Yo , what's good ? Good morning , Good afternoon , Good evening . Um , how you doing ? What's up ? Fam's and all that other good stuff . Listen , uh , as you can tell , I'm still stuck in salutation hell , but I am in rehab and we all make in progress , but that's what it is . Anywho , let's jump straight to the comedy this week . That's what I want to do . I do have a goodie lined up for you , but let's get the comedic value out of the way First . Uh , this is actually take three , because I can't manage to press the right fucking button . Now this clip . All right , we have to uh , basically think uh , what's his name ? Leave Valentine for this on the grand spell , just like that . L E , E , Valentine right on the grand , Check him out , Um , follow him and all that other good stuff . Your man is fucking super duper hilarious . But I'm not going to big them up . I let it do . Let him do it his self .
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Speaker 1I'm not going to fucking lie . I start my day off by going through his rails , like that's what gets me started and gets me through the day . Um , the shout out suggests cause she actually had , like , got me on that fucking diet of reels and stories and shit , because her shit is hilarious , anyway , um , yeah , people . So this is where we all with it . Um , I do have another clip for you , right , because this week we're we are going to be talking about financial health . You know , financial health , checking in on yourself and making sure you good with your financial health alongside my esteemed guest today , all right , but before , well , actually , this will lead into it , right ?
Speaker 4here First definition of love I've ever heard . Love is wanting more for someone than they want for themselves . And that alone if you walk around and find people who want more for you than you want from yourself , you can see you on a bigger stage than you see for yourself . That's your circle . Surround yourself with those people .
Speaker 1Now I ain't gonna hold you , but that's probably the best advice you'll ever get in life , outside of being a crackhead and somebody telling you to stay off that block because there's a deal of every 10 steps that you take Fill them saying so , let's get to this shit .
Speaker 3I used to be in love with this bitch . They mean J the fuck with her . No more . Now I fuck with Tango Ray . Tango Ray , hey yo , what Then ? Do we need two shots ? It's a combo . Danny , take me away .
Speaker 1All right , check it out today , not even today this week . This is what we doing this week . All right , it's all about growth , right ? And I have my brother with me said say , his man has had plenty of businesses I'm not even going to put a number on it right now All right , he has . He actually has an incubator right now in Brooklyn , right For entrepreneurs and stuff like that , since they say so that people's up .
Speaker 5What's up my people , what's going on ? Pleasure to be here on the Brunch Hour podcast with styles .
Speaker 1Yeah , that's , that's what it is . Listen , we are not drinking this week , not this week . Instead , we out here smoking cigars . What's the name of the cigar ?
Speaker 5you got me . Oh man , this is where Sarrio's , from the Bronx . So if you don't know what it is , get familiar with it . The Bronx is crazy , but the best thing they got in the Bronx is cigars . Don't shoot me for that . That's my personal opinion .
Speaker 1I'm not even going to do it . Listen , we got the icebreaker . I'm over here sounding like a pure fucking amateur and this is episode 12 . So that's what we're going to do . We're going to jump into this icebreaker because people got to get to know you , all right . So it's going to come fast and furious . Pause Ready , I'm ready . All right , text call or FaceTime .
Speaker 5Text call or FaceTime Text . Why One ? I need to be alerted before I get surprised , so hit me with the text and that way I can bang it on you and not pick it up . You know I'm old , so we're not doing the video chat . I don't video , that's a no go . So we definitely want to keep the text going . I like the text . That's cool .
Speaker 1All right , cool . What's an appropriate amount to spend on the first date ?
Speaker 5What you can afford . And then the situation of shorties like WordFair like I don't want you to be a trick master just tricking OD with the trick . That may be a no go . You know what I'm saying . So hopefully she deserves to get treated to your financial resources .
Speaker 1Very eloquently played . Yeah , some of them , your financial resources Channin' out my pocket . What's the most memorable trip or vacation you've ever taken ?
Speaker 5When I got married , me and the wifey , we went to Puerto Rico . Puerto Rico , it was amazing . The food was amazing , the beach was amazing , the people was amazing , the culture was amazing , the clubs was amazing . And you know it was , yeah , I was my honeymoon . So , yeah , we was outside . You know honeymoon style , you know how that goes down , or you don't ? You don't know , you don't find out real quick , you don't find out real quick , so all right , boom .
Speaker 1What's your favorite way to unwind or relax after a long day ?
Speaker 5Oh , we gotta have house music all night long . That music you don't really like too much , but I think you like it on the low . I hate it . Yeah , you like that shit , I hate it . So you heard it too much . So it's been like 30 years or less Boom , boom , boom , boom , boom . You know what I'm saying . So , yeah , we're going to get that cigar , we're going to get that house music and also , you know , I'm into these drums , the Jim Bay drums , so I'm trying to , you know , be a Jim Bay master , getting my , you know , african roots before these , you know , kidnappers put on the boat . I'm back on that .
Speaker 1There we go . Don't get us sat down before we open the doors , oh man , all right , so let's get to the nitty gritty of it , though .
How do you measure success ? Oh ?
Speaker 5man , that's easy , right ? Success is measured by what you're trying to achieve . So as long as you have a particular goal and you're going after that goal , you're successful . So we're not going to compare our success with someone else's success . So if you're trying to be the welterweight champion in the world and you , you , you achieve that goal , then you're successful . If you're trying to be the welterweight champion in the world and you , you know you fail is life , but you just weren't successful . So how you measure success is by accomplishing what you set out to accomplish it . Really that's simple and easy .
Speaker 1Okay , in your personal life or otherwise , what's the best advice you've ever received ?
Speaker 5The best advice I've ever received . That is a hard one because it's just too much in . Too many years have passed so I can't recall we got grandma . She had to ill wisdom .
Speaker 2We had mom .
Speaker 5She had to ill wisdom . We have pops , uncles , aunts . You know people in the barbershop . You know I had to chain a bar shop . I think I had a total of seven , but if not eight , bar shops . So you know I've had a lot of wisdom bestowed upon me from so many different or awesome wise people .
Speaker 1And you know what's crazy is because that was the perfect question for you . Yeah , so , like I was saying , that's the perfect question for you because a lot of times , you know , not even a lot of times we actually get a lot of shit from barbershops . You know , just for the people that are passing through . As a matter of fact , there are a couple of podcasts that are actually recorded in barbershops , you know , just for the theme and whatnot . There's a lot of debates and a lot of knowledge and wisdom that are actually passed through those doors , all right .
Speaker 5So hold on , I like this right . So you said what was the best advice ? Oh , was it advice or wisdom ? I haven't gotten , so , like I said , I can't remember from talking so many people , but since I'm actually a motivation speaker , I go by the moniker the motivation sensei or motivation sensei either one .
Speaker 5So what I tell people is do as much as you can while you can , as best you can . Do as much as you can while you can , as best you can , because what happens is there's a window of opportunity and it never . You just stays open . It's constantly open and closing . So at a certain juncture of your time , especially as you move through your years and your decades , there's an opportunity to take advantage of something if you don't to time where your lap's in past . So now all you can do is live in a presence , because yesterday's gone forever and tomorrow's not promised , so all we have is right now . So you need to do as much as you can , as long as it's ethical and within reasons right , and you need to do it as much as you can and as best you can . So that's the advice that I wasn't given , that advice , that's the advice that I give and I live by . Okay .
Speaker 1If you could live in any sitcom , which would it be ?
Speaker 5Oh yeah , that's easy . We're going to go with the OG Sanford Sunk Red Fox . It would be a sitcom , because sometimes we fail a little way . You're like you're big dummy . So I feel like he was very frank and I have that duality to me . I'm a cool one . And then I got the Red Fox and I'm finally getting up there . So I might get my Red Fox on by the time I get way up there . But yeah , that's my , that's the sitcom . I'll be there .
Speaker 1Copy that we coming into the home stretch . If you're stranded on a desert island , name three things that you have to have .
Speaker 5Well , if I don't say the message ? And she hit us , she was like huh .
Speaker 1So yeah , you sleeping on the fucking porch . She was like you gonna be in the island now .
Speaker 5Yes , we gotta have the misses , we gotta have some food and we're gonna have my drum . I told her woo , woo , woo , woo , woo , woo .
Speaker 1Gotta have the fucking drums .
Speaker 5Yeah , gotta have the drum That'll keep me sane you know , what . I'm saying While I'm wrestling the Alligators and all that . So yeah , so the misses , the food . We need some loving , we need some good food and we're gonna need the drum and I'm good .
Speaker 1All right , so let's bring it home with this one . All right ? If you could have dinner with any historical figure , who would it be and why ?
Speaker 5Well , it's only tough , cause I want more . So we're gonna go with the hometown hero , the great Malcolm X . The greatest , yeah , malcolm X , and for obvious reasons . Malcolm X was a lover of his black people and he was just very , very dope , well-spoken . We watched a brother that went from negative to positive and didn't really love his people . He was pretty selfless for his people and he actually remembered the dictionary and I happen to be a big fan of vocabulary and he remembered the entire dictionary .
Speaker 5So he was told when he was a kid that he couldn't be a lawyer when he was young and that he'd be best to be a janitor . Cause he said he wanted to be a lawyer . So the teachers had destroyed his morale and by destroying his morale and closing the door on him , he went to the streets and did the same thing that they're doing currently . When you tell somebody something , remember it's very powerful , it's the worst-having fact . So , yeah , we sit down with Malcolm , cause Malcolm's brain was amazing . But we got dope Bruce Lee in , cause it wasn't for him , I would never dip martial arts . And then we got a whole bunch of other powerful people too . But those two guys I would love to sit down and chop it up .
Speaker 1Okay , you know what's crazy ? I was having a conversation at work today and I was like yo , out of the blue , another gentleman who happens to be the same complexion as me he was like yo , I need , you know , what we need right now is we need a black person to own an NFL team , right ? So I asked him why that was . You know , I just jumped out the window me forever in debate mode . Why , right ? And he was like nah , you know cause it's ? I guess it was something for him like , it was inspirational for him to have something like that . And I was like you know what ? Really ? We need to get to the root of it . Don't show me the end result , show me like , let's get to the root of it . How do we get there ? You know not . Not what's over the rainbow ? How about ?
Speaker 5we had our own league . How about that ? Yeah , yeah , we had our own leagues . How about we had that ? How about we didn't just own a NFL team ? That's cool , but do you really own ? It is the question . So I mean , you know , like I said , the debates fighting for these crumbs and being a part of why can't we just have our only , you know , our own . I mean , listen , remember , this is not divisive or racist thing , but we had the Negro league , remember , I remember Right . And then they constantly , you know , for lack of education , we constantly keep getting duped out of . So you know we got Chinatown and you know we got all the other towns we're not gonna name them cause we don't , you know , but they got a town , but we don't have that . So I'm not impressive . You , we got a league , you own a team . Okay , yeah , cool . Yeah , I ain't getting it .
Speaker 5Me personally .
Speaker 1I ain't getting it , but I don't . I didn't get it either . He was rather upset , but that's neither here nor there . That's what we do , Main course .
Speaker 2it's time to eat . What's on your mind ?
Speaker 1All right , people , this is what you came in for . This is what we're gonna get into , All right . So welcome to another exciting episode of the Brunch out podcast . Sitting here with my brother , Sensei .
Speaker 5How's your cigar ? Though ? Cigar is phenomenal . Yeah , they don't know , it's phenomenal . Listen , and this is a guy who I could never get to smoke they wouldn't kick you in the mouth . Be telling smoke what ?
Speaker 1how Hold that , play on me , and the backstory on this is this is actually part two . We recorded last week . Oh , we did , we did , and I took it home after we recorded and we had a solid hour and 20 minutes , took it home , tried to find it and it didn't record Some rookie shit . I was definitely on my rookie shit . But this week , once again , part two we're gonna take a deep dive into the world of entrepreneurship .
Speaker 1All right , today's segment we'll be discussing the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur and a very with a very prominent entrepreneur , which happens to be my brother . All right , sensei , whether we're considering whether you're not us , you considering starting your own business . So just curious about the realities of entrepreneurship , this episode is for you , so let's get started . All right , Pros and cons of being an entrepreneur .
Being an entrepreneur comes with a wide range of benefits . Let's explore some of the major pros . All right , so we're gonna start off with flexibility and independence . That goes without saying . You make your own schedule right and it's all on you , like literally , it's all on you and it's like any other sales position that you might have . And if you're in sales , you're already a lightweight . You know , entrepreneur , although you do report to somebody else because you're responsible for their bottom line . What's your thoughts on that ?
Speaker 5First of all , we need to let me express this If you guys out there entrepreneurship , right , you need to be one . Get a vision and then believe in your vision and then take massive action in your vision , right ? So first thing is just get the vision . Before we entrepreneurs , before we get into what businesses you can do , whether it's offline or online , brick and mortar , you know , first thing is what is the vision Very important and then we have the vision , believe in that vision , right . And once you qualify the vision , and then we're gonna take massive action on it . So a lot of people just don't have the vision .
Speaker 5So that's first and foremost Now , in regards to you , setting up your own time , the freedom yes , that is the privilege of being an entrepreneur . You get to set your own time , your own hours , you do what you wanna do how you wanna do it , you can hire people , you can fire people , you can make adjustments , you can pivot on the fly , you know . So there's a lot of pros and then , of course , then you got the cons is that it is all in you , so you have to constantly , you know , if you're an entrepreneur . So let me ask you a quick question but you want a hot seat real fast . You know it's an array of questions , so no really right or wrong one . But what is an entrepreneur ? What is an actual entrepreneur ? What would you say ? Cause people don't really get what an entrepreneur is . What is an entrepreneur ? It's a very simple answer to it .
Speaker 5The characteristics or the definition of it . Yeah , more of the definition .
Speaker 1I'm self-employed .
Speaker 5Okay , yeah , well , an entrepreneur is a individual or group of individuals that supply a product or service to the market . That's what an entrepreneur is Like everybody's making a big deal out of it , right ? Like entrepreneurs , like , okay , so is someone or a group of people who have a product or service where they deliver to the market and there's a strong demand for it . And remember , there's only two people on the planet . There's entrepreneurs . And then there's people that work for entrepreneurs and we didn't learn that in school . It's really that simple Workers and bosses . I mean , really , it's nothing wrong with being a worker , so we're not here to shame people for working , right , but we need to understand this .
Speaker 5Actually , only two categories , remember McDonald's , target , walmart , the movie theaters , netflix , you know . The list goes on . And on the NFL we just talked about that right , the NBA , so forth . So , listen , there's not robots owning this stuff , right ? It's not AI , right , it's people . And so I didn't say these people say , hey , I want to fulfill supply to the market , the wide array of people that may need this product or service , and they fulfill it . And then they find a bunch of people to help sell their services and products , to make them rich . Why they give you a salary like Go Figure .
Speaker 1Alright , so the second one of the other pros pardon , second one of the other pros unlimited earning potential , right ? So you cap yourself . You don't get out of bed . You cap for the day . You know you can't possibly make anything , right , You're going to make a sale and it's $2,000 , and you decide to go home . You cap yourself for $2,000 so you can earn as much as you work period . At the end of the day , that's a whole fact .
Speaker 5Alright , you can yes , you can earn as much as you want to put in Right well , so people get their value right . So I've discovered where the value comes from . The value comes from your production . So the more you can produce right , the more you can actually deliver , and exchange is where you're real value . People are like oh , I'm worth how much you worth ? Oh , I'm worth $200,000 , $300,000 a year . I know my worth . So it's like this right , you have Steph and Kerry , you have LeBron James , and then you have some Seelis basketball players . They can't claim that their worth is this when they're not producing right . So if you're not producing , then you're really not worth it . The only way you can really claim your worth is by being very productive and producing , exchanging stuff to the market . That's where your real value comes from .
Speaker 1Agreed , agreed , agreed , agreed . And just to bring it back to what you said earlier , one of the other pros is basically pursuing your passion . So whatever your passion happens to be , you actually can turn that into a business . I set your vision , not passion .
Speaker 5Oh , did you ? I don't do passions too much , but passions are cool , but vision . So a lot of people have a dream , like Martin Luther King . So this is a tricky one because , remember , in conversation there's opinions , theories and facts and every sentence we're intertwining like the what's the trees that intertwine all day long .
Speaker 5Finds , yeah , vine , vine trees , yeah , there we go vines . So there's opinions , theories and there's facts , and so every time we have a conversation , you're intertwining between one of those three speeds of conversation . So the thing for us to remember hold on Stiles . The cigar got me a little kick . What was that ? I was like wait a minute . Yeah , let me bring you back .
Speaker 1I said passion . Passion actually triggered you . The dream , there we go . Dream I got I'm sorry people the dream you know what I'm saying .
Speaker 5So if you have a dream , is it a vision or a dream ? Is it best to have the dream or the vision ? This is theoretical . So , remember , I told you opinions , theories and facts . This is theoretical . This is my theory . If you have a dream , it's something that you may hope to aspire to be , but when you have a vision , it's a little bit clearer . And the reason why I could bring this home from my little bro right here , which he probably and we debate a lot , but he may agree because why is this ?
Speaker 1And I had to . I had to debate you up just now .
Speaker 5Yeah , why is this ? When you was like you're saying we're going to hit them with the pump kick , we're going to throw it out ?
Speaker 5we're going to recoil it and then we're going to what you all right . And so I was like , oh , and you showed me the technique . And then I was like Stiles , look , it's how we hook people , hit them with the uppercut . Never hold the hand and shoot . You have to have a vision . So when you vision , when you visualize things , you're actually seeing it . It's like you already manifested it , because it's more of a , it's more of an action thing to visualize it . So things start to come together . When you're dreaming , you're just like wishing and hoping . But remember , we're fighters . When , when God bless the day , when you know what I'm saying we had to smack up static for the revenge , god bless , you know static , you know what I'm saying . Peace , rest in peace tomorrow , Homie , we had to kickbox a match , but the visualization a half on was saying was saying crazy . And then we got in and we gave him the business and it was just like I thought it was it wasn't a dream .
Speaker 1Well , this is when I'm going to jump back in on the passion part . I think that the passion is definitely important . I see the , I see the vision as the foresight . You get what I'm saying . So , like , for instance , fighting is my passion , okay , you know , and with that , like I can look at a fighter or , you know , have a fighter , or maybe let's just take me , for instance , and then I can break down the opponent without having to actually before I actually fight this person .
Speaker 1It's the passion that did that ? Well , no , the passion is actually what I'm doing .
Speaker 5Did you wash up today ? Yeah , use washcloth . Yeah . Use some soap . Yeah Cool . You think the soap and the washcloth guy's passionate about making that show .
Speaker 1He just , I'm just asking he might not be . He's passionate about what I do right now for work either .
Speaker 5Well , what I'm saying is the passions can work , but a lot of entrepreneur talking is talking about . A lot of entrepreneur talking is is they're talking about . You know , passion , passion , passion . The passion is cool , but if you're trying to make money with your passion I want to bring this home because we talk about entrepreneurship , the entrepreneurship podcast right now . You know what I'm saying . I want to , I want to punch out with style . That's me . I've coached hundreds , you know , going to , you know , yeah , hundreds , almost a thousand people . We were hundreds of people . When you follow that passion and you trying to make money from that passion , you've got to make sure the market's passionate too . No , no , no , absolutely . Well , we got to make the distinction because a lot of people I really get annoyed Follow your passion If nobody . I'm passionate about turtle racing , I'm not , but I'm just saying make an example . And then you know , no one wants to watch the goddamn turtle racing . I'm trying to get in and I followed my passion . We got to be very careful .
Speaker 1I'm just saying be very careful . No , no , no . Which is why , again , I think they go hand in hand . You need the vision for it , right , but in order to do it , what he's saying , what this ain't basically , is being able to follow your passion . The vision comes after that , because you have to have a plan . You said , no , okay , go ahead , you have to have a plan . Yeah , I mean , of course , market research . So I mean , anybody that wakes up wanting to be an entrepreneur probably knows nothing about market research .
Speaker 5Okay . So when we started WCB , how much market research did ? We have Plenty .
Speaker 1Because when I sat down with you , I already knew .
Speaker 5I said , hey , man , I'm going to be the Ralph McDaniels of the motorcycle . You already knew what it was that was the vision .
Speaker 1He was like sex sales . Yeah , but hold on , hold on . It wasn't a plan .
Speaker 5That was a hope that we understood that the market loves females and he loves motorcycles . We had witch chicks and bikes everything men and women love .
Speaker 1That was phenomenal . They missed that . That tagline was nuts .
Speaker 5Everything . Men and women love Everything fell into place for that .
Speaker 1We had our time and we were super duper passionate about it .
Speaker 5We were To think about it , and the market was passionate about it too .
Speaker 1Well , we already see . Now hold on , let's argue this point real quick , pa , not argue . Let's debate this point real quick . The thing that actually gave us , I guess , the discipline and will to actually want to proceed in that endeavor and I'm talking about nights where we go to sleep at 5.30 in the morning , wake up at seven o'clock and start all over again . Literally , these are these effects Right , and we could only do it because we were passionate about what we were doing . We thoroughly enjoyed what we were doing Right . So we started with that and we also knew that the bottom line , you know , would be affected by our passion and endurance , you agree ?
Speaker 5You win .
Next , next , next subject . We'll be all night . All right these people with this one .
Speaker 1All right , so let's talk about the cons . All right , so the cons ? Basically uncertainty and risk . We know a lot about that . You know , we know a lot about that because , unfortunately , when you are an entrepreneur with a family , it becomes increasingly difficult because you have to put food on the table . Ok , If you out here by yourself or sleeping on somebody's couch or whatever you still with your mom and stuff like that , it's a little bit easier because you got a little bit more flexibility , you know , and again you assume all the best . So like , for instance , we have families , right , so we have to take measured risk . We can't just be out here like I fuck it , we just going to wake up and you know what . Let me just go put a thousand dollars on X , Y and Z and hope that . You know we can turn the profit on that . We can't do that now with these . What's your thoughts on that ?
Speaker 5Yeah , that , fortunately I've been , you know , through that turn style where everything has gone haywire , the business failing , can't cover the bills . Going to tenant court get out coming up the money . To not get kicked out come up with the money , go back to court , come with the money . Again , go back to court , come with the money . So you know , that's , that's a whole style . Yeah , I'm going to stop you right there .
Speaker 1Um , just that level of transparency , yeah right , because a lot of people don't even think like that . And what they're seeing now talk about exactly what they and me . I'm not going to say that Because all right . So I'm the little brother in the situation . So for me , my big brother , you know , basically , you know , took the brunt of most of that .
Speaker 1You get what I'm saying which is , which is great , and I want to thank you for that . You know . So it's funny that they get to see like both sides of it . But now I have a family , you know , and now I'm feeling it and now you know I had a supreme appreciation for you know you with that whole thing , because we had a couple of you know , different ventures together . But , yes , we went through that whole thing . You know what I mean being broke together , being up together and stuff like that . Um , yeah , that uncertainty , yeah , that uncertainty and risk shit is , is is definitely real , it's a rollercoaster .
Speaker 5Yeah , it's not for everybody , right ? So if you want super stability , try to find the best job that could get you close to six figures or above , like about 30 , about 40 , about 50 , wherever you could get in , fit in and and remember it's it's . It's a risk there because , uh , covid happened , it could be downsizing , you know , it could be all type of things that can make you lose your job . So , when people have been devastated from losing a job , so it's instability in the job market as well . But , um , the entrepreneurial thing , you have to have tough skin , you have to have the right mindset and , more importantly , you have to be passionate . I'm lying .
Speaker 4That's a bull face . Oh , he thought I was gonna get away .
Speaker 5That's crazy .
Speaker 1Cause . Normally that's my role Normally . Normally that's what I do . All right , check it out . So we're going to move on a long , long working hours as another con . Now that could be a pro or a con . Honestly , it just means whether you know you're built for the well . Actually , it's going to show your character as far as like , whether you're built for this or not , you know with how much uh work you put into it . Now , if you selling Teddy , biz or Timo , you know that's something different because you don't have to put in those long work hours . But this shit is not , for you know the week , hard at all At all . Like I said earlier , you know we would go to sleep at 530 in the morning , wake up at seven and start all over again . You know , to get what we had to get done , you know . So if you're not ready for that entrepreneurship , probably it's not for you .
Speaker 5Well , thrust us forward 20 years later and we have some new fangled technology that has made the world a much better place , right , right ? So it's no longer a whole bunch of working hours because we have the digital age , right , right , so that's what I help people with , shameless plug . So the digital age has now shortened up these hours because now we can send emails , sms , we can send instant messages , we can send digital smoke signals . So we got groups , we got chats , I mean we got it all .
Speaker 5So , at the end of the day , those long hours as kind of like the thing of the past , unless you're doing manual labor , right ? So if you're trying to get your work in running the sports center you want to be , you know , some type of super coach , then you have to , you know , be there early , stay there late . So the whole thing is how you multiply yourself and how do you maximize your finances and maximize your time without having to put in all the time . That's the new age . So we came from the dark ages when you still had to trade time for money , but right now , you know , it's all about trading your time upfront to put passive digital processes in place of digital real estate . So , yeah , to hell with all long hours .
Speaker 1I mean no , I mean yes , yes After though , because remember , with your vision , right ? With the vision exactly , but with the vision comes long hours because you have to do the rock , you have to do the market research , you know , on your passion . Wow , this is crazy you gotta do the market .
Speaker 5I don't think they've seen a tennis game like this . This is crazy . You gotta do the .
Speaker 1You gotta do the market research and you know , to make sure that it's viable business before you can jump . Before you jump into it , you know , is it going to be worth your time ? Do you have ? You know the economics to support it until it actually takes all those types of things . So with that on the front end , you will have to work long hours .
Speaker 2You know , because you might have a job right now .
Speaker 1And if you have a job right now , guess what you're doing after your job still working .
Speaker 5Well , I'm going to tell the people didn't want to hear .
Speaker 2There's a fast track to success .
Speaker 5So highlight me on Sensei Mujed on IG and we're going to prove . Little bro , not wrong , we just going to prove me wrong .
Speaker 1That means everybody caked up . That's what I want to see we trying to get kicked .
Speaker 5I ain't going to go wrong . Listen , my pain is your game . So that's how we're going to do that . Let's , let's flip over to the next one Hold on before we do that .
Speaker 1That's S-E-N-S-E-I-M-A-J-I-D at gmailcom .
Speaker 5At gmailcom .
Speaker 1So boom . In conclusion , now that we've discussed the pros and the cons of being an entrepreneur , is essential to provide some guidance to those considering its path . You know , and I'll get our guide . All right , now we are drinking red wine . We are sipping right now .
Speaker 1Oh , yeah , we won sipping earlier but we're sipping right now . I'll guess , have some valuable advice to share . All right One before the diving into entrepreneurship , conduct thorough market research
. I said that , right , and then it's uh , hold on , I'm jumping around Market research and create a solid business plan . Business plans are essential .
Speaker 2Essential Because if you if you're going off right .
Speaker 1Cause if you're going off the cuff , you're going to fuck up . I guarantee it you won't fuck up .
Speaker 5Wing it , don't wing it , don't wing it . How many people got beat up by styles ? And since they trying to wing it , they're the two skinny dudes . Oh , that was like that . Skinny dudes Like aren't you sure you want to do this ? I want to do this . I'm like all right . Stories for days yeah , five more you bought I'll show you something ? All right , you asked for it . Yeah , we came in winging it , no plan .
Speaker 1No , that business plan to save will help you understand your target audience , competition and potential challenges , all right , and this will help you , you know , assess your risk , which is important . All right , surround yourself with supportive network mentors , not haters , all right . The thing is me myself . I'm going to speak for me . I surround myself with both right , because a hater knows not what he speaks about . However , he will give me pause and will put me in a position where it'll say something that I'm not thinking about .
Speaker 1You know , and I'm like you know what that might happen , even though you don't wish me well , that might happen . So let me prepare for that , all right . Um , yeah , but for you guys , until you can identify the haters and stuff like that , you know , surround yourself with , with people that wish you well , you know , and fellow entrepreneurs , people that are actually doing what you're doing . So if they going home after work and they pop and open the laptop and they still working , you know , get with them because they understand your pain , all right . And also industry experts , meaning whatever your passion happens to be . I'm back with the passion .
Speaker 1Whatever your passion whatever your passion happens to be , you know . Surround yourself with them . You know their insights , guidance and experiences can be invaluable in your journey .
Speaker 5Well , don't get me wrong , If you guys are really seriously , you know , all jokes aside cause to me and brother , we got so much love for each other that we that's how we do . So we love each other that much , we . But , all jokes aside , if you're really passionate about something that you have for passion , I will give you an evaluation . You know , we do an audit on your business , but I'm just strict on like , hey , you can be as passionate as you want to be about it , but there has to be a market that's also passionate about it . As long as there's a direct I call it a direct market match . So as long as you have a direct market match , you're going to be fine , right , and so what's it talking about ?
Speaker 1the direct market match . What does ?
Speaker 5that just means Um fences . I'm into um sport bikes . And then you have somebody else into Harley's and all that . You know I really not a big fan of Harley's . I like them but they not .
Speaker 5You know , it's not my thing . I'm , you know , a crotch rocket bike . God you know we we not doing over a buck 50 , then we not really doing nothing . I'm a dreamer junkie . So , um , direct market match . If you're trying to sell me a Harley , you're not going to make any money , All right , so you just have to sell the market exactly what they want . That's it , so long as your passion does direct market matching .
Speaker 1If it doesn't .
Speaker 5Oh well .
Speaker 1Okay , um , all right , so let's go over some rules , all right ? Um , passion and purpose , right . So passion is the driving force behind successful , behind a successful venture , right , and we under which is you know , you notch a thing or you word it differently right , find something that you truly care about and are passionate about , pursuing Right . Your passion with fuel your determination and resilience when faced with challenges . So your passion is going to help you get out of the bed in the morning . That is true . All right , and I'm a cent , yes , yes 100% .
Speaker 1Okay , I'll continue with learning .
Speaker 2A lot of us forget that .
Speaker 5That's one thing no that's .
Speaker 1That's absolutely your thing , you know , and what what it does is . It keeps me balanced , right , Because you want to read the whole paragraph and I want to skim around and just get the gist of it , but you want a thorough understanding of it .
Speaker 5I like to internalize it because , as a kid , when we was kids and I think , a lot of kids I don't know what they're doing today , but I know , coming up you had to aim which is a dope , by the way , the aim you know I didn't really understand how powerful that was when we came to school and the teacher wrote a . I am .
Speaker 1And hold on . Stop , yeah that , right there , I forgot all about you Right . The aim . Yeah , it was the heading yeah .
Speaker 5And then , the aim , did what was , which was the objective for the Wow . Go perfect Right and the objective right and and right , and that's just going right over my head . So that that was so powerful . Because people miss they aim . To me right . And when you don't have an aim , you hit nothing , right , you out there doing drawboss and you hitting everybody but the target , right . So yo but .
Speaker 1But you know what's . What's fucked up is I literally , at this very moment , see aim totally different . Like I see it , for what ? Exactly what it was , as opposed to it just being aligned on that sheet of paper , yup , and so my point is when we were young and weren't really paying attention to how powerful that system was like .
Speaker 5So keywords , aim right , the subject and the objective right . The aim is to do blah , blah , blah . The subject was whatever it was and we aim to get this understanding . So I skimmed through a lot and then I I never got left back but I really didn't internalize knowledge and mobile cab . I just didn't respect vocabulary and knowledge based on . You know I will , I will .
Speaker 5Upbringing based in you know these poverty circles that we're saying . So a lot of this attention and details . You know you learn as you get older . That's . It's just like fighting when we're . When we're fighting , we're just paying attention . And , matter of fact , you know what I'm going to . Let you win this right . People getting checked us out . You know almost kids feeling school styles is because they wasn't fucking passionate . So you got me Checkmate . I will back up on right . So what is the thing kids did great and and and workshops ? Kids did great and automotive they did great in film . Anything that they really liked , excelled in , but the boring shit they wasn't interested in it . So they didn't do good , right , and then they cut school because school was terrible . You know what I'm saying . Me personally , I always be down at the lunchroom flirting with a girl .
Speaker 5Hey can I get the whole pass and I come back with bells ring . He's getting in trouble . So I say like , oh my bad .
Speaker 1And you know high school is crazy because you know lunch started like fourth period or some crazy shit like that , mm hmm , yeah , so continuous learning .
Speaker 5You know back to that , that , I think , remember , um , god said my people destroyed for lack of knowledge . So I mean , I personally believe the reason why people and the and the deficit they are they don't have enough knowledge and they don't have enough skill set and they're not selling anything . So , as you don't have the knowledge , you don't have the appropriate skill set to get to where you want to go , and then you're not selling anything on top of that . So that's going to put your ass in a poverty deficit for a long time .
Speaker 1Okay . So you know again , embrace the growth mindset and be open to new ideas and opportunities . Um , okay , so the third one right , embrace failure and adapt super duper important failures and an inevitable part of entrepreneurship . Learn to embrace failure is a valuable learning experience and opportunity for growth . So if you , you have to basically be able to identify the shit and pivot , your pivot game has to be mean , all right , you have to be willing to adapt the strategies , pivot if necessary and stay agile . That's key . Staying agile is key , um , in the face of changing market dynamics . So what you may jump into , that shit could shift tomorrow . Right , so it's put it to you like this All of the people that warrant agile pre COVID , they cease to exist .
Speaker 1Right , because COVID turned everything upside down . Literally everybody had to adapt . And if you warrant in the mindset of adapting or no , here we go . And this is where vision comes back into play . Right , cause you have to have vision for it . Cause if you can , if you can see , I guess , maybe not even so much a year or two out of head , but how the industry , your industry in particular , is subject to change with the tools that you were given , then you're able to to adapt . So if you're not able to do that and you're not able to be agile , a situation not , you know , not as crazy as COVID will have you upside down Well um , peep this right ?
Speaker 5Hmm , there's an environment . On everywhere on the planet there's an environment , right , you have harsh environments , you have mild and bad environments . You have the wilderness . You have to forest , you have to jungle , you have to city , you know you have to desert . So , wherever that humans , you know , um , when you call it , um , socialize or populate , and you know groups that word that you have adapt . I want to expound that for you guys .
Speaker 5In an environment , there's three things you can do . You can adapt to the situation . You can change the situation if you have power , influence or you have to move away from the situation . So if you don't like a state you live in , then you're going to move because you moved . Then , when you get to that place , guess what you do now ? You adapt to that environment and then , if you don't like what's going on , you see if you can change it . If you can't change it , guess what you got to do ? Move . So it's like that whole trifecta .
Speaker 5So to adapt to anything is great because that's like you said , we have to be able to adapt and failure is almost inevitable . You're just not going to primarily get it on your first try . A lot of people give up . They get discouraged , but remember , failure is a part of growth . As long as you don't get maimed and die , you can try and try again . You know what I'm saying . So , like when you
as a kid , you know what I'm saying . If you don't succeed the first time , who is it Missing ? Dust yourself off and try again . Yeah , yeah , so you know that . Just popped in my head . So yeah , that's what that is .
Speaker 1OK , and last but not least , take calculated risk . Oh yeah , you know , entrepreneurship often involves taking risk , but it's crucial to take calculated risk , conduct thorough research and allows potential outcomes and weight approach and cons before making any major decisions . Trust your instincts I don't know about that but also rely on data and insights to make informed choices , which is key . That's key .
Speaker 5That is key . Yeah , man , you got you . Where did you get this stuff from ? And you just put this all out of your own M'Nula .
Speaker 2No , that's it .
Speaker 5Cheated . Are you cheated ? Ok , oh , we didn't get a . I no , that's the new bang bang bang .
Speaker 1I ain't like that , but I definitely cheated .
Speaker 5But yeah , you know . So this worksheet is amazing . So we're going to do , when you sign up for the brunch hour or when you go to the brunch hour on podcastcom , we're going to give you this entrepreneurial worksheet . Just slightly emailing in , we just send this PDF to you right away . And just remember , this is very robust and this will help you out here . So I see you . Ok , right , you got the network and relationship Well , yeah , I mean , there's a newsletter .
Speaker 1You can sign up for the newsletter and then we take it from there .
Speaker 5No , I'm saying on the last joint , you got Bill just drawing support network .
Speaker 5Oh yeah , I don't have that on my sheet , OK , let me , let me , let me , let me , let me drop a real bomb , a jewel , right this we're closing up , right . All right , watch this . This five riches a man . And if I say , hey , you know styles , are you rich ? Or Lucy , are you rich , people generally say you know , they start thinking finance , right , but this five riches a man and I mean I really need every listener to understand this is very powerful .
Speaker 5So one is physical health riches , right , mental health riches , and we have spiritual health . And then we have relationship health and lastly , we have financial health . These are the five riches of man and woman . So you got to be physically strong . Keep yourself , you know , physically fit , it's important , right To stay healthy on this duration on your Thomas planet . Next thing is you have to be mentally healthy . If you're not mentally healthy , then you're going to be screwed . And spiritual health number three is a lot of people devoid of spirituality . So that's how they get into all type of craziness , maybe , like you know , child molestation or whatever my monster stuff that doing that that was heavy .
Speaker 2Well , I mean that's being devoid of spirit .
Speaker 5I tried to make sure they understand when you spiritually bankrupt , you know your morals are going to go like on a real low , low level .
Speaker 1That's a fact .
Speaker 5And then that relationship , health , that networking , like-minded people . You know who's going to support you , who's going to be there for your dreams , who's going to be there for your failures , who's going to be there to make you . When you want to give up , they're going to give you a helping hand . A lot of people don't have that and also a lot of people burn in bridges . Like , don't burn bridges . You never know when you're going to need to cross that goddamn bridge again . So relationship is one of the riches , right . We all need someone . We talked about that last week that the most important commodity on this planet is people . It's not air , it's not water , it's not gold , it's people . We all need each other , right ? So you've got superheroes , you've got supervillains , and then you just got civilians . Which one you going to be ? And lastly , is the financial riches right ? Cool , we need finances , but money is not something I worship . I rather take people , because as long as I can serve the people in exchange with people , I'll always be rich , literally . So that's what it's about .
Speaker 1That was a gem .
Speaker 5That was a gem that was a gem .
Speaker 2Bay night , sexy nights and good food .
Speaker 1All right . So boom , we did the shit last week . I kind of let you off the hook , right , but in 11 episodes I haven't let anybody off the hook , don't let me off the hook . No , can't let you off the hook . So boom , you're going to give me your idea of a good date night . Adult date night . Yeah , not going to let you off the hook and , ladies and gentlemen , no , I'm not going to do that either . Anyway , I got a lot of good date advice for this big Growing up .
Speaker 5We live .
Speaker 1Yeah , we live . Oh shit , OK cool . Yeah , we definitely live . But yeah , I got a lot of good date advice from this name growing up . A lot of success stories .
Speaker 5If you know what I mean , my conversion rate Should we build a relationship guru , who Me I ain't ?
Speaker 1hitch .
Speaker 5Listen Exactly .
Speaker 1For hitch . Yeah , yeah , so start to finish . But you know , I don't know I'm not with a long winded whatever .
Speaker 5Right . So what's the question again ?
Speaker 1You're going to give me an idea of a really dope date night .
Speaker 5Oh man , that's man . Listen , man . So many ways you can go with that right Depends on your connection with the young lady that you got your attention .
Speaker 1So let's make this a first date .
Speaker 5Man , we get a man .
Speaker 1Because you're trying to impress him . There's a lot on the line .
Speaker 5I'm not trying to impress you . I'm trying to have fun . First and foremost , we both got to want to have fun , right ? You feeling me , I'm feeling you . Fun time USA . So I mean , obviously , the usual standard shit you can get food , drinks , you can go for a walk in the park , you can go skinny dipping , I mean you could do it all . Anyway , you want no fucking skinny , which you mean ? Remember I got families from down south Because we actually outdid . You want to go jump ? I'm a spontaneous type of dude , so I think that women really love , you know , sometimes they not prepared , but they love sponsor . Well , you got , how do you say it ? Spontaneous , spontaneity , spontaneity .
Speaker 1Right .
Speaker 5Spontaneity , yeah , all that . So , so yeah , so I mean , a great first date really is the vibe that really controls it . Seriously , all right .
Speaker 1Boom . Let me paint the picture for you , because you all over the place right now .
Speaker 5You are . It's the vibe I don't chew .
Speaker 1All right . So no , no , no , no , wait Back up All right Time out . I'm going to let you round , so all right .
Speaker 5Sometimes I mean remember we was young , it's something right . So I mean , the first thing is the connection that you have with the person , Because , all right , so let's go from early college , right , Early college Date night . You want to ? Know , it's date night .
Speaker 1What's date ?
Speaker 5night and a back of the supermarket in the car having a blast OK yeah . And the back of my high school in the car having a blast , just creating some gross father's sees . It was terrible . So what I'm telling you is the date night is the bomb . That's the perfect date night . There's no , we're not doing that . Wine and dine and impressing , we're not into that shit , you fuck with me Dessert .
Speaker 2I hope you guys enjoyed your meal . Can I get you something off of our dessert menu ?
Speaker 1I just thought me jumped out the window in of a parachute . I had to jump out the window Quick , quick .
Speaker 5You put the raw version . No , we , I mean . I mean , what's , what's Wait ? Oh , you're going to bomb some roses .
Speaker 1No , no , no , Not even . No , no , no , no , none of that , but we're going to read on some poetry .
Speaker 5Hey , hey , yeah .
Speaker 1Yeah , like that one .
Speaker 5Yeah , what was that ? Uh-huh . No , you're going to be on this one . Ok , we go .
Speaker 1Word , sam , it was an absolute pleasure . Oh man , you know we've been chasing you for years for this Uh-huh , or you know ? Nah , ain't no pause my brother , ok there we go , yes .
Speaker 5Ain't no pause . Throw this camera off .
Speaker 1No , no , no , no , no , no . Somebody else Definitely , yeah . So yeah , like giving these drugs into this fucking cigar , but I'm going to leave that alone . Let them know where they can find you at .
Speaker 5You can find me right now on . We have SenseImagedcom . That website is under construction , but by the time you guys get this podcast and see that for SenseImagedcom , SenseImaged at IG and then , once you come into that forum , we'll have you go into some of our programs . So I have something I created called the Info Vending Machine . If you guys don't have one , forget Airbnb , forget Toro , forget real estate . We own a digital real estate mission . I started this 16 years ago , before it's got really popular , but the information game is ruling the world . So I hope you build your information vending machine and then , if you're a coach , consultant or any type of creative , we're going to start your own how-to system , like how to play the piano , how to play the guitar , how to ride motorcycles , how to cut it , whatever it is that you're very skilled at . So the Info Vending Machine does that and how-to system does that . So holla at me at SenseImagedcom . S-e-n-s-e-i-m-a-j-i-d . Add on .
Speaker 5What's that Instagram here ? We go . That cigar got into Ohio . Oh , what is it ? What is it ? It's IG , right .
Speaker 2Huh .
Speaker 1It's IG . Yeah , what is that ? Ig and Gmail , there we go .
Speaker 5No , no , no , no , no Gmail .
Speaker 1Just a website .
Speaker 2Oh , senseimaged , right right , right Got you , did you ?
Speaker 5tell them I'm a URL with my entrepreneur . Tell them about my URL fetish name . My compilation of names .
Speaker 1No , I don't want it . So it's not even your URL . Fetish period there's no fetish name , it's just a fetish .
Speaker 5I have 150 URL names .
Speaker 1Insane yeah .
Speaker 5Insane .
Speaker 1You're made , you're made Pays gold daddy rank Literally Every month .
Speaker 2It's not a game .
Speaker 1Yeah , so you already know . We don't know how to say goodbye . It's just the thing that we do , you know . So just leave it with this . It's that time again . And since we really don't know how to say goodbye , I'm not going to say goodbye . But listen what I will ask . Pause , I'm not even asking . If you liked it . Please don't forget to like , comment , subscribe and shit , and that's homework . Also , there is no . Also , we'll catch you next week . We'll save a seat at the table for you .