REAL AF with Andy Frisella - Learn How to Think, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO148

Episode Date: May 26, 2017

We live in a society that has produced very soft, very delicate little snowflakes. An entitlement complex is running through the current generation. They think they should be handed the good things that come from a life of hard work--without actually working for them! But one of the worst qualities of so many people today is that they want to know what to think. They haven't learned how to think. That is an indispensable requirement for becoming successful.

What is up guys you're listening to the MFCEO project I'm Andy I'm your host and I am the motherfucking CEO guys we just had a podcast yesterday Thursday Thunder today we're gonna have Friday fire I don't know if we've ever actually done that before we've had one two back-to-back in the same, but I figured since I missed Tuesday's podcast, I try to give you guys something a little extra for Friday. If this is your first time tuning in guys, this is called the MFCEO project for a reason. We live in a society nowadays that refuses to take responsibility, is offended by everything, has become very soft, very delicate little special snowflakes because for the last 15, 20 years, the world has told them

that they are special because they are born. And you know what? That's just not true. Okay? We talk a lot on this podcast about idealism versus realism And you know what? It's nice to think about us being all special little flowers And having all, you know, the great things of the world

Just to come to us because we're born But that's not the truth Okay? And in my opinion We have an obligation I say we because this is a movement. This isn't just a podcast. If you're listening to this podcast, it's because you believe in certain values.

And we have an obligation to correct the strategies that have polluted our youth for the last 20 years. Okay. And one of them being that they think that because they're born, they are somehow entitled to things that come with life that are great. All right. You don't get to be 20 years old and all of a sudden, you know, become a millionaire and become rich and famous and all this shit that our parents tell us growing up. Well, they didn't tell me, but they're telling these kids now, you know, what happens when you tell a kid they're special, they're unique, they're, they're the fucking masters of the universe. And then all of a sudden they get 20 years old, they go out into reality and they get

the fucking head stomped in. We're not doing them any favors. We're not doing the next generation any favors. And if you're a parent listening to this, keep this in mind, prepare your kids. That's our fucking job. Okay. Our job is to prepare the next generation to do better than we did. And that, that's, that goes for you being a CEO, you being a

manager, you being an employee. You are an influencer of other people no matter what position you rank on the totem pole. And your job is to help people understand what it takes to succeed. And that starts by you understanding it. All right. And I want to address one of the biggest fucking problems that I see with society right now. Okay. And I see this in your comments. I see this when I look at you guys, you guys who are listening to this podcast. All right. This is going to be a kick in the nuts for some of you guys. You know, we're starting our YouTube show, and if you haven't gone and subscribed to our YouTube channel, it's Andy Frisella. We're going to do the Frisella Factor. We're in the process of refining the show so that we can get it launched. We have a website

that's Ask the MFCEO where you can go and submit questions. Now, I want your questions. I want your questions I want to answer your questions I want to get specific to help you but there's one thing that you need to understand about becoming successful in life and this is where the shift in the education process I feel has really handicapped our current generation of 20 to 25 year olds in the last 20 years. Okay. And that is this point. Your goal when learning, your goal when consuming content, your goal when looking for a mentor, your goal when looking for someone to help you succeed is not to go out and learn what to think. Your goal should be to learn how to think. And there's a big difference between the two. Becoming successful in life is going to require you to observe situations and make the appropriate decisions on your own. It's not going to require you to think like a fucking robot and do exactly as what somebody

else tells you the right way to think is. And if you look at our schooling system, and if you look at our education system, whether it be grade school, high school, college. If you look at our media, it's all changed. It used to be we learned the things that were fact without anybody's opinion on the matter. And we took those things and we made decisions on our own. When I grew up, I was taught how to think. I was given the tools and then told to make a decision. I was given the information and I was told to analyze it. That is no longer the case. The case now is that you have the schools telling people what to think, telling them what they should think. And if they think anything outside this box, they're doing something wrong, or they're offensive, or they're weak, or they're a

Neanderthal, or they're a terrorist, okay? Look, your job is to consume information so that you can arm yourselves with the tools so that you can make better decisions. Your job is not to get my approval or anybody else's approval, your teachers, your parents, fucking Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, it doesn't fucking matter. Your job is not to get their approval on every decision. That's worker bee mentality. And if you're trying to build a career for yourself, you're trying to be successful, you're trying to grow. If you are constantly

looking for validation from someone up the chain, you're not actually an entrepreneur. You're not actually becoming successful. You are just taking what someone else decides and you're putting that into play. All you are is a link in a chain. And that's not what you want to be. You need to be a creator. You need to be someone who solves problems. You need to be someone who makes things easier. You need to be someone who makes value to everybody around them. And that doesn't happen by learning what to think. It happens by learning how to strategize, how to analyze, and how to make a decision based on the facts presented to you.

You know, we look at the media nowadays, guys. It's no longer, hey, four dudes were shot on the corner tonight. It's, oh, four black dudes were shot on the corner. And this has to do with uh racism against the black people from police it's like okay uh but the the the black the cops that shot these four black dudes were black so they leave that that out because they're trying to manipulate our process of how we perceive information so that we are actually in a situation where they're controlling our thoughts. All right. And that's no way trying to open up some discussion about fucking race. If you email

me in or comment on it, I'm going to fucking block you because you're, you got a mental fucking disorder. If that's what you think. I'm using it purely as an example. Pay attention. Listen to what people say, okay? Watch how they communicate with you. Watch the information. Are these people actually teaching you? Are they teaching you information? Are they arming you with the tools? Are they giving you the things you need to succeed? Or are they telling you exactly what you should think? And you should become aware of this, guys. Take a step back. When you hear a teacher, when you hear an authority figure, when you hear the news, when you are sitting in a class or you're reading a book or you're this or that, you should be aware enough and be able to separate

yourselves from the perspective of that person and absorb the information without absorbing their opinions on the information. That's when you begin to learn how to think. And a lot of us guys, you know, we just aren't thinking. All right. Cause I can see by the questions you guys are asking me questions that you should be making the decision on your own. The only way you get better in life, the only way you progress in life, the only way that you improve in life is by making decisions and fucking shit up. You know, you guys are so afraid to make a mistake that you want to get everything right all the time. And that's not what success is about guys. Success is clearly and ultimately about making fucking mistakes, learning from your mistakes, being able to own that you made those mistakes

and moving on as fast as possible to the next opportunity. And you can't do that if you're so afraid to make a mistake or always trying to make the right thing happen. You know, when I make a mistake in life, it's not because I don't get bummed about it. I say, Hey, you know what? I fucked up. I'm not going to do that again. And then I feel good because I know that like, Hey, I just learned something valuable, you know, and you guys need to start adopting that mindset, but that starts with how you're learning, okay? And you need to ask yourself, are you reading a book and then all of a sudden adopting every single thing that that book says as gospel for your whole entire life?

If that's you, you're conditioned to learn what to think. Are you reading a book and then you're saying, oh, you know what? That was an interesting perspective. I like this point. I like this point. I like this point. I didn't agree with this point, this point, and this point. Okay. If that's you, you know how to think. All right. And that should be the goal. So guys, let's check ourselves. Let's think. Let's think about how we're learning. Let's think about are we learning and are we looking for guidance because we want to learn how we should think? Or are we looking because we want approval of some sort? you ask for approval, even if you ask me, you call me on the phone, hey Andy, should I do this, blah, blah, blah, and I tell you yes, and you make all the right decisions, at the end of the day, you haven't fucking improved at all. You may be making money, you may be winning, but you haven't

developed the fucking skill. And the skill is where the value is. That's the insurance. That's the thing that's going to carry you through when you fucking build a business, lose a business, build another business, lose that business, build another business through your entire fucking life. Okay. You want the skill. You don't want the result. And the only way that you can fucking get the skill is by consistently checking yourself and asking yourself, am I thinking for myself or am I thinking because this mentor, this quote unquote expert or this internet fucking fake ass entrepreneur is telling me this is how I should think.

At the end of the day, guys, here's the deal. Okay. There's two groups of people. There's the people who have learned how to think on their own and make analytic strategic decisions over and over and over again, based on the inputs that they're given. And then there's the people who have learned to be told what to do and what to think. And they've absorbed all the information exactly. It's been told to them and they become a fucking robot. And I'm going to tell you at the end of

the day, when scores been settled and when things are all on the table and the results have been proven, it's going to be the people who have learned how to think on their own and make decisions on their own that are in charge of all the other motherfuckers that have only learned what to think.