Colin SprakeInvestor & Mentor Driving Multi-Million Dollar Growth

Stop Letting People Who Are Stuck Help You Make Decisions.

11 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this short motivational video, the speaker identifies a core mindset obstacle that derails entrepreneurs when selling franchises or any business: taking advice from people who do not serve their interests. He explains that naysayers and, most frequently, a risk‑averse spouse can undermine confidence and keep individuals stuck in the same place, expecting different results. The speaker urges viewers to deliberately seek counsel only from those who uplift and support their goals, rather than from those who sow doubt.

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The biggest mindset challenge that I see that kills most opportunities when selling franchises or selling any other kind of businesses is that the person gets advice from people that don't serve them and that impacts their mindset. It impacts their situation. Always take advice and I've said it on previous videos from people that raise you up, not mess you up. There are so many naysayers out there will say to you it can't be done, you're not on track, you will never be successful. The challenging part for most people, the number one by far often is the spouse. The spouse is the one that you got. The guy gets super excited. We see this frequently, super excited, super pumped, wants to get going and then the spouse says I'm risk adversed, I don't want to do this, I don't think we should do this. And guess where they stay in the same place doing the same thing, expecting a different result.