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Speaker: The Voice of Growth, Mastering the Mind and Market. Welcome to the Voice of Growth podcast, Mastering the Mind and Market. My name is Manny Turan, and I'm your host.
Speaker: We draw inspiration for these monologues in a multitude of places. We have a team that looks at what's trending out in the world and helps us define a message that will resonate with what's happening now.
Speaker: We have a team that looks at the conversations we're having with our guests and what aligns with their conversations.
Speaker: And I also draw inspiration from everyday life. This weekend, we worked on a project here at our place. We're putting in a garden and we are piping in some water and both fresh water and rain water out to, on the other side of the property, out to the garden.
Speaker: Long story short, there's a trench that was dug and there are some pretty gnarly roots from the many mesquite trees we have in the yard. And it made me think about an entrepreneur, a career-driven person.
Speaker: We are very much like trees that have to grow in two directions. Think about it. A tree has to put down deep roots in order to provide the foundation, the nourishment, the whole superstructure to be able to then grow upwards.
Speaker: The trunk, the branches, the leaves, all that stuff. And much in the same way as entrepreneurs, we have to do the same thing. However, we have a tendency to focus primarily on that outward appearance, on what's happening out in the outside, what people can see.
Speaker: But what's missing oftentimes is the development and the deep work that's required to put your anchor down with those deep roots.
Speaker: We have a tendency to want to see things manifest in real life rather than manifest solely in our head, in our hearts, in what we're doing internally.
Speaker: This for me has been a massive, massive epiphany over the number of years that I've been doing this podcast and my previous podcast.
Speaker: It It, meaning the journey, has been one of enlightenment, of self-reflection, of success, of trial and error, of a lot of things.
Speaker: And I think about how much I've learned, how much I've gained over the years, both with doing the podcast with my former partner, Adam Hartung,
Speaker: then dovetailing into this podcast where I'd have a blend of monologues and also guest podcasts. And I just think to myself, there is so much knowledge that has been transferred and put out there to the world. I'm very proud of what we have done.
Speaker: It is a life of adventure to put these things together. And it is a pleasure that I really sink into because not only am I able to share some insights and oftentimes personal stories, but as part of that process, as part of the research, as part of the outward and inward conversations I have,
Speaker: I gained something very beneficial. That is, of course, wisdom and perspective. Perspective is something that is so powerful.
Speaker: There is some conversations that Chase Hughes has had with the internet, the audience, various podcasts, where he talks about PCP, not the drug, but there's ah ah basically a process for being able to position yourself in certain negotiation situations.
Speaker: The first P is that of perception. You can think about, he uses the analogy of being naked in front of a shower. Most of us are going to be naked today or tomorrow.
Speaker: We stand in front of our shower. We're naked. We take a shower. We do our thing. But the perception and the context, which is the second one, are all about understanding we can't do that out in a an office setting.
Speaker: right So it's about where you are and about context as well. So those two things With the analogy or the metaphor, I should say, of a tree like roots, like the branches reaching for the sky, as is the entrepreneur's journey internal, down in the roots, and external, what we and others can see, the whole framework needs to have a significant amount of intent.
Speaker: What I mean to say by that is you can focus on being flashy, you can focus on the Rolex, you can focus focus on the Porsche, all of the things that the people ah people on the outside can see, but those things come and go.
Speaker: Another analogy is in the yard, we had a branch fall and just as entrepreneurs can put these things out there, the branches can fall. But if your roots are deep, if the foundation is solid,
Speaker: then that gives the opportunity for other branches and other parts of the tree to continue to grow. These elements for me have been life-changing.
Speaker: And I really want to make sure that those that I love, those that are around me, my employees, my family, the audience at large, can take benefit from understanding that we need to focus on that foundation with intent.
Speaker: That means... We need to understand our vision. What is the vision that we're actually trying to achieve and make into reality? Vision, dreams, we've talked about this in the past in various podcasts, but essentially giving it some level of cohesion and reality. What is the what is it that we want to create for ourselves?
Speaker: We've talked about identity and the importance of identity. And in that, becoming the person that we already are out in the real world. That is an exact map of foundation slash roots to vision slash branches and so forth.
Speaker: If we can put into our foundation, into our roots, the ideas of what we're trying to create for ourselves, that identity of which we're becoming. Then as we begin to work, do the work, fall down, fail, get back up, rinse, repeat, adjust, all the elements we've talked about, then we can start to manifest very substantial, very robust,
Speaker: Branches that can then yield additional branches and end up holding up other people. I've said before, success is your duty. We are brought into to this world, in my opinion, to find our purpose and in doing so, make it to the best of our ability a reality.
Speaker: I really love helping people. I really love helping my family. I love helping strangers. I like love having conversations. I love sharing the message of what I'm talking about here.
Speaker: i love studying human psychology in the real world out in the wild. All these things for me it's part of my identity.
Speaker: I am a CEO, I am a podcaster, I am a partner and a father and a son, um I am all of these things. And each of these things is a layer on top of a layer and no one of these things is tremendously overpowering above the rest.
Speaker: So I'm a, I wouldn't even call it a melting pot because you can still see different elements. I'm more like a salad bowl. I'm a salad of these things thrown together into a bowl. You can, it's all mixed together, but you can pick out different elements.
Speaker: There are some things that are common across the board. i would assume that it can be seen that my value system is the same at home as it is in business. Sometimes I'm not able to share the same things out in the in the public as I am in a personal setting, but nonetheless, those are all elements that are common my value system.
Speaker: My vision is pretty common between my personal and my professional life. And having conversations with people that are willing to ask those tough questions, I have no problem at all answering them whatsoever.
Speaker: I pride myself in my vulnerability. It is not a weakness. It is nothing but a strength. And every time that I have a breakthrough conversation with people that i know that have guarded their privacy, I'll i'll come back to that in a second, and of their of their trials and tribulations and failures and successes,
Speaker: that that breakthrough opens up and they realize that, hey, it's okay to share the fact that I've have had bumps and bruises because of my entrepreneurial endeavors.
Speaker: Coming back to that what I said, i have no problem with privacy. i am a relatively private person in many ways. i have friends that are extremely private. What I'm suggesting is that when the occasion arises,
Speaker: for you as an entrepreneur to share in your wisdom and what you've learned and your trials and tribulations and failures such that others can take from that and grow.
Speaker: Every time I share a story, a deep story with somebody in person and even on this podcast, I gain something from it. I gain perspective. I gain additional wisdom.
Speaker: There is a sense of pride that, hey, listen, if I can give you some wisdom so that you can perhaps chart a different direction, there is a lot of gratitude there as well.
Speaker: I have earned my stripes. I have earned them and I continue to earn them. I know that there's a lot yeah yet for me to do. which I've mentioned in the past, life is a full contact sport and I'm ready for it.
Speaker: I'm ready for it. I am loving my fate. I had kind of a ah moment over the weekend as well where I had a brief moment of struggle because I was reflecting on a time in my life where it was It was very happy, and then it came to an end.
Speaker: And that end gave me some sorrow, some brief sorrow. And rather than push it away and ignore it, I sat in it. i so I was at a wedding, and I sat in it for 20 minutes.
Speaker: As the wedding was going through and the ceremony was happening, I settled into that moment. obviously very happy for the married couple, but in the in this in the moment, there was a sense of of sadness that overcame me and I sat there with it.
Speaker: And as that time progressed, I processed it and I came out the other side with a deep sense of gratitude. I no longer shy away from these these feelings.
Speaker: Oftentimes we want to just ignore them, especially if we're super alpha, hard driving kind of people. We want to just push forward. We don't want to to wallow in it. And it's not wallowing in it. If you sit in it for a moment, if you process it, if you don't push it away, you're in the you're in the bit for a bit, then it's not wallowing. It's just reflection.
Speaker: Wallowing is when you're in it day by day, hour by hour, and you're just, it's a constant thing. For me, came and went, I was able to absorb it and out the other side, ah an extreme amount of gratitude.
Speaker: Coming back to that tree analogy, a tree needs sunlight, needs water, needs nutrition, needs the right temperature, environment. there There's lots of elements that are required for that tree to be at its best. A tree that grows in the Southwest may not flourish in the Northeast and vice versa.
Speaker: In that analogy, the analogy of an entrepreneur, we have more flexibility. We can be a West Coast situation, uproot, go to Europe, and we can adjust.
Speaker: It takes a mindset to be able to do that. it takes realizing that we're entering into a new domain and making the unnecessary adjustments to then beam at parity with that new place where we're at.
Speaker: I have lived in four states and every time we made a move, it was a brand new thing. And we it was a lot of like bright eyed, bushy tailed situation, but then we missed Arizona.
Speaker: But we were happy to be where we were because it opened our eyes, gave us different context, different perception and perspective on what we're doing. Just like a tree, there's also amount of pruning that will help you to grow stronger in ah in a better direction.
Speaker: What I mean but to say that by that in the entrepreneurial example is that sometimes we have to cut off a part of the the outside that people can see.
Speaker: When we are working on a project, when working at a leader in in a company or whatever we're doing, and we realize that it's not serving us, that we really need to go in a different direction.
Speaker: There's absolutely nothing wrong with making that ah aware, putting it on the table and saying to yourself and those around you that you're interfacing with, look, I gave it a go. We had a great opportunity over the past X amount years. We did a lot of good things.
Speaker: It's time for me to move on. And it's only fair for yourself, but also for those around you to make that into a public declaration. In doing so, you not only empower yourself but you empower those around you, even if it's going to be a loss for them in the in the short term, because for them, it is a matter of respect that you give them that respect that, listen, I am no longer entrenched in this in the same way I once was. And I believe that you'll be better served by somebody else that can be.
Speaker: And I'm going to help you during that transition. So much power in that, so much deep learning that needs to be sort of worked through before you can arrive at that place.
Speaker: We have this weird adversarial relationship sometimes with our bosses, whether you are an entrepreneur and your boss is your customers or your career driven person and you actually have a boss or two.
Speaker: We have a hard time with that that vulnerability. And we want to have this sort of like poker conversation with people. And sometimes it doesn't suit us. Not to say that you should just everything out, but im I'm saying to think about sharing your vision with somebody when the time is right so that you guys can figure out if that vision aligns with their vision.
Speaker: If so, great. If there's a misalignment, do you want alignment? Do you want to align it or do you want to then go in a different direction? all amazing conversations, all things that are part of what we get to do in life.
Speaker: And the tree analogy, man, it just comes back to me, just working on, look at those roots and thinking about myself and the work I've done, which is a continuous process. There's ups and there's downs.
Speaker: And for you as well, listening to this podcast, watching this podcast, doing other self-work, having communication with others, being the vulnerable person, taking that step when it's uncomfortable, stepping out of your comfort zone, having those tough conversations when you don't maybe you want to.
Speaker: all those things are aiding and creating a new identity, a new life for you. I'm super happy that I could be part of that and we have so many amazing guests planned for the the short future here.
Speaker: um I suggest that you you follow this page if you don't already so that you can be on point of what's happening. We have a number of guests that are just blowing my mind. We have both high level executives of Fortune 100 companies. We have entrepreneurs that have been at their mantle for 20 years and those that have been on their mantle for four years. So you get a different perspective of those that just started with those that have been doing it for a long time.
Speaker: and so many others I wanna share with you. And we're happy to be also working on a new webinar that we're gonna be putting out, a lot to share there as well.
Speaker: And I invite you to be part of those because you're gonna get to have a face-to-face conversation, at least via Zoom or whatever platform we choose, with myself and a handful of others.
Speaker: ah some of which have been guests on our podcast. So you'll have that opportunity to ask questions, get some deep insights about their journey that they have embarked on to get where they came from, because we all came from the same place, ultimately, to where they're going and they are now, which some of these folks have done amazing things.
Speaker: So with that, thank you for tuning in. We forward the next time we have this conversation. Thanks. Cheers.
