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How do leaders lean into funding their vision?

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So what's your idea and your thought process

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in being able to fund this vision?

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And I learned yesterday from another podcast

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or funding doesn't often just mean monetarily, right?

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It also means time and everything else.

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So please share with me your answer to that question.

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Yeah, so I'll just use my business as an example.

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Everything is self-funded right now.

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So that either includes money or time.

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A lot of it is time.

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I have structured my finances in such a way

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that allows me to do this as many hours a day

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as I possibly can, seven days a week.

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So that looks like not spending excessive money

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on stuff anymore.

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It really means paying attention to your budget,

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really looking at the tools that you're gonna use

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to build your business.

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I took it as far as we're a one vehicle household.

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I don't need a car.

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It's a liability.

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It's a distraction.

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I like to drive.

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So I'll find any excuse I can to go get in that car.

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So my wife and I are kind of the outliers

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in this situation and getting out, we don't have kids.

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We just have two dogs.

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So for those people who do have kids

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and do need to support their family,

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I tell them, it's okay to get a job,

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but understand that that job is going to fund

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building your business.

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And you have to keep that in mind.

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So it's really up to you.

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And that's why I like entrepreneur so much

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because it just allows you to control

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every aspect of your life.

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Then you have nobody to blame for failure

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or success, but yourself.

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That is awesome.

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That's so when you say for,

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I guess that that'd be a great connection

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and probably connections you've already made,

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which is to, for those that you say,

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if you can get a job because that'll fuel

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the funding for your vision and your entrepreneurship,

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have you linked with some job searching companies

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or individuals that could help in that area,

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that could gather that piece

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and you can take care of the other piece?

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So I actually, I have, I've built a pretty solid network.

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There is a veteran that I have in my network

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who has created a resume tool

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that takes your military experience

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and uses the links from job postings

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to tailor a resume that will make you more competitive

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in the job market.

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So there's people out there that are building tools

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for military people.

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There are plenty of people on LinkedIn

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where you can find a job as a military person.

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So I don't, I'm very anti getting a job.

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So for me, it's not something that I ever want to,

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I guess, encourage.

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I'm not against it in the sense that

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if that's what you have to do to provide for your family,

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then I understand that you need to do that.

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But you also need to understand

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that a job will make you comfortable

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and it's really easy to stay comfortable.

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And in order to build a business

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and something that is yours,

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you have to be okay getting uncomfortable.