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Vikki:Hi. I'm Vikki, a number one best selling author.
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Vikki:Ready to dig deep and build your well? Let's get started. Welcome back. Welcome back.
John:Welcome back.
Vikki:Dig the well. Yay. Are you ready for March? Are you ready to talk about luck? Right?
Vikki:We are gonna talk about luck today and how that plays into your role as a business person.
John:Yeah. We got lucky, the last couple episodes. We were in Tulum, Mexico, and we got lucky because we missed, I guess, the downpour of rain here that happened. Now it's sunny again, but we need the rain.
Vikki:Yeah. Yeah. So, John, do you wanna kick it off?
John:I'm gonna have you launch this one. I Okay. Already talked about the rain.
Vikki:Hey. You know, before we jumped on, we had a little banter as we always do that you guys don't get to hear. And you said something about Joe Rogan. I can't believe it, you guys. You gotta hear this.
John:What? That we that Yeah. That our podcast has more views than Joe Rogan.
Vikki:And if you believe that
John:That's funny.
Vikki:We've got some ice to sell you in ice in, Alaska. Anyway, I don't know. No. But John said that, hey, Vic. Did you hear our podcast?
Vikki:There's more views than Joe Rogan. No. We're joking. Yeah. I think I think everybody knows.
Vikki:I don't know. So but seriously, you know, March 17 is coming up, and that if if you grew up in The United States, you were a kid, and they still celebrate it back then, it's Saint Patrick's Day. And they talk about luck and leprechauns and all those fun things, and we are still talking about it. I actually asked somebody that has kids, and that hasn't been taken out of the schools yet.
John:I'm kinda envious of the people who live back, back in other parts of the country, especially over on the East where they actually dye the rivers green, and they they have a big celebration. We don't really see that out here.
Vikki:Chicago has that big river that
John:they always make green. Yeah. There's a couple of cities that do that, which I think is really cool. And then I guess we have Cinco de Mayo, which I probably don't celebrate as much as we do out here. So Yeah.
Vikki:And Cinco de Mayo is really cool out here in California. Yeah.
John:Yeah. We should celebrate both.
Vikki:Cinco de Mayo. Oh boy. You're getting a peek into our household. I'll break out in a song or I'll dance or I'll snap. We haven't talked about it.
Vikki:I'm snappy.
John:I'm a snapper.
Vikki:I'm a snapper.
John:Yeah.
Vikki:So much so our kids do that too now. At least John our son does. It's kinda funny. But, So what about luck? But luck.
Vikki:Yes. Back to luck. So for us, the Downey family, it's, that we have a philosophy on luck. And I think it's because we're entrepreneurs and we know there personally, we believe there is no such thing as luck. So John was having fun saying, you know, we got lucky when we're gone.
Vikki:But when it comes to business, we what I tell our kids, I've always said, and I'm curious what you say, but I've always said instead of good luck when they were, you know, gonna go play football or niece's cheerleading competition or John's weightlifting, I'll say, you don't need me to say good luck. You create your own luck. Right? We just don't believe, in the fact that there is such a thing as luck. Yeah.
John:I think people mistake and sometimes when when things go well, I think people mistake, timing with luck or they just they I don't I don't know what it is. It's it's a combination maybe of, folks that have good timing and who make proper decisions and take action on those decisions and have a have a pretty good work ethic. And if you put all that together and you're successful, people call you lucky.
Vikki:Right. Exactly.
John:They're more used to hear that at work quite a bit because, they knew that, you know, Vic and I do things on the side to have had other businesses all along. And when someone say, hey. I saw you guys or heard you guys did really well or something really, really nice happened and and or, you know, got a got a different car, you know, a nice car or something. And I say, wow. You got your you got the car and this and that.
John:How much is that? And I said, no. We paid for cash or whatever the deal is. Right? They said, oh, you got lucky.
John:I'm thinking, no. No. Was there was any luck involved in it? We
Vikki:And you're, like, dead serious when you talk to them, and they're kind of, like I look at their faces and they're kinda, like, oh. Because most people say, oh, you're so lucky or unlucky.
John:Right. And I think a lot of people say, yeah. I know. I really was. And and I don't know.
John:I don't I I don't believe that it it was luck. I don't I don't say, yeah. You're right. I always say, no. No.
John:Luck had nothing to do with it.
Vikki:And you and your silent. I love your silence for a while. I let them stew on it.
John:It's not like I'm trying to rub anyone's nose in it or anything like that. It's like some people, they they win the lottery. Right? Yeah. And and whatever.
John:I I mean, the odds are so so against that. And I just I I I don't wanna act like, you know, like a like a jackass. Yeah. But it's not luck. And and when people would ask, like, what do you mean it's not luck?
John:I'm like, well, what part of it do you think was lucky? You know, did I just find the keys on the ground and nobody claimed it and and no.
Vikki:Right. You worked hard for your money.
John:Right? Yeah. Then part of it is, we were presented with a business opportunity, and we have been throughout our lives. And it just so happens the one that we've stuck with for thirteen years now or twelve and a half years now has been just a crazy good
Vikki:God send too.
John:Yeah. And we we we thank God that Yeah. That this came to us, that that he put this in front of us. But it isn't just that. Right?
John:There's we all have great opportunities that come our way, but a lot of it has to do with, do you recognize it? Do you see it? Like, they say knocker opportunity knocks, only once. Right. And right.
John:So when not opportune can I say knocker tuning? When opportunity knocks on your door, did you hear it? Yeah. And did you go answer it? Right?
John:And I I think that's a lot of our success and our luck Yeah. Is because when we saw an opportunity, we recognized it as such and then we Looked into it. Yeah. But we didn't take we didn't take six months to make a a decision. Right?
John:We make a decision very quickly. And that has that's a key in in business timing and make in being, successful in business, I think, is being able to see an opportunity to recognize it as such and then make make that decision and go with it and then put action in Yes. Work. Right? It's not a get rich quick scheme.
John:You know, you certainly don't want it to be as funny.
Vikki:Right.
John:So many people that join our business with us, and they're so worried when they're talking to us. This isn't a get rich quick scheme. Is it? I don't wanna get involved in a get rich quick scheme. We're like, no.
John:Of course, you don't. Most deals are probably probably on the fringe of being illegal.
Vikki:Right.
John:So I said, no. This isn't a get rich quick scheme. Then they get started, and then they don't wanna work because they want it to be a get rich quick scheme.
Vikki:I know.
John:No. It's not
Vikki:how it works. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. And would you define also luck as when opportunity and preparedness meet?
John:Yeah.
Vikki:Isn't that what they
John:Yeah. That's
Vikki:good. That's a a saying also, but luck to us is when opportunity, preparedness, and decisiveness, we should actually throw in. Decisiveness, you know, to to go ahead and just say I'm gonna do this, and then be prepared, you know, for that opportunity also or after. You don't have to know about something to get started. You can learn after while you're while you're doing it.
John:It's probably better that you do it that way, right? Right. Because if you wait until all your ducks are in a row and if you wait until everything's just right, Saturn's aligned with Venus and, you know, the the moon is in its in its waning quarter or whatever, the the opportunity is gonna pass you by.
Vikki:Right.
John:Right? Exactly. That opportunity is not gonna sit and wait for you to get everything figured out and you never will.
Vikki:Right.
John:I I think you'll probably get to the point where you're never going to get to the point where you're comfortable and you think you're ready.
Vikki:Right. Totally. I feel like part of all of this is like walking on the edge of your own fears and just doing it anyway.
John:Yeah. Like, you know, like somebody have said, right, everything you've ever how's it go? Everything you've ever wanted in life lies just outside your comfort zone. Yes. And I I I believe that's true and and there's so many times I think looking back on my life, whether it was my working career or it was being an entrepreneur or just doing anything.
John:Right? Participating in a sport, just doing anything. The times you've had the greatest triumphs and the greatest victories and when you felt that you've accomplished the most is when you've been pushed outside of your comfort zone. If you stay in your lane and never go outside and push yourself, you never have a a a true, I don't think, a true victory. Sure.
John:You may do alright. Fair to Midland. Right? But you're not gonna have that that, that victory that you're gonna talk about, you're gonna think about for years to come. It's when you push yourself and you're outside your comfort zone.
Vikki:Right. You know, it's yeah. You don't expect to succeed necessarily. You want to, but Yeah.
John:Yes. Like, lately, you've taken on a lot of projects. Yeah. No. Those weren't comfortable for you.
Vikki:Right. Exactly. But I'm up for it. And I think part of it, I was thinking back when you were talking about sports. I a lot of people I've talked about being a dance major.
Vikki:Maybe I haven't on here. But, anyway, I was a dance major. And but way before that, before dance, cheerleading, all that kind of stuff, I was a swimmer. When I was back in South Carolina, I was on a swim team, and I was seven years old, I think, when I joined that swim team. So seven to nine, and I pushed myself.
Vikki:Was I scared to death? Yes. Was the water cold early in the morning? You swimmers out there, no. Yes.
Vikki:And, and I just went for it, and I won some medals. But it started at an early age, so I think now, because I pushed myself, I did achieve. There were times that I lost, of course. Probably lost more than I won, but I think that set me up for success in life later to take on bigger tasks like you're talking about. Like these, new things that I've been doing.
Vikki:Yeah. I'm just, I don't consider myself lucky, but if somebody offers me out the, the opportunity, I look into it and I think, I could do this. If anybody can do it, that tells me I can do it. And also right? If nobody's done it, still, it means you can do it still, whatever it is.
John:Yeah. For sure. And I think you bring up a really good point about sports, kids and sports, especially any any kind of team sport. I love individual sports because, you know, you push yourself, but I think there's so much value in, doing an a team sport at a young age. Yeah.
John:And not a team sport where everyone wins. Right? Not every not not a team sport that's giving away participation trophies. I mean, there's something to be said about getting some sort of a little a little trinket saying, hey. You you participated.
John:You went out. You played the sport. You did, you know, you did it. But there needs to be winners and losers. There needs to be consequences of working hard, working as a team, gelling as a team, coming together, and doing your job on that team.
John:Right? And and there there should be a consequence to that, and that should be a win. It should you should win games and win the championship. And if teams don't train hard, they don't practice well, they don't work as a team very well, there should be consequences to that. You should not receive a trophy and you should lose, so to speak.
John:Right? Because it teaches everyone the right thing. It teaches even the kids. I mean, it teaches you how to be a gracious loser as well as a gracious winner. Yeah.
John:It it teaches you that if you don't put in the work and if you don't put in Right. What you need to do, then you're not gonna succeed. That's life.
Vikki:Right.
John:Right.
Vikki:And you learn more when you fail, when you don't win. Absolutely. You really do. And that's it's a hard pill to swallow, but it's really true.
John:Yeah. Exactly. Like, if you played on a team that never lost a game, what what are you gonna learn from that? Right?
Vikki:You're always riding a high and thinking you're invincible. And then when you finally do lose, oh my gosh. Do you go to the tank?
John:Yeah. It's devastating. How do I ever come back from this? Right. And I've I've seen it when I know like, the guys that I would work that I worked with and the ones that were, I don't know, better adjusted.
John:They were able to handle handle, different stressful situations because we run into a lot of stressful, incidents all the time. And the guys that seem to really handle those well and and guys and girls. I wanna say guys. I'm saying men and women. Right.
John:But the officers who were able to handle those really well and were under control were the ones that either were, had played sports and played a lot of sports when they were kids, and a lot of them had been in the military, but they had done other things. They had done things where there were consequences to winning and losing and hard work and no work. And it was funny because there are so many professional ex professional athletes that are in the Los Angeles Police Department, And those guys were always squared away. It was weird. It was because they lived a life since they were little kids of pushing themselves, working together, working with the team, taking instructions from a coach, being coachable and teachable, showing up every day, every morning at like you were saying, in the early morning when the water's cold, it's not comfortable.
John:Yeah. But you do those things because it builds character.
Vikki:Yeah. Totally. Totally. And so I think, you know, we're talking about kids young in sports. I encourage you, you know, stop saying good luck.
Vikki:Even though I know it's this cordial little nice thing that, at least in The United States, we say to each other, break a leg in the performing arts, you know, with dance. I don't say that. And I don't say good luck, but I encourage you to stop saying good luck to your kids. Instead, empower them to say, you have everything it takes. You don't need luck in this moment.
Vikki:You are prepared. You've done all the things, and God is with you. Like, we always throw that in too. That's another thing. We know with God, all things are possible.
Vikki:So why do you need luck, you know, on top of that as be with being prepared as well. So I encourage you, if you don't take anything away from this, podcast, it's that part is start teaching your kids not to talk about not to talk about luck because it really isn't. It's their hard work, and they should be commended for it, and they're ready for the challenge. Yeah.
John:Absolutely. Like, luck wasn't almost a part of my vocabulary. I didn't I don't think I ever say good luck. I know. It would always be,
Vikki:hey, you know, You're gonna be great.
John:You've been training. You know what you're doing. Just do it.
Vikki:Yeah. You you got it.
John:Clear your mind. You're gonna you're gonna do well. And then when it was time to go to practice, tell me, hey. Have a have a great day of training today. Have a great day at practice today.
John:Yeah. You know? Learn something. Right. Work hard today.
John:And it was that's just all the way it always is. Right? Right. And if you think about it, you all you'll always perform how you last trained. Right?
John:So if you don't train hard, if you don't work hard, if you don't take it seriously, that's how you're gonna perform.
Vikki:Right. Exactly. Exactly. And, I was looking at your shirt, the fox emblem on there, and I was thinking about your motocross days because I don't know if we've talked about that on the podcast that, most of you may or may not know, but John raced motocross for years and years while in high school. Junior high and high school?
John:High school.
Vikki:High school. And he was sponsored by Fox and many other, like Honda also. Right? Yamaha. Yamaha.
Vikki:Oh, sorry.
John:That was no. That's okay. They're all they're all about the sayings.
Vikki:Yamaha. Yeah. And, and And
John:then I was talking to Honda, when I when I left the sport.
Vikki:That's what I left.
John:I was talking to someone at Honda.
Vikki:But, but yeah. And so he did that, and so I find it hard to believe also in those any conversations from any coaching that you got, it was like when a race was coming up, Johnny and he was called Johnny back then. Everyone called him Johnny Downey. Johnny, get a good luck. You know, I highly doubt it unless it was like a good well intended mother or, you know, friend.
Vikki:It's called
John:luck ever being a part of it. Because we work hard. I mean, we Exactly. Yeah.
Vikki:But it's the same in business. Like, we are creating our own luck, guys. You do not you should not be encouraging others by saying good luck.
John:Yeah. See, now see, when you say we're create we're we're creating our own luck yourself. See, to me, that still doesn't work out for me. I still can't say it.
Vikki:You can't even say that.
John:You're creating your own opportunities. Right? You're creating you are creating your own success. You have and isn't it cool too? What would you rather have, Have a life that you're in control of?
John:The harder you work, the harder you train, the the more, effort you put into your business, the better it will pay you, or have it controlled by something luck, by fate, by destiny, right, that you have absolutely no control over. Mhmm. I would rather be the one in control because then I know that I'm I'm gonna be the captain of my own ship. I'm gonna steer myself in the right direction, and I'm gonna do something rather than just say, well, I'll just see which way the wind's gonna blow me today and see, you know Right. Where I end up.
John:Am I gonna end up on the rocky shore, or am I gonna end up where I wanna go?
Vikki:I'm so glad you brought that up about the wind and the sails.
John:Mhmm.
Vikki:Oh, my goodness. So it's funny because, again, back to business, we were started we had started with Neora. We'd been a year or so involved. We'd hit the top level with the company, not because we knew what we were doing, but because we capitalized on the opportunity. And, but I was texting with a friend, encouraging her, hey.
Vikki:You should start your own franchise. And she said to me, Vicky, I'm just not as successful as you are. It was very condescending. I'm not as lucky as you. You know, my life, just everything I do, it was just woe is me instead of just owning her own shiz.
Vikki:Right? I would have respected her more for that, owning, you know, I made some wrong choices. I am where I am today. You know, whatever. I wasn't even asking her to tell me her story, but she was like, you know, you just anything you do turns to gold.
Vikki:It just kinda just doesn't seem fair. So, you know, I'm not interested. And so she was almost blaming her not starting something where she could create an incredible income for herself and be successful on me. Like, I'm so lucky. Right?
Vikki:And so I actually used a, I almost said, Rogan. I almost said his name. No. Jim Rohn. I used a Jim Rohn quote on her because I was reading, you know, and really into personal development, still am.
Vikki:And I Did you
John:say it like Jim Rohn?
Vikki:I know. He has a funny accent. If you've ever watched any of his YouTube videos, go watch and listen in. He's got a little accent. At first, it can rub people the wrong way and now we love it.
Vikki:Right? We love his accent now. At first, we're like, what? But love it. But his philosophy is the same wind blows on us all.
John:Oh, yeah.
Vikki:And I said that back to her. I go, look, so and so. I am not lucky. Everything I do does not turn to gold. The same wind blows on us all.
Vikki:And, you know, and and Jim Rohn goes on to say, you know, the wind of success, the wind of failure, it's how you set your sail. Right? When the wind changes, you've gotta turn your change your sail. And, you gotta pay attention to things. Gotta work hard.
Vikki:Right? You can't just sit there and expect everything to fall in your lap. And so needless to say, when you stand up to people like that, they don't talk to you anymore. I kid you not. She has not talked to me, but I hope she took something away.
Vikki:I hope someday it'll make sense to her that I was really trying to give her great advice that seriously, you you know, other people know we're not all blessed. We don't have pixie dust sprinkled on us. None of us do. You know, the successful people that we can name off here, you know, in life on this, you know, on this podcast today that you all know, they failed and failed and failed over and over again. But they created their own luck.
Vikki:See, I still I'm okay with saying that because I get what I'm saying. I hope you guys get what I'm saying, but I get that you don't either.
John:Yeah. I just don't.
Vikki:I create my own way with the help of God. I'm not trying to say I'm all all that and a bag of chips, But, obviously, God is with me and guiding me and making me strong where I'm weak. But, yeah, it cracked me up. And that that gal, has yet to I think I texted her, you know, back, and she didn't answer. And then I've reached out again, doesn't answer, and that's okay.
Vikki:I just hope she knows I meant well by that.
John:Yeah. I think so. I think she does. And if she doesn't, then, you know, what are you gonna do?
Vikki:You can't worry about it.
John:You know, you're just saying, like, I still can't do the thing with use the luck thing in there. It's like, you know, another pet peeve of mine is, and this happens in almost every sport when they're getting close to the end of the year, and they're talking about playoffs, and they're talking about making playoffs and who's gonna make playoffs. And when they get to the end, they're saying like some teams are in control of their own destiny.
Vikki:Oh, yeah. That's right.
John:Control of their own fate. So you can't control fate or destiny. So that that that is like one that drives me nuts. Right. I'm thinking that makes no sense because you're why don't you say they're in control of their own success or they're in control of their own failure.
John:They need to win out to make it. Something like that. But when you say, yep, yep, Bob, they're in control of their own destiny. I'm thinking, you don't even know what destiny is.
Vikki:Right. You've looked up the the description.
John:Yeah. Doesn't yeah. You have no control over it.
Vikki:Yeah. It just happens. Yeah. And, you know, let's talk about one other thing that, since you talked about pet peeves. If that's is that a pet peeve?
Vikki:I'm putting words in your mouth.
John:Yep. It is.
Vikki:I would call it a pet peeve. Okay. That's it. Okay. Me too.
Vikki:Trash is a pet peeve of mine, but business wise, when somebody's when you're coaching somebody and you say you know, you give them some great advice, things that work, obviously, because as a coach, you're not gonna teach somebody something that doesn't work. So you're teaching them something that that works. If they just do it, they'll have success. Right? And then they say back to you, I'm gonna try.
John:Oh, yeah.
Vikki:That is. Right? I think both of our pet peeve. We didn't raise our kids to say, I'm gonna try, mom. I'm gonna try, dad.
Vikki:No. We go back to the Yoda phrase, which is, there is no try, only do.
John:Mhmm.
Vikki:Mic drop. Right? Boom. There is no try. There's only do.
Vikki:And by doing, you're gonna either move step closer to your goal or maybe, okay, that didn't work, whatever you tried, and then you learn from it. You know, it's gonna be one or the other. Path to success, oh, that didn't work. Okay. Reevaluate, readjust, and do it again, not try again.
Vikki:The the whole try just sends me through a loop, and I will actually if you guys are on our team or we are with you in another business, you know, I'll send you the Yoda meme. I will send you the Yoda meme that says there is no try, only do.
John:Yeah. And I think when people when people have that mindset of they're gonna try, that means they're leaving in the door open for failure. And it's okay to fail, but you don't wanna leave that door open. You want that door forced open because of something that didn't go didn't go perfectly well. And then you can look back on it, and like you were saying, Vic, you can learn from it.
John:Yeah. Because that's how you learn is through through the failure. So you know you're gonna have failures, but don't go out with that door already wide open that, hey, I'm I'm gonna try. Probably not gonna probably not gonna succeed, but I'm gonna try.
Vikki:Yeah. How empowering is the word try? It's not very empowering either. Do is empowering. Like, you're do it.
Vikki:You're gonna get it done. You know? And and try sounds very I'm gonna try almost like almost a bit of a martyr, and I'm not accusing any of you guys on our team that have, you know, said that to me. I'm sure that's not what you meant, but that's what it comes across. Like, oh, woe is me.
Vikki:I'm a little, you know, thing over here that's just gonna try. No. How about stand up tall, put your shoulders back, do. Get out there and do. You know?
Vikki:Yeah. So I hope I'm, like, phrasing all this right. Yeah.
John:Yeah. Because if you think about it too, I was just trying to think. Any any successful sports team, like, could you imagine, like, the just pick the Super Bowl. Right? And it's it's the Super Bowl, and they've got their starters.
John:And I I can't imagine, you know, the the let's say the old line coach tells them, okay. These are the blocking assignments as we're gonna we're gonna try and run this play. I think it's gonna be successful. These are the blocking assignments. You've gotta pull.
John:This guard's gotta pull. Then you're gonna go you're gonna take the mic, and then he's gonna look at his coach and say, yeah. I'll try.
Vikki:I know.
John:I mean,
Vikki:I think You got it, coach. Right?
John:Right. If if I think that was the response, I think you'd see a different guard playing being a starter. Right? I don't think Yeah. Any coach would put up with anyone saying, yeah, I'll try.
Vikki:And yeah. And it's mindset. So, you know, currently, if you've been saying that and you don't even realize it, it might have been passed on generation to generation.
John:Should I change it? It is mindset.
Vikki:Yeah. And so stop that. Just have it stop at your generation, and you may be the change you wanna see, not in the world necessarily, but, of course, that. But your family. You be the one that stops saying try.
Vikki:Stop saying, they're they're just lucky. Stop, you know, saying all the disempowering things and start saying things that empower your friends and family. Yeah.
John:And then if something happens and it doesn't go doesn't go as planned, it's okay. Yeah. Just know it's you know, going in that sometimes it's not it's you're gonna have failure. Right. It's okay.
Vikki:Right. You learn. You're gonna learn and do it differently next time.
John:And you'll get you'll get you'll get around it. You'll get past it, and you'll be better because of it. Right. Well, I think we beat
Vikki:up the tri word. Yeah. We did. And luck, is there anything else left on luck that we wanted to leave you guys with before we sign
John:off? Horseshoes. Right? They all have to be with the they all have to be like in a u shape. Oh, that's right.
John:This just holds all the luck in.
Vikki:That's right. Is it like it has does it have to do like with the gold? Just luck. Just
John:Like, how horseshoes are lucky. Right? And so there's some supposed to be some luck with the horseshoe, but if you see people that put them on Oh. They put them on the wall
Vikki:Upside down?
John:Yeah. And they put them so they're they're this way.
Vikki:Oh. They
John:say all their luckers run out of the horseshoe. So you always that's why you normally see them going this way, like, on your doorways.
Vikki:Yeah. If you
John:pass through a threshold of the doorway, you're supposed to have luck.
Vikki:I didn't hear that.
John:Is in the proper direction, I guess. I don't hear that. We have no horseshoes at our house.
Vikki:No. I have never heard that. That's pretty cool.
John:We do have horseshoes, but we throw those outside. Yeah. So we don't have anything mounted on the wall.
Vikki:Exactly. That's right. That's right. Well, we hope this has been inspirational to you. Listen to it again and again.
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