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2200:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,840So I have some other questions to ask of course.

2300:01:21,840 --> 00:01:27,440So along the way, like I don't know how old you are, but at 29.

2400:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,24029, all right.

2500:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,920So what would you tell your 11 year old self when you were still living in Oak

2600:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,920Cliff, like knowing what you know today?

2700:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,360What would you tell your younger self?

2800:01:41,360 --> 00:01:47,920Well, pretty much the same thing I tell myself then was just not going to always be this way.

2900:01:47,920 --> 00:01:48,880You're going to get better.

3000:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,240You're going to do more. You just got to get it done.

3100:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,600You got to find the way.

3200:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,480Figure out what you want to do.

3300:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,160So even then, I was like, you know kids, we were like doing roadstitch stuff in class.

3400:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,400I would be mad at home or something.

3500:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,040I'd go off on myself and I'm like, don't worry.

3600:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,640I say you're not going to always be like this here.

3700:02:06,640 --> 00:02:07,440It's going to be better.

3800:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,160You're just going to keep moving forward.

3900:02:10,160 --> 00:02:10,480Yeah.

4000:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,720How did you get to that mindset?

4100:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,960Like, where did that come from?

4200:02:18,160 --> 00:02:24,320Was it just something that was internal or did you have an influence around you that helped you with that?

4300:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,720I would say for me just, I would just say God.

4400:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,720Yeah, like, I don't know.

4500:02:30,720 --> 00:02:35,280It was like blessing, just a blessing to have that mindset.

4600:02:35,280 --> 00:02:35,520Yeah.

4700:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,480Just, yeah, yeah.

4800:02:38,480 --> 00:02:38,720Yeah.

4900:02:38,720 --> 00:02:39,920Now that's that.

5000:02:39,920 --> 00:02:43,040And also watching older parents, you know,

5100:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,520just the way, like some people you saw, like something, you know,

5200:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,640when people are like complaining about certain things such as social security,

5300:02:52,640 --> 00:02:57,680or medicine, those type of things, it having to be more responsible at a young age,

5400:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,160just making sure, because when you are having older parents, you've got to be more responsible

5500:03:02,160 --> 00:03:02,960at a young age.

5600:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,880So just that alone, actually would do that out of me.

5700:03:08,880 --> 00:03:09,920Okay.

5800:03:09,920 --> 00:03:15,920Yeah, because I mean, hearing that come from you at that early of an age or what you were

5900:03:15,920 --> 00:03:20,080telling yourself in the self-talking stuff, I mean, there are a lot of people even grown-ups that get

6000:03:20,080 --> 00:03:26,240stuck in a certain place and they have negative self-talk or they, you know, they're asking questions

6100:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,720of, am I enough and things of that nature, right?

6200:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,720So, that at times, I had negative self-talk.

6300:03:30,720 --> 00:03:31,360I'm not sure.

6400:03:31,360 --> 00:03:31,520Perfect.

6500:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,840I had times I had some negative self-talk, could have always ended with me shifting my mindset,

6600:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,200is saying, no, I go over companies.

6700:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,240So, that is something that you would share with people today.

6800:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,800Is it like buying themselves in a position?

6900:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,400Yeah, just, it's okay to have negative self-talk, but you have to shift that

7000:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,640into a more positive self-talk.

7100:03:52,640 --> 00:03:58,400And it, I guess it becomes easier over time.

7200:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,720I've been one that gives, I mean, I have the negative days too, but I'm like you,

7300:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,320I've turned it around pretty quickly.

7400:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,560I don't stay in that state for too long.

7500:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,200Exactly.

7600:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,120Prime example, I was saying, well, I first started this here in New Business this fund.

7700:04:12,400 --> 00:04:18,320I was like, I'm like, 5, 6,000 cash buyers on my list, email list.

7800:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,040I got friends and stuff there, making money in real estate.

7900:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,360So, I'm like, oh, that's gonna be easy.

8000:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,680I raised it 4, 5 million, just like that.

8100:04:25,680 --> 00:04:34,720And when none of my friends invested, I was like, wow, y'all really let me down.

8200:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,040I was like, okay, but I was like, cool, that's something I'm gonna overcome this here.

8300:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,960As I, since y'all don't wanna do it, I'll go and talk to other people and deal with it eventually.

8400:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,920Yeah, find people who will.

8500:04:47,920 --> 00:04:55,680So, what I hear you say too is don't let circumstances or people like dampen your dream.

8600:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,240Exactly.

8700:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,400Like if you have your dream, continue to pursue it.

8800:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,520Yeah, continue to pursue it.

8900:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,720You can't be worried about, like, some not learning,

9000:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,640that sometimes you just have to leave people with it.

9100:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,320They'll come around later.

9200:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,320I like that.

9300:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,360Leave people where they're at.

9400:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,120Look, come around later.

9500:05:11,120 --> 00:05:16,800Is there, what is your greatest fear in life?

9600:05:16,800 --> 00:05:23,760Man, my greatest fear in life, that's a good question.

9700:05:23,760 --> 00:05:36,560I would say my greatest fear in life is more so at the end of it and then just thinking

9800:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,280pretty much, kind of like if you read Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes in the Bible,

9900:05:43,280 --> 00:05:46,880how King Solomon, most people don't even look at this part of his story.

10000:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,160And then he's always like, everything is just falling.

10100:05:50,160 --> 00:05:56,400Everything is pretty much, you know, he's like, then you work artists here, work artists time,

10200:05:56,400 --> 00:06:03,040you toil to give this here money and these things to the son that is a fool.

10300:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,160I would say that is one of my biggest fears.

10400:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,400I tell my wife, I say, I'd rather take everything and light it on fire than to see that happy.

10500:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,720Cash wise.

10600:06:14,720 --> 00:06:15,360Right, right.

10700:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,640I'm like, that is wow.

10800:06:16,640 --> 00:06:23,760But I would say, no, but on a, just been real, I say one of my biggest fears is just,

10900:06:23,760 --> 00:06:33,200I would say feeling more on like the being as a husband or being a parent one day.

11000:06:34,480 --> 00:06:40,560Yeah, because if you always focus in on business, business, business, then you can neglect other things.

11100:06:40,560 --> 00:06:41,040Yeah.

11200:06:41,040 --> 00:06:41,760Yeah.

11300:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,720And you know, there are people who subscribe to the fact that, you know, you've got to live a balance

11400:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,040life and all I would attest that your life is never really in balance.

11500:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,840Sometimes you've got to be focused on business.

11600:06:53,840 --> 00:06:54,480Yeah.

11700:06:54,480 --> 00:06:59,600But there are times that when it's called upon you to be focused on your relationship and with your

11800:06:59,600 --> 00:07:06,640kids and things of that nature. So it's, there is a, not about it, there's an imbalance in life.

11900:07:06,640 --> 00:07:12,240But, you know, if you, if you focus on what needs to be focused on and your priorities are correct,

12000:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,320and yeah, it works out.

12100:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,480Works out in the end.

12200:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,760So one thing you'll never do again.

12300:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,840Well, down, never do again.

12400:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,040Never join a very cool game.

12500:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,600Man, that was hard.

12600:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,240Okay.

12700:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,920Nah, three months of book count.

12800:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,000One, you don't see any women for three months.

12900:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,360And you're there.

13000:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,320You can yell that.

13100:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,840And yeah, I would never, yeah, I would never do that again.

13200:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,840And no contact, no music, no social media.

13300:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,040You have to write old school and you have right letters to be.

13400:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,720And they have to write a letter back.

13500:07:46,720 --> 00:07:46,960Right.

13600:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,360I wouldn't do that.

13700:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,160You wouldn't do that again.

13800:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,040Yeah, I wouldn't do that again.

13900:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,320Okay.

14000:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,240So what you got from the Marine Corps,

14100:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,640now what did you or you are?

14200:07:56,640 --> 00:07:57,760Now what I got?

14300:07:57,760 --> 00:07:58,640No, it was worth it.

14400:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,560No, what I got, it was worth it.

14500:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,280But I don't know if I want to go through that book camp again.

14600:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,080And like, I just go straight into doing your job.

14700:08:06,080 --> 00:08:12,160Like, well, that doesn't the boot camp set the stage for

14800:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,240the rest of your career and the rest of your life?

14900:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,360Like, yeah, it does.

15000:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,920Yeah, you learn a lot in there.

15100:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,520I would say that, I mean, like the kind of brotherhood that you get

15200:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,560though with the people that you went to do the book camp with.

15300:08:26,560 --> 00:08:27,200Yeah.

15400:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,400That is worth it as well.

15500:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,560But it is tough while you do.

15600:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,520Yeah.

15700:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,080What about an influencing person in your life?

15800:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,280Like, is there been somebody like, I know you've said you've had mentors

15900:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,480and things like that in your business?

16000:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,520Is there anybody in your personal life that you've had that has influenced you

16100:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,480or is it more than on the business side?

16200:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,520Personal life that has influenced me?

16300:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,920That's my first time getting that question.

16400:08:55,920 --> 00:08:56,480Yeah?

16500:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,040Yeah.

16600:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,640I would say personal life is someone that influences me.

16700:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,720I would say my godmother influenced me a lot growing up.

16800:09:04,720 --> 00:09:05,520Okay.

16900:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,640Yeah, just watch her the kind of person she was.

17000:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,640A lot of people respect her.

17100:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,640So she had passed away and I think it was 2016.

17200:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,960She was like 94 years old.

17300:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,160Wow.

17400:09:18,160 --> 00:09:18,960Yeah, 94.

17500:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,720She lived a long life.

17600:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,360So, yeah, just watch her.

17700:09:25,360 --> 00:09:26,640She definitely influenced me a lot.

17800:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,840Yeah.

17900:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,880So you say that in the future you want to, you know,

18000:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,320especially have a family and stuff.

18100:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,400So what does that look like for you?

18200:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,320Like, how are you going to like hopefully get them involved in your business or

18300:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,680I plan on it.

18400:09:41,680 --> 00:09:42,240Okay.

18500:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,520Yeah, I plan on it.

18600:09:43,520 --> 00:09:50,320I tell everybody look, I say, I'll make sure if I have sons,

18700:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,080they bypass single family go straight into multi family.

18800:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,480I'll teach myself they own a fund.

18900:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,040They got a race capital now.

19000:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,000I'm not going to give it to them.

19100:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,960They have to raise them now.

19200:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,240And they got their acquire part of their buildings.

19300:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,600Okay.

19400:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,280Well, you may have to teach me how to do that someday.

19500:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,360How to work?

19600:10:11,360 --> 00:10:19,120So, yeah, you know, I just, you seem like a very fascinating person.

19700:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,000I mean, at 29 you seem so full of wisdom and,

19800:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,280and just a very well put together man, right?

19900:10:27,280 --> 00:10:27,920Thank you.

20000:10:27,920 --> 00:10:28,800And you're welcome.

20100:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,440You're welcome.

20200:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,600And, you know, I think it's in life it's about who you surround yourself with.

20300:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,640Right?

20400:10:34,640 --> 00:10:40,000So, do you have a group of people that you have surrounded yourself with?

20500:10:40,000 --> 00:10:47,680I've heard the saying that you are the equivalent of closest five people you have in your life.

20600:10:47,680 --> 00:10:51,920So do you always seek to surround yourself with people?

20700:10:51,920 --> 00:10:52,560Yeah, my dad.

20800:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,640So, I do spend quite a bit of time with my mentors.

20900:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,280Well, one of them is, so the other one he's always traveling.

21000:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,800Like I said, he just got back from Israel.

21100:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,960The other one though, he lives out in Selainah.

21200:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,320So, I go out there and see him.

21300:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,320He's 60 years old and we talk.

21400:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,680And I learn a lot of like his work ethic.

21500:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,520He'll sit there, he'll call people.

21600:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,280He's every single day at the same time.

21700:11:15,280 --> 00:11:20,400He, like, and then one thing they did teach me recently is to sit more boundaries.

21800:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,000He's like, when you walk in, he's like, just put your phone on you.

21900:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,360He's like, I had to learn this here.

22000:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,120He's like, he'd been married for 30 some years.

22100:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,560He's like, I had to learn this over time.

22200:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,200Yeah.

22300:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,840And so, he's like, just be more present.

22400:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,520But definitely sit boundaries.

22500:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,040He's like, if you don't respect your time,

22600:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,960how do you speak somebody else to respect your time?

22700:11:40,960 --> 00:11:41,120Yeah.

22800:11:41,120 --> 00:11:46,800Yeah, that's one of the things I have told my kids here in the recent past,

22900:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,560probably over the past 10 years or so is, um, be present.

23000:11:50,560 --> 00:11:53,280And you just said that like be in the moment, right?

23100:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,200So when you're there, focus on like we're doing here today, like be here.

23200:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,160My phone's not out.

23300:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,040Your phone's not out.

23400:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,440We're paying attention to our conversation, right?

23500:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,560If we were distracted, it would take away from that.

23600:12:04,560 --> 00:12:05,280It would.

23700:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,800And it would give the other person kind of that feeling of,

23800:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,080are they really paying attention?

23900:12:10,080 --> 00:12:10,560Exactly.

24000:12:10,560 --> 00:12:12,560Let's actually listen to me.

24100:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,240Do they even care about me?

24200:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,040Those things.

24300:12:15,040 --> 00:12:15,680Yeah.

24400:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,520You mentioned something too that I find interesting because I've had this thought as well.

24500:12:20,080 --> 00:12:25,680is when you have children and you accumulate your wealth and, you know,

24600:12:25,680 --> 00:12:30,640you, you alluded to, you know, King Solomon and the Ecclesiastes and stuff,

24700:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,720as far as passing things down to children.

24800:12:34,720 --> 00:12:43,120Um, I'm at a time in my life where I feel like that whatever I may accumulate,

24900:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,680I don't want to have a trust fund, you know, trust fund kids that are out there, right?

25000:12:47,680 --> 00:12:47,680Yeah.

25100:12:47,680 --> 00:12:50,720They just, they don't have any motivation really to do anything.

25200:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,560They live off the trust fund and I'm not saying everybody does that.

25300:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,040Yeah.

25400:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,960But I want to instill in my children and I hope that I am doing that.

25500:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,840And in my example that I leave, right?

25600:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,160That you get, you have to work hard.

25700:13:04,160 --> 00:13:09,520You have to surround yourself by people who are going to help you succeed, right?

25800:13:09,520 --> 00:13:09,920Yeah.

25900:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,440And I hear that that's what you were saying too.

26000:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,400Yeah, exactly.

26100:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,360Yeah.

26200:13:15,360 --> 00:13:16,720How do I don't know?

26300:13:16,720 --> 00:13:16,960Yeah.

26400:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,680Yeah, so even, because even like, um, my dad, I didn't, he passed away, um,

26500:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,480and it was 2018.

26600:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,600But he owned land, he owned horses, he owned a lot of real estate.

26700:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,240Yeah.

26800:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,400I didn't inherit that.

26900:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,320I built myself, right?

27000:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,760So it's the same thing.

27100:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,520Yeah, for sure.

27200:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,240It's just like buying a car, right?

27300:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,320Your first car, I bought my first car with my money.

27400:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,760And I took care of that car.

27500:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,000Yeah, instead of it being even to me, right?

27600:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,240They would be, I bought my car, my, I gave my first car, so I was like, 21.

27700:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,760Yeah, I had a body.

27800:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,600Yeah.

27900:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,640And that's, so I've got four kiddos and, um,

28000:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,480I don't think any of them have gotten their license when they were 16.

28100:14:04,480 --> 00:14:10,320Or, I mean, when I turned 16, I was, I was there at the DPS office,

28200:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,880getting my license, but none of them have had the desire to get their license.

28300:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,720So I find that very interesting too.

28400:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,080Yeah.

28500:14:18,080 --> 00:14:18,640That is some.

28600:14:18,640 --> 00:14:19,520Yeah.

28700:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,760So I don't know if you've watched in the episodes before,

28800:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,960but I like to always end the podcast with, uh,

28900:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,880with asking some questions of the guest, um, concerning my nonprofit.

29000:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,040So I'm the chief happiness officer of a nonprofit called Who Do You Know?

29100:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,680And we focus on inspiring imagination and dreaming.

29200:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,080Um, with people from any walk of life by making connections.

29300:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,040Okay.

29400:14:45,040 --> 00:14:50,640So we make connections when it comes to three different pillars with a person you want to meet,

29500:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,960who's living, um, a place you want to go, or an experience you want to have.

29600:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,080So I'm going to ask you those questions.

29700:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,480So who is a person that you would like to meet?

29800:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,640A person I would like to meet.

29900:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,960I say the greatest investor of all time.

30000:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,520Which is Warren Buffett.

30100:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,160Warren Buffett.

30200:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,280Okay.

30300:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,920He has a wealth of wisdom to teach.

30400:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,120Yeah.

30500:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,800I would definitely like to meet him.

30600:15:18,800 --> 00:15:23,920And what would you hope to glean from that meeting, from that conversation that you would have?

30700:15:23,920 --> 00:15:29,360Pretty much, well, one, how do you manage to stay in the same house for that time?

30800:15:29,360 --> 00:15:35,920Like I don't understand that, but, but, uh, two, also, um,

30900:15:36,880 --> 00:15:43,760just as far as investing, like, how, like, what may him actually go and get into investing

31000:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,240at such a young age and how he invests?

31100:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,880Like I read the book then told you investor.

31200:15:48,880 --> 00:15:53,440But, you know, books and versus talking to the actual person,

31300:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,000straight from their mouth is different.

31400:15:56,000 --> 00:15:56,480Yeah.

31500:15:56,480 --> 00:15:56,880Yeah.

31600:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,160So not to put you on the spot, do you mention the book?

31700:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,680Are there any other books that you would recommend for anybody to

31800:16:04,640 --> 00:16:05,920to pick up and read at their?

31900:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,720I have one book I have yet to tell people about.

32000:16:08,720 --> 00:16:13,600And I was just talking about this here, um, because me and my wife used to have this, um,

32100:16:13,600 --> 00:16:18,480meeting an investor club meeting that park city club in Holland Park.

32200:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,000And one of the guys there is an oil and gas guy.

32300:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000And I was telling myself one of my favorite people, he's in oil and gas.

32400:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000I liked his book a lot.

32500:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,080His name is Jay Parking.

32600:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,360And his book is How to Be Rich.

32700:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,360Okay.

32800:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,920They talk about how you got started as a wildcatter,

32900:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,400um, and oil and gas, started building this, uh, money up that way.

33000:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,880His dad was in oil and gas as well.

33100:16:44,880 --> 00:16:49,200But even some day he was talking about, he said there's that I was instilling him

33200:16:49,200 --> 00:16:55,360that the profit from the business is to take care of the employees and make sure

33300:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,680those men have a limbo wage to take care of their families.

33400:16:59,680 --> 00:16:59,920Sure.

33500:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,320Like you're responsible for all your employees' families.

33600:17:02,320 --> 00:17:02,960Yeah.

33700:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,800So he's a, he never saw his dad do much like lavish stuff.

33800:17:06,800 --> 00:17:07,680He's what he's talking about.

33900:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,080They book.

34000:17:08,080 --> 00:17:13,360And so that's like my secret book that rarely tell people about it.

34100:17:13,360 --> 00:17:14,000Wow.

34200:17:14,000 --> 00:17:14,640Thanks for sharing.

34300:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,160I'll have to, that's what I haven't read.

34400:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,600So then he goes to buy an art, buy a real estate.

34500:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,840And obviously real estate for me, I was like, that's why I want to do real estate.

34600:17:23,840 --> 00:17:24,000Right.

34700:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,200And I like art also.

34800:17:25,200 --> 00:17:30,480I went to the largest art museum in East Africa and got to see pretty much everything they have.

34900:17:30,480 --> 00:17:31,040Yeah.

35000:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,080Did you buy anything?

35100:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,520Not yet, but I didn't buy anything at the time.

35200:17:33,520 --> 00:17:34,560I mean, I just bought this.

35300:17:34,560 --> 00:17:35,840Yeah.

35400:17:35,840 --> 00:17:36,240And this.

35500:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,520But um, that's a really nice painting.

35600:17:39,520 --> 00:17:44,800It's like some were one day at painting a lioness and the eyes actually followed you wherever you went.

35700:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,480Yeah.

35800:17:46,480 --> 00:17:47,840That's so for like a hundred thousand.

35900:17:47,840 --> 00:17:48,960Wow.

36000:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,320Wow.

36100:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,120Very interesting.

36200:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,560And some of the art I was not buying because it was by like the McConnie child.

36300:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,840I saw like a chair there.

36400:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,800And it was like from like a McConnie chief.

36500:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,880But when I looked up the McConnie, I was reading like more about them in the museum.

36600:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,600They were uh, uh, same worshipers.

36700:18:05,600 --> 00:18:10,480I was like, I'm not going to sit in the chair like I'm the chief of demons.

36800:18:10,480 --> 00:18:10,960Right.

36900:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,160I'm like, I refuse.

37000:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,160So it's really going to do some research.

37100:18:16,160 --> 00:18:21,200But man, when I saw that chair, chair was, I'm talking about perfectly artistically crafted.

37200:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,960Just perfect.

37300:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,760Wow.

37400:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,960But that ruined it for me.

37500:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,600Yeah.

37600:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,800I didn't want to touch it.

37700:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,480I was like, I might have to clean my hands and pray.

37800:18:28,480 --> 00:18:28,800Right.

37900:18:28,800 --> 00:18:29,280Just think.

38000:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,600I was in the same room.

38100:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,840All right.

38200:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,080So a person want to eat more of it.

38300:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,600The place you want to go.

38400:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,440Place I want to go.

38500:18:39,440 --> 00:18:40,640That you haven't been to.

38600:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,760I haven't been to yet.

38700:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,280Israel.

38800:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,080Israel.

38900:18:44,080 --> 00:18:44,080Yeah.

39000:18:44,080 --> 00:18:44,320Okay.

39100:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,080Yeah, I just got back from there.

39200:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,680So I can give you some pointers.

39300:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,200I'm sure your mentor can as well.

39400:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,760But yeah, beautiful place.

39500:18:51,760 --> 00:18:52,800Food is amazing.

39600:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,800If you love the yaku, I do like food.

39700:18:54,800 --> 00:18:55,120Yeah, yeah.

39800:18:55,120 --> 00:18:56,160So I like trying.

39900:18:56,160 --> 00:18:56,800Food is amazing.

40000:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,320My favorite food is Ethiopian food.

40100:18:58,320 --> 00:18:58,720Okay.

40200:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,400Fantastic.

40300:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,160Any good Ethiopian restaurants around here that you can recommend?

40400:19:04,160 --> 00:19:04,960I know a few.

40500:19:04,960 --> 00:19:05,520Yeah.

40600:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,800And that's, I'll get those from you.

40700:19:06,800 --> 00:19:12,640So you want to go to Israel any part of Israel in particular

40800:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,880that you'd like to visit or just overall.

40900:19:14,880 --> 00:19:15,760What else there?

41000:19:15,760 --> 00:19:21,120But then also, I know that Mount Sinai is in the area.

41100:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,400So I was like, I want to go climb that.

41200:19:24,400 --> 00:19:24,720Okay.

41300:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,520See, see if I come down like Moses.

41400:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,200Complain.

41500:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,920Just widened out my hair.

41600:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,920That's great.

41700:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,480So Israel, Mount Sinai, in particular.

41800:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,160What about an experience you want to have?

41900:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,400An experience I want to have.

42000:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,120Uh-huh.

42100:19:47,120 --> 00:19:48,720Are you talking to experience?

42200:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,520Yeah, so this is the one that kind of gets people

42300:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,480but it's like jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

42400:19:54,480 --> 00:19:55,200I'm not going to.

42500:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,160I cannot do anything.

42600:19:56,160 --> 00:19:56,400I know.

42700:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,360Going to a cowboy's game while Thanksgiving day.

42800:19:59,360 --> 00:20:03,040I mean, just an experience that you would like to have

42900:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,720while you're living.

43000:20:04,720 --> 00:20:12,000Well, travel counts as an experience, right?

43100:20:12,000 --> 00:20:12,800It can.

43200:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,960So I would say travel to all the countries in Africa.

43300:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,680All the countries in Africa.

43400:20:19,680 --> 00:20:20,320Yeah, okay.

43500:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,080Go to every last one of them.

43600:20:22,080 --> 00:20:22,400Okay.

43700:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,080And you've been to two?

43800:20:26,080 --> 00:20:26,560Two.

43900:20:26,560 --> 00:20:27,040Okay.

44000:20:27,040 --> 00:20:27,520Yeah.

44100:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,400I'm in paying attention.

44200:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,880Fantastic.

44300:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,160All right.

44400:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,240That would be an experience.

44500:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,240Any particular country in Africa that you would like to visit?

44600:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,160Well, number one now, I've been at Tanzania so

44700:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,280go back to Ethiopia but stay longer.

44800:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,200For like maybe like two, three months.

44900:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,320Okay.

45000:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,080Yeah, so that's why I'm just, you know,

45100:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,120finished up everything here and then I'm going for another two or three months.

45200:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,480That's great.

45300:20:54,480 --> 00:20:59,280Yeah, as we talked about focusing on business this first, you know, two or three quarters of the year

45400:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,320and then the last goings and travels.

45500:21:02,320 --> 00:21:03,360Exactly.

45600:21:03,360 --> 00:21:03,840Fantastic.

45700:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,520Well, Joseph, it was great having you here today.

45800:21:05,520 --> 00:21:11,440I know our viewers have picked up and listeners have picked up just some tidbits of information

45900:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,080that you shared.

46000:21:12,080 --> 00:21:17,600And I just find your story fascinating and you're inspiring to others that

46100:21:17,600 --> 00:21:22,160made me in a position where they feel like it's hopeless that, you know, they have nothing to look

46200:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,720forward to and I heard your words loud and clear that anybody can get out of that space.

46300:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,320Yeah, you just got to say it.

46400:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,640They want to do this here and then you put the work in and you start moving towards it.

46500:21:32,640 --> 00:21:32,800Yeah.

46600:21:32,800 --> 00:21:33,760Yeah.

46700:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,280All right, my friend.

46800:21:35,280 --> 00:21:35,920Thank you.

46900:21:35,920 --> 00:21:36,320Yep.

47000:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,120Yes, sir.

47100:21:37,120 --> 00:21:37,680Hey everyone.

47200:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,080Thanks for tuning in to today's episode.

47300:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,320Tune in next week as we have another inspiring person with a fascinating story.

47400:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,120Take care.

47500:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,840If you'd like to contact Matt or know a fascinating person with an inspiring story that would

47600:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,960make a great guest, reach out to the show at themathealtenshow@gmail.com.

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