The Russell Brunson Show - Let Me Show You The Impact of This One Man's Life

Episode Date: November 2, 2020

Recently I had a friend pass away, and I was grateful to be able to visually see the ripple effect that his life had on the world. Hit me up on IG! @russellbrunson Text Me! 208-231-3797 Join my newsletter at marketingsecrets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With TD Direct Investing, new and existing clients could get 1% cash back. Great! That's 1% closer to being part of the 1%. Maybe, but definitely 100% closer to getting 1% cash back with TD Direct Investing. Conditions apply. Offer ends January 31, 2025. Visit td.unson. Welcome back to the Marketing Secrets Podcast. Today, I want to talk to you guys a little about legacy and what that actually means. I had a friend who passed away yesterday and still kind of dealing with it. But because of the legacy that he's created and what's happening, that's the thing that's helping me to process this and to be okay with it. And I want to show this to you and hopefully it gives you guys some meaning for the work that you do as well.

So the big question is this, how are entrepreneurs like us who didn't cheat and take on venture capital, we're spending money from our own pockets. How do we market in a way that lets us get our products and our services and the things that we believe in out to the world and yet still remain profitable? That is the question and this podcast will give you the answer. My name is Russell Brunson, and welcome to Marketing Secrets. Alright everybody, so yesterday we lost somebody who, honestly, one of the people, I didn't get to know him super well. I talked to him a few times, watched him speak, and then had messages back and forth through Instagram and things like that.

He's someone I have a ton of respect for. His name is Colin Karchner. Some of you may have heard of him before. First time I heard of him was when he came to Boise, Idaho, and he did an assembly at our kids' school, talking to them about the dangers of cell phones and social media and TikTok and Snapchat and all these things. And man, one of the most charismatic people, funny, like just awesome.

I was able to connect with kids at a level that, um, man, it's just amazing. And you know, ever since I follow him on Instagram, it's funny cause he's got, you know, tens of thousands of followers and they're all kids. And he's only, he only follows one person, which is his wife. He's like, I know it's ironic that I, you know, I'm on Instagram with all these things, but I'm trying to save the kids from, from these things. And on Instagram, he posts these pictures of people who hear him, hear him at the assembly. It's like, I was planning to commit suicide today. I came to the assembly though. And I realized now it's because of social media. I deleted these apps. I changed my phone, you know, got rid of my phone and just like person after person, after person. In fact, if you want to go to instagram and see what what legacy looks like go read through his posts and see the

the the tens of thousands of lives that he's affected because of his message and i watched him as he did this like when he came to boise he he spoke at our school they did a an event we all went to it and a bunch of other things and trained parents and And I think he got paid like, I don't know, two or 300 bucks to come and do this thing, like almost nothing. But he had a mission. He was called to serve a group of people. And for him, he was called to serve children,

to serve teenagers and to help them, to help protect them from this, you know, from the damage that social media is causing. And he'd always use the hashtag, save the kids, save the kids. And like, man, he was just, and he was consistent. I saw him traveling from school to school to school, city to city, state to state, making almost no money because he loved the people he was called to serve. How do I, how do I save these kids? How do I, you know, how do I, how do I do this in a way where I can motivate them, inspire them? And he had to go through all

the things that you guys are going through as business owners. He had to learn how to, he had to find his voice. He had, he had to learn how to, um, how to craft a message, how to keep people's attention, how to, how to, um, you know, find it like all the things he went through because he had a mission and he, he knew it and he knew the people he was called to serve. And now it's just so sad, like he's 40 years old, uh, passed away. And a couple of things are interesting. Um, and I've been like all day and all night just reflecting on this. Like, um, I kind of, I, my wife and I were talking like, what happened if I was to die or she was dead? Like, what would you do? And, um, especially when you're out in the, in the public eye so much, you know, there's, I feel bad. His wife obviously getting tons of texts and messages

and she's posting like, no, we're not fine. No, yes, it's true. You know, and like so hard. And then somebody, I don't know, a friend threw up a GoFundMe page less than 24 hours ago. So less than 24 hours ago, threw up this GoFundMe page.

And, you know, I've donated a lot of GoFundMe things, but I've never, you know, I don't do it often, but I went and I donated, I shared on my page, and then I've been to a lot of GoFundMe things, but I don't do it often. But I went and I donated. I shared it on my page. And then I've just been kind of watching it as it's grown. And right now it was created 20 hours ago. And it is about to pass $200,000 in donations. And this is not like a whole bunch of $10,000 donations.

These donations are by 3 point three thousand three hundred different donors three thousand three hundred people when they heard about this tragedy came to this page and donated their 10 their 20 their 30 bucks um to show colin and his family how much um how much he meant to them and again we're 20 hours in my guess guess is within, you know, a week or two is going to be 40 million, half, who knows. Um, but man, what a testament to, to the work this man did. Right. And, um, I saw one of my friends posted, you know, the thing and said, you know, he dedicated his life to saving the children and now his children are home with, with, you know, without a father and, um, we need to help save their children.

And I was just like in tears. I'm like, Oh my gosh, like this man who dedicated and donated so much of himself to save kids. And it's like, what's the least we can do. Right. But again, sorry. I keep thinking about this. I keep thinking about like the legacy, like it's so sad and it's so horrible, man. This person is a 40 year old, did this thing, put this thing out there there and how many like the ripple effect of this one man's life like what what's going to happen like how many other kids that are going to be affected and and and then their kids and then their kids and generations um will be served because this man was on earth because he he followed the calling he heard the voice right he he was called to serve a group of people he did it with his his whole heart his whole soul um and it's just um it's interesting you know i you guys have seen the movie um it's wonderful

life where at the end jimmy stewart goes and or at the very beginning jimmy stewart has a chance to his life was like what the world would be like he wasn't born and you see this like you know happens to bedford falls it's just horrible it's you know then he comes back and he's alive you see like you know how great things are because he because that one person was on this earth and i think i hope that someday when we all have a chance to meet our maker that um he sits down with us and says um look i want you to see the ripple effect that your life created and i hope i pray i think that'll be the greatest gift any of us could get is to to be able to see the opposite, kind of like Jimmy Stewart, but a little bit different. But here's the lives that were affected because you came to earth,

because you followed your calling, because you were willing to step up amongst the heat and the pressure and the stress and all the things and serve the people you were called to serve. Because what's interesting is it's never just the people we call to serve, right? It starts with them, but then it bleeds into their families and their kids and then their kids' kids and then their communities. And like the ripple effect, we can never see it. We can never track it on our own.

Man, how cool that'd be someday to be able to sit with our maker and he shows you, like, hey, this is the ripple effect that your life had. I think in a small way with Colin Kartschner's Memorial Fund that went up 20 hours ago, we're able to see this ripple effect. 3,300 people in 20 hours have donated $20, $30 to raise almost $200,000 so far for this amazing family. And anyway, just one of the things that been sad sad for us and our family but then man just i just i just hope that you know things i'm doing that that someday i have this kind of

legacy not that i want you all don't need my kids when i die but just the impact right that like this one man's life had on the on the world and um i hope that that he's having that chance right now to sit with his maker and be like, and, and having a chance to, to, to really understand what he did and the impact it really does have. So anyway, I guess I'm sharing this with you guys because, um, I know that a lot of times this journey is lonely. It's hard. It's frustrating. Um, but it wasn't supposed to be easy, right? If it was easy, then, then, then how would you have the impact? Right. Um, the, the, the difficulty of it is I think how you're prepared for it. It's how you prepare for the calling. Like,

I wish I could say that, you know, this ClickFunnels journey has been all sunshine and roses. It's been brutal yesterday. And yesterday I got beat up bad by four or five different places where I was just like, why am I doing this? You know? And then to hear Colin's thing. And like, I think the only thing that kept me through yesterday was like looking at him and like, Oh my gosh, look at the impact he's having. Like someday I'm hoping that, that people say about my life and about my work and about the things I've been trying to do as imperfect as I have been. And I will continue to be, um, I've done my best to try to, to try to, to follow what I, what I believe is right. And so hopefully it gives you guys just, I don't know, it just gives me hope, gives me excitement, gives me purpose.

I hope it does for you as well. So with that said, I want to thank Colin Karchner for his impact on the world. And I want to thank you for your impact on the world. Don't ignore your callings. Don't ignore that voice, that tug, that feeling. It's just like, I got something in here. I need to change someone's life. I know I got something. Don't ignore that. Don't walk your callings. Don't ignore that voice, that tug, that feeling. It's just like, I got something in here. I need to change someone's life. I know I got something.

Don't ignore that. Don't walk away from that. That's something that's real. It's there, right? In the scriptures, it says that many are called, but few are chosen. I think about that a lot. You know, like, I think all of us get the tug. We all get the prompting.

We all get the whatever you want to call it, right? Where you're like, I should go help this person. I should be doing these things. I should be creating this stuff. We all hear that. We all feel it. Many are called, but fewer chosen because most people don't listen. They don't follow through.

You're chosen by your actions. If you heed the call and you move forward and you do the thing, then our maker gives you a little bit more. He says, hey, this person was a good steward. I gave him this idea. I gave him this inspiration. They were a good steward of, let me give you a little more ideas. Let me give you another idea. And as you keep doing that, you keep doing that. It gives you the ability to have this huge impact on the world. So anyway, I hope this helps for somebody

that's listening out there. I appreciate you all. I appreciate the opportunity to serve you guys. And I hope I'm doing it right. I'm doing the best of my ability. I promise you. I can't tell you how many sleepless nights I have just trying to figure out how to make sure I'm doing it right. I'm doing the best of my ability. I promise you. I can't tell you how many sleepless nights I have just trying to figure out how to make sure I'm doing the best things for you guys in the community. Um, a lot of hard decisions. Um, but it's, it's worth it. So I appreciate you guys keep fighting, keep, uh, keep having the impact and someday you'll have a chance to see, um, the ripple effect that your life had on so many people. Thanks again. And I'll talk to you soon. Hey everybody, this is Russell again. And really quick, I wanted to invite you to join, um, arguably the best thing that we've ever put out inside the ClickFunnels community. And it is a challenge we call the one funnel way

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