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The Slow Way to $50K/Month: My Entrepreneur Journey · Reborn w/ Antonio Boutros

• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to the Reborn Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Tony Bertros, and this podcast is all about personal development, spiritual growth through a Christian lens, and entrepreneurship.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is titled The Slow Way is the fastest and best way.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: We're going to dive deep into why taking your time and being patient is crucial for sustainable growth in various aspects of life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get started.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, I don't I don't know about you, okay?
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: I don't.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I personally have always been the type of person who wanted everything to happen quickly.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wanted success today, not tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, over time I realized that taking things slow and being patient leads to more sustainable growth.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about how this mindset shift has impacted two major areas of my life: dating and building a business.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: I always wanted to be in a relationship.
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  SPEAKER_00: I tried to force it a couple times, but it never worked out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, I'm still single, but my perspective has changed.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've developed a deep relationship with God and I have a better understanding of myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm becoming the kind of man who can be the rock in the backbone to support a wife and family.
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  SPEAKER_00: I trust in God's plan and timing to bring me a wife while also being proactive and searching for her.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about understanding that rushing into a relationship won't build a strong foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, taking the time to grow spiritually and personally prepares you for a lasting, meaningful relationship.
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  SPEAKER_00: See, I want to touch on that a little bit because when I first began looking for a woman, I was not the type of man that a woman that I want would want.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
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  SPEAKER_00: I was I was out of shape.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I didn't have a stable income.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh I uh I had a lot of areas, I didn't have you know good good influences around me, good men around me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I had a lot of areas, and I still have a lot of areas, but I had a lot of areas that I really, really needed to desperately improve before I found a woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now today, because I've been able to develop a relationship with God, and because he's blessed me with financial success, with brothers and sisters that are around me that that have played such a crucial part in my personal development and my life, because he's blessed me with with coming out of depression and and going into being a confident man of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a deeper relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I was talking to a uh a new friend, a new sister in Christ uh this last week, what she was saying is you you know, you need to be full in Christ before you start searching out a woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're not full in Christ, then it's not your time to find a woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: And same goes vice versa.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's talk about entrepreneurship.
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  SPEAKER_00: Entrepreneurship has always been my dream.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I started seeing glimmers of success, I rushed a hire.
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  SPEAKER_00: This decision cost me$100,000 and sent me back two or three months in productivity and growth.
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  SPEAKER_00: I learned a valuable lesson from this experience, needless to say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I've stepped back and I focused on consistently making around$50,000 a month.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a roadmap to scaling quickly, but this time I'm taking my time to learn, develop my skills, and build my business the right way.
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  SPEAKER_00: With the help of my business coaches, I'm creating a strong, sustainable foundation for growth.
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  SPEAKER_00: See, here's the thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you when you have success, early success in business, you have more opportunities that come your way.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these opportunities can be very, very tempting.
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  SPEAKER_00: I personally saw a potential hire who I ended up hiring, and I put all my eggs in one basket.
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  SPEAKER_00: And ultimately ended up losing$100,000 because of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only did I lose$100,000, I also had opportunity loss.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: And right now, conservatively, we're doing about$50,000 a month.
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  SPEAKER_00: If I had been making$50,000 a month those three months, I would have made$150,000.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you combine that with the$100,000 that I lost, that's$250,000 lost because I rushed in and I made a poor hire.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, am I where I want to be in business yet?
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do I want to rush it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Do I have that that that pool in the back of my mind?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, hey, let's let's let's go scale this like to the moon tonight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, that's entrepreneurship.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I also realize that it must be done the right way, or else it'll come crumbling down.
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  SPEAKER_00: I also have begun running my business redemptively for God, so that I can donate and support causes, so that I can inspire others to what is possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so even though I'm not where I'm where I'm where I want to be, I believe by building the right way, I can and will get there quicker than if I were to rush things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, here are some practical practical tips that I've used for embracing patience.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one, and this is by far, by far the most important one.
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  SPEAKER_00: So listen up develop a deep relationship with God, spend time in prayer and scripture, seeking his guidance and trusting in his timing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I used to be the type of person who would pray, read the Bible, uh, go to church, and not because I wanted to, but because I felt it was a chore.
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  SPEAKER_00: If this is where you're at, I'd recommend you find some spiritual mentors who maybe also have uh achieved what you want to do in in life.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if if you're an entrepreneur, find a mentor who's also an entrepreneur who's done things that you want to do in an entrepreneurial realm, and is also in touch with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I personally personally have a few of these types of mentors, and I also have lots of spiritual mentors and lots of business mentors, but because my my mentors who overlap into one another, I've been able to develop myself and trust in God's plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, today I I always talk with people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm I I tell people, you know, I used to I used to see these people that were on fire and had tons of conviction for God, and and I always thought it was corny.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today I become one of those people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh in the last less than a year, God has uh built my business, uh, been the been the been the rock for my business.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has provided me with uh so many amazing relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's provided me with good health and um rebuilt relationships that had previously had some tension.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I think there's four other ones, four other practical tips for embracing patience.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if I could only use one, it would be developing a deep relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I I I think I want to bring up one of the um one of the things I heard from a from a young brother of mine, 21, um, has a multimillion dollar uh landscaping company.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what he said was, man, I'll just like we're sitting across the table, you know, we were at dinner, just like we're sitting across the table right now, um, you know, talking, uh, that's how I talk to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, I'm I'm I'm in my car.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey God, what's up?
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, hey, how how you doing?
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  SPEAKER_00: Good, man, good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, I just wanted to you know say thank you for the day, and uh man, you are so good, bro.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I uh I really really am grateful for for all the blessings you brought in my life, all the people, all the all the uh all the business and and and the ability to serve and and do your will for your glory and your power.
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  SPEAKER_00: God, you are so good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for this day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I pray that as I go throughout today, I uh I keep you front of mind and um and uh and do your will.
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  SPEAKER_00: In your name I pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now do you see how that's different from hey God, yeah, I'm I'm gonna need uh I'm gonna need a wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm also I'm also gonna need you to give me uh uh a million dollar business.
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  SPEAKER_00: And um, you know, I uh I'm really grateful and I I really appreciate everything you've done for me, but I'm really gonna need those things uh today, you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh you see the difference, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: And and and and that's you know, it sounds funny when I'm saying it, but that's that's that's the reality of how a lot of people talk with Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I probably used to be one of those people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I can't remember exactly, but I I probably did.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um and since I I'll bring up another thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, another one of my younger brothers uh in Christ said, I'm not religious, I have a relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, that was one of the corny things that before I came to God, I thought was corny, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or that was one of the things I thought was corny.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the truth is, he was he was he was truthful.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just didn't understand what it meant at the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Christianity is a religion, but just because you're a Christian doesn't mean you have a relationship with Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are two different things.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, Christ has uh been known for rejecting people coming into the kingdom because hey, you you followed all my commands, you followed all my uh, you know, the commandments, but you never stopped me out, you never developed a relationship with me, and so I I never knew you, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is actually a verse from uh Matthew 7, 21 through 23.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me let me read it for you real quick.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my father in heaven, but he who does the father, the will of my father in heaven, many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have we not cast out demons in your name and many wonders in your name?
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  SPEAKER_00: And then I will declare to them, I never knew you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so, even though these people are are are abiding by the commandments, they are not developing a relationship with Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I don't want to spend all day on this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will move on to the other four so that you guys can get on with your days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, the second one is understand yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is one that really takes a lot of self-reflection, self-forgiveness, self-appreciation without being arrogant, without building you know building a massive ego uh that will also get in your way.
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  SPEAKER_00: But take time to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I think that's a crucial one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think there's there's three types of people, okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's there's one type of person who only focuses on their strength.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh I am great at working out, okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what is going on with the rest of your life?
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, well, I I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and then there's a second type of person who is only focused on what they're bad at, and uh they are oftentimes more humble but also can lack self-esteem.
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  SPEAKER_00: This looks like you know, I really I really think I can improve um uh at at my interpersonal communication.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really am not really great at talking to people and um really wish I could get better at that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and that could be true, you you definitely could, but uh oftentimes if people don't realize, okay, that's something I can work on, that's opportunity for growth.
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  SPEAKER_00: What am I good at as well?
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's a third type of person.
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  SPEAKER_00: They realize both.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for me personally, I would say I am good at talking to people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I could be better at business, I could be better at I could be better at talking to people.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's my thing is I think everything that is a strength is also not necessarily a weakness, but can also be improved upon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so, well, for example, I was in a room with a lot of aspiring politicians this past week, and a lot of the things they were talking about, a lot of the people they were talking about that they that they thought was obvious, like everyone knows them.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know them.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know these names, I don't know these these these bills, I don't know um any of this stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so that's something I can improve on, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So the first one is uh develop a deep relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second one is understand yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: The third one is learn from mistakes, use setbacks as learning opportunities, they often teach you more than immediate success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me let me read that again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Use setbacks as learning opportunities, they often teach you more than immediate success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I already I already brought up the$100,000 uh loss that I had a few months ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's the thing imagine I didn't face that loss, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: And then I hired uh three more people who also did the same thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let's just assume they're all you know all the same output.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh each one is worth$100,000 uh within two months, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's about$50,000 a month per per per employee.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh that's uh about a hundred thousand a month total uh total, right?
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: Or no, I'm sorry, that's two hundred thousand a month total.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh so imagine, I think I just said that math wrong, but let's say two hundred thousand a month total.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine I had hired them wrong, I had onboarded them wrong, I had trained them wrong, and instead of losing$100,000, guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm now losing$400,000.
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  SPEAKER_00: But because I faced that uh setback, that mistake, I was able to say, okay, great, I I wish this wouldn't have happened uh in a moment, but I can learn from it, and I can uh develop into a better business owner because of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So again, use setbacks as learning opportunities.
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  SPEAKER_00: They often teach you more than immediate success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the fourth one is seek guidance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Surround yourself with mentors and coaches who can provide valuable insights and support.
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  SPEAKER_00: I personally have been blessed with lots of mentors uh and coaches, some of whom I paid, uh, some of whom I have been blessed to have developed a personal relationship with.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um let me tell you about one of the mentors uh who I have not paid, uh, who has been significant uh for me very, very recently, uh actually brought me to uh the conference I went to last week.
• 17:04
  SPEAKER_00: And his name is Brian Wheeler, serial entrepreneur, has a family of six kids and a wife, and is an inspiration.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I was able to, I had the opportunity to go to his house about a week ago, and I saw how his family ran, and I saw uh from a very successful business person humility.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_00: As we were wrapping up the night, he was doing dishes, and in my mind, um, as I develop my relationships, uh, my business, and so on, you know, as I become married and and and have kids, I was planning to have maids to help out with everything, and maybe I still will, but his insight showed me something important.
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_00: I want to have several children, and I remember back about a year ago, honestly, maybe two, uh, I was doing a lot of gig work, DoorDash, Instacart, etc.
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_00: And I had made a delivery to this really nice home.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_00: And she opened a door, and the mom opened a door, assumingly it's mom, um, and I I saw inside, and I saw uh what I assumed was her son, uh looked like he was severely overweight, uh, had a bag of chips on his lap, and was playing video games.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was about 2 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh on a, I believe it's Thursday or something.
• 18:46
  SPEAKER_00: It was a weekday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and you know, that is kind of shows me like, hey, I can get all this stuff done from maze and and from you know services like Inzicard and whatnot.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: But I don't want that, I don't want that to be my kids' turnout.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_00: I want my kids to be uh traditional men and women of of Christian values who work hard and serve God, not playing video games overweight and um you know just lying around at 2 p.m.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_00: on a Thursday afternoon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um and and and he showed me one of my mentors showed me hey, he's he's in the kitchen doing dishes because that instills in your children hard work, okay.
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_00: And um, yeah, so so many different mentors, and and he began as a business mentor, and now I've learned this personal lesson from uh just being in the stratosphere, okay.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_00: So there are so many mentors who will mentor you just because you're young and you uh have drive.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I don't want you to think, hey, I don't have money.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_00: Um, how can I actually find a good mentor?
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think anyone wants to mentor me.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you surround yourself with communities, um it'll just happen naturally.
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  SPEAKER_00: You just have to have faith in that, okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the last practical tip for embracing patience is build a strong foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sounds general, but whether it's in relationships or business, focus on creating a solid base before trying to scale.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me give you a we gave we I gave a couple uh business um examples.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_00: Let me give you a relationship example, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So for me, I'm still single, but I'm financially financially secure, I can support a family.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, I am in good health mentally, physically, uh, emotionally, spiritually.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a good relationship with God, which are the values I want to uh put into my family, into my wife, into my kids, um, as opposed to not being financially secure, not being in good health, and not having a relationship with God that that is a a marriage, and that that's a that's a husband and a father that would not be serving his wife and his children as best possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so if you're a man, you need to have a strong relationship with God, you need to understand yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need to have the ability to learn from mistakes.
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  SPEAKER_00: You also need to seek guidance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ultimately, you need to build a strong foundation before seeking out a woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so the five practical tips for embracing patience are as follows Develop a deep relationship with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Understand yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Learn from mistakes, seek guidance, and build a strong foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, there's a few questions that I think come up a lot of times when people talk about this sort of topic.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll just go through them real quick and so that I can help you guys better have a deeper understanding of exactly what I mean by this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why is patience important in personal development?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why can't I build a billion-dollar business overnight?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why can't I go uh to the club and and find a uh a woman there?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why uh why can't I uh why can't I just watch porn rather than then developing a uh deep relationship with a with a real woman?
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: And and here's the answer patience allows for deeper self-understanding and spiritual growth, which are essential for sustainable personal development.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're in a world that teaches us, hey, you can men don't men don't need women.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have porn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men don't need friends.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_00: We have social media, we have Instagram, we have Snapchat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men also don't need a life purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have video games to conquer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Society wants to tell us that that's what we should be doing, rather than building our strong foundation, building a family, building our careers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Men are called to be the backbone of families, and yet today, unfortunately, that's not the reality most of the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the second question is how can I be proactive in searching for a partner while being patient?
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm gonna say continue to engage in social activities, join groups or clubs that interest you, and use dating apps responsibly.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, I'm not a big fan of dating apps.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I've definitely seen some like great relationships that have come from dating apps, um, both in my personal life, and I'm thinking of Alex and Layla Hermosy.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_00: I think they met on Bumble or something.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I would rather see you get into conferences like the one I went to last week, uh, church.
• 25:07
  SPEAKER_00: Depending on the culture, maybe the gym, maybe, probably not, but maybe the gym.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and and and I would say a big one, honestly, is is groups and clubs that interest you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, if you're an entrepreneur, go to a Christian entrepreneur, you know, group.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um I've met some great women that have become um great sisters of mine, uh sisters in Christ at groups like this.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_00: And some of them were single, right?
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_00: And if I wanted to pursue a relationship with them, I already know they have the same values or similar values, and so that would be a great option.
• 25:55
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so if you do decide, excuse me, if you do decide to use dating apps, which I really don't recommend personally, just be very, very, very responsible.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_00: Don't the thing with dating apps is it's very easy to just oh this this this one is hot, let me swipe right.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_00: This one's hot, let me swipe right.
• 26:21
  SPEAKER_00: This woman, uh not much, let me swipe left.
• 26:26
  SPEAKER_00: That's I think you get very, very close to objectifying women by doing that and not actually wanting a relationship, just wanting someone who's quote unquote hot.
• 26:40
  SPEAKER_00: And so that's a the risk you uh you run by doing that.
• 26:44
  SPEAKER_00: Now, the third question is what are the risks of rushing in business?
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_00: As I talked about today, um, rushing could lead to costly mistakes, like hiring the wrong person or making poor investment decisions.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_00: These can set you back significantly.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_00: Again, we already talked about I lost between opportunity cost and real cost$250,000.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_00: But if I if I had kept up, I could have lost$400,000, right?
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_00: And so you have to build a solid foundation.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_00: Now, how can I find a good business coach?
• 27:24
  SPEAKER_00: Look for someone with a proven track record in your industry, seek recommendations from your network, and ensure their values align with yours.
• 27:33
  SPEAKER_00: For my business coach specifically, I went the route of paying for a mentor, um, which was a to depending on where you're at in business, it was a uh a decent size investment.
• 27:48
  SPEAKER_00: It was$25,000 or about$30,000 actually.
• 27:51
  SPEAKER_00: Uh also all said and you know, said and done.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_00: But I I've definitely gained value from it.
• 28:00
  SPEAKER_00: And I also have lots of mentors who I've not paid.
• 28:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um and so I would say the the biggest thing is just looking for someone who's done what you want to do, period.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_00: Ideally, so that you can have them together, ideally, they also have similar or the same values.
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, if you're a Christian, you're also Christian.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_00: If um if you are family-oriented, they are also family-oriented, and so on.
• 28:33
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_00: So um, a lot of my mentors, they have families, they are Christian, they are great in business, and so on and so forth, right?
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_00: And so it's been an inspiration to be around them.
• 28:47
  SPEAKER_00: Now, thank you so much for joining me on this episode of the Reborn Podcast.
• 28:53
  SPEAKER_00: Remember, the slow way is often the fastest and best way to achieve sustainable growth.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_00: And man, does it does it pay me to say that?
• 29:03
  SPEAKER_00: But embrace patience in your personal and professional life and trust in the journey.
• 29:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you enjoyed this episode, I would love for you to subscribe and leave a review.
• 29:15
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay blessed and keep growing.