please share your first last name the name of
your business and where you're located absolutely
so i am dan gentry i call myself the chief life
architect at third power performance and i am
in ocala florida so central florida dan let's
just jump right into it please tell me about
third power life ai whatever you have to give
right now i'm open listening as well as i'm sure
somebody else is too Absolutely, absolutely.
And essentially, third power performance, the
idea of having a third power life has been with
me for a long, long time. And it really springs
out of like mistakes that I've made, you know,
for those that can't see me, you know, I am in
my mid 50s. So, you know, had some life experiences,
done some things right, done lots wrong. And
really, it's about how do we create a life that
we love how do we you know we have success right
we're moving forward how do we keep doing that
how do we have more success but not lose our
souls in the process right and you know i've
i've been there i've done that where you know
i was working crazy hours you know i did 140
hour work week once so it's seven days of 20
hours right um and Yes, it did great things for
my career, but for my health, for my spiritual
life, for my family life, I mean, essentially,
it's not sustainable, and the universe knows
that. And for me, the universe kind of stepped
in and said, okay, we're going to stop that.
So basically, in a three -month period, I had
a divorce. I got laid off from my job, and my
father died. in a three month period, right?
And it made me really reevaluate my life. And
what am I really doing here? What's going on?
And through that, that's where the idea of the
life triad that I have and how Third Power Performance
came into being was through that reflection.
And how do I, one, I don't want to go through
that again, right? And then how do I help other
people not go through that again? And, you know,
I always say that my personal mission, and I
know you're vision pros, you're all about the
vision, right? So my personal mission is to make
sure that the song Cats in the Cradle is just
a song and not a story about anybody's life.
And I know you mentioned in our pre -talk that
you had just listened to it. And so if you haven't
heard it, take a listen, at least look up the
lyrics. It's a powerful warning for... for my
life basically please go ahead and just tell
me how third power life involves that balance
and what what that looks like gotcha um i had
a mentor that once told me that no amount of
material success can make up for a failure at
home right and you know so for you know for me
it's about People talk about life balance and
I even talk about life balance. I think in my
Zoom tagline, it's Dan, AI powered life balance,
right? The reality is, is life balance is a myth.
It's just life, right? Work, home, they're all
part of our life. And for me, I prefer like a
life harmony, right? And one of the things that
you said really kind of triggered that, you know,
that we're all just kind of going with what life
gives us. And there's a fantastic book, Napoleon
Hill. Most people know him from Think and Grow
Rich. But there was a book that came out, Outwitting
the Devil, which absolutely fantastic read. Little
odd sometimes. But one of the core things there
is most of the time we're drifting through life.
you know we're just going with you know i'm chasing
you know money i'll just take a job for the next
you know for whoever will pay more or we're just
kind of going through life without a real plan
without a strong vision of our future and so
for me my whole concept revolves around becoming
a commander of your life don't just drift through
life you have to take command of your life go
where you want it to go so Balance or having
that harmony in life means being aware of where
you're going. In my personal program, I have
the life triad. So basically, I break life balance
down into nine areas of life. Your spiritual
health, your mental health, your physical health,
and then same for relationships, same for money.
The key is, is that to be aware of all nine areas
of life balance, or however you want to define
it, and make sure that everything is handled
to your satisfaction. It doesn't mean you need
to spend the same amount of time going, you know,
taking care of your spiritual life and your mental
life and your physical life, right? But it does
mean that, am I okay spiritually? Am I okay with
my relationships? Am I okay with my financial
education? And so it's not about being balanced
necessarily. It's making sure that it's all taken
care of. And that's really what I promote a lot.
And part of the way that I've done that. Because
I am a technology geek, right? You know, we said
at the beginning, yeah, I wrote my first computer
program in 1980. So I've been coding and in the
technology world a long, long time. And there
are changes that are coming with AI and agents
and all of that that are dramatically changing
our world. And there was a coach that I was talking
to. i don't know it's probably been six nine
months ago because i i was like i want to do
the technology stuff but i also want to help
people with you know the self -improvement and
they're like why don't you combine it and i'm
like one of those duh i wish i thought of that
uh moments and so that's what i've come as like
i'm helping people now get up to speed with technology
with ai here's how you can save 10 hours a week
with ai but then the key is this is where it
comes into that balance thing is the time that
you're going to that technology is going to save
you don't just fill it with more bs fill it with
things that are going to be fulfilling take those
take those hours and spend it with your kids
spend it with you know your relationships spend
it making yourself better self -improvement you
know that project that you've been really wanting
to do learning a new skill right all of these
things that we can how do we make our lives better
is what it really boils down to and how do we
take care of all of the different aspects of
life that make a fulfilling life you know so
the kind of the the fun tagline is like how do
we have more success and not lose our souls in
the process kind of thing so that was really
important so if you guys have heard anything
hear that do not fulfill your lives with more
stuff if you can utilize ai yeah i when i'm not
speaking on somebody else's platform i use a
little bit more colorful language around that
but the here's the thing as you know as a solopreneur
myself right you know and you know in in the
corporate world in whatever we we do these things
that that oh i can get more done right and the
immediate urge is well i'm going to do more and
more in this area right in my job in my business
if i you know if i save five hours I got five
more hours to do business. And sometimes you
need that, right? And yeah, don't get me wrong.
It's not just black and white, but to stop and
ask yourself that question. And that's what I,
you know, like you said, if nobody, if you don't
take anything else away from this, introspect,
look at where am I going, right? And is that
okay? Yeah. That's kind of a paraphrase. Jim
Rohn talks about, you know, you look at the five
people around you. What are they doing to you?
And is that OK? Right. Which is still really
good, really good thing. But when we look at
the tools that we're using and the systems we're
using and, you know, OK, yes, it's making me
more efficient. What else am I doing? And is
that OK? You know, where am I spending my time?
And is that OK? I want that to kind of be the
recurring question that let's look at what I'm
doing. Any decision I'm making, and you know
this, being in the vision business, I call it
your purpose. What's your purpose? When you have
a strong vision for your future, a strong purpose,
every decision needs to be evaluated against
that. right you know i'm trying to change generational
habits the habit of overworking that the whole
cats in the cradle thing that's that's why i'm
here right and so when i'm faced with do i do
a podcast interview right is that going to help
me in that vision and you know the the line from
my tedx talk the like it's not just a yeah right
No maybes. It's either hell yes or no. Yes. That's
it. Right. Yeah. Cause here's my thing. You know?
Yeah. You can, maybe it might be, I don't want
a maybe might be level life. I want a third power
life. What's your why? My why, you know, my.
And again, it comes back to that purpose. And
I always tell people this, your why needs to
make you cry. Because if you don't get emotional
talking about why you're doing what you're doing,
you're doing it wrong. I'm just saying. But for
me, it is, it's, I mentioned it, it's like I'm
making, I'm changing. the world i'm changing
generational habits because here's the thing
you know i've been you know i talk about the
cats in the cradle and you haven't heard it you
know Guy has a son and, you know, he's too busy
working to actually spend time with his son until
he retires. And then his son, you know, he's
like, you know, hey, I'd love to see you if you
don't mind. He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could
find the time. But the new job's a hassle and
the kids got the flu. So it's sure nice talking
to you. And it occurred to me that he'd grown
up just like me. Right. And that's. that's what
that song really encapsules and that's what i'm
trying to change is because i've been on both
sides i've been the kid the kid wishing his dad
was there and i was the dad that was working
so much i wasn't there and i've realized that
and that you know the universe kind of made me
realize it but i want to change not only my habits
and you know being there for my kids both of
my boys that live you know that are still here
in the house i have five kids three are older
and already have their own families and all of
that um but for my sons that are here they i've
been there for them right and so they understand
because i talk about this yes and they will not
do the same mistakes so i'm now changing it not
just for me but for them and for their children
and there so i'm setting the standard for our
family that work is not the most important thing
in the world and so again i call it changing
generational habits absolutely so i'm setting
that in motion for my family and i want to set
it in motion for you for yours too for everybody's
yes yes work is important yes financial you know
wealth is important For good or ill, you need
money to live a good life. They say that money
won't buy you happiness, but it does keep a lot
of misery at bay. I've met lots of people that
have lots of money who are still miserable. So
it's not everything, but it does keep a lot of
misery at bay. And so for me, that's my why.
That's, you know, I don't want other people to
do the heart -wrenching just mistakes that I've
made in my life that, you know, I could go back,
you know, if I only knew, right? And that's why
I do this. I want other people to know while
their kids are still small. Absolutely. And that
was so, I even heard the tone in your voice changed
when I asked you what's why. And I've never heard
it like that. If your why doesn't make you cry,
you need to ask what's your why? What's your
true why? And it's an emotional, it's a gut soul
kind of thing that one has to search for to actually
activate. You know why you're doing what you're
doing and the journey that you're taking. Just
like you said, Dan, you you got to figure it
out. Yes. Yeah, you do. There is an exercise
that I take my coaching clients through that
is really, really powerful. You don't need to
hire me as your coach to do it. But if you want
to. But it's I call it the seven levels deep.
Right. And it's. Most of us, we have a goal that
we want. For my business, I want to make a million
dollars this year, right? Great. Why? Why do
you want that? Well, I want to be able to have
a nice house and a nice car and take care of
my family. Awesome. Why do you want a nice house?
Why do you want a nice car, right? And keep asking
why, right? And every time I've done it, the
first... five levels are, you know, up here.
It's mental, right? It's, you know, it's, I just,
you know, I want the stuff. And then there's
a change that usually happens somewhere between
step five and step seven. And, you know, usually
the head tilts a little bit and there's a pause
and it's like, well, it's because I don't, you
know, I didn't have that father figure and there
when I was a kid and I want to make sure that
my kids have that right and that they're secure
in themselves and so it goes from the head to
the heart and it and there's there's a pause
and it's like you feel you know you almost get
the goosebumps or you get the You know, you can
feel the emotion and that is the gateway to your
real why. Thank you for being here today. I'm
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