03/22/2026
Last week we took a family trip to a Lake House in Georgia… with 5 kids there’s awlays something to do or somewhere to be, especially living in Orlando, so the Lake House trip allows us to be together and do “nothing”.
One of the things we did was hire a boat and every day for 5 days it was at the front of the house. We jumped in it everytime one of the kids wanted to ride in it.
One night we set sail having cooked BBQ in the house and decided to eat in the middle of the lake - at Sun Set.
The best part? We had the entire Lake Oconee all to our selves for as far as we could see. That is my idea of paradise. Me and my “little” family - and not another soul around (to spoil it).
Why do I bring this up? Simple; Most business owners are constantly in the noise… constantly in “busy”… always stuck in traffic… always having to be there or here or somewhere… always “on” pretending to be “superman or woman”.
It hasn’t dawned on them that the environment THEY have actively choosen is killing any chance of more success. I think they call it “addicted to the grind”.
The best business owners obsess over environment … who they are with and the “view” of the world they allow.
Ironically for a guy (me) who has built a massive global community, stands on stage in front of 100s of people, I am MUCH more comfortable with less people around me.
I just have to select the right ones.
In fact, it’s been one of the best lessons i have had to learn: getting confortable with a life that has a smaller and smaller group of friends and peers i can call upon or trust (as my life grows).
Counterintuative to how the world tells you it “works”, but hey, most of the people “advising” are miserable as s**t and in mega debt - so i choose not to listen.
Anyway, point of the post? Your environment matters. You are never going to get past your current stuck unless you upgrade your thinking and you do that by upgrading your environment.
Los Angeles, in May, at Cash Pay Summit, is a great place to start. See ya’ there? DM for details. ❤️