So what, how did you learn about the doing a results inventory and how did that how did that come about?
Yeah. I don't know exactly where it came from. I would imagine it came from a book or something that I did. I read tons of books and that was the problem in that first half of life, because I read everything, I consumed everything, but I did not implement stuff. I was really, really down I think I had six businesses at the time, five of them collapsed.
They were big endeavors. I had family who have invested money. I had friends that were involved in it. I had a relationship at the time that was really Rocky and it crumbled all at the same time. So here I was at the, at Thanksgiving and I didn't want to be around anybody in my family. So I spent that time alone with a bottle of vodka. And I didn't know which direction I was going to go. I was really down, it could have gone either direction. And I got this inspiration that hit and it was from a book called 'The Answer" by John Azarov, but he has this gap analysis that you do for business. But I was like, I'm going to do this for my life.
This is my results inventory. Here's what I want. This is what I thought I was smart enough to create. And here's what I've got and what's that gap and difference. And it's it was like the grand canyon of gaps. It was huge, but I was thinking I can do this. If anybody can do this and I've met some really.
Successful entrepreneurs. However, you decide to define that, that didn't strike me as the brightest bulbs in the shed or the sharpest knives, right? I'm like why can't I create something? Why do I have to struggle? And that's where I slipped. I went into that rabbit hole, seriously, four or five days over Thanksgiving weekend and just consuming everything I can.
And when I came out of that, I had a plan in place. I said, this is what I'm going to do. I started out with BJ Fogg and his tiny habits, and he used to have a little program at this university where you would send in what you're wanting your habits to be. And they would send accountability emails, and that helped.
And then I got introduced to Hal Elrod, and that really triggered the the next chapter of my life. In fact, I measure my life before "The Miracle Morning" and after "The Miracle Morning"
