EP 97: A Man Can't Be A Man Unless He Has His Finances in Order, True or False?

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Hey there, it's your boy, Mark Evans. Welcome to another show of the making of a dm. Deal maker, dream maker. And do more appreciate you being here and appreciate you, yes, you as a listener. Maybe you're brand new here. If you are. Thank you so much. Welcome. Check out the all the shows. I think we're almost 100 plus right now in here. So lots and lots of good stuff. So if you're trying to figure out how to make more money, gain more time, get more time, freedom, build a team, build companies, generate millions of dollars a month, you're at the right place, the right time, there's a reason you're here. So I want to say thank you so much. And not only that, if someone probably recommended you to the show or you found it on the algorithms on the interweb, thank you. Like, if you guys share the show, that means so much to me. It helps us get the message out. Spread positivity in a time like this today because it's real, raw content. And again, sometimes people, some of the stuff I talk about on the show, you might, you know, from outside looking in, that's not positive. Mark, Today's show might be one of those thoughts, but it's ultra positive because I do care. It's why I'm bringing it up. You know, positivity is not necessarily about rainbows and unicorns. It's about goals, results, solutions and drive and bringing up a problem and addressing it and solving it more importantly. So I want you to know today's show is probably going to kick a lot of people in the teeth and the nuts, throat punch you and everything in between. And I'm not here to do that to hurt you. I'm here to do that to help you. So I want to talk about that today. But again, thank you so much for everybody that's been, you know, you know, buying the books, you know, me, economy, the 10 minute business owner, the magician versus mule, sharing it, you know, we have lots and lots of books. We're able to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to charity because of Great people like you, as you know or may not know, 100% of the net proceeds does go to charity. And every time we sell a book, audiobook, et cetera, 100% of those net profits do get to charity. So I appreciate you being here. So with that said, today's topic is going to be a throat punch. And today's topic is a man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. Ouch. Let me say it again. A man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. Why this subject? I'm glad you asked. I was hanging out with my buddy Matt. We're sitting there at the gym, working out and stuff. And recently he was on a conversation with the guy and he's like, dude, my. My dad used to tell me this all the time. And he said my dad always would say, son, a man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. And that really hits home to me because again, I've been working and busting my ass for all these years to make sure that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing as a man. I'm not playing video games. I'm not jerking off the Internet web porn 24 7. I'm not hanging out with my buddies, golfing all day long, avoiding reality. I'm not hanging out on a yacht smoking cigars all day, even though that's what most people think I do all day. I'm in the trenches, working and building companies, generating revenue millions of dollars a week. Millions of dollars. Many millions of dollars a month in our companies collectively. And I know some females are listening to this thinking mark, I'm a female, though. I don't need a man to take care of me. Well, again, I'm not saying he needs to take care of you or not. I'm just saying a man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. And knowing what I know, why the fuck would you want to be with some pussy that doesn't have his shit in order? It ain't going to serve you or him unless you're a control freak and you want to control your man. Actually, boy, you'd be controlling and you have your little thing fingers on him. But I. If you're listening to show that's not you, I would assume, like, this goes for females too, you know, if you can't be a, you know, like a female, like there's so much opportunity. It's not about he or she, but I'm Talking man to man, because that's what I am. I'm a man, right? So I'm not trying to, you know, not address the female population. The truth is I think, you know, most females out here, I have lots of females that run companies for me and they are amazing. So I'm all about, you know, everybody winning. So. But I could talk very clear on the subject matter because I am a man, 43 year old man, with a wife, two kids, many different companies, a lot of going on, good, bad and everything in between. And I could tell you right now, when my finances became in order, I became a better husband, a better dad, a better son, a better friend, a better business leader, etc. Let me explain to you why this is so important. If you may not know. But you know, and everyone has a different number. So in the beginning stages, guys, I, you know, from 18 to probably 23 or 24, my first six or seven years in the game, I was working my ass off. I had no life. Truth, true story, my life was business. My life was actually wasn't business, it was working. I thought I had a business, but I was working. And if I stopped working, I made zero money working. Oftentimes I made zero money or lost money, right? So that's not a business, that's a job. Working for a psycho. That is me. And I'm glad I didn't stop. I'm not knocking, it's just the reality of the situation I was in. And I wasn't a friend, I wasn't a son, I wasn't present at any time because I was so worried about my money that I had none. I was so worried about things falling apart if I didn't show up. I was so scared to get sick because if I got sick I couldn't go make money. So to pay my bills, I was scared. I was playing life scared. That is not a place of growth and opportunity by the way, right? Especially fear, flight or fight kind of thing. I mean I'm a fighter. So I just, you know, like I said, I stuck in the game and fought my ass off to get to where I'm at today. But the truth is I've learned a lot on the journey and my goal here on this show is to make your journey much easier and expedite the results much quicker than then. My hardheaded dumb ass took me many years to figure out. So like I said, for me, solid six, seven years, I really like, I just worked, you know, 16 hour days were normal, easy, seven days a week. Not not 10, not 11, not nine, 16 minimum. So again, I'm very proud of that, by the way. I'm not knocking it, you know, if I should, you know, I. I'm a mule. I talk about it in my book Magician versus Mule. So this is not new information. So as I've progressed where I'm at today, what I've realized, and over the journey, I've invested millions of dollars in myself. Hiring coaches, mentors, mastermind groups, reading books, buying online courses, going to events, and everything in between to become a better human being, to become a better son, to become a better husband, to become a better leader. See, if I'm worried about money, how can I be a great leader to my team if I'm worried about. Because I don't have my finances right, how am I going to be a great dad and be present sitting down? The reason I bring this topic up, not only was I talking to my buddy Matt about this, but also, you know, I get hit up all the time. Like, dude, how are you? How do you stay present with everything you got going on? And I don't really have the pro. I mean, I get it sometimes we're not present, but maybe I'm working on a big deal or something. But it's not chasing the money. That's a different type of presence. It's a different type of non presence if I'm in that moment. But I try to be present at all times. For you, for me to do the show, I have to be present for 30 to 60 minutes because I want to talk to you intentionally. I take notes prior, you know, I want to make sure I hammer home real points. I want to make sure we're helping you become better. Based off of the data, I know that's real. So back to this. A man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. What does that mean? So it means a lot of different things to everybody. But the truth is, you know, if you're out here hustling to make money to pay your bills this week, you don't have your shit in order, period. If you're out here hustling, trying to pay your bills this month, well, guess what, you don't have your house in order. And I'm not here to tell you what to do or not to do, but I'd recommend that you look, take a real hard look at yourself and get real fucking serious about where you're at and where you're going. Are you playing? Are you pussyfooting around? Are. Are you Acting like a big shot when you know you really ain't. You're fucking dweeb in the game, like for real. Like I'm shooting straight with you because this is something you've probably never been told. Because you're hanging out with a bunch of dipshits thinking that you're crushing the game of life. And you're not really crushing anything but your dreams, your goals and everything else. So I want you to get real serious here. How much cash do you have in the bank that you don't touch to pay your life expenses? So picture this. Picture you get, you walk outside, heavens forbid, and you get fucking blasted by a semi. You're out for 12 months. What happens to your life? What happens? Do you thrive? Do you barely survive or an hour? You poor as fuck, and now you're at the, the whim of the government, heavens forbid that you don't want to be that person. The way to not to be that person is to bring it to reality, get real with yourself and make a plan. So you're never in that position. But if you have one week of expenses saved, 12 months or 12 weeks or 12 days or one month or three months, the longer months you have saved, the more present you can become as a man, as a woman. Picture if you have 12 months, let's say if your expenses are 20,000amonth. I don't know if that's a lot or a little. Mine's way more than that. But you know, again, everyone has different levels. Truth is, back When I was 27 years old, my expenses were like, I don't remember, $5,000, 5,800 somewhere around there. And I had enough cash flow coming in every single month that sustained my lifestyle, right? I was, I was literally financially free because I had more money coming in than I was spending every month by 27. And now I'm 43. So not to say there's not some big dips in that and big ups. I mean, everything in between on that one. That's a journey in itself, right? But I want you to get real clear, like, what are your hard expenses every month? Talking gas, water, mortgages. If you have mortgages, taxes, insurance, everything, let's call it 20amonth, you know, and 12 months of expenses. You need a quarter of a million sitting in the bank doing nothing. Nothing. I'm not talking in an investment account. I'm not talking any. I'm talking just cash parked for if hits the fan. I know some people have up to two plus years in, in reserves in Cash and they have way more than 20,000amonth in expenses. Talking seven figures, just parked, doing nothing. See as a real investor, me, I'm a real investor. I've been an investor. That's kind of how I got in the game of investing in real estate, right? So I've trained my mind of like, dude, if a dollar sitting, I should be making money on it. Well that's partially true. But also typically if your money's making money for you, there are some risk involved in that process. And I know there's risk with money sitting in the bank. I get that. So I don't want all these messages blown. Dude, there's always risk that. Yes there is, absolutely. But I can de risk by getting in multiple environments. So I can have a million in the bank, a million in crypto, a million in assets, or you know, whatever your dollars or numbers are, right to de risk out of the environments. So if one shits to bed, you still have money. If the other 12 of them do, you're still in the game. But let's say if you need to have 250 grand in the bank for 12 months of expenses, you as a leader are still leading with leadership movement. Not I have to make money today or I can't pay my bills. And we're just going to rape these clients and take their money and sell them and give them whatever we can tell them, promise them the world and under deliver. I'm not saying the again. I'm not here to judge that because I see people doing this every day, by the way. So what I, what I'm trying to explain to you is that we have to game plan. You're not going to wake up one day if you have 250,000 in expenses in a year and save 250. It's just not how it works. So you got to start chunking it out. Stop fucking buying stupid shit. Put the money in a, park it in it like literally a reserve account. Go to your bank, set up a new account specifically for what we're talking about today and start putting a percentage of the revenue you generate inside of that account until you accomplish your three months. Six months. Twelve. I know a lot of people say six months. Six months is fast. I don't know about you guys, but six months. Fucking flies. Shit. We're almost at the end of the year, end of the month already. And I feel like it was just Christmas yesterday, right. So I recommend just parking a percentage. 2, 5, 10, 20, whatever you can really push to get to that number make it a game to get your one year cash reserves as quickly as possible. How quickly can you do it? How quickly? And then once you get that money in there, you have a year, 12 months literally, you don't have to make a dime and you can still fucking live the same exact life you have right now. Exact same life. And the truth is, if you can't figure out how to get yourself back on track in 12 months, you're fucked anyways. It's going to be a long road anyways, right? So 12 months or if you want to really get aggressive, go out 24 months, get a 24 month cash reserve account. You know, now you're looking at, based off the numbers earlier, 20,000amonth. Now you had a half a million just parked in an account, not a big deal, it's only 500 grand, but it's sitting there and it's not, by the way, don't let me minimize that. It's 500 grand's a lot. So 500 grand gives you two year Runway, two years, two long years. To be the best dad, the best husband, the best leader. Do you think you can lead from a better position if you have two years in reserves with confidence? Do you think you could be a better dad and more present when you have two years in reserves knowing that if the business goes up or down, you still pay your bills? Do you think you're going to be a better son, a better friend, a better business owner if hits the fan? Not. Not if what? When the shit hits the fan. Knowing that you've prepared to be a man to takes care of the finances. This is real talk. I see. I, I was talking with this, I don't want to mention any names, but I was talking with someone, this, a female actually and their husband literally riding around his little banger car. Maybe you know, the ones that make all the loud noise. This is, by the way, this is a 40 year old, 40 plus year old guy. He literally, he's a child at the highest level. The only difference is he's not wearing a diaper. At least I don't think he is because he's a wimp. It's embarrassing. And she's married to him and he plays video games all day. All he wants to do is drink with his buddies all day. And all he wants to do is work on his car and make it louder and put a better system in it so it's not like, dude, when are you going to grow the fuck up? By the way, this piece of shit Splits bills with his wife. And again, I'm. If this is a. And this is not by her wanting it, this is just how he is. Unfortunately. Well, she married him, so that's her fault. But I see this happening all the time. I think about this. This may motivate you or demotivate you, depending what drives you. But I couldn't imagine, heavens forbid, any of this shit happens, anybody. But it does happen every day. I've never met someone, I'm saying, man, I was waiting for that to happen. Let's say my son gets sick, or my daughter gets sick, or my wife gets sick, or I get. Anybody of any of us gets sick, and we need 12 months off and it costs millions of dollars to take care of, let's say a million for easy math. Are you prepared to solve the problem or do you go into the government network and, you know, they just run you through the ringer? You're always a victim. You're always a victim in the system. You're always just a number. Or do you pay for the best care because you're prepared? See, the thing is, preparation is what we're talking about. Being conscious of the possibilities that could happen. And again, it could be way bigger, it could be way smaller. Hopefully it's neither or. But I'm prepared if it does happen. How are you preparing your life to be the best leader, the best owner, the best son, the best sister, the best brother? Who, like, how are you preparing to be the best? The way to do this is through finances. And again, I'm not saying finances make you the best person in the world, but it gives you mind, space to become a better human being. It gives you the opportunity to be calm, cool and collective when shit is hitting the fan. It gives you the opportunity to enjoy your wins when you're winning because you know you're just winning bigger and earning more and growing more. Gives you the opportunity to sit down and read a book for an hour. Gives you the opportunity to go out and watch your kids play sports and hire the best coaches for yourself and for them. It gives you the opportunity to eat better food. Gives you the opportunity to say no to things you don't want to do. And it gives you the opportunity to be in full control as much as humanly possible. See, when you have stacks of cash sitting in the bank for two years in advance of your life, I don't have to work today. Truth is, I haven't had to work for many, many years. I want to. I enjoy helping people. I enjoy growing my Life. I enjoy building a bigger vision. I enjoy seeing my team, you know, buy their dream cars and buy their dream houses and all that. That shit does not happen because we're broke. That shit doesn't happen because I'm stressing about money. It happens because I've prepared and implemented a plan to make me a better human being, to make me the person I want to be. I would say 90. I don't know. This is not factual, of course, but 95% minimum, maybe way more, have never done this or even thought about it. So that means 95% of people are out there doing things they don't want to do because they have to. I grew up like this. I saw my entire family. I still see them do it. They got to work overtime. They can't take off time to go see their kids play sports. They can't take a vacation because their seniority. And they. They haven't been there long enough. They've only been there 18 years when Johnny's been there for 24 and he wants to do something else. I could never imagine being in that position in my life. I'm. I'm dead serious. Like, it doesn't even resonate with me. I don't under. I never understood it in kindergarten, let alone as an adult. Now. I get it. I'm not saying not do hard work. I'm not saying I don't do. I don't want to do. But what I'm saying is I. I'm doing. I don't want to do because I hate doing it. Not because I have to do it and don't like doing it. I have. I have to do audiobook for me economy. I hate doing that. Takes hours, many days, many hours to do it. I make no money. Zero. I give it all away to charity. Not complaining, by the way. I'm just sharing an example. I'm heading. I got like 19 meetings I got going on in the next 30 days. Literally. I don't want to do all that shit, but I have to because I want to be a great leader. I want to help guide the team. I want to sit down with great people and talk about their dreams and goals. It makes me a better human being. It makes me think bigger, makes me see clear paths of opportunity. Gets me in front of deal flow. Best part about it is I get to spend all this time with my family. That's the best of all this shit I'm talking about. True story. I literally can go whenever I want, respectfully, and hang out with my kids if My daughter or son came in my office right now as I'm talking to you, said, daddy, let's go to the park and play. Give me five minutes and let's go. I'm going clear my schedule, move things around, but I'm going. Why? One, because I can. Two, I want to. And three, they're not going to be kids forever. And that moment's going to be a time when I hope they walk in the door and surprise me and they're 12, 20, 35 years old. How you know, time is what I really am chasing. I want more of it. I want more memories. I don't need more things. I just want more memories. I want more opportunities to help more people. I like helping you as a listener and people. I forged amazing relationships with many of you that listen to the show. I have thousands and thousands of people listening to the show. And I get to forge amazing relationships socially through you and with you. I love that shit. I get to do it because I want to do it. I want to. It's enjoyable to me. I'm proud of it. Seriously. I very, I'm very proud to be able to help strangers in the beginning. But truth is, I don't think we're ever strangers because if you are on here and you, like, listen and you understand what we're. I'm saying here and sharing, like real, we're connected. We just haven't met yet. Now we are meeting very powerful. We're thinking on the Save Wame link. You thought you were crazy. Everything I'm saying is normal. It's powerful. The truth is the majority of the world's crazy. It's very crystal clear, more clear than it's ever been. Your, your thinking now today is more valuable than it's ever been. True. Trust me. Stay, stay strong in the process, right? Keep your head up, stay focused, keep your feet moving. But back to a man can't be a man unless he has his finances in order. I want you to really sit down and, you know, figure out how much your monthly expenses are. And then I want you to get. Go to the bank and set up a, you know, your, your reserve account for real or, or set it up online. However you do it, set up a bank account. Now you have a bank account set up and I want you to start peeling off 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10% or more and putting in that account every, every day, every week, every month, however you're moving money around and make it a, make it a game to park that money. This is not money. This is not rainy day fun money. This is living expense money. If all shit hits the fan and I want you to pay attention, this could take you months, this could take you years to get to this point. Depending on. Depending how big or small your number is, by the way, the smaller the better because you can get there faster, right? It'll teach you to stop being stupid with your money. It'll teach you to invest in the right things. It'll teach you to stop being a consumer, be a creator, and like, you really will get focused. If you're out around on Thursday night, can't wait till Thursday to go hang out with your buddies. Well, you're up. For real. If you don't have your money, right, you shouldn't be doing anything. I didn't do anything for many, many, many, many years. For real. I worked my ass off to get the money. I worked my ass off to be able to learn what I'm sharing with you. And the truth is, I almost went bankrupt twice in those process. Why? Because I didn't have someone like me telling you the raw truth. I was just out blowing money because I was just making money. Thought it'd never stop. Well, it stops when I stop, right? I mean, I'm buying 24 7. I'm just being reckless because I didn't know better. I didn't have financial literacy. I was immature at the highest level like. Like last week's call. And as I'm sitting here, you know, with lots of years in the bank, I know I can be very calm, cool, and collective. I know I can make decisions that are the best for everybody, not just me. I know I don't have to be greedy. I just have to have everyone winning. There's opportunities galore when you get this set up properly. But it's amazing to me that people, like, can't wait to hang out with their buddies, go on the boat on the weekend and go fishing and do nothing. What, are you avoiding reality? Seriously, think about it. And you females, for real, the females listening here, if you have a boy like this, he's not a man, by the way, but like, if you have a boy like this, I'd be looking to trade him in real quick. Go find someone you can love that is a man. Because there's. There's some out there. There's a lot of boys out there that act like they're man and look like they're men. But I'm telling you, if they can't take care of you, more important, if they can't Take care of themselves, you and them, everybody than selves. This all about us, right? You too, right? You got to take care of yourself too. But like, if they can't take care of themselves and they can't take care of you, if they're more worried about what, video games coming out next week or they're getting more amped up about, you know, the super bowl or whatever, fucking games on, and to escape reality, go get blasted with their buddies. How important are you really in their life? For real? I. I genuinely. This is the shit I see that I don't understand. I live in a great golf course community. I see guys golfing every day. We. Whether wife's at work. I don't get it. I genuinely don't understand it. And I'm not saying some of the wives don't want to work, but I do know some of the wives have to work. Most of them do. It's the only way they can keep the wheels rolling. How can you be a man hanging out at the clubhouse, getting blasted on a daily basis, golfing with your boys, acting like you're a big fucking shot and you can't. Your wife's out busting her ass. It's embarrassing. As a man, it's embarrassing to me. It's sad. True story. My wife, my. Not my wife. My wife's never had to work, ever. She can do whatever she wants. If she wants to, great. If she doesn't, cool. She wants to pursue her dreams and passions. That's what it's about to me. I like to be the person to take care of people. I get the game of life. Me and my wife are super blessed. We have two amazing, healthy kids. We're healthy ourselves, everyone in our family, semi healthy. But I don't know what my life would look like if I didn't plan the way I'm talking about today. Having a reserve, being ready for the future. See, most people are living like today's the last day, like you're spending your money like today's the last day. I get it. Live like it's the last day. But reserve like you're living to your 150. You need to. You need to preserve this money and grow it. What's cool, though, it gives me an outlook of life that, like, I'm just so much happier. When I discovered what I'm sharing with you, I became happier as a human, as a man. I saw like I was. I had many years of reserves before I even had kids, right? That was just because I'm an investor. By nature, right. So. But I didn't understand what I was doing on purpose at that point in the beginning stages, but now being a little bit older, having fiduciaries around me in my life, helping me really understand the bigger picture, having policies set up for this or that, having living wills and trust and blah, blah, blah, blah, like, it just gives you a sense of confidence, gives you a little zing in the step. Makes me feel very proud. I've talked about this on shows before, but I'll share it again if you have never heard it. But death drives me, motivates me like no other. I'm not going to be around here forever, nor are you. But one thing I want to do is make the most of it while I'm here. But also on the flip side of that, when I depart. I want to be proud. By the way, you get no recognition on this when this happens, but I want to be proud if my wife and kids are still around. Hopefully they are. That or whoever's taking care of the estate. That shit was set up, right, That I made their life easy. Holy shit. Mark really did what he said he did. Oh, my God. This is. I've never, like. I want the attorneys and the lawyers and everyone to say, dude, I've never seen someone have it so simple for their family. On the departure of a loved one, I'm being for real. I think about that. I think about the joy it brings to them knowing that why they're grieving. They don't have to fight the lawyers, they don't have to fight family members on what they get or don't get. They don't have to worry about a tax bill that's going to come through, a death tax and all this. It's been built for that. What I've built my life to do is to make things easy for people around me. Now, I'm not saying there won't be hard stuff. Dealing with grief is pretty hard, but knowing that that's the moment you depart. Think about the. The grieving that they're going to have, depending how you go too, right? Accidental Alzheimer's, maybe just die in your sleep. That's what. That's the way I want to go. Hopefully healthy and, you know, or semi healthy. I'm not too healthy if I'm dying in my sleep. But, you know, having my brain, having my movement, I want to like 102 years old, boom. I got dying my sleep. I'm good. But when. And that moment will tie that, you know, the tide will go in and we're going to see who has shorts on or not. I will have mine going because I've prepared. I've invested time, I've invested money. I've got very uncomfortable, very vulnerable with myself first, foremost, as well as with fiduciaries and people to help me get this to become a reality. It's not always easy, but it's mandatory in my life. It's mandatory for me to be a man. I want to lead my son to show him how to be a man. I want to lead men around me to be better men. I want to lead females to show them what men really should do and what it looks like by actions, not words. And I know it's weird for me to say it because I'm talking words to you today, but the truth is, this is shit I've been doing for many, many, many years. I've never even thought about it until my buddy said something at the gym. True story. I've been doing it, just doing it. I've been executing a plan. My plan. So think about where you'll be 12 months from now. Don't put this off. Go set up an account immediately and put whatever your budget like. Get. Get scared. Go broke by investing money in your reserve account. Park it, forget about it, and enjoy knowing that it's sitting there in case does hit the fan or when it does. Because, guys, building businesses is not always, like I said, rainbows and unicorns. But picture if you know 20 grand a month is coming to you no matter what. Say if you're having massive months. I shared this when I lost 600 grand in a month on one of our companies. I didn't get deterred because I have money, I have parked money to protect me from that emotional roller coaster. If you're dealing with financial and emotional roller coasters, it's because you're not prepared. That's it. That's a given. The ups and downs are a give. It happens to everybody and every company and everything. It's like going outside thinking it's going to be Sunny every day, 24, 77 days a week for the next 100 years. It's not how it works. There's always storms. There's always weather changes. There's always seasons. There's seasons in life, too. Question is, are you prepared for them? Are you stocked up? As my boy Sean Whalen always says, get your house in order. This is one of the biggest ways to get your shit in order is by getting your finances correct. Get your money right. If you want to Live right. And I do believe that. So this is a big show, and I know I get aggressive on this stuff because I want to really make sure you hear how important it really is. I'm talking to you from my soul, my heart. I'm not here to become your friend. I'm not here to make you happy. I'm not here to make you smile. Yet. But I promise you, when you get to this point, I would love to know your number. What's your monthly nut? What is your monthly nut? Shoot me an Instagram arkevansdm. Let me know what your monthly nut is. Is it five grand, three grand, ten grand, fifty grand? Whatever it is. Don't be silly. If you're living off five grand a month now, don't say 50 grand a month. You're just setting yourself up for failure, dude. What? Sharpen the pencil, sit down and get serious about your life. How much is your monthly expenses? I'm talking everything. Entertainment, fun, insurance, taxes, everything. Put it down on paper and then whatever that is, multiply that by 12, set up a bank and let's get to work. Make it a game. How quickly can you fill your Reserve account with 12 months of living expenses? So make sure when you send me an Instagram Arkevans DM what your monthly nut is. Just say, hey, my monthly nut is. And the number, and tell me how quickly you're going to do it. How many months or days is it going to take you to fill that reserve account? Truth is, some of you listening to my voice right now have already done this. And I'm proud of you. Seriously, it's a big deal. I'm proud of you. If this is you, let me know. This is you as well. I'd like to acknowledge you personally because it's a big moment in life. And, you know, like I said, everything you're talking about is big. It's real. And think of the way you move. It's almost like you glide on air. This is why I don't have a warrior in the world. I have shit taken care of, man. I remember the days I didn't. Dude, I was. I was so. I was so jittery and scared and frustrated and overwhelmed and excited and sad and happy all in a nanosecond. But I can tell you that's not how I am today. Don't get me wrong. I get excited, I get jitter. I. I just. I'm excited person, period. But my life got a lot clearer, a lot more happier when I discovered what I'm sharing with you and I hope you take it and implement it in your life and enjoy the process. So keep me posted. Follow me over there. Instagram @Markevans DM. Let me know what your monthly nut is and how quickly you're going to accomplish your goal. So with that said, make today count.

There ain't no question and more Kevin's when he stepping it down 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 one of the make a honey rat didn't see no one making more than that Graduated high school with a 1.8 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 way 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 Got us where we at is it gonna get us where we wanna go? It's time to push time to learn, time to grow 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 Come to get over to the DM Project.

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