975 I just don't know if I have what it takes. 190 00:14:21,729.9975 --> 00:14:23,959.997 And I just don't feel like I have the confidence. 191 00:14:23,959.997 --> 00:14:26,629.9975 I said, you know what? I know that you have what it takes. 192 00:14:27,159.9975 --> 00:14:34,499.9975 Borrow my confidence in you for now, until you are able to build your own, because we know our systems and our processes and stuff like that work. 193 00:14:34,909.9975 --> 00:14:42,299.9975 It's just, it's more of this internal fear of will it work for me? Or maybe you've had a business that's failed before. 194 00:14:42,774.9975 --> 00:14:46,494.9975 But yeah, am I really an entrepreneur? Because I've had a failed venture. 195 00:14:46,494.9975 --> 00:14:49,644.9975 I mean, heck, during COVID, there's so many businesses that went under that. 196 00:14:49,954.9975 --> 00:15:01,24.8975 There's so many entrepreneurs sitting on the sidelines right now that lost it all during COVID, or maybe even a health issue or a divorce or whatever life happened, and you lost. 197 00:15:01,184.9975 --> 00:15:04,394.9975 Your business, you lost stuff and now you're just scared to try again. 198 00:15:04,394.9975 --> 00:15:08,324.9975 And yeah, I, I was doing some research the other day. 199 00:15:08,824.9975 --> 00:15:15,594.9975 Ben that helps sell franchises for us was talking to a franchise candidate and they were just so scared of failing. 200 00:15:16,44.9975 --> 00:15:18,244.9975 And our, Oh, it was our franchise advisory board. 201 00:15:18,244.9975 --> 00:15:19,54.9975 That's what it was, Stacey. 202 00:15:19,364.9975 --> 00:15:26,194.9975 They were talking about just certain, you know, things that we could put in place just to make sure people have the best chance of succeeding. 203 00:15:26,854.9975 --> 00:15:28,804.9975 And so I did a little research on that. 204 00:15:28,804.9975 --> 00:15:29,154.9975 And. 205 00:15:29,914.9975 --> 00:15:35,964.9975 A common statistic from the SBA is, you know, 50 percent of first time businesses fail in the first five years. 206 00:15:36,884.9975 --> 00:15:39,164.9975 And then so that's a very common statistic. 207 00:15:39,574.9965 --> 00:15:47,324.9965 Another statistic that isn't as common is 80 percent of entrepreneurs that fail at first time businesses don't try again. 208 00:15:48,134.9985 --> 00:15:49,660.51486364 And that just blows my mind. 209 00:15:49,660.51486364 --> 00:15:57,79.9975 But then I found this statistic as well is so you have 50 percent of first time businesses that fail in the first five years. 210 00:15:57,599.9975 --> 00:16:01,749.9975 In the franchise world, that is less than half. 211 00:16:02,249.9975 --> 00:16:05,329.9975 20 percent of franchises fail in total. 212 00:16:06,379.9975 --> 00:16:10,879.9975 And why is that? It's because you're purchasing in to a proven system. 213 00:16:11,279.9975 --> 00:16:22,99.9975 You're purchasing in to a community, to support, to like minded people that can be your cheerleader, that can be your coach, that can be your mentor. 214 00:16:22,769.9975 --> 00:16:25,289.9975 That also can tell you the tough things you need to hear. 215 00:16:25,619.9975 --> 00:16:29,199.9975 I was coaching one of our franchisees several weeks ago. 216 00:16:29,199.9975 --> 00:16:44,679.9975 And he's like, I said, Hey, can I coach you? And his response was, well, does that mean you're going to tell me what to do? Cause I don't like being told what to do, and really the root of what he was saying there is, Hey, I feel like you're about to tell me something that's going to hurt me because it's true. 217 00:16:45,329.9975 --> 00:16:47,179.9975 And it was basically, they were being lazy. 218 00:16:47,849.9975 --> 00:16:49,49.9975 And then they gave me a permission. 219 00:16:49,49.9975 --> 00:16:50,399.9975 I said, Hey, this is what's going on. 220 00:16:50,929.9975 --> 00:16:52,239.9965 You know, basically you're being lazy. 221 00:16:52,959.9975 --> 00:17:00,159.9975 Like you need to do the things you need to put into work because we can sit around all day long and come up with a hundred excuses. 222 00:17:00,679.9975 --> 00:17:06,539.9965 But if we're, if we're not doing the work, we're not finding out what work is going to work, like Byron says. 223 00:17:07,239.9975 --> 00:17:09,599.9965 So we're not figuring out what our next step is because we're just. 224 00:17:10,84.9975 --> 00:17:11,134.9975 sitting there doing nothing. 225 00:17:11,134.9975 --> 00:17:29,854.9975 And I think too, like during uncertain times or uncertain decisions, like you really need to think about what are you certain about? So maybe you're certain about that you can't continue your nine to five anymore, because it makes you miserable, or you're certain that you want to be more present for your family. 226 00:17:30,244.9975 --> 00:17:36,964.9975 And those certainties will help you move you forward to get past the things that you're not certain about. 227 00:17:38,54.9975 --> 00:17:38,824.9975 That is so true. 228 00:17:38,824.9975 --> 00:17:39,154.9975 Yeah. 229 00:17:39,304.9975 --> 00:17:40,714.9975 I almost wore that shirt this morning. 230 00:17:40,714.9975 --> 00:17:52,74.9975 The definiteness of purpose, because if, yeah, if we don't know what our definiteness of purposes of our vision of our main goal, that we're going to be flopping and flailing all around, you know, it is so crazy. 231 00:17:52,74.9975 --> 00:17:59,594.9975 I mean, I've talked to so many entrepreneurs, very successful ones that don't necessarily know their definite purpose. 232 00:18:00,24.9975 --> 00:18:09,4.9975 And the thing about that is you can have a very successful business that's worth multi millions of dollars and all these kinds of things, but You still feel incomplete. 233 00:18:09,14.9975 --> 00:18:12,754.9975 And the reason you feel incomplete is because you don't know your definiteness of purpose. 234 00:18:12,754.9975 --> 00:18:23,944.9975 Like my definiteness of purpose, Stacey is to prepare, promote, praise, provide, and protect my wife and children to fulfill their callings. 235 00:18:24,919.9975 --> 00:18:27,849.9975 I have that memorized because I, I read that out of my mantra. 236 00:18:28,389.9975 --> 00:18:33,389.9975 And then the other side of that is to encourage and equip Christian entrepreneurs. 237 00:18:33,649.9975 --> 00:18:35,479.9975 Those are my two definiteness of purpose. 238 00:18:35,979.9975 --> 00:18:55,639.8975 And there's things, there's ways that I do that, right? There's things that I do to fulfill that definite, but knowing that I have that, like CeCe, when you, you and I meet, what do we, what do we have at the top of our meeting document is, does this equipment empower our franchisees and does this help bring in new franchises? And then we look at things under that scope. 239 00:18:55,639.8975 --> 00:19:00,619.8975 Does that help us accomplish these goals? If it doesn't, then we're just, you know, chasing after the wind. 240 00:19:00,619.8975 --> 00:19:01,649.8975 Yeah, exactly. 241 00:19:02,99.8975 --> 00:19:08,999.8975 I feel like you bringing that up, I feel like I know what my purpose is, but I don't have it like written down in a statement that I go over every day. 242 00:19:09,329.8975 --> 00:19:12,569.8975 So that's my takeaway from this is something that I need to do. 243 00:19:13,909.8975 --> 00:19:14,249.8975 Awesome. 244 00:19:14,469.8975 --> 00:19:20,359.8975 Well, you know, Stacey and to I feel like you've, you've really been covering that because as we have been talking. 245 00:19:20,359.8975 --> 00:19:22,829.8975 As we've been talking about you and the campground and stuff. 246 00:19:23,489.8975 --> 00:19:34,299.8975 And then we keep going back to, but what does that look like for me and my kids? What does that look like for time with my kids? What, cause you realize like, that's really what drives you. 247 00:19:34,299.8975 --> 00:19:42,489.8975 Like, that's really what you're excited about is doing life with Garth and the, and the kids and and you can do that in the context of a campground. 248 00:19:43,474.8975 --> 00:19:47,634.8975 But then you're tied down, you know, to a, to a location. 249 00:19:47,634.8975 --> 00:20:00,144.897 And so, yeah, I feel like you're this, this journey you're on and you're traveling the country, but you're also, you're traveling the soul and the mind and kind of, you guys aren't, you and Garth aren't covering these things together. 250 00:20:00,144.897 --> 00:20:01,854.8975 So, yeah, that's true. 251 00:20:01,874.8965 --> 00:20:11,734.8975 We have very uncertain times right now, but I know on the other end of it, like we're going to make some big decisions and, and come out on the other end, knowing more than when we went in. 252 00:20:12,559.8975 --> 00:20:13,949.8975 Yeah, for sure. 253 00:20:14,49.8975 --> 00:20:14,349.8975 Awesome. 254 00:20:14,349.8975 --> 00:20:15,749.8975 Well, let's call that an episode. 255 00:20:15,829.8975 --> 00:20:20,899.8965 I just want to encourage you guys as a ending thought is all work works. 256 00:20:21,419.8975 --> 00:20:24,689.8965 So like Tony Robbins says, take massive action. 257 00:20:25,329.8975 --> 00:20:28,849.8975 You're never failing if you're continuing forward. 258 00:20:29,434.8975 --> 00:20:31,954.8975 And you've got this, you have what it takes. 259 00:20:32,354.8975 --> 00:20:35,994.8975 There's a scripture that says the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. 260 00:20:36,664.8975 --> 00:20:41,754.8965 And the Lord showed me that I was an entrepreneur from the day I was born. 261 00:20:41,934.8975 --> 00:20:43,544.8965 And you know, that's what that scripture means. 262 00:20:43,544.8965 --> 00:20:48,144.8965 Before I gave my life to the Lord, 2003, I was a drug dealer and I was a successful one. 263 00:20:48,424.8975 --> 00:20:50,884.8975 So I was using my gifts inside of me. 264 00:20:51,639.8975 --> 00:20:54,879.8975 for entrepreneurial ventures, just they weren't legal. 265 00:20:55,899.8975 --> 00:20:59,989.8975 So I just want to encourage you, if you're on the entrepreneurial journey, there's no mistake. 266 00:20:59,989.8975 --> 00:21:02,139.8975 So you can check that box off right now. 267 00:21:02,659.8975 --> 00:21:03,599.8975 You're an entrepreneur. 268 00:21:03,619.8975 --> 00:21:04,99.8975 Okay. 269 00:21:04,419.8965 --> 00:21:04,789.8965 Yes. 270 00:21:04,789.8975 --> 00:21:05,929.897 You've made some mistakes. 271 00:21:05,929.897 --> 00:21:06,199.8965 Yes. 272 00:21:06,199.8975 --> 00:21:07,49.8975 You failed. 273 00:21:07,529.8975 --> 00:21:09,279.8975 Maybe you've even been through bankruptcy. 274 00:21:09,309.8965 --> 00:21:10,649.8965 I was there in 2008. 275 00:21:11,9.8975 --> 00:21:12,599.8975 Maybe we've even lost everything. 276 00:21:12,679.8975 --> 00:21:13,779.8975 I've been there before. 277 00:21:14,89.8975 --> 00:21:16,179.8975 That does not mean that you're not an entrepreneur. 278 00:21:16,179.8975 --> 00:21:16,549.8975 Okay. 279 00:21:16,839.8975 --> 00:21:20,979.8975 If you study many great, great entrepreneurs, they've actually gone up. 280 00:21:21,919.8975 --> 00:21:24,719.8975 Done very well, lost everything, come back down. 281 00:21:25,9.8975 --> 00:21:29,749.8975 And then when they go back up that second time, that's, it's a beautiful, beautiful story. 282 00:21:29,749.8975 --> 00:21:33,39.897 So many entrepreneurs who have lost it all and come back 10 times stronger. 283 00:21:33,39.897 --> 00:21:36,669.8975 So keep pushing forward, keep doing the hard things. 284 00:21:36,789.8975 --> 00:21:40,59.8975 And figure out your definite purpose and remind yourself of it. 285 00:21:40,639.8975 --> 00:21:42,469.8975 Put it on a post it, put it in front of you. 286 00:21:43,169.8975 --> 00:21:45,319.8975 We'll see y'all on the next episode. 287 00:21:45,799.8975 --> 00:21:46,409.8975 See you, Stacey. 288 00:21:46,409.8975 --> 00:21:46,869.8975 Thank you.
.00000000002All right. 2 00:00:00,680.00000000002 --> 00:00:00,950 All right.
.9999999999Hey everybody. 4 00:00:01,639.9999999999 --> 00:00:06,570 Welcome to another episode of RV Rental Secrets Podcast.
I'm your co host Gar, hanging out with Stacy, who is currently in, where are you at Stacy? In Utah.
Stacey and her family are traveling the country, making memories.
Where are you been so far, Stacey? Give us a quick update.
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.9So we've been on the road for about a month and we've gone to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky.
.999We did a quick stop in Arkansas, in Texas, in Oklahoma, and then we spent a couple weeks in New Mexico for the Balloon Fiesta, and then we've hit up Colorado, and now we're in Utah. 10 00:00:43,329.999 --> 00:00:50,670 Awesome! Jealous I'm here in Florida and I drove to Georgia to escape a hurricane and now I'm back in Florida.
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So that's my travels lately. 12 00:00:53,439.999 --> 00:00:55,279.999 So yeah, I definitely had more fun. 13 00:00:56,399.999 --> 00:00:57,320 Yeah, for sure.
That was interesting journey for us being being northerners and then coming down to Florida.
.999That was like our first real hurricane, you know, Hurricane Mountain. 16 00:01:05,839.999 --> 00:01:07,280 So It was interesting.
But anyway, let's jump into today's podcast.
We haven't thought of a title yet.
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We thought of certainty during uncertain times.
.001We thought of knowing that, you know, we've had a couple of things we've tossed around, but I just got a couple of things that The conversation I had this morning, a couple of scriptures that God laid on my heart this morning and just the upcoming elections and just all those things compiled together. 21 00:01:35,610.001 --> 00:01:37,910.0005 I thought, you know what, let's talk about this today, Stacey. 22 00:01:37,910.0005 --> 00:01:42,250.0005 Let me just share the scripture first and we'll go from there and see where, see where it takes us. 23 00:01:42,260.0005 --> 00:01:47,560.0005 So I was reading in the book of Ephesians this morning, Ephesians three, verse 19. 24 00:01:48,30.0005 --> 00:01:53,250.0005 It says to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge. 25 00:01:54,565.0005 --> 00:01:58,285.0005 And that just, I'm like, what to know the love of Christ that passes knowledge. 26 00:01:58,775.0005 --> 00:02:04,605 I thought, how do you know something that passes knowledge? And so I just kind of been meditating on that this morning.
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.9005And that went from me jumping into our meetings, Stacy, our, our, our weekly meeting this morning, and we're talking about, we go over weekly, our. 28 00:02:14,410.0005 --> 00:02:24,010 Our ad spend for us trying to attract new franchisees and how many leads that's generating and how many calls that's generating and how many conversions that's generating.
.0005And last October we had 12 franchises sign up in here. 30 00:02:29,50.0005 --> 00:02:31,980.0005 We are today recording this podcast. 31 00:02:32,9.9995 --> 00:02:35,740.0005 We're halfway through October and we've had zero franchises sign up. 32 00:02:36,680.0005 --> 00:02:38,710.0005 And so we were just talking about. 33 00:02:39,260.0005 --> 00:02:53,770.0005 Why that could be in Stacy's husband, Garth commented you know, the elections coming up here next month and on certain times, everybody is just kind of waiting to see what happens before they move. 34 00:02:54,550.0005 --> 00:02:56,809.9995 And I told Stacy, I'm like, what, we don't do that. 35 00:02:56,810.0005 --> 00:02:57,550.0005 We're entrepreneurs. 36 00:02:57,550.0005 --> 00:03:01,460.0005 We move, we hustle, we grind, we do hard things. 37 00:03:01,460.0005 --> 00:03:03,840.0005 We don't wait to see what the economy is going to do. 38 00:03:03,850.0005 --> 00:03:05,590.0005 We don't wait to see who's going to be president. 39 00:03:06,190.0005 --> 00:03:07,949.9995 We don't wait to see what the weather's going to do. 40 00:03:07,960.0005 --> 00:03:08,290.0005 We just. 41 00:03:09,410.0005 --> 00:03:10,260.0005 Do what we do. 42 00:03:11,100.0005 --> 00:03:13,990.0005 What's your thoughts on that, Stacey? Yeah, I mean, you're so right. 43 00:03:13,990.0005 --> 00:03:25,640.0015 And, you know, thinking about uncertain times, too, the hurricanes the last few weeks that's definitely been another uncertain time for people in the east coast and down south. 44 00:03:26,110.0005 --> 00:03:28,840.0015 But yeah, I mean, think back to the pandemic. 45 00:03:28,840.0015 --> 00:03:30,820.0015 That was definitely an uncertain time. 46 00:03:30,830.0015 --> 00:03:34,900.0015 And in our industry, we were able to thrive in that. 47 00:03:35,260.0015 --> 00:03:46,715.0015 I know you've told the story before as When everything was getting shut down, you actually laid a bunch of people off in the business because you thought, you know, there was going to be a downfall. 48 00:03:47,245.0015 --> 00:03:50,645.0015 And it actually was helpful for our industry. 49 00:03:50,655.0015 --> 00:03:52,885.0015 And we were able to grow a lot in that time. 50 00:03:53,695.0015 --> 00:04:04,500.0015 So I think you just kind need to in business, keep moving forward and know that you can, do what you need to do regardless of what's happening around you.\ 51 00:04:04,500.0015 --> 00:04:05,590.0015 Yeah, exactly. 52 00:04:05,590.0015 --> 00:04:06,680.0015 I completely agree. 53 00:04:06,990.0005 --> 00:04:11,580.001 You know, you might have to tweak, you might have to make a move and all those kinds of things. 54 00:04:11,580.001 --> 00:04:17,720.0015 But that leads me to the other scripture that I was reading this morning and basically whatever the date is. 55 00:04:17,730.0015 --> 00:04:18,780.0015 So today's the 14th. 56 00:04:18,850.0015 --> 00:04:20,430.0015 So I was reading Proverbs 14. 57 00:04:21,325.0015 --> 00:04:31,365.0015 And one of my favorite scriptures came up today that I quote many times, and it is a Proverbs 14 23. 58 00:04:32,125.0015 --> 00:04:40,579.9015 And it says, In all labor, there is profit, or as one of our mentors Myron Golden says, all work works. 59 00:04:41,230.0015 --> 00:04:57,790.0005 And, and basically what that saying is in all action, it might not necessarily lead you to the desired end result, but in all action, there is profit because it makes me think of Thomas Edison writing and inventing the light bulb. 60 00:04:57,790.0015 --> 00:05:03,600.0015 And it took him 10, 000 tries and what did, what did he say? Every time it failed, he didn't say, oh, that failed. 61 00:05:03,600.0015 --> 00:05:06,800.0015 He said, oh, I just figured out one other way not to do it. 62 00:05:07,730.0015 --> 00:05:12,400.0015 And that's what I really think this proverb is talking about is in all labor, there is profit. 63 00:05:12,400.0015 --> 00:05:20,170.0015 So you could be doing things, you could be making moves, you could be trying things and in learning what works, what doesn't work. 64 00:05:20,490.0005 --> 00:05:35,140.0015 But like we see right now, talking about people in uncertain times with weather, government, this and that, whatever it is, if you don't do anything, That's like the worst thing you can do because life is still moving on. 65 00:05:35,610.0015 --> 00:05:45,20.0005 You know, Warren Buffett, he'll tell you in these uncertain times, that's actually the time where you can actually be become quite wealthy because everybody's in fear. 66 00:05:45,300.0015 --> 00:05:48,525.001 They're in what's that? That term I'm thinking of. 67 00:05:48,705.001 --> 00:05:58,525.001 They're having analysis paralysis, trying to think, well, if this, if that, you know what happens here, what happens there? Well, you don't know because you're not taking any action.
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So if you don't take any action, you don't know what the reaction is going to be to your action. 69 00:06:03,175.1 --> 00:06:05,585.001 So you don't know how to determine your next step. 70 00:06:06,960.001 --> 00:06:13,600.001 Yeah, and it goes back to like one of the scenes I've heard before is like the best time to start was a year ago. 71 00:06:13,880.001 --> 00:06:16,580.001 The second best time to start is now.
So you just have to get started. 73 00:06:19,219.999 --> 00:06:22,410 That's really what's going to move you forward is by taking action.
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Yeah, you got to take action.
It makes me think of another quote that I love by Tony Robbins, where he just says, take massive action.
.999If you're taking massive action, you're going to figure out that much faster.
What works and what doesn't work, or if you're not taking any action.
You're not going to know you're just not going to understand.
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And that was the other thing.
I was having a conversation with somebody who's signing up to start a fireside franchise this morning And she is in what I call the faith over fear stage where she's like, yeah but I don't know and what if this and that and i'm traveling next month and what if This happens while I'm traveling.
How do I figure out that? And you know, then cleaners and all the things. 82 00:07:04,865.1 --> 00:07:11,425 And I said, Lisa, we won't know any of that until we start walking in that direction.
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.999But if we just stand still and we don't think if we just stand still, we don't take any action.
.9We won't know what obstacles are are.
Because we don't have the chance to encounter any of them.
So we've got to start taking action.
We've got to start taking steps in the direction.
And man, isn't that the entrepreneurial journey? I mean, just, you know, obviously we have this in life in general, right? When we talk about weather and politics and those kinds of things, but man, the entrepreneurial journey, that's like the ultimate shortcut.
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To throwing yourself into painful situations, to throwing yourself into the unknown, to throwing yourself into the deep end of the pool, because it's scary.
.999Being an entrepreneur is scary because you don't know where the sales are going to come from.
.999You don't know if you're going to have the paycheck next week.
.999You don't know all those things. 93 00:08:02,149.999 --> 00:08:08,439.9995 It's much more comfortable to go check in, do the nine to five and know that you've got a paycheck coming. 94 00:08:08,439.9995 --> 00:08:09,950 And so.
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Yeah, man, the entrepreneurial journey.
It is definitely all about that.
It's, it's all about the things that we're talking about here this morning.
Yeah.
.999And I feel like you, like you said, you don't know unless you do it.
.999So by taking the action, you start to learn what works and what doesn't work.
And If you never get that far, then you're never going to learn from it.
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I mean, you can read all the books, watch all the trainings, but if you don't actually start taking the action based on what you've learned from that, you're not ever going to get anywhere.
.9995Yeah, it's so true. 104 00:08:45,619.9995 --> 00:08:53,540 And that's the whole, that's the interesting thing about this entrepreneurial journey, right? Is the reason why we don't take action.
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99 percent of the time is a fear of failure.
So it's a fear that we're gonna fail and we're gonna fail somehow.
We're gonna fail, but we're gonna let our family down because we're not putting enough money in the bank account.
.999We're gonna fail by, we have this business idea. 109 00:09:08,989.999 --> 00:09:09,939.999 Nobody's going to want to buy it.
We're going to, we're going to fail somehow from one, one end of the spectrum to the other so with failure, the thing about it is, if you're learning, you're not failing.
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So if you're taking action and you're learning something that works, maybe one thing that works, maybe three things that don't work, you're not actually failing.
You're just figuring it out. 113 00:09:32,299.999 --> 00:09:34,110 You're, you're, we can say it this way.
You're failing forward.
Yeah, you, you did something that didn't work, but that doesn't constitute as a failure.
That means you just figure it out.
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Because what happened is you figured out one way it doesn't work. 118 00:09:43,455.1 --> 00:09:46,145 And you also figured out something about yourself.
And that's what I love about the entrepreneurial journey is it just brings out all the insecurities inside of us, right? Like Stacey, with you starting this podcast, I just came out recently, co hosting it with you.
You started this on your own really as a challenge to yourself, right? Yeah.
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Cause Stacy, by default, she's not an extrovert like me who talks 90 percent of the podcast.
She's not, you know, I was surprised as heck when she grabbed that fifth wheel and started traveling the country.
.999I'm like, Stacy, don't you realize all these people are going to come up to you and talk to you. 124 00:10:15,484.999 --> 00:10:20,354.999 Like Stacy did the hard thing of starting this podcast, overcoming this fear. 125 00:10:21,384.999 --> 00:10:23,934.999 And now look, I mean, we're able to encourage so many people. 126 00:10:24,564.999 --> 00:10:25,644.999 And it's just amazing. 127 00:10:25,644.999 --> 00:10:26,984.999 So Stacy, you rock. 128 00:10:27,104.999 --> 00:10:27,504.999 I'm proud of you. 129 00:10:28,264.999 --> 00:10:36,474.998 And I think something, you know, that's changed inside of me being an entrepreneur, like I've learned to overcome so many difficult things. 130 00:10:36,504.999 --> 00:10:41,64.999 And now I'm trying to teach my kids that so this week we're going whitewater rafting. 131 00:10:41,114.998 --> 00:10:41,474.998 It's. 132 00:10:41,869.999 --> 00:10:50,139.9985 completely out of my comfort zone, something I wouldn't normally do, but I've done all of these, you know, little obstacles and overcome them. 133 00:10:50,139.9985 --> 00:10:53,79.999 So now I realize I can overcome the bigger obstacles. 134 00:10:53,89.999 --> 00:10:55,169.999 So it's just all a learning experience. 135 00:10:56,139.998 --> 00:10:56,619.998 Amen. 136 00:10:56,629.999 --> 00:10:57,269.999 It's it. 137 00:10:57,439.999 --> 00:10:58,109.998 That's true. 138 00:10:58,369.999 --> 00:11:09,469.999 You know, and that's the thing about fear too, is, is fear is I've heard it said this way before, as I think it's called an acronym, right? False evidence appearing real that's fear. 139 00:11:10,159.999 --> 00:11:11,169.999 So fear is. 140 00:11:11,829.999 --> 00:11:16,209.999 Hey, this could potentially happen or that could potentially happen. 141 00:11:16,779.999 --> 00:11:21,139.999 And, and I've heard it said before, Hey, it's okay that you're afraid. 142 00:11:21,149.998 --> 00:11:21,539.998 That's okay. 143 00:11:21,539.999 --> 00:11:23,469.998 That you have fear, just do it. 144 00:11:23,469.999 --> 00:11:25,859.9985 Afraid, do it scared. 145 00:11:25,859.9985 --> 00:11:27,619.998 Like that's okay to feel fear. 146 00:11:27,619.999 --> 00:11:31,929.999 That's okay to not know the outcome of a decision or a choice that you're going to make. 147 00:11:32,479.999 --> 00:11:35,69.999 That doesn't necessarily mean don't make that choice or decision. 148 00:11:35,874.999 --> 00:11:43,454.999 That means this is something new, right? I mean, obviously there's common sense, right? Like, hey, you're standing on the top of a 2000 foot bridge. 149 00:11:43,744.999 --> 00:11:44,384.998 Like, I don't know. 150 00:11:44,384.999 --> 00:11:46,44.999 I just really want to jump into that river. 151 00:11:46,44.999 --> 00:11:46,954.999 I think it'd be so cool. 152 00:11:46,964.999 --> 00:11:48,194.999 It's such a great story to tell. 153 00:11:48,554.999 --> 00:11:49,574.999 But then you feel fear. 154 00:11:49,824.998 --> 00:11:51,904.999 Well, no, that's real and present danger. 155 00:11:52,524.998 --> 00:11:53,854.998 So that's just common sense. 156 00:11:53,854.998 --> 00:11:57,704.999 Hey, if I jump off this, this bridge, I'm not going to have the story to tell. 157 00:11:57,724.999 --> 00:11:59,4.999 I'm gonna break my neck and die. 158 00:11:59,404.999 --> 00:12:00,844.999 So there's a difference between it. 159 00:12:01,139.999 --> 00:12:10,139.999 Fear in real present danger, right? You, you are out walking in the wilderness and you turn around the tree and there's a lion staring at you 50 feet away. 160 00:12:11,179.998 --> 00:12:12,529.999 That's a real and present danger. 161 00:12:12,529.999 --> 00:12:13,979.999 That's not, that's not a fear. 162 00:12:13,979.999 --> 00:12:17,489.999 That's not like, Oh, I better approach this lion and overcome my fear of lions. 163 00:12:17,519.999 --> 00:12:19,249.999 No, that's real and present danger. 164 00:12:19,719.999 --> 00:12:21,619.999 So it's okay to feel fear. 165 00:12:22,429.999 --> 00:12:24,259.999 Like fear is a God given emotion. 166 00:12:24,509.999 --> 00:12:29,549.999 Heck, a lot of times in the scriptures, it talks about the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 167 00:12:29,589.999 --> 00:12:32,719.998 I love Proverbs and Psalms and, and studying those. 168 00:12:32,719.999 --> 00:12:37,309.949 That's, to me, that's just so much richness in there for entrepreneurs to grasp. 169 00:12:37,309.949 --> 00:12:41,819.999 And, and it talks about right there at the beginning of Proverbs, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 170 00:12:42,269.999 --> 00:12:47,894.999 And it's not a fear of the Lord, like, If I make the wrong choice, he's going to smite me from the clouds. 171 00:12:48,324.999 --> 00:12:52,884.999 No, it's the fear and awe of, oh my gosh, the creator of the heavens and the universe. 172 00:12:53,299.999 --> 00:13:01,299.999 Like this awe and beauty and wonder of the God that created everything that created me, that's a healthy, beautiful fear. 173 00:13:01,299.999 --> 00:13:05,199.999 I think that's Martin Luther that says the only thing to fear is fear itself. 174 00:13:05,789.999 --> 00:13:10,519.999 Like, because when we just, when we're in fear and then it causes us to not take action. 175 00:13:11,114.999 --> 00:13:12,584.999 That's not the right place to be. 176 00:13:12,774.999 --> 00:13:13,964.999 It's okay to be afraid. 177 00:13:13,964.999 --> 00:13:16,864.999 It's okay to feel fear, but do it afraid. 178 00:13:16,914.999 --> 00:13:21,114.9975 As an entrepreneur in general there's not many more opportunities. 179 00:13:21,114.9975 --> 00:13:22,384.997 You'll get in life to do things. 180 00:13:23,89.998 --> 00:13:24,989.998 Afraid as being an entrepreneur. 181 00:13:25,329.998 --> 00:13:25,729.998 Yeah. 182 00:13:25,729.998 --> 00:13:33,529.9975 And I think with being an entrepreneur, like there's certain safeties that you can put in place to help you, through that fear process. 183 00:13:33,539.9975 --> 00:13:39,499.9975 So yeah, you're afraid of the potential outcome, but having mentors or. 184 00:13:39,659.9985 --> 00:13:51,479.9975 buying into a franchise system that has proven outcomes getting a software that can help it's all ways to put safety in place to move past that fear. 185 00:13:51,549.9975 --> 00:14:06,329.9975 Even looking at like other people's success stories like you know that other people have done it so you know that you can do it too, and it'll help you lead you forward, and then come out on the other side of it feeling so much better when you've actually accomplished what you set out for. 186 00:14:07,249.9985 --> 00:14:11,999.8975 Yeah, that is so true Stacy just the power of community I feel like that's one of the. 187 00:14:12,359.9975 --> 00:14:15,869.9975 The best things that we built here at Fireside is our power of our community. 188 00:14:16,219.9975 --> 00:14:19,899.9975 I was talking to a franchisee a while back and like, I don't know. 189 00:14:19,899.9975 --> 00:14:21,729.9975 I just don't know if I have what it takes. 190 00:14:21,729.9975 --> 00:14:23,959.997 And I just don't feel like I have the confidence. 191 00:14:23,959.997 --> 00:14:26,629.9975 I said, you know what? I know that you have what it takes. 192 00:14:27,159.9975 --> 00:14:34,499.9975 Borrow my confidence in you for now, until you are able to build your own, because we know our systems and our processes and stuff like that work. 193 00:14:34,909.9975 --> 00:14:42,299.9975 It's just, it's more of this internal fear of will it work for me? Or maybe you've had a business that's failed before. 194 00:14:42,774.9975 --> 00:14:46,494.9975 But yeah, am I really an entrepreneur? Because I've had a failed venture. 195 00:14:46,494.9975 --> 00:14:49,644.9975 I mean, heck, during COVID, there's so many businesses that went under that. 196 00:14:49,954.9975 --> 00:15:01,24.8975 There's so many entrepreneurs sitting on the sidelines right now that lost it all during COVID, or maybe even a health issue or a divorce or whatever life happened, and you lost. 197 00:15:01,184.9975 --> 00:15:04,394.9975 Your business, you lost stuff and now you're just scared to try again. 198 00:15:04,394.9975 --> 00:15:08,324.9975 And yeah, I, I was doing some research the other day. 199 00:15:08,824.9975 --> 00:15:15,594.9975 Ben that helps sell franchises for us was talking to a franchise candidate and they were just so scared of failing. 200 00:15:16,44.9975 --> 00:15:18,244.9975 And our, Oh, it was our franchise advisory board. 201 00:15:18,244.9975 --> 00:15:19,54.9975 That's what it was, Stacey. 202 00:15:19,364.9975 --> 00:15:26,194.9975 They were talking about just certain, you know, things that we could put in place just to make sure people have the best chance of succeeding. 203 00:15:26,854.9975 --> 00:15:28,804.9975 And so I did a little research on that. 204 00:15:28,804.9975 --> 00:15:29,154.9975 And. 205 00:15:29,914.9975 --> 00:15:35,964.9975 A common statistic from the SBA is, you know, 50 percent of first time businesses fail in the first five years. 206 00:15:36,884.9975 --> 00:15:39,164.9975 And then so that's a very common statistic. 207 00:15:39,574.9965 --> 00:15:47,324.9965 Another statistic that isn't as common is 80 percent of entrepreneurs that fail at first time businesses don't try again. 208 00:15:48,134.9985 --> 00:15:49,660.51486364 And that just blows my mind. 209 00:15:49,660.51486364 --> 00:15:57,79.9975 But then I found this statistic as well is so you have 50 percent of first time businesses that fail in the first five years. 210 00:15:57,599.9975 --> 00:16:01,749.9975 In the franchise world, that is less than half. 211 00:16:02,249.9975 --> 00:16:05,329.9975 20 percent of franchises fail in total. 212 00:16:06,379.9975 --> 00:16:10,879.9975 And why is that? It's because you're purchasing in to a proven system. 213 00:16:11,279.9975 --> 00:16:22,99.9975 You're purchasing in to a community, to support, to like minded people that can be your cheerleader, that can be your coach, that can be your mentor. 214 00:16:22,769.9975 --> 00:16:25,289.9975 That also can tell you the tough things you need to hear. 215 00:16:25,619.9975 --> 00:16:29,199.9975 I was coaching one of our franchisees several weeks ago. 216 00:16:29,199.9975 --> 00:16:44,679.9975 And he's like, I said, Hey, can I coach you? And his response was, well, does that mean you're going to tell me what to do? Cause I don't like being told what to do, and really the root of what he was saying there is, Hey, I feel like you're about to tell me something that's going to hurt me because it's true. 217 00:16:45,329.9975 --> 00:16:47,179.9975 And it was basically, they were being lazy. 218 00:16:47,849.9975 --> 00:16:49,49.9975 And then they gave me a permission. 219 00:16:49,49.9975 --> 00:16:50,399.9975 I said, Hey, this is what's going on. 220 00:16:50,929.9975 --> 00:16:52,239.9965 You know, basically you're being lazy. 221 00:16:52,959.9975 --> 00:17:00,159.9975 Like you need to do the things you need to put into work because we can sit around all day long and come up with a hundred excuses. 222 00:17:00,679.9975 --> 00:17:06,539.9965 But if we're, if we're not doing the work, we're not finding out what work is going to work, like Byron says. 223 00:17:07,239.9975 --> 00:17:09,599.9965 So we're not figuring out what our next step is because we're just. 224 00:17:10,84.9975 --> 00:17:11,134.9975 sitting there doing nothing. 225 00:17:11,134.9975 --> 00:17:29,854.9975 And I think too, like during uncertain times or uncertain decisions, like you really need to think about what are you certain about? So maybe you're certain about that you can't continue your nine to five anymore, because it makes you miserable, or you're certain that you want to be more present for your family. 226 00:17:30,244.9975 --> 00:17:36,964.9975 And those certainties will help you move you forward to get past the things that you're not certain about. 227 00:17:38,54.9975 --> 00:17:38,824.9975 That is so true. 228 00:17:38,824.9975 --> 00:17:39,154.9975 Yeah. 229 00:17:39,304.9975 --> 00:17:40,714.9975 I almost wore that shirt this morning. 230 00:17:40,714.9975 --> 00:17:52,74.9975 The definiteness of purpose, because if, yeah, if we don't know what our definiteness of purposes of our vision of our main goal, that we're going to be flopping and flailing all around, you know, it is so crazy. 231 00:17:52,74.9975 --> 00:17:59,594.9975 I mean, I've talked to so many entrepreneurs, very successful ones that don't necessarily know their definite purpose. 232 00:18:00,24.9975 --> 00:18:09,4.9975 And the thing about that is you can have a very successful business that's worth multi millions of dollars and all these kinds of things, but You still feel incomplete. 233 00:18:09,14.9975 --> 00:18:12,754.9975 And the reason you feel incomplete is because you don't know your definiteness of purpose. 234 00:18:12,754.9975 --> 00:18:23,944.9975 Like my definiteness of purpose, Stacey is to prepare, promote, praise, provide, and protect my wife and children to fulfill their callings. 235 00:18:24,919.9975 --> 00:18:27,849.9975 I have that memorized because I, I read that out of my mantra. 236 00:18:28,389.9975 --> 00:18:33,389.9975 And then the other side of that is to encourage and equip Christian entrepreneurs. 237 00:18:33,649.9975 --> 00:18:35,479.9975 Those are my two definiteness of purpose. 238 00:18:35,979.9975 --> 00:18:55,639.8975 And there's things, there's ways that I do that, right? There's things that I do to fulfill that definite, but knowing that I have that, like CeCe, when you, you and I meet, what do we, what do we have at the top of our meeting document is, does this equipment empower our franchisees and does this help bring in new franchises? And then we look at things under that scope. 239 00:18:55,639.8975 --> 00:19:00,619.8975 Does that help us accomplish these goals? If it doesn't, then we're just, you know, chasing after the wind. 240 00:19:00,619.8975 --> 00:19:01,649.8975 Yeah, exactly. 241 00:19:02,99.8975 --> 00:19:08,999.8975 I feel like you bringing that up, I feel like I know what my purpose is, but I don't have it like written down in a statement that I go over every day. 242 00:19:09,329.8975 --> 00:19:12,569.8975 So that's my takeaway from this is something that I need to do. 243 00:19:13,909.8975 --> 00:19:14,249.8975 Awesome. 244 00:19:14,469.8975 --> 00:19:20,359.8975 Well, you know, Stacey and to I feel like you've, you've really been covering that because as we have been talking. 245 00:19:20,359.8975 --> 00:19:22,829.8975 As we've been talking about you and the campground and stuff. 246 00:19:23,489.8975 --> 00:19:34,299.8975 And then we keep going back to, but what does that look like for me and my kids? What does that look like for time with my kids? What, cause you realize like, that's really what drives you. 247 00:19:34,299.8975 --> 00:19:42,489.8975 Like, that's really what you're excited about is doing life with Garth and the, and the kids and and you can do that in the context of a campground. 248 00:19:43,474.8975 --> 00:19:47,634.8975 But then you're tied down, you know, to a, to a location. 249 00:19:47,634.8975 --> 00:20:00,144.897 And so, yeah, I feel like you're this, this journey you're on and you're traveling the country, but you're also, you're traveling the soul and the mind and kind of, you guys aren't, you and Garth aren't covering these things together. 250 00:20:00,144.897 --> 00:20:01,854.8975 So, yeah, that's true. 251 00:20:01,874.8965 --> 00:20:11,734.8975 We have very uncertain times right now, but I know on the other end of it, like we're going to make some big decisions and, and come out on the other end, knowing more than when we went in. 252 00:20:12,559.8975 --> 00:20:13,949.8975 Yeah, for sure. 253 00:20:14,49.8975 --> 00:20:14,349.8975 Awesome. 254 00:20:14,349.8975 --> 00:20:15,749.8975 Well, let's call that an episode. 255 00:20:15,829.8975 --> 00:20:20,899.8965 I just want to encourage you guys as a ending thought is all work works. 256 00:20:21,419.8975 --> 00:20:24,689.8965 So like Tony Robbins says, take massive action. 257 00:20:25,329.8975 --> 00:20:28,849.8975 You're never failing if you're continuing forward. 258 00:20:29,434.8975 --> 00:20:31,954.8975 And you've got this, you have what it takes. 259 00:20:32,354.8975 --> 00:20:35,994.8975 There's a scripture that says the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. 260 00:20:36,664.8975 --> 00:20:41,754.8965 And the Lord showed me that I was an entrepreneur from the day I was born. 261 00:20:41,934.8975 --> 00:20:43,544.8965 And you know, that's what that scripture means. 262 00:20:43,544.8965 --> 00:20:48,144.8965 Before I gave my life to the Lord, 2003, I was a drug dealer and I was a successful one. 263 00:20:48,424.8975 --> 00:20:50,884.8975 So I was using my gifts inside of me. 264 00:20:51,639.8975 --> 00:20:54,879.8975 for entrepreneurial ventures, just they weren't legal. 265 00:20:55,899.8975 --> 00:20:59,989.8975 So I just want to encourage you, if you're on the entrepreneurial journey, there's no mistake. 266 00:20:59,989.8975 --> 00:21:02,139.8975 So you can check that box off right now. 267 00:21:02,659.8975 --> 00:21:03,599.8975 You're an entrepreneur. 268 00:21:03,619.8975 --> 00:21:04,99.8975 Okay. 269 00:21:04,419.8965 --> 00:21:04,789.8965 Yes. 270 00:21:04,789.8975 --> 00:21:05,929.897 You've made some mistakes. 271 00:21:05,929.897 --> 00:21:06,199.8965 Yes. 272 00:21:06,199.8975 --> 00:21:07,49.8975 You failed. 273 00:21:07,529.8975 --> 00:21:09,279.8975 Maybe you've even been through bankruptcy. 274 00:21:09,309.8965 --> 00:21:10,649.8965 I was there in 2008. 275 00:21:11,9.8975 --> 00:21:12,599.8975 Maybe we've even lost everything. 276 00:21:12,679.8975 --> 00:21:13,779.8975 I've been there before. 277 00:21:14,89.8975 --> 00:21:16,179.8975 That does not mean that you're not an entrepreneur. 278 00:21:16,179.8975 --> 00:21:16,549.8975 Okay. 279 00:21:16,839.8975 --> 00:21:20,979.8975 If you study many great, great entrepreneurs, they've actually gone up. 280 00:21:21,919.8975 --> 00:21:24,719.8975 Done very well, lost everything, come back down. 281 00:21:25,9.8975 --> 00:21:29,749.8975 And then when they go back up that second time, that's, it's a beautiful, beautiful story. 282 00:21:29,749.8975 --> 00:21:33,39.897 So many entrepreneurs who have lost it all and come back 10 times stronger. 283 00:21:33,39.897 --> 00:21:36,669.8975 So keep pushing forward, keep doing the hard things. 284 00:21:36,789.8975 --> 00:21:40,59.8975 And figure out your definite purpose and remind yourself of it. 285 00:21:40,639.8975 --> 00:21:42,469.8975 Put it on a post it, put it in front of you. 286 00:21:43,169.8975 --> 00:21:45,319.8975 We'll see y'all on the next episode. 287 00:21:45,799.8975 --> 00:21:46,409.8975 See you, Stacey. 288 00:21:46,409.8975 --> 00:21:46,869.8975 Thank you.
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