1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sheep Get Sheered podcast. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,000 I'm your host, Austin Karina, my friends. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,360 We need to talk today about the struggles of a young entrepreneurial man, the man being, 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,600 of course, me. 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,080 But also, we also need to talk about what it's like being a young person in America 6 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:17,080 today. 7 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:19,320 And by young, I mean, oh, I don't know, 18 to 30. 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,560 We'll go 18 to 30. 9 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:21,560 I'll be generous. 10 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:22,560 18 to 30. 11 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:29,480 Do you have any idea how hard it is being out here, trying to not just be a nine to five? 12 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,000 Anybody who's not a nine to five, even if you're into nine to five, the wages are usually 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000 no good. 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,920 Inflations through the roof. 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:42,760 You're living on minimalistic lifestyle, especially when you're a younger person. 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,320 My friends, I understand the struggle. 17 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,560 You better believe I understand the struggle. 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:54,720 I'm out here throwing thousands of dollars into my entrepreneurial ideas every single 19 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:59,760 day, working 10 to 12 hours a day, grinding my goddamn ass off. 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,760 And you know what? 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:01,920 I can't stand my friends. 22 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,240 I can't stand it when people love to talk crap. 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,480 Anybody have any of those people in your life who you got to cut them off or you got to 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,920 lose contact with them? 25 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,760 Because no matter what they say, it's always their doubt casting. 26 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,520 They're trying to tell you, oh, well, I don't know if it's going to work out or, oh, I don't 27 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,360 like the way you're going about doing this. 28 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,720 Does anybody else have that experience? 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:24,720 Me? 30 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,520 And I know I'm not alone on this. 31 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,280 I know that right now, if we were sitting together, grabbing coffee or a drink at the 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:35,000 pub, you would tell me, hey, Austin, no one, I identify with that, man. 33 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,840 I'm going through it, whether it's at my job, I'm getting overlooked. 34 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,160 If I'm in a nine to five-ish type job, you're probably getting overlooked. 35 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,880 You're probably not getting the PTO you want. 36 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,800 You're probably not getting the opportunities you should be getting if you're really putting 37 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,880 in work, trying to set yourself apart and not just do the bare minimum. 38 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,160 You're probably not getting appreciated. 39 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,240 You're probably not getting the promotion. 40 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,400 You're probably not out there getting what you think you should be getting. 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,840 And conversely, if you're more on the entrepreneurial side like myself and you're out here trying 42 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:10,960 to build a name for yourself, build a brand for yourself, you got your hand multiple different 43 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,880 irons in the fire, and every which way you can, you're not seeing results. 44 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:21,600 You're not out here really seeing anywhere near the effort being returned the way that 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,880 you're putting in. 46 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,600 Whether you're nine to five-er or you're an entrepreneur, I can guarantee you either you 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,120 have gone through that or you are going through it at this very moment like me. 48 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,240 And we need to discuss this because so many of us can get distraught. 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,000 We can get discouraged. 50 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,360 We can lose our focus on the vision. 51 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,920 We can lose our ambition. 52 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:51,360 And I want to encourage you, as I've had to encourage myself, do not, I repeat, do not 53 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:52,360 act. 54 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:53,360 Let it get to you. 55 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,560 Do not let the stress. 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,080 Do not let the anxiety. 57 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,280 Do not let these things get to you. 58 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,000 Stay the course. 59 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,840 Do not put the sales down. 60 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,520 You'll catch the wind. 61 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,880 It's impossible for you not to. 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,120 And I'm not just going to sit up here and sound like another one of those stupid YouTube 63 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,720 videos where they're like, close your eyes and picture your dreams. 64 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,200 And once soon as you get one, everything's going to work out for you. 65 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,080 I'm not, I don't deal in hope. 66 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,040 I'm I don't like drugs in general. 67 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,040 I don't deal in hope. 68 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,800 I'm I think it's a disgusting toxin. 69 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,840 Do I think hope is good? 70 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:31,840 Yes. 71 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,320 Do I think hope is a strategy? 72 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:35,880 Hell no. 73 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,200 It is not a strategy. 74 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,680 It is a light, the lighthouse in the distance. 75 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,760 It is not your sailboat. 76 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,680 It is not the sail in your boat. 77 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,480 It is the lighthouse that is keeping you from hitting the rocks because you know you will 78 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,960 succeed, but you have to make sacrifices and you have to keep staying in the course. 79 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,520 You got to keep on going. 80 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,800 My friends, I'm here to tell you I'm not the guy who's sitting in a penthouse office 81 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,800 recording this right now. 82 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,680 I'm in my car trying to get a truck for my job. 83 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,240 I deal in contracting. 84 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,320 I'm in my car. 85 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:10,680 I'm trying to get a truck. 86 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,840 I'm trying to make sure I can take care of my girlfriend. 87 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,360 I'm trying to do all these things at the all at the same time, but my friends, let me tell 88 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,520 you something. 89 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,320 It's a grind. 90 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,320 It sucks. 91 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 It's hard. 92 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,680 And guess what? 93 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,000 If you try to do it what I'm doing, you're going to go through it too. 94 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,960 You try to go through a similar situation. 95 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,040 You're going to go through it. 96 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,840 But all of us, our parents, our grandparents, we've all had to go through this. 97 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,160 It's just a matter of how much are you willing to stomach? 98 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,320 Are you able to be like Atlas and hold up the world on your shoulders or you're going 99 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,360 to drop in and let it fall? 100 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:49,440 I'm asking you this because I'm asking myself every day, what can I do more? 101 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:50,880 How can I do things better? 102 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,320 What is it I'm doing wrong that I can maybe use my time better? 103 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:59,320 My boss, he's a hard-ass man. 104 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:04,640 He really sticks my nose to the fire even more than it already is. 105 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,720 And I'm here to tell you, you need someone like that who's going to hold you accountable. 106 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,640 You need someone who's going to hold you. 107 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:15,440 Don't hold your hand to make you feel better, but grab your hand, put it back on the fire 108 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,200 and say, hey, don't let that iron get cold. 109 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,680 Don't let yourself lose focus on the vision. 110 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,880 Do not allow yourself to lose the focus on the goals that you have. 111 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,560 Do not allow yourself to be distracted. 112 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,800 Do not let yourself be troubled by the menial things. 113 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:37,800 Stay focused. 114 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,840 Stay in the course. 115 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:46,680 You need that in your life because if you don't have that, it's so easy to lose sight. 116 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,960 It's so easy to say, you know what, man, I need a break. 117 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,920 I got to step back for a second. 118 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,800 I got to stop doing what I'm doing. 119 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,040 I can't take it no more. 120 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,520 No, many times I've said I can't take it anymore. 121 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,000 I've said it probably five times today, but you know what I'm doing? 122 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,760 I'm still on the road, still answering my phone, still making those emails. 123 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,120 I'm still knocking those doors. 124 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,040 I'm still out here doing these things because I refuse to give up. 125 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,920 I refuse to lose. 126 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,840 And my friends, you have to refuse to lose because if you don't, it is so easy because 127 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,640 everybody around you is going to question you. 128 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,800 You're questioning your methods, questioning what you're doing. 129 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,640 There are going to be haters all around you. 130 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:34,120 The more you try to do, the more people are going to try to tear you down, question everything 131 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,120 that you're doing. 132 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,680 And my friends, I don't want you to end up in that position. 133 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,120 I want you to win. 134 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,560 I want you to actualize the goals you have. 135 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,920 You know, it's a trick you told my friends. 136 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,680 I'm not doing the job I love at the current moment. 137 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,720 I wouldn't want nothing more than to produce this show, write books, and really put out 138 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,480 ideas and create in the world. 139 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,960 But right now, I don't have the capital to do that. 140 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,360 So what am I doing? 141 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,760 I'm finding a way for me to gain new skills and gain a new source of revenue. 142 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,480 That's what I'm trying to do. 143 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,120 My friends, if you have goals in your life, it's one thing to have a goal. 144 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,680 It's another to find a way to achieve it. 145 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,720 And that, my friends, takes skill and sacrifice and pain and suffering. 146 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,600 And the only person who can do that is you. 147 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,840 Do not depend on other people. 148 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,000 You're not dependent on a woman. 149 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,640 Do not depend on other men. 150 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,600 You're not dependent on anybody but yourself to get that done. 151 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,560 Now, you're going to have people who are going to support you if you do, maybe. 152 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,640 And make sure you reward those people for investing in you. 153 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,440 But at the same time, do not count on that. 154 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,920 Because that will disappoint you and will let you down. 155 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:42,920 Nobody owes you anything. 156 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,200 You've got to remember that. 157 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,840 Nobody owes you anything. 158 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,000 My parents don't owe me anything. 159 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,480 God doesn't owe me anything. 160 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,560 The government doesn't owe me anything. 161 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,560 My friends don't owe me anything. 162 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,240 It's all on me to get it done. 163 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,680 Would it be helpful if they help me? 164 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:58,680 Oh, 100%. 165 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,400 I'll take it. 166 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,280 But it's not something that we can count on. 167 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:10,360 Because the more we count on others, the more we lose control of our guiding, our vision, 168 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:15,520 the choppy waters that we face every day. 169 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,760 My friends, normally I don't do motivational type content. 170 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,560 Not because I don't think it's helpful. 171 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:27,240 But in general, it's one of those things that I don't like listening to these people on 172 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:34,600 social media who all they do is give you some hack, motivational bull crap of like, oh, just 173 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,640 believe and it's all going to work. 174 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,320 I don't like that type of stuff. 175 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:40,880 It's like a drug. 176 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,240 People like to watch that and then do nothing with it. 177 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,800 They like to sit there and make themselves feel good. 178 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,840 Like they're moving towards the goal by listening. 179 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,640 But then after they turn the video off, they turn the podcast off, they don't proceed to 180 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,560 do anything with the information. 181 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,160 Not only because the information was really meant to make them feel good, number one. 182 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,400 And number two, that's like giving somebody a really heavy machine gun and they don't 183 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,640 know how to shoot a BB gun. 184 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,320 They don't know how to shoot a Glock. 185 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,400 They don't know how to do anything with what they have. 186 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:16,520 That's what I'm trying to figure out phase one, not phase three, not phase four. 187 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,360 It's important for us to focus on what we can control, for us to master what we currently 188 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:28,320 have in front of us, that will keep us motivated because we will develop confidence in what 189 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:29,320 we're doing. 190 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:37,920 We will see us working extremely hard and have that full arc of the beginning, middle, 191 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,840 and end and then that will produce confidence. 192 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,200 My friends, if you're going through it, I don't care if you work at 7-Eleven or you work a 193 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:52,960 9-5 job like that or you work an entrepreneurial job or you're grinding your ass off to create 194 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,800 content or to create a business. 195 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:01,200 Well, I don't know what you're doing, but if you are feeling like you can't take it 196 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,480 anymore and you just need to keep pushing forward and you need some motivation, well, 197 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,480 guess what? 198 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,760 I'm in it with you. 199 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,480 I'm right there in the fires with you on the front lines and you and I are in the same 200 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,960 bunker, but we're going to win because I refuse to lose. 201 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,360 Do you? 202 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,160 Let me know because this is important and you're never alone. 203 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,040 You will win as I will win. 204 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,040 Do not give up. 205 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,040 I'm out. 206 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:51,160 I stopped.