When I sit down with people the first few things I ask them is “what are your values? List me your top 10.” Most of them have no idea. A few can name maybe one or two but very few know 5 and none know 10 of them off the bat. This is very troubling because if we don’t know our values then we don’t have a framework in which we can design our lives. We don’t have a stable foundation. This podcast talks about this more in depth and why knowing your values is important for business and life.

A lot of us spend so much time selling our product or service or ourselves. We don’t spend enough time closing and overcoming the one or two objections that there are. So once the sale is ready to close - close it don’t keep going don’t overcook it.

As a Samoan we have inherited the beliefs and the values of our grandparents and parents. The problem is that the advice and the lessons that served them well back then do not really work today. They learnt to trade time for money and to work hard but actually nowadays with technology people only want the result and they want it now. They don’t care for it taking a long time. Also there was an emphasis put on hard work but today people just want the result in the easiest way possible. Don’t let the thinking of the past hold you back from making the most of today and getting ahead in this future which is full of opportunities and possibilities

The truth for this Tuesday as we look towards the beginning of a new month and the midway point of this year is that we have to contemplate and ponder our death. It is coming. We are going to die one day! The people around us and those that we love are going to die. Are we ready for it? Have we made a difference on this earth? Have we lived out our purpose? How will we be remembered when we are gone?

Setbacks happen - keep moving forward. Make sure you know where you are heading to. It’s the journey which makes the destination worth it but the destination has to be clear

Get moving - do what you gotta get done TODAY! Don’t leave it for another day

Envision your life so that it scares you and you’re faced with bigger problems and bigger questions of if you succeed. Learn to embrace those problems in order to move forward.

This episode talks about what we are more confident to do things in a group than when we have to go out and do it on our own.

In this episode we talk about the strange times of coronavirus and the need to not let it take away from what you have achieved and what you have accomplished. These times are hard and they are challenging but they are not permanent. So keep reminding yourself who you are at your core because that is what is permanent and that is what matters.

Day 4 of the 6 Week Start Up Challenge talks about the environments we are in and how we find the ones that are conducive to our success and growth.