Nick Krem Live

Here’s what was happening...

I’d let my confidence come from external validation

The way I played sports, the way I looked, my “rep”

And what happened was confidence was like a roller coaster.. it’d go up and down based on what was happening in my life

Here’s how it changed and put me in the driver seat

I get confidence from sticking to my core values

I get confidence from doing what I say I’m going to do

I get confidence from spending more time with family and friends

My confidence is now internal and the human being I want to become... business and success is just an added bonus

But today I get to celebrate my favorite human... Carolyn Knotek Krempasky

I may be biased... but I truly believe I have the best mom

My friends would want to sleep over just to get my moms legendary breakfast

Anytime I’d get into crazy scenarios I could always go to my mom

When I decided to go after my first sales job instead of a stable career... she supported me

Throughout the growth of our company... even though she works CRAZY hours a lot of times she’s still asked how she can help

I can go on forever... but thank you mom and even though I’m in another state you still make me feel at home

Happy Mother’s Day

Just 6 years ago I had no strategy and my life was going no where... FAST

I was taking random jobs, had no goals or direction

Fast forward to now my brother and I are deciding what part of the country to get our next place in (which is most likely by a ski resort)

This past week has been one of the most enlightening weeks of my life

I’ve been able to put down all distractions and meditate on all aspects of my life and become clear

There may be certain parts of the journey that are unknown but my goals and how I will get there are certain and inevitable

Because I choose to live my life by strategy

About 4 years ago I met two guys and my life would never be the same

Jay Kinder and Michael Reese came to Cleveland and put on an event with Albie Stasek

After the event we all went out to eat and after they were all heading back to Al’s

I asked to come with them with the intention to “have a good time”

What I didn’t realize was I was going to be introduced to living a life by strategy

All these guys are were performing at high levels while living a life I couldn’t even fathom

And what I realized was that I was winging life and forcing a good time

Since that night I’ve dedicated myself to building a good lifetime and creating decision making filters for everything I do

Here’s how I used to attack my days

I’d try and solve this huge problem

I’d identified something I think would be cool for agents to do or a shiny object for people

That all changed when I attended a mastermind in Key West

Then I startled doing this...

Following the leader the leader the leader following the leader

A couple of weekends ago I went back to Cleveland and had a SOLID boys night

One of my good buddies asked how I wake up every day so happy and full of energy because he doesn’t

And I paused because it was a good question

But the truth of it is... I don’t

I have tough mornings, tough nights, but I believe I have a decision every day

I can choose to let the morning affect my entire day

Or I can look for ways to motivate myself, I can tell myself in the mirror how great of a day I’m having

Or, just like this past weekend, I can reach out to my boys when I’m having a rough time to pick me up

For me, I found my strength when I decided to reach out for help and allow myself to get picked up when I need it

This is a question that creeps into my mind every now and then

I see the world and things I want to change but how much power do I really have

But then I remember a quote

“If not me then who”

Am I going to sit back and wait or go out there and do my part

And it really got me thinking...

I don’t go out as much as I used to

I don’t go to parties like I used to

All I do is work and hang out with people who work like I do

And then yesterday I got to hang out with some great people and we just so happened to talk about this topic

Here was my takeaway

I REFUSE to have “fun” at the expense of my success

It sucks because I’m speaking at an event in Milwaukee and they rented out a place, marketed etc

And I’m supposed to be spending time with my family for Easter... haven’t been back in 3 months

Woke up with plenty of time and had my Uber scheduled... great start

Then I wait outside for my Uber..

10 minutes late

20 minutes late

At this point the Uber app says “thanks for your ride rate us”

Apparently someone hopped in my Uber and needed a ride to the airport.. thanks buddy

Now I try to order an Uber it there’s none nearby

So I drive myself and finally find parking but have to take the trolly... that took another 30 minutes

And now TSA has a line backed up with about a 45 minute to one hour wait and my plane closes the doors in 20 minutes

No chance.. so I decide to ask the person if I could go in front since my plane is about to takeoff

They hesitated but let me go and I continued to ask my way

It got to the point where people relayed the message through the line and the airline wouldn’t let me cut to the front but each and every person did

So much negativity out there today but let me tell you about everyday people... they won the day for me

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