The Final Percent

Should. Should is one of the most toxic words in the english language. This word breaks you down internally and shrinks you externally. If you wake up and say I should get out of bed, I should brush my teeth, I should, I should and you should all over yourself. 

On the inverse, if someone tells you that you should, you begin to question how you want to live your life. You begin to compare your reality to theirs and they start to project their way of life onto yours and now you get into the loop and shrink into a comfort zone. 

Exploration is a challenge in the modern era. We have explored the earth many times over, however there are still corners and depths we have not gone to. As soon as we wish to find these corners however everyone tells us we are crazy. We should get a job, we should settle down, we should, we should, we should and now they are shoulding all over you!

Exploration is how we became who we are. We explored the world through our own eyes and our own minds and now we are asked to conform to everyone else's explorations because we should fit in? NO! 

We must be willing to stand out. To be ourselves and to overcome the projections of others. Everyday is a chance to explore the world and discover the amazing in your life.  

For those of you who don't know, I am a bit of a gear head! I grew up with my dad building sound systems, designing audio treated rooms and learning how it all flows together. 

Today I have a music studio that I have spent years building. If you would like to check it out you can head over our YouTube channel; https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFinalPercent/videos 

In the music world there is one thing you always need to ensure you pay attention to. Signal flow. Signal flow decides if you get sound or not from your speakers. If you can record the audio from a guitar, piano and more! The thing about signal flow, is that it doesn't just apply to the music world. 

Signal flow is the key indicator of life. With it you can identify the way that certain actions flow into the next. How the beginning correlates with the end and how, by recognizing this you can change the way that actions begin to shape into reality. 

I like to remind people that the dots only connect backwards. That the actions we take today may not be recognized as a key moment in life until much later down the road. However by understanding we are in the right place at the right time ALWAYS, we will begin to manipulate that signal flow of life into tomorrows next hit song. 

After taking some time to recenter and readjust to my new life as a dad, I am ready to get back into the swing of things. It has been challenging to find the motivation to work when I have a cute smiling face waiting for me downstairs. Now that I have found my rhythm in my drastically changed life, I am ready to begin firing on all cylinders.

In this episode I talk about a few of the challenges that I have faced and overcome over the last few years. 

My deep state of reflection has brought me clarity in my life and it has brought about deep set emotions that I feel as though I need off my chest. 

I am so thankful for such an amazing and magical community. You all have helped pull me though this time and I am ready to begin giving back.

What does intentionality and integrity have in common? The end goal.

In this episode I am joined by my friend Ben Humble. Ben has now toured America attending and creating events that teach the fundamental principles of a financially free future. 

Following his event in San Diego I drove to Phoenix, AZ and stayed there with Ben for an additional week. In that week we had the opportunity to elaborate further on our key principles and how they can impact others lives. As we spoke more and more we discovered that we had a similar mindset of focusing on the end goal. Now in order to reach the end goal, as we discovered, you need two things. Intentionality and integrity. Intentionality grants the vision to see the end and the drive to reach for it. Now integrity gives you the ability to do the work needed to make it to that finish line. With the end goal in mind we must work day in and day out to drive towards the line and become the future we want to create. 

A big thank you to Ben Humble for having me at his event! Can't wait to see what else we can create together. 

I have had the distinct honor of working with a wonderful woman named Briana Stonelake. Briana is a coach in the Phoenix, Arizona area. As we were talking I asked her, "how do we get into a situation where a person feels more love?" Her response was so dynamic that I felt it necessary to share it with you. She has brought to my attention some incredible insights into what it means to be authentic. 

Learn more about Briana at: https://www.stonelakelifeconsulting.com/

The more time I spend reflecting the more I recognize the times I have been stuck. With my son giving me a new sense of direction, I MUST focus my attention to be so much more purposeful. Everyday I look back at how I made it here and I am so thankful to everyone who has brought me this far, this does include myself. I want to remind you to be thankful for yourself because you can only spend every moment of life with one person. 

In December of 2021 I had the pleasure of joining Renatus at Boulder Country Club. Following Julie Dale I was given an hour to speak about a few of my fundamental concepts. Thank you to Bob Tierney, Julie Dale and the Renatus community for having me!

As a new year begins so too does a new chapter in my life. This year I have shifted my focus to be more introspective and intentional with my actions. We all have our own resolutions for this year, we all have our goals we want to hit and we all have missions we want to pursue. All I ask is, and I want you to ask yourself this as well, am I giving my energy to the right people, places and ideas? 

During the 2021 TFP Summit we went live with this exclusive podcast episode. We got some great insights into the many incredible ideas brought to us by our speakers. A big thank you to them, to everyone who spoke and to everyone who joined us at the Westin! 

After such a big undertaking with us pulling off the TFP Summit, where we had over 200 attendees with some of the best production and a concert, where does the TFP brand go from here? In this episode Andre Jones and I talk about what is next.