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On this episode of The King’s Code, I interview Josh Kreitzer, founder of Retail Media. Josh was an early adopter of ecommerce, at the time when it was considered a disrupter rather than the norm. He later found a position at GoPro, and tested an early version of the Amazon search engine. He used his experience with Amazon to found his own company that takes advantage of the Amazon algorythm to promote products and services, even ones that don’t sell on Amazon. In this interview, you will hear the journey he took as an entrepreneur, from the big leap of faith it took to leave a secure position to the ups and downs, to his current successes.
Are women (and girls) more angry today than they were 10 years ago? According to trends in Gallop polls, they are. Why is this happening? On this episode of God, Money & Purpose, Raul and Vivian endeavor to find out why. Our take on it is that women are pushed to embrace the masculine side by hustle culture, and the problem is exacerbated by attracting weak men with that masculine energy. As a result, women have more and more responsibility on their shoulders, and don’t get to tap into that more feminine energy inside them. That leads to frustration and a feeling of hopelessness. What can women do to embrace their feminine energy in a demanding world? And what can men do to support them? Watch this episode to find out.
On this episode of the God, Money & Purpose Podcast, Raul and Vivian discuss artificial intelligence - AI - and the potential it has to either benefit or take over our lives. In this specific example, Raul and Vivian explore the new chatbot ChatGPT, and how you can use it creatively to make your relationship more exciting. Like all tools, AI can be used for good or ill, or it can end up using you. Can robots learn to love before they learn to kill? Watch this episode for our take.
Compounding is a powerful investment tool that involves getting a return on your original investment and the returns on your previous returns. For compounding to work, you need to reinvest your returns back into your account. Invest in your most valuable asset: your energy. When you withdraw the energy rather than reinvest it, you lose out. Every day, you need to reinvest your returns so it compounds.
This video will show you 6 ways to compound time and get results by setting goals 100 days at a time and reinvesting the personal gains to get more done in 100 days than the average man does in a year.
On this episode of the King’s Code Podcast, Raul reacts to the Liver King apology video. Brian Johnson, the Liver King, has been a social media sensation for his He-Man like physique and for advocating the “Ancestral Tenents,” including eating raw liver. With a body like that, he was accused many times of using performance-enhancing drugs, which he flatly denied every time. But recently, his personal emails admitting to steroid use were leaked to YouTuber More Plates More Dates, and he was exposed. The Liver King was pretty much forced to do an apology video. On this episode, Raul rates whether he thinks that The Liver King is sincere in his apology. Nobody is perfect, nobody has been 100% honest with themselves and other people for their whole lives. When the truth comes out, what can you do to take responsibility? Raul gives his take on what we can learn when owning up to our mistakes.
In this episode of God, Money and Purpose, Raul and Vivian discuss the challenges that married couples will face during the expected recession. Money is one of the most common reasons for divorce, and the time ahead will test a couple’s commitment to each other. Despite experieincing their own difficulties during the 2008 recession, Raul and Vivian pulled through and their marriage is stronger than ever. Their successful relationship didn’t come without many setbacks, arguments, and stumbles. It isn’t easy to maintain balance when things are uncertain, however if one partner is the leader and the other supports the vision, anything is possible for them. Two leaders don’t make a peaceful and productive union. In this episode, Raul and Vivian share their insights into what will help a power couple stay a power couple through the upcoming time of uncertainty.
In this episode of God, Money and Purpose, Raul and Vivian discuss the challenges that married couples will face during the expected recession. Money is one of the most common reasons for divorce, and the time ahead will test a couple’s commitment to each other. Despite experieincing their own difficulties during the 2008 recession, Raul and Vivian pulled through and their marriage is stronger than ever. Their successful relationship didn’t come without many setbacks, arguments, and stumbles. It isn’t easy to maintain balance when things are uncertain, however if one partner is the leader and the other supports the vision, anything is possible for them. Two leaders don’t make a peaceful and productive union. In this episode, Raul and Vivian share their insights into what will help a power couple stay a power couple through the upcoming time of uncertainty.
On this episode of the King’s Code Podcast, I react to Jordan Peterson being interviewed by Piers Morgan. Peterson is a controversial public figure. Depending on who you ask, he can be a voice to the voiceless, helping men who cannot help themselves; or he is the public figure of a group of angry, horny men who can’t get dates. Olivia Wilde’s movie, “Don’t Worry Darling,” has a character who is a cult leader, and many people interpret the character as a slightly exaggerated depiction of Peterson. In this interview, Peterson got choked up talking about the young men who look up to him. What can we make of this man? Is it all an act? Is he a hero or a charlatan? And what can we learn about the incel movement? Is it a movement of men bringing each other up or are they holding each other down? Watch this video to see my reaction to this viral moment.
On this episode of the King’s Code Podcast, I react to Jordan Peterson being interviewed by Piers Morgan. Peterson is a controversial public figure. Depending on who you ask, he can be a voice to the voiceless, helping men who cannot help themselves; or he is the public figure of a group of angry, horny men who can’t get dates. Olivia Wilde’s movie, “Don’t Worry Darling,” has a character who is a cult leader, and many people interpret the character as a slightly exaggerated depiction of Peterson. In this interview, Peterson got choked up talking about the young men who look up to him. What can we make of this man? Is it all an act? Is he a hero or a charlatan? And what can we learn about the incel movement? Is it a movement of men bringing each other up or are they holding each other down? Watch this video to see my reaction to this viral moment.
Millionaire Mentor Jason Stone Shares the Secrets to Building a Social Media Empire by Raul Villacis
When you become an entrepreneur, you end up working much harder than when you worked for someone else. Now all the responsibilities are on you, and you didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to succeed.
The fastest way to fail is to set unrealistic goals. If you set unrealistic goals, you often give up halfway through. Most men don’t hit their goals because they overestimate what they can do…And we underestimate how hard it’s going to be.
Most men fail because they aren’t willing to pay the price. They negotiate with life. You pay the price for success or you pay the price for regret.
When you become an entrepreneur, you end up working much harder than when you worked for someone else. Now all the responsibilities are on you, and you didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to succeed.
The fastest way to fail is to set unrealistic goals. If you set unrealistic goals, you often give up halfway through. Most men don’t hit their goals because they overestimate what they can do…And we underestimate how hard it’s going to be.
Most men fail because they aren’t willing to pay the price. They negotiate with life. You pay the price for success or you pay the price for regret.
This is a reaction video to the interview Andrew Tate did with YouTube podcasters Fresh & Fit. Andrew Tate is blowing up on the internet, according to my son, and I want to see this interview for myself.
In this interview, Tate goes all in proclaiming that toxic masculinity is a phrase made up by angry, man-hating feminists. According to him, all masculinity is perceived as toxic masculinity, and women complaining about men is a first world problem.
My opinion on Tate himself is that he is very much in touch with his dark warrior. The dark warrior wants to hunt, fight, and have sex, but it’s inevitable that the dark warrior burns everything to the ground because he can’t create, he can only destroy. I believe that being a dark warrior is only one step along the way to becoming a king, which means a complete man who owns his life.
Watch the video to see highlights from the interview Tate did with Fresh & Fit, and my reactions to them.
4 Steps to WIN in times of crisis
There is good news and bad news in moments of crisis. The bad news is that NO ONE is coming to save you! The good news is that high achievers wouldn’t want it any other way.
Tough times separate the winners from the WHINERS! That's what recessions do: they separate winners from losers. Winners will win under any circumstances. Whiners will find any excuse to become a victim of their circumstances. They make excuses and hope someone will come to save them.
4 steps to make sure you WIN in times of crisis.
1- Stop complaining.
Most men are complaining and waiting to be saved. There is zero upside in spending energy complaining about your situation. Nobody gives a shit about your complaining! Everybody wants to complain. If you only focus on the negative, you are going to attract people who are also negative. Negative energy will attract negative people. Turn your complaint into a reason to take action.
2- Take extreme ownership
Extreme ownership means everything is your responsibility. When you have nobody to blame, you will take a look in the mirror to see what you need to change. When bad things happen, they often happen because you were complacent. You didn’t prepare for the situation. You didn’t keep improving yourself. You let failure creep up on you. You are the problem and the solution.
3- Sharpen your skills
In good times, people will settle for good enough; in hard times it pays to be a specialist. You have to spend time with the A-players in your organization because people will only do what they see you do. Average producers will not make it.
4- Double down on yourself
The main thing that saved my business in the 2008 recession was that I doubled down on myself. If the king doesn’t rise, everyone pays the price. Invest time, energy and money to reset, recharge, and recommit. Recommit to your WHY. Taking care of yourself is not selfish, it’s smart.
If the king doesn’t rise, people will suffer. That's the leverage you need to have every day. To the average person, that's a burden. Who you become in the next 2 years is going to set you up for decades. But you have to believe that this is what you were made for. The battle has to be exciting for you. In this moment of crisis, you will shine the light in the darkness.
On Episode 6 of The King’s Code, I interview John Barriga. John Barriga is the founder and owner of Intravenous Me, a popular IV therapy provider in Midtown Manhattan. I interview him about how he came to work with me, and what steps he has taken to turn his life around since we’ve worked together. He first contacted me through my application process. He was, at the time, filled with uncertainty about how to keep his business going during the pandemic, his marriage was suffering, and he knew he had to change something. He was able to turn his life around by taking control of his life rather than sitting back and hiring other people to do the hard work for him. His story proves the importance of hard work and dedication, and to never count yourself out.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ended their tumultuous relationship with a lawsuit. Each sued the other for defamation and the trial aired their dirty laundry for the world to see.
What went wrong?
Put simply, everything. He was toxic. She was toxic. Each tried to manipulate the other. Each fought to win instead of fighting for the relationship to work, and neither would walk away even though it was obvious even before they were married that the relationship wasn’t healthy.
In this informative episode of God, Money & Purpose, Raul and Vivian Villacis take a no-bullshit look at what went wrong in their relationship and what you can learn from their mistakes.
Watch this episode to learn how you can take ownership of your own relationship, good or bad, and make your life better by being honest with yourself and your wife.
Michael Valdes is the President of eXp Global and host of the Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind Podcast. He is currently the only Latino President of a publicly traded real estate company in the country. He has sold real estate, either directly or through overseeing his agents, in over 100 countries, and logged over a million frequent flyer miles. He created a new business model of selling real estate though the internet rather than through traditional brick-and-mortar offices. In this episode, I interview him to find out the secret to his continued success.
In this episode of God, Money & Purpose, Raul and Vivian Villacis discuss drama in a relationship. Drama is usually something that you want to avoid in a relationship. But at the same time, we are drawn to it, whether it’s drama in our own lives or watching celebrities exposed in the media. What is the solution? It’s having awareness of what the drama is all about. Being aware of what version of you is showing up in the relationship in general, and what version is showing up when conflict arises, can help you diffuse the situation and keep the argument constructive rather than destructive. If you are fighting for a relationship, then the drama can be a good thing, because on the other side of the argument, you can grow closer and stronger together. But, if you are fighting just to be right, maybe it’s time to rethink your relationship.
On this, episode 4 of the King’s Code Podcast, I interview Mark Jennison, founder of IAMACOMEBACK. His company is focused primarily on helping otherwise successful men overcome a battle they often find themselves losing: addiction. What makes Mark so different is that he teaches his clients how to tap into their inner strength; in contrast, many rehab programs like AA teach that you are powerless to stop your addiction, and you must learn how to live with that powerlessness. Given that AA’s success rating is 50% at best, and Mark’s success rate is 97%, Mark seems to know what he’s talking about.
But the rehab is only the beginning, because Mark teaches successful men how to apply that same inner strength to every aspect of their lives to increase their capacity and live their best lives in every way possible. Watch this video to learn how Mark’s failures led to his ultimate success, and what he does every day to keep himself in the best physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual shape possible.
On Episode 3 of The King’s Code, I interview Ryan Michler, host of the Order of Man Podcast.
I talk with him about what it means to be a man in a world where we no longer have clear definitions of what it means to be one. What does it take to go all in and ignore the voice of doubt in your head? What does it mean to be consistent and put the work in all day? How do you maintain the energy in a relationship? I will discuss all these questions and more on this episode.
In this episode of God, Money & Purpose, Vivian and Raul discuss what kills passion in relationships. The opposite of passion is not hatred, it’s boredom. When you are bored in your relationship, you don’t put the effort in to make your spouse happy. In order to keep things from getting boring, you need to treat your wife/husband as your girlfriend/boyfriend on date nights. Bring out that different side of yourself and act like it’s new and exciting. It takes trust: trust in yourself, trust in God or a higher power, and trust in the timing. A bamboo tree doesn’t appear to grow for 5 years, but then it shoots up ina very short period of time. Your relationship may be like a bamboo tree: Put the work in, and you won’t see the results right away, but then you’ll see your love bloom seemingly all at once.
On this episode of The King’s Code Podcast, I interviewed Andy Nguyen. Andy made a splash on social media by starting the first NFT-themed restaurant. Yes, those odd JPEGs of apes have more value beyond just looking cool and being an investment/gamble by themselves. In this show, Andy shares why he was an early adopter of NFTs, how he used the IP of the Bored Ape to open his restaurant, and what NFT investors have to be wary of before they risk losing their shirts on what might be the next huge investment class.
This episode of God, Money & Purpose podcast focuses on growth. It’s uncommon that both partners will grow at the same time. In order to grow, one partner must focus on himself or herself and then encourage the other to grow, but you can’t force it. You have to set the table, but you can’t make them eat. You can’t be attached to making someone else do what you want, because often, they won’t. People grow at their own pace. Focus more on having conversations without judging, and show the benefits of personal growth. Grow for yourself first, and not for your partner.
After a short break, Raul and Vivian Villacis are back. The theme for this upcoming season is how to be a power couple. It’s fair to say that the pandemic has exposed many weaknesses, but now it’s time to grow stronger. To be part of a power couple, you have to take time occasionally to reinvent yourself. This can be something physical, like rearranging your home, or something more intangible, like reinventing your relationship. As a power couple, it’s important to grow together and reconnect as you grow as individuals. It isn’t easy to be married to an entrepreneur, and many couples don’t make it. Raul and Vivian are here to help you keep your marriage strong.
Being a leader is no accident.
It starts with a decision, which turns into ACTION.
It starts with the INTENTION to become a leader.
What is that intention? WHY do you want to be a leader?
What calls you to lead?
It’s not enough to be chosen, you have to choose every day to be a leader.
I believe that there are 3 types of leaders.
Click here to find out the three types of leaders.
If you are looking to become the BEST leader you can be, so you can make an IMPACT, because you were CALLED to lead, then you need to come to the Next Level Leadership Summit.
Click on this link to apply right now to attend the Next Level Leadership Summit 2021 either LIVE or VIRTUALLY.
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You want to go to the next level.
That’s a great first step.
You see where you need improvement. You start to change your behavior. You start to take risks in your business.
But then…
The risks don’t pay off.
And your behavior starts to slide back to how it was before.
And you haven’t levelled up, no matter how hard you’ve tried.
But here’s the thing: You’re sabotaging yourself without knowing it.
You haven’t done what you think you’ve done.
Every time we want to go to the next level, a little voice in our head stops us.
It’s an unconscious pattern.
And the first step to stopping those patterns is to recognize them.
Here are the LIES that the imposter inside of us telling us: 1: “I know what to do but I don’t do it.”
2: “I’ve tried everything, but it just wasn’t meant to be.”
3: I’m supposed to be further ahead in life by now.”
4: “I will be happy one day.”
If you are looking to learn the system and the process that it takes to become stronger than that nagging voice in your head, you need to attend the Next Level Leadership Summit. This is where leaders come together to share the knowledge that helps them maintain their health, family bonds, and spiritual connection, while running 6-,7, and even 8-figure businesses.
Click on the link below to find out more about the Next Level Leadership Summit 2021.
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Make the boat go faster. Bake the pie.
Make your goals SMARTER.
These are some of the many important phrases you will start using after you watch this keynote from cybersecurity expert Dr. Eric Cole. Dr. Cole, founder of Secure Anchor, has decades of experience in cybersecurity, and his clients include Barack Obama and Bill Gates. But this keynote address is not about just cybersecurity, it’s about the habits that made him one of the best in the world at what he does. If you learn from and emulate his habits, it can make you one of the best in the world at what you do as well.
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ne of the things I’m proudest of is helping to create a community. The thing that makes the biggest difference in people’s lives is their community. Your community dictates how far you go in life - it will either empower you or keep you down.
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It’s in our DNA to be part of a community. Our primal need is to be part of a tribe. We want to be part of a tribe so much that we are sometimes willing to betray our values to be accepted.
The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of your community. You have to ask yourself who you are being influenced by to predict what sort of life you will have. If you are in a toxic community, it will be impossible for you to thrive; if you are in an empowering environment, it will be impossible for you to fail.
5 things to look for in a community that will empower you:
1- Standards. Get around people who will raise your standards. If you are around people who will let you play small, you will never thrive. The only way to become a bigger player is to be around those who hold you to a higher standard. If your community doesn’t inspire you to go outside your comfort zone and grow, that community is keeping you in a box.
Your results are a reflection of your standards. You will never get results if you are not committed to following through. If you want to change something in your life, raise your standards. But you need to have people around you who will hold you to high standards.
2- Trust Knowing that you can count on others will give you CERTAINTY. At the same time, if you have nobody you can trust, it will be harder for you to overcome your challenges. But trust is a two-way street; you have to give in order to receive. You have to keep your word.
3- Vision Is there a vision that you can align with? What is the vision of the community and how can you get behind it? Can you see the impact you can make long-term? If your vision is not so big that it scares you, it’s not big enough.
4- Value Just like trust, value is a two-way street. You have to give value to the community in order to receive it. You have to do more for others than you’re willing to do for yourself. If you’re hurting, the best way to heal is to heal others. If you have a challenge, the best way to solve it is to help someone else solve their challenges. Sometimes you can’t see outside of your challenges; a new perspective may fix that. When you help someone else, you sharpen your edge. When you see someone else’s problems, you realize that yours are not that big.
5- Faith Is your community increasing your faith in people? The news today always highlights how bad people are, but I believe that there are more good people out there than bad. But we don’t highlight the good things people do. The moment that you’re part of a community that increased your faith in people, you realize that more people will help you than take advantage of you.
We’re at half time! Which play are you going to run? Anybody can be excited at the beginning of the journey, but can you be consistent until the end? It’s easy to start something, hard to stick with it. That’s what makes the difference between the people who make shit happen and the people who are hoping and wishing things would get better.
4 Strategies to create a Quarterly Plan: 1. Don’t worry about the score 2. Disrupt and stabilize 3. Innovate and expand 4. Recommit to your vision
Recorded live at the Next Level Virtual Leadership Summit, this episode of the Weekly Edge is all about how parents interact with their children. As a child, Raul spent three years alone when his parents moved to the United States to make a better life for their family. As an adult, Raul went on to work hard and become a successful investor and entrepreneur. How do these experiences shape Raul’s own approach to parenting? Is Alejandro able to take care of himself in the same way that Raul once had to? How does Alejandro see Raul as a father? Find out on this episode of The Weekly Edge
How do you know that you’re the absolute best at doing something in the entire world?
There are few ways to know:
A gold medal. A world record. A championship belt. And being the highest-paid person in your field.
So when I tell you that Jay Abraham is the highest-paid business consultant in the world, you know that he’s the absolute best of the best. Jay Abraham is more than just a mentor, he’s the mentors’ mentor. He has spawned an entire generation of marketing consultants and experts who credit him as their primary mentor as a result of his Protégé and Consultant Training programs.
His mentees include:
Daymond John - Founder of FUBU and investor on Shark Tank. Ramit Sethi - Founder of I Will Teach You to Be Rich, which has taught over a million people how to budget for their rich life. Tony Robbins - Personal development icon whose clients include Bill Clinton, Wayne Gretzky, Serena Williams, Hugh Jackman, and Pitbull. Dave Asprey - Bulletproof lifestyle coach and biohacker extraordinaire founder of Upgrade Labs
His outside-the-box thinking has been estimated to have helped 100,000 businesses, across 400 different industries, increase their bottom line, and he has held over 100 seminars and training programs in the United States and sold-out seminars abroad.
The lessons he teaches are not just applicable to enterprise companies. The lessons he gives in his books and YouTube videos have also led to success stories from small businesses across the world.
No matter how big or small your business is, no matter if you are just starting out in your own business or have decades of experience, you can benefit from Jay Abraham’s techniques.
This interview, where Raul Villacis interviews Jay Abraham is from The Next Level Leadership Summit 2021.
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Jay Abraham’s advice truly shows why he is the $21.7 Billion Dollar Man. Here is some of his billion-dollar advice:
Treat marketing like an investment, not an expense Be able to put into words (clearly) what your potential clients WANT and are trying to get closer to/away from Find out what your potential clients and your competitors are reading, watching, and listening to, and use that information to create better advertising scripts The thing that you want more than anything is an audience that wants a product that only you can give them right now. For example, if you owned a restaurant, the thing you need most are hungry people standing in front of you! The point of marketing is the lifetime value of the customer. If you break even on the first sale and create a long-term relationship with the customer, you’re doing it right.
Be sure to watch this video to learn how you can take his ideas and apply them to your business.
Today we are interviewing Matt Sapaula. Matt, like me, is an immigrant, and he brought himself from rags to riches. He hustled his way up in the areas of real estate and insurance. Life insurance is not considered a sexy or exciting way to become wealthy, but Matt has brought his own experience and made it exciting. Insurance is an evergreen business that is strong no matter what the economy is. In this interview, we also go over the trends and expected future trends in real and digital investments. Watch the whole interview to hear his story.
It may sound hard to believe, but for many of you reading this 2020 was a gift. 2020 was either the best year ever or the worst, and there’s no in between. Because 2020 hit us harder than many of us had ever been hit before. And you can't grow without pain.
In this video you'll learn my top 5 Strategies to implement in the new year and make new year's resolutions last.
1- Measure your R.O.E over your R.O.I
2- Get CLEAR on what BASE HITS are vs. HOME RUNS.
3- Create a STRONG VISION with a FLEXIBLE PLAN.
4- Get around people who will NOT let you PLAY SMALL.
5- Focus on where you are GOING, not where you HAVE BEEN.
The moment you surrender to how things are instead of arguing with reality because you want things to be the way they were, you’re going to start appreciating the level you’re at right now. When you appreciate where you are, God will open the door to get to the next level. But the hard part is realizing that you already have everything you need.
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On November 28, Mike Tyson stepped into the ring for the first time in fifteen years to face Roy Jones, Jr. in an exhibition match. Although he had suffered a humiliating defeat against journeyman fighter Kevin McBride in his last match, Tyson’s biggest opponent was himself. For years, his biggest fear was letting the dark warrior within him take over. He intentionally sedated himself and gained weight. He refused to even pick up the gloves to train in the gym. But at some point in the last few years, he faced his pain.
When Tyson faced his pain, something magical happened. He stopped fighting for himself and started fighting for others. He lost 100 pounds and got in better shape than most people half his age. He entered the ring a warrior, and left the ring a King.
No matter what your age, it’s never too late to start over. It’s never too late to unlock your code to the edge. It’s never too late to get into the best shape of your life and fight the hardest battles, because the hardest battles have the sweetest victories.
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Gerard Adams, founder of the Elite Daily and Leaders Create Leaders, joins us today on The Daily Edge.
Gerard’s story parallels Raul’s in many ways.
He was a successful entrepreneur, made a ton of money, lost a ton of money, regrouped, and then at the moment of his biggest comeback, realized that it was all for nothing if he didn’t look deep inside himself and find his purpose.
In this interview, Gerard shares his journey from young millionaire to millennial leader.
You’ll hear how his family brought out the best in him.
You’ll learn about the three mountains, the four stages, and the five H’s.
If you want to learn how to finish 2020 strong, watch this interview on The Daily Edge with Raul Villacis.
0:34 Intro:
2:06 COVID has impacted my business, but as an entrepreneur, this is what we’re built for
3:34 How to lean in when times get tough
4:25 How COVID pushed Gerard to face pain from his past
6:16 How COVID forced Gerard to level up his love life
7:06 2020 has been a hell of a year
8:04 How Gerard started his first business
10:33 Gerard’s one big bet…
10:55 ...That cost him millions of dollars
12:28 Mom’s advice: they’ll never take your heart or your mind
14:50 Raul knows exactly how that feels
17:13 Gerard tells his story about how he went through the tunnel
19:00 The moment that Gerard realized he couldn’t retire to Florida
22:03 What does Gerard do to find his purpose daily?
23:00 The three mountains
25:17 Gerard reads a letter from his father
27:16 The H-5: Health, hustle, harmony, happiness
29:10 We are conditioned only to work on the hustle
31:24 Ruminations on the flow state
32:29 Working with conscious leaders
33:46 The 4 stages: is life happening to you/for you/through you/as you? 38:20 Gerard becomes a psychonaut
40:29 If you’re committed to your growth, you do whatever it takes to do it 43:05 Three things Gerard can share to end 2020 strong
43:35 Get clear on what you want to be known for.
45:46 Build a personal brand
49:07 Build systems in order to scale
51:26 Wrap up
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My training this week was about the levels of consciousness, because leadership is a conscious choice. When you ask God, or look inside yourself, for the ability to lead, that is already raising your consciousness. But in order to lead, you need to have a higher version of yourself.
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As an overachieving kid from an Indian family, Vishen had a dream job at Microsoft, but he quit when he realized it was someone else’s dream. He went on to found Mindvalley, an award-winning education movement with over millions of students worldwide. He wrote two best-selling books, The Code of The Extraordinary Mind, This book taught the reader how to go beyond bullshit rules that we all follow but don’t understand, and instead tap into the genius and non-conformist within ourselves; the follow up, The Buddha and the Baddass brought spiritual into work to magnify success as an entrepreneur. He’s also founded A-Fest and Mindvalley University. Today, he talks with host Raul Villacis about entrepreneurship, learning through pain, and what he’s learned along his unusual journey.
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It’s easy to say you want to make an impact. But you’ll never make an impact unless you create a foundation for lasting results. Without one, any challenge will knock you off your path.
Here are the 4 Pillars Framework of Emotional Intelligence:
1- Practice daily. Mastery never comes from doing something once, it takes a lifetime of work. You must do the work on a daily basis, and that will create discipline. Discipline is superior to motivation.
2- Set the intention. Without the intention, you are attached to the outcome. If you have a clear why you can be flexible when conditions change.
3- Be open to innovation. Change is inevitable. There is no way to go back to the way things were. But there is opportunity if you’re willing to test and grow. If you stop innovating, you stop growing.
4- Focus on impact. The bigger the impact, the bigger the challenge. Ask yourself who will suffer if I don’t pay the price? Put a face on the person who will pay the price if you don’t innovate, then you have a reason why. If you focus on yourself, there's a limited amount of energy you can draw from; if you focus on others, there is an unlimited amount of energy.
Life will not give you more than you’re willing to give life. Focus on how to serve others; If the intention is to serve then you’ve already won. Put the work in every day and you will see results.
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On this episode of the Daily Edge Podcast, host Raul Villacis interviews his longtime friend and brother-in-arms Daniel Barris. Barris is the CEO of Asset Quest, a real estate investment acquisition company based in Fort Myers, Florida. Raul and Daniel discuss how COVID has quickly and permanently changed the face of real estate. For some, it means moving away from densely populated cities, for others, it means finding the amenities that make it possible to work comfortably and safely. As an agile investor, Daniel is on top of these trends. In this episode, you will see what some of those trends are, and see how experienced investors are finding new opportunities. The game has changed, and you don’t want to be left behind.
Flow state, sometimes called “In the zone” or “Playing in the pocket,” refers to a heightened brain state where you are at your maximum potential. It’s the real-life “limitless.” In this state, your brain is flooded with a potent cocktail of chemicals that focus your brain completely on the task at hand, feel best, and bring out your best mental and physical performance. This state is elusive, but the more you are in flow state, the easier it will be to get in it again. Here are 5 steps you can take to tap into flow more often and more easily. 1- Find the triggers that put you in flow state, and write them down. Examples of triggers include silence, being in nature, anticipation, excitement, overwhelming stimulation, pressure, performance, competition, exercise, music, extreme activity, danger, fear. The more important a task is, the more likely you are able to get into flow, but only if you have the skills necessary to do the task, otherwise you will likely collapse under pressure. 2- Make time for the flow state. You don’t have to be in flow all day, or even for an hour. You can be in flow for a few minutes at a time; this is called “micro-flow.” You can dip into this state of micro-flow easily, but you can also be brought out of it quickly. Value your own time and don’t let anyone interrupt you when you hope to be in flow state. 3- Be curious. Curiosity is a major trigger of flow state. If you are not continuously pushing the boundaries of what is possible for you to do, you will fall out of that sweet spot of skills and difficulty, because your task will be too easy, and therefore it will become boring. 4- Don’t try to duplicate the experience Every single flow state experience is different. Don’t try to replicate the conditions that put you into flow. Don’t chase that high, instead focus on being even better, which keeps you in the sweet spot. Don’t discount your small moments of micro-flow. 5- Don’t let your mind sabotage your experience. Find the triggers that get you out of flow state,and learn how to avoid them. Mastery comes from awareness. When you are aware of your triggers that put you in flow or pull you out of it, then you can adjust your conditions to maximize the potential that you will be in flow.
What is your return on energy? I believe that everything is energy. What you focus on you give energy to, and what you focus on gives you energy in return. This applies to people, news, actions, thoughts, etc. Your ROE is how much energy you put into something and how much you get in return. Some things can bring your energy up, and others can bring you down.
Watch this YouTube video to learn more about the five energy states:
Energy poor 1- The victim/scarcity mindset. You are looking to place blame on others. You take away energy from others. 2- Energy neutral The sedated warrior stage. You have the energy to get things done, but not enough to take risks. You are comfortable with the way things are. 3- Energy neutral high You want to take action, you start planning, but you also spend more time planning than acting. You are waiting for permission to act. 4- Energy rich This is the awakened king's energy. There is no doubt that you will figure out how because you are attracting the who that will figure out the how. This is the moment you commit to figuring it out no matter what. 5- Energy super rich This is the ultimate energy state. You are tapping into your purpose. You are able to bring up energy in those around you and rally them to your cause.
There are 5 levels of commitment. Your reason why and your clarity on why you want to succeed is what makes the difference between success and failure. The reason WHY is a reflection of your commitment.
1 - “I have to.” This is the weakest level of commitment. At this level, you work out of obligation. You will find any excuse not to follow through. At this level, you are constantly drained of energy because you’re always overcoming excuses and waiting to be motivated.
2 - “I need to.” This is a stronger level of commitment because your reason why is stronger than your excuses. But you still work out of guilt and obligation. You have a needy energy, which repels abundance. You will bend your values to get what you want.
3 - “I want to.” This energy will get some results, but they will come with casualties. The “I want to” is the warrior. The warrior gets shit done, but the warrior only cares about himself. As a result, there is a high cost to getting results.
4 - “I must” The “I must” energy gives you creativity and innovation. You find a way when most people can’t. The “why” is bigger than you, so nothing will stop you until you happen.
5 - “I get to” This is the most powerful level of commitment. This is the level where you appreciate the journey. You get to give value, or provide for your family, etc. You don’t have to wait to get to some level of success before you are happy, you’re already happy. When you have the perspective of “I get to,” there are no excuses, only reasons why
It takes mastery to get to the “I get to” energy. The “I get to” energy is synonymous with the King mindset. When you are a King, you are enjoying the journey and expanding your capacity as you go.
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On this episode of the Daily EDGE Podcast, Raul interviews his good friend and client Bob Gallo. Bob is a long-time, multiple-business entrepreneur. He helped create the market for mobile document shredding business, then sold the business at a hefty profit. From there, he started and sold several other businesses, and he became so good at selling businesses that he started a consulting business helping other entrepreneurs learn how to exit their business and feel good about it.
On this episode of the Daily EDGE Podcast, Raul interviews his good friend and client Bob Gallo. Bob is a long-time, multiple-business entrepreneur. He helped create the market for mobile document shredding business, then sold the business at a hefty profit. From there, he started and sold several other businesses, and he became so good at selling businesses that he started a consulting business helping other entrepreneurs learn how to exit their business and feel good about it.
There are stages of life that we measure chronologically. This video explains the stages of life that are your levels of consciousness. The levels of consciousness closely resemble Mazlow’s hierarchy of needs. But the biggest distinction in this lesson is that it focuses not on the needs themselves, but how you experience them and how you, through your own actions, move yourself up this ladder.
Patrick Bet-David is a successful startup entrepreneur, author, YouTube personality, and family man. Patrick joins Raul on this episode to talk about how he always stays at least one step ahead of the competition. Learn what it takes to outwork, out-improve, outlast, out-strategize the competition. Raul and Patrick also discuss marriage and fatherhood. Don’t miss this episode of The Daily Edge podcast.
What does it take to go from the lowest and most forgotten dregs of society to the top of the world? Ryan Blair went from a gang member and a high school dropout to the CEO of a company worth $600 million at its peak. Hear his incredible life story in my interview with him.
His autobiography, “Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur was ranked 3rd in The New York Times Best Seller list for August 2011 and was a number one New York Times Hardcover Business Book bestseller in September 2011.
Ryan Blair was named by Ernst & Young as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012. He took lifestyle and weight loss company ViSalus (Now known as Vi) from $60 million in debt to $150 in revenue. At its peak, ViSalus was valued at $600 million. But all that money is meaningless if you waste it on self-destruction. Find out how Ryan learned to appreciate what he had in life and take care of himself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. All that and more, in this video episode of the Daily Edge.
In this video, Raul interviews Peter Taunton, founder of Snap Fitness. Peter talks about his upbringing, and how the lessons he learned at a young age have helped him become a successful entrepreneur.
Here are some of the key takeaways from this video:
You can let people come to you or you can hustle.
If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough.
Money is energy.
You have to be an image of God.
Leverage creates opportunity
Chapter breakdown:
1:22 Intro.
2:20 Origin story / The lesson learned from selling popcorn.
3:46 If you don’t have a work ethic, you have nothing. Find your truth.
5:54 Start the day off right.
7:15 How to walk into a room.
8:14 How Peter started his journey to owning a gym.
12:56 How did you figure it out?
16:58 What do I do next? Stop chasing success and pursue greatness instead.
18:28 Stages of success.
18:49 How to use leverage.
20:24 The best investment is always yourself.
21:45 Tell us about the “oh shit!” moments
24:25 Raul talks about his transition from real estate investor to living his purpose.
25:14 What Pete does to invest in himself.
28:27 Peter is a man of faith.
32:10 The goal is always create new goals for yourself
32:28 Now the other side of that is humility.
34:34 You have to be the image of God.
35:14 Raul reveals why he curses so much.
36:33 Wrap up and review.