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- We are in the mindset wealth principle number seven.
Think collaboration not isolation.
Repeat after me think collaboration not isolation.
Think collaboration not isolation.
If nowadays in this day and age if
you're operating as a silo you're fucked.
I'm just telling you right now.
If you operate on your own island
it's very difficult to compete,
very difficult to compete.
Because I was telling all the mentees,
the example I give.
Imagine you show up in a bar and you're getting
a couple of drinks and then you say like
hey man you're getting all cocky and
trying to get into fights and stuff.
And then, you stood up like what the fuck you want man
and you push around and then this guy suddenly
has two friends, two big, strong friends
you're like ooh right you're in trouble right.
What's gonna happen to my face?
- [Audience Member] Plastic surgery.
- Yeah, plastic surgery very soon right?
They're gonna punch my nose.
Versus, hey you get in trouble you know
how you watch a movie you stood up
and you have 20 friends stood up at the same time.
Hey, you know what's up man?
They're like ooh man don't want no trouble.
Same thing in business.
If you just go into a fight its like
hey just by yourself good luck.
Good luck.
Who is backing you up
who is behind you who is your network?
when you pick up the phone who will back you up?
If you're just by yourself hey man
just go in to this fight good luck
good luck.
Like you want to have so many people backing you up
you're like don't fuck with me,
then you win without a fight.
Which is in The Art of War Sun Tzu,
best way to win without a fight.
So think collaboration not isolation
who can you collaborate in your industry?
Who can you work with who can you partner up with?
Many years ago , DJ knows this,
when I was younger way younger
we joined this mastermind group.
At the time I was still building my business
and I joined this mastermind group in downtown
and all these guys they were older than me
probably 10, 20 years right?
10, 20 years.
All millionaire type sometimes multi millionaire type.
Was I intimidated, yes
I was the least successful guy in the group
the youngest guy in the group.
Least experienced in the group,
but I think in terms of collaboration
because I know if I joined their group they would what?
(audience gives mixed answers)
That's right, do I want to join a group
where I'm the most successful guy
and the smartest guy in the group?
- [Audience] No.
- No, so find your own group.
Think in terms of where you could belong to something.
You could start your own as well, it doesn't matter.
But you want to hang around with
people who are more successful.
I mean, if you're the smartest guy in the room
leave the fucking room right?
Leave the fucking room.
If I have seen further it is by standing
on the shoulders of giants.
That's Isaac Newton, that's why I named
my podcast Shoulders of Titans.
You can see so much further by standing
on the shoulders of giants or titans.
This is a great story,
there's a cat and a tiger.
Do you know many many many years ago that cat and tiger.
So, tiger, one day, at the time
tiger was actually quite weak.
They don't know how to hunt and tiger was starving for food.
The cat walks by little kitty say hey what's happening?
Tiger's like oh man I have no food I'm so hungry.
Oh, okay, why don't you go hunt?
Why don't you go get some food,
eat some other animals.
You know, we're kinda like brothers.
But tiger said I don't know how to do that
the cat was like okay how about I teach you.
And the cat is like let me teach you how to hunt
let me teach you how to run,
let me teach you to fight.
Let me teach you all these skills.
How to growl how to scare your opponent,
everything that I teach you and that's awesome.
After a number of sessions and a number of years
now the tiger is stronger yes,
has more skills and the tiger one day is like
this little kitty look at how strong I am
how big I am I'm gonna eat his lunch.
Today I'm gonna eat the cat cause
you know what I know everything now.
The tiger was approaching the cat and the cat
can sense oh the tiger is gonna eat me now.
So, quickly, the little kitty climbed to the tree.
It's like, well you can't eat me now can you tiger?
The tiger is like oh now damn I can't eat you.
How come you never taught me that?
you never taught me how to climb a tree.
The cat said you know what tiger
I taught you everything that you know
but I didn't teach you everything that I know.
I didn't teach you everything that I know.
Think about it, think about it.
Work in collaboration, work with people.
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