Aww Shift

In today's episode, our guest is Allyson Byrd, referred to as 'The Profit Accelerator' by her clients, who coached 7500 entrepreneurial leaders and created tours, and managed to earn $60 million in revenue the last nine years. She has been featured on different platforms because of her dedication and determination to get into the driver's seat of her own life. She turned passion into profit and made her Money work for her. 

[8:09] Why should we listen to you?

People listen based on two paradigms. An average person listens because of how articulate and expressive I am. I have this aura that captures attention and a sense of relatability that people felt and attracted to that. When an ultra-successful listen to me, they see home inside of me. They recognize that I belong in their society. Because I've lived in the extremes of life, and that's what inspires people to listen to me, be with me, sit with me, and share with me.

 

[10:43] How did these traits become something you develop? Where did that come to be?

It arose from my experience that I was told by people who seemed to be intimidated by me. Women would say it after they had known me for a while. On the other hand, men would express their discomfort by simply leaving the premises as if they were gone. And what I discovered is that the world's people are very uncomfortable in the presence of a woman who does not despise herself.

 

[11:37] When women fail, the world is too calm because they love a damsel in distress. Women are conditioned to be damsels. I am of a generation that is not aligned with that school of thought. Many people resist their gift because they don't know how I do be responsible for it. I've got to ask myself, how can I curate an experience with others that allows them to feel okay. So, I started to soften the edges of my greatness and not make it so pointed she has nothing to defend or hide or prove.

 

[14:49] How do you talk to people, who were like sounds good, but that's not for other people like what statements or conversations you can have fireback with?

I believe that if you argue for your limitation, my responsibility is to give you the win. The moment you tell me it's not for me, I'm like, okay, because I'm going to speak to ears that listen. I like to spend time asking a couple of questions because people will always argue with your data, but they won't say with theirs. So if you can get them to start speaking their truth in their light, then they'll find their alignment.

 

[17:35] How can you turn the power you have as a human yourself, as well as in what you can provide for people who are ready to go on that journey? How does that turn a profit of 7500 entrepreneurs towards $60 million?

I just wanted to be an entrepreneur. In her early 30s, I tried to replace my income. I thought I would be forever working for Blackberry. When I identified that, that didn't work for me anymore, and I wanted more autonomy. And I also wanted to exercise my voice in the world. I started as a life coach from a life coach went into being a transformational leadership coach.

 

[18:47] I was six months into the business, and I was broke. And what happens when you're financially broke is the circumstances break you. I had to fight. I thought this is not my identity. I want everybody to think about if you're on an occasion that doesn't work for you.

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20:09] I promise to be great, and I'm going to start my business. I was working on my skill, knowledge, talent, and education but success comes with our willingness, our permission, with the end to be great. So, I decided to sell a product. I created a $695 product and wanted to see and I could sell ten a day. I started creating almost $10,000 a day and started making about, on average, somewhere between depending on the sales went 28,000 to $40,000.

 

[24:17] About Amazon Special 

Somebody contacted me to do a special for Amazon Prime. I talked about my relationship with success. I knew that I was the representation because we're not there a lot.

 

[28:13]What promise did God make to the world when He created you?

God promised when he created Alison and said, Let there be. Let there be the truth. Let there be integrity. Let there be power. And I'm so honored to be all those things.

Key Quotes:

[15:36-15:38] "Powerful people ask powerful questions."

[22:09 -22:13] "Money is made. You have to earn it. And earning has to be hard. And hard things must come over time."

In this episode, our guest is Sherianna Boyle, an author of many books. She’s an emotional detox coach who helps people roll through the different life stages. 

[7:27] Why should we listen to you?

It’s not about why, but what. What you sense and feel in someone is extremely important. I process my feelings regularly to show up from a space of feeling rather than reacting. 

[9:08] “When emotion is high, intelligence is low.” Does this ring true in your work?

When I was researching emotional detox and then emotional detox for anxiety, I found that we confuse emotions with reactions. Understand your emotions—do you feel or react?

[10:54]  How do you get to the “space”?

I had to build the foundation because I realized that our foundation for emotions was manageable. And when it comes to an emotional detox, you don’t manage emotions because you don’t process it.

[16:09] How do you talk to someone who’s in that space to get them to wake up and start doing that?

It doesn’t begin with them. It starts with us. As we process what’s coming up, we become aware of the reflection of a reaction. If you avoid speaking to a sibling, then you’re in a state of reactivity. Avoidance would be like shutting down, minimizing, or ignoring. What is that person doing to you? Minimizing or ignoring—you’re making the same pattern. 

[19:32] Sometimes, we want to parent them. We want to teach them, but it begins with you feeling the frustration. Underneath the frustration, it’s not connecting with the person or what they’re doing – it’s the fact that you want to communicate with them, and that’s frustrating. 

[20:42] Breathing is going to be a part of that. You can’t process an emotion without oxygen. 

[27:02] What drives you to be an expert in this area?

I went through a lot of trauma. It’s like even later on in life, and I’m trying to be more consciously aware of the subconscious feelings I have and managed drives.

Key Quotes:

[9:57-10:02] “The higher your reactivity levels, the more you’re triggered.”

 

In today’s episode, we have Stu Massengil. He has accomplished more by the age of 20. He has an eight-figure business and beat cancer at 24. His whole mission is to change the statistics of 80% of people not loving what they do to the point where people fall in love with what they do. Today, Stu unpacks his story to help other people find their direction and mission in life

[7:18] Why should we listen to you?

I don’t think you would end up listening to me. I think I’m an innately curious person and you would end up telling me about your life. I’m going to get you to talk about yourself, and people love talking about themselves. So you’ll keep talking. I like to listen. I want to learn. I find people have amazing stories that I can unpack if I speak to them. 

 [8:36]  Lifetime story version

I grew up with a beautiful family, two great parents, a great older brother, and just went throughout life, being more of the shy and introverted kid throughout my life. I got into action sports. I would skateboard, snowboard and always had that “little entrepreneurship” in me.  When I started a neighborhood business, I was young by selling candy in high school. I started diving into entrepreneurship in San Diego when a network marketing company was introduced to me.

[9:49] I’m a big believer in following my heart and intuition and felt the calling to do something else. One of the biggest things I’ve learned in that process is I left not knowing what I was going to do.

[10:48] Now I work with Tony Robbins, and I’m the founder of Finding Direction because there’s always a story intertwined. I felt so much pain, feeling lost, and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life and figured out that I’m not the only one there. 

[11:45]  How do you create that plan?

Figuring out if you’re in this place where maybe you’re not super excited about what you’re doing, or you’ve been pushing for this business, or you’ve been pushing in this career and feeling your internal guiding system going. I don’t know if this is what you’re supposed to do and if you’re at that place, I would say the most significant part is starting with what do you genuinely feel that liked your soul up? 

[12:32] I’ve noticed that it’s easier to get overwhelmed in today’s society than ever before. We got you to go on social media for five minutes, and five minutes later, you become envious of what your friends are doing—it’s the shiny object syndrome. These are distractions. Sometimes, we forget who we are at our core and get overwhelmed with the possibilities. 

[14:48] How do you approach an objection?

The biggest thing you can do is build your network. One of the most prominent beliefs I have is through effective communication and networking; you can open any door of opportunity. 

[18:19] When that fear pops up on those cold feet, you want to ask yourself innately why is this fear popping up? You’re not trying to thrive; you’re trying to survive. By pushing yourself to get into an opportunity and fear shows up, understand that it wants to protect you. Acknowledge it.

[19:30] Anytime that fear pops back into your mind, start looking at those new connections you’ve made and push yourself over the edge—you now have more reasons to do it than not.

[21:28] Remember you’re tasting these different areas of life. It is all part of the process of figuring out your life rather than someone. 

[26:07] What promise did God make to the world when he created you?

My purpose is helping people find their direction. 

Key Quotes:

[15;09 – 15:15] “One of the biggest beliefs I have is through effective communication and networking, you can open any door of opportunity.” 

[19:30 – 19:41] “So anytime that fear pops back into your mind, you can start to look at those new connections you’ve made in your brain, and you can start to push yourself over the edge because now you have more reasons to than to not.”

In today's episode, our guest is Jodi Daniels, Certified Informational Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). She is the Founder of Red Clover Advisors and has more than 20 years of privacy, strategy, marketing, and finance roles. She has worked with companies such as Deloitte, The Home Depot, Cox Enterprise, and Bank of America. Her team has helped hundreds of companies create privacy programs, achieve GDPR, CCPA, and US privacy law compliance, and establish a secure online data strategy their customers love. And today, she is going to share with us why privacy is essential to all aspects of the virtual world. 

[9:15] Why should we listen to you?

Our topic could depend on the day as there are so many interesting pieces. I love being a mom, and I also love health and wellness. We might be talking about healthy smoothies, how to live an extraordinary life, or we might be talking about cool business tricks. I am an inquisitive person about a variety of topics.

[10:56] What is the Importance of Privacy?

Privacy is the beginning of digital data intersection and how we could use it to target you, whether that be for content or advertising. Underneath all business is privacy. General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is the strictest privacy law of its kind in the world. It is considered the gold standard of privacy laws. My love for this work is when you start intersecting this with customer trust. Because at the end of the day, customers will do business with a company that they trust and will deliver a great product and service and protect their data.

[17:26] How can our data affect our life in the hands of other people or companies?

There is a variety of different things to consider, such as name and email. Think about how many user accounts log in with your email. Thus, everything you have could be connected by email. They can start to profile you and figure out the type of person you are. With the wrong information, they can begin to connect those pieces inaccurately. That is one view of how it is tied together or starts to get tied together, with tiny details.

[20:50] How does a company create trust?

State when and where you are asking for this information. It is about expressing how we care about your privacy; this is what we are going to do with your name, email, or phone number. Explain how the company will use the data and how the company values the safety of this information. We care about what you are going to say, and you use the marketing copy, and you use the space on the page to address their concerns.

[25:15] How does this come to the world through your work?

I work with companies to help them understand this GDPR law, and there is a long list of other marketing laws in the United States. I am helping to comply from start to finish. The fun for me is this connection to trust and getting people and companies to understand building a relationship with your customers. What's fun for me is knowing how I should describe what I am doing on this landing page to get someone to believe and trust in me.

Learn more about Jodi Daniels on:

Website: https://redcloveradvisors.com/ 

In today’s episode, our guest is Darryll Stinson, a former athlete, now a speaker, a speaking coach as well. He's a two-time TEDx speaker and founder of second chance athletes. He now helps and gives athletes a roadmap to discover their new purpose and living a fulfilled life. 

[2:06] Why should we listen to you?

I think the best people to listen to are people who value life. Every moment of life, I feel like that's where the greatest wisdom comes from. And as a survivor, I always tell people I'm living the life that I try to end. So every day is truly a gift to me. I don't waste days. I have a deep appreciation for life and an understanding of an emotional spectrum, having gone from the height of being an elite athlete to the low of being in a depressed state.

 [3:18] What is it you actually do in the world?

I help athletes transition out of sports, specifically help them grieve it. An athlete needs time to process, to grieve, especially the ones who feel like they got taken advantage of their coaches.

[4:10] And then I'm personally passionate about helping people share their stories, building their speaker business, like if you have a good mission and a story, and you just don't know the business side of speaking, being able to elevate that, the more visibility, the greater the impact.

[5:08] How did you get to the point of saying, this is the darkest parts of my soul, the hardest things I've experienced and I'm going to go out into the world and tell people about it.

I actually had to have an identity shift to be able to share because I hated the way that I sound, I hated the way that I talked, the way I looked, I hated my voice. I hated how it sounded. And I was not very vocal about my story, not because I was ashamed of the depression, but because I just didn't like myself. People kept saying, you got to share your story. And I started to do it very timidly. But when you show up timidly, you have fewer results, then you feel bad about the results you didn't get and then you feel more insecure. 

And so I was going through that cycle and one day I'm up sharing my story, the mental health thing, I survived suicide, have this big shift in a psychiatric unit. I put my faith in Christ and I just shifted powerfully into this new identity.

[7:10] It's not about me. It's about who I can help. It's not about being impressive. It's about being helpful. And that was the moment I'm like I have to shift from being a performer, to being a resource. That put a fire inside of me that made me go like more people have to heal, hear the real and the raw of my story, because that's how we can make the biggest impact.

[8:04] As you build this thing, what do you hope happens? 

For our organization, second chance athletes, we want to create a three-month experience where instead of getting thrust into a new world, you have an incubator where you can go for three months and have no living expenses. No responsibilities and just focus on you, pivoting, deciding what you want to do, healing and grieving, and building camaraderie. And then you shift into that new world with so much power and authority and confidence.

[11:32] What would be the best chunk of wisdom to move through and elevate past these moments of identity loss?

Process before you proceed. Unprocessed pain is ill process pain. Typically when we go through experiences that have a lot of meaning and emotion in them and we just move to the next experience and we don't process it, we think that we just keep it moving, we're being high achievers. But in reality, we start to make ill process conclusions about ourselves, about others, about the world that really limit the amount of love and light we can bring into the world.

[15:52] What do you find are some of the things that you really wish for your daughters or maybe conversations you have with them that you think other people don't have but maybe should.

One of the things that I'm very passionate about my daughters and continuing the legacy is I want them and us as a family to be known for the way we love and for the way we give. 

[18:34] What are some of the lessons that you've learned that you find are hard to get your daughter's listening to?

Patience is one of the hardest things. We're in such a rush that we missed the now. So today you can enjoy the day, you can learn and love lessons from today. That's the hardest thing to get my daughter and people to grasp because we're just such in a rush for the next. 

[20:56] When it comes to the speakers you work with, are you built around, like have dialed in scripting structure or you let the heart flow?

Preparation is important especially when you want to be a paid speaker. But the two things that I really focus on that I think are unique to space, in general, is number one purpose. So I have a 22 lesson course that I require my clients to go through. And it's all purpose discovery stuff that took me five years to learn. 

[22:58] And then the other thing is personality. And this is what you're describing as free-flowing. 

[30:29] What promise did God make to the world when he created you?

What people get when they get me is more love and more resourcefulness. I think all roads lead to God. So whenever we all have our functions, the way that we do is supposed to him, but my uniqueness is my ability to love and connect with people.

Key Quotes:

[2:10-2:16] “I think the best people to listen to are people who value life.”

[5:47-5:51] When you show up timidly, you have fewer results.”

[11:42-11:50] “Process before you proceed. Unprocessed pain is ill process pain.”

[12:40] “The worst thing in life is not failure. It's actually being successful at the wrong thing.”

[19:01-19:05] “The process is not a means to an end. It's a gift in itself.”

[19:37-19:42] “To embrace the process and enjoy where you are is one of the hardest things to get people to.”

[28:39-28:43] “You should never lose someone you love over over your pride, but you should lose your pride over someone.”

In today’s episode, our guest is Mel Abraham, a CPA, he’s been an entrepreneur since he was 11 years old. And he’s a professional who has the ability to break your neck without you even realizing it.   

[9:48] Why should we listen to you?

From my perspective, it's just the journey that I've been on. The lessons that I've learned that I think people are struggling with today, especially in the time that we're in the uncertainty and the pandemic and all these things that we actually got thrown into, where, where things happened in our lives over the last 12 months or the last nine months. However, we want to look at it that we never imagined what happened, and yet we feel blindsided by it. But hopefully what it does is it lights a fire underneath us to realize this stuff can happen. Life can take a left turn on you, but if you run your life differently if you run your life properly, it doesn't have to hurt it.

[14:23] How do you do business? 

It allows you freedom because I truly believe that most people are not looking for wealth. They're looking for richness and that richness is the experience and the feelings and the people that you get a chance to spend this life with. And so I think that was the first turning point that that got me to start focusing and doing my business and my finance.

[16:21] I'm going to fight this fight. But in order to do that, I knew that I had to extract myself from the business. I had to pull myself from the other things that were at the top of the list that I thought were so important. And the luxury I had was this is I knew that I was going to deal with cancer. 

[17:25] What kind of brought me to this space, to start walking and talking about this whole idea of this journey that I've been on for 30 plus years, my son has been on he's 30 years old now and his wife and the clients and the COO and the folks that I work with one-on-one and in my programs is just to get them to understand the importance of doing that and give them control back of their financial destiny.

[18:45] How do you bring this forth to the world what kind of entrepreneurs are the best fit for us?

A lot of the entrepreneurs and folks that I work with are people in the online space. Just because I happen to be there in the service space, attorneys, accountants, and service price. There’s a fair number of entrepreneurs out there that are making money based on their expertise. They're making money based on their efforts and their actions and the things that they put in play. And they create this income flow. This cash flow that's coming in based on them running on the treadmill.

[21:51] How do you get people to shift their perspective? 

The very first principle that I talk about when I speak or even in some of it is that it's more important to understand your why. 

[27:06] How do you make this real for folks?

 The overarching idea is I want people to become affluent entrepreneurs.

[29:06]  I want the freedom of money, but more importantly, I want freedom of time. I want the ability to make sure that you have the ability to choose. You have the ability to choose how you're going to use your time. You're going to buy your time back.

Key Quotes:

[28:05-28:08] “It's who we become in the process. The impact.”

In today’s episode, our guest is Jerome Myers. He went from corporate America and now teaches people how to guide themselves towards lives that are of significance by focusing on living a centered life. They create opportunities for APEC performers to connect with each other. 

[7:39] Why should we listen to you? 

I figured it out. I went to the bottom and I know your story well. You've been there too, but I went to the bottom after being at the top and I realized that they're not so different. It's a matter of how you think about life.

[8:16] How'd you get to the top from wherever you started from?

I went to engineering school, played football for four years in North Carolina, and T state university. Left that and got into engineering and got on the fast track. I felt like my career was on a rocket ship, 2009 happened. And one of my sponsors got Lego from the company. It was like, Oh, well, you're great. Now you're not. And nobody wanted to touch me. And so I sat in that job for like 30 months. Eventually, I had to leave the company went somewhere else, went to another company. The culmination of corporate America was building a $20 million division for a fortune five 50 company. And in that my big reward was laying people off at the end of the year. 

[10:31] What was it like choosing a different direction?

It's terrifying. And the craziest part for me is I was going to get that dream off the shelf that I had in college, which was being a multifamily owner and investor. Me and my buddy were sitting on the stoop and we realized the guy that owned the complex was making $700,000 a year. We were like, well, we can figure out how to live off of that. That's not a big deal. We might make 50, 60, 70 as engineers, but if we can do this, then life would be amazing, but we never saw him.

[11:56] The thing about banks is then on the bus in dreams, then invest in proven operators. And so that was terrifying. And I hit him. I was like, I got an MBA, I'm a licensed engineer, I got my contractor's license. I gave him all the credentials. They didn't care.

[13:56] I couldn't explain my value to them. And that was the point where everything changed for me. In the end, we got the deal done and I was able to maneuver my way and become a part of that team and get the first thing done. And then we've been able to go on and do some pretty cool things from an investing perspective and showing other people how to do that.

[15:34] How did that person bring them?

After engineering, I did a ton of project management. And so we were going to have a heavy construction management component to the project because we were spending over half a million dollars on that deal to refurbish it or renovate it. And there wasn't anybody that particularly had that skillset on the team as it was structured. And so he wanted me to come in and participate in that capacity.

[16:27] Getting that first deal, what does that set you up to do?

So the press release comes out. Rising star and enrichment partners with proven operators in the space to renovate Churchill townhomes. And so the phone starts ringing, emails start popping up. It all changed because of the press. 

[17:52] How did all that lead to what you do now?

Real estate for me is a sign, a shiny object. A lot of people don't want to work on themselves. For me at my true core, I'm a coach. That's the only thing I really miss about corporate America is being able to pour into the staff. And so being able to work with business owners, entrepreneurs, being able to work with folks who are trying to move to that next level, and mentor, shares my experiences with them as a coach is what's most valuable. 

 

[20:19]  I believe that your dreams should be real. And because you guys heard that you're not responsible for it because you can't refute it, you either want that to be true or you know it to be true either way. 

[25:17] What promise did God make to the world when he created you?

It doesn't matter where you start doesn't matter what happened along the way. You get to decide what it means for you. And in that you drum go live your life so that everybody sees that as possible for them. That for me is a life well lived, that for me, is somebody listening to this and hearing, Hey, yeah, it is possible for me.

Key Quotes:

[18:51-18:55] “I think things happen twice, once in your mind. And then it manifests in the physical.”

[24:07-24:21] “And what I had to realize is it's never about the things it's about the way that you're able to reach into other people's lives and touch them in a positive way in order to help them come along the way and improve the overall universe.”

In this Aww Shift Podcast episode, we have invited Cheryl Mobley, Founder, and CEO of ReCalibrate, LLC. Cheryl was the Director of Operations & Quality in Texas Health Resources. She became the President seven years later after seeing her drive to deliver high-standard and quality service to the people. Today, Cheryl shares how her vision impeded other workers to be at their best, reset and relaxed, and turned her experiences into a book that would change other companies and organizations’ structure.

[06:07] Why should we listen to you?

Back in the hospital setting, I would say to look for our hospital results, staff engagements, patient satisfaction, and how the ambiance differs from others. It’s not about me but how we collectively can get things done.

[08:00] Lessons

At this point in my career, I learned the hard way that I will not always have the answers. I don’t have the ego invested to always being right. When I stepped into the president role from the director of operations & quality, my responsibility was everything. Because I tend to have high standards, I get in other people’s way.

[09:19] When you have high expectations, feel responsible, and want things to be excellent, it is tough to step away and trust that your people will carry it.

[10:03] We have something called “tight, loose, tight” where:

•       Tight – what’s the solution needs to end up and the non-negotiables.
•       Loose – to get the job done.
•       Tight – what is the actual deliverable that we have to meet.

You need to be clear about what needs to be done and get out of the way to let it get done.

[12:28] Clarity

I sat down and reverse engineered what we did in the hospital to get consistent results. I created the Be99 as the framework of a guiding question.

[13:05] Without clarity, you can work hard and be the best on the planet, but nothing will get done.

[13:52] I would ask the leaders of the companies what they would want to be the future of their company? I was amazed how answers would often not be the same. I ask that because they need to understand what vision is and work on the right thing.

[15:35] How many ways and times we need to repeat the message? Some are good with emails, text messages, face-to-face, listening, or writing. Personally, a conversation would be a sign of respect because I trusted that you got it. Our brain handles many things, and it might make sense to me, but it did not for them. It was wrong to have that mindset.

[18:30] Cheryl’s Book

I had no intention of writing a book, but my friend invited me to go on a horse safari. We were given rules before going out, and we have to act a certain way and behave to keep us all safe.

[19:40] I started thinking about leadership dynamics and team behaviors. Anyone would have chosen to act in a way that felt safe for them but would put everybody at risk. It was now apparent to me that my experience needs to be put in a book.

[20:37] Each chapter was a real-life experience we had at that moment. I went and interviewed leaders around the world and ask them questions. I deliberately went as much as diversity I could get in terms of role, age, experience, type of business, etc., and learned many things that would have made me better if I knew about its years ago.

[25:40] Goal

I want to share what we were able to do in the hospital and do my best to help other leaders replicate it. I want to know how many kinds of seeds Be99 will be able to sow with leaders who would do something with it.

[28:38] What promise did God make to the world when He created you?

To make things better than before I was here. I fully recognized that the experience I have had might felt good, horrible, excellent, was not for Cheryl—they were for me to be able to accelerate someone else’s journey.

Key Quotes:

[11:31 – 11:34] “You cannot become the choke point if you want to grow past yourself.”

[17:05 – 17:12] “Keep resaying it and be willing to take other people’s plate off. Give them the ability to take things off on their plate.”

[17:49 – 17:55] “We are not perfect; we will continue to make mistakes as long as we breathe. We should be careful not to make the same mistakes over and over again.”

[22:23 – 22:26] “Anytime you start something new, there will be a lot to learn.”

 

Learn more about ReCalibrate and Cheryl on:

Website: https://www.recalibrate.today/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/recalibratetoday/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recalibrate_llc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reCalibrate.today

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzkDhr_jByYKzIbks8mqugg

 

In this episode of Aww Shift Podcast, Anthony Trucks himself will be interviewed by Mikey C-Roc. Anthony had a plethora of dark pasts that allowed him to achieve the success he had today. Mikey explores Anthony's life, how he maintained his stubbornness until now, and what Rocket Fuel means to Anthony.

[02:27] What are you made of?

I am made of all the craziness of the world, love, joy, and happiness. But I also have a hidden little switch necessary to protect my family. I am a man made of aspiration and no matter what it is the core of me. I am made to see the things other people do not—and it is what afforded me a life that is different from what most people have.

[03:39] Upbringing

My first memories of life was me and my siblings being given away into a heinous foster care system where I was a paycheck to sustain my mother. I was shut off from the world and unhappy until I land in a poor all-white family growing up from 6 to 14, not knowing where do I stand and who I am. At 14 years old, I stepped in front of a judge to sever parental rights for my biological mother and got officially adopted into the family.

[04:44] Playing football was the first time it made me feel that I mattered. But I suck at it and I was trash during my first year. However, I went through the journey of figuring out who I was, how to get better at the game, and gain self-confidence. I dug in myself and built this different breed of the human inside of me.

[06:45] Sports shake me. It has always been unique respect for the game because it is a microcosm of the world we live in. I can tell non-athletes from the way their conversations and how their heads operate. There are some things that they don’t know how to deal with and shut down immediately, which you always get a lot from playing sports.

[09:10] Stubbornness

When you have given so much as human beings, we have this investment bias. If I want a return of stubbornness and confidence, you have to invest money, time, energy, soul, pride and give it all up to become a stubborn human for your dreams. You will never get it until you get it.

[10:20] When you have that stubbornness, everything becomes possible. We have an epidemic of “shelf-esteem” where everyone buys things they feel good about then puts them on the shelf. You don’t do anything with it. If you just took what you already know, and found a way to get into a rhythm to apply it, you will be above and beyond whatever goal you already got.

[12:55] Where did he get his stubbornness?

I have been through a lot. Dealing with my biological mother and an atrocious foster care where I don’t want any of these anymore.

[13:56] The stubbornness came from a realization of what you have behind, which is nothing you want. And what you have ahead is everything that you do. I am not going backward; I will stand here and would eventually move a little bit forward.

[18:39] Football Life

The team that would not stop calling me was Oregon. Nick Aliotti keeps messaging me to check out Oregon until eventually, I decided to visit. If I am satisfied, I will go with them, otherwise, I would go for Washington State. In the end, I fell in love with it.

[19:30] I ended up not committing from Washington State then committing to Oregon. If I wanted some championship, USC would be the best choice but my life worked out better in Oregon.

[25:12] Mission

My mission in life is to make shifts happen for people. We have the need and desire in life to be happy and excited. People get into trouble because if you don’t get excited about what you do daily, you seek it outside. What if you can make something happen in your life that honors it and create something great?

[26:04] To help people get there, it would not be just by me teaching you things all day. I teach people how to install success for them and find the rhythm that allows them to make audibles in life.

[26:55] It is not that they do not know what to do, they don’t know how to get to the point of doing the thing. I will give them a system to get into that flow to make hard things done easily. From 2021 to 2031 and beyond, I teach people how to make shift happen.

Key Quotes:

[06:01 – 06:11] “Little by little, my true identity as a football player is something I earned in the dark and shine it to the light.”

[08:42 – 08:46] “You can be stubborn in a direction you belong or identify with.”

[10:49 – 10:53] “It is not what you know, it is who you are with what you know—that’s the game-changer.”

[15:38 – 15:44] “I look my life now to build stubbornness through the steps, little by little.”

Learn more about Mike on:

Website: https://www.themikecroc.com/.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeycroc

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGWHuKojqZfcXmvGCAi_t1Q

Pre-order his book on: https://www.mikecroc.com/book

 

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In today’s episode, our guest is Sarah Fontenot, Founder of Disruptor Elite Group; A Multifaceted Entrepreneur and Philanthropist who believes we can do what we want and be who we want to be. She creates access for other entrepreneurs to develop the life and the business they love. Today, she will share with us how she helps people get out of their way. 

[8:43] Why should we listen to you?

Because I’m authentic, and I think in a world where Instagram and social media platforms have made it easy for people to say that they’ve done certain things. When I say the word success, it’s not the monetary value; it’s your physical, mental, emotional, financial, and spiritual aspects of life. They are all in a space where you’re blessed and happy to be there, excited for the growth, but you’re genuinely satisfied with where you are currently.

[12:06] Was there an off-shift moment where you can look back on?

When I started multilevel marketing, I remember first and foremost; I want to let the people listen. And I’m sure they hear it from you all the time, that sometimes the people that love you the most support you the least. I think that inside of our journeys, what happens is these pivotal moments where things go wrong. Sometimes people are looking for that one reason why they shouldn’t support you instead of looking for that one reason why they can.

[17:26] Where did your eagerness to live life seeing your potential come from?

I think the biggest blessing I ever had was seeing resilience in my mom. I see my mom sobbing over her homework in the middle of the night, and I think back to in a few hours, you would have to have us ready to get up and go to school. I never knew as I always saw her as this impenetrable person who always showed up with poise, grace, and strength. I will keep moving forward because I’ve seen resilience to keep going even when it hurts.

[20:40] How have you taken these lessons into the process and help people?

I would say the number one thing that I start with is belief in confidence. I teach people how to believe by looking back, what was it that I did.

Belief breaks down into five super simple steps, repetitious thought, awareness, evaluation, action, and progress.

[26:54] What are you excited about in 2021?

I’m in a place in my life where I’m grateful for the lessons, tools, everything that I’ve learned in between—I’m in the space of freedom. For me, I’m inside of my heart’s work. This 2021, I’m starting to talk to the people that can push me in the right direction, and I’m excited to be all up in my heart word.

[30:01] What promise did God make to the world when He created you?

My promise is to help people to help themselves get out of their way. And to know that we can be doing and have anything that we want to be doing. I genuinely believe that if we remember who we are, it’s a refreshing rebirth. My mission is to remind people that worthiness is a birthright. 

Key Quotes

[23:38 – 23:46] “When you progress in anything, you start to believe a little more, and you begin to test the boundaries a little bit more.”

[32:13 – 32:15] “You’re worthy of what it is that you want to build with this business.”

Learn more about Sarah Fontenot on:

Website: https://disruptorelitegroup.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MsSarahFontenot/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mssarahfontenot/?hl=en