Iron Sharpens Iron

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So, how many of you listening to this have ever thought to yourself, how the heck are we going to get through this? Or, you looked at a little problem, you knew it was temporary, but you literally have no idea what to do. But then all of a sudden, you call someone, you explain it to them, and they go, oh, all you’ve got to do is this. And then you’re like, oh my gosh, how did I not see that? How was I so blind that was such an obvious, simple solution? How did I not see that? How many people have experienced some form of that? I think everybody listening to this has experienced that dozens of times, is my guess, depending on how long you’ve been in business.

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So here’s the thing. In the years past, there has been groups called Vistage, BNI, LaTip. There are literally thousands of what I’ll call meetup groups, leads groups, networking groups, mastermind groups.

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There are thousands of these groups in existence today. And there was a really incredible, incredible cover story in Time Magazine years ago. And the concept, the actual article read there was a young man in his 30s, and he was walking in his backyard, and he was running a problem through his head in business.

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And he had a sizable company, and he kept talking about it. And his father was in the backyard, and all of a sudden, his dad says, son, you’re asking the wrong questions. And his son perked up because his dad wasn’t in business.

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And the son looks at his dad, and he goes, dad, what do you mean? He goes, son, I’ve heard you say at least 10 times, how am I going to fix this? And he goes, son, you’re asking the wrong question. The question is, who can help me? Who can help me? And his father coached the son to replace, how can I and how are we, and take that out and replace it with, who can help me? So I want to explain something. I’m part of a men’s group.

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Every 60 days, 12 men fly into the Santa Ana airport.