So they just have this mentality of, "I'm going to be here for the rest of my life."
And I started asking the question: What would it take, no bullshit, what would it take to
give them an empowering mindset.
What is up my dear, Impactivists?
We just got here to Miami, Florida.
Came in on the red eye.
If you pay attention to the social media space at all, chances are you have definitely heard
of Grant Cardone.
We are about to go in here, to see Grant Cardone for his show Power Players, which I'm really
excited about, and it's hilarious to me that his offices are actually in a bank.
[Tom] - I recognize that guy. How's it going, man?
Pleasure to meet you.
[Grant] - Appreciate you coming in.
[Tom] - Appreciate you having me.
[Grant] - Where did you grow up?
Before your billion dollar valuations, and serial entrepreneur, where did you grow up?
[Tom] - I grew up in Tacoma, Washington.
I was taught to be a good employee, which meant keep my head down, do as little work
as possible and avoid punishment at all costs.
[Grant] - Who taught you that?
[Tom] - My parents, God bless them.
I'm not a born entrepreneur, my parents were not entrepreneurs.
That just wasn't how they saw life.
They were way more focused on safety, security, take care of the family.
And if that meant that you had to backseat your own ambitions, then that's what you did.
[Grant] - Wow, interesting.
[Tom] - But I had a lot of ambition and was so deeply passionate about filmmaking that
there was sort of no stopping that.
[Grant] - How early was this?
[Tom] Ugh, I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker at 12.
USC film school, statistically, is harder to get into than Harvard Law.
Statistically.
I'm not saying you have to be smarter just, the number of people that apply who get accepted.
So, it's very very hard to get in.
I get into film school, I'm doing well.
My first couple films get the attention of some of the other students in class.
And so in your class, only four people get to direct a thesis film in your senior year.
So I felt like I'm either a good filmmaker by birth, or I'm not.
And so up until my senior thesis film, everything was telling me you're a talented filmmaker.
And my senior thesis film told me a very different story.
And it said you're a terrible filmmaker.
And so now I was like, what do I do with that.
[Grant] - Do you think, I just want to talk about the fixed mindset, because I've had
other people sit here and say, look--you're either an entrepreneur or you're not.
[Tom] - Gary Vee, who I consider a dear friend of mine, it's ironic because we are aggressively
opposed on this.
Even though I see eye to eye with him on so much.
I don't think anyone is born anything.
So I think that you have natural inclinations, so there are things that you're gonna get
early wins on.
So, Gary clearly got early wins from an entrepreneurial standpoint, so it just
made sense to him to go take the flowers and sell them back and I totally get that.
But, the human animal has become the apex predator for one reason and one reason only.
We ADAPT better than any other species.
Once you begin to realize that the human animal is an adaptation machine, that what makes
us great is our ability to put ourselves under stress and then physically and mentally adapt
to that, then it's like okay, what are my goals and now what do my goals demand of me?
And then you work backwards to identify the skillset that you need to acquire.
[Grant] - And check out the Podcast, Impact Theory Podcast.
Thanks for watching today.
Awesome dude, that was good.
[Tom] - Thank you, sir.
Thanks for having me on.
[Grant] - They're gonna love that.They will love that.
That's gonna get em jaaaaacked.
[Tom] - Niiiice.
[Constanca] Hi Tom.
I just want to introduce myself.
Hi Constanca, I'm a huge fan.
[Tom] - Oh thank you so much.
What a pleasure.
[Constanca] - I see all of your Impact Theories.
I love everything.
You're such a great host.
[Tom] - Thank you.
[Constanca] - So calm and at the same time, really I love it.
It's like, so great.
Alright, we just wrapped the shoot here with Grant Cardone.
It was a lot of fun.
I was actually really surprised by his interview style with me.
He's definitely one of those interviewers that goes wherever he thinks the interview
needs to go.
There are things that he and I agree very much on.
And things that we disagree but in a fun way.
So I really had a good time.
Unlike most interviews that I've been on, because he is very present in the interview.
A lot of interviewers and often times I'll include myself in this, you try to be invisible.
And so, really having somebody there that is going back and forth with you, I actually
really enjoyed.
So that was a lot of fun.
I hope you guys enjoy the full interview, and now, the man behind the camera, Mason
and I, are gonna go get some beautiful stills that we can turn into some more empowering
content for you guys.
Welcome to Miami Beach everybody.
The very beautiful.
It has been planes, trains, automobiles and Grant Cardone.
It was a lot of fun.
I had such a blast on his show.
Really a good time, I cannot wait for you guys to see that interview.
I enjoyed the life out of Miami.
It is warm, it is humid, it is all things that I consider beautiful.
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Be LEGENDARY. Peace.