The Social Media SUCKS Show - Carolyn Rim : Gratitude & Business!

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Uh oh. Uh-oh.

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It's the conquer.

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Welcome. Carolyn sings. I do the introduction. It's just how we get it done here. What is happening, everybody? My name is Sebastian Rusk, and this is the Social Media Suck Show. Got my trusty co-host this week and lovely guest. This Carolyn Rim. Give it up, Carolyn Rim. What's happening, girl?

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Woo! I'm cheering for myself.

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Oh, this came on this morning in the gym so timely because I did not want to be at the gym. I love that song.

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I can get listen, I can get gangster with you any day of the week, all right?

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You're from Philly.

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I am from Philly. You guys know it. I'm that Philly girl.

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Absolutely. So um you and I met um through social media. I think it was through uh you posted a video or picture. Um I blame Grateful Tony for us meeting.

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Yes, grateful Tony, yes.

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Yes, great, great, grateful Tony. She'll be on the show um in the next in the next few weeks here, actually. So um if Grateful Tony's watching, Grateful Tony, you are awesome, and I'm grateful for you. And uh I still haven't figured out what gumption is, but I do send you a picture of the gumption beer every time I see it at in the grocery store.

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Oh my god, that's so funny.

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So you and I had a little um uh impromptu uh chit chat on Saturday afternoon, uh just because when the ideas are flowing and going and um you know the desire to connect even more with people that we meet online happens, you know, we end up in the phone, we end up on the phone on a Saturday afternoon, and you shared a little bit um of your story uh with me. Uh for those of you just joining us, for those of you not knowing what in the world is going on here, and you just clicked join and you jumped in the show. My name's Sebaster Rosk. I am a social media strategist. I wrote a book called Social Media Sucks. If you don't know what you're doing, we do this each and every week here on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. I'm actually on the road right now in Long Beach, California for the week with my friends at Business Networking International. That's short for B, that's long for B and I. Um BI Miami Dade is a client of my agencies, and they brought us out to my agency, working on our big words here, brought us out to Long Beach for the global conference. So I'm out here rubbing shoulders, shaking hands, kissing babies with um about 750 global leaders for B and I. So um an exciting week to say the least. Uh, I got a chance to meet Dr. Ivan Meisner last night. Um, in fact, I told I saw him on a random blab the other day, and I was very impressed uh that uh he made it onto blab. He's embracing new technology and he said, Sebastian, I like it a lot more than Google Hangouts. I said, Yeah, you and everybody else. So it's really cool. I'm uh posting up in a hotel room here and uh trying to get some good lighting, some good audio going to keep the show going. The trick to all this stuff is consistency, people. If you want to start a show, you're looking for ideas for a show. The trick is to be able to be consistent uh and strategic with your guests. You've got to have good content, you've got to have a guest that have that that have a following in a tribe. That's the goal. So that's my tribe is on. Absolutely. On like Donkey Kong. So that's how I ended up with this little rock star right here. Did I point the right way? I think so.

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Yeah, I think you did.

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This little rock star right here. So um you and I connected probably like what, three weeks ago. So we're pretty much strangers, but we're besties all at the same time. Isn't that nuts?

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He talks just about as fast as I do, I think. What do you guys think? Like a little bit. I might talk a little bit faster, but I can keep up with this guy, that is for sure. And on Saturday, it's funny, I was talking to him. And really, I I mean, I can't um, you know, I can't really, you know, be on here and not share my story with where I started with you guys. So um with your best.

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Because it's such a great story. And um, by um by show of um type of one or a two in there, one if you're familiar with Anthony Robbins, two if you don't know who he is. And if you don't know who he is, then well, we're about to tell you what's up. She's got another one. I've had two incredible experiences with Tony. Uh, great friends with his son Jarek, and just a huge fan of just the Robbins clan in general. So let's kick things off. Tell us about that incredible story um of you making it to UPW and ending up in the um foreign translation room.

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Yes, okay, yes. So um I'm gonna try to make this really quick. I have so many sherry stories that I could share of the past year, but first I just need to paint the picture of where I was because I don't know, and that's right, Tony Robbins does live in Florida right now. So I don't know where you are in your life right now, but I know if you're listening to the this lab, you want a positive energy because uh the only people I bring into my reality are positive people who want to make an impact in the world and make a difference in their life, even if it's just your family and the people surrounding you. So a year ago, I was not in that space. A year ago, um I just turned 30. I was sitting in a cube. I had been for the first 10 years. Okay, um, I was 30 years old. I thought I was gonna have yeah, I thought I was gonna have to be in a cube for 10 years for the rest of my life. And I remember that I was looking up bridges to jump off of. Like I joked with my girlfriend. I was like, hey, can you meet me at the Cherry Hill Bridge? I'll bring the lipstick. Like, seriously, like I wanted to die. Okay, it was bad.

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You were waking up and you're like, I don't know if I want to slice my wrist or go get a manicure.

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Yeah, exactly exactly. That's exactly. I was so messed up in my mind with my beliefs and what I wanted. I had no passions, I had no, right? And so what happened um was I by grace, by sheer grace, I type in the name Tony Robbins, right? Um, and basically, uh, what happens is this man comes up and I see him on this video. It's like a two-minute video, and he's banging his chest, and people are jumping up and down. And instantly, instantly, I decided that I was gonna go see this man. I didn't care when it was, I didn't care how much it cost, I didn't care, I was going to see him. So I had $36 in my bank account, and I called a lady and I'm like, hi, I'd like a front row seat to Tony Robbins. And she's like, sure, that's $3,000. And I was like, all right, I'll call you right back. So I didn't call anyone, right? I didn't call my dad, I didn't call my husband at the time, I didn't call anyone. I didn't want anyone to try to talk me out of this decision. I called my bank, and um, even though you know my my credit was still pretty good, even though I only had $36 in the bank, I still paid all my bills and stuff for the most part, and over the most part. And so basically they gave me a $5,000 loan. I took out a $5,000 personal loan and I decided for the first time in my life to listen to my intuition. I decided for the first time in my life to just go for it, man. And I invested the $5,000 in myself. And I called the lady back and I said, book the ticket. So I was so excited. One week I was gonna go out to Dallas.

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Hold that thought because you were in a dark spot, and when you're in a dark spot and we're inside our own head. Fact, I just posted something this morning. We are confined by the walls that we build ourselves, and sometimes those walls are so tall and we box ourselves in and are so dark. What what was the what was the shift? What was the I mean, you you was it was it uh searching for something popping up?

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Deciding. It was deciding to go see him.

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It was making it, but it's tough to decide when you're in a dark spot. Would you agree?

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Um, yeah, it's tough, it's tough to invest in yourself and to believe in yourself enough to make that decision. I had to trust myself because do you know how much backlash I received from my family and my my husband at the time? They accosted me. They said, How could you? You don't have the money to spend on this. This is ridiculous. You know, it's one week from where you're going. I got so much backlash, right? And so um I went, I went though, okay? Day one, walk over fire. Day two, quit smoking after 15 years of a pack and a half of newport box cigarettes a day. Day four, I realized I have to get to this man, right? Because I remember, I remember the lady saying that there's a ticket for $500 in general seating. I could have just spent $500. But I'm anything but general, right? Like when she said general or diamond premiere, I was like, Diamond premiere. No question, regardless if I can afford it or not, I'm gonna find a way. It's never a lack of resources, it's always a lack of resourcefulness. And so I remember it was 10 minutes before I had to leave, and um, I wrote on a piece of paper, Ready Set mentored me, and I crumpled it up in my hand, and I charged the stage. And um, I, you know, I remember Tony Robbins had seven bodyguards, and I didn't think I could take seven bodyguards, but I knew that I could take three. And Joseph McClinton, Joseph McClinton only had three, right? So I'll never forget the look, the sheer panicky look of the security guard's face. Like he didn't know if he was gonna punch me in the face or what was gonna happen, but I knew I wrote on that piece of paper, ready step mentor me, and I was like, I'm getting this to that guy, whether he likes it or not. And I remember jumping on him, and um, Joseph ends up taking the paper, and he calls me like a week later, and he says, We're gonna mentor you, but you gotta do us a favor. And I was like, anything, name it. And he said, You gotta send the elevator back down when you get to the top. And I said, I'll do you one better. I was like, I'll keep my doors open on the way up. And then uh a month, and I'll be quick, the two more minutes, right? Because I can just wrap this puppy up like a Christmas present, right? Like a transformation, like a burrito, right? Like a little burrito. And so a month later, I get back from Dallas. A month later, my husband tells me I'm not the same woman that came home from Dallas. I changed too much. He doesn't like who I am, he doesn't like my big dreams. He says, I'm a wife, I work nine to five, and that's it. That's all I do. I'm not a motivational speaker. I don't want, you know, yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. Well, I like begged, right? Because it's, I mean, come on, let's get serious. It's hard. Like it's hard when you love someone and they're treating you that way, but you're stuck in this rinse and repeat cycle of um feelings. So Carolyn Rimper president. Oh, well, thank you. Um, do I mind if I do?

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That's my sister, Carolyn.

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It is oh, we'll have to talk to her later. Um, so basically, um, what happened was uh Joni Robbins somehow sees this post on Facebook that I post. I say, I'm really scared. My husband just left me. You know, I begged him to stay, but I know it's the right decision for him to let him go. And somehow he out of sheer divine grace, he sees this message and he comments on it. I still have the picture of it, and he says, Dear Carolyn, it's always darkest before dawn. It's always darkest before dawn, and what's next is always better. He said, Please come to um, please come to my uh next seminar as my guest. So I am like right in the energy weave, right? I'm like, oh my god, Tony Rubens.

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So you went so you went to Dallas, then you commented and connected with Tony. This case, social media does not suck. And then he invited you to go to New Jersey.

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Yes, he invited me to go to New Jersey. And I'll never forget, like, I remember being at um, you know, my desk. Like I worked at a desk at that time, and I like jumped up and I was like, oh my god, Tony Robbins just commented on my post. Like it was like, it was like the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me. And so, you know, I start out on this journey. It's March 2nd in Philadelphia. If anyone lives near Philadelphia, there was a huge blizzard, March 2nd, uh, like large blizzard, like biggest blizzard ever, pretty much. Um, not ever, but I start out at 9:30, 9:45, I get a flat tire, I hit a pole, and I'm sitting on the side of the road, and I call my ex and I said, please, please let me borrow your car. And he said, No, no, it's a sign you shouldn't go to this stupid event. And I was like, you know, maybe it's a sign that you just no, you're stupid. No, no, I was like, maybe it's a sign that you just don't give up at every little bump in the road, right? Like, maybe that's the sign. And so I remember taking a picture of my broken down car and me on the side of the road, and I said, Come Heller High Water, Tony Robbins, I will be at UPW, and I post it, not thinking Tony's watching me, not thinking that he'll see this post. And I remember um I I, you know, six hours later, I call my sister, I get the minivan, I drive six hours, takes me six hours to get there. I walk in, like, you know, with the force of the universe behind me. I'm so excited I'm there. I walk to the front, I was like, hi, I'm here to be Tony Robin's special friend and uh guest to the front, please. And uh the woman says, Oh, she's like, that's a problem. She's like, we don't have you on the list. She's like, really? That's only for like special people, like celebrities and stuff. Do you have an idea how special I am? No, I was like, oh, I was like, oh, only for special people. I was like, oh, I was like, okay. I was like, so I guess what do I do now? And she's like, well, I can put you in power pavilion two. And I had no idea what power pavilion two was. I was so disappointed. She walks me to a room where there's about 30 people in there. Tony Robbins isn't even in there. There's just these TV screens, and everybody's got headphones on. Why? Because no one, no one can um speak English. Everybody uh speaks a different language, right?

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Hold on, hold on a second. We're getting feedback that there's a little bit of a um of a delay on your end.

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Okay, is there a delay? All right, let me see here.

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I'm just maybe a little glitchy. Um, if you can maybe jump out, jump right back in.

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Actually, a three-second delay. And I can hear you in real time, but your your lips are like three seconds behind.

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Okay, my lips are three seconds behind.

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So let me Are you on your phone or your computer?

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I'm about to get on my phone because it's probably better, don't you think?

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Yeah, all right. I'm gonna I'm gonna kick you out and then I'm gonna bring you back in. Okay. Delayed video. Yes, I hate delayed video, it trades me. Hold that thought. Please pause for station identification. Okay, there we go. So um, I love just stopping in the middle of the story because we've got technical difficulties, but hey, that's what we do here. If you're just joining us, I see we've had several people join the room, literally from all around the world. My name's Sebastian Rusk, and I'm the host of the social media suck show. We do this each and every week at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. My lovely co-host and guest this week, the rock star herself, Carolyn Rem, is going to be rejoining us in just a second here. We've had some technical difficulties, but uh not very often does that happen here on Blab. Thankfully, if you guys haven't had a chance to tell a little bird there on your left-hand side, you click tell a little bird, that'll tweet a quick message out to all your followers and get them in the party here. And you can also, new addition, just add it as of last week or this week, I think. You can tell your aunt, which pretty much means you can tell everyone you know on Facebook. Big shout out to some peeps I see in here. Um, we've got uh Steven Cagliano is in the house. What's up, brother? How you doing, man? Good to see you. Noelle's in the house. Noelle, how you doing? How you been? How you doing? How you been? Got my sister in the house. I mean, it's not hard to get your family into these things, but um, you know, in any event, I'll I'll take what I can get, right? Uh let's see here. The very uh the always uh entertaining uh comment section uh from Samantha Lee, aka what the junk one. What the junk one? It's saying the link isn't valid. Wow. Oh, you know why? Because it's locked. Try again. There we go. Oops. I can't join the show. I'm like, I don't know why. Probably because I locked the seat. Hey, cheers to you as well, Steven. Good to see you, buddy. All right, let's see if we're back in uh in real time. Real time. There we go.

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Okay, can you guys see and hear me? Okay, I'm turning off my Wi-Fi so you guys can uh just get it from my phone as well.

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There we go. Now this the the the the smile and the and the sound are in sync.

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They're in sync. That's what we want. I'm sorry if the video pauses a little bit. I'm trying to log on for my phone. Um, you're good.

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You're perfect right now. You're you're absolutely perfect right now. Okay, cool. So you get to Tony Robbins and you said, hi, I'm here. I'm supposed to meet Tony Robbins. I need to be in the front row. They're like, not so much. And they brought you to the um overflow room, is what I would refer to it as a bunch of TVs and headsets, and um nobody speaks English.

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Yeah, nobody spoke English.

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Sounds like Miami.

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Yeah.

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So um, so I get in there and I'm sitting down, and I just remember still being we're talking about great gratefulness, right, guys? Like, so um I remember being grateful in that moment. I I I it was so hard to be grateful because I was so disappointed. But like I had to have some gratitude. I was there, right? I was with people who wanted to be be something more than that, and so I remember Tony Robbins coming out on stage, and 7,000 people standing up, not next to me, in the room next to me, you know? And so they're standing up, they're cheering for Tony Robbins. I see him on the screen, and the first things out of his mouse the first thing is there's a woman here who knows how to make things a must in her life. She got a flat tire, she got into an accident, she hit a pole, and she called a friend for help, and they said, No, it's a sign. No, it's a sign that you know you shouldn't go to that stupid event. And she said, No, it's a sign, you don't give up at every little bump in the road. Please, everybody stand up and give Carolyn Rim a round of applause. And he posts my name and my picture on the screen for 7,000 people to see. And I even the people that didn't speak English are like, oh my god, that is you. That is you. And I'm like, Yes, that is me. That's me. That is me. Yeah, I'm like, that is me. Yes, that's me. And so, like at that moment, oh my god, this is so funny that someone just posted a picture in the comments.

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That's amazing. Damn, nice one. Well played, good Sam. Well played.

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So well, well played, sir. And so basically, um, you know, I I decide, right, guys. Like when you decide something, when you just make a decision, yeah, 100%. Dude, I'm telling you, the universe supports you when you make a decision in your mind just to do it. And I decided that I was gonna walk up to with so much certainty to the front row that they weren't gonna say a damn thing to me.

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I remember making it all meeting Tony.

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Yeah, exactly. They're either gonna throw me backstage in a cell or the police are gonna come or something's gonna happen. I probably would have liked that if they threw me back in the cell. No, I'm just kidding. So basically, um I make my move, I make my move, I walk up to the front row, and I lock eyes with this mammoth man called Tony Robbins himself. Dude, he's mammoth. He's so tall. So tall, but he's so cool, right? And so he looks down at me, he blows me a kiss, and he tells me to sit down in the front row next to Hugh Jackman. Wolverine! I sat, I like sat down. I remember sitting down and I looked at his name tag and it said Mike Smith, and I was like, you don't fool me, sir. You're Wolverine. Um, you don't fool me, you're Carolyn Rim. I was like, oh my boom. Yes, I was like, yes. So, you know, I just believe, right? You just gotta believe.

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Well, you're up there in uh in in the front row. That's uh that's not that's not VIP, that's actually platinum partnership. So these people are paying off the battery.

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No, it's not platinum, it's special, it's the Tony Family Friends section. Like you need a blue lanyard, like you can't buy that ticket.

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That's where Pitbull sits.

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Exactly. That's where Pitbull, that's where Few Jackman, that's where Oprah sat. That this is the section where it's just like right next to the stage. Like there's a bunch of bodyguards.

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You get to walk on fire, you get to walk on fire, you get to walk on fire.

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And so basically, it was just really incredible experience. Wolverine is my man crush, she's my man crush too. Um, no, but he's yeah, clearly, um, clearly, I, you know, I just was so grateful at that moment. And I remember Tony like coming over to me during the whole event and just really talking to me, like just looking at me and talking to me and making sure that I understood. And and and I remember I got there, Joseph, my mentor, right? Because I went to Dallas, Joseph's my mentor. So as soon as they put me in that room, I text Joseph, I was like, help! I'm in the foreign exchange room. And he's like, sorry, Dal, can't help you till tomorrow. And so the the following day, I told Joseph what happened, and he said to charge the stage again, and this time I'll walk right backstage. And um, I did, and I like it, it gets me.

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I'm so I'm sorry, I get a little bit emotional.

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It's so like this is a life altering, like there was a lot of tears shed at UPW. It happens.

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No, it is, and um, I just remember like walking backstage and I just started to cry because I was just so grateful that like I had that chance because I knew um thank God everyone can have that chance. So I was just not even a little bit. So I was incredibly grateful.

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Wow, that is fantastic. It really no, you can't, you're not getting back there. I think you can donate two grand to his um foundation and you can get a signed picture. Yeah, you can get a picture with him um after the event, but you're not like hanging out back there and you're not just platinum partners, baby. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So I I I am uh a huge fan of UPW and I my my journey began. Um, well, the the second part of my journey began um you know five and a half years ago. I was I was I was broke and frustrated. I moved back from Southern California with a duffel bag in my daughter in 2008. The market had crashed, everybody was broke, everybody was losing everything. And I rode that uh sympathy wave, feeling sorry for myself for a couple of years. And I I I pulled myself out of it or started to in 2010, and I said, um, I'm gonna go see Anthony Robbins. I know I'm gonna go walk on fire. I'm gonna unleash the giant that I know is hidden somewhere in here. So I called my friend Whitney up in San Diego, who's working for Tony at the time, and I said, Hey, Wit, um, lay it on me. I want to go to UPW. It's in Long Beach, where I'm at right now. And um, it's this summer. I have no idea how I'm gonna pay for it, how I'm gonna get there, but I need the details so I can get it on my chalkboard, look at it, visualize it, see it, and I'll figure it out from there. So she gives me all the details. I write it all down and she says, Um, she calls me back an hour later and she's like, Oh my gosh, I forgot to tell you. My best friend lives in Miami and she travels with Tony. She's on his core team of six people. You totally need to meet her. Because you have similar uh personalities, and you guys would totally hit it off. Great contact for you. So she makes an introduction and we chat on the phone that week, and I had shot a video for my consulting business at the time for my laptop in my living room. It was the worst video ever. But I showed it to her as a stranger, and she said, Oh my gosh, you've got to start a YouTube channel. Like your energy, the whole nine, you would totally just blow it up. And I'm like, Well, great, what am I gonna talk about? I do like real estate marketing, it's 2010. That's like a four-letter word. And I said, She goes, Well, what about social media? And I'm like, Well, I've been screwing around on MySpace since 2004. Buzz around that, social buzz, a TV, social buzz TV. I sent those three words um to my designer and came back with what is now still to the day the social buzz TV logo. And I started the business with just a logo. I didn't have a car, I didn't have any money, I had a skateboard, and I had an incredible babysitter thanks to my sister. So um, full-time single dad, broke, frustrated, trying to trying to get back to where I was before wasn't an easy task. But um I knew that um if you make enough noise, someone will come knock on your door. So you don't always have to launch a brand knowing what your revenue model is. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time. It took me 12 months to ride the bus around Miami and act as if and show up at events and then start doing my own events. And then people said, Well, wait a second, maybe you can help me out with my social media. And we're able to start the agency from there, and people started paying me to screw around on Facebook all day. And here we are, five and a half years later. I I never made it to UPW, um, by the way, um, until 2013. Um, my coach Mina said, Sebastian, I'm not letting you off the phone. She used to work for Tony for four and a half years. She goes, I'm not letting you off the phone until you book the trip to Chicago. And I'm like, can't I just wait till he comes in February? Absolutely not. You're flying to Chicago, you're going. And um I did that. And um my my first day, like I and I shared this with you Saturday. My first day there, I full day of traveling, and UPW starts Thursday at noon, but then noon until whenever Tony's done. And that could probably be, and the first day is the firewalk. So usually one, two o'clock in the morning could be an early night. Well, by 10 45, I'm spent. I've been traveling all day. I'm exhausted. It's 40 degrees inside the room, you're freezing. There's no lunch breaks because you can't break 5,000 people and then get them back in a room in a timely fashion. So you're just eating granola bars um nonstop. And by 10 o'clock, you're like, one more granola bar, and I'm gonna punch a baby. So um, so I I thought, I thought, um, what am I gonna do here? So um I called my fiance at the time and I said, you know, what you know, I I I gotta I gotta get out of here. I'm starving. And she's like, I don't know what to tell you. You need to call Mina. Like that, you know, she's the coach. I'm like, all right, cool, thanks for your help. Got some clarity there. Um, so I I I called Mina and she didn't answer. So I was like, well, easy. I might as well go back to my hotel room. And um I get back to my hotel room. Um, she calls me back, hey man, how's it going? And she's been like play by play. Listen, here's what here's what to expect, here's what you're there, you're there to start what you finished, or you're uh uh finish what you started, etc. Yada, yada, yada. And yes, Damien, you can post pics to Blab chat now. Um, I don't know how to do that, but um, when you tweet out, tell a little bird, it sends gifts of um this awesomeness right here. Anyway, back back back to the story.

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Love the girl. So um something shiny. Hurry, look, look at it, look.

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So I get back to my hotel room and I'm like, I'm cool, I'm scot-free. Now I I knew that I was going to miss the firewalk, and I knew that there with that, um, it was enough to get there, right? It's an investment to go, you especially if you're flying there and it's not local, right? So I thought I've got two grand into this weekend, but I'm hungry and I'm tired, and I just I don't feel like it. And um, Mina called me back, and Mina's one of the very few people in this world that I have a trouble saying no to and that I'm a little scared of. And um, she said, So how's it going? And I said, Oh my gosh, it's incredible. Tony came out, we're dancing, we're here, we're making our move, we're all the whole nine with it's tears and laughter and anger, and it's just a shit show of emotion. It's awesome. And um she goes, Great, how's it going right now? I go, Well, I'm beat. And I just I I actually just got back to my hotel. She said, What do you mean, got back to your hotel? It's 11 o'clock. You you should be almost getting ready to go walk on fire. I'm like, Well, we were prepping for the whole thing, and then had everybody laying on the floor, the lights went out, and I'm like, I'm hungry.

SPEAKER_04 26:14

I gotta go, I gotta get out of here.

SPEAKER_05 26:15

She's like, I don't, I don't understand. Like, I don't, I don't, what do you mean you left? Like it she couldn't wrap her head around this. Like, what do you mean you you left? So I'm like, well, I don't know, because I don't, I can't tell her no. I'm like, I can't be like, well, too bad, I'm tired, and I'm going to bed. Um, so I was trying to dance around all this, and she's like, Listen, dude, here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna call the get the cab that just dropped you off, and you're gonna be like, I need you to take me right back to where you picked me up from, and you're gonna walk in that room and you're gonna finish what you started, dude, and that's it. Uh, and I thought, and she goes, I know you don't feel like it, but let me ask you a question. This was this was a shift right here. She goes, How many times on a daily basis do you say, I'm not gonna do it because I don't feel like it? And what has that done for you? And where where are you at at I was 34 at the time, where are you at uh with all the I don't feel like it? I'm like, oh, I'm already dialing the cab. I get back to the convention center or in Chicago, and um, you know, you're at the preparatory stage is starting to end. Like you can't just go walk on fire, you've got to be prepped to do this whole program, as you as you've experienced. Um, and everybody's you know, you start with the you know, the the yes claps have begun. It's like 5,000 people in a room at 11 o'clock at night with all this momentum, and Tony Robbins and yes, yes, like you're just I don't I don't care who you are, you hear that and you're automatically like yes, yeah. So I get there, everybody's got their pants rolled up, screaming yes, the whole nine, and everyone's getting ready to bail out of the convention center, and the fire walk is in the parking lot at most venues. And um, I thought, well, shit, let me get ahead of the game and get out to the parking lot. So I walk out there and there's eight rows of fire going and jungle music playing.

SPEAKER_03 27:54

And everyone's going, yes.

SPEAKER_05 27:56

Yes, yes, yes, yes, and I'm like, yes. So I'm posting a video of everyone going, yes, and I'm walking here, and Mina's like, what happened, dude? What happened? So I send her the video and I get out there, and Tony's like, hey, I pick a line. I don't tell you what line it's gonna be. Just get out there. You're not gonna be able to get in my line or whatever, just get in a line. We're trying to get this done in a timely fashion. 5,000 people walking on eight lanes. You do the math, it's not the quickest process. So I get out there and I get to the lane, I look over to my right, and there's a there's a team member on each lane. I look over to the right, who's the team member? My friend Dawn, the one that Whitney introduced me to two years ago. So she's been the one that's actually got me to UGW. So I'm already stoked that she's just right there and able to see the experience because she's loved the story. And then I turn after seeing her and get all fired up, and I and I look over and then up, and I thought, that but I but that was up, and I totally am like losing. I don't know what to say. Like, I don't know whether to hug him or he's got his he goes security detail, you know. So I don't know whether to like hug him or like jump on his back. And I don't I didn't know what to do, but I'm like, okay, just remain calm and not go crazy and let's not get starstruck. Let's just let him walk you across fire because you're walking across fire with Tony Robbins. So he walks like five people across, and I'm so amped and I'm done. The guy in front of me was the last one to walk with Tony. Security swoops him off. I'm trying to negotiate with the volunteer that's gonna help me walk across fire. There are a couple details when you're walking across 500-degree coals that you need to pay attention to, but I'm trying to negotiate him going and grabbing Tony and security and bringing him back. And he's like, sir, it's not gonna happen. So I made my way across the firewalk. I got done, I celebrated, I was stoked, and and Mina was exactly right because she said, Sebastian, if you go back and finish what you started, number one, you're not gonna think about how hungry you are, how tired you are, you're not gonna be lacking energy. You're not, you are gonna be so amped. I'll be surprised if you even sleep tonight. And I'm like, okay. The level of energy that I felt and the accomplishment that I felt of so I and so I'm texting them now. Mina's jumping on her bed back in Florida, amped. And it's you know, it's it's two o'clock in the morning in Chicago, so it's like three o'clock in the morning in Florida, and she's just as jazzed as I am. And I get back to my hotel room and I and I call her and I said, Um, great to talk to you at three in the morning. She goes, Sebastian, you you know, you finished what you started, dude. First of all, congrats. And I'm like, this shit feels awesome to finish what you start. Like it totally feels awesome. She goes, can you can you can you just sit at the edge of your bed real quick? And I want you, I want you to think about something real quick. And I don't want you to ever forget this. When your back's up against the wall and you're frustrated and you don't feel like it, you don't want to do it. Remember that everything you need in order to do it, everything you need in order to get to where you need to be is inside you. And don't ever forget that because you proved that so true tonight. I'm beyond proud of you. Um, I forgot to tell you about the sleep factor. It's 3 a.m. and you need to be up in three hours. So I'm gonna let you go. So finish the rest of the week, finish what you started. Love ya, proud of you, see you soon. And that was it. And then I he came, he came to Florida the following year, and I was like, that's it. I'm bringing my 12-year-old. So I brought my daughter with me. And um, if you have kids um that are at least, I think 10's 12's a good age. They let them in at 10, but they take them out on transformational Saturday. But 12's a good age to get them in there because the patterns start early with us. The story starts.

SPEAKER_02 31:11

I want to say something about that. By age eight, we know where, like, seriously, that is like a proven fact. By age eight, we know what we can and cannot do. So we start off as these like, you know, tiger kids, and then we turn into these scaredy cat adults that don't think that we can, you know, jump out of a nine to five job, that don't think that we can write a book, that we can be passionate, that we can live our dreams. And I can tell you that it's possible. Like, because it's hard to think about like, um, you know, oh, I definitely can do it, I can do it, I can do it. Sometimes you just need to say to yourself, it's possible. I it is possible. It's definitely possible.

SPEAKER_05 31:46

Uh absolutely. Yeah, I was watching, um, I was watching the um, these gifts are amazing because you're all wah wah wah. I was watching the uh Pitbull special on C uh CNBC a couple weeks ago. I don't know if you saw it or not, but try to find it somewhere because it was incredible. And obviously, uh I'm a little biased because you know pit bulls from the hometown of 305, Mr. Mr. Worldwide, but um he legitimately came from nothing and built an empire that he's got now. And he said one thing my kids taught me that dad, even the word um even in the word uh impossible is the word possible, right? So, like all these little simple things that we always forget to talk about and integrate, and he talked about that as well too. And it said, you know, it's it's it's it's we can always sit around what's what's unavailable and impossible is always always available to think about and and what's called, but also what is possible and what can be done um is as well. I think we get so stuck in the story that we create. That story is nuts. What Damian said, we hired a sales manager that introduced that to the floor, and I stuck with it for a while. All the yes clap we used to do in the uh uh in the sales room. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 32:53

That they used to call me, they used to call me the spark plug. By the end of my time at Medical Guardian, I will never forget it. Um, because right, like when you have a dream, you need to start telling people about it. Sebastian, I'm sure you agree. When you have a dream, like you just you've got to be obsessed with it. I'm talking, I am obsessed with my dream. Like I tell everyone about it. Like I tell everyone how passionate I am about it. And I remember telling my boss, listen, I want to be a motivational speaker. This is what we're gonna do. I want to be in the sales training right now. And he was like, okay. He's like, so what do you want to be called? Like, what will you do? I'm like, I'm gonna have them slap their asses. Everybody, actually, Sebastian, do me a favor right now, just stand up on the count of three, slap your own ass and try not to smile. One, two, three.

SPEAKER_05 33:38

That was that was amazing.

SPEAKER_02 33:41

So it's impossible, right? Like that's called a pattern break. And when you're in sales and you sit down for a while, trust me when I say that pattern break comes in handy. Okay, when you're getting screamed at and stuff like that, you know?

SPEAKER_05 33:53

The guy that I, the guy that brought me to California, I went to work for 15 years ago, um, is one of my best friends now and mentor, Damien Zamora. He's in the room here, Damien Go Mobile. Uh, Damien used to just take my chair away from me. So there was no sitting down at all. It was like, I'm taking your chair. You close three deals, you can have your chair back, right? So that worked out, that worked out all right, actually. I'm like, keep the chair, dude. As long as my paycheck is there on Friday, you can keep the chair.

SPEAKER_02 34:14

So yeah, and standing like Superman, like I would go into the meetings and have them stand like Superman because that raises your confidence 20% and it lowers your stress level 20% just by standing like Superman for two minutes. So, like, um I I'll never forget when I walked into my boss's office, they were both standing like Superman, and I started crying because I'm thinking they're firing me because I'm under my deskto my coaching calls, right? And they were like, you know, your heart isn't in this anymore. We believe in your dreams. And I remember them saying, we'll pay you unemployment, no contest, we want to support you. And like that was like for the first three months, they they they helped me with unemployment. Not that it's that much, but you know, it's when you when you believe in something, you get others to believe in it with you, right, Sebastian?

SPEAKER_05 34:57

You know, that's all part of the that that's all part of the universe um can conspiring to make it happen. Um, because there's individuals involved with that process, and they they saw something that that that they shared the vision that you did. And you didn't think that they did. You thought that it would be, you know, am I gonna get fired? Well, you know, what's gonna happen here? So um incredible story, awesome story. It's brought us to current day now, and all of that has brought you to to where you're at right now, um, which is the birth of um uh spark your rock star. Um let's talk about your business, let's talk about what you're doing and and how you're now that story is now impact because our story is great, but if it's not changing other lives, it really is irrelevant.

SPEAKER_02 35:33

So real, yeah, absolutely. So basically, um Spark Your Rockstar is my business, it's my company. And the reason that it started, it's so funny because people always ask me, how did you come up with that name, Spark Your Rockstar? And um really it could be Spark Your Gratitude. Um, I'm actually trademarking Spark Your. I know that probably sounds a little bit funny, but I I am like in Colorado, that could be a real popular theme, yeah. Yeah, right. And so, like, um I I like I'm so I'll share this with you guys. Uh like I'm an addict, right? Like well, and I used to go into NA meetings and I used to say, hi, my name's Carolyn and I'm an addict. But after Tony Robbins, I didn't want to classify I am are such a powerful word that I didn't want to say I am an addict anymore. So I remember I was on this, um, it was an I inspire call at the time, and I remember it was a Sunday call, and I said, My name is Carolyn Rim, and I am a rock star. I am a rock star, and everyone on the call just lost it. They were clapping, they were cheering, they were like, Woo! So, like the energy was high. And like Sebastian, you know this. I jump on the phone with 30 to 40 people every morning, and I take them through a gratitude meditation. I take them through a movement, like just get your heart rate up. When's the last time your heart rate was up? Okay. So, like, we would jump up and down. Like, uh, like this morning we did qigong, and you know, I I anchored them. Like, I had them squeeze their fist and think about a time in their life when they felt really good.

SPEAKER_05 36:58

Paging Tokyo. You know, I pinched my nipple and just screamed Peijing Tokyo.

SPEAKER_02 37:06

Oh, yeah, it could be for anything. It could be, you know, uh they want to, you know, do some bad things themselves, Peijing Tokyo. That's your bad. No, but there's a lot of pattern breeds there. You're right. And um, you know, my business, um, I just did a fire walk last weekend, and I got to hug every person that walked over the fire for the first time. It was so transformational. And I know there's a little bit of delay. I almost feel like dancing a little bit because there is a delay.

SPEAKER_03 37:33

Um okay, good.

SPEAKER_02 37:36

Start busting out moves in here. But uh, no, seriously, I love changing lives, and I know Frank's on, Frank Clark, Scott Burnside. There's like a lot of my people, there's a lot of people on this call that uh, you know, I love. And um, there's just a lot of people out there that have supported me because I've supported them. I actually have helped people build communities, I've helped people uh transform their lives, and and that is exactly what you're doing, Sebastian. And we're using like I use social media to build my business. So like I didn't have any money, right? Like, no, I'm talking about no freaking money. I got back from Dallas and like that was it. I like put in my two weeks. I didn't want anything to do. I was like, I'm out, pieces, you know, juice. I remember. I just was like done. And within a week, within one week, I found a job making double. Um, but it wasn't a lot of money still, right? And so I remember I spent 80 hours, uh, Sebastian, learning how to code websites. And um, I built my own website because I couldn't afford a website designer. And then I remember I didn't have money for a venue to speak at, but I knew that I I knew I was a motivational speaker. So I just said, okay, I'm gonna have an event in Media PA and I'm speaking. 99 bucks the ticket. See you there. 40 people bought tickets in one month. 40, 40 people, and I didn't even have a venue, I just said a city. Like a week before the event, people were like, hey Carolyn, um, uh, we realized that there's no uh venue on here. And I was like, touche, my friends, touche. And so, like, I'd say it was probably about uh five days before the event. We've uh my boss comes to me, and because I had asked him, I said, Do you have any vacant buildings anywhere in media? And uh he said he did. He did. So I had my event in a vacing building, it was amazing. Um, lots of transformation, and I shared my stories and my transformations, and there's uh five tips to being a rock star. Um, and one of them is trusting yourself, uh, because if you don't trust yourself, no one else will trust yourself or trust you. Okay, I know um you have to be able to get through the pain and you have to be able to work your butt off. Like that's so important, right? Like you've got to be able to work your butt off. Muhammad Ali said in the 1970s that um, you know, they were asked how many sit-ups he did a day, and he said he doesn't start counting until he starts to feel pain because that's when he knows it really counts.

SPEAKER_03 39:55

Sure.

SPEAKER_02 39:56

So, you know, it like I just believe that, you know, if you can move through the pain and the stories in your head, like you said, Sebastian, anything is possible.

SPEAKER_05 40:04

I agree, I absolutely agree. Um, Michael Haynes, welcome to the show. You said you've got uh a story that we will not believe, and uh, we love those kind of stories. So welcome to the show.

SPEAKER_00 40:14

You are not going to believe this story. I made Tony Garbins in uh ninety ninety seven ninety. It was incredible. He's great. I went to Hawaii. Wow It was ninety the unfortunate It was It was on the big island. Oh the big island of Hawaii, yeah, absolutely. I have not come down yet. Wow. What what year was that? Ninety seven ninety eight.

SPEAKER_05 41:05

Wow. That that that that's some that's some long lasting uh energy, post post-event energy, huh?

SPEAKER_00 41:11

No. That works in today. What am you today? I am my own company. I'm um I am uh producting a speaker.

SPEAKER_05 41:29

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 41:31

Why do you as I love you, nigga? I'm giving my Legend in my work.

SPEAKER_05 41:51

Yep, so you're you're integrating what you learned from Tony into what you're doing now for your job. Yeah, yeah. That's fantastic.

SPEAKER_00 41:58

It's incredible, and I cannot believe the energy that you can have from Tony. It's totally inspiring.

SPEAKER_05 42:11

Is it well? Thank you so much, and and you're you're inspiring as well. Thank you so much for for jumping on and saying hello. It looks like we all share the same energy for Tony, huh, Michael?

SPEAKER_00 42:21

Oh my god, he is incredible, and I really wanted with you two. Please do.

SPEAKER_05 42:30

Definitely send us both a tweet or find me on Facebook and find us on Facebook, Michael.

SPEAKER_02 42:34

I just wanted to say that it isn't. I almost cursed. I get passionate when I curse. It's an honor to be on a blab with you, sir. Seriously, you are a badass gentleman for jumping on.

SPEAKER_05 42:46

I feel you. You're inspiring people to overcome their challenges with integrity, and that's what the world needs, Michael.

SPEAKER_00 42:52

Woo! By the way, I do have a webpage is michaeldhaynes.com.

SPEAKER_02 43:01

Let's type that in the website. Michael D. Haynes. I'm gonna type that in. And also, guys, um, I'm gonna type in my community name. Michael, you should join this too. Spark Your Rockstar is a bunch of rock stars making it happen. So if you want to come make it happen and take action in your life, check out that Facebook group as well. Please.

SPEAKER_00 43:20

I will.

SPEAKER_02 43:21

All right, awesome.

SPEAKER_05 43:22

Hey, thanks so much for joining us, Michael. Uh, have a great afternoon, buddy, and come back and see us, will you?

SPEAKER_00 43:29

Definitely enjoy.

SPEAKER_02 43:31

Thank you so much, Michael. So, um, Sebastian, real quick, I wanted to share that um, so I wanted to share real quick that there was a woman at UPW with no legs, and um, it really helped me with um have you ever had like a victim mentality? Have you ever looked at something in your life and been like, why me? Like, why does this always happen to me? He's like, Yeah, that just like happened like a half hour ago. I was like, why me? No, no, seriously, we can go there. I can go there too. Like, why is this happening, right? And so I remember. Um, it was like the second day I was there, and it was something so little that happened. I don't know if it was I couldn't get on my phone or whatever it was, it was so little. That's a crazy and uh and so I got that mentality, right? And then I see this woman dancing right next to the stage. She's got no legs, she's dancing on nubs, and she's celebrating life. Now, I don't know about you, but I've never seen someone like that celebrate their life like that. And when Michael jumped on, I could tell his passion and his energy. So it reminded me of Son Mary. That's her name, Sun Mary. And um, she she continues to tell me I'm her hero, but really she's my hero. The challenges that they have to overcome are much greater than ours. So be grateful for where you are right now with legs, you know?

SPEAKER_05 44:45

No, really, and it is it is the little things. In fact, it was oh, you know what it was? It was in the middle of the night, uh, or maybe it was early this morning, right before I'd gotten up. Everything was the hotel room was dark. So I thought, there's like a like the light automatically comes on on the floor, so you know where you're walking, but like then it goes off. Like, so I came out of the, I came out of the bathroom and it was pitch black. And in that moment, at like three o'clock in the morning, I thought, I'm so grateful that I can see. Because if you couldn't see, this is all you get, is is complete darkness. Obviously, there they're their their gift is in other ways other than being able to see, but I in a moment of gratitude, and I've been in this whole gratitude kick um because I haven't been that grateful this year. So I went and I went and hired a gratitude coach because we got to turn that old ship around real quick. And uh I find myself more grateful for little things, whether it's you know, Jarek talks about that a lot too. You know, when's the last time you just went outside and we're like, I am so thankful that I saw that flower that just bloomed, or I saw a bird, you know, land and eat a worm or something, you know, some something like that. And um gratitude does pay off. Uh it makes me think of um when we think of dancing, you said dancing is uh my my my my good friend Sean Stevenson. I don't know if you've you've connected with Sean yet or not, but um Sean's got a rear bone disease. Oh, he's absolutely unbelievable. Sean Stevenson, S-E-A-N, and um Sean's in a wheelchair, he's got a rear bone disease, um, but um probably one of the most incredible individuals that I've ever met, and funny and hilarious. I can't even begin to describe. But he does, he just launched his brand new show called The Three Foot Chef, and he's never cooked ever. His wife's cooked for him, you know. And he's he's in a wheelchair, but he's got our he's got arms he can move around and whatnot, and he definitely uses those arms for his dance party. And these dance parties that he does um on Facebook, he always says, and he's always he's always like sticking his tongue out, but he'll see him and he he like takes his shirt off and he's dancing and he goes, send this to somebody that actually needs to see this. So if you haven't seen a Sean Stevenson dance party yet, um yeah, uh hop in, say hello. We got a couple minutes left here, Frank. Um, oops, I locked the seat. Can't do that if I like the seat. Um but yeah, if you haven't, let me see if I can find Sean. Hey there, how's it here? So everybody can what up, Frank?

SPEAKER_04 46:49

What's up, Sebastian? Thanks for uh having me on here.

SPEAKER_05 46:53

Sure, thanks for being on here. What do you do, Frank? Nice to see you.

SPEAKER_04 46:55

Are you born there, Alan? How are you doing? Long time no see, right?

SPEAKER_02 46:58

Yeah, he spoke at my event in August. I had uh Tony Robbins' son Jarek Robbins actually speak at my August event, which was called Rockstar Transformations, um, where 150 people came. Frank spoke, Jarek Robbins, myself, and uh several Chris Voss, actually the lead investigator for 24 years. Oh, he was amazing. He was incredible. Oh God.

SPEAKER_04 47:19

I mean so much from that man. I uh that that just seeing him was worth coming down there, you know. He he was incredible.

SPEAKER_02 47:27

I liked him better. Sorry, I don't mean to say this like I liked him better than Jarek, like right, like Jarek's supposed to be like the main encourse, but Chris Voss, oh my god, right? He's an invest top investigator for 24 years. You want to talk about negotiations? This I got pulled over by a cop, right? And I'll never forget, I went back into my mind to what Chris told me. He said, be honest, be honest with the cop, and I promise you won't get the ticket. Because I said to him, you know, you're investigator for 24 years. Give me the secrets. Come on, man. And I remember I the cop has me pulled over, and he's like, Do you know why I pulled you over? And I was like, Absolutely, officer. I was like, I made an illegal left-hand turn and I'm an asshole. And the cop looks at me and he's like, He's like, I'm gonna give you a warning. He's like, give me a second. And I was like, Oh my god, I called Chris. I was like, it worked, it worked.

SPEAKER_05 48:17

Like it's true story. That's awesome. Yeah, it's like you do you have any idea how fast you were going? About 90, 95. I mean, I'm I'm late, dude. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 48:28

I'll tell you a story. My my uncle, uh, great uncle actually, my grandfather's brother was a big speeder and he was driving up to uh Montreal and uh he got pulled over because he was he was flying doing like you know, 85 or 90 or something like that. He gets gets pulled over. And he was a Ken Tankerous old guy. Cop pulls him over and he says, uh, you know, I gotta give you tickets for speeding. He says, Well, you better give me two because I'm coming back this way.

SPEAKER_05 48:59

It reminds me of uh that the comedian Ron White and Sir, are you drinking in public? Or like, well, I was drinking at a bar and then you brought me out in public.

SPEAKER_01 49:10

I like that so much.

SPEAKER_05 49:11

So um, so thanks for jumping in saying hello, Frank. Um, come back soon, will you? What's that? I said thanks for hopping in and saying hello.

SPEAKER_04 49:19

Will you come back soon? Absolutely. Yeah, I'll uh I just gave you a follow on uh Twitter and I'll uh check you guys out. I saw Carolyn was on there. I felt like I had to jump in because we just did our first together.

SPEAKER_02 49:29

Frank and I'm glad you're Frank's got 8,000 people he takes care of on uh Facebook. He's actually the lead power team um guy. Like he's he runs all the power teams for Tony Robbins.

SPEAKER_04 49:40

Yeah, so I I help uh mentor and coach people who are starting power teams in different cities. Um so people who you know get inspired and get turned on at the Tony Robbins seminar. I started my first power team, the New York Power Team, back in 1993 after I went to UPW. And it's helped me connect with so many people in that community. And so when I jumped back into it five years ago, I was like, you know what? There's there's this is going on separately in different cities, but nobody's talking to each other. So I started a group to connect all the leaders of power teams, and then I've been working with some of the other leaders, and we mentor people to start power teams in new cities around the world so that they can connect with like-minded people and hopefully we can all connect with each other.

SPEAKER_02 50:22

And that is Tony Robbins' vision, correct?

SPEAKER_04 50:24

Yeah, it most of the people are Tony Robbins based, but we've opened it up to any transformational type of community. So whether it's a T Harvecker or a rich dad poor dad or whoever it might be, we're welcoming to anybody who's looking for transformation and business growth and personal uh growth, fitness growth, whatever it might be. So we've got people who are, you know, marathonners or cross-country runners, we've got people who are relationship experts, and it's just great cross-fertilization of, you know, because anybody who's like great, you know, you're trying to make it in business, but you want to make sure that your marriage doesn't suffer or that your fitness doesn't suffer. So it's nice to have that group of people who are at the the cutting edge of each of these different disciplines and it cross-fertilizes the learning. It keeps you on your toes because you might think, oh, I'm killing it in business, but you know, I'm letting my health go to crap or I'm letting my relationships go to crap. So hey Frank, what uh what marriage, Frank?

SPEAKER_05 51:18

What's that? What what marriage are we talking about here? Hey, hey girl. I'm married.

SPEAKER_02 51:26

Come on, Sebastian. Let's do a wave on the screen. Ready?

SPEAKER_04 51:29

One, two, this way. We're talking about oh, how do you do it? I want to try, I wanted to try the uh the blab high five. So if uh Sebastian, if you could just reach down to the bottom of your screen, I'll high five you to the top. You ready? No, reach down like you're high five. No, no, no, down toward me.

SPEAKER_02 51:54

Oh, oh, that actually worked. Oh, look at that, right? I like that. I can't reach Carolyn, but okay, ready, Sebastian? One? No, no, no, to the side.

SPEAKER_04 52:03

The other way.

SPEAKER_02 52:04

To the side, other way. There you go. Ready? One, two, three.

SPEAKER_04 52:07

You gotta go the other way.

SPEAKER_05 52:08

All right, ready? A little patty cake. Little blob patty cake out. Wow, I'm like brain hurt trying to like figure out which. Frank, thanks so much for jumping in. This is awesome. Good luck. I'll follow you on watch out for you guys. Hey, hey, Frank, 11 years ago, if you said you were following me, I'd call the police. Thanks, buddy. Yeah, definitely find me on Facebook. I want to stay in touch with you, dude. Thanks for jumping on. I appreciate you, man. All right, take care. All right, so we uh we are almost out of time. What a great show. Um, we'll definitely have to um I'll I'll get you a copy of the archive so we can get that distributed out to some of those power teams online. I know I'm part of the UPW group of South Florida, um, and I know Tony's team has just arrived in South Florida for the next few months. So and they've reached out to to figure out how to get some buzz going with um, you know, being in the area um through March when Tony's gonna be here. So I'm stoked to connect with those guys because as you know, um you don't go to work with you don't go to work for Tony Robbins unless you are an exceptional human being and um and you've got an incredible heart and you've got an incredible and you share his vision. Um he's been he's been changing lives for over 30 years, and uh that's proof enough. Um you may call it the Kool-Aid, you may call it the rah-rah, but I think the people that that refer to uh personal development like that are the ones that need to be there the most. But that's not my problem. But I would invite you to go. I do strongly suggest it. If you're within the vicinity of South Florida in March, I highly suggest come on down. It's beautiful in South Florida in March. I'll show you around town, get you a Cuban coffee, and we'll go to because I I need more coffee and stuff. I'm actually gonna go my third time, I think.

SPEAKER_02 53:44

Oh, I'm definitely going to March. Oh, no freaking question. I'll be in the front row, Miami. I'll be there, baby.

SPEAKER_05 53:49

Absolutely looking forward to that. Well, it is 11 a.m. here and um 2 p.m.

SPEAKER_02 53:57

Eastern time.

SPEAKER_05 53:58

2 p.m. Oh, it is. We're just getting started. You got to check, check this view out here before we look at this. I want to see if we can see here. Um, dumb, look at this. Check this out.

SPEAKER_02 54:09

So I want to see the view, and then I gotta rock and roll. Oh my god, look at your view.

SPEAKER_05 54:14

So that's the Queen Mary over there, and uh then you've got this whole program here, and then uh yeah, and then we uh you know we pow wow, and this is the uh this is the B and I Miami suite, and uh we make some magic happen here, including uh shooting the show, etc. All right, cool. Well, let's get our outro music going here so we can uh we can uh get things going and uh off to off to a good start. I'm gonna get my day started and you're gonna continue your afternoon, you little rock star. Um thank you so much for uh for joining us. Make sure that uh you put your links in there, um Carolyn, so everyone can stay in touch with you. Send me a tweet if you didn't happen to see it. And I I saw Carolyn on sure. I want to connect with her. Hit me up, find me on Facebook, etc. And um that that's that's basically it. Let's see if we get some. I love the song. Are we allowed to use this music on the side?

SPEAKER_02 55:05

I love you, Scott Burnside. Love you, Sebastian.

SPEAKER_05 55:11

Love you more, Carolyn. So, so remember this, guys, and I'm gonna I'm gonna leave you with this. Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right. Thank you so much, Carolyn.

SPEAKER_02 55:23

I caught your kiss. Bye.

SPEAKER_05 55:27

All right, guys. Well, that does it for this week's episode of the social media suck show. I'm your host, Sebastian Rusk, signing off for my temporary studio here in Long Beach, California. I'd love to connect with you. Drop me a tweet at SevRusk, find me on Facebook, and let's stay in touch and let's stay connected. Be awesome today and um put a bow tie on.