[Upbeat music]
- What's going on, y'all?
Welcome back to the channel.
As you can tell, something a little bit different today
we've got a sidekick with me.
We were playing a very, competitive game
of Go Fish matching game.
- Yeah.
- And right now she is a...
- Ready.
- She actually laid out the cards,
so I think she knows where she put them,
but she won't let me know that.
But I wanna do some, a little bit different today
as I'm playing this intense game
and talk about something that I haven't talked about
a lot here on the channel,
and this is talking about financial freedom
and I want to talk about it right now,
because there was a time in my life when...
- It's my turn!
- Are you sure?
Aww snap, bunnies for the win.
From two to like 12, I used to define financial freedom
as like the big house, the big cars, the vacations.
- I hate big houses.
- How much money we had in our checking account,
how much money we had in our 401k.
And there is some part of that where having the right money,
having the financial means can give you financial freedom.
But as time has gone on...
Oh, yeah, matching away!
The keys to financial freedom right there
but, I recognize that, you know, financial freedom isn't,
that is a big part of it.
Obviously you've got the big house, you know
we've got the car, we've got the pool.
We've got the pool house
and the new studio that will be done, hopefully,
by the end of this week.
And I'll give you a tour of that here pretty soon.
As I've really thought about it more and just
like diving deeper into what financial freedom means to me,
and really what it should mean to you.
- Daddy let's play the game.
- Is not about how much money you make
but it's what do you do with that money?
What is that money buying you or giving you or granting you?
And for me, you know, financial freedom
is about time freedom.
That's a big one, right?
Using the financial means to buy more time.
You know, right now it's a Thursday morning.
My wife had a few appointments she had to run
and you know, financial freedom
allows me...
- I don't have any school.
- to spend some time with my daughter
that I get to enjoy,
because I have a business that allows me some time freedom.
And I have the financial means where I don't have to go
to a nine to five job, which, you know
the time of this recording, we're in the middle of pandemic.
So most people are going and commuting anyway.
But nonetheless, like I don't have to sit
on a conference call.
I don't have to sit on a zoom call right now.
- Ha, ha!
- I swear.
She's like, just raking me over the coals right now.
I mean, look at this.
That's such a guilty face right there.
She totally laid all these out.
I, swear, she knew. She knew what she was doing.
You're sneaky, you're sneaky, you're so sneaky.
So yeah, like right now,
Like I recognize, you know, what financial freedom has done
You know, for me during this pandemic
is having more family time.
And I'm not going to say it's all quality time,
because there are definitely times
that my wife and I need a break.
You know, we've got four kids
we've got two puppies that are chilling over there,
but there hasn't been
like this added pressure to work overtime, have to work late
into the evening and have to work on the weekends.
All horses for the win. Horse-y, horse-y.
And that is like a big part of what...
- I want to show my new doll. This is my new doll.
- This is her new doll.
This is purple Kelly, but her real name is Descendant.
Got that one, right.
If you are trying to make more money,
if you're trying to earn more,
whatever your motivation is, like
it's not about the commas.
It's not about the zeros.
It's not about the size of your checking account.
It's what does that money allow you to do?
Does it allow you to spend more time?
- Can you please stop talking to the camera?
- Well, this is what you do on YouTube.
You gotta talk to the camera.
People wanna hear you talk...
Well, I think they want to hear me talk,
they probably wanna hear you talk more than me.
Answer this question,
what does financial freedom mean to you?
Can you answer that?
- (indistinct)
- Not sure what she just said.
She's sucking on a yogurt or something like that.
One of her morning snacks
with her new American, is that an American doll?
That's right.
It was a delayed Christmas gift.
Once again, another example of financial freedom in a way
but it's not defined by stuff.
You know, we've got some really cool stuff,
but what we have most of all,
is the ability to spend time together.
And I'll have more videos talking
about defining financial freedom,
how you achieve financial freedom.
So living here in the Nashville area
you would assume that I'm a huge Garth Brooks fan...
you know, country music and all that.
Actually, I did see Garth Brooks in concert.
So I will say that, but not a huge country music fan.
I definitely appreciate a good musician.
Garth Brooks. He's one...
I think he is attributed with the quote of,
"Real wealth is when you have
something that money can't buy."
And I may have butchered the quote or something,
she got another one, seriously. Something to that effect.
And you know, right now,
this right here is something that money can't buy.
- Here's your money.
- The time that we spent together, um
I know. I mean, look at this, check this out.
Look at like, look at the stacks.
Yeah.
You know today, before we started doing this
she had some tangles in her hair.
So we had to work out those tangles
and something that daddy is still working
on, still trying to work through.
And then after that,
I had to take my puppies out to go potty.
So took them out. And it's one
of those things where I just enjoy doing these things.
I enjoy spending time with my daughter.
I enjoy spending my time with my kids.
Yes, I do need breaks, full disclaimer.
I enjoy spending time with my puppies,
but all of these are for me,
what financial freedom is, what I work towards.
And just to show you these puppies,
let me just show you these girls.
Where are they at?
Girls, where are you at?
So whenever you can't find the puppies
that usually means that they are up to no good,
that you're being sneaky,
probably chewing on something.
Izzy, Red, where are you at?
We're looking for some puppies.
You wanna check out her new room?
Here's some more taste of financial freedom.
So like my wife is totally into redecorating,
and this is like, thanks to my daughter.
This is the...
I don't even know what iteration this is
for her room but we've got this going on,
to the new little project
that we just finished up with. Got some...
- Look behind you.
- Look, we got a little closet here.
Oh yeah. That's good.
That's good.
- You get a taste of these bunnies.
You give me noxious.
- That's right.
But overall we still don't know where the puppies went.
I got to go find the puppies
before they ended up chewing something
they shouldn't be chewing.
All of this is just what
a small taste of financial freedom is.
And as far as like,
you know, how it all started, it was investing.
It was investing in myself.
It was investing in the stock market and investing
in my business, investing into an online business.
It was doing (inaudible) programs.
It was doing coaching programs.
It was reading books, reading podcasts.
It was mentoring, receiving mentorship
from some very high successful entrepreneurs.
It was putting myself out there, being willing to fail
be willing to try new things.
And this is stuff that I've talked about on channel before.
I'll talk about more, as you can tell,
I'm trying to get some words in before...
- I found them.
- All right.
Oh, well, they came back.
There's Izzy underneath the table. Red, actually,
don't tell Izzy this but Red is my favorite,
cause she likes to cuddle.
Let's look at Red real quick.
- I wanna cuddle Red.
- Hey, Red.
Hey, Red.
- I love Izzy and Red.
- And they love you too.
- All right, I hope you enjoyed
a little different take here on the channel.
A little behind the scenes, what it takes to...
what it looks like to be in the household.
Sometimes, you know,
it's not all about business, not about YouTube
not about building business and try to make millions.
Sometimes it's just about being here, doing some fun stuff
doing quality time. Speaking quality time,
she's winning right now, but I'm going to take her down.
Like, it is going to happen.
All right y'all, smash that like button.
See y'all next time.
Peace. Can you say peace?
- Peace, bro.