Friends, I haven't had a job in 12 years. I'm going to tell you right now, I ain't
never going back as in that song like, "♪ ♫ never, never, never, getting back together ♪"
At my old place of employment like, I'm just telling you, I ain't never going
back and I'm going to tell you why. So, I've had an opportunity for some strange
reverse mentoring in my life. Like, I've had a chance to work with business
partners, people in real estate like my real estate partners. They were often 20
30 years older than me. They had put money away in a 401k, IRA.
And now, they had been, you know, 30 years out of college. They had set some money
aside and they wanted to invest with me and I would help them grow their
portfolios and that's something I still do today. But I always took the
opportunity to ask them this question, "What's your biggest regret?" And the
regret that was common in most of their cases was when they would say, "Kris, I've
worked hard on my career for the last like, 3 decades. Now, I have put money
aside and 401k, IRA. That's why I can do this real estate stuff. But the reality
is my kids are like growing up now. They're leaving the house. I'm an empty
nester and I wish I could get my time back." And I want to share with you
everything that I've been learning from my mentors. Whether they knew they were
mentors or not. And I'll also share with you 3 reasons why I am never, never,
never. 3 nevers, ever going back to being an employee again. Reason number
1, money replenishes itself. You can always make more money, right? I mean,
think about it for a second. If I get into debt and I lose everything. As long
as I can keep a job down, I can go back and I can always get more money.
Number 2, efforts. You know, I used up all my effort today. But I'm going to wake
up tomorrow and chances are I'm still going to be able to effort myself again.
I can do more efforting and so basically, money replenishes., effort replaces itself.
But you know what doesn't replenish? Time. When you're young, it's something you
don't care about. The older you get, it becomes more and more important, right?
Now, I've got a 12 year old daughter. Oh, my gosh. I got 4 kids. Like, my youngest
is 7 years old now. And they're at that age where I'm starting to think,
"Okay, what kind of dad do I want to be during their teenage years?" And for me,
dude, I don't want to be... I don't want to have a job. I don't want to have to work
40, 50, 60 hours. This is the time to play with them, spend time with them, do
business with them, learn with them. Help find out what they're really good at,
their passions or skills. Like, that is such a powerful moving drive that now,
"Yeah, I've been 12 years without a job." But it's all because there's that one
regret that I never wanted to have. Because reality is, when I'm 50 years old,
I really won't be that old. But if my kids are all grown and out of the house,
guess what? I will have missed something I can't go back on. Question is, Can I be
proud of the way that I'm parenting them today? And listen, I'm not claiming to be
a good parent because there's a lot of things I do wrong. But I do know that I
need time with my kids. Time is something I just can't get back. The older I get,
the more valuable it comes to me. And so, you know what? I believe it's important
to actually learn from older people, what they believe their top mistakes are. And
then to make sure you don't have to relive them. Some of you are fully
capable right now. Just like I was of being able to go out there and build a
real estate portfolio and free yourself from having a job. If this is something
that you actually do. It has all of these immense benefits. But if it's
something that you get close to doing but don't actually make happen, guess
what? You may risk living life filled with that regret. That all too many
people end up doing. I mean, right now, I've had a chance to interview thousands
tens of thousands of people literally in life about their finances, their game
plan, their goals, they're heading in life. And I want to tell you something, most of
them are lost. Most of them can't see past their short-term plans. Most people
don't know what they want long term. And if you don't know what that is, you can't
get it. So, friends I ain't never going back to a job. Probably for this last
final reason. Is that a job wants my best 50 hours a week. Whether I'm commuting
there, whether I'm at the job. Like seriously, like, when's your prime time? Is
at 5:00 a.m.? Or is it at noon? I'm telling you that at 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., I don't want anyone to own me. I've done mortgaged my life and I want
the freedom to do whatever I want with it. And being a parent is one of those
things, world travel is another one of those things, giving back philanthropy is
a huge one of those things, spending time with my wife is a huge one of those
things. That motive was enough for me to make it happen. So, I'm just telling right
now. I am never, never, never, never, never, never, never
going back. And if you want to find out how to financially for yourself, I got a
small little invitation for you. Hack on over to my website, check out some of my
resources. Here's what I love doing today in my life. If you get to the point where
you've got a lot of money, first thing you're going to do is figure out how to
play, rest and relax a little bit and then life goes on. What do you do when
you've been to 20 beaches? What do you do when you've traveled the world. For me,
I'm looking for fulfillment. Spending time with my kids is one of those ways
of fulfillment. But another way of fulfillment is outside of my family.
It's my circle that is way bigger than that and that may just include you. Maybe
this video gives you an idea that's useful for you. And friends, that's reward
enough. And there are others of you that say, "You know, Kris, what if I could
actually work directly with you or come out 20 your live events or have one your
life changing experiences you talk about?" Head on over to my website, learn some of
the things that I'm doing. And if any of them resonate with you, then come and
spend that time with my team, spend that time with me and let's help you get free
from this employee thing if it's not working for you. So, you can live this
amazing life that you were meant to.