REAL AF with Andy Frisella - 1034. REAL AF LIVE | CTI + Q&AF (Summer Smash '26)

Episode Date: June 6, 2026

On today's special REAL AF LIVE from Summer Smash '26, Andy and DJ break down the Senate rejecting another GOP push to revive the SAVE America Act, John Bolton pleading guilty to mishandling classified documents charges, and close the show with a live Q&AF session with the crowd.

Geno. Okay. Let the band play. All right to the line. A modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality. Let's fucking go. Joe, don't fuck it up. That's right.

That's right. That's right. All right. All right. Thank you guys so much for coming out. I know you guys, uh, a lot of you guys took off work. You know, you've spent a lot of money to come out here and be with us. We don't take that for granted.

So before we get started, I just want to take a minute and just say, I really appreciate you guys. DJ and I appreciate you guys supporting the show, sharing the show, and not being a motherfucking host. That's right. That's right. That's right. All right. Hello, children. Greetings.

Salutations. Hell yeah. This is a good crowd. Yeah. This is a good crowd. That's a good crowd. That's a good crowd. Yeah, hell you.

This is the no-ho zone. That's right. Yeah, that's right. That's right. All right. All right. So, what we got? I think we should cruise the motherfucking internet.

Yeah. I think that'd be fucking sick, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I heard, too, we got an ASL interpreter here, right? I wouldn't like to learn some words in ASL. the uh what about the no I'm playing

I ain't gonna go there I ain't gonna go there yeah dude that's crazy internet bro all right yeah let's do it guys you know how this works I got my boogey water dude they got some bougie water today too

it's a special occasion I don't even want to open it I got my white privilege card there you go there you go that means I get to tell the right kind of jokes that's right

that's right and I'm black so there's that All right, man. Hell yeah, man. Guys, you know how this works. If you guys would like to see any of these articles, pictures, links videos, go to Andy Fricela.com.

You guys can check them all out there. Andy, we do got a fee. We do got a fee. As you guys know, we are the largest show in the world that does not run ads. The reason we don't run ads is because I cannot be told what to say or do. It's just not in my DNA.

So I ask very simply that if the show makes you laugh, it makes you think, it gives you new perspective. If you enjoy the show, don't be a ho. Show show! Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, I see we got some kids in the crowd, too. I don't know whose idea that was.

This is not a good idea. Yeah. How old is he right there? How are you? Hey. All right. All right. You're going to learn some stuff today.

I probably wouldn't repeat it at school. That's right. That's right. That's right. I'm going to learn some ASL and you're going to learn some no-no words. Yeah. Yeah, man. Hell yeah.

Well, let's get into it. I got something before we get to our headlines. I saw this. I thought this was really crazy. So there was a guy that crashed his Tesla. Anybody drive Tesla's here? I would not raise my hand. This dude crashed his Tesla, dude, and they took a picture of what was on the screen when he crashed.

And so on the screen, it says, bro, crashed his Tesla in front of our house, probably speeding. And then a reply said, nah, more like gooning. That's first word for you. Latina live cam girls. Bro,

on the Tesla screen. Yeah, they're just not cutting you anymore. They're making a crash your car. Dude, I didn't even know. Z,

is that possible? You can like watch stuff like that on Tesla's? I didn't even know that was possible. Tina. Yeah, but bro's the first person to get a driving while

gooning, violation. There's that. Yeah, man. Hell yeah. Let's get into some topics. We got some stuff to talk about. There's a lot happening out there in the world.

So as always, let's try to connect some dots, shall we? Guys, Andy, headline number one. So the Senate, not sure if you guys saw this, headline reads, Senate votes 48 to 50 to reject Save America Act for Republicans, join the Democrats. So the Senate yesterday evening rejected the Save Act as part of the reconciliation package. Four Republicans voted to reject the Graham Amendment.

That's Murkowski, McConnell, Tillis, and Collins. So this was all about the voter ID stuff, right? And implementing that throughout the elections across the country. And the Senate just shot it down. So you got that happening, right? And then at the same time, that's in the Senate, you got the House just sent another $9 billion to Ukraine. Right. And so you got that.

I'm like, okay, there's always three, right? What's next? And then you get this. All right. America created 172,000 jobs in May, nearly twice as many as expected, right? And I'm like, all right, cool. Sounds good. Sounds like a good thing, right?

Now, Andy, you're an entrepreneur. You've hired a lot of people, all right? And so all of this comes out. And then another very interesting report comes out that nine out of 10 American jobs, pre-COVID, went to someone born outside of the country to foreign-born workers. And, you know, I did my fact-checking here, right?

went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and I saw this, and this is for even the most recent, American-born citizens have a higher unemployment rate than non-American-born citizens. And so, as an entrepreneur, as workers, other entrepreneurs in the crowd,

is this like a... What is this? It's bullshit. Yeah. I mean, look, dude, I think we can, all agree that America is for fucking Americans, okay? And I'm all about people coming here legally, becoming part of the culture, contributing. We have a lot of great cultures here

in America. But the reality is, is that our focus should be on creating jobs for natural-born American citizens as the priority. And to try and lie to people and make these creative remarks is the exact reason why people are becoming disenfranchised with Trump besides the fact that he's decided that, you know, we belong in cahoots with Israel to the point of where they're trying to merge our militaries. Dude, I saw that. I didn't know what the fuck that was about.

I thought it was fake at first, but apparently it's not. Yeah, apparently some real stuff. And it's coming out of the Senate. But yeah, I mean, so is this, I don't know, because I mean, I see people talk about it too. It's like, oh, man, like it's hard to find, you know, good employees, good workers out there. Like, is that, is that really the truth? Like, is that really what's going on? Like, are we as Americans too lazy right now?

Yeah. Yeah, I think there's something to be said for that. Yeah. I think, look, I saw a tweet today that this woman had bought her daughter a brand new Honda Accord. I saw that. For you guys see that? Yeah. Okay.

For her graduation. Okay. All right. And the daughter said, I don't want it. It's not, it's not my style. That's what she, that's what she told her mom. That's fucked up. And she's like, I expected a Ben's or a Mercedes.

And, you know, the level of entitlement that we have amongst the young people because they're brought up in a situation where they're getting rewarded for participation or not even being held accountable with their particular. has created a situation where people don't believe that they have to work in order to have the lifestyle that they desire. And I think that's a big problem in the culture of America. You know, that's what we're trying to fix. That's what all of you guys are all about. That's why you're here. You know, it's going to be a tough reality for those people because it doesn't matter if it's your style or fucking not. Like, no, the fact that someone's even buying you anything for your graduation.

like that is incredibly generous. And to have someone's own daughter spit in their eye for that, I think is a good indication of where our youth is in terms of entitlement. I think that comes from, you know, Instagram, hustle culture. I think it comes from the fake flexing. I think it comes from, you know, all of these younger people trying to pretend like, you know, oh, I was in business for three weeks and I'm worth $10 billion and all these kids see this shit.

Same, bro. Same. Yeah. You know, all these kids see this shit, and that creates this level of entitlement that is, it's just not reality. So it makes sense that those people don't feel like that they want to work. And then when you have people that come from, and this has always been the case, this is nothing new. Yeah. But when you have people that come from situations where, you know, it's a harder life, they appreciate the opportunities that are given to them.

Yep. And I think that's, you know, it's not just, I don't think the. solution is, hey, let's make a government program to prioritize American jobs. I think the reality is that the culture has to change where people understand that what they give is what they're going to get. Yeah. Another thing on that, I've always, like, I didn't understand it, I would say, legitimately until like the last three years or so. But when people would say, like, we have it, we've just had it too good for too long. Yeah. I've never really understood, like, what, like, what do you mean? What do you mean we've had it too good?

And then it's like, you see what's going on now. It's like, oh, yeah, we've had it way to. Well, look, dude, from the years of 2008 to 2020, that was an eight-year span, an entire generation grew up where we had no hardships. And the internet came around and created a lot of fast money. Social media came around and created a lot of fast money. And those things are the exception, not the norm. Yeah.

And it create, you know, and then you have the school system, not even teaching these kids what it means to actually achieve and get better and improve. and all of those things converge and create the situation that we have now. They're not even teaching cursive in school anymore. Well, that's so crazy. Yeah. That's so crazy.

I don't think they're teaching English either. That wasn't a joke at me, guys. I mean, relax. All right, y'all laugh a little too fucking hard of that one. So, I mean, you know, I know we talk about this all the time. And it's really refreshing to see, you know, when we do these summer smashes, bro, like, we're surrounded by people.

Like, these people are here to win. Yeah. Right? And it's refreshing. It's a professional. 100%. It's refreshing because you don't get to see that every single day, right? And I know we talk about it on the show how important it is to really just get your shit in order. You know what I'm saying?

And so it's like with all this job stuff, you know, you talk about this idea of becoming undeniable and undeniably great at what it is you're doing. Yeah. Can we give some people some tools of the trade to, to, to, take home back with them. Well, I mean, dude, clearly these people understand it. That's why they're here. You know, I can tell you just from looking at the crowd this year, you know, a lot of you

guys have shown up. You're more fit. You're more in shape. You made progress. You know, I would willing to bet that you're probably in a better financial position that you were a year ago. You know, these things matter. And that's the, those are the examples that set for culture.

And when we get enough people that are living that and doing that, people start it starts to become the way that things are and so we have to understand that you know if we really want things to change we have to understand who the tip of the spirit is and and i don't see anybody else fucking doing it i don't see anybody else out there talking about the solution being this i see a lot of people saying oh we got to vote for this or vote for that nobody's going to vote their way into into a better life nobody's going to vote their way into a better body Nobody's going to vote their way into a better career and people have to take that responsibility on their own shoulders to become that and then that spreads and that's how things improve and you know you could tell that a lot of the people on the internet that continue to beat on the on the on the voting and the political drum don't understand how things work no they just don't like you could fucking elect anybody bro you could elect the most qualified best leader you could put me in office bro I'm not going to be able to change motherfuckers personal life.

They have to do it on their own. And I think for some reason, we've gotten to the state where, you know, people would rather defer that responsibility because it's hard to take responsibility for your own shit to other people and then point the blame as to why nothing changes. And nothing's changing because America's people are not changing. Now, I think culture has made a lot of improvement over the last three or four years. You know, the sense of humor is coming back. People are getting long. There's more unity than there has been. Everybody's realizing that both sides of the government are a bunch of fucking idiots.

Okay. Wood jipper. Yeah. I mean, everybody's getting it. So those are good signs. I don't think it's like it was seven years ago where people are oblivious. Yeah. You know, awareness comes before change.

And I think people are very aware right now. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. For sure. Can we do a little quick crowd survey real quick? who's happy with like the current state of affairs just in general by show of hands let me do this way who's who's not happy with the current state of affairs yeah dude can we get like we also talk about like demoralization right i think this is probably the most

demoralized i've been with just the state of affairs that shit well i mean look dude i think like all of us you know we we really did think there was going to be some major disruption in the government system and so cleaning up. And when we see, you know, that these people are still voting against things like voter ID and making sure that our elections are secure, I mean, that is demoralizing. You know, but the reality is, is fucking, dude, who knows if they're real or not anyway? Like, we don't know. And apparently, even if they are real, any kind of pact that represents a foreign government,

foreign interests could come in and dump unlimited money into it and fucking win the election. So like do we really have the power that we they say we have? You see what I'm saying? And for us to get it back, dude, we're going to have to put so much pressure on these people that they are literally afraid to not do these things. Undeniable pressure. Yeah. That's what's needed right now.

So now is not the time to be demoralized. Now is the time to like make these people afraid of us. Hell yeah. That's the time. You guys agree with that? Hell yeah, man. Hell yeah. I love it, dude.

guys jump down in the comments let us know what you guys think about that situation with that being said headline two so one of the other things we like to talk about is accountability people going to fucking jail

that'd be great yeah and not just my people right what are you talking about bro none of your people are going to jail it's all my people how do you say my people let me see that's a lot that's a lot that's a lot That's a lie.

People going to jail, dude. This was actually interesting. I know we covered this a few years ago, bro. And it's finally showing some action. Headline 2 reads, John Bolton agrees to guilty plea to felony, mishandling classified docs. So this, I mean,

it's actually shocking to see. The dude's like 77 years old. So, like, I mean, I don't know how that's going to work out in there. But yeah, let's dive into this. You got insufferable never-Trumper John Bolton has worked out a plea deal and will plead guilty to a single count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, reports far left to CNN. Bolton was originally charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. A conviction on any of those counts would have meant serious jail time. On this one count, although the penalty is up to five years,

the deal apparently comes with Bolton agreeing to plead guilty and pay a fine of $2.25 million without jail time. However, a judge could still sentence the 77-year-old to prison regardless of the plea deal. Now, I have a quick question. You've been working in the government for probably, you know, 100 years. Oh, maybe I'm probably about to answer my question. How in the fuck would you have $2.25 million?

dollars to pay that fine. Like how does that make sense? Defense contractors, man. You know what I'm saying? Look, dude. All this is is a fucking bone, right? Like, this is tossing the people of bone. This dude is old. He's fucking done.

They've been knowing about what he's been doing for fucking ever. And now it's like, oh, okay, well, now you've got to take a slap on the wrist for everybody. And the people will say that there's some accountability. The people will cheer and clap. Oh, motherfucker. We want to see people in handcuffs. We want to see people being walked out into fucking police cars.

We want to see people behind bars. We want to see big names behind bars. We want to see people who have been fucking fleecing America for the last fucking two decades. The people have been causing division, the people who have been propagating the lies. We want to see some real accountability, not some no-name fuck from, you know, who gets on TV with the sour-puss face every week and fucking cries about Trump. Now you know why he hated Trump. so bad. Yeah. No, he definitely did. That's your second word of the day, young man.

Yeah, dude, and it's interesting too, man, because like all of the people who have done really bad things that we've talked about over the last six years, they're still out there just living the life. Yeah, man. Not only living a life, living a great life. Living great. And they don't seem to be worried, bro, because they know that

everybody's taking care. This is a fucking club, dude. It's like George Carlin said. This is a club, and you ain't fucking it. You're not in it. I'm not in it. They're in it. We're not. And that's that. And like, dude, these people look after each other. They're all lawyers. Any of you guys who are lawyers, you understand how the fuck it works. Okay. You all know each other. You go out and play golf. You have dinner. Your wives are friends. And then you say, hey, uh, Fricela's got a lawsuit against DJ. And I think we can make it go on this long because we can get paid this much. So let's just play

your law. And that's how it works, dude. It's all fucking. all of it from top to bottom like when you guys go hire an attorney and you're like you need him to do some shit for you do you not understand that that other attorney they've worked with a hundred times oh hey do you know that guy oh i know i'm a little no motherfucker that guy comes to your house for christmas okay these people all know each other and that's the thing okay when when these guys go to government you all think that like the senators the republican senators and and you know the democrat senators they don't like each other that's not fucking true. That's not true. That's not true. They all hang out, dude. This is all,

it's all corrupt, all of it, both sides. Yeah. And so it's interesting to see people just still out there living great lives. Somebody, one person in particular who's actually kind of making a comeback into the public spotlight is a good old Hunter Biden. And listen, I thought I was a troll online. I like to think I do pretty decent. my wife hates it he's a fucking troll like he's a pretty I gotta give him credit on it

he's been responding to people on Twitter is where he's getting this like resurgence of activity I got some of the tweets here somebody said bullshit that was your bag of coke in the White House

he said it most definitely was not I would never have fucking my drugs I mean, what's he got to be afraid of, dude? He got pardoned for everything. Well, to that point, right? So another one he posted it. He said, this guy said, you sound bitter for someone who benefited from a stolen erection

to which he responded, I've never stolen an erection in my life. All right, that's decent. Somebody else said, your paintings, who give a fuck? I want to know how much coke you snored it before posting this tweet to which he replied, man, if you're going to be mean, at least get it right, I smoked cracked.

I would never have wasted Coke on snorten. And that was pretty good. But to your point, you know, I bet you're grateful for that pardon. I sure am. Yeah. I'd be pretty grateful, too. That sounds like an admission of guilt. Well, and they can't get them.

You know what I'm saying? And so, well, maybe, I mean, might have been all up here. but his most recent thing that I did think was really interesting. He just posted this tweet out today. And it's a pretty long one, but he's basically going through the state of the world, the state of the country. And he's like things most Americans agree on. Groceries cost too much.

Tariffs suck and make no sense. Congress and presidents shouldn't trade stocks. The debt is a mess. The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good. Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that Nobody wants and have never been explained. Americans are exhausted. And he can ends it saying the things we're told to fight about instead of ignoring all the issues are me,

laptop, vaccines, transgenders in sports. That's word number three, four, you little guy. And he says that's the joke. Right. Now, I'm not a big fan of him to personally, right? But I was reading through this tweet, dude, and like, I'm not going to. lot like a lot of that kind of made sense well dude he's not an idiot yeah like he's not a total moron okay like where was that when your dad was in office that's right where was that shit when

you know when you were uh not pardoned you know what i mean like yeah it makes sense and that's just proof that these motherfuckers up there in washington know exactly what's going on yeah they know what's wrong they know what people are pissed about and everything else is a distraction that is is caused for division it's all about uh you know how do we keep these people distracted so that they won't come together and literally uh put us in the fucking you know wood chipper yeah legit yeah so i mean yeah man he's not wrong he's not now i think those i think some of the issues he mentioned are are relevant to argue about you know uh you mean the the the laptop the vaccines and the transgender and sports and pronouns and shit that matters the culture it does okay like that's

that is designed to destroy basic common knowledge in culture. And it's like I've said a million times. If they can convince you that a man is a woman and a woman is a man, then what is it that they couldn't convince you of? And they have convinced a lot of people that that's true. So if they could convince them that that's true, can't they convince them of anything else? I mean, isn't that the most fundamental basic reality of human existence?

Like three-year-old kids know that shit. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Good is bad. Bad is good. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. It's evident, dude. It's evident. What's your thoughts? Yeah, I've never liked this guy. I mean, I feel like I've seen him before. You have.

He's on TV all the time. He's always. No, no. I mean like in like a real life. I just don't know from where. He looks like that crabby neighbor. You know? Get off, my Lord.

Yeah. Yeah, he's saying that to me for sure. For sure, he's saying that to me. No, that's not what he's saying. What's he saying, man? They're invading the neighborhood. The property's coming down now. We've got to fucking move.

That's what he's saying. There they come. That's a man to get away from there. That's what the fuck he's saying. I'm just letting you in on the white people's shit. What kind of dog does he have? He looks like. He looks like it hates dogs.

He's the cat man? Yeah, that guy, that guy likes little kids. Yeah, that's his choice. Hell yeah, Bear. Yeah, it's going to be interesting. He also, Hunter went on Candice Owens. Did you guys see the Candice Owens' Hunter Biden collab? Yeah, no.

Yeah. But, yeah, I mean, he's basically, like, lining it out. He's been getting slammed to in the comments because people are like, oh, you know, I'm really supposed to listen to an ex-crack addict and stuff like that. He is seven years sober, allegedly. I mean, I can't confirm that. If that is true, that's awesome, you know, that takes a lot of strength. Well, look, what he said was true, dude. Everybody fucks up, okay?

Everybody makes poor life decisions. Every single one of us here has done shit that we would rather not the public know, okay? And if you say you didn't, you're full of shit. All right? there's been one perfect person that ever existed on the planet and you ain't him. You know, so. Yeah. So the reality.

And one of the things that bothers me so much is that we are willing to destroy each other's lives over the skeletons in the closet. But yet we give grace to these politicians to destroy our lives every single day. And then we'll fight over which one's better. Bro, it's not which one's better. They all fucking suck. Yeah. Right.

So like, why are we giving grace to them, but not giving grace to our neighbors? It's even worse than grace. It's almost like they can't do anything wrong. You know what I'm saying? Like, they're just perfect. Yeah. Oh, no. I mean, you want to get away with your skeletons, dude?

Just run for office. That's right. Yeah. That's right. It's kind of like part of the deal. Yeah. So, you know, I just think, you know, I agree with him. And not everybody's skeletons making it in the public eyes.

So, you know, I can't, you know, do I think he's a delinquent? Yeah, for sure. But I fucking know a lot of delinquents too, bro. That's right. You know what I'm saying? Like, I've been one at points in my life. So of you.

So of some of you guys. Probably most of you. I still am. Yeah. But the reality is, like, you know, I, yeah, fine. Cool, man. But, you know, where was the shit when it was all going on with your dad? Mm-hmm.

Right. Burisma. Yeah. Well, nobody even talks about that shit no more. Like, like how. Yeah, he conveniently left all that out. Dude, you know, he talks about the debt being out of control, but then doesn't acknowledge the fact that, you know, how much his own family has benefited from the fleecing of America. From that debt?

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, do we really think Joe Biden could be effective at anything? Like, what would he do in real life? Yeah. I mean, like, even when he was in his prime, even when he was in his prime, which is giving him some credit. That's right. What could he have done?

Yeah. Right. So they've all benefited. from us. And they leave those things out when they talk about what's wrong. It's convenient. Yeah. And that's the worst thing that's wrong.

Yeah. That's real, man. Guys, jump in this conversation. Let us know down in the comments what you guys think. Third and final headline, yeah? Yeah. Headline number three. All right.

Now, this is, you guys like that picture? Yeah. That's a real picture. That's no Photoshop. I took that. I'm bringing back the short sleeve sport coat. Dude, it's a good look, bro. It's a good look.

I'm not going to lie. It's a good look. Has anybody ever seen a short sleeve sport coat? How many you guys have one? I'm sure a couple of you guys have one. Z-Shine's got one for sure. Yeah. Yeah, man.

Now, this is an interesting topic. You guys know how I roll. I like to, every now and then it's good to, you know, get in tune with your true self. Right. And, yeah. Headline number three. What is a Kool-Aid pineapple? The viral and controversial food trend taking over social media, explain.

Have you seen these? No. Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. I have no idea what that means. Who in here knows what that is? I know out there

Don't raise your hand, bro. Hey, you can't raise you. Come on, man. I know out there in Newtown, they put pineapples out on their, on their porch. That's different. That's different hood.

That's different hood. Yeah, this is, this is actually, like, dude, it's a big, big thing moving around. There has been a lot of controversial food trends over the past few years. There was that NyQuil chicken that came out. Yeah, there was that canceling of the Chaco Taco. That's right.

Fucking abomination. That's right. But there's Kool-Aid pineapples. They're proving to be one of the most shocking, not only for their concept, but for their sugar content. The trend essentially involves soaking pineapple spears and Kool-Aid drink mix.

And people are going viral for selling them out of the back of their cars. Well, they did say that, you know, there's a lot of illegals. Hellcats. Yeah. So this has been going crazy. I got a couple of clips here. Let's check this out.

Oh, man. That's chicken. That's chicken. We know. We know. What the fuck is that? That's a waffle. A blue waffle.

That's number four, a little guy. So I thought this was about pineapple. Yeah, I mean, it was further the video with the stuff. They got a, a trooper. Yeah. They got him trying it. See what he thinks. That's it, man.

That's good. Well, we appreciate you. Thank you. He just throws it right back in there, huh? Yeah. And it's gotten so crazy that people are going to Costco and buying the entire palette of pineapple spears. I'm a bet on me. I said, but I really came from four miles then.

I said, I'm a bet on me. I'm going to believe in me because I'm going to believe in me because I'm a bet on me. I know what I got inside me. I'm going to bet on me, regardless of what you think. I'm going to be there for me. Regardless if you're there or not, I'm going to bet on me every darn time. That's your problem, bro. So I got something for you.

I'm not trying that shit, dude. So I went to Wally's and I got some pineapple spears. Now, it's summer smash. We got to be healthy, right? So I put grape smash in as he drinks in there. Yeah, you go ahead. You don't want to try? I want to try it, man.

Oh, okay, all right. Yeah. Who wants to try one with me? Last day, right? Yeah, it's day 75. Yes, we are. Yes, sir. Yeah, so I mixed them.

I feel like, you know, just to get in tune with the culture. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Huh? I don't know. I don't know. Who's going to try one with me? Oh, you made one.

Yeah, we used it with Summer Smash. All right. With the grape smash. Now, these have been soaking for a long time. Yeah. Yeah, just mix all of that, those sweat fingers in there. Yeah. How is it?

It's good. Is it good? Is it good? I know. That's actually not fucking bad. Really? Yeah. That's actually not bad.

Huh? That's actually not bad. May we're on to something here. Maybe you're betting on me. Okay. So that's the other thing about it. Like this, this cup from Wallace's, was like four bucks, they're selling these things for $30.

Bro, I, how? See, this is the problem. That's not, are you the entrepreneur, bro? Let's talk about it. Yeah, dude. It's not that people don't have money. It's that they're stupid with their fucking money. That's right.

Okay? That's right. They're in a pineapple in the fucking plan that's worth $30 fucking dollars. And I'm rich, bro. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not paying $30 for fucking pineapple. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they're selling them for $30.

and the the i think the Costco ones are like five bucks and i mean i fuck how much i don't know how much a kool-a pack it is it's been a minute more now it's like 10 cents bro 10 cents and all they're doing is poor maybe it is a good business profit margins are ridiculous maybe that guy's right yeah i get that mountain berry pineapple slice bro i'm saying steal it this actually this was not bad this was not bad yeah i didn't mind it um yeah i mean is this a venture that like hey man If the margins are good and the market demands it and you're willing to do it, you know, there's a couple things you got to have in business. You got to have the margin. You got to have the market.

And you got to be willing to do what they can't do or won't do. That's right. And if you can do those things and there's money to be made, why not? Mediak, give some on this side. They want to try the pineapples over there. There we go. We're doing some Q&A after this? Yeah.

Okay. You gave it to a black guy first. That's not. Come on, Badat. Damn Bosnians. it's not bad it's not bad dude it's not bad

and it's healthy so there you go um yeah let's uh yeah guys jump in the comments let us know what you guys think about the viral uh hool-aid pineapple

um let us know with that being said it's time for our final segment for CTI we have thumbs up or dumb as fuck and I've transitioned from talking about my people to talk about you guys as people uh because this might be even worse Our thumbs up, you guys know how this works,

we bring a headline in, we talk about it, we vote on it, we give it one of these two options. And our thumbs up, we dumb as fuck, headline reads, scientists turn yeast found in gut of ancient mummy into very good sourdough bread. That's your people, bro. It ain't a black scientist in that fucking room. I'm telling you right now.

It ain't happening. I would agree with that. It ain't happening. It ain't happened. It ain't happened. They're all Indian. All of them. Dude, this is fucking disgusted.

Wait, they actually are. Yeah, see? Yep. Reshan's uncle right there. That's a nasty shit. Yeah. Who even thinks of something like that? I don't know.

I don't, yeah. Very mummy in my tummy. Scientists used yeast found in an ancient Iceman's gut to bake very good sourdough bread and have beer making next on their list. His body extremely well preserved from being entombed in glacial conditions has provided researchers with a window into life during the Copper Age. These include gut bacteria from his microbiome during his lifetime, cold adapted microorganisms from his glacial tomb, and modern microbes from his decades, decades,

of conservation, the finding said. Quote, our study reveals that ATSI is not a static, biological, inert relic. He is a dynamic ecosystem. Biobiologist and lead author of the study, Mohamed. Oh. Mohammed of Uruk Research Institute

for Mummy Studies in Bolzano, Italy, told Reuters. Bro, this feels like another one of those cricket things. Like, hey, man, crickets are great. We're going to start eating them, you know. Hey, by the way, you know, you can use grandma's gut biome for this amazing recipe. She'll live forever inside of you. You put that shit in your own fun.

Bro, you put that shit in sour bread. Y'all are eat that shit. You'll eat it. Y'all eat it. I'm not eating it. What fuck you talking about? Yeah, this is fucking disgusting, dude. Yeah.

So what are we giving this? Yeah, this is dumb as fuck. This sounds like a, this sounds like a play. You ever notice, man, there's no new cemeteries. Okay, all right, well, hold on. Let's talk about that. We've got to have a conversation. You ever notice that?

Why the fuck are there no new cemeteries? Like, how does that work? What are they doing with everybody? That's what I'm saying. They're going into McDonald's, bro. Allegedly, allegedly. Don't sue me. It was a joke.

You're about to get mixed sued, no. Well, I've never been to a grand opening for a cemetery. I haven't either I haven't even seen one being built No I mean how do you build a cemetery I don't even know dude you buy properties Are digging holes but I mean I'm not seen a new one under development I've never seen one yeah

I've never seen it doesn't make sense And people dying every day Yeah cremations are not up It's not like they're getting cremated I don't know man I don't know That's fucking yeah That's something to think about

That's a dark rabbit hole to get down Yeah Hell yeah well thumbs down for that Yeah you guys can keep your mummies in your sour though for the show guys Andy that's all we got that's it we're gonna do some Q&A

so you guys are listening you guys listening on the feed and watching on YouTube you're gonna get both shows today a little double dose actually yeah so we're gonna do a few questions I guess we're doing them live from the crowd huh

yeah that's right that's right now guys just a little housekeeping so the mics will be up here in the front all right don't fight each other over Yeah, and let's get right to the question.

Yep. That's just, let's have some good ones. I can't control the good ones, so have some good ones. You sign my daughter's book? Yeah, I'll sign it. Yeah, right here. Somebody grabbed that book, bringing it up here. Hell yeah.

So Z, give it up for Z shine real quick, guys. I actually, let's give it up for. Liberty? Oh, hell, yeah. That's a good. That's a good name. Let's give a round of applause for the whole podcast team, guys. So the schedule got moved up.

Things had to happen. And the real AF team's been crushing it. And really appreciate you guys, making us look good. Who has a good question? Good question, for sure? Who's going to be the judge of that? All right, be close to the mic a little bit. How do you know when you're being patient with a goal versus

when you're actually just playing too small. How do you know when you're being too patient with a goal versus playing too small? Well, are you seeing any feedback with your goal, any indications that it is materializing? Are you doing the things required consistently, honestly, objectively down the path, or are you not? And are you just sitting there waiting for it to happen? You know, there's a big difference between the two. A lot of people think that they can just have a goal and they can, sort of go after it and that it's going to materialize. And that's just not how it works.

It takes way, way, way, way, way more focus and dedication than what people actually believe to accomplish it, especially in business. You could transform your body in 75 days. Okay. If you're completely out of shape, you can do it in six months. That's the truth. But what's that take? That takes every single meal. That takes every single workout. That takes every single detail, every single T crossed, every single I dotted. That's the level of focus that it takes to create that change. And for some reason, when it comes to people's goals and their careers, they think that that's not what's required.

In fact, it even requires more than that. So are you actually giving that kind of effort or are you not? And a lot of the reason that people get frustrated with the time it takes to achieve something is because they can't honestly look themselves in the mirror and tell themselves that they're doing everything that they can. So there's that. There's also the lack of perspective. If you've never really achieved a goal like that, you don't know how long it takes. And I'm here to tell you that typically it takes longer than you think it's going to take. One of the things that my team knows about me, they know two things. One, every fucking thing I tell them, we will do and will come true.

every single thing. If you've been around me long enough, there is not a single thing that I've ever said that we're going to achieve that we don't achieve. They also know this. I say we're going to do it in 30 days. That's right. And then I get mad when it doesn't happen in 30 days, but I continue to press and we continue to work. And because of that intensity and because of that urgency, it comes as fast as possible. So, you know, we all want things to happen now. But objectively, you know, the thing that you really have to pay attention to is what's the evidence that you're seeing along the way. Are there signs that things are happening? And if you're not seeing signs that things are happening, are you doing everything that you can? And if you are doing everything you can, are you doing the right things? And these are the questions that you have to evaluate down the way. So, you know, there's always risk to the plan being the right plan. But if you're doing everything that you can and you're evaluating the feet. feedback as it comes, you're able to pivot along the way.

You know, a lot of people think that when they start, they start here at point A and let's say point Z is their end goal and they have this plan to get there. Well, sometimes that plan is not the exact plan that's going to get there. You're going to go down. They're going to go down the path and you're going to see, you know, there's going to be a wall or there's going to be a tree that you can't get around or whatever. And you're going to have to make a left turn or a right turn. And then you're going to have to go around that and come right.

back to it. Some of those walls you can break down. Some of those walls you're going to have to figure out a way over or around. And it's all about keeping the end goal in mind and evaluating the data that shows up along the way. Yeah. Dude, you know, so when I got with Andy, one of the first things that he taught me and kind of instilled was the fact of like how important it was to set bigger goals, right? And you told me he's like, dude, you're thinking too small. And I think like, You know, if I look back, I, like most people, we're told all of our lives to be realistic. Yeah. How do you snap out of that?

How do you, how do you, how do you make people's lives who say that? Yeah. I mean, everybody who says set realistic goals lives a life that they're not happy with. That's the truth. Okay. Big goals create big action, which creates big results. Small goals that say create realistic actions, which create small results. Okay, that's the reality of the difference.

If you know that you've got to climb, you know, this hill at the park and it's not that big of a deal, you're not really thinking about it. It's not that urgent. You don't train for it. It's no big deal. If you know that you're going to go climb Mount Everest, you're going to take it a lot more fucking serious. You're going to be out training. You're going to be out working. You're going to be out making sure that you have the capacity physically and mentally to do that.

And when it comes to our lives, we're on a timeline. And that timeline eventually ends. And the bigger the goal, the bigger the action, the bigger the results. And that is the way it works. And people will say, well, you know, no, dude, that's just the way it works. Okay. And so this whole thing about being realistic, if you listen to people like that, you end up like people like that. And I don't know a single person that says set a realistic goal that has any kind of life that I would want.

That's unrealistic. I've never seen it. Right. So like if you have big dreams and you have big. big outcomes in mind, good. You should probably try to make it bigger because even if you don't hit that end result of the Z, you might get to the Y. You know what I'm saying? And that's a hell of a lot better than just getting to the C. You see what I'm saying? Yeah. So when we think about it like that, that's that's how it really works. Yeah. Yeah, I love it, dude. What we got next,

Z. Somebody from here? I got one. All right. Go for you. Thanks, Andy and DJ. Um, Yeah, I own a business with my brother and another partner. We started from the same place and built it together, but over time I felt like our visions have started to divide. On top of that, my brother and I have been struggling to communicate productively, and sometimes it feels like it's holding the business back. How do you handle business partnerships when everyone started with the same vision, but over

the time, the vision, communication, and work ethic seems to drift apart. At what point do you decide to work through it versus moving on and building your own? own. Well, lack of communication is the number one killer of all businesses, all partnerships, of any kind, friendships, relationships, business. If people aren't aligned, then they drift apart naturally. And so this takes constant communication, not just communication when, you know, things have drifted so far apart that you've got to like wrangle it back in. That's not saying that you can't get it back, but what it is saying is that you should learn this as a lesson. So there's two things that you need to do. One, you need to sit.

down with your brother and you need to say and you look them right in the fucking eye and you say hey bro I love you you're my brother I fucking do anything for you we got to go bury a body fucking call me I'll show up with a shovel and a lime I don't give a fuck but here's the thing we can't win if we're both looking at different outcomes when it comes to business if you're looking over here and I'm looking over there and you think we're trying to go to this place and I don't think we're going this place how the fuck are we going to get anywhere and you got to have an honest conversation and if he has common sense and intelligence which I'm assuming he does, he's going to understand that. And then you're going to have a conversation. He's going to say,

well, I think we should do this. And you're going to say, well, I think we should do that. And you're going to have to sit there in a room until you come to a place where you both agree that you need to be. And that's the corrective conversation. And then along the way, so that's the first part. Okay, you've got to correct what's happening. The second part is you have to have a regular cadence of communication and outcomes that are unified. Okay. So like how it works in bigger, business. Like we have a board meeting every quarter. Okay. Now, you may be a small operation. It's just you too. You guys can have a quote unquote board meeting literally every day, right? But we come in every quarter. In fact, I'm leaving straight from here to go to a board meeting. And we sit down

every quarter and we say, okay, here's the outcomes for the next 90 days. This is what we're trying to do is everybody aligned. And we have that conversation on a consistent basis, which keeps the drift from happening. Okay. So what you're going through is a natural thing. It's not something that is, oh, we got to toss the business in the trash or, you know, my brother sucks and we're not going to talk anymore. A lot of people ruin their lives, ruined their business, ruin their family relationships because they're afraid to have simple conversations. And dude, one thing I learned from my dad, which has been very, very helpful in my life, is that you should never be afraid to have conversation specifically about money or outcomes in business because everybody benefits from

those things. So we're taught as we grow up that it's kind of rude to talk about money or it's weird to talk about money. And we get this hesitation that leaks over into other things like business especially where we hesitate to have those conversations because it feels awkward. But dude, it's like anything else. Once you start to have those conversations on a consistent basis, there's no awkwardness to it. You know, me and my brother can sit down and, and Chris and Ryan and all my business partners, we can sit down and be like, at this point in time, we're like, hey, motherfucker, like, this is what the fuck is going on.

And there's, it's, it's not personal. Like, we all know that we all have our best interest in mind. We all trust that we have our best interest in mind. Nothing's personal. Even if the tone is frustrating, nobody takes it personally. And, and then we walk out of the room with a stated outcome. And, uh, and then we all go do our part. And so you've got to do two things.

One, you've got to wrangle in the distance that you've created. And then two, you've got to set a cadence for regular communication so that that sort of divide doesn't happen again. Andy, you've talked about in the past, too, like early on in business with you and Chris, how important is the divide and conquer mentality? Right. I think you've described it, you and Chris, as being like yin and yang. Yeah. Well, I mean, look, dude, there's another thing that destroys most business.

is that everybody's trying to do the same role. Yeah. Okay. Early in the business, you know, everybody wants to be the CEO because they think that that's like a fucking cool title to have. Yeah. But if everybody's trying to be the CEO, then who's being the CEO? Who's operating the backside?

Who's handling this? And what we have to come to is an understanding that no one position is more important than the other. Okay. Like my, like Chris and I had an active conversation. in the early days of business, okay? I remember I was driving down Highway 55 here. I said, look, man, one of us has to be the face and one of us has to run the back end.

And that's what it has to be. And I told him straight up. I said, I'll do whichever one you want. And he's like, well, I don't want to be the face. I'm like, well, then I'll fucking do it. You do that. And that was that. And, you know, you guys always ask, you like, well, where's Chris?

Why doesn't it? Well, that's not his role. And I don't walk into his office and, you know, think that my role is more important than his role, right? or that my role is more important as sales role. All of these things have to come together in unison in order to function properly, which takes humility on everybody's part. And, you know, the megalomania of CEO, you know, the ego that people drive, let me tell you something, dude, if you've never actually been a CEO of a company,

like a real company, it's fucking not what you think it is. Okay. You are the fucking, you are, you are, you are, you are caring. the burden of the entire fucking operation, and more importantly, you're answering publicly for all the fucking fuckups that you're going to make. And that's hard, dude. Some that you don't make. Dude, no, all the ones that you don't make.

Like, you know, like when something happens at first form, it's attached to my name. You know what I'm saying? It's attached to Sal's name. He has to fucking own that. Like, he has to answer for that. There's a lot of things that come with it that aren't that cool. And there's a lot of benefits to being the other guy, too. I think, you know, honestly, dude, like, if I'm being like completely candid, like,

it would be a lot more fun to be the other guy. It just would be. So, but people got to play the role. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Love it, man. All the roles are important.

Yeah, brother. All the roles are important. Look, man, one of the things that makes first form, first form or any of the companies that I've involved in run is that we understand a very basic thing. It doesn't matter what your title is. You have a job to do. And if you're in the backpack and boxes, that is just as critical of a job as the CEO

making decisions for the rest of the team. They both are required to be done at a high level. And one cannot be treated less important than the other. And I know people say that shit, but do they actually mean it? And that's the difference. Okay. I can tell you this.

When I say that shit, I mean it. And I believe that my guys that work in the back, I believe that they would tell you that I mean that. And if you have that genuine attitude and that genuine intent and there's no ego involved, and of course there's going to be times where ego comes into play, okay? Because everybody wants to brag about the shit that they contributed, especially when they're not getting recognition. But you have to learn to squash that and minimize that and catch yourself when you find yourself in those positions

and remember what the goal is. And the bigger the company, the easier it gets to remember that because it's not just you and your brother anymore. Now it's you and your brother and 400 other fucking people that have families and lives. And guess what?

They're betting on you. So you don't have time to fucking ego it out. We got a mission. We got to achieve it. People's families and livelihoods depend on it. And that shit, if you keep that at the top of your mind, it will keep you humble enough to make the right decisions

and understand that all the world. roles are important. Hell yeah, man. Thank you. Hell yeah. Before we get into the next question, how awesome was that? Where do you get such free game like that? I'm just enunciating it is because we make the podcast in a room.

We don't hear from people enough. But for the past hour, before we started the podcast, every single person that I talked to was thanking you guys and the team for putting the stuff that you put out. And I just wanted them to tell you how grateful they are for the free game that you give. Yeah, man. It's, yeah. Oh, that, you know, I appreciate that.

It's never something I take for granted, but it's also not something that I require, ever. I don't require recognition like that. We totally appreciate it. 100%. The reason we do this is because I need you guys to go out and win, man. If we're going to, if we're going to save this country and we're going to fix what's going on, it's going to require you guys to win. And I feel obligated to do what I do and share what I share.

And what makes honest, like I'm to be real with you guys. I know you're listening because I already said this earlier in the show. But I see a lot of the same faces. I have a photographic memory. So like I see a lot of the same faces that were here last year. And I could see that a lot of these people have made massive. The crowd in general is much more physically fit than it was a year. year ago and that tells me that that tells me that you guys are taking it serious and doing

shit so thank you for doing that yeah we appreciate you guys yeah yeah thank you brother hi and dj um it's nice to see you guys again um i've been listening to the show for a while and you guys talk a lot about um accountability and discipline looking back what believe about yourself did you have to completely destroy in order to be the most successful person that you are today uh the victim in my own mind, okay, all the reasons why I couldn't, all the reasons, uh, the thing, the bad things that happened to me, uh, the perspective change that went from, you know, why did this happen to me or I came from this or this happened or that happened or I don't have this or I don't have that into those are the things that make me capable of beating the fuck out of anybody that stands in my way, okay,

including the, my old version of myself. All right. Yeah. Our biggest enemy is the, the, the bitch version that lives inside of us. And you can never kill it. That's the thing. It never goes away. Okay. Fat Andy is fucking alive and well inside of me, bro. I've just learned how to squash him down to where, you know, I don't hear it all the time.

All right. But if I give into that three or four days in a row, that motherfucker's back to full strength. That's right. So I got told by a friend of mine the other day, he was telling me, he's like, dude, I just like to, I'm an indulgent person. And I like to enjoy my life. And I said, yeah, me too. That's why I keep my shit in check You know, that's why I have to be aware of that

Like bro, you get me partying for two or three days That'll last six months, okay? And I'm talking about with food or with alcohol I like to have a good time It's not because I'm addicted to that shit It's because I enjoy having a good time and letting loose And when I have a good day, I want to have another fun day And I want to have another fun day

But I'll tell you this You know, today's day 75, dude and I went and took my my picture in the mirror and, you know, this is real shit. Being able to look at myself in the mirror and be at, I'll be 47 years old in July and to know, to know that

I'm in better shape than fucking 99.9% of men, not just men my age, but men, that's a lot more fun than drinking beer for me. Okay? Like, you know, I feel good about that. And I earned that. And, and I just feel like, you know, for my experiences with living the old way that I used to live, it's a trade.

It's a trade for one kind of fun for another kind of fun or one kind of life for another kind of life. And the cool thing about when you handle your shit is you could still have fun. You could still have a good time. You've just got to do it when it's appropriate, which actually makes it more fun. Okay. When you do anything too much, it loses its fun, right? Like when I used to go out drinking and eating Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, yeah, it was fun. But now I might do that twice a year. And it's a lot more fun. And not only that, I remember it. I'm like, oh, yeah, we celebrated this, right? Like the last time I really, really kind of party was when we went to UFC with Dana. Yeah.

Okay. But see, I'll remember that the whole time. I'll remember that the rest of my life because that was a special occasion. So I actually, I know it's a better way to live because I've lived both ways. So when it comes to like, you know, killing that version of yourself, it's just about removing all the things that you tell yourself about why you can't and realize that those things that have happened to you and those things you've been through, they've equipped you to handle those things again in the future. You know, we see this a lot. Okay. Like, We see this a lot with people, all right? Think about the cool people in high school.

All right. Think about the guys and the girls who looked great in high school. They were popular. They were cool. The girls were fit. The guys were fit. They had abs. They were just kind of coming up and they looked that way.

And that was the way they looked. And then you get to be 40 years old and you see them again. What the fuck do they look like? Not good. You can't recognize them because they look so fucking shitty. The reason that those people look that way is, because they never had to learn how to build that. Okay?

Whereas you take someone who grew up chubby and who grew up not popular and who grew up, that person then develops the skill set of good habits, understanding how to build confidence. And then you see that person in their 40s and they've got their shit together. But the reason they've got their shit together is because they had to go through all the other shit. So it's about recognizing that all these things that we go through are the things that equip us for the life that we actually want. And it's really not about killing anything. It's about switching your perspective to, you know, this happened to me, to this happened for me so that I can achieve what I'm trying to do now. Yeah. I think a lot of people get hung up too with the idea that like, well, my situation is just

so different. Everybody thinks that. That's ego. Like it's so different. That's ego. You don't get it. You think you're the only motherfucker ever that had a fucking hard situation, bro. The people with the hardest situations don't talk about them because they were so bad that they're fucking embarrassing. Okay, so everything's hard. And what's hard to me and what's hard to you is still equally as hard. Okay, it's just your heart may have looked different than my heart. Right. Okay.

You grew up in the fucking hood. You grew up and you saw dead bodies every fucking week. You saw drug dealers. You had to protect yourself. You grew up in it. And I grew up in a different kind of heart, all right? But that doesn't mean that that hard was worse than my heart. It might sound worse if we're like trying to like roll our dicks out and say, oh, who had it harder?

But that's the fuck, that's not the fucking point. That was pretty loud thought. Hey, is it fucking hot out there? Is it hot? It's hot up here too. That's right. That's right. It's right.

Right. It's probably a little less hot here because I'm in the shade, but I'm fucking sweating my ass off. Are you sweating? Yeah. Okay. That's the point. Yeah. That's the point.

It's all relative. Okay. And what we discern as hard is relative. It's just relative, dude. So we can't get into this comparison game about who the fuck had it harder and where I came from and this and that. The hardest thing is the hardest thing. That's it.

And so a lot of people do that because they want to feel special or get an excuse for why they can't overcome it. But the truth of the matter is, dude, is that there's millions and millions and millions of people who have come from way, way objectively worse situations than you who have achieved. what you want to achieve and much more. And that is just the fucking facts. So you could sit there and wallow in it or you can realize that you're just being a fucking pussy

and you can fucking handle your shit. I mean, that's the two choices. That's real, bro. It's fucking real. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, how are you? Shout out to Kelsey.

Isn't she doing amazing? That's my client there. Oh, she's still around. Yeah. So my name's Sammy. It's so funny. we're talking about hardships because I've been dealing with some back injuries the past eight months. I had a car accident about two months ago. I have six herniations and a concussion. I'm in like so much

pain even here. And you talk all the time on the podcast about how you are bedridden. And I'm just so curious. I have my own business. I've been really focused on being a leader. But now I have to really focus on like preparing for competition and healing my body. I would love to know like what mantra, what mindset you use. Because I have all the support, but I want my mental to be the strong. strongest thing I fucking have. So what did you tell yourself, like when you were going through injury in a hard time to overcome him? That I am fucking unbreakable.

Like, like there's nothing that can fucking stop me. There's not. It doesn't matter. Look, dude, I mean this shit. Okay. I don't give a fuck what happens to me. I don't care if my company's burned to the fucking ground. If I get both my arms and legs fucking chopped off.

Okay. If I'm breathing and I'm alive. I will fucking continue to fight. That I know that about myself. Okay. And it might be harder. It might be more difficult. I might not feel like it, but I'm going to get the fuck up and you're going to have to kill me to fucking stop me.

That is the mentality that I have on the inside. And I truly, truly believe that. All right. Now, you may hear that and think that that's like ego posturing. No, I'm telling you what I actually believe. I believe that about myself. Can I tell a story real quick? Yeah, dude, because we have not talked about this on the show.

So a couple of years ago when Andy tore his shoulder, right, because he's, you know, he's a little bit, you know, teasing. And I was, so I was there when he tore his shoulder. It was three months after the tear before he ended up getting surgery, right? Yeah, because I wouldn't wear a mask. That's right. He's a very, he's a little stubborn sometimes. Yeah.

But, but so the day of surgery, he goes, gets the surgery he's done. It's total reconstruction on the surgery. Surgery's over. He comes back. I'm like, all right, let's go home. He's like, no. What, fuck you mean, bro? He's like, I got to go do my cardio.

I said, bro, listen, hey, I think everybody would understand if you just didn't. Like, nobody's even out here, bro. Like, no, I have to do it for me. And so, like, when he's saying that, I know it's fucking, like, I know that's truly how you fucking feel and, like, believe. Yeah.

I'm about, too. Surgy wasn't even 30 minutes over. No. Like it just ended it. No. And you're out doing fucking, you're not going to fucking break me. It's not going to fucking happen, dude.

And I did that for two reasons. One, I needed to do it because I needed to do it. Yeah. Okay. Two, I wanted every motherfucker here in this building to see me do it. I wanted every single person to know that I literally just got off the operating table

and I showed the fuck up and did my shit. I wanted them to see it. and that's that. So I thought you were fucking crazy, but I mean, I guess you got, yeah, I remember you,

you, you and Emily both thought I was crazy. You guys were like, go to bed. I'm like, I'm not fucking going to bed. Now, I did come up to you right afterwards

and say, fucking take me home. All right, now we can go. I'm like, all right, let's roll. Oh,

yeah. Oh, yeah, what we got? Hi, Andy. Hi, DJ.

How are you? Um, so I run a dog training business. in Florida. And two years ago, I met my friend Brittany. She's over there. You guys can't see her. But she introduced me to like the first form community. I didn't like, wasn't really entertaining the idea. But six months later, I'm like hit my version of Rock Bottom. And so I found my coach Sarah. She's one of the like, I believe it's called Legionaire through your business. And fast forward to now. I'm 120 pounds down.

Hell yeah. Hell yeah. That's what's up. Thank you. But through that, my perspective has changed with my business. I work with a lot of disabled individuals. I train service dogs and pet dogs. And a lot of them, you know, they have a lot of, you know, they have a lot of different complications. And some of them, they really struggle to overcome those challenges that come with being disabled. You know, some of it's not within their control. But I also have, because I've been on a health and fitness journey, passively, I've been attracted.

clients who are disabled and even just like you know my normal pet dog clients that you know are choosing an active lifestyle and I'm trying to find a way to create my business to be like a brand that would kind of like this you guys like want to see other people be successful you want to see them be healthy you want to see them go out there and do the things they need to do and I want that for my team I have since it went from a one woman show to four people and we're starting to scale next week I'm moving to Tampa and we're getting a bigger acre like we're going to have more acreage facility and all the things so we're in this like middle ground of transitioning into this new phase and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I have invested so much time into my health am I as consistent as I want

to be no but I'm working on it every day as my discipline is great as I want it to be no but once again I'm working on it every day and I'm trying just to do the best that I can but through my success I think it has to do with the fact that I have been way more discipline and the way I you know clean up my house, the way I wake up in the morning, the way I take care of myself, the way I go to the gym consistently, the foods I put in my body, all that stuff. So my question for you is, is I have a team, and the culture within my business starts with me and my team. So I need to do the best that I can and show up for them, how I want them to show up for me and my clients, right? And I'm having a hard time. Right now I have two ladies that work for me, and they're incredible,

but I find that I don't want to shove this culture that I'm within down their throats, because I think sometimes people don't want to hear that. But I do think they already adopt some of those minds, like that mindset, and one of them already actively works on that. And I want to continue to hire people who adopt that same mindset. So my hiring process kind of aligns with like the questions we asked and all of that. So what are some feedback that you might have for somebody who is in a very small business, right, comparatively to this, that eventually I want to scale and I want to have that culture,

but obviously hiring people can diminish the culture if you hire the wrong person. So you got to like hire well, fire fast, so to speak. So I just don't know. I guess I'm sure you understand kind of where I'm getting at with this. What is some feedback you might have for me on how I can translate this journey that I've been on into a journey that I can push my trainers and my staff to be successful and healthy? And then as well motivate my clients to do the same to and show them that there is hope for them.

And that, you know, no matter what that looks like, you can make accommodations to live a good life. Yeah. So first thing is you got to lead by example, which you're already doing. Okay. nobody will do the things that you want them to do if you're not willing to do them yourself it's not going to happen it's never happen in history and you're not going to be the first one to do it so that's the first thing the second thing is is that you mentioned about shoving the culture down their throat

that's not you're not shoving the culture down your throat these are you have to think of it like this these are the standards of our brand this is what we do. This is what we stand for. And you either fit that or you don't. Okay. And that is a very real thing. And when you combine that with leading by example and setting the standards, there will be people that will fall in line and there will be people that will leave. Once the bad people leave and you start to bring in new people and the good people have stayed, it's much easier to have good hires because think about every job everybody here has had. When you show up to the job the first day, you don't know shit.

And so what you do is you end up talking to the other people that are there and they give you the inside game about what it's really like. Okay. Hey, I know they say this, but this is actually how we do it. When you have bad apples in your culture, they do that in a negative way. When you've set the culture right and you've weeded out the bad apples, they do that in the positive way. they will say, hey, you know, when they see the new person slip and they'll say,

hey, that's not how we do things here. We do things like this. So just as if, as every other job that you guys have had where you've walked into it and someone's been like, hey, man, you know, you don't really got to do that. That happens on the flip side when you have a strong culture. So this starts with you. And then it starts with setting standards and allowing the people to either adopt them or remove themselves or you remove them and then adding people in.

And then the last thing is you're not going to quote unquote find good employees. That's not how it works. You're going to have to build them. Okay. One of the things that I get questions about all the time, and it almost, it sort of insults me a little bit. Because it insinuates that I'm like just the luckiest motherfucker on the planet. They say shit like this. How did you fucking hire all these great people?

What do you think? I fucking went out to the employee tree in my backyard. picked them off the fucking tree. That's not how it works, bro. You set standards, you hold them accountable. They either fit in or they don't. And then those become the standards of operation for your company. So those are the things that I would leave you with in terms of how you're going to build it.

Start with yourself. Set the standards. Define those standards officially. Communicate in those standards. When I say that, I mean if there's a correction to be made, you're not living by this core value. you know, higher and fire by those core values and then allow the culture to do its work. And eventually the culture becomes a self-sustaining mechanism and organism that will weed out all the bad apples for you. Thank you.

And do you talk about a lot? I mean, everybody sees like at this point in time, our culture is so strong that people will move across the country to be a part of it. 100%. That wasn't how it used to be. Yeah. Okay. That took a lot of time. a lot of investment and a lot of difficult conversations with people that didn't really understand

why we did things the way that we do. Yeah. But now it regulates itself. Well, and to that point, too, the flip side of that, though, it's like for a lot of people that don't understand the culture, they think it's Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Of course. You know what I'm saying? Well, that's how it should look.

It should look easy from the outside. Yeah. But like, you know, I know this where, like, people in that building and you guys will see, like, dude, the employees. They work their fucking asses off. Work their fucking asses. Yeah. Right.

It takes a lot of work. A lot of work, so am I looking at this wrong? Because I mean, I guess my question is this, like it's like, with all the shit that's going on in the world and all the other companies that are out there,

she mentioned, you know, she doesn't want to shove this culture down their throat. Well, I mean, everybody else is shoving all this other bullshit down their employees throat. Yeah.

Wouldn't you, like, wouldn't it be nice to at least have a good value in a show? Here's another really strong tip for you. Okay. When you can, make them understand that it's in their best interest to be this way, that's where the switch

flips. You said it yourself. She said, how I clean my house, how I do this, the little things. Every time you straighten your house, every time you do things the right way, every time you do something that is a little bit harder, but you know it's right, you're making an investment into that discipline bank account that makes your discipline muscle stronger. Yeah. Okay. When you go into the weight room here and you see all the logos aligned and everything's perfect and the floor back there is spotless,

that's not because it's just the rules. Now it is the rules. I wouldn't even say it's the rules. It's the standard. But the reason that it's become the standard is because we've done a good job at making everybody understand how it actually. benefits them in all areas of their life. So we spent a lot of time talking about this and this deposits and withdrawals into your

discipline. All right. And if you can convince them and make them understand that that's how that works, it becomes a lot easier to get people to do the right things. 100% dude. I think we got one more. Yeah. We got one more.

How's it going? No pressure here. No pressure. I love the pressure. I'm good with the pressure. Good afternoon, guys. Good here? Okay, cool.

I'm Blake Black from Connecticut. So over the last decade or so, I've learned all my leadership topics and tips and tricks from you from the free game on MFCEO and all the podcasts, the content you put out, as well as Artei and a couple other groups that I've joined with you. Being a leader and becoming a leader, we all screw up. And that's the best way to learn, right? As good as I can take things away from what you said. recently my struggle has been with emotional intelligence and communicating effectively between using your heart less and being more direct and then knowing when to add empathy so my question directly is how do you bridge the gap between emotional intelligence and being direct without

hurting people's feelings and doing all the important things i don't think i think you're thinking about it wrong okay when people talk about we're going to talk about kindness for a minute okay like people think about kindness, they think about being polite and they think about, you know, pleasantries, okay, things that make people feel nice in the moment. But if we really think about what's kind, what's kind is having that person's best interest in mind and telling them what they need to understand so that they can become the kind of person that they want to be. So leadership is exactly the same, all right? It's not when do I interject empathy.

It's not when do I interject directness? It's do I care about this person enough to tell them the truth and help them become what they could become? And when you have the proper intent in mind and your intent is that I need them to perform because I need to sell more shit. shit, but I need them to perform because I want them to be better. And then you understand the business, you understand in the back of your head that if they're better, the business will be better. They feel that intent. They understand that you care about them.

And so I personally feel like most of the people that know me, they understand that while I may be very direct, the reason that I'm being direct is because I want the best outcome for them. And so that's the actual question you're asking. You're asking an intent question. And what you need to do is just make sure that they're understanding that the outcome of this direct conversation is to make you better. And that could sound something like empathy, but it's really not. All right.

It sounds like this. Hey, Brad. Look, dude, I fucking love you, man. You're fucking great, dude. I like you personally. I think you have all the tools to win. right now, dude, you're just not fucking cutting it, man. Here's what you're doing wrong.

And I know you know you're doing that wrong. Don't you think? And he's going to say, well, I don't know. And you're going to say, you are. Okay? That's right. And you've just got to stand firm on that standard with the intent. And by the way, this intent,

this comes from a lot of the other conversations that you have with them. All right. Like when things go bad and then you try to sit down with someone and you've never talked to them and you've never been interested in them. You never ask them how their day was. You've never, you know, dabbed them up when you're going through the office or talk to them or anything. And then you try to be like, oh, Brad, I really care about you.

They don't fucking hear that shit. Yeah. Okay. So if you want to come across, if you're a leadership style, which I think is the best leadership style to be direct and cut through the shit, you have to build that credibility with them throughout the. of the times, okay? And that takes effort, all right? You can't just sit in your office or sit in your truck and think that they're going to know that you care. You might really care about them,

but if you're not making that investment to, you know, get to know their names and, and, you know, hey man, how's this going or how's that going or talk about mutual interests and build some sort of rapport with them, then when it comes time to have the conversation, you sit down and say, oh man, I really care about you. You're like, this guy's full of shit. All right. So, the answer to your question is one you have to be you have to have to have the right intent you can't fake intent they can feel it okay do you care about them or do you do you do you not if you're smart you do because you can't do anything by yourself two are you making the investment for them to know that in in the times when the hard conversations aren't required those two things will

make up for what you're what you're asking okay so don't think of it as in terms of like injecting empathy. Oh man. You know, I really understand. That doesn't mean shit if you haven't built the rapport with them outside of that. Does it make sense? It makes a lot of sense. Okay. So just try, you know, don't buffer your directness. That's it. That's an asset. Most people lack the ability to be direct. Understand that your directness is in their best interest because you want them to win. And when you've built that rapport outside of that, they're going to understand that, which makes the direct conversations respected. Yeah.

Make sense? That's extremely helpful and exactly what I need. Okay, cool, man. All right. Thanks, brother. Oh, yeah, man. Hey, we can do one more. One more?

Yeah, one more. This is my first introduction with you. I got a buddy who works at S2, so you just made a great first introduction. Thank you for that. My question for you is you've built businesses where people and culture seems like the real equity. What have you learned about developing high-performing people

and keeping them loyal long term. And then with that, what do you do about killers with bad habits? So I run a sales team. It's important that my guys are killing it. My top guy probably does maybe 30% of all of our sales. Yeah. For like 11 people, he fucking kills it. But we live in like employee housing together when we go out.

And this guy has, I mean, some of the worst habits that you could live with, right? But I'm not a position to let this guy go with how much money we would lose with that right now. It's just something that's been on my mind. When you say bad habits, what you mean? I mean like every night going out. Right. And like so rookie reps will go out with him and it fucks up their shit the next day. Does he follow the plan for the, does he follow?

Does he follow the plan while he's at work in the way or does he sell shit his own way? He follows it to a T when he's at work. It's just a problem that we all live together. Okay. Right. Well, first of all, when you think about your culture as a sales team, typically they're going to follow the highest performer. Okay. Now, the question that you ask is it's actually not as bad as I thought it was because typically what happens is the highest performer gets filled with ego. And what happens a lot of times because they're good schmoozers and they're good with people, they develop bad habits. it's in the sales process that then the other salespeople cannot get away with.

And then those people sell less and that person sells more. And what you end up with is a disproportionate amount of sales, aka being bent over a barrel like you are right now with one guy. If that was the case, you're going to have to take a step backwards to take a step forward, meaning you're going to have to remove that guy and train the other guys up, which means some of your sales are going to retract and you're going to have to pick it back up. that's not the case.

You have a case with a guy who has not recognized that he's a leader yet. And so the conversation with this guy needs to go something like, what's his name? Jacob. Okay. Hey, Jacob, look, dude, you're crushing it, bro. You know the numbers. You're kicking everybody's ass. You're a big deal here.

You got to understand. How old is he? He's 20. Okay. This is why. He's immature, all right? He does not understand that it's, It's hard for people at 20 years old or even 30 years old because we're all out here doing the best we can.

And it's hard to understand that there are other people that are looking at us and picking up our habits. All right. That comes with maturity. And at 20 years old, the guy's not going to have it. So you're going to have to have a good leadership conversation and say, hey, Jacob, look, bro, we got a great thing going. Here's the vision. here's where we're going. We got good momentum,

but we got to pull these other guys up. And because you're doing this on the outside of the business, it's hurting their ability to develop. And that's a mature conversation. And you've got to treat him as like a grown man. And I would even give them the recognition of it. Like a lot of times people won't step into leadership until they're acknowledged as like a grown man.

Okay. Hey, Jacob, I know you're only 20 years old, bro, but listen, man, you got to understand. you're a fucking leader now. And our ability, our ability to get where we're trying to go is going to not just require my leadership. It's going to require yours as well.

And what's happening here is we've got Steve and Lucy and Mary that are developing this habit of going out. And they're not as, they're not as skilled as you are, which is keeping them back, which is holding us back. So what can we do to fix this? And then let him come to you and say, well, you know, I need to adjust this. that and this. And so this is this is about just having a really strong leadership conversation with them. How do you train good employees and then keep them loyal to what

you're doing? Well, first of all, great culture. Do they like it? Do they enjoy it? Is it fun? Are they or is it their community? Is it this their friends? That's very important. More importantly, because ultimately everybody is selfish as they should be. Everybody should be looking out for their own family and their own self-interest. And so your job, if you want to keep those kind of people, is to create a vision. This goes back to the realistic goals that we were talking about earlier. It's to create a vision that is so massive, that is so fucking huge that Jacob can see his ideal life materializing within that vision.

Okay. And then what happens is you'll have one guy start to rise and the evidence will show in his life. He'll get a new car. He'll get a new house. He'll be, you know, and then the other people start to see that. And then they start to follow along. And then before you know it, you've got six Jacobs. And then the vision has to expand even bigger. But here's the thing. When you expand the vision for people to create underneath of it, it has to be real. You as the owner or the leader cannot say all of this shit. And then it never happens. That's why killers leave. They know that they have a skill set.

They understand that they can do better somewhere else. They see the cap because they have the vision ahead, the foresight to see. I'm going to get here and I'm not going to be able to get above it. Your job is to keep that rising to where everything that they could ever possibly want is achievable within that. Does that make sense? Yes, sir. If you do that, a couple with good culture and good leadership, who doesn't want to be a part of a winning team, right? Nobody wants to leave the team that wins a fucking Super Bowl every motherfucking year.

Right. Right. So that's that's the plan. Thank you, boss. You're welcome, bro. All right, guys, listen, that's all we're going to have time for. I got to go down and do a board meeting. So, uh, I appreciate you guys. Like I said when I came out, I love you guys, but more importantly, remember this. Okay. Our mission is a collective mission. This is going to take all of us. This is not something that a few people can do and a few people can't. And we can't. And we can. passively get where we want to go. Just like I said individually, where you have to put in dedicated effort day after day after day after day as individuals, if we do that as individuals, collectively, the needle moves. Okay. So I want you to understand this you, the days you don't feel like doing it, the days when you're tired, the days when you're like, fuck this, you have to understand that other people, other people will win or lose in their lives based upon what you do with yours. And that is a massive obligation that we all need to be aware of. And I know you guys all

understand that or you wouldn't be here, but I just want to take the opportunity while we're staying in face to face and remind you and also say thank you for accepting that challenge and thank you for living that standard. I love you guys. Oh On the floor Now my jury box froze Fuck a bowl Fuck a stole

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