1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,800 Hey guys, welcome back to the Homework Summit podcast. I'm your host. Actually, I said I 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,920 was going to stop saying that the last podcast. I'm not going to say this time, but thanks 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,680 for joining us today. We're really excited. We have a coop, the one and only Cooper Brooks 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,800 here with us. I told you guys a little bit about him in our last podcast and we're really 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,640 excited to have you man. Thank you, sir. 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:35,200 So Cooper is one of the world's best barbers and he cuts all of our hair here at our office. 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,280 I met him randomly and one of the was a quick barber shop or something right. You used to 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,400 work at and I was, I think I was late or the appointment didn't like show up online or 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,960 something. I pull up and he's sweeping. He wasn't even expecting me and you're like, 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,880 dude, I'll take care of you. Come back and that was, you got that first haircut. I'm 11 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,360 like, you know, I went home. My wife was like, I just fell in love with you all over again 12 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,800 over this haircut. I'm like, bet I'm going back to Cooper every single month and the 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,960 rest is history, man. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So dude, welcome. We're really excited to have 14 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:17,320 you. Why don't you tell us who you are and why it is you cut hair. Let's start there. 15 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:27,280 Well I'm Cooper Brooks. So the reason, so in the beginning I would say I, that's a hard 16 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,040 question because I don't know if I want to start out like in the beginning or if I want 17 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:37,840 to start out like why I cut hair now. Well, let's let's back up. Well here, well, let's 18 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,120 let's stop real quick. Here's something really important. What's the biggest award you have 19 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,000 currently won? What's the biggest word? Award. Award, right? North American hair selling 20 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,800 awards. Yeah. Okay. So what is that? The North American hair selling awards is an award show 21 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:59,200 that consists of like several candidates, like well, several applications, then several 22 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:05,320 candidates, then top five, then one winner. So it's like American Idol for barbers. Sure. 23 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:10,600 That's a good way to put it. Okay. And you won that. Yeah. Correct. Okay. So ranked what? 24 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:17,560 Number one barber in the nation. Yes. As per last year, I didn't do it this, this around, 25 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,000 but yes. Yes. But that was when I had met you, you had just one. Yeah. I think I had 26 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,080 just like made top five or I just like either top five or one in that, in that. I think 27 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,880 you had just one. I think you had just one. It was really awesome. I was stoked. I came 28 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,840 back to office and my guys, I found the nation's best barber literally at a mall and he's going 29 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:41,280 to start cutting hair for us. I was stoked. I was absolutely stoked because one it's like, 30 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,960 you know, I lived in Chile and in South America and I got my haircut by so many barbers and 31 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,040 it was always the best cut I'd ever had and coming back to America, I couldn't find that. 32 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,720 I've been to so many different barbers literally and then went to you and I was like, dude, 33 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:04,480 I'm crispy. I'm crispy. Yes. So you won that award. What does it mean to have won that 34 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,720 award and what did it take to actually get there? 35 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:16,560 Man, I, I think about this moment a lot. So I, I did the application, got accepted, 36 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:22,960 went and made the collection, but so between application accepted in building the collection, 37 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,240 it was like a four month period of just like waiting, did the application I'm waiting to 38 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:34,240 see if I got in. Oh my God. Whenever I got, it was so stressful. And I told myself it 39 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,380 was so funny. I was like, I'm not going to be stressed. Once I like, if I, if I get 40 00:03:38,380 --> 00:03:40,720 it or I don't like that's going to be the end of the stress. 41 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,920 Yeah. Then I got it. I remember this. I remember this. I left the salon that I was working 42 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,640 at. I said, by Melissa, she's this salon owner hop in my car and I pull up and I was 43 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:57,920 like, man, I'm hungry. I'm going to get some subway. And then, uh, man, like I'm no kidding. 44 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,080 Well actually there's a sad story behind that and I can't believe like it came back to me 45 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:11,560 right now, but the reason I'm still doing hair is because I got accepted because I was 46 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:17,400 in beauty school. I was being beauty school, working at the salon and working at Quicks. 47 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:22,400 So I was doing like so many things all at once. And just before I got accepted, I had 48 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:28,320 thought to myself, I was like, I was like, tomorrow's the day I'm going to quit. I'm 49 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:33,320 going to drop out of school. I'm going to, I'm going to find something else. Hair isn't 50 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,760 for me. And that's really what like I like, I was so down on myself. Like I can't believe 51 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:43,880 I was so down. Like after everything, like I was so down on myself. Like I had, I had 52 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:49,200 so much and then, um, I had so much going for me and I was like still like losing my 53 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,720 mind, but that was all the stress. That was like the all the stress eating me alive. 54 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,000 And I got, then I'm like, I'm so back to the story. I pull up into this subway and I get 55 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:06,160 an email. Oh man, the email was awesome. The email I got accepted and I'm, and I, and 56 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,320 I threw, I'm sitting in my car. I looked at the email. I got accepted. I threw my phone 57 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,600 and I got out of my car and I started running. Like I just started running. Like I didn't 58 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:20,960 know what else to do. Started running. Um, the first person I called was Brandy, which 59 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:27,200 was, so she's my fiance. It's funny now, but, um, yes, she's my fiance. She wasn't then. 60 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:33,160 Yeah. And she was the first person I called and she didn't answer. And I texted her. I 61 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,120 was like, I got accepted. She goes like, congratulations. Like I knew you would like 62 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:44,760 whatever. And then, um, so I ended up going to the bar and I just kind of like partied 63 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,840 and celebrated. And then I woke up the next morning at like six a.m. and I remember this 64 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:53,960 from six a.m. to like two in the afternoon. I just cried like all day. Like it was like, 65 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,280 it was like the work hadn't even been started. Like I just got into it. Was it like emotion, 66 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:03,520 like happy emotion or was it overwhelming? Um, overwhelming happy. And I was like, I 67 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,840 was just like pissed off. Like almost that I was so down on myself. Like just the idea 68 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,320 of like leaving hair was just like, like almost quitting right before you got accepted. Yeah. 69 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Yeah. Like almost quitting. Like I can't believe like I really was like so set. I was going 70 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,840 to quit at the barber shop. I was going to quit at the salon. I was going to drop out 71 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:24,360 of school. Like who knows, I might have just done construction. I might have just restarted 72 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:30,080 life. I don't know. But then moving forward, I started, I built the collection and I was 73 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,880 like, I'm not going to be more stressed out. I said, I'm not going to be stressed. Then 74 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,160 moving forward, I was even more stressed now that like the work actually started. Yeah, 75 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:45,800 I'm sure. And then, um, then I go out to Utah. I build this collection. What's a collection? 76 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,080 So the collection is the three photos. So the three different models that I did for the 77 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:56,120 contest or the contest. Right. Yeah. And then I was like, once they're submitted, I'm not 78 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,040 going to be stressed out. Like, and I was like, that's cool. I won't be stressed out. Oh man, 79 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:06,320 once they were submitted, I was so I was 10 times as stressed because like, oh man, I 80 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:11,840 was so stressed out because I was like, now I got to wait to see if I make top five. Yeah. 81 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:19,240 And then, um, so your question was what did it do for you? Yeah. And top five happened. 82 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,680 One of my, one of my really great friends, hopefully you're watching this, his name is 83 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:29,760 Jack. He was the bartender at a sandbar. And so it's me, Giuseppe and Sebastian. We're 84 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,600 just sitting around my phone watching the YouTube video or the Facebook live or whatever 85 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:40,120 it was just to see who made top five. So then it's all three of us and Jack says my buddy 86 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,120 and he was like, he was like, Oh, I'm going to, I'm going to bring you drinks. You win. 87 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,000 If you get it, like if you get it, I'll bring the around. And I was like, sweet bro, thanks. 88 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,360 And then it finally hit and I was top five and it's all three of us just jumped up, started 89 00:07:53,360 --> 00:08:00,560 screaming. And Jack goes, what are we drinking? So, so unfortunately the two were underage. 90 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,920 So I was the only one who had a drink and he bought me, he bought me like a mixture. 91 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:13,920 Hey, you know, they had some off the record, off the record. But yeah, so then that happened 92 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:23,800 and within 10 minutes, man, I think I got like 50 to 100 text messages of just congratulations 93 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:30,200 from like all the big, big names. Like hair product people. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. All the 94 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:36,680 hair product people. Yeah. Like a crap load of brands. It was crazy. And then 95 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:42,640 like that must have been cool because like, you know, we everybody's gone a hair go before 96 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,520 you go when you see all these brand names like what Johnny B like the hair product, 97 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,400 all that kind of stuff. And then you have all these companies literally congratulating 98 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,560 you all these products you see in the stores. Dude, congrats. That's freaking awesome. Oh, 99 00:08:55,560 --> 00:09:00,160 it was that must have been a great experience. It was insane. It was really, really crazy. 100 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,480 Yeah, that makes me curious. So like, obviously, you're going through this moment and you're 101 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,640 waiting to be for the announcement, whether you're in or you're out, like, you still aren't 102 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,120 thinking that all these people are watching it, like especially a big names. 103 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,400 Yeah, you're just like, you're honed in in the moment. You don't know who else is watching. 104 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,000 You're probably thinking it's like, who knows if this even gets seen and then you get all 105 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,200 these texts. That's probably a crazy moment for you. Now that you mention it, like, I 106 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:29,480 think like, like, when you break it down like that, that's the truth, honestly. And that 107 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,880 was the that was like one of the cool, like the coolest moments that I've ever had was 108 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:40,880 like, so many, so many brands were trying to like get me on really. And it was awesome. 109 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:47,400 Like what an experience. So cool. And then after that, called my mom called my dad, my 110 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:53,960 sister, my family and they elated just like, really, really awesome. And my dad was like, 111 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:01,520 what's next? And I was like, I don't know. Like I had no idea what was next. So yeah. 112 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:09,880 So then I made top five and then like a couple months later, even though even though I did 113 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:15,520 leave quicks, I viewed my boss, my previous bosses, like one of my like best friends, 114 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:22,840 he came out to California with me. So Aveda, the company, they put me in like the rooftop 115 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:29,160 like overlook the entire city of LA like like props to Aveda. Thank you. Like, like, you're 116 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,600 sweet or something like that. 117 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:39,120 For my hotel for my hotel and so awesome. It was the hands down, the greatest hotel 118 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:46,400 I've ever stayed in for one for two coolest room, three like best time ever. Whenever 119 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:53,600 we got to LA, Randy and I went there prior, like a couple like like a day or two early 120 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,440 just to have a little vacation. And that was fun. 121 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,440 That was fun. 122 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,440 That was so much fun. 123 00:10:58,440 --> 00:10:59,440 I'm sure it was. 124 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,400 Such a blast. And then like, what was it? It was like an hour or two before Mike, like 125 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,880 Mike and I had planned this. So he gave me a haircut. He texted me because he couldn't 126 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,520 get up to the room because he needed the key. 127 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,240 So I went down there. 128 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,440 I say, you know, it's a nice hotel. You need a key for the elevator. No, you need a key 129 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:27,760 for the top floor, which was even cooler, which was even cooler. So, um, so I went down 130 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:33,120 there and Mike brought like a bottle of champagne. He gave me a haircut inside the hotel room. 131 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,720 I've never experienced that. That was one of the coolest hair cutting experiences I've 132 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:43,160 ever had. So he gave me like a haircut. There's like pictures of it on my Instagram. That 133 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:49,320 was the coolest thing. And then he sat right next to me. So moving forward, we had like 134 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,120 the red carpet. So I was on the red carpet. Red carpet was awesome. Yeah, that was an 135 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:55,120 experience. 136 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,120 I'm sure it was. 137 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,840 That was it. That was an experience. I've like, um, was it like you see, um, like on 138 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,880 TV and stuff, like you come out out of the car and there's a bunch of paparazzi pictures 139 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,880 and stuff, type red carpet. Really? 140 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,360 It was so sick. 141 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,360 That's so cool. 142 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:11,760 It was so cool. 143 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:19,760 It was exactly that. And like the, uh, that was overwhelming. I decided how to have been. 144 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:25,640 Oh, that was so overwhelming. And then after, after, after the red carpet and everything 145 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:31,720 we go, we go take our seats, they call announced and it's, it's that this part was super weird 146 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:37,280 where they only, they, they call your name, but you're in the, you're in this, like the 147 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:43,720 stands, you're in the stadium. Yeah. And you just, you just go through and walk all the 148 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:44,720 way. 149 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,400 Just walk all the way out. It was so weird. It was so weird. 150 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,640 Everybody just sitting there waiting for you to finally get up there. 151 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,800 Then I ended up. So like we all sitting, we're all sitting there, my mom and dad and everything 152 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,360 like that. I remember this. I was so ill. I, I literally had gone to the bathroom and 153 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:09,000 then I sat down in my seat and I, I knew my category was coming up and, um, like I tell 154 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,760 Brandy, I was like, I'm so sick. I'm so, I don't know, like I'm going to throw up. 155 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,560 Like I, I gotta go to the bathroom and all the anxiousness and she was like, you're fine. 156 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:21,440 You're fine. They're, they're, you're fine. Just sit. Like, and I was like, I was like, 157 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,080 fine. Like I was like, I remember that dude. So embarrassing. 158 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:32,040 Just like butterflies for a football game. Yeah. And then I put my, uh, um, once I saw 159 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,680 my photos up there, I put my head down like, and I closed my eyes and I was like, I don't 160 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:40,280 know what's going to happen. Then they say like, they say Cooper Brooks. And in my head, 161 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,800 I was like, Holy shit, this is happening. I was like, that was what I set out in my 162 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:45,800 head and I jumped up. 163 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,800 Were they announcing like the winner of the top five? 164 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Yeah. The winner. 165 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,760 Oh, they were announcing the winner and they call my name and I was like, and I was like, 166 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,280 Holy shit, I won. And then I was like, game time. And then I like jumped right into it. 167 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:02,240 And it was just like a boost of dopamine. Um, there's a, there's a video of me like 168 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:07,240 Mike had, Mike had the best thing ever because the only part of the video was like Cooper 169 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:11,080 Brooks and it was like paying to me and I'm over here screaming my head off. 170 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:18,320 The whole YouTube video like shows me tripping over some chairs, which is wildly embarrassing. 171 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:24,520 And then I'm on stage and I'm the only person in all of history to get like kicked off this 172 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:29,880 stage because I kept talking. I didn't know how to stop talking. 173 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:34,240 They started playing the music. They started playing the music. I was like, Oh, I'm sorry. 174 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,240 I'm sorry. 175 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,240 That's funny. 176 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,360 Yeah. And then we had the champagne toast and that was the night that they made me a 177 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,240 global stage artist. 178 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,240 That's so cool. 179 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,680 And then so I won. I said my speech. They kicked me off stage and then I go to the champagne 180 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:53,640 toast and creative director. Her name is Hage Gonzalez and she says, um, she was like, 181 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:58,520 you have to be there. There's a champagne toast. You got to be there. And I was like, 182 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,000 she goes, where are you going to be? And I was like, the champagne toast. And I was 183 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,680 like, so I ended up going to the champagne toast prior to that. I left my trophy in the 184 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:11,120 bathroom and I remember that and I just like ran back. Like I was just so overwhelmed. 185 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,960 Oh, of course, man. 186 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:17,720 So we get to the champagne toast and then they're like, Oh, they were like, do you want to be 187 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:22,120 on stage? Like what's the chances like you'd be on stage and like, wait a Congress. And 188 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,320 I was like, oh, good. Like in my head, I was like, I was like, of course I will. But also 189 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,560 in my head, I'm like, Oh, I'm going to be assisting the big names, the people who know 190 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,560 what they're doing. 191 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,920 Yeah, I surely don't. I surely don't know what I'm doing. So then like, so I say yes. 192 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,560 And eight months later, we're having all these meetings and the whole time I'm like, Oh, 193 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,240 I'm going to be assisting the big names. And then they're like, no idiot, you're the main, 194 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:52,800 you're the main stage. And I was like, I was like, that's scary. I was like, that's scary. 195 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:59,000 So like a month before I get onto the main stage for the for the Vita Congress, like 196 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,240 I remember waking up just feeling like the same exact way. Like I was like, I was about 197 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:08,760 ready to throw up like I didn't have any I was so scared. And then I ended up going out 198 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,440 there and just doing my thing. And I loved every second. What is it? What is it then? 199 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,840 Like what's the Vita Congress Vita Congress is a is the largest hair show in the world. 200 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:24,760 Oh, it's a hair show in front like so like 30,000 attend 40,000 45,000 like watch online. 201 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:36,520 It's like a Super Bowl of hair, bro. And it was so nuts. And wow, it was cool. It was 202 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:41,960 so cool. And I just went out like I remember like 10 minutes prior to me being on stage, 203 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:47,040 I told everybody to stop talking to me because I was just like, like I don't I wasn't having 204 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:52,920 any thoughts. I was just like, nope, I got a zone in. Yeah. And whenever I was out there 205 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:59,240 on stage, I think we played it off really, really well. But they missed placed our um, 206 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:04,280 there was me plus like two others on stage. And they misplaced our baskets, not our basket 207 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,040 like a rolly cart. So they misplaced. Were you cutting hair on stage? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. 208 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:12,120 I was using the razor on stage, which was crazy. And I actually was like, 209 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:19,640 uh, I told myself like, if I was shaking on stage, that I wasn't going to use the razor. 210 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:25,640 And I wasn't shaking. So I was like, fuck it. But then it's a fashion show. Yeah. So I was on 211 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,120 stage doing my thing. There's a lot of music and everything like that. And I exited. Oh, 212 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:33,240 I'm sorry. I meant to say about the rolling carts. They misplaced a rolling cart. Like 213 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:38,920 everybody had him like wrong. So I had to fix it. And I start talking and dude had my microphone 214 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:47,080 like this, like off of my face. And I was like talking and it just, oh my God, like you couldn't 215 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:53,800 hear a word I said for about, I don't know, 30 seconds. And I think we played that off really, 216 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:59,080 really well. I think it turned out like an amazing show. Good. But it was, it was, it was 217 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:06,920 outstanding. And from that point on, something I do remember was like, in this whole place, 218 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,480 like I just got off stage. I'm walking around where there's after parties and everything like that. 219 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:16,920 And like, man, oh man, I announced my engagement on stage. So everybody knew that I was like, 220 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:21,640 so cool, engaged to Brandy. And we're walking around me and Brandy are holding hands. They're 221 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:26,040 like, Oh, great show, great show. You did awesome. Congrats on the engagement. Like, like full blown 222 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,440 celebrity. It was awesome. That's so cool. It was the coolest thing ever. It was awesome. Like, 223 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,920 what a what an awesome time. Isn't that crazy how like literally, like kind of going back a little 224 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,680 bit like, Hey, you're cutting here, then you're going to quit you submit your photos. You're at 225 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:44,360 the bar with some friends, you know, all the hope in the world out of thousands and thousands of 226 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:48,920 contestants, you're yourself can get picked for top five, you get picked top five, you go crazy 227 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,560 with the bro's and next thing you know, you're literally in front of 30,000 people like that's 228 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:58,360 it's just crazy how quick it actually happens. You know what I mean? Just kind of think it about 229 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:04,680 it. Well, let me ask you this because I know, I mean, we've had number one barbers like therapists, 230 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,760 I think everybody know that right, you know, we talk. So I mean, we've had quite a few conversations 231 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:13,080 and I've heard of some of the struggles and like that moment, there's like wanting to quit like, 232 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,880 what was it like when you first started like, Hey, I did I want to be a barber, I want to go 233 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,000 do hair right? I want to go do style. Did you think you were going to get to where you ended up? 234 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,920 Yes. Why? I had a five year plan. I had a like that was the quickest yes, I could possibly tell you. 235 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:37,720 And I had a five year plan. And I wrote it out and it was a joke. It was a it wasn't a joke. It was 236 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:43,800 me in barber school. I was a bum kid who just wanted to pass the cut hair and work at a shop. 237 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:51,400 That was what I was. And so I remember working with one of my friends, his name is Eddie. So 238 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:57,720 love Eddie. Eddie's a great dude. Eddie. Hopefully he hopefully hopefully he sees this but um, 239 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:03,640 so I called him because at the beauty school, so I went to barber school and then cosmetology 240 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,960 school. So at the beauty school, they asked us to do a five year plan. And I was like, haha, 241 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,600 I already have one done. And I'm like, that's kind of what I thought. So I looked back at it. 242 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:19,240 And and and I was like maybe like two years into my five year plan, which I had to redo it obviously, 243 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:26,440 but it was wild. According to my five year plan. Everything was falling into play. 244 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:32,840 Interesting. So there was two things this year one or two. I was two year two into it. Okay. 245 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:38,120 Like I said, graduate barber school, go to cosmetology school done. The chair that I wanted 246 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:43,960 to use was the exact chair that I had it quick. Yeah. The one in the back. I loved that we were 247 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:48,600 behind like everybody like like if for you just for you guys to know like you walk in the door, 248 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,840 they have like on the side, there's barber chairs on the other side, there's like barber chairs, 249 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:57,480 then there's this big wall or like the register is and then behind it, there's just one chair back 250 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,840 there and I thought it was the sickest thing. Yeah, one chair with one over that light just right 251 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,800 on you. Yeah. So cool. Like private. It was like a private haircut. Yeah. That was pretty cool. And then, 252 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:15,640 so what so I was in my like in my year two. So down to the chair, then I said that I wanted. 253 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:22,040 So there was two differences. One, three. One difference was I said that I wanted to use Suave 254 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:27,320 cito. I ended up using Johnny B and I ended up working for Johnny B, which was crazy. Then 255 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:35,960 I said that I wanted to be a platform artist. So a platform artist is like a local Arizona kind of 256 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:42,200 vibe. Like I ended up being a global artist. Like I shot that shit out of the water. So 257 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:50,440 obviously global meaning world. Yeah. Yeah. And a platform artist, you're doing like work teaching 258 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:56,760 on stage in front of like 50 to 250 people, which is like a big deal. Like don't get me wrong. If 259 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,720 you do that, you're an awesome person, you know what you're doing. Like that's great. But I did it 260 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:06,920 on a global stage. So I blew that shit right out of the water. Yep. Then I said I wanted to have a 261 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:13,320 shop by year five and I did it in year four. So you saw your five year plan right now. 262 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:20,440 Is this year four right now? This is your five. This is the end. Yeah. This was my five year plan 263 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:29,960 is over. That's crazy. And I told myself that I wanted to have a shop before I was 25, but that 264 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:36,760 didn't actually work out because I turned 25 and then I got a shop. But that like, it is what it is. 265 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:43,640 I mean, who cares? I still got one like it's that's it's dude, it's crazy. The story that the ride 266 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,920 this is literally awesome. And I think the biggest thing I mean, so like, hey, yes, because you had 267 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,400 a five year plan. But what people don't understand, like I feel like a lot of people have plans like, 268 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,880 oh, I'm gonna, you know, here's my plan. This is what I'm going to do. But a lot of times it falls 269 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,600 through the cracks and never gets executed because people aren't consistent with it. Right. So like, 270 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:11,560 what are some key points during that five year plan where you can recall yourself just literally 271 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:21,960 like, man, this sucks, but I'm going to keep pushing through. I think fear is powerful. 272 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:32,120 You know, and I think I think the fear of failure like drove me so far. I think that's like crappy 273 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:41,880 to say because I think I think I should have a larger drive than just fear and fear of failing 274 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:50,040 out like you go to school fear of fear of failing business. You work twice as hard you learn, you 275 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:57,160 know, like fear, like there's like, there's uncontrollable fear and then there's fear. 276 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:03,160 And like that, like a little bit of fear, I think if you can train yourself to teach yourself that 277 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:09,560 fear does not exist. And all it is is like ambition. If you can change that fear mindset 278 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:14,200 into ambition, you're going to get a lot further. And that's kind of why I think 279 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,760 to answer your question, that's, 280 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,600 well, that's interesting. Because, you know, well, one, yes, I am on the same page fears 281 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:27,960 extremely powerful. I mean, literally people kill over fear, people create great things and 282 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:34,520 accomplish amazing things due to fear. But it's very interesting because I feel like a lot of 283 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:39,960 times when you're creating something great or you're on a path to success, a lot of people let 284 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,520 the fear kind of destroy them. You know what I mean? So you were just like kind of touching 285 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:49,160 base on it, like being able to actually control that. And like, how did you control like because 286 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:54,200 you had the fear like before you even got on stage, like, you know, how are you able to control 287 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,560 that fear during their throughout this entire ride? Did you have any techniques? Like what did 288 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:07,880 you do? Yeah, there's a lot of there's a lot of breathing breathing techniques that I like to do, 289 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,920 especially whenever I get like super duper overwhelmed. And I like give myself five seconds, 290 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:18,040 like five seconds to flip out. Just like if you let it go, just let it go just five 291 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:23,880 seconds and then do it five seconds, do it. You got you got five seconds to freak out. 292 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,240 You got five minutes, you got like the rule of five, like so you got five seconds to freak out, 293 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:35,720 you got five minutes to figure it out. Just take five. And then you're going to do it. 294 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,840 There's no negotiation. You are going to do it. If you just there's at the end of the day, 295 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,200 there's no negotiation. If you say you're going to be there, be there. If you say that you're 296 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:50,120 going to do it, do it. Right. If it's if you say, okay, listen, it'll get done, just trust that it 297 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:55,880 will get done. Yeah. And you can't like have a negotiation with yourself. That's that's stupid. 298 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:01,240 That's that's the way you're allowing the voice to talk or giving the voice room to talk like 299 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:07,080 so this is this is a poor statement for you and I because we're business owners. 300 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,800 But for like an employee, if you're like, why does an employee whenever the so the boss says, 301 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,880 take out the trash, you take out the trash, the boss says, go, go for a coffee run. You're going 302 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,760 to go for the coffee run. But if you say, I'm going to wake up, I'm going to wake up, go to the gym, 303 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,920 I'm going to go for a run. I'm going to go, I'm going to go to breakfast with my boys. Like I'm 304 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,480 going to do anything in the morning and you're like, nah, not going to do it. Why are you negotiating 305 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,640 with the only person that matters? Yeah, you are literally the only thing in the world that 306 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:39,720 matters. Everything else is bullshit. You are the only thing that matters. That's it. Stop negotiating 307 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:45,480 with yourself. And people like to negotiate with themselves. People like to have like this, this 308 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:53,400 ideology that they're not thinking, they're not thinking. Nobody wants to think anymore. Everybody 309 00:26:53,400 --> 00:27:00,120 wants to get told what to do. No, use your use your head. Like that's like that. That's something 310 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:05,400 that really like makes me super mad is how people don't think anymore. Stop asking questions and 311 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:11,800 figure it out. Well, dude, first of all, literally a golden nugget right there. I, so I'm part of a 312 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:17,880 coaching program and on Monday they're talking about basically how to handle like stress and high 313 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,400 stress environments and stuff and like what people do to get there. And they asked me like, Hey, 314 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:27,480 RJ, what do you do? I said, well, first, I give myself a second to realize, holy crap, this sucks. 315 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,040 And like, if something bad happens, I take it in this sucks. It's freaking terrible. I give myself 316 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:37,720 a little bit of time and then it's done. It's over. Now comes figuring out and finding the solution. 317 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,920 And so many people get caught on that first step they get, you know, we talk about that victim 318 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:48,120 mentality that mindset kind of the world that has adopted over time like, Oh, poor me. And they 319 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:52,520 stay in that poor me category like, Oh man, my life sucks. Why did this happen? And then they get 320 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,520 stuck there and nothing ever happens. But if you can, yeah, if you can control it, if you can be 321 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:02,120 like, Hey, this sucks. Wow, cry, do whatever you got to do. And then be like, Okay, good. Now let's 322 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,800 get it figured out. Let's get it done. And then you progress like nothing can hold your back. 323 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:12,520 Literally. Yeah, this is like a known statement. I didn't make this up. But one of my favorite quotes 324 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:19,800 is was it was it a bad five minutes? Or I'm sorry, I'm sorry, was it a bad day? Or was it a bad five 325 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:26,680 minutes that you milked the entire day? And that's my favorite thing. Because, oh, dude, sometimes, 326 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:33,320 sometimes and I do it, I milk it like sometimes. I mean, that's we all do we all do. But at the end 327 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:40,280 of the at the end of the day, like, you and I could have an argument like me and Brandy could 328 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,080 have an argument, but like, it's settled. But why am I thinking about it all day? We don't need to 329 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:50,760 be thinking about it all day. That's if we just stay in that loop of just being like, helpless 330 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,320 loop, just to tap into what you just said, pretty much just the helpless loop, the victim mindset, 331 00:28:55,320 --> 00:29:02,040 like you will never get anywhere. Yeah. If you're so focused on the negative, you can't move forward. 332 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:06,760 Yeah. Yeah, that's like, I tell my son, someone on my team today, like, Hey, you have a million 333 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,440 things to stress about. Like there's he's like, there's so much going on. I'm stressed about x 334 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:15,320 through or a through z. It's like, Okay, well, what do you need to stress about now? He's like, 335 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,760 Well, what do you mean? I got stressed about all of them. Like, well, give me an example. Oh, 336 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:24,280 I have this coming up in two weeks. And I'm really worried about it. Okay, well, why are you stressing 337 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:29,480 about that now? Can you do anything about it now? No. You have to wait for that person to get here 338 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,880 before you stress about it. Yeah. Okay, well, then just put that energy towards the stuff you can 339 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:39,880 handle now that you can figure out now and wait for that part. And instead, when you take it all in, 340 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:46,120 you crumble, you crumble. Everybody's the same. We have thresholds, right? And if you if you can't 341 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,480 that prioritize that stress, which sounds crazy to me, everybody talked about prioritizing 342 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:56,680 priorities and people and life, but nobody talked about prioritizing stress, you have to be able 343 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:01,880 to know what to deal with in a moment and what not to deal with in that moment. And then what can 344 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,840 wait and what can't wait, you know what I mean? So that's, that's a great point. That's phenomenal. 345 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:12,120 Dude, your your journey number one. So like, I knew about like all the like your award and your 346 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:17,000 title, all that kind of stuff, never really asked you about that story. Because I think when I was 347 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,720 as we were going through the months, well, one, we saw each other like once a month, because I 348 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,480 would get hair cut sometimes it'd be like six weeks, to be honest. But every time I met you, 349 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,320 you'd have something new to tell me. I didn't realize that all that was happening as you were 350 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,560 like cutting my hair over that year. Like literally, like when you're like, I didn't know you engaged 351 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:36,600 to, or do you ask brand new to marry you on stage? No, no, no, I announced it on stage. Oh, 352 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:42,840 you announced it. Okay. So it's actually really funny. So there's actually a backstory to that too. 353 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,800 So I, I called the Heggy and I said, what are the chances I could propose to Brandy on stage? 354 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:52,520 And it's so funny. She was like, let me call Kyle, let me see what I can do. 355 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:59,480 She was like, I love the idea will help you. And I was like, great, I got, I don't know, I was 356 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,960 everything happened for the better, because I ended up proposing that night. And then Heggy called 357 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:14,680 me the next day and was like, Kyle's in. You're impatient. But like once I was on stage, like I 358 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:20,920 was like, there's a zero. So I proposed. And what guys don't talk about ever is how hard it is to 359 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:28,200 propose. Because I was like, oh, like we all do this. Like we all do it. It's so like in your 360 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,520 head, you're like, you're about to propose. You're like, I got this. And then it's just like the 361 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,000 hardest thing in the world. Oh my gosh, bro. And then I was like, there's not, I'm so happy that 362 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,800 I ended up not doing it on stage because that would have been ridiculous. That would have been so 363 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,040 hard. Yeah, it looks so easy when you see people doing on TV. I remember my proposal, I took my 364 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:50,360 wife to a lantern show. I thought it would be really cool. And like, I had it planned. I was 365 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:55,800 literally pumped up, super excited. And then when I, she was standing at the lanterns and I got down 366 00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:01,240 on one knee and I'm like, anxiety attack. I stand up. I did that like four times. I'll get on my 367 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:05,800 knee stand up and the whole time she didn't turn around once she's staring at the lanterns. 368 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:10,840 And then finally on the last time I was about to get up again, literally, but she turned around so 369 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:18,440 I could and I was like, hey, it was dude, it is terrifying. You're getting 100% 370 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:25,400 like it is one. Yeah, it's Kyle. It's terrifying. Oh yeah. Wait to you. Wait to you take it. 371 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:31,400 Wait to you take the leap man. It's hard man. It's crazy. It's so funny. Nobody wants to talk about 372 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:36,200 it. Nobody wants to talk about how genuinely hard it is. Yeah, that's true. It's good. Because you're 373 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,920 just thinking about it. You're super excited and that happens and what I have happened. Well, 374 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:46,200 the other thing is, is like, I'm definitely someone that's very like methodical. I want it to be so 375 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:52,920 special. And so I put a lot of planning in. Yeah. And I'm not looking forward to the stressful 376 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:58,440 anxiety part at all. But compare that to like everything else, right? Like everything that's 377 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:08,360 amazing, great. Everything that you want in life is hard. Like it's hard to get. Like and it may 378 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:14,120 seem easy, but the ride is never what it seems to be. It's never like proposing. Seems so easy on 379 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,120 TV and stuff. You actually get there is literally the hardest thing ever. Yeah. Like it's scary, 380 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,840 you know what I mean? And so it's like, I feel and I don't mean to talk so much on this because 381 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,920 like we're interviewing you, but like so many things are coming to mind. Like I feel like so 382 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:34,040 many people, they don't talk about the journey, like the emotions that we deal with on the road 383 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,680 to success. Everybody sees where you started probably and where you ended up, but nobody 384 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:45,400 sees that like, dude, the anxiety, the fear, the stress, the, you know, all these negative 385 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,960 emotions that we deal with not just on the ride, but like now that you own your shop, 386 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,800 you're dealing with those same emotions again, am I going to be able to build this? Am I gonna have, 387 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:59,320 how do I get more clients? How do I do, you know what I mean? Like it never stops. And even when 388 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:07,720 you are making filthy money, if you're on a road to progress, you consistently have those negative 389 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,760 emotions and we need to understand that, learn that they come with the territory and embrace them 390 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:17,560 and learn how to manage them rather than trying to avoid them. You know what I mean? So I'm sure 391 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,880 you dealt like literally, I think you named every single emotion on that on that roller coaster of 392 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:29,560 just getting to where you ended up. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like so, all right, fast forward, 393 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:34,840 you have your shop now. How is that going? You got your own like, any of your five year plan, 394 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,680 you accomplished everything you set out to accomplish. Now you're probably gonna, you probably 395 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:44,840 have other stuff you're trying to accomplish, right? Where you at currently? What I truly, 396 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:50,440 this is something I think about all the time actually, what I love about you is you've been 397 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:57,640 a mentor to me, whether you think so or not. But like you really have and you asked me that it was 398 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:04,280 like, I think it was like the first or second time I came and cut everybody up. Hair guys, not. 399 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:12,200 Yeah, hair. Clarify. So you asked me, you were like, what are your goals? And I had no clue. 400 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:18,600 Not a clue, not a single one. And it like, what are your goals? You asked me, you just asked me 401 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,760 like three or four like extremely hard questions. I think now if you asked me those same questions, 402 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:28,840 I would have answers on that. That's awesome. And like, and what it made me realize is I was like, 403 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:35,320 dang, like, I've done, I've gone this far. And I was like a little bit lost. Because everybody 404 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:46,440 who starts a business, it's Instagram is liars full of lies. Like, yes, you know, you know, 405 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:52,440 I just made I just made $50,000 and four hours by my program. I hate you guys. I literally hate you 406 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:58,680 guys. It's all a bunch of crap. That's why. Yeah, it's all a bunch of crap. And entrepreneurship 407 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:04,680 is not, it's not glamorous. It's hard. It's like the hardest thing I've ever done in my whole life. 408 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:15,080 Agreed. So the first what the first three months were so beyond stressful and difficult that I just 409 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:24,840 like is the thing that I that I cherish is I didn't explode. The thing that I know that sounds nuts. 410 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:30,840 But like, I'm sure you felt the same way. But my first yeah, my first two weeks were pretty, 411 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:36,440 the first week were was awesome. Like my first week was the coolest week of my life. 412 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,800 And then because I made like so much money, all my new clients like are not new clients, 413 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,800 all my clients that followed like came in my first week, all my people that were really like, 414 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:52,440 um, cherishing me and what I do for a living and how I service them. So everybody else was, 415 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:59,800 everybody that came was a really happy. It went well week two went well week three. It was like, 416 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:05,560 it was like the end of week two. And it was Wednesday. And I remember this. I went to the golf 417 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:09,880 course while I was actually super duper slow. I'm just sitting there. I had like one appointment 418 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,880 and then I had one appointment. I had won a nine a.m. appointment and won five o'clock appointment. 419 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,160 And I was just sitting there the rest of the day and it sucked. Brandy was like, 420 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:23,800 why don't you just go golf? So I went to went golfing and I'm looking around and that was what 421 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:30,600 I needed. I know it sounds crazy, but I needed to look around at the golf course. And I remember 422 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:35,160 being on the fifth hole and I looked and I was like, damn, I'm a business owner. I can't be doing it. 423 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:41,480 It's like, if I continue to do this, like I'm going to fail. And it was just like, 424 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:48,360 I knew, I knew that that was the wrong move. And I made so many wrong moves in my first month. 425 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:54,520 And like looking back now, like, man, I made who cares about that first month? Like the first 426 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:59,080 month was a trial period. Yeah, because I made a lot of wrong decisions. And then like 427 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:05,720 the fear of just like, I mean, the rent was paid, the lights were on, everything was cool. But I 428 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:08,840 would just wasn't like, I mean, I was making a little bit of money, but you know how it is. You 429 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,560 have to you have to buy all the stuff in it and your profit and loss sheet, you may make $10,000 430 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:28,200 of profit, but you your loss was 11 and you made no money. But it's that first that first month was 431 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:35,400 painful. Bro, what a great real realization. I always have a hard time saying that word. But 432 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,960 that's so true. Like, if you if you would have kept doing that, like, okay, hey, you know, 433 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,720 two days a week, you have those days where it's just like, hey, you have one or two people and 434 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:47,960 you just go golf, you wouldn't be where you are right now. How many clients you currently have? 435 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:57,640 A lot. Hundreds, right? Yeah. So I would say close to 300. Yeah, I would say like, 436 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:04,600 very, very close to 300. I haven't checked in a while. Yeah, which is which is phenomenal. And 437 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:10,280 it's like if you spend that like people, I hate seeing this online, I don't know if you guys 438 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:15,080 have ever seen it, but it's like the Oh, here's how I talked about last podcast, here's how you 439 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:21,000 maximize your off days, like, you know, like work days, right? Like if there's more and like, 440 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,000 everybody's going through and they're like, Oh, yeah, I want to maximize all my work, you know, 441 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:29,800 off time as possible. And it's like, that's why people don't succeed. That's why it's like, 442 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:39,480 the road to success, it needs to be so consistent. So consistent. So it's so nonstop and people really 443 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:45,080 don't realize that like new entrepreneurs, they don't realize that it is a 24 seven grind and not 444 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:52,200 a nine to five grind, literally. Right. So I'm sure that you're realizing that was absolutely 445 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:58,840 game changing for your business. Yeah. And it really, really was. And it wasn't even my off day. 446 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,840 I just left in the middle of the day and blocked it out and went golfing. And I was like, what are 447 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:09,240 you doing? Like that was that was like the turning point I needed I needed that realization. I needed 448 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:18,600 that so badly. Thank God it happened so early. And that was just stupid. And then like, so month one 449 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:24,040 made so many mistakes. I think you were you were there. You were there. So you were there when I 450 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,280 came and got my haircut. Yeah, you were in the first space. Yeah. So for those of you don't know, 451 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:36,280 we had like one initial space and we upgraded to even larger and far better space. So that being 452 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:41,080 said, RJ was there like on her first space. That's when I actually come cut hair for the 453 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:47,960 yeah, yeah, that was like the first and last time. But that was during that moment where I just 454 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:55,560 thank God we had like, we had enough profit to expand. So it was good. We were able to expand 455 00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:01,480 very, very quickly. And then now we have a very, very large space. Me and my fiance just cut hair 456 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:10,440 side by side businesses going well. The first three months were learning because we were only in 457 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:17,560 that first space for like a month. And thank God, because it sucked. But then I'm so I took that as 458 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:23,960 a learning period you have no idea. So my first my biggest mistake was having like knickknacks and 459 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:32,840 BS and just like having like a luxury feel to it. But the knickknacks don't matter. You know what 460 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:38,680 matters my tools, my chair, that's it in a cape. That's all I need period. That's all you need in 461 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:44,280 some hair product. Yeah. And my biggest problem was oh, we need this bullshit this that thing. 462 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,840 Tell me what was in it in the first thing. 463 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:56,280 I mean, a couple pictures and some chairs and get a TV. 464 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:02,920 I don't think you're I don't think you remember you you got you got the gist but there was like 465 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:09,400 the back shelves and so we had like so many extra shelves. Yeah, just knickknacks and BS. 466 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:15,080 That was not okay. I mean, sure it was it looked kind of cool but yeah, it took up so much space 467 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:22,280 for no reason at all. So like nope, that was biggest mistake one was do essentials and then 468 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:29,160 knickknacks but only have like one or two. You don't need to have like oh my gosh, I 469 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:36,440 you know that you know like you know your your junk wall. Yeah, in your closet where you keep all 470 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,080 your BS knickknacks that you have. Yep. Yeah, that your wife doesn't let you put out because I feel 471 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:49,480 that. Yeah, like my Yoda star wars. You're right. Okay, so like imagine that BS wall was at my shop. 472 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:56,360 Like that's not worth it. That's not worth it. Like no way. So that was a beautiful learning lesson. 473 00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:03,080 So I had a lot of really good learning lesson. Bro, what's exciting is like putting in perspective. 474 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:08,440 Okay, five year plan. You had you had a five year plan to basically or I guess four year plan 475 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:13,160 technically to become a global artist blow everything out of the water become literally 476 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:20,360 one of the best in the world, right? You did it. Now you're on phase two, business owner. 477 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:27,160 Now you want to grow that be the best there. So like you are just doing what you already did once 478 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:33,080 all over again in a different in a different region or a different part, right? And that's what 479 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:38,280 entrepreneurship is all about. Wait, I got a funny thing to say. Tell me you play Call of Duty. 480 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:44,360 Of course. Okay, Call of Duty. Yeah, of course, man. You know how you prestige. Yes. So I told 481 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:53,400 I told I told I said I was like, dude, it's just it feels like I just prestige. I have all the knowledge. 482 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,360 I have everything. Awesome way to put I'm gonna use that. I'm being an entrepreneur is 483 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,360 prestigious. And you know what he says? He goes, okay, it was like, whatever the hell that means. 484 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:09,480 And I was like, you don't play Call of Duty broke my heart, bro. Bro, prestige, your prestige one now. 485 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:16,840 That's awesome. First prestige. First prestige, dude. That's that that's a game changer. I just felt 486 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:23,080 like a competitive like a rise in my soul right now. Yeah. Like putting it in a presenter that way. 487 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:28,920 Shoot, because you were on top. But now you're on the bottom. But with all the knowledge, you're 488 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:33,720 like you're at the bottom with every with all the last bit of knowledge you need. But now 489 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:39,880 second prestige is growth. Yeah. And third in fourth and fifth is all growth. And I sound like 490 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:47,640 such a nerd. And I love how we're having this nerd out. But like, swear, dude, it's that's the 491 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:53,880 truth. You know, prestigeing in life, you know, one step, one step, one step. Here's the deal, man. 492 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:59,640 Your business is going to be very successful. It's already succeeding. How long have you had this? 493 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:07,880 What is it? Like eight months? What's today's date? Today is July 10. Yeah, 11th. 11th. Oh, 494 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:16,520 tomorrow makes tomorrow literally makes nine months. Nine months. Okay. Yeah. Sweet man. So like 495 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:21,480 first year of business. And we all know there's so many different lessons. I mean, being a business 496 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:27,000 owner is so different than, you know, cutting hair. Like it's just a whole different set of skills 497 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:32,840 to run a company. And you realize a bunch of that in the first month. You know what I mean? Like 498 00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:37,800 was a punch in the face. But those are the good months. So that's when you look back like, 499 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:43,080 if I were to look back on my first month right now, I would, I wouldn't be able to stop laughing. 500 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:50,840 So I'm not going to think about it. Dude, I was an absolute turd. I was a fool. I thought I was a 501 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:56,920 cool. I'm going to go frickin build a shower, bro. I'm surprised I haven't hurt people on 502 00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:03,960 accident. Like with some of the stuff I actually built because I knew I was a new dude, these 503 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:10,680 these gamer slaying. I love this. I was a new but now I'm prestige, baby. Let's go. Let's go. 504 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:19,320 But that's I'm a little envious of you right now. You get it just like you you did it. 505 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:24,120 Now you get to do it again. And it's that's fun. I've been waiting to be able to like get this 506 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:28,200 thing to be my economy like just so well oiled to where I can have a sign like, all right, 507 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:33,640 now I'm going to duplicate and just get it do it all over again because the adrenaline, the rush, 508 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:41,320 the, you know, the, the ecstasy of just doing something great and building something is the 509 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:46,920 best. It's the best. Like, I love that you said building it because building it from the ground 510 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:57,080 up was like such an interesting we we had we had put everything in the in the space in the first 511 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:01,000 space and we were tripping because we were like, Oh my God, it's not it's all not going to fit. We 512 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:07,000 made it fit. It was beautiful. Like whenever you just see all of your all of your stuff in one area 513 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:11,640 and you're like, Oh my goodness, how do I do it? Then you do it. It's just like it's just like a 514 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:18,360 little it's like a win. Yeah, just taking it's just taking a win. The beautiful thing. You know, 515 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:25,560 I think about like I had a I used to have a mindset like I used to watch friends that, you 516 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:30,520 know, growing up, they always put in perspective like when I got back from my mission. So four 517 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:36,680 years ago, I got back from South America. And I had missionary companions that came from very 518 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:41,880 wealthy families. And so when they came home, all I saw on Instagram were like, they're brand new 519 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:47,000 f 350 that dad bought them and this and stuff. And like, Hey, you know, he had a scholarship for 520 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:52,120 rugby, for example. And so like, they were doing stuff. But like, I saw a song like, dude, I wish 521 00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:58,440 I had that. I wish I had that. Now, I don't wish I ever had anything like that. And I had great 522 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:04,680 stuff growing up to more than some of my friends that like, but what I've learned the amount of 523 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:08,760 growth and lessons I've had from literally starting something from absolutely nothing 524 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:15,400 is irreplaceable, irreplaceable. You just can't get anywhere. Like I feel like if I were to go up 525 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:25,320 against someone twice as big as me, but they had a huge cushion of a head star funding friends, 526 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:29,960 family that helped them and and they built in these, you know, they're still successful because 527 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:38,280 of them. But I guarantee that the things that I know and I learned go even further beyond them, 528 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:47,640 because to not have anything and to have nothing to lose changes people when you actually do stuff, 529 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:55,320 in my opinion, you know, yeah, money is not here's the here's the fine line because money's not 530 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:59,240 always the answer. Yeah, because if you shower your kids and they never know how to work, 531 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:08,920 they will. I've just seen like a lot of people, a lot of people really, really, really, really, 532 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:14,840 really successful men and women have kids give them everything and those kids end up in end up in 533 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:19,720 jail. Those kids end up just not feeling fulfilled. And it's not even the parents fault, it's not the 534 00:49:19,720 --> 00:49:26,680 kids fault, it's just like life. You can't just if I had if you if I gave you the whole world and 535 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:31,880 you had nothing to work for like what are you going to do? Like working is working is kind of 536 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:40,280 like fulfilling. Yeah, working is really fulfilling. I can tell you I've made a lot of money and I've 537 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:46,600 made like a little bit of money. But there's there's the feeling of fulfillment is just price 538 00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:53,960 you know, because my favorite days even like whenever I was at Quicks are the days that I 539 00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:58,520 have really amazing conversation. It's not about the money. I don't give a shit about the money. 540 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:03,960 The money the money will come. But those days I didn't make the most but I was like excited to 541 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:08,120 have like 10 extra minutes like with RJ like you know what I mean? Like I was like excited to have 542 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:15,080 like 10 extra minutes so we can like really really just get get down with it. You know, 543 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:22,600 have fun like who cares like life life shouldn't be so difficult. It's more in my opinion like 544 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:31,720 success is so solely based off of just like enjoyment. Why are you doing it? To be a billionaire? 545 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:38,600 Wish you the best of luck. You know, well, you know, there's there's different forms of compensation 546 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:42,440 and everybody when they hear compensation, they think green money, you know, something you can 547 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:48,120 spend right but compensation comes in so many different forms like for me like something I 548 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:55,320 base like yeah sure $300 in my hand is great. That's you know, that's rewarding but a week at 549 00:50:55,880 --> 00:51:00,440 you know, Newport with my daughters on the beach watching them run around and have the absolute 550 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:05,880 best time of their lives. That is so much more rewarding than getting $6,000 in my hand. You 551 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:11,160 know, I got here and I mean like I was the last year I went to Disneyland and Disneyland's great. 552 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:17,640 I love Disneyland and went there and we were there two full days and we did some other stuff on the 553 00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:23,560 side but out of that entire trip out of everything we did every ride I went on the most memorable 554 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:29,320 part that I remember and I'll never forget is the first 10 seconds my daughters walked in and 555 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:34,040 their jaws just dropped because it was the most magical thing they've ever seen and I'll never 556 00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:40,440 forget that it's like there's there's so many fruits and rewards and everything and if you 557 00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:46,280 focus on the money money's great and that's a drive and like hey I would love to be a billionaire 558 00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:52,920 and I'm gonna strive to make as much money as humanly possible but those are so awesome those 559 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:58,520 rewards along the way you know what I mean? Yeah it's so great. The little things the little things 560 00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:07,640 and in like something I seriously value is driving with the windows down. Yeah either either like 561 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:13,560 first thing in the morning when the sun's not up. No even even when the sun's not up like even when 562 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:19,880 the sun's not up like that's my favorite thing blasting music and that's how I wake up or like 563 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:24,200 at night whenever I'm driving home and it's dark out and it's windows down. Those are my favorite 564 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:30,760 times yeah and like that's just a beautiful thing yeah just the little things like not even like 565 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:37,000 work related just like like those are the most fulfilling moments and having like those moments 566 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:42,840 the little things that actually drive you to be successful people don't even talk about what you 567 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:49,080 need what do you need I need I need that 15 minutes every morning with my windows down music 568 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:55,960 blasting maybe not during this heat but like I need that that's that's how I get fired up like 569 00:52:55,960 --> 00:53:02,680 so we will talk more about it but I got some crazy good news we'll talk more about it after 570 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:08,920 this podcast but crazy crazy crazy amazing news and I'm super happy for my... Are you having a kid? 571 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:15,240 No no no I'm saying no I'm like yeah I'm like super happy for my kid. I can't take another one of 572 00:53:15,240 --> 00:53:21,160 those honestly it's in the water at this point. Like I'm like super duper happy for my friends 573 00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:27,160 that's like a fulfilling thing for me you know like just like an amazing I I love to see my friends 574 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:32,360 win I love to see you win I love coming here like I feel like every time I come in here I feel like 575 00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:40,520 I'm winning because I'm there's not many you get my opportunity yeah very you know like I've never 576 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:46,840 heard of anybody doing what I'm doing right now for those of you don't know I come to um RJ shop 577 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:54,760 give everybody haircuts once a month or so cool as thing this is awesome for us never experience 578 00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:59,480 something like that and um he was still kind of getting me a barber chair and it was awesome so I 579 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,880 have a little barber chair there's a table over there there's a refrigerator there's everything I 580 00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:07,800 need truly and that's that's an excellent opportunity. I feel like I'm Rick Ross when he comes over you 581 00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:15,000 know just like yeah my barber's coming over it's coming to me like it's so sick but it is and and 582 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:19,240 he don't even smile like that because when I told everybody in the conference room that we were 583 00:54:19,240 --> 00:54:24,920 doing this everybody was like yeah dude that's awesome that's sick you have to thank your brother 584 00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:31,240 for that because yeah I keep really having my brother really wanted it yeah and then I also just 585 00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:37,960 I like it because I get to DJ yeah and get some music going on like talk about like an experience 586 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:46,840 like I just you know I think this is cooler than the time that I cut hair and like next to a Ferrari 587 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:51,960 like I think this is cooler than that moment you know that's flattering thank you you know 588 00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:57,400 it just a minute ago you reminded me of a movie I can't remember what it's called but this movie is 589 00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:03,800 about the photographer or it's the main character is about his life or whatever but there's a 590 00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:10,280 character in this movie who's a like a photographer who captures photos of like just he's a professional 591 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,960 photographer who captures the most beautiful photos of different animals and stuff and there's 592 00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:21,720 this one animal he had been hunting like some type of snow lion or cat or something I can't 593 00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:27,000 remember but anyways and so this guy they ended up he ended up finding this photographer for some 594 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:31,560 other reason that doesn't relate and this photographer's on my mountain he was like hey look 595 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:36,200 over there I've been hunting this for years it's like the one picture he's wanted his entire life 596 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:41,480 and he's like oh yeah and so he has a camera up he's looking and you know the Spencer's there 597 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,680 we're waiting for him to take a picture and then he just puts the camera down and then the cat walks 598 00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:51,080 away and the guy goes why don't you snap that picture you've been literally hunting this for years 599 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:56,360 it's like your light like your life goal to get this picture he goes because if I took the picture 600 00:55:56,360 --> 00:56:01,960 I wouldn't have really enjoyed the moment of actually being here and that stuck with me hardcore 601 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:08,360 like going back to like the the beautiful things the little things in life sometimes like if you 602 00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:14,280 know when you're stressed out and you have a million things going on and or you're hitting 603 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,960 goals and you're not feeling satisfied because you're still not where you want to be even though 604 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:21,960 you're making a little bit of progress you'll be able to step back and just enjoy the moment 605 00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:27,240 just enjoy the moment that's what keeps us sane I think that's what really keeps us sane from 606 00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:34,440 crumbling from the freaking stress of just having a hustle 24-7 you know so I I this happens to me 607 00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:39,000 a lot and I want to know if it happens to you but sometimes I'll get so stressed out like just 608 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:45,320 overwhelmed literally on the verge of a panic attack and I'll quite literally just break out and 609 00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:51,000 laugh or like it's not me it's not it's just like an involuntary action where I'm just like 610 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:57,640 I start laughing and it actually calms me down that's where I'm like damn this freaking sucks 611 00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:02,920 and I just start like hysterically laughing like literally five seconds makes it easier to take 612 00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:07,720 and then you're just like damn all right I think we've all done that I was like this is this is 613 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:12,440 what I gotta do so like I gotta do x y and z like this is just what it is you know what I mean I 614 00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:17,000 think I do that when I get bad news like hey man we actually burnt this client's house down 615 00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:27,480 oh man that sucks we we've never we've never had any fires at clients houses nothing like that but 616 00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:30,760 like literally hey boss that uh the house is 617 00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:40,360 hey boss we just lost uh million dollars oh shoot it does take the edge off I'm not gonna lie for me 618 00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:45,560 I just I have moments where I'll just like break down and cry and then like after I cry I feel so 619 00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:49,800 good like I had someone in here just before you came and he was talking he's like he's so stressed 620 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:55,800 and I've been kind of coaching him on how to scale his business he was like yesterday dude I just I 621 00:57:55,800 --> 00:58:01,960 cried for like 30 minutes in my car just because I'm just there's so much going on I'm so stressed 622 00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:06,280 I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do this and I'm like how do you feel he's like I feel great 623 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:11,800 I was like yes you do so you gotta have those moments whether it's laugh like something just a coping 624 00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:17,720 mechanism almost you know what I mean like it's a necessity it's a necessity yeah and I and I 625 00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:24,120 it's so funny to hear like you say that like you cried because I felt so much better like so 626 00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:28,040 every time I cry I feel so much better yeah even whenever I was telling you about whenever I wanted 627 00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:34,840 to quit like barbering and I like broke down for like hours like it just wouldn't stop like I felt 628 00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:40,920 like like heavenly like almost you know you feel it's just such a release it's your release yeah 629 00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:46,520 you get released this stress it's it's like working out feels good yeah it's good love it love it 630 00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:53,480 dude awesome coop this was a great podcast love this episode this was this was a fun one I really 631 00:58:53,480 --> 00:59:00,680 enjoyed you being here guys we are going to have his links to his social media and stuff down below 632 00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:05,560 click it check it out if you're local az are you taking on new clients yeah he's taking on new 633 00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:11,400 clients okay he's out in Chandler Arizona correct yeah yeah yeah place that you went to like yeah 634 00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:17,400 minutes away it's like Gilbert on the two or two yeah yeah so um if not you can come stop by my 635 00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:21,160 office check our office I don't get a haircut on Tuesday because you're gonna be here Tuesday 636 00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:26,520 actually they probably won't even hear this on Tuesday will they don't need people come into the 637 00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:33,960 office I'm chilling but then also check out our links follow our company check out what we're 638 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:37,480 going what we're doing and what's going on we really appreciate you guys following us remember 639 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:41,560 to drop questions down in the comments for our q&a's so if you guys have anything you're going 640 00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:48,120 through whether it's in your marriage or family your business this podcast is literally for all 641 00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:54,840 of us to really share all the differences and and the things that we do to you know find solutions 642 00:59:54,840 --> 01:00:00,360 get through life and and really just share share everything so we appreciate you guys join in we'll 643 01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:26,920 see you next time dude that was so much fun