Brace yourselves for an expedition through the heart of a Canadian winter as I recount the perils and poetry of a season that tests our mettle and spirit. Imagine battling snowdrifts and defying road closures, all in pursuit of a lone winter tire for a customer. It's a tale that not only freezes your fingers but warms your heart with its stark lessons about commitment and the fine line between valor and folly. Under the ethereal dance of the northern lights, we discuss the weather's wonders and the voice within that sometimes whispers, sometimes roars, for us to heed its caution.
Turn up the heat as we navigate a blizzard of emotions and the snowstorm of personal finance. Caught in the tempest of severe weather, a moment of panic becomes a lesson in trusting one's gut and the universe's subtle nudging towards safety and prosperity. I'll let you in on a novel approach to manifesting wealth that might just have you reevaluating your belief systems. It's a convergence of life's storms and financial flows, proving that what we hold true in our hearts can indeed manifest in our hands.
Our journey culminates with an unfiltered heart-to-heart from my quaint home studio, where the rawness of life meets the polish of personal development. There are no scripts here, just the unvarnished truth of launching a successful brand against the odds, fueled by faith and an unwavering belief in the universe's grand design. Together we'll explore how embracing the present with authenticity can be the compass that guides us to happiness—happiness that is not contingent on external achievements but blossoms from within. Join me as we share the transformative magic of truly living, one revelation at a time.
Brace yourselves for an expedition through the heart of a Canadian winter as I recount the perils and poetry of a season that tests our mettle and spirit. Imagine battling snowdrifts and defying road closures, all in pursuit of a lone winter tire for a customer. It's a tale that not only freezes your fingers but warms your heart with its stark lessons about commitment and the fine line between valor and folly. Under the ethereal dance of the northern lights, we discuss the weather's wonders and the voice within that sometimes whispers, sometimes roars, for us to heed its caution.
Turn up the heat as we navigate a blizzard of emotions and the snowstorm of personal finance. Caught in the tempest of severe weather, a moment of panic becomes a lesson in trusting one's gut and the universe's subtle nudging towards safety and prosperity. I'll let you in on a novel approach to manifesting wealth that might just have you reevaluating your belief systems. It's a convergence of life's storms and financial flows, proving that what we hold true in our hearts can indeed manifest in our hands.
Our journey culminates with an unfiltered heart-to-heart from my quaint home studio, where the rawness of life meets the polish of personal development. There are no scripts here, just the unvarnished truth of launching a successful brand against the odds, fueled by faith and an unwavering belief in the universe's grand design. Together we'll explore how embracing the present with authenticity can be the compass that guides us to happiness—happiness that is not contingent on external achievements but blossoms from within. Join me as we share the transformative magic of truly living, one revelation at a time.
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Speaker 1:So I'm recording that day before the night before I released this been very busy, but anyways. So I had to go pick up some customer stuff about 88 kilometers away it's about like an hour and a bit away, because it's like country roads and stuff, it's not like it's highway and whatnot, and it's been snowing a lot the day before. I figured, hey, by now they would have caught up with the snow. We haven't had much snow until now, actually on this part of Canada, anyways. So I was like, let's just go get these things Snowing a lot today before it looks nice. Now let's go for a drive. And I'm driving, I get through the city, the city I live in, get out to the countryside and there's a big sign saying road closed by the police. So I turn left. I Guess I know the back roads to get to where I need to go. So I go that way and it was no problem.
Speaker 1:You know, there's some spots where it's really windy and you get like a little bit of whiteout conditions and stuff. But it's daytime, right, how bad can it be? All right, that's what I'm thinking. I've drive in Arctic conditions, I know what I'm doing right and I feel a little Mmm, maybe you should wait a day or two and go get this later. Like man, my customer needs it now, so I want to make sure I get back and get it all packed up and shipped out by Monday for the customer. So I'm gonna go pick this up and I have to go this far to go get it, because it's just like winter tires, because you wanted a specific one on the Canadian tire near us that they only had three out of four, so I need the one more. So you know, it's not like I'm making much money. I gotta go pick up his tires and Jim of doing because he really wants them my job. Gotta keep my customers happy anyway.
Speaker 1:So I got a feeling like, yeah, you know, I should wait a day or so. I'm like man, whatever, I know what I'm doing, so I drive and Should have been like an hour and a bit. You know it's going on to an hour and I finally get to this little town and and I'm, and then I see another sign where I need to turn left, another sign saying road closed. I'm like, cool, cool. So open the GPS to see if there's any roundabout ways to get there because this road's closed. And then this trucker Sees me, rules his window down a road, mine. He's like don't listen to that man, I just came through there, it's fine, just go, cool. So I drive through it.
Speaker 1:And for those of you that don't know, but in Ontario, canada, if you drive by road sign that says road closed due to police, like because they won't say it's closed. That means if you break down or get stuck, you're on your own. They're not coming. Total trucks not coming, caa is not coming or AA for the US, roadside assistance ain't coming for you. It's drive at your own risk, it's your problem. And I mean I'm not driving my big pickup truck either. I'm driving a little minivan, little Toyota minivan, my pickup truck still in the shop Getting some warranty work done, but anyways.
Speaker 1:So I'm driving and I'm feeling like I should just turn around and go back where I came. I'm like I'm already here. I'm like you know 15, 20 minutes away, let's get this and there is some gnarly snow. Dress like for you, those who live in a country where you don't get snow or or a lot of snow like we do, like it's going on like a few feet right now of snow, but anyway, snow drift is like it's not really snowing anymore, but the wind is so bad, and then the wind just piles the snow and shoots it across the roads and then it piles up, make snowdrifts and Depends on the landscape how high these are. So the landscape I was driving through is there's a section where the land is higher than the road. So there's snowdrifts, like taller than my car, like the van, out and in, so I have to like drive all the way on the wrong side of the road to get around these snowdrifts. I'm just like I got this, made it this far just for one tire.
Speaker 1:So stupid I am, I guess, but I'm like I got this. You know, I trust, oh, yeah, you know, and I just kept on feeling like I Should just turn around and call it a day. But whatever, right now, persistent, I got this, I do what I'm doing, right. How many times have some we said that you know or known somebody's? I got this, I know what I'm doing before something bad happens, right, it's a lot of attraction 101, the moment you Do not listen to the still small voice or to the universe, or to God or to whatever you want to call it. It's like, well, I warned you and then start thinking like, oh, what if you know? I got that warning and I didn't act on it? But what if I did right? Then you'll never know what you're missing. So it's a learning experience, right. So I'm like I got this. I didn't know.
Speaker 1:It was a little crazy at some points, like I was just like, oh man, this is getting crazy, like I should not have come here, right, but I got this. It was with my pickup truck. And also, note, there's these special yellow glasses I have, like I don't know if they're special whatever, but they're like these yellow tin glasses and they're not sunglasses, but that will help you see better through like snowy, foggy, darker conditions, and you'll brighten it up and you could see better, a lot better. And you know blizzard, whiteout conditions like this, and I forgot them, they're my truck, so my eyes are hurting like just crazy white, fresh snow everywhere and just like, ah, and you can't really wear sunglasses because they'll make it too dark. Anyways, and you want to be able to see the, the snowdrifts, because if you wear sunglasses you might not see them and just go pop on, hit them. And some of them are pretty hard, like pretty big, where you get stuck and I. So I'm crawling and crawling.
Speaker 1:I left at 11 o'clock and it's about like 12, 30, almost one o'clock now. I'm like I'm almost there, 10 kilometers to go, and coming to this little town, I'm like, oh, this is good, let's see that's been plowed a little bit like, yeah, this is getting better. You know, I got this. This is turn left here and go 10 kilometers like turn left. What do you think? I see another road closed and there's this guy just standing there if we do taping, everybody going by, like oh Look, they went by. Look at these stupid people, they're going by, they're gonna die. Right, I waved hello, thank you, because there's, you know, it's still in a town. Like probably no, I could have been just delivering pizza or something to a few houses nearby.
Speaker 1:And there's like these three guys, three mini vans pulled over and they're all. They're like delivery drivers for our like intel, com or amazon or whatever. They're all contract workers for them. And they're like dude, do you think we should go? And I'm like no man, this looks dangerous. They're like where are you going? I'm like I'm going. I'm like I'm going to be driving for over 22 years and the Arctic conditions on the ice, roads and stuff. I got this right.
Speaker 1:I'm from. You know, I grew up in Quebec. I know what storms are. This is nothing. I'm a veteran, I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. I'm a veteran. This is nothing. I'm a veteran.
Speaker 1:So I was like you know, let's do this. So I go down the road, I got over a bridge I like on a little bridge with an overpass. I immediately grabbed my decision. Now pride is like, well, I can't just go back. That guy was really taping, like I told you and you know the other guys were like, oh, he didn't make it too hard. So I'm like I got this, I continued and I would say within five kilometers and it's not going. You know, it was all right.
Speaker 1:But crazy is like the guts of wind, randomly, just like from when it's flat, flat fields, no trees in the way, no houses, just like it's quite out, can't see nothing, could even see beyond, like what's in the car, it's, it's. It's stupid to be out there. I don't admit I'm stupid for being out there and I'm like man, this is crazy. It's like really nuts, like I can't see nothing. I'm driving, like you know, 1520 kilometers an hour, just trucking along and then, oh, I don't know where. I just see this green car and it's at a weird angle. It's like it rode up the snow bank and it's like, oh, oops, hit the microphone. And it's like going up, like they're stuck for good and there's nobody in it. I see it's all been tagged already by the police. That's why they closed the road. Huh. Hence why, mike, it says road closed if you do not see that sign. That was a warning.
Speaker 1:Yeah, trust me, I know, and I felt it in my gut, I should just be turning around, turning around my pride, right, I got this, just gets you in a bad situation. And I'm going, so I go around that car. I'm like I got this, you know, happy thoughts or good vibes, I got this right. And then, oh, look, another vehicle, and it's a big, like pickup truck, and I'm in a little minivan, a Toyota minivan Anyways, and I'm like, huh, that's why I go around it. And I see another one of the ditch, and I see another one and another one and I go around them.
Speaker 1:I'm just swerving, it's like crazy. I like it's like, you know, a battlefield of vehicles versus winter and mother nature is kicking our butts. I'm like just going through them, slowly, going through the snow, and it's getting deeper, and then I just like, just hit, not a vehicle, just I don't really. I'm going slow, right, so I'm going slow enough that I can go through this. I'm like just hit a little soft wall and I back up and hit it again and like and I can't see nothing. I'm like, wow.
Speaker 1:So then I realized, with all these vehicles around me there's probably like five, six or like right now on this bridge where I was, so much snow and I can't see nothing. It's blowing like crazy that it just got stuck between all those vehicles and there's just a wall of snow. I'm not getting through it because I'm literally. My GPS says three minutes away it's. I'm never gonna make it. And now I'm listening very carefully.
Speaker 1:Panic starts to set in. My mind just goes how did you get this in the situation, mike? Or now we're gonna die, we're gonna leave here forever. You see how the road is closed now no one's gonna come get you. No one's gonna come. Then you should find a Shelter and like you're screwed. Hopefully I'm enough gas to last all night.
Speaker 1:This storm is going, girl. I'm just like I Got this. I like I'm like, uh, I'm sorry I didn't listen, but I'm backing up. I got in this deep I could turn around and get out. So I backed up, started backing up slowly. I couldn't see nothing, like just like Inches before I would hit something. I see it and I'm like oh, I'm getting close to this guy's pickup truck and I'm looking around at all these pickup trucks Like, wow, if they couldn't make it through. What makes me think I I know I have a lot of experience, but I'm driving in those conditions Still there's a time to throw on the towel. So I start weaving and backing up slowly and I start like Almost freaking out too, like almost over letting my mind control my body, just start going crazy and freaking out.
Speaker 1:And that's how you see, like a lot of times some people Just having a bad day or a bad trigger or something, their mind just goes nuts and they just let it take over their body. And then that's how you see people doing stupid things. And you get a lot of these Karen videos or chad videos, right, no, crazy chuds, crazy people. But anyways, and I'm like no, I got this, you know I got here, it's safe enough, I'm gonna make it back. So I have managed to turn around slowly, like a 20 point turn, because I couldn't tell how deep the snow run was getting.
Speaker 1:And then I turn around and just started driving and it was real bad. I couldn't see nothing. I'm like, okay, I know there's another, you know, yellowish, green car here on this thing and I'm like just trying to find things going, trying to stay in the middle of the road, and I'm like maybe I should stop at a house. I'm gonna make some friends tonight, I'm gonna stay, be like, hey, I'm gonna die if I stay outside. Can I come to your house? But I was like no, you know, I got this right and all the houses I saw were full of snow. Anyways, I would have got stuck just trying to get into their house. What's the point? So I just drove.
Speaker 1:I eventually made it back to that little town. Everybody was gone, even the guy read the taping because I was gonna be like, okay, you win. I'm sorry, I should have listened to this big sign here in front of your house. But you know, humility came, I had whatever and I just started driving back home. And I got home. So I left at 11 o'clock, got back at 3 30 Foreign, should have been like a two-hour drive, both ways. But, you know, empty handed. But as I was driving, I felt like, hey, you're gonna stop by this town that has a Canadian tire and maybe they'll have that one tire you need. I was like, oh, so I stopped. They're like it doesn't show, but I'll look, and then they ended up having one, so I got it, so it wasn't for nothing.
Speaker 1:But the reason why I tell you this story is because many times, right, you would have these little feelings like, oh, you have a gut feeling, or I have this feeling, or I feel this, or you know, this is what I'm leaning towards, and we don't listen when we, you know. And then we end up in situations like this where it's like oh, that's why, right, and Another reason why I'm telling you this story is To illustrate how I was born the whole time not to go, and I just didn't listen to the war and didn't listen to the universal guidance. So there might be times where it's like both and both ways right, where you feel, hey, you know, don't go do this, or hey, yeah, go do that, but you don't listen. And they're both. One would have stopped you from being in a crazy situation, or another one would have hooked you up. Where it's like, yeah, because I'm telling you how many times have you heard this story?
Speaker 1:You know, I was just driving and stopped for gas and I wanted it, you know, a Coca-Cola or Pepsi, or I'm thirsty. So I went to the store and the convenience store and I was like man, I felt like I should buy a ticket, so I bought a ticket and I won. Right, and that's how it works. They're not chasing nothing, they're not, they're just going with the flow and just trusting. And they felt like I need to do this, I'm gonna do it, and a lot of people. So I Got a few emails.
Speaker 1:So people ask me like, okay, well, you know, tell us some ways that you've manifested money and stuff. And I tell you all the time right, my casino ventures or my business, some ventures and all that. But there's some. I'm trying a new one and, and as long as you believe, you know, I say all the time, nothing matters about what you believe, what you truly believe to be true and real, and that works for you will work for you. So if you're a visual person or practical, like I need physical evidence or whatever, I'm not just gonna sit here and be like I'm gonna wheel this to happen and I'm gonna meditate and blah, blah, blah. Okay, mike, I'm ready to ask Mike. So here's some ideas.
Speaker 1:So I have this little pyramid looking thing, oops, that I bought on Amazon and has like gold on the bottom has little Orber ball, like little, looks like almost like a purple planet, and on top has some green and All the chakras underneath that ball and some pyramid shape and it's like a paperweight and stuff. Some people say like this is healing, some people say this will bring you wealth, and stuff like that. So what I did, I'm just gonna put it back. If I took some money that I had in my bucket and I put it on my desk and I put that on top of it and I said, okay, I want this pyramid To release the energy of the money and and let all the money know that it's gonna become and be safe here with me, and then I ended up adding a little bit more, added like another $20 here. I even added an American dollar bill, an American bill, to it, because I'm gonna have, you know, let the universe know that I'm prepared and willing to accept, you know, canadian currency or American, preferably American. That's worth more here, like almost 35, 40% more. But anyways, and you know, as long as I truly believe that that's gonna, you know, be a frequency of energy and it's gonna release all this positive energy and absorb it and bring it back to me and then I'm gonna keep.
Speaker 1:And my kids, you know they come out after sometimes and they're gonna see this, they're playing with it, they're moving all the money around, like, oh, I'm just gonna take some money. They don't know, right as a joke, but I trust my kids They'll never steal for me. And I tell them, just put it back the way you found it. They're like why? I'm like cuz this is creating more money. They're like, oh, okay, you're crazy, daddy, but as long as you truly believe it will, it will, because whatever you want To be real, and as long as you believe it, it will be real to you. And it might sound crazy and stupid, but if it works, it works. Why not? That's the way I see it. You know people are like, okay, mike, you're a little crazy.
Speaker 1:You know and I tell you this over and over and over people that have been with me when I've manifested money from nothing, and you know people say it's just luck, or, oh, just happen that way that you did this little mantra thing that you saw. And you know youtuber tiktok, and you know getting into contract. Well, here's a fun fact Since I've done this, within a week I Tripled money that's in there and every time I go to casino, if I win those, some cancer put it in there. I tripled the one I started with and I started with a little bit oh, you know, money and I had and I'm not supposed to be getting caught, usually you know, I don't get many contracts now Like big corporate contracts or nothing tell like later in the in the year, because they all spent all their money and stuff. But anyways, I had a couple customers to three customers reach out to me, do for big contracts.
Speaker 1:I'm like, huh, so now is it luck, is it coincidence, or is it the pyramid? And then I put the belief into it and that it's resonating Positive energy and absorbing money. Well, you decide, because if it works, it works. I guess that's what superstitions come from. Right, if a player is wearing certain socks that he's never worn before, certain shoe, and he tied his shoelaces totally different than he never done before and ended up winning, they're like an amazing game. Well then he will believe, or she will believe, that, hey, because I did that and you know, and they copy their same ritual down to the back. They were like, okay, I went to the bathroom first I wash my hands this way. And then I did this.
Speaker 1:I talked to these people, I put my shoe on this side, first this one, then do all that, and their performance Increases because they truly believe that they did all that stuff, that they're gonna be amazing and they are Now. Is that luck coincidence? Well, you know, it gives them the power that they believe, because they did this search and certain thing, a higher power is gonna hook them up or that they're gonna be in the right Mindsets, whatever, and they are because they're preparing themselves for it. I Know, I know what you're thinking. I get it in emails a lot from people it sounds too good to be true, it sounds too whatever.
Speaker 1:Once again, if you're a visual person, okay, make yourself a vision board. Hey, mike, you mentioned vision boards and I've been listening for a long time, which I'm listening to, your third season. I've been here since season one and you mentioned you're gonna make one. Did you make one? No, I did not make one yet, but my wife and kids had made one recently and a lot of them are manifesting what they've made on their things. So, once again, okay, mike, what's a vision board? Well, a vision board is a board that you can create, either with Bristol board, making a book, piece of paper, whatever you want.
Speaker 1:Some people take cutouts of things they want, like I want millions dollars so they're gonna put money signs. I'm not, they might run a million right. Somebody might put like a picture of a nice dream house, like a mansion or car, you know, hearts for finding their loved ones and so on and so forth. And then if you focus on it and see it, because if you're a visual person and need that, then it will create the way the energy and the flow of the universe Will hook you up and it works. But if you're like, oh, it's not gonna work, as stupid and don't do it. You gotta find what works for you.
Speaker 1:All I know Is I used to be the nine to five guy. You know, work my eight. Well, I usually do 10, 12, 13, 14 hours Because I like to work. When I was younger I was told work hard, make less, make less. But at least you're doing what you're told, because that's what we're all you know in the rat race for, as we talked about in the other episodes. Right, that we are Working our butts off to have what we have and to look forward to the two days off. We get and do what we want, then go back to work or so on and so forth, right? And yeah, when I was younger, the worker week used to be nine to five, but now it's scattered all over the place and stuff like that. Right Now there's many shifts, many hours, night shifts and stuff. I work that shifts. It's pretty fun, but anyways. So that's what we're programmed.
Speaker 1:We're running our programs, but I always felt that there was more, that there's something else, there's something different for me, that I needed more. And I'm sure there's people out there right now that feel the exact same way that I listen to my voice saying I feel that, I feel that I'm I'm destined for bigger things. I feel that, too, I've been there and I'm still there, right, but I'm Putting myself out there and doing what I feel the universe is telling me to do. Who knows, who knows, my podcast will Be huge and successful and whatever, and I'm gonna make millions, right, or I might just be for the few that need to hear and that's all there is to it. But I'm just gonna trust the flow and I'm doing this a lot Because it helps me and that helps me. It helps me, but it really does. It lets me put my thoughts out there and my experiences and it helps people, but it also helps and benefits me. As they say, the teacher learns more than the students, but then if the teacher is good, the students will be better, because they're gonna learn more Sooner than later. But yeah, so are we gonna do our program or we're gonna do break our program and reprogram ourselves? So make your vision board, if that's a thing for you.
Speaker 1:Another one Let dr Joe dispenser mentions and I mentioned in one of my earlier seasons, as you pull out a piece of paper and you put a circle. I should listen to that again, but anyways, doesn't really matter, nothing matters what you said, what you believe. Anyway, you put a circle, you write a letter for what you want. Either you know, financial security, love, you know as a reason why I mentioned those last cuz, that's what everybody chases right my dream car, my house, I need to find true love, millions of dollars and all that fun stuff and I'll tell you the key to this in a minute to all getting all that and more, but Anyways, so you write the letter that associates with that and then you write like all these things, what would be. Well, how'd you feel if you got what you wanted? Delighted, happy. I feel successful, I feel grateful.
Speaker 1:You write all that stuff down right and then you write these squealy lines, like little squealy lines around, kind of like energy lines too. Release it and then you put it out there and you got to act like you already have it and it will come. That's it. You know, I say them all the time, said it and forget it, but it's true. But we are always told Let know it's not that simple, it's not that easy, but it is. It's like the rule kiss, keep it simple, stupid. But I was taught that a young age, everything is more simple and not as complicated as people like to make you think. It's a lot easier. Anything to achieve anything you want. See, the key to success and to having everything you want starts with you. Okay, what do you mean, mike?
Speaker 1:You can't have happiness, love, all the money in the world, compassion and so on, if you don't love yourself. And it's true, you have to love yourself and Be happy if you can love yourself the way you are and not try to change yourself. You know, because that's what they're putting out there. Oh, hey, yeah, you're fat because I say so according to this book I have for doctors that was made in like this, 1860s. It says if you're over this height and you're over this weight, you're fat. Love yourself. If you're not happy with your situation, well, you know, do what you got to do, in the sense of, like you know, if you don't say I'm gonna make a goal, like we talked about last Episode, right, you know, we'll do your resolution. No, if you are not happy with your situation, with your work situation, with whatever, we'll get out and do more. If you're not happy with you, know your weight, let's say, if you're not happy with the money you're making. It's funny because there's this. I talked about this many times again.
Speaker 1:But when it comes to education, I see, like especially in the United States and the USA, united States of America, but even in Canada, like everybody's pushing greater education. Don't get me wrong. Education is good, okay, but when I was going to business university, I used to teach her a couple simple questions. One have you ever owned your own business? The professor no, I have not. Have you ever ran somebody else's business? No, I have not. So you're gonna teach me to be successful business person? You never ran your own business, you never ran other people's businesses, you never started your own business. So everything you're teaching me is theory, not practical knowledge. Well, yeah, in theory, this is how. No, no, I don't care, I want to know practical.
Speaker 1:So I dropped out, I left. I'm like peace out. I wanted to go learn from actual business people that I've tried and failed. Anyway. So this big thing right now about universities how all these people go to school, get all these degrees, spend 80, 100, 200, 300,000 dollars to get a business degree or to get a degree in accounting and so on and so forth, but that they actually make more money, ha ha ha, by working at the job they worked at while they got their degree. So if they took them three years to get their degree, they got three years experience in that job field that they were at and they're making more money than the job they would get. Well, yeah, but, mike, you will get, because they tell you and I have friends Ha ha ha.
Speaker 1:Yes, I do have friends people, but I have friends that have gone, got their big education, do what they're told, right, and they got these jobs that have nothing to do with what they studied and they're like well, I'm overqualified for this job. A lot of people tell them you're overqualified for this job, we're not gonna take you, we need somebody stupider than you, ha ha ha. Or yeah, you don't have any experience at all in your field. So, sorry, even though they give you like a few six months or whatever in the school and the program, but no practical experience, sorry, can't hire you. And it's true, experience trumps education. I rather hire somebody that has more experience in a management position than somebody who's like I got my master's degree in managing company. Yes, you got your degree if everything is perfect and done the way it tells you in the book, but it's not that way in the real world.
Speaker 1:So the reason I tell these stories is because I noticed a trend out there where all these people are like moaning and complaining how they got all their degrees they're what they're told and they're useless that they make more money, you know, as a pizza delivery guy, or they make more money as this or that, or they make more money you know, and it's true, because I started at a young age working for fast food chain and I became the manager at 17 years old and I became area manager shortly after and district manager. All through experience I could walk into any management position and I'll get the job over anybody that has a degree without experience. Because I got practical experience. I've done it. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, right. So, yeah, I'm not a fan At trade schools. I always said we're amazing, right, because it gives you practical experience and work placement experience. So then you will actually get the job you want in your field.
Speaker 1:So the reason why I say this is, if you're not happy with your situation, do something about it. Don't blame the school. I did what I was told. I went to university and got my degree and now I'm in $200,000 in debt. Yeah, sorry, but you know everybody made fun of me for dropping out.
Speaker 1:You know my business classes and all that just starting business, while I'm way ahead of them. I'm like three, four years ahead of them all and I got practical experience. Now they're coming to me for advice. But yet they made fun of me when I did. But now the proof is in the pudding, right? There are no ones hiring them. A lot of them find it hard to start their own business and they go bankrupt pretty quick. But yet when I start something, it's crazy. Why? Because the law of attraction works. That's why, if you do not listen to my beginnings of my episodes, I have started a new company in 2019. Brand new, new concept. And then 2020 happened, right, the big whatever. And my company was thriving, so busy, this new company, that I had to get to warehouses to support it. Bunch of staff, and we were hiring where people? It sucks, but people were going out of business. I was increasing in business and we were busier than ever.
Speaker 1:Well, because I listened to that little gut feeling, the little voice, the little, still small voice, or whatever you want to call it, that one faithful day in August 2019. And I ran with it. So, for you guys, for people that are new listeners, in a nutshell, I'm literally, you know, driving back from one of my big commercial contracts and the truck, I mean my deliveries and all that, just pondering and just finished listening to break the habit of being yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza and trying to reprogram myself, and I'm starting to understand that I'm the one that's in my way of success. Nothing else, no one else. I'm taking responsibility for myself and I'm going to do what I need to do. And then it just hit me and I'm saying, I'm telling you, it is the universe or my higher self that literally probably just says hey, mike, I feel the energy you're putting out, I know you're ready for this. Boom, I just shot this at me and just showed me this is what you got to do.
Speaker 1:So I started a new brand, I made a trademark. I was already doing commercial accounts in the area, but I wasn't making you know, I guess non-commercial, like for everyday people that live up there in those areas, I can use my service too. And I was like, oh right, and at the same time as this is happening and I'm setting this up and everybody's telling me oh Mike, it's one of your things, right? No, you found another thing, bone to chase, right? I have many failures, but this was not going to be one of them because I knew it's, it's done, I've seen it, it's already in operation. So no one could tell me otherwise. So I launched. I got my one of my best friends to build a website for me, a really quick one, lots of together. And then, as I noticed as we were using it, what I needed more and more. So we're now we're fixing and tweaking and so on and so forth, but I just ran with it.
Speaker 1:I went with just trust in the universe, opened my heart and just trusted and let it happen and it kept me alive. You know, like, financially, through, you know, one of the biggest, I guess, economy downturns in a long time, like I'm recession proof, and it's not me. I give thanks to the universe, I give thanks to the earth, to the universal guidance, to my higher self, to whatever it is, and I give thanks to you because I couldn't have done it without you. And it's true. And at the same time, I know nothing about stock markets. I'm like I should look at these, so I just typed in you know, top 10 stocks, penny stocks, and I felt like I should look for stocks that go up and down you know, at least 10 cents a week or a month or whatever that have high volatile, highly volatile, volatile I don't know or goes up a lot and down a lot. And then I found this one that, unto me, made sense every three years it went up a lot and then it goes back down and went up a lot, it goes back down.
Speaker 1:Then, when 2020 hit, that stock crashed to five cents. So I bought it. I bought tons and you know, later in 2020, you know that summer I bought these all in March that summer it was clipping over $5. So from five cents it went to $5. So if I bought, if I bought a thousand shares on now, that's a lot of money. So for every dollar you know will be 1000. Yeah, so I'll make $5,000. So I had a thousand shares, but anyways, I bought a lot more than that.
Speaker 1:But that's why I'll just trust in the flow and just trust in the universe and just doing whatever I was like, I trust, I trust, I trust and I could not have predicted everything that's happened before it happens. Like the universe was telling me this is what's going to happen, this is what you got to do to get yourself right, and I did it and I got myself right. You have to trust yourself, trust the universe, you know, and if you're like, well, like you know, I know you say a lot about the universe and this and that, but it's God, okay, If that's your reality, that's your truth, then trust God that he will teach you and guide you and never let you down and hook you up when, when the times are when you need it the most. That's the way I see it. But the moments I try to take control and the moments I'm like I got all this, I don't need a vision board, I don't need this, I don't need that, I don't need to write down what I want, it all goes to crap. But the reason why I'm reiterating all this in 2024 is because it works.
Speaker 1:I know there's a lot of people that don't listen to my earlier podcasts, but for those who are finding these ones, it's found you for a reason. You got this far in my talking. There's something you feel in your gut and you're like there's something here. The key is love yourself the ones you could truly love yourself and live day by day, moment by moment, and enjoy how beautiful this world is and enjoy all the positive. Stop looking at all the negative and negative that's pushed on us every day, all this negativity just flying at us and just hitting us in the face of oh, war is over here. Oh, look at all these carings going crazy. Oh, look at this. Oh, the government's doing this to you. Oh, this is all right. Ignore all the noise.
Speaker 1:Find peace in yourself and in the universe, or God or whatever you want to call it, and trust the universal flow and the energy of this universe or this world, because this place is amazing. It's so beautiful and this is one of the only places where you can create from a thought into reality and into a physical object. Trust me when I say this this is one of the only places where you can physically create from a thought to a physical object. This place is amazing for that. Find your higher self, Love yourself, love the moments. Live in the moments.
Speaker 1:Don't be like well, tomorrow I'll be happy because of this. I'll be happy when I get this, because I'm telling you now I've said that over and over and over I'll be happy if I get 10 customers a day. Now I get hundreds of customers a day using my services and I'm like, okay, I'll be happy if I had thousands. Oh, I'll be happy if I had millions. Right, you will only be happy when you decide to be happy. Nothing will make you happy. You say, oh, yes, it will.
Speaker 1:Mike, having all the money I want, having my dream home, will make me happy. No, I Know people have had everything and they're still not happy. I am happy. My marriage is amazing. My kids are amazing. Sometimes I might not like them, think of my nerves, but I do love them so very much. My life is amazing. If I showed my younger self what I have now, oh boy, how happy I would be.
Speaker 1:But yet in this moment I'm like, oh, I'd only be happy when I start making millions a Month, or a week or a day or millions of this, but it doesn't matter. I don't know You're thinking well, it doesn't matter because you already have everything you want and you already live in the dream, mike. No, because no matter how much you have, you always want more. But if you could truly be happy and truly love the world and love yourself and love everything about life, how easy it will be for you to achieve Everything you've dreamed of having your dream home, having the instant Taniously creating your wealth, finding your true love, finding everything that you've ever dreamed of, having a dream car. It's that simple, but yet it's hard, because what we're being bombarded with day in and day out, and day in and day out and oh Dead, scrolling on your phone through all those apps and this and all, look at this. Oh, you know you get that. Tomorrow be better tomorrow, yeah, blah, blah, blah. Right, you'll be happy when you have all this amazing stuff. That's everything that's being thrown at us.
Speaker 1:The only thing that will truly make you happy is if you decided that, hey, I'm happy, I've achieved everything I want. But, mike, how do I get there? You get there by now, being happy and loving yourself and loving the world and just loving everything. You know it sounds crazy, but In the moment when I'm driving through that crazy storm, instead of like I was happy, I Was like this is amazing experience. I'm out experiencing all this fun stuff. All these people aren't home right now and I'm out here and going through this crazy thing. And it's an amazing experience how I could turn a negative into a positive.
Speaker 1:And that's up to you. You hear it all the time. People says that in his songs. You know how we turn a negative into a positive. So what are you gonna do? Are you gonna let all the negativity push you down and do like the world or society tells you blame everybody else for your problems, not yourself? Because, oh, you know you're not gonna get that promotion because the boss is gonna give it to somebody else who sucks up or this or that, or blah, blah. No, you're not gonna get that promotion because you're telling yourself you're not gonna get that promotion because, oh you know, I'm not a suck up or I'm not this, I'm not that. No, if you tell yourself you need to promotion and you're gonna achieve everything you want, you will. It works. It's up to you. How are you gonna test it out for yourself and find out for yourself? I encourage you If you have never heard of dr Joe dispensa and his book called breaking the habit of being yourself, take a listen.
Speaker 1:And I encourage you if you never heard of Michael a singer, so that's Michael a singer and he has a book called the surrender experiment. Take a read or listen to it on audible. I'm not being sponsored by anybody, but those two books have changed my life and helped me to see things differently. Don't take my word for it. Try it, figure it out.
Speaker 1:You can continue listening to my podcast and I'll just keep on telling me my experiences and things I'm learning and things I'm doing, and I do not script nothing for all the new listeners I don't script, as they can tell. I Don't have notes written down on my desk or nothing. I literally Just sit in my room and this podcast studio that I made and talking to the microphone and put my headphones on and just See what the universe needs me to say today. I was gonna resonate with you this morning or this day that you're listening to it Because it found you for a reason. Let's change your life for the better together. Once again, this is life changers and I'm Mike, and I do love each and every one of you. Continue listening to my podcast, share it with everybody you know. Let's change the world and it won't take it one day at a time. I love you Bye.