Talking to Gary Vaynerchuk

With MILLIONS of followers and subscribers, I am stoked to be a part of Gary Vee’s phenomenal podcast. (go to 28 minutes into the podcast)

But before I explain how that happened, I want to think back to some points in my life when I was not surrounding myself with A-players. I was opting for the easier connections like people who preferred pub-life a few times a week, people who wasted their time bickering about bullshit and people who encouraged themselves and others to dream small.

During those periods of my life I was not growing whatsoever - financially or emotionally. And when we aren’t growing, we’re dying. I hit a point where I decided enough was enough and that I wanted to make my life about service and contribution.

The very first thing I did was to identify what my driving force was:

Impacting 1 MILLION people through my book on fatherhood, elite performance and purpose 

Once I wrote that down and got out of my head and into my heart I was truly able to shift into higher gear.

My business has been impacted massively - monumentally! And my personal life has been full of growth, challenges and joy.

I choose to surround myself with people who kick my ass in the areas I want to grow. In my financial life I have chosen to learn from people who are WAY down the track. In my coaching I chose to get coached by global titans. In my business life, I chose to get coached by top performers.

Recently I headed up to Auckland to attend an event with Gary Vee. He’s a freaking AMAZING entrepreneur and thought leader. I was BLESSED with the opportunity to ask him a question for my upcoming book.

And the title of his most recent podcast was the answer to the question I asked him. PLUS I got some air-time on his show!

I share this with you not to impress you but to impress upon you that the people you choose to surround yourself with on a consistent basis will have a DIRECT impact on the person you are.

Proximity is POWER! 

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡?