What People DON'T KNOW About Hayden Bowles
Published on: November 27 2022 by Peter Pru - Ecommerce Empire Builders
What People DON'T KNOW About Hayden Bowles
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What People DON'T KNOW About Hayden Bowles
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00:00:07 | 00:00:13 | alright guys welcome back to another |
00:00:10 | 00:00:14 | episode of 7 and 7 today I've got a |
00:00:13 | 00:00:16 | special guest with us you probably |
00:00:14 | 00:00:18 | already know who it is it's a Hayden |
00:00:16 | 00:00:20 | Bowles here dude thank you so much for |
00:00:18 | 00:00:22 | for jumping on here but before we get |
00:00:20 | 00:00:24 | going and getting into these questions |
00:00:22 | 00:00:26 | right away I just love to give you you |
00:00:24 | 00:00:28 | know a minute or two to kind of just |
00:00:26 | 00:00:30 | introduce yourself to those that don't |
00:00:28 | 00:00:31 | know who you are and kind of give them a |
00:00:30 | 00:00:32 | little bit about your backstory and kind |
00:00:31 | 00:00:34 | of what you're doing them |
00:00:32 | 00:00:35 | yeah for sure first of all thanks for |
00:00:34 | 00:00:38 | having me on glad we could find the time |
00:00:35 | 00:00:40 | that works so a little bit about myself |
00:00:38 | 00:00:42 | I have always been interested in just |
00:00:40 | 00:00:44 | like the topic of money so for me you |
00:00:42 | 00:00:46 | know I remember like getting paid in $1 |
00:00:44 | 00:00:48 | bills to mow the front part of my lawn |
00:00:46 | 00:00:50 | it really gets to know the backyard so |
00:00:48 | 00:00:53 | making my first 10 bucks would save it |
00:00:50 | 00:00:55 | up got twenty thirty forty dollars and I |
00:00:53 | 00:00:57 | realizes well when you have money you |
00:00:55 | 00:00:59 | can get things you want okay to a degree |
00:00:57 | 00:01:01 | not everything but you know if I had |
00:00:59 | 00:01:02 | money it means when I'm at the snowboard |
00:01:01 | 00:01:04 | Hill I could get food I could buy that |
00:01:02 | 00:01:06 | new toy I could get this in that so |
00:01:04 | 00:01:08 | started to kind of realize okay this is |
00:01:06 | 00:01:10 | of importance so back when I was about |
00:01:08 | 00:01:12 | 12 I started trading stok to kind of |
00:01:10 | 00:01:14 | get into that space yeah kind of putting |
00:01:12 | 00:01:15 | all my money into that and never really |
00:01:14 | 00:01:17 | made anything but you know fast forward |
00:01:15 | 00:01:18 | got into all the social media stuff |
00:01:17 | 00:01:20 | actually grew some pretty decent size |
00:01:18 | 00:01:23 | Instagram pages that catapulted me into |
00:01:20 | 00:01:26 | selling shout out space and as an |
00:01:23 | 00:01:27 | influencer for small ecommerce stores so |
00:01:26 | 00:01:29 | I kind of realized wait why can't I |
00:01:27 | 00:01:30 | build the e-commerce to store as well |
00:01:29 | 00:01:32 | you know there's a reason they're paying |
00:01:30 | 00:01:34 | you either making a profit so got into |
00:01:32 | 00:01:36 | that and you know three four years in |
00:01:34 | 00:01:37 | about three and a half years now been |
00:01:36 | 00:01:39 | doing e-commerce and had some really |
00:01:37 | 00:01:41 | really consistent stores some brands |
00:01:39 | 00:01:43 | running and obviously little trends and |
00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | holidays stores in the meantime so been |
00:01:43 | 00:01:47 | able to do that build one of the biggest |
00:01:45 | 00:01:48 | e-commerce YouTube channels which is |
00:01:47 | 00:01:50 | awesome and meet a lot of really cool |
00:01:48 | 00:01:52 | people in the space yeah for sure guys |
00:01:50 | 00:01:54 | that now definitely go check him out odd |
00:01:52 | 00:01:56 | just type in Hayden Bowles and inside |
00:01:54 | 00:01:59 | YouTube you'll find his you'll find his |
00:01:56 | 00:02:01 | channel but let's get right into into |
00:01:59 | 00:02:04 | the into the questions so the first one |
00:02:01 | 00:02:06 | dude what is one book that has had the |
00:02:04 | 00:02:08 | greatest impact on your business or your |
00:02:06 | 00:02:11 | life or your mindset |
00:02:08 | 00:02:12 | and why great question so I actually |
00:02:11 | 00:02:14 | thought about this one when he sent it |
00:02:12 | 00:02:16 | to me for a quick minute because I was |
00:02:14 | 00:02:18 | like personally I'm not the biggest |
00:02:16 | 00:02:20 | reader because for me it's not the best |
00:02:18 | 00:02:23 | way that I consume content I'm very |
00:02:20 | 00:02:25 | hands-on or visual or audio so reading |
00:02:23 | 00:02:27 | for me you know I'm a DB ADHD OCD |
00:02:25 | 00:02:29 | everything so it's hard for me to sit |
00:02:27 | 00:02:31 | down and focus on a book but one of the |
00:02:29 | 00:02:33 | most valuable books that I've read not |
00:02:31 | 00:02:35 | because of the direct value inside of it |
00:02:33 | 00:02:37 | but just because of the act of actually |
00:02:35 | 00:02:39 | finishing the book I read Robert |
00:02:37 | 00:02:42 | Kiyosaki's book when I was about 14 |
00:02:39 | 00:02:44 | maybe 15 the Rich Dad Poor Dad the |
00:02:42 | 00:02:46 | original classic and it was the first |
00:02:44 | 00:02:48 | book up to that point in my life that I |
00:02:46 | 00:02:50 | had ever read covered a cup so I read |
00:02:48 | 00:02:51 | every single word of this book and again |
00:02:50 | 00:02:53 | it was more City active actually |
00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | completing it that really helped me out |
00:02:53 | 00:02:57 | and having that consistency that |
00:02:55 | 00:02:58 | determination and you know it's kind of |
00:02:57 | 00:03:00 | interesting because at that point the |
00:02:58 | 00:03:01 | only books I had read were assigned to |
00:03:00 | 00:03:03 | me in school and I never liked them |
00:03:01 | 00:03:03 | there was a little bit interesting I'm |
00:03:03 | 00:03:05 | like wait a minute |
00:03:03 | 00:03:06 | maybe there's books out there that you |
00:03:05 | 00:03:08 | know have some value related to |
00:03:06 | 00:03:11 | something that I'm interested do you |
00:03:08 | 00:03:12 | have something that like like a key |
00:03:11 | 00:03:14 | takeaway that you took from that like |
00:03:12 | 00:03:17 | what kept you going to actually like |
00:03:14 | 00:03:19 | finish that one yes so for me I you know |
00:03:17 | 00:03:21 | I didn't grow up in a crazy low or a |
00:03:19 | 00:03:22 | crazy high financial situation or middle |
00:03:21 | 00:03:24 | class family |
00:03:22 | 00:03:26 | so money you know was a topic but it |
00:03:24 | 00:03:28 | wasn't like a struggle so I was kind of |
00:03:26 | 00:03:29 | thought to myself you know about all the |
00:03:28 | 00:03:31 | different social and economical |
00:03:29 | 00:03:33 | standpoints that people grow up in so |
00:03:31 | 00:03:34 | people who grow up with a lot of money I |
00:03:33 | 00:03:36 | went to school some of those kids and I |
00:03:34 | 00:03:38 | went to kids you know all across the |
00:03:36 | 00:03:40 | board so for me I kind of realized you |
00:03:38 | 00:03:41 | know why people think certain ways and I |
00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | realize it really goes back to what |
00:03:41 | 00:03:44 | you're toking school as well as like |
00:03:43 | 00:03:45 | where you're growing up because that |
00:03:44 | 00:03:47 | environment you know some parents are |
00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | really strict don't tok about money |
00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | don't do this neither others are very |
00:03:48 | 00:03:52 | open about it I feel like that just |
00:03:50 | 00:03:54 | affects it so the book kind of toked |
00:03:52 | 00:03:56 | about that you may get a rich dad and a |
00:03:54 | 00:03:57 | poor dad so it kind of gave me those |
00:03:56 | 00:03:58 | differences and I was just really |
00:03:57 | 00:04:01 | fascinated by and I tried to always and |
00:03:58 | 00:04:03 | just think about that in essence to my |
00:04:01 | 00:04:06 | life and how it relates awesome awesome |
00:04:03 | 00:04:09 | awesome all right question number two |
00:04:06 | 00:04:11 | what is one mentor coach or somebody |
00:04:09 | 00:04:14 | that you've worked with or learned from |
00:04:11 | 00:04:15 | that has had a great impact on let's say |
00:04:14 | 00:04:17 | your e-commerce business and what was |
00:04:15 | 00:04:19 | like something that they taught you that |
00:04:17 | 00:04:21 | like gave you that light bulb moment |
00:04:19 | 00:04:23 | yeah so one thing about me is |
00:04:21 | 00:04:24 | I didn't get a crazy amount of help from |
00:04:23 | 00:04:26 | everyone you know there wasn't really |
00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | one mentor I've met some cool people |
00:04:26 | 00:04:31 | along the way some friends with to this |
00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | day some that I'm not so one person who |
00:04:31 | 00:04:34 | I'm not going to reveal their name I'll |
00:04:32 | 00:04:35 | give another one that I will he's one of |
00:04:34 | 00:04:37 | the people who originally got me into |
00:04:35 | 00:04:38 | e-commerce really helped me out it's two |
00:04:37 | 00:04:40 | guys they're making some really really |
00:04:38 | 00:04:42 | good money but they were doing their |
00:04:40 | 00:04:44 | started doing some unethical things |
00:04:42 | 00:04:46 | so the takeaway that I learned there was |
00:04:44 | 00:04:49 | you know I watched their business just |
00:04:46 | 00:04:51 | blow up and then crash you know like |
00:04:49 | 00:04:52 | you're millions of dollars and crash |
00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | because they did it unethical never |
00:04:52 | 00:04:56 | focused on the short-term so I saw that |
00:04:54 | 00:04:58 | I'm like okay long-term good business |
00:04:56 | 00:05:00 | wins and then one of my good friends |
00:04:58 | 00:05:02 | Cara whose company does about 75 million |
00:05:00 | 00:05:04 | a month in sales right now he's been a |
00:05:02 | 00:05:06 | good friend of mine for almost three |
00:05:04 | 00:05:08 | years and you're not really a mentor or |
00:05:06 | 00:05:09 | a coach but just a friend so I can you |
00:05:08 | 00:05:11 | know five a question I can ask him if |
00:05:09 | 00:05:13 | he's you know in Arizona or I'm ever in |
00:05:11 | 00:05:15 | California we can always connect and |
00:05:13 | 00:05:17 | link up and you know able to do that a |
00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | few times a year so I really appreciate |
00:05:17 | 00:05:23 | the value of the people who are you know |
00:05:18 | 00:05:24 | whether they're much mean well you can |
00:05:23 | 00:05:26 | always get that from people so if I can |
00:05:24 | 00:05:27 | exchange that and you'll be able to get |
00:05:26 | 00:05:28 | help on certain things that I'm |
00:05:27 | 00:05:30 | struggling with it's definitely really |
00:05:28 | 00:05:33 | valuable so the cool thing that I got |
00:05:30 | 00:05:34 | from Cara who's doing insane numbers |
00:05:33 | 00:05:37 | with this company does extremely well |
00:05:34 | 00:05:38 | for himself he's all about ethics you |
00:05:37 | 00:05:40 | know he loves working with people who |
00:05:38 | 00:05:42 | are ethical and to me and I just kind of |
00:05:40 | 00:05:43 | realized that that was a reoccurring |
00:05:42 | 00:05:45 | theme and I'm sure you've seen it in the |
00:05:43 | 00:05:46 | e-commerce space as well people who |
00:05:45 | 00:05:48 | build brands and they don't fulfill |
00:05:46 | 00:05:50 | their orders they have issues with their |
00:05:48 | 00:05:52 | support and again it's short term focus |
00:05:50 | 00:05:53 | because you'll have issues with your |
00:05:52 | 00:05:55 | payment processor because you don't |
00:05:53 | 00:05:56 | fulfill you get chargebacks process or |
00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | shut down ad account banned the list |
00:05:56 | 00:06:00 | goes on and on so she's short term it's |
00:05:58 | 00:06:03 | not smart same thing with the e-commerce |
00:06:00 | 00:06:04 | teaching space I know so many people who |
00:06:03 | 00:06:08 | don't even do ecommerce and they teach |
00:06:04 | 00:06:10 | it it blows my mind and I'm like you |
00:06:08 | 00:06:12 | know it's unethical it's short-term |
00:06:10 | 00:06:13 | they're trying to squeeze the market and |
00:06:12 | 00:06:15 | you know those people won't be around |
00:06:13 | 00:06:16 | so we'll see what they end up doing but |
00:06:15 | 00:06:18 | you know that's why I think that's a |
00:06:16 | 00:06:20 | topic we could tok about for a while |
00:06:18 | 00:06:23 | that's something totally different yeah |
00:06:20 | 00:06:26 | drop but you know you can kind of see it |
00:06:23 | 00:06:29 | no no but yeah yeah I totally buried you |
00:06:26 | 00:06:31 | there all right so question number three |
00:06:29 | 00:06:32 | so this one's kind of gonna be like you |
00:06:31 | 00:06:34 | know some people have this some people |
00:06:32 | 00:06:35 | don't but I love to hear your thoughts |
00:06:34 | 00:06:38 | on it what is your |
00:06:35 | 00:06:40 | morning routine look like good question |
00:06:38 | 00:06:42 | so my morning routine actually starts |
00:06:40 | 00:06:43 | the night before so I usually do this |
00:06:42 | 00:06:45 | the very last thing I do in the day |
00:06:43 | 00:06:47 | actually have it right so I've got a |
00:06:45 | 00:06:49 | notebook big thick one every single day |
00:06:47 | 00:06:52 | with an out failure for about the last |
00:06:49 | 00:06:53 | 250 days or so since kind of towards the |
00:06:52 | 00:06:55 | end of last year everyday the night |
00:06:53 | 00:06:57 | before I've written down a list of what |
00:06:55 | 00:06:59 | I have to do the next day cuz again for |
00:06:57 | 00:07:01 | me I'm all over the place you know like |
00:06:59 | 00:07:03 | unfocused and I have issues but you know |
00:07:01 | 00:07:04 | sitting now I'm doing stuff so for me if |
00:07:03 | 00:07:07 | I wake up in the morning little groggy |
00:07:04 | 00:07:08 | you gotta get your day started unless I |
00:07:07 | 00:07:10 | have something specific it used to be on |
00:07:08 | 00:07:12 | a whiteboard now it's on a notebook that |
00:07:10 | 00:07:14 | travel a lot you know I have a list of |
00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | things I have to do and so I write it |
00:07:14 | 00:07:17 | out the night before I keep it |
00:07:15 | 00:07:18 | prioritized five to ten things I don't |
00:07:17 | 00:07:20 | want to write out like a bunch of stuff |
00:07:18 | 00:07:21 | and then never do it all so the first |
00:07:20 | 00:07:23 | few things for me are really crucial |
00:07:21 | 00:07:25 | because I write those in order of what |
00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | I'm gonna do because if I don't have an |
00:07:25 | 00:07:29 | exact guideline of what I'm gonna do I'm |
00:07:27 | 00:07:31 | just gonna like do random little stuff |
00:07:29 | 00:07:33 | that never complete it so from you know |
00:07:31 | 00:07:35 | the first thing I do in the morning is I |
00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | don't lay in bed I don't check my phone |
00:07:35 | 00:07:38 | I don't do any of that from my bed I |
00:07:36 | 00:07:40 | walk out of my room go sit down on my |
00:07:38 | 00:07:42 | desk with my laptop and this list and I |
00:07:40 | 00:07:44 | take a look at and I immediately am |
00:07:42 | 00:07:45 | started on that so I like to walk just |
00:07:44 | 00:07:47 | to get the blood flowing you know get |
00:07:45 | 00:07:47 | out of the room get a drink drink some |
00:07:47 | 00:07:49 | water |
00:07:47 | 00:07:51 | you know get the body moving and then |
00:07:49 | 00:07:52 | sit down yeah I have a very I have a |
00:07:51 | 00:07:55 | very similar thing like the night before |
00:07:52 | 00:07:56 | at least the last thing I do before like |
00:07:55 | 00:07:58 | I kind of call it quits is just like |
00:07:56 | 00:07:59 | write down everything cuz it's like |
00:07:58 | 00:08:01 | there's no worse feeling than like |
00:07:59 | 00:08:02 | sitting down at your desk or wherever |
00:08:01 | 00:08:05 | you're working and then to be like oh I |
00:08:02 | 00:08:06 | I have no idea what to do like you have |
00:08:05 | 00:08:09 | note your priorities just like or just |
00:08:06 | 00:08:11 | totally skewed you know for the hour in |
00:08:09 | 00:08:12 | the day you're a little bit kind of all |
00:08:11 | 00:08:14 | over the place so unless there's you |
00:08:12 | 00:08:17 | can't really make that list in the |
00:08:14 | 00:08:18 | morning so it's been interesting because |
00:08:17 | 00:08:20 | I used to not do that I was running my |
00:08:18 | 00:08:23 | companies for two years without doing it |
00:08:20 | 00:08:25 | and doing just fine but I have seen like |
00:08:23 | 00:08:27 | a lot of growth both in you know how |
00:08:25 | 00:08:29 | well I could focus my productivity but |
00:08:27 | 00:08:32 | also the business numbers as well Oh |
00:08:29 | 00:08:34 | literally just by having an 88 cent |
00:08:32 | 00:08:36 | notebook from Walmart so you know I |
00:08:34 | 00:08:38 | always save those notebooks I have pens |
00:08:36 | 00:08:39 | I save depends once they die because I'm |
00:08:38 | 00:08:41 | gonna frame them someday |
00:08:39 | 00:08:43 | did the best thing ever is like I just |
00:08:41 | 00:08:45 | like put it the year on the end they're |
00:08:43 | 00:08:47 | mine and I just love gold like the other |
00:08:45 | 00:08:48 | day when I was it cleaning my office and |
00:08:47 | 00:08:48 | I was just like going through the ones |
00:08:48 | 00:08:51 | for like |
00:08:48 | 00:08:53 | 14 2015 I'm like holy like I'm a |
00:08:51 | 00:08:54 | whole different person like I'm like the |
00:08:53 | 00:08:56 | things I was even writing I was like |
00:08:54 | 00:08:58 | well no you couldn't like scale as |
00:08:56 | 00:09:00 | quickly as you wanted to like your |
00:08:58 | 00:09:01 | mindset changes and you even the way you |
00:09:00 | 00:09:04 | write and stuff like it's just so good |
00:09:01 | 00:09:06 | to like look back on that later on yeah |
00:09:04 | 00:09:08 | you'll thank yourself a ton for that |
00:09:06 | 00:09:10 | yeah I write down numbers you know sales |
00:09:08 | 00:09:11 | measured commerce brands and different |
00:09:10 | 00:09:13 | amounts of money inside of their daily |
00:09:11 | 00:09:15 | weekly and monthly so I always tell my |
00:09:13 | 00:09:16 | friends know if they ever try to touch |
00:09:15 | 00:09:19 | my notebook or whatever like I will |
00:09:16 | 00:09:21 | punch you steal my laptop you know |
00:09:19 | 00:09:23 | because like you can't get that back |
00:09:21 | 00:09:26 | absolutely absolutely all right so our |
00:09:23 | 00:09:28 | fourth question how has a failure of |
00:09:26 | 00:09:31 | yours or an apparent value failure of |
00:09:28 | 00:09:33 | yours set you up for a later success and |
00:09:31 | 00:09:34 | do you have like a memorable failure |
00:09:33 | 00:09:37 | that you've had that you realize like |
00:09:34 | 00:09:39 | that it was actually a success and thank |
00:09:37 | 00:09:42 | God that that actually happened to you |
00:09:39 | 00:09:44 | yeah I mean there isn't one specifically |
00:09:42 | 00:09:45 | where I look in a positive light on the |
00:09:44 | 00:09:47 | failure you know I try to learn from |
00:09:45 | 00:09:50 | every situation whether it's a failure |
00:09:47 | 00:09:51 | or not a lot of my issues that I've ever |
00:09:50 | 00:09:53 | struggled with I think we'll get more |
00:09:51 | 00:09:55 | into this another question I think I |
00:09:53 | 00:09:56 | remember but um you know a lot of the |
00:09:55 | 00:09:58 | issues I've had is with people so the |
00:09:56 | 00:10:00 | people that I decide to let into my life |
00:09:58 | 00:10:02 | so I've had issues with people you know |
00:10:00 | 00:10:03 | ruining my businesses coming in there |
00:10:02 | 00:10:05 | and having you know processors be |
00:10:03 | 00:10:06 | disabled because they're not doing the |
00:10:05 | 00:10:08 | right things and you that's really |
00:10:06 | 00:10:10 | really affected both like the companies |
00:10:08 | 00:10:13 | that are trying to build but also issues |
00:10:10 | 00:10:15 | with you know just the direct money so |
00:10:13 | 00:10:16 | I've lost you know ecommerce friends of |
00:10:15 | 00:10:17 | mine that are doing three four hundred |
00:10:16 | 00:10:20 | thousand dollars a month and have been |
00:10:17 | 00:10:23 | and it just absolutely kills and so for |
00:10:20 | 00:10:24 | me it's you know I don't think a lot of |
00:10:23 | 00:10:26 | people anymore I'd do everything |
00:10:24 | 00:10:28 | basically by myself and it is very |
00:10:26 | 00:10:30 | cautious about that so you know moving |
00:10:28 | 00:10:31 | forward it's you know again whether I |
00:10:30 | 00:10:32 | have a good experience or a bad |
00:10:31 | 00:10:33 | experience I was trying to learn from |
00:10:32 | 00:10:35 | hands I had one issue I made a little |
00:10:33 | 00:10:36 | YouTube video about it I lost this store |
00:10:35 | 00:10:38 | that at the time was doing about a |
00:10:36 | 00:10:39 | quarter million a month with like 100k |
00:10:38 | 00:10:41 | in profit so he's doing really really |
00:10:39 | 00:10:44 | well and I was looking to scale it and |
00:10:41 | 00:10:46 | got shut that yeah it's funny yours is |
00:10:44 | 00:10:47 | like partner related to a saint same |
00:10:46 | 00:10:50 | thing with mine |
00:10:47 | 00:10:52 | like we had a seven figure business that |
00:10:50 | 00:10:54 | we ended up selling but uh same thing |
00:10:52 | 00:10:56 | just like bad partnerships and yeah |
00:10:54 | 00:10:57 | looking at it back I'm like crap like |
00:10:56 | 00:10:59 | man I wish I didn't do this I didn't do |
00:10:57 | 00:11:01 | this but it's like you're better off |
00:10:59 | 00:11:02 | just learning from it moving on putting |
00:11:01 | 00:11:03 | your energy |
00:11:02 | 00:11:06 | towards like your next project you know |
00:11:03 | 00:11:08 | yeah exactly you can't really get mad |
00:11:06 | 00:11:11 | and especially be made money it's like |
00:11:08 | 00:11:13 | oh yeah yeah but there's always gonna be |
00:11:11 | 00:11:14 | losses and you know those are in place I |
00:11:13 | 00:11:16 | believe everything happens for a reason |
00:11:14 | 00:11:18 | so you know it's either meant to Humble |
00:11:16 | 00:11:22 | you or get you to wake up and realize |
00:11:18 | 00:11:25 | something mm-hmm number 5 if you could |
00:11:22 | 00:11:29 | have one message reach a billion people |
00:11:25 | 00:11:31 | right now what would it say and why see |
00:11:29 | 00:11:33 | this is an interesting one if there's me |
00:11:31 | 00:11:35 | I always kind of look at myself and in |
00:11:33 | 00:11:36 | comparison and my goals I haven't done |
00:11:35 | 00:11:38 | much yet I'm just kind of getting |
00:11:36 | 00:11:40 | started you know for me the long-term |
00:11:38 | 00:11:41 | you know thing is ecommerce friends and |
00:11:40 | 00:11:43 | real estate so I'm kind of getting the |
00:11:41 | 00:11:45 | cash flow to really do those at a high |
00:11:43 | 00:11:47 | level so if I can do what I've done so |
00:11:45 | 00:11:49 | far with how much I struggle with |
00:11:47 | 00:11:51 | focusing and distractions are like from |
00:11:49 | 00:11:54 | where I come from if I can do that I |
00:11:51 | 00:11:55 | guarantee you someone else can they just |
00:11:54 | 00:11:57 | have to be willing to put in the work so |
00:11:55 | 00:11:59 | my message for people is just about |
00:11:57 | 00:12:01 | anything you want to do you can do it it |
00:11:59 | 00:12:02 | sounds a little cliche but I always |
00:12:01 | 00:12:04 | recommend you know bring it back to the |
00:12:02 | 00:12:06 | basics like for me you know writing |
00:12:04 | 00:12:07 | something down in a notebook it's so |
00:12:06 | 00:12:09 | simple I have friends who make a lot of |
00:12:07 | 00:12:11 | money with their businesses and they |
00:12:09 | 00:12:13 | laugh at that no usually younger people |
00:12:11 | 00:12:14 | who do stuff online but like you'll see |
00:12:13 | 00:12:16 | a lot of really successful business |
00:12:14 | 00:12:17 | people do that usually who are a little |
00:12:16 | 00:12:18 | bit older like write stuff down |
00:12:17 | 00:12:21 | physically so anything that you're |
00:12:18 | 00:12:23 | trying to do just really really try and |
00:12:21 | 00:12:24 | give very practikal about what you have |
00:12:23 | 00:12:27 | to do just step one step two step three |
00:12:24 | 00:12:29 | and just execute upon that is you can do |
00:12:27 | 00:12:32 | anything you want to do awesome awesome |
00:12:29 | 00:12:35 | totally agree so number six what is one |
00:12:32 | 00:12:38 | of the best investments you've ever made |
00:12:35 | 00:12:41 | so this is a great great question for me |
00:12:38 | 00:12:43 | because I kind of have a two parter to |
00:12:41 | 00:12:45 | this okay so I'm not someone who likes |
00:12:43 | 00:12:47 | to spend a lot of money and this is just |
00:12:45 | 00:12:49 | my personality you know I'll spend it on |
00:12:47 | 00:12:51 | the business if it needs it but usually |
00:12:49 | 00:12:53 | I hold back so there's two times where I |
00:12:51 | 00:12:55 | spent money that actually helped me huge |
00:12:53 | 00:12:58 | number one was when I was 17 I moved to |
00:12:55 | 00:13:00 | Los Angeles so I dropped out of school I |
00:12:58 | 00:13:01 | moved across the country underage and |
00:13:00 | 00:13:04 | naturally there's expenses that come |
00:13:01 | 00:13:06 | with that so that was my first real like |
00:13:04 | 00:13:08 | wave with new expenses right so all |
00:13:06 | 00:13:10 | these expenses but it helped me grow so |
00:13:08 | 00:13:11 | much you know most people like wait why |
00:13:10 | 00:13:13 | can't you just run your business from |
00:13:11 | 00:13:15 | your parents basement and you totally |
00:13:13 | 00:13:17 | can but when I'm around |
00:13:15 | 00:13:20 | all these people and like all these nice |
00:13:17 | 00:13:23 | things and these inspiring locations for |
00:13:20 | 00:13:25 | me it helped me grow the business I mean |
00:13:23 | 00:13:28 | that is so para fide I think like like |
00:13:25 | 00:13:30 | people wind that because like it's funny |
00:13:28 | 00:13:31 | like a lot of people they don't want to |
00:13:30 | 00:13:33 | let you have to level up your life and |
00:13:31 | 00:13:35 | like sometimes with like you said like |
00:13:33 | 00:13:37 | the expenses like guess what you're hurt |
00:13:35 | 00:13:38 | you have to pay them either way and |
00:13:37 | 00:13:40 | you're gonna figure it out right and |
00:13:38 | 00:13:41 | it's better to put that kind of like |
00:13:40 | 00:13:45 | pressure start putting that pressure on |
00:13:41 | 00:13:47 | yourself right to to make it happen but |
00:13:45 | 00:13:49 | sorry go ahead yeah no sorry I didn't do |
00:13:47 | 00:13:52 | anything crazy like a bunch of money and |
00:13:49 | 00:13:54 | going to Gucci like a Gucci so for me |
00:13:52 | 00:13:55 | it's just you know every other thing and |
00:13:54 | 00:13:57 | I started I wanted to live in California |
00:13:55 | 00:13:59 | always the goal since day one like since |
00:13:57 | 00:14:01 | I was 13 like that's my first business |
00:13:59 | 00:14:03 | goal so I made that half which is really |
00:14:01 | 00:14:05 | cool and you know that was a big set of |
00:14:03 | 00:14:07 | expenses but it helped me grow and then |
00:14:05 | 00:14:10 | the second one was about 9 or 10 months |
00:14:07 | 00:14:11 | ago I was really being overworked just |
00:14:10 | 00:14:13 | by myself you know because I don't |
00:14:11 | 00:14:14 | really hire out much stuff wanted to |
00:14:13 | 00:14:15 | keep the profit margin really high and |
00:14:14 | 00:14:17 | just I'm like ok I'll do all the work |
00:14:15 | 00:14:18 | myself but you can only do that for so |
00:14:17 | 00:14:20 | long |
00:14:18 | 00:14:22 | so in about two weeks time I hired |
00:14:20 | 00:14:24 | enough people to bring on about twenty |
00:14:22 | 00:14:26 | three thousand dollars a month in |
00:14:24 | 00:14:28 | payroll expenses so this is huge true |
00:14:26 | 00:14:30 | because I had never really paid people a |
00:14:28 | 00:14:32 | lot of money to do stuff and it was a |
00:14:30 | 00:14:34 | big expense that was all right I'm gonna |
00:14:32 | 00:14:36 | validate this because for me if I'm |
00:14:34 | 00:14:37 | paying twenty three thousand a month to |
00:14:36 | 00:14:39 | these employees that they can create at |
00:14:37 | 00:14:41 | least forty six thousand a month which |
00:14:39 | 00:14:43 | they did if they could at least create |
00:14:41 | 00:14:45 | that my profit is lower but the overall |
00:14:43 | 00:14:48 | net profit is higher you know it's just |
00:14:45 | 00:14:49 | on that new money so for me I'll give |
00:14:48 | 00:14:51 | you an example like you know you might |
00:14:49 | 00:14:53 | have one hundred percent profit or |
00:14:51 | 00:14:54 | whatever a business and something you're |
00:14:53 | 00:14:56 | doing you know you might go from zero to |
00:14:54 | 00:14:57 | a hundred thousand a month and then in |
00:14:56 | 00:14:59 | order to go from a hundred to two |
00:14:57 | 00:15:00 | hundred you have to bring on a lot more |
00:14:59 | 00:15:03 | expenses but as long as you still |
00:15:00 | 00:15:05 | profiting it's additional margin is |
00:15:03 | 00:15:06 | lower but your top-line is higher so it |
00:15:05 | 00:15:08 | makes sense it was just so hard for me |
00:15:06 | 00:15:09 | to overcome that because you always hear |
00:15:08 | 00:15:11 | the same you know you got to spend money |
00:15:09 | 00:15:13 | to make money and it's true but it's |
00:15:11 | 00:15:14 | such a big level like that where I'm |
00:15:13 | 00:15:17 | spending like a quarter million a year |
00:15:14 | 00:15:19 | on employees that was hard for me yeah |
00:15:17 | 00:15:22 | that's like something that we you know |
00:15:19 | 00:15:23 | there's so many pros to it that like we |
00:15:22 | 00:15:26 | probably we spend you know good amount |
00:15:23 | 00:15:27 | every single month as well on employees |
00:15:26 | 00:15:28 | I'm like |
00:15:27 | 00:15:31 | but like you have to think about it it's |
00:15:28 | 00:15:33 | like the time they save you right like |
00:15:31 | 00:15:35 | even you know hiring certain experts |
00:15:33 | 00:15:37 | that are better than you at a partikular |
00:15:35 | 00:15:39 | you know task instead of kind of |
00:15:37 | 00:15:41 | overwhelming you you know as the CEO of |
00:15:39 | 00:15:42 | your business and taking you out of that |
00:15:41 | 00:15:44 | like creative space of like launching |
00:15:42 | 00:15:46 | new products launching new offers or |
00:15:44 | 00:15:47 | whatever you need to be doing so and |
00:15:46 | 00:15:48 | that's the interesting piece it's not |
00:15:47 | 00:15:51 | even just the financial you know I was |
00:15:48 | 00:15:52 | working 14 to 16 hours a day every day |
00:15:51 | 00:15:54 | and I had no problem doing it always it |
00:15:52 | 00:15:56 | go workaholic but still it's like it's |
00:15:54 | 00:15:57 | only sustainable to so long and it's |
00:15:56 | 00:15:59 | taking up your creative power so for me |
00:15:57 | 00:16:01 | when I kind of stopped doing that I got |
00:15:59 | 00:16:03 | this whole influx of time yeah it was |
00:16:01 | 00:16:04 | kind of spending that on new projects |
00:16:03 | 00:16:06 | that get me excited I'm able to travel |
00:16:04 | 00:16:07 | and kind of take a step back and you |
00:16:06 | 00:16:09 | know enjoy life while still of course |
00:16:07 | 00:16:11 | working like eight to ten hours a day |
00:16:09 | 00:16:12 | and getting everything done but it |
00:16:11 | 00:16:14 | really has helped me and I'm working on |
00:16:12 | 00:16:17 | some really cool fun projects oh |
00:16:14 | 00:16:19 | definitely awesome man all right number |
00:16:17 | 00:16:21 | 7s our final one well it's one piece of |
00:16:19 | 00:16:24 | advice that you would give to somebody |
00:16:21 | 00:16:27 | that's an aspiring seven eight figure |
00:16:24 | 00:16:29 | ecommerce business owner this is a good |
00:16:27 | 00:16:32 | one I would say personally from my own |
00:16:29 | 00:16:33 | experience whatever you think is going |
00:16:32 | 00:16:36 | to be the hardest part of getting there |
00:16:33 | 00:16:37 | is not going to be so people were |
00:16:36 | 00:16:39 | starting to e-commerce be like Oh |
00:16:37 | 00:16:40 | Facebook Ads and it's really not that |
00:16:39 | 00:16:42 | difficult a kind of learn you get the |
00:16:40 | 00:16:43 | hang of it out of scale when you're |
00:16:42 | 00:16:45 | scaling to a million there's no |
00:16:43 | 00:16:48 | difference in really going to three so |
00:16:45 | 00:16:50 | for me I ran into other issues mostly |
00:16:48 | 00:16:52 | people yeah and that usually led to |
00:16:50 | 00:16:54 | issues with processors having problems |
00:16:52 | 00:16:55 | with that I realized I can't use stripe |
00:16:54 | 00:16:57 | for everything I do I can't you shop by |
00:16:55 | 00:16:59 | payments which is stripe just not doable |
00:16:57 | 00:17:01 | so you know I was running into reserve |
00:16:59 | 00:17:03 | issues holds and all these things so you |
00:17:01 | 00:17:04 | know having either really set up an |
00:17:03 | 00:17:06 | actual company and having the real |
00:17:04 | 00:17:08 | accounts of proof which take a long time |
00:17:06 | 00:17:10 | so for me it was mostly people with if |
00:17:08 | 00:17:12 | you want to scale double-check who your |
00:17:10 | 00:17:14 | partner is if you have one double check |
00:17:12 | 00:17:16 | who you're hiring you know I hired all |
00:17:14 | 00:17:18 | those people all of them except for two |
00:17:16 | 00:17:20 | right now or fired and I've hired on a |
00:17:18 | 00:17:22 | lot more new people you know I've fired |
00:17:20 | 00:17:24 | so quick because yeah in my opinion |
00:17:22 | 00:17:26 | people kind of get an egotistikal this |
00:17:24 | 00:17:28 | and add they stopped working and it just |
00:17:26 | 00:17:29 | kind of bothers me so you know there's |
00:17:28 | 00:17:31 | there's always going to be issues but |
00:17:29 | 00:17:33 | you can't always foresee them so for me |
00:17:31 | 00:17:34 | I'd never expected the problems of |
00:17:33 | 00:17:36 | getting to like seven on the way to |
00:17:34 | 00:17:39 | eight figures to be the ones that they |
00:17:36 | 00:17:43 | you know it's not like an actual scaling |
00:17:39 | 00:17:45 | issue you know yeah it's like I didn't |
00:17:43 | 00:17:46 | expect that I'd have to I kind of I |
00:17:45 | 00:17:48 | guess I would have assumed but I think |
00:17:46 | 00:17:50 | oh I'm have to hire 30 people to get to |
00:17:48 | 00:17:53 | this number but you need more people to |
00:17:50 | 00:17:54 | be doing stuff yeah yeah get a system |
00:17:53 | 00:17:56 | that works on a small scale and just |
00:17:54 | 00:17:58 | expand up mm-hm absolutely well dude |
00:17:56 | 00:18:00 | thank you for for taking some time to |
00:17:58 | 00:18:02 | come here and drop some value with |
00:18:00 | 00:18:04 | everyone if you guys have any questions |
00:18:02 | 00:18:05 | obviously drop a comment down below on |
00:18:04 | 00:18:07 | this video |
00:18:05 | 00:18:09 | but Hayden where can people kind of get |
00:18:07 | 00:18:10 | in contact with you learn more what kind |
00:18:09 | 00:18:11 | of already said hey check out his |
00:18:10 | 00:18:12 | youtube channel but is there anywhere |
00:18:11 | 00:18:15 | else you'd want people to check you out |
00:18:12 | 00:18:17 | yeah YouTube's probably the best places |
00:18:15 | 00:18:19 | of right now I'm on there three times a |
00:18:17 | 00:18:21 | week and then Instagram I try to reply |
00:18:19 | 00:18:22 | to as many Instagram DMS as I can was |
00:18:21 | 00:18:25 | enough like a half-hour this morning at |
00:18:22 | 00:18:28 | the airport but uh yeah Instagram is |
00:18:25 | 00:18:29 | just my last name at fold wles so feel |
00:18:28 | 00:18:30 | free to hit me up there message me if |
00:18:29 | 00:18:32 | you have any questions love to help you |
00:18:30 | 00:18:34 | out awesome thanks again for coming on |
00:18:32 | 00:18:36 | man yeah thanks you know what's going on |
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