– And we’re live.
Welcome everybody to another YouTube hangout.
Excited to be back with an old friend.
He’s been on before.
Crushed it.
You guys loved him, Peter Voogd, he is the bestselling
author, talking about how to make six figures in six months,
that was the topic of our last hangout about a year ago.
And today we’re going to talk about an important problem
that a lot of entrepreneurs face, about how to master
the art of productivity.
I’m wearing his shirt because I loved it so much
last time, he shipped me one.
So, Become Legendary.
Peter, welcome back, man.
– Thank you.
The shirt looks amazing.
I compliment it.
It fits well, so I’m glad you like it, and we’re all
trying to become legendary, so thanks for the support, man.
– I love it.
So for people who aren’t familiar, it’s maybe their first
exposure to you, just give a quick intro on who
Peter Voogd is all about.
– Yeah, I mean, I’m honestly someone that’s really
dedicated to serving and helping entrepreneurs.
I started my first business when I was 15,
doing eBay, and was able to build a team that way
and take advantage of buying and selling and the internet
and leveraged technology, and once I saw a piece of that,
Evan, at a young age, and saw that I could make money
on my terms, I really didn’t want to get a normal job.
I tried it.
I couldn’t stand it, and I never got
a normal job after that.
Was able to get into sales and got into a international
wholesale company, was able to work my way up there.
I was able to train almost 6,000 sales rep and to be
a manager, and I wanted to build my own organization,
and that’s where the failure came in, where I thought
because I had succeeded, it was easy to motivate others.
Succeeding yourself and then motivating others
is two different ballgames.
So I had to go through a lot of failure
because I wasn’t a good leader.
I was trying to develop myself, so I went dead broke.
All my savings went out the window.
I didn’t have enough money to go through the drive-through,
and I had to build from scratch.
So when I was 21, 22, I
was literally frustrated, discouraged, and overwhelmed,
and I finally turned my mindset around, and I got a mentor.
I invested in myself, and through a framework, that I talked
on the other video, I was able to get
to that six-figure mark.
And I left the six-figure job making close
to three hundred grand as a 22-year-old, very comfortable.
I had the team delegated.
I had a lot of free time, but my mission was growing.
So then I started Game Changers Academy.
I started Game Changers Incorporated, and I had my books
come out, and everything I’ve done since has just been
focused on helping entrepreneurs thrive,
because I see so much BS out there.
I wanted to give people a very proven, tactical,
real-world blueprint on how to be successful.
So now I’ve done six figures in six months
in seven different industries.
I’ve been able to travel the world speaking.
I was just in Dubai speaking, so I just love what I do, man.
But I’ve literally failed my way to success.
I want people to know that.
I’ve had a lot of failures as well.
– There’s that patented Peter Voogd energy.
I love it, man.
– Ah, I’m always fired up.
Let’s go!
– Let’s talk about the subject, productivity.
I mean, entrepreneurs, we’re doing everything.
We’re the CEO to the janitor, you know,
there’s no free time.
What are your thoughts?
What are your suggestions?
How do we master the art?
– Yeah, so, here’s the deal.
I was the worst at time management and productivity
at the beginning, which is why I am good at it now,
because I was so bad.
I would work 40, 50 hours a week
and I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.
I felt like I was always busy and people say,
well, if you’re not getting the results, work more.
So I worked up to 80 hours a week,
and still was not getting results.
So I had to figure out why I wasn’t getting results.
So I read every time management book I could.
I hired a time management, someone just for helping
me with time management, and slowly but surely,
I was able to figure out a system and a proven program
that I coined in the last couple years
on how to help me be more productive.
And I felt like I was working all the time.
I felt like my business was running me.
I felt like my to-do list was always growing.
I was overwhelmed with information,
and I felt like no matter what I was doing,
I was just maintaining my business.
So I think the importance of productivity is astronomical,
and I think people need to understand that they have
to be disciplined and strategic
instead of working all the time.
So you have to ask yourselves these questions
that I asked myself, and then we can dive into the tactics.
And I’d love to hear you, as well, kind of vibe in with me,
because you’re amazing at productivity.
You getting a lot of big things done,
but you also have an exceptional lifestyle, too.
So how can we improve productivity when we’re
already working at max capacity?
That was my problem.
I wanted to improve my productivity and time management,
but I was maxed out.
So I was thinking how can I improve when I have
no free time, but that’s the reason why
I needed to focus on time management.
How can we take more time off to get energy and creativity
when we have so much to do, right?
How do we deal with all these distractions?
How do we systemize productivity and create result
rituals to help with the most important goals?
And how do you figure out your highest value,
highest leverage activities?
And these are the questions I asked.
So I created a framework and a
blueprint that I’ve done.
We can dive into that, but I think there’s different
definitions of productivity.
I think if you talk to 10 entrepreneurs,
there’s probably going to be 10 different definitions, right?
I think productivity’s a couple things.
One, it’s a productive life that’s focused on
and committed to producing and progressing
towards your ideal vision.
And I also think it’s the use of your time, energy,
intelligence and resources in a manner calculated
to move you closer to meaningful goals.
And productivity isn’t just results in getting things done.
It’s about creating free time for your family,
doing what you want, and having
100% control over your future.
I don’t think it’s about doing more faster,
it’s about doing the right things deliberately.
So the importance is amazing, man, and I just wanted
to talk about it because I get this all the time.
How do I be more productive?
I feel like I’m capped out.
And I see a lot of CEOs and a lot of entrepreneurs
that are crushing it in the business world,
but they don’t know their kids.
And I don’t think that’s a game changer at all.
Like if you don’t know your family and you’re so busy
you can’t do things you love, because when you get
to the end of your life, you’re not going to look back
and wish you had more transactions.
You’re going to wish that you spent more time
with those you cared about, built meaningful relationships,
and you maximized life’s experiences.
So I’m fired up, man.
I’m ready.
We could dive in, or, what are your thoughts on
how important productivity is?
– Yeah, I think you, I mean, it’s getting your work done.
You have a big goal, you have a dream, you want to have
an impact, you got to make sure that every day,
as much as possible, you’re grinding it out.
And yes, part of that is having the family life
and everybody’s idea of balance’s a little bit different,
but the key is not to have regret, that you’re not
looking back and saying, “I wished I did that differently.”
– Exactly, for sure.
And that’s what I’ve tried to do, because I felt like
I was missing every family event, and the weird thing was,
here’s what was triggering me to be able
to ask these questions.
I saw people with more responsibility than me
getting more done and getting better results,
and they had more free time.
So, I’m like, there’s a problem here.
Something’s going on if they’re getting way more done
and I have worse results but I’m busy all the time.
So the first thing that I had to do, is I had to really
figure out what was killing my momentum
and what was stopping my productivity.
What were the distractions that were killing my momentum
and my getting in the zone time?
So the first question I’d ask is
what are your biggest productivity killers?
What are the things that have killed
your productivity in the past?
Because if you don’t become aware,
we have to start with the ground level here.
If you don’t become aware of where you’re wasting time,
that will always come up, month after month,
year after year.
So it can be distractions as far as social media.
I can be internet sometimes.
It can be sleeping in.
It can be people interrupting you all the time, right?
It can be lack of planning.
Maybe it’s your environment.
But I challenge people.
What are three to five productivity killers
that have been hurting you in the last,
let’s say, six months?
And I think when you do that, I think multi-tasking’s one.
I think notifications on the phone is one.
But I challenge people, what three are costing you the most?
Like, for me, I had to put my phone away,
and whenever I was writing or creating or producing,
I, a lot of times, I create a technology-free zone, Evan,
where I don’t have internet.
You ever have that where you’re working on something
and all of the sudden you’re on the internet?
And you’re like, what am I watching
these cat videos for, right?
(laughs)
Or whatever people watch.
But I was getting so distracted, so now I had to figure out
what two or three of these are costing me the most?
Another big game changer for me was
I have zero notifications on my phone.
My phone’s never on loud.
It’s always on silent, because I answer
the phone on my terms.
I have no, like, a lot of people get their dopamine
fix by, oh, pop, notification.
Oh, my gosh. That’s amazing.
We have, Twitter just gave you a message.
Oh, my gosh.
You got a message on Snapchat.
Oh, my gosh.
You got an email.
And people are always adapting and adjusting
versus taking full control of their schedule.
So that’s the first thing.
And then I would create a prevention plan
for each productivity killer, right?
So whatever is hurting your productivity,
put a prevention plan in place.
Because if you don’t have a plan to interrupt
your interruptions, your plans will always be interrupted.
So that’s the first key as well.
And do you want to just stop?
I have, like, four or five keys that are simplified
that I can go through.
Whatever you feel like you want to do.
Do you want to have a conversation about it
or me just dive in?
‘Cause I could go all day.
– I want to do both.
Like the chat is blowing up.
We’ve got questions coming out of everywhere,
but I want to hear the, before we get into those,
let’s do the five and then we’ll hit up the chat.
– Perfect.
Now, how many, we have six hours today right, together?
– Yeah.
(laughs)
– I’m just kidding. But, yeah, my energy’s sky high.
I’m excited.
I have my coffee.
So the first thing, I’m going to go through five
and then I’m going to deep dive.
Simplicity.
Once you simplify your business and your life,
you have massive clarity and endless motivation.
When you have fuzzy thinking,
it’s so hard to take big action.
And complexity is the enemy of real execution.
The more complex you make something,
the less likely you are to take action, right?
That’s number one.
Number two, strategically scheduling
everything in your schedule.
Your schedule is a reflection
of your integrity and priorities.
When I see people flying by the cuff of their pants,
not strategically thinking things through, I just think
their business is going to eventually shut down,
because you can only do that so far.
You have to really be intentional.
Number three is seizing and maximizing each day.
If you don’t make the most of your days,
you’ll never have amazing weeks and months.
But if you make the most of your days,
the weeks and months take care of themselves, right?
Fourth, staying intentional.
Those who are outcome-focused and result-focused
and are intentional produce results like nobody else.
And lastly, for me, this was the big one,
your success environment and success orientation.
Most people are controlled by everything external
and they’re never fully in control
of exactly where they want to go.
But the achievers are always focused on being in control
of their agenda and not letting other people interrupt
their productivity, their mindset, their standards
and where they’re going.
So, that’s the five, so we can definitely dive in.
So, the first thing is absolute clarity.
We talked a little on the last episode that we did
on absolute clarity, but I want to dive a little bit deeper.
You have to learn how to master yourself
and know how to spark your own fire.
The more you have to count on someone else to motivate you,
the less money you’ll make and the less effective you’ll be.
So learn how to master yourself, how to spark your own fire.
And how I did that was I put my plan, I put my vision,
I put my values and my reasons and my goals, on one page.
Whew, and I, literally, Evan, I have
this is from 2015, but I…
– There’s the page.
– Yeah, but I have like five or six of them
that I redo every couple months,
but it’s like I’ve done this since 2012.
I had it in the shower, above the shower.
– It’s laminated.
I love it.
– It’s laminated.
But let me tell you what’s on that page,
because it’s such a game changer for me.
First is your ideal outcome.
A lot of people don’t even know their ideal outcome
of what they want to accomplish in the next six months.
If I ask a hundred entrepreneurs, hey, what is the
ideal outcome for you and your business?
How many hours are you working?
How much money are you bringing in?
What’s your subscribers look like?
How involved are you in the business, right?
How big is your team?
What exactly are your marketing tactics?
They’re like, I have no idea.
99 out of a hundred don’t know.
So what’s your ideal outcome?
And don’t base this off your past or limitations.
Base this off what’s possible and your potential, right?
So just a simple paragraph.
What’s your ideal outcome?
I don’t really like to say vision statement,
’cause that’s over-talked about and over-played,
but I like to tell people it’s your ideal outcome.
So once you have that on top, then,
this is big, your core values.
What are most important to you in life and business?
Because you want to build a business around your values,
not settle for a business that doesn’t match your values,
because then you’re living incongruently, right?
And people do this all the time.
But in the new economy, in 2017, there’s no reason
why you can’t create and design your ideal lifestyle
or be picky and choosy with your business
because you’re becoming so valuable.
So values.
For me, it’s family, freedom, autonomy,
and then legacy and impact, even before income.
People always say, well what about income?
It’s like, yeah, that’s very important to me,
but I have leverage where I don’t need income.
So what’s cool for me is, my values are intact
to where I can say yes and no to any opportunity
that comes to me based on my values.
Like, I’ve turned down speeches, Evan,
for close to 10 grand.
One was in Chicago in January.
That’s enough to turn anything down in Chicago,
’cause it’s freezing.
Sorry to all the Chicago people.
You probably agree.
But anyways, I turn down speeches that are well-paid,
and I’ve done three speeches in the inner city
in LA for underprivileged kids.
Now if my values were number one, money,
I’d probably turn down the free speeches
and do all the paid ones,
but my value’s impact and giving back.
So you got to define what your values are.
After that, it’s your top five goals.
So what are the big five for the next six months?
And I’ll kind of run through this kind of quick,
but what are the five things that you want
to accomplish and get done in the next six months?
And then underneath that, it’s your most powerful reasons.
What are the reasons that drive you?
What are your top five most compelling reasons,
’cause this is the fuel that gets you
to take action on the top five.
So what are your five biggest reasons?
You might have to write down like 20 or 30 and simplify
to get to the ones that mean something,
but if you don’t have, if you’re not waking up
at four or five in the morning fired up and excited,
your reasons aren’t strong enough.
I’m serious.
So get some strong reasons of why
you want to do what you do.
And lastly, what’s your one key skill or one key habit
that’s most relevant to your six-month vision
that you’re going to focus on for the next
month or two until it’s mastered?
You see, one big part of productivity, Evan,
is focusing on mastery versus overload.
There’s so much information.
There’s all this technology.
There’s podcasts, YouTube, audios, videos, books,
trainings, seminars, and a lot of entrepreneurs
use it as a cop out, to where they’re like,
oh, I want to keep learning and growing,
and instead of executing on what they already know,
they want to learn more, and say,
well, I’m still studying.
No, no, no.
You need to execute and get addicted to outcomes,
not just information.
So now you measure everything you’re studying
against this one-page productivity plan,
and if you do that, it gives you so much clarity.
Now the goal is to let your vision guide you,
not your current circumstances, right?
So that’s the first thing, is just simplifying.
Do you have any questions or do you want me to answer
any of the subscribers’ or fans’ questions,
I’d be happy to.
– Yeah, let’s do it.
First off, loved all the value, man, it’s great.
You’re just firin’ it at us.
I love it.
I’m trying to keep track of all the comments.
It’s nuts with all the questions coming in.
– Give me the weirdest one.
I’m just kidding.
– The weirdest one?
Um. The weirdest one.
– Don’t.
It’s going to be way too weird.
– Okay, you know what?
Actually, people want to know exactly
what time we wake up.
– Oooh. Good question.
So, here’s the, I used to be obsessed with the exact time.
When you’re in a successful state of mind, I’ve been around,
I’ve been very fortunate to be around a lot of seven,
eight, nine figure earners, very, very successful people.
I was with Ryan Blair at his house two days ago.
Do you know Ryan?
I think you did a… – Yeah.
Yeah, and he sold a company for 782 million dollars.
That, I can’t conceptualize that,
selling a company and getting that much, but I noticed,
and I noticed from a lot of people,
it’s not about exactly when you wake up.
It’s about what you do when you’re awake
and how productive you are.
So for me it’s different.
If I’m traveling and speaking, I’ll wake up
at different times, but in my sacrifice stages,
like when I was in my early, early 20s,
I wouldn’t get much sleep.
I’d get five, five-and-a-half, six hours,
because I’d be hustling and grinding, sacrificing.
Now that I’ve built the foundation,
I like to get seven to eight hours.
You ask me five, six years ago, I would say,
you don’t need eight hours, you’re a hustler.
You need four hours.
Forget sleep.
That’s just not smart, ’cause productivity,
you need to have the right sleep.
But it depends on what stage you’re at.
And to be honest, figure out when you’re in the zone
and when you’re most creative
and when you have the most willpower.
I know people, Evan, that go to bed at two or three.
Like one of my friends who’s a recording artist,
he is the most productive from eleven to three
in the morning, and then he’ll get up at ten or eleven.
I know some people who conk out and go to bed
at nine or ten, and they’re productive from four to eight.
So it really, it’s not about exactly what time you wake up,
it’s about when you’re most effective and productive,
and delegating all your highest-value, most profit-producing
activities to that time.
So don’t get on the subject of what time,
get on the subject of what you’re doing
and is that your most productive hours?
Good question, though.
And that’s changed.
That would’ve been a different answer years ago.
– Yeah, and parenthood changes that, too, as well.
– Exactly.
I don’t want to know about that yet.
– For me, usually I start to get ready for bed
around eleven, and then I’ll read in bed
and hang out with the wife,
and then kind of asleep by midnight,
and then awake at seven-something, typically.
– Let me ask you this.
When do you feel like, out of the 24 hours in a day,
when do you feel like your most productive
three or four hours are, where you’re like super
in the zone and hyper-focused?
Is it like, morning, evening, what do you think?
– My default would be evening,
but after my morning routine, and I love what you,
what did you say last time?
You had like a champion’s routine or something,
what did you call it?
– Prizefighter routine.
– Prizefighter routine, it was great.
I like that. – In the morning, yeah.
After I go to my morning routine, I’m set.
So after I do all that stuff, then I’m set
for whatever I’m going to do next.
– That’s my productive time, too.
It’s right after my morning routine.
I have the most adrenaline, the most energy.
I’m in the right state of mind, so that’s where I place
my highest-value activities, is that first 60 minutes
after my morning routine, so I love it.
We’re pretty similar in that sense.
So you want to? – Okay, let’s see what’s…
Oh, go ahead.
– No, let’s see what’s next.
It’s like the questions are coming in,
and we answered one, Peter, so we got to be productive.
– I’ll probably answer a lot of them in the next
couple tips, but we can keep answering.
– A lot of them you have already covered in the tips
as well, but I think you could go a little
deeper with some of them. – Okay, cool.
People, well, okay, so one person’s asking,
how do you get in the zone so you can be the
Michael Jordan of productivity?
What do you do to get in the zone?
– Okay, we’re going to talk about that.
It’s a good question.
But, I can dive in, but let me wait for the
third tip, but it’s a very good question,
and it’s very important to get yourself in the zone,
because when you’re in the zone,
you’re three times more productive, right?
So the second part of my five tips
dives into how this happens.
So number two is strategically scheduling everything.
When you get everything out of your head,
and you put it on paper and you delegate and sell
yourself on what you’re doing and what you shouldn’t do,
that’s when you start getting
more motivation to follow through.
So you have to have a seven-day review.
You have to think about, in the last seven days,
how your week was, what you did well,
what you didn’t do well.
When were you in the zone?
When were you distracted?
When were you at your best?
I always, every single week of every year
in the last three years, I’ve planned my weeks.
It’s a non-negotiable for me.
Because think about it, guys.
If you invest your past mistakes
into your future preparation,
you’ll never have two bad weeks.
Here’s a crazy fact that you,
you brought up Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan averaged around 30 points a game
his whole career, and whenever he had a game
that was less than 20 points, that’s not that good
for Michael Jordan, like 13, 14 points.
Whenever he had a game less than 20 points,
his next game, he averaged over 40.
Now, let me tell you what this means productivity-wise.
Michael Jordan never had two bad games in his entire career.
Never, not once. Okay?
Why?
Because when he had a bad game, what do you think he did?
Do you think he went out and drank beer?
No, he studied the game.
He studied the film.
He asked himself what he did different.
He watched the videos.
He was tough on himself.
He went back to the gym.
He worked out more.
He focused on his weaknesses to turn them into strengths.
Most entrepreneurs have a bad week,
ah, whatever, it shouldn’t happen again.
And it happens again and again.
That’s why I don’t understand how people
have bad years and then another bad year.
How is that humanly possible?
If you don’t invest your time into your mistakes
and make them better for the future.
So that’s why I get so passionate,
because you got to review your weeks.
Now, here’s what you put in your schedule first.
Everything you can’t change.
Whatever you can’t change, like business meetings,
calls with your team, maybe if you’re at a nine to five now,
you obviously can’t change that, right?
Then, you put in what are you 100%
committed to making happen no matter what.
Whether, if you’re in the stage where you’re not making
much money, it needs to be profit-producing activities.
So what are your top three profit-producing activities
that are proven to make you money?
Put that in your schedule first.
You would not believe, Evan, how many entrepreneurs
I talk to at events and at places, where they’re
walking me through everything they’re doing
for the week, and they have like a thousand things
on their agenda, but none of them make money.
Then they’re like, how do I make money?
Well, you should probably do things that make money,
because everything you’re doing is not making money.
It’s the busy work.
It’s the easy stuff.
A lot of people don’t want to do the one or two
things that will actually help them.
So for me I also add in my schedule,
who am I going to reach out to?
Who am I going to connect with that can cut my learning curve
in half, that can help me get to my goals quicker?
So put in your schedule what you’re
committed to making happen.
Put in your schedule your non-negotiables,
something you’re committed to, whether it’s your health,
maybe it’s working out four days a week, maybe it’s
alone time with you and your wife or husband
or significant other, maybe it’s getting a massage
once a week to work on your peace of mind.
I don’t know, but you got to strategically put it
in your schedule, because the trick to productivity
and to get in the zone is deciding what you’re
going to work on at some point other than in the moment,
and then practicing the high-value work over and over
’til it’s habitual and automatic.
So, as far as number three, and I’m going to answer
that question, “How do you get in the zone?”
Here’s exactly how I get in the zone,
and Evan already hit on it.
It’s the prizefighter routine, but it’s understanding
about how to seize each day.
You only get each day.
Like, maximize your 24 hours, and the rest of your life
will take care of itself if you understand this.
So the first thing is you have to get clear on what
morning routine is most effective for you.
You don’t need to have 10 steps to a morning routine.
You don’t need that.
You just want to focus on the outcome.
What’s the purpose of a morning routine?
There’s two things.
One, confidence, make sure you’re in a confident
and a courageous state of mind.
So whatever you have to do to get in the right
state of mind, whether it’s working out, reading a book,
writing in your journal, meditating, I mean there’s
a thousand things you could do in the morning,
and if you talk to 10 entrepreneurs,
all their routines are different.
Mine’s different than Evan’s, but the reality is,
it gets us in the zone when we start our day,
so they’re both correct.
So the first thing is get yourself in a better
state of mind, and the second thing is having intention
and making sure you know exactly what you’re doing
that day and you put your activities in order
highest value first, okay?
That’s the purpose of a morning routine.
Next, I visualize and I define my perfect day.
This sounded corny when I first heard it, just being honest.
I was like, I’m not going to visualize my perfect day.
That sounds horrible, that’s a waste of time.
But then I actually did it.
It’s one thing to say something’s a waste of time,
it’s another thing to actually do it.
I visualize, I think about my ideal outcome,
how I’m going to feel at the end of the day,
what my ideal day looks like, and, man,
it gets me so focused and excited to complete that day.
And then I ask myself three questions, and this is all,
guys, 30 to 45 minutes.
What am I most excited about for the day?
And if you don’t have anything
that you’re excited about, create something.
What am I extremely grateful for?
It’s impossible to be frustrated when you’re grateful,
by the way, so I always get grateful
so I’m not frustrated or discouraged.
And then what am I 100% committed to make happen?
And once I do that, I finally have clarity for my day,
and then it’s the 60, 20, 60, where it’s 60 minutes
no interruptions, no distractions, straight focus
on my highest-value activity, whether it’s writing
in my book, creating something for my mix tape
for one of my programs, whatever it is.
Straight focus for 60 minutes.
Then I take a 15, 20 minute break.
I either go walk around the block, shoot some hoops
down the street, I watch a YouTube video.
You got to do something unrelated, but the reality is here,
you ought to get out of that state of mind,
and then when you’re back for the next 60 minute block,
now you want to make sure you’re fully focused again
in a new state of mind and then sell yourself
on the activity that you’re doing.
Sell yourself on whatever you have planned.
If you’re not sold on the activity at hand,
that’s when people procrastinate.
You will never procrastinate if you fully sell yourself
on why you’re doing what you’re doing.
If you don’t feel like doing something, Evan,
maybe this video or whatever, I almost guarantee it,
you think about why you’re doing it.
You don’t care how you feel in the moment
because you’re doing it for you, for your legacy,
for your family, to have freedom,
for income, peace of mind.
So if it’s sold, you’re like, it doesn’t matter
how I feel, I’m doing it.
But a lot of people don’t sell themselves
on what they’re doing.
And they’re not really sold on it,
they’re kind of doing it half-ass,
so that’s when they procrastinate and procrastinate.
So if you want to get in the zone,
you got to sell yourself on everything you’re doing
and you need to make sure you get in the right state of mind
before you take something on.
And how you get in the zone is you work
straight for 20, 23 minutes.
That’s how you get in the zone.
Most people, before they even get to 20 minutes,
they’re distracted, and it takes 20 minutes to get back
in the zone, so they’re never actually in the zone,
because they’re always distracted.
They’re going from distraction to distraction,
versus from in the zone to in the zone.
So hopefully that answered some of the questions,
but this is something you can tell I’m very passionate
about because I see people wasting their lives
because they’re not taking the time to be disciplined.
Instead, they’re working all the time.
So I could go on for a long time.
Any other questions?
– Dude, it’s blowing up!
It’s crazy!
Any other questions.
– I appreciate you guys, by the way.
– It’s like it’s off the page, man.
I have to pick which ones come up.
Uh, okay. This is interesting.
Esther.
Esther is saying, how do you, this is about execution.
How do you lose the fear/insecurity so that you
can go out and execute?
– Yeah. Couple things.
One, you have to be around, and I’ve gone through this.
You have to be around, the reason people don’t execute
sometimes, Evan, is they don’t have certainty
that it’s going to work.
That’s why a lot of people love the nine to five,
because there’s certainty.
I’m going to get paid.
It’s certain, right?
In entrepreneurship, there’s no certainty.
So you have to increase your certainty by a couple things.
When your certainty’s increased, like if I told you, Evan,
when you started, hey, when you do this YouTube thing,
you will get two thousand subscribers a day.
You’re going to have a million subscribers
in exactly this time.
You’re going to have this, this, this.
This is the money coming in.
You’d be like, oh, my God, that’s easier.
But when you first started, you didn’t have that certainty.
You had to create the certainty by getting the results.
So here’s a couple things that you can do to increase
your certainty, which then increases
your chances of execution.
One, do your due diligence, okay?
Do the research on what industry you’re in
or what you’re working on to make sure you have
the best information to follow.
Two, get around other people that are executors.
A lot of people that aren’t executing,
every single person, and this is done
with a lot of study and me just dealing
with a lot of entrepreneurs in person.
A lot of people that aren’t executing,
the five people they’re around the most,
they don’t execute either.
So if you’re around other executors,
other people taking big action,
other people thinking bigger,
it’s a lot easier for you to execute, right?
And then three, like I just said.
You might have already got the answer.
Sell yourself before you start taking that action.
So if it’s like, okay, you want to…
For me, I’ll tell ya.
My book, Six Months to Six Figures, I’m so blessed
it’s sold close to 200,000 copies.
It’s gone crazy, right?
I didn’t expect that.
When I was writing the book, it was hell.
A, you don’t get paid for writing a book until way later.
B, it’s hard.
C, I’m like type A, I’m freaking out, I’m jumping.
I did like 30 pushups before this
interview to get fired up.
But the reality is, I had to sell myself a thousand times.
That’s the only reason I got it done and executed.
I said, you know, I just got to visualize how it’s going to
feel to get this book done, to get this book
in someone’s hands, and I just kept thinking
about people saying, your book changed my life.
Because of your book, I did not give up,
I didn’t commit suicide, all these things.
That drove me, and I couldn’t stop the book
when I thought about that.
But most people think about what they have to do
versus what they want.
So don’t think about all you have to do.
Think about what you want and your ideal outcome,
and it’s just little bits and pieces.
Take a little more action than the day before.
Take a little more action the next day than today.
Take a little more action in two days than tomorrow.
And if you can do that, mixed with doing your due diligence,
getting around higher-level people, and making
the tougher decisions in the moments, it’s going to
give you the confidence to be able to take bigger action.
But sometimes people that don’t take action,
they’re just too, there’s too much noise in their head.
So try and simplify on what you’re doing and why,
and hopefully that helps, ’cause that’s helped me.
Good question.
Really good question.
– I love it.
Marcus is asking, do you guys have
an accountability person?
How do you keep yourselves accountable?
– Yeah, so starting out, I did.
But I think when you reach a certain level,
you don’t really need one because your habits take over.
People think inspiration is what they need.
Inspiration is very short-lived and short term,
and eventually, like when you go to a seminar, Evan.
Not you, in general, but when people go to seminars,
they pay five grand to go to the seminar.
After the seminar, and they’re fired up and excited.
They’re motivated.
Two weeks later, they’re back to their old habits,
and they wasted that money.
So that’s why you have to put habits in place
versus just inspiration.
So I definitely recommend having an accountability
partner, but it has to be someone that challenges you,
that makes you think bigger, that has the results you want,
that won’t let you off the hook.
‘Cause there’s two types of people, those who
make you think bigger, and those who let you off the hook.
And most people are hanging out with people who let
them off the hook to make them feel better in the moment,
but you want to start doing things now that your future self
will thank you for, right?
So I’d strongly agree.
I don’t have one.
So here’s the difference.
I have a lot of friends right now
that are doing amazing things.
Like my boy Gerard Adams, some of you guys may know.
He just sold Elite Daily for 50 million.
He’s a little older than me.
So I’m around a lot of people that are doing big things.
That’s enough accountability for me,
is just being around game changers, right?
So either be around high-level people,
or find someone in an accountability group
that challenges you, that makes you think bigger,
that you know will hold you to high standards.
Good question.
– Yeah, I mean, I agree.
I think I’ve never.
Have I never?
I have a mastermind group.
I don’t use it for accountability, mostly because
my own standards are higher than anybody’s on me.
And that’s the thing, right?
You get to the point, I think that’s the bigger work,
is having such high standards for yourself
that I’m not going to do it because Joey
is going to tell me to do it.
I’m going to do it because… – That’s the next level.
I’m going to be pissed at myself if I don’t do it.
My expectations for myself are way higher
than what Joey thinks I’m going to do,
and I think that’s the bigger work.
I think yeah, at the beginning, maybe having people
to push each other and to Peter’s point about being
around people who are doing great things,
that could rub off on you, as well.
Or watching videos, like why I make my channel,
have a little famous entrepreneurs.
I watched Elon Musk hitting it hard,
I feel, I got to do a little more,
I got to push a little harder,
but, yeah, I think that’s really the bigger game, guys,
if you could have your standards be higher.
– And exactly what I meant by that!
When you level up, you don’t need other people
to tell you to go to work, to take action.
You don’t need permission.
It’s all on you, right?
But for you, Evan, how many people,
obviously you haven’t counted.
How many people have said in the comments,
you changed my life?
– Oh, every day.
It’s every day.
– So that keeps you going.
When you have a vision bigger than yourself,
when you’re impacting the world, I mean,
look at the people behind you.
They all impacted the world.
They were not on themselves.
It’s called being on purpose and off yourself.
For me, I don’t care how I feel anymore.
I don’t care if it’s five o’clock and I’m tired,
I’m not doing it for me.
I’m doing it for all the people
that I inspire and impact.
That’s why I do what I do, so at a certain level,
I don’t need accountability because it’s not about me.
It’s about those I inspire ’cause I want to make a mark
in this generation and impact people and shift our culture.
And like you’re doing as well, impacting hundreds
of thousands of people, you don’t need accountability.
So, yes, you want something at the beginning,
but you want to be so driven and so focused
and have such high standards, you really don’t need that.
Good point.
– Peter, Peter.
We’re already in the tens of millions of people, bro.
Tens of millions of people.
– Tens of millions, my bad.
I forgot how much of a savage you are.
– And so this is an interesting one now, about mindset.
Omar is asking, how do you stay optimistic all the time?
– That’s just my DNA.
I mean, I’ve tried both.
I’ve tried being a pessimist and an optimist,
and optimism just works way better.
It takes the same energy to be negative or positive,
so I’m just positive.
I just expect, so here’s the key.
These questions are bringing out some excitement in me.
I haven’t got asked some of these in a long time.
Here’s the key.
When you’re expecting, I expect the best,
but I don’t get addicted to the result.
Because if you get addicted to the result you want,
it’s never going to happen the way you want it.
So I am just focused on doing everything I can,
focusing on the process and the journey.
I focus on doing what I’m supposed to do
and what I say I’m going to do every day.
I focus on the process,
and the results take care of themselves.
So I’m expecting the best.
If the best doesn’t come, I adapt and adjust and keep going.
So why I’m optimistic versus pessimistic
is because every single successful person
I’m around every day is optimistic.
Every person that’s broke and frustrated and talkin’ shit
online or being a negative hater, like, it’s going to be funny.
We should look below after this,
see if there’s any little haters.
I don’t think Peter’s telling the truth.
I don’t think Evan’s the real deal.
It’d be funny to see if there’s any haters
hating from their mom’s basement.
But the reality is, I’ve actually never met someone
that’s not successful that is negative.
So everyone that’s successful that I meet is optimistic,
so I’ve just kind of copied and been around those people,
and I’ve seen it work.
And I’ve seen most people that are negative and pessimistic
not have the results.
So I just chose to be positive.
It’s just a choice that I made, and that’s really it.
It’s just a choice, based on what I’ve seen.
– Yeah, I think doing the work that you love,
like to enjoy the process, not be addicted to the outcome,
you got to actually enjoy the process, right?
Like doing the work that you love.
If you’re doing work that you love,
and not every day is amazing as an entrepreneur.
You’re going to have a lot of down days, you know,
life’s going to hit you in the face really hard a lot of times,
but net-net, you like doing the work that you’re doing.
You’re not doing it just trying to make money
or get somebody’s approval.
You’re doing it ’cause you enjoy doing the work.
I’ve done four thousand-something YouTube videos
because I love making them.
I like it.
I love making the videos.
I love doing these interviews.
You know, I love doing it whether it’s having Peter
on and he’s crushing it, or it’s on my other channel
where it’s a brand new person who’s just getting started.
I like the process, and I think if you enjoy the work
that you’re doing, you’re going to naturally
be more optimistic.
– Hundred percent.
Quick recovery, short celebrations, guys.
When something doesn’t happen your way, recover quick.
If something happens amazing, get excited for a second,
and keep pushing forward.
Don’t get too excited about the positives,
and don’t get too down about the negatives.
Keep an even keel when you’re going
through entrepreneurship.
– Let me ask you this, because I don’t celebrate.
It’s like five seconds and then we’re moving on.
How much do you celebrate?
– Yeah, same thing.
It’s the trait of an achiever.
I’m not doing it for celebrations,
I’m doing it for the long-term game.
So I’m the same.
To be honest, my wife and some of my friends,
I’m pretty tough on myself.
Actually, a lot.
My standards are so high, they have to tell me,
Peter, chill out.
Like, you just did a great job.
You just did this speech that was
in front of three thousand people.
It’s amazing.
Yeah, I know, but I got to do this and this and this.
You just did this course, eleven thousand people
checked it out, so I don’t celebrate a lot
because I’m focused on what’s next.
So I think I do need to take a step back,
take a deep breath, and be proud a little bit.
But, yeah, I think that’s an achiever thing, man,
’cause I’m the same way as you.
Did anyone tell you you got to appreciate where
you’ve came from and enjoy it? Or?
– Well, so I have a ton of gratitude
for where I’m at, right?
Like, if it all went away, I’m so appreciative
for what I have, but I don’t celebrate enough,
and it’s something that’s on my mind, not so much
for myself, but for the team.
So I hit half a million subscribers, my wife’s like,
you got to go celebrate, and I’m like what…
– Wives are always so positive.
– Yeah, I went, like I took 20 minutes and walked
to the local donut shop and bought a donut
and came back and I ate it, and was like, okay.
– That is not really your celebration.
– That was, man.
It’s like, that’s not enough.
I want to work!
I was like, 20 minutes, that’s wasted time.
But I did it ’cause my wife suggested it,
and I’m hoping that, I’ll try something once.
I’ll try it.
And maybe I need to do something bigger, I don’t know.
It just felt like a waste of time, and so, for me,
I don’t need to celebrate, but I feel like
it actually hurts the team.
I feel like the team likes a celebration
and that I would be a better leader
if I celebrated more, or let them celebrate more,
so we can hit the next thing.
I don’t know, I feel like it’s a little piece missing.
I don’t need it personally, but for the team it’s important.
– Yeah, I agree.
I think making your team feel exceptional and making sure
that you let them know, hey, guys, I’m focused
on the long-term vision for us, but I really need
your help to make sure we continue hitting these goals.
I want to go through, like every week maybe going through
the goals they hit or the goals that you guys are achieving
and making them feel amazing.
I think that’s huge.
But, yeah, I’ve done that.
I’ve ran a pretty big sales team, and I think a lot
of the legendary entrepreneurs, if you stop and celebrate,
and you rest on your morals, I think it’s harder
to create the next thing or build more success.
Because when Steve Jobs made an iPhone,
he wasn’t like, oh, my God, this is it.
I have the iPhone.
What’s next? What’s next?
What’s next? What’s next?
Let’s continue changing lives.
Let’s continue impacting the world.
So I commend you, because I know you’re an achiever,
and I can relate, but yeah, my celebrations, too, Evan,
I travel three weeks out of the month.
I travel quite a bit across the world,
so that’s kind of my, I work sometimes while I travel,
which is why I became an entrepreneur,
but that’s kind of my celebration, is traveling
and seeing new cultures and experiences and stuff like that.
But I love workin’, man.
I’m addicted to the grind.
– I turn down most speaking things
because if it’s a week away, that’s so much
opportunity cost lost of what I’m going to do here.
I did a thing in Madrid last year where I was helping
librarians and it was like all the heads of the libraries
in the world came together to this event,
and they wanted to know how to stay relevant.
So I’m speaking to them about how to stay relevant.
– Wow, that’s kind of cool.
– So that’s actually a cool cause, I’m willing to go,
but when I’m in Madrid, I’m not touring.
It’s like, I don’t want to do sightseeing.
I want to deliver mad value to these librarians
and crush it, and then make videos for my channel
and catch up on work and maybe meet some local fans,
but I’m not out sightseeing and trying restaurants
and I don’t know.
– But you got to realize that’s why you’re living
your life on your terms, and that’s why people
respect and look up to you and why you have
five hundred thousand subscribers.
Most people are the opposite.
They want to speak real quick,
then they want to go and enjoy everything.
And most people are trying to enjoy all these experiences,
before they really deserve it or put the grind in.
So, you already know that, but that’s why you’re
doing what you’re doing and why you’re crushing it.
You know what I mean?
‘Cause you’re addicted to giving value.
Most people are addicted to instant pleasure
versus giving value, so people need to switch
their priorities and get in check.
– I like it.
– I love our conversations.
We could talk for hours, man.
You want to try and all-day marathon?
(laughs)
– All day marathon, dude.
That’d be massive productivity for everybody here.
– Not us, but everyone else.
– Man, there’s tons of questions.
Let me see what’s one that we haven’t gone over?
Okay, so Joshua’s writing, I struggle to wake up
every day, and what advice do we have?
His work’s being affected, he feels like he’s lazy.
Somebody who, like, they watch this, right?
Everything’s on fire, I love Peter.
Man, dude blew my mind.
I’m going to go crazy tonight, and they’re insanely productive,
and then tomorrow morning, I don’t want to get out of bed.
– Yep. I got a thought.
It’s funny, every single question I’m getting,
I’ve actually personally been through that.
Been in ruts, been in struggles.
So a couple thoughts.
One, it’s okay.
Be okay with that, but then realize that you’re one decision
away from changing it, and whatever you’re doing now
is 10 times worse in the future.
If someone is lazy now, they’re 10 times
lazier in the future.
If someone cuts corners now, they’re 10 times worse.
If someone lies or exaggerates now,
(cuts out)
in the future.
That’s why you got to be super aware of your habits
and subconscious, who you’re becoming.
First thought.
Most people go to bed tired.
If you go to bed tired, you will wake up tired
100% of the time.
Flip that.
For me, I go to bed fired up and excited.
That’s hard to believe, right Evan?
I go to bed fired up and excited.
So when I go to bed, I’m very grateful.
I say thank you whatever higher power you believe in
for this six hours of sleep I’m getting.
When I wake up, I’m going to be energized, juiced,
fired up and excited, and I go to bed grateful
and I go to bed happy, right?
Now, it’s a mind game you play.
In the morning when I wake up, I still aren’t
always excited, but I have a game.
Most people sleep in.
I’m not most people.
Most people make excuses.
I’m not most people.
You have this one-on-one conversation with your head,
and then, you go from zero to 10.
So when you first wake up, you’re a zero.
You have to do little things that get you from a one
to a three to a five, and this has worked
for me 100% of the time.
So, first my alarm is out away from my bed,
so when I’m dead tired, my alarm is so annoying,
it’s so loud, I have to get up to actually turn it off.
So now I’m a zero, now I’m like a two, right?
And then I go brush my teeth or I drink a ton of water.
Now I’m from a two to a three or four, right?
And then, for me, I’ll do push ups.
I’ll listen to my favorite song.
It’s a habit now, so I don’t need to do this,
but when I was struggling, I would do something
that got me from a three to a five.
So do something in the morning right when you wake up
that gets you a little bit more awake, and then do
something else, maybe it’s do 10 pushups.
And then, look at some statements or some quotes
that fire you up, and then drink a ton of water,
brush your teeth, maybe walk downstairs
and start working out or go to the gym.
And then you’re going to be a seven or eight,
and then you’re not going back to bed.
So I would sell yourself on why you do want to get up early.
I would tell yourself the night before that you’re
going to be fired up, and then I would also, right when
you wake up, have some rituals in place that get you
from a zero to a two to a five to a seven.
And do that for seven to 14 days, then your habits
will take over your mind and you’ll be good.
So that’s my thoughts, and it’s worked for me many times.
– Yeah, I’ve never had a problem sleeping in.
I never press the snooze button.
– Awesome. Never.
– I think it’s not even discipline.
If you wake, if you’re doing work that you want to do,
that you’re excited to get up and do, you want to…
Like for me, at night, I have to shut my brain off
’cause I’m so, like here are 10 of the things
I want to do tomorrow, and then I don’t sleep.
And then I got to get up and start working on them,
and then it’s like four in the morning, and I got to
haul my butt to bed because I’m not going to get
a lot of sleep tonight.
– Yeah, subconsciously, you’re excited about it though.
You have all these things, like innovations,
you’re planning on how to add value, so even if you
can’t sleep, you’re fired up to get up.
All lot of times when I have the most excitement and ideas,
I’m the same way, I get up at four or five,
and I can’t go back to bed.
I can’t, because I’m fired up,
so that’s funny you said that.
So you don’t have an issue ever getting up?
– I’m okay getting up, but I don’t
wake up in peak state, either.
I’ll get up, but I may start at a five instead of being
at a 10, but I’m not at a one.
I’m not lying in bed and like snooze, snooze, snooze.
I think that if you don’t look forward to what
you’re doing, like on a Saturday, I’m not sleeping in
and snooze buttoning, or Sunday.
It’s just I want to enjoy life and do stuff, and it’s true.
If you’ve been sleep deprived or you’re not looking
forward to your day, then the tendency is to be super lazy.
But in terms of getting from a five to a six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, I find music first thing,
like I’ll wake up, I’ll go to the bathroom,
and then I’ll put on a song.
And whatever the song is that gets you…
– Sparks your energy.
– Grinding, moving, shaking, like my playlist
you may not enjoy.
It doesn’t matter.
Whatever the song that works for you,
– Give me some artists.
– Changes your state.
AC/DC, Rolling Stones. – Uh, none of those guys, man.
I just named a lot of people.
None of them?
(laughs)
– I don’t think any of them are on the list.
– [Peter] Pearl Jam?
– More like, I like some gamer music,
they’ve got some good beats to it, or some remixes.
– You like Kygo?
– I don’t know Kygo.
– It’s like college music but it’s pretty good.
– Dude, like honestly, though, I know
a lot about a little bit.
– That’s good.
You want to talk entrepreneurship, you want to talk baseball,
maybe some League of Legends, some salsa dancing,
we can go deep.
You want to talk pop culture and music, and movies.
– Yeah, that’s a good thing though.
You’ve focused on your strengths.
– No idea, no idea.
– That’s a wise move, my man, that’s funny.
– Anyway, so like starting with music, starting the day
with some music that gets you excited, and then into,
I think if you’re consistent with the routine
and every day this is how you do your thing,
then you just fall into it, instead of to what Peter
said way back, you’re not just starting the day like,
what do I do today?
– Yep.
– Then you’re super lazy, where if you have your plan,
this is happening, you’ve written it down,
you’re scheduled to it, then you’re
much more likely to follow through.
– And think about how short life is.
You want to make sure if you fast forward 10, 20 years,
you’ve maximized life out.
I want to look in the mirror, Evan, when I’m 70, 80,
look in the mirror and say I did it my way,
I maximized life, I have zero regrets.
If you can pinpoint what you do today to your future
self thanking you for it, that’s a skill that a lot
of people cannot conceptualize because they’re so
addicted to instant pleasure.
I’ve been addicted to doing things now,
doing things today, that January 1st, 2018,
I’m super proud of.
And if you could think like that, that’s the first step.
– I think, too, having a keystone habit, like whatever
that first thing is, if you do it, you’re more
likely to do everything else, and if you miss it.
– Yeah, yeah. Momentum.
– If you miss your, if you have five goals and you want to
eat healthy, you want to work out, blah, blah, blah.
If you eat a chocolate bar, then you’re likely
to give up on the rest of these.
You know what, I’m not going to work out, and I’m going to
junk up the rest of the day.
You miss all your other goals.
So make that first thing in your routine easy.
And then you stick to that and you’re much more likely
to stick to the other things.
So whether that’s make your bed, or brush your teeth,
or put on a song, whatever it is, that first thing
is super easy, and then the harder ones are later,
but you’ve built up momentum to go through.
– 100%. I fully agree.
I love it man.
I mean, how much time do we have?
I could finish the last tip and then we can do maybe
one or two more questions, or we could just do questions
and I can finish with some final thoughts.
Whatever you feel, you’re the man.
– Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well initially I had us in a half an hour where we’re
almost at the hour mark.
– Oh, shoot.
– I know we got, we both got other things to do,
but let me circle back.
I stopped paying attention to the questions ’cause
it’s just, it’s flying through.
I want to circle back to talk again about your,
you got your book, Six Months to Six Figures.
You’ve got a master class coming up that’s launching
in about a month in February.
Talk to us about that journey, making the book,
making this master class, what’s happening,
what everything’s about.
– Yeah, so when I was broke and frustrated,
I didn’t know how to get out of it, and finally there was
specific things I did when I look back, on how I went
from broke to six figures in actually five,
five-and-a-half months, and people kept asking
about how I did it, so I was helping a lot of people,
and I saw it work for them.
And all my journey up, Evan, I read a lot of books,
and there was few that were tactical that really gave
the actual scripts that were done for you that really
helped me get to that next level.
So there wasn’t any books out there for young
entrepreneurs, so I wanted to create one.
So I put the framework in the book, the six steps
to six figures, on exactly, and we’ve had hundreds,
if not thousands of people, say they’ve actually
used it and made six figures.
So this is not like I hope it works.
So the book is just a tactical way, it’s proven strategies
on what I used to go from zero to six figures
and from six to seven.
So that’s what the book is,
and I’ve got some amazing feedback.
It’s been all over the world, and I’m super proud of it,
but I also give a lot of my scripts, like how I reached out
to high level achievers, like the Vaynerchuks
and the Arianna Huffingtons and those kind
of people, the Mark Cubans.
I give my exact script on what I did, I give a couple
other things that I personally,
I pretty much put everything in that book.
So we got so much feedback.
We have so many people reaching out.
Hey, I want more, I want more.
So we decided, we spent a year and a half,
me and a business partner, creating a master class
on deep diving on each step.
If you don’t have an idea and you want an idea.
Anyone that’s hungry, we give them the exact strategies
and steps on how to get to their first six figures
in entrepreneurship, and if you’re at six,
it’s pretty much how to create the best six months
you’ve ever had, with accountability, with strategies,
with tactics, and we have a community around
where there’s a lot of people in there helping
and stuff like that.
So that’s really what it is.
It’s the most tactical, comprehensive, and, I feel,
relevant training out for entrepreneurs where they get
step by step system and a proven roadmap on how to
not only create a product, how to sell it,
how to go from frustrated to crushing it,
and that’s what it is, man.
It’s just a roadmap for entrepreneurs that want
to go to the next level this year.
So, yeah, we don’t launch it much.
It’s coming out, I think, the end of February.
I’m excited about it.
– And if people want to either find out about the course
or find out about you, you do YouTube videos as well,
everything you’re up to, what’s the process?
– Yeah, by the way, if you guys say you’re from Evan’s
channel, I’d love to connect.
We get a lot of people reaching out, but I’ve seen the
comments, you guys are very hungry and dedicated,
so much respect to you.
We actually, I pride myself, Evan, in giving better
free content than most pay thousands for.
I know your content’s better than a lot of people
that actually charge money for what they’re saying, right?
So at 6M6F.com, I created a blueprint that mixes
this productivity stuff with the Six Months Six Figures
framework, so I give you all that value in a blueprint.
I think it’s like a 10 or 12 page blueprint you get
for free, and that’s at 6M6F.com.
And if they want to connect on social media,
I have Instagram.
My Snapchat is Ambition 23, pretty active on there,
and then my Instagram’s Peter J. Voogd, and then if they
want to learn more about, we kind of have
an exclusive academy as well.
It’s gamechangersmovement.com.
That’s an invite only.
That’s pretty exclusive, but they can check that out
at gamechangersmovement.com.
But, yeah, man, I love to give value.
I love to help entrepreneurs that are hungry,
that need guidance, because I’ve been there as well.
Yeah, let’s connect.
Add me on all social medias.
Let’s talk some business.
I love it.
– All right, now this is it, Peter.
The final message of the day that Pete is going to give us
to sum everything up and leave us on a high.
What ya got, Peter?
– So the number one thing that holds most people back,
I don’t know what I’m going to say as I’m saying this,
it always just comes from the heart or gut.
The number one thing I’ve seen hold people back
is they never tell themselves now matters.
They’re always living on some day I’ll.
Some day I’ll be successful.
Some day I’ll invest in myself.
Some day I’ll quit my job and start a business,
and some day never comes.
So I challenge each and every one of you,
right after this video, what are you going to do now
to improve your chances of success?
You got to figure out exactly what you want
and figure out what you’re willing to give up
to get what you want, and if you can tell yourself
now matters, and you stop comparing yourself
to everybody else, and you only compare yourself
to who you were yesterday, that’s where you’re
going to change the game.
And that’s when you’re going to create a legacy
that outlasts you, so I’m here to help.
Evan’s here to help.
Thanks so much for your time, but that’s it, man.
Like I said earlier, you want to look yourself
in the mirror when you’re 70 or 80, because 95%
of people, when they’re 70 or 80, have massive regrets.
I’d rather have you guys have massive excitement
and massive results than regret.
So look yourself in the mirror when you’re older,
and tell yourself I have no regrets.
I did it my way.
I maximized life, but it starts with right now.
That’s it.
– I love it. Peter Voogd, ladies and gentleman.
Brings the fire every time.
Peter, man, thank you so much for spending the time,
spreading some love.
Thank you guys for watching.
Sorry I didn’t get to all the questions.
You know, you see the chat.
You guys are going crazy there.
– I’ll try and get in there and answer them, too.
I mean, I can’t answer all, but I’ll try
and get up in there and answer them, too.
– There’ like a hundred questions plus, that were not asked.
Be careful what you commit to there.
– Oh, that’s funny.
– Thank you guys for watching.
I believe in you.
Continue to believe in yourself, and we’ll see you soon.
– See you guys.
Thanks, Evan.
Welcome everybody to another YouTube hangout.
Excited to be back with an old friend.
He’s been on before.
Crushed it.
You guys loved him, Peter Voogd, he is the bestselling
author, talking about how to make six figures in six months,
that was the topic of our last hangout about a year ago.
And today we’re going to talk about an important problem
that a lot of entrepreneurs face, about how to master
the art of productivity.
I’m wearing his shirt because I loved it so much
last time, he shipped me one.
So, Become Legendary.
Peter, welcome back, man.
– Thank you.
The shirt looks amazing.
I compliment it.
It fits well, so I’m glad you like it, and we’re all
trying to become legendary, so thanks for the support, man.
– I love it.
So for people who aren’t familiar, it’s maybe their first
exposure to you, just give a quick intro on who
Peter Voogd is all about.
– Yeah, I mean, I’m honestly someone that’s really
dedicated to serving and helping entrepreneurs.
I started my first business when I was 15,
doing eBay, and was able to build a team that way
and take advantage of buying and selling and the internet
and leveraged technology, and once I saw a piece of that,
Evan, at a young age, and saw that I could make money
on my terms, I really didn’t want to get a normal job.
I tried it.
I couldn’t stand it, and I never got
a normal job after that.
Was able to get into sales and got into a international
wholesale company, was able to work my way up there.
I was able to train almost 6,000 sales rep and to be
a manager, and I wanted to build my own organization,
and that’s where the failure came in, where I thought
because I had succeeded, it was easy to motivate others.
Succeeding yourself and then motivating others
is two different ballgames.
So I had to go through a lot of failure
because I wasn’t a good leader.
I was trying to develop myself, so I went dead broke.
All my savings went out the window.
I didn’t have enough money to go through the drive-through,
and I had to build from scratch.
So when I was 21, 22, I
was literally frustrated, discouraged, and overwhelmed,
and I finally turned my mindset around, and I got a mentor.
I invested in myself, and through a framework, that I talked
on the other video, I was able to get
to that six-figure mark.
And I left the six-figure job making close
to three hundred grand as a 22-year-old, very comfortable.
I had the team delegated.
I had a lot of free time, but my mission was growing.
So then I started Game Changers Academy.
I started Game Changers Incorporated, and I had my books
come out, and everything I’ve done since has just been
focused on helping entrepreneurs thrive,
because I see so much BS out there.
I wanted to give people a very proven, tactical,
real-world blueprint on how to be successful.
So now I’ve done six figures in six months
in seven different industries.
I’ve been able to travel the world speaking.
I was just in Dubai speaking, so I just love what I do, man.
But I’ve literally failed my way to success.
I want people to know that.
I’ve had a lot of failures as well.
– There’s that patented Peter Voogd energy.
I love it, man.
– Ah, I’m always fired up.
Let’s go!
– Let’s talk about the subject, productivity.
I mean, entrepreneurs, we’re doing everything.
We’re the CEO to the janitor, you know,
there’s no free time.
What are your thoughts?
What are your suggestions?
How do we master the art?
– Yeah, so, here’s the deal.
I was the worst at time management and productivity
at the beginning, which is why I am good at it now,
because I was so bad.
I would work 40, 50 hours a week
and I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.
I felt like I was always busy and people say,
well, if you’re not getting the results, work more.
So I worked up to 80 hours a week,
and still was not getting results.
So I had to figure out why I wasn’t getting results.
So I read every time management book I could.
I hired a time management, someone just for helping
me with time management, and slowly but surely,
I was able to figure out a system and a proven program
that I coined in the last couple years
on how to help me be more productive.
And I felt like I was working all the time.
I felt like my business was running me.
I felt like my to-do list was always growing.
I was overwhelmed with information,
and I felt like no matter what I was doing,
I was just maintaining my business.
So I think the importance of productivity is astronomical,
and I think people need to understand that they have
to be disciplined and strategic
instead of working all the time.
So you have to ask yourselves these questions
that I asked myself, and then we can dive into the tactics.
And I’d love to hear you, as well, kind of vibe in with me,
because you’re amazing at productivity.
You getting a lot of big things done,
but you also have an exceptional lifestyle, too.
So how can we improve productivity when we’re
already working at max capacity?
That was my problem.
I wanted to improve my productivity and time management,
but I was maxed out.
So I was thinking how can I improve when I have
no free time, but that’s the reason why
I needed to focus on time management.
How can we take more time off to get energy and creativity
when we have so much to do, right?
How do we deal with all these distractions?
How do we systemize productivity and create result
rituals to help with the most important goals?
And how do you figure out your highest value,
highest leverage activities?
And these are the questions I asked.
So I created a framework and a
blueprint that I’ve done.
We can dive into that, but I think there’s different
definitions of productivity.
I think if you talk to 10 entrepreneurs,
there’s probably going to be 10 different definitions, right?
I think productivity’s a couple things.
One, it’s a productive life that’s focused on
and committed to producing and progressing
towards your ideal vision.
And I also think it’s the use of your time, energy,
intelligence and resources in a manner calculated
to move you closer to meaningful goals.
And productivity isn’t just results in getting things done.
It’s about creating free time for your family,
doing what you want, and having
100% control over your future.
I don’t think it’s about doing more faster,
it’s about doing the right things deliberately.
So the importance is amazing, man, and I just wanted
to talk about it because I get this all the time.
How do I be more productive?
I feel like I’m capped out.
And I see a lot of CEOs and a lot of entrepreneurs
that are crushing it in the business world,
but they don’t know their kids.
And I don’t think that’s a game changer at all.
Like if you don’t know your family and you’re so busy
you can’t do things you love, because when you get
to the end of your life, you’re not going to look back
and wish you had more transactions.
You’re going to wish that you spent more time
with those you cared about, built meaningful relationships,
and you maximized life’s experiences.
So I’m fired up, man.
I’m ready.
We could dive in, or, what are your thoughts on
how important productivity is?
– Yeah, I think you, I mean, it’s getting your work done.
You have a big goal, you have a dream, you want to have
an impact, you got to make sure that every day,
as much as possible, you’re grinding it out.
And yes, part of that is having the family life
and everybody’s idea of balance’s a little bit different,
but the key is not to have regret, that you’re not
looking back and saying, “I wished I did that differently.”
– Exactly, for sure.
And that’s what I’ve tried to do, because I felt like
I was missing every family event, and the weird thing was,
here’s what was triggering me to be able
to ask these questions.
I saw people with more responsibility than me
getting more done and getting better results,
and they had more free time.
So, I’m like, there’s a problem here.
Something’s going on if they’re getting way more done
and I have worse results but I’m busy all the time.
So the first thing that I had to do, is I had to really
figure out what was killing my momentum
and what was stopping my productivity.
What were the distractions that were killing my momentum
and my getting in the zone time?
So the first question I’d ask is
what are your biggest productivity killers?
What are the things that have killed
your productivity in the past?
Because if you don’t become aware,
we have to start with the ground level here.
If you don’t become aware of where you’re wasting time,
that will always come up, month after month,
year after year.
So it can be distractions as far as social media.
I can be internet sometimes.
It can be sleeping in.
It can be people interrupting you all the time, right?
It can be lack of planning.
Maybe it’s your environment.
But I challenge people.
What are three to five productivity killers
that have been hurting you in the last,
let’s say, six months?
And I think when you do that, I think multi-tasking’s one.
I think notifications on the phone is one.
But I challenge people, what three are costing you the most?
Like, for me, I had to put my phone away,
and whenever I was writing or creating or producing,
I, a lot of times, I create a technology-free zone, Evan,
where I don’t have internet.
You ever have that where you’re working on something
and all of the sudden you’re on the internet?
And you’re like, what am I watching
these cat videos for, right?
(laughs)
Or whatever people watch.
But I was getting so distracted, so now I had to figure out
what two or three of these are costing me the most?
Another big game changer for me was
I have zero notifications on my phone.
My phone’s never on loud.
It’s always on silent, because I answer
the phone on my terms.
I have no, like, a lot of people get their dopamine
fix by, oh, pop, notification.
Oh, my gosh. That’s amazing.
We have, Twitter just gave you a message.
Oh, my gosh.
You got a message on Snapchat.
Oh, my gosh.
You got an email.
And people are always adapting and adjusting
versus taking full control of their schedule.
So that’s the first thing.
And then I would create a prevention plan
for each productivity killer, right?
So whatever is hurting your productivity,
put a prevention plan in place.
Because if you don’t have a plan to interrupt
your interruptions, your plans will always be interrupted.
So that’s the first key as well.
And do you want to just stop?
I have, like, four or five keys that are simplified
that I can go through.
Whatever you feel like you want to do.
Do you want to have a conversation about it
or me just dive in?
‘Cause I could go all day.
– I want to do both.
Like the chat is blowing up.
We’ve got questions coming out of everywhere,
but I want to hear the, before we get into those,
let’s do the five and then we’ll hit up the chat.
– Perfect.
Now, how many, we have six hours today right, together?
– Yeah.
(laughs)
– I’m just kidding. But, yeah, my energy’s sky high.
I’m excited.
I have my coffee.
So the first thing, I’m going to go through five
and then I’m going to deep dive.
Simplicity.
Once you simplify your business and your life,
you have massive clarity and endless motivation.
When you have fuzzy thinking,
it’s so hard to take big action.
And complexity is the enemy of real execution.
The more complex you make something,
the less likely you are to take action, right?
That’s number one.
Number two, strategically scheduling
everything in your schedule.
Your schedule is a reflection
of your integrity and priorities.
When I see people flying by the cuff of their pants,
not strategically thinking things through, I just think
their business is going to eventually shut down,
because you can only do that so far.
You have to really be intentional.
Number three is seizing and maximizing each day.
If you don’t make the most of your days,
you’ll never have amazing weeks and months.
But if you make the most of your days,
the weeks and months take care of themselves, right?
Fourth, staying intentional.
Those who are outcome-focused and result-focused
and are intentional produce results like nobody else.
And lastly, for me, this was the big one,
your success environment and success orientation.
Most people are controlled by everything external
and they’re never fully in control
of exactly where they want to go.
But the achievers are always focused on being in control
of their agenda and not letting other people interrupt
their productivity, their mindset, their standards
and where they’re going.
So, that’s the five, so we can definitely dive in.
So, the first thing is absolute clarity.
We talked a little on the last episode that we did
on absolute clarity, but I want to dive a little bit deeper.
You have to learn how to master yourself
and know how to spark your own fire.
The more you have to count on someone else to motivate you,
the less money you’ll make and the less effective you’ll be.
So learn how to master yourself, how to spark your own fire.
And how I did that was I put my plan, I put my vision,
I put my values and my reasons and my goals, on one page.
Whew, and I, literally, Evan, I have
this is from 2015, but I…
– There’s the page.
– Yeah, but I have like five or six of them
that I redo every couple months,
but it’s like I’ve done this since 2012.
I had it in the shower, above the shower.
– It’s laminated.
I love it.
– It’s laminated.
But let me tell you what’s on that page,
because it’s such a game changer for me.
First is your ideal outcome.
A lot of people don’t even know their ideal outcome
of what they want to accomplish in the next six months.
If I ask a hundred entrepreneurs, hey, what is the
ideal outcome for you and your business?
How many hours are you working?
How much money are you bringing in?
What’s your subscribers look like?
How involved are you in the business, right?
How big is your team?
What exactly are your marketing tactics?
They’re like, I have no idea.
99 out of a hundred don’t know.
So what’s your ideal outcome?
And don’t base this off your past or limitations.
Base this off what’s possible and your potential, right?
So just a simple paragraph.
What’s your ideal outcome?
I don’t really like to say vision statement,
’cause that’s over-talked about and over-played,
but I like to tell people it’s your ideal outcome.
So once you have that on top, then,
this is big, your core values.
What are most important to you in life and business?
Because you want to build a business around your values,
not settle for a business that doesn’t match your values,
because then you’re living incongruently, right?
And people do this all the time.
But in the new economy, in 2017, there’s no reason
why you can’t create and design your ideal lifestyle
or be picky and choosy with your business
because you’re becoming so valuable.
So values.
For me, it’s family, freedom, autonomy,
and then legacy and impact, even before income.
People always say, well what about income?
It’s like, yeah, that’s very important to me,
but I have leverage where I don’t need income.
So what’s cool for me is, my values are intact
to where I can say yes and no to any opportunity
that comes to me based on my values.
Like, I’ve turned down speeches, Evan,
for close to 10 grand.
One was in Chicago in January.
That’s enough to turn anything down in Chicago,
’cause it’s freezing.
Sorry to all the Chicago people.
You probably agree.
But anyways, I turn down speeches that are well-paid,
and I’ve done three speeches in the inner city
in LA for underprivileged kids.
Now if my values were number one, money,
I’d probably turn down the free speeches
and do all the paid ones,
but my value’s impact and giving back.
So you got to define what your values are.
After that, it’s your top five goals.
So what are the big five for the next six months?
And I’ll kind of run through this kind of quick,
but what are the five things that you want
to accomplish and get done in the next six months?
And then underneath that, it’s your most powerful reasons.
What are the reasons that drive you?
What are your top five most compelling reasons,
’cause this is the fuel that gets you
to take action on the top five.
So what are your five biggest reasons?
You might have to write down like 20 or 30 and simplify
to get to the ones that mean something,
but if you don’t have, if you’re not waking up
at four or five in the morning fired up and excited,
your reasons aren’t strong enough.
I’m serious.
So get some strong reasons of why
you want to do what you do.
And lastly, what’s your one key skill or one key habit
that’s most relevant to your six-month vision
that you’re going to focus on for the next
month or two until it’s mastered?
You see, one big part of productivity, Evan,
is focusing on mastery versus overload.
There’s so much information.
There’s all this technology.
There’s podcasts, YouTube, audios, videos, books,
trainings, seminars, and a lot of entrepreneurs
use it as a cop out, to where they’re like,
oh, I want to keep learning and growing,
and instead of executing on what they already know,
they want to learn more, and say,
well, I’m still studying.
No, no, no.
You need to execute and get addicted to outcomes,
not just information.
So now you measure everything you’re studying
against this one-page productivity plan,
and if you do that, it gives you so much clarity.
Now the goal is to let your vision guide you,
not your current circumstances, right?
So that’s the first thing, is just simplifying.
Do you have any questions or do you want me to answer
any of the subscribers’ or fans’ questions,
I’d be happy to.
– Yeah, let’s do it.
First off, loved all the value, man, it’s great.
You’re just firin’ it at us.
I love it.
I’m trying to keep track of all the comments.
It’s nuts with all the questions coming in.
– Give me the weirdest one.
I’m just kidding.
– The weirdest one?
Um. The weirdest one.
– Don’t.
It’s going to be way too weird.
– Okay, you know what?
Actually, people want to know exactly
what time we wake up.
– Oooh. Good question.
So, here’s the, I used to be obsessed with the exact time.
When you’re in a successful state of mind, I’ve been around,
I’ve been very fortunate to be around a lot of seven,
eight, nine figure earners, very, very successful people.
I was with Ryan Blair at his house two days ago.
Do you know Ryan?
I think you did a… – Yeah.
Yeah, and he sold a company for 782 million dollars.
That, I can’t conceptualize that,
selling a company and getting that much, but I noticed,
and I noticed from a lot of people,
it’s not about exactly when you wake up.
It’s about what you do when you’re awake
and how productive you are.
So for me it’s different.
If I’m traveling and speaking, I’ll wake up
at different times, but in my sacrifice stages,
like when I was in my early, early 20s,
I wouldn’t get much sleep.
I’d get five, five-and-a-half, six hours,
because I’d be hustling and grinding, sacrificing.
Now that I’ve built the foundation,
I like to get seven to eight hours.
You ask me five, six years ago, I would say,
you don’t need eight hours, you’re a hustler.
You need four hours.
Forget sleep.
That’s just not smart, ’cause productivity,
you need to have the right sleep.
But it depends on what stage you’re at.
And to be honest, figure out when you’re in the zone
and when you’re most creative
and when you have the most willpower.
I know people, Evan, that go to bed at two or three.
Like one of my friends who’s a recording artist,
he is the most productive from eleven to three
in the morning, and then he’ll get up at ten or eleven.
I know some people who conk out and go to bed
at nine or ten, and they’re productive from four to eight.
So it really, it’s not about exactly what time you wake up,
it’s about when you’re most effective and productive,
and delegating all your highest-value, most profit-producing
activities to that time.
So don’t get on the subject of what time,
get on the subject of what you’re doing
and is that your most productive hours?
Good question, though.
And that’s changed.
That would’ve been a different answer years ago.
– Yeah, and parenthood changes that, too, as well.
– Exactly.
I don’t want to know about that yet.
– For me, usually I start to get ready for bed
around eleven, and then I’ll read in bed
and hang out with the wife,
and then kind of asleep by midnight,
and then awake at seven-something, typically.
– Let me ask you this.
When do you feel like, out of the 24 hours in a day,
when do you feel like your most productive
three or four hours are, where you’re like super
in the zone and hyper-focused?
Is it like, morning, evening, what do you think?
– My default would be evening,
but after my morning routine, and I love what you,
what did you say last time?
You had like a champion’s routine or something,
what did you call it?
– Prizefighter routine.
– Prizefighter routine, it was great.
I like that. – In the morning, yeah.
After I go to my morning routine, I’m set.
So after I do all that stuff, then I’m set
for whatever I’m going to do next.
– That’s my productive time, too.
It’s right after my morning routine.
I have the most adrenaline, the most energy.
I’m in the right state of mind, so that’s where I place
my highest-value activities, is that first 60 minutes
after my morning routine, so I love it.
We’re pretty similar in that sense.
So you want to? – Okay, let’s see what’s…
Oh, go ahead.
– No, let’s see what’s next.
It’s like the questions are coming in,
and we answered one, Peter, so we got to be productive.
– I’ll probably answer a lot of them in the next
couple tips, but we can keep answering.
– A lot of them you have already covered in the tips
as well, but I think you could go a little
deeper with some of them. – Okay, cool.
People, well, okay, so one person’s asking,
how do you get in the zone so you can be the
Michael Jordan of productivity?
What do you do to get in the zone?
– Okay, we’re going to talk about that.
It’s a good question.
But, I can dive in, but let me wait for the
third tip, but it’s a very good question,
and it’s very important to get yourself in the zone,
because when you’re in the zone,
you’re three times more productive, right?
So the second part of my five tips
dives into how this happens.
So number two is strategically scheduling everything.
When you get everything out of your head,
and you put it on paper and you delegate and sell
yourself on what you’re doing and what you shouldn’t do,
that’s when you start getting
more motivation to follow through.
So you have to have a seven-day review.
You have to think about, in the last seven days,
how your week was, what you did well,
what you didn’t do well.
When were you in the zone?
When were you distracted?
When were you at your best?
I always, every single week of every year
in the last three years, I’ve planned my weeks.
It’s a non-negotiable for me.
Because think about it, guys.
If you invest your past mistakes
into your future preparation,
you’ll never have two bad weeks.
Here’s a crazy fact that you,
you brought up Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan averaged around 30 points a game
his whole career, and whenever he had a game
that was less than 20 points, that’s not that good
for Michael Jordan, like 13, 14 points.
Whenever he had a game less than 20 points,
his next game, he averaged over 40.
Now, let me tell you what this means productivity-wise.
Michael Jordan never had two bad games in his entire career.
Never, not once. Okay?
Why?
Because when he had a bad game, what do you think he did?
Do you think he went out and drank beer?
No, he studied the game.
He studied the film.
He asked himself what he did different.
He watched the videos.
He was tough on himself.
He went back to the gym.
He worked out more.
He focused on his weaknesses to turn them into strengths.
Most entrepreneurs have a bad week,
ah, whatever, it shouldn’t happen again.
And it happens again and again.
That’s why I don’t understand how people
have bad years and then another bad year.
How is that humanly possible?
If you don’t invest your time into your mistakes
and make them better for the future.
So that’s why I get so passionate,
because you got to review your weeks.
Now, here’s what you put in your schedule first.
Everything you can’t change.
Whatever you can’t change, like business meetings,
calls with your team, maybe if you’re at a nine to five now,
you obviously can’t change that, right?
Then, you put in what are you 100%
committed to making happen no matter what.
Whether, if you’re in the stage where you’re not making
much money, it needs to be profit-producing activities.
So what are your top three profit-producing activities
that are proven to make you money?
Put that in your schedule first.
You would not believe, Evan, how many entrepreneurs
I talk to at events and at places, where they’re
walking me through everything they’re doing
for the week, and they have like a thousand things
on their agenda, but none of them make money.
Then they’re like, how do I make money?
Well, you should probably do things that make money,
because everything you’re doing is not making money.
It’s the busy work.
It’s the easy stuff.
A lot of people don’t want to do the one or two
things that will actually help them.
So for me I also add in my schedule,
who am I going to reach out to?
Who am I going to connect with that can cut my learning curve
in half, that can help me get to my goals quicker?
So put in your schedule what you’re
committed to making happen.
Put in your schedule your non-negotiables,
something you’re committed to, whether it’s your health,
maybe it’s working out four days a week, maybe it’s
alone time with you and your wife or husband
or significant other, maybe it’s getting a massage
once a week to work on your peace of mind.
I don’t know, but you got to strategically put it
in your schedule, because the trick to productivity
and to get in the zone is deciding what you’re
going to work on at some point other than in the moment,
and then practicing the high-value work over and over
’til it’s habitual and automatic.
So, as far as number three, and I’m going to answer
that question, “How do you get in the zone?”
Here’s exactly how I get in the zone,
and Evan already hit on it.
It’s the prizefighter routine, but it’s understanding
about how to seize each day.
You only get each day.
Like, maximize your 24 hours, and the rest of your life
will take care of itself if you understand this.
So the first thing is you have to get clear on what
morning routine is most effective for you.
You don’t need to have 10 steps to a morning routine.
You don’t need that.
You just want to focus on the outcome.
What’s the purpose of a morning routine?
There’s two things.
One, confidence, make sure you’re in a confident
and a courageous state of mind.
So whatever you have to do to get in the right
state of mind, whether it’s working out, reading a book,
writing in your journal, meditating, I mean there’s
a thousand things you could do in the morning,
and if you talk to 10 entrepreneurs,
all their routines are different.
Mine’s different than Evan’s, but the reality is,
it gets us in the zone when we start our day,
so they’re both correct.
So the first thing is get yourself in a better
state of mind, and the second thing is having intention
and making sure you know exactly what you’re doing
that day and you put your activities in order
highest value first, okay?
That’s the purpose of a morning routine.
Next, I visualize and I define my perfect day.
This sounded corny when I first heard it, just being honest.
I was like, I’m not going to visualize my perfect day.
That sounds horrible, that’s a waste of time.
But then I actually did it.
It’s one thing to say something’s a waste of time,
it’s another thing to actually do it.
I visualize, I think about my ideal outcome,
how I’m going to feel at the end of the day,
what my ideal day looks like, and, man,
it gets me so focused and excited to complete that day.
And then I ask myself three questions, and this is all,
guys, 30 to 45 minutes.
What am I most excited about for the day?
And if you don’t have anything
that you’re excited about, create something.
What am I extremely grateful for?
It’s impossible to be frustrated when you’re grateful,
by the way, so I always get grateful
so I’m not frustrated or discouraged.
And then what am I 100% committed to make happen?
And once I do that, I finally have clarity for my day,
and then it’s the 60, 20, 60, where it’s 60 minutes
no interruptions, no distractions, straight focus
on my highest-value activity, whether it’s writing
in my book, creating something for my mix tape
for one of my programs, whatever it is.
Straight focus for 60 minutes.
Then I take a 15, 20 minute break.
I either go walk around the block, shoot some hoops
down the street, I watch a YouTube video.
You got to do something unrelated, but the reality is here,
you ought to get out of that state of mind,
and then when you’re back for the next 60 minute block,
now you want to make sure you’re fully focused again
in a new state of mind and then sell yourself
on the activity that you’re doing.
Sell yourself on whatever you have planned.
If you’re not sold on the activity at hand,
that’s when people procrastinate.
You will never procrastinate if you fully sell yourself
on why you’re doing what you’re doing.
If you don’t feel like doing something, Evan,
maybe this video or whatever, I almost guarantee it,
you think about why you’re doing it.
You don’t care how you feel in the moment
because you’re doing it for you, for your legacy,
for your family, to have freedom,
for income, peace of mind.
So if it’s sold, you’re like, it doesn’t matter
how I feel, I’m doing it.
But a lot of people don’t sell themselves
on what they’re doing.
And they’re not really sold on it,
they’re kind of doing it half-ass,
so that’s when they procrastinate and procrastinate.
So if you want to get in the zone,
you got to sell yourself on everything you’re doing
and you need to make sure you get in the right state of mind
before you take something on.
And how you get in the zone is you work
straight for 20, 23 minutes.
That’s how you get in the zone.
Most people, before they even get to 20 minutes,
they’re distracted, and it takes 20 minutes to get back
in the zone, so they’re never actually in the zone,
because they’re always distracted.
They’re going from distraction to distraction,
versus from in the zone to in the zone.
So hopefully that answered some of the questions,
but this is something you can tell I’m very passionate
about because I see people wasting their lives
because they’re not taking the time to be disciplined.
Instead, they’re working all the time.
So I could go on for a long time.
Any other questions?
– Dude, it’s blowing up!
It’s crazy!
Any other questions.
– I appreciate you guys, by the way.
– It’s like it’s off the page, man.
I have to pick which ones come up.
Uh, okay. This is interesting.
Esther.
Esther is saying, how do you, this is about execution.
How do you lose the fear/insecurity so that you
can go out and execute?
– Yeah. Couple things.
One, you have to be around, and I’ve gone through this.
You have to be around, the reason people don’t execute
sometimes, Evan, is they don’t have certainty
that it’s going to work.
That’s why a lot of people love the nine to five,
because there’s certainty.
I’m going to get paid.
It’s certain, right?
In entrepreneurship, there’s no certainty.
So you have to increase your certainty by a couple things.
When your certainty’s increased, like if I told you, Evan,
when you started, hey, when you do this YouTube thing,
you will get two thousand subscribers a day.
You’re going to have a million subscribers
in exactly this time.
You’re going to have this, this, this.
This is the money coming in.
You’d be like, oh, my God, that’s easier.
But when you first started, you didn’t have that certainty.
You had to create the certainty by getting the results.
So here’s a couple things that you can do to increase
your certainty, which then increases
your chances of execution.
One, do your due diligence, okay?
Do the research on what industry you’re in
or what you’re working on to make sure you have
the best information to follow.
Two, get around other people that are executors.
A lot of people that aren’t executing,
every single person, and this is done
with a lot of study and me just dealing
with a lot of entrepreneurs in person.
A lot of people that aren’t executing,
the five people they’re around the most,
they don’t execute either.
So if you’re around other executors,
other people taking big action,
other people thinking bigger,
it’s a lot easier for you to execute, right?
And then three, like I just said.
You might have already got the answer.
Sell yourself before you start taking that action.
So if it’s like, okay, you want to…
For me, I’ll tell ya.
My book, Six Months to Six Figures, I’m so blessed
it’s sold close to 200,000 copies.
It’s gone crazy, right?
I didn’t expect that.
When I was writing the book, it was hell.
A, you don’t get paid for writing a book until way later.
B, it’s hard.
C, I’m like type A, I’m freaking out, I’m jumping.
I did like 30 pushups before this
interview to get fired up.
But the reality is, I had to sell myself a thousand times.
That’s the only reason I got it done and executed.
I said, you know, I just got to visualize how it’s going to
feel to get this book done, to get this book
in someone’s hands, and I just kept thinking
about people saying, your book changed my life.
Because of your book, I did not give up,
I didn’t commit suicide, all these things.
That drove me, and I couldn’t stop the book
when I thought about that.
But most people think about what they have to do
versus what they want.
So don’t think about all you have to do.
Think about what you want and your ideal outcome,
and it’s just little bits and pieces.
Take a little more action than the day before.
Take a little more action the next day than today.
Take a little more action in two days than tomorrow.
And if you can do that, mixed with doing your due diligence,
getting around higher-level people, and making
the tougher decisions in the moments, it’s going to
give you the confidence to be able to take bigger action.
But sometimes people that don’t take action,
they’re just too, there’s too much noise in their head.
So try and simplify on what you’re doing and why,
and hopefully that helps, ’cause that’s helped me.
Good question.
Really good question.
– I love it.
Marcus is asking, do you guys have
an accountability person?
How do you keep yourselves accountable?
– Yeah, so starting out, I did.
But I think when you reach a certain level,
you don’t really need one because your habits take over.
People think inspiration is what they need.
Inspiration is very short-lived and short term,
and eventually, like when you go to a seminar, Evan.
Not you, in general, but when people go to seminars,
they pay five grand to go to the seminar.
After the seminar, and they’re fired up and excited.
They’re motivated.
Two weeks later, they’re back to their old habits,
and they wasted that money.
So that’s why you have to put habits in place
versus just inspiration.
So I definitely recommend having an accountability
partner, but it has to be someone that challenges you,
that makes you think bigger, that has the results you want,
that won’t let you off the hook.
‘Cause there’s two types of people, those who
make you think bigger, and those who let you off the hook.
And most people are hanging out with people who let
them off the hook to make them feel better in the moment,
but you want to start doing things now that your future self
will thank you for, right?
So I’d strongly agree.
I don’t have one.
So here’s the difference.
I have a lot of friends right now
that are doing amazing things.
Like my boy Gerard Adams, some of you guys may know.
He just sold Elite Daily for 50 million.
He’s a little older than me.
So I’m around a lot of people that are doing big things.
That’s enough accountability for me,
is just being around game changers, right?
So either be around high-level people,
or find someone in an accountability group
that challenges you, that makes you think bigger,
that you know will hold you to high standards.
Good question.
– Yeah, I mean, I agree.
I think I’ve never.
Have I never?
I have a mastermind group.
I don’t use it for accountability, mostly because
my own standards are higher than anybody’s on me.
And that’s the thing, right?
You get to the point, I think that’s the bigger work,
is having such high standards for yourself
that I’m not going to do it because Joey
is going to tell me to do it.
I’m going to do it because… – That’s the next level.
I’m going to be pissed at myself if I don’t do it.
My expectations for myself are way higher
than what Joey thinks I’m going to do,
and I think that’s the bigger work.
I think yeah, at the beginning, maybe having people
to push each other and to Peter’s point about being
around people who are doing great things,
that could rub off on you, as well.
Or watching videos, like why I make my channel,
have a little famous entrepreneurs.
I watched Elon Musk hitting it hard,
I feel, I got to do a little more,
I got to push a little harder,
but, yeah, I think that’s really the bigger game, guys,
if you could have your standards be higher.
– And exactly what I meant by that!
When you level up, you don’t need other people
to tell you to go to work, to take action.
You don’t need permission.
It’s all on you, right?
But for you, Evan, how many people,
obviously you haven’t counted.
How many people have said in the comments,
you changed my life?
– Oh, every day.
It’s every day.
– So that keeps you going.
When you have a vision bigger than yourself,
when you’re impacting the world, I mean,
look at the people behind you.
They all impacted the world.
They were not on themselves.
It’s called being on purpose and off yourself.
For me, I don’t care how I feel anymore.
I don’t care if it’s five o’clock and I’m tired,
I’m not doing it for me.
I’m doing it for all the people
that I inspire and impact.
That’s why I do what I do, so at a certain level,
I don’t need accountability because it’s not about me.
It’s about those I inspire ’cause I want to make a mark
in this generation and impact people and shift our culture.
And like you’re doing as well, impacting hundreds
of thousands of people, you don’t need accountability.
So, yes, you want something at the beginning,
but you want to be so driven and so focused
and have such high standards, you really don’t need that.
Good point.
– Peter, Peter.
We’re already in the tens of millions of people, bro.
Tens of millions of people.
– Tens of millions, my bad.
I forgot how much of a savage you are.
– And so this is an interesting one now, about mindset.
Omar is asking, how do you stay optimistic all the time?
– That’s just my DNA.
I mean, I’ve tried both.
I’ve tried being a pessimist and an optimist,
and optimism just works way better.
It takes the same energy to be negative or positive,
so I’m just positive.
I just expect, so here’s the key.
These questions are bringing out some excitement in me.
I haven’t got asked some of these in a long time.
Here’s the key.
When you’re expecting, I expect the best,
but I don’t get addicted to the result.
Because if you get addicted to the result you want,
it’s never going to happen the way you want it.
So I am just focused on doing everything I can,
focusing on the process and the journey.
I focus on doing what I’m supposed to do
and what I say I’m going to do every day.
I focus on the process,
and the results take care of themselves.
So I’m expecting the best.
If the best doesn’t come, I adapt and adjust and keep going.
So why I’m optimistic versus pessimistic
is because every single successful person
I’m around every day is optimistic.
Every person that’s broke and frustrated and talkin’ shit
online or being a negative hater, like, it’s going to be funny.
We should look below after this,
see if there’s any little haters.
I don’t think Peter’s telling the truth.
I don’t think Evan’s the real deal.
It’d be funny to see if there’s any haters
hating from their mom’s basement.
But the reality is, I’ve actually never met someone
that’s not successful that is negative.
So everyone that’s successful that I meet is optimistic,
so I’ve just kind of copied and been around those people,
and I’ve seen it work.
And I’ve seen most people that are negative and pessimistic
not have the results.
So I just chose to be positive.
It’s just a choice that I made, and that’s really it.
It’s just a choice, based on what I’ve seen.
– Yeah, I think doing the work that you love,
like to enjoy the process, not be addicted to the outcome,
you got to actually enjoy the process, right?
Like doing the work that you love.
If you’re doing work that you love,
and not every day is amazing as an entrepreneur.
You’re going to have a lot of down days, you know,
life’s going to hit you in the face really hard a lot of times,
but net-net, you like doing the work that you’re doing.
You’re not doing it just trying to make money
or get somebody’s approval.
You’re doing it ’cause you enjoy doing the work.
I’ve done four thousand-something YouTube videos
because I love making them.
I like it.
I love making the videos.
I love doing these interviews.
You know, I love doing it whether it’s having Peter
on and he’s crushing it, or it’s on my other channel
where it’s a brand new person who’s just getting started.
I like the process, and I think if you enjoy the work
that you’re doing, you’re going to naturally
be more optimistic.
– Hundred percent.
Quick recovery, short celebrations, guys.
When something doesn’t happen your way, recover quick.
If something happens amazing, get excited for a second,
and keep pushing forward.
Don’t get too excited about the positives,
and don’t get too down about the negatives.
Keep an even keel when you’re going
through entrepreneurship.
– Let me ask you this, because I don’t celebrate.
It’s like five seconds and then we’re moving on.
How much do you celebrate?
– Yeah, same thing.
It’s the trait of an achiever.
I’m not doing it for celebrations,
I’m doing it for the long-term game.
So I’m the same.
To be honest, my wife and some of my friends,
I’m pretty tough on myself.
Actually, a lot.
My standards are so high, they have to tell me,
Peter, chill out.
Like, you just did a great job.
You just did this speech that was
in front of three thousand people.
It’s amazing.
Yeah, I know, but I got to do this and this and this.
You just did this course, eleven thousand people
checked it out, so I don’t celebrate a lot
because I’m focused on what’s next.
So I think I do need to take a step back,
take a deep breath, and be proud a little bit.
But, yeah, I think that’s an achiever thing, man,
’cause I’m the same way as you.
Did anyone tell you you got to appreciate where
you’ve came from and enjoy it? Or?
– Well, so I have a ton of gratitude
for where I’m at, right?
Like, if it all went away, I’m so appreciative
for what I have, but I don’t celebrate enough,
and it’s something that’s on my mind, not so much
for myself, but for the team.
So I hit half a million subscribers, my wife’s like,
you got to go celebrate, and I’m like what…
– Wives are always so positive.
– Yeah, I went, like I took 20 minutes and walked
to the local donut shop and bought a donut
and came back and I ate it, and was like, okay.
– That is not really your celebration.
– That was, man.
It’s like, that’s not enough.
I want to work!
I was like, 20 minutes, that’s wasted time.
But I did it ’cause my wife suggested it,
and I’m hoping that, I’ll try something once.
I’ll try it.
And maybe I need to do something bigger, I don’t know.
It just felt like a waste of time, and so, for me,
I don’t need to celebrate, but I feel like
it actually hurts the team.
I feel like the team likes a celebration
and that I would be a better leader
if I celebrated more, or let them celebrate more,
so we can hit the next thing.
I don’t know, I feel like it’s a little piece missing.
I don’t need it personally, but for the team it’s important.
– Yeah, I agree.
I think making your team feel exceptional and making sure
that you let them know, hey, guys, I’m focused
on the long-term vision for us, but I really need
your help to make sure we continue hitting these goals.
I want to go through, like every week maybe going through
the goals they hit or the goals that you guys are achieving
and making them feel amazing.
I think that’s huge.
But, yeah, I’ve done that.
I’ve ran a pretty big sales team, and I think a lot
of the legendary entrepreneurs, if you stop and celebrate,
and you rest on your morals, I think it’s harder
to create the next thing or build more success.
Because when Steve Jobs made an iPhone,
he wasn’t like, oh, my God, this is it.
I have the iPhone.
What’s next? What’s next?
What’s next? What’s next?
Let’s continue changing lives.
Let’s continue impacting the world.
So I commend you, because I know you’re an achiever,
and I can relate, but yeah, my celebrations, too, Evan,
I travel three weeks out of the month.
I travel quite a bit across the world,
so that’s kind of my, I work sometimes while I travel,
which is why I became an entrepreneur,
but that’s kind of my celebration, is traveling
and seeing new cultures and experiences and stuff like that.
But I love workin’, man.
I’m addicted to the grind.
– I turn down most speaking things
because if it’s a week away, that’s so much
opportunity cost lost of what I’m going to do here.
I did a thing in Madrid last year where I was helping
librarians and it was like all the heads of the libraries
in the world came together to this event,
and they wanted to know how to stay relevant.
So I’m speaking to them about how to stay relevant.
– Wow, that’s kind of cool.
– So that’s actually a cool cause, I’m willing to go,
but when I’m in Madrid, I’m not touring.
It’s like, I don’t want to do sightseeing.
I want to deliver mad value to these librarians
and crush it, and then make videos for my channel
and catch up on work and maybe meet some local fans,
but I’m not out sightseeing and trying restaurants
and I don’t know.
– But you got to realize that’s why you’re living
your life on your terms, and that’s why people
respect and look up to you and why you have
five hundred thousand subscribers.
Most people are the opposite.
They want to speak real quick,
then they want to go and enjoy everything.
And most people are trying to enjoy all these experiences,
before they really deserve it or put the grind in.
So, you already know that, but that’s why you’re
doing what you’re doing and why you’re crushing it.
You know what I mean?
‘Cause you’re addicted to giving value.
Most people are addicted to instant pleasure
versus giving value, so people need to switch
their priorities and get in check.
– I like it.
– I love our conversations.
We could talk for hours, man.
You want to try and all-day marathon?
(laughs)
– All day marathon, dude.
That’d be massive productivity for everybody here.
– Not us, but everyone else.
– Man, there’s tons of questions.
Let me see what’s one that we haven’t gone over?
Okay, so Joshua’s writing, I struggle to wake up
every day, and what advice do we have?
His work’s being affected, he feels like he’s lazy.
Somebody who, like, they watch this, right?
Everything’s on fire, I love Peter.
Man, dude blew my mind.
I’m going to go crazy tonight, and they’re insanely productive,
and then tomorrow morning, I don’t want to get out of bed.
– Yep. I got a thought.
It’s funny, every single question I’m getting,
I’ve actually personally been through that.
Been in ruts, been in struggles.
So a couple thoughts.
One, it’s okay.
Be okay with that, but then realize that you’re one decision
away from changing it, and whatever you’re doing now
is 10 times worse in the future.
If someone is lazy now, they’re 10 times
lazier in the future.
If someone cuts corners now, they’re 10 times worse.
If someone lies or exaggerates now,
(cuts out)
in the future.
That’s why you got to be super aware of your habits
and subconscious, who you’re becoming.
First thought.
Most people go to bed tired.
If you go to bed tired, you will wake up tired
100% of the time.
Flip that.
For me, I go to bed fired up and excited.
That’s hard to believe, right Evan?
I go to bed fired up and excited.
So when I go to bed, I’m very grateful.
I say thank you whatever higher power you believe in
for this six hours of sleep I’m getting.
When I wake up, I’m going to be energized, juiced,
fired up and excited, and I go to bed grateful
and I go to bed happy, right?
Now, it’s a mind game you play.
In the morning when I wake up, I still aren’t
always excited, but I have a game.
Most people sleep in.
I’m not most people.
Most people make excuses.
I’m not most people.
You have this one-on-one conversation with your head,
and then, you go from zero to 10.
So when you first wake up, you’re a zero.
You have to do little things that get you from a one
to a three to a five, and this has worked
for me 100% of the time.
So, first my alarm is out away from my bed,
so when I’m dead tired, my alarm is so annoying,
it’s so loud, I have to get up to actually turn it off.
So now I’m a zero, now I’m like a two, right?
And then I go brush my teeth or I drink a ton of water.
Now I’m from a two to a three or four, right?
And then, for me, I’ll do push ups.
I’ll listen to my favorite song.
It’s a habit now, so I don’t need to do this,
but when I was struggling, I would do something
that got me from a three to a five.
So do something in the morning right when you wake up
that gets you a little bit more awake, and then do
something else, maybe it’s do 10 pushups.
And then, look at some statements or some quotes
that fire you up, and then drink a ton of water,
brush your teeth, maybe walk downstairs
and start working out or go to the gym.
And then you’re going to be a seven or eight,
and then you’re not going back to bed.
So I would sell yourself on why you do want to get up early.
I would tell yourself the night before that you’re
going to be fired up, and then I would also, right when
you wake up, have some rituals in place that get you
from a zero to a two to a five to a seven.
And do that for seven to 14 days, then your habits
will take over your mind and you’ll be good.
So that’s my thoughts, and it’s worked for me many times.
– Yeah, I’ve never had a problem sleeping in.
I never press the snooze button.
– Awesome. Never.
– I think it’s not even discipline.
If you wake, if you’re doing work that you want to do,
that you’re excited to get up and do, you want to…
Like for me, at night, I have to shut my brain off
’cause I’m so, like here are 10 of the things
I want to do tomorrow, and then I don’t sleep.
And then I got to get up and start working on them,
and then it’s like four in the morning, and I got to
haul my butt to bed because I’m not going to get
a lot of sleep tonight.
– Yeah, subconsciously, you’re excited about it though.
You have all these things, like innovations,
you’re planning on how to add value, so even if you
can’t sleep, you’re fired up to get up.
All lot of times when I have the most excitement and ideas,
I’m the same way, I get up at four or five,
and I can’t go back to bed.
I can’t, because I’m fired up,
so that’s funny you said that.
So you don’t have an issue ever getting up?
– I’m okay getting up, but I don’t
wake up in peak state, either.
I’ll get up, but I may start at a five instead of being
at a 10, but I’m not at a one.
I’m not lying in bed and like snooze, snooze, snooze.
I think that if you don’t look forward to what
you’re doing, like on a Saturday, I’m not sleeping in
and snooze buttoning, or Sunday.
It’s just I want to enjoy life and do stuff, and it’s true.
If you’ve been sleep deprived or you’re not looking
forward to your day, then the tendency is to be super lazy.
But in terms of getting from a five to a six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, I find music first thing,
like I’ll wake up, I’ll go to the bathroom,
and then I’ll put on a song.
And whatever the song is that gets you…
– Sparks your energy.
– Grinding, moving, shaking, like my playlist
you may not enjoy.
It doesn’t matter.
Whatever the song that works for you,
– Give me some artists.
– Changes your state.
AC/DC, Rolling Stones. – Uh, none of those guys, man.
I just named a lot of people.
None of them?
(laughs)
– I don’t think any of them are on the list.
– [Peter] Pearl Jam?
– More like, I like some gamer music,
they’ve got some good beats to it, or some remixes.
– You like Kygo?
– I don’t know Kygo.
– It’s like college music but it’s pretty good.
– Dude, like honestly, though, I know
a lot about a little bit.
– That’s good.
You want to talk entrepreneurship, you want to talk baseball,
maybe some League of Legends, some salsa dancing,
we can go deep.
You want to talk pop culture and music, and movies.
– Yeah, that’s a good thing though.
You’ve focused on your strengths.
– No idea, no idea.
– That’s a wise move, my man, that’s funny.
– Anyway, so like starting with music, starting the day
with some music that gets you excited, and then into,
I think if you’re consistent with the routine
and every day this is how you do your thing,
then you just fall into it, instead of to what Peter
said way back, you’re not just starting the day like,
what do I do today?
– Yep.
– Then you’re super lazy, where if you have your plan,
this is happening, you’ve written it down,
you’re scheduled to it, then you’re
much more likely to follow through.
– And think about how short life is.
You want to make sure if you fast forward 10, 20 years,
you’ve maximized life out.
I want to look in the mirror, Evan, when I’m 70, 80,
look in the mirror and say I did it my way,
I maximized life, I have zero regrets.
If you can pinpoint what you do today to your future
self thanking you for it, that’s a skill that a lot
of people cannot conceptualize because they’re so
addicted to instant pleasure.
I’ve been addicted to doing things now,
doing things today, that January 1st, 2018,
I’m super proud of.
And if you could think like that, that’s the first step.
– I think, too, having a keystone habit, like whatever
that first thing is, if you do it, you’re more
likely to do everything else, and if you miss it.
– Yeah, yeah. Momentum.
– If you miss your, if you have five goals and you want to
eat healthy, you want to work out, blah, blah, blah.
If you eat a chocolate bar, then you’re likely
to give up on the rest of these.
You know what, I’m not going to work out, and I’m going to
junk up the rest of the day.
You miss all your other goals.
So make that first thing in your routine easy.
And then you stick to that and you’re much more likely
to stick to the other things.
So whether that’s make your bed, or brush your teeth,
or put on a song, whatever it is, that first thing
is super easy, and then the harder ones are later,
but you’ve built up momentum to go through.
– 100%. I fully agree.
I love it man.
I mean, how much time do we have?
I could finish the last tip and then we can do maybe
one or two more questions, or we could just do questions
and I can finish with some final thoughts.
Whatever you feel, you’re the man.
– Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well initially I had us in a half an hour where we’re
almost at the hour mark.
– Oh, shoot.
– I know we got, we both got other things to do,
but let me circle back.
I stopped paying attention to the questions ’cause
it’s just, it’s flying through.
I want to circle back to talk again about your,
you got your book, Six Months to Six Figures.
You’ve got a master class coming up that’s launching
in about a month in February.
Talk to us about that journey, making the book,
making this master class, what’s happening,
what everything’s about.
– Yeah, so when I was broke and frustrated,
I didn’t know how to get out of it, and finally there was
specific things I did when I look back, on how I went
from broke to six figures in actually five,
five-and-a-half months, and people kept asking
about how I did it, so I was helping a lot of people,
and I saw it work for them.
And all my journey up, Evan, I read a lot of books,
and there was few that were tactical that really gave
the actual scripts that were done for you that really
helped me get to that next level.
So there wasn’t any books out there for young
entrepreneurs, so I wanted to create one.
So I put the framework in the book, the six steps
to six figures, on exactly, and we’ve had hundreds,
if not thousands of people, say they’ve actually
used it and made six figures.
So this is not like I hope it works.
So the book is just a tactical way, it’s proven strategies
on what I used to go from zero to six figures
and from six to seven.
So that’s what the book is,
and I’ve got some amazing feedback.
It’s been all over the world, and I’m super proud of it,
but I also give a lot of my scripts, like how I reached out
to high level achievers, like the Vaynerchuks
and the Arianna Huffingtons and those kind
of people, the Mark Cubans.
I give my exact script on what I did, I give a couple
other things that I personally,
I pretty much put everything in that book.
So we got so much feedback.
We have so many people reaching out.
Hey, I want more, I want more.
So we decided, we spent a year and a half,
me and a business partner, creating a master class
on deep diving on each step.
If you don’t have an idea and you want an idea.
Anyone that’s hungry, we give them the exact strategies
and steps on how to get to their first six figures
in entrepreneurship, and if you’re at six,
it’s pretty much how to create the best six months
you’ve ever had, with accountability, with strategies,
with tactics, and we have a community around
where there’s a lot of people in there helping
and stuff like that.
So that’s really what it is.
It’s the most tactical, comprehensive, and, I feel,
relevant training out for entrepreneurs where they get
step by step system and a proven roadmap on how to
not only create a product, how to sell it,
how to go from frustrated to crushing it,
and that’s what it is, man.
It’s just a roadmap for entrepreneurs that want
to go to the next level this year.
So, yeah, we don’t launch it much.
It’s coming out, I think, the end of February.
I’m excited about it.
– And if people want to either find out about the course
or find out about you, you do YouTube videos as well,
everything you’re up to, what’s the process?
– Yeah, by the way, if you guys say you’re from Evan’s
channel, I’d love to connect.
We get a lot of people reaching out, but I’ve seen the
comments, you guys are very hungry and dedicated,
so much respect to you.
We actually, I pride myself, Evan, in giving better
free content than most pay thousands for.
I know your content’s better than a lot of people
that actually charge money for what they’re saying, right?
So at 6M6F.com, I created a blueprint that mixes
this productivity stuff with the Six Months Six Figures
framework, so I give you all that value in a blueprint.
I think it’s like a 10 or 12 page blueprint you get
for free, and that’s at 6M6F.com.
And if they want to connect on social media,
I have Instagram.
My Snapchat is Ambition 23, pretty active on there,
and then my Instagram’s Peter J. Voogd, and then if they
want to learn more about, we kind of have
an exclusive academy as well.
It’s gamechangersmovement.com.
That’s an invite only.
That’s pretty exclusive, but they can check that out
at gamechangersmovement.com.
But, yeah, man, I love to give value.
I love to help entrepreneurs that are hungry,
that need guidance, because I’ve been there as well.
Yeah, let’s connect.
Add me on all social medias.
Let’s talk some business.
I love it.
– All right, now this is it, Peter.
The final message of the day that Pete is going to give us
to sum everything up and leave us on a high.
What ya got, Peter?
– So the number one thing that holds most people back,
I don’t know what I’m going to say as I’m saying this,
it always just comes from the heart or gut.
The number one thing I’ve seen hold people back
is they never tell themselves now matters.
They’re always living on some day I’ll.
Some day I’ll be successful.
Some day I’ll invest in myself.
Some day I’ll quit my job and start a business,
and some day never comes.
So I challenge each and every one of you,
right after this video, what are you going to do now
to improve your chances of success?
You got to figure out exactly what you want
and figure out what you’re willing to give up
to get what you want, and if you can tell yourself
now matters, and you stop comparing yourself
to everybody else, and you only compare yourself
to who you were yesterday, that’s where you’re
going to change the game.
And that’s when you’re going to create a legacy
that outlasts you, so I’m here to help.
Evan’s here to help.
Thanks so much for your time, but that’s it, man.
Like I said earlier, you want to look yourself
in the mirror when you’re 70 or 80, because 95%
of people, when they’re 70 or 80, have massive regrets.
I’d rather have you guys have massive excitement
and massive results than regret.
So look yourself in the mirror when you’re older,
and tell yourself I have no regrets.
I did it my way.
I maximized life, but it starts with right now.
That’s it.
– I love it. Peter Voogd, ladies and gentleman.
Brings the fire every time.
Peter, man, thank you so much for spending the time,
spreading some love.
Thank you guys for watching.
Sorry I didn’t get to all the questions.
You know, you see the chat.
You guys are going crazy there.
– I’ll try and get in there and answer them, too.
I mean, I can’t answer all, but I’ll try
and get up in there and answer them, too.
– There’ like a hundred questions plus, that were not asked.
Be careful what you commit to there.
– Oh, that’s funny.
– Thank you guys for watching.
I believe in you.
Continue to believe in yourself, and we’ll see you soon.
– See you guys.
Thanks, Evan.
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