Learn For 2.0 with Brandon DeVere

Happy Friday everyone.

In this episode I wax nostalgic about the first time I really felt like an entrepreneur.

It his kind of fitting that it happened to be around sports betting, since I live in Las Vegas.

The very first podcast I started was called Summerlin Advice Givers®.

I interviewed local business owner, entrepreneurs, and thought-leaders here in Summerlin, a community in Las Vegas.

This podcast has gone away from that and I have only been sprinkling interviews in, here and there.

So I decided that for at least the next 2 weeks, I am going to try and get as many local businesses interviewed as possible.

I'm not sure what that is going to look like, but I hope you'll come along for the ride.

As we try to articulate our value to others, the message often gets blurred.

Not that our value proposition isn’t any good, it’s just that people get confused when we offer them “everything” at once.

As Russell Brunson says, “A confused mind always says no”

Try simplifying each message to focus on 1 aspect of your business at a time.

Yesterday, as I was talking about the car accidents that Eva and I had been in, in just over a year, my brother-in-law had just been run off the road and hit a tree.

His face would hit the windshield, and lucky for all of us, he would only suffer some stitches, bruises and a concussion.

I saw photos of the car...

It could have been way worse.

But after I heard about what happened, I started some self-reflection.

I started to ask myself, "if I went now, would I have accomplished what I've set out to.

The answer was a resounding, "No".

What I also realized was, I'm doing better than I think I am.

Although, I'm not where I want to be, with pretty much every aspect of my life, I understand that most people aren't.

And that's ok.

It is really hard to become who you are trying to become.

So to you I say,

"You are doing better than think you are" 

I was reminded today of the amount of time we spend worrying about things that may never happen.

This unnecessary stress could prove to be costly.

We must remind ourselves that many of the struggles we face, will end up only being small blips on the timelines of our lives.

After yesterday's episode with Brent Gove are started thinking about his comment about looking at the "model" instead of the "company".

There is no doubt that the company I work for  gets it's fair share of negativity, ant some of it is warranted.

The real challenge is that the people who could have benefited most from it, might be "passing" on the opportunity because of the way they were originally approached.

This, in my opinion is is the biggest downside.

For those that are worried about building a business that includes generating income from other agents production, I ask you this...

Would you turn down a referral fee to another agent because you simply provided them a lead? They will be doing all of the work, but will likely have no problem paying you 25% of their commission.

My prediction, is that you'd have no problem doing that. Probably because it is the norm.

So why is it such a concern to refer a company, and be compensated with a referral fee?

In this episode, I share 3 stories of how the model I looked at, and joined, has put me in position to create an additional revenue stream.

Here it is. Episode #200

“You Need To Start Coming From A Place Of Contribution”

While I sat in a crowd of 1,000+ people conference in Dallas in March of 2019, I felt as if I were the only one in the room.

As Brent Gove was speaking these words from the stage, I couldn’t help but feel that he was speaking directly to me.

It really couldn’t have come at a better time, this was something I needed to hear.

At the time, I was focused on building my International Real Estate team. It was going well, but there was one major flaw…

I was only focused on myself and “what’s in it for ME”.

How could I build MY organization?

How could “I” grow faster?

How could “I” benefit most?

But when Brent said those words, I felt like a spotlight was shining on me, telling me that is was time to contribute in some way.

Accepting that mission, I needed to figure out how I would contribute to others, in a positive way.

Then it hit me!

I love to learn, and I love to share what I’ve learned with others. Sometimes if they want to listen to me or not.

So I decided to create a podcast that I would record every Monday through Friday and consist of 3 pillars.

With that in mind, the Learn For 2 podcast was born.

Combined with Brent’s inspiration to come from a place of contribution, and Jon Cheplak’s philosophy of micro-commitments, here I sit at 200 episodes.

200 was never the goal.

It is just a result of a micro-commitment that I made to myself, and a shift in mindset, to start…

Coming from a place of contribution.

Today I heard this quote by Brian Covey...

"Action Over Feelings"

What he was saying was that, regardless of how you are feeling, there is only one thing you need to do right now. And that is to...

Take Action.

In order for any other steps, tasks, or goals to be completed, it must first start with action

This reminded me of my first Ragnar Trail race I competed in.

When I decided that I would train for this run I was completely out of shape and didn't even know where to begin.

If you aren't familiar with this run, here's a breakdown.

You create your team of 8 runners, set up camp in the middle of the camping area, depending on the course you chose it may be different. The course we ran was in Zion Utah at Ponderosa Ranch.

Each runner has to complete 3 different loops, their length and difficulty are labeled Green (easy), Yellow (medium), Red (hard) totaling about 17 miles. You likely will not run them in that order.

Once your team starts, you do not stop until every team member completes each trail. So you will most likely be running in the middle of the woods, in the middle of the night, with nothing but a headlamp to guide your way through the trails.

You heard me say 17 miles right?

After not being able to even run 17 feet without being out of breath, how in the hell was I going to complete 17 miles?

Although I didn't know how I was going to do it, I just knew I was going to do it.

That was my first step to action.

The next would be how that one step to action led to a mindset that could not be stopped.

I got to a point, that even though I didn't feel like training on any given day, I would just take action.

As soon as my foot left the driveway, in my head that run was over.

Not saying that I stopped and didn't do it.

In my head it was complete. It took 1 step to complete a 1 mile run or a 10 mile run.

Both of those runs started with that single step, and had the same outcome.

Although I didn't feel like running on some of those days that I did, was because I took...

"Action Over Feelings"

You've likely heard me say, "Done is better than Perfect".

While I do believe that 100%, I also don't believe that you just head into something blindly either.

Sure, having something complete is better than not having it complete, but I feel there is a point where you have to plan it out at least a little.

For instance, if I wanted to start a podcast and had no idea how to do it, I might think all I need is a microphone.

In reality, I will need a microphone, plus something to record it and a way to broadcast it.

The point is for others to hear it, whether it is perfect or not. 

If I'm speaking into a microphone and it is not recording or broadcasting because I didn't know I needed those important aspects to it, then it's not even done, so it can't be perfect.

All I'm saying is that, even though we don't need perfection, we still need to plan... At least a little. 

I'm still on a "Leadership High" after that interview with Nick McLean.

I have been constantly thinking of the ways that people have the ability to lead.

Some big, some small.

And the ability to lead can involve you leading yourself.

Today Eva, took a chance on something, something that is way out of her comfort zone.

But, she took a chance, one that she would typically not bother with.

To say that I am proud of her for this risk that she has taken on would be an understatement.

She is leading by letting others know that, they too, can take a risk.