Land Business 301: You are a Specialized Pro (LA 1331)
Transcript:
Steven Butala:
Steven and Jill here.
Jill DeWit:
Howdy.
Steven Butala:
Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk.
Jill DeWit:
Why are we talking like that?
Steven Butala:
Just being a hippie for a second.
Jill DeWit:
Oh.
Steven Butala:
I'm Steven Jack Butala.
Jill DeWit:
Oh, I didn't know where [inaudible 00:00:13] What are we doing here? And I'm Jill DeWitt, broadcasting from sunny smooth jazz, Southern California.
Steven Butala:
There's nothing sunny about California today.
Jill DeWit:
No, it's not.
Steven Butala:
In fact it's...
It's almost literally on fire. I've just read, worst on record. [crosstalk 00:00:33]
Jill DeWit:
Well, did you see the-
Steven Butala:
As a state. Worst fires.
Jill DeWit:
Not just us. It's the whole West coast.
Steven Butala:
Yeah.
Jill DeWit:
I was looking all the way up to- [crosstalk 00:00:39].
Steven Butala:
Oregon.
Jill DeWit:
Washington, parts of Oregon, parts of Idaho. It's-
Steven Butala:
It's like the world's ending.
Jill DeWit:
I know.
Steven Butala:
I half expect to see zombies around the corner.
Jill DeWit:
It's really weird. Oh my gosh. And by the way, to make it even worse, our humidity here. I think I've never seen it, it's 96%. So if you're watching this on YouTube and you could probably literally see my hair getting frizzier by the moment...
Steven Butala:
You know what Jill? I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
Jill DeWit:
Exactly.
Steven Butala:
Men don't even know any of this stuff.
Jill DeWit:
Can you imagine? I'm going to put a baseball hat on and I'm going to put my hair in a ponytail in about five minutes. It's like, "What the heck?"
Steven Butala:
When I was younger, I used to think a hundred percent humidity was water. It's not.
Jill DeWit:
Rain.
Steven Butala:
Yeah.
Jill DeWit:
Yeah.
Steven Butala:
It's nothing to do with that.
Jill DeWit:
It's hilarious.
Steven Butala:
Today, Jill and I talk about land business 301. You're a specialized pro. This is where I start to have a lot of fun. At any company, at any.. and stage. When you've left stage two, these land business things that came up are not... Came up with this week, the 301, 401. This is not specific to the land business at all. It's all businesses have cycles. Every single one.
Jill DeWit:
This is also the point where he gets interested in children. Babies not so much, toddlers no way.
Steven Butala:
That's true.
Jill DeWit:
Uh-huh (affirmative), It's not until the third phase, before they're ding-dongs and they're on their way out the door.
Steven Butala:
Before they're teenage ding-dongs?
Jill DeWit:
Exactly.
Steven Butala:
Oh yeah, this is when they [crosstalk 00:02:19].
Jill DeWit:
And they can't get out, they can't wake up.
Steven Butala:
They don't eat anything. They tell you, "Yeah. I'd rather have chicken today."
Jill DeWit:
You're like, "This one's fun for you. You'd like this." Like, "Yeah, dad. I do want to go on the boat. Yeah, dad, I do want to do this with you." This part.
Steven Butala:
Or let's light something on fire.
Jill DeWit:
"Yeah, dad, that's so great... Yeah, dad said this is a good idea." No.
Steven Butala:
Between seven and 15/14.
Jill DeWit:
Uh-huh (affirmative). Exactly. This is your favorite age [crosstalk 00:02:46].
Steven Butala:
It's an absolute blast.
Jill DeWit:
And you are Superman in their eyes.
Steven Butala:
Well, yeah. I mean, for probably two of those years. Until sixth grade.
Jill DeWit:
Okay.
Steven Butala:
It's just fun. It's fun to do stupid stuff. The reason we have children is to see their reactions to doing stuff the first time. When they're little they eat a French fry the first... I remember. [crosstalk 00:03:08].
Jill DeWit:
Is that why we have children?
Steven Butala:
The kid's bite on the French fry for the first time, it's like their world is just the greatest. For those few minutes it's like,