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The Power of Partnership · No Time to Waste Podcast - w Marcus Murray

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just want to welcome you out to the No Time to Waste Podcast studio.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm your guide, Marcus Murray.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today we're going to be discussing something extremely powerful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe that by the end of this episode, you are going to see that episode eight in season two was one of the most powerful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we'll be discussing the power of partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want you to know that the majority of people live life in isolation solo, basically figuring it out as they go along.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they never really realize, recognize, or move on the opportunity that exists to actually partner to achieve something great.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll talk about various partnerships, what they look like, and what the outcome has been for them and what it could be for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: The question that I have for you, what if everything they told us was wrong?
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  SPEAKER_00: What if everything that they told us was wrong?
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  SPEAKER_00: With that being said, I want you to buckle your seatbelt and get ready.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the end of this podcast, your eyes will be completely open and you will be 100% clear on exactly how clarity, purpose, passion, and just some good information can take you where you never dreamed possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: With that being said, let's just dive in really quick and start talking about partnerships.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whenever we hear the word partnership, please remember the world, the culture, society at large has corrupted so many of the words, they've all turned into something different.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I truly believe it's by design that they've actually perverted, corrupted, twisted, distorted, and even transformed words to actually lose their meaning.
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  SPEAKER_00: I shared with you probably about two podcasts ago on the power of words and the importance of words, while at the same time I'm acknowledging right now that common culture, this pervading culture that's trying to push against normalcy, is completely focused on deconstruction and perverting, distorting, twisting words, changing their meanings.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you can remove words and clarity of thought through the effective use of words, you can actually control people.
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  SPEAKER_00: You actually ultimately silence them in confusion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you hear the word partnership, what exactly does that mean to you?
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  SPEAKER_00: I want you to imagine this concept of coming together with another individual and creating something that has never been created before.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is a power that most people don't recognize.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been in business now for almost 31 years.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been married for 32 years to the same wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have all children in common, the same three sons.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what's amazing is that that was probably one of the greatest bedrocks for me of understanding the power of partnership, of giving and taking, sacrificing, all these different things.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's it's demonstrated in a healthy marriage.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the things that we also do is we coach and teach other couples about the power that's within their partnership as a married couple.
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  SPEAKER_00: But first, we're going to talk about business and we're going to start with Apple.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everybody's familiar with the Apple computer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everybody's got them.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've all got Apple watches and Apple devices, iPads, all that kind of stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when you look at the two partners that actually made it happen, being Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, those two individuals were able to come together in a business partnership, bringing each one bringing their strengths.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they were able to create the concept of ease of use, the simplicity with point and click, uh, just so much ease in the computing space.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at the same time, they were able to transform the concept of engineering, which was Wozniak's piece, and then the vision, which was Steve Jobs' piece, they each brought a special gift to the partnership, and it allowed that company to achieve staggering growth.
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  SPEAKER_00: In reality, partnership creates empires.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you are currently in business alone, where you are the centerpiece of your business, it is your thoughts, your ingenuity, your creativity, your idea, your drive, your concept.
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  SPEAKER_00: That business is going to be bound by your own limitations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once you're able to build a business with a partner, as my wife and I are in business, in every area of business, we're in business together.
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  SPEAKER_00: And therefore, we've been able to experience partnership power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once you can do that, your business can grow exponentially.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's take a look, excuse me, at Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those, well, Bill Gates, Bill Gates is obviously a strategist.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's always thinking ahead and he's coming up with new ideas.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Paul Allen was a technician who understood scalability.
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  SPEAKER_00: When they came together, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, they were able to put Microsoft on the map and actually achieve phenomenal, phenomenal success that remains today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Operating systems are connected to the Microsoft platform.
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  SPEAKER_00: And many companies and many organizations cannot exist without that platform of Microsoft that they operate on.
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  SPEAKER_00: So again, the power of partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a look at Larry Page and Sergi Brynn.
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  SPEAKER_00: This was Google.
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  SPEAKER_00: They actually created Google and they did it with coding and innovation as well as infrastructure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those two gifts, those two talents, they brought them together and they actually transformed how information is delivered.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why is that important?
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  SPEAKER_00: All of us are using Google.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're all doing it.
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  SPEAKER_00: You use Google for everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prior to Chat GPT, everybody was going to Google.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there was a saying, don't make Google your God.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was because of the power of what this partnership created.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's look at another one.
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  SPEAKER_00: That would be Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Warren Buffett, who's known for his keen insight, it's almost like an intuition as to the movement of the market.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then Charlie Munger understood marketing trends and markets at large.
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  SPEAKER_00: Together, they built Berkshire Hathaway, which is one of the most successful investment houses in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: They literally transformed investing.
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  SPEAKER_00: What you're seeing in common is when people come together in partnership with a common objective, they are able to move things at light speed in remarkable ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sam Walton and Bud Walton, the Walton family, what did they do?
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  SPEAKER_00: They actually transformed merchandising and retail.
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  SPEAKER_00: How did they do it?
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  SPEAKER_00: One was a specialist in marketing, the other in negotiation.
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  SPEAKER_00: With that being said, together, they were able to create something that's existing today and is moving well into the future.
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  SPEAKER_00: Walmart is now known for being able to deliver products, actually, point, click, and order and then deliver.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are competing with Amazon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are the top two movers of retail product in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: With that being said, remember it started with that partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Partnership is powerful.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you take a look at Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman, they uh created Nike.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of them was excellent at product innovation, the other with endorsement marketing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And together, they were able to build the concept of celebrity endorsement and they took the Nike brand through the roof.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the power of partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you look at McDonald's and you think about Ray Kroc, this is the guy we don't know, Harry Sonoborn.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know Ray Kroc made McDonald's great, but we don't know anything about Harry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why is that important?
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  SPEAKER_00: It was a partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ray Kroc understood franchising as a concept, but Harry understood real estate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most people think the big thing about McDonald's is the burgers.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were one of the largest holders of real estate in the country at one point.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the combination in the partnership that made it great.
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  SPEAKER_00: The next one, and then we're almost done.
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  SPEAKER_00: Larry Ellison and Bob Minor.
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  SPEAKER_00: They created Oracle, which is the foundation of enterprise computing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to imagine two partners came together in business, each bringing a unique gift and a talent.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we already know the partnership of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Same concept.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two guys, each with a gift, not one overpowering the other, but learning to work in synergy, harmony.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I want to tell you about two that are the most impressive to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these partners are marital partners.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the reason I love them, obviously, I'm from Detroit.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Detroit is a special place.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a special place because you can't just easily achieve success in Detroit.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you're in Detroit, you have to actually develop a muscle that is extremely unique.
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  SPEAKER_00: Working with diverse groups of people, different educational levels, different backgrounds and experiences.
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  SPEAKER_00: You actually have to become what you believe in to build in Detroit.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's what I really love about the town.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to use as an example an old couple that most people don't even think about much.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's going to be Henry Ford and Clara Ford.
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  SPEAKER_00: The reason that I'm going to choose them is because they chose to get married.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Henry Ford, obviously, a Ford Motor Company, pioneered so much innovation against all odds.
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  SPEAKER_00: When people told them that it was absolutely impossible to create the V8 engine, Henry Ford uh believed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And not only did he believe, but his wife believed with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I could see in my mind's eye that couple at night, because this is what I experienced with my wife at night.
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  SPEAKER_00: When uh most people think marriage is all about fun and frolic.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's not the power of marriage.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a benefit, a perk of marriage, because the Bible actually gives us the foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the two become one, an extraordinary power is released.
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  SPEAKER_00: And most people think that that is just intimacy, physical intimacy, and that's not it.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what the world has told people, and it actually perverts the concept.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you actually see a society of people where half of them don't even understand the power of that level of partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it is so far beyond physical.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's emotional, mental, spiritual.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when you start looking at that, the ability to be able to come together with your wife and actually pray things through to fruition, there is nothing more extraordinary than that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's why I love this couple, Henry Ford and Clara Ford.
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  SPEAKER_00: They obviously were talking about the late 1800s.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember the auto industry had just started with the model, the Model T, that old, that old thing that we got out of the horse and carriage days and we were in the Model T.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have another episode that I'm going to be doing on industrial changes and things like that, that is so powerful because people are finding themselves horribly deceived in this AI environment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so you really need to understand transition, evolution, robotics, all that stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we're going to come to that in an upcoming episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, this couple was so powerful because they defied all the odds.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even when their developers and engineers said that the model, I'm sorry, that the V8 engine was an impossibility, they continued to believe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Together, they continued to believe and they just fought through until it actually became a reality.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was the ultimate demonstration of partnership in marriage combined with business.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would say not only was that powerful, but they passed that lesson on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody really knew what they were doing in the background.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ford Motor Company was really competing and fighting for existence.
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  SPEAKER_00: But at the same time, um, their their marriage was not just simply a marriage.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was literally an amalgamation of extraordinary power.
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  SPEAKER_00: They took Ford Motor Company from the ashes.
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  SPEAKER_00: They developed the luxury brand called Lincoln, and the rest was history.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was absolutely a game changer, but it was a clear demonstration of the power of partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what that couple was able to do from 1919 all the way to 1943, they were very active during World War II.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I didn't know this.
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  SPEAKER_00: They actually built the B-2 bombers at the Willow Run plant here in Michigan.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it was, that was incredible.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it allowed us to win in that war.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, why is all this important?
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  SPEAKER_00: Partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have four words written: birds, wolves, horses, and lions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think about birds.
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  SPEAKER_00: Birds are not just partners, but they're team members.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's a whole nother segment, a whole new episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I want you to imagine the way the birds do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: They actually fly away in a and and they and in their uh flocks, the way that they fly and they migrate when they're heading toward the south when it gets cold here in Michigan.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can see them keeping each other warm with the flapping of their wings and the brushing of their bodies.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's so incredible to see them flying up and then over and then up into these big, huge groups.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's one of the most amazing demonstrations of a partnership, a clarity of purpose and a oneness together.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then there are the wolves.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love the wolves because they travel in packs.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're very efficient, they understand leadership principles, and they're on assignment.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're on purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're able to move with an intensity and intentionality and a focus.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that is because they are in partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about, let's talk about horses.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see the horses where you can have a horse, you're riding the horse, that's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: The horses are great.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can use a horse for pulling, for pulling weight, for pulling a cart, and that's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: But have you noticed that a singular horse, and this has been studied, can pull, let's say, a thousand to fifteen hundred pounds by himself?
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  SPEAKER_00: No problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when that horse is put side by side with another horse in that yoked partnership, together, those two horses can pull almost 5,000 pounds.
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  SPEAKER_00: How is that possible?
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  SPEAKER_00: There is something about the synergy and the power that is created in a proper partnership that it's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then we get over to the lions.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love the lions because the male and the females in the pride, they actually are joint hunters.
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  SPEAKER_00: They hunt together, and it's a powerful thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got the protecting overseer, and then you have the one that goes in for the keel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Partnership, that whole concept of being able to find and develop healthy partnership.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I want to say this before I get to the letter that I always end with to my son.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think this is going to be very powerful and beneficial to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right now, if all of your income currently depends solely on you, and we're right now moving through the um AI and robotics and automation transformation here in America, if you find yourself still a solo practitioner or in a situation where you are working alone, I am going to challenge you that over the next 36 months, meditate, focus, keep your options open, find a way to become a part of a partnership, an economic partnership in business that will allow you to expand your possibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isolation is not going to be an effective strategy for success in this new economy.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are going to require business partnerships.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I want to read this letter to my sons.
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  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, you know I have three of them, so this applies to all of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Son, never allow society and culture to diffuse or distort your clarity.
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  SPEAKER_00: They may encourage you to cleave and connect to your smartphone, but remember, that's not a smart idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your greatest power will be your ability to galvanize and inspire others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your unique giftings were given to you to impact generations, both young and old.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't spend your time locked in social circles that lack purpose or direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even when it hurts, embrace the pain that comes from separating from those that may not be living life the way they should, but simply surviving on the hamster wheel of going nowhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't ever confuse connection with destiny.
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  SPEAKER_00: Any man can hook up.
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  SPEAKER_00: But ultimately, that's simply the disguise of impending destruction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't confuse a wifing or a wifey with a wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those two are terribly different.
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  SPEAKER_00: Although they may dress the same, they are completely different people.
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  SPEAKER_00: A wife belongs to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: A wifey belongs to whoever she's with at the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: A wife prays for you, stays for you, cries for you, gives for you, brings life to the earth for you, often gives her life up for you, sacrificing her dreams for you, she honors you, she builds with you, she shares with you, she bears for you, she cares for you, she cares for your children who become you.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is carrying your legacy for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, son, there is power in partnership and unstoppable power when you're given the opportunity to find your wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm always praying for you that you learn to recognize the difference and choose well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for joining me during this episode of the No Time to Waste podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully, it's been beneficial.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's how you show me that you are getting value.
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  SPEAKER_00: With that being said, choose well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's go and seize the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make it a great one.