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Ep 134. What Doe "Go Big" Actually Mean · Go Big with Gib Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Go Big With Gibb Podcast, where we talk to professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs about their big wins.
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  unknown: Go with the biggest.
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  SPEAKER_00: I named this podcast Go Big with Gibb, but I've been thinking lately about what going big actually means because I don't think it means what I once thought it did.
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  SPEAKER_00: Going big sounds like more.
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  SPEAKER_00: More money, bigger business, bigger deals, bigger houses, bigger goals.
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  SPEAKER_00: And don't get me wrong, I like big goals.
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  SPEAKER_00: I spent most of my adult life chasing them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm starting to believe that going big has very little to do with the size of your bank account.
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  SPEAKER_00: Going big means refusing to live small.
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  SPEAKER_00: And those aren't the same thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Living small is staying in a job you hate for 30 years because you're afraid to try something else.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's having an idea you've thought about for five years but never starting.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's refusing to invest because you're terrified of losing a dollar.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's caring so much about what other people think that they effectively get to make decisions for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've made a lot of decisions in my life that could have failed.
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  SPEAKER_00: I opened my own law firm.
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  SPEAKER_00: I started my real estate business.
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  SPEAKER_00: I started buying real estate.
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  SPEAKER_00: I began raising investor capital.
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  SPEAKER_00: I started businesses.
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  SPEAKER_00: I put myself on social media.
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  SPEAKER_00: I started this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some things worked, some didn't.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm sure I'll fail at plenty more before I'm finished, but that's okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: I become far more afraid of reaching the end of my life with regrets than I am of failing at something along the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what going big means to me today.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means building something you're proud of, taking calculated risks, creating financial freedom, helping others to succeed, being there for your family.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is something I'm appreciating more at 47.
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  SPEAKER_00: Actually enjoying some of what I've worked so hard to build.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't get unlimited time.
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  SPEAKER_00: None of us do.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm not interested in spending my entire life preparing to live someday.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to build, I want to invest, I want to travel, I want adventures with my wife and kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to help people, I want to make mistakes, I want to keep learning.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when it's all over, I don't want the story of my life to be that I played it safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your version of going big may look completely different from mine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good, it should, but whatever the version is, don't spend your life waiting for someone else's permission to pursue it.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got one shot at this thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make it count.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Gib Irons, and this is Go Big with Gib.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to this episode of Go Big with Gibb.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you haven't already, go follow us on social media at Gib Irons.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll see you next time.