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So they just have this mentality of I'm
going to be here for the rest of my
life. And I started asking the question,
what would it take? No What
would it take to give them an empowering
mindset?
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This isn't us at Impact Theory being in
a bubble. There is a whole world of
hyper successful entrepreneurs for whom
it's not enough to have made a ton of
cash. They really want to do something.
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What is up my dear impacts? We just got
here to Miami, Florida. Came in on the
red eyee. If you pay attention to the
social media space at all, chances are
you have definitely heard of Grant
Cardone. And we are about to go in here
to see Grant Cardone for his show Power
Players, which I'm really excited about.
And it is hilarious to me that his
offices are actually in a bank.
I recognize that guy. How's it going,
man? It's a pleasure to meet you.
Appreciate you coming in.
Oh, appreciate you having me.
Thanks a lot. Where where did you grow
up before your billion dollar
valuations? Okay. And serial
entrepreneur. Where where did you grow
up? What was your
Yeah, I grew up in Tacoma, Washington. I
was taught to be a good employee, which
meant keep my head down, do as little
work as possible, and avoid punishment
at all costs. And uh who taught you
that?
My parents. God bless them. Uh they I'm
not a born entrepreneur. My parents were
not entrepreneurs. That just wasn't how
they saw life. They were way more
focused on safety, security, take care
of the family, and if that meant that
you had to backseat your own ambitions,
and that's what you did. But
um I had a lot of ambition and was so
deeply passionate about film making that
there was sort of no stopping. I mean,
how early was this? How
I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker at 12.
USC film school statistically is harder
to get into than Harvard Law.
Statistically, I'm not saying you have
to be smarter, just the number of people
that apply that get accepted.
So, it's very, very hard to get in. Get
into film school doing well. My first
couple films get the attention of some
of the other students in class. And so,
in your class, only four people get to
direct a thesis film in your senior
year. So, I felt like I'm either a good
filmmaker by birth or I'm not. And so up
until my senior thesis film, everything
was telling me, "You're a talented
filmmaker."
And my senior thesis film told me a very
different story. And they said, "You're
a terrible filmmaker." And so now I was
like, "What do I do with that?"
Do you think I just want to talk about
the fixed mindset?
Yeah. Yeah.
Because I've had other people sit here
and say, "Look, you're either an
entrepreneur or you're not."
Gary V, who I consider a dear friend of
mine, it's ironic because we are
aggressively opposed on this, even
though I see eye to eye with him on so
much. Yeah,
I don't think anyone is born anything.
So, I think that you have natural
inclinations. So, there are things that
you're going to get early wins on.
Yeah.
So, Gary clearly got early wins from an
entrepreneurial standpoint. And so, it
just made sense to him to go take the
flowers and sell them back. And I
totally get that.
Um, but
the human animal has become the apex
predator for one reason and one reason
only. We adapt better than any other
species. Once you begin to realize that
the human animal is an adaptation
machine, that what makes us great is our
ability to put ourselves under stress
and then physically and mentally adapt
to that. Then it's like, okay, what are
my goals? And now what do my goals
demand of me? And then you work
backwards to identify the skill set that
you need to acquire.
And check out the podcast, Impact Theory
Podcast. Thanks for watching today.
Awesome, dude. That was good.
Thank you, sir. Thanks for having me on.
Love that. They will love that. That's
gonna get him jacked.
Nice.
I just want to introduce myself. Hi,
Conas. I'm a huge fan.
Oh, thank you so much. What a pleasure.
Yeah, I see. I see all of your impact.
I love everything. You're such a great
Thank you.
So calm at the same time. You're killing
me. I love it. It's like so great. So
great.
All right, we just wrapped
the shoot here with Grant Cardone. It
was a lot of fun. And I was actually
really surprised by his interview style
with me. He's definitely one of those
interviewers that goes wherever he
thinks the interview needs to go. There
are things that he and I agree very much
on and things that we disagree, but in a
fun way. So, I really had a good time,
unlike most interviews that I've been
on, uh, because he's very present in the
interview. A lot of interviewers, and
oftentimes I'll include myself in this,
um, you try to be invisible and so
really having somebody there that's
going back and forth with you, I
actually really enjoyed. So, that was a
lot of fun. I hope you guys enjoy uh the
full interview. And now the man behind
the camera, Mason and I are going to go
get some beautiful stills that we can
turn into some more empowering content
for you guys. And welcome to Miami
Beach, everybody. Be very beautiful.
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It has been Planes, Trains, Automobiles,
and Grant Cardone. It was a lot of fun.
I had such a blast on his show. Really a
good time. I cannot wait for you guys to
see that interview. I enjoyed the life
out of Miami. It is warm. It is humid.
It is all things that I consider
beautiful. You don't have to go home,
but you can stay here. Be legendary.
Peace.
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