ROUND TABLE—Moving The Needle in 2018—Don’t Let Yourself Get In The Way

Hey, it's Mark Podolski, the land geek with your favorite niche real estate website, www.thelandgeek.com. and today's roundtable we have for. You know, I'm not even paying this guy. He just likes to show up and take the abuse we offer every week. Eric, no nickname Peterson. Eric, how are you?

I'm good. Looking forward to boot camp here. Coming up in just a short time.

Same here. Same here. It's gonna be amazing. We got Bearland Aaron, he's back.

So, looking forward to. Yeah, looking forward to boot camp. We're still. Still planning on it.

Yeah. By the way, I don't even need to meditate anymore on Tuesdays because just seeing his face, hearing his voice, I feel so centered, so calm. Breathe in the mailing, breathe out the marketing. The zen master, Mike Zaino. Mike, how are you doing?

Great. Happy 2018.

Happy 2018. Yeah. Is it cold, by the way, up in Bastion?

That was horrible by the way. I leave it though, Bastin.

What's that?

Not for a WIM HOF devotee. It's not cold.

How do you get away wearing that Havril fire? Sure, if you can't even say the town, Mark.

I know, I know, it's terrible. You know, I did my WIM HOF cold shower because now it's like cold here. It's like 40s in the morning. It is invigorating.

That is not cold.

Yeah, no, I know. But for us it is. My water is colder. And then last but not least, that's cold. Thank you, Scott Todd from Scott todd.net landmodo.com and most importantly, if not automating your Craigslist and your Facebook postings, posting domination.com TheLandgeek Scott Todd, happy New Year.

Same to you, man. How's it going?

Good, Good. So as Eric mentioned, we've got boot camp in a few days. Boot camp in a few days. And for those of you that haven't signed up for the San Antonio boot camp, the next one, I believe, is Vegas. So go to the land geek.com Boot Camp and start making your plans. Now, Eric, for you. What. What do you. What are the. Some of the takeaways you get from boot camp? Why should we even go to boot camp?

So I think from a beginner's point of view, you know, someone that's either just bought the investor school kit or maybe is in flight school currently, you know, I mean, it's just going to be so eye opening to attend the sessions to just get a better grasp on how the whole business works from start to finish and kind of see examples of how to do different pieces of the business, whether that's scrubbing lists or marketing or any of the aspects of the business get touched on. So from a beginner standpoint, I mean, that is really, really great information that you're not going to get just going through the toolkit or something. And then of course you have the connections you're going to make. You're going to meet other people that are either doing land investing or are interested in it. And as you progress, those connections are going to be important to you people to bounce ideas off of people to wholesale to, to maybe buy properties from, you know, and the list goes on. So, you know, that's, that's a big piece of boot camp that I think is great.

Yeah. How about for you, barelyn Aaron, how many boot camps you've been to now?

Just two or three. We. Everything Eric said was right on point. There it is. You know, whether you're newbie or been doing the business for a while, boot camp is still always full of those aha moments where something just connects. Maybe it was a struggle or maybe it was just something you didn't think of previously, but you know, okay, yeah, that makes sense. There's, it's full of those things. But then it's kind of nice too because it also offers, it offers a unique, I guess, vacation opportunity, you know, get away, go do something that's not in your norm. And the nice thing is it's, you know, it's, it's a business expense, it's education, that sort of thing. But we're going to some really nice places, some nice hotels that make it just a pleasure to be at. It's not like some conference where you're drudging to a room to go sit and be bored. Boot camp is just an incredible experience and that's why you hear people going to them over and over again. Because not only is it educational, but it's quite an experience in and of itself that makes it well worth the trip year after year or quarter after quarter. We enjoy them immensely.

Yeah. Yeah. How about you, Zen Master Mike? This is like your 50th.

We love them. I always tell people, you go to the boot camp, no matter where you are in this business, you're going to go to another level. Doesn't matter if you've been doing it for a long time, if you're brand new, you're thinking about getting started, no matter what, you're going to take it to a higher level. And like Aaron was saying, you know, the connections and the networking. Personally, Laura and I go to all them just for the inspiration. Being around people that are taking the business at such a high level. Always chasing big brother Scott Todd, always trying to catch up, see what he's doing, trying to learn from the new ideas and methods he's employing. It's just that inspiration is invaluable. I mean, you surround yourself by these types of people, and success is sure to follow.

Yeah. Scott Todd, why do you keep showing up for these. These boot camps?

Well, Mark, I can tell you that. I mean, everybody just said kind of the same, you know, very, very same things.

But.

I go there just for one nugget, one or two pieces of advice. If I can just get one or two pieces, the room is always, look, this is a market, right? So, like, it's a market that's ever changing. And just because we learned something in October doesn't mean that it's the exact same. Maybe the principles are the same, but maybe there's something new on the marketing front. Maybe there's something new on the negotiations front. Maybe there's something new, like there's new smokes, if you will. And all it takes is one little piece to kind of correct something or to change your business. And so I'm just looking for that one little piece of gold that I can put into place to make something a little bit better. And I like to teach, too, so it's fun for me.

Yeah.

I mean, this is like my FileThis.com moment that Scott just stole. My reason that I personally love boot camp, it's that little nugget that is always. It always shows up in the oddest of spots. Sometimes it's in the room, Sometimes it's during a break where someone just kind of comes up to you, like, hey, did you know about this? I'm like, no. And, like, it, like, totally changes everything, right? Sometimes it's a phrase. Sometimes it's just one simple phrase that we weren't utilizing that makes all the difference. And I can tell you, we're getting such higher down payments now because Scott Todd was like, oh, this is how we get big down payments. It was this one phrase. How much would you like to put down? For years, we never asked, how much would you like to put down? It was like, you know, you got to put down 299 or whatever it was, whatever we advertised. As soon as we started saying that phrase, it totally changed everything. We got better buyers. We got bigger down payments, that one little nugget. I mean, and we keep getting these every single time that we're at boot camp. And then just the fact that the people in the room, the room always becomes so much smarter than just the presenter because for whatever reason, we attract really, really smart, good people. And no one there has what I'd call scarcity mentality. Right? They're not, like, holding their knowledge to their chest and they're not sharing, like, everyone sharing what they're doing, how they're doing it, what works for them. And it's amazing. It really is a very special weekend. And then just to be able to meet us face to face, like, you know, putting the voice with the name or the face, like, you know, go up to Eric Peterson at a break and be like, oh, my gosh, you're John, not pro. Right? And it's like, you know, that's what they probably say.

Something like, I love jot, not pro.

Yeah.

And that's the thing. And then Eric gets to go, like, you know, come out of these. By the way, this is the third person that's come up to me and said, mark's a jerk and Johnny Pro has been phenomenal. Right. Or, you know, or perfect. Exactly, exactly. You know, how did you get that big deal away from Mark? Like, what did you do? I haven't forgot about that, Eric. Right? Or, you know, just meeting Mike in the break and just talking to him about, you know, how did you start? Like, you know, you're $40,000 in debt. Like, how did you get out of that so quickly? What did you. What was your focus? What was your, you know, I mean, these just little things that you don't get if you're not there. And then, of course, you know, you just get smarter by, you know, being near Barelyn Aaron or Scott Todd, like, just being closer to them. You just. Oh, my gosh, my IQ just went up 10 points. Like, it's crazy. So that alone, just the networking, the people, and then the depth of knowledge is so great for boot camp. And then we always do something a little differently, right, Scott?

Every time.

Yeah, every time.

It's never because we learn, right?

Because we're learning feedbacks.

And so we get better too, right?

Right? Yeah, we. Yeah, we always get. We always take the feedback to heart and make little iterations and it's great. It's great. So we were talking on the last roundtable about goal setting and setting these goals and how we're setting them, but then we didn't really get into the Weeds of the barriers to execution. What are the things that get in the way where you don't end up hitting your goals? So Zen Master Mike, what are those things for you?

I think one of the biggest problems with achieving goals is, you know, just taking on too many things at once. Right. So if you make your goals too broad or they include too many aspects, I mean, I've, I've heard you talk about, you know, you'll have five things to accomplish for the week. Keep it simple. You know, when you add too many things into the mix, it tends to really just complicate things. Right. And when things get complicated, then you start to get frustrated. When you get frustrated, you don't perform at your highest level and then things don't get done. So one of the biggest barriers to goal setting, I think is being too broad and setting too many. Right. And keep it very specific. And that's why all of us employ the mentality of the 12 week year. It just keeps things very hyper focused. And that should alone help you from straying off this path and going into the no man's land where you're just doing too many things and nothing is getting accomplished.

Yeah, I agree. How about you, Bearland? Aaron, what are some of the barriers to execution for you with your goals?

Well, like Mike said, you know, getting too many things in there is definitely an issue. The 12 week year helps with that. But even as far as the 12 week year goes, you know, if you're just beginning to implement it, a piece of advice is, you know, you, you will have all these things you want to do and you know, they tell you, you know, try to, try to limit it to three. Sometimes don't even limit it to three, maybe two or one, because sometimes three can, can distract you from what's really the most important thing, that one thing. You know, there's a book about the one thing too. So really make sure you're working on what is most important. And then the other thing that I find is the most limiting to myself is myself, you know, for various reasons you can get off track and you know, you can, you can beat yourself up about it and then keep yourself on track, or you can start to feel fear for various reasons. Sometimes even when you're about to achieve your goal, you have the fear of, well, what's next? Those sort of things. So you got to be careful to not let yourself be your biggest obstacle because there's so many ways that you can. But just keep it simple and keep moving forward and know that when you Accomplish this, you will then go through the process again and set your new things. So don't worry about what's next. And, you know, make sure you accomplish what you're trying to and then you can worry about what's next, those sort of things. So don't let fear and getting in your own head too much be your biggest obstacle.

It's so true. How about you, Eric?

Well, I like what Aaron said. I definitely think ourselves are a big thing that gets in the way, right? I mean, whether it's us not believing in ourselves or just not executing or any number of things. But what I would add to that is probably just general distractions get in your way. So, you know, that's why it's important to write down your goals and review them on a regular basis. Whether you're rewriting them every day or you're looking at them once a week or whatever works for you. But, you know, don't let shiny objects syndrome get in the way. You know, you hear about a new whatever it is, you know, bitcoin going crazy or whatever it is at the moment, you know, and not letting those things distract you from what your focus is for this 12 weeks and then the next and so on down the line. So, you know, and one great way to do that is just to establish good habits and, you know, make that part of your routine and follow through on that and that'll keep you on task. And, you know, if you've done your reverse engineering and looked at all those numbers and various aspects of your business, if you build habits around those things, it's going to help you that much more to achieve your goals.

Awesome. How about you, Scott?

Todd?

I think that, I think you just have to be committed, right? You just have to like, commit to the goal and don't stop and don't, don't let the self doubt kind of, kind of get into your head. It's easy for the, for the brain, the inner voice to start talking to you and say, like, what are you doing? Like, what makes you think that you're good enough to do this? What makes you think that you can do this? What makes you think that this is going to work for you? What makes you, I mean, it's that inner voice and we all have it. It's amazing. I was listening to a, to a podcast the other day with someone that was like extremely successful, extremely successful. I was blown away by the fact that they were talking about the inner voice, right? Like their brain was telling them, you can't do this. And I think that what makes successful people and what helps you to achieve your goal is just doing it anyway.

Yeah.

How often does Parkinson's law of time get in the way for you guys? Where what I mean by Parkinson's law of time, it's, it's, you know, work will expand to the amount of time you give it. So if you give yourself two hours to complete a project, it'll take you two hours. If you give yourself two weeks to complete that same project, it'll actually take two weeks. Does that, is that ever a thing for you guys? Barryland? Aaron, you're shaking your head.

Yeah, absolutely. It's a huge thing, you know, and I guess if you're a pusher, you can, you know, compress those time spots down a little bit so you can accomplish more. If you're worried about accomplishing at all, you definitely want to make sure it fits within your, your goals time frame. The worst thing you can do is leave it open ended because it may never get done. You know, it's a real thing. It's huge, you know, and while you're back engineering your goal, you know, that's something you need to think about, like how long should these steps take? And give yourself that because if you do, if you give yourself too much time, you'll take too much time. It's human nature even, you know, the best, most mentally strong people, you know, have that as well. So Parkinson's law is definitely something to be aware of when you're doing that. And I think the best way to avoid it is when you're back engineering to pre figure that out and only give yourself that amount of time that's necessary to do it and not, not make it too easy on yourself by giving you these, giving yourself these time gaps to let yourself stretch it out.

All right, how about you, Zen Master Mike?

I think it's an important topic and I think that on the flip side, don't take it to the other extreme and give yourself not enough time to do something because then you go into the process we were talking about in the last podcast where you're not enjoying the moment. You're fixated on that short amount of time that you've dictated set aside to do something that you're not giving it its full due and not giving it the attention it deserves. Right? It's like listening to your son or daughter tell a story when you know you have to be somewhere else and unfortunately probably all done this and you're just kind of like, and you know, you're not Giving them that full due. So. And then you suffer in the long run from that. So it just, yeah. On both sides of the equation. Don't. Definitely don't prolong things, but don't. Something's going to take a certain amount of time. Don't try to squeeze down if it's going to take away from the experience of doing it and doing it correctly.

Yeah. I was just finished listening to this book, Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner, this NPR correspondent, and he goes to all these countries and tries to extract like, why are the Swiss happy? Why are, you know, why are they so happy in Iceland? But one of the places he goes is Thailand. And in Thailand they all say the same thing. If we're not having joy with our work, then what's the point? Like, it should be fun. Right. And they, they extract joy out of everything they do. Like the smile. There is a big thing like they'll even smile at a funeral. There's all different types of smiles. It's very interesting. Eric Peterson, what are your thoughts?

Well, I think Mike and Parkinson's law of change. Sorry, yeah, no, I think Mike and Aaron both covered it pretty well, you know, for myself, I guess being sort of a perfectionist of sorts or maybe wanting to maintain control of things, I think that's something I can easily get into where I let tasks take longer than they need to or what have you. It's very rare for me to rush through something and do a poor job. It's usually the opposite, to spend more time than is really needed. So. Something I'm constantly trying to keep a check on and, you know, keep a balance too.

Yeah. Scott. Todd, do you ever have that issue or you're spinning the plates?

No, I, I think we all have that problem, Mark. I think that it's easy to get into. I think that it's, you know, you, you think, okay, well, I have two weeks to do this and then you might start it. And then, you know, like we, you get down to the, to like the last couple days and you start to stress out. Right. So I think that we all get in that situation. I think the easiest way to do it is, okay, I'm just going to get this done right now. It doesn't matter when you set a deadline for yourself. Just work on it until you get it done and then be done with it.

Yeah, absolutely.

Easy to say, right? Yeah.

I think going back to what you said before, Scott, about fear, that Tim Ferriss fear setting exercise and you can just Google it, it really, really helps. And I mean, you know, Mike is kind of like me now, like, kind of obsessed with death. We've got the death clock on our Chrome tab. And look, you know, that's ridiculous. More days than me. But I like, but it builds it, like, it's a weird thing. Like, it builds like I don't have all the time in the world. And, you know, like, as I'm. As I'm finishing up the book, Dirt Rich and, you know, I have all these doubts, all these fears. The problem with a book is that once it's done, I can't go back and iterate, right? Like the toolkit, I can always go back and iterate. The videos that are horrible with YouTube videos I make, I can always go back and like, you know, do them again and iterate. But like, the book, it's like, it's done and it's a really, really scary thing. And then I just think to myself, well, you know, so what, right? I'll write another one. If it sucks. I mean, it'll be good enough.

You know, you can always. Then record the audible version and expand on, you know, because I love when authors do that. You know, you get so much more because they're like, hey, this part here, you know.

Yes, see, I'm gonna do that. But, you know, but there is that doubt I have and that fear and, you know, the, you know, people are gonna judge me and the critics and this and that. But you know what? I only got like 111,000 days left anyways. Zaino's got 20 more days than me in three generations. No one are going to remember it anyways. It's all meaningless. We're dust. Like, we're here for a blink of an eye. And, you know, so we might as well enjoy the ride while we're here and do that and get some stuff done in the meantime that is significant, meaningful. So that's going to bring us into the tips of the week, because my tip is amazing. Oh, by the way, today's podcast is sponsored by TLFolio.com get some cash on your note, go to TLFolio.com, sell 12 to 18 months of your cash flow, then that note reverts back to you. Take two bites of the apple, get your money out, then let that note revert Back to you. Tlfolio.com Eric Peterson, what's your tip of the week?

All right, I'm gonna go with a Chrome plugin today called AFS Advanced Facebook Search. I'll put the link in the chat, take a look at it. It's a Chrome plugin. You install it, you go to Facebook and you could do some more advanced searches than you can do with just the standard search bar. So, you know, I mean, in terms of how you might use it for the business, you know, maybe there's someone that comments on your page or has left you a review or whatever, and you want to dig into them a little bit more and see if, you know, maybe you can sell them more land or, I don't know, you know, whatever you might have in mind or even if you're messaging with somebody and you want to get some more details to be able to offer them the right piece of land, this search tool might give you some insight into those various Facebook profiles and what's out there.

All right, I just added it.

So stalking app.

I suppose you could use it for that. Yeah, there is that aspect.

But Mike, 11,097 days left for me as I changed 11,000 I would.

11,115 I won't have time to mourn you I'll be. I'll be dead surely thereafter. All right, Sorry, Eric. That was a good tip, Eric.

That was a good tip.

There's some research aspects to it that you could use even from marketing your properties as well.

No, I think if you're looking at like preppers or interests, this is a great way to use Facebook graphics. Yeah, absolutely. Bear land. Aaron, what's your tip of the week? A website, a resource, a book, something actionable where the art of passing income listeners can go improve their businesses, improve their lives. What do you got?

Okay, for folks that have a lot of social media type accounts, it's kind of a pain in the butt. You go to each app and you log in and you have to post on there. And wouldn't it be nice if you could have like a lot of them all in one spot on kind of one messenger panel? There's a program called Franz F R A N Z. I think the. The web address is meetfranz.com they have their fifth generation in beta right now. You can download the fourth generation of it, but it links your like your Facebook messenger, Slack, WhatsApp, Gmail, I think Twitter like a lot of different accounts all together on. On one panel. So you don't have. You can save a little time by not having to switch around that sort of thing. Haven't used it yet, but I thought it looked pretty darn cool.

That is geeky. That is cool. Nice. All right, Zen master Mike Zaino, what's your tip of the week?

Well, since we are at the beginning of the year and we're talking about goal setting and whatnot. Two parts to mine. One is I, and I've touched upon it earlier when we're talking to slow down and enjoy the process because you know, this is a moment to moment process and it is in the moment, as you know, Mark and I would kind of joking about, but serious. I mean this is a, you know, we only have so much time allotted to us. So don't make it stressful. This should be a fun business. In fact, it is a fun business. It's something that you can take step by step and enjoy the process. So I think that's really important to remember especially we're starting out this year with all these goals and whatnot. And also something that we talk about quite a bit. But just remind you, surround yourself to achieve these goals. Surround yourself with people that are like minded. It's not going to do any good to share these goals with people who are negative or people who don't believe in the power of goal setting or don't even and believe that, you know, we can be more than we are right now. Right. So be, be very cognizant of who you surround yourself with. And that's why, you know, I constantly go to these boot camps, Laura and I, and we surround ourselves with successful people who have similar mind thought processes because this really does affect you dramatically. So just be, be clear on that. You know, you don't want, don't toss around these goals like they're, like they're just some kind of random statement like they're really powerful. Go like, you know, in some cultures they take like the stick and they write the goal on it, throw it in the fire and smoke. You kind of, you know, whiff it over you and it's really like an empowering process. This is, this is huge. Right? And so don't belittle it by just kind of talking at it like over, you know, over, you know, some coffee with friends who don't believe in it. You know, just make sure you take it serious and realize the power that's inherent within it.

Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Scott Todd, what's your tip of the week?

Mark, how much faith do you put into reviews like on Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor? What do you think?

I think I put a lot of faith in the wisdom of the crowd.

Yeah. Hey, check, check this out. There's a website I want you to go to. It's called fakespot.com and when you go there, you can take a link from Amazon, post it into fake spot, and it will tell you based on their analysis, based on their engine, whether or not that those ads are fake or not. So in the chat I actually put in a kind of a sample one, but you could do it with any product. And the one that I found was like an, I was an Apple Ear, Airbot, Airpod or whatever. Like a knockoff of one that's rated like five star rating, you know, 4, 4, just under just over 4 on Amazon. And then when you plug in the URL to fakespot.com, it tells you that, hey, 63.8% of these reviews are fake. And actually they readjust the rating down to a two star and they even tell you like, hey, this guy's review is fake and here's why. Here's another guy. Like, overwhelming amount of positive. Like this one guy has an overwhelming amount of positive reviews and correlation with other fake review profile data and language. So it's pretty smart. Kind of makes you really question even to Yelp things. I went on to Yelp and checked it out and I was like, wow, wow. There's a lot of shenanigans being played with these reviews.

Wow. I love this. I love this. This is great. Oh my gosh. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Fakespot.com well, my tip of the week is a simple quote. Mike, don't get offended, but every year I like to read and reread Viktor Frankl Man's Search for Meaning. And I was of course, reading it this morning. And in the very beginning of the book, he says, when you know your why, you can endure any how and the power of purpose and your why. So I think for, you know, as we, as we start 2018, it's always a good time to kind of revisit. Yeah, great books. Simon Sinek. Start with why your why. Because as you go through the trials and tribulations of your business and your life, what's going to fuel you through that is going to be revisiting your why. And so that's my tip of the week. Pretty deep. Profound. Scott's like, no, I was going to.

Say, Mark, that's a great tip. But I do have a second tip.

Okay, ready?

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I love it. Scotttodd.net accounting well, are we good, guys? Good roundtable.

Great.

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That was a very long, awkward pause, man. It took you forever to move on. Come on.

I know.

You gotta get faster at that thing.

Hit the button. By the way, Mike just took that last sip of Ember. How good is the last sip?

Just like the first sip.

It's just like the first sip.

What's Ember?

Except when the battery dies, it doesn't last very long.

It's an hour. You got to recharge it. How long does it take to drink a coffee? We're not in Europe.

It's usually dead by the time I'm done.

He's, like, European. He's like, like, you know, taking his time drinking his coffee. We got stuff to do, man.

Drink espresso. Forget it. Just forget the enjoyment. Go to espresso.

So, yeah, Aaron, go to ember.com. it's a cup that keeps your coffee and your tea hot at your perfect temperature. Oh, yeah, look, like that.

That's ridiculous.

I drink it. That thing?

Yeah.

I mean, like, if you. If you're. Who lingers onto a drink that fast? Like, it's gone, man.

There's no way. Oh, no, no.

Enjoy the moment, Scott. You can't drink it too fast.

This is Ember.

Enjoy the moment. That's what they should.

I gotta see the fake reviews on this one. Can I get it on Amazon?

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Don't burst our Bubble.

Oh, I'm doing it. I'm doing. I. I think it's all. I think you guys. Ember mug. Okay, I'm doing it right now. Ember mug. Okay, I found the. Holy crap. You guys.

Really?

It's that expensive? Holy. I can tell you guys already been ripped off.

Priceless is a good.

What are you talking about? I just sold a Colorado deal last week that paid for it.

Oh.

Oh.

Fake spot.

Fake spot.

Gave it a b rating. And 80% of the reviews are accurate. But that means 20% are, like, fake.

Fake.

Phony. Fake news.

Pretty good, though.

Come on.

That's pretty high. Actually, I'd have to say it's a vi. It passed the fake spot test. Pretty good.

Hey, I will tell you, though, that one of the cool things I like about this fake spot, and if you scroll down on it, is not only does it show you the review count over time, but it also shows you the price tracking. So you're getting a good deal or not.

Oh, that is cool. Yeah, that's really good. Good quality for this money. By the way, we've even talked about Star Wars. Has everyone seen Star Wars?

I've not seen Star wars yet.

You've not seen it?

No. I'm so bummed.

And you call yourself a geek?

I'm still waiting to see the first one.

Oh, man.

Oh, my gosh.

What is that?

Wait, Mike. You thought it was disappointing until my.

Brother sent me an article that basically described the fact that it was rebuilding something, had to destroy something. So I got it. Now I'm okay with it. But it was just.

Come on.

Poor Luke.

The. He was gonna spoil it. What's that?

Thanks.

No spoilers. Doesn't mean anything. It means everything.

Man.

I'm gonna sit in the theater and be like that. Zano spoiled it for me.

We're gonna be watching those scenes with Luke.

I will give you one hint. Not about anything. This doesn't spoil anything. But most movies, you wait till the very end and you just get a little. Get a little something at the end. Nothing. You know, the credits go by and then, like, they blow up.

I thought the thing with Carrie Fisher was nice. At the end, they dedicated the movie to her.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Wait, Aaron, do they have theaters where you are? Man, I didn't think they had anything.

Yeah, yeah, they have theaters.

Was it like two cinemas or drive.

Well, no, it's like you drive into town and then there's the little building.

With the screen in it.

You know, one screen. No, we have a drive in and it's winter, so.

Oh, that's miserable.

Oh, my God.

You have to wait till spring to see it.

We're not. I mean, within a half hour, I have, like, a movie. 16 or something.

What do you do?

Take your horse and buggy into town, load up the family, Little House on the Prairie style.

Michael Landon.

Amish country. Oh, man. No, I mean, we take buggy trail up the way. No, really, this is Amish country. You see it every day.

Wow.

Driving their buggy with the horses. But no, we have.

No wonder he's never heard of Ember.

Man, you know what? I drink my coffee too fast. I already went through the tank in the Keurig while we were on this podcast.

You better. You better drink a lot of water. Because my cousin was in town, and he was telling me he got kidney stones. The most painful thing ever, because he wasn't drinking enough water. Like, it dehydrates you. So drink water if you're gonna drink that much coffee.

Caffeine.

Because he's like. I won't go into the details, but, like, you better drink some water. You don't want those things.

Yeah, we definitely. I definitely drink some water. I stay hydrated. Absolutely.

All right, guys, well, listen, have a great one. Thanks, guys. All right.