Hey! Welcome back friend. Listen, Kris Krohn here and on today's show, I got my
buddy Randy Soderquist. He's got his own YouTube channel. And I wanted him to come
on today who is an expert at truly understanding how to help you live the
most fulfilling life possible. Especially here Randy, we always talking about wealth
we are always talking about real estate. And people can start to mistake that in
their life, it's all about, "I'm going to define my life by what I have. My car
that I Drive, the house, the travel. Heck, I see Kris with it. So, that must be what
fulfillment is." And today, we're going to be correcting that.
Okay. So listen, today is a super important episode because listen, if I
keep getting you on track for creating all this wealth and making all this
money but if you're not totally clear on the why behind it, you can get yourself
real screwed up real fast. In fact, my buddy Randy here, that's what he does.
He's got treatment centers everywhere helping young kids that suffer from some
super big problems and what he does is he helps get them back on track. And his
whole YouTube channel is all about Principle-Based Living so Randy dude,
super excited to have you here. It's been awesome.
-It's good to be here. -We know each other for how long? -About a year now. -Yeah. -And
for me, it's been life-changing. Our channel, Principle-Based Living is all
about that there are laws that govern the world in which we live. It's not a
world of chance. There are laws that govern the physical world like gravity.
But there are also laws that govern success, relationships and happiness. -Do
you guys hear that right now? Wait. That governs what? -Success, relationships and
happiness. -Success, relationships happiness, right? I mean, if we're creating
all of this wealth, if we're creating this wealth through real estate. Why? To
what end? And to what purpose? And that's what I really want to do. I hope
you can just feel Randy's presence. Because I'm just sitting here when he
speaks like... It just it speaks right to my soul. So, I'm super excited for this
conversation. Randy, before we get into it, help me
understand and help reviewers just understand a little bit more about your
treatment centers and your background. -So, we work with youth. Primarily, teen girls
right now. And what we see, we've been doing this for about 10 years. And what
we see is that young women come in unhappy. many of them self harming.
Attempting suicide and really at a place in their life where they're out of
control. And it's because or a big part of it is
because we live in a society that is so focused on external value. Social media.
And that's one of the things that I really appreciate
about you Kris is what you're doing with YouTube and social media of using
it in an educational way as a tool to benefit and create value. So, we have
young women coming in that they get their value from their appearance, their
clothes, their stuff, from other people. And so, it's all about impressing or
trying to make other people see them not for who they are but whose society says
they should be. -Yeah. And so just check this out for a moment, right? Reality
check. It doesn't mean that these things are bad. But if you define
yourself by them or you identify with them as, "This is who I am, this is my
identity", that can be... That can be damaging, right? It's amazing. -A
never-ending cycle of continually chasing the next thing that I get my
value from. -Yeah and it's like keeping up with the Jonases. You know, it's
interesting I do all of my market research. And people watching my channel
when they go to my website, when they see me driving a fancy car versus just a
picture of Kris, you know, the car draws more attention and the house draws more
attention. And you know, at some point, I don't always understand if people
watching this channel. They're just like, "Dude Kris, I want to see you in your
private jet. And then I want to see you you know traveling a hundred countries
and I want to see with all this stuff." I don't know if that... I don't know if that
is either inspiring to them and says, "I'm watching this channel because I want to learn
how to actually create more or if it's dude, I just want the nice stuff of life,
show me how to get it dude." -Because then my life will be great and I'll be happy.
-And that's problematic because then the moment something gets taken away or
you're on the downward trend then all the sudden, got problems, right? Because
like, "Oh, my gosh. I built my... I built my value around vanity or I built my value
around my pride or my accomplishments. And yet, I'm none of those things." You
know, those are just things I've done. It's not actually Who I am. -Right. -So, can
I just ask you, what do you really believe a person's intrinsic value is
then? If it's not the things that they have, right? I mean what's a person's
value? -So, it's interesting when you ask that because all of us have intrinsic
value. Were born with it. And the true entitlement is that every one of us are
capable of doing whatever we believe we can do.
We truly are a new teachers. Word limitless. And yet the faults or the
counterfeit part of that is that our value comes from our stuff not from who
we are. -So, did you guys just get that? I mean, this is... If you understand, this like
I hope that you're like glued to the screen for this conversation because I
hope that you're understanding this idea that we're precious, we're priceless. That
is the true title but that's who we are. That's what I hear you saying. And then
it's this that don't get confused them with thinking that your latest
achievement, accomplishment, toy, boy toy, girl toy that that... When you identify
with that's who I am, then when those things get taken away, you've lost sight
of the true value. By the way Randy, I've been there before. I mean what kind of
lie. I mean, I thought at one point that I was... If I was a multi-millionaire and
didn't have a job anymore then that's who I was. And the reality is that didn't
necessarily bring me joy. That didn't actually bring me happiness. That was
just an achievement or something that I did but not necessarily Who I am.
-Which is something I think every one of us experienced as we go through this
journey of life trying to find happiness. Society conditions us to believe that
happiness comes from external things. And as we go on that search or that journey,
we find out that that isn't true. Which gives us the opportunity to learn
what the truth is. And that's what Principle-based Living is about, is
identifying those truths or those principles those laws to govern this
world in which we live. So in our treatment centers, we work
primarily with youth. But this isn't just a youth issue. So what is it in your life?
You know, what is it what are those external things that you get caught up
in that you think are going to bring you the happiness and as you're chasing that
in your life, you're finding out that you're coming up empty? -That's a good
question. Because it could be your relationships the girl or the guy that
you're with or it could be the car that you drive. Some of us are keeping score
with you know whether we've done a deal, whether we've made money. Some of us are
confused and we're feeling crappy about ourselves. Because we don't have anything
to claim. We're like, I haven't done anything with my life yet. So I feel
crappy. That it's the same problem. It's like, "Now I feel I feel crappy because
I haven't done anything." So, it's not even those that define themselves by what
they have. We're also doing the opposite. We're also defining ourselves by the
things that we don't have. -And here the thing is if you're a parent and you
don't have this figured out for yourself, how are you going to teach it to your
child? And if you're successful in your own life, it's even more difficult to
teach it to your child because you have the ability to give your son or daughter
everything that they want. And if they don't understand that their value comes
from inside, they're going to get caught up in this cycle as well. -So this is really
the whole conversation is really entitlement, right? I mean, it's amazing
how so many of us walk, right? Especially in today's day and age, I mean every day
I open up my phone and there's a new app and someone invented a way to get to the
moon and I could take it all for granted and it's almost like I feel entitled to
everything. And yet... -And I want it now. -Yeah. -And I shouldn't have to do anything
to get it. -Yeah. -It should just be given to me. The
truth is we do deserve it but we need to be willing to go out and
work for it. And we need to understand what those foundational principles are
underneath the reasons we do what we do. If we're really going to get what we
want. -So Randy you have... You have like... You have a really unique experience
because when you have one of these girls get helicopter into your treatment
center and gets dropped off on the doorstep after considering suicide or
just being obnoxious or out of control, what do you really think is that the
root cause? Because you guys do amazing things to get people's lives on track.
How do you do that? It comes down to self-worth ultimately. Most of us
struggle with self-worth, with value. And until we understand who we
truly are and begin to love ourself, we're not going to expect or understand
that we truly do deserve it. So, it's kind of a dichotomy, right? We
want it, we think we should have it but underneath we don't feel like we deserve
it. So, we do things to self-sabotage all the time. So the first thing we have to
correct is under and the we're okay. That we have value.
And then we have to begin to believe again. To believe that we are limitless.
That we can go out and create whatever life we want for herself but then we got
to have the belief in ourselves and the willingness and the tools. The knowledge,
the tools to go out and create it. -Guys, I got a couple of questions for
Randy. But I just got to say this conversation is fundamental to your
well-being and your happiness. And if you want to create in your external world
success, real estate, wealth, a nice house or all these nice things, you have to
build it on a foundation and Principle-based Living, Randy's channel that he has
if you actually click the link in the description, it'll actually take you to
this channel. I wholeheartedly recommend a support that you subscribe to this
channel. Because this is getting these videos. It's about building a strong
foundation that you can build wealth on. And don't make the mistake of defining
yourself by it so that you can leverage it for its highest and best use. Whatever
it.... Whether that's a dwelling that you live in, whether it's for charity, you
know. The the man that you're going to accentuate, the woman that you're going
to accentuate, the person that you magnify. It all comes down to your
character. And I really feel like that's what you're hitting home on is you have
to really strong connection to your self-worth. So make sure you're doing
that clicking that link and that you're subscribing to Randy's channel. So Randy,
where do they go from here? How does a person actually create that value for
themselves? What nugget of wisdom can you give these amazing wonderful people that
I love. That can help them identify with that real intrinsic value? -First of all,
understand that in life, everything happens for a reason. There are no
accidents. So, we don't live in a world that is based on chance or a world of
chaos. We live in a world that is based on laws or principles. So, the cool thing
is if we're not experiencing what we want in life, it just means that there's
something that we don't understand. And if we can get past that idea of luck
and chance and realize that, "No, there there's a reason here. And if there's
something I don't like, I can figure out what it is and change it. But underneath
that, I got to realize that I'm okay. That I'm amazing.
And that I do deserve a wonderful limitless life." And then just be willing
to go out and get it. -You know, it's amazing. I love that because really what
you're talking about here one of these laws is the law of choice. It's
this it's this idea that says, "Hey, listen. Think about it. No one's really telling
you what to think or how to think." I mean, you might think that your parents are
doing that or that church is doing that. But the reality is no one can choose for
you. You can only choose for yourself and so this idea that you're an amazing
limitless person... first of all, I believe that as well. I think that's what kind of
unites us together. And I want to invite you to believe that. And secondary, I love
this idea that at choice means that we can evaluate the thoughts that we've
trade in the past that may not be serving us. That well, if I'm not my car
and I'm not my awesome high paying job or if I'm not you know... Then I can really
start rethinking myself. You're also not your depression, you're not your mistakes.
Yhese are things that you've done but it's not necessarily intrinsically who
you are. Which means that you can move past that and take this day to say, "Well,
who is it that I really want to become?" You know... -And begin to be that person
today. Regardless of whatever path. -Regardless of your past. Shutting the
door on your past. You know Randy, I... Some people on this channel that have this
notion that... But rich people are greedy or selfish or bad or rotten, the reality
is I can also find... For every bad person you can find with wealth, I can
find you a good person. Both exist. And people are defining themselves
differently. Some people have moved past wealth as something that defines me and
they use it as a tool to magnify and bless humanity. And there's this
transition they've walked through that I think comes down to this this notion,
this entitlement of understanding that who I am. I'm an amazing, good, beautiful
divine soul. And how do I use the resources the world, not to define myself
with pride or vanity. How to actually use these resources to be a benefit. Yes to
my life but to the people around me too. -Right on. And and so we're about helping
adults. But we're also concerned about the youth growing up. So we just opened
our first Youth Leadership Academy which is focused on teaching leadership
principles but also connecting them with YouTube.
Helping them learn how to create their own YouTube channel use their
unique strengths talents and abilities and go out and create value for others
in the world. Dude, that's amazing so you're saying you've got one treatment center
for you know, for struggling youth. Predominantly girls that are just
they're really struggling with their self-worth and value. But on the other
hand, you're just opening a school which is a boarding school, right? A Leadership
Academy for those that they say, "Hey, I'm actually ready to contribute. I'm ready
to create value for the world." -Right on. -Dude, those freaking awesome.
Now that is incredible. I love that. -We're excited about that. And as you know,
YouTube is in its infancy. And we want to have youth out there that are changing
YouTube and social media in a positive direction. -That is absolute incredible.
-Well friends, listen. So today, I'm really grateful we had a chance Randy to have
you here. A moment I want to ask if you have any final thoughts. I just want to
tell you guys that I cannot emphasize enough for every video I teach on how to
create wealth or make a million dollars or whatever, I want you understand that
the person you're choosing to become underneath it all is so core. And that's
why I feel so strongly about getting Randy over here today. So that he could
share his channel and I hope there was something of value here. It would be
awesome for you to subscribe and for the next month every day, listen to a video
on his channel and start developing a series of principles that you can build
your life on so that as I'm out here tag-teaming I'm building the wealth, we
got Randy over here building the foundation that together, we can help you
live an amazing awesome life. Randy, other than them clicking the link in the
description and and subscribing to your channel, what final words of advice would
you give for anyone that might be doubting their self-worth and who they
are? -The truth is you are amazing. And your potential is limitless. We live in a
world where we're so fear-based and we're worried about failing and living
up to others expectations. The truth is there's no such thing as failure.
Everything that we experience in life is just an opportunity for us to learn and
to take from what we learn add it to what we already know and go out and try
again. If you're at a place that you're struggling in your life just know that
that's a lie. So whatever you believe
about yourself as far as weaknesses or not being okay, that's a lie.
You're amazing and you can create a life. The life of your dreams. -Wow, dude I could
not have said that better. I felt that too. That was really connected. Guys, I
love this man. He and his wife, his family. They're doing big things in the world
and they just started putting it up on YouTube. So go be a supporter and learn
from all of that wisdom, learn from all of that wealth so that it can be
transferred to you. There's nothing cooler today than having someone
dedicate their entire life to learn something and then to give it to you in
small little sound bites. There's so much value there. So go grab that value that
Randy is offering. Thank you for watching today and we'll look forward to catching
on the next video.