In this week's episode, Kenneth Travis and Kellen Vaughan discuss an important aspect of achieving success - embracing discomfort. They highlight the significance of enduring hardships in today's market, so that when the market improves, you will already be that much more ahead of your competition. 

4:30 – KTs Race Day

19:27 – Lessons Learned

26:36 – Final Lesson Wrap Up

Takeaways:

You have to be willing to go through the pain and discomfort in your business in order to succeed.

Running in the snow and the rain makes running on the sunny days that much easier.

You have to go through the hard times right now during today’s market and do the things that make you uncomfortable and when the market gets better you are going to be that much further and life becomes really easy at that point.

Never stop learning, you have to constantly push yourself and sharpen your axe.

You’re going to pay for it either way. You will pay for it with trial and error, or you will pay for it with a group of people who will be there for you and grab you when you fall down.

Quotes:

“A lot of times we underestimate what abilities we have.”

“We have to push ourselves and test the boundaries.”

“We can always do more than we think we can – we have to embrace and push through the discomfort.”

“Anything that is worth doing is going to be hard.”

“The only thing that saved me was having a very strong mindset.”

“When things get hard and business dies down you have to have that mindset of being able to perform at a higher level and maintain that mental toughness.”

“When you are not prepared but you have a strong mindset you can still have success.”

“The community of people around you is what sets you apart.” 

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