“Just try telling someone in University that it may not be worth it.” [John Morgan III]⁠

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In this week's episode, The Weekly Call boys explore why people are more willing to accept information with more history (old) over modern information (new) to maintain their previously conceived notions of reality. This is an easily applicable concept to investing in a home or university degree. ⁠

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“This is why I loved studying philosophy, first things you get taught are fallacies and finding them and I just found 20 major cognitive biases that we fall under that don’t allow us to make effective decisions. The bandwagon effect is a common one fact which is the probability of one person adopting a belief increasing based on the number of people who hold that belief.” [Amer]⁠

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We’ve very much upheld the idea that homeownership is the path to wealth and getting a university degree is part of that process, even though we have evidence that there are many other ways to becoming educated and successful. ⁠

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“I think we can all agree that $1M is too much to pay to go to university… which means that that there is A PRICE where university does not provide enough value for the cost.” [John Morgan III]⁠

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Listeners, when was the last time you were peer pressured to do something, you didn’t really want to do? Do you think you fell under the bandwagon cognitive biases? Slide in our DMs to tell us about your story!⁠

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“I started working for Student Works when I was 19 and now I’m 25. It’s been 6 years. It felt like this banquet was an acknowledgment of all the work I’ve ever done for the company.” (Austin)

In this week’s podcast, Austin reflects on his last banquet with Student Works, a beautiful evening to celebrate which was also on his 25th birthday! Over his whole career with the company, he’s had an invaluable experience building mental roadmaps to solving problems not only in work but extending to his whole life.

Earlier on in the episode, Austin and John discovered their mutual fascination with locomotives and insisted on discussing it for ~20 minutes as Amer gets frustrated and starts asking the question we’ve all been waiting for –

“condense this – why should I actually care about trains?” (Amer)

Insider Tip: Skipping ahead to ~1 hour in, The Weekly Call boys also discuss the effects of some political decisions on small businesses over the past year.

Listeners, are you a train enthusiast, railway enthusiast, or did you take up Amer’s advice and turn on another podcast? 😉 Slide in our DMs to let us know! #StayLoyalThroughHardTimes

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“Complacency is death.” (Range Rover Tristan)⁠
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In any given problem, one must first distinguish whether they are approaching the issue from “above or below the line”. ⁠
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To approach a situation from Above the Line, one must evaluate whether they are taking accountability, ownership, and responsibility for the factors that are in their control. ⁠
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“Regardless of the situation - like the building exploded OK! what could you have done to prevent that from happening? Let's forget all of the stuff that you're not actually in control of. That's all below the line which would be blame, excuse, and denial.”⁠
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People who have fewer walls can look at situations objectively and are comfortable taking accountability for the inadequate results they’ve received in return. ⁠
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“As soon as you’re coaching somebody and they’re willing to go yeah 8K in debt because of *XYZ*, I'm out of shape because of *whatever*, I know now we're speaking the same language or having genuine conversation. I'm not getting a front anymore and we can actually move forward [to solve the situation]."⁠
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Listeners, think about the last time you held a chip on your shoulder. Did this week’s episode help you identify why? Slide in our DMs to let us know!⁠
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“Who the **** lives with a jar of gasoline in their ****ing place.” (John Morgan III)

Do you think any of your suffering “goes away” as you move closer to your goal?

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In this week’s episode, Amer, Austin, and John discuss the impacts of going through hardships voluntarily and how it strengthens your abilities to manage hardships which are unavoidable.

It seems that building a tolerance to a suffering, is the key to lessening suffering. Not because tragedies are necessarily damped, but because you’ve developed tools to manage your actions and emotions over time.

It may not be true that financial independence lessens someone’s suffering, although it may be one critical factor that can reduce stress. However, when looking at probabilities of character/lifestyle, the person who becomes financially independent is most often someone who has taken on adversity and that journey of self development best prepares them for catastrophe.

Listeners, are you living with a jar of gasoline? Slide in our DMs to let us know!

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#SettingFires #GardeningWithKerosene

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If you’re running a business, you can either create a role that you can fill with a person or find an exceptional person to build a role around. You can do much more with the latter option since you grow so accustomed to specific strengths and weaknesses.

On the other hand, there are situations where you have exceptional individuals come into your life where you can clearly see the benefit of them guiding you instead of you molding them into a role. At this point, they create a role for themselves, and that role becomes a mold for the future.

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By looking at these relationships as transformative rather than transactional, you may have a different perspective on how valuable that experience is to you regardless of whether you would be “royally screwed” without them.

Listeners, do you have that one person in your business you couldn’t thrive (or survive) without? Slide in our DMs to let us know!

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The amount of emotional investment someone puts into a given subject will directly relate to how likely it is they will take criticism, personally.

If you think back to past experiences in your life when you’ve acted emotionally – compared to logically, you may notice that you have favoured an idea, irrationally because of the personal beliefs you built over time, closing yourself off from other possibilities. When it comes to sentimental beliefs, it may almost feel like “there is a big sunk cost if [one] were to switch camps” (Austin).

In this week’s episode, Amer, Austin, and John explore the concept of making a distinction between an idea and the person who holds it. Without embracing this concept, any opposition on an idea will likely be received as an opposition to yourself. (John)

Listeners, what do you think is the biggest predictor or precursor for *you* to take feedback objectively rather than personally?  Slide in our DMs to let us know!

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#Gratitude #Happiness #Consciousness

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In this week’s podcast, Amer presents the following quote:

“If what we desire is not existent then we ought to desire what is existent. We should not choose the permanence of sorrow rather the permanence of happiness. And he
who is rendered sorrowful by the missing of things desired and the nonbeing of the nonexistent his sorrow will never come to an end because in every state of his life he
will be losing a loved things or missing a desired thing. Sorrow and happiness and are opposites that do not abide in the soul together.”

According to this statement from The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, the fastest way to achieve happiness is to not only desire less but take the time to
appreciate the good in the present state of your life.
It seems the answer may be to build habits that you are happy to do that inherently make you into the person who is deserving of your goal.

Listeners, do you find yourself sacrificing opportunities we have in the moment for
potential gain in the future? Does this process truly make you happy?

Slide in our DMs to let us know!

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“Do you think your actions match what you think you’re known for?”

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In this week’s podcast, Amer shows off his brilliant artistic skills as he illustrates a summary of his wild Friday night – the same night that Toronto moves to Step 3 of Ontario’s “Roadmap to Reopen” plan.

As Amer notices a blind spot in his self identification, he makes a commitment to evaluate how integrous he is on a daily basis and portray himself truthfully as who he is when he’s not being observed.

Anyone who strives for self improvement could benefit from occasionally taking a step back to consider if their choices reflect the person they want to be or become in the future. After all, “how could you possibly improve at something if you already think you know it?” [John Morgan III]

Listeners, what is more *on brand* for your self identification – getting shot in a drive by while bar hopping at 2am, or sitting under a tree reading a book?

Take some to consider… then reconsider… then slide in our DMs to let us know 😉

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“The best metric to measure success for an individual is their integrity.”

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Meeting commitments with consistency and integrity, not only in someone’s career but the rest of their life will largely indicate their actual success and ability to succeed in the future. Stemming from routine, healthy mindset, the right goals, the right reasons, and the right network, strong integrity is a key signal in someone’s character which shows they have the fortitude to earn their winnings.

In this week’s podcast, Amer, Austin, and John discuss how an individual’s ability to consistently generate wealth, will statistically reflect on how successful they appear to any observer.

There are many materialistic possessions that are flaunted to create the façade of a luxurious lifestyle but remember, this noise is not all is what it appears to be... 👻

Listeners, what do you think is an accurate modern-day measurement of what makes someone successful? Slide in our DMs to let us know!

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“I became a better operator when I started coaching other people on how to grow their business.”

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Maintaining his dual roles as mentor and business owner but with a larger stake in the game, Austin is excited to announce his next big career venture – buying a roofing franchise!

Rydel Roofing has offered Austin an opportunity where he can manage his own franchise, coach other franchisees, and help grow the franchises across Canada. In this podcast, Austin discusses how his various Student Works positions prepared him for this next stage in his career and the learning curves he’s expecting as he steps into the roofing trade.

Reflecting on the responsibilities each host chooses to undertake, John proposes everyone’s best suited job roles in the industry:

Austin, The Executive
John, The Business Guy
Amer, The Entrepreneur

Listeners, do you think The Weekly Call hosts would make a badass superhero squad with these new titles? Slide in our DMs to let us know! 😉

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