EP 67: Words Can Change Your Life If You Know What They Actually Mean
30 Jun 2021 · 22 min
Mark Evans DM explores how precise language shapes your goals and confidence. He argues most people confuse net worth with cash flow, and that defining exact numbers for financial freedom changes everything. Thought auditing, his term for catching vague language in your own head, is where real clarity starts.
Chapters
Welcome to the Making of a dm. Words they can make or break you if you understand what they actually mean. On today's episode, I'm going to share some in depth insights for you to help you accomplish more and do it much quicker. So with that said, let's get started.
Of freedom, there ain't no question mark. Kevin's when he stepping the doubt, he's closing deals. Time to tell him what the DM stand for. I'm a deal maker, a deal maker. But I'm not just a deal maker. I'm a dream maker.
Hey there, it's your host, Mark Evans, dm. Thank you very much for being here. I'm in Ohio, you may hear it a little bit. I'm actually sitting, let me paint the picture here. I'm at the the pad in Ohio. As I'm talking to you. Hear this, that's the bar tap. I'm gonna pour myself a beer. Over the weekend, it was my birthday, turned the big four three came out with a new book economy. And then as you know, Sunday was Father's Day. So got to hang out as I always do with the kiddos and just kind of think about stuff. And today I want to share with you some stuff as I'm sitting in the cigar bar. I'm going to sit, I'm going to take a picture and send this to my guy that uploads the audio here. But I got a pretty cool cigar bar that we had done. We redone the whole basement when we were in Florida and it's looking pretty cool. We got the snack bar, big old refrigerator, got the cigar bar, big humidor, holds 3,000 sticks. Got the theater room and kids room, sauna, all that good stuff. Anyways, I'm super excited to be here to share some stuff with you. I think I could bring some insights as I'm sitting here pondering on ideas and thoughts of how to be valuable to you today for this podcast show. This may be a lot shorter than the average one, maybe 15, 20 minutes. And I'll go as long as we need to because I want to make sure we talk about things that matter. And I just want to go on the record again and say thank you guys so much for all your support. We sold many, many books over the weekend on the 19th and 20th and, you know, even beyond, got a lot of cool replies from people. Hundreds and hundreds of people has messaged me and I just can't get back to everybody fast enough. So if you, if you're one of them, I appreciate you and it's amazing. Also getting some good feedback on podcast show. A lot of people are sharing it, saying it's really hitting home. They're on the treadmill. It's great motivation and all that stuff. So again, my agenda is simply here to help you. That's it. No more, no less. I have a lot of different companies I'm running all the time. Today was a crazy day. Me and my wife got to go out and drive around in the drop head for an hour or so, pick up some cool stuff, hang out, just talk life and you know, all that while the kids are here. And like I said, I've just been thinking about this more and more and I want to share this with you guys because I think it's important that as you're growing, you guys are paying attention to this. But everyone comes to me and I'm very weird on the words. Like words are very powerful. And what I mean by that is people like Mark, I want to be rich. Cool. What's that mean? And they don't really know what it means. They just want to be rich. I just want to be happy. Well, rich and happy are two different things. What do you want? And asking that word or. Man, I'm not having a good day. Well, what's a good day look like? What's a bad day look like? What's a mediocre day look like? See, when you start understanding the power of words, by the way, if you're saying it out loud, I can only imagine what we say to ourselves, right? So in the book, you know, me Economy, the new book, it just came out, my first chapter is about getting stupid filthy rich. And I always have the people like, man, money's not everything, Mark. Okay, cool. Who said it was? I said I want to get stupid filthy rich. Not because money is everything, that's what you heard, by the way. But because I want to help a lot of great people. See, I understand what my words mean. I understand them 100% because I've thought audit on this shit for many, many years. I've heard a lot of people like, dude, I'm rich. And then they have fucking 10 grand in the bank. Well, homie, that's not rich. I don't care where you're from, $10,000 is not rich. I talked to last week, this one guy's like, dude, I'm all in crypto. I was like, all in, meaning What? He's like 20 GS. I'm like, that's all in, like 20 grand. That's what I'm thinking, right? See, the thing is, you're not all in if you fucking pussyfoot around with $20,000. I'm not saying that might not be a big deal, but don't go around talking shit saying, I'm all in. It's like, dude, I'm playing with 20 GS in the game. Different, right? All in. And, yo, I'm playing with 20 GS, by the way, it's the same thing. 20 grand is 20 grand. But these words hold so much different weight. Here's what my biggest fear is. This dickhead's out here saying he's all in. You hear all in, therefore you go all in. But all in to you might be 5 million all into. This dipshit, he's in at 20,000 when he has 100 in the bank, that's not all in. He's pussyfooting around. So it's very delusional when people use these words like, yo, man, I'm rich, or I have. This is always a good one. I'm worth $50 million worth. 50 million. What does that mean? You know what I mean? Oh, well, that's how much. You know my properties I have equity in, blah, blah, blah. Dude, I don't care how much equity you got. I care how much money you got in the bank. See, the thing is, is being equity rich does not mean you're cash rich. Trust me, I know. And all my buddies in real estate know this is 100% true. Everyone wants to talk about their net worth. Your net worth is bullshit if it's not liquid. Your net worth is cool to say out loud because it might be a big number, but it's pointless until you can actually use it and extract it. Not to say you might not look at it. The truth is, straight up, I've never looked at my net worth because my net worth has never driven me. You know what drives me? Cash flow. You know what drives me? Taking care of my team. You know it drives me taking care of my customers and clients. You know it drives me hiring great individuals to help grow companies. Net worth is if you are only looking at net worth. By the way, I know many people that went BK that had 50, 60, 80, $200 million net worth. I know many people that's done that. My net worth is not $200 million, but I've never went BK. I have. Everything I own is free and clear, which I'm very proud of. And I'm excited to see what I could do more of with cash. See A lot of people are liquid, you know, they're over leveraged. They talk about the power of leverage. Cool. I like leverage. I don't hate it. It's just not what drives me. If I can't afford it today, I don't want it. That's just the way I rule. That's not right or wrong, by the way. See, the thing is, is words. The power of words, Mark. I'm poor, huh? What's that mean, Right? What does poor mean to you, man? I'm having a bad day, huh? Well, dude, you want me to take you to Haiti? I'll show you a real fucking bad day. Quit being a wimp. Get to work. Let's go. See, when you start putting words into perspective, man. I'm wealthy. Well, I can tell you right now, if you have 100 million in the bank and your family hates you, you're probably the least wealthiest person I know. See, I want to understand the whole picture. I want to understand what wealth means to you. I want to understand what rich means to you. I want to understand what I'm hungry, I'm all in means to you. Because these words mean different to everybody. Like I talk about in the economy, you know, when I say I want to be stupid, filthy rich, I'm talking hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions. But cool about this? What's cool about what I'm talking about is if you know what you want. By the way, it's the last chapter. What the fuck do you really want? That's the question. Most people don't know the answer. They hunk you. Oh, yeah, man, I know what's going on. Well, no, you don't. If you don't know what you want, how do you know what's going on? How do you know you know? If you're having shiny object syndrome issues, it's because you're not clear on what you really want. If you're too easily manipulated around environments and just tossing money at shit to see what sticks, it's just you don't know what you want. I've been there. I get it. But once you get super clear, it gives you a confidence. Like, I'm actually getting ready to head over to my neighbor's house I just met, and he's like, hey, man, we play bocce. Older guy, 60s. And I'm gonna go and hang out, take him a bottle of Camus and say hello and welcome myself to the neighborhood. Meet his buddies. He owns a pretty big company here in town. All over the country, actually. And I'm gonna go hang out and we're gonna talk. And I want to. I just listen, I observe. Successful people typically talk about successful stuff. I can't imagine me going over there and them talking about politics this, politics that. Man, my taxes are going up or down or whatever. These guys are talking about how they're making more money, where they're parking money, how they're growing their money, et cetera. Your words are powerful. Get to hang out with my niece. She came up and hung out with me, actually, on my birthday, late night. Her and her boyfriend and her daughter. And we're sitting here talking and, you know, she's just like, man, no one likes me. Oh, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, no one? Like who? Well, so and so. So that's not no one. That's like two people out of a thousand people that, you know. See, the thing is, she gets down on herself. She gets down on her sister. She's younger, right? And they're 20. She's 20 years old, but she gets down on herself because she's like, no one likes me. You don't understand, right? So words. I want you to be very selective with your words. I want you. More importantly, if you use a word, understand the use of the word, what it means to you. If you want more confidence, say words with confidence. Like, yo, I'm fucking all in. That means you're all in. Not like, well, I kind of got 70,000 parked over here. Got 20,000 here. I got 150,000 here. Yeah, I'm going to put 10 grand in. I'm all in. Well, dude, you're not all in. You're saying it out loud. That sound cool, but the reality is you're just lying to yourself, most importantly and everyone else around you. And what always scares me about this shit is other people are listening and watching you. They're paying attention. They're listening to your words. That's the world we live in, right? People are like, oh, man, I have an amazing life, and three weeks later they're getting a divorce. Or, man, this is. You know, my business is crushing it. Two months later, them and their partner splitting up. They're going bk because they've lost everything. Now, I'm not saying this couldn't happen using the words the right way, but. But just be careful. Be conscious of what words mean. When I say I'm rich, that might mean something different to you. When I say I'm happy, that might mean something different to you. And I. When I say I'm fat overweight skinny, healthy, not healthy. All this stuff means something. What does it mean to you? That's all that matters, by the way. What it means to you. I know what this shit means to me. When I'm feeling like shit and I'm talking bad to myself. I'm saying words loosely, not very directly. Oh, man, I gotta get my shit together. It's too. It doesn't hold any weight. Therefore, I'm kind of lost. I kind of get in my misery, kind of hang out and, you know, have a little pity party for myself. Right. The problem with pity parties, no one brings gifts. So why do it? Sometimes we like to do that to ourselves. Right. But what do words mean to you, Mark? I want to help people. Cool. What does that mean, Mark? I want to just be financially free. Awesome. What's your number? You understand I ask these questions to people pretty much every day. And this is kind of usually what I get. Well, if I had 10,000, I'd be good. Fuck, dude, if you had 10,000, you make 2,700amonth. Now, how the fuck if you had 10 grand? Now, why is that different? I'm talking about being financially free. You don't have a real number, therefore you're never going to get there. It's like jumping in your car and saying, yo, I'll meet you at the restaurant. Cool, I'll see you in an hour. Fuck. What restaurant are we going to? You didn't tell me. I didn't tell you. We're just gonna drive around and hope like hell we hit at the same restaurant and within an hour, radius. See, the thing is, you gotta point your brain in the right direction. You gotta understand what this shit means. You got to know what the destination is, I. E. What the words mean. Hey, Evans, I'm going to meet you over at the Hyde park on High street at 6pm Done. On Saturday. See, when you're specific, you obviously know where you're going to end up at. Now, sometimes you might have to take a detour. You might get a speed bump. You might have to replan the event for whatever reason, but at least I have a destination. At least I have a direction of where I'm going. Dude, I want to be financially free. Cool. What is that number? What is the number? It's very powerful when you become financially free. It happened for me at 27 years old. By the way, my number now, today is way different than when I was 27. If I could give you any insights. If you're trying to become financially free, create a financially Free opportunity where you're not just out here blowing money like crazy, but you have a real tight number. 3,200amonth, 6,000, whatever the number is, you got your house, car, electric, gas, but whatever you got, you got that. You put these numbers down. You know, maybe you got to cut back here and there, you know, you know, reduce to pull, pour on the gas. See, the cool thing about financial independence, financial freedom is once you get financially free through passive income streams or active. I always say passive, but it's really a hybrid of active actions to get passive income. So you really know such thing as passive income. You know that, right? 100% passive. There's just no such thing. But there are massive opportunities like Walmart automation, which we do, and different things. We partner with people all over the country and we're able to create some decent passive income once it's set up and cranking. But anyways, back to my story is if I can get you your 40 hours a week back that you're putting towards your job through understanding what your words mean and your actions mean and your implementation and, and you start getting these results, you can own your life, you can own the world. See, when you have 100% of your day to go out and focus on building something bigger with direction, of course, you can really accomplish so much more than you've ever thought possible. See, that's what money buys. When I say I want to be stupid, filthy rich, I want to give hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars away. I want to be able to hang out with my family and not change my lifestyle at all. I love my family life. I hang out with them every day. When wake up, get to say good morning, kiss my kids good morning, kiss my wife good night, love you. Sweet dreams. When they're going to bed and all that, I'm here, I'm present. That's like that to me. Success on the family level. And then I know I've built my companies around this knowing that I can still build a company right as I'm talking to you, the family's upstairs. We're meeting a new teacher to possibly teach our kids here in Ohio. While we're here, you know, what we're doing is setting the stage. I want, you know, I don't want my kids to be, you know, literally. I want them to be bank smart, not just book smart. You know what I mean? I want this. We're growing, we're evolving. I want them to really have a fighting chance at accomplishing a lot in their life. Not just because of dad and mom, but because what mom and dad gave them, the opportunities. Not money, by the way, but knowledge. Knowledge. And we're here to do that daily. We're here to push them. We're here to prod them. We're here to, you know, put them in the right place. I talk to my kids about words all the time. Dad, you're being mean. Cool. What's that mean? You don't like what I say to you. That's not being mean. Maybe you don't like it, but that's not mean. I'll show you what mean is if you want to see what mean is. Right. So it's like understanding what words are as adults. Sometimes. We've just been throwing around with these words like it's nothing. Well, I can be very clear with you guys. When I say I'm financially free, I'm very crystal clear on what that number is. When I say I'm building a company and we're growing it fast, I know what fast means. And building means. See, to you, fast could be totally different. To you and I. You're like, yeah, man, I'm crushing it. Well, crushing what? Well, dude, I'm doing two deals a month. Listen, I'm not trying to be a dick, but you've been in the game six years and you think two deals a month is crushing it? You're fucking delusional. And. Or you just don't have big dreams. See, listen, that is not big goals. That is not crushing it. If anything, you're crushing your dreams, not crushing the business. And I know I might sound like a dick because I'm talking directly to you. If you're mad, it's not because you're mad at me. You know what I'm saying is the truth. I used to say the same bullshit. I remember when I was crushing it because I was working 16 hours a day. I was busting my tail, but yet ultimately, what was happening? I was doing all this work, but I wasn't making any more money. I was crushing hours, but I wasn't crushing revenue. See, crushing it is two different things. It means a lot of things to everyone. What does it mean to you? See, when I. If I'm in business, the only thing that matters is making money. Business has to make money. Anybody tells you anything different, they're just. They're sugarcoating things and lying to you. Now, don't get me wrong. I obviously want to have a great team. I want to have a great product. Obviously, these things go hand in Hand with making more money. I don't recommend having a shitty product and beating your team up to make a couple extra bucks. I'm talking again, understanding what this means to me. Core values first. This drives the vision, drives the revenue, et cetera. Understand what your words mean and you'll get a better result with your outcome. Not only that, you'll be so much more confident. So when someone comes rolling up to me and they're like, yo, man, I'm crushing it, Cool, what does that mean? I'm not being a dick. I genuinely want to know what they're talking about because I don't know. Mark, if you had nothing, if you're starting today from ground zero, what would you do? Well, it's a stupid ass question. Why? I'm not starting from ground zero. No one is. No one is. I have connections galore. I have relationship capital deeper than deep. You know, I've been building it for 25 years with people. So no one's starting from nothing. I know what my resources are. I know my opportunities. I have so many things I could connect with if I had to start over that I wouldn't ever have to start over. See, the difference is we got to know what these words mean. And I know what words mean to me. And I still fall into this sometimes when I say stupid shit to myself. Thought auditing will help you get out of this. Thought auditing will help you understand when you say words, they what they mean. Man, I love you. Cool. What's that mean? Hey, I appreciate you. Cool. What's that mean? Don't we want to know what this means? Really? Because it means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. And I'm here to teach you how to get more financial wealth and, you know, family success with your time and energy and efforts. Yo, I'm prepared. Prepared for what, man? I prepared for anything. Cool. Someone's got a gun to your head. Now what? Hey, cool, you got. You could handle the gun position. Cool. Hey, your kid gets cancer, needs a million dollars to save their life. You prepared now? Maybe not so prepared. See? Prepared for what? See, if anything, I want you to over prepare, not under prepare. I'd rather have you overly, you know, successful than underly successful, if that even makes sense. I want you to step the game up. I want you to understand what your words mean. I want you to live the life of your dreams. I know you can. I know you will. I hope you are. But we all could use some tweaking here. Me included. I'm Constantly pushing on this all the time. I feel like I failed all the time. I get it. But when I say fail, I know what that means. I'm not failing as a loser. I'm failing forward. I'm driving a new vision. I'm learning something new today. When I fail, I learn. When you might fail, you might think, it's over, I've lost it all. I'm going to go bankrupt. I don't know what these words mean to you, but I know what they mean to me. But at the end of the day, I'm just sharing real insightful knowledge that's helped me get to the next level. And by the way, I've barely done shit for where I'm going. So it's not like I'm being cocky here. It's just I genuinely know when I started understanding what the words I say mean. My life started getting better. I started getting more focused, I started getting more profitable. I started getting better people around me. I started learning how to get more confident through my efforts because I knew what I was actually talking about for me. And all I want to do is shine the light on and hope it helps you guys get your life, get your game, get your wealth to another level. And that's all. Today's a short day, powerful day. Learn what your words mean. Write down the top 20, 30, 40, 50 words you're using daily, weekly, monthly. When you say a word, when it creates emotion by the word way, words have a lot of emotion tied to them. Poor. Oh, rich. Yay. That's not me. Or, you know, there's identities inside of these words as well. There's so many reels that are playing from behind the scenes from maybe you've went bankrupt once or twice or 10 times, I don't know. But when I say rich, I might mean something negative to you or positive to you or intermediate. So what I want you to do is start paying attention to your words and keep me posted with what this means to you. This is huge. I'm telling you. It sounds so simple because it is, but yet it's so powerful and profound. Change your life, change your future. Appreciate you guys being here. Hope you have an amazing day. Please, if you, if this is podcast has helped you, please share it on social. Hit me up on social. Tag me, let me know you're up, what you're up to and if you need help on anything else. Appreciate you guys thinking about you have an amazing, amazing day. So with that said.
I'm here to help and teach him what I know and how I did it to discover freedom There ain't no question mark Kevin's when he stepping the doubt he's closing deals Time to tell him what the DM stand for. I'm a deal maker, a deal maker But I'm not just a deal maker I'm a dream maker. The journey's where it's at. It's all about the process. Time to get over to the DM project from a small town in Ohio so I know how it is Can I come from a lot of money I remember as a kid wanted to make a honey rat didn't see no one making more than that. Graduated high school with a 1.8 probably should have held me back. I hope my principals and teachers are alive just to witness this. I'm a own boss. I'm out here running two eight figure businesses I can walk away from it all and I'll be good But I've been called to help people just like y' all learn the game. It's time to ball everybody chasing the money But I'm not chasing the money I'm out here chasing the purpose Yo.
I've been working my whole life.
What got us where we at? Is it going to get us where we want to go? It's time to push Time to learn Time to grow Kevin's DM I'm here to help and teach him what I know and how I did it to discover freedom There ain't no question more Kevin's when he step into doubt he's closing down. Time to tell them what the DM stand for. I'm a deal maker, a deal maker But I'm not just a deal maker I'm a dream maker. The journey's where it's at. It's all about the process. Time to get over to the DM project. Deal maker. Deal maker. Deal maker Maker. Deal maker. D Project.
This is the podcastfactory. Com.
