Note Night in America Episode 42 http://www.WeCloseNotes.com Our topic is too good not to share with everybody. It’s Avengers Endgame. Hopefully, you’ve seen the movie because we might share a few things along the way. If you’re not prepared for it, get out and see it. It’s a great movie, first and foremost, but it’s not all about the movie. I enjoyed it more the second time around because I saw a lot of similarities in the game and note investing and some of the things that we’re focused on. I thought I’d share that. What was great about watching the movie is experiencing going back to the past. It’s where you begin is not the end. Many of you are out there trying to figure out where you’re at. Many of you are brand new and like, “What am I going to do?” Relax a little bit. Just because where you’re at is new, it doesn’t mean you’re even close to the end. Think back to Iron Man, the first real Marvel movie that came out, where Tony was clanking out the first Iron Man suit in that cave in the middle of the desert. It’s not quite the same Iron Man as we see in the movie, which is a lot more seasoned quite a few years later. He’s got different priorities on life. He’s more polished. He’s got some more things he focuses. His priorities have changed. His focus has changed on some things and that’s for many of us. If we go through time, things are going to change. When he started off, he was that playboy. In the movie, he’s a dad and married with Pepper Potts. There are a lot of changes that take place. You have to think about that. More importantly, as you grow in the note business, to get closer to your endgame, you’ve got to up your game. We have to evolve into that person. If you’ve never made $100,000, you’ve got to grow into that person to $100,000. You have to have the activities of the person who makes $100,000. If you want to make $1 million, you’ve got to start acting like the person who makes $1 million. You’ve got to grow your mind into it. That was different, to begin with. Think about the first Iron Man. He’s sitting out there with the mother of all bombs. He called it Jericho. It took out the hillside. He had this scotch beyond cold there. He’s interested in making bombs and weapons. At the very end, he’s developing time travel. It’s a whole different ballgame. He’s not into the day-to-day operations of Stark. He’s not into making the bullets. Maybe you’re like, “I’ve got to get into the specific details of the asset.” At some point, you’re going to outsource that. You’re going to up your game to bigger and better things where you’re buying assets. You’re dealing with a fund. You’re dealing with banks instead of dealing with a joker broker or a one-off investor. You have to up your game. For many of us, life is constantly changing. We don’t just have to worry about our business. We have to worry about the day in, day out. For those that have kids, things are constantly changing. When you have a family, it changes. We all have an endgame where we want to get to at some point. Hopefully, you’ve got your endgame written down. Hopefully, you’ve got something that is giving you the direction to go to, “I’ve got to get my kids to school before I do anything,” but it doesn’t mean you can’t start planning. I had an episode with Derreck Long from Quest Trust. We’re talking about hitting the next generational wealth. Generation X, Y, Z or whatever of them started on investing and he started doing early on to get help and get where he wants to be. He hit some of his plans. I thought it was such a great episode because so many people aren’t doing the simple things they’ve got to do. You’re not paying yourself first. If you sit and think that Thanos is going to show up and snap the fingers and suddenly you’re going to be rich, it’s a different movie. It’s Shazaam or a genie, whoever. It’s a different Disney movie. I’ll give you an example. Thanos in the movie is like, “I’m going to cut the world in half. I’m going to get rid of half of the people there.” If you want to live on half your income, it’s great. If you need to double your income, you have got to start working. You’ve got to up your game and start investing. You can’t wait around for the right time before you start doing something. The right time to start something is now. The best time to plant a tree was many years ago and now. If you didn’t start planning things several years ago, now is the beginning of your endgame.
