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because you get to listen to me you get to listen to me ramble and basically
just talk about some of the things that I've been thinking about from throughout
the week and I've got a good one lined up for you today on the subject of
makers and takers but I've got a couple of quick announcements before I get into
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uprising guys that's all i have as far as announcements go for you today i want
to jump into this conversation and it's that of makers and takers i mean there's
really two types of people in this world from from my experience makers and
takers and the reality is is that we've all been probably a bit of both in our
lives I know I have but I think more and more I'm really seeing a pendulum swing
in society from most of society being makers to now most of society being
takers it's not sustainable guys and it's not healthy and frankly I don't
believe it's manly so today I thought I'd share why being a maker is
not only your job and my job as a man but it's much more profitable it's a
much more fulfilling way to live and then I'm also gonna share with you five
very practical tips or mindsets for turning yourself into more of a maker
and why you'll want to do that but look at the end of the day it's easy to see
why a lot of people believe that being a taker is going to produce results in
their lives and it actually will that's the challenge being a taker will produce
results in your life but it's for a very very short period of time because when
you're a taker your results those results typically come at the expense of
other people but being a maker is about cooperation it's about cooperation with
other people to create environments where every one of you wins not just one
party when you create scenarios in which everyone wins it's much more sustainable
over long periods of time because it leverages your efforts from just you now
to an army of motivated advocates for you so if you take this movement for
example with order man and more specifically even this podcast I do this
for free I don't get paid to podcast I've never asked you to pay me to
deliver this information to you sure we've got programs and offerings like I
mentioned earlier with the store and the experience and the things that we're
doing but the value you get here in the words that I share is free it's free and
it's accessible to everyone there's no barrier to entry here what this has done
in turn has created a movement that millions and millions of men are not
only proud to support but also proud to share with other men in their lives that
they know and this is just one small example of how making being a maker
inevitably turns into taking and I want to be very clear on this making which I
think is synonymous with producing results in your life should not come at
your own expense there's a point in which making becomes unhealthy we
recognize this when we see the perennial nice guy who lets himself become the
victim to everything and everyone else there is a point in time
where you will take and we all do a little bit of both but I'm not
necessarily advocating for being a maker simply so you can be a taker at some
point sure it often plays out that way but that's just a natural byproduct of
producing more in your life quite honestly it it just feels good to give
to other people why because we're hardwired to do it think about our tag
line its protect provide and preside and all three of those roles have an element
of service which is making giving so yes being a maker will help you win but guys
as I said before it's also it's our job so on that note I want to break down
five tips five strategies mindsets that you can incorporate to be a more
effective a better maker in your life number one is to be optimistic if you're
gonna be negative and negativity is all around us but if you're gonna be
negative about every situation you are more likely to be a taker you're more
likely to believe that the world is somehow inherently bad or that everyone
is out to get you and you know people like this you might even be this type of
person I don't believe that's the case at all I believe that people are
inherently good and that most people are moral and ethical and probably want very
much the same things that I want out of life it's a good relationship a little
money in the bank account a thriving career some memorable experiences and
because I believe this to be true I can see a bit of myself and every single
person that I meet I want people to win I believe they can win and if I can help
them do that you better believe I'm gonna do that and
you know what I'm willing to give people the benefit of the doubt because of it
every once in a while I might get it wrong but it's never served me poorly to
give to other people abundantly and to be optimistic about
the opportunities that I have and the opportunities that this world creates
and along those same lines is point number two which is scarcity versus
abundance I believe that you can have one of those two mindsets scarcity or
abundance those with a scarcity mindset tend to believe the pie is finite and
then if I am going to win has to come at the expense of someone
else they believe for example that the rich only get richer at the expense of
the poor and they live their lives believing they have to get theirs get
what's theirs before anyone else or there won't be any left and those with
an abundance mindset they believe there is no pie that there is more than enough
to go around and because they know there's more than enough to go around
they can share freely of their resources they know they won't run out of that
which they give to others because there's no tank
there's no tank that holds happiness and opportunity and connections innovation
ideas that once depleted will be gone it's like sustainable energy these
things cannot be depleted in fact the more that you give the more you create
so it's in your best interest to create to give to produce this is a natural
principle and then in addition to being optimistic and of an abundance mindset
is point number three makers are constantly guys looking for ways to
create win-win scenarios win-win situations this isn't a negotiation
necessarily but an opportunity to make sure success for one does not come at
the expense of the other I think those with the taker mindset see a very very
limited set of solutions to problems but a maker sees more than black and white
he sees the middle ground the unconventional the unorthodox maybe even
those solutions to some of the world's biggest problems and because he sees the
world through that lens he becomes a person who has the ability to get the
job done his reputation grows his relationship
thrives his businesses explode from the outside others will probably wonder in
amazement and all this guy's been able to accomplish and just chalk it up to
the the quote-unquote X Factor when all the while it was simply this man's
ability to see a solution others failed to see to see a way that we could create
win-win situations and that actually leads nicely into point number four
looking for creative solutions I have a lot of people who
ask me how we've been able to rise to the top of a very very crowded
marketplace the answer is simple guys be creative when it comes to helping other
people win I want people to win I said that earlier I want you to get
information from this podcast that will change your life for the better I want
my guests to sell their books and their courses I want men to step up more fully
into their lives as fathers and husbands business owners community leaders I've
said that over and over and over again and because I want that so much I spend
time I have the capacity to spend time thinking creatively about how I can help
others accomplish the things they want in their lives and here's one of the
best parts when I do this when I am creative and helping people win I make
myself indispensable in their lives everyone can come up with the same
regurgitating solutions but if you can craft creative solutions to problems
others may not even recognize they have you will cement yourself as someone
others need in their lives and that's the power of being creative and guys I
say the last point number five for last because without this final strategy
nothing else I talked about really it even matters you have to be in this game
for the long haul I have talked about this before if you haven't fully
committed to being a maker in every environment in which you find yourself
you are not going to win long term let that sink in if you aren't fully
committed to being a maker in every single scenario that you find yourself
in you will not win long term sure you're gonna secure some short-term
gains but they won't last because you didn't do it the right way
usually what I found is that when somebody is in it for the short term
they'll jeopardize their principles because they know they'll be out soon so
they have to get while the gettin's good if you want to win for a very very long
time plant your flag now and know that things
will work out and everyone's favor when you focus on being around
ever you can't lie and cheat and steal and manipulate and coerce because
there's nowhere to hide when you plan on being around indefinitely man I know
there's a lot more solutions and mindsets to living as a maker than what
I've shared with you today but I wanted to get the conversation started but I
want to hear from you now what are your best tips for becoming more of a maker
in your life and the lives of those that you care about this stuff isn't always
easy especially when you're working to overcome mindsets that have been
indoctrinated into you since childhood but with a little thought and a lot of
effort along the way you can become someone who gives more than he takes and
have the honor of calling yourself a man because that is our job that's what we
do so guys with that said let me give you a couple of quick announcements once
again as we wind down the one I wanted to share with you most is the uprising
experience that's that three and a half day experience in the mountains of
southern Utah we're gonna be shooting we're gonna be doing some self-defense
stuff we're gonna be having firesides every night we're going to be teaching
you about communication and leadership and team development all of the things
that I think go into becoming a more effective man in the walls of your home
and in your business your community every facet of life so those dates are
May 3rd through the 6th 2018 and you can go to order of man dot com slash uprising so
I'll sign out for today remember the five tips to becoming more of a maker in
your life be optimistic subscribe to the abundance vs. scarcity mentality create
win-win situations for people be creative in your solutions to help
others win and plant your flag be in this birth along game until then guys
take action become a maker and become a man you are meant to be thank you for
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