Jesus Gabriel Mendez talks about burnout from the entrepreneurial grind and how a new apartment and more travel help him stay motivated. He notes that each new car high only lasts briefly, and advises early-stage business owners that feeling stuck is normal.
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What's going on, boys and girls? Today we're going to be doing a POV drive in the McLaren, going to meet up with my boy Cole who just got a green Huracán. We're going to mob around the city, have some fun, and show you guys along the way. I also wanted to give you guys a quick life update on what's been going on with myself and what are the plans for the future. And thank you guys for over 12,000 subscribers. I appreciate you guys so much. If you like the content, like, comment, subscribe. And if you want to close your first wholesale deal, click the first link down below, and let's get to work. But honestly, man, recently I feel just overwhelmed in a way. Overwhelmed in a way of like, fuck, I know everything that I'm supposed to do. But I just don't feel the urgency to do it. And I've talked to multiple of my friends over the past couple days to kind of find a resolution for it, and it all came down to me going on a vacation and me changing my environment, right? Either moving out to another city, either moving apartments, something of the sort, something to kind of freshen up what we're currently doing, right? Because the thing that really sucks about a 9 9 to 5 is that you're clocking into the same place over and over again, right? And then you're doing, for the most part, the same task over and over again. And that's why it gets repetitive, that's why it gets redundant, that's why most people's lives are miserable, because that is the usual 9 to 5. And in my case, you know, somebody asked me the other day about my schedule and it was like, yo, are you currently working a 9 to 5? And I thought about it and it was like, bro, I'm really working a 24/7. Not only because of my schedule and all the tasks that I have to do and all the people that I have to report to, you know, not as in like they're above me, but as in like I have to show up for them also, you know. I can't just sit in my fucking podium like the high almighty and not show up to my own business, you know. But the problem with that and the benefit of being in entrepreneurship is you can always change your environment, you can always change your routine, you can always hire out something that you're miserable doing. And I've just kind of fell into the mundane, you know, and I fell in love with it for the past, I would say, 4 to 6 months. But it just came to a point where it was not necessarily overwhelming, it was just like so much on my chest, and it's just the same thing over and over again. And another thing is my, my house, my apartment. It's like, fuck, every single time I step in here, automatically I feel the weight on my shoulders. Automatically I feel like, all right, time to clock in, time time to make some videos, time to make some calls, time to do some follow-ups, time to talk to students. And that's not a bad thing. I'm in love with the routine. It's just that being in this environment of an apartment, which my apartment isn't that big, my apartment's a 1-bed, 1-bath, which worked well for me in the phase that I was in in the past 6 months. But now it's like, I need to grow, I need to scale, I need to focus on bigger tasks, I need to figure out how to manage a bigger operation, how to run a well-oiled machine. And I think that space is not built for that, you know. I think that space in itself is limiting me in some way. So that's the change that I'm gonna make in my own personal life. Not only am I gonna start traveling more, I'm gonna start going out more just to freshen up a bit, you know, and see what all the work that I'm currently doing allows me to do. You know, one of my buddies, he sold his company for 8 figures, and now he has multiple apartments. He's had every single car that you can dream of, and he routinely travels to new places and enjoys it. Not necessarily works there, right? Sometimes we all have to do some work on a vacation, but he literally goes just to enjoy the moment, just to enjoy company, just to enjoy the environment and the phase of life that he's in. And then right when he goes back to work, it's like, damn, I just spent maybe $7,000, $15,000, $20,000 on this trip, and I know I'm gonna go back home and make it back tenfold because I'm going back home with, with the grateful mentality and the high level awareness of because of me doing this grunt work at home on a consistent basis, maybe it's mundane work, that's the reason that I'm able to go travel these places. That's the reason that I'm able to go take care of my parents. That's the reason that I'm able to drive this car. And I don't do enough of that, you know. I barely travel. If I travel, it's because one of my friends forced me to. If I go out, it's really just to go eat and come right back. If I go on a drive, it's really going somewhere and coming right back, you know. I don't, I don't bully immerse myself in these experiences when I should be doing it. You know, I'm 20 years old. If any time is the time, it's right now. Because I, you know, this is another point that my friend told me. It's like, you don't want to look back when you're 50 years old and say, man, my youthful years I spent it behind a computer locked in a box. You know, you definitely don't want to look back and, you know, for some people that might be the dream result. You might be, you might think that when you're 50 years old you'll be 100% glad. You might have made a little bit more money. But you didn't really enjoy the fruits of your labor. And for me, I almost never enjoy them, right? I buy these things, I buy new clothes all the time, but it gets redundant over time. You know, the most materialistic things that you buy, the more accustomed to it you become, right? Like taking a drug, your baseline rises every single time. Like the first time you took a certain drug or the first time you had an experience, that second time you try to match that experience, you're going to have to double the input, right? Double the intake, double the price point, damn, it stinks like weed. And to somewhat experience— and that experience is not going to be at the same level, you know. So me buying my first M5, it was a surreal moment. It was a moment where it's like, damn, I'm fucking making money, I'm doing something with my life. And then I got the TRX, it didn't feel as good. Then I got the other M5, it didn't feel as good, you know. It went from maybe my first nice car, it motivated me for 3 months, then And then my second nice car, it motivated me for 2 months. Then the other M5, it motivated me for a month. This McLaren, it motivated me for like, it motivated me for like 2 weeks. And then it was like, all right, we have a McLaren, we understand what it is, we understand how it drives, we understand the, the looks that you're gonna get and the experience of what it is to be 20 years old and drive a McLaren. Um, and then now it's like, all right, back to baseline. And I know if I go for the next level up, a 765LT, or I get a Ferrari, or I get some crazier car, it's going to be the exact same thing. It's not going to be, you know, a huge jump as a lot of people think it is. So right now, the phase of my life that I'm in is just falling back in love with the routine, falling back in love with the mundane work, and falling really back in love with, with the process of growing and scaling and building up a foundation the right way. So you're getting to a next level and you're getting to a next level of problems, right? Because you're always going to have problems. You're is going to be on a, on a hamster wheel. It's just about what hamster wheel are you in, right? What view do you have running in that hamster wheel, right? What type of food are you eating while you're in that hamster wheel? What other hamster wheels are around you that are running at the same pace, right? Or at what pace are they running at? Or are you the hamster wheel that's running the fastest around your environment, right? You don't want to be that person. So for me, I'm getting a bigger apartment. I'm getting a 2-bed, 2-bath. It's almost double the square footage. It's a way better view. It's higher up. And in a way, for For me personally, you know, everybody else's experience is different. It's gonna mean higher highs, right? 'Cause I'm on a higher floor. It has another bedroom, more opportunities. It's gonna be a higher ceiling, right? More profit to come in, right? Bigger levels to reach. And that's kind of the reason that I'm going into it, but I'm also understanding that that apartment is not gonna motivate me for longer than a week, right? All I'm doing is changing my environment so I can fall back in love with the mundane work. And I know a lot of you guys, posted a story on my Instagram. A lot of people liked— I think I got like 100, 200 likes on it. So a lot of people related to the problem that I was facing. It's not necessarily a problem, it's just a situation that I'm in. It's just a feeling that I'm currently having in this phase of my life. A bike just pulled up next to me. That's sick. I'm pretty sure that's a girl too. I'm not gonna push it too much. But, and I'm also in comfort mode. Oh, they're flying! That sounds nice. Let's, let's, uh, let's drive this thing for a little bit. It's a bike. They can squeeze in through places I can't, which is completely fine. But that's just my cue to not go crazy yet. I haven't even met my friend yet. But yeah, that's kind of the phase that I'm in, and I wanted to share that story with you guys because I know a lot of you guys might be in the beginning stages of your wholesale journey, or you might be in the beginning stage of a different business model, right? And I want to emphasize that it's not a problem with the business model, it's not a problem of your motivation, it's just a problem that you're going in the phase of a 9-to-5, and that's completely fine in some phases of your business. But when it's time to grow, it's time to change things up in the business, it's time to really, you know, grow it. Hold on. Goddamn, I need to fix my hair. The thing about putting hair product is that my hair gets all gunky and then I got to wash it out every single day. But that's besides the point. Let's look at the whip. Oh my God, look at that thing, man. Come on, what parking do you expect from Mr. Modest Mendez? You expect me to park in the lines? Some guy commented in the other video, he was like, he doesn't park between the lines because he's not in a box. He thinks outside the box and he's outside of the matrix. And I fully agree with that guy. That guy knows exactly what he's talking about. That guy knows about buying multiple LLCs. That guy knows about reading Rich Dad Poor Dad 7 times a day, and that guy knows about ROI, return on investment. But let's check out the whip. Look at that baby right there, doors up. Come on, man. Come on, man. Look at that thing with the wing up. Now that's crazy. That's crazy. Pulling up in a Batmobile. With the goddamn wholesaler plate. You know how we got this. Come on, man. This car's like, damn, there's so much to love about it. Obviously there's a lot to hate. McLaren reliability isn't the best, but we haven't faced any major issues yet. One thing, plans for the car that I am thinking about, one thing is the wheels. Well, first, two things that I want to do. Number one, I want to do an exhaust. Exhaust. Now I can go the route of shipping out the ECU, getting it unlocked, putting a downpipe exhaust, and then a tune to have it do a burble, which would be sick. That's a BMW thing. Uh, just, bro, this thing just popping like crazy. That would sound sick. Or I could just do a Valvetronic exhaust for like $4,000, which when it pops it sounds like a whiplash. So I think first thing I'm gonna do is exhaust. Second thing is lowering the car for sure. In the front, you know, there's a lift, so it's not going to be as low. But in the back, you can definitely tell there's some, there's some room to grow or some room to shorten it. And I think that's going to change the looks of the car 100%. Um, there's a— these are— there's a Huracán in my building that I think it's completely stock. All it has is satin PPF, which is also something that I need to and the only reason it looks so fucking aggressive is because of how lowered it is. And also my friend Troy, he has an M4, his shit looks so nice because it's lowered. And I think this car would look fucking crazy being lowered. So I think first thing is for sure exhaust, then lowering it, then do a satin PPF over the original color, that way it's like a dark black grayish color, and then I low-key want to do some Ankury wheels, some polished crazy looking wheels on some thinner tires. I think that would look fucking sick. And then after that, I want to probably do a— the wing for sure, because the 765LT wing is way bigger than this and way wider, and I think that would look super aggressive. And after that, if we really want to go crazy and we're planning on keeping the car for a long time, which I currently am, I'm thinking about doing a 765 conversion kit, which would make the front lip way wider and it would stick out of the sides and it would look like a 765LT from the front. Then you have the quarter panels, which would be cut into with carbon fiber inlets. On the side you would have a— what's it called— a lip, lip on the side. I forgot what it's called. And then in the back I think it would have a way meaner diffuser and obviously the bigger wing. And I think I want to get these in carbon for sure, these things right here. Look at that thing, man. This shit looking crazy. Oh, that thing needs a wing. How you feeling, Mr. Cold?
I gotta see the lip. This shit stick out for sure.
Is that real carbon?
Uh, I don't know.
That is not real carbon. How you feel pulling up in a Huracán, man?
Huracán, bro? Hey, shit, one day. Nah, I want a GT4 RS.
Yes, so GT4, not a Lambo.
GT4, nah, not the Lambo. This car is cool, but Porsche, give me like 6 months, a year maybe.
6 months?
Today we got the, you know, beat up rental, but it looks cool, right?
It does.
I had a couple kids ask me like, is that your car? I'm like, shit, I mean, maybe. You can't ever admit, man.
Nah, you can't say it's a rental. Damn, I don't think I've ever sat actually in a Lambo.
Like a spaceship. But the only thing— yeah, bro, those brakes on the McLaren, sketchy, bro.
Really? Yeah, it was probably just the one you drove. Mine are fucking fresh.
It's not the brakes that are— it just like, for me, the pedal is too close, bro.
Oh yeah, it's a heavy pedal.
Yeah, it's a heavy— that's what I mean, bro. Just like fucking interesting.
But that's nice though. I don't think I've ever sat behind a Huracán.
What?
Yeah, he's a YouTuber.
I wouldn't say that successful.
That success—
how much do they cost?
Uh, they're both rentals. We actually just work at Pizza Hut.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yo, which one y'all like the most, the green or the McLaren?
The black one.
Black one? Black one.
I'd rather ride this for daily.
Really?
That's just for nighttime. That's when you want to go for tight shit.
Like tight shit, tight shit, tight shit.
This like a morning car, that's like a night car.
Tight shit, tight shit, tight shit, tight shit.
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Modes Mendez. You fuck with the cars, man?
Yeah, you do?
That's sick, bro. This shit's gonna come back with a fucked up transmission. Well, I think I might have fucked the McLaren. Shit's not shifting. I don't hear the turbos. It's not going fast even in track mode. Cole, what do you have to say about this, bro? It was all good until you came, I guess, bro.
We got the curse, bro. First my car, bro. I crashed my car, and now we got the fucking McLaren down, bro. The McLaren's—
fuck, it doesn't work anymore. Oh, that's why you're kind of stressing right now? Yeah, but actually, like, what happened? It's not shifting right. It's the first problem you have with your 720? Huh? This is the first problem you had? No, I've had other problems. This is fucking weird. Right now I'm texting everybody that I know has McLaren experience, um, and kind of what the solvents of the problem is. Hopefully it's not a fucking $40,000, $50,000 repair because that would not be good. Talk to my boy Dalton that has a McLaren shop, and it seems to be that the car is indeed in limp mode. Try turning it on and off again. Oh, that's fucking terrifying, bro. All right, let's see. So we just did a round in it after turning it on and turning it off. It seems like we're good. Hopefully we don't get fucked on the way home or on the drive, but we're good so far. I don't smell anything and I don't see no lights on the dash, so I think we're pretty good. We got to get on the freeway right here.
