with A.Z. Araujo - Episode 51:

Awareness

with A.Z. Araujo - Episode 51:

Awareness

CUSTOM JAVASCRIPT / HTML
Becoming self-aware is necessary for real growth, not only in your personal life but your business also. Without the ability to look at your behavior and focusing on the habits and behavior of others, you will be unable to identify where it stemmed from. I know that most actions are learned from a parent or someone who greatly influenced you growing up, but being able to identify that and change how we choose to react is how we end the cycle of dysfunction. We are all innocent bystanders of others' behavior until it becomes our own.
Awareness Creates Purpose
  • ​We are off to a great year so far, and things are progressing nicely. We have made big targets and have entered the year thinking that things will change. Some of you are in a place where you are facing challenges, and things aren't going as planned. I was reminded recently where I was only three years ago. If you aren't documented your life on social media, I encourage you too.
  • ​Six years ago today, I was flipping tires with Carla, trying to become more aware and realizing why I do the things I do, why things trigger me, and why I respond to certain situations the way that I do. Three years ago is when I popped my tendons in my chest, working out in the morning and having ambitious goals back in 2017. I can remember my first few days of 2017, and I was so excited about what was coming. I didn't foresee the challenges that would be coming my way; we can get discouraged because it didn't happen as we planned.
  • ​I looked back and saw the black and blue marks, the bruising that was on my arms because I ruptured both tendons in my chest. It was a rough time, and I felt I had the right mindset to overcome, but it was challenging because it didn't align with what I wanted. Twelve days into the new year and I was about to face surgery. 
  • ​Some of you are into this new year, and you are experiencing the symptoms of the flu. I was in that place last week, and I was in between having the flu and not having it. I felt the symptoms and reached out to my doctor to see if I could get a prescription to make sure I didn't get the flu; I felt a bit groggy, but I was able to push through. 
  • ​Today I want to talk about Awareness; awareness creates a sense of purpose and how we respond to certain things. For example, the flu and how many of us can plow through it, and others let it linger, and it becomes debilitating. Our business is left out in the cold, and we shut down, and we have to question why we allow ourselves to get to that point. This is something we learn, not that it affected it us greatly; or maybe it did. 
  • ​I feel that most of what we do and how we respond is because we saw it somewhere else. I can remember when I was a kid, watching my parents make sure the bills were paid, they never had sick days. I got an award from my school for perfect attendance because whether I felt good or not, my Mom told me I had to go to school. I had to plow through it and condition myself to know that there was no resting.
  • ​I’m not saying that is right, wrong, or indifferent; I’m only sharing how I was raised. I witnessed my parents struggle and be sick and still have to go to work because of the responsibilities that they had. Everything we do is learned behavior, and now is a time to make better decisions because of that or unraveling what we learned and begin to learn new habits.
Yoga Pants and an SUV
  • Think about where you were at during this time; was it something that debilitated you, and did it have to be prolonged for that amount of time? Or, did you plow through it where you had to allow yourself time to rest, and you could take 2-3 days to do that? Awareness creates a sense of purpose because you are now asking yourself better questions and looking at situations from a different perspective.
  • ​We went to the mall as a family yesterday, and my girls were excited because they wanted to buy yoga pants and shorts to work out in. The mall was packed, and we parked on the rear side of the mall. The parking is limited at this mall, and it can be time-consuming just to park the car. It always seems like more of an inconvenience than it is, and it is always my goal to find a parking spot by the main entrance. 
  • ​I was in luck, and after two turns, I followed a couple who was leaving so I could take their spot. I turned on my blinker, and a guy came around the corner and saw me waiting, and he knew what I intended to do. While this was happening, a spot opened up directly in front of me, and the couple backed out, and a big SUV had their blinker on to claim that spot. From the other side, a little BMW pulled up fast, and an older man was driving, and the SUV was blocked by the car pulling out, so the BMW pulled into the spot. The SUV inched forward to indicate that he was waiting for that spot, but it didn't slow the BMW down. 
  • ​We are sitting there in our car, witnessing and intrigued by this whole situation playing out. What happened next is why we need to be aware of our actions. When we are in the heat of the moment, when we are feeling sick, we are not aware of our actions. The younger guy in the SUV, who had his kid in the back seat, gets out and is heated. He confronts the older man in the BMW, he got in his face, and I was thinking if this younger guy knew what he was doing at that moment. I could see the guys' son in the SUV, taking off his seat belt, watching his Dad verbally assaulting a 75-year-old man. 
  • ​Was he in the right? Yes, he was, but it is what he did afterward. It goes back to the analogy of when you are sick; it is about what you do afterward. Where did he get those behaviors from? Most often, those are learned behaviors, and he is passing those on to his son and doesn't realize that he is doing it. I watched this confrontation, and they were yelling back and forth, and I thought the younger guy might assault the older man. He got in his face, he got back in his car, but he was yelling the entire time over a parking spot. 
  • ​That much energy was exuded; he wasn't going to be the same going into the mall as he was going to the mall. Maybe he was in a good mood or maybe he wasn't, but the situation changed the whole dynamic of his afternoon. He put himself into that place of high energy and anger, where he gets out of his car to yell at someone. I don't put myself above reacting the same way, so I get it. What happens, though, is the ramifications and consequences are much more significant, not only for him but for the older man.
When You Become Your Parents
  • We went into the mall and ended up running into the older man. They didn't know who was watching, but they knew they had an entire audience there watching them go back and forth, at a mall, at noon on a Sunday. We get wrapped up in our minds about how we've been wronged, and instead of avoiding confrontation, he made it worse. By the time he found a parking space, he wasn't connecting with his kid; he is pissed off. The older man was visually distraught and angry. 
  • ​I am not saying that I am free from this stuff, but this type of behavior bleeds in deeper than we realize. If you are in that place where you are triggered to a point where you can have these feelings towards someone or something, and you sabotage what is going on around you, this is also how you sabotage business and your marketing. 
  • ​It's easy to point out how others were wrong, but I will tell you how I was wrong. I was at the mall with my wife and two daughters; they were excited because they were going to have fun at the mall. I went into the store, and I got caught up on how I was raised. I was looking at all of the prices of what they wanted to buy. In my mind, it goes from this stuff is expensive, and then why are we always spending money. 
  • ​First, I was thinking about it, and then I began to verbalize it. I told them that they always want to spend money; now, I am finding myself in a place of disconnect on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with my family. My Mom had this conversation, and maybe you had this experience, where she sat us down, before going to the mall and told us not to ask for anything. When we go into the store, don't ask me for a toy, not candy, not anything. 
  • ​I can remember those conversations; did she have a good reason for them? Yes, she did. My parents were limited on funds. Did they want to give me things? Probably, yes, but they were watching every nickel and dime. Things have changed in my situation, and I have worked hard for everything I have, but yet I wasn't aware that it had everything to do with my childhood. I am now creating a wedge between my daughters and myself because of the story I have from years ago. 
  • ​I think we can all be guilty of that because if I started to think about all of the money I spend on myself in comparison; there is no comparison. I began to think about the lunches I take, the dinners and events I go to, the car I drive, the clothes I wear; when I compare those things, they pale in comparison to what my daughters want. But yet I am willing to destroy an afternoon, just as that other guy did, where I am pointing at him and saying he is so wrong; I am doing the same damn thing that he was doing. Just as he learned, it was okay, and his son is learning it is okay to blow your lid, confront somebody; I am telling my kids that they can't have the things that they have worked hard for. 
  • ​They are good kids, they do great things and are excellent in school and sports. Anything I have ever asked of them they deliver on, yet I am creating a wedge because of my history, and I am not aware. I am, though, and that is the whole point of the 12-week targets.
But Look at Him
  • Each one of you will be getting a new journal in the next few weeks. There is an element here of describing what you learned about yourself today. It is the awareness aspect, the purpose aspect. Me realizing that I was in the wrong at the mall makes me a better person because I am not avoiding the truths. I am also not living in a glasshouse, thinking everyone else is doing wrong, and I am not. 
  • ​Are you in this place with your business? Unwilling to invest in the resources required because of this place of scarcity. When it comes to yourself though, you spend freely. If there is something you want, you go ahead and pull the trigger. When it comes to purchasing a new computer, a CRM, or anything that puts back into your business, you halt, and you pause.
  • ​I will admit that I wasn't the most pleasant person at the mall, and I was distant. Instead of going in and seeing how happy my daughters were about the things they wanted after I agreed to it, I was pissed off about it. It's an oxymoron to agree to something and then be pissed off. My mind took me to a different place where even though I am not struggling financially, I felt like I was. 
  • ​Why are we willing to give the best to others, but not to our business and our family? There is so much more to learn as parents, so we don't continue this path of dysfunction. I corrected myself, and we had a nice lunch, and I became present again. I know what used to be is not today; the struggles financially that we used to have is not our current reality. We have grown, you have grown, and you aren't the same person, but many of our thoughts still stem from the past. We need to understand that there is a significant disparity in who we are today versus who we used to be. 
  • ​I am not the same guy from six years ago; I more aware today because I pay attention daily. Part of your 12-week targets is to do that. Listen to something towards self-development to learn something about your past to be a better parent, and to show up powerfully in your marriage. These are things that make you aware because if you don't know, then you don't know; that is your fault and my fault. 
  • ​It is so easy to conclude that someone else is doing it wrong, or the way that you are doing it is right. If there is nothing to compare it too, for example, your thoughts from childhood to who you are today, if you don't see the distinction, there is no real growth. 
  • ​Think about how you respond to things that are affecting your business 100%, the connection at home, and how it is affecting your health. When you find yourself in a situation, ask yourself if you learned this behavior from someone else. When you lose your cool, become upset about something, or are sick and you shut down from the world and your business, where did you get that from? What are your kids, your spouse, and what are you seeing in yourself? These are all valuable lessons that you need to be aware of. 
  • ​The point of purpose is realizing there are things we can do to make ourselves better; there are thoughts we need to get rid of. We need to analyze these things and dissect them. If we don't face them head-on, we carry it with us, and the slower we progress, the unhappier we become, and the less we can accomplish. The responsibility comes back to us. Is how you are running your business a direct reflection of how you handle other areas of your life? Where did you learn this from?  
  • ​I’m not saying it is right that I had to go to school every day, whether I was sick or not, but maybe there is a place in between, and it's okay for me to give myself that one day or two days off. If you are used to shutting down for five or six days, maybe there is a better strategy for that and only give yourself one or two days instead. You need to tell yourself to be mentally strong, so your body knows what to do next.
In Closing
  • So maybe this year didn't start how we wanted, but being aware of our behaviors, being able to analyze it and make corrections; I could have ruined my whole Sunday as that other man did, but I am proud that I caught myself and was able to turn it around. 
  • ​I forgot one key point. My daughter told me she was having so much fun; I replied that I hoped we could have more fun without having to spend so much money all of the time. What the hell is that? This is the place we need to catch ourselves. My thoughts, the fact that I was already worked up, led me to those comments, and I made things worse, but then I corrected it. 
  • ​I think we all need to be more aware and know that there are certain things and experiences in our lives that motivate us to do more. This business is monotonous, tiring, and non-stop. You must market daily and be out there consistently because as soon as your not, you stop your income and your production.
  • ​Sometimes I only want to relax and not have this responsibility, but having a sense of purpose, and knowing we have behaviors we have to correct and overcome is key to living a life on fire. We have all been there, but the more aware you become, the greater your life will become. Have you ever been in a place where you have acted as your parents have? Ruin your days, ruin your business and strategy? I think we have all been there. 
  • ​Our history can be debilitating, but it can also teach us the lessons we need to learn. I catch myself all of the time in this place where I know I am not the same person, I am not struggling, and when I must remember that, I ruin the moment. I was angry and irritated, failing to connect because I was in my own story of what we don't have; we have plenty. 
  • I love to read, but it is more convenient to listen to audiobooks. If you have an Amazon account, you have an Audible account. You can get your first book free, and if you haven't listened to something to inspire you, motivate you, or to learn more about yourself, audiobooks have made a difference in my life, just as podcasts have. All of these mediums have shown me how to become a better person; awareness is your responsibility and part of our PRIME 3. 
  • 1. POWER- Accessing that power by working out and doing something good for your body.
  • 2. PURPOSE- Awareness, and self-development. Whether you listen to it or read it, it's about learning more about yourself.
  • 3. PROFITS- As you self develop and become more self-aware, it is your responsibility for how to make your business better; increase your profits through marketing, sales, systems, and leadership. 

  • ​It is our responsibility not to pass on the dysfunction, and the bad habits that were passed on to us. We are innocent bystanders when it comes to those behaviors. We learned them growing up, and for some, they can't see that there is something beyond that, until one day they do. The things we are dealing with that our parents couldn't figure out; we need to take that responsibility, so our kids don't inherit the same behavior. 
  • ​What that kid saw in that SUV from his father is exactly how he is going to respond whenever he finds himself in a similar situation. We are creatures of habit and the environment. My daughters will most likely be upset with their kids when they agree to take them to the mall and then be pissed the entire time. 
  • ​Let's become more aware and become better business people. Let's go out and have an epic week, and make sure you understand what is considered a win by the end of the week. Take a minute right now and determine what you want to apply, who you want to get under contract, what Open House you want to hold; those are all wins. Our IGNITE event is coming up, and if you have not signed up, we will be closing registration soon; it will be a night of celebration and a lot of fun. More details will be coming in the next few weeks.

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Becoming self-aware is necessary for real growth, not only in your personal life but your business also. Without the ability to look at your behavior and focusing on the habits and behavior of others, you will be unable to identify where it stemmed from. I know that most actions are learned from a parent or someone who greatly influenced you growing up, but being able to identify that and change how we choose to react is how we end the cycle of dysfunction. We are all innocent bystanders of others' behavior until it becomes our own.
Awareness Creates Purpose
  • ​We are off to a great year so far, and things are progressing nicely. We have made big targets and have entered the year thinking that things will change. Some of you are in a place where you are facing challenges, and things aren't going as planned. I was reminded recently where I was only three years ago. If you aren't documented your life on social media, I encourage you too.
  • ​Six years ago today, I was flipping tires with Carla, trying to become more aware and realizing why I do the things I do, why things trigger me, and why I respond to certain situations the way that I do. Three years ago is when I popped my tendons in my chest, working out in the morning and having ambitious goals back in 2017. I can remember my first few days of 2017, and I was so excited about what was coming. I didn't foresee the challenges that would be coming my way; we can get discouraged because it didn't happen as we planned.
  • ​I looked back and saw the black and blue marks, the bruising that was on my arms because I ruptured both tendons in my chest. It was a rough time, and I felt I had the right mindset to overcome, but it was challenging because it didn't align with what I wanted. Twelve days into the new year and I was about to face surgery. 
  • ​Some of you are into this new year, and you are experiencing the symptoms of the flu. I was in that place last week, and I was in between having the flu and not having it. I felt the symptoms and reached out to my doctor to see if I could get a prescription to make sure I didn't get the flu; I felt a bit groggy, but I was able to push through. 
  • ​Today I want to talk about Awareness; awareness creates a sense of purpose and how we respond to certain things. For example, the flu and how many of us can plow through it, and others let it linger, and it becomes debilitating. Our business is left out in the cold, and we shut down, and we have to question why we allow ourselves to get to that point. This is something we learn, not that it affected it us greatly; or maybe it did. 
  • ​I feel that most of what we do and how we respond is because we saw it somewhere else. I can remember when I was a kid, watching my parents make sure the bills were paid, they never had sick days. I got an award from my school for perfect attendance because whether I felt good or not, my Mom told me I had to go to school. I had to plow through it and condition myself to know that there was no resting.
  • ​I’m not saying that is right, wrong, or indifferent; I’m only sharing how I was raised. I witnessed my parents struggle and be sick and still have to go to work because of the responsibilities that they had. Everything we do is learned behavior, and now is a time to make better decisions because of that or unraveling what we learned and begin to learn new habits.
Yoga Pants and an SUV
  • Think about where you were at during this time; was it something that debilitated you, and did it have to be prolonged for that amount of time? Or, did you plow through it where you had to allow yourself time to rest, and you could take 2-3 days to do that? Awareness creates a sense of purpose because you are now asking yourself better questions and looking at situations from a different perspective.
  • ​We went to the mall as a family yesterday, and my girls were excited because they wanted to buy yoga pants and shorts to work out in. The mall was packed, and we parked on the rear side of the mall. The parking is limited at this mall, and it can be time-consuming just to park the car. It always seems like more of an inconvenience than it is, and it is always my goal to find a parking spot by the main entrance. 
  • ​I was in luck, and after two turns, I followed a couple who was leaving so I could take their spot. I turned on my blinker, and a guy came around the corner and saw me waiting, and he knew what I intended to do. While this was happening, a spot opened up directly in front of me, and the couple backed out, and a big SUV had their blinker on to claim that spot. From the other side, a little BMW pulled up fast, and an older man was driving, and the SUV was blocked by the car pulling out, so the BMW pulled into the spot. The SUV inched forward to indicate that he was waiting for that spot, but it didn't slow the BMW down. 
  • ​We are sitting there in our car, witnessing and intrigued by this whole situation playing out. What happened next is why we need to be aware of our actions. When we are in the heat of the moment, when we are feeling sick, we are not aware of our actions. The younger guy in the SUV, who had his kid in the back seat, gets out and is heated. He confronts the older man in the BMW, he got in his face, and I was thinking if this younger guy knew what he was doing at that moment. I could see the guys' son in the SUV, taking off his seat belt, watching his Dad verbally assaulting a 75-year-old man. 
  • ​Was he in the right? Yes, he was, but it is what he did afterward. It goes back to the analogy of when you are sick; it is about what you do afterward. Where did he get those behaviors from? Most often, those are learned behaviors, and he is passing those on to his son and doesn't realize that he is doing it. I watched this confrontation, and they were yelling back and forth, and I thought the younger guy might assault the older man. He got in his face, he got back in his car, but he was yelling the entire time over a parking spot. 
  • ​That much energy was exuded; he wasn't going to be the same going into the mall as he was going to the mall. Maybe he was in a good mood or maybe he wasn't, but the situation changed the whole dynamic of his afternoon. He put himself into that place of high energy and anger, where he gets out of his car to yell at someone. I don't put myself above reacting the same way, so I get it. What happens, though, is the ramifications and consequences are much more significant, not only for him but for the older man.
When You Become Your Parents
  • We went into the mall and ended up running into the older man. They didn't know who was watching, but they knew they had an entire audience there watching them go back and forth, at a mall, at noon on a Sunday. We get wrapped up in our minds about how we've been wronged, and instead of avoiding confrontation, he made it worse. By the time he found a parking space, he wasn't connecting with his kid; he is pissed off. The older man was visually distraught and angry. 
  • ​I am not saying that I am free from this stuff, but this type of behavior bleeds in deeper than we realize. If you are in that place where you are triggered to a point where you can have these feelings towards someone or something, and you sabotage what is going on around you, this is also how you sabotage business and your marketing. 
  • ​It's easy to point out how others were wrong, but I will tell you how I was wrong. I was at the mall with my wife and two daughters; they were excited because they were going to have fun at the mall. I went into the store, and I got caught up on how I was raised. I was looking at all of the prices of what they wanted to buy. In my mind, it goes from this stuff is expensive, and then why are we always spending money. 
  • ​First, I was thinking about it, and then I began to verbalize it. I told them that they always want to spend money; now, I am finding myself in a place of disconnect on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with my family. My Mom had this conversation, and maybe you had this experience, where she sat us down, before going to the mall and told us not to ask for anything. When we go into the store, don't ask me for a toy, not candy, not anything. 
  • ​I can remember those conversations; did she have a good reason for them? Yes, she did. My parents were limited on funds. Did they want to give me things? Probably, yes, but they were watching every nickel and dime. Things have changed in my situation, and I have worked hard for everything I have, but yet I wasn't aware that it had everything to do with my childhood. I am now creating a wedge between my daughters and myself because of the story I have from years ago. 
  • ​I think we can all be guilty of that because if I started to think about all of the money I spend on myself in comparison; there is no comparison. I began to think about the lunches I take, the dinners and events I go to, the car I drive, the clothes I wear; when I compare those things, they pale in comparison to what my daughters want. But yet I am willing to destroy an afternoon, just as that other guy did, where I am pointing at him and saying he is so wrong; I am doing the same damn thing that he was doing. Just as he learned, it was okay, and his son is learning it is okay to blow your lid, confront somebody; I am telling my kids that they can't have the things that they have worked hard for. 
  • ​They are good kids, they do great things and are excellent in school and sports. Anything I have ever asked of them they deliver on, yet I am creating a wedge because of my history, and I am not aware. I am, though, and that is the whole point of the 12-week targets.
But Look at Him
  • Each one of you will be getting a new journal in the next few weeks. There is an element here of describing what you learned about yourself today. It is the awareness aspect, the purpose aspect. Me realizing that I was in the wrong at the mall makes me a better person because I am not avoiding the truths. I am also not living in a glasshouse, thinking everyone else is doing wrong, and I am not. 
  • ​Are you in this place with your business? Unwilling to invest in the resources required because of this place of scarcity. When it comes to yourself though, you spend freely. If there is something you want, you go ahead and pull the trigger. When it comes to purchasing a new computer, a CRM, or anything that puts back into your business, you halt, and you pause.
  • ​I will admit that I wasn't the most pleasant person at the mall, and I was distant. Instead of going in and seeing how happy my daughters were about the things they wanted after I agreed to it, I was pissed off about it. It's an oxymoron to agree to something and then be pissed off. My mind took me to a different place where even though I am not struggling financially, I felt like I was. 
  • ​Why are we willing to give the best to others, but not to our business and our family? There is so much more to learn as parents, so we don't continue this path of dysfunction. I corrected myself, and we had a nice lunch, and I became present again. I know what used to be is not today; the struggles financially that we used to have is not our current reality. We have grown, you have grown, and you aren't the same person, but many of our thoughts still stem from the past. We need to understand that there is a significant disparity in who we are today versus who we used to be. 
  • ​I am not the same guy from six years ago; I more aware today because I pay attention daily. Part of your 12-week targets is to do that. Listen to something towards self-development to learn something about your past to be a better parent, and to show up powerfully in your marriage. These are things that make you aware because if you don't know, then you don't know; that is your fault and my fault. 
  • ​It is so easy to conclude that someone else is doing it wrong, or the way that you are doing it is right. If there is nothing to compare it too, for example, your thoughts from childhood to who you are today, if you don't see the distinction, there is no real growth. 
  • ​Think about how you respond to things that are affecting your business 100%, the connection at home, and how it is affecting your health. When you find yourself in a situation, ask yourself if you learned this behavior from someone else. When you lose your cool, become upset about something, or are sick and you shut down from the world and your business, where did you get that from? What are your kids, your spouse, and what are you seeing in yourself? These are all valuable lessons that you need to be aware of. 
  • ​The point of purpose is realizing there are things we can do to make ourselves better; there are thoughts we need to get rid of. We need to analyze these things and dissect them. If we don't face them head-on, we carry it with us, and the slower we progress, the unhappier we become, and the less we can accomplish. The responsibility comes back to us. Is how you are running your business a direct reflection of how you handle other areas of your life? Where did you learn this from?  
  • ​I’m not saying it is right that I had to go to school every day, whether I was sick or not, but maybe there is a place in between, and it's okay for me to give myself that one day or two days off. If you are used to shutting down for five or six days, maybe there is a better strategy for that and only give yourself one or two days instead. You need to tell yourself to be mentally strong, so your body knows what to do next.
In Closing
  • So maybe this year didn't start how we wanted, but being aware of our behaviors, being able to analyze it and make corrections; I could have ruined my whole Sunday as that other man did, but I am proud that I caught myself and was able to turn it around. 
  • ​I forgot one key point. My daughter told me she was having so much fun; I replied that I hoped we could have more fun without having to spend so much money all of the time. What the hell is that? This is the place we need to catch ourselves. My thoughts, the fact that I was already worked up, led me to those comments, and I made things worse, but then I corrected it. 
  • ​I think we all need to be more aware and know that there are certain things and experiences in our lives that motivate us to do more. This business is monotonous, tiring, and non-stop. You must market daily and be out there consistently because as soon as your not, you stop your income and your production.
  • ​Sometimes I only want to relax and not have this responsibility, but having a sense of purpose, and knowing we have behaviors we have to correct and overcome is key to living a life on fire. We have all been there, but the more aware you become, the greater your life will become. Have you ever been in a place where you have acted as your parents have? Ruin your days, ruin your business and strategy? I think we have all been there. 
  • ​Our history can be debilitating, but it can also teach us the lessons we need to learn. I catch myself all of the time in this place where I know I am not the same person, I am not struggling, and when I must remember that, I ruin the moment. I was angry and irritated, failing to connect because I was in my own story of what we don't have; we have plenty. 
  • I love to read, but it is more convenient to listen to audiobooks. If you have an Amazon account, you have an Audible account. You can get your first book free, and if you haven't listened to something to inspire you, motivate you, or to learn more about yourself, audiobooks have made a difference in my life, just as podcasts have. All of these mediums have shown me how to become a better person; awareness is your responsibility and part of our PRIME 3. 
  • 1. POWER- Accessing that power by working out and doing something good for your body.
  • 2. PURPOSE- Awareness, and self-development. Whether you listen to it or read it, it's about learning more about yourself.
  • 3. PROFITS- As you self develop and become more self-aware, it is your responsibility for how to make your business better; increase your profits through marketing, sales, systems, and leadership. 

  • ​It is our responsibility not to pass on the dysfunction, and the bad habits that were passed on to us. We are innocent bystanders when it comes to those behaviors. We learned them growing up, and for some, they can't see that there is something beyond that, until one day they do. The things we are dealing with that our parents couldn't figure out; we need to take that responsibility, so our kids don't inherit the same behavior. 
  • ​What that kid saw in that SUV from his father is exactly how he is going to respond whenever he finds himself in a similar situation. We are creatures of habit and the environment. My daughters will most likely be upset with their kids when they agree to take them to the mall and then be pissed the entire time. 
  • ​Let's become more aware and become better business people. Let's go out and have an epic week, and make sure you understand what is considered a win by the end of the week. Take a minute right now and determine what you want to apply, who you want to get under contract, what Open House you want to hold; those are all wins. Our IGNITE event is coming up, and if you have not signed up, we will be closing registration soon; it will be a night of celebration and a lot of fun. More details will be coming in the next few weeks.

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