The Contractor's Guide to Peak Performance and Mindful Living

Have you ever considered that the robustness of your business could hinge on the health of your body and mind? That's the enlightening conversation I engage in with Sean Crane, a seasoned coach who's no stranger to the world of contractors. Together, we dissect the intricacies of instilling new habits in an industry synonymous with hardiness and resilience. Sean's insights unveil how prioritizing personal well-being isn't just about feeling good—it's essential for energizing businesses, fostering vibrant company cultures, and fortifying family bonds.

This episode isn't just a chat; it's a toolbox brimming with strategies for a holistic approach to life that transcends the job site. We unpack the significance of setting daily intentions, the invigorating effects of morning workouts, and the role of nutrition in maintaining peak performance. I get personal, sharing stories of how fully engaging with my family after hours and managing health with precision has revolutionized my life. Moreover, we discuss the transformative experience of cold plunge therapy, a testament to its ripple effect on mental grit and physical well-being.

Wrapping up our deep dive, we extend an invitation to an exclusive retreat in Tampa, offering a space for like-minded professionals to network and evolve. Touching on the importance of personal growth through discipline and adversity, we reflect on the intense demands of physical fitness and the parallels it shares with entrepreneurial tenacity. By presenting my continuous journey of self-improvement, I hope to spark a flame in our listeners, encouraging them to embrace a life of balance, accomplishment, and, ultimately, joy. Join us as we lay out the blueprint for a life where health and accountability are the bedrock of success.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:57

Welcome to the successful life podcast. I'm your host, Corey Barrier, and I'm here again with my man, Sean Crane. What's up, Sean?

Speaker 2: 1:05

What's up, my man, how we doing Round two baby Round two.

Speaker 1: 1:09

So I wanted to bring you back on because I really want to talk. You know, we got into your story last time, which was unbelievable. We talked about health, we talked about kids, we talked about a lot of important stuff, but what we didn't really talk about is the audience. We didn't talk about contractors, and that's where my heart is, because that's the people that I work with, and so and I know that you have quite a few contractors that you work with as well, and so I've got some questions for you and, if you're cool with that, let's just dive straight into it.

Speaker 2: 1:44

Let's do it, man. I'm looking forward to it Me too.

Speaker 1: 1:48

So my big one of my. So here's how I want to start this out how do you work in changing the mindset of a contractor in terms of how, what you do in terms of health? Well, let's just start with mindset. Let's start with that.

Speaker 2: 2:06

Yeah, such a good question. The hardest thing for people to do is change their behavior, especially as we get older, like men, after the age of 25, their brain is like cemented in place the way we think, the way we feel or the way we believe, the way we operate. So the hardest part is getting people to change. And typically people don't change until there's some pain point, some pain threshold met in their life. And so this happens in a number of ways. I have a lot of guys in the trades who are in my coaching program right now, a lot of business owners who I work with one-on-one or they're in the group coaching program as well, and what happens is typically like these guys are focusing on making money and growing their business. They got families they want to provide for, they got employees and it's a nonstop grind landing jobs, bidding jobs, running your team, like getting everything situated, working the numbers Like gosh. There's so much that goes into it so they neglect themselves, right. They're not really mindful what they're eating. They're definitely not working out because they're tired at the end of the day. Maybe they're drinking a little bit at night just to kind of chill and unwind. But over time that catches up to us. Like I did that when I was in my 20s. I did tree work. I'd work my ass off all day, come home, drink beer with my uncles, would eat whatever the hell we had at home, and like that was our life, you know, and I was in my 20s so I could pull it off.

Speaker 2: 3:24

But a lot of these guys that get older and they start to gain a little weight they don't have as much energy. Maybe they know they're drinking a little too much and you see it start to affect how they feel. Like they're not as happy, the mental health isn't as good as it could be, like maybe they're more irritable. They're just not as optimistic, as positive, as happy every day and it starts to take a toll on family life. This is when guys typically will reach out when they get fat now to shape, or when it starts to take a toll on their marriage and their kids are getting older and they're not spending the quality time with their family. They know that something's not right. Like they know they don't feel the way they wanna feel. Despite the money they've made, despite the growth in their businesses, they don't feel the way they wanna feel, and so this is a direct reflection of them not taking care of themselves, and so oftentimes it's either when that pain threshold has met or helping guys understand hey, if you had more energy, how do you think your business would do this year If you had the ability to focus more and lead your team with more passion, with more conviction, like if you were healthier and you were able to lead your team and show them your employees like how to be healthier, how to have more energy, how to take care of themselves.

Speaker 2: 4:35

What do you think your company culture would be and how do you think that would affect performance? How do you think that would mitigate? You know workers' comp issues guys get hurt on the job. How do you think that would change the people you're attracting into your company? Meaning you're gonna be attracting A players, not these guys that are just there to collect a paycheck. They know when they come and work for you you have higher standards, right.

Speaker 2: 4:54

So you paint that picture. You paint that picture and get them to start thinking damn, what would it be like? What would it be like if we were all just crushing, we were working out together, we were healthier, you know. We were feeling better. How do you think our sales department would do. How do you think all my guys, including myself, would go home at the end of the day and treat our wives so? You gotta paint that picture and connect with them on a real personal level and, when that happens, and they can see the benefits of working on themselves, investing in themselves, that's how I'm able to help these guys grow.

Speaker 1: 5:23

Yeah, cause guess what? All that shit doesn't matter. If you have a heart attack and die right, doesn't matter. How much money you pile on, doesn't matter.

Speaker 2: 5:34

I've had guys reach out and talk to me who have more money than they know to do it. They have the accolades, they have the success, they have the houses, the cars, the jet, like dude, everything. And they literally have told me, Sean, I'm not happy. And all these guys have the same symptoms big gut right. Lack of personal care, like lack of working out, lack of, you know, focused on emphasis on nutrition. They're just not taking care of themselves. So, like if you had a badass truck, right, I'm in my Raptor right now. I love this thing, but if I didn't change the oil, if I didn't change the tires, if I didn't like maintain this vehicle, it would turn into a piece of shit. It'd be on the side of the road, it wouldn't run, Paint would start to rust, you know, fricking things would be falling apart, it would not run. So people think that they can just neglect their bodies and not take care of themselves and nothing's gonna happen. And here's the thing I don't care how much money people have in stuff like that, stuff is cool and we accumulate it on the way. But if you're not happy when you look in the mirror and you don't feel on fire in your life and you like don't wake up, you're like, fuck yeah, like I love this life. That's a symptom of us not really taking care of ourselves and what I found is exercise is by far the most impactful habit we can form in our lives, Like there's nothing else in the world other than the act of God, a miracle that I've seen affects somebody and the way they think, the way they feel, the way they approach others, the way they show up in their lives. Then physical exercise on a daily basis. And, mind you, let me tell you how I found this out.

Speaker 2: 7:02

Man, Like I go back to my story. I was facing life in prison, completely just wrecked in ruin, coming off of drugs and alcohol. I was a loser. Years of regret, years of holding back in my life, Like I was at rock bottom and I just started doing pushups and burpees in my cell to pass the time and try to elevate, above the stress, the fear and the anxiety I was experiencing, Like it was the only thing I could do because I couldn't get a drink, I couldn't get drugs, I couldn't lead the cell. I would just work out until I was exhausted and I had a moment of peace. I would sweat so much. I would just work out until I had no more energy to give. And in that moment I found inner peace and I thought, wow, this is amazing, Like I'm okay right now, Despite all the stuff going on in the world. I'm okay right now, Despite this life sentence. I feel good.

Speaker 2: 7:49

And so it taught me so much about self mastery and how to get through chaotic moments in life, how to manage stress. So for you business owners out there, like it's not just about abs and look at me and this and that like the amount of stress that we're under on a daily basis, Some of you have so many employees, you have massive companies that you're growing so many people looking to you, so many text messages every day. The ability to manage stress and stay calm in the eyes of chaos like those chaotic situations, is everything, Because that's what usually will lead to people breaking over time, losing joy in their life, drinking too much. But if you can manage the stress, I'm telling you it'll change your whole life and that's why I continue to work out every day and that's why I'm such a proponent of exercise, because I see how it directly affects people's lives and how they handle life circumstances 100%.

Speaker 1: 8:40

so if you know, we've got a ton of contractors that listen to this show and so if there is, give us Four or five things that if I'm overweight, maybe I'm drinking too much, maybe I'm not an alcoholic, but but maybe well on my way and I'm miserable, my life is ultimately on the outside, you know, by all standards of Financial standards, looks pretty good, but really inside I'm pretty miserable. What are four things that that guy can do, or or lady, to change the direction of their health and their life? Right, now.

Speaker 2: 9:23

Yeah, so good. So I need an hour from you in the morning where we can focus on your personal development. So what I would say is let's get you up early, before you have to respond to emails, text messages. This time is for you to prime your mind, your body and your spirit for the dead. Give me 10 to 15 minutes of just self-reflection. You can meditate, you can journal, you can pray, you just sit there and drink your coffee. But let's get up and let's sit down in a quiet space at your house and just don't do anything. Just allow yourself to like go into the day, you know, insightful, not reactive. This is huge. Most guys get up and they're reactive right away and you're already. You're already fucked, you're at a disadvantage. Okay, your stress is gonna be through the roof. You're not gonna be able to maintain control how you're feeling. So you know, get up, have that moment of self-reflection.

Speaker 2: 10:05

I like to journal, I like to write stuff out, I write creative ideas, I write out all these visions I have. Like I'm always Manifesting stuff, I'm always strategically thinking about where I'm going in life, how I'm impacting people, what I'm doing. So I write that stuff out in the morning and I set those intentions right. I write out how I'm gonna show up for my family, how I'm gonna show up in business. I set those intentions. That puts it in my awareness right away. Okay, then I go work out. I move my body because when you wake up you're tired, your body hurts, you have low energy. Last thing you want to do is go to the gym, having the discipline and the mental fortitude, the grit right to be able to go and get your ass to the gym. Lift some weight. Do something difficult has such a positive effect on all aspects of your life, because at first you're doing it begrudgingly. You're like fuck, I don't want to work out. A couple sets in you start sweating, your bloods pumping, like damn, I'm feeling a little better. All of a sudden you're talking to people. Right, you're getting, I get creative ideas in the gym. My blood's pumping, I'm like damn, I feel good. And I leave the gym already having a massive win under my belt, like I just did something difficult I didn't want to do. But I kept that promise to myself and I forged that discipline in the moment. I got there and I did it, and you'll have more energy throughout the day. You know You'll feel way better.

Speaker 2: 11:15

So you get up early, you work out, you go into your day Supercharged, like that person who goes in the day already with those wins under their belt. It's noticeable to other people. People will tell you like man, what are you doing? You seem different, you seem happier, you seem you know you have a better attitude, you have more energy, like they'll call you out for your family, your friends, people at work. They will notice.

Speaker 2: 11:35

The next thing is the food that you eat. Stop poisoning yourself with processed food. If you buy processed food, food at gas stations, all this unhealthy food that we consume, if you drink soda, you're poisoning yourself. It's going to affect your mental health, your energy and internally you're ruining your body. You're gonna die early. You're gonna develop some type of physical ailment, some disease that's gonna kill you before you should leave this planet.

Speaker 2: 11:59

I'm just being honest with you. So you don't have to just go completely like vegan right away or completely like changing your diet right away. It's baby steps, but you have to be mindful of what you're putting in your body, how it affects your energy, your health, everything. And then, if guys really want to lose weight and get the best results, I teach them how to track their calories. If you're a business owner and you didn't know the numbers, you didn't look at your P&L You'd be a fool. Everyone be like dude. You don't know your numbers, so why are you gonna do that with the food you're putting in your body? No wonder people gain weight. Like you don't even know what you're putting in your body those donuts in the morning at the gas station, that hoagie, that sandwich, right, like all this somebody. At the end of the day You've had 5,000 calories and you've burned 2000. Like it's just, you're in a surplus, you're gonna gain weight and it's gonna lead to a lot of health issues later on the road. So I'd be mindful of nutrition. I teach guys how to track their calories right. And then the last thing, man, what I personally do.

Speaker 2: 12:53

There's two things I want to point out. When I get home at 430, my number one commitment this year, my number one goal, is to put my phone away. I want to put my phone away. I want to get everything done by the time I get home and I want to be fully present with my wife and kids, because I've spent too many days working my ass off and then going home and then still checking my phone, still messaging people, still staying connected to that work, mind right. And the worst thing I know a lot of you guys relate to this is when you're at work you're thinking to your family, but when you're at home you're thinking about work and you can never win. There's never a moment of peace.

Speaker 2: 13:22

Look, you have to forge this discipline. This is a muscle. You work just like in the gym. At first it's gonna feel awkward. At first you're gonna tell yourself no, I can't do that. Too many people rely on me. I just can't do it. Guess what? If you knew your kids were gonna die next year, you'd fucking do it. If you knew your wife was gonna die next year, you'd fucking do it. Delegate that shit, find an assistant, I don't care, act like they're gonna die and you only have this year with them, because that's what's so precious in our lives, that's what we're doing this all for.

Speaker 2: 13:47

And I was doing the same thing. I was making excuses. I'm like man, I'm growing my business, my guys need me, I'm building a team all of these limiting beliefs. And then it dawned on me I'm like what if my kids did die next year? I'd be so ruined man, I'd think of all those moments where I came home and I'm checking my phone here and there and I'm with them, but I'm not a hundred percent there. I'm 90 percent there, let's say. But I'm checking a phone here and there, I'm doing this there and there, and I said you know what, I'm not gonna do that anymore. So now you go home, I put the phone in the back room and I'm there. I'm a hundred percent there. When my wife asked me a question, she knows my tone, she knows if I'm there or not. When the kids want to play, I'm giving them eye contact when they're talking to me.

Speaker 2: 14:26

I'm not like checking my phone or checked out or thinking about something else. I'm there and I'm telling you, man, it's making a world of a difference in how I personally feel, how I'm showing up in my business and from my clients and the message that I'm able to share and then just our relationships, like those moments are everything to me. So what I do is at the end of the night, when my kids are asleep, maybe my wife's taking a shower, or I have a moment. I check my phone, I answer messages, I spend 15, 10 minutes and then I think about my day and this is what I want you guys to all do. I Want you to rate your day on a scale one to ten.

Speaker 2: 15:00

I want you to ask yourself, out of the best day that I could have possibly lived Crushed it in business, took care of myself, was a good man for my family, where would I rate myself on today?

Speaker 2: 15:09

One is horrible tennis best it could have ever been. The goal is to hit tens as often as possible. That's not always realistic, but by doing this and gauging your performance for the day and being honest with yourself over time, you're gonna be able to improve that score. Over time, you're gonna have more awareness and catch yourself in those moments that stand out when you score and rate your day Right, like if you're an irritable at dinner, if you're on your phone, if you're an asshole at work, if you missed your workout. Like those things stand out for a reason. Right, that's your higher self, your best self, like trying to call you to become that person. We all know who we want to be and the things that stand out or the things we're typically not doing. So get up early, have a little moment of quiet time, work out, be mindful of what you're eating and lastly, just you know, reflect on your day and I promise that I could change your whole life over time.

Speaker 1: 15:55

You Dude, I totally agree. I do all those things and I know that for me I have a few non-negotiables that every day I'm going to do no matter what, because I know if I check those things off the list that the rest of the day is going to be pretty good. And I also know that, if I and you mentioned this a second ago, you said something I think you said keep the promises to yourself, something along those lines. It is so vitally important that if you commit to something, even with just you, if you commit to going to work out, if you commit to eating healthy, if you commit to these things, you don't have to be perfect, but when you do check those things off and you are able to say I did those things, you're really building up a positive bank account of being able to trust yourself.

Speaker 1: 16:56

And really a lot of this has come down to not being able to trust yourself. That's why people say, well, I can't go work out or I can't do this or I can't do that. If you keep the promises to yourself, we're not saying you got to go run a fucking marathon here, right? You don't have to go in and lift weights for three hours a day Shit. It's been 15 minutes in the gym to begin with. If you've not been going to the gym, it's been 15 minutes. Is it going to suck the first few weeks? Yeah, are you going to be sore, of course. Are you going to feel like it's not going to work? Absolutely.

Speaker 2: 17:29

But I guarantee you that changes.

Speaker 2: 17:32

It's baby steps For everyone listening. You guys should go run a fucking marathon. You should push your body to the limit. The best moments of my life have been when I faced a massive challenge or test and I didn't back down. I want to push my mind, my body, my spirit, my business, everything to the limit to see what I'm capable of. Man, if I went to the gym and worked out 15 minutes, that's going to give me a score of, let's say, one. When I work out for an hour like a beast, I get a score of 10. When I do a marathon, I get a score of 100. What that's doing it's affecting who you're, becoming your subconscious memory. It takes all of those things that you're doing and it starts to create this identity of who you are. That's how you show up in life. That's the person that you show up in business as in your relationships, as it's an evolution of your identity as well. What I'd say is the busy guys. You don't have to go in the gym for hours. You can get good results with very focused 20, 30 minute workouts done consistently, with the right nutrition. You can get shredded like that.

Speaker 2: 18:31

For me, I just want to live the ultimate life. I don't want to get to the end of my life and be like, oh cool, I had a business and I kind of pushed myself in life, all right. No, I want to be like dude, I fucking gave everything I had. I want to crawl to the finish line of the end of my life with no arms, no legs, bare and breath. I want to just leave it all in the field, bro. I do because this journey is so precious and this is my second chance. One thing I want to point out to everyone though dude, this is a game changer. This literally has had the most effect on how I feel, out of anything I've ever done other than getting sober and working out, really Literally, a physiological change. At the end of the day, around 4.30, usually when stress is the most high for us, how many decisions have you made? How many phone calls have you been on, how many people have you engaged with?

Speaker 2: 19:19

For me, 4.30 is usually the point where, like, mentally, I'm starting to get a little fatigued and I'm like, okay, I don't want to. Like, okay, I'm ready to be done with all that stuff. I just crushed it all day long. I'm ready to go home and be with my family. But what I found is I'd go home and my kids would be all wild. There are three, four and 13. They'd be running around the house or they'd want to play, or they'd be knocking stuff over, and they're just being kids. And then my wife's talking to me, she's telling me about her day, she wants my attention and I'm like fuck, I'm pulled in all these different directions and I noticed I wasn't feeling the way I wanted to feel. I would be like easily triggered, my stress was a little higher than I wanted it to be, I wasn't as patient with them and ultimately I just didn't feel the way I wanted to feel. So I started doing the cold plunge. You see a lot of people on social media posting that, and maybe people post it because they want to look cool, maybe people post it because they like it. I don't know. All I know is it fucking works.

Speaker 2: 20:13

I do the cold plunge at 430. And man, immediately I am recharged, my energy is better, I have so much patience. I come out of that thing. I start chasing my wife and kids around the house. I'm tickling the kids, I'm playing with them. It completely rejuvenates me. So I do it every day at 430 because it allows me to finish my day strong, and I've never done anything, man other than illegal drugs that change the way I feel so quickly. Three minutes in that thing and I'm a brand new person and I'm not doing drugs, I'm not drinking and long term it has good health benefits for you. So, for anyone listening, shoot me a message if you want to know how I built my home at home cold plunge, or if you want input or advice about cold plunge and why it's good for you. I promise. If you're someone that deals with stress and you feel at the end of the day or you have aches and pains in your body or you have low energy, this thing is a game changer. I'm telling you.

Speaker 1: 21:08

So, so, so, so, so excited that you mentioned that. So I don't do it at 430 in the afternoon, but I do it about four o'clock in the morning, and the reason I do it at 4 am is because it's the hardest thing I have to do all day long, but I know after that three minutes that my entire day is going to be set up for success. My energy levels through the roof, as you mentioned. Look, I absolutely hate the cold. However, I literally don't miss a single day of going in that cold plunge for months now, because it 100% changes the physiology changes your physiology, I mean completely, changes it for multiple and your mindset, if you talk like, I can't even emphasize enough, overcoming that part of my mind that says I don't negotiate, I don't negotiate with it.

Speaker 1: 22:12

But when I first started, I would negotiate and I would have to. Basically, that pendulum would swing from one side to the next, one side of the next, and one day I just decided I'm just not going to negotiate, I'm just not going to think about it, I'm just going to get in and I'm going to sit in it for as long as I can. And now I do Wim Hof breathing through it, and my wife is now doing it every single day, which I just floored that she's doing it. It's a total game changer.

Speaker 2: 22:43

Dude, my 13-year-old. You know teenagers start getting moody and they start acting up. I got him doing it. He went up to his chest in 33-degree water for 10 minutes. He built himself up to that. Last night he did five minutes. He hadn't done it in a little while. He took a break.

Speaker 2: 22:58

I'm like no, you've been moody, you're going to get your ass back in the cold plunge and you see an instant shift in his demeanor and energy when he gets out. It's amazing because it literally creates a dopamine spike. So dopamine is the neurotransmitter that makes us feel happy. If you close a big deal, if you go on a date with your wife, if you go on a trip, your dopamine is elevated. It's your brain chemistry. So 200% post-cold plunge, the dopamine is spiked and also testosterone for men is elevated in your bloodstream. Growth hormone naturally starts to get elevated in your bloodstream. So you do it every day. You're literally becoming a happier, healthier person and I love what you said about like the mental discipline required. It's uncomfortable and oftentimes like, just like so many things in life and it's followers or something like that I'll talk we have.

Speaker 2: 24:01

Yeah. So I mean, when you do the cold plunge, dopamine, which is a neurotransband on your brain that makes you feel happy it's elevated 200%. This is like what happens when you go on a date with your wife. You close a big deal. You go on a vacation. Like your dopamine is elevated when you're happy. That's what happens Some people. They get happy when they eat a cheeseburger, have a beer. It's that little moment where you had that spike in pleasure. But when you do the cold plunge it's elevated right. And so for men, like growth hormone, testosterone, are elevated in your bloodstream. So long term, if you do the cold plunge every day, you're going to be a healthier, happier person. That's just what science shows.

Speaker 2: 24:35

And not just that, but the mental toughness that you develop, because oftentimes we're negotiating with ourselves things that are tough, that we know we should do. We try to talk ourselves out of it and the anticipation of doing that thing or the negative self-talk we have is more detrimental and excruciating than what we actually go do. Once we do it, it's done. It was easy, but it's leading up to that moment, all the self-talk, all the back and forth. Everybody has their smaller self and their higher self. We all have two versions of ourselves. We have to recognize that. Your higher self is always going to call you to do things that are really good in your life, that are going to push you and challenge you, things like working out cold plunge. Maybe your higher self is telling you to get sober, spend more time with your kids, like. Whatever it is, you know the truth about who you want to be and what you need to do to be your highest self. However, most people side with their smaller self. They give into the excuses, they procrastinate, they don't do what they're supposed to do, so they settle for a lesser version of themselves and they die. That fucking guy.

Speaker 2: 25:35

And if you're listening to this man, I want you to know you have the answers to live the ultimate life. It's your conscience. Your conscience is always calling you to do this stuff in your life. That's going to test you, challenge you and stretch you and push you. Once you give into that voice and go down that path, it's amazing what you can do and accomplish. It's not just in your business, but like don't you want to live the ultimate life? Don't you want to look back and have a highlight reel of memories that just make you cry tears of joy, like that was my life. Look what I did for my family. Look at all these people's lives. I changed my employees, customers, my community. Like, if you're listening to this man, I know everybody resonates for this message and a lot of people at one time they gave up on that message. They gave up on that version of themselves. They settled for a different path.

Speaker 2: 26:17

You can make a lot of money and have a lot of success but not be fulfilled. So the reason I do all this stuff, man, is because I want to be uncomfortable every day. I want to grow, I want to feel alive. If I just do the same shit every day and I'm not challenging myself, I start to just man, I'm not fulfilled, I'm not excited. And that you see people like that when you ask them how you do it, man, I'm good Another day. Like to fuck out of here with that attitude bro, you're alive. How's that guy showing up for his family Like, bring that good energy to your family, man, they deserve that and I just want to see everyone crushing it. That's my thing. Do hard stuff, become a badass, love yourself because of that and share that person with the world.

Speaker 1: 26:55

Hell yeah, dude, 100%, and I'll tell you man. So, where I sit at my desk, I have a bad habit of I'll rest my arm on my mouse and I just forget, or I'm sitting and I'm doing stuff for hours sometimes and for I don't know close to three years I had this issue right here. I went and dry-needled, I haven't saw it. I did everything that you could possibly think of. Nothing helped it until I started doing that cold plunge and, bro, I don't have any issues. I have zero issues with anything on my body at this point and I train every day.

Speaker 2: 27:36

And that's amazing and that's another reason to point that out. Like I'm sure a lot of the guys listen to this, we develop aches and pains and injuries. Like if you're doing a physically demanding job or you're just over time, your body starts to hurt right. Like working out helps because it strengthens the muscles that will support those joints. It gets blood flowing to muscles. You got to be careful with that. You're not going to lift heavy weight and fuck your body up, but you got to be strategic with it. And then that's why, like the cold plunge and all this stuff, I do the sauna. I mean, I had to mess up neck for a while. I thought I was going to have some serious stuff going on. I have a tormentus in my knee and my pain is like at all time low right now.

Speaker 2: 28:11

And another game changer for me I was so adamant and against CBD, like when I came home from being incarcerated everyone's like talking about CBD and I was like, no, get that shit away from me. It's still connected to marijuana. I'm a hundred percent sober and, after researching it and talking to some some really smart people like Sean, there's no psychoactive component. There's no way it's going to alter your brain chemistry or compromise your sobriety. And finally, I was having so much pain in my neck. Nothing was working. I was taking ibuprofen. I don't want to take all this ibuprofen. I finally had my wife rubbed this ointment on my neck. It was like a stick, you know, it was almost like icy hot, but it had CBD in it. Instantly the pain went away and I thought, wow, nothing has ever helped my pain in my neck that much. Even the cold punch wasn't man and because I have a broken collarbone and a broken scapula, I did old injuries. So there's all this scar tissue, you know. And instantly the pain went away. So I started taking the droplets every day.

Speaker 2: 29:12

It has CBD and some other things that are supposed to help with inflammation. A lot of times it's just our tissues are inflamed and they're pulling on each other and causing all this, like they impinge on the nerves and that's what causes the pain. So since I've been doing the drop under my tongue every day, no pain, best my body's ever felt. I can lift heavy, I'm pushing my body Like I feel amazing. So those are things that I've done to help continue to keep my body and get shaped, keep able to exercise or push myself the way I want. So, if you guys are listening, you have aches and pains, injuries. There's remedies for them. You got to try and find what works best for you. But cold plunge, maybe some CBD exercise, is going to help you in long term. You're going to be better off long term because when people get in their 40s and 50s, like that's when the accumulation of all this stuff really starts wearing them down. So start now. Start being proactive now.

Speaker 1: 30:01

Yeah Well, the endocannabinoid system is the largest system in your body. So a hundred percent CBD works and it's a hundred percent not psychoactive. So you know, don't kids or something like you know, you don't have to smoke weed, you don't have to get high, you can certainly. Now there are some CBDs out there that are pretty close to damn smoking weed, Like it's pretty bizarre and that's not necessarily what we're suggesting here. But the drops you're not going to get high, You're not going to have an altered state of mind, but it does, Like I said, work on the largest system in your body.

Speaker 1: 30:40

So what are some things in business that you can correlate this with contractors in everything that we've talked about today? How does that transfer into how they're? You know we've got a mutual friend, Lance Bachman. I love Lance, he's a tremendous individual. So, and you've been working with Lance I don't know the details of it, I just know that you've been working with him, You've been working out with him and helping him out. So how would go in to help somebody like Lance who's, you know, ultimately crushed it in business, killed it, and the guy's not even in bad shape but clearly wants to get better? How can you correlate the things that you've been working with him on. How is that transferred into his business, for example? And maybe not him, but whoever?

Speaker 2: 31:36

Yeah, well, I mean, when you're, when you're really consistent, pushing yourself, let's say in the gym or in your personal routines, it gives you an edge. It gives you an edge here and it affects how you show up in your life, right? So like, like I was saying earlier, stress kills people, man. It kills your ambition, it kills the quality of your life, it kills your joy. A lot of people, as they're growing a business, it's hard to mitigate that stress. So like, do you want to make a bunch of money but be miserable? Do you want to grow a business but have horrible relationships at home? No, we want to fucking crush it in all areas of life. That requires you to elevate and become a different caliber person. The guy who could grow a successful business but didn't take care of himself typically is not the guy that's going to crush it in all areas of life. You have to recognize that right. So this is about success across the board, not just in one little component of life Success in your marriage, success with your kids, success in your own thoughts. Like I want to be the happiest person I've ever been. Like, money and success in business aside, I want to be happy. I want to have good emotions, like I want to be in a good emotional place, like in a good emotional state. So you know, I know how to shift people's thinking. I know how to help them shift their perspective, and a lot of times we need someone there that's going to help us see our blind spots, help us to draw attention to these things that we're not seeing.

Speaker 2: 32:54

So many people make excuses and have limiting beliefs and they don't even realize it. They just think that's the way things are. There's nothing I can do about it. Sometimes you need an outside perspective to call you out, to hold you accountable, and it can make a world of a difference. And that's like why a guy like Lance would work with me, would want me to come out and stay with him or spend time, you know, training him or being at his company talking to his employees, because I'm good at that, because I spent so much time in a cell. I really dissected and analyzed myself to such a degree and I've had so many conversations with people that I really can pinpoint the same psychological patterns I see in people that are holding them back. And if you can help educate somebody on this and you bring it to light all of a sudden, it's like this aha moment, like damn, like I am making excuses. Like they see it. They see it, you know. They see that they're living as that smaller version of themselves and there's this other giant, this gargantuan fucking person. They can be right in life. And then, obviously, creating the habits, holding them accountable, helping them forge the discipline long enough to really feel and see the change in their life, and that's when they're going to grab hold of it and take ownership.

Speaker 2: 33:59

So I mean the coaching I do, I call it peak performance coaching. It's mindset, fitness, nutrition, you know. It's accountability, it's calling guys out and holding them up to a higher standard. Because if you're like me and someone challenges you I mean if you're a business owner listening to this and you guys have crushed it, I know you're competitive. If I call you a pussy and say you're not successful because you have a fat gut, prove me wrong. Like that's going to light a fire in you. Actually, I fucked this guy. I'm going to prove him wrong. Right, what does your job look like? Does it look more clean? Like dude? You're not successful if you've a fat gut. I don't care if you have a million dollars, $100 million, I don't care if you have a Rolls Royce in a jet. If you're fat and out of shape and you let your body deteriorate and you're wealthy and the terms of money, you're not successful. And I tell that to guys Cause I know that you're capable of being elite across the board and that's what the world needs.

Speaker 2: 34:47

Man, look at these kids, look at this future generation that we're raising, raising I want them to all be just little many warriors. I'm not saying they have to be savages. I want them to be intelligent, compassionate, physically fit. I want to raise the standards in America for how we're raising our young people, and it starts with us. If you guys own businesses, you have employees, you're leading men. Those men are leading younger men. So it's your responsibility to be the standard. That's the way I look at it. So I love when I get to work with a guy like Lance. So I have a lot of really successful business owners who have hundreds of employees. I know if I can get that guy to be the most elite example possible, other people are going to follow suit. And then he changes the culture in his company, he changes the standards and all those guys start to elevate to those standards because now they're being called to be more. That's my mission, man.

Speaker 1: 35:36

Love it, dude. So where do you think, where would you say you know the respect of the employees? Because that must heighten significantly. When you take a guy that is overweight, starts to make changes, his employees start to see that you can't tell me they're not better employees. You can't tell me that they don't think about these things now that they're seeing their leader do make these changes and become a better person, as their leader 100% affects their lives and they fall suit. I would be willing to bet.

Speaker 2: 36:18

Oh, 100%. I mean, if you were going into battle in a foreign country and you looked over and your general who was leading you was super fat and sloppy, would you feel confident about the war you're about to go in the battle? No, but if he looked like freaking Thor and he had like a massive sword and a machine gun and he just looked like bulletproof, he'd be like hell, yeah, like let's go. That would fire you up. You'd have more courage, more confidence. You'd give more effort and energy into that battle. That's the same thing nowadays. We're just the fight is different. Right, the battle that we're in is different, but it's the same psychology man. And so the coolest thing that I'm starting to do right now this is new, based on people reaching out, and I'm seeing a need for this. So I'm starting to do this type of coaching where it's not just individual coaching, it's not just like a group of men, like I have, but it's unstoppable wellness, it's the unstoppable wellness program and what this is for companies specifically. So we start with the leader, we start with whoever those upper individuals are, and then we create literally for a program like a company-wide approach to health and fitness, to mindset coaching. Right, because now, when one person's doing it, okay, when two start to do it, and three, when four and five it's so much easier to inspire other people to join. Like we're tribal, we want to be a part of the brotherhood, we want to be with everyone else, but right now that's working at a detriment because everyone's basically saying it's okay to be weak, lazy, all this stuff. What if everyone started to be badasses around us that make everyone else want to be badasses? Everyone else would want to eat clean, get sober, work out like. Imagine the ripple effect there.

Speaker 2: 37:53

So what I'm doing is I've started doing this with a couple smaller companies and guys like Lance and other people. The goal is to be able to train all their employees to be the best versions of themselves. Because imagine what that does for revenue over the next five years. Imagine what that does for productivity. Imagine what that does for turnover. Imagine what that does for company morale.

Speaker 2: 38:13

Right, the culture you're creating and who you're going to attract and recruit. When people see a bunch of A players in the company, who do you think you're going to attract to that company A players? But if there's a bunch of like C's and D's and like some duds like that. You're just bringing guys collecting a paycheck. Those aren't the guys that are going to really add massive value to the company. So that's what I'm excited about, because then the ripple effect there is massive. We're talking about not just the company thriving but the ripple effect in their families and the community in general. So that's what I'm passionate about is like really helping leaders to be the most elite version of themselves so they can have that impact on others.

Speaker 1: 38:49

Yeah, 100%. So if there's a guy listed to this that fits all of these, that checks all the boxes that are not doing the things that we've discussed today, the excuse lots of times is well, I don't have time to, I don't have a spare second in my day. What would you say the best way? I mean obviously getting up early, right, which means technically, you need to go to bed earlier than you're going to bed If you want to successfully get up early. It takes, I mean, the I think it's about 21 days to develop a habit. I think is what the general consensus is. I don't know if that's exactly right or not, but I think it's probably relatively close.

Speaker 1: 39:38

So what would you say? Get up, you said, get up, spend an hour a day on yourself, so get up an hour earlier, go to bed an hour earlier. What if it's just not in the cards to? Maybe? Maybe you've got like I'm on the East Coast, you're on the West Coast, so pretend that. You know. Maybe I have clients that are on the West Coast and, for whatever reason, they can't meet till later, and that's, you know, that's just part of life, and I don't get to bed till later. Is there another alternative to, you know, maybe getting up early. Would you suggest also potentially doing this midday, if you can. The effects are the same, right?

Speaker 2: 40:18

Whatever it takes. If you're so busy where you say you don't have time, number one, that's a limiting belief, because what we value, we prioritize. So if you got paid $100,000 every day, you did this routine, you'd never miss. If the cartel had a knife to your family's throat and they held them hostage and said you'd have to lose that 50 pounds, we're going to kill them. You'd lose that fucking weight in a month. So it's possible. We just have to know it's possible. Then we have to find for each individual what is the best approach for them.

Speaker 2: 40:45

I know these guys are busy. What I do is I go in and troubleshoot their lives. I find those little pockets of time. We rearrange things, we delegate things. Everybody's a little different. We know what works. We know exercise works. We need to reduce stress. We need to be mindful of what we're eating. We need to self-optimize. That's the goal.

Speaker 2: 41:03

The way we do it is a little different for everyone. But if you could only do one thing, I'd say work out like a fucking beast for 30 to 45 minutes. Give your all Horses wet, get your heart rate up. Just give everything to that 30 and 45 minutes and that alone will have a massive effect on your life, but do that every day and then obviously you can pick and choose what you eat. So eat better quality food and eat less food. Most people need less food. Then drink a gallon of water a day. You could do that anywhere In meetings while you're driving those three things right, there will help tremendously. But, honestly, everyone is a little different.

Speaker 2: 41:36

Most of these guys aren't being held accountable. They're the leaders. They're calling the shots. I hear this all the time. People tell me, like Sean, I'm the one telling everyone what to do, but I don't have that oversight in my life and I think that's holding me back and that's where I come into play.

Speaker 2: 41:50

I hold these guys accountable. They need someone that's going to freaking. Hold them accountable, tell them what to do and check in with them until it becomes habitual and, like I said, troubleshoot these areas. Like I don't just come into a relationship with a client and say this is the way it is. If you don't do this, like I'm not working with you, no, we take inventory of their lives. We look at how big their company is, what their day to day life is, how many family members do they have, how many people have flowed their day, and we start to orchestrate it in a way where they can incorporate these new habits and routines and make it all work. That's the goal. It's not about doing more stuff. Sometimes it's about less stuff and just self-optimizing the way we're doing it.

Speaker 1: 42:26

Yeah, I agree, and I'll add a couple more things to that. So if you had a massive meeting with a massive company or a massive client that you were going to make let's call that $100,000 or whatever you would plan for that meeting, you would make sure that everything was all your ducks are in the row. You would make sure that that meeting went smooth. So you could do the exact same thing with your food. You could do the exact same thing with the gym, if it's prepare your shit before you go to bed or cook food for three or four days so you have it ready to go. You could put it in containers on Sunday. This shit's not hard. It's really not fucking hard. You just got to put a little bit of effort in and I'll tell you, it makes this shift significantly easier if you're prepared.

Speaker 2: 43:14

Yeah, preparation is everything. Man. Plan in a way where it actually shows that you want to win. Anything you half-ass or neglect, you're going to get half-ass results. So it's not hard. We prioritize what we see value in.

Speaker 2: 43:28

I think a lot of times people don't really understand how much better their life can be if they become healthier and they work out and they do these things. They hear about it and they, cognitively, they know it's true, but they don't feel it in such a way where they're going to change their actions immediately. And that's my job is helping them to know what's at stake if they don't change and to talk about that and then to paint a picture of what can be improved in their life if they do make these changes. Those two things are going to either. Well, those two things are what motivate people the most. Avoid avoiding pain and seeking pleasure. And in this case it's not like pleasure, like a tasty meal, a drink, like TV. It's like purpose. It's something greater than ourselves long-term the way your kids end up because of how you raise them, future generations being able to leave a legacy for them like the impact you had on your community. We have to correlate these daily actions to something bigger.

Speaker 2: 44:24

When I wake up, I think of two things every day, doesn't matter how my body feels, how tired I am. What's going on? Maybe I think of men out there who are suffering and struggling and living below their potential. I want to get up early, crush a workout, share a positive message, because I want to connect with them and show them what it's like to be all in. I want to be the example, because I know what it's like to be that guy. I was that guy. My whole life was just passing me by. I wish I had social media back then and somebody to watch and follow back then to inspire me. I didn't have that. Number two, I think of my wife and kids and I tell myself Sean, if you don't get your ass up out of bed right now and keep these promises to yourself, you're going to be regretful, you're going to be irritable and you're going to be a lesser version for them. I refuse to do that. They deserve the best version of me. That means I have to conquer myself first, this internal battle. I have to win it so that I can show up the way I need to be for them.

Speaker 2: 45:15

You guys listening, if you're having trouble making change. It's because you don't see the value in what you're doing. You haven't connected it to something so big and so important that you would never miss. If you missed a workout and this sounds trivial, but this is where I go in my mind, whatever it is, if it's business related, personal related, if you miss something, imagine if a loved one was going to die because you missed a workout. That's how crazy I go in my mind. But it's because I want to be the best. I'll think the most savage thoughts to get my ass moving. I don't care what it is.

Speaker 2: 45:45

I think about that often because it's easy to overlook a day. It's easy to not recognize how we're showing up week in and week out. But if you really thought about your loved ones dying or your life being over soon, you'd live so much differently. But the doctor told you you had a year to live and there's nothing they could do. You have a hole in your heart. You're going to probably die out of year.

Speaker 2: 46:05

Imagine how much more you'd hug your kids or how much longer you'd talk to them and listen to them. Imagine the attention you'd give them. Imagine how you treat people at work like your employees and customers. Man, giving people that type of compassion, that love, that energy, coming from a place of knowing how precious this journey is, how beautiful this life is. That's really living right there. That's when you change lives and people are like damn, that's a real leader, that's a good man, that's a good dad. That's the way I live. I'm always thinking about worst case scenarios. I'm not a psychopath, I'm not up here worrying about it, but on a daily basis I think man, if they were to die next week or if I was to die next year, am I giving my all to this life? It just helps me to check myself.

Speaker 1: 46:47

Yeah, I'm curious Whenever I'm let's say, I'm on a run and I commit to four miles and I'm at mile two and I start negotiating with myself One of the things that I use as fuel that probably a lot of you have this, but a lot of people don't have this. I don't think it's required, but I do think it's beneficial Because I think about whenever I got caught with drugs in 2005, I only spent 17 days in jail not a huge amount, not compared to you, of course but I also spent another six months in an awful rehabilitation center. I hated it. And I think about those days that I was in jail and I think about what I would give to be able to run for four fucking miles. And I use that Like there is zero negotiation when I think about that because I promise you, I promise you there's zero chance I would trade one of those days in jail for that run. Right, I just wouldn't do it, Period. I use that to push myself forward.

Speaker 2: 48:08

I mean, that's so good, man. Like when I came home for prison, I did two Ironman competitions, a 200 mile bike ride, ultra marathons. All I thought about when I was in jail is freedom. Right, what is the epitome of freedom? Being able to go out and just run, right, just run. No restraint, no restriction. So I came out and I was just on fire with my runs and every day, just attack mode man. And it's the ultimate motivation because if I ever start doing that in my own head like, oh, maybe I'll just run three miles today, I'll punish myself. I was supposed to run five and I'm trying to only run three. I'll run seven. You know, like that's something I've always done Whenever that fucking bitch voice is super loud.

Speaker 2: 48:47

And, like you know, the other day this was happening, it was super loud in my head. Usually this doesn't happen, but I'm not impervious to it, right, it was trying to talk me out of everything. I think I was trying to talk myself out of the ice bath. So at 33 degrees I did 15 minutes. I stayed in there for 15 minutes and I definitely started getting hypothermia Like I was messed up for a while after. But I had to do that because, like I had to show myself who's boss.

Speaker 2: 49:12

That sounds stupid and silly, right, but like we always have that version of ourselves that's trying to get control and talk us out of doing what's good in our lives, talk us out of reaching that next level, talk us out of like striving to be excellent in such a massive way. You know, and I have such big goals and visions for myself I'm always just killing that voice. I'm always killing it every day and I have to find a way to keep that voice quiet because very quickly it can pull me back. I know so, you know. Some people say that's the devil man. Some people think that the negative voice inside of us is the devil, trying to keep you stuck and playing small in life, because then he owns you. And the other voice is God, trying to call you to be the best version of yourself that you could ever be. And when you think of it that way, it really makes sense because we really have two voices inside of us, that authentic highest self that's calling you to be the best version. Hey, quit drinking. Hey, you should really start working out and lose that weight. Hey, you should really start spending time with your kids. Hey, like it's always a good thing that that voice is calling us to do.

Speaker 2: 50:12

But then there's that other voice oh man, you could drink with the boys on Friday, but working hard, right. Oh man, you could start working out next month. It's cool. Like you're not that bad of shape, right. Oh, you know like you could train the guys next week. They're doing pretty good in business, whatever it is Like some guys.

Speaker 2: 50:27

Oh, you can look at that porn. Man, your wife hasn't given you anything for a while. Like fuck it. You know, like it's always calling you to do these things that we regret and feel ashamed about or we know we shouldn't be doing.

Speaker 2: 50:37

And if you guys have listened or read the book by Napoleon Hill outweighing the devil, it perfectly describes this internal battle as part of the human condition and I've battled it and I still battle it. But I will not give into that voice, because I know that voice is trying to stop me from doing really something really great in my life. I've been committed man to going down this other path and listening to that good voice. And look at last thing on that, the only reason I'm here today is because when I was put in jail, I got all my distractions taken from me and I was sober for the first time in 10 years.

Speaker 2: 51:10

So, all of a sudden, my mind is like coming alive and having these emotions and these breakthroughs, and I became very, very aware of these two voices and, for the first time in my life, I realized I had been listening to that other voice and that's why I ended up in that place. And from that moment forward, I made a deep promise to myself, a commitment that I was going to forever listen to this other voice. I knew that's who I wanted to be and I just did and I never stopped. And all of a sudden I'm here and, wow, it's been an incredible journey, but this just shows what's possible, man, and for anyone who hasn't lived that, it almost sounds too cliche, too corny, too far out to be true. But I'm promising you, man, If you listen to that voice that's calling you to be excellent in your life, you'll live the most exceptional life you could ever imagine.

Speaker 1: 51:52

Yeah, I agree. And if you think this is so hard that you just can't do it, go commit a crime. Spend a little bit of time in jail. I promise you that your mind will change. But guess what? You don't have to do that Likely. You're not going to have to go down that path. You could just make a choice instead of being confined in a place where you're miserable.

Speaker 2: 52:18

Here's the hard thing with that, and this is the one question that's kind of eluded me for a long time and I'm slowly figuring it out how could I help people to feel the way that I feel? How could I help them to go through the internal spiritual, physical, mental transformation that I've gone through, like something inside of me radically shifted and changed because I was facing life in prison, there was nobody around, I was isolated and I was getting sober. So it was like all this stuff going on, you know, and it radically shifted the way I think and feel ever since. So people need these tough times to want to change. My words alone aren't enough.

Speaker 2: 52:54

I might motivate some guys right here, but until there's something in their life that really like fuck man, it just shook, it shakes them to the core, like a lot of people won't change because that pain threshold hasn't been met. So the thing that I really focus on doing with guys when they join my program is disciplining them. Like I'm going to get them up early, I'm going to discipline them with what they're eating, I'm going to push them through some hard workouts, because there's something about doing that tough shit, that difficult stuff, that really gets them out of their comfort zone and that's what can shift our thinking and our perspective and our mentality. But if we go into it just going, oh, I'm going to like kind of work out, I'm going to try to make these changes, you're never going to. That approach will never work because your old self is going to keep you stuck, because that's what's known.

Speaker 1: 53:38

Yeah, you got to. You got to radical. You do have to make radical changes. And I think you're right. I don't, I don't know, I don't know if people can make these changes without that, without that pain, without that punch in the gut, without that absolute feeling of complete defeat. And that's that's what I've experienced in my life and that's that's what made me change.

Speaker 2: 54:06

Yeah, and I mean I have guys, business owners, who reach out to me and they want it. They're like Sean, make me suffer, like I want to feel something, like I'm just like man, I'm not the way I want to be anymore, like I need to get my ass kicked. I need to remember what it was like to feel alive. They know that they're ready and they come in and we kick their ass, man, and we make them work hard. But the joy that they create in their lives by doing difficult things because, look at, discipline is an act of self love.

Speaker 2: 54:30

When you lift heavyweight in the gym, you do a run, you like change your physique, those are all acts of self love. And you, you know, you remember every moment. You didn't want it, but you did it anyways, and that changes your whole life, man. So you know, you're absolutely right. You're like people need to have tough experiences because, look at when you're put out of your comfort zone, you're forced to adapt. That's when you change and your comfort zone, when things are the way you want them to do, or like guys will try to like make it exactly how they want it to go. You're not going to fucking change because you're in your comfort zone, you don't have to evolve. But when you're out of your comfort zone, you're forced to adapt. And when you're growing and progressing in life, that's what creates fulfillment and really inner peace and joy and gratitude.

Speaker 1: 55:13

Yeah, that's right, 100%. You got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and it's really. It's really that simple and it may sound cliche, but at the end of the day, that is what makes changes, that's what shifts your mindset. And look, we may have offended some people today and it really doesn't matter, because maybe, just maybe, this conversation has sparked that in someone's brain and, worst case scenario, if it hasn't completely sparked it in your brain and you're not preparing for tomorrow, then guess what? You're going to leave your information. You could join your group, because what are they going to get if they join your group? Right, they're going to get all of these things Mindset. Yeah, go for it.

Speaker 2: 56:00

Well, yeah, and the thing is, anytime we're offended, anytime we're offended. If someone said, hey, sean, you're a fat ass, I wouldn't take offense to that because it's not true, like I'm not. What if I was self-cultivated Pons, just about something? Someone said something that triggered me. I have to look at myself and go why did that get me feeling? That's the type of way it's always something about ourselves.

Speaker 2: 56:27

If you're triggered on this podcast, good, you have changes you need to make Now. First step is being honest with yourself. Second step is action. When you take action, you need to have the right plan. You need to have accountability and support, because trying to do it alone with all the shit you're going on is really hard. When guys sign up with me, we have an app Every day. On the app, we structure things that they follow and they check those boxes Workouts, nutrition, drinking gallons of water, whatever it is that you need to do to self-optimize. We track it in the app. That's how we have the data to really hold you accountable and make sure you're progressing and getting the results.

Speaker 2: 56:59

Any of daily check-ins from us, weekly coaching calls it's a whole community of guys in the trades, guys in sales, guys who are, and the coolest thing is, all these guys have stuff in common, so they relate to each other and they're all on a similar mission, so they support and motivate each other. I mean, every day in the chat there's tons of messages, pictures, comments, like these guys are on fire because they're doing it together, they're not alone and they have a plan that actually works. So if you're somebody that's ready to change, shoot me a message. Man, we'll have a conversation. First, I like to really get to know all my guys. I'm not just here to collect the dollar. I want to build a brotherhood. I'm on a mission to build a movement, and I can only do that with the right people. But, man, I want to support everyone to be their best selves. That's what I'm all about.

Speaker 1: 57:42

That's right. But you know, and if you look, even if you're not totally committed, you should reach out to Sean, have a conversation, because you never know what might you know, what can transpire from that conversation. I know many a times I didn't anticipate a specific conversation or this thing to come out of a conversation. And because I was willing to have that conversation, because I was willing to do some more research, willing to have, you know, dig a little bit deeper, something shifted, and that willingness is the most important thing. Just be willing to, you know, just to have a conversation about it, because, hell, what's the worst thing that can happen? You can always go back to being a fat ass, always.

Speaker 2: 58:32

Yeah, or you know, a lot of times guys will watch my content for like six months before they reach out Because I get it. You want to make sure I'm who I say. I am who I appear to be. There's a lot of fake motherfuckers on social media and I get that. You'll see, if you follow me every day, how I really live, with my family, with my coaching clients, traveling, speaking like. You'll see what I really do. So I'd recommend do that first. Sean Michael Crane S-E-A-N on Facebook and Sean Crane, official on Instagram S-E-A-N is how I spell my name.

Speaker 2: 59:05

Follow me for a while. Shoot me a message. Let's connect. I want to build real relationships with real people. Like that's my goal, you know, and I want to build, you know, a bigger and bigger following so I can help more and more people. But shoot me a message if you want to talk. Follow the content. I'll follow you back. Let's build some real relationships and let's lead the charge man. We need solid men leading this charge into this next, you know, year and decade of life in America, right, so that we can set the future generation up to be good, solid human beings. There's a lot of bullshit going on. We need to set the example.

Speaker 1: 59:37

Yeah, and you know and I'll say this last thing, sean, like I know you know you know I've had several conversations about various things and like I know you know your shit right, I don't think I've ever had anybody on here where I was going to release two parts to a two different podcast, not back to back. But I really think what you bring to the table is so vital and so important. Expect to people in the trades for sure, really to anybody. But let's just focus on those guys. Like I know you live what you say. You live because we've talked and I know you know I don't bring people on here that I haven't checked out, that I haven't vetted through various ways, and so I would encourage anybody listening go reach out to Sean, have a conversation with him. Worst thing that can happen is you might you know, you may just have a good conversation, but the best thing that could happen is you could change your fucking life.

Speaker 2: 1:00:31

Yeah, and on the last thing I want to say to you while being Tampa in March the moving Titan retreat. So it's for guys who own moving companies, but it's also for anybody in the trades, because Tommy Mello, speaking, and the Elliot and myself, that'd be a badass event to attend. I'm going to host a mastermind there too. So the day after the event I already have this big bitch in pad we rented out. We're going to have a bunch of guys who want to network, who want to learn, who want to grow. You're all welcome to come to it. Just shoot me a message, I'll give you the info and we can go from there. But like, that's cool too. I know a lot of these guys are busy. You're running companies, you're working hard, but getting to be around other business owners and networking and seeing how other people operate, that's so important Because in order to really change, we need new information, we need new environments and new ways of doing things, and so oftentimes, seeing how certain people operate and how they live their lives, it gives us ideas Instead of just living in our own bubble doing the same thing over and, over and over.

Speaker 2: 1:01:24

If you're not living a 10 out of 10 life, I'd highly suggest you start getting around to different people and just educate yourself a little bit so important. It's something I'm always doing. I want to be a student of life till the day I die. I have mentors. I always have coaches. I'm always learning because I want to grow. I want to be the best every day. I don't know it all. I don't know a lot actually. I just figured some stuff out through life experience, but I'm a work in progress. Anybody that I talk to I tell man, I haven't figured this shit out. I'm just doing the best I can every day. These are the things I figured out that were working really well. If you try them, I bet you're going to work for you too, and I'm going to continue to grow and learn every step of the way till I die.

Speaker 1: 1:02:00

Hell yeah, appreciate you, my friend.

Speaker 2: 1:02:02

Likewise man, you too.