1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,320 Dave Alvin, tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:13,040 I know it's been a long haul. 3 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,240 And there's been so many things that 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:20,580 have happened along the way that has brought me full circle. 5 00:00:20,580 --> 00:00:24,200 And it has changed the trajectory. 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,040 I mean, obviously being called the number one firework 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:33,120 instructor in America or the world, whatever, came. 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,800 It just showed up. 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,840 I didn't know when I went to my first Tony Robbins 10 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:47,240 seminar in 1995 that I would be part of influencing 11 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,280 a half a million people. 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,200 Everybody from people that people know, Oprah, 13 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,920 and whether you like these people or not, 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,920 they just came to the events, right? 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,880 Usher or Pitbull or Chuck Liddell or Debbie Gibson 16 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,120 or you know what I mean? 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,440 The people that came, there's a lot of celebrities, 18 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,940 a lot of actors and actresses and rock stars 19 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:15,760 and professional athletes and Olympians. 20 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,320 And so again, it just kind of evolved. 21 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,800 And it was such a beautiful ride. 22 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,360 But what happened, though, again, 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,800 is that the firework that night, and so what led up 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,480 to the firework happened seven years earlier. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,360 That firework didn't come to me for seven years. 26 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,440 So on June 8th of 1988, I woke up that morning 27 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,120 and I was grossly addicted to heroin and cocaine and alcohol 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,240 and cigarettes and chocolate chip cookies. 29 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,840 Now, I've still got a problem with chocolate chip cookies. 30 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:49,480 I'm just saying. 31 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:50,440 I mean, OK. 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:50,960 Right? 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,440 All right. 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,480 The drugs and the alcohol have left me, 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,080 but man, them cookies are still out there, man. 36 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,440 So it was decision time. 37 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,400 That morning was it. 38 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,480 I drew a line on the sand and I was done, man. 39 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,200 I was just done. 40 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,360 And so the decision was, I want the pain to go away. 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:12,080 I got physical. 42 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,280 I got emotional pain. 43 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,800 It's got to stop. 44 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,960 What do I do? 45 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,760 Well, the easy way out for me in that moment 46 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,360 was take my own life. 47 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,960 Seemed pretty easy. 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,640 I didn't care. 49 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,120 I wasn't thinking, is there a heaven? 50 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:29,000 Is there a hell? 51 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,880 Is there any of that stuff? 52 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,520 I wasn't doing that. 53 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,040 I just wanted it to stop because it was so excruciating. 54 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,880 And so the good news was I was married 55 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,160 to a woman who had three kids. 56 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,600 It was my third marriage and they were my stepkids. 57 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,440 And I remember thinking, you know what, dude? 58 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,160 When you pull that trigger, guess what? 59 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,240 Who do you think is going to clean that mess up? 60 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,520 You're putting that on those kids. 61 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,240 You're going to ruin their life and their mother's life. 62 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,960 You can't do that. 63 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,160 That's wrong on every level. 64 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,880 You've got to come up with another solution. 65 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,680 And just like that, man, it was like magical. 66 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,200 The thought came, well, why don't you 67 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,880 call alcoholics anonymous? 68 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,880 And I'm like, you know what's interesting? 69 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,040 I didn't know who AA was. 70 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,440 I had no idea. 71 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,680 I'd never been to a meeting. 72 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,480 I didn't know anybody in AA, nothing. 73 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,320 But there was. 74 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,640 And I did. 75 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:19,680 And I picked up the phone. 76 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,080 I called Intergroup and I got this incredible woman 77 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,080 on the phone. 78 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,920 Now, I don't know her name, but over the years, 79 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,400 I've nicknamed her Madge. 80 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:34,040 And the reason I did that is because she talked like this. 81 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,320 She was smoking two packs of palm oil non-filters a day. 82 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,720 And bro, I'll tell you something, man. 83 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,240 She was a bad ass. 84 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,160 Because she's the gatekeeper, man. 85 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,680 It's her job to interview you. 86 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,160 And if she thinks you're serious, 87 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,440 you know what she does for you? 88 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,560 She calls somebody in AA, in this case, another man, 89 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,720 to come pick you up and take you to an AA meeting. 90 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,160 So I must have said some right things, 91 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,880 because she sent a guy named Lauren to come pick me up. 92 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,960 And he took me to a noon meeting. 93 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,280 And I went to four meetings my first day. 94 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:12,960 I went to a 12, 30, a 4, 30, a 6, 30, and an 8, 30. 95 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,440 I've never felt more at home anywhere in my life. 96 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,640 And those men brought me, first of all, 97 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,360 they knew I was suicidal. 98 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,200 They knew I was homicidal. 99 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,280 They knew I was in a lot of trouble. 100 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,400 But they were used to it. 101 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,680 They're like, you're cool, man. 102 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,200 You're OK. 103 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:28,880 Sit down. 104 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:29,440 Chill out. 105 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,200 We got you. 106 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,520 And they loved me until I could learn to love myself. 107 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,200 And it was magical. 108 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,240 And that's AA, man. 109 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,760 That's how it works. 110 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,720 And of course, you've got the 12 steps, 111 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,520 but really the guide of how to put your life back together, 112 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,920 how to say you're sorry, how to go back and make amends, 113 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,240 your character defects, your shortcomings, all of that's 114 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,280 all implanted in there. 115 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:53,760 And then how to get on the spiritual path and stay there. 116 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,320 And then the traditions really show you 117 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,640 how to operate within the group. 118 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,600 But in the middle is the sweet spot, man. 119 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,280 It's called the preamble. 120 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:04,160 And the preamble says, when anyone anywhere reaches out, 121 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,600 I want the hand of AA to be there. 122 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,440 And for that, I'm responsible. 123 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,480 Well, I took that to the bank, man, 124 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,960 because those men were doing exactly that. 125 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,240 They showed me so much love and kindness and direction 126 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,920 and just overall guidance, man. 127 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,720 They were showing me how to put my life back together, 128 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,280 which at that stage is almost impossible, you would think, 129 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,720 because there's so much damage. 130 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,240 There's so much, right? 131 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,360 The carnage. 132 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,560 I'm twice divorced. 133 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,000 So I know a little bit about what's there 134 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:43,280 and what the repercussions, the ripple effects that look like. 135 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:48,960 So my vision was, hey, maybe I can live a life of sobriety 136 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,840 and not destroy myself. 137 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,320 And maybe there is a higher purpose for me. 138 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,280 What's down the road? 139 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,880 Maybe I should just clear out all this baggage 140 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,360 and look to see what life is really about. 141 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,160 And so really, AA, in some sense, 142 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,000 is teaching you how to live from the inside out instead 143 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,120 of from the outside in, where we're 144 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,600 chasing materialistic stuff and the big job and the title 145 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,680 and who cares, right? 146 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,520 Because what I've learned over the years is that people don't 147 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,840 care how successful you are. 148 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,320 They could care less. 149 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,600 And what they want to know is they 150 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,000 want to hear about your struggles 151 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,400 and how you overcame them, how you outcame them, right? 152 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,360 Because that's tangible. 153 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,120 They can learn from that. 154 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,200 And so when I got sober, I had insomnia. 155 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,160 So I was up late at night all the time. 156 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,280 And so there I am, 3 o'clock in the morning one night, 157 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:37,520 like 1988. 158 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,800 And there he is, man. 159 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,440 Here he comes, Mr. Enthusiasm himself, right? 160 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,320 A young, vibrant Tony Robbins. 161 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,480 He's selling. 162 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,080 And he all knows we're watching TV 163 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,560 at 3 o'clock in the morning. 164 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,960 That's where all the troubled people are. 165 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,000 And he's selling Personal Power. 166 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,480 Personal Power is a 30-day program. 167 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,280 You would buy it. 168 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:02,120 It's a program. 169 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,240 They send it to you in a box. 170 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,680 Well, in 1988, it came on these little white things 171 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,800 called cassette tapes. 172 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,480 Plugged them in, went through them, 173 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,320 did what the man taught me to do, and it worked. 174 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,400 Well, I ended up loaning that program to a buddy of mine 175 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,200 in AA because he noticed one day, he's like, dude, 176 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,280 what's going on with you? 177 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,120 You seem really different. 178 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,240 I'm like, well, you know, I'm sober. 179 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,720 And I've been listening to this guy named Tony Robbins. 180 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,560 And he goes, oh my gosh, I know who Tony Robbins is. 181 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,440 He goes, I bought his book. 182 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,520 But I never read it. 183 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:44,040 I went, well, how often does that show up in your life? 184 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,720 And good point. 185 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,920 So I go, look, man, I'll loan you my program. 186 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,320 You've got to promise me you'll go through it. 187 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,120 He says, done. 188 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,240 So he did. 189 00:07:54,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Well, this is all going down in 1988, 1989. 190 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:06,240 Seven years later, 1995, my buddy Dan calls me. 191 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,520 He said, hey, man, Albie, did you 192 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,080 know that Tony Robbins is coming to town? 193 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,680 I'm like, no, bro, I had no idea. 194 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:13,080 Why? 195 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:13,720 What's going on? 196 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,440 He goes, come on, we got to go. 197 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,080 You got to go with me. 198 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,100 You got me into this. 199 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:19,200 Let's go see this dude. 200 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:20,400 It'll be awesome. 201 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,680 And I said, sure, no, I agree. 202 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,040 I'd love to go see Tony. 203 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:23,520 He was great. 204 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,280 Let me call you back. 205 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,720 I'll make the arrangements. 206 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,240 So before I could say anything, he just went, right? 207 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,880 He comes back an hour later, calls me back, goes, done. 208 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,480 We pick up the tickets at Will Call, 209 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,320 and here's what they told us to do. 210 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,640 Number one, drink a lot of water. 211 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:37,960 Stay hydrated. 212 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:38,600 OK? 213 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,560 Yeah, that would prove to be very important. 214 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:43,240 Number two, bring snacks. 215 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,840 You're going to spend a lot of time in the room, they said. 216 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,720 Huh, what an understatement. 217 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,600 Really? 218 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,480 Anybody who's been to a Robbins event 219 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,200 knows you're going to spend a lot of time in the room. 220 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,660 And then he said, be ready to play out 221 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:57,080 and bring a good attitude. 222 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,040 I said, OK, Dan, how much was the ticket? 223 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,560 He said $695. 224 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:04,280 I go, $700? 225 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,520 In 1995? 226 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,600 What does that equate to today? 227 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,280 Like 1.2, 1.3 million, right? 228 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,320 By Bitcoin, I don't know. 229 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,360 And so he goes, don't worry, man. 230 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,200 You can pay me back. 231 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,400 I go, yeah, I got the money. 232 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,480 It's just seems really expensive. 233 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,680 And he's getting off the phone. 234 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,880 He goes, oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, stop, stop, stop. 235 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,080 Wait, I got to tell you something. 236 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,000 I almost forgot to tell you the most important part. 237 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,240 We're going to be doing a fire walk. 238 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,040 What does that mean? 239 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,760 I don't know what that means. 240 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,960 But the word fire and walk in the same sentence 241 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,960 doesn't sound good. 242 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,080 Doesn't sound like anything. 243 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,040 My brain, I'm living on fear. 244 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,920 My whole life is just invested with fear. 245 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,800 Forget everything and run. 246 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,840 It's my life. 247 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,360 And so I'm like, yeah, but I don't want Dan 248 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,320 to think I'm wussing out. 249 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,080 So I'm like, yeah, Dan, sure. 250 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:04,880 Yeah, fire walk. 251 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:05,440 Sure, bro. 252 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,560 Yeah, let's go, dude. 253 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:07,240 Gotcha. 254 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:07,880 Gotcha. 255 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:08,800 He got off the phone. 256 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,080 I went, hell no. 257 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,200 I want to see Tony, but I'm not doing no fire walk. 258 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,800 I can tell you that. 259 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,520 So the big day comes. 260 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,040 We get to the event. 261 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,840 We get in our seats, 3,500 people sitting in the audience. 262 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,160 Tony took the stage at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 263 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:31,560 And the next thing I know, it's after midnight. 264 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:34,360 10 hours in a room with Robbins. 265 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,200 Remember the guy? 266 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,040 Bring snacks or you'll starve to death. 267 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,320 Yeah, no kidding. 268 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,000 And all of a sudden, it's after midnight, 269 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,800 and Tony goes, take your shoes off. 270 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,520 And I'm like, oh, no. 271 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,760 I see where you're going with that, mister. 272 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:50,880 You're not tricking me. 273 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,320 I'm not doing this fire walk. 274 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,720 I've already decided. 275 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,080 No, hell no, I'm not doing it. 276 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,560 But now I've got a dilemma. 277 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,680 Because my buddy's taking his shoes off. 278 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:02,640 And guess what 3,500 people are doing? 279 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,640 Oh, my god. 280 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,120 I'm thinking, right? 281 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,040 I'm thinking, no, people, don't fall for it. 282 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,720 Don't go towards the light. 283 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,000 So I'm like, OK, calm down. 284 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,120 You got this. 285 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,720 Just take your damn shoes off. 286 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:17,760 Nobody's going to know. 287 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,560 And when you get out there, ditch your buddy. 288 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:20,840 He's 5'5". 289 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,840 Ditch your buddy, and then go hide in the back. 290 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,160 No one is going to know. 291 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,680 Well, except me. 292 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,200 So I do. 293 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:31,760 We go out there. 294 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,080 And by the way, it gets worse. 295 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,720 So when Tony gets you out there to go out 296 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,600 in this big parking lot where he facilitates the fireworks, 297 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,400 because he needs a lot of room, he 298 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,280 gets everybody to start chanting and clapping. 299 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,480 You've got 300 or 3,500 people walking out there going, yes. 300 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,480 Yes. 301 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:50,720 Yes. 302 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,000 And I'm going, you've got to be kidding me. 303 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,920 No, no, no. 304 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:01,000 Well, it gets worse, because when you get out there, 305 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,680 he's got African drummers. 306 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:07,280 Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. 307 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,880 The ambiance. 308 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,080 I mean, it's a dog and pony show, for sure. 309 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:12,600 No, I do. 310 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,520 I'm going out there. 311 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,320 And I see a moment. 312 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,200 And I go, poof. 313 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,160 And I slip. 314 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,320 Dan loses me. 315 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,600 So after losing him, I go all the way to the back. 316 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,480 Now, how do you set this up? 317 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,160 Logistically, here's what it looks like. 318 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,200 When you do a fire walk for 3,500 people, 319 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,360 we build a giant fire over in the corner. 320 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:32,280 And it's huge. 321 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,080 We build a pit out of grass. 322 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,200 We stack it this thick. 323 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,120 And it's 35 feet wide. 324 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,560 And it's 75 feet long. 325 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:47,040 And you stack wood on it, these big giant pyres, 326 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,680 and it burns all day. 327 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,040 And you keep feeding it with hardwood, 328 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,400 seasoned or kiln dry hardwood. 329 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,720 And it burns for 10 hours. 330 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,200 Well, guess what it does at the end of the night? 331 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,880 It renders. 332 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:07,280 And then you have this big, giant, beautiful, blue flame 333 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,760 bunch of coals. 334 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,080 It's gorgeous, right? 335 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,720 So logistically, again, how do you do that? 336 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:14,680 Well, you go over. 337 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,800 You take wheelbarrows over that big pile of coals. 338 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,880 And you load them in a wheelbarrow. 339 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,320 Then you bring a wheelbarrow in. 340 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,560 And you run two lanes of sod of grass on each side, 341 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,560 also known as turf. 342 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:32,360 And it's about 3 feet wide, 15 to 18 feet long. 343 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,080 Take a flathead shovel into the wheelbarrow. 344 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,160 Take those coals. 345 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,720 Sprinkle them across that grass. 346 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,840 Pat them down. 347 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:40,760 That's your fire lane. 348 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,400 That's what you walk on. 349 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,240 Well, I'm in the back. 350 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,000 I'm hiding out. 351 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,800 I got it all figured out. 352 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,560 Well, not so much. 353 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:54,960 Tony Robbins knows that the fire walk could literally 354 00:13:54,960 --> 00:14:00,000 be one of the most life-changing paradigm shift 355 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,520 experiences on Earth. 356 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,320 He did his research. 357 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:03,120 He knows. 358 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,400 He's been around 1,000 years. 359 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,280 He's been used by cultures all over the world. 360 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,960 So he wanted to get leverage on them. 361 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,400 So he also knows there's people like me. 362 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,000 And he knows where we are. 363 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:14,960 Of course. 364 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,640 So he doesn't want you to miss out. 365 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,400 So he wants to serve you at a high level. 366 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,800 He trains people to come find you. 367 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,160 You've got to be kidding me. 368 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,680 Give me a break. 369 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,480 I'm back there, got it all figured out. 370 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,080 I know, man, here comes this guy. 371 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,200 He's coming right at me. 372 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,440 Then he gets, I don't know, maybe 15, 20 feet in front of me. 373 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,800 And he's looking at me like this. 374 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,040 He's twilting his head like a dog, but here's a funny noise. 375 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:48,760 And he's looking at me, and he's like, hey, man, are you OK? 376 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,280 And when we're not OK, what do we say? 377 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:52,400 I'm fine. 378 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,520 Yeah. 379 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,280 Well, I'm fine. 380 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,480 All good here, man. 381 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,520 Nothing to see here, pal. 382 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,040 Move along. 383 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,200 And he goes right for the kill shot. 384 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,920 He goes, hey, man, you're going to walk tonight? 385 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,520 And I'm like, I'm thinking, you idiot. 386 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,640 Why do you think I'm back here? 387 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,880 And so I'm like, absolutely not. 388 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,360 Of course I'm not. 389 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,600 And he's like, hey, man, that's cool. 390 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,080 No problem. 391 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,160 We don't want you to do anything you don't want to do. 392 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,240 And I thought, oh, OK. 393 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,080 I like this guy. 394 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,840 He's going to get me out of here. 395 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,080 No, he's not. 396 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,680 He's setting me up. 397 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,040 Next question was, by the way, I don't know 398 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,640 who this guy is to this day. 399 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,840 I mean, he's a total stranger. 400 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,520 And the question he asked me, and if he hadn't asked me 401 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,320 this question, my whole life changes. 402 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,280 Half a million people that I've fire-walked, 403 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,400 I would have never been down that road. 404 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,640 And the question he asked me was, wouldn't you 405 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,080 at least like to watch? 406 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,360 I'm curious, right? 407 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,480 And I thought, well, sure. 408 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:55,840 No harm in watching. 409 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,640 Let's go watch these idiots burn their feet off. 410 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:58,160 Yeah. 411 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,320 He goes, well, listen, man, you're way back here. 412 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,560 You can't see it from here. 413 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,240 He goes, look, just get in line. 414 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,720 Ha ha ha. 415 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,440 Ha ha ha. 416 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:08,120 Right? 417 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,680 And eventually, you'll get up there where you can see it. 418 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,600 Now, in his defense, he is telling the truth. 419 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,760 So I'm like, OK. 420 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:16,600 So I get in line. 421 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,640 I'm kind of walking along. 422 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,400 And the drums are going. 423 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,360 And the people are chanting still. 424 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:22,760 And the people are fire-walking. 425 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,320 And when they get to the celebration, 426 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,160 and after they've done it, they're celebrating. 427 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,160 They're jumping up and down and screaming. 428 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,560 In some cases, it almost sounds like they're in pain. 429 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,080 It's not. 430 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,600 It's exhilaration. 431 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,280 So they're screaming, and the drums. 432 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,160 It's like, I mean, give me a break. 433 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,400 And the next thing I know, another stranger comes up to me. 434 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,360 And he whispers in my ear, well, kind of loud. 435 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,600 He goes, he knows when you're ready. 436 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,640 When he says go, you go. 437 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,080 And pooh, this guy just disappears into the night. 438 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,480 And I'm like, what? 439 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:58,920 What do you mean? 440 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:00,880 What does that mean, he knows when you're ready, 441 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,040 when he says go, you go? 442 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,560 What does that mean? 443 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,080 And so now I'm walking along, trudging along. 444 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,920 Next thing I know, I can't see in front of me. 445 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,880 I still got 1,000 people in front of me. 446 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,040 There's no visibility. 447 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,200 But I get to an angle. 448 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,160 I can see at an angle. 449 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:16,760 I can get further enough into the line. 450 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,600 I can see at an angle. 451 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,160 Well, they're doing it. 452 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,320 They're fire-locking. 453 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,160 Every race, every creed, every color, all of it. 454 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,280 They're walking on hot coals. 455 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,240 And my brain's saying, whoa, wait a minute, time out. 456 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,880 Why are they doing this? 457 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,120 This makes no sense. 458 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,280 We're mammals. 459 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,200 We're taught to run from fire. 460 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,680 Survival instinct. 461 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,600 Survival instinct, 100%. 462 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,840 Fight or flight. 463 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:44,400 Go, go, go. 464 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,080 Get out. 465 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,240 And they're doing it. 466 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,360 And so now I'm mesmerized. 467 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:49,520 Can't even take my eyes off. 468 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,400 It's like the car accident that you say, 469 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,680 I'm not going to look at it. 470 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,600 Well, I'm looking at it. 471 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,480 I stare at it. 472 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,400 And so as I'm staring at them doing this, 473 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,240 I'm not really paying a whole lot of attention 474 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,240 to what's going on in front of me. 475 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,360 Oh, boy. 476 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:07,920 Next thing I know, guess where I am? 477 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,720 Yeah. 478 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:09,520 Front of the line. 479 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,680 Front of the line. 480 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,040 And then all of a sudden, I'm like, how the hell 481 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,720 did you get here? 482 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,680 Right? 483 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,520 Talk about visions, right? 484 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,120 And so now I'm staring at the coals. 485 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:24,120 They're bright red on that lane, right? 486 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:27,400 And the wheelbarrows, though, you can feel the heat, right? 487 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,680 So your body, you know this is happening. 488 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,640 My heart's going boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. 489 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,440 It feels like it's going to jump out of my chest. 490 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,680 You know how fear is, you know? 491 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,480 And your heart starts pounding. 492 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,800 And again, I think it's going to jump out 493 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:39,960 of my chest in a minute. 494 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,160 So as I'm staring into the abyss, 495 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,200 there's a trainer standing right there. 496 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:51,640 And the trainer goes, eyes up, like you idiot. 497 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:52,600 I pulled my eyes up. 498 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,760 Well, when I was in the room for 10 hours, 499 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,800 guess what Tony teaches you to do? 500 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,760 Keep your eyes up. 501 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,920 Don't stare at what you fear. 502 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,240 Oh, interesting metaphor. 503 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,960 Interesting, huh? 504 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,240 And so in fact, he goes on to say, 505 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,000 keep your eyes on the reward. 506 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,760 At the end of the fire lane, that's 507 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,280 where the magic's going to happen. 508 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,160 And so now my eyes are up. 509 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,040 And the trainer goes, squeeze your fist and say yes. 510 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,560 And I went, yes. 511 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,440 And he went, stronger. 512 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,280 And I went, yes. 513 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,320 And this guy knows, he's a trainer. 514 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,240 He knew I was leaving a lot on the table. 515 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,760 He knew for a fact that I was not in a peak state. 516 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,280 So what's he do? 517 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,400 He gets in my face and screams at me. 518 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,600 Stronger. 519 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,440 Now I'm pissed, right? 520 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,000 Threw my hands in the air and said, yes. 521 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,640 And he goes, go, go, go. 522 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,040 Boom. 523 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,600 I took off. 524 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,640 Remember the guy? 525 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,760 He knows when you're ready. 526 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,240 When he says go, you go. 527 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,200 I did. 528 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,360 Well, here's the first thing I learned about fire walking. 529 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,920 When you take the first step, oh, you'll 530 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,640 take the second, third, fourth, and fifth. 531 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,320 I promise you. 532 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,040 You better believe you will. 533 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,080 So they put, we position two people 534 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,240 at the end of the fire lane. 535 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,800 And they lock wrists and they catch you. 536 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,040 And they're like, stop, wipe your feet and celebrate. 537 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,360 I'm wiping my feet and going. 538 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:28,320 And I look back and I'm going, what? 539 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:28,800 What? 540 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,120 I just walked on coals at 1,000 degrees. 541 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:32,240 Oh my gosh, I burnt myself. 542 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:33,560 No, you didn't. 543 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:34,200 Look at my feet. 544 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,680 No, they're dirty. 545 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,360 There's no burns. 546 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,440 And now I did something. 547 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,000 I have no idea how I did it. 548 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,320 I don't know. 549 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,320 But I'm taking credit for it. 550 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:45,120 That's me. 551 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,600 That's this guy. 552 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,200 I did that. 553 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,280 Ridiculous. 554 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:50,800 Well, in that moment, I will tell you 555 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,560 what's absolutely magical, just like it 556 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,000 is for the other 3,500 people. 557 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,560 It's exhilarating. 558 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,200 And simultaneously, the energy is your self-confidence, 559 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,040 your self-belief, and your self-worth go, oop. 560 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,360 Together, collectively, that's the interesting thing. 561 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:08,840 That's the part. 562 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,120 That's the magic. 563 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:12,640 That's the collective. 564 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,480 That's the tribal part of this. 565 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,400 But here's where it got really, because again, 566 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:23,760 in that moment, it's like, I'm pretty sure I can climb Everest. 567 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,040 So let's get on the bus, people. 568 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,520 Let's go. 569 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,120 And again, here's where it gets really interesting, 570 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,320 the next day. 571 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,000 And this is why I'm here right now with you. 572 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,960 The next day, we come in. 573 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,200 It's a 40 event. 574 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,200 That was day one. 575 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,760 That night. 576 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,920 And the next morning, we're all coming in, 3,500 people. 577 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,240 And we're motivated, man. 578 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,600 Everybody's on time. 579 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:46,720 Everybody's smiling. 580 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:47,760 They're laughing. 581 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,000 They're crying. 582 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,760 They're talking about their stories. 583 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:51,800 They're talking about fear. 584 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,160 They're talking about the fire walk. 585 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,960 And I'm going, are you kidding me? 586 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,240 Did we drink the Kool-Aid last night? 587 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,400 Yeah, we sure did. 588 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,240 And that was really it. 589 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,280 I've never seen or witnessed anything like it in my life. 590 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,840 Never have, unless it's a Tony Robbins seminar 591 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,720 that next morning. 592 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:19,960 So later in the event, I met one of Tony's trainers. 593 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,240 And this is really when the vision kicked in. 594 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,280 His name is Ted Macy and his wife Mary. 595 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,680 They were both trainers for Tony. 596 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:28,360 Great people. 597 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:29,400 Love them, man. 598 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,640 Love these guys. 599 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,800 They live in Atlanta, the real estate agency. 600 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,040 And I'm talking to Ted like, look at me, man. 601 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,640 I'm talking to one of Tony's trainers. 602 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,560 I must be special, right? 603 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,160 My ego is horrible, right? 604 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,800 And so we're talking. 605 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,640 And I said, so Ted, let me ask you something, man. 606 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,480 What's it like being in this environment? 607 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,880 He goes, are you kidding? 608 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,400 You have any idea what it's like to be 609 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:57,280 in this environment on a four, five, six, 10, 12 times a year? 610 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,400 And I go, yeah. 611 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,960 And he goes, look, man, let me share something with you. 612 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,640 He goes, you see all those people standing over there 613 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,360 with the black shirts with the pink writing on the back? 614 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:06,200 Yeah. 615 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,240 He goes, they're volunteers. 616 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,560 They're just like you, man. 617 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,880 They were here last event, and they 618 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:17,800 wanted to come back and give back so much that they came. 619 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,120 And they volunteer. 620 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:20,200 So he goes, look, do this. 621 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,080 When you go home, call Robin's Research 622 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,520 and ask them for a volunteer crew application. 623 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,280 OK? 624 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,560 I did that. 625 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,960 Like nine weeks later, I got a letter in the mail. 626 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,440 Dave Alvin, congratulations. 627 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:36,760 You have selected a crew with the Anthony Robbins companies. 628 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,640 Well, color my ass happy. 629 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:40,880 There I am, man. 630 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Next thing I know, I'm in Fort Lauderdale at a Tony event. 631 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,720 And then it started to really open up. 632 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,320 I started thinking about what was really possible. 633 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,680 And I was watching and hearing all these stories, 634 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,040 and it was so magical. 635 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,720 Well, when you fill out the application, 636 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,280 you're pretty specific, right? 637 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,080 They knew that I had a military background. 638 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,760 They knew I had a security background. 639 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,280 So that alone, they said, hey, we 640 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,240 could put this guy on the security detail 641 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,560 to help take care of Tony's celebrities. 642 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,000 Because there's a ton of celebrities 643 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,360 that will come to every event. 644 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,360 He lives on a farm, so he probably 645 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,880 knows how to use tools. 646 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,560 He probably knows what a log splitter is. 647 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,480 He probably knows how to use a hatchet. 648 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,680 He probably knows what kindling is. 649 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,760 He might know the difference between Oh Kickery and Locust. 650 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,080 And so they put me on the fire team. 651 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,840 And after I volunteered for, I don't know, maybe five, six 652 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,560 times, by the way, I'm paying my own way. 653 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,360 I'm spending $2,000, $1,500 every time I go. 654 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:42,640 And every time I left, my wife was like this. 655 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,600 She's like, who the hell is this Tony Robbins guy? 656 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,160 Because she doesn't know. 657 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,760 And in her defense, she just knows 658 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,880 that I'm spending a couple thousand bucks every time 659 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,400 I go. 660 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,880 Well, eventually, they pulled me aside one day and said, 661 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,360 Dave, we'd like to hire you as a subcontractor. 662 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,840 We'd like to have you work on the fire team 663 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,080 as an assistant captain. 664 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,720 And we'd like to have you work the security team, 665 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,640 because again, you have a great background. 666 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,160 And we'll pay your way. 667 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,600 We'll pay you per diem. 668 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,440 We'll pay all your expenses. 669 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,000 And we'll pay you a couple hundred dollars 670 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,160 every time you come. 671 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,200 And I went, OK. 672 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,040 I mean, $2,000 or $500 in my pocket. 673 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,360 OK, I'll take the $500. 674 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,560 Well, they did something brilliant. 675 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,800 They gave me a free ticket to bring your spouse. 676 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:36,920 And so I brought Stacia to the event. 677 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,880 And so she went to the event, four days, did the fire walk, 678 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,800 did it all. 679 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,480 And after, at the end of the ceremony, on day four, 680 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,560 we decided to anchor in. 681 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,360 We took a walk on the beach. 682 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:51,200 And she looks at me, she goes, OK, I get it. 683 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,720 This dude's a bad ass. 684 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,320 Rock and roll, dude. 685 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,160 You want to go hang with this guy 686 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,960 and learn everything you can from him, go. 687 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:03,120 As long as they're paying your way, I'm good with it. 688 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:05,280 So she gave me the blessing. 689 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,960 And thank goodness she did. 690 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,000 She was so supportive. 691 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,720 It was really wonderful. 692 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,480 And so that was all going down in 95 and 96. 693 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:21,160 Well, in 2003, Robbins offered me the captain's position. 694 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,960 So my vision went boop. 695 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,480 And literally, and when he first offered, 696 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,560 I'm like, well, the challenge is I homeschool. 697 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,080 And they stepped right up. 698 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,880 They said, we'll pay for your kids to travel. 699 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:32,560 Bring your family. 700 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,080 Let's go. 701 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,560 That's awesome. 702 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:35,080 Yeah. 703 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,080 I'm so happy to hear that. 704 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,640 We believe in creating a full appreciation 705 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,680 for family and personal well-being 706 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:45,760 within the workplace. 707 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,080 That is super important for our environment. 708 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,760 I'm a single father of four. 709 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:50,280 Ooh. 710 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:56,000 So it's not always easy to find companies that really 711 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,440 do appreciate that, let alone want 712 00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,760 to make an exception for it. 713 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,320 That's so awesome that Tony Robbins recognized 714 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,920 the value of doing that. 715 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,960 He not only did that, but he treated my kids like gold. 716 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,160 Can you imagine your kids six and nine years old 717 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,560 going on the road? 718 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:15,440 Yeah. 719 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,120 Yes, they can. 720 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:24,480 In fact, their first event, Sydney, Australia. 721 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:25,000 Wow. 722 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,800 My kids have been abused in a really positive way. 723 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,800 Oh my gosh. 724 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,120 Yeah, it was wonderful. 725 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,960 Do you know Andrew Sosin? 726 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,960 It does not ring a bell. 727 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,800 He's been 22 years in a row, and he 728 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,080 did assist with one of the fireworks walks at least. 729 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,600 But phenomenal. 730 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,120 Phenomenal leader in charge of Recovery Unplugged. 731 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,920 I've got to get you guys in touch, 732 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,960 because you both come from a group that is just 733 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,880 absolutely phenomenal. 734 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Love him to death. 735 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,880 So anyway, keep going, though. 736 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,720 He might know me, because a lot of people knew me, 737 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,880 but I didn't know thousands of people. 738 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,360 Of course. 739 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:05,880 Right? 740 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,360 So that's all going down. 741 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,760 And then that happened in 2003. 742 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,360 That's when we went on the road. 743 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:12,960 Alvin's been in the road for a while. 744 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,440 That's when we went on the road. 745 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,640 Alvin's went on the road. 746 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:21,400 And then in 2005, we set the world record. 747 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,480 That's where we firewarked 12,300 people in London 748 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,080 at the Excel Center. 749 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:33,040 And so now let me disclose something. 750 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,840 Guinness Book of World Record was not there. 751 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,400 However, it was still a world record. 752 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,680 There's never been a firewark anywhere close to that, 753 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,520 other than a Tony Robbins seminar. 754 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,480 So that's how that went down. 755 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:54,560 So that was 2005. 756 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:55,960 2014 rolls along. 757 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,480 I'm driving down the road. 758 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,040 And my phone rings. 759 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,800 And it's a company called Google. 760 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,280 Hey, are you the Dave Alvin that does the firewarks 761 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,640 for Tony Robbins? 762 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,520 Yeah. 763 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,320 What can I do for you? 764 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,520 Well, if you're not under any contractual obligation 765 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,320 or non-compete, we'd like to talk to you about hiring you. 766 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,560 No shit. 767 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,640 That's cool, Carl. 768 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,000 Homeboy's a free agent. 769 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:26,720 What you got? 770 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,640 The vision's manifested. 771 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,720 And next thing I know, I'm at corporate headquarters 772 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,960 in Mountain View on stage in front of 148 executives, 773 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,560 Google executives. 774 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,200 Went back to follow and you did it again. 775 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,920 And when I was there, we were after one of the events. 776 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:53,840 We were sitting at dinner. 777 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:54,960 And we're all talking. 778 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,800 And I'm sitting at a table with 10 of them. 779 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,200 And one of the females leaned over to me. 780 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,760 She said, hey, Dave, you don't really 781 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,520 offer yourself services. 782 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,920 I know we, if I understand, we contacted you. 783 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,640 Yeah. 784 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,440 She goes, have you ever thought of starting your own business? 785 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,640 I go, well, it's passed through my head a couple of times. 786 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,880 And she said, look, dude, I'm telling you, man, 787 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:22,120 you ought to consider doing that because there's 788 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,440 a huge market for you. 789 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,960 Corporate America will eat you alive. 790 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,920 And she was telling the truth. 791 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,600 She goes, look, dude, you own this space. 792 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,440 And companies need a paradigm shift. 793 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,800 They're looking for this, man. 794 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,120 They're looking for somebody that 795 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,680 can come in and create a life-changing experience. 796 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,040 Because they know that what doesn't challenge you 797 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,480 doesn't change you. 798 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,640 It's not going to happen. 799 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,120 And so there I was, man. 800 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,440 And so I went, OK, Google's telling you 801 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,200 to start your own business, Dave. 802 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,360 Maybe you should listen to them. 803 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:58,600 And we did. 804 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,160 Thank you for being here today. 805 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,640 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 806 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,200 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 807 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,480 as these episodes continue to move forward. 808 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,240 This is going to get more and more fun. 809 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,080 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 810 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,160 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 811 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,440 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 812 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,280 Have an excellent time building out your vision 813 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:31,160 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.