Show notes
In this episode of Capital Hacking, hosts Josh and John interview Brian Luebben from Action Academy. The discussion revolves around Brian's journey to finding his "why" and how he helps others create a vivid vision for themselves. Brian shares his experience of making a quarter million dollars in sales, deciding to travel the world, and launching a business, a podcast, and a mastermind. He also talks about dealing with panic attacks and the importance of having a community around you. The hosts emphasize the importance of building a community and being a resource for others.[00:01:39] Pursuing entrepreneurship after success.[00:05:51] Figuring out what you want.[00:06:45] Creating a vision for success.[00:09:41] Self-imposed restrictions in strategy.[00:12:30] Pour into others for success.[00:16:28] Leaving a high paying job.[00:18:09] Overcoming travel anxiety.[00:20:53] Creating impact beyond oneself.[00:25:41] Pursuing your passions.[00:26:38] Finding happiness in the climb.[00:29:52] Scaling a business.In this podcast episode, the speaker emphasizes the importance of setting big, audacious goals and working towards them as a way to live a fulfilling life. As entrepreneurs who have earned the ability to have freedom, they are not meant to just sit on the beach and do nothing. The speaker shares his personal experience of having to slow down for a couple of months to figure out his next move after completely killing his identity as a corporate guy. He also runs a community that helps people leave corporate America and replace it with cash flow. They begin with the vision first and do the hard stuff first, which involves creating goals that support the vision, breaking them into benchmarks, and putting themselves in an accountability pod to hold each other accountable. The speaker believes that people are starved for that level of accountability.According to the podcast episode, the key to the story is figuring out what you want. Many people are good at working hard and making money, but it is important to know what you want in life and work towards it. The host uses the analogy of driving a car down an endless highway without any gas stations on either side. Some people may be driving a Ferrari while others may be driving a Toyota, but without knowing where they want to go, they will just keep driving aimlessly. The episode emphasizes the importance of setting big goals and working towards them, as it adds spice to life. The host also suggests that people should not be emotionally attached to the end outcome or results, but rather be emotionally attached to the inputs. In other words, people should focus on the process of achieving their goals rather than the end result.The podcast host created a 52-hour course that focused on vision, mindset, and killing old versions of yourself before beginning investing. The course aimed to get rid of all the negative thoughts and beliefs that people have about themselves before they start investing. It emphasized the importance of being in the right headspace to accept information from successful entrepreneurs who come in every week to teach and speak. The course also covered financial relationships, relationships with money, identity, and being okay with killing the version of yourself that was the corporate version of you. The goal was to slow down and figure out what you want out of life and pursue that thing. The course was filmed in Brazil and took an entire month to film and edit.