Learn For 2.0 with Brandon DeVere

When I met Rose she was laying on her couch with tubes in her nose.

At 91 years young, I had no idea that she would change my perspective.

She shared stories with me, lighting up as she recalled her experiences.

Sure, I sold her home but the commission has been long gone, but her stories will last forever.

She taught to me to think about...

When The Money's Gone

In entrepreneurship, ALL aspects of life tend to bleed into one and other.

At times it can be difficult to compartmentalize or draw clear lines for where is personal life starts and when your business stops.

When that happens it can be tough to be both the motivator and the motivated.

When you are your own boss and responsible for deciding what tasks need to be done and also making sure they get done, sometimes you lack the motivation to do either.

This has happened to me over the last 3 weeks.

I have struggled with my son wanted to go to school and it has been demanding, not only of my time, but it has consumed my mind as well.

These are the things we must face and overcome as entrepreneurs.

Has it been tough? Of course.

Has it been stressful? Absolutley!

Will we get through it? No doubt about it.

All you entrepreneurs out there... I am rooting for you! 

Weather the storm and change the world with your vision

Today I share 3 pet peeves of mine.

1) Getting on the elevator before everyone gets off/Trying to get off the plane before those in front of you.

2) Not returning your shopping cart.

3) Not using your blinker.

Not using your blinker is one of the biggest ones for me because of 3 reasons. 

1) It doesn't offer you any significant advantage.

2) In order to perform this, you actually have to "Un-Learn" how to do it.

3) You take away the main piece of communication you have with other cars.

Speaking about the lack of communication and tying it into Episode 072: "Listen To Learn, Not To Respond” I experienced a lack of communication with the doctor yesterday.

As I was trying to explain to him, the entirety of what was going on, I kept being cut-off mid-sentence.

Now, I love this Dr. but have noticed that this seems to be a common theme among doctors.

We are so eager to have an answer that we will form an opinion before we've gathered all of the facts.

That results in us treating the symptom, not the cause.

Finding our WHY is typically something that we are told to do in order to grow.

However, sometimes a WHY can be overwhelming, causing us to "shut-down" because we are not sure where to start with such a big task in front of us.

But if we started with micro-commitments, some small action that we can take now, we can move forward immediately,

This also allows us to detach from the outcome.

When we can attach to the process, we can ensure we are taking action.

Jon Cheplak has a great video on this: http://bit.ly/2QabWAS

First and foremost, Happy Veteran's Day and thank you to those who have served or are currently serving.

I wanted to highlight a couple of Veterans that have had an impact on my life.

David Goggins from the book Living With A Seal. Which I highly recommend.

Also, Jocko Willink. 

I share an audio clip of Jocko that I come back to often for guidance.

We all want to know everything and do things on our own,

But really, we learn the most when we ask for help and make mistakes.

If we never make mistakes it means we aren't trying anything new.

In order to grow in any way, we need to try new things and figure out how to get them to work better.

This will automatically lead to mistakes.

And when we make them, we can ask for help as we fix them.

It's ok not to know everything, so get out there and make some mistakes while trying something new.

Motivation just isn’t enough if you don’t take action.

We can listen to all the motivational speeches, motivational quotes, and hang all the motivation posters we want.

But the fact is, if we don’t act and implement, it's all for nothing.

Motivation can only get us so far before we must act on it.

In order to create momentum, we must act as quickly as possible when we are feeling motivated.

Are you solving obstacles or problems?

Problems find us and wait for us to fix them. They are the challenges on the surface.

Obstacles are the reason for the problems. If you can solve the obstacle, you can reduce the problems. 

Former NFL player Heath Evans dropped some bombs on me today.

Including ideas like, "master the little things and the big things will naturally be mastered"

He also taught me why I can't really hate the Patriots and Bill Belichick if I am a true fan of football or teamwork.

Amazing things can happen when you begin to come from a place of contribution.

When you start giving to others, you have the ability to receive from a perspective that isn't as individualistic.

Making more room for opportunity and possibilities to enter your life.