Podcast appearances and mentions of matt maddix

Matt Maddix is a highly sought after Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and Strategic Intuitive Coach. As the CEO and Founder of Matt Maddix Motivations, Matt has authored 5 Books and has hosted over 103 live training events; motivating and training over 32,000 registered attendees. He is the Co-Founder of Maddix Publishing, My Health Coach INC, he is also the Co-Founder of Maddix Missions, a Missions Movement in America. Matt Maddix has traveled across the world for the past 15 years doing over 2,000 live speaking events to audiences as large as 15,000 people. He is an expert in motivation, coaching, sales training, relationships, success, entrepreneurship and business growth. He is the father of Caleb Maddix (entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer). "You get in life, what you speak. And you know, everything comes down to your vision. And, so I've always known he had greatness within him, because, you know, every man should feel this way. But he's my son. And I knew that as his father, I just knew, I just saw the greatness." Matt Maddix on his son Caleb Maddix In this episode, Daniel uncovers the motivation and the lessons Matt taught his son, Caleb, and how it attributed to his success and upbringing into adulthood. If you have kids, get ready to be inspired by Matt Maddix. Take notes and seize the opportunity to apply some of his teachings to your children. Follow Matt Maddix: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube For more information, visit: maddixpublishing.com --- Daniel Blue's Book: B.L.U.E. Print to Your Best Retirement: How to Access Your Retirements Account Penalty and Tax-Free (Click Here to Purchase) --- Through Quest Education, Daniel Blue and Keitoh Spears have helped people all over the country accomplish their financial goals. Do you want to learn how to: Make money tax free? Access your 401k/IRA penalty and tax free? Get funding to start a business? Pay off your debt? Follow Daniel on Instagram:@danielblue__ Follow Keitoh on Instagram: @highkeii Visit Quest Education at: www.yourquest.com

Most of us have to hit rock bottom before we look to make major change in our life. International speaker, Matt Maddix, was at the height of his success when he realized he needed to reprioritize. Losing his home and the repossession of the car in which he was living was part of the process Matt discusses. He talks about the decisions he made and habits he created to redefine success that led him to running a successful publishing company with his son Caleb, as well as The Jesus Mission...a mission on the street weekly dedicated to feeding and clothing the homeless.

In this episode, the dynamic and energetic Matt Maddix shared a ton of great insights about parenting - topics that make you think!  He talked a lot about being a single parent and the lessons of resilience and commitment learned in that process.  He talked about schooling and education and thinking outside the box. We also talked thoroughly about his work with the homeless throughout the country and especially in the Phoenix area.  He talked about who these people are and how we should see them.  Lastly, we had a bit of what some might consider a controversial discussion about this pandemic and his strong views surrounding it.

In this episode, we are honored to co-create a conversation with Matt Maddix Have you feared the process of sales?You have lacked confidence in being able to sell?Are you nervous about lead generation, prospecting, closing the deal?Well, this is an episode you will want to listen to as Matt shares his 7-step process that makes selling so fun, easy, and part of your lifestyle!As well as relationship advice for personal and professional growth!He was a single father who took his son out of mainstream education and his son became a millionaire by age 16 through Matt's teaching. Matt has been a reverend, speaker, best-selling author of multiple books, and a co-owner in a publishing house. He's has created five different one-million-dollar businesses. He has a love for people, serving, and selling!Tune in to receive the frequency.I love you,ColleenWebsiteInstagramFacebookHow to Change Your Relationship with Money CourseMatt TwitterMatt Facebook

Matt MaddixFounder of The Jesus Mission and Proud Dad of Social Mega-Influencer Caleb Maddix In this episode of The Broken Catholic Show, Joseph Warren is joined by Matt Maddix to discuss becoming the greatest single dad in the world. Links MaddixPublishing.com  ★ Subscribe Apple | Stitcher | iHeart IF YOU ENJOY OUR SHOW AND CONTENT, PLEASE CONSIDER BEING AN AMBASSADOR. WE ARE 100% LISTENER SUPPORTED. CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT Epic Resource! BLOW UP ROCKS™ - THE THERAPY ALTERNATIVE™ We believe addiction, anxiety, anger, and depression are "rocks" that weigh men down. Our mission is to help you blow them up.  BlowUpRocks.com Music: Purple-Planet.com

We spent the weekend serving with Matt and Caleb Maddix. Here are a few quick things we learned that have forever changed my life. Hit me up on IG! @russellbrunson Text Me! 208-231-3797 Join my newsletter at marketingsecrets.com ---Transcript--- What's up everybody, this is Russell Brunson. Welcome back to The Marketing Secrets podcast. I hope you guys are doing awesome today. I just got back from Arizona, back from a wrestling practice, driving into the office. So many fun things I want to talk about. So with that said, let's cue the theme song. We come back, we're going to talk about friend groups, changing your identity, and whole bunch of other really cool things. All right, so this last week has been amazing. Some of guys know I'm training for a wrestling tournament. I actually leave in two days from when I'm recording this to fly out to Florida. It's a three-day tournament day. Day number one is beach wrestling, which, come on now, that sounds insane. I've never done it before. Apparently, they draw a big circle in the sand, and you beat each other up. I'm so excited. So that's number one. Day two, just freestyle, and day three is Greco. Three different styles, and I'm excited. I last time I wrestled was actually about two years ago, before COVID, and it was a tournament I went to, and it was the first time I actually competed at that point in 15 years. Hadn't competed since I was wrestling in college. And I went to that tournament, was planning on getting into shape, went to one practice, tore my neck out, and then just showed up to the tournament, and did all right. I had fun. And this time around, I was like, "Okay, let's try to prepare a little more." So I'm lighter, about 10 pounds, maybe 15 pounds lighter than I used to be, but I'm still in the same weight class, which is going to be frustrating because the next weight class is another like 12-14 pounds down, and I was like, "I'm not willing to do that." So wrestling guys will be bigger than me this time, but I'm in better shape this time. I had about a month worth of ... well, probably eight practices, but over three or four weeks, and anyway, so excited. My body's sore, it's bruised, my ears are swollen, but I'm pumped. So anyway, I got to go to wrestling practice, I'm heading in right now, but anyway, last week, we had a chance to fly out to Arizona and do a couple of things. Number one is I spoke at Dean and Tony's Own Your Future Challenge, which is really fun. And then, after that, I brought my two kids out to kind of ... Two of my kids, I've got five kids. I brought my twin boys out there, and partially because I wanted them to see me working, right? Like I want them to see like, "This is what your dad does for a living. Look how cool this is. I have a chance to speak in front of half a million people virtually, right?" So I'm going to show him that. And then, afterwards, I wanted to help them to, I don't know, just realize how good they have it. So we went out with Matt and Caleb Maddix, and we went out to the streets of Arizona, and we found a place where the homeless people live, and we had a chance to go out there and to feed them. And I'd never done some of that before, it was really cool. We literally drove to Little Caesars and bought a whole bunch of pizzas, to the grocery store, bought popsicles and drinks, and drove out there and parked and just handed out food to people. And we did two days in a row, and it was this really, really cool experience with my kids and everything. It was awesome. But what I want to talk about in this podcast, because I have of stuff coming like, the last day we recorded a three hour podcast with a whole bunch of young entrepreneurs. I think that'll be an episode here soon and a bunch of other ... A lot of cool stuff. But what I want to talk about was just the power of who you're around. And it's interesting, I'm writing my fourth book, as you guys know, and I've been trying to focus on like, "How do we create identity shifts? How do we become who we need to be to be able to reach the goals and things we have," right? And there's a lot of things, a lot of different levers you can pull to be able to come who you need to be. And so, there's identities, there's beliefs, there's rules, there's all these different things, and one of the people that I know who is really big in that kind of stuff is Tom Bilyeu. I actually texted him and asked him some questions about his beliefs on it, and then he messaged me back, and we ended up jumping on a call and talked about 45 minutes. Maybe I'll make call up podcast episode too. I don't know. I want to keep giving us all this cool stuff for hanging out with me. Anyway, it was interesting because, in there, we talked about how do you change someone's identity and beliefs and their rules and their values and things like that. He said, "One of the most powerful things you can do is you take people out of their existing environment. You put them in a peer group of people they respect, and eventually they will become like those people." And he told me that in this interview, that's how he started. He said, before, he was spending 10 hours a day playing video games, all sorts of stuff, and he got this new peer group of people who were having success, who were doing all these things, and he said, "I spent enough time around them, and I eventually wanted their respect, and so I wanted to become like them." And now, he's Tom Bilyeu, who's crazy. Anyway, he's awesome. But he said, "If I was training your kids," he's like, "I would take them. I would go to a desert island, and instead, if I want them to become an ax murderer, I put them with a whole bunch of ax murderers, and, eventually, they would become like that person. If I wanted them to be an athlete, no matter which athletes, eventually they'll become like that person." And he's talked about like how the peer group and the people you're around, how much that affects identity and beliefs and your rules, your values, and all those kinds of things, so it's interesting. So anyway, going into this trip to Arizona ... I don't know if you guys are teenager parents, but it's hard to be teenager parent. I love it, but man, it's hard. It's hard to motivate your kids to want to do things and get them excited. I try to figure out different ways to do it all the time, and it's hard as a parent because I don't know. It's funny, like no matter how cool other people think you are, your kids just think you're Dad, right? In fact, I had two or three times last trip people were like, "Yeah, you're so lucky that your dad's Russell." And the kids are like, "Why? He's just this annoying dad that talks about marketing and stuff," you know? But anyway, so it's hard as a parent to like, really ... I don't know. Like I do my best, but it's harder to get them to want to do the things that you want them to do and hope that for them to do, right? And so, it was cool because we went out to do this thing, we went out with Matt and Caleb. And Caleb was like the epitome of who my kids would want to be, right? He's successful, he speaks on stages, he's got YouTube channels, he's a podcaster, he's fun, he's happy, he's friends with all these successful people. And it was really cool because I brought my kids out there, and Caleb came and picked them up, and they jumped the car together. It's funny because I had spent two days with my kids trying to get them to talk. I asked them questions, they just kind of sit there. "I don't know. I don't know." Like, did they forget how to talk? Do teenagers don't know how to talk? And suddenly it was Caleb, this person who is similar to their age, someone in their peer group, someone who they aspire to be like, and they look up to, within two minutes, Caleb had them talking and sharing their dreams and their visions. And I'm sitting there in the car, I'm the front seat, they're in the back seat. And in like five minutes I have been spending time with Caleb, I know more about my kids at this point that I've known my entire 15 years of their existence. I'm like, "How in the world?" Like, "Why don't you guys talk to me like that? Why don't you tell me these things?" And it was so cool because the first thing Caleb did is ask them like, "Where do you want to be in 10 years from now?" And it's funny because my kids' default answer was "I don't know." And so, he asked them again, like, "Where do you want to be in 10 years from now? And 'I don't know' is not an acceptable answer." And it was crazy, within two or three minutes, each of my kids gave him where do they want to be in 10 years, and I was like, "Oh my gosh, that was so cool." And then, immediately, Caleb was not like, "Okay, well good luck." He was like, "Okay, for you to do that, first thing you need is need a mentor." And he looked at Dallin. He was like, "Dallin, what you're trying to do is what I do right now, so I'm going to become your mentor. I'm going to be your coach. I'm going to, blah, blah, blah." He's like, "Bowen, I got a friend who does exactly what you're trying to do, so he's become your mentor." And Caleb called the guy. He's like, "Hey, my friend here, he wants to be a hypnotist, and you're a hypnotist, and so can you come meet him? And can you become his mentor?" And the guy was like, "Sure." Within an hour, he comes out, and all of a sudden he's teaching my son had him ask people, and also my son's like, "This is the coolest thing ever!" And then, Caleb's helping Dallin talk about speaking and motivation and all these things. I'm sitting here, I was like, "This is insane." For two days, I watched my kids light up. They're on fire, they're excited, they're talking about their dreams, their passions, and it was funny because something Dallin said. He's like, "You know, all those people I hang out," this is not telling me, but I hear him talking to Caleb, "Most of my friends, they don't have many motivations or goals or dreams, they just kind of sit around and play video games all day," and I'm sitting there, I'm like, "Literally, Dallin, that was you three minutes ago." But he's seeing that because he already is not associating himself with an older peer group. He's associate himself with this peer group of people he's around now. Within a day of being around these people he loves and respects, looks up to. And anyway, it was so cool. It was so powerful. And there's so many lessons from this, but the one that I wanted to kind of think about is either for yourself or if you've got kids. It's like, "Who are they hanging out? Who are you hanging around with?" Right? I'm sure you've heard it said before that your income will be the average of your five closest friends. And I definitely believe that's true. You'll be as successful as your five closest friends, you'll be as good of an athlete as your five closest friends. Whoever you're around is who you're going to level up to be like, right? It's like Tom Bilyeu said, "If you want to be an ax murderer, or go to an island with a bunch of ax murderers, eventually you'll become like them," right? Or if you want to be an athlete, or you want to be a biohacker or a tech person or a programmer, it's all about who you surround yourself with. And so for you, like that's the first thing I do is to make an introspective ... Is that the word? Like, look at yourself and be like, "Where do I want to go?" And like, "Are the people that I'm around, are they there right now? Or are they trying to get me there? Or are they holding me back?" You got to be completely honest with yourself. That's the first thing. And if it's not where you want to be, it's like, "Okay, it's time to find a new friend group." Try to find people to be around that are going to pull you up. Doesn't mean have to get rid of your existing friends. You can still be friends them. That's awesome. But the key is like, if you really want to reach something and get there, you got to be around the people who think the way that you want to think, right? That's a big part of it. And secondly, if you're looking at it from your kid's standpoint, man, I mean, my big "aha" this weekend is just like, no matter how hard I try as a parent, the most valuable thing I can do is probably not me trying to teach them or coach them. I mean, obviously, I got to set a good example and do the things that I believe are right. But I think bigger, so I was like, "Who are the people that they're going to look up to? Who are they going to be around?" Because by default, our friends pick their friends, and sometimes they pick friends that are probably not the right friends for them, right? But if you can help facilitate and find the right friends, how cool is that? And the one thing that was really cool, I saw Matt Maddix, that's Caleb's dad, who kind of facilitated this whole thing. And it was really cool because he was there with Caleb and Caleb's friends, the one thing he told me in passing, he said, "I want to be able to mentor my son, so a part of that is I have to get to know my son's friends." He's like, "I try to be a mentor to my son's friends because I want to make sure that they're good people too." And so, all Caleb's friends we were hanging out with, they all love Matt, and Matt was coaching them and helping them and ... It was just so cool to see that. I'm like, "Oh, I got to be better at that. I need to become friends with my kids' friends. I got to be mentors them. I got to coach them. I got to help them because they're probably more likely to listen to me than their own parents, right?" Because I don't know why, but that's just how people work. And number two, it's like if I want to help guide the ship for my kids, helping guide their peer group is a big piece of it as well. So anyway, I got so many good lessons from this weekend. I wish you could see the way that Matt and Caleb and this friend group do, Matt's trained all of them. He's like, "If you're with somebody, if you're in a room with somebody, great. You need to ask them questions." And so, people are asking me questions about everyday, question after question after question. Went to sushi dinner, and it was like 500 questions in an hour from all the friends and all the people. But not only was it with me, it's like when went to the homeless people, and I remember there was a lady who was in a wheelchair, and first thing Matt does, he says, "This is my son right here. What advice would you give him?" And then, you ask questions like, "Man, you're out here living on the streets. It's got to be hard, but how do you keep your positive?" And I watched him drill this person, asking five, six, seven, eight, nine questions to this person who ... I wouldn't have thought to ask that person questions. It was so cool to watch them do it, and then watch that person light up and give feedback and inspiration. And I'm watching these amazing people out there who are teaching my kids about God and about Jesus and about hope and about faith and about the problems that got them there, and their dreams about how they want to get out of it. And it was just such a magical experience. And I watched Caleb and Matt and all the friend group there as they went to every single person they met. Like with the waiter or waitress in every restaurant we went to, he was like, "Hey, this is my son here. What advice would you give them?" or like ... Oh, it was so cool to see. I wish I could have captured it all and put it in a bottle for you guys. But anyway, those are some of the lessons. Those were some of the things I saw that were just powerful, that were really, really cool. So anyway, like I said, I'm probably going to go deeper and do some longer form podcasts, kind of going more on some of these principles and stuff, but these are the gifts I want to give you just a top of my head right now, while I'm still thinking about it, that had such a big impact on me, on my kids. So today, as I meet people, my goal is to ask more questions. There's so many cool things you can learn from everybody, especially the servers, the people around you, people that work for you, people you meet on the street, people you meet at a grocery store. I mean, they're asking the clerk checking us out. He was asking questions to the clerk. "How was your day today? What's going on? This is my son. What's the best piece of advice you could possibly give him?" Like to everybody, and I was like, "God, this is so cool." And I start watching again, Matt starts to sing, then I watched Caleb do it, and I watched Caleb's friends do it. I'm looking at this group of kids, and I'm like, "Man, these guys are progressing so fast because they're getting everybody's best tips from the millionaires they meet to the people who are living on the streets and a million people in between." And it's just like, man, how much of a shortcut to success is that than trying to go and learn these lessons on your own? Asking questions. So anyway, it was amazing. I want to thank Matt and Caleb for hosting me and the kids. It was such a great experience. With that said, I'm going to get some work done because I got to go fly out and wrestle here in a day and a half and got a lot to do before then. So with that said, I appreciate you guys. Thanks For listening, and I'll talk to you guys all again soon. Bye everybody.

Matt Maddix is the father of the fatherless, the dad of Caleb Maddix, and the founder of the Jesus Mission. In this episode you will learn… How To Win In Life How You Gain More By Giving More How To Develop THAT Power Find Matt here… Instagram @mattmaddix

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Welcome to part 2 of the 5 part Atlas Shrugged interview! On today’s segment you’ll get to hear Russell and Josh discuss being a producer and how important it is to continually create content. They talk about being a good steward over the ideas that God gives you, and how you should be preparing for even bigger and better ideas. And finally, they explain how “motion is the key”. So enjoy part two of this fun interview and don’t forget to go to tshirtsmackdown.com for your Atlas Shrugged swag! Hit me up on IG! @russellbrunson Text Me! 208-231-3797 Join my newsletter at marketingsecrets.com ---Transcript--- What's up everybody, welcome back to the Marketing Secrets podcast. All right, my first question for you, is how'd you like the first part of the interview with me and Josh of Atlas Shrugged? I hope you enjoyed it. Today, I'm going to give you guys part two of a five-part interview series. We will pick up after the intro song, we'll pick up where we left off. We'll keep diving into these topics, these concepts. Again, throughout this interview, we talk about religion, we talk about politics, and we talk about all these things through the lens of the Atlas Shrugged book. So with that said, we'll cue up the theme song, we'll come back, we'll go into part two of my interview with Josh Forti about Atlas Shrugged. Josh Forti: Because what I'm trying to figure out, this is open discussion here... I am a pretty motivated, driven person. I never would've described what I was doing as greedy. Russell Brunson: Would you have thought that when you were an athlete, or thought when you were a kid- Josh: Yeah. Russell: ...no. But what is it? Josh: Well, yeah. And that's why I asked you the question. Because I don't know the answer myself. Russell: I feel the same way, because I never... it wasn't until I was reading the book, The Utopia of Greed- Josh: Yeah, yeah. Russell: ...and all of a sudden, I started thinking, all these things we're doing... we call them growth, we call them whatever, which is awesome, but it is... it's a greedy time in your life, right? Josh: Yeah. I wonder what the actual definition of greed is. Russell: Yeah. Josh: I'm going to look this up. We'll see. Definition of greed. Russell: It has a def-... negative connotation in our world today. Josh: Intense and selfish desire for something, especially money, power or food. Russell: Or food. Josh: Well- Russell: There you go. Josh: All right. Money, power or food. Russell: For me, thinking about the lens of wrestling, when I was wrestling, I had a selfish desire for, I wanted to be a state champ, I wanted to be an all-American, I wanted to be a national champ- Josh: But why? Why? Russell: Because I wanted my hand-raising. That was all I thought about, all I dreamt about. I couldn't... I'm a very obsessive person, that's why I don't gamble. Because I was like, I put a quarter in and I win, I'm broke. It doesn't matter how much I started with, it’s gone. And I know that about myself. So when I started wrestling, and I got my hand raised the first time, I was like, that feels good, I want to feel that every day for the rest of my life. And I just went, blinders on, and that's all I did, that was my... and I mean, I wouldn't have thought of it as greedy, but by definition, it's like, you need to focus on these things about yourself. Now I'm in the phase of my life where I'm coaching wrestling, coaching my kids and stuff like that, and it's different, because there's nothing in it for you, except for seeing their hand-raising and that light in their eyes go off, and it's just like, that felt way better than my own. But you don't know that until you're in that phase. Josh: Yeah. Did having kids change that for you at all? Did it help solidify or give you a different perspective on that shift from greedy to- Russell: I think... maybe not so much solidify as much as I'm experiencing that in multiple parts of my life, not just the business part. Josh: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Russell: A lot in part, you think about our success stories and our business are our children, the children of ClickFunnels, whatever you want to say, they're the people that have come off it. So I think I'm experiencing it now with them, and it's been interesting and fun and... yeah. Josh: How long did it take you to finish the book? Russell: I think about two months. Josh: Oh, wow. Russell: You read it way faster than I did. Josh: Well, it's one of those things... it's funny because my mom was like, have you even read the book? I'm like, what do you mean, you made me read in high school. And I went back and I was like, oh, I didn't actually read... I knew the book, so I assumed I had read it. And then I realized it was 1200 pages and I was like, I don't remember reading a 1200-page book. I feel like I would've remembered that- Russell: I got to do it right now, because Russell's going to be talking about. Josh: Right. And that's exactly what happened. So it was like, oh, we want to do this, cool. And I could've sat down and had the conversation without reading the book. Because I knew the concept, the premise. And so then I went through it and... every night, two-and-a-half speed, couldn't sleep, I'd get up and like, oh, man, it's 3:00 in the morning. Close the book, go back in there. So- Russell: Can I interject? Josh: Yeah. Russell: Because there is something you started on that I want to make sure we don’t miss, because I think it was... you started leading real good and there is somewhere I want to wrap it because it’s an open loop in my head now. Josh: Okay, okay, okay. Russell: You started talking about how you agree on the left side of social helping people, but not the way that they do it- Josh: Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Russell: ...is that how you said it? Okay, so- Josh: I agree with what they want to do- Russell: Yes. Josh: ...i don't agree with how they want to do it. Russell: Okay, so, this is something that was powerful. So after I read the book, I was geeking out, and I'm like, who is this Ayn Rand, I want to see. So I started searching her and I found an interview she did on Donahue, 1980, three months after her husband passed away. And it was a fascinating interview- Josh: Oh, dang. Russell: ...she's atheist, does not believe in a god, all these things like that, so- Josh: She even made a statement about how part of the reason she wrote the book was to prove that religion was fake and to destroy all belief in any form- Russell: So once again- Josh: Super different. Russell: ...this is not the Bible for me, this is just... stimulating book that got my mind spinning. One thing she said during the interview that was so cool, because Donahue's like, "So based on this, you believe that we should all be producers and greedy and keep all our money and we should never... we shouldn't help anybody." And she said, "No, no, no, that's not what I said." She's like, "I never said that." She said, "What I did say, is that it should not be the government coming to you with their guns saying, 'Give me your 50% of your taxes.'" That's what's messed up. You think about this, if you give a gift... if someone comes to you and gives you a gun like, give your friend a gift, are you actually giving them a gift? No, you're not. Josh: Yeah. Russell: If you don't pay the taxes, they put you in jail. That's the thing. She said, "People should go and support people on their own." This comes back to... this is the whole thing we talked about before, the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, unless he yields to the enticing of the Holy Spirit. Us yielding saying, "Hey, I have all this money, I should go help other people with this." That's God saying, you should not be greedy, use what you've blessed with and help other people's lives. Right? Them coming to you with a gun saying, "Pay your taxes or go to jail," is not you giving a gift. It's them taking it from you and giving it away. So you're not a better person because you did it, right? And then we get into the whole depth of... this is the government now who's the worst run organization in the history of all time, which… I won’t even rant on that. You want to trust them with the money, right? So I just want to share a practical example, because people are like, "Well, you wouldn't give money if you didn't..." whatever. Right now, I'm taxed more than 50%, so more than half my income goes to Uncle Sam. He's doing whatever the crap they do with it. Josh: Well, you just need some Cash Flow Tactics. Russell: Yeah. Josh: Shameless plug. Russell: Yeah. Anyway, I have no idea, I don't actually do my taxes. That's the tax bracket. But then you look at... when you yield to the enticing of the Holy Spirit. So there was a time when my friend Stu McLaren is like, "Hey, we're building schools in Kenya, and this is mission and we believe in it, will you help?" It wasn't greedy Russ like, "I'm going to help and this is going to be awesome." Josh: Yeah. Russell: I felt something, I was like, "Oh my gosh. That is a great cause. Yeah, how can I support you?" In that process you can see, here's pictures of Stu and Amy in Kenya, we've been to Kenya four times now. We donated money, we built schools... that is a gift, versus give us money so we can go do something with it, right? And then a couple years later, I heard about Operation Underground Railroad, and I was like, oh my gosh, and I felt the spirit saying, "This is a good cause, you should serve, you should do this thing." And I put time and energy and money into this thing. We raised multiple millions of dollars now to save children from sex slavery. And not everyone's willing to do that. Again, there's a segment of people who will... it comes back to, the natural man is an enemy to God and has been since the fall of Adam and will be forever and ever. A lot of people never get off the greed boat. But most people, as you start making more and more money, you look at anybody, you look at Bill Gates, look at Elon Musk, anyone who's making much money, what do they do with their money? Eventually they start giving it to charities or helping people... all these things, because there's that transition point where you feel that, you hear the voice, you hear God, whatever you want to call it. You should be serving more. And I think... I know that if my tax went from 50% to 20% to 10% or whatever that thing was, I would and could give so much more, and everybody could. Right now, half the money goes to organizations that... what's happening with the money? Do we know? Do we see any ledger of what's happening? No, it's insane. Josh: Even Bill Maher, who... do you know Bill Maher? Russell: I know who he is, I don't follow him- Josh: Stupid... super left, right? Definitely would not align with our political views, or your... or my political views. But even him is like, I have no idea what my tax dollars are going to. I have no idea where my millions of dollars I pay every- Russell: Isn't that scary? Josh: Isn't that crazy. It's wild. Only the government. It's crazy. Russell: And then they go like... sorry, this is a plug for OUR and Tim Ballard. Tim Ballard, I know does not take a salary. His payment for being CEO of Operation Underground Railroad and risking his life day in and day out is zero dollars they pay him. He funds it himself. All the money he makes is from his books, his speaking, other things he does, externally to pay for himself, because he doesn't want to take money from an organization saving kids. Can you say that about any of the government- Josh: Yeah. Russell: ...no, it's insane. It's... anyway. But, yeah. So for me, it's like- Josh: Somebody's going to mention that Trump takes a zero dollar salary in there. That's not what we're talking about. Russell: But for me, it's like, that's my big thing, understanding that I think there's this blend of left and right. If we're not producing, the fact that I'm going to wake up every morning and kill myself, even though I have more money than I'm ever going to need, now we have 400 plus people who have full-time jobs here... excuse me, full-time jobs here at ClickFunnels. It's 144,000 people who have active ClickFunnels accounts. Each of those people, if they had one employee, it's 144,000 jobs. If they had two to three, that means... you're looking at... it's probably half a million to a million jobs have been created because of ClickFunnels, because we get up every day and we're chasing something, we're producing, producing, producing, right? If you take away incentives of that... I'd have to lay off half my staff, which then... and then everything starts disappearing really quickly. Where it's like, if they took that away, now we can go and how much more could we do? We did the OUR... we talked about OUR and showed the documentary at Funnel Hacking Live, and since then, four or five dozen people who were in our community showed the OUR documentary at their events and made money, and it's like this ripple effect keeps growing, growing, growing, versus the other side where it's just... it shrinks and- Josh: Okay, so, I want to get non-specifically political here for a second with this and... I don't want to say play the devil's advocate, I just want to understand your thoughts on this. So the argument on the other side, if you will, the people that are more traditionally higher tax bracket, you should be taxed even higher. We want to take more of your money away because it's this. Basically, the thought process is like... listen, you have donated your money to Kenya and to Operation Underground Railroad and things like that, but guess what, there's probably people here in your own community, like in Boise, for example, right, or wherever these entrepreneurs are, that you have millions and millions of dollars, there's people that are homeless. There's people who can't afford medical payments, or there's people who genuinely need help. And so the argument is, yeah, you've given some, but you have so much of it, you could do that and be taxed higher. We could take even more of your money and your life wouldn't change at all, and we're also like... not talking about your business money, we're only talking about profit, we're only going to take that part of it away. And so the argument on the other side is, if collectively... and I'm just going to make up a number here. Let's just say there's 10,000 entrepreneurs like you in America, that have millions of dollars or billions of dollars... I know you don't have billions.... billions of dollars, we could take all that money, and hypothetically, we could solve a lot of these issues. We could tax the top 10 richest people, whatever. Why doesn't that work? Or, A, I guess it's a two-part question. A, are you... A, why doesn't that work, and B, what is your solution for that, if any? What's your perspective, your view on how that would help? Russell: Yeah, I think- Josh: Or can you not help everybody? Russell: This is the fun part, politics, right? It's tough, and I'll preface this before we dive into the actual question... it's tough because there's good on both sides and there's bad on both sides. That's the hardest thing, right? And so that's the hard thing, is you can argue both ways. Let's say me as an entrepreneur, because I only know experiences through my own self, right? Josh: Right. Russell: I know what I pay in taxes every single year. I know how much goes away, I know how much I make. And it's tough because the more... the less you make for the more you work, the less incentivized you are to keep working. If my take-home was $100 grand a year, I'd be like, why am I killing myself? I could work three hours a day and make that, so why would I keep doing this stuff? If there's no reward, then it's hard, right? It's like, what's the purpose of doing any of this stuff? And it'd be really easy to then shrink back, and the company shrinks, employees shrink, everything shrinks because there's no incentive for us to risk everything. It's a risk reward thing. That's a big part of it. How do you solve it, I don't know, I don't think the solution is the government to come in with a gun and saying, give us half your money so we can go solve this problem. I think it's, man, what are the things in you're interested in saving? What are the things that touches your heart, what are the things that you're inspired to actually help? For me it's Kenya, for me it's this, for me it's... there's other things that we give money to that I don't talk about publicly. But there's things that... what are the things that I care about? Let me focus there. Everyone's got different agendas. I had Matt Maddix, someone who I... Caleb Maddix is the father, he's super awesome guy. He came to me and he's like, "Hey, my mission is to save these kids off the streets and this stuff..." all these kinds of things. I'm like, "That's amazing," he's like, "Can you help me?" I'm like, "That's not my calling. My calling are these things here. That's your calling, dude, I respect it, I support it, I'll help give money or whatever I can do to help. But that's your calling. God gave you that. That was the thing that you were given, that's the mantel you're in charge of." And everyone's got a different mantel. So your calling might be different from mine, people come to me all the time like, "Oh, that charity's cool, but I support this." Like, good, I don't care who you support. Everyone's got different callings and they're all good. So I think we should be able to say, what's the thing that speaks to our heart that we're passionate about, and that's what we should focus our time and our energy and our money on, not... again, don't come with the guns saying, "Give me 50% because I think it should go over here." Josh: But what about the people though, that... let's pretend, and I have... guys, I love Elon Musk, I'm going to use him purely as an example. Clearly I have no idea what he does with his money. But let's pretend. So, Elon Musk and all his money... what if he wasn't charitable? Should the government, or anybody, be able to come in and be like, "Yo, you have so much money." Or Zuckerberg, or whatever. "You have so much money. We're going to... you got..." I don't know, he's worth $90 billion. Let's say he has $3 billion in liquid cash. I'm just... hypotheticals here. "You got $3 billion here literally sitting here. We're going to take that away and we're going to give you... you can have $500 million if it, but we're going to take $2.5 billion and give it to people who actually need it." Do you think that there needs to be some overriding law or power or something that's like, "Yo, you can't just hoard. You got to... if you have more than enough, you got to go and give it back." Or do you think that's a personal choice? Russell: I think it's a personal choice. Think about, how many jobs has he created? He's giving that stuff, and this is the reward for this risk and reward side of thing. And his $3 billion, let's say, what's his next thing? He's not just going to sit on it, that's stupid. For him, for anybody, right? Josh: Right. Russell: He's going to go invest in the next thing, he's going to create more jobs, do more things, to stimulate the economy in different ways. He's going to go and start PayPal, and then he's going to start Tesla, and then he's going to start sending rocket ships to space. A producer's going to produce, because they want to produce. It's the art for them. So let them create art because the byproduct of art is jobs, it is stimulation of the economy, all those things happening. And so for me, building funnels is my art. I couldn't care less about the revenue that comes from it. I need the revenue to be able to hire the teams and the people and the things that we need to be able to continue the art, to pay Zuckerberg, to show my ads on the thing. All these things are part of it. So I think, yeah, if he's sitting on $3 billion, it's just sitting there, but producers don't typically do that. They're reinvesting, they're doing stuff with it that creates more. Josh: I want you to come up with a story on the spot, go. Which you're pretty good at. But I want you to talk about that. Producers produce. I think that might be one of the... actually, I'm curious to know... I feel like that is one of the most misunderstood things about the ultra-wealthy. The people that are actually... not like, I inherited $200 million because I'm a trust fund baby. But the actual Elon Musks of the world, the Jeff Bezoses of the world, the Russell Brunsons of the world, what ultimately drives you to go keep doing more? You have all of the money. And I know... we talked about the... you want to contribute back part, but there's a million different ways you can contribute. Why do you do the things that you do? Because I feel like one of the misunderstood things is... and this is something I don't know how to explain it to people that don't know it, I told my fiance, I was like, "You should listen to Russell." Because I'm like, "I think like that." You know what I mean? If you don't understand me, maybe you could see it from somebody else and know that I'm not weird. I mean, I am, but there's other people like me, that think like this. But it's like, how would you explain to somebody that Elon Musk is going to do what Elon Musk does. He's Elon Musk. Zuckerberg, or whoever- Russell: Hank Reardon. Josh: Right, right, whoever. Russell Brunson. You're going to do what you do, because that's who you are. You build things, and the result of... because you need to build things, you need resources. So you're like, man, if I want to go build this thing over here, I need $100 million, or I need $10 million. I'm just going to go make that money, and I'm going to go do it here. And you're basically just organizing things. You're either creating or you're organizing. How does that mentality work? I don't think the average person understands that. And I think that's one of the big misconceptions of... because this goes back to the greed thing, and the reason I really don't like the word greed is because there is so much misconception about it, although I will say the definition says that it's probably that. Russell: It is a negative word... the connotation's super negative. Josh: But it's like, you don't exclusively do it because you're greedy. You did it because you don't know how to do anything else. You know what I mean? Russell: Yeah. Josh: Sorry, sorry, Alex Charfen… We can't turn it off, and we don't understand why anybody would want to. Russell: Yeah, yeah. Josh: Like that, that's the thing. Russell: If you think about it, it's creation. Why was man put on this earth? Were we put on Earth to wake up, watch TV, go back to bed? No, we have creative powers in our body, that’s how husband and wife get together and have children and create. That's the mission on Earth, we're always creating. Any of us, you get married, you create something, we need a house, where are we going to live at? And you create things to be able to get a job, to be able to organize matter, to be able to make, oh, we have a house now we can move into. And that's the thing, so many people though, they become... the word that Garrett White uses best, sedated. Where there's pain, and so because the pain, they're sedated, so they just sit in the moment of, they don't want the pain. Because the pressure is too heavy for the one point, it hurts so bad, they say, I have to stop. Versus what we talk about, over the last six years, I get destroyed, then increased capacity, then destroyed. And so there's two sets of people, there's the people that aren't producing, they're sedating, because they're afraid of the pain, nervous of the pain, trying to hide from the pain, I get that. There's been seasons of my life where I've felt pain and I just want to hide, and I have. And then there's seasons of your life, at least hopefully for most... and I wish everybody could experience it, because the opposite of it, when you're in the creation zone, when you're creating, you're doing it, it's hard, it's a different... both of them are hard, they're different hards, right? One is there's so much fear, there's so much just trying to get out of the pain, and the other one is just... you create to create, right? You can ask my team, we build a funnel, and for me, it's just like, look at this thing we created. We create a product or an event or whatever, and it's like, the creation of the thing, and sharing it with people, that's... I don't know. And I think it's the same way when I was wrestling, that was my art at the time, and I didn't want to do anything besides wrestling. When to tournaments and tournaments, I'm like, what's the next tournament, what's the next thing, kept doing that, kept doing that, my entire life, because that was the art. After awhile, you just want to keep performing what you're doing, right? And I think that if you can get out of that sedation that most people live in... I say the majority of- Josh: And I think that's the issue, that for you and I, we create. Entrepreneurs, funnel hackers, free thinkers of the world, they go out there and they create because it's like, that's what we do. Russell: Yeah. Josh: I don't think that's how most of the world operates. Russell: Yeah. Did you... initially, right, when they're born, they have that seed, that seed of whatever we call it, growth, greed, whatever, right? Something happens in life where they get the pain and they sedate because it's easier. I think that's one of the biggest problems, and I am anti-drug, anti everything that causes sedation, because most of the world, I see... especially in entrepreneurial community, where people could be doing so much more, but instead there's sedating with drugs or alcohol or weed or whatever, because it's like, let me take the pressure of myself. And man, what a tragedy. You could be producing and changing so many people's lives, but it's like, I need an outlet. The outlet causes sedation, it takes you out of your ability to produce. I think the majority of people, that's what they do. It drives me crazy, I see all the conversation on Facebook of... there's entrepreneur events where people come together, they literally... there's sessions, we talk about what mushrooms they use to hallucinate... it just drives me nuts. You guys are sedating to get out of this pain as opposed to stepping into the pain, creating and changing people's lives. So I'm very vocal, anti all that kind of stuff, because I think so many people, that's what they slip back into. One of the greatest blessings of my religion that I believe is I don't have these tools to sedate that most people use. And so my outlet is creation. If my outlet was drinking, if my outlet was drugs, if my outlet was these other things, I wouldn't have been able to produce, but I don't, so my outlet's got to be what, what is it? Production, let's create something amazing. And I think too many people let themselves off the hook and just, oh, I can create or maybe watch TV, or I'm going to go eat, or I'm going to go... if your outlet is something that sedates you, that's taking you out of your creative zone, I think most people slip back because it's easier, it's cheaper, it doesn't cause the pain. Garrett White's whole mission, Wake-Up Warriors, waking men up from that sedated state that most of our society are stuck into. That’s why I relate to him so well, because I see it in people I love, that I care about, like, you're sedated, if we could break you out of that and get you into production, you could change the world. Josh: Yeah, I think it's interesting. So, I have a coach who I think did that for me... I mean, I don't use Garrett White, which... that's an intense man, oh my word. Garrett, if you're listening, I would love to talk to you. Come on the show. I've always plugged him. Hey, if I'm ever going to get a guest... Elon Musk, if you're listening. Anyway. But I have a coach, Katie Richardson. You know Katie. Katie is... outside of my immediate family, and Leah, obviously, top three people that changed my life, Katie Richardson and Russell Brunson are two of those people that are in that top thing, right? So Katie is someone that I work with one-on-one. I don't think I was ever sedated in the sense of what you're talking about, but the opposite of sedation is being alive. Really, truly, coming alive, understanding who you are, what you are put on this earth here to do. And so the thing that I struggled with for the longest time, even from the beginning days of this entrepreneur, is right and wrong. I didn't want to do the wrong thing. I didn't want to tick anybody off, because that would be bad. Like, oh, man, you don't want to get into a fight, because that's bad. I don't want to make too much money because that might be bad. Or I don't want to say the wrong thing because it might be bad. So I lived in this black and white, is it right or is it wrong. Katie came along, and she's like, "Josh, there is no right and wrong." There is in the sense of moral right and wrong... I'm not going to go into that concept, but... universal truth, I do believe there's absolute truth. But in the sense of our everyday life, it's not so much is it the right thing or the wrong thing, it's what are you going to choose to do. But you can only know what you're going to choose if you're alive, if you know who you are, and you know what you're put on this earth to do. And that's why... it's funny, you might... I think you may know this sorry. So my brother dies, helicopter crash, beginning of 2019, kind of wrecked my whole life, ending up selling the company, sold the business to an investor, business partner took over, and Leah and I took off on our own. And it's supposed to be this four-month long trip where I was going to disconnect and figure out life and everything like that. And Christmas time, it's about a week before Christmas, and we're in the Philippines, in the middle of absolutely freaking nowhere. The nearest airport, hospital, anything, is six hours away. Absolute middle of nowhere. And Leah gets an intestinal eating parasite. She gets super, super sick. Can't sit up, can't keep food down. I'm like, oh my gosh, we're in the Philippines, middle of nowhere. So we go to the emergency room, and we get there and it's a cart... it's like a piece of plywood with two-inch foam, and there's no doors on the bathroom, no toilet seat, there's ants crawling... it's terrible, right? And so long story short, we end up having to cut our trip two months early, we lose tens of thousands of dollars in deposits getting her home or whatever. And I have no business at this point. We're supposed to be going for two months longer. I was supposed to fly home... I was supposed to come to Funnel Hacking Live, that was going to be our coming home. And I find myself in the basement of my girlfriend's mom's house, the night before Christmas, going like, "What am I doing with my life? How did I end up here?" I go through the process like, okay, I need a coach. And I go through and I interview a bunch of different coaches and I end up choosing Katie. And I'm like, "All right, Katie, you're going to solve all my business problems for me. You're going to help me make all this money, you're going to help me build this million-dollar business," and everything like that. And so the very, very first call, I'll never forget, the very first question, she's like, "All right. Vent. I know you need to." Just brain dump, vent for 20, 30 minutes straight. I'm like, "What's the answer?" And she goes, "Josh, who are you?" I was like, "Really? That's where we're going to start this whole conversation?" I just paid you 60 grand? And looking back now, that... and I do have a full circle with this. Looking back now, figuring out who I was gave me my permission to go do what I was called to do, without the fear of what anybody else thought. And I'm not trying to intentionally piss anybody off. I don't want people to actually hate me. But I'm so certain in what I'm doing and knowing who I am, that I know I'm a contributor to society. I know that I make the world better with what I do because I believe that everybody, deep down inside, God has given talents. And I believe that the thing that, whatever it is that you're good at, that you like to do or whatever, that's the talent that God gave you, and you have a choice on how you're going to go out and use that, and I believe that we should use that to serve Him. The problem is, is that I don't think... I think an overwhelming majority of the world has no idea who they are or what they're called to be. And because of that, the people like you or Elon or whoever, the producers of society, that know who they are, what their talents are, what they're called to do, things like that... you've seen my growth. You've watched me transition from this crazy little kid to this... that came by learning who I was and how I was contributing in the world and doing what I was called here and what I was put here for. So when you talk about sedation, I feel like that's the issue of, you're sedated, and so they don't even know who they are. They don't even know how to tap into it, they don't know how to understand it. Because of that, they look at someone like you, they look at someone like me, and they go, "Well, you're preventing me. You're taking away my ability to go do something, because you're taking all the money. You're taking all the opportunity. You have a category and the king of the market, so I can't go and do it then." To those people, this concept of, because you're successful I can't be successful, what is your response there? How do you interpret that? Russell: Yeah. Josh: How do you help someone shift and be like, just because I did it doesn't mean you can't. Russell: Yeah. It's interesting because... it's funny because for me it's such a foreign thing to understand that. I see that so many times entrepreneurs where, it's that mentality of there's not enough money, not enough opportunities or resources, whatever. You know this, I know this, and the bigger problem I have is there are so many opportunities, every single day... it's not that there's not enough opportunities, it's there's so many, it's like, how do you... I think when people start understanding that, look around. Learn some basic skills. The original DotComSecrets book I wrote because I'm like, if anyone took these principles, looked at any business, you could apply it and boom, it just works. It's magic. There's not a business on this... Adam’s Eye Care, I can see right there out the window... I can take DotComSecrets principles and blow that company up overnight. And so if you have these tools, you could do anything, you could sell phones, you could sell watches, you could sell books, you could sell podcasts. I think when people start understanding that, it's just education, they don't understand it. I have friends before who are like, “life's tough right now, there are no opportunities”. And I'm just like, what? There are so many opportunities, but you have to have the skillset that actually... can produce it. I think a big frustration obviously, I have, I think you have as well, is... and we talked about this a little tonight, with my kids... a lot of the things we were equipped with are school... the school system doesn’t equip you to be able to capitalize on opportunities. It doesn't, unless you're like, I want to be a doctor. Cool, this is the process, now you can capitalize on being a doctor or being a dentist, or whatever that traditional path is. To be able to walk in and make it rain somewhere, those skillsets aren't found in school. And you think about in any business, there's a couple personalities. There's the entrepreneur who starts it. Then there's the managers who are managing the people, there's the technicians who are doing the thing, and there's the rainmakers who come in and make money. If you learn that skillset... how do you become a rainmaker? How do you go in, and you can plug in any business, any opportunity, and you can turn it into money? And every door you walk past, there's opportunity. There's infinite, every human you see there's opportunity, right? People have to learn how to take the talent and learn how to market the talent. God gives us all different things. Some people... Kaelin Poulin, God gave her a gift to be able to help women lose weight. But it wasn't until she learned how to market that that it was actually now... now, the opportunity is huge. They’ve got, I don't know, 100 employees at her company, millions of women they've served across the world. Taking your God-given talent, learning how to make it rain, putting those two things together, now, unlimited opportunities. So I think a lot of times, we're given... and that's why I'm so loud about my mission, I try to share so much, because I believe that God's given everyone a calling. Says in the Scriptures, many are called, but few are chosen. Everybody's called. Everybody gets a calling. Everybody gets that tap on the shoulder. Everyone gets the opportunity. No matter where you're born, where you're... everyone gets the opportunity, you're called. Most people don't do it, or they don't know how to do it, because they have this talent, this hobby, this thing... and then what happens? They sedate, they hide, or they search. And if you search, you find the answer, and it's like, oh my gosh, now I can make this change the world. Josh: But do you think everybody has that talent though? Obviously, there's only one Russell Brunson. But I have discussions with my mom a lot. I have a great relationship with my mom. My mom always tells me, she's like, "Josh, not everybody's you. Not everybody thinks like you. Not everybody has to drive like you. Not everybody has the confidence like you. Not everybody has the..." and I'm like, you don't have to. You can do the same things, just in your own way. Russell: And everyone's got a different view of success, too. Josh: Right. Russell: One of my first mentors taught me that... when I launched my first mastermind group, he pulled me aside and he's like, "Your mastermind group's going to fail if you try to put your version of success on all those people." And I was like, "What do you mean?" He's like... it was funny, because he was in the room and he's like... I can't say names because some of you may know someone. He's like, "you see that guy, you know why he’s in the room?" I'm like, "Why?" He's like, "He wants to hear himself talk. That's why he's here. And if I try to force him to do something, he's not going to do it. That guy right there? He's here because he wants to hang out with the group and network people. You? You're here because you want to steal everybody's ideas, right?" He's like, "If you try to launch a mastermind, your goal is to build a $100 million company, you try to put that, your values on the people, you're going to make them all fail." And that was a big a-ha for me, everyone's got a different vision of success. Maybe your brother, someone, your sister... family member, may not think like you or be like you, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't mean they have to change a million people's lives to change the world. It could be they're a mom, and they can be the best mom in the world and they change their kid's life, that's a calling. Josh: And that's what I want you to touch on. I want you to expand upon that. Because I feel like... man, I hear so many arguments, I'm trying to figure out which one fits best here. But, "Josh, we need the plumbers of the world." Russell: Yeah. Josh: Right? We need the people who will come in vacuum the carpet. We need the people that'll just do the mediocre tasks and that are not important, and that'll do those in and out and in and out and in and out. And, yeah, that. Because I feel like... how do I say this. I believe that a majority of the people in this world are not living up to their true potential. A massive... overwhelming majority are not- Russell: I don't think anyone is, to be honest. I don't think I am. Josh: Right. Russell: Yes, so, yes, 100%. Josh: But, you're living far more potential like the average person is, right? And how I look at is, I go, hey, listen, not everybody can do what you do or what I do, or whatever. Okay... how do I bring it around so it’s more… clear? I’m going to use a political aspect of things, because I think that's something we can all understand. Hey, poor people, victim mentality people... that's a controversial... you know what I'm saying. But victim mentality people, or poor people, they don't think like that, or maybe they didn't have as good a schooling, or maybe they didn't have as good an education, whatever. They don't have the same understanding that you do. So shouldn't we help them see that they can go and achieve more? Or should they... is their version of success... what am I trying to ask? Russell: The answer's yes, we should be, and that's what we're doing. I heard some of the... before, they're like, "Well, Russell, you have a $50,000 or $100,000 mastermind group, I can't afford that, that's not fair." I'm like, "Yeah, but I also do a podcast two to three times a week, every single week for six years. I've written three books you can get for 10 bucks, or you can get them for free." There's levels of it. The thing is there's value everywhere and if you pick it up, it increases... and you actually apply it? I'm a big believer that God gives all of us stewardship over things. He'll give you an idea, he'll give me an idea, he'll give anybody an idea, or desire. Here's some desire for you. You look at these kids who are struggling, but they get desire to play basketball and then they become Michael Jordan, or whoever... the people, right, because God gives them desire, or give them ideas, or talents. I'm a big believer in my business life, as I've been doing this journey now for 18 plus years, is that I got ideas, and a lot of the ideas I didn't do anything with. But some of them I took, I got the idea, and I'm not naïve to think, oh, I came up with this great idea. These are blessings from God, he's like, here's an idea, let's see if you're going to be a good steward with it. I get the idea, and if I do something with it, He's like, "Oh my gosh, Russell's a good steward of ideas, let me give him another idea." And if I don't do something with it, He's like, "All right, let me give it to somebody else." All the stuff is happening that would've happened without... somebody would've taken it. But I was a good steward of the thing and so I got blessed with another one and another one and another one. And I think that's a big part of it. I don't think that God... I do think that He puts us all on different spots to start with- Josh: Okay, that's a fascinating concept. Russell: 100%. He's giving us ideas or desires, things like that, and He's watching, are you going to be a good steward with it? If you are, I'll give you more, if you are, I'm going to give you more. So people can go from the worst of the worst and become the best in the world, people can start the best in the world and be horrible. Because what do you do with the things you're given stewardship over? Josh: So, what you're saying here, which is actually a fascinating concept, is that... I'm going to use the idea for ClickFunnels for example. The idea for ClickFunnels wasn't yours, per se. Russell: Do you know how many people were trying to build a funnel software when we built ClickFunnels? Josh: I'm sure a lot. Russell: All my friends were. Everybody was. Josh: So you have this idea that is essentially open for anybody... anybody could go and take advantage of this idea, you just... you're saying God put this idea in your head... and he probably put this idea in 100 peoples' heads, or 500... 10,000 peoples' heads or whatever. But you're like, I was the one who answered the calling to be, okay, I'm actually going to take this idea and do something with it. And so because of that, it's not that you took it away from anybody else... anybody could've done it, you're just the one who went out and actually just chose to do it and bring it to reality. Russell: Yup. 100%. Josh: Okay. Russell: There's a... I wish... somebody shared it to me and I haven't read the book. There's a book that tells a story... there's an author who had an idea for a book, sat down and started writing it, and someone's going to know it... it's a famous book, people would know this, I guarantee someone on this chat knows this. Josh: Somebody comment below when you here it, what it is. Russell: The author's writing the book, and then stops, runs out of time, forgets about it. And then six years later, this new book comes out, becomes a New York Times bestselling book, buys the book, starts reading, and is like, "This is the book that I was supposed to write." And it was like, oh my gosh, I didn't take stewardship of the idea, I stopped, and so God gave it to somebody else. It's the same book, right, it's just I didn't finish it. And I 100% believe that. I think it could be an idea, it could be desire, it could be a million things, we all have these different gifts of the spirit, that are given to us, and they sit back and watch and see what you're going to do with it. Josh: I feel like that could give a lot of people permission to go out and do stuff, too, right there. That viewpoint. Because one of the things that I struggled with early on, which, to a certain extent, I think I still struggle with a little bit, not nearly what I used to... why me? Not in a bad way of, oh, man, why do I... but why do I get these cool opportunities? I live a pretty good life, you know what I'm saying? And I'm like, why do I get to have this conversation and not somebody else? Why am I the first person that gets to sit down with Russell Brunson and talk anything related to politics, ever? But it's like, that concept of simply because I chose to go do it. I chose to be the person that was capable of having this conversation, and became that person. And I think that because of that, what you just said right there, gives... to get people permission, you're not taking away from anybody else, and you're not inherently special. You are in your own way, but you're not... it wasn't... you're not the only person that could've built ClickFunnels. Russell: I'm shockingly average. You ask my wife, ask my parents... Russell is shockingly average. Josh: And you're actually super awkward to meet for the first time. Russell: Yeah. Josh: You know the first time... you remember the first time... I think I actually told you this, the first time I met you? Russell: Remind me. Josh: Okay, the first time I met you was at Grant Cardone’s 10X, the very first one. Russell: Okay. Josh: At the time, Grant had hired our team to do Instagram stuff. And this was super, super early on. I was dead broke. I couldn't afford to go to that conference if I wanted to. But because we were doing Instagram stuff, he gave us tickets. And we saw you get offstage and we're like, "Dude, I bet you if we run right now we can meet Russell." So we run downstairs and sure enough, there you are, coming down. And I walk up to you and I'm like, "Russell, oh my gosh, huge fan." And you're like, "Hey. Thanks." And we're like, oh, okay. We're like, "Can we get a picture?" You're like, "Um, yeah, I guess." So I go and normally when you go and take a picture, you put your arm around him, and things like that. You just literally just stood there. And I was like, I guess we're not doing that. And so there's this picture of me in… Russell: I gotta see this picture. Josh: I'll find it. I'll vox it to you. We're sitting there, I'm like... so, guys, Russell is- Russell: Is shockingly average. Josh: Is shockingly average, apparently. But back to the conversation, I remember what I was trying to ask. That was the very first time I met you. I was like, oh, man, I can be a millionaire, too. Russell: Before... I just want to... when I got started, this whole business, it was me and then I hired two of my buddies to come work for me, because they were the only people who cared what I was talking about. Josh: Yeah. Russell: And we're all working on this business, and I remember one of my buddies pulled me aside one day, and said, "The only difference between us two and you?" I said, "No." He said, "The only difference is you're in momentum, you're moving forward, so these opportunities keep coming to you because you're moving, moving, moving, moving." He's like, "We're sitting back here doing the thing, there's no opportunities coming to us because we're not moving." I think what you need to understand is when you're moving in forward, people are like, "Oh, you're lucky you came up with ClickFunnels." I'm like, "Do you know how many funnels I launched before ClickFunnels?" Over a 150. This is not 150 ads that are “create funnel in ClickFunnels, oh, that's a funnel”. It was me coming up with an idea, hiring a designer, writing a sales letter, putting the product together, putting the pages in FrontPage, uploading them through FTP, getting a shopping cart, connecting them 150 times. It took us three months on average through each one. 150 times before we came up with ClickFunnels. I was just moving forward, over and over and over and over and over while everyone else was sitting around waiting. Motion is the key. Josh: Yeah. Russell: The opportunities come. This is what I'm talking about with being a good steward. God gave me an idea for ZipBrander. Do you remember ZipBrander? No one does. That was the first idea and I was like, oh my gosh, ZipBrander. I found a guy in Romania, I paid him 20 bucks to build the software. I created, I got a thing... a header designed and a headline and a thing and I launched it, and I made 400 bucks. And then the next idea was this thing called Article Spider, do you remember the Article Spider? Josh: No. Russell: No one does. I paid someone a couple hundred bucks, I did that, I launched, I made 1700 bucks, and I was like, oh my gosh... Four Hundred Fortunes was number three. And then the next, and the next, and I could show you guys, I did this, I wrote them all... I went back in the Way Back Machine, I found all of them. Thing after thing after thing after thing. Idea after idea. The ideas pop in there, I execute on them, try and try, each one got better and better and better and better, and eventually, God's like, "All right, you're capable, you're a good steward, here's ClickFunnels, let's go with it." If you were to give me that initially, I wouldn't know what to do. It's the momentum, it's the motion that makes you worthy of the calling. And if you're not in momentum, if you're not moving forward, you're never going to get the calling. Many are called, but few are chosen.

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You want to hear what they say to me? Because they’re probably going to say something similar to you. On this episode Russell gives several examples of some of the angry messages he receives from people on social media, and gives some advice about what to do with it. Here are some of the insightful nuggets to look for in this episode: Find out why Russell doesn’t give too much thought to the haters. Hear what some of the things are that people get angry at Russell over. And see why the best advice to get through people who say horrible things is to get a thicker skin and learn to ignore them. So listen here to find out how Russell has grown a thick skin and learned to ignore the haters. ---Transcript--- What’s up everybody? This is Russell Brunson, welcome back to the Marketing Secrets podcast. Today I am in a huge van driving around Bear Lake and I wanted to share with you guys some thoughts because a lot of you right now are in the process of starting to publish, especially for the Two Comma Club X publishing program. We have you all publishing podcasts, and YouTubes and blogs, and a whole bunch of amazing things, and my guess, not just my guess, I know this is true, one of the biggest fears for most of you guys including those who haven’t started publishing yet, which is probably the reason why you haven’t started publishing yet, is because your fear about what people are going to think about you, what they’re going to say about you. So this episode, if that’s you and you feel that way, this episode is for you. So I want to come back to my goal with this episode, it’s funny because every time I tell someone to start publishing, they start doing it, the first thing that happens is they get beat up. You start getting people commenting, and usually the weirdest things are your friends and your family at first are like, “Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to grow? Why are you sharing? Just go back into your little cave and just don’t talk like you used to be. We liked you better that way.” That’s the first wave of the weirdness as you start putting yourself out there. And I remember going through that back 17, 18 years ago now where people are like, “Why are you doing these things? Stop.” And then after that, then as your voice starts getting louder, and you start getting better, and more people start finding out, you find this really weird thing. Number one, if you’re neutral nothing happens so it doesn’t grow. So I want to warn you again about that. Neutrality, while it may seem nicer and less annoying, it doesn’t help, it doesn’t get your message out there. If you really want to grow you start putting out there your thoughts and your beliefs and your message, and you create that polarity. And that polarity does one of two things. Number one, it draws people to you. The more polar you are, the more people will be drawn to you. But then the opposite side of polarity, when something is pulling toward, there’s also the thing that pulls away from you. And that’s the people who are going to freak out and not like you. And I get people all the time, “Well, it’s easy for you Russell. Everyone loves Russell Brunson.” And I’m like, “Oh, let me tell you.” So this is what this episode is about. I want to tell you that part of it. So I’ve been on family vacation right now. We’re down at Bear Lake with my kids, we’re having a good time with my family. And there’s a lot more down time here than I’m used to in my normal life. In my normal life it’s like, I wake up and I am running until I pass out at night. And that’s the pace that I set. In fact, I’ve got so many friends and coworkers and employees and people who are like, “Man, I do not know how you keep this pace up all the time.” But that’s kind of my pace and I love it and it’s like my normal thing. So here I’m at Bear Lake and we’re sitting at the lake and it’s like, there’s no pace. We’re on the sidelines just chilling and I’m freaking out. Must run, gotta create something, what do I do? So a couple of times I sneak my phone away and start looking at stuff and I go through all my messages and everything and then I’m kind of done. So I spent some time going, you know when you have Instagram or Facebook, it’s like your messages that your friends and family send you, but then there’s another tab of people who aren’t your friends and they message you, it just kind of goes in there. So if you want to them, you can. So I decided to explore in the other tab, and first off, I want to warn you before you look in that tab, if you think the comments that are public are mean and brutal, the comments on the other tab are even worse. And I want to caveat first off by saying, I know that people have it worse than me. So I’m not going to, in fact, I’ve got a friend, someone in our Clickfunnels community who was showing me, she gets men, men send her the most vulgar, horrible things to the point where I would love to fly out and just take these people out. Anyway, so I don’t get much of that, thankfully, so I do understand that there is worse. But I do want to give you a snapshot of what I saw today, because it’s kind of like that Adam Sandler movie where it’s like, ‘They’re all going to laugh at you.” Yes, there are going to be people laughing at you as you do this thing and they’re going to make fun of you and everything you say. No matter strong of a stance you have one way or the other, people are going to attack you. And it was just kind of a, today was an interesting day to kind of see some of that stuff, so I’ll share some of them. One of them was somebody, I was posting pictures of my kids, and me and my family on vacation. And this person had been sending me messages, and I didn’t realize this until I looked in the other tab and started scrolling up, for over a year. Hundreds of messages talking to me about how horrible of a person I am that I have 5 kids, and I’m causing over population and I’m killing the world and killing these things because I have these kids. You think like, ‘Oh Russell, you have this cute little family and your kids are so awesome. And you’re a dad who’s trying his best to help raise them in the best way.” all these kind of things. But it’s like, no there’s people on the other side saying you are ruining the planet because you have so many kids. This other one where we had just gone to Waffle Me Up and we did take home because Covid rules, you can’t eat at a restaurant, so they put them in these Styrofoam, not Styrofoam, they were actually like cardboard boxes. I don’t know. So we brought them home, we were eating them, and I look at this thing and I went to the other folder, and there was a message from some guy and I start reading it. And there is hundreds of messages over the last two years of this person commenting on every single thing I’m doing that’s destroying the environment. Talking about how the plastic forks were, “How can you care about these other causes when you’re destroying the environment with your plastic forks? And you’re this thing and you’re that thing.” And I had a picture of my jeep, I saw a month earlier, and it’s like, “You’re destroying the ozone layer with that jeep.” And just ripping on me, how horrible a person I am because I use basic products, just stuff. There’s that one right. I’m trying to think of all of them now, there’s so many. Oh with, right now as I’m recording this, it’s world trafficking day, so I’m talking about OUR and how we’re raising money. And you’d think that would be a positive thing, like “Hey Russell, you’re trying to save kids from sex slavery. That’s a noble cause, you should do that.” And you think that everybody in the world would be like, “Yes, Russell that is a good noble cause.” But it is not the case. Instead what happens is there are so many people that are angry with me. Saying, “Oh Russell, you’re a white savior, trying to save these little kids. Blah, blah, blah.” Thing after thing after thing. “Why don’t you care about people in your own home town? There’s problems happening in your own town? Why do you have to go help people outside the country?” tons of negative around that. And then I had other people that were yelling at me because I had shared Jermaine Griggs post who is one of my black friends who spoke at Funnel Hacking Live and he made a really good post about kind of his struggles with stuff. So I posted that, and somebody yelled at me, “Why are you concerning yourself with these kind of topics when there’s kids being taken away, sex slavery. You should be focusing on those efforts.” I literally am doing both, I’m trying my best here. Anyway, that’s just a small sprinkle. It goes on and on, every post I make, as I see in my other folder, I’m getting attacked by at least 10-15 people. On every one, no matter what I post. Positive, negative, family, good things, bad things, raising money for charity, it’s the wrong charity. You’re helping these people, you didn’t do it right. On and on, it’s crazy. So I’m sharing this with you guys because an earlier Russell, 10 or 15, 20 years ago when I was getting started in this game, a lot of this stuff would have been too hard to for me to handle, it would have been, I probably would have stopped. I would have said, “It is not worth this.” But now that I’ve been doing this, this long, I’ve gotten pretty thick skin. And I care more about the missions than the haters and the people that are talking against it. And I understand that there’s so many soap boxes and so many things, and the reality is I agree with almost all of the people. Yeah, I should be doing more things for the environment, yes I should be doing more things to help kids get out of sex slavery. I’m doing my best. Yes, I should….. Everyone’s platforms are good, but it’s just when people take you trying to focus on the platforms that you’ve chosen and attacking your for those things, because it’s not the ones that they have. And I just want to remind all of you guys who are listening, first of be aware of that in yourself. If somebody, if their mission is to help people with anxiety, or help entrepreneurs, or help kids, or whatever their thing is, let them do their thing. That’s their calling, that’s what their gifts were created for. That’s what God called them to do that thing. So let them do that thing and be proud of them, even if it’s different from the thing that you’ve been called to do. Just because you’ve been called for this mission and that mission doesn’t mean you should be focusing on the opposite, or yelling at people because they’re not focusing on your mission and the thing that you care about. The guy who’s yelling at me about having my car, and having plastic things, that’s a great mission. That’s his calling and he should run with that. But cutting down other people because that’s not their mission shouldn’t be, isn’t going to help your mission grow. It’s like taking on the mantle, taking extreme ownership of it, and then running, and giving, and serving, and doing the thing that you’ve been called to do. Not criticizing people for following the callings and the missions that they’ve been called to do. Kind of an example is the other day Matt Maddix, who is Caleb Mattix’s dad, Matt’s awesome, he, I actually shared a really cool podcast a couple of weeks ago with you from him about the questions that he asks and it was, anyway, awesome podcast. Matt messaged me the other day and his mission that God called him to do is to work with fatherless kids and people in the streets, all sorts of stuff like that. And he shared all these things and was tagging me in everything and I messaged him, I said, “Hey man, I love this. It’s not my calling. My calling is to serve entrepreneurs and to serve people through these charities that I’ve already, you know, that I focus on. But man, I love you and I respect you and I support you because I know that’s your mission, I know what you’re trying to do. I will pay, I’ll give you money, I’ll give you time, I’ll help support your mission. But it’s not my mission, that’s your mission. I can’t go all in. I’m not going to spend the rest of my life doing it because it’s not my mission. These are the ones that I’ve been called to focus on.”But I support him and I love him and I’m grateful for him being the one who took the mantle and ran with those things. So I want you guys to understand that, because it’s funny, most of the people yelling at me, they weren’t people who didn’t have good intentions, they did, they just, I don’t know, wanted to attack my good intentions for whatever reason. A couple of other things I noticed in there, one was, and this one is interesting, if you guys don’t know Rachel Hollis, Rachel, she’s struggling right now because, I’m not going to go into her details, but I remember she was telling me when her first book came out, Girl, Wash Your Face,  and Rachel is very Christian. And she said it was funny, the people that were closest to her, people who were other Christians, other Christian women beat her up more than anybody else. She’s like, “These are the people I was called to serve. I was trying to help. The people that I’m trying to help, the people like me were the most brutal.” And beat her up the most. And it’s interesting I got a message in my other box again from someone who’s husband started studying my things, so she got nervous and started following me and followed my instagram. And she’s like, “Because I looked at your account and you follow some people on Instagram who..” anyway, who she disagreed with. So she forbid her husband from following me anymore because she didn’t agree with some of the people I follow on Instagram. And I was like, “What?” I was so confused at first. So I went to my friends list, and I don’t have a ton of friends on Instagram, and I’m looking and I’m scrolling through it. And if you guys know what I do for my business, obviously, I’m a marketing guy and I help coach people in every market. So I help tons of people in the financial market, tons of people in the health and fitness market, tons of people in supplements, all these different things. So I follow the people that I coach and I also follow a lot of the influencers in all these different spaces because I want to understand the market so I can be a good coach and good mentor for these people that I work with. So I’m looking through it, and yes, some of the people I follow in the health and fitness space, some of my clients and my friends, they post pictures of them flexing at competitions, and some of them are bikini contests and they flex onstage and these things, and stuff like that. I’m like, “Is that what’s negative or something else?” I was looking at the OUR and there’s Tim Ballard sharing pictures of kids they’ve saved, like that. And I’m like,”Is that what it is?” I couldn’t find what was so negative but she was so upset about someone I was following because of whatever, I still don’t understand the reason. And she was like, “I’m an LDS.” So she’s Mormon like me and she’s like, “I’m just like you, and I can’t believe another LDS man would follow these people. So I’m forbidding my husband to learn from you because of that.” I’m just like, “I’m so confused.” It’s just so hard. So I think, a couple things. Number one, for all of us listening, stop judging each other. Everyone is here on a different mission, different calling, different thing they’re trying to do, love them and support them. Number two, quit judging people because of stupid stuff. Judging me because I follow some of my friends and clients on Instagram because I’m trying to coach them and help them and show them how they can increase their ads and things like that, and judging me because you didn’t like those people. That’s so weird and so against everything I believe in and you believe in and we should all believe in. And then the seconds side, which is kind of the more focal point of this, is just understanding. It happens to me, it happens to everyone. The fact that you start talking and sharing and publishing stuff, you’re going to get beat up a little bit. It’s going to be hard at first. I would encourage you to try and delete things, ignore them. Don’t rely upon it until your skin gets thicker and thicker. Because if you’re not careful it will stop you from continuing your mission, which is the biggest tragedy. You’re here to try and change some people’s lives, and if the people that are fighting against you, if they keep you from doing that, then they won. So while you’re waiting, while you’re getting your skin thicker, just delete those things, ignore them, forget about them, don’t focus on them. Focus on the positive. Focus on the people that are getting the right messages. Focus on the things that, you know, the positive reinforcements you get from your work. For me, I take pictures on my phone of every single positive thing that someone says about me, and I have a folder in my google images, and I have on Voxer, I star all the ones that people send me positive feedback. And on those days where I get beat up or I’m tired and I’m like, ‘Ah, why am I doing this?” I go back and I listen to them and I read them and those are the things that fuel me and keep me moving forward. So just be aware of that. It happens to the best of us, for everything. For me having too many kids I get beat up. For me using a plastic fork I get beat up, for me following my friends on Instagram, I get beat up. For every little thing, you’re going to get beat up. So just ignore it because it doesn’t matter. It’s not them that matters, it’s the people that are listening to you whose lives are being changed because of your message, your mission and the things you’re putting out there. So keep doing it, don’t stop. We need you, we need your voice, we need your message, your people are waiting to hear from you, so don’t stop. Keep doing it and it’ll be worth it in the end, I promise you that. With that said, I appreciate you all, thanks so much for listening, for paying attention and I’ll talk to you all again soon. Bye everybody.

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Listen in behind the scenes of a Voxer message that will change everything for you. On this episode you’ll get access to a private Voxer message between Russell and Matt Maddix about the three questions he asks people that make him a better leader, father, and husband. Here are the three questions to listen for in today’s episode: What can I keep doing? What should I start doing? What should I stop doing? Listen here to find out why these three questions are so important when it comes to making you a better leader, father, husband, and person. ---Transcript--- What’s up everybody? This is Russell Brunson, welcome back to the Marketing Secrets podcast. I have something that I’m really excited to share with you, you guys are in for a treat today. So I’ve been working with Matt Maddix on a really cool project. He and Caleb, they do a lot of really cool work in the streets helping people who are homeless, people who have lost fathers, things like that. And I wanted my kids to have this experience, so I’ve been working with Matt to set up a time for my kids and I to fly out there and literally live in the streets for 3 or 4 days and work with the kids and help and serve. I’m really excited for that, so I’ve been working with him kind of getting that coordinated and scheduled. And at the end of one of our conversations, he voxed me this question that was just like, it kind of caught me off guard and I was like, huh. And I sat there and I thought, for like 15 or 20 minutes I thought about it, and then I responded back and gave him my answers. And as I gave him my answer I was like, “Man, that was like the most effective, efficient questions ever.” And I started thinking, I could use these in so many more situations. I could use them with my wife, with my kids, with people I work with, in all situations. It’s such a powerful thing. So afterwards I messaged him and I was like, “Can you vox me the story behind those three questions because that was amazing and I think this is something that everybody in our community needs to understand and to learn and to utilize.” So basically the questions he asked me, I’ll go through them really quick, and then we’ll jump into the actual episode. So the first question he said, “Hey, if you could answer three questions for me. The first question is what do you wish I would keep doing? Number two, what do you wish I would stop doing? Number three is what do you wish I would start doing?” He told me, “I used to ask Caleb that question as a kid, you know every..” I can’t remember, every week or every month, and he’s like, “The way I became a great dad is because Caleb taught me how to be a great dad by answering those questions consistently. And I was like, “Oh my gosh.” If I want to become a great leader, I gotta learn how to ask those questions and my people will teach me how to be a great leader. If I want to be a great spouse, I need to ask my spouse, my wife those questions, and she’ll teach me how to be a good spouse. And if I want to be a good father….I was like, oh my gosh. This is so powerful and so cool. So that’s the three questions, we’re going to queue up the theme song, and when we come back you guys are going to have an intimate listen in on a vox back from Matt Maddix, explaining the three questions, how he used it, and how it’s transformed his life. I hope this tool is something you can use. I’m so excited about it. I’m going to be using it literally every day of my life from now on. And I want to thank Matt Maddox for sharing it with me. And hopefully this tool will be beneficial to you as well. Matt: Good morning. What’s going on, my friend? Congratulations on yesterday, I prayed God’s blessing and favor. Caleb and I took a trip and we had a long chat about you, and just love you guys. I was actually sharing with him, because I actually asked him, it was something I did as a dad and it just kind of came from me. I just, I asked Caleb a lot of questions, so when he was younger I said, “Caleb,” I said, “Here’s what dad’s going to do.” I said, “I’m going to ask you three questions, and here’s what’s cool about these questions. The rule is this, you get to say anything you want, and first of all, Dad’s not going to get one bit upset. I’m not going to get defensive. I’m not going to get my feelings hurt. I’m actually going to be so thankful that you gave me this feedback.” And I said, “You’ve got to give me at least one thing and then you can give me as many as you want.” So I would start off with, you know, these questions are like, “What does Dad need to keep doing? What do I need to start doing? And what do I need to stop doing?” and sometimes how you ask him whether you need to start off saying, you know, “What do I start doing, what do I need to keep doing, what do you want me to stop doing?” I think that was the pattern I would usually go with. So when he would say, “You know Dad, I wish you would stop correcting me in front of my friends.” I would say, “Okay, well first of all Caleb, thanks for sharing that. That helps me because I didn’t know that bothered you.” And then you know, it created conversations where I could get even deeper feedback and it made him feel validated. And plus it really did help me, when I asked this to my wife or to my son, or to my business partners, my friends. It’s like the rawest form of feedback you can get. And it’s so healthy, you can grow. So anyway, it just made me an amazing dad. So then I’d be like, “Okay Caleb, thank you so much.” And it’s very important that you’re at a setting where you’re taking a walk, or that you can really be in that moment. And it’s not just in passing, but it’s you know, we treat it like it’s kind of sacred. So anyways I would say, “Okay, what do I keep doing? Give me some things…” and of course a lot of times kids might say, “Keep telling me, keep…” you know whatever, “Keep taking me to get ice cream.” I don’t know. But actually one time he’s like, “you know dad,” he said, you know, “Keep writing letters because you don’t realize it, but I love these letters that I get in my lunch box, but my teacher reads them to all my class. So not only are you encouraging me, you’re encouraging all my friends.” So like, I didn’t know that. He shared with me the teacher, it just was awesome how he did that. But anyway, so then one more would be like, “Okay, well tell me what I need to start doing.” And that was my favorite because like, “Okay, what I mean by start doing is give me one thing I can do as a dad to make you feel safe, or make you feel more loved, more encouraged, whatever it is, what’s something I can do better? Give me one thing.” And I remember one time Caleb said, “Oh dad, you always tell me you’re proud of me. But it would mean a lot to me if you would be specific and tell me what you’re proud of me for.” So that taught me a lot. So those three questions to your kids, to your wife, to your business partners, to those that are closest to you, in fact, I’m doing a deal right now where to those that are closest to me, I’m going to ask them all the same questions that I asked you. I have a whole list. I’m like, ‘Hey, I want you to tell me. I will not get hurt. I will not justify it, will not defend. I won’t get mad, I won’t pull away. I won’t give you the silent treatment. I’ll actually be so grateful, even if it’s the rawest feedback.” You know, like yours. Had I not asked you that question, like you helped me grow. You helped me be a better leader. That potential, that feedback gave, saved me millions of dollars and helped me advance the mission forward. Anyways, that was kind of my flow with it. I think it’s healthy for everyone to do it. And of course, obviously this requires you to have that humble personal growth mindset that, I want feedback. I want to know that if I do something that causes my kids, a lot of times kids won’t say it. I read a book one time called, “Keys to your Child’s heart” and it talks about how to get your children to open up. And it’s, these are the little things that we can do as parents to get us, even with our teen. It makes them feel heard, it makes them feel validated. And then by you thanking them and making conscious effort to make sure that, “hey, you know what, I took your feedback to heart.” Even yours Russell, I’m trying to like, the feedback you gave me about not coming across so strong so I don’t isolate other people, that was so valuable for me. Like I tell people all the time, “Dude, how’d you get to be such a great dad?” that’s deep, but the number one secret is, “Caleb taught me how to be a great dad.” because I would ask him, ‘Hey, you know, even though I needed to correct you..” and we would talk through it. It was just like constant communication about everything, which was huge. And just constantly listening to the requests that our children give, on how they’re motivated or inspired or whatever it is. But anyway, I just thought I would throw that in there because it was definitely a huge breakthrough for us, because for me as a dad, or even as a boss, the more feedback I can get that’s safe, then that only makes me a better leader, a better dad. And it does bond you with your wife, your kids, your teen, when there’s that ability to just share all three. Because all three are healthy, because one of them is like, “Hey, this is what you’re doing amazing.” The other one is like, ‘Hey, this is a blind spot. You don’t realize this.” As your wife, your kid, “I want you to stop doing this.” You know, I still ask Caleb, this was hard for me to ask him as an 18 year old young man, but I still do it. Even on the way here I was like, “Caleb I want you to tell me. You’re not gonna…” you know, I did it exactly the same way I did and anyway, there’s a bond that takes place when they feel heard, but also it’s encouraging for me to say, “Tell something that I can, give me one thing I can start doing.” Then you’re learning. So then you learn what, what do I keep doing? What do I do that makes you feel loved? What do I do that makes you feel motivated or whatever? But anyway, I love you man, let me know anything else you need from me. Keep up the amazing work. We’re here for you 24/7.

In this episode, I welcome Kaci Brown to interview me on my own podcast. The idea for this was first put into my head by Matt Maddix, and I decided to try it out by asking people on Facebook if they would be interested in interviewing me. That’s how I found Kaci.We’re going to dive deep and I’ll get very vulnerable, emotional, and honest about my past, upbringing, and all the life experiences I’ve gone through to be where I’m at today. Hopefully, this will help you along your own life journey, in achieving your desired goals.Key Points Discussed:Growing up with seven siblings and the greatest perspective shifts (03:45)How travelling across the country as a kid helped form a strong foundational work ethic (12:47)How his parents taught him extreme personal responsibility (16:56)Starting out with a 9 to 5 despite being an entrepreneur at heart (22:39)The big shift that redefined success and what life should be about (34:22)Josh’s goals, what this part of his life has opened up, and digging deeper (44:22)The definition of impact and shifting the way that people believe (55:10)The next phase in life after the 14 country tour (01:02:11)Planning for the future and avoiding instant gratification (01:08:08)Being misunderstood and looking at things from a whole picture perspective (01:11:14)You can find the transcripts and more at www.thinkdifferenttheory.com/129--Be sure to follow me on Instagram @joshfortiSubscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts.You can find this episode plus all the previous episode here.Be sure to grab a copy of The Mindshift Playbook here.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In the episode, I welcome Matt Maddix, father of Caleb Maddix, to the show. We talk about God, cussing, drugs, religion, purpose, and the "breakdown" that he had. I grill him hard on questions about why he did what he did, why he did it the way that he did it, and his reasons behind it. It’s going to be a mind blowing show that you won’t wanna miss. Stay tuned. Key Points Discussed: Living in the now and doing great (01:27) Teaching an eight year old to be a speaker (07:05) Growing Apex for Kids to 12,000 paying members in just 7 months (16:35) The blind leading the blind in a toxic society (22:38) The church model is broken (29:44) The meaning of Christianity to Matt (38:42) Books and other sources to determine truth by (42:01) Psychedelic experiences and their impact on us spiritually (47:09) Energy is about surrendering and connecting to God (59:38) Looking at the core fundamentals of absolute truth (01:17:24) A relationship with God is the most important thing (01:26:43) Powerful people don't need positioning (01:40:38) Matt’s purpose in life (01:54:44) You can find the transcripts and more at www.thinkdifferenttheory.com/102 Additional Resources: Can't Hurt Me By David Goggins Matt on Facebook Matt on Instagram -- Be sure to follow me on Instagram @joshforti Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. You can find this episode plus all the previous episode here. Be sure to grab a copy of The Mindshift Playbook here. If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

"Who you become is determined by who you hang out with and what you read. And the highest paid people in the World, if you look at what they have in common, is that they read a lot." Matt Maddix taught his son Caleb from a young age, about the power of reading books and the importance of personal growth to live a fulfilled life. Matt Maddix is the author of 10 books, an international speaker, co-founder of Maddix Publishing and the father of young entrepreneur Caleb Maddix.  When Caleb was just a kid, he started to reward him with $20 dollars for every personal development and business book he wrote and wrote a report for. That helped Caleb become more confident and turned him into a Millionaire by age 16. Connect with Matt on Instagram! @MattMaddix Follow Me on Instagram: @CarolinaMillan Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinamillan/  FREE Personal Branding ebook: http://personalbrandingsecrets.me/ebook  Work with Carolina: https://go.workwithcarolina.com  Interview with Caleb Maddix: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-hustle/id1342475863?mt=2&i=1000410580749  Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a 5-star review and subscribe!  Share the podcast on your social media by going to http://beyondthehustle.com 

The Foundation - Russell recaps the first day of Funnel Hacking Live, the biggest tips, tricks, and insights, as well as how we lay the foundation for the rest of the event. On today’s episode Russell recaps day one of Funnel Hacking Live 2019. Here are some of the amazing things you will hear in this episode: Find out who the speakers were and what they spoke about. Find out how much money was raised for both Village Impact and Operation Underground Railroad. And see how much money Russell’s own mom was able to raise by making a quilt for the event. So listen here to see what you may have missed at Funnel Hacking Live 2019, on day one. ---Transcript--- What’s up everybody? This is Russell Brunson, I want to welcome you to the Marketing Secrets podcast. I’m going to be talking about Funnel Hacking Live, so for those of you guys who were there, it was amazing. I’m going to recap some of it. For those who weren’t there, I’m going to talk about what you missed. And that’s the game plan for today. Hey everybody, so I can’t believe it’s over. Funnel Hacking Live is done. It is insane how much went into that. How much stress, and time, and energy and effort, and then it’s done, just as fast as it comes, it’s over. And it’s crazy. I was going to record a podcast, I stayed in one day late, and I’m like, “I’m going to record a podcast once in the hotel room.” And then I was just beat, and I didn’t. And I was like, “I’m going to do it when I get home.” And I haven’t. And it’s been over a week now, and I’m finally having some time to spend and be like, okay I’m going to talk about this. So I wanted to kind of share it with you guys. So for those of you guys who were there, you know it was amazing. We did it in Nashville, and we’re also, by the way, going to be in Nashville next year, which is really, really cool. So if you haven’t got your tickets yet, go to Funnel Hacking Live.com and get them. But we’re going back to Nashville, and it’s cool because the place we stayed at, the Gaylord, the Opryland Gaylord, or whatever they call it, it’s like this village, the whole thing is in this huge dome. And there’s like 22 restaurants, there were all these things. So all of our Funnel Hackers were there and what’s cool, this year we did, we actually paid extra for our signage. So we had the whole thing wrapped in Clickfunnels stuff. My face was everywhere, it was kind of embarrassing. Like on the boats, there’s a boat ride you can ride through the canals, and my face was on the boats. And funnel hacker sign everywhere. A big old sign that says, you know, “Welcome Funnel Hackers.” It just made it feel like you were in this little Clickfunnels community or village or something like that. It was so, so cool. And what’s cool is because we’re going to the same place next year, we already have all the signs done, so we’re going to put those up, plus more, and make it even bigger and better next year, if that’s possible. But it was cool, just very giggly. It felt like you came to like Clickfunnels land, like you know Disneyland you go and stay in different places, which made the experience just so, so cool. And I did a podcast probably 2 years ago, year and a half ago about creating a world. And I talked about it after the Disney, probably a year ago then, after Disney. How Disney didn’t just create characters, it created a universe. It’s kind of fun because inside of our community, we’re doing those same things, there’s characters, there’s all these people you guys know, we’ve created this universe. And it was special. Alright so I’m going to walk you through, I’m going to kind of go day by day and talk about some of this stuff. And it’s tough because I feel like I’m doing a disservice. I want to give everyone’s presentation to you again so you can hear it, unfortunately can’t do that. But I want to go through that so you guys can kind of just hear some of the big lessons, the big takeaways that I have, as a whole. Basically, the first night, the night before the whole craziness happens, we do a big event. We do a big dinner with the inner circle, and people who actually won a Two comma Club…no excuse me, it was just inner circle and our speakers. We took them out to the Rock and Roll Hall, not the rock and roll, the Country Music hall of fame, which was so cool. We saw all the gold records on the wall, which look just like Clickfunnels Two Comma Club records, only not as cool, because we’ve got commas in ours and they don’t. But it was really cool to see all that, and then we had a big dinner and we had some country singers come and sing to us. So it was just, it kicked off the whole event, the whole everything, which was really cool. And then from there, we drove over to the Blake Shelton’s Ole Red Restaurant. We went over there and then we had the inner circle there, the Two Comma Club, then the Two Comma Club X members were there, Two Comma Club winners were there, 8 Figure Award winners were there, it was this huge party with a live band, and we just hung out. Well, honestly I took pictures for like 3 hours with people. But everyone else hung out, had fun and danced, it was such a good. It was like the pre-frame of how the whole event started. So then, the next day was Wednesday. We woke up, we had registration in the morning. And we don’t start until noon because it gives us time to get everyone checked in and processed and all that kind of stuff. I remember walking in the room and it looked so cool. The stage was amazing, the room was huge. We had just shy of 4500 people who came. Which, 4500 people in our community are crazy. And it’s funny because the week after the event, or the day after, there was another, probably the other big event in our industry. And I’m not going to talk about that specifically, other than just like, people who went to both of them are just like, “Man, the energy in your room is just insane.” When people come in, they sprint to the front. Everyone was running and piling in and finding seats. The energy is high. It’s like a rock concert from the second it starts until the last day. And nobody stays in the halls, it’s crazy. The last day, we’re four days in, and looking out and the room was still completely filled. And everyone’s like, “There’s no on in the hall just networking.” There’s networking that happens, but it’s not like a networking event. It’s a learning and networking event. You know what I mean? So it’s cool. Anyway, we open the door and people run in. It was fun because I had my mom and my dad there. So they were sitting on the front row. And I give my very first presentation, which was all hook, story, offer. And we actually streamed that one live because I wanted people to see what they’re missing out on, cause a little FOMO. Marketing Secret number 107, I don’t know, creating FOMO. So we actually streamed my presentation live, which was in the Facebook group, and I think I’m going to be putting that here in the podcast, so you can hear it. But I was really, really proud of it. It’s called hook, story, offer and how that relates to the perfect webinar and stuff like that. And it was fun because I did the whole thing and we brought Todd onstage, talked about the Clickfunnels state of the union, we talked about the updates, and then  I went deep into hook, story, offer and just taught it. And it was funny because my mom has never seen me speak from stage ever. And afterwards she was like, “You’re really good onstage. You’re funny and you tell stories so well.” And all this stuff. I’m like, “Yeah Mom, this is what I’ve been doing for the last 15 years of my life.” It was just kind of fun to have her there, and have her experience it. So anyway, I’m not going to go too deep into that, because you’ll hear that presentation here hopefully in the next couple of episodes, which will be really fun. And I got done, I talked about hook, story, offers, how you grab a customer, bring them into your world, but then after you get them in your world, then you’ve got to serve them like crazy. So the next person I wanted to have speak was Stacy Martino. Stacy runs a company, they’ve helped save over 10,000 marriages, her and her husband Paul. And they are some of my favorite people I’ve ever met. They don’t teach marketing, they teach relationship stuff, right. But they are amazing marketers. And they had like a 91% renewal rate on their $14,000 a year program and I was like “How do you do that?” She said, “Well, we use your value ladder concept, but we call it the Customer’s Yellow Brick Road.” So she did this amazing presentation about the Yellow Brick Road, here’s how you take someone on the yellow brick road, on this journey. They want to come to Oz, they want to see the wizard and you’re the wizard. So it’s like, how do you take them and how do you get them going on this yellow brick road. And honestly, as the person who wrote the chapter in Dotcom Secrets about the value ladder, I was like, she came off stage and I gave her a hug, and I’m like, “You taught the value ladder better than I teach it.” Which is actually fun for me, because I’m actually going back right now and re-writing Dotcom, not re-writing, I’m updating Dotcom Secrets and Expert Secrets with some really cool new things that I wanted just to plug in there. And I’m going to be using some of the stuff she taught on the Customer Yellow Brick Road, in that section, because I think it was so powerful, the way she taught it. And how your customers want to come to Oz anyway, so you serving them and helping them along that journey, help them get there, which was really cool. So after Stacy came off, then I was like, okay, now some people don’t even know how to create an offer, how they do it, so I had Stephen Larsen come in and he belongs onstage. He just, he’s good at, he loves it. You can tell. And he came and talked about offer creation. But offer creation, he does a three day event on offer creation, so he can go deep, but specifically I wanted him talking about red ocean/blue ocean. If you’ve read the Expert Secrets book, I talk about how you’ve got to find the red ocean, but you’ve got to create your own blue ocean. A lot of people got stuck and confused on that whole process, and what Stephen talked about, most people focus on trying to build a blue ocean. And it’s like, no you go and study the red ocean and that gives you all the answers of how you then create your blue ocean. And I think it was a really, really powerful presentation to help people understand that because if you really want to be a category king and you really want to dominate your market, you can’t just be fishing in the same red ,bloody waters as everyone else, with the same offer, same everything. It’s like you have to create something unique and different and new. And when you do that, that’s when you create a blue ocean. But how you create the blue ocean is you study the red ocean. And he talked really deep about that, which was awesome. Then after Stephen got done I had Alex Charfen get up. And I had Alex get up because at one of the inner circle meetings, I think I did a podcast about this, he talked about defending and advocating for your customer. And oh man, when he shared that I was like, I want a presentation on that. So he came and gave an amazing presentation about that, which was interesting because all of us talk about how we build a following, how we build a movement, how we get all these people into our world. And the biggest thing is you have to first off, figure out who your customer is. You’ve got to be obsessed with them and love them. And then you step back, and your content you put out there is defending and advocating for them. That’s what causes attraction, because every customer base feels like they’re different, feels like they’re weird for some reason. So for you to come in and defend them and advocate for them, is what gets them to be attracted to you. I think of all people I’ve ever seen this, with entrepreneurs, Alex has done this the best. He has this book, Entrepreneur Personality Type and his podcast Momentum. If you listen to the intro of the Momentum podcast, it’s all about defending and advocating for your customers so they come to you, they’re attracted to you. And I think it’s so fascinating, that whole study. You could write books just on that concept and it was fun to have Alex sharing that. How do you defend and advocate for your customers so they are attracted to you. So for you guys to ask that question, how do I defend and advocate for a customer. All the content I’m putting out should be focusing on that. After that, then I had Nicholas and Amanda Bayerl come up, which they joined our inner circle last year so I, the first time I met them in person was less than a year ago. And I just love them as a couple and as business owners and as people. And one thing, when you hear Nicholas speak, he speaks poetry almost. He says these things and you’re like, “Where did that come from?” And the first inner circle meeting, he said something. He said, “Your mess becomes your message.” And I was like, “Oh my gosh, that’s so powerful.” I struggled with marketing so I studied and geeked out, and my mess that I was bad at became my message. I look at Stacy Martino, with the relationship stuff. She was about to go through this break up with Paul, and they had this horrible thing, and then she fixed that. So her mess became her message, and now they’ve saved over 10,000 marriages. And I could go through this with all these, Alex, Stephen, with everyone who spoke, that’s a common theme. You realize your mess becomes your message. So they talked about that, then they also had Nick’s wife Amanda come up because part of it is, okay you’re in this relationship with this person you love and you’re trying to change the world and your mess becomes your message, but how do you navigate that as a couple as well, which I think was a really unique presentation that was so cool, so cool. I remember one of the things he said onstage was like, “I need to take a second for the most important thing.” And then he gave his wife a kiss onstage. I was like, ah, so cool. Anyway, theirs was amazing. And then, after Nick and Amanda got done, I had Matt Maddix come up, some of you guys may not know Matt, but I love him. He is, a lot of you have probably heard of Caleb Maddix, Caleb spoke at the second Funnel Hacking Live, and at the time I think he was 15 years old, and he was killing it online. And I had a chance before that to have Matt and Caleb fly out to Boise and spend time with them. And I just really connected with Matt, on a really personal level. I want to be a good dad, a good father, but it’s hard, especially with business and life and all these things. And I watched how Matt worked with Caleb and just, I was like, not I don’t think envy or jealousy is the right word, but admiration. I was like, I wish I could do that better. I wish I could do what he did. Just some of the little nuggets I got from him, back a couple years ago was, when the other kids were getting paid to do chores, he was like, “I’d rather have Caleb go and read books, like personal development, success books.” So he started paying Caleb to read personal development books. He paid him $20 for each success book he read. So I started doing that with my kids. It’s like, now they’re reading books that are putting good stuff into their brain. That’s way better than like, “Go learn how to weed the garden.” That’s important right, but it’s like what’s going to help serve them long term, them understanding good personal development tactics or them weeding a garden? So it was interesting, so I had him come and speak about how you raise a young entrepreneur? How do you support them, how do you serve them? And he came onstage with typical Matt Maddix energy and was insane. He came off pouring sweat. And ugh, I love it. It was so cool this year, all the speakers, I was nervous about some, because some I had never seen speak onstage before, things like that, but it’s like, every single person came and just nailed the landing, nailed their presentation at such a high level. It was so cool. Then after that, then Todd and I came back onstage, and we brought Stu and Amy McLaren up, some of my favorite people in the world, and we showed a video from us taking a bunch of Funnel Hackers to Kenya. We took like 20 Funnel Hackers to Kenya last year. So we showed the video about that. Some of you know inside of Clickfunnels we donate one dollar for every funnel that’s built to Village Impact, which builds schools in Kenya and things like that. So we gave Stu and Amy a huge check. Not a little check, a huge check. It’s like 8 feet long by 5 feet wide. I did it because Stu always videos himself on Instagram taking the check back home. So I’m like, I gave him the biggest check ever and I feel bad because he wasn’t going home, he was going to California and then somewhere else. But he filmed himself checking the check, because it was too big to carryon. And it made it back to Toronto, to Canada, which is amazing. We gave him this huge check for like $133,000 for Village Impact, which was cool. And then after that we had Tim Ballard come out and we showed the preview for the new OUR video which is called Operation Triple Take. So we showed the preview for that, and then I made an offer for people to donate to OUR, and over the weekend we ended up raising a million dollars for OUR, which is amazing as well. I want to thank everyone who helped support that. But we made an irresistible offer and people went crazy for it. In fact, my mom even made a quilt, a funnel hacking quilt, and we brought it up onstage and we auctioned it off. I think it went for $78,000 and all the money went to OUR. So my mom was part of it, which was really cool as well. And then we broke to, we called it the Funnel Rolodex event, which I don’t know if we’re going to do this next year or not. But we had 20 people or so who had booths, and we fed everyone dinner, and everyone went down there and hung out and networked and met all the vendors, it was a really cool thing. And they did that for two hours, and when that was done, then everyone came back and we watched the new documentary Operation Triple Take, which was really cool. And it’s interesting because the first OUR movie was all about Tim Ballard and OUR and all the people involved and the Haiti mission, and if you haven’t seen it yet, if you go to ourfilm.org, you can go watch it for free. Or, it’s on Amazon Prime now actually. So just go to Amazon Prime and type in Operation Toussaint, or OUR will probably pull it up as well. And the first one was very emotional, like everyone bawled their eyes out. The second one was not emotional, but it was tactical. It was interesting, it was the biggest sting operation ever. They hit three cities at the same time, three different sex trafficking rings all at the same time. And they arrested, I don’t know, like 100+ people, saved a couple hundred kids, so this huge thing. So this one was more tactical, but you got to see behind the scenes of an actual huge sting operation and how it works, the setup and the tactical and the thing. And it was really, it was fun to see as well. It was different, it wasn’t emotional, but it was cool to that part of it as well. When that got done it was like 11 o’clock at night and I was like, I can’t believe that was day one. That was the first half of a day, it was insane. And I don’t think anyone who was in that room, their life wasn’t shifted and altered. It was really, really special. So that was day number one of Funnel Hacking Live. So I think I’m going to do an episode for each day, because that would be kind of fun. Especially since that was the shortest day and we’re already 15 minutes in. So with that said, that was day number one of Funnel Hacking Live. The next episode I will talk about day number two. Thanks so much you guys, and I will talk to you tomorrow.

Life, religion, and ayahuasca?   When you’re talking with friends, nothing is off limits.   In this episode, Matt Maddix and I go deep on a variety of topics that others might normally consider “not appropriate for podcasting.”   But what I’ve come to realize is that unscripted, unedited, raw, and real conversations are the best conversations.   That’s what we deliver in this episode. Enjoy the show :)  

On this podcast Casey Adams interviews 16 year old entrepreneur, Caleb Maddix for a second round. Caleb gives his best tips and tricks on staying PRODUCTIVE. Incase you didn't know who Caleb is, he's an author, social media influencer, and the world’s #1 success and entrepreneurship mentor for kids.He is the leader of the #1 movement on the planet for kids who want to become successful called "Summa Success!"He is the author of six books including Keys To Success for Kids and How To Have Unstoppable Confidence. Maddix has made over $200,000 and has impacted millions of people in the process. He created the #1 movement for kids who want to be successful, called Summa Success.Caleb was been voted in “The Top 20 Most Motivational Influencers on the Planet.” as well as “The Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30.” and was recently voted by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of "The Top 8 Must Follow Entrepreneurs On Instagram."He has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Success Magazine, Fox News, & Entrepreneur Magazine.He has shared the stage and connected with the likes of, Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, Russell Brunson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Lewis Howes, Kevin Harrington, Darren Hardy, Jake Paul, Grant Cardone, and many other influencers.Maddix is passionate about impacting kids, homeless, and single mothers. He has been on over 53 missions trips and is the co founder of the non profit and movement, Maddix Missions.Caleb resides in St Petersburg, Florida, with his father Matt Maddix. Subscribe to The Rise of The Young Podcast. As we are showcasing some of the most creative minds of this era, and will be providing you with actionable steps to help transform your life & business.

Welcome to The Rise of The Young Podcast hosted by 17 year old entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and influencer Casey Adams. On this podcast Casey Adams interviews 16 year old entrepreneur, Caleb Maddix. He's an author, social media influencer, and the world’s #1 success and entrepreneurship mentor for kids.He is the leader of the #1 movement on the planet for kids who want to become successful called "Summa Success!"He is the author of six books including Keys To Success for Kids and How To Have Unstoppable Confidence. Maddix has made over $200,000 and has impacted millions of people in the process. He created the #1 movement for kids who want to be successful, called Summa Success.Caleb was been voted in “The Top 20 Most Motivational Influencers on the Planet.” as well as “The Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30.” and was recently voted by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of "The Top 8 Must Follow Entrepreneurs On Instagram."He has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Success Magazine, Fox News, & Entrepreneur Magazine.He has shared the stage and connected with the likes of, Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, Russell Brunson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Lewis Howes, Kevin Harrington, Darren Hardy, Jake Paul, Grant Cardone, and many other influencers.Maddix is passionate about impacting kids, homeless, and single mothers. He has been on over 53 missions trips and is the co founder of the non profit and movement, Maddix Missions.Caleb resides in St Petersburg, Florida, with his father Matt Maddix. Subscribe to The Rise of The Young Podcast. As we are showcasing some of the most creative minds of this era, and will be providing you with actionable steps to help transform your life & business.

Today we sit down with 15 year old CEO Caleb Maddix & his father Matt Maddix, to discuss all things passion, purpose & profit. The duo share their incredible story, message & advice to the world for those looking to have a more meaningful impact in their life & business! Our interview goes deep, covering everything from how this 15-Year-Old CEO has authored 9 books, earned 6-figures, saved dozens of teenagers from suicide with his inspirational video content & how he's also been invited to speak publicly on stages around the world with legends like Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Robbins, Russell Brunson & many more!!! We also get an amazing cameo from his father Matt as he shares what it was like to raise Caleb as a single father, while instilling values of personal growth & development that would take both of their lives to the next level! Truly a dynamic duo making a massive impact in the world!!!   Checkout Caleb's book: https://amzn.to/2KMrCpa   Follow Caleb Maddix: https://www.instagram.com/calebmaddix/ Follow Matt Maddix: https://www.instagram.com/mattmaddix/   -----CONNECT WITH OMAR HERE----- TEXT OMAR HERE : +1 (310) 855-3771 Follow OMAR On Instagram Here https://www.instagram.com/omar_therockstar/ BUSINESS INQUIRIES, SPONSORS & FAN MAIL PLEASE EMAIL: Productions@OmarElattar.com   Join The FREE "VIP" List Here For FREEBIES, BEHIND-THE-SCENES & DAILY WISDOM FROM OMAR & THE TEAM HERE: https://podcastmastery.org/optin-main

How do you make $200,000 by the age of 15? Hear from father-son duo, Caleb and Matt Maddix, as they share their wisdom on work, life, writing, and hustling. They truly live to grind! A few highlights from this interview include: - Why Matt did not allow Caleb to play video games as a child. - Caleb’s favorite story filmed for Facebook, which has generated over 10.7 million views. - How reading has shaped Caleb’s worldview. - How to get out of your comfort zone and to things that challenge you. - Why writing a book is the easiest way to develop expertise. - An inside look at Caleb and Matt’s publishing company and how they can help you self-publish. - Caleb and Matt’s top three tips to bring you top-level success.

Caleb Maddix is 14 years old. He is the Author of best selling, “Keys to Success for Kids,” founder of Kids 4 Success and Kids with a Mission. Caleb is a sought after Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, as well as Co-Host of Maddix Motivations and Host of “Keys to Success for Kids.” Caleb has been seen with such entrepreneurs as Grant Cardone, Brendon Burchard and Gary Vaynerchuck. He has been a guest on Cardone's "Power Players," and frequent guest on all things Cardone. In his first year in business, Caleb has cleared $75,000 and has a goal of being a millionaire by 16 and billionaire by 30. Caleb proves that age has no effect on success, but rather the drive to make it happen. Caleb lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his dad, Matt Maddix. Caleb is on a Mission to motivate and educate kids across the world as well as end childhood obesity.   Caleb's Favorite Quote:"The Gun that kills most people is the Gunna."   Caleb's Favorite Book:The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be   Link's From Today's Show:Keys To Success For Kidshttp://calebmaddix.tvhttps://www.facebook.com/calebmaddix13

Caleb Maddix is 14 years old. He is the Author of best selling, “Keys to Success for Kids,” founder of Kids 4 Success and Kids with a Mission. Caleb is a sought after Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, as well as Co-Host of Maddix Motivations and Host of “Keys to Success for Kids.” Caleb has been seen with such entrepreneurs as Grant Cardone, Brendon Burchard and Gary Vaynerchuck. He has been a guest on Cardone's "Power Players," and frequent guest on all things Cardone. In his first year in business, Caleb has cleared $75,000 and has a goal of being a millionaire by 16 and billionaire by 30. Caleb proves that age has no effect on success, but rather the drive to make it happen. Caleb lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his dad, Matt Maddix. Caleb is on a Mission to motivate and educate kids across the world as well as end childhood obesity.   Caleb's Favorite Quote:"The Gun that kills most people is the Gunna."   Caleb's Favorite Book:The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be   Link's From Today's Show:Keys To Success For Kidshttp://calebmaddix.tvhttps://www.facebook.com/calebmaddix13

Caleb Maddix is 14 years old. He is the Author of best selling, “Keys to Success for Kids,” founder of Kids 4 Success and Kids with a Mission. Caleb is a sought after Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, as well as Co-Host of Maddix Motivations and Host of “Keys to Success for Kids.” Caleb has been seen with such entrepreneurs as Grant Cardone, Brendon Burchard and Gary Vaynerchuck. He has been a guest on Cardone's "Power Players," and frequent guest on all things Cardone. In his first year in business, Caleb has cleared $75,000 and has a goal of being a millionaire by 16 and billionaire by 30. Caleb proves that age has no effect on success, but rather the drive to make it happen. Caleb lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his dad, Matt Maddix. Caleb is on a Mission to motivate and educate kids across the world as well as end childhood obesity.   Caleb's Favorite Quote:"The Gun that kills most people is the Gunna."   Caleb's Favorite Book:The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be   Link's From Today's Show:Keys To Success For Kidshttp://calebmaddix.tvhttps://www.facebook.com/calebmaddix13

Caleb Maddix is 13 years old. He is the Author of best selling, “Keys to Success for Kids,” founder of Kids 4 Success and Kids with a Mission. Caleb is a sought after Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, as well as Co-Host of Maddix Motivations and Host of “Keys to Success for Kids.” Caleb lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his dad, Matt Maddix. Caleb is on a Mission to motivate and educate kids across the world as well as end childhood obesity. http://kids4success.tv/ If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes. It helps our show get found, and I truly appreciate it.  Also, the way this show grows is by word of mouth.  or rather you sharing on social media, talking to friends, tweeting about it, posting on Facebook.To stay in touch with the show, get detailed show notes, and subscribe to my email newsletter, visit DavidRachford.com/podcast.  I've got a great info-graphic I just released that shares the 5 simple tools I used to lose 50 lbs in 6 months, just subscribe to my list and I'll send it over.  I won't spam you, I just send out a weekly email to keep in touch and share some things I'm working on.

In this sermon, Matt Maddix shares with us how to have spiritual success!

In this sermon, Matt Maddix shares with us how to have spiritual success!