Hey, Marcella, how's it going?
We're doing well, doing well.
Things going well for you?
Great.
We're progressing, we're going, you know, I always want, you know, I always want the
success in the place where I want it, but it's still progressing.
Hey.
Awesome.
Are you, any other crazy viral videos recently?
Oh, crazy viral.
I think that one I've reposted, it's almost at 10,000.
Oh, so the one that got 16,000 is now 10,000?
No, the one that got, the one that's, that's, it's 16,000, but the, this other one that
I had reposted, you mentioned me to go back, like, find a different video and post it.
Yeah.
It got, it's almost at 10,000 on TikTok and I am getting more views on Instagram.
Like this one, I posted this week at 700 views for my Psalm 23.
So that's on IG.
Perfect.
That's awesome.
We're just progressing.
I'm just, I'm like this with the Lord, like, Lord, whatever you want to do, whatever you
want to do, have your way.
That's great.
Well, that's, that's exciting to see the, at least you can like having one video get,
you know, crazy views, being able to do it a second, third time.
That's, that's encouraging.
So.
Yeah.
Hey Jennifer and Holly, how are you guys doing?
You guys have any quick wins to share as we jump in?
I got some ads going, which was good.
Good.
Yeah.
Nice.
And I haven't made ads for my community.
I was kind of doing a tester just to see like what did well.
And it was more just to get, you know, more followers and stuff like that.
But it worked.
I mean, I got, I got a lot of more viewers and followers, so it definitely worked.
Nice.
That's awesome.
Any, this is the first time you run ads?
Yeah.
First time.
Okay.
Very cool.
That's exciting.
Yeah.
Sometimes that hardest, the hardest.
That's awesome.
Yeah.
That hardest mindset is just going from that zero to one, like never running ads to like,
now you've run ads.
Now you're, now you've run ads.
Now it's not that big of a deal and keep doing it.
Yeah.
Awesome.
Jennifer, hey Cindy, how's it going?
You guys have any wins?
How's it going with your communities?
Good.
I mean, I feel like I'm just gaining more clarity on kind of how to do the second round
of this.
So I'm wrapping up my four weeks course, getting a lot of their input.
I'm going to kind of do it like prerecorded, prerecorded the four videos now and going
to have them like watch it ahead of time to drive traffic to the actual tribe app.
I think that that gets them like, they're engaged more than the live zoom calls and
then do the, like kind of what we're doing, like a weekly Q and A.
But I think like to get them engaged and build community, I'll just have it prerecorded.
So I'm excited.
I felt like just breakthrough and getting a really high quality four week course.
And then some more, you know, kind of downloads from God and how to navigate kind of the client
journey.
And so I'll be kind of doing round two, probably more like a beginning of April.
But I'm excited for like to redo this and then because I'm building a new platform.
So we'll see.
That's exciting.
That's great.
Soup.
Awesome.
Well, good.
Well, we're going to jump in here.
Let me make sure I've got we're recording and I'm just make sure this is that speaker.
Here we go.
So we will jump in and guys, this, this, the only thing for this week is Thursday.
We're going to be that first like live office hour.
So we'll hang out for two hours on Thursday and just bring.
So if you guys want to bring your ads, if you want to bring your creative, like your
landing pages, whatever, like we're just gonna be a little bit more of a calm time to just
open stuff up and we can just spend, you know, as long as we need to kind of fixing stuff.
And also if you are just thinking of needing to get something done, we're going to use
that as like an intense work session so you can show up.
We're all going to say, hey, by the end of these two hours, like I'm going to do this
deep work session.
You can have us on in the background or mute or whatever, but then it kind of gives you
a deadline to, to get some, like whatever that next thing is.
So we're going to do that each, each week on Thursday through March, and then we'll
jump into it.
So today we have a guest, one of Lindsey and our closest couple friends, Stephen and Chelsea
Diaz have been.
incredible. If you guys are familiar with 100x and Rainmakers, they have launched Rainmakers
in a while and just been an incredible example of kingdom entrepreneurs that are just taking
ground for the kingdom in a lot of different ways. And we're honored to have them as friends. And
Stephen was incredibly generous and like coming to hang out with us and to share some things with us
and super excited to have him. So Stephen, I'm going to turn it over to you. And if you're good,
I think your camera's up. There we go. What's up guys. Good to see y'all. What's up Holly,
Jennifer, Jack, Cindy, Dr. Marcello, Macy. How's it going guys? Excited to be with y'all. Bruce
was telling me about this group of go-getters and really kind of just leaning into what I should
share with you. And there is so much I could share with you, but I really felt like we're just going
to tell some stories today. I really felt like, you know, I learned from Jesus. Jesus told a lot
of stories and we still talk about those stories to this day. So I hope I can tell you some stories
that impact you and maybe even generations to come. Is that cool with you guys that we do that
today? Now, as I was kind of thinking about this group and what you guys are putting your hand to,
you know, if you don't know me, we run a company called the Rainmaker family. It's on the wall
there. We really cut our teeth with entrepreneurship, with a service-based
business. We were wedding photographers, my wife and I, for 11 years. So every Saturday
shooting weddings and really kind of dreaming for something more. You know, we loved weddings
because it was really cool to like do something that had a legacy impact, hopefully, right? Like
50% of those people, it's stuck together. And that picture we were taking, right? Like would
last for generations. And someday, you know, their daughter would be flipping their wedding
album. There's our picture. We like that idea of having impact on families. And we would do that.
We kind of prophesy over them. This is for the grandkids, snap, right? And there was something
about it that we loved, but we knew there was something else for us too, that was like, man,
we really want to impact families in this way of building legacy. And that's where the Rainmaker
family, I keep pointing that way, but it's over here. The Rainmaker family came from,
we help families launch physical product businesses. And in our community, we have about
five to six brands launch every week. Now we have someone hit six figures every 11.7 days on average
in our community. We hit the Inc 5,000 list, fastest growing companies in America in 2023,
we were number 148 on that list. So it's been an insane wild ride. And I share like the little
highlight reel with you, but Bruce knows it's also been intense, you know? And so I'm so glad
you guys are in a community like this because community literally is life or death as an
entrepreneur. I feel like you're riding a rollercoaster automatically as you get an entrepreneurship.
And if you're riding alone, you're not going to ride long, right? It's not really fun to
ride a rollercoaster by yourself. What are you going to do? Like raise your hands. And I don't
know. It's not as fun. Okay. You guys are doing this in community. And Bruce has been that for
me and Chelsea. I can't tell you how many times I've called Bruce freaking out or Chelsea's called
Lindsay freaking out. And they talk us off the ledge. They remind us who we are. And it's the
thing that keeps us going. And so huge thanks to Bruce, but also kudos to you guys for being in a
community like this, because it truly is like, these are your people, you know? These are your
people. And Bruce, I am recording here, I think on Ecamm. So I just remembered. I appreciate you
giving the context because I feel like I did a horrible job, uh, in showing you. So, uh, that,
that's all good. Really good brag on myself, but I'll also give you guys the real talk. So,
um, you know, uh, I would say going back, like if I could tell my earlier entrepreneurial self,
you know what I mean? Like, um, these are some things like, this is what I tell them. So that's
what I'm going to go in with you guys on today. And, uh, almost like I would with my sons. Like
I have a five-year-old, so he doesn't really understand this stuff as much, but I do try to
teach them these mindsets. But I feel like, you know, you're in this community and Bruce
has really an ability, uh, and a system to create wealth, right? All of you guys have this thing
inside of you. And ultimately people trade dollars for things they value. You guys have
something crazy, valuable, a message to put out there that people are going to be trading dollars
for. And so I'd be kind of remiss if I didn't like, you know, like when I got my license,
you know, my mom sat me down and just like a good parent would, she's like, this, you know,
this is an incredible responsibility. You know, like a car is amazing. You're going to get all
these freedoms, but like also can kill people, you know? And she had to have that real talk
with me being like, Hey, this is, this is incredible, but also like, this is life or death.
And so like, I need you to know, like, like that's love, right? So I wanted to love on you guys a
little bit because.
what you guys carry, just looking around this room,
being in this group, I know that there is success,
there is money, there's all the things,
like this stuff that like,
people, if they asked me five years ago,
what's your five-year goal?
I would have never predicted
that we'd have a hundred employees working for us,
you know, and like, we'd be impacting thousands.
Like, I just would have never predicted that.
That could be some of your future.
And so, as we kind of go into that
and you're getting the keys to this car,
I want to kind of have some real talk
and just like my mom did, like, love on you guys
by saying, hey, money is, it's an amazing thing,
it's a tool, but it's also kind of like a,
it's like, I heard, I think it was the finance guy at Bethel
he had this quote about money, it was like,
money's like turning the blender on full speed,
like when you add money without the top on, right?
And so money will only just amplify
what's already in your heart.
Your heart is like everything that's in the blender.
And so you're in this room,
you're probably an amazing person.
You probably have generosity in your heart.
You probably have, you know, giving back in your heart.
You probably have all these amazing things.
So when we add money, it's only going to amplify that
and blow that all over the walls, right?
But if there is a couple of cracks or traps,
it will amplify that as well, right?
And so that's why we do so much like nurturing of the roots
before you see the fruits.
And so I'm going to share my screen
because I had some slides
from another time I was telling these stories
and I'm going to see if I can share this.
Let's see, continue.
And then there we go.
You guys are going to see kind of the,
like the little bit rough version
because I'm just in canvas, that's okay.
So let me know if you guys can see that.
Just give me a thumbs up.
You'll see three money traps to avoid.
Do you guys see that?
Okay, wait.
I see it, but now I don't see you guys.
Okay, now there you are.
Okay, I like seeing you.
So I'm bringing you guys back onto the screen.
This is the problem with having like two monitors
that you guys disappear.
Do you guys can see that?
Yeah?
Okay, so these are three money traps to avoid.
As you guys start to see fruit in your business,
start to see money coming through,
these are things that can take you up
or they can take you out, okay?
And so we're big believers in nurturing roots
before you see the fruits, right?
I don't want to just teach you, you know,
how to make a quick buck
if it's just going to be stolen from you, right?
Like if you're going after generational change,
not just for you, but for your family,
breaking patterns of poverty over you
and generations to come,
you got to focus here, right?
Because how often do we see this?
Like a lot of winners, right?
They like come into a bunch of money
and then it like destroys their life, right?
Or even like, you know, professional athletes
who go bankrupt at an alarming rate
because they haven't done this nurturing of their roots
and then they step into a bunch of money
and then boom, it just like amplifies what's already there.
We even see this with celebrities.
There's a list of celebrities who lost all their money
at some point in their career.
Like it's crazy.
There's some names on here like, wow,
I did not know that, right?
And the reason is they didn't build
this like deep root system.
They didn't build, you know,
the roots that could sustain the weight
of what was ahead of them.
And you're in this room,
you can probably could feel this.
This is how I felt before Rainmakers.
It was like, oh man,
I feel like there's something on this.
Does anyone raise your hand?
You just like, man,
I feel like there's something in here.
I got this message.
Like there's something I'm putting my hand to
and there's something big on it, right?
That's how we really felt.
It felt like we're kind of sitting on this gold mine,
but it was just kind of just a couple steps
away from breakthrough.
And some of you might be feeling like that,
but I mean, you know,
when people saw us really rise with this business,
it felt like overnight success,
but really it took us like a lot to get there, right?
It took us, you know,
years to get to that point of breakthrough.
And a lot of those years,
we're like doing this, nurturing the roots, right?
Nurturing the roots,
being around people like Bruce,
being around communities, you know,
Macy's in the room,
like her dad, Keith mentored us,
really nurtured our roots in 2019
before we had our first million dollar year in 2020, right?
And I was so thankful
that we actually worked with someone
to like go deep on that stuff before the money came,
because the money would have honestly
amplified things and taken us out.
And so that's what I wanna do with you guys.
I wanna just water your roots a little bit
with some stories.
And so here's some,
these three money traps to avoid.
Okay, so the first one is this right here.
Money trap number one.
So if you're taking notes,
write this down.
Money trap number one,
falling into lack thinking, okay?
Falling into lack thinking.
And the thing is,
we're raised in this like lack-focused culture, right?
Always looking for like what's missing,
what's wrong, like it's not enough.
And when you start to get aware of this pattern,
you might find yourself actually falling into it,
you know, just by default,
because it's like all around you.
I remember, you know,
when we had our first son,
he's, you know,
this is actually in 2019
before we had a really big breakout year.
And we really started to become really just aware
of this lack kind of default,
because, you know, when you have a baby,
what does everyone ask you?
I'm pretty sure I asked Bruce this,
like this last weekend,
I was like, we were hanging out,
how's the sleep going, right?
How's the lack of sleep, right?
You just like, kind of,
it's like the thing you focus on.
And so me and Chelsea,
you know, as brand new parents,
this is our first son,
we're now cooking.
up the third, okay, so we have two outside the womb, we have one inside the womb, but this is
our first, okay, and that first one, man, you just like, it's intense, but in those first few weeks,
we just really kind of spiral, oh, the lack of sleep, we're not sleeping, all these things,
and it was kind of like, we're focusing on that lack, and it was starting to multiply, right,
and I always quote Jesus on this, because he's the man, he said, if you, like, he that has will
have more in abundance, he that has not, even that will get taken away, and the first time I heard
that, it's kind of like a riddle, so like, I feel like I gotta repeat it again, when you focus on
what you have, it will multiply, and you will have abundance, when you focus on what you have not,
even that will get taken away, and this is a kingdom principle, like, if you actually study
this verse, he says this all over the place, he says this after the parable of talents and minus,
he says this after the lamp thing, he says this when the disciples ask him, why do you teach in
parables? He that has will have more abundance, he that has not, even that will get taken away,
and like, this is a kingdom principle, and this is literally like, I feel like I've applied this
to healing, I've applied this, you know, to business, I've applied this to money, this one
thing, like, has been incredible, and we see it in our kids, I remember my son, like, you know, I,
it was like after Halloween, and there was some candy laying around in the kitchen, which
probably shouldn't have candy in the kitchen, you know, it's breakfast time, we gotta eat some
protein, but of course, he's like, two years old at the time, he sees that gummy bear, you know,
pack of gummy bears, he's like, daddy, can I, can I please have a gummy bear, please, you know,
and being a good dad, I'm like, okay, fine, like, one gummy bear is not gonna kill him,
you know, so I'm like, buddy, okay, sure, you can, what color do you want, you can have one gummy bear,
and so he, like, chooses his favorite color, I think it was blue at the time,
and he, like, is putting this gummy bear in his mouth, it's like, complete joy on his face,
right, and then what I do, I'm taking the gummy bear pack, and I'm putting it away,
or it should have been, and as soon as he sees that thing going away, what happens,
right, any parents guess what happens in the chat, tears, he's just like, no, like, the gummy bears,
they're going away, while he's enjoying, trying to enjoy the gummy bear that's in his mouth,
he is crying about the gummy bears going away, the, what he's focusing on, what he has not,
is robbing him of what he has in his mouth, he doesn't even know he's eating a gummy bear,
the thing he really wanted that's in his mouth, he's literally so focused on what he's lacking,
what he has is taken away, it was a powerful thing when I saw this, because I was like, that's us,
that's us, even when we had him as a newborn, we're focusing on lack of sleep, and we just
started to notice that we shifted it, we're like, no, we're not gonna focus on what we're missing,
we're gonna focus on what we have, we're not missing anything, we are gaining something,
like, and as soon as we did that, as soon as we shifted, one, it changed our experience,
in the middle of the night, now we're waking up, and it was like, oh, we get to look forward to
this, because these are sweet moments we don't get back, and like, I look back on that, now he's
five, I'm like, man, that was incredible, those are some, like, just looking into your newborn
baby's eyes, it's just such a beautiful time, and then me and Chelsea are up in the middle of the
night, so we're having more time together, we run a big business, and you know, time is limited,
now we got some just open space, we're having these deep conversations, we're growing together
in this, and we're starting to see that abundance, and guess what happens, as we start to focus on
what we had, it multiplied, right, and he actually started sleeping through the night, like, that was
crazy, you know, and so I come back to this a lot, because I think this is a temptation, as we fall
into this lack of thinking around business, around money, around resources, and this is literally the
thing that can take you up, you know, from rags to riches, or take you out from riches to rags,
and we see this, when people don't nurture this route, there's this book called Psychology Money,
and it's really interesting, because it documents, like, the journey of people that made a lot of
money, and lost a lot of money, right, and what do the people do that lost all their riches, all their
wealth, like, I'm talking millions and millions of dollars, this right here, they start focusing on
lack, they get into the wrong thing, they take, you know, unnecessary risks, because they're in this
kind of, like, orphan, like, I got to get it for myself mindset, and so you heard how Jesus said it,
this is how we say it, focus on what you have, it'll take you up, focus on what you have not, it'll take
you out, and so this is really money trap number one, as you guys start getting into this thing,
you really will define the frame of what you live under, like, you live kind of under the ceiling
of your own expectations, and you might be around other people that have lack thinking,
the society's lack thinking, and the news cycle's lack focused, and that's just a lot of people's
default, like, I have nothing, like, I just live in, like, this blindfolded, you ever see that movie,
I don't know, there's a movie that came out where everyone, like, they were, oh, they couldn't see,
I forget the movie, like, but it was so prophetic, it was like, if you see them, they'll kill you,
do you remember this movie, it was, like, Bird something, Bird, I don't know, I don't recommend
watching it, it was, like, a scary movie, but it was, like, and everyone wore blindfolds in the movie,
and it was literally, it came out during COVID, I just thought it was so, like, okay, if you see it,
it's gonna kill you, you know, you focus on it, it's gonna kill you, it was, like, this monster,
and if you, like, see it, then you would, like, basically die.
Anyways, I just feel like this is how a lot of people live.
They're like kind of live with this,
like, this is my default, I have nothing.
And another story I love is from the book,
Key Person of Influence.
It talks about oil.
It's like, imagine like the first person
who like stepped in oil, right?
And like, they're like, oh, what is this?
Like, this is like black sludge.
This is disgusting, right?
Like if you stepped in a puddle of oil
and you had no idea what it was,
you would just be like, ugh, you know?
And maybe a hundred people came by
and they're just like, oh, this is nasty, right?
But one person finally said, huh,
I don't know what this is,
but I wonder what it could be used for.
And all of a sudden, oil becomes a resource, right?
This thing that was just black sludge
becomes a resource because we actually learned how to use it.
And so a resource is really only defined
by our ability to use it.
Before that, it really is just black sludge.
And a lot of people, when it comes to money,
they actually kind of have this black sludge mindset
because they literally just don't know how to use money.
Some of you, I mean, I heard someone say
they ran their first ad.
You're starting to learn how to use money as a tool, right?
To actually drive impact.
But a lot of people too afraid to do that.
They're just like, I know how to save, I know how to spend,
but I don't know how to put this money in the dirt
and grow something because that's scary, right?
It's super scary to run the roulette wheel
of Facebook ads and hope for the best, right?
It's really scary to invest in a community like this.
It's really scary to put your money into,
I just think of it like seed.
I think of money like seeds now.
I don't really think of it like money.
I think of it like seeds.
When you put a seed in the ground, it's scary.
That seed goes away, it dies.
Like a seed has to die to become a tree
and it has to hit resistance.
It has to grow through the dirt.
And then finally the tree comes out, right?
Money is very, very similar to that.
But when people get in that lack focus,
they start thinking, I don't have any money, right?
I don't have anything, right?
And I feel like if you can make this shift, right?
From what we call, I have no resources,
I have no money to I'm resourceful.
This is again, shifting from that lack to abundance.
This changes everything.
Because even like in business,
I think we often has get limited to money
or resources or tech or I can't do this, right?
But if you can shift to, how could I?
Like, what if I did have the resources?
What if God has the resources, right?
Like you kind of start stepping into abundance.
Like I have everything I need, right?
I have everything I need.
And this is where things really start to flow.
So that leads me to money trap number two.
But before we do money trap number two, okay?
Let's, I feel like we gotta do some declarations
with this group, okay?
Because that's just a really powerful way
to take it from head to heart.
Oftentimes when you are sensing one of these things,
oh, dang, that's me.
You know, like I remember as I was learning this,
I just started noticing lack language.
I don't have enough time for this.
I'm too busy, right?
I was meeting with Keith, who's Macy's dad.
And like, we were at a coffee shop
and I was saying, I don't have the time, I don't have time.
And my watch literally like broke off my wrist
onto the table.
And it was like, God was like,
hey, I'm gonna break your poverty language
in all these areas, not just money.
Like you have everything you need.
You have all the time for everything
that I'm putting in front of you.
You know, you have all the money.
I have all the money, so you can have all the money.
Even if the facts are lying to you,
even if the bank account's scary,
like I am gonna cover you, you're good.
And so I would just say right now,
I am resourceful and tap your chest.
I am resourceful, right?
I know the resourcer.
I won't focus on what I don't have.
I'm gonna focus on the abundance of what I do have.
Okay, say that with me.
And if that's resonating with you,
I'd like put it on a post and I'll put it on your mirror.
Because some of these things,
you just gotta get them in your neural pathways, right?
And sometimes it takes time.
I'm just repeating these things
until that becomes your default.
And then when the facts are scary,
you're still living in the land of abundance, okay?
Okay, so money trap number two.
You guys ready for this one?
Okay, so which one has more value, time or money?
Drop it in the chat, okay?
I gotta actually pull up the chat here.
Okay, let me pull up the chat
so I can see you guys chatting it up.
Okay, oh yeah, someone commented bird box.
Yeah, that was the movie.
I don't recommend it, but okay.
So you guys are all, I think, getting this one.
Time, easy, right?
Time is definitely a more valuable resource, right?
Time is a finite resource.
It can't be replaced.
Once it's gone, money somehow is always there.
Like it's just replenishing, right, somehow.
God is always providing.
But time, it does run out, right?
But money can always be earned.
Time is priceless.
Time is given to everyone equally in the world, right?
At the same time.
And a lot of people will say this,
that time is worth more than money,
but sometimes their actions won't reveal
what they truly believe, right?
So I'm a big believer in the saying.
that we don't believe what we say we believe,
we believe what we do, right?
You tell me you believe in healing,
but you never pray for someone to get healed.
Like you actually don't believe in healing, right?
That's just the hard truth.
And I know that sometimes there's some stuff
and there's some fear you got to get over,
things like that, but this is really true.
When you say time is worth more than money,
we gotta be willing to kind of like stick our,
you know, sword in the ground and say,
I really believe this thing, right?
So money trap number two is just giving money too much power
and we really learn this.
I mean, we've continually had to be,
I feel like upgraded in this mindset
at higher and higher levels,
but this is my first little loft that me and Chelsea
rented when we were newlyweds, okay?
So it was like a 700 square feet,
one bedroom, one bathroom.
You know, you had to like kind of like scoot
around each other to get to the shower.
It was really tight,
but it did have this cool little loft
with this sketchy staircase.
I almost killed myself getting this couch up there.
And this is where we'd go do our photography work, right?
We would shoot photos and we'd go edit up here
and you know, weddings, it was a good business,
but it was like very seasonal, right?
And we weren't really like planners
and so like we'd have these high highs
and these like super low lows.
And so one winter things got really low, right?
Like the finances got super tight
and you could just feel it.
Like you could just feel kind of the stress of like,
oh my gosh, like, are we going to make it?
You know, is there another job that's going to come in
or how, where's the money coming from?
We don't know.
And you can almost feel it.
Anyone been in that season where it's like, man,
it feels almost like heavy.
Like this thing's on your shoulders.
You could feel it on your chest in the mornings.
It was kind of that voice in your ear,
like trying to get you to agree with it, right?
You're not going to make it, right?
And I've had this voice even in past seasons,
like at just a higher level,
but this was the first time we really kind of had
to conquer this as a married couple.
And honestly we did what most people do in that situation
is we acted like orphans, right?
Like there's not going to be enough, right?
We got to focus on like,
this is before we did all this mindset work.
And so we started acting out in scarcity,
kind of just like scrambling, trying to strive,
trying to hustle.
And basically kind of like emailing people,
begging for work, like just trying to figure something out.
And then like, I respect the hustle,
but like this was not hustle, this was more like toil.
It was like stress.
And one night we sat down,
I was probably on this couch and we had this conversation
and it was just like, hey,
our acting is not what we believe, you know?
Like we believe in generosity.
We believe God is good.
We believe he's provided,
but how we're acting right now, how we're feeling,
it's not in alignment with that.
And I don't know, we were pretty young when we got married,
but this was a moment of, I think, supernatural maturity.
And we were like, this is not who we are at our core.
And we really knew that like one of our callings
as a couple was to be generous.
This is something on my family line.
And we just came back to this,
like, are we going to really believe that?
Or are we going to actually do it, right?
Like, are we actually going to do what we say we believe?
And in that season,
we kind of realized our actions
weren't aligning with that belief.
And so we actually, in that season,
we decided to go to the bank and just like pull out
pretty much all the money that was left.
It was about $3,000 at the time.
And I remember like standing at the ATM
and like, me and Chelsea, like,
you gotta like to pull out $3,000 from ATM,
it's actually kind of hard, right?
They like kind of limit how much you can pull out.
So we had like pull out different cards.
So there's a lot of moments to like, is this enough?
But we really felt like 3,000 was the number.
And, you know, at the ATM, it was kind of like,
are we sure, are we sure?
And we just kept doing it.
And I feel like why there was so much resistance on it
is because actually what we're doing
was way bigger than what we thought.
We took all that money out and we,
in a previous season, we had a friend give us $500.
It was like the most impactful thing.
It was like crazy.
Like a small group friend at church
just gave us an envelope that had $500 in it.
And we were like, we want to do that, you know?
So we took the $3,000
and we gave 5,000, or sorry,
we gave $500 to like four different friends
and we gave $1,000 to another.
And this is like all 3,000.
So it's like, boom, we just let it flow through us, right?
And you know what?
The stress at the ATM and like the, oh no, what if?
It completely was gone at this point.
We had so much fun doing this.
It was like so, it was so awesome
to just like give money to people we loved, right?
And I believe there's like kind of this difference
between that ATM moment, right?
That camping out in fear and getting stuck,
maybe pulling, maybe stopping, right?
And actually moving forward scared.
And we moved forward scared
because like we knew that there's something bigger happening.
We knew that we were actually just breaking this power
over our lives.
This thing that was kind of holding us back.
And I believe that was the moment, the first moment
that we really broke the power of money over our lives.
We stopped giving money a lot of power.
We stopped saying, hey, we're going to ask you
permission money to fulfill the calling on our life.
I love this quote from, I think it's Jim Baker.
We no longer ask money permission
to fulfill a calling on our life.
And in that moment, some of you,
the story's really resonating with you.
It's calling.
like what you did investing in this business,
kind of like what you did investing in this community.
It was like, no, I believe in me,
like I am going to do this thing
and I'm not going to ask money for permission.
I'm going to tell money what to do.
I'm going to go for this thing.
And so some of you have already started doing this,
but some of you,
there might be a test in your business right now.
That's like,
are you willing to put the money on the line again?
Are you willing to put money on the altar
and raise the knife up and say,
I'm willing to kill you for this thing,
kill the money, right?
Like I'm willing to let you die.
And that, if you guys know that story of Abraham
and his son, right?
He raises a knife and then what happens, right?
Jehovah Jireh is in the bush, right?
That's where they get the name Jehovah Jireh,
which means God, your provider.
And sometimes you've got to get to that point of like,
I'm willing to let this thing die, you know?
I'm willing to like almost sacrifice the thing.
A man's business, Abraham, this promise,
this thing that like, you know,
he like worked so hard for,
and believed for for so many years, finally happens.
And then it's like, God's like,
are you willing to sacrifice that?
And he has to raise the knife on the thing
to actually see the promise fulfilled.
And I feel like that's been my story over and over again.
And maybe I'm resonating with some of you guys
where you're feeling like there's that one of those moments
where it's like a raise the knife season
where you're like, man, I really got to will,
I got to be willing to let this,
whatever the obstacle is, be the way, right?
I think it's a Marcus Aurelius quote,
the obstacle is the way.
And oftentimes I have found that to be very true.
It's like what you're wanting,
you almost have to be willing to fully give up.
And then it'll come.
You want money?
So you can make a lot of impact.
You gotta be willing to like, I don't need money.
I'm letting it float through me.
And I believe that was our first test.
We passed it.
And that's really what I believe like has taken us
to the next level.
But we've had to pass that test at many different levels,
$5,000, $50,000, $500,000.
And that's scary.
Like you build authority at each level, I believe.
And it's never not scary, but it does get familiar.
You're like, ah, I recognize this one.
I recognize that fear.
I recognize this test.
I've broken through this before.
You start rehearsing through all the things you did before
and like, okay, yeah, God was there, God was there.
It felt like we're gonna die.
It felt like it was at the end.
Then somehow he provided, right?
And so let's do it again, right?
I feel like that's a declaration for someone out there.
This one's for you.
Hit your chest and say it with me.
I'm no longer gonna ask money for permission
to fulfill the calling on my life.
I no longer ask money for permission
to fulfill the calling on my life.
You know, starting a business takes money, you know?
And if you're asking money permission,
it's gonna always hold you back, right?
So to start breaking out of that trap,
you gotta be willing to kind of be more of a hose
as opposed to a reservoir.
Like we're just gonna let money flow through me,
you know, God can get it to me.
If I let it go through me, God will get it to me.
And this is often the thing
that starts to allow the money to flow, okay?
All right.
You guys doing okay?
This is so good, man.
Appreciate it.
The chat is, I don't know if you're seeing it.
It's good.
It's really, this is incredible, so keep going.
All right, do you guys want a third trap
or a different story?
How are you guys feeling?
Third trap to avoid.
I'm not putting you guys in traps, okay?
We're avoiding these traps,
hopefully saving you guys some time.
You're not gonna step into something
and have it just rob from you.
Money trap number three is thinking like a poor person.
Thinking like a poor person,
all of us gotta get out of this.
And we're gonna step into impact and influence
and all the things I believe God's doing in this room
through you guys.
Because the cool thing is,
I know if you're in this community,
when we give you guys a ton of money, right?
You have the skillsets and you're able to do this thing.
It's only gonna multiply good in the world.
Because I know Bruce
and I know he doesn't attract crazy people, right?
So I know you guys are the good people.
When you guys crush it and you guys are successful
and there's money, it's only gonna multiply, right?
Oftentimes that goal you have,
maybe it's $10,000 or $10,000 a month or a million dollars,
whatever that goal is, it's not just the money.
It's about what's beyond the money.
It's like, what is that money gonna do?
Not just in your life, but in your community
and the impact and what you're putting out in the world.
And so if we're gonna be stepping into that wealth,
we gotta stop thinking like a poor person, okay?
So on this one, I kind of have this chart,
poor people extend time, okay?
Poor people extend time.
And this was me for so many years in business.
I just would like start every side hustle ever.
Like I'd watch a webinar and buy the thing
and I'd go do that.
And then like the next week,
I'd watch another webinar and buy that thing.
And now I'm doing that.
And I was like, kind of prided myself
in like being a serial entrepreneur
and just like doing a thousand things.
And Bruce used to do this too, actually.
I feel like Bruce, now he just started a business
where he can do a thousand things,
but it's all within one business.
You're right about that.
Me and Bruce were both doing this back in like 2017, 2018.
And it was like, every time we talked,
it was like, hey, check out my new business.
You know?
I built the funnel, I did all the things.
Cryptocurrency.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
So, and the problem is with Bruce,
he's just like, can actually go do it really quickly.
So he'd have full funnels and everything built.
And so, focus is really powerful.
Okay.
Focus is really powerful.
Poor people will tend to just kind of go
around the same mountain over and over,
trying to do a million different things.
As soon as they hit resistance,
they jump to a different thing.
They pivot.
Oh, there's a cool thing over here.
Maybe it's that over there.
Right.
So they have this desired result,
but they just kind of keep going around the mountain
instead of up the mountain.
Okay.
And I remember I was mountain biking with a friend
and I was kind of new to mountain biking
and he was more experienced.
And I was like, just thinking I was doing great.
And I was going around the rocks, you know?
I was like, oh yeah.
I was just kind of like weaving up this trail.
And he's like, he actually stopped me.
And he's like, hey, you know,
the fastest way to go is just straight.
And he's like, yeah, there's like shocks.
It's crazy.
You know, you just go over the rocks
instead of around them.
And when he told me this one tip,
like he's just like, choose a line,
focus a little bit ahead instead of looking down
and just go straight, right?
And when I did this,
I could go way further up the mountain.
Previously I'd get to this tree
and I'd have to turn around because I was so tired,
but now I could go like miles further
because literally those micro little movements
were taking me, like I was going double the distance.
That was crazy to me, right?
And like, this is the type of tip
I'm giving you guys right now.
Wealthy people do this.
They look for the fastest way.
They look to compress time, you know,
even investing in what Bruce has,
like, it's like, you could cobble this together
with a thousand different softwares, right?
Or you could just go the fastest pathway, right?
You pay a little bit more,
but it's like, man, let's just get it all done, right?
And so, you know, you probably heard the saying,
focus, follow one course until successful.
This is what wealthy people do.
They're just like, I'm gonna stay focused.
I'm gonna put blinders on.
If you have that like ADHD kind of experimental,
I like to like do a thousand things mindset
like me and Bruce.
And who else was that raising their hand?
Jeff and Janine.
What I'd encourage you to do is give yourself one day
to just goof off, you know, a week.
Like me and Bruce, I think it's Fridays.
And it's just kind of like,
this is like kind of do anything day
because that is a superpower
that you went super deep down the rabbit hole of like,
you know, I don't know.
I was like looking at selling dust on Amazon
for backyard chickens.
Cause I guess chickens, they bathe themselves
and clean themselves by getting dirty.
And I was like, man, that sounds awesome.
Selling dust.
I feel like I can get dust for free.
And I started going down this whole rabbit hole
of like, I can make the dust eco-friendly.
And I'm like, I'm gonna sell dirt on Amazon making money
cause we're buying it.
We have backyard chickens.
And I was like, why are we paying this company?
So I'm going down this whole rabbit hole, right?
Down dust and researching all these things
and talking to manufacturers and all this crazy stuff.
And I have to give myself freedom to do that, right?
But if I do that every day,
then I'm gonna be like this poor person
just going around the mountain, never making any impact.
But if I give myself one day a week
or maybe a couple hours a week to just go crazy,
that's actually just filling my brain.
Like the way ADHD brain works,
it's kind of like I'm just giving myself
a little puzzle pieces.
And then like five years from now,
there's gonna be something that happens.
And it's just like, all the puzzles pieces connect.
And thank God I researched that chicken dust
because that led to this thing, which led to that thing.
And then boom, I had the solution.
And so you guys probably see that in yourself.
Sometimes you just need,
like it's like you see this convergence.
So you can fill your brain with some of that stuff,
but I like to limit it to one day.
So I have one goof off day,
or if I wanna go down the crypto rabbit hole,
or I wanna learn about, you know, whatever.
I do it on that day.
Every other day is really focused on the thing,
the one thing, right?
And just like, if I wanna experiment during the week,
I'm doing it within my business, right?
Like I'm kind of like, okay, yeah, let's see.
I like that idea, but how can I do it
within the business, right?
And that has like just really saved me a lot of time
because if you wanna grow an award winning pumpkin, right?
You gotta cut off all the other pumpkins, right?
If you have all your nutrients
go into all the pumpkins in the patch,
you're gonna grow a bunch of small pumpkins.
But if you wanna grow that award winning pumpkin,
the Inc 5,000 pumpkin,
like you've gotta cut off the other pumpkin
to put all your nutrients as much as you can
into that one thing.
Okay, so it's a subtle difference,
but this is a powerful mindset.
Okay, so just real quick,
are you guys committed to avoid the three money traps?
Give me a thumbs up or thumbs down, okay?
Money trap number one, falling into lack focus.
Money trap number two, giving money too much power.
Money trap number three, thinking like a poor person.
Oh, I actually do have a couple more declarations here.
Cool, okay, let's end with these, okay?
I know we already did them,
but like I focus on what I have, I'll watch it multiply.
I focus on what I have, I'll watch it multiply.
Number two, I am not defined by my resources,
I am resourceful, I'm resourceful.
And lastly, I'm wealthy, I'm wise,
I'm worth investing in, right?
Oftentimes that wealthy path
sometimes costs more money, right?
It's kind of going with number two,
like I'm not gonna give money power,
I'm gonna invest in this thing,
I'm gonna get a mentor that's gonna save me time,
I'm going to get this course that saved me time.
Like, if that's what it looks like,
that might be what it looks like.
like to act wealthy, to save time, to cut a check, to save time.
Sometimes it's hiring something, someone in your business, buying back your time.
Um, and I have one more story that I felt like would resonate with
this group just, um, in this season.
And I'm going to see if I can stop sharing and then share that one.
So it might take me just a second.
And then we might have some time for Q and A at the end too.
If you guys have any questions you want to throw out or just processing
any thoughts, happy to kind of riff back and forth with you guys.
Um, but let's see here.
Yeah, I'll give you a second.
That is awesome, man.
This is so good.
I think the thing, when you, when you talk about like these key,
like principles, they're timeless.
And also they're like, no matter where you're on in this journey,
like I'm, I'm, I got a page of notes here from Steven.
We've talked a bunch.
I've heard a lot of Steven talk a lot, but I'm taking a ton of notes.
Cause I think this is something that you got to come back to.
These are core principles that are true.
These are just truths that are in the kingdom.
This is how these things work.
And it is just something, as soon as you guys kind of conquer it at
one level, it's kind of, it comes back in, in different levels.
And I think that's, it's kind of leveraging, uh, or learning to
like exercise those muscles.
So, you know, to, uh, how to react to it and respond.
So good, man.
It's good.
Yeah.
That's so true.
Like it is very much like resistance training, right?
You want to grow a muscle.
Like you ask anyone, I'm not a bodybuilder.
Okay.
Uh, I tried for how many, like, okay, Bruce has been doing great lately.
So ask him, but like Bruce, how do you grow muscles?
You got to hit resistance.
You got to go to a point of failure sometimes to really like grow that muscle.
Right.
You have to give it resistance.
So same thing with money, with faith, with entrepreneurship, it's
like, God is so good to take you to a point of resistance, you
know, that's not beyond you.
Right.
Even if it feels like it is like, I'm preaching to myself on some of
these, because we have stepped into big things in our business.
We moved our entire family and the resistance in this last year
has been greater than ever.
And it's been just so tempting to just go, um, did, did God really
say this right about me?
Or did God really say this about the business?
Like, it's just like the original lies from the garden.
Oh, did God really say that?
You know, like, that's like the classic, like, okay, but I've
been getting hit with that.
And, uh, or, or, or, you know, it's basically like either about your
identity or about God's identity, right?
Did God really say that?
Is that really who he is?
Right.
Or, you know, who are you to do this?
Right.
And so I've been getting hit with that super hard.
So these core things I come back to these stories, they help me because
I'm like, oh yeah, like this is who I am.
You know, this is how, this is who God was.
This is who God is.
And so I want to tell you one last story on that topic.
Um, uh, and I really feel like this is a seasonal, this is a word kind of for
this season for a lot of people.
And, um, uh, this is about, um, going before, you know, going before you
knowing, I wish I could make it rhyme, but, um, me and Chelsea like to call
this the go before, you know, um, uh, principle.
Okay.
And, uh, this is something that we thought we were really cool and we made up.
Um, but then I realized, uh, my mom was listening to me, like kind of talk.
And she's like, oh yeah, me and your dad used to say that all the time.
And then, um, we got that from your grandpa and he used to say that all the time.
Like it was like a family thing.
Um, so I really think pioneering is on my family.
It's called pioneers.
This is probably for you, you know, um, as well.
Uh, and the go before, you know, it's like a classic pioneer.
And you guys have all done this in your life, but I really felt like this season
is kind of a season where God's inviting us to go before we know again.
And, um, it can be really scary because oftentimes it requires
maybe taking a step of faith.
Maybe it's money, maybe it's time.
Maybe it's like quitting that job.
Maybe it's moving, you know?
Um, but me and Chelsea always talk about this thing called
the transitional character.
The transitional character is someone who, you know, in the course of one
generation changes every generation.
And it could be for good, or it could be for bad.
Right.
It could be like that one person that breaks that cycle of
alcoholism for their family.
And like, it's like, boom, this thing is just broken and like future generations.
It's like, that thing is not on them anymore.
We call that the transitional character.
It's like the, it's the one, you know, Ed Milett calls it the one, right.
The one, the one, whenever you think change.
And a lot of you, if you're in this room, you're probably the one, you're
probably the one for your family or your line in some sort of form or fashion.
But being the one, it takes this right here, being the crazy one to be stepping
out of the boat before everyone else.
And I'll tell you the craziest story on this front that, that happened.
And, um, um, it actually had to do with my grandpa.
Cause remember I said, I didn't really know this was a thing until, uh, and on
my family until we started saying it.
And then my parents were like, we said this.
And then I heard stories of my grandpa saying this.
Um, and, um, I remember in those years when we're kind of in that like hustle
season of like, just trying everything we were doing a million businesses and
like, just like adding more to our play and just like,
are rolling around the mountain trying to figure it out,
trying to like be our own provider.
And at that time, you know, things,
they would get better and then they get scarce and scary.
And like, again, it's resistance training.
Like we had that breakthrough at the ATM
and then like things got hard again.
And then like, I don't know,
it's just like, you just,
you build resistance and you kind of go up, right?
And I just remember hearing, I feel like in that season,
like just these little winks,
I started to get these little winks from Evan
and just being like, keep going, keep going,
like go before you know, go before you know.
And my grandpa, his name was Robert Hall, right?
Robert Hall.
And he was, he was a pioneer.
He was, he took his family, got in a van.
Okay, so it was like back in the day.
So my mom's like a baby
and they drove from California through Mexico
and they just went South and they ended up in Argentina.
And he ended up starting a,
or getting partnered with like some radio station
and they ended up in Panama.
It basically started like the first Christian radio station
in Latin America.
And I mean, total pioneer move, right?
Go to a new land, establish, you know, territory
and then multiply goodness, right?
And then get out of there and go to your next thing,
you know?
And, and my grandpa was just like a man of generosity.
Like he just was kind of like very,
like this is where I get this from,
this is where my parents got this from.
But like, you know, his house,
if there's any YWAMers in the room, you know,
the YWAM Panama, that's like his house.
Like he just like, when they're done there,
they just like handed over the keys.
They're like, here, have it.
You know, no money asked, just like, boom, you can have it.
We're out of here.
God brought it to me.
He can take it through me, right?
And so I feel like I learned this, you know,
from my family line.
And so I tell you that story, his name was Robert Hall
because it kind of has to do with this story.
And so, you know, this is one of that first seasons
where we're starting to grow.
We're starting to build that entrepreneurial mindset.
We're starting to like kind of grow in some of these minds
since we actually hired someone for the first time.
And this was $2,000 a month.
And this was totally scary and they're working for us.
But on the side, we're kind of launching products.
And we were actually selling this little toy at the time.
There's this little wooden toy.
If you're watching the video, it's like,
it's called a kendama.
I always have them all over my house,
but they're like these little wooden Japanese toys.
And you try to catch the ball on the cup.
So we were selling these like off of Instagram.
This is like, again, I was just doing a thousand
side hustles and it's just one of them.
So I'm doing wedding photography, editing during the day,
having this guy work for us $2,000 a month.
He's editing for us.
And we're trying to start this thing on the side.
And so every day after work,
we'd be like packing these
and shipping them out of our house.
This is before we discovered Amazon
and how they can do the shipping for you.
But I invested in this toy,
and bought a bunch of these from a manufacturer.
And this was a scary investment.
It's one of those go before you know moments.
And I just remember thinking like,
man, what if this is a total waste?
What if we lose it all?
What will my family think?
What will Chelsea think?
She trusts me.
If this thing fails, if I fail her, right?
What started with these small thoughts
started to become big thoughts, right?
These are like, oh my gosh.
It's like moments before we launched this thing.
And I'm just playing all the scenarios in my head.
Like I'm gonna push this button and go live
and it's gonna be crickets.
It's gonna be like, no one's gonna buy.
And this whole thing's gonna fail.
And you just start a spiral.
Anyone been in the little mental spiral before like this?
And when you're in the season,
it can feel like you're kind of in the middle of an ocean
and you're in the depths
and you're not sure if you're gonna make it.
And in those moments,
like it's like, you're just kind of out there waiting.
It's like the dark nights of the soul,
the valley of the shadow of death that we hear about, right?
Where if you listen too closely to those thoughts,
they'll nag you, they'll pull you down.
They wanna drown you, right?
They wanna take you out.
They wanna hold you back.
This is the enemy of your breakthrough.
And it's hard to see forward in those moments,
but here's what I've learned
because I've been through a lot of these
is the best thing you can do in those moments,
the absolute best thing you do is just start paddling, right?
Because even though you don't see a wave coming,
a wave is often coming.
And those who aren't paddling don't catch the wave, right?
When you're not in momentum,
you're just staying stuck in the fear,
you're not moving forward scared,
that wave will just pass right under you.
It'll crash on top of you if you're in the right place,
maybe tumbling you into more confusion than fear.
But if you just get into a little bit of momentum,
you just start taking a step.
I think of like Indiana Jones, you know,
taking that step off the,
you guys remember that famous scene?
He takes like a step and there's like an invisible bridge.
Like, it's like just that little step, right?
It's not a little step, it feels like a big step,
but it's just a tiny movement, right?
And so when you get into momentum like that,
and that wave comes, it'll catch you, right?
And this is how you break the mold,
this is how you become the one.
And so I remember back on the day we launched this product,
it's like, I'm freaking out, having all the thoughts.
And this product sells out,
like it sells out within the day.
And it's like thousands of dollars
come into our bank account, seemingly overnight,
even though we'd worked months to get to this place.
And we sat in on, and we were fulfilling all these orders,
so we...
We packed them all up and putting all the labels on and I grabbed that last label.
This is like the, literally the last one.
And I packed it up and I grabbed the label.
I put it on there and the name on the label was Robert Hall as the name, my
grandpa, and, you know, at this point, my grandpa had passed away years ago, like
before this, but there was his name staring back at me, Robert Hall, and it
was like this little wink from heaven, like, keep going, like, I got you, you
know, go before, you know, like, like he's even cheering for you, you know,
he's praying for you up there.
And like, there's a bigger thing happening here.
And I know it's scary, but I got you.
Right.
And life went on from that moment.
It was a big win.
It was like, wow, God, their provider, you have these moments of faith again.
But life goes on.
You ride that roller coaster of ups and downs, especially in entrepreneurship.
And.
Um, it's months later at this point and that money, like it had to come and
gone, we were running a business, like we were growing and in growth, there's
resistance and things were tight again.
Right.
And, uh, but now like we're building these mindsets, like, we're like, okay,
like there's a little more faith there.
We're learning these concepts for running businesses, but costs are rising.
Now we got team, you know, I bought a, I bought a camera with that money, you
know, cause I'm still doing both these businesses and, uh, I hired this local
guy to do editing and, um, you know, it, it kind of felt like we were right
back in that first loft again, you know, now we're in a bigger house, bigger
mortgage, like, but it felt like back in that loft, like that scarcity is
just knocking on my door again.
Right.
Like, Hey, you want to agree with me?
Like, I'm looking at the bank account again, it's just getting lower and lower.
And, and, and we're about to go into our slow season.
This is like December.
Right.
Uh, and I remember, I just feel the weight again, the weight, you know,
that the stress, you know, and I used to just go to hustling and striving.
And like, you know, I, I was even in that season, having dreams in myself,
like with my arms, just like super, super, uh, strong, but my legs were like chicken
legs, usually those guys that just work out their upper bodies, I was like having
dreams of me, like holding up things.
I'd have like super strong arms, just super weak legs.
And I just saw the sign.
Like I was, I was trying to be my own provider.
Still.
I was trying to hold this weight above my head and, um, and my, but my
foundation, my thinking was weak.
It was unstable.
I was trying to generate my money.
Right.
Like, uh, forgetting about service to others, forgetting about, you know,
really the mission, what we were doing.
Uh, I was focused on me, myself and I, right.
It was lack at its core.
And, um, as scarcity knocked on my mental door, right.
Something else started rising inside of me.
Thank God.
Right.
Because I'd seen these breakthroughs.
I had the ATM moment.
I had this like Robert Hall thing.
And I felt like God was teaching me something.
And, um, he's so gentle to do this like over and over and over again.
Right.
Um, and so I had these glimpses in the future and one day at time, which is
like, keep going, keep paddling, go before you know, let the money flow through you.
It'll come to you.
Like I'm just starting to rehearse these mindsets and then seemingly, um, when
the money was about to run out, like we needed about, I think, $10,000 to kind
of get through whatever that next season was, um, you know, thing, an email comes
in my inbox, it's, it's a job, right.
They found us online and this is in our photo business.
Um, they saw that camera I'd gotten, you know, and they liked that I invested
in this more cinematic camera.
They liked that we were selling physical products, right.
Convergence.
And they were launching a product.
They needed a video and their budget and thousand dollars.
It was exactly what we need.
Right.
Felt like this, like manna from heaven.
It's like, thank God provision.
And we flew down this, we had a fly to this one.
It was in Malibu, California.
Um, this was in this, it was in this like super wealthy neighborhood.
And, uh, uh, there was recently a fire in Malibu.
It like basically destroyed this whole neighborhood, but there's a
handful of houses that stood.
And this was one of them.
Right.
And I felt like, you know, this house was protected in the midst of chaos.
And I, it was the house we were shooting at.
I felt like it was just our financial situation.
There's a picture of it.
It was like somehow holding on week by week, somehow when
everything else is burning down, somehow God was providing and we
stood in the midst of fear and things saying that, like, we shouldn't be.
They still there.
We were still there.
And it was in this place, in this mansion that we were doing this job.
It was like, we got to see wealth.
Like we had never seen it before.
And not just like unrighteous wealth.
This family was incredibly generous.
They were like just pouring it out for us.
They treated us like queen and King.
We're used to being like vendors, right.
On the side.
But these, they put us up in this guest house and they had like, it
was like our own whole house, right.
It had this room, bathrobes, goodies, the softest towels I'd ever felt.
And we really felt like royalty.
And it was in this room.
Um, they left this little gift for us.
And, uh, on it, it was this bottle of wine, right.
It was just this bottle of wine and on the bottle of wine, it had a name and
the name said Robert Hall on this, on this bottle of wine.
And it was just like one of these moments again, where God was just like,
Hey, go before, you know, I got you, you know, maybe I'm slow.
because it took me probably about a year of this happening
like over and over and over again.
But these are like these winks from heaven being like,
Hey, you think this provision is coming from you?
You know, like you think you striving
and sending an email or doing this thing
is coming from you?
Yeah.
And God is so gentle to do it in this way.
But I just had this moment, you know,
I was just like, look out the window, look at the birds.
Like, are they striving, you know,
to like work up their stuff and, you know,
figure out where their next worm is coming from?
No, they're living in abundance, right?
Look at the flowers.
Are they laboring and trying to spin up, you know,
their beauty?
No, they're living in abundance.
And I really had this season of just like,
this is probably a year or two,
just like these things happening over and over and over again
until it just became cellular.
Where, you know, now it's just like,
no, I'm not gonna believe the lie that there's lack.
I'm not gonna believe the lie
that I'm not gonna be provided for.
I'm not gonna believe the lie that like,
I shouldn't take this step of faith and God won't be there
because I didn't hear him right or whatever.
You know, I think I used to see it like
God was pitching me balls and if I missed it, it'd be bad.
But then I got a picture of like him as a good dad
with an abundance of balls.
He's got a mountain of balls.
He's just soft pitching me.
He's like, son, if you want to swing at this one,
I got you.
And if you miss, it's okay, I got a lot more.
You know, it's totally fine.
And so I think that word is for some of you guys today.
You're feeling that nudge.
You're feeling that kind of thing.
Like, man, I feel like I'm supposed to step out
with this thing.
There's this fear that wants to hold me back.
I feel like I got to move forward.
I got to start paddling, even if it's scary.
But like, we have an unfair advantage, you guys.
Like we know the provider, right?
We know the provider.
And I believe if you're in this room,
this is probably for a reason.
There's something bigger on you.
You are a transitional character for your family line.
You are the one.
And that's the reason you're doing the stuff
no one's doing.
You're the reason you invested in this program.
None of your friends are doing stuff like this.
Like no one's taking an hour out of their day
to go listen to someone talk about selling wooden toys
on the internet, right?
But there's principles here that are for you.
And I believe if you're in this room,
you're going to do things in your family line
that no one's ever done.
And the impact's going to be great
if you just trust the process and the refining
and the resistance.
And it's all good.
Like this has been one of the hardest seasons,
but I've been some of the most thankful for this season
because of who I've been able to become in the season,
who I've been able to know God as is in the season.
And that breakthrough,
it could be just on the other side of taking that step.
And when I look back on 2020, this is 2020,
this is the first challenge we did.
This isn't the first challenge we did.
We did many challenges before this challenge,
but this is the first seven figure challenge we did.
And we had no idea.
Kaizen was, our son was I think two months old at this time.
This was right after we started sleeping.
And I can't even believe this
because at this time it was just me, Chelsea, Kai,
and like a nanny, you know?
And now, you know, that nanny, she still works for us,
but she's like a coach in our community.
We have 85 other people working for us.
We're able to impact thousands of people
every single day in our community, right?
There's been super scary moments.
There's been super hard moments,
but somehow like we just keep paddling.
You keep just trusting that if I had,
if I focus on what's on my hand,
if I steward it, I multiply it,
like it's going to continue to multiply.
And so I just want to end by just encouraging guys,
pursue vision, not provision.
Every one of you here is here for a reason.
You have a vision.
You're not going to let money tell you what to do.
You're going to tell money what to do
because for us, prosperity is about blessing others.
When this is our normal,
our wealth is not determined by the money
in our bank account.
And I believe that, you know, today is the day
some of you guys are going to take this step
and you're going to make that action.
So just to make it real as we end,
I would ask you two big questions, okay?
Actually one small question, one big question, okay?
Hearing this, we talked about money, money traps a void.
We talked about mindsets.
Maybe one of those was really stirring
and you feel like you're supposed to write it down,
put it on your mirror and just make it cellular.
Be like, God, I want to go on a journey with you on this.
It took me, I mean, I'm still learning.
God is my provider.
But I really learned it in that season.
I'm learning at a higher level now,
at an even scarier level, right?
But like, I'm so thankful for that season
where he just like, that was the thing you really needed.
If there's a thing that like one of these things,
you're just man, like God,
I want to lean in with you on this thing.
Just ask him, he's such a good dad.
If you have desire in your heart,
he will walk with you in that.
Write it down, work with him,
look for those life parables and things happening
because he'll show up for you
and he'll mentor your mindset on these things.
But the big question and the small question,
I can remember the small question.
I'm thinking of the big question,
but the small question is, what is the smallest?
Okay, so some of you guys, okay,
raise your hand if you feel like you have something
to go before, you know, I think it was for everyone,
but there's something that comes to mind specifically,
right?
I feel like I'm supposed to go before I know on this thing.
It could be in your business, it could be.
your marriage, it could be in your life.
It could be, you know, it could be anywhere,
but is everyone getting kind of something that's like,
man, I feel like I'm supposed to go
before I know on that thing.
Okay, so here's the small question,
but there's a big question.
What is the easiest, fastest, simplest thing
that you can do to move forward towards that thing
in the next five minutes?
It's not like building the whole thing.
It's not launching the whole thing.
What's the smallest, smallest, smallest, smallest step
you can take towards it?
I'm not talking about brushing your teeth.
I'm talking about brushing one tooth, okay?
What's the smallest thing?
I'm talking about picking up the toothbrush.
Like, what's the smallest thing, fastest, easiest,
like in the next five minutes.
It takes longer than five minutes.
It's too big.
Well, it's like the smallest thing you can do, right?
Is like buy that domain name.
Is it makeup?
Is it text a friend, you know?
Is it post in the community
and kind of declare what this thing is
and actually talk about it for the first time?
Like, what is that thing?
Okay, so Holy Spirit, give them that smallest,
easiest, fastest thing that they can literally do.
After this call, five minutes,
and you guys do it right then.
Get into action, paddle, okay?
Send the email, post the thing, text them,
whatever that is, right?
Tell your husband, like, I don't know, okay?
Whatever it is coming to your heart right now,
seal it in your heart and say, I'm going to do that.
As soon as we hang up, five minutes after the hour,
I'm going a little over.
So whatever five minutes is after I hand,
you're going to do it?
Okay, everyone got your thing?
Give me a thumbs up if you're going to do it.
Okay, I know it's scary,
but just small, tiny, tiny thing, tiny, tiny thing.
Okay, cool.
And there was a big question, but I forget what it was.
So I think that's it.
I think that's all we got to do today.
Again, you guys don't need to strive for this.
God's going to bring you into it,
but he's looking for people to paddle.
He's looking for people to partner with, you know,
who are going to focus on what they have and multiply it,
not just bury it.
So that's my encouragement for you guys today.
Do the thing, the small thing,
and it'll get you momentum.
It's a good step.
Cool?
Awesome.
Dude, wow, wow, wow.
Guys, thank you.
Just blow up the chat.
Thank you, Steven, for showing up.
I know we talked just super briefly before this,
and I was like, I know whatever Steven's going to share
is going to like change someone's life today
and encourage you guys.
So I think everybody, you know,
I know you weren't worshiping too much of the chat,
but like there's so much testimony
of like people getting breakthrough, I think, on this call.
I would just say like, if you could just,
I would love for you just to pray for us real quick,
if you don't mind.
I know we're a little over time,
but yeah, let's do a super quick prayer.
But I'd love to, you know,
obviously there's prayer, right?
We're just like, hey, bless Jennifer and her business
and hope it wells.
But what I actually really want is like Steven
to impart something on us,
because the lessons that Steven's talking about here,
yeah, these are like multimillion dollar lessons
that they've learned as a couple.
And he's like, oh yeah, here's like a few bullet points.
And like, here's some things,
but these are life-changing principles
that will change how you think about money,
how you think about the Lord
and how you think about yourself, honestly,
of how you interact with the Lord
and how you partner with Him and how good He is.
So I think, I just appreciate you already
kind of opening it up for us,
but I'd love to just impart something
and bless and kind of commission people
to go out and do this.
Because I think everybody here just super encouraged.
I was like, I'm just like, yeah,
I'm gonna go do the thing.
Like, I'm gonna go do that thing.
There's always things in your business.
It doesn't matter, like Steven's doing it.
I'm doing it.
We're all doing different things in our business.
Like there's always those next steps.
There's always this next thing to take,
ground to go take.
So this is something to learn.
But yeah, if you pray for us, man, that'd be awesome.
Yeah, awesome.
All right, thank you, Jesus.
We just praise you, God.
You're so good.
You're such a good father to us.
You just have so much for us
and you're willing to trust us.
You're willing to give us opportunity after opportunity,
saying you wanna swing at this one,
you wanna swing at that one.
There's not a right, there's not a wrong.
I got you either way.
And I thank you that you've just,
you've been there for me, God,
and you're being there for this community.
And so I just declare over them your goodness,
your hand on them.
These abundant mindsets just literally come
into their brain and just rewire neural pathways right now.
I just declare an increased sensitivity
to any language that's not aligned with how you think, God,
around lack, around money, around opportunity,
that these would be the biggest dreamers in their circle,
that they would just be dreaming as big as you're dreaming
over the impact that they can have when they trust,
when they take that step of faith.
And I thank you, God, that you are the bridge.
You're always there.
As we take that step of faith,
you are that bridge that you're solid.
You're there.
We can step on you and we can go with you
and we can trust you and we're secure.
I just declare like a secure.
30 over this room, even in the scariest situations
that are happening right now, financially,
relationally, legally, that your peace would just reign.
It would just reign over this room in Jesus name.
And I just see new crowns of authority coming on you guys.
It's actually already been there,
but it's almost like the fog is clearing
and revealing that authority on this room,
the royalty you are walking in, that identity,
and with that authority, responsibility,
you know, that God is giving you to take action,
to lean in, to be the one, to take the scary step,
to be the first out of the boat
and go on a miraculous journey.
I just thank you, Jesus,
that like this room is a room of miracle walkers
that walk it out.
And we just thank you, God, for doing it with us,
for taking care of us.
We love you, amen.
Amen.
It was so good that Bruce left.
All right, Bruce is gone.
Thank you so much, Stephen.
We really, yeah, we couldn't watch the,
we'll all watch the replay and yeah, couldn't.
Love it.
Okay, guys, so sorry, Sally, about the time change.
Yes, our time changed and we are in our,
whatever direction we're supposed to be.
Ooh, look, who's back?
And Bruce is back.
But I think we're wrapping up.
Maybe not.
Bruce, are you here?
No, we're not.
He left.
Well, I love you guys.
Anytime you guys want me back, happy to come back in.
Love Bruce.
You guys are in great hands with the Van Zyls
and they've just been incredible friends to us
and just life bringers,
even when we're having those moments of freaking out,
which is totally normal.
So if you're freaking out,
you're feeling strong today, great, awesome,
but tomorrow you're freaking out,
just hit this group, lean into your community.
These are your people, you know?
So thanks, Bruce, for being that for me.
Awesome.
Sorry, my internet died and I'm back,
but I'm sure whatever you said was amazing.
That's awesome, but thank you, Stephen.
This was super encouraging
and I just appreciate you sharing your heart
and the territory that you've taken
and you've pioneered now making a way
for others like us to come in behind.
So I appreciate it.
We bless you.
Thanks, man.
Bye.
Talk to you guys soon.
See ya.