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Today is the Day, episode 100 of the Rise of the Young podcast. And I am pumped up because if you're new here, this podcast has been absolutely foundational in my life and hundreds and thousands of others as well. And today's the day that this podcast will take a major step in the right direction. Not only because of the content, but and the schedule that I will be updating you guys about. But what's to come internally, because this podcast means so much to me and I know for all of the thousands of people that have came up to me at different business events, I know how much it has impacted your life as well. So that being said, if you are new here, my name is Casey Adams. I am the CEO of Build you'd Empire. And I am excited because this podcast is not only something that has changed my life over the last year and a half, but it has truly set the stage for my career because I've been able to sit down with some of the most world class entrepreneurs, athletes and people who are truly making a difference in this world. And on today's episode, I'm gonna be going over my journey on this podcast, what I've learned from sitting down with so many of of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. Because sometimes I believe, and this is literally just going to be an organic, raw episode, sometimes I believe we get confused and we get dazed on what we've accomplished because we always compare ourselves to other people. But looking back, and I'm speaking from existence, literally, I've interviewed hundreds of people. And if you scroll through the podcast and if you look down from episode one all the way till today, which is episode 100, you'll see all of the different people I've interviewed, they come from so many different backgrounds and that's the truth. You're listening to this right now, and you come from a completely different background than anyone else. You have a story and. And on this podcast, I want you to not only discover something about yourself, but discover something about you from the eyes and experience of other people. Because something that I've learned from one of my mentors, Tai Lopez, he always says learn from mistakes, but they don't always have to be your mistakes. And after reading hundreds of books and interviewing hundreds of people, like I said, I, I've been able to learn so many foundational pieces of information. And on today's episode, which is monumental because it's episode 100, I'm gonna be going over a couple things and that is the uploading schedule, moving forward on this podcast, where I'm at in my life right now, and go over the people and experiences and I would say the journey of what I've been on over the last three years. So the that being said, let's get into the show. So at 15 years old, I was sitting in my room in Richmond, Virginia, and after getting hurt playing football, I was literally in a neck brace for six months. And I remember the day that I got injured, it completely changed the paradigm of my life because it made me think. And being 15 years old, playing football, playing lacrosse, playing hockey for 10 years, I never would have thought that an injury in my life would transform everything I was doing moving forward. And that's what happened. So at 15, I'm in my room sitting in a neck brace on Instagram with less than a thousand followers, and I'm looking at myself in the mirror thinking, what is the next step in my life? What is the journey that, that I'm about to go on? Because football is not it. Matter of fact, I can never play football again in my life based on what the doctor told me. And I remember sitting there and running across people like Gary Vaynerchuk or Tai Lopez or all of these different business influencers, it really got to me. Because looking back, over the last three years of my life, I've been able to travel all over the world, speaking in front of hundreds people and sometimes thousands of people, talking about social media marketing, talking about personal branding, and going over how I've been able to build a world class personal brand on social media with hundreds and thousands of followers, reaching millions and millions of people on a regular basis. And I'm only 18 now and I understand that I have so much to learn. And if you're listening to this right now, here's what I want you to know about me is there's one thing that I make sure I do on a daily basis and that is be a collector of good people. Literally, networking to me is everything because the people in your life dictate the opportunities in your life, and the opportunities in your life dictate where you execute on those opportunities. And if you're not executing on good opportunities, that's where people mess up. You have to be very aware of the people in your life, the opportunities and where you spend your time. Because we do not get time back. And I've been able to learn that at a young age. And it's one of the things that after sitting down and interviewing people with so much money they don't know what to do with. I'm talking about people who are running multi hundred million dollar companies. And the one thing they always tell me is that their time, where they spend it, is the most valuable asset we all have. And just going forward on this show, I want to tell you something, because in 2017, when I started my podcast, my New year's resolution in 2018 was to go ahead and go hard on podcasting. And like I said at the beginning of the show, if you scroll down and look through all of the people who I've interviewed, anyone from Andy Frisella to Dan Fleshman to Adam22, from no jumper to Grant Cardone to Timothy Sykes to Jake Paul to Lindsay Palos, D. Murthy Drama, whoever it is. I've been able to sit down with so many phenomenal people. And the common theme that I've heard from a lot of these people, like I said about time, is they're building a personal brand, they're putting in time to developing themselves on social media. And, and that is something I stand behind so, so hard because having and building a personal brand in my life changed everything. And if you're new here and you don't know what personal branding is, or if you haven't, I would say, learned too much about it, personal branding is establishing yourself online through social media. And the platforms that we have today, right, it's the, it's literally documenting the most transparent version of you. And if you go to my Instagram now, you'll see I travel a lot and I meet a lot of cool people and I'm posting all these high quality pictures. And yeah, that's my life today. But three years ago when I was 15, I was posted up in the front of my house in Virginia taking pictures, posting them on Instagram, taking pictures of the Books I was reading, posting pictures of me in front of my high school. And it was one of those things where when I was 16, I've never been on a plane in my life. And the first time that I went on a plane is when I could actually pay for it myself. So growing up, I wasn't traveling at all. I come from a small town, like I said, in Virginia on the East Coast. And I always remember going to LA was one of the biggest goals of mine. And it's hilarious because I just wrapped up an event in Los angeles with over 500 people with my good friend Drama from Young and Reckless, and we just dominated and crushed this event. We had signature tees come out, build you'd empire Young and Reckless. And for those who don't know who Drama is, he is founder and CEO of Young and Reckless. And to think that I've had an event with him now. And if you've went to this event, you know that it was phenomenal. It's crazy because if you would have told me that three years ago, I would not have believed you. And that back to my point of having and starting a podcast, literally, I started my podcast in my bedroom with the same microphone that I'm recording on right now, a blue Yeti microphone. It's literally $120 and on the same MacBook that I bought when I was 15. And it's not the opportunities that I passed up on that created the lifestyle that I live now. It's the opportunities that I executed on the people that I asked to get on my podcast, the brand that I built, the events that I went to. And I want you to really think about this today. I want you to take the time that you're listening to this podcast and dedicate the same amount of time to asking yourself the questions that I ask myself. And some of those questions are, alright, not only what are your goals, but what do you want to get done today? Who do you want to emulate? Who do you want to sit down with? Who do you want to network with? What is a goal of yours financially? Where do you want to travel to? And I really want you to think on this, because when I started my podcast, and I'm saying this and going over a lot of different things, because this is episode 100 and I want to just really vent to you guys and tell you my experience over the last year and a half of having a podcast of traveling to do interviews. And it was one of those things where the majority of the first hundred episodes were interviews. And I don't believe that I was able to speak to you. Yes, I'm talking to you. I don't believe I spoke to you enough directly. And that's what I'm going to change because moving forward on this podcast, I'm going to be releasing episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And if you're listening to this podcast today, happy Wednesday, Happy hump day. Because today is the day that this podcast changes forever. And if this is the first episode you ever listen to of my podcast, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. We're gonna be doing a lot of giveaways and special bonuses moving forward, so make sure you stay tuned. Subscribe, let me know what you think. Drop a rating in the comments and in the review section on itunes because it really means a lot. But like I said, the first hundred episodes were mainly interviews. And I want you to hear more about me. I want you to hear about the stories that I've, I would say, gathered along the three years, the learning curves I've had, and overall, the truth of me. Because literally, my buddy Charlie Rocket says it's the best. There's a fine line between social media 1.0 and social media 2.0, and social media 2.0 is being authentic to your audience, telling them how it is, telling them what you're going through, good, bad, and just being transparent, because that's what truly, truly builds brands in 2019. And it's funny because one of my favorite podcasts is called group chat. And like I said earlier, my buddy Drama hosts this show with D. Murthy and Anand Murthy. And they talk about business, they talk about culture, they talk about fashion, they talk about so many different topics. They talk about IPOs, they talk about IPAs. And it's one of those shows that I've learned so much from, not only from the content that they're putting out there, but the stories that they integrate into the content. And that's what I want to do more of. I want to talk about what's currently happening. Like, for example, today I posted on Build your Empire that Jay Z became the first billionaire hip hop artist. And it was so cool to see that because he reinvented that whole space. He, I would say, broke the four minute mile. There's so many, I would say, opportunities out there that you may not even recognize because you haven't even seen someone act on it. But seeing someone like Jay Z become a billionaire inspires other hip hop artists. When I was 15 years old and I saw my boy Caleb Maddox, writing a book at 14 years old, or wrote five books at 14 years old, speaking all over the world with Tony Robbins and Gary Vee. He broke the four minute mile for me. And if you haven't heard the I would say the quote is, when the four minute mile was broken, it was a dozen other people broke their mile time, which is under four minutes within the first month. And hearing that, it really has inspired not only me, but inspired millions of people to execute on what has not happened yet. And I want you to think on that today. Because if you would have told myself, a young kid from Virginia, that I would be living in Arizona now, all the way across the United States of America by myself, be the first person in my family to move out west, interview some of the most amazing people that I look up to and that I follow on social media, I would tell you that's impossible, right? But I ended up breaking my own four minute mile because I saw other people doing it. I saw not only people younger than me, but people more experienced than me. But I always ask myself, we have access to the same technology. Why not me? And I want you to ask yourself that question today. Why not you? I don't know what your goals are, I don't know what your focuses are. I don't know if you even have a business. But I want you to let me know. Because why not you? Why can't you make stuff happen? Why can't you complete your goals? Why can't you accomplish amazing things in your life? Is it because society tells you you can't? Is it because your family doesn't support you? Let me know. Because there's no excuses for execution, right? A lot of people procrastinate. A lot of people spend time just on their phone looking around social media. And I can say I've done that before and I still do that. And I am still working on the best version of myself when it comes to putting my phone down and not getting distracted because there's so much distractions out there. And that's why I always talk about if you're listening right now, thank you so much for listening. But I want you to think about this. Instead of just being a consumer of content, start being a producer. Meaning start a podcast, put out posts on Instagram, write long captions, update Instagram stories, go Instagram Live, upload YouTube videos, whatever it is, start being a producer on social media. Because the day I became a producer and started posting podcasts, started posting Instagram stories, it went by three years and it is everything I'm doing and more. It has built the most badass network in my life, and I'm so thankful for the opportunities. But here's the thing. It happened from relentless messaging, relentless communication, relentless asking, and just showing up, literally. Over the last three years, I've been to hundreds of different business events. The biggest thing I've learned is show up. And what I mean by show up is if you meet someone three times, or you, I would say do something three times, it becomes familiar, right? If you see someone at the local gas station three times, they become familiar to you, right? Whether that's the employee, whether that's the manager, whether that's a friend or someone you're about to go out with. Whatever it is, repetition and showing up is by far the most key thing I've learned throughout my journey. And I want you to take that with you today, because as much as I'm gonna tell you stories about myself and what I've been through, I want you to think about what have you been through? What makes you different, right? And that's why on today's episode, I really am just shooting off the dome. I don't have a plan. I literally started this podcast today, the same way that I started my podcast year and a half ago. I literally took a microphone, clicked record, and started speaking. And let me tell you one thing. The communication skills that I've built throughout the last year and a half through just interviewing people and not planning, not failing to plan, not planning to fail, but I executed. And sometimes I believe not having a plan is a good thing, because execution cures all, right? If I would have procrastinated starting a podcast, my first episode, I wouldn't have been able to get to episode two and episode three and episode four and episode five and all the way until today, which is episode one, 100. And like I said, the same way that I started the first episode is the same way that I started today. And that is don't have a plan, just execute. Because that is what changed my life. That is what has changed the lives of all of the successful people I've met. They didn't wait. They didn't allow someone. Someone to say, okay, you can start now. They just started. And the reason I'm speaking with so much passion today is because this is what excites me. Understanding that a vision in your head, in your brain, can become a reality. I literally have notebooks of me writing down. When I was 15 years old, I want to reach 10,000 followers on Instagram. I want to get verified on Instagram, I want to go to California, I want to meet Gary Vee and Grant Cardone and all of these different goals from a young age and to now have accomplished all of those goals and so much more. It blows my mind why people don't not only write down their goals, but set goals and execute immediately. Because I talked about this the other day on my Instagram. Fall in love with the journey, right? If I wouldn't have fallen in love with every single episode leading up to episode 100, this podcast would not have value. If I just tried to put out 99 episodes before I got to episode 100, and I didn't even care, didn't even think about the guest. I just wanted to get my numbers up. It would not matter. The way you build culture, the way you build brand, the way you get consistent is to get passionate. Not only to get passionate about what you're doing, get passionate about. You get passionate about the little things, right? People always say, fall in love with the journey. And I've realized that throughout my journey of these short three years because, and here's a prime example, I finished the event recently with my team at Build you'd Empire. The young and reckless. Build you'd Empire eventually. And I remember leading up to that event, it was literally, I was on a high. And what I mean by a high is like, drama's someone that I've been rocking with since I was like 12 years old. And I've watched him on Robin Big and Robd Fantasy Factory, and I've seen him grow. And I've grown as well as an individual. And I used to have a kit, still do Young and reckless as a Christmas present for the last, I would say, eight to 10 years. And to do an event with Drama in Los Angeles in his hometown, where he came up out of leading up to that, the journey of that was phenomenal. And then the day it happened, the day that I opened up the event, me and Drama sitting on stage talking to each other about how me sending him a DM to be on my podcast led us to meeting up in la, to him helping me skip a day of school, to him coming out to speak at my event in Arizona, to then partnering up with him on a business event, which 500 people came to from our social media accounts selling tickets to see the journey of that, then to close on an event. I remember I walked out of the venue that night with so much gratitude and so much fulfillment, but I literally walked out of there saying, what's Next. What is next? Literally. And I thought about that for multiple days, thinking about, wow, like, I just prepped for this event for the last five months. I've been building this relationship with drama for the past year, and like, to think it's over now, to think what's next really hit me. And maybe you have a moment like this in your life. Maybe you've reached that point in your life where you reach one of the biggest goals you've set and you accomplish it and you're reaping the awards and people are talking about whatever it is you accomplished. But internally, you're striving for growth. Because if you're not growing, you are dying. I know you've heard that quote before, but it's true. If you settle down and think that what you just accomplished is enough to say, all right, I'm done. And obviously, there's levels to it. If you sell a company for a billion dollars, it's okay. I mean, I would take a break at that point. But I'm saying for every young hustler listening and rising and growing and building, understand that you need to ask yourself, what is next? Whether that's what's next tomorrow, what's next next week, what's next year? Have a plan, right? And I'm not saying I might be contradicting myself when I say, yeah, I started this podcast without a plan. I'm not saying you have to have every detail locked in, but have direction. When I started this podcast, at episode one, I had direction. I wanted to interview people. I wanted to travel all over the United States of America sitting down and interviewing world class entrepreneurs. And to see that come to fruition makes me not only so happy, it makes me happy that I can impact you. It makes me happy that I have someone like yourself listening right now that is striving for more, that is growing. Because like I just said, if you're not growing, you are dying. I listen to a podcast every single day when I wake up. And truthfully, my reading habit used to be way better than it is today. And right after I record this podcast, I am about to pick up my new book that I got called Life Scale how to Live a More Creative, Productive and Happy Life. Because I believe right now in my life, I'm going through a phase of not only distractions, but just so many opportunities and things that I may have in front of me. And I have to learn to say no. And this book is about unlocking new possibilities, breaking free from distractions and distractions and focusing and Sparking creativity. And this book by Brian Salas, I literally picked it up in this new house I got and my buddy Connor Blakely had a bunch of them laying around and I picked it up and I'm excited because. Let me read you the back of it and I just want to kind of read this the back of the COVID to you. And this is not a plug, this is not an ad. I'm just literally reading this. And I want to tell you about this book because I believe, just based on what I've read so far, that it is very much so gonna help me. So listen up. Are you struggling with any of the following? Focus, Focus. Procrastination, anxiety, self esteem, forgetfulness, creativity. Somewhere along the way we have became distracted. Maybe we don't realize the extent to which our everyday rituals, favorite devices and apps, or where we focus our attention is affecting us. Reading life scale is like holding up a mirror and revealing a new you as your obsessive relationship with distractions melt away. From simple first steps to reclaiming your attention, to becoming more satisfied, inspired and creative. This book will lead you through your own journey of life, scaling, redefining success in your own terms. And the reason why I already love this book is because on episode 99, I talked about something very important to me and that is self judgment. And I believe we judge ourselves. And if you want, I would say a more deep look into self judgment, make sure you listen to episode 99. But real quick, sometimes I believe we judge ourselves. And this is something I spoke about in the episode and that is defining success on your own terms. What does having a successful podcast look like to you? What does having a successful life look like to you? Right. If you're building a personal brand, what does a successful personal brand look like to you? Is it getting verified? Is it getting 100,000 followers? Is it getting engagement from true fans that genuinely care about you, that will buy from you? Whatever it is, look for the depth. Look for what success is to you. Because so many people paint a picture of what it is. But if you don't define it for yourself, no one's going to define it for you. They're gonna define it for themselves and you're gonna follow them. One thing that I've loved, love, loved, loved from a huge mentor of mine, Gerard Adams. He says, leaders create leaders. Leaders create leaders. I said it again because it is the truth. I want this podcast to spark your interest and not only leadership, but doing what the hell you want to do. Literally. And I have so much I would say just things to say right now. Because when I was 15 years old, I used to hate speaking in front of the class. I used to be not shy at all, but I wasn't confident all the time. I wasn't this kid that just would walk up in the middle of the room and start speaking. I had to get comfortable and understand my environment. And I was always just satisfied with what was happening in my life. And I didn't set massive goals. Yes, I had long term goals and I had the what if, what if I moved to California or what if I move across the country or what if I interview Elon Musk? Whatever it is. I always had things in my head, but I did not define what true success looked like for me, okay? And for me right now, for this podcast, True Success is putting out an episode every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. True Success is bringing on entrepreneurs once a week to put out content and interviews that truly matter to me, which therefore, hopefully matter to you. But back to the back cover of his book, who's in charge of your destiny? Is it you? If you find yourself unable to go longer than a few minutes without checking your phone or falling victim to to some other digital distractions, you aren't alone. And I'm speaking from experience here. Literally, my screen time is terrible. I'm gonna actually pull it up right now on my phone over the last seven days because I feel so ashamed of how much time I spend on my phone. And I justify why I'm spending time on my phone. So Today I've spent 11 hours and 17 minutes on my phone. That literally makes me feel disgusted. And I'm putting myself on blast right now because the day before today I spent 10 hours and 18 minutes. And then on the day before that I spent only four hours. So I have like no balance, right? One day I'll spend 13 hours on my phone, the next day I'll spend 7. The next day I'll spend 4. The next day I'll spend 10. My goal is to cut down my screen time by half, and I'm up 21% this week. But I have not truly defined what success means to me. So I'm gonna do it right now. True success to me, when it comes to distractions, which is scrolling through Instagram and all this nonsense that I believe I try to justify within myself, True success is having less than four hours a day on my phone, period. And if I can do that, if I can beat my screen time and even go on a social media cleanse for one day, A week, that that is true success to me and I am going to start doing that because I've told myself for so long and I'm just putting myself on blast right now because I believe I don't have self control on that level. I'll say, alright, I'll check my phone in an hour, then I'll check my phone 43 minutes later. Right. And I haven't built up the discipline to put my phone down, turn it off, throw it in a room and just focus on what I need to focus on. And this may sound contradicting, but I'm speaking because this is what's going on in my life and I want to be transparent with you. I want to keep it real and I want to give you what I'm going through. Right. So back to the back of this book cover. As author Brian Salas documents, the corrosive effects of distractions and multitasking are of great importance. And you know you're capable of More Read this book to learn and unlearn how you can master the gifts of focus and creativity and stop letting distractions master you. This book is about being present and mindful in your physical life and your digital life. And I actually really like that. Because as much as I say, like I just said, I wanna put my phone down, I understand that everything that I'm doing today when it comes to my company build you'd empire or the Modi app, or the events that I'm hosting or every brand collaboration that I've ever done with different companies has came from the digital version of me, the brand that I've built, the time and energy I've put into building my brand. So as much as I justify why it's important, and I know it's not always important to be on my phone so much, I do know that I have to be mindful of where I come from and the opportunities that are in front of me. But this book is more than that. It's about breaking the cycle of instant gratification to think critically and creatively. Creatively. And this is something I believe I struggle with. Right. I believe if I had an extra three hours a day that I carved out to just truly think, to just truly write down stuff in my journal. And yes, I write down in my journal. I try to every single day. But sometimes I get lost, I get put behind. I feel like I'm running behind. And if you follow me on social media, I don't want you to think that myself, I have this perfect life and these perfect Goals and these perfect routines. Because as much as I don't, a lot of the most successful people that I've interviewed say the same thing. They don't have everything together. They're learning. They just have more discipline and more experience in certain areas of their life. And it's not about where you're at today. It's where you are tomorrow and the next day. But truly, how you get there is in this moment. This is episode 100 of this podcast. And I'm living in the moment right now, recording this episode for you. And I'm gonna say it like Andy Frisella says it. I'm not speaking to anybody else right now. I am speaking to you. Because you listening through your headphones or through the car or wherever you are listening, you chose to listen to this. And there's no other reason than execution. You clicked play, and there's a reason you did that. And I hope you take something from today, because if you are not choosing with pure focus, and I would say just true dedication in everything you do, why are you doing it right? So back to the back of the book. Living and working in the now without mentally wandering elsewhere, worrying about missing out or waiting impatiently for the next thing. I gotta say, I've been guilty of this, too. We've all had that FOMO mentality, right? Maybe there's an event going on and you're like, I'm not gonna go. And then the day of the event, you're watching Instagram stories like, damn, I should have been there. I need to be there. Gosh, why am I not there, right? All these thoughts start running through your mind, and you think about, why didn't I go? And then you regret it, right? And that's my biggest thing in my life. Do not regret missed opportunities. I would rather know. I would rather say, oh, well, than what if? And that actually comes from a line from Russ, who was one of my favorite rappers. He's like, I'd rather say oh, well, than what if? And that is true, because I would rather execute and say, oh, well, this wasn't it. This was not worth my time. Then what if? What if that opportunity changed my life? What if that one plane ticket to that one event changed my life? What if that one interview with that one person changed everything? What if that one phone call I made introduced me to an investor? What if that one door I knocked on closed and I closed them as a client? Do not live in the what if mentality. Live in the oh well mentality. Because, hey, if you execute and things don't go your way. Oh, well, try again. But you know with certainty that you can do better, that there's another opportunity and that that thing you executed on was not the right move. So stop wasting time. And I'm saying this to me as well. Spend more time doing what you love with whom you love, right? There's no time. And I'm saying this, and I'm 18 years old and if you may be listening, like, alright, what does this 18 year old have to say? And the truth is, I have a lot to learn. I learn every single day. I literally try to spend as much time as I can with people who are way bigger, better and just smarter than me. Because that's how you grow. But literally learn to foster good people and work with good people. Two of my business partners, John Milott and Joshua Denny, the most amazing people in my life, they always tell me, be a collector of good people. Right? I'm gonna say it again, be a collector of good people. Because I hear all the time, oh, I'm not gonna go there. There's not good people there. Oh, I'm not gonna live in that state. There's not good people there. Oh, there's. That city doesn't have good people. The truth is, you may not be a good person. The truth is you attract the people in your life and you decide if you're gonna stick close to them or if those are not the right people for you. And if you think that someone else is the problem, you need to look in the mirror because it's you. I do this all the time. If you think and you complain about somebody else, think about that. Why you determine your life. You dictate your emotions. You dictate the people you surround yourself with. You dictate what you execute on. And if you're complaining and letting other people determine your thoughts, you are not living up to your potential. And this is something I really want you to just harness and think about. Because I believe no matter what age, ethnicity, gender you are, the only thing we can all control is what we learn and put into our brains and the people we associate with. Because the people you associate with will therefore determine how you think, how you speak, how you act. Because you are the common person of the five people you associate with in terms of the way you dress and the way you think, in the way you execute and the way you build habits. Literally, people grow up in environments, and I know I did as well. Where I grew up, in an environment based around sports, I grew up in an amazing family that provided love and support for things I did and still do to this day. And it's that mentality which I grew up in that transformed my thoughts. It's the habits and the rituals that my family instilled in me that allow me to do the things that I do today. And no matter what background you come from, you have to understand that everyone's story, everyone's journey is different. And if you let that affect you and you compare yourself to other people without comparing yourself to the person you were yesterday, you need to take a step back and rethink the now. Write down something that's important to you. Write down something that you went through that you are truly grateful for. Because here's what I know. You may be listening right now, and you may be having the best day of your life and congrats, or you may be listening and you've had the worst day today. You woke up on the wrong side of the bed. You woke up. You. You couldn't find your right shoe. You woke up and your phone fell off your dresser and it cracked. You woke up and you ran out of toothpaste. You could be having the worst day right now. And I'm here to remind you that you determine your emotions. You attach meanings to the things that happen in your life. Right. And you control the outcome of your thoughts. And the main reason I want to speak on this real quick is because you can either attach a positive thought or a negative thought. And I went more in depth on this on my episode 99 where I talk about self judgment because you need to learn how to judge yourself in a respectful way. If you're not reaching and setting the goals that you plan to do, judge yourself. Let yourself know. Wow. I have not been executing on my goals and this is going to change because that's how I feel right now. I have not executed on this podcast the best of my ability. And I'm here to say that this is the last day period that you will hear from me where I know, with other conviction that I will post three times a week for the next years, years and years and years. Because I am committed and I want you to hold me accountable. Because I do believe having an accountability partner is key, whether that's a person or a mentor or an individual that you walked across on the street or the person you met at the gym. Have an accountability partner to keep you accountable. Shout out to my boy, Anthony Bose, whenever I'm making coffee in the morning, I shoot him a FaceTime because he holds Me accountable of my fitness goals. He holds me accountable of my reading habits. And he's read so many books this year already, and I've only finished a couple, but I'm reading this new book that I was talking about earlier because I do believe that we all go through phases, right? Some great, some not so great, right? I do believe that there's peaks and valleys where, where you could be having the best Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, you could have the best week of your life. And then the following Monday, you forgot to plug your phone in. In the morning you woke up, your phone's dead. And like I said, all these little things start stacking up and then you're having a terrible day when last week you had a phenomenal week. And then you then justify like, wow, today's terrible. But you forget that you were on a winning streak. Shout out to Charlie for the winning streak mentality. You need to start laying out your days and basing them off of the small wins. Because if you can win today and you can win this week and you can win this month, you will win the year. And me looking back on this podcast, and I'm like, wow, like, I've interviewed so many world class entrepreneurs and this is just the start. But if I didn't execute on episode one and episode two and episode 34 and episode 47 and everything in between, you would not be listening today to episode 100. And I want to make that clear. And I know I'm jumping around, I know I'm all over the place today, but that's purposeful. My intent is to speak with utter conviction, speak with passion, let you know what I'm thinking. Because literally, literally when I started my podcast, I was a junior in high school. I was waking up at 7am every single day, walking into math class, hating not the information that I was learning. I don't believe school's the problem. I believe what they don't teach at school is the problem. Especially where I come from. I went to a public school, 3,000 people, and you never got specialized attention. You, you never got information that you can execute on right now. You didn't get a mentality change, you didn't get a confidence booster. You got homework, or at least I did. And I'm speaking from my past. When I started my podcast, I literally, it's crazy to me, the first episode, I was a 16 year old kid and now I'm 18, turning 19 in about a month. And I've learned so much from so many different people and to think today you listening to this podcast is even happening gives me the chills. Because I remember the first time that I really, truly felt a breakthrough in my life. And that was literally when I experienced something I never experienced before, and that was going to Los Angeles for the first time. I'll never forget it. Tai Lopez flew me out to California, Louisiana, and it was the first time I was ever in la. I get there, I'm landing, and as we're landing, touching the ground in Los Angeles, I'm looking, I'm seeing palm trees, I see the Hollywood sign, I'm. I'm seeing Hollywood Boulevard. And yes, after now going to LA hundreds of times, I am like, alright, let me just get to my meeting, the traffic's terrible and let's go. But looking back on what was new to me then that is not new to me now, truly makes me think. And that's why I thrive for new experiences. That's why I thrive for just new opportunities. Because if you go way down on my Instagram and you go to the day I started my podcast, which was December 22, 2017, you'll notice the content that I was posting was completely different than the content that I was posting today. And just thinking about everything that I had to do in my life over the last three years to get to where I am today truly makes me just be grateful. Grateful for what I've done, but grateful for what I haven't done. Because there's so much to do. And if you're thinking today and you're listening right now and you think that what you've done is good, understand that everything you do from this point on is going to be great. Because everything you've learned and accumulated, the knowledge, the network, the people, there is so much more to do. You are so much farther ahead today than you were a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. Like, literally when I first started on Instagram, I was getting 12 likes, no comments. I was manually having to ask my friends to comment. And to now have amazing people just showing love and supporting and just telling me what they think about my content and truly supporting what I do, it means so much to me. And one of the things that I really want you to understand about everything I do is the events. The events, right? I talk about social media a lot. I talk about DMs, I talk about just building a fan base. But there's a fine line between getting 500 likes on your Instagram post and having 500 people from all over the world fly out to A city, book a flight, book a hotel, buy a ticket and come to an event and be there on time. And that's where I thrive. I thrive and I live for events. Literally putting people in a room together is magical. So much shit happens that you don't even know. The reason why I'm in Arizona is because I had an event. The reason why I'm business partners with John Milotte and Joshua Denny, the most amazing people in my life, is because an event, physical attention, yes, DMs are great, yes, social media is great. But get out there, get out of your room, get out of your house, go and live and book an Uber. Go to an event. Listen to people you never heard before. Think optimistically about everything you do, because everything you do, you need to thrive for greatness. But back to the point of events and the point of social media, here's a little perception change for you based off what I just said. If you get 500 likes on your Instagram post to a lot of people, they're like, oh, that's nothing, right? You see Kim Kardashian getting 12 million, or the world record egg getting 50 million, or someone getting 12,000 or a thousand, and you're like, wow, 500 likes or 50 likes 50 people in a room is a whole different story. If 50 people walked into your house right now, you'd be like, wow, get the heck out of my house. That is too many people walking up into my house. But you get 50 likes on Instagram or 50 comments, and you don't treat it the same. But the core thing I want you to know leading up to the end of this podcast, treat people like people treat an individual. You've heard this already. Treat the janitor like the CEO. Treat people on your Instagram that are commenting like someone that walked up to your front door and knocked, because that's what they did in a different form. Me DMing you right now, or you DMing me is you walking up to me and knocking on my door, getting into my life, showing up. And if you don't have an authentic ask and you're not real, and you knock on someone's door and you say, give me everything you have, right? If you try to rob them of their time and their energy and everything they've built up to that point, they're not gonna respond, they're not gonna care. So be genuine. And that's what I wanna wrap this podcast up with. If you're listening right now, you're building a brand. You're starting a podcast. You're going through things. You' your company. You already have a company. Be genuine. Be a good person. Focus on people. Be a collector of good people. Be the best version of you. Because if you do that, you do that with certainty. Everything in your life will start making more sense. You'll realize, oh, people are treating me this way because I'm treating myself that way. If you literally get this, if you procrastinate on doing what's best for you and you don't focus on building the best relationship with yourself, why do you think people are ignoring you? Why do you think people aren't wanting to build with you? If you don't spend time on yourself, why do you think someone else should spend time on you? Why do you think someone else should invest into you if you're not investing into yourself? Literally? Think about it. If you're thinking, you're stuck right now. You're thinking, why haven't I reached my goals? Why haven't I started to get what I want? Understand that how you do anything and how you do everything is how you do anything. Understand that the smallest things, from cleaning the kitchen and cleaning your room and making your bed is the same way that you're gonna build your brand, is the same way you're gonna introduce yourself. If you're sloppy at cleaning the kitchen, I guarantee it. Your room's sloppy, I guarantee it. Your Instagram's sloppy, I guarantee it. Your car's dirty, I guarantee it. Because how you do anything is how you do everything. And if maybe you're an exception to that, let me know. I know some people like my boy Tristan, and I know he's tightening up on it, but he's suited every single day. But he used to leave dishes in the sink. Shout out to you, Tristan, if you're listening, you're the homie. But now he's tightening up because he understands that so well. How you do anything is how you do everything. How I treat this podcast is how I treat my business. If I'm not consistent with it, with posting, I'm not gonna be consistent with communicating. And if I'm not consistent in my business, I'm not gonna be consistent with reaching out to my family, because I live across the country. I live in Arizona. All my family is in Virginia. If I procrastinate, I'm reaching out to them. It might make sense that people procrastinate. Reaching out to me. It might make sense that the things that and the opportunities that are coming my way are happening for a reason. Because how I do anything is how everything happens in my life. But to really wrap this episode up, to really put the cherry on top, I just wanna say thank you. Because me speaking into this microphone, I'm speaking to you. To you, whether you're 9 years old, whether you're 14, whether you're 73 or 47 or 21, whatever age you are, whatever background you come from. Thank you. Because without you, none of what I'm doing would be possible. Without you, the events that I host would not be events. You can't just have speakers and no attendees. And if you're listening right now and you've came to one of my events and you've seen the energy that we put into these rooms, you understand that it's everything to me. Because without you listening to this podcast, pulling up to these events, asking me questions on Instagram, commenting and liking and leaving advice, none of this would be possible. And I think sometimes you may forget that too, because it's funny. I just went to a concert for my boy, Spectacular. AM Spectacular. He's a part of Pretty Ricky, that song Grind On Me. I went to a concert here in Scottsdale. It was like 5,000 people. They sold out. And I was kicking it backstage with my boy Spec, we call him. And literally I'm in the back room with him. It's just me, John Malott, my boy Kyle, Josh Najula, a couple other people that we're with. It's like five or six of us, and then specifically and his brothers, and we're just chilling. There's like maybe 10 of us in the room, and they're about to go perform in front of 5,000 people. And I remember me seeing him walk on a stage with 5,000 people in the room was no different than how he walked into a room with 10 people. It was no different than the way he communicated, the way he carried himself. But here's the thing. It was the people in that room that made that concert possible, right? I'm saying 5,000 people. Like, it's a small number. Seeing 5,000 people in a venue is insane. But when you see someone 5,000 followers on Instagram, you may just put them off, right? So change your perception not only about Instagram and social media, but about people. Because one person, you. You can change the world. One person, one comment, one phone call, one dm, one podcast episode, one trip, one event, one thing can change your life. And if you are devaluing that one person that comments or devaluing that one person that sends you a dm, or devaluing that one person that listens to your podcast, rethink it. Because some of the biggest people that I've interviewed, the way they treat one person is the way they treat a million people. With character, with respect. They're genuine, they listen and they understand that game. So to truly wrap up episode 100, not only to say thank you, but I want you to thank someone else. Literally. Take a moment right now, today, share this podcast with someone you truly care about. Because whether you got value from it or you didn't, I want you to say thank you to someone. And I want you personally to thank yourself. Because the person you are today is the person you are because of you, good or bad. And you need to thank yourself because you understanding that philosophy will allow you to change. If you're not in a position where you are or where you want to be, say thank you. Say, all right, well, now that I'm aware, let me change that. Or if you're in the perfect position in your life where you position yourself, thank yourself because you did it. You made it happen. But lastly, let me go back a second. Thank somebody in your life and me speaking to you through your headphones or through your car. This is me saying thank you personally. You, you listening. Thank you. In the same way that I'm communicating my gratefulness to you, I want you to do that to someone else today. Because I believe, and this quote is amazing, a flame or a candle loses nothing lighting another candle, right? So what you learned today, what you're thinking right now, give someone else the light. Give someone else the flame. Because you lose nothing from sharing this podcast or saying thank you to someone. But someone else gains so much respect for you. They gain so much clarity on the way you handle your relationships and the way you value them. So tell someone thank you. And that being said, I just want to say, lastly, thank you for listening and tuning in and subscribing to the Rise of the Young podcast. If you have not already subscribed and left a review on itunes, it would mean the world to me if you genuinely left a review in iTunes with a five star rating, hopefully. Thank you. Let me know what you think, because moving Forward from episode 100 today, three times a week, baby, three times a week. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And the reason why I picked Monday, Wednesday and Friday is because my favorite podcast group chat, they release an episode every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So that means I'm going to record on those days or every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. So I post them on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Good artist copy. Great artists steal. Remember that. So to wrap it up, make sure you subscribe to the Rise of the Young podcast. Share this with a friend. Screenshot your phone right now with my podcast cover and post it on your Instagram story and tag me saying episode 100. Or maybe put the 100 emoji. Because this episode means so much to me and I hope it means a lot to you because this is a monumental episode for this show moving forward, and I hope it felt like that to you. And to wrap it up, do yourself a favor. Say thank you to yourself. Say thank you to someone else. Understand that everything leading up to this moment, to you listening to this podcast is intentional. Nothing happens by accident. And with that being said, I just want to say thank you so much for tuning in to the Rise of the young podcast, episode 100. This show was amazing, right off the dome. Didn't have any plan. And it feels great because I genuinely believe that me speaking to you today not only helped me, but it helped me help you. And yeah, I'm excited about it. 59 minutes. Episode 100, baby. Thanks so much for tuning in. Go build your empire. Go say thank you. Make sure you subscribe, screenshot it, post it on your Instagram story, and let me know what you want me to talk about, because I have a lot of stuff to talk about and I'm excited about the content moving forward. So, that being said, I will talk to you on Friday. Have an amazing day. Peace. Rise of the Young Casey Adams Out.

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