The house sure does look swell, Clark.
Thanks, Eddie.I hope it enhances your holiday spirit, dear Catherine.Eddie?
Oh, the house is gorgeous, Clark.Eddie?
I hope you didn't do this all on our account, Clark.Kids, come on out here and see what Uncle Clark's done to the house.Eddie?
Overeating and deadlines forgotten Making excuses while your business does rotten Because nobody else cares about how small your bank account's gotten And taking more time off will only make more problems The holoplanes will kill us all If we take off the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving!
You have questions?America's number one business coach has answers.It's your Broda from Minnesota.Here's another edition of Ask Clay Anything on the Thrive Time Business Coach radio show.
Thrive Nation on today's edition of the Ask Me Anything Thrive Time Show podcast.I'm answering a question that's been asked to me by our employees and our clients alike for years.They say, Clay, what are the holla plagues? There's the holidays.
You've all heard of the holidays.But a lot of people haven't heard of the conjunction of taking the word holla and combining it with plagues known as the holla plagues.
So, Chup, I have written down what I believe to be the most accurate description of the holla plagues.
But the Holoplagues are the self-imposed famines and cash flow problems caused by small business owners who spend more money than they have while simultaneously, you have to do both, simultaneously spending less time in the business.
Good examples of the Holoplagues would be the week of Thanksgiving. maybe fall break, spring break, the last entire two weeks of December, the week and the weekend of Memorial Day, the week and weekend of the fourth, etc.
Small business owners also kill themselves throughout the year by acting like they have unlimited paid time off and paid sick days throughout the year.I call this the holoplegs.Chup, Andrew, Andrew, you've been with us for a while now.
How real are the holoplegs?It's crazy.People just decide that it's a specific day that the nation's decided to celebrate and they must take off the business even though their bills are still coming in and they're not making any money.
What about taking the entire week off around a holiday? How often do you see that scenario, Andrew?
That happens all the time.Everyone decides the week, the day before, the day before Festivus, the day before the day before Festivus.All these days you're supposed to take off just because it's expected.It's what's the standard for our culture.
Well, when you think about it, Chris, Thanksgiving's on a Thursday.We're not going to work Friday, so you might as well take Wednesday off.And you can do that if you have the financial resources to do it.
Right. But just simply taking off an entire week and acting like you're an employee when you're not.
Well, and the crazy part is, it's not just that.It's that your customers are still out there wanting you or your services or your products.And so you're literally turning down growth.
You're turning down more money, not just... So let me explain this to the listeners so we get this idea.Elephant in the Room, our men's grooming lounge chain, we close the business every Sunday.Why?
because it can be profitable in six days and it's a value that I have.I want to have the employees, I want to give them the time to be off on Sundays.I want it to be a family day.I want them to be able to observe the Sabbath.
I want them to be able to be off to do whatever they want to do on the seventh day of the week.But if we weren't profitable, it wouldn't make any sense to give them off on Sunday if we couldn't sustain ourselves.
Another example would be elephant in the room.We don't open our stores, I believe, until 11 in the morning, right, Andrew?Yes, sir.
And the reason why is because people want to get their haircuts up to 8 o'clock at night, and I want our employees to have some semblance of life balance, and so we don't open the stores until 11.We were closed on Thanksgiving.
and the day after Thanksgiving.Why?Because I wanted our employees to have some semblance of balance and to be able to enjoy time with family.I know a lot of family comes in out of town, and I wanted all the employees to be able to enjoy that time.
However, we do work on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.However, we do stay open till 8.There's a balance there.At Thrive, what time does our typical workday start, Devin, up there at Thrive offices?
We start typically around 6 for the coaches, and then 8, I think, the team starts getting there.
And we work until about 5 o'clock, typically, and we go four days a week.Why do we work Monday through Thursday, Devin?Why have we decided to go Monday through Thursday?
Because we work really hard.I believe that we have the best team and the best coaching program in the world.And to do that, we have to grind and work really hard.
And so what we can get done in four days is usually even more than some places can get done in a month.
Also, we have conferences that are once every two months, and that requires working all weekend.And at Thrive, we have sort of the motto for our clients that we're going to stay until our to-do list is done.
So I see a lot of people staying at work on a Tuesday till 8 o'clock at night.I see people getting to work at 5 AM or 4 AM.Our whole philosophy is just get it done, right?
But again, we're not sitting there taking off massive portions of the year while we have a failing business.
I see this terrible idea.I've termed it deserve-ism.I don't know if this is a real word or not, but I see a lot of people, they say, but I work so hard, I deserve that day off.I deserve the day off.I deserve to take that Friday off.
I'm entitled to it.Holy cow.Thank you, Harry.Thank you.Thank you.Like Clay just said, no, you don't until you're profitable.I don't care how hard you've worked.
If you haven't built a business to a profitable standpoint, you don't deserve the day off because you haven't done your job yet.
Okay, Thrive Nation, that is what the holoplegs are all about.So again, if you're out there and you're going, gosh, my kids are off for fall break.I should be off too.I just want to over-clarify this idea.
Just because your kids are out of school for fall break, none of your customers care.
at all just because you have the sniffles or a headache or you feel sick nobody cares right nobody cares at all you're gonna have to mean starbucks as an exit just think about this idea starbucks when you get there they're always open right mcdonald's always open how many times chup have you been like a look to a local burger place
and they weren't open.It happens.It happens a lot.Because their philosophy is that if the owner's sick or someone's out of town, we'll just close it for a day.But that's why everybody turns to the big brands like Starbucks and McDonald's.
It's because you can count on them.They're going to be open.And whether you like McDonald's or not, people go there over and over and over because you know they're going to be open.Quick Trip is always open.
There's all these small gas stations everywhere that are only open during certain hours and I have no problem with you if you're out there and you're saying, look buddy, I want to be closed on Saturday and Sunday.That's fine, but be profitable.
But don't tell me that you're not profitable and don't make it in a not even an option to be open an extra hour or on the weekends if that's what's standing in the way of your profitability.
Don't let the hollow plagues be the disease that poisons your family's pocketbooks.Don't have the poverty mindset.Say no to the hollow plagues and then you won't have to be ringing a bell and hoping that people make donations to support your family.
To you and not Salvation Army. I'm here with the Salvation Clay Foundation.Saving Clay's family foundation.If you'll donate here, I was enjoying the Hall of Flags for the last decade.
Support your local Chups.Support your local Chups.
Yeah, so again, Thrivers, if you choose to continue to enjoy the Hall of Flags while not making money, we're going to have a future podcast on how to find a piece of cardboard and how to find a sharpie, because that's what you need.
You need cardboard, you need a sharpie.These are the components you'll need to be able to support your family.You'll need a big sharpie.Notice all homeless people always have a huge sharpie.A massive one.
It doesn't matter how poor they are, they always have access to the largest sharpie ever.And cardboard.Never any other kind of writing material.Never a dry erase board.Never a big chalkboard. Never a printed sign like an election sign.
They always have cardboard.And you want to have a cart there.And you want to have some semblance of a tent, or the materials needed to make a tent.Thick beard helps sometimes.And you want to say on that sign, you want to write, we'll work for food.
And that's how you survive the holoplegs if you choose to continue to observe them and your business is not profitable.And now with any further ado, 3, 2, 1, boom!
I'm recording today's show on the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2017.So right now we got the, it's the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
So you know Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday and the day before the Thanksgiving Thursday is always a Wednesday.I'm talking about the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to talk about something I call the holoplegs.
Now the holoplegs are a time of the year where small business owners start acting like employees and start having financial problems as their income goes down. while their life spending habits go up.
You see, the rest of the world who are employees, they typically spend more money during the holidays.They buy Christmas gifts and food for Thanksgiving.They travel, that kind of thing.However, they have jobs.They work at a business, right?
And so they're not impacted too much by the fact that they're spending more. during the holidays than other times of the year because they're actually spending more but they're making the same income.
Maybe they're on a salary or they have a consistency of an income and a job but for self-employed people I have noticed over the last 12 almost 13 years coaching that most self-employed people take off the Wednesday before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving.
They start taking off then and they really don't get it back together until the Monday after Thanksgiving.So they miss an entire two and a half week period of time.And then they also do the same thing on the week of Christmas.
So the week of Christmas, they take the Monday off of the week of Christmas.The Tuesday off, they take the eve of Christmas off.They take the eve of Christmas eve off.They take Christmas day off.They take the day after Christmas day off.
They take that weekend off too.They take New Year's eve off.They take New Year's day off. And what happens is when you are self-employed, therefore you are reliant upon yourself for an income, and you work less
than any other time of the year, you generally make less.
So if you have a heat and air company and you service less customers during the holiday season and you spend more money, you're spending more and earning less, which the profundity of this has never ceased to amaze me.
So today I just thought I would keep a log. This is because it's the Wednesday before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving.I just kept a log of what happened today so that you as a listener could see the kind of the microcosm of what happened.
So my first meeting of the day on the Wednesday before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving was at six in the morning with my coaches.That's when my first meeting was, 6 a.m.with the coaches.
Now, my next meeting is at seven, and I'm not gonna mention the name of the client, but again, the next client was at seven.Seven in the morning on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.They made their appointment.Oh yes, they did.
Now, the next client was at eight, and they made their appointment too.They showed up.They showed up for their coaching call.So my seven and eight showed up, boom.
Now, my 9 a.m., my 10 a.m., my 11 a.m., they all couldn't make it due to the fact that they are getting ready for the holidays the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.Now, my noon, they showed up, my noon showed up.
My one did not show up.My two did not show up. My three did show up, my four showed up, and my five showed up.Now, if you look at the clients that didn't show up for their meetings on the week before the week of Thanksgiving.
If you think about it, of the clients that didn't show up on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, do you think the clients that missed the Wednesday before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving, do you think that those people make more money on average or less money on average than the people that showed up?
What do you think? I'll give you a hint.The people that missed their meetings on the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, those people always struggle.They're always struggling.They can't start their meetings on time.
They can't seem to call their leads.They can't seem to call their clients back.They can't seem to gather Google reviews.They can't seem to... Never get anything done.They can't seem to do the group interview.
It's always busy They can't seem to and there's like fundamental things you have to do to grow a successful company so step one every week you've got to maintain consistent marketing activities and the people that missed the Meeting the Wednesday before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving.
These are the people that can't seem to do it They can't seem to do their dream 100.They just can't seem to do the dream 100 marketing They can never quite find the time to call their leads.They just can't do it.
They can't quite start their staff meetings on time.They're always having tax problems.It's because that is how they live their life.
They live their life that way, where it's like, oh my gosh, the Wednesday before, the Wednesday of Thanksgiving, I'm gonna revert into employee mode and I'm gonna not show up because I'm self-employed.I can impose self-poverty on myself.
This is the phenomenon known as the holoplegs that I talk about each and every year.It's bizarre why you would be self-employed and increase your spending while decreasing your income for an entire month of the year.It makes zero sense.
Now big businesses... They make a killing during the holidays.They sell more stuff than ever during the holidays.They're super profitable.The average business does more business during the holidays.
They make more money during Thanksgiving and Christmas.They make more money during the holidays.Why?Because they know that the average person is out there buying things.They're taking time off of work and buying.
And so in order to sell them something, they have to be there.But the vast majority of small business owners don't get this idea. They want to take off too.They say the whole world's taking off during the holidays.I want to participate in that too.
I want to take the time off.And then they're shocked when they're financially struggling.The whole world is out buying.The average consumer is out buying things right now, which means your business needs to be in business.You need to be open.
And I always like to release this show, you know, a couple years after the actual date so people can't guess what clients I'm talking about.I'm just trying to give you real specific examples.
And we live in such a, you know, easy to offend world that I wanted to, you know, record this thing, kind of like a time capsule from 2017 here.And then I'd be able to air this at a later date so we could all benefit from it.
But I want to give you some stats real quick.In America today, according to our Census Bureau, there are 330 million Americans right 330 million Americans.
Now, if there's 330 million Americans, how many Americans do you think every year say that they are self-employed?They check the little box on their taxes where they say, yep, I'm self-employed.I'm a sole proprietor or I'm a LLC or S Corp.
What percentage of people are choosing to designate themselves as being self-employed or the owners of a company? Time's up, 16 million.So in a population of 330 million people, just 16 million are self-employed.
Now, what percentage, think about that, but by the way, look at these stats, verify them.Just 16 million Americans identify themselves as self-employed.So in a room of, think about that, for every 330 people,
Think about that, there's 3.3 million people, then there's 16 million self-employed people.So if it was 10%, there'd be 33 million self-employed people, but it's not.So it's like 5% of our population to begin with will ever become self-employed.
Like 5% of our population will ever become self-employed.So, okay, but then what percentage of businesses fail within 10 years?They just shut down the doors.They shut the doors, they can't possibly make it, it's too hard, it's too challenging.
What percentage of businesses fail within those first 10 years? What do you think?96%, 96% of businesses fail, my friends.And that means that you have a 0.0019% chance of being a successful self-employed person for a decade.
It's two-tenths of a percent.That means in a city of the size of Tulsa, where we have 400,000-ish people. There's only 700 some odd successful business owners who've been around for a decade.It's just so rare.
So I encourage you, do not let the holoplegs kill your business.Don't let it happen.I encourage you, go ahead and take off for Thanksgiving.Take off for Christmas Day.But you don't need to take off the day before Thanksgiving.You don't have to do it.
You don't have to.Most people will do it.That's why most people are not successful. We're all going to sit down on Thanksgiving and watch professional athletes who are playing on Thanksgiving Day.Why?
because they're successful and they committed to being there on Thanksgiving Day.We're going to watch the NBA play a Christmas game and the athletes will be there.Why?Because they've committed to it.Act like a pro athlete.
Act like the best of the best.Commit to being the best of the best.And the number one thing you can do to be the best is to be consistent about over-delivering.Don't take off.You don't have to take off the Wednesday of Thanksgiving.You don't have to.
And you don't have to take off the Friday after Thanksgiving either.You don't have to.We have a Saturday and a Sunday every week.You don't have to take off Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Sunday.
If you want to take off Thanksgiving, that's fine.I get it.But you don't need to put yourself in a tough spot financially to just sit there on Friday knowing about all the sales you're missing out on.People are still going to need heat and air calls.
People are still going to need plumbing.People are still going to need haircuts. Don't impose the holoplagues on your business.It's a spreading, insidious, wealth-destroying disease, and nobody gets it.
Nobody gets it because just 0.0019% of the population is successful as a business owner.So you can't go ask the average person what they think about this because they're wrong about business.
They might be right about other things in life, but as it relates to business, consistency is king.Think about QuickTrip, the gas stations.Those homies are open, the billion dollar company, QuickTrip is open on Thanksgiving.They're open on Christmas.
Think about Target.Think about Walmart.These places don't take the whole week off.That's why they're big businesses. Think about Walmart, think about Microsoft, think about Google.These people don't take off for the entirety of a month.
Unless you want to stay small, with small dreams and small goals and small wallets, don't act like a small business owner.Get out there and get serious about being consistent.My name is Clay Clark and I'm avoiding you to avoid the holoplegs.
Avoid the hollow plagues.It's a contagious thing now.So everybody around you, the vast majority of people around you, these people have been infected with the hollow plagues.They've been infected. They have a dangerous disease or a dis-ease.
There's no ease in their house.It's called poverty.Poverty loves company.The average person has no money and poverty loves company.
They have no money and they want you to also be poor with them, whether consciously or subconsciously, and therefore they'll give you advice like, Daryl, how come you're not taking off the Wednesday before the Wednesday before Thanksgiving?
Darryl, how come you're not coming home early on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving?Darryl, why do you have to work on the Friday after Thanksgiving?Because I have a commitment to my customers and to my own success.I've committed to it, that's why.
I encourage you my friend, do not let the hala plagues destroy your family's financial success.This should be the time of abundance, a time of winning, a time where you can get things done.Do not let the holoplagues kill your business.
I was looking to learn how to take my business, like they've said today, from being very successful to being systematic.I've got a very successful practice in three different cities.I make good money.
I just want to take it to the next level with systems and processes to where I can drive my cars more. Paul Hood.I've been a CPA for 33 years.
And what kind of growth have you and your great team had here over the past, let's say, five, six years?
When I met you five years ago, we were doing $3 million.This year, we'll do $24 million.
more than he's an accountant.So we're gonna talk about that.So Paul used me to Bob, because he said there's a guy who came into my office looking to raise some capital.And that was the thing.And he needed to get some sales going that sales going.
That's how.And so we if we tell Paul from the accounting perspective, I'll pass the mic to you do account to do accounting.Why do you have to you have to have a website makes sense.And all that branding stuff.
How is that impacted your your brand having websites and all those branding things in place?
Well, when I met you, like most CPAs, I thought my clients only come from referrals.But we get 500 leads in a two-month period every month just off of Google.And so this is my face.We have 17 offices across four states.We have them in every state.
But this is our face.Like what you were saying, it's visual.And it also has to say why we're different.That about us from there is spectacular.And it's an industry that has changed.We're modifying it.
We're going to offer our services in a subscript model to where it's all inclusive.And it's just been awesome.Well, determine the level of success. Success in business is not what you know how to do.
It's actually doing it and So the thing that I would tell you is stop it Get get like this guy and let him go out after it insane because then you can be doing what you do well and
and take that time and invest in something else on top of that as contacts.And I'm not, this is not, I don't get anything for selling.He's just telling you what he's done for us so that we could focus.
And then he'll come in and I'll say, you know, I think I've got it all.And he listens for five minutes and he makes one and I want to slap myself in the face.Well, why didn't I think about that?That's idiotic.But they're sick freaks.
I don't know.I think it's merit based pay in our office.So if the people here, like they get paid.
So if we were taking on your account account and someone else to do this, but if you hired a different marketing company, I'm just giving you best practices.Do you want to make sure that they win when you win?
It's like in our office, if we, we grow Dave Basie's podcast, that benefits our company or company to the extent it benefits them.But we actually benefit if they benefit.Does that make sense to you?
My name is Paul Hood, and I'm from right here in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.I'm a CPA with offices in Bartlesville, Tulsa, and Claremont.
I originally heard about the Thrive Time Workshop through some friends, a guy named Steve Carrington, who has a very successful business.And he said, if you want to be successful, you need to be here.
My business consists of I'm a CPA and a financial advisor.And we're very successful, and I want to go from successful to systematic.I want to learn systems and processes so that the business can run without me.
The atmosphere here at Thrive and Clay's office and the team is very upbeat, very positive, very proactive, very forward-looking.They have very specific things that they can offer.Clay's delivery is very unique.
He's one of the most intelligent people I've ever met, but he's also one of the funniest guys I've ever met.So he combines those in a very, very awesome way.
One of the most valuable things I've learned at the workshop is to be very deliberate, to be very specific, to have a plan in mind and then they can help you put together the processes to get it done.
A favorite aspect is probably just how entertaining it is and the fact that I pick up one or two or three things every time I come to take my business to the next level.
Well, if people are missing out on basically a plan, a guaranteed plan pretty much if you're willing to work it to be successful.
Most people I think everybody should attend one of these workshops at least once because you don't know what you don't know And we're not taught to be successful in school what I've learned is My college degree is great for preparing me for to be a technician, but to be a business owner and To create a process or a business that can continue without me I'm not there.
I've been looking at it looking for such processes for a while and And what Clay is showing me is how to do that step by step.Well, I've enjoyed the entire workshop.What I've liked the most is Clay's presentation style.You go to seminars.I'm 49.
I've gone to seminars for 30 years.And this first seminar I've gone to that is entertaining, both entertaining and it's very usable information.The atmosphere of Thrive Headquarters is really actually
kind of convincing me to change the atmosphere of my offices, even though they're traditional CPA practices.The static, non-inviting environment here, I want to come back.When I came here a few weeks ago, I couldn't wait to come back.
Clay's presentation training style is really like nothing I've seen before.Most business seminars I've gone to, suit and tie, very You know, try to stay awake, drink a bunch of cups of coffee, but plays very entertaining.
And the information he has is, I haven't heard before, I've heard pieces of it, but the way he puts it together in a total package and his presentation style is both entertaining and very knowledgeable.
Well, I guess what people are missing out if they don't come to Thrive Conference It depends on them.If they like working 60, 70 hours a week and barely getting by or making decent money but you can't replace your time, that's fine.
If you're in a position like me, you make good money, but you'd like to buy back your time.You'd like to still make the money but not have to show up, not have a business that's dependent upon you showing up.
Coming here, if you don't come here, you're not going to get that. What we're gonna do today is we're gonna give you a little tour of the house that we just bought.In Oklahoma, this is what we call a big old house.So come on in and check this out.
All right, we bought this house about a year and a half ago, and we've been finishing it.It was partially constructed, and so everything's under construction.So this is kind of a sneak preview for everybody.So follow me.This right here,
is the living room, family room, whatever you want to call it.It's got a bar for watching football, of course, go Cowboys.It's got, you know, 50 foot ceilings, windows out to the pool, really, really nice kitchen over here.We flew the
The vent hood in from Mexico was handmade.Let's go this way.This is a really unique room.There's a six-story tower in the middle of the house.Don't know why.It's got six rooms straight up top.
You can go 85 feet in the air, shoot deer, take pictures, whatever you want to do.See the sunrise, sunset.This will be a photography studio, actually.But you see, it's got 25, 30-foot ceilings up here.It's got a We had to get a special permit.
It's got a elevator that goes up six floors.Normally in a residence, you can only get like a three or four story elevator.Again, just six rooms like this.On the third floor, I'm gonna have, I suck at golf.I love golf, but I suck at golf.
And we're gonna have a golf simulator up there so I can play golf for 30 minutes.I get mad and I can leave, but it's all inside and air conditioned.Over here off of the photography studio, there's actually a safe room.It's all concrete walls.
We had a steel door made for it and so tornadoes come or people we don't really care, you know, whatever, it's a safe room, we can come in, it's going to have security cameras and everything else in there built in.
Now down this hall is my favorite room.Well, two favorite rooms.One, there is the pantry, and there's a stairwell right there in the back of the pantry that actually leads from my bedroom.
So if I want a snack in the middle of the night, it comes straight down from the bedroom.There are 109 interior doors here, 33 exterior doors, 25,000 square feet.It's got five garages, different garages. This is the best room in the place.
We teach success principles at Hood & Associates CPAs, and one of them is just to have balance between your personal life, your finances, your fitness, your friends, your family.And so for fitness, I've got this.I'll spend a lot of time in here.
And of course, right out here, again, it's all under construction.There's stuff everywhere.But about a 70,000 gallon swimming pool.It's got a swim jet, so you can exercise against the current, or it can make waves.
It's got a huge hot tub, two places you can stand, and it'll massage you from your neck to your back.Because when you're out being successful, making money, you get kind of tensed up.It's got a layout shelf, a walk-in, a beach entry.
And water shooting everywhere.It's got about eight different waterfalls.It's got a cave in it.It's got a little lazy river, a little lake thing, pond thing up on top where you can lay out and play in the water.
So, you know, all the necessities of life.Now we're on the second floor.This is the master suite.It's actually two stories. and has three staircases to the second story, one over here, one there, and then one in another room.
It's got five fireplaces in the whole house, just one here in the master.Second story, the master's up there, which we'll go up there in a minute. This is the master bathroom.Just a little bathroom.
If you notice in the shower, there's no knobs to turn the water on.Everything is digital.We have to have Wi-Fi for it, so it talks to your phone or a tablet.And you program it for Paul's summer shower, Paul's winter shower, or what have you.
It also, in the top there, it's got a dildo where if you want to take a shower in a thunderstorm, it has sound, lightning, thunder, all of that good stuff. I guess that's the thing.Take a shower in a thunderstorm.The bathtub is heated.
It's actually heated, not just the water, but it's heated.And then over here is the bathroom.And there's two things in there.I know what that one does.That one is called a bidet.Does anybody know how to work a bidet?I don't.This is the master closet.
One of them, I think there's six closets, but this is, I don't know how, this is probably 1,000 square feet, or give or take.All over here, keeps going over here.I don't know who needs that many drawers, but apparently we do.
This is the wife's craft room.She likes to craft.We have grandkids and daughter-in-laws, and this'll be full of stuff, and they'll sit in here and make things and make memories.Of course, it's off to the balcony.
There's a balcony off to the pool all the way around. Those of you that know me or that will get to know me know I like shoes.And so there's tons of places to put my shoes in that closet.That's what I'm excited about.
This is, the house has three laundry rooms.This is the master bedroom laundry room.This is just part of the master suite.So we do laundry right here. This is just a little storage room.
You know, you've got to have a place to put suitcases and shoe boxes and stuff like that.Just a little extra thing.It's wired for the smart home.So this is one of the brains.Now we're circling back.
If you get lost, we're circling back to the master bathroom.Another closet.Right here's that stairway I said that goes down to the pantry in case I want a snack. This room here I'm excited about.We have three grandkids and a fourth on the way.
And the house is so big that if our grandkids come and stay with us, we want them to be close.So this is just like an extra bedroom attached to the master suite. Now let's go upstairs to the second floor of the master.
This is a stairway, one of the second of three stairways to the second floor.It's actually third floor of the house, second floor of the master.
We think we're gonna make this a slide, because that right there, where we just came from, was the grandkids' bedroom.So they're gonna be able to come up to our second floor, slide down into their bedroom.What do you think about that?
I think that's a necessity.This is the third story of the house, second story of the master bedroom. This room right here is kind of cool.It's going to be like a little spa room.
We've got a commercial tanning bed that goes in there and a massage chair and you know all the relaxing music and all of that.This would be like a library or reading room. off of the master.It's still part of the master.
It's got a separate balcony out there.Every room in the house is wired for speakers for entertaining.There's a lot of speakers, I can tell you what, and they suck putting them up.I'd put a bunch of them up, but there's a lot of them.
These fans are really cool.They spin like this, and then the fans inside of them spin, so it's got like Three different motions going on at once.We're now back on the second story of the house, over by the tower.This is my office.
This is where my office will be.And then we can go over here and you can see the second floor of the tower.Now, on the third floor of the tower, I'm going to put a golf simulator, like I said earlier, because I suck at golf, but I want to play.
But you can see, we just got to keep our grandkids, because we have three granddaughters.They'll be OK, but I have a grandson coming.And I know he's going to want to be climbing.We're going to have to be careful of that.
This will be just an entertaining room, a game room.There'll be a pool table here.Kids play Fortnite. Now over here is when you have a game room, you also got to have a place to have snacks.So this is our snack kitchen.
This is one of three kitchens in the house.I'd say there's three laundry rooms, three kitchens.There are 13 bathrooms.This is kind of cool, but this is for entertaining.
Hello, my name is Charles Colaw with Colaw Fitness.Today I want to tell you a little bit about Clay Clark and how I know Clay Clark.Clay Clark has been my business coach since 2017.He's helped us grow from two locations to now six locations.
We're planning to do seven locations in seven years and then franchise.And Clay has done a great job of helping us navigate anything that has to do with like
running the business, building the systems, the checklists, the workflows, the audits, how to navigate lease agreements, how to buy property, how to work with brokers and builders.This guy is just amazing.
This kind of guy has worked in every single industry.He's written books with like Lee Crockrell, head of Disney with the 40,000 cast members.He's friends with like Mike Lindell.
He does reawaken America tours where he does these tours all across the country where 10,000 or more people show up to some of these tours.On the day-to-day, he does anywhere from about 160 companies.He's at the top.
He has a team of business coaches, videographers, and graphic designers, and web developers, and they run 160 companies every single week.So think of this guy with a team of business coaches running 160 companies.
So in the weekly, he's running 160 companies. Every six to eight weeks.
He's doing reawaken America tours every six to eight weeks He's also doing business conferences where 200 people show up and he teaches people a 13-step proven system that he's done and worked with billionaires Helping them grow their companies.
So he's I've seen guys from startups and go from startup to being multi-millionaires, teaching people how to get time freedom and financial freedom through the system.
Critical thinking, document creation, organizing everything in their head to building into a franchisable, scalable business.One of his businesses has like 500 franchises. That's just one of the companies or brands that he works with.
So amazing guy, Elon Musk kind of like smart guy.He kind of comes off sometimes as socially awkward, but he's so brilliant and he's taught me so much.When I say that, Clay is like, he doesn't care what people think when you're talking to him.
He cares about where you're going in your life and where he can get you to go. And that's what I like the most about him.He's like a good coach.A coach isn't just making you feel good all the time.A coach is actually helping you get to the best you.
And Clay has been an amazing business coach.Through the course of that, we became friends.I was really most impressed with him is when I was shadowing him one time.We went into a business deal and listened to it.I got to shadow and listen to it.
And when we walked out, I knew that he could make millions on the deal.And they were super excited about working with him. And he told me, he's like, I'm not going to touch it.I'm going to turn it down.
Because he knew it was going to harm the common good of people in the long run.And the guy's integrity just really wowed me.It brought tears to my eyes to see that this guy, his highest desire was to do what's right.And anyways, just an amazing man.
So anyways, impacted me a lot.He's helped navigate.Anytime I've got nervous or worried about how to run the company or, you know, navigating competition and an economy that's like, I remember we got closed down for three months.
He helped us navigate on how to stay open, how to get back open, how to just survive through all the COVID shutdowns, lockdowns, because our clubs were all closed for three months and you have $350,000 of bills you've got to pay and we have no accounts receivable.
He helped us navigate that.And of course we were conservative enough that we could afford to take that on for a period of time.But he was a great man.I'm very impressed with him.So Clay, thank you for everything you're doing.
And I encourage you, if you haven't ever worked with Clay, work with Clay.He's gonna help magnify you.And there's nobody I have ever met that has the ability to work as hard as he does.
He probably sleeps four, maybe six hours a day, and literally the rest of the time he's working.And he can outwork everybody in the room. every single day, and he loves it.So anyways, this is Charles Kola with Kola Fitness.
Thank you, Clay, and anybody out there that's wanting to work with Clay, it's a great, great opportunity to ever work with him.So you guys have a blessed one.This is Charles Kola.We'll see you guys.Bye-bye.
Hi, I'm Aaron Antis with Shaw Homes.I first heard about Clay through a mortgage lender here in town who had told me what a great job he had been doing for them.
And I actually noticed he was driving a Lamborghini all of a sudden, so I was willing to listen.In my career, I've sold a little over $800 million in real estate.
So honestly I thought I kind of knew everything about marketing and homes and then I met Clay and my perception of what I knew and what I could do definitely changed after
Doing $800 million in sales over a 15-year career, I really thought I knew what I was doing.I've been managing a large team of salespeople for the last 10 years here with Shaw Homes.We've been a company that's been in business for 35 years.
become one of the largest builders in the Tulsa area and that was without Clay.So when I came to know Clay I really thought, man there's not much more I need to know but I'm willing to listen.
The interesting thing is our internet leads from our website has actually in a four-month period of time has gone from somewhere around 10 to 15 leads in a month
to 180 internet leads in a month, just from the few things that he's shown us how to implement that I honestly probably never would have come up with on my own.
So I got a lot of good things to say about the system that Clay put in place with us, and it's just been an incredible experience.I am very glad that we met and had the opportunity to work with Clay.
So the interaction with the team and with Clay on a weekly basis is honestly very enlightening.One of the things that I love about Clay's perspective on things is that he doesn't come from my industry.
He's not somebody who's in the home building industry.I've listened to all the experts in my field.Our company has paid for me to go to seminars, international builder shows,
all kinds of places where I've had the opportunity to learn from the experts in my industry.But the thing that I found working with Clay is that he comes from such a broad spectrum
of working with so many different types of businesses, that he has a perspective that's difficult for me to gain because I get so entrenched in what I do, I'm not paying attention to what other leading industry experts are doing.
And Clay really brings that perspective for me.It is very valuable time every week when I get that hour with him.From my perspective, the reason that
Any business owner who's thinking about hooking up with Thrive needs to definitely consider it is because the results that we've gotten in a very short period of time are honestly monumental.It has really exceeded my wildest expectation.
of what he might be able to do.I came in skeptical because I'm very pragmatic and as I've gone through the process over just a few months, I've realized it's probably one of the best moves we've ever made.
I think a lot of people probably feel like they don't need a business or marketing consultant because they maybe are a little bit prideful and like to think they know everything.I know that's how I felt coming in.
I mean, we're a big company that's definitely one of the largest in town.And so we kind of felt like we knew what we were doing.
And I think for a lot of people, they let their ego get in the way of listening to somebody that might have a better or different perspective than theirs.
I would just really encourage you if you're thinking about working with clay, I mean the thing is it's month to month.Go give it a try and see what happens.
I think in the 35 year history of Shaw Homes this is probably the best thing that's happened to us and I know if you give them a shot I think you'll feel the same way.
I know for me the thing I would have missed out on if I didn't work with clay is I would have missed out on literally an 1800% increase in our internet leads.
Going from 10 a month to 180 a month, that would have been a huge financial decision to just decide not to give it a shot.I would absolutely recommend ClayClark to anybody who's thinking about working with somebody in marketing.
I would skip over anybody else you were thinking about, and I would go straight to Clay and his team. I guarantee you're not going to regret it because we sure haven't.
My name is Danielle Sprick and I am the founder of D. Sprick Realty Group here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
After being a stay-at-home mom for 12 years and my three kids started school and they were in school full-time, I was at a crossroads and trying to decide, what do I want to do?
My degree and my background is in education, but after being a mom and staying home and all of that, I just didn't have a passion for it like I once did. My husband suggested real estate.
He's a home builder, so real estate and home building go hand in hand, and we just rolled with it.I love people.I love working with people.I love the building relationships.
But one thing that was really difficult for me was the business side of things. the processes and the advertising and marketing, I knew that I did not have what I needed to make that what it should be.
So I reached out to Clay at that time, and he and his team have been extremely instrumental in helping us build our brand, help market our business, our agents, the homes that we represent, everything that we do.
is a direct line from Clay and his team and all that they've done for us.We launched our brokerage, our real estate brokerage, eight months ago.
And in that time, we've gone from myself and one other agent to just this week, we signed on our 16th agent.We have been blessed with the fact that we right now have just over 10 million in pending transactions.
Three years ago, I never would have even imagined that I would be in this role that I'm in today, building a business, having 16 agents.But I have to give credit where credit's due.
And Clay and his team and the business coaching that they've offered us has been huge.It's been instrumental in what we're doing.Don't ever limit your vision.When you dream big, big things happen.
I started a business because I couldn't work for anyone else.I do things my way.I do what I think is in the best interest of the patient.I don't answer to insurance companies.I don't answer to large corporate organizations.
I answer to my patient and that's it.My thought when I opened my clinic was I can do this all myself.I don't need additional outside help in many ways.I mean, I went to medical school.I can figure this out.
But it was a very, very steep learning curve.Within the first six months of opening my clinic, I had a $63,000 embezzlement.I lost multiple employees.
Clay helped us weather the storm of some of the things that are just a lot of people experience, especially in the medical world. He was instrumental in helping with the specific written business plan.
He's been instrumental in hiring good quality employees, using the processes that he outlines for getting in good talent, which is extremely difficult.He helped me in securing the business loans.
He helped me with web development and search engine optimization.We've been able to really keep a steady stream of clients coming in because they found us on the web.With everything that I encountered, everything that I experienced,
I quickly learned it is worth every penny to have someone in your team that can walk you through and even avoid some of the pitfalls that are almost invariable in starting your own business.
I'm Dr. Chad Edwards and I own Revolution Health and Wellness Clinic.
JT, do you know what time it is?It's TiVo time in Tulsa, Russia, baby.Tim TiVo is coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
During the month of Christmas, December 5th and 6th, 2024, Tim TiVo is coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the two-day interactive Thrive Time Show Business Growth Workshop.
Yes, folks, put it in your calendar this December, the month of Christmas, December 5th and 6th. Tim Tebow is coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Thrive Time Show two-day interactive business growth workshop.
We've been doing business conferences here since 2005.I've been hosting business conferences since 2005.What year were you born? 1995. Dude, I've been hosting business conferences since you were 10 years old.
And a lot of people have followed Tim Tebow's football career on the field and off the field.And off the field, the guy's been just as successful as he has been on the field.Now, the big question is, JT, how does he do it?
Well, they're going to have to come and find out, because I don't know.
Well, I'm just saying, Tim Tebow is going to teach us how he organizes his day, how he organizes his life, how he's proactive with his faith, his family, his finances.
He's going to walk us through his mindset that he brings into the gym, into business.It is going to be a blasty blast in Tulsa, Russia.
Folks, I'm telling you, if you want to learn branding, you want to learn marketing, you want to learn search engine optimization, you want to learn social media marketing, that's what we teach at the Thrive Time Show two-day interactive workshop.
If you want to learn accounting, you want to learn sales systems, you want to learn how to build a linear workflow, you want to learn how to franchise your business, that is what we teach at the two-day interactive Thrive Time Show business workshop.
You know, over the years we've had the opportunity to feature Michael Levine, the PR consultant of choice for Nike, for Prince, for Michael Jackson.
We've had the top PR consultant in the history of the planet has spoken at the Thrivetime Show workshops.We've had Jill Donovan, the founder of rusticcuff.com, a company that creates apparel worn by celebrities all throughout the world.
Jill Donovan, the founder of rusticcuff.com, has spoken at the two-day interactive Thrivetime Show business workshops. the guy, we've had the man who's responsible for turning around Harley Davidson, a man by the name of Ken Schmidt.
He has spoken at the Thrive Time Show two day interactive business workshops.Folks, I'm telling you, these events are going to teach you what you need to know to start and grow a successful business.
So the way we price the events, the way we do these events, is you can pay $250 for a ticket or whatever price that you can afford.What?Yes!
We've designed these events to be affordable for you, and we want to see you live and in person at the two-day interactive. December 5th and 6th Thrive Time Show Business Workshop.
Everything that you need to succeed will be taught at the two-day interactive Thrive Time Show Business Workshop, December 5th and 6th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.And the way we do these events is we teach for 30 minutes.
And then we open it up for a question and answer session so that wonderful people like you can have your questions answered.Yes, we teach for 30 minutes and then we open it up for a 15 minute question and answer session.It's interactive.
It's two days.It's in Tulsa, Oklahoma.We've been doing these events since 2005.And I'm telling you, folks, it's going to blow your mind.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Thrive Time Show two-day interactive business workshop is America's highest rated and most reviewed business workshop.
See the thousands of video testimonials from real people just like you who've been able to build multi-million dollar companies.Watch those testimonials today at thrivetimeshow.com.
Simply by clicking on the testimonials button right there at thrivetimeshow.com, you're going to see thousands of people just like you. who've been able to go from just surviving to thriving.
Each and every day, we're going to add more and more speakers to this all-star lineup.But I encourage everybody out there today, get those tickets today.Go to thrivetimeshow.com.Again, that's thrivetimeshow.com.
And some people might be saying, well, how do I do it?What do I do?How does it work?You just go to thrivetimeshow.com.Let's go there now.We're feeling the flow.We're going to thrivetimeshow.com.
Again, you just go to thrivetimeshow.com, you click on the Business Conferences button, and you click on the Request Tickets button right there.The way I do our conferences is we tell people it's $250 to get a ticket. Yep.
Or whatever price that you could afford.And the reason why I do that is I grew up without money.JT, you're in the process of building a super successful company.Yeah.Did you start out with a million dollars in the bank account?
No, I did not.Nope.Did not get any loans, nothing like that.Did not get an inheritance from parents or anything like that.I had to work for it.And I am super grateful I came to a business conference.That's actually how I met you, met Peter Taunton.
So if you're out there today and you want to come to our workshop, again, you just got to go to thrivetimeshow.com.You might say, well, who's speaking?We already covered that.You might say, where is it going to be?
It's going to be in Tulsa, Russia, Oklahoma.I suppose it's Tulsa, Russia.I'm really trying to rebrand Tulsa as Tulsa, Russia, sort of like the Jerusalem of America.
But if you type in Thrive Time Show and Jinx, you can get a sneak peek or a look at our office facility.This is what it looks like.This is where you're headed.It's going to be a blasty blast.You can look inside, see the facility.
We're going to have hundreds of entrepreneurs here.It is going to be packed.Now, for this particular event, folks, the seating is always limited because my facility isn't a limitless convention center.You're coming to my actual home office.
And so it's going to be packed.Who?You.You're going to come. Who?I'm talking to you.You can just get your tickets right now at thrivetimeshow.com.And again, you can name your price.We tell people it's $250 or whatever price you can afford.
And we do have some select VIP tickets, which gives you an access to meet some of the speakers and those sorts of things.And those tickets are $500.It's a two-day interactive business workshop, over 20 hours of business training.
We're gonna give you a copy of my newest book, The Millionaire's Guide to Becoming Sustainably Rich.You're gonna leave with a workbook. You're going to leave with everything you need to know to start and grow a super successful company.
It's practical, it's actionable, and it's TiVo time right here in Tulsa, Russia.Get those tickets today at Thrivetimeshow.com.Again, that's Thrivetimeshow.com.
Hello, I'm Michael Levine, and I'm talking to you right now from the center of Hollywood, California, where I have represented over the last 35 years 58 Academy Award winners, 34 Grammy Award winners, 43 New York Times bestsellers.
I've represented a lot of major stars and I've worked with a lot of major companies.And I think I've learned a few things about what makes them work and what makes them not work.
Now, why would a man living in Hollywood, California in the beautiful sunny weather of LA come to Tulsa, because last year I did it, and it was damn exciting.
Clay Clark has put together an exceptional presentation, really life-changing, and I'm looking forward to seeing you then.I'm Michael Levine, I'll see you in Tulsa.
Thrivetime Show two-day interactive business workshops are the world's highest rated and most reviewed business workshops, because we teach you what you need to know to grow.
You can learn the proven 13-point business systems that Dr. Zellner and I have used over and over to start and grow successful companies.We get into the specifics, the specific steps on what you need to do to optimize your website.
We're going to teach you how to fix your conversion rate.We're going to teach you how to do a social media marketing campaign that works.How do you raise capital?How do you get a small business loan?
We teach you everything you need to know here during a two-day, 15-hour workshop.It's all here for you.
You work every day in your business, but for two days you can escape and work on your business and build these proven systems so now you can have a successful company that will produce both the time freedom and the financial freedom that you deserve.
You're going to leave energized, motivated, but you're also going to leave empowered. The reason why I built these workshops is because, as an entrepreneur, I always wish that I had this.
And because there wasn't anything like this, I would go to these motivational seminars, no money down, real estate, Ponzi scheme, get motivated seminars, and they would never teach me anything.
It was like you went there and you paid for the big chocolate Easter bunny, but inside of it, it was a hollow nothingness.And I wanted the knowledge, and they're like, oh, but we'll teach you the knowledge after our next workshop.
And the great thing is we have nothing to upsell.At every workshop, we teach you what you need to know.There's no one in the back of the room trying to sell you some next big, get rich quick, walk on hot coals product.
It's literally, we teach you the brass tacks, the specific stuff that you need to know to learn how to start and grow a business.And I encourage you to not believe what I'm saying.And I want you to Google the Z66 auto auction.
I want you to Google elephant in the room. Robert Zellner and Associates.Look them up and say, are they successful because they're geniuses?Or are they successful because they have a proven system?
When you do that research, you will discover that the same systems that we use in our own business can be used in your business.
Come to Tulsa, book a ticket, and I guarantee you it's going to be the best business workshop ever, and we'll even give you your money back if you don't love it.We've built this facility for you, and we're excited to see it.
And now you may be thinking, what does it actually cost to attend an in-person two-day interactive Thrive Time Show business workshop?Well, good news.The tickets are $250 or whatever price that you can afford.What?
Yes, they're $250 or whatever price you can afford.I grew up without money, and I know what it's like to live without money.
So if you're out there today and you want to attend our in-person two-day interactive business workshop, all you got to do is go to thrivetimeshow.com to request those tickets.
And if you can't afford $250, we have scholarship pricing available to make it affordable for you.
I learned at the Academy at King's Point in New York, acta non verba.Watch what a person does, not what they say.
Good morning, good morning, good morning.Herbert Kiyosaki, The Rich Dad Radio Show.Today I'm broadcasting from Phoenix, Arizona, not Scottsdale, Arizona.They're closed, but they're completely different worlds.And we have a special guest today.
Definition of intelligence is if you agree with me, you're intelligent.And so this gentleman is very intelligent.I've done this show before also, but very seldom do you find somebody who lines up on all counts.
And so Mr. Clay Clark is a friend of a good friend, Eric, Eric Trump. But we're also talking about money bricks and how screwed up the world can get in a few and a half hour.So Clay Clark is a very intelligent man.
And there's so many ways we could take this thing.But I thought, uh, since you and Eric are close Trump, what were you saying about what Trump can't, what Donald who's my age and I can say, or cannot say, first of all, I have to honor you, sir.
I want to show you what I did to one of your books here. There's a guy named Jeremy Thorne, who was my boss at the time.I was 19 years old working at Faith Highway.I had a job at Applebee's, Target, and DirecTV.
And he said, have you read this book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad?And I said, no.And my father, may he rest in peace, he didn't know these financial principles.So I started reading all of your books and really devouring your books.
And I went from being an employee to self-employed to the business owner to the investor. And I owe a lot of that to you.And I just want to take a moment to tell you, thank you so much for allowing me to achieve success.
And I'll tell you all about Eric Trump, but I just want to tell you, thank you, sir, for changing my life.
Well, not only that, Clay, you know, thank you, but you've become an influencer.You know, more than anything else, you've evolved into an influencer where your word has more and more power.So that's why, uh, and congratulate you on becoming.
Because as you know, there's a lot of fake influencers out there too, or bad influencers.So anyway, I'm glad you and I agree so much, and thanks for reading my books.That's the greatest thrill for me today.
Not a thrill, but recognition is when people, young men especially, come up and say, I read your book, changed my life, I'm doing this, I'm doing this, I'm doing this.
I learned at the Academy, King's Point in New York, acta non verba. Watch what a person does, not what they say.
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