What Happened In Vegas
39 min
Does your business run when you’re not in the room? Not “are people there.” Does it actually run — decisions made, clients served, money moving — without you physically present? Two weeks ago I went to the Wealth Mastery Summit in Las Vegas. Twenty-five, maybe thirty people, done at a house. No giant stage, no red ropes, no thousands. Just real conversations with people building real things. I brought everything back for you. This episode covers what I believe is the question underneath every business problem you have — what is the trade? What are you actually giving up, and does it still make sense? Show notes: The Wealth Mastery Summit is an intimate two-day event — 25–30 people, done at a house — built for founders who’ve already built something and want to build something better. What we cover: Your memory isn’t a record — it’s a construction built by whoever you were when you wrote it firstYou are the ceiling: the same drive that built this thing is the exact thing that will cap itThe AWA formula for change: 50% awareness, 25% willingness, 25% action — and why willingness is the gateThe two operating systems every company runs: the visible (KPIs, org charts) and the invisible (trust, resentment, fear, loyalty)“Your response teaches the room” — and why you don’t get to choose that by policyConnection before correction — alwaysThe 5 Founder Archetypes: Rainmaker, Mad Inventor, Magnet, Builder, ScorekeeperWhy you need to hire your opposite — not someone like youFlavor Flav on forgiveness: “If I do something to get them back, that becomes what goes around comes around”Clinton Sparks’ 3 skills: read the room, give first ask later, sell a vision people want to join“The greatest IP I can ever build is me” — and why those skills live in your body foreverYou’re not self-sabotaging — you’re stabilizing. Here’s the difference.The thermostat exercise: where does your body tighten? That’s your edge.What is the trade? The question that ties everything together. Take the...