The Hard Way is The Easy Way - Summer School Shorts [143]

Speaker A: It is so easy to forget the basics and also so easy to see someone on the COVID of Entrepreneur magazine and be like, oh, my gosh, must have been so easy for them. And then to read the book and be like, and it wasn't. They had the same struggles and they did the hard things, and that's what it takes in order to keep going and do the thing that you want to do.

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Speaker A: Okay, for the next few months, this podcast is gonna be a little different. I, spoiler alert. Am moving this summer, which is gonna be so fun. And we're taking our sixth annual Favor family road trip summer road trip. And so because of all that, I knew my life was gonna be crazy. And so I decided not to do interviews for you this summer. But. But what I wanted was for you to still get a fresh Hot now episode every single week. So I decided to look at my Audible and my, uh, Amazon or my Apple Notes app, which is where I take notes on every book that I've read and put together a book review series for you. And each week I'm gonna bring you a new book that I love and recommend. And hopefully you'll find something in here that you wanna pick up. So, without further ado, here's this week's book. This is going to be fun. We're going to talk about Rory Vaden's book, Taking the Stairs.

Speaker B: And.

Speaker A: And I'm also probably gonna sneak in a pitch for his children's book, Be the Buffalo as well. Cause it's definitely related. Today we're gonna talk about Taking the stairs. I think it's for anybody who's feeling stuck, or I think it's for anyone who knows that they're destined to be an entrepreneur and is in the early stages. I think this is for you. So what Rory does inside this book is lay a super solid foundation of the core personal development principles, if you will, or, uh, core pillars that are just necessary if you want to achieve success.

Speaker B: And

Speaker A: the whole. This is the whole concept of the book is taking the stairs. You know, like doing the hard things versus taking the elevator, doing, like, the easy button. And how our small and consistent choices build that discipline, muscle, and stack to lead to the achievement of our goals and dreams that we've got for ourselves. So he goes through a handful of principles that you probably have heard in other personal development books. But the benefit of picking up, taking the stairs is obviously you're gonna get Rory's opinion. And so if you enjoy his content and his style, then you definitely wanna get this one, because he's got. He does a really good job of weaving stories from each stage on his journey into the book to really help you grasp each concept. So there's super core, like, basic concepts, like, kind of embracing the suck, if you will. The concept of things just, yeah, it's gonna be hard and we have to do it anyways. And developing the ability to kind of meet those struggles head on builds resilience and character. I think this part of the book is when he talks about the whole buffalo. And I think it's buffalo and cow story, where it's. I think, as the story goes. And this is. It's in his children's book, Be the Buffalo, which you should also get a copy of. If you have little ones. It helps break it down in a way that they get it. But it's like this concept where you. If there's a storm coming, the cows run away from it. You know, if it's moving, like, west, east, cows run east, but buffalo run west. They run straight into the storm. And so cows are constantly followed by the storm and in the storm longer. And buffalo, by running straight into the worst of it, get through it faster because they're running the opposite way that the storm is moving, kind of working. Working with it, you know.

Speaker B: And

Speaker A: so there's a lot of stories like that in the book that, you know, if. If there's a concept in this kind of entrepreneurial, personal development space that hasn't landed for you yet, it might be a good idea to pick this one up so that you are able to see it in a different light and just, like, it lands. So he also covers motivation. He covers. I really like this part about, like, focusing on what you control. Just another reminder that. Of what it looks like to have things in our control versus not in our control and to, uh, be just constantly reminded of, like, we. We have to shift our mindset to, uh, focusing on taking the actions that are under our control. I was working with a client recently, and they made this offhand comment about how they were congratulating their child after a sports game for. Oh or no, before the Sports game. They said, hey, we'll, we'll, we'll do some sort of like reward action after the game for, you know, I don't know if it was like baskets scored or goals scored or whatever. And I was like, well, I don't know if that's exactly an action they can control. It would be better if we. Because what if they have like an amazing goalie or, you know, basketball defense, whatever the. I can't remember what this, the game was, but I was like, I think we have to praise for effort. I think we have to praise for things that are controllable by us and us alone. And I think it's easy to forget that in everyday things that there's a specific set of activities that we control exclusively and it does not matter what other people say. This isn't in the book, but it's reminding me right now. I watch this. I follow a lot of parenting, um, gurus on Instagram and one of the ones I follow shared this reel this week about boundaries, about how a boundary is something that we set that requires someone else to do nothing. And I think the example she gave was, so next time we go into the elevator, I'm gonna stand between you and the buttons so that you aren't able to push all the buttons because, like the kid like loved to get in the elevator and push all of the buttons. And we're uh, like, next time we get together and you start kind of demeaning the way that I'm dressing or acting, I will leave the room. It requires the other person to do nothing. And that like a boundary is something we get to control. And so this book was a great reminder of that. Lots of case studies, super practical tips, and I think it's for you. Like I said, if, if you feel stuck, it's, it's also something to have in your back pocket. If you're like, okay, there's someone in my life that needs the basics and they needed explained by someone who's been, is very accomplished in business as an entrepreneur and tells it to you straight, like, yes, it's going to be hard and yes, you still have to do it. Like maybe for your, your late teens, early 20s child going into entrepreneurial endeavors. I think this would be an excellent fit. It's, I think it's on the, like the very, I wanna say beginner end of all of these concepts. And so there's a lot of people I run into where they're just, yeah, just getting started and they need a foundation. This is an excellent Excellent. Excellent choice. And for those of us who have been around the block, also excellent reminders inside of here because it is so easy to forget the basics and also so easy to see someone on the COVID of Entrepreneur magazine and be like, oh my gosh, must have been so easy for them. And then to read the book and be like. And it wasn't. They had the same struggles and they did the hard things. And that's what it takes in order to keep going and do the thing that you want to do. So that is taking the Stairs by Rory Vaden. Also, pick up a copy of his Be the Buffalo children's book. You won't regret it. I think that one would be especially useful in that. Was it like kind of the 4 to 8 range? Probably age range? What else? Oh, that's it. That's the end of our summer school shorts series for the summer of 2024. So next week I will be back in real time with you doing interviews or solos. We'll see what I decide to put in place. But our little summer school book series comes to a close here and. But I think I'm not gonna stop doing book reviews. But I think what I'm gonna do going forward is I am going to record them like right when I finish reading them because then it'll be easier for me to go deep on my favorite parts. I don't know if I've shared, but the way that I read is on Audible. Of course, you know that. But then what I also do at the same time is. Cause I'm usually reading while I'm walking the dog in the morning. I'm the chief dog walker of Max. And so we just get up and we walk usually between the hours of 7 and 8. And during that time I've already decided that what happens is I like I'm reading the book that I've got on Edible and that's next in line. And I also keep open my notes app on my, my iPhone and I have a note titled with the book's title and the, like the day that I start it and the author. And then I just either voice note or uh, or use uh, like the speak to text feature. Cause I'm usually walking and holding a leash and holding the phone and then I just speak in my notes. And then that's been helpful to just be able to reflect back on what I liked from the book. I. So I want to keep recording these for you. But um, what I'm going to do going forward is record them right when I finish and then I probably will save them up for times when like this summer we were moving, been on a big long road trip. So yeah, that's that. If you've got a book that you just read that you think I should read, let me know because I want to hear it. All right, take care. Thanks for hanging out with me today, making an outstanding rest of the day. Take care.

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