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Raw conversations with the 3 Aussie best mates behind Freedom Club.
Everyone's just like just eating popcorn just watching like, can you guys soak
Josh:On the cliffhanger. Okay.
Will:And welcome to episode three of Freedom Fridays. We are Freedom Club. My name is IK.
Austin:Keep going. Keep going. This is good. Great.
Will:My name is Will. This is Josh, and this is Austin. And we're actually really excited to have you here. That was good. Yes.
Will:He will read whatever
Austin:is on the telegrapher. Ron Burgundy? San Diego? Welcome back. Welcome back.
Austin:Season two episode three. Episode three. Mhmm. This is big. I think season two's been really good so far.
Austin:Yeah. Reception's been positive. Season one, I think we're just getting warmed up. Mhmm. Season two, I feel like the wheels are in motion, we've dropped the guard a bit more, and now today we're gonna get a bit deeper.
Austin:Oh, we're
Josh:going deep.
Austin:We're going to really reflect and analyze and why are you looking at your heart rate.
Will:Because we're going deeper. I'm freaking out.
Austin:He's freaking out. He's freaking out. And without further ado, let's go deep straight away. First one, is hustle culture overrated or necessary? You you wanna build an online business?
Austin:You wanna make money? Is it overrated to hustle or is it necessary?
Will:You know, interesting. This happened to me recently when I was talking to actually a student at one of our events. I said that she was talking about all the different things she was doing in life. Was like, wow. Like, you're a real hustler.
Will:Good on you. And she was, like, offended. She's like, no. Don't hustle. And I think depends what you mean by the word because, like, you could look at hustling as, like, really strong work ethic or you could look at hustling like you're hustling someone, you know?
Will:Like, you're trying to get something out of them. You're kinda trying to shake them.
Austin:Mhmm.
Will:So it's when you say hustling culture, is it like
Austin:Grind culture.
Will:Grind culture.
Austin:Like, head down ridiculous hours, like, push, push, push. So you're not affecting anyone. Nothing negative. It's more so like you're a hustler, you get stuff done, your first definition.
Will:Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I mean, I think that I don't know.
Will:I think that hustling is extremely important. I think Yeah. I don't really understand the culture too much though. Is it like
Josh:Lock in. Lock in or get a clock in. Like this whole, like, Instagram, like, lock yourself in a room, disconnect. Yeah.
Will:I think it's just if you have a goal, that's what's really important. If you have a goal, then you need to do whatever it takes in hustle to get it. And then I guess once you at least reach your goal, maybe then you can adapt a more balanced lifestyle. It just depends what you want in life. You could be hustling your whole life just as long as you have moments of being Yeah.
Will:Present, etcetera. But I mean, I'm sure you guys share the same opinion. I think the hustle culture is like I very much believe in that. So
Josh:I got like a two layered answer to that.
Will:Oh, layers?
Austin:Ogres. Firstly,
Josh:I think anything in life worth doing takes a lot longer than people expect, and you have to be able to focus and get it done. So I agree with that element of, like, grinding and locking in. However, I feel like people sometimes just go for the one goal, which is money. And I think you grind and lock in towards gaining wealth in all aspects of your life. So as much time as you give to building a store and, like, hustling and sitting in your room grinding to make more money, you should always be grinding to make better relationships and to be, you know, grinding for better health as well.
Josh:Like, so you it's it's a more well rounded ground.
Will:So hustling in all aspects?
Josh:Yeah. But you gotta hustle for sure. Yeah. You gotta run to stand still in this world because there's always gonna be someone who's gonna grind harder, you know?
Will:You gotta run to stand still. What explain that to me.
Josh:Well, like, you gotta work gotta be able to work really hard. Like, for what most people wanna achieve, it's it's the 1% of people that are getting it. And that's for everything. That's not just for money. Yeah.
Josh:It's like, if you wanna be in the 1%, if you really want these things, that means you have to work harder than 99% of people. Mhmm. But that's great, you know. You gotta go for it.
Will:And just quickly on that as well, like, I don't I don't know what's changing in the world, but, like, there's a lot more people hustling. You know? So it's the world in general is a lot more competitive. So if you wanna be, like you said, in that top 1% or, you know, half a percent, then not only do need to hustle, like, you need to be, essentially, be beating other people in certain things.
Austin:Yeah.
Will:And not that it's all a competition, but, you know, everyone, especially everyone in the hustle culture wants the same thing. So you you're up against them if you're in the same industry. So you gotta work harder, work smarter.
Austin:Mhmm. I'm a believer that there's seasons in life. So there's seasons where you're more focused on work. Oh, sorry. That, just alone, clipped that.
Austin:Yeah. Of course, four seasons.
Will:No. But no. No. But wow, bro. You you going deep.
Josh:You Oh, yeah.
Austin:There's seasons I've found in my own life when I reflect, and there's certain seasons where I picked one thing and that's the only thing I thought about, lived and breathed it. Business, for example. Health took a backseat. I reached my most overweight point in my life. I wasn't eating healthy, I was eating like rubbish all the time.
Austin:And because I just didn't care. All I cared about was locking in on the business, putting in as many hours as I physically could, going to a coworking space that was literally across the road from where I lived so that I could just spend all my waking hours in a work environment to get as much done as I could. And so, yes, do I believe that hustle culture is necessary? To a degree. Because I think you need to prove not only to yourself that you can put in the work if required.
Austin:Yeah. I think a lot of people have never really tested themselves. Like, what are they are they really about it? Like, if required, could they sit down for a month and work ten hours a day on an online business? Could they do it figuratively?
Austin:And sometimes it just takes you doing it to see if you're about that and if you're willing to put in the work. Because building an online business sometimes isn't for everyone And some people are much better suited to do other things, and that's okay. It's not trying to prescribe this to everyone in the world. Not everyone should be an entrepreneur, the economy will collapse, and businesses just wouldn't work out. Pay your plan.
Austin:That's my take. Don't I want everyone walking around being an entrepreneur. I don't think that is a productive use of the world and how everything is set up. I don't think it would work. Yeah.
Austin:So hustle for a period of time, hustle for a season, or hustle for a reason. Are you hustling for this period to make some money or you're hustling because you have that ambitious goal like you said and you want to achieve it as fast as possible. Yeah. So I think that's the strategy I like to adopt. Because if I'm in hustle 100% of the time, I'm better now cause I have good principles with health.
Will:I was gonna say that. I feel like you're a lot more I mean, not to say that there was anything wrong previously, but right now you seem very balanced in all areas of life. That's what I've noticed
Austin:since It was I different. Yeah. When we first met, like, even before then, I say that as a big turning point with me and hustling, especially with health. Mhmm. Because all of a sudden, when just for context, Will, Josh, and I met in Dubai in February or January.
Austin:Yeah. So two and a bit years ago. And very quickly hit it off and then started living together. And I saw these boys eating clean every meal, going to the gym, pushing hard, just taking care of themselves. And for the first time, I was like, oh, maybe that's what I should do.
Austin:And they were working just as much as me arguably, like, they were getting good work done, very productive, making money, yet they were also healthy. And yet they were also had clarity of mind and they weren't like, you know, just pushing themselves to burn out. And so, yeah, that inspired me a lot.
Will:Thank you, bro. That's nice.
Austin:Puzzle culture, I believe, is necessary. Yeah. It's definitely not overrated. Just if you do it always and you never have the other elements of your life that you're focusing on, yeah, I guess can be pretty one dimensional. And that's pretty boring if you don't have beautiful connections with people around you, you know, living in good health and taking care of yourself.
Will:And life can pass you by, you know, like you you really wanna enjoy every moment. Yeah. It's a it's a it's a real give and take. And I was gonna say just quickly, Austin, you also you said that, like, you said that you're really focusing on, like, the hustle and work and then, like, your your health was neglected a bit. But I've noticed more change in you as well, bro.
Will:Like, there's also I don't you've been way more social, relationships have thrived. So it's like I feel like there's heaps of things that you're way more well rounded. And yet, I feel like you work just as much as you did before. So proud of you,
Austin:bro. Excellent. Thanks. I can't take the credit for that. I've got a I've got a better half now that pushes me to be better.
Austin:Yeah. And obviously really good mates that make me better as well.
Will:Yeah. Very blessed, mate. Very blessed.
Austin:Appreciate it. K.
Josh:I like what you said, hustle for a reason or hustle for a season.
Austin:I can't claim that. I heard how Mosie say it. Sounded nice.
Will:Shout out to Hermozy.
Austin:Shout out to Hermozy.
Josh:Love you, bro.
Austin:The bearded goat. We'll call him that. The bearded goat. Okay. We're talking comments.
Austin:Josh, pull up your phone. I know you've been screenshotting some nasty comments. You guys are man. Nasty.
Will:I'm like, mister
Austin:Could you open up Instagram right now and
Will:Bro, I don't have my phone on set. I'm professional.
Austin:That is professional. We're not professional. I'm playing Angry Birds
Will:off bat. Yeah. Don't say it.
Austin:Don't say
Josh:I have one which I don't really get. Maybe you need to Google this. Someone says you have the same face as Peter Scully. Who's Peter Scully? Anyone have any ideas?
Will:No. But let's Google Peter Scully.
Austin:Peter Scully. I hope this is accurate. I want it to be funny.
Will:Okay. I gotta I gotta think of a comment.
Josh:Oh my god. Dude, that's so offensive. Wait.
Will:Let me see Josh coming in.
Josh:Oh. An Australian convicted murderer. A child sex offender who is imprisoned for life in The Philippines. Oh my god.
Will:That is the worst comment that we've we've had.
Josh:Look at it.
Austin:I don't think I think that's the worst, yo.
Will:Oh, that's so horrible.
Josh:I'm not even gonna name the person that left that comment but
Austin:ugh. That's rough. That was rough. Well, I was thinking more like That's so messed up. Pyramid scheme comments.
Austin:I kinda do look like that. Okay. Do
Will:you? No. You don't.
Austin:You don't, brother.
Will:You got white hair, bro.
Austin:No. No. Okay. Well, that's enough of Josh's comments. He's deeply hurt now.
Austin:Poor Joshua.
Will:Dude, that's that's so hectic, bro. Okay. Comments.
Austin:Well, I got one, I think it was last week, where it was made a comment for the first time about we're filming ads in Bali. And someone made a comment saying, you know, Bali's a a cheap place for a holiday. It's like, you guys aren't making any money. Like, you're staying in Bali. I was like, Bali's okay.
Austin:Let alone, yes. Of course, it's it's relatively cheap compared to other places. But to say people only go to Bali because it's cheap and I just think that's a bit crazy. Like, Bali is such a beautiful place. I've grown so much.
Austin:It's been such a pivotal part of my life. I think if I look at the three biggest cities in my life, was Adelaide where I was born and spent twenty two years of my life, Bali and Dubai. They're the three places where I've experienced the most growth. Mhmm. And so for someone to think that Bali is just, you know, everyone's going there as budget travelers, everyone's just going there because they got no money, it's not the case.
Austin:Like, I've seen some big players in Bali.
Will:Plus, players.
Josh:That cheap at
Will:all. And it's not it's not it gets getting expensive for a nice Airbnb and plus if you go to a nice restaurant, nice bar.
Josh:It's expensive. So many villas now that are $3,040,000 a month. Like, I probably spend $300 a day on food.
Austin:Yeah. Where are you going, bro?
Josh:But Well, I eat double steak everywhere.
Austin:Yeah. Double steak.
Josh:Sure. Adds up.
Will:Nice. I will I will say though, I think that, like, Bali for me is is beautiful and it's really easy to get in, a really healthy routine. You know, everyone's fit. Everyone's like I love that part of it. But for me personally, Bali isn't super inspiring, you know?
Will:Like, when as you guys, obviously, we're in Dubai right now, like, not to say that I'm materialistic, but you see people that have, you know, such expensive things. You see beautiful like, the buildings are insane. There's so much wealth and comfort and convenience, and it is really inspiring. And it it makes you feel like it makes you feel like you need to be doing better. And I I don't mean that in a toxic way.
Will:And like a the view right now out of my apartment is like overlooking the Burj Khalifa and you look at that and you go, wow. Like, it's it's I need to do better. I need to work harder. I need to be smarter, etcetera. I don't know if I get that feeling in Bali, like, to be fair.
Austin:No. I don't. I don't. No. Dubai is definitely a stand alone there, And I'm sure other big hubs in the world, maybe if you're in Singapore, maybe if you're in Hong Kong, maybe if you're in Shanghai, like, I'm trying to think of these big hubs of activity and money and wealth and Mhmm.
Austin:You think there's so much going on there that it's inspiring. But I agree with you. It's definitely a different vibe for sure.
Josh:Yeah. In doses though, I feel like too much Dubai is just too much Dubai.
Will:Yeah. Actually, I do agree
Austin:with It's a blessing really to be able to, you know, go there for a period of time, do what you wanna do there, lock in if it's Dubai or in Bali, maybe it's be a bit more health focused or maybe somewhere else, let's do something else. Yeah. So I think that's a blessing of travel as well. Yeah.
Will:That's freedom.
Josh:You have done really well here, like, keeping the health balance. I feel like when I'm here, I do similar to what Austin does and I stay inside a lot. But you've really balanced that out. Like, you're going to the the palm of that training at that gym.
Will:Yeah. Yeah. Mean, what what I've worked out is I've kinda set a rule with myself. No matter where I go in the world, I need to create things that I enjoy, things that make me happy, and I need to connect with like minded people. Because, you know, originally, we're all from Australia and, like, that's where our families are, but we've moved on with our lives.
Will:We now, you know, live in The UAE and that's our life now. So I feel like so you never, I guess, miss, you know, home from when we were kids. It's like you gotta create home. And then what's home? It's like meeting people that, I guess, are like your family, being a part of communities, you know, something as simple as going to a gym class so you can be around other people.
Will:Going joining a run run club. Just like I know online people are giving run clubs get a lot of crap. But things like that are so cool. You're literally hanging out with people that are waking up early that just wanna better their lives. So I've been doing that now wherever I go, but for the first time in Dubai, I've done that.
Will:And, like, I've met such a mixed bag of people. Also, actually going to church in Dubai, has been really amazing just quickly. So I never would have thought that there was, you know, Christian churches in Dubai. I went to one recently. It has 5,000 members, people from all around the world.
Will:Just incredible. And that was another thing that really, like, helped ground myself in
Josh:Dubai. Service?
Will:Not all in the service. The the congregation has 5,000 people, but I think there would have been a few 100 in each service. Like, the whole is massive.
Josh:Wow. Mhmm.
Will:But I think I think now I wanna whenever I travel, unless I'm going on, a week holiday, doesn't have to be as hectic. But if I'm spending a long period of time somewhere, I think it's really important to just stick to the things that make you happy and feel fulfilled. You know?
Austin:Absolutely. I like that. It's a good principle to bring around because it's not really that difficult if you think about it. Find that local run club, go to that outdoor gym, you know, go and meet some other people, play some paddle, a bit of tennis, like, just do those little things in between.
Josh:It's very easy to not do it though, isn't it?
Will:Yeah. It is. So easy. And and especially here, like you said, bro, you're right. Like, here, can just lock in air con and work.
Josh:Yeah. Yeah.
Will:So it's true. You're you're good at that, though, bro. I remember the the reason, like, I have now looked at Dubai differently is when we came ages ago, I remember I was just in the apartment all day and you're like, like, oh, hey, bro. I'm going out. I'm going to dinner.
Will:Hey, bro. I'm going out. Going to paddle. Hey, bro. I'm going out.
Will:I'm going to tennis. You always had you're always doing something, and I'm like, I need to I need to do this.
Austin:Mhmm. I remember the turning point because you had this very different perception of Dubai when you first came here and even for the first two years of being here. Yeah. You were like, Dubai is this place where I work and pretty much nothing else. Occasionally go out for a dinner, maybe go to the mall every now and then, maybe go and see some friends, but it's really like lock in.
Austin:And then I remember you came here and said, bro, I'm gonna try this new way. I'm gonna I'm gonna do these things. I'll see how it goes. And then all of a sudden you're like, I love Dubai. Like, this
Will:is great. There's amazing people around. I can go
Austin:on this run. There's all these fit and healthy people at Kite Beach, and then I can go to the, you know, The Palm and do an outdoor workout, ice bath. I'm like, that's what it's all about. That's Dubai. Dubai is everything.
Austin:Yeah. And then you can just you gotta find it, I guess.
Will:Yeah. Well said. Well said.
Josh:Very true.
Will:Very true.
Austin:Well. Well well well.
Will:Well well.
Austin:Well well. Uh-oh.
Will:Uh-oh.
Austin:Embarrassing moments for this week. So I know we bring this one up a lot, but I like it because I like the fact that we do all this talking and we talk about, yeah, this is going great. That's going great. But then we just bring it back and realize that we're humans. We make mistakes.
Austin:We're silly. What's been going on? Embarrassing moment from the week. Mhmm. Okay.
Will:We all just go, I love that we don't have answers. I love that we're
Austin:all going quiet. This is raw.
Will:This is Freedom Fridays. This is real. Whoever thinks I'm on first, just go.
Josh:Alright, Adam. Okay. Embarrassing. Something?
Austin:No. Have you got something?
Will:Oh, god.
Austin:I don't I don't
Josh:get that embarrassed.
Will:I don't I don't either.
Josh:I'm trying to think of something that would be perceived as embarrassing. Is
Will:there a possibility that, like, we don't get embarrassed? I mean, it's super hard for me to feel embarrassed. Like, it it happens. Don't get me wrong. But
Josh:I love embarrassing people. Oh, I've got a great one.
Austin:Rock. He likes embarrassing people. I kinda want Wills there. Wills side there.
Josh:Alright. Okay. So on my trip to Ely, to the Great Barrier Reef, Riley is just like a hardcore fisherman. You know this. Yeah.
Josh:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And he knows everyone there. He's like a local legend.
Josh:Like, he's connected with everyone. And there's a there's a certain company which is the main tour company, and he used to work there. So they all know everyone. It's like, that is the plug. Every time we would drive past their boat, Louis and I would do some, like, serious homoerotic behavior on the boat.
Will:I'll do embarrass Riley.
Josh:And he would just hang his head. He'd be like, stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Josh:Not not so bad, but, like, we'd all, like, get in a line behind the boat and, like, flick one leg up and be, like, waving at them and they'd be like so we were embarrassed. I was embarrassing myself in order to embarrass someone else because I don't really care. I'll do anything in front of anyone. Not too fussed about what people think, but he was extremely embarrassed.
Austin:Josh, you are the king of that, bro.
Will:You are?
Austin:Like, he would do things, he'll go that extra step, and at the point where I'm like, oh, come on, man. Like, just don't keep going. He'll keep he'll push through that.
Will:Bro. Okay. How about this? How about we think me and you think of a moment when Josh tries to embarrass us? Because I because I I don't get I don't I I I feel like the more confident I get, I I maybe I get less embarrassed.
Will:Like, you can't you don't care what people think as much.
Austin:He did it today. Okay. He's he's put out the picture one down for. Three times today. The one that comes to mind is it was a couple hours ago before we started filming for today.
Austin:And he's like, maybe we should go out in the sun. You know, get some sun in five, ten minutes, wake ourselves up, you know, get look all healthy for the video. And I was like, sure. That sounds like a good idea. We go downstairs and the lifeguard's there.
Austin:He's just chilling. Not really guarding much of the water, but he was inside because no one was outside. We then go and sit down. The lifeguard go and goes and grabs a notebook and we have to sign in to be at the pool. And autographs.
Austin:I'm on my on my day off. And, you know, you say that once. It's a funny joke. Uh-huh.
Josh:Yeah. I'll
Austin:sign it. Brother kept going. He was like, the lifeguards and he's like, no. No, bro. No.
Austin:I'm seriously. I'm just I'm on holiday. I'm on vacation. I'm like, I was in
Will:the side like, oh, brother, please just grab the thing
Austin:and say your name and write it down, please. And he just kept going. So it's not embarrassing, but it's is it that feeling of, like, secondhand embarrassment almost?
Josh:Yeah. Barrier I've just broken through recently is I'll always listen to music in public, and maybe I'll, like, lip sync or a song. But lately, I've started singing.
Austin:I heard you today as well. Okay.
Will:Yeah. It has
Josh:a voice. Chris, my my
Will:voice is horrible. It's horrible. Didn't someone tell you recently that you have a good singing voice? Someone's definitely told you that recently.
Josh:Yeah. Was Julie on the boat. She said with the right coaching, I could be I could
Will:be good. With the right coaching, twenty years, twenty four hours a day, you'd be perfect.
Austin:And a new voice box.
Will:Thank you, Julie. Perfect.
Josh:I I don't know if anyone else believes you, but you believed in me.
Austin:Thanks, Julie.
Will:Okay. Yeah. Don't I know. I I think maybe, yeah, maybe embarrassed of of other people. I think, like yeah.
Will:It's it's it's tough. I honestly can't think of a moment that I've felt truly embarrassed over the the past, like, week or even few weeks.
Austin:Will is immune to embarrassment.
Will:I like that. Oh, no. Oh, I don't that opened up.
Austin:He is immune. I doubt that. We gotta think of something.
Will:Yeah. They're opening the next I'm just gonna think of something, but I'm not sure. Yeah. But you are are good. Like, your sense of humor, you are good at getting people.
Will:Like, I just one thing I can share is, like, Josh will do something, like, something cheeky, and then before I can even speak, he'll say, oh, yeah. He will, like, point it at me and say, I did it. I can't think of an exact example, but he's so funny at doing that. It's like you're in high school, but it's it's good. It's good.
Austin:Yeah. Grow up, Josh.
Will:Yeah. Grow up. Is that Hughes? Is that Grow up.
Austin:You do say that.
Will:There's some
Austin:fire to that.
Josh:You're embarrassing me.
Will:He's getting all red over there. No.
Austin:But it's
Will:all fun. It's fun personality. It's good, man.
Austin:There you go. There's some embarrassing moments or the fact that Josh constantly produces embarrassing moments every second of every day. Student of the week, we're gonna go plural. We're gonna go plural. Why?
Austin:Because I just wanna give a shout out to anyone in our new free program that is getting their first sales.
Will:Yeah.
Austin:Shout outs to them.
Will:How exciting.
Austin:Shout outs to them. Yeah. And we talk about this, I think it was last week, last week's episode, where we talked about people getting their first sales almost just as exciting as them getting to 5 k a month, 10 k a month, and beyond. And, yeah, I've been chatting with all of our successful students behind closed doors, helping them out with scaling and all that and hearing them and seeing them go from, you know, 30 k a month profit to 60 k a month and beyond. Yeah.
Austin:Even bigger numbers above the 6 figure mark in profit per month, which is nuts. And so chatting with all them, it's great but it doesn't have the same excitement. What does is the first sale. The first cha ching, the first bronze post in the platform when they get their first sale. And whenever someone puts up a post, it's not just a screenshot of their results, it's also like a little bit of text Yeah.
Austin:A bit of a blurb. And I really like it when students in there have explained, you know, like, I felt like giving up. I felt like not doing this anymore. I felt like I was stuck. I felt like, oh, should I launch ads?
Austin:This is scary. Mhmm. And they did it anyway. And I think that's a big thing we can take away from that is that everybody feels a bit scared when they're starting any online business, but let's talk ecom. They're scared when they click publish on their first ad campaigns.
Austin:Yeah. Scared when they have to choose a product, commit to one and say I'm gonna build a store with this.
Will:Mhmm.
Austin:Even though on paper it checks out, meets the criteria, there's still that fear that this isn't gonna work. Can I do this? That self doubt. And so shout out to everyone who was getting first sales over the past week.
Will:Awesome. You
Austin:stuck with it. You felt that fear. And you said, you know what? I'm not gonna let that fear stop me.
Will:Mhmm.
Austin:Make it happen. Shout out to them. Shout out to you guys. Multiple students of the week. Multiple students of the week.
Austin:And we're gonna wrap up this episode with you know what we're gonna wrap up with. Do I need you even need to get
Josh:a source?
Austin:Sauce. Time for
Will:the sauce.
Austin:So Sauce.
Will:So it's life,ecom lifesource,ecomsource, or what? What was this another one?
Austin:Or romantic sauce. No. It could be any kind of sauce in your life. Barbecue, ketchup, business,ecom, little life hacks that you've learned along the way?
Josh:Life hacks along the way.
Austin:Life hacks along the way. And we can cut these sections in the edit as well. I'm not actually gonna
Will:Well, at least they at least everyone knows who's watching that, like, we don't prepare before it. You know?
Austin:Yeah. Maybe we should keep them in then. Yeah.
Will:Yeah. Everyone's just, like, just eating popcorn and watching like, can you guys soak
Josh:that cliffhanger.
Austin:Okay.
Will:Alright. Whoever again, if you think of it, just hit it. Source.
Josh:I think just something very, like, very basic, but I think it needs to be addressed. You need to be you need to have enough courage to start. You need to have enough courage to ask the questions because if you don't ask the question, the answer will always be no. And I'm I've been reminded of this again recently. So many people just afraid to just be like, to find out, to ask, to do something for free, to see because they're so afraid that they're gonna be sold something or someone's gonna ask them.
Josh:It's like, have a bit more confidence and courage in life. Like, be bold and brave. And luck favors the bold. So a few times I've been reminded of this. It's like, you just gotta be brave enough to try something sometimes.
Josh:You can't go through life being so scared of everything.
Will:I've got some source to go off that, bro. It's like just going off fear Yeah. Is I'm just thinking about something that I was super fearful of. And then when I, I guess, broke that fear, it really changed my life, is your environment. And it's like, you know, everyone's aware of that comfort zone.
Will:Your environment could your comfort zone could be like, you know, the same people around you, you live in the same place, etcetera, etcetera. What I found is when I when I first, I guess, left the, like, the safety of my home and when I say the home, I mean, like, you know, this your friends nearby, your your your family, all the same routines. Like, you never wanna leave that. But sometimes and and definitely in my case, like, you you need to leave this safe space to to actually thrive. And this can literally be, one of the most scary things ever.
Will:It's And like even when you do it, you can think, what have I done? What have I done? I need to go back. Like, it's terrifying. But then you start surrounding yourself with, I guess, people that you want like, there's there's parts of those people that you want in yourself or you want what they have and you you're inspired by them.
Will:And it's something the combination of being around people that inspire you and being out of your comfort zone, I feel like just good things happen. Like, just good things happen to you. And I think that would be my source is like, whether it's, you know, fear to ask questions or fear to just get out of your comfort zone. And I know it sounds cliche, but it's like, just do it. Just try something new.
Will:Even if every part of your body is telling you not to do it, just do it. Because it it's it made such a big difference in my life.
Austin:I like it. These are some two good ones. I've gotta back this up. I gotta round this out.
Will:You can do it. I believe in you.
Austin:The one that comes to mind is I'm really thinking about leverage at the moment. How do I make more progress, more quickly, with less effort?
Will:Yeah. Okay.
Austin:So small inputs or focusing on the core things that matter to get the most out of
Josh:it. Mhmm.
Austin:I've been, I guess, not really a victim of it, but a victim of, you know, busy work, thinking I'm super productive because I ticked off 40 things from my to do list today. And most when I look at what those things were, they were stuff that wasn't really that important Mhmm. Or urgent. I just ticked it off because I'm like, I wanna tick off everything from this list. Yeah.
Austin:And what has helped me take the step up and start going from, you know, I'd say decent results to like, okay, big results is look at your everything you have to do, write it all out and then look at that list and think what is the one thing that if I was to do this today, it would make all these other things irrelevant. So it's essentially the one big thing method. I talked about it in season one. But even beyond that, there'll be things on your list that you were like, oh, I don't really wanna do this. Mhmm.
Austin:Like, I know it's important but it's gonna be hard, it's gonna take lots of time, it's gonna be, you know, difficult to do. And so I found that instead of just writing, finish x project on this build store. Say like, spend five minutes starting Shopify store. So you just get going. You get the little momentum.
Austin:Because once you do the first five minutes
Will:Yeah.
Austin:You're right. Then you're gonna keep going. You're like, oh, I got past the the toughest part which is the start. And if you break this down, this isn't just hypothesis or people saying fancy words, it actually has backing in science. Newton's got this thing that says fit.
Austin:Our object will stay at rest until acted upon by an external force. Mhmm. So you will stay doing nothing and it is much harder to then start doing something than it is to keep going. Mhmm. And so what you need to do is trick yourself into just starting, getting the ball rolling because once it's going, cool.
Austin:I'm on a roll here. Oh oh, while I'm here, I'm already into it. Might as well get started on my product page. I'm already here. I might as well, you know, get those images up.
Austin:And it's like, you're going. You're going. So you got started. It's the hardest part. So you trick your brain by saying, oh, just do it for five minutes.
Austin:Yeah. I hear people talk about this in the health space. They say, just say you're gonna go to the gym and just do one set.
Will:Yeah. Then you're in the gym.
Austin:You're already in the gym. You're like, might as well might as well do a couple more sets. Wow. I might as well do another exercise. I'm feeling good.
Austin:Let's finish with some stretching. Let's do some cardio. Let's just keep going. So that's the sauce for the week. Great sauce.
Austin:Thank you.
Josh:All of us. Good sauce.
Austin:Love good sauce. Salsy. Well, you. Salsy. Salsy.
Austin:Thank you everybody for coming along. Josh, give us the outro. Alright.
Josh:Alright. Thank you, guys. That was episode three. We will see you next week for episode four. Been a pleasure chatting with you.
Josh:We've had fun doing it. And Austin
Will:I'm trying to do phone.
Josh:Trying to do an outro. Goodbye, guys.
Will:See you, guys. Sorry about it. God bless.