I read somewhere once that the life you'll have in ten years will be unrecognizable to the life you have today. In this episode I recap where I was in 2013 and how that compares to the life I'm living today in 2023. Spoiler alert: everything is better. Relationships. Wealth. Freedom. Experiences. The better it gets, the better it CAN get...
Welcome to The Pirate Marketing Podcast where we talk about starting and growing a business based on your wisdom and experience. Pirates have long captured the imagination of people around the world because of their rebellious, adventurous, and free-spirited natures and that's why I'm fascinated with the idea of living life... on your terms. Join me, The Captain, as we journey on the high seas riding the best ship for freedom, Entrepreneurship.
Timestamps:
(1:30) What was the past version of myself ten years ago that really needed what I know now?
(4:12) Exactly where I was ten years ago: in the United States Submarine Force and driving a sexy blue car I called "The Batmobile." I had the world's definition of "average success."
(7:40) Resonating with the reprise theme song from Aladdin about not being a street rat. And how I had a song to be sung but felt like I didn't have a voice.
(10:00) The very first time I decided to visit the "business" section of the bookstore instead of the personal development section.
(13:11) I couldn't let myself go network with people at this live event because I felt shame and embarrassment for still smoking after failing to quit.
(15:35) Karaoke was how I numbed myself from the humdrum existence I was living. I knew where to go for karaoke every single day of the week.
(17:10) What's new ten years later and how things are not just better but on another level better.
(19:01) Wealth is a feeling. Sam Ovens said, "Wealth is a hygiene standard."
(21:05) How do I go and put in the reps so that I feel good about the work that I'm doing in the world and the results I'm helping people create?
(23:28) My library is bigger than my TV—and I have a big screen TV lol.
(25:25) Without trying to sound douchey and humble bragging I talk about the material things I've been able to accumulate and the experiences I've wanted that have been on my vision board.
(29:30) Perspective shift: Freedom is every day I wake up not on a submarine and above water.
(31:40) This episode is the first podcast recorded in my new studio!
(34:01) The wealth consciousness journey that came full circle on my honeymoon with a fancy restaurant I could never afford to go to ten years ago.
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