Minefield Part 1

Let's talk about the hidden minefields of life. These are the things out there that we're going to talk about how to avoid. Avoid these hidden traps and what these hidden traps do. These are the things. Have you noticed that not everybody, in fact, just a few of the people who start out wanting to do something, getting in shape, learning a language, starting a business or whatever, very few make it, you know, become financially independent, have a great family, raise, you know, even raise great kids or whatever. The, you know, what is the. What happens? Well, there are hidden traps out there. And what these do. These hidden traps are out there and they wind up destroying. But then on the other hand, you look out there, some people make it through. So how can you make it through? Let's frame the issue a little different. Let's say you're here, you're at point A. Now what you want to do, move through here and get over to point B. This is what you want, whatever it is, but to go through this thing, there are traps and you don't know what they are. So how can you navigate through? Well, you can see what this is. This is step C. This is the way. This is the thing you've got to traverse. But the problem is there are all of these little hidden explosives and they're randomly placed little bombs. What you have is a bunch of IEDs, these explosive devices, landmines. And they put them out there by the thousands in wars to keep the troops from coming through. And like, how are you going to do it? How are you going to make your way through? Because you trip one of these and then bam, you know, it's, it's over. These, these are not made particular. These are impersonal. It doesn't matter who you are, you have to deal with these things. And so this is the territory you have to transition the unknown because you've never been through there before. And so in life, most of us, we get excited about things. We see people over here living alive. They're all excited. They've got this, that and the other. They say, wow, man, if I could get over to here, if I could be doing that, that's something I'm excited about. That's a life I want, that's an activity I want, that's friends, an environment that I want to be in, a place I want to live in. How do I get there? See, that's where you get into this unknown area. So there are things you could do. You don't have to give up. You don't have to just blind the people who don't get some help, they don't put some attention to it are just like the people go to Las Vegas and say, hey, I want to make a million. The craps table or the blackjack table or whatever, play cards, win a million dollars. I. Somebody saw somebody do that on tv and they sit down there, uneducated, unplanned, and then bam, there goes the money. And you're one of the people that they have to put in a limo and drive back to the airport and get you out of LA because you are broke, because you didn't plan, you didn't think, yeah, it was great. You had a want, you wanted to move forward, but you did not look out for yourself. So what can you do? Let's go and talk about how you can get across to the other side. Well, one thing you could do is you can get a guide. You got to get past this stupid thing about, well, I'm going to figure it out myself. We have figured out yourself. Trial and error is the best teacher. Unfortunately, tuition is high. You're going to get blown up 40 times before you find the right way across the field. The other thing you can do is you can get tools. See, if you get a guide. Over here is your goal. Here's where you start. And all day long, people in life are getting things done, going places they've never done before. How are they doing that? Well, first of all, they get a guide. You ever heard of a mentor? So let's just say you get a mentor. Well, that mentor may tell you this is the best place. If you want to cross this river, if you want to get into this industry, start here. This is where your best way through. Now, nobody knows all the way through. All you need to know is one way through. And so you get started, and so you're moving through. So this guy. So you put your some little flags out and you mark the way. And so he said, I've never been any further than this into this deal, but I can get you this far. I've never been a professional musician, but I can teach you the basics of how to play the piano, the guitar, whatever. I've never actually run a marathon, but I can show you how to get yourself starting to get in shape. They can get you so far, but then you might get lucky and get a guide who could take you all the way through. Then you get tools can make a difference. See, if you get tools, they get out. They have these Geiger counters. You see them walking across these fields, people to do it. And they've got little tools that can say that they'll put in front of, they'll probe, they'll be cautious, they have respect. So if you don't respect all of this area, it's going to bite you. But if you proceed cautiously and you go, you find a guy that could take you as far as they can take you, then you get some tools if you have to go on your own. And they go, you're moving forward and goes, starts sounding the alarm. You go, oh, I better go over here. And then it stops beeping. And so now you know to move over here. If you go too far, it starts beeping over there. So you, okay, I got to get over here. And you start moving through. And now you've got yourself a little, another little path you could do. And they have, what we're talking about is like a mine sweeper. You get the best possible. You can either get some little Geiger counter out of Uncle Charlie's garage that he hasn't used in 50 years, some out of date solution, or you can get state of the art, you know, you can look for and say, well, what's the best recent thing, the absolute best tools, you know, to get me through this thing? Then what you can do is you can get yourself some little flags to mark the way where you've been so that like, if you have to go this way again, you've got some markers. They actually have channel markers here in all of the, you know, the inland waterway here in Palm beach, out in Lake Worth. And think it's red flags on one side or red markers on one, green markers on the other, and you can see where the deep channel is. And if you stay in between that, you know that you're going to be safe because the channel is deep enough there and you're not going to run aground. So you can put these little markers out there to save yourself in case you want to go through there again so you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time you go through it. This is why it takes longer to do something the first time because you've got to find a way to get through. Once you find a way to get through, then you can go over and over again if you pay attention to how you traveled. But the time to figure out your system is after you've done it, or copying a guide's system or path, because that's proven, you see, you don't want to have to reinvent it every time. Part of the benefit of doing this Is the fact that the next time you can do it so much quicker. That's why everybody, professionals look so elegant and efficient because they've done it 100 million times, whatever it is, in basketball or skating out there, twirling and flipping. In gymnastics, they look elegant and efficient because they have refined themselves down. They know how to do it with the least effort and flopping and floundering around. Then you continue to cautiously move your way over and got your tools. Ah, that's okay. We dodge around there and now, bam, we made it. We've arrived. Unbelievable. See, there's lots of paths to go through. There's lots of places you could start. And it's not really a debate. You don't really want to argue, is this the best? I just want to get to the other side. Somebody said, well, you should have started over here, you should have started over here. You should have started. Well, who cares? I got myself a way through. I did it. And the other thing is, it'll always be, you know, if you mark, you know, you mark your path, you can do it again. And you've got to do it step by step. You can't get. This is why growth and building is usually a little by little, slow growth process, because you're edging yourself your way through uncharted territory. And the thing is, as you're moving forward, you only need, you don't need to get overwhelmed. You don't need to get in here like this and say, like you starting to run a marathon and one mile into it, you say, oh no, I got another 25 something miles. You know, I'll never do it. You can't think of that. You just keep yourself looking at the next light pole up there, the next little marker. Keep your head down and keep on moving. And if you're going to think about anything, think about how far you've already come. So because you only need the next step, see, you're only going to make one step at a time anyway. Why worry about. Just keep your faith, keep your mental toughness going and focus on your next step. So that's how you get through all of these hidden minefields of life, of things. You don't go through there. When you think about it. This is how you've got to get through all of the things in life that you want to do. You're growing, you're stimulated, you're moving forward. You're always going to be in a situation of having to learn something you don't know how to do. And so as soon as you can get clear on how you solve problems, how you make it through the unknown, the quicker you can have the confidence to attack these barriers in your life. That's a quick look at navigating the minefields. But now, once you get that concept down, the next one, we'll talk about how you can use that same approach to building a team, growing your family, building your life, and how it's the key to how you keep on moving through life and no matter what you run into and where you can do exciting things once you have confidence in yourself to solve problems.