Second Half Comeback with DG Gregory DG Gregory

If you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, Geoff Woods can show you how to change those five people to people who are living the life that YOU want to be living.

Geoff is host of The Mentee Podcast and is in the middle of his own second half comeback as he goes from full time medical device salesman to entrepreneur.

He describes his talent as "helping others accelerate their progress by showing them how they can go out and surround themselves with the right mentors and the right ideas.

In our conversation, Geoff shares how his wake call came when a 35 year old coworker had a stroke and the following week his company changed his commission structure which effectively slashed his income by a whopping 40%!

Geoff realized he was at a crossroads and needed to start creating passive income to ensure that his family was financially secure in the event something happened to him or the income from his "day job".

But how?

Geoff goes on to tell the amazing story of how he discovered the "Secret Knock" and met a number of amazing mentors that have changed his live and upgraded his own inner circle!

We go on to discuss strategies and tactics that YOU can use today to start upgrading your inner circle and find life changing mentors.

Some of the quotes and highlights of this conversation include:


Ask yourself: Are the five people you spend the most time with leading the type of life that you want to live? Are they where you want to be in 10-15 years?
Three steps you can take immediately to start upgrading your inner circle.
"80% of what you need is already in your network."
"Look at the people you already know as a degree. They are one degree from you but you don't know who is one degree from them."
Learn the three possible outcomes of reaching out to your current network and telling them that you are looking for mentors.
What one simple line can you say to a potential mentor to show that you are deserving of their time and attention?
How to overcome the limiting belief that successful people don't have the time or interest in helping somebody like you.
What is the single most important thing you can do to provide value to a mentor so that you both get the most value from the relationship?

You can find out more about Geoff Woods and The Mentee Podcast as well as get a free mini course called "7 steps to a 7 figure network" at Geoffwoods.com

 

Jeff has even offered to jump on a call with my listeners if you have any questions or want more information on upgrading your inner circle. You can book a call with Geoff at Call Geoff.

Cole Hatter wanted to make a difference in the world so he pursued becoming a firefighter until a terrible accident stole his health and his dreams.

In our conversation Cole tells us about his struggle to overcome this serious injury and the loss of his firefighter dreams by starting a highly lucrative real estate investment business with his dad.

Thanks to perfect timing, a smoking hot California real estate market and a ton of hard work, he was crushing it to the tune of six figures per month as a 22 year old!

But then Cole had to face his second major setback as the global financial crisis of 2008 crushed his real estate business. He was struggling to keep his family business above water and became so stressed out and disenchanted that he had to quit the family business and vanish to Mexico to regroup.

It was while in Mexico that he started working for a non-profit building houses for homeless Mexican families. This gave Cole his first taste of working for a purpose.

Cole soon had a life changing revelation. While sitting in his car playing guitar, he had a moment of clarity and realized he could have a much more significant impact if he could fund charitable causes versus simply volunteering as a laborer.

He soon returned to the U.S. with a renewed sense of purpose that helped him not only turn his real estate business around but also become a award winning professional speaker who has earned several million dollars speaking to organizations all over the world.

Now Cole Hatter wants to teach you how to start a purposeful business and get rich in the process.

Don't wait to get rich to make a difference but rather make an impact as you get rich.

He is now organizing a world class, 3 day event in Las Vegas called Thrive: Make Money Matter. It's happening October 16,17 and 18th at Mandalay Bay. World class speakers including Gary Vaynerchuk, James Altucher, Lewis Howes, Adam Braun, Tucker Max and many more will be teaching us how to make money, protect our money and make our money matter.

Here's the most amazing part...100% of the profits from Thrive: Make Money Matter are going to one of our favorite charitable causes, A Human Project.

You can learn more about A Human Project and it's founder Wes Chapman in Episodes 9 and 10 of Second Half Comeback: Listen Here

Here are a few of the takeaway lessons from this episode:


"I don't have a duplicatable formula other than I worked my freakin butt off...when you are working hard, things happen!"

The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.


What separates those who have only ambition and those who actually succeed  is only some are willing to grind it out.
"You can make excuses or you can make money but you can't make both."
"We are all wired to have meaning in our lives. We want meaningful relationships. We want to do meaningful work...we are designed to want to matter!"
"People think that making money and making a difference are separate things but they don't have to be."
You can build a business around making a difference.
"At the end of the day, let's not just make money. Let's make a difference!"

 

If this episode and Cole Hatter's message resonated with you, I highly recommend that you join me in Las Vegas, October 16,17 and 18th for the Thrive: Make Money Matter event.

You can find out more about Cole Hatter, listen to his podcast, or book him as a speaker at Cole Hatter.

 

 

Today's episode isn't so much an interview as it is a conversation between two friends, two entrepreneurs, who are busting their ass everyday to build businesses and better lives for themselves, their families and their audiences.

Mike Goncalves and I met online and are in a small group mastermind together. He has become a friend, my go to fitness expert and someone who holds me accountable and puts a boot in my ass when I need it.

I thought you guys would enjoy and benefit from ease dropping on our conversation about the daily challenges of staying healthy and building a business from scratch, little by little, while juggling the challenges of everyday life.

No sugar coating here! Just an inside look at two second half comebacks in progress.

It's not always pretty, It's often just hard fucking work but hopefully this conversation will give you a few ideas how to battle through and keep taking daily action towards your goal of a better life.

Mike has a background running a brick and mortar health and fitness business as a personal trainer. He built and ran this successful business for 10 years in San Diego but had to leave the business behind to return to Boston for personal reasons.

He was forced to start from scratch in Boston. He had to get a "real job" to pay the bills and began trying to figure out how to create an online health and fitness business so he could still help the friends and clients that he was forced to leave behind in San Diego.

The Wellness Bucket was born!

The Wellness Bucket is a "community where people want to feel their best, look their best and ultimately live their best lives."

Check it out here: The Wellness Bucket

A few of the things that you'll learn from this raw, in depth conversation are:


You'll get an honest look at a day in the life of a entrepreneur. How does mike structure his day to ensure he is always making progress on his business while juggling the demands of a job and busy life?
Learn Mike's technique for switching gears between his day job and his passion project.
Learn 3 strategies Mike uses to make sure he stays motivated and disciplined to do his most important work.
We talk about our techniques for "getting in state" and flipping the switch to ensure that we get things done even when we don't feel like it.
Mike discusses his "Compound Interest" philosophy
We discuss tips for avoiding overwhelm and taking daily action.
a psychological hack that can help you become the type of person who does the things you dream of.
The importance of making connections including focusing on "lateral connections".
and finally how to overcome the dreaded Imposter Syndrome!

I enjoyed this conversation so much that I'm going to encourage Mike to be a regular guest on the show.

Whether you are hustling to build a side business, leave your day job to start a business or have left your job and are deep in the trenches of building your own full time business, I know you'll relate and find tons of value in this episode.

I think this episode is a great follow up to the James Clear Episode as we talk about some of the same concepts of habit transformation for both health and fitness and business.

You can still get the Free Audio Lesson from that episode here:

Click Here for a free audio gift! "10 Minutes to Transform Your Habits"

Please make sure to check out Mike and his awesome work at The Wellness Bucket.

If you enjoyed this episode please share with your friends and family and drop us a note and let us know that you'd like to hear more of Mike on the show!

 

As always, I'd love your feedback at DG's Email

This week’s podcast features my interview with James Clear from http://jamesclear.com/. It’s basically a mini course on transforming your habits and self improvement for entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives.

James is one of my favorite online personalities and his blog is one of the few that I read religiously.

He is a entrepreneur, weight lifter, photographer and an expert on transforming your habits.

He writes about psychology and habit formation as it applies to business, entrepreneurship, health and fitness, and creativity.

I was actually pretty nervous about interviewing James. In fact, immediately following the interview, I was pretty disappointed in myself because I wasn’t sure I had crushed the interview.

I beat myself up pretty bad! I felt like I had blown my big chance to interview one of my online idols.

I didn’t even listen back to the interview for weeks. I sat on it because I was embarrassed that I had fucked it up.

But recently I forced myself to sit down and listen to it. Guess what I found?

It’s good...Really, really good!

I’m not saying I was good but James was great and most importantly the information was truly valuable.

It’s jam packed with strategies and tactics that you can start applying today to transform negative behaviors and easily build new, positive habits that will truly transform your life and business.

I was tempted to do a lengthy, detailed breakdown of all the great strategies in this post but there is simply too much to cover without making this “show notes” post insanely long.

Instead I’m going to give you just a quick overview of some of the topics covered here so that you will listen to the interview or it will serve as a quick recap if you’ve already listened.

I've also put together a free 10 minute audio download that is a quick recap of a few of the highly actionable lessons from our conversation

Click Here for a free audio gift! "10 Minutes to Transform Your Habits"

Here’s Some of the Highlights

Keystone Habits

James explains that a Keystone Habit is a behavior that helps pull the rest of your life in line. We discuss that for him that habit is weightlifting and for me it’s getting up early.

Morning Rituals

Morning rituals are key because you can get your important stuff done before the urgencies of the day hit and while your will power is still at it’s peak.

Habits vs. Routines

James makes a distinction between habits (such as biting your nails) and routines (such as going to the gym). We discuss how you can make it easier to do those routines by making the beginning of the behavior more automatic. For example if you want to run 2 miles when you wake up, lay your running shoes out and prep your water bottle the night before...then you can just quickly slip on your shoes, grab your water and head out the door without much thinking or effort. “It’s sort of like an on ramp for your behavior. By making the beginning more mindless and automatic, you make it easier to follow through.” “We often think motivation is something you need to feel before you get started but what we really need is to just make it more automatic to get started.” “Typically we don’t fail after getting started. We fail to get started at all!” “Motivation often comes after you begin not before.”

Behavior vs Results

In the beginning, the most important thing is to build the behavior not get the result. It helps to focus on building the behavior of becoming the type of person who works out and doesn’t miss a workout first then worry about the performance and outcome.

Systems vs. Goals

Most people are 90% goals/results focused and 10% systems focused. James makes a persuasive argument as to why it should be the other way around. “The goals will show up anyway if you commit to the system” He discusses three ways that systems are more powerful than goals.

Short Term Feedback Loops

“The best strategy for long term behavior change is short

This Monday Motivation podcast episode is about overcoming the "C" Word...Comfortable.
Let's face it, Change is easy when you are miserable and your back is against the wall. The challenge of the second half comeback is that most of us are fairly comfortable. You've spent the past 15-20+ years of our lives building a decent life for yourself and your family.

Your back isn't against the wall.

It's against a comfortable couch!

As a result, you quickly lose the desire and ability to step out of your comfort zone. you're afraid to risk your comfortable life. Your risk muscle gets weak. You get soft.

You're comfortable. Stuck. Hopes and dreams on the back burner.

[shadowbox]You're fucking wasting your life sitting on a couch in a subdivision watching t.v.![/shadowbox]
I hope that scares the shit out of you! Let's do something about it. It's time to bust out of this life sucking comfort zone!

Here are a few of the key takeaways and lessons from this episode:


The best way to escape the comfort zone is to simply start practicing stepping out of the comfort zone.

Take small steps out of your comfort zone and take them often.
Rebuild your risk muscle.


Get comfortable being uncomfortable.

Don't worry about the outcome.
Improving your ability to step out of your comfort zone IS the outcome.


Pretty much everything you want in life and business lies just outside of your comfort zone...You just need to step outside and grab it!
If the sum of your life is based on the decisions you make and the actions you take then you are living an unfulfilled life mostly because you are unwilling to be a little uncomfortable.
Many people go to their graves full of regrets and unfulfilled dreams simply because they didn't want to be a little uncomfortable.
Most people say they would take a bullet, literally give their life, for their family but yet most won't regularly do the things that make them a little uncomfortable...That's fucking crazy!

Your mission for the week is simply to practice stepping out of your comfort zone. Pay attention and recognize the times that you are playing small and clinging to "comfortable". Take small steps outside of your comfort zone.
Feel the discomfort and do it anyway. Act like your life depends on it. Act like your families future depends on it....because it does!
Thanks for listening! We'll see you next time!

 

Today's episode of Second Half Comeback is the very first episode of Team Building Tuesday. It's basically just an introduction to the concept and an explanation as to why you should strive to surround yourself with excellence.

The episode is pretty much self explanatory and doesn't really require show notes so let's just go with a brief overview of the concept.

Every Tuesday, Second Half Comeback will feature a short 10-15 minute episode that is focused entirely on the concept of building yourself an "Inner Circle" or a Comeback Team if you prefer.

The episode will features cutting edge strategies and tactics for finding, connecting and teaming with extraordinary, like minded rockstars using all the amazing modern day tools at our disposal.

Many of the episodes will be solo episodes but I will also feature some interviews with Super Connectors and utilize excerpts from previous interviews.

This is not old school "networking". This is "Connecting for Success" in the online era.

[shadowbox]"If you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with...Don't fucking waste your life with average people"[/shadowbox]

 

Let's meet back here every Tuesday and learn a rock solid game plan for surrounding ourselves with a team that will help us crush our second half comeback!