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Shaping Destiny Through Connections: Dan Flores' Leap from Construction to Coaching Mastery

• Coach Rob • Season 1 • Episode 32

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Ever felt like you're on a path that just doesn't resonate with your deepest aspirations? Join us as guest Dan Flores shares his electrifying shift from a stable career in construction to the high stakes of entrepreneurship and personal development. Discover how a single book, "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone, catapulted him into a life where fostering dynamic connections and embracing personal growth became his blueprint for success.

Networking isn't just about exchanging business cards; it's about crafting the narrative of your life. In this episode, we unravel the stories behind the serendipitous meetings that shaped Dan's journey, diving into the pivotal marketing event that led him to the solar industry and his creation of a transformational coaching program. Listen as we reveal the invaluable lessons learned from engaging with go-getters like Dylan Smith and Sean Crane, and how these connections can dramatically steer your life's trajectory.

As we wrap up this inspiring conversation, I reflect on my own transitions—from solitary home workouts to thriving gym communities, and from a disdain for running to conquering marathons. We also give you an inside look at the Warrior Mindset Program, designed to help you conquer your own personal hills across seven critical areas of life. Whether you're looking to fortify your fitness, enrich family ties, or just find your 'why,' this episode is a treasure map to investing in yourself and the boundless benefits of networking. Join us on this adventure of self-discovery and leave with the tools to sculpt a life that excites you every single day.

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Speaker 1:

What's going on? I got Buddy Dan on today, man. We just got back from an awesome weekend, so I know I'm still pretty amped up, but how are you doing, man? We're halfway through the week time of the recording. What's going on with you, man?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, man, speaking of that event, it was definitely a lot of value that Carl and Brandon dropped on that. But yeah, right now, honestly, dude, we're actually me and the team. I work for a solar company, so, me and the team, we're getting ready to ramp up. We fly out to California on Friday, so usually around this week is the time where we kind of just buckle down and we get all our team meetings situated. So I'm also trying to kind of figure out and make sure that I take care of my personal stuff here as well before I head out.

Speaker 1:

Oh, dude, I totally hear you when California you're flying to.

Speaker 2:

So right now we're going to be hitting the San Jose area. Oh okay, San Jose yeah.

Speaker 1:

I don't know anything about California. I'm actually heading there Friday myself. It's my first time I'm flying to San Francisco actually, so it should be good.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, go for you.

Speaker 1:

Well, before we get like off topic here, would you mind? I know your story and a little bit about your background and who you are, but maybe some of our audience members might not know who Dan Flores is. Do you mind going a little bit into who you are, what it is you do and how you help the people that you help?

Speaker 2:

Of course. So my name is Dan Flores. I am a mindset and life coach. I'm also a motivational speaker. I tie in a little bit into real estate and I'm also, as I just mentioned, the most recent thing I've done is get into sales, primarily in the solar industry, which is a pretty good opportunity for me and really my story is. In the past it was just pretty much like everyone else, right. I lived about the most average life that you can live. It was just like everyone else. Growing up, I was told to go to school, graduate, major in something right and then find a career that will secure you for the rest of your life. So that was pretty much my backstory. Again, it was as much of an average life as you can live.

Speaker 2:

But, over time. It didn't take long until I joined the construction industry, believe it or not, as what I majored in out of all things. So it didn't take me long until I got to that industry where I realized, yeah, I don't think that's going to work like for the rest of my life. So the thing is, because I went to school for seven years for this it's something that I was trying to figure out if I can suck it up, because I didn't want to sacrifice seven years and then pay off for school and everything if I wasn't going to do that. So I was willing to give it a shot. But the more I stood in that industry, the more I wanted to get out of it. So I knew over time it was not for me and that feeling wasn't getting any better.

Speaker 2:

So I'm thinking to myself well, if it's not going to be construction, what am I going to do for the rest of my life? So it's funny, my, it actually took a few years for me to figure this out, but my brother actually got what part?

Speaker 1:

sorry to cut you off, but where what part of the journey like how far into schooling, where you were like, hey, I don't want to do this anymore, or when did they even click in, you're like I don't even know if I kind of want to do this anymore. Did you get all the way through seven years? Or?

Speaker 2:

Correct. Yeah, so I got through the seven years. I actually got my internship on the last semester of school and then that internship is kind of what got my foot through the door. And construction. That company kept me around for two years before I worked for other. I worked for a total of five construction companies, so I've kind of so it was like nine.

Speaker 1:

So you basically were nine years in the industry or learning about the industry, and then you were like damn, I need to do something different.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I was in it for about 10 years or so but I realized it wasn't for me at around probably year two or three. Right, I already finished school. I was in the industry for about two to three years at that point and at that point I realized, man, this doesn't feel right. But I'm going to suck it up because I sacrificed so much to get to this point. Let me at least give it a chance, give it another year or two. But, like I said, the more I stayed in that industry, the more I want to get out of it. It just it just didn't feel right for me.

Speaker 2:

And what got me into construction? Actually, when I was a kid I used to build a lot of things with my hands. You know, I used to help my dad remodel the house a little bit. So I was really good in terms like with woodwork and helping, just just helping out repairs around the house. So that's kind of what got me into construction, you know. But you know, doing no in a, in a in a house, is a little bit different than building an Amazon warehouse, you know. So it's a little bit bigger of a headache.

Speaker 2:

And then so, two or three years, I realized that it wasn't. It's funny because when I was when I was about 30, my brother got me my first entrepreneurial book, which was the 10 X rule by Grant Cardone. Right, that is the the first really entrepreneurial book I ever read, and that kind of created a chain reaction that led me into this entrepreneurial journey, right. So I started with that one book. I was hooked with it. So I started following us a grant guys like Tony Robbins, robert Kiyosaki, guys like that and then I went from reading books to buying online courses, to attending networking events and then that's kind of like it was just a snowball effect after that.

Speaker 1:

Nice. And then what kind of what got you? What was the next step after that? Like, how did you decide that you wanted to get into solar and then mindset coaching and things like that? Cause you wear a lot of different hats, man. You're doing a lot of different things.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah. So at that time I was into real estate, but I kind of put real estate on the backseat at that point because I want to focus on other things. So I actually didn't get into coaching and solar until very recently. I actually got into that last year, but I was. I actually started a print on the e-commerce business, a print on demand business for for t-shirts, which which is still running, and then going through these events.

Speaker 2:

It's funny because even as I was getting into this entrepreneur journey, I still didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, what my purpose was. Like I knew it was, it was coming Right. Like I felt a little bit better once I got into this side of the avenue where I started talking to other high level people, high, credible people, and once I started doing that, like my mind just got creative Okay, well, maybe you could do this or you could do that. So I actually met Brandon in an event in 2022. Right, it was a marketing event. That's where. That's where I met Brandon and, go figure, he's from Connecticut, just like me, which I didn't know, right, and I'm like, oh man, this is crazy. Like after this event, we should we should definitely keep in touch and luckily Brandon was throwing events here as well, which made it easier for me to keep in touch with him and attend his events and stuff like that. And through one of his, through one of his events, I actually met Dylan Smith, and you know now me and Dylan connected and I went to a couple of Dylan's events as well. The first event of Dylan's that I went to is actually where I met my now coach, sean Crane, and Sean is a really big catalyst into me becoming the man I am today. Right, it's, it's through him that I was able to figure out my all like coaching program, come up with it and just build it up and now I'm launching.

Speaker 2:

I launched it last year and then the whole solar thing kind of just happened because I actually got out of construction last year. Last year was my last year in construction and in Sean's group there was this guy that was in the solar industry. Like none of this stuff was planned right, I had no intention of going in the solar industry, but there was this guy that that was on Sean's team and he was a listen, I think you, you, I think you'll be perfect for sales. I was in the construction industry has to have a few contacts I can. I can get you in if you want, and I was like sure, just you know, text me, you know, text me who to call you. Put me in link with one of the other guys that he used to network with, and from there one thing just led to another, and solar was like the newest thing that I was doing.

Speaker 1:

Nice. Yeah, you mentioned you mentioned a couple of good buddies of mine. Dylan has been on the show, brandon obviously has been on the show and haven't had Sean on the show yet, but it's crazy, crazy that he became such a great influence in your life because Sean actually was a part of a group that I was in back in like 2020. So we knew each other back then and we'd lost connection over the years. And then at Dylan's event, when we showed the stage afterwards, we were kind of talking where I was like man, you seem so familiar, I feel like I know you from somewhere. And then we like looked each other up and, sure enough, we were friends on social media and it's just the.

Speaker 1:

It's just like the power of like coincidence. I guess I, if you believe in coincidence. It's more of like just how crazy the small world is and how connections help out in extreme ways, like now you're traveling to California for the solar business solely through connections on people.

Speaker 2:

So exactly Exactly. I always tell the story that if it wasn't for Dylan, I would have never met Sean, and if it wasn't for Brandon I would have never met Dylan. And that event that I met branded in check this out. Right, this was two years ago.

Speaker 2:

I was actually contemplating on going to that event because I was still working in construction and I didn't know. I didn't know if I could get the time off. I didn't know what my company thought about it. Actually, the timing of that was in the summertime and construction usually higher in the summertime here in Connecticut, so there wasn't really a good time for me to go right. But I made the decision after going back and forth with the sales rep who was trying to get me into the event for a few weeks after going back and forth for a few weeks I was. I finally made the commitment to buy my ticket, I booked my flight that day and I reserved my hotel that day as well. So I fully committed. And to think, if I never went to that event, me and you probably wouldn't even be talking right now.

Speaker 1:

No, yeah, that's so true, it's wild. Yeah, so your big action taker I can see and, just knowing you from the past year or two, you're you're always constantly go, go, go go. I wanted to ask you, have you, have you always been like that, a type of person who just kind of like dives in and goes, because I know, I know you, when you commit to something, you, you go pretty hard with it too. So, yeah, share a little bit about that.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. So, to answer your question, no, I was not always like that. As I mentioned earlier. You actually asked me earlier that's what people in?

Speaker 2:

Second, whenever I connect with people, or whether we felt the media or in person, I always try to look for the the younger version of me, right? The younger version of me, when I was either in high school or my early 20s, was not an action taker. I was a procrastinator. In the summer times where we had where we would be off from school, I would literally play video games till like 2 3 in the morning and I'd be sleeping till like noon time, wake up, eat a little bit and then go right back to plan, right? I had no goals or desires or vision to Impact my life, let alone impact anyone else's life.

Speaker 2:

As I mentioned, I live the most average life possible where I just I didn't think about the future. You know, and at that, at that time too, when you're that young, you think you have all the time in the world, right? You're like, oh, I'll just do it, I'll do it next year, I'll do it next year. I'm only, I'm only 19, I'm only 20, like I don't have to take things seriously until I'm 30, you know, but now that I am in my 30s I really wish I didn't do that. So whenever I connect with someone, when you try to feel them and hear the story out because if there anything the way it was, then the perfect guy, okay, okay, we'll get them out with that for sure.

Speaker 2:

And then like I said, once I got to know this whole personal development thing, that's really when I started to implement the proper deal. That's right, that's. We're really like my sex shifted little bit little and started to take things like working out seriously. I started to get up earlier, go to bed late, go to bed earlier, I wake up earlier, you know. I started writing my goals down, figuring out, figuring out what my goals are, and Because the thing is to, my parents are actually getting older dude, so it's really up to me and my brother to kind of carry on our family's legacy and put our family in a good position in the future. So it was really time for me to buckle down and and really figure out exactly what I'm gonna do for the rest of my life, because it was at that point.

Speaker 1:

It was, it was a serious decision that had to make, you know, yeah, so yeah, you mentioned Routines and and habits and kind of getting into working out and fitness. I know I know that's been a big part of your life. What, what can you share about how training kind of has helped build mental and physical resiliency With you?

Speaker 2:

yes, specifically yeah. So let me start off by saying that the most, in my opinion, the most important I mean you could ever build for yourself is fitness, is working out. Right, because working out helps you out in so many areas in your life. If you think of it from a physical level, obviously your muscles get stronger, bone density gets stronger. You just become a better mentally as well, right, mentally, you have more confidence, you're more aware, you're more alert. And if you work out in the morning which is what I recommend is working out first thing in the morning it sets you up for the rest of your day, right, so you get to use that energy and motivation. It reduces stress level, it reduces anxiety, it reduces oppression. Right, because the more confident you feel about yourself, the better your life is going to turn out. Right. And it's funny because lately I've really been tapping in Working out to my spirituality as well, you know, because the more I believe in myself, the more I'm going to believe in God and what he's doing for me and that he's putting me in the correct and the correct path. If I show up at the gym, then if you're able to show up at the gym, that you could show up for your family, right. So really working out is.

Speaker 2:

It's funny I I was talking about this earlier how there's there's people who work out and then there's people who really work out right. There's people who kind of just go in there and, well, you know, let's see how today goes, let's see if I'm going to make it and then there's people who actually go in there with a mission and a purpose and the intention To not just work out but to change their life. Right? Because if you look at fitness beyond fitness, you have to look at it in terms of you're building a lifestyle, you're building your future, right? So that's the way I see fitness and that's why I go all in when I'm at the gym, from the minute I start, from the to the minute I finish, I go all super in. Man. It's. It's not really an ego thing, it's not because I want to be loud at the gym or show off at the gym. I'm doing it for me, so I could show up, become the best version of myself for those around me, anyone that I can inspire, and especially my family.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, dude, I love that. I love that so much, and, if you remember from my talk this past weekend, I use fitness as the first pillar from my coaching program as well, and not just because it helps people lose shit, lose weight and get in shape and get stronger, but it builds that confidence and competency in yourself. So then, once you build that trust within yourself, then you can start to put trust in others and others, people can put the trust in you, and it's the first step in building Relationships, whether it's business, personal, whatever it might be. So I totally agree with you on that. Let me ask you, though, because starting fitness, starting getting into the gym, it could be intimidating and it could be crazy, and I try to tell people all the time that it doesn't you don't have to start with a home run. You don't have to start with a marathon like what, what can you do to kind of get rolling like you got any Experience and just kind of rolling through with things?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so a couple, a couple of tips. Number one very, very important, because this this is very common, especially for beginners. You have to the gym is no place for your ego. You have to leave your ego at the door, right, you have to understand that you are gonna make mistakes, that Maybe you're not going. You have to, over over time and experience, you're gonna figure out like a workout plan and stuff like that, but in the beginning you might not really know what you're doing, and that's okay.

Speaker 2:

So there's a few ways to get around that. Right, always, having a workout plan is always a good idea, right? You don't want to just go in there and not know what you're doing or how you're doing it. So you could do that a couple of different ways. You could do your own research.

Speaker 2:

What I would, I recommend, is, is just hiring a fitness coach, right. And if you, if you don't have the money to hire a fitness coach, there are people at the gym, believe it or not, who will be happy to give you tips. Right, the gym isn't like it can be intimidating, but, believe it or not, there's people at the gym who get it. Man, you know, we all started somewhere. We were all beginners at some point, right. So if you just if you what I would say is Figure out who's crushing it at the gym and start hanging around those people, start asking those people questions, right, and, like I said, you can either get a coach or you can just train with the people or from the people that that are there. But definitely get your ego out the way. Don't be afraid to ask for help, don't be afraid to ask for a spot, or don't meet those people who are like shy to even ask for spotting. I you know. So you definitely want to make it a point to be friends with the people at the gym, for sure.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. So what did you do when you were first getting in like into the routine of things? You just jump out and day one and like Run in a hundred miles and then lift in 500 pounds. Like what was it like for you when you first started out?

Speaker 2:

Yeah. So, believe it or not, actually when I first started working out, I did a little bit in high school, but when I really started working out, like in my early 20s, I actually started with within home training. You know, I did like the whole P90x, I did insanity, I did all those home programs so, and then Over time I started going to the gym and that's basically what I did. I just started to connect with with the people there and what I would do after is I would watch, like I would watch certain people do certain things, like certain moves or exercises, and then I'll remember that. And then if I was able, if I was ever doing those same things, I would like kind of like okay, how are their feet planted, how much weight are they carrying, how are they bending their arms or the legs. So I would be very observant at first when I was at the gym, to see who's doing what and what workouts can I implement Right, and then from there I started to talk to them a little bit more. Hey, you know, I saw you doing this. You know, can you spot me real quick on that? And then, when it comes to the marathon, actually that's, that's a whole story in a in of itself.

Speaker 2:

When I was in high school, dude, you know, we had those mild runs, right, those, those mild, those tests we had to do, and Before the actual test, we would always do practice runs to kind of prepare us. We did that for a couple weeks, for about a month or two, and At that's, at that time, I was only lifting weights, my cardio sucked. I was not a runner, I was not property conditioned at all, and Every time we would do these practice miles, dude, it would get annoying because I couldn't finish one mile without either Stopping or throwing up. Afterwards, you know, I became extremely nauseous.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Just because it wasn't something I did every day, dude, it just wasn't. You know, the only time I did it was just for the, to practice for the test. So the thing, too, is that we would always have lunch after we ran, after gym class, and I never went to lunch like the rest of the kids because I was just nauseous. I didn't really want to eat. So I was kind of either in a classroom or the nurse's office trying to recover, and that's kind of what traumatized me from running at all. I spent the rest of my teens not running, up my entire 20s, not running at all, and what happened was that the moment that changed, that was last year, 2023 I made the commitment to become the best version of myself. So I'm doing kind of like this self-check on certain things that I have to conquer, certain challenges that were stopping me, and, of course, one of them was running, and I'm like damn, like, how can I get around this? Like I just kept thinking about high school. I'm like man, I really don't want to run, I really don't want to go through that, but but I knew deep down inside I had to face that fear at some point. So what I did was. I started by running one mile, right, so I would do one might not do a male page, I wouldn't be rushing anything. And I started by doing one mile and I'll do that for a few, for a couple weeks, and then I'll do two miles. I'll do that for a couple weeks and every few weeks I would add a mile or two, and it was. It took. It took about two months or so. I started getting into the five miles, eight miles to ten miles, and it's funny because once I got to the ten miles, the one miles were like nothing to me, right, and I'm reflect this, with me reflecting right, literally. I'm thinking about this stuff and it's like man, like how, like how can this happen? And it's only been a few months and it's like I'm running for years, you know.

Speaker 2:

So once I hit, once I hit the, I was thinking to myself. I was like I had the craziest idea why don't I join a marathon? Like, oh my god, this is not, this is not a marathon. I'm like what do you think of this? So I actually started off running two marathons to prepare for them, for the full marathon. The two have marathons completed. Those fell fantastic. And then at that point I signed up for my full marathon, ran that and it was. It was incredible. I'll never forget the feeling I had when I crossed the finish line in a 26.2 mile race. You Right where earlier in the same year? Right, this is. This is within a time span of 10 months. Earlier that year, I could even run one mile.

Speaker 2:

And now I'm crushing now I'm crushing 26 26, but I got. I got emotional at the end. It was an emotional moment for me, for sure.

Speaker 1:

I bet man. Well, first of all, congratulations, because that's a feat in in and of itself and I totally, I totally understand that. It's like you just have such an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment and pride and Excitement and your body probably feels like crap because it's like destroyed from all the miles, but at the same time you're still happy and joyful. So that's insane, how and that must have been huge for your confidence too. So that must have just elevated your game to the next level too, right.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah. It's funny because I Was. I was thinking to myself as soon as I as that, as soon as I was across the finish line, actually on my way home from the marathon, I'm thinking to myself. I'm like, if I could do this, what else can I do? So now I'm starting to create like a checklist. What else can I do? Well, I'm afraid of heights. So what I did was I started to start a rock climbing, started rock climbing to take care of my inferior heights. I Was nervous speaking in front of crowds. So what did I do? I joined a public speaking school. Right, I started doing live videos on Facebook and Instagram. I'm doing podcasts like how I'm doing with you. It's, it's. I'm just I'm trying to get myself more out there. So it's crazy once, once you gain confidence from one thing, that can really build momentum to attack other things as well, that's holding you back.

Speaker 1:

Dude. I love that too, because I'm in the process. I mentioned it in my talk when I was talking about the fitness and how that I Prioritized that as the first pillar because it builds the three C's, and I go on to talking about how I've already mentioned Confidence, that's, your ability to do something. Confidence, which is, like other people, believing that you're gonna be able to do something. And then also creativity, because once you start achieving these goals and you develop that new sense of creativity like ooh, I did this, what's? How can I create something? Or how can I go for something? That's a little bit further, and you're like the perfect example of that. You're like, damn, what can I, what can I knock off? Next, you're like afraid of heights, boom, rock climbing, public speaking. I'm gonna do lives all day, all the time. I'm gonna join public speeding. Like dude, you're the perfect representation of that. That's awesome.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I appreciate it, man, Thank you. Thank you so much. I always appreciate your support, rob.

Speaker 1:

So what's, what's the next goal that you're working towards now? Because you conquer in public speaking. You conquered running, you've conquered some heights. What, what are you working towards now?

Speaker 2:

Yes. So a couple of things. I made it a go to To do 50 podcasts this year or more. My goal is to do more, but 50 minimum Again, to kind of get out there and share my message, because I think a lot of people could gain value from some of the stuff that's share. That's one thing. I also plan to run more marathons as well, and I would actually like to do some Spartan runs, you know, some Spartan races just because I want to do something different. You know I don't want to keep doing marathons. I want to kind of diverse myself and do other things as well. Obviously, I want to keep traveling, which includes going to California, south solar, and just continue promoting my, my coaching program and and just help people. Honestly, my goal this year, dude, in a nutshell, is to drop so much value and get in front of so many more people To hear my message. That's really my, my biggest, my, my biggest goal this year.

Speaker 1:

Man, I love that. Yeah, and I'm glad that you said the Spartan race too, because a couple years back I put together a team and I think there was like 12 of us in total and we did a Spartan race and that was. It was a challenge in itself prepping for it, but then also running it too, because we had people from all different skill levels and, yeah, and athletic ability and it was a. It was a fun time. So yeah.

Speaker 1:

I'll let you know because I got a couple people asking me about doing another Spartan race this year.

Speaker 2:

So if you're interested in joining us and be awesome to have you with us on the team there- yeah, yeah, just just just let me know ahead of time, just to make sure I'm available, because I do travel a lot too. But yeah, we could definitely go for that for sure.

Speaker 1:

Oh yeah, it'll have. Well, if I figure out a good day, I'll let you know. It'll totally be months in advance, because I got to make sure that I plug out a Fitness routine and gets everybody going, because you don't want to show up race day unprepared, right? Yeah, oh no, of course not. 100 preparations key, yeah exactly yeah.

Speaker 1:

So you were mentioning how that you want to drop a lot of value this year. You've got the goal of getting on all these podcasts and sharing, sharing your message, mm-hmm, well, like. So what is the message that you're looking to share? Is it, is it more about like the mindset in this, or is it about Like something else, or what are you looking to share with everybody?

Speaker 2:

Yeah. So if you think about what the average person does nowadays and again I think about the way I used to be right, a lot of people in today's society it's unfortunate, but a lot of people Think average Lee, right, they have an average life. They don't, they don't really plan for their future or having any goals in mind, and basically, my message to people is that they really, it's really important and they should. I recommend to put yourself in a much better position, push yourself in a much better advantage where you have a vision for the next 10 years that will help implement your life and and and excel you in so many different ways. Right, but in order to do that, you have to create the proper habits, you have to create the proper self-talk, you have to go to have goals, not just to have them, but they have to be big enough and they have to Compliment the future that you want, because a lot of people, their goals don't match the life that they want. Right, they just have these big goals for this year, okay, but how does that tie into 10 years from now? Right, are you becoming your elite self, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially? Right? So my again, my message for people is just to become the, a better version of themselves, hopefully the best version, and I really think I can help them out with that because, again, I, I seek people who used to be like me, right, and we're not purpose driven. Right, then, not think 10 years ahead, right, and if I knew then what I know now, I'd be in a completely different situation. But I, I really my goal is to help people that were like me so that they don't have to wait 10, 20 years to get to that point. You know what I mean and I really, I really want to mention this as well.

Speaker 2:

I mentioned earlier taking the ego out of the gym, right. You also want to take the ego out when it comes to something like this, right? There is nothing wrong with asking for help. Anyone who has ever been successful in life has never done it by themselves. I don't care what they say, right, they either did it with a scheme that they created and they trust it over time, or they did it by collaborating with other people, similar to what me and you are doing right now, right. But in order to, I guess, find a shortcut to this type of better life, if you will, you got to be able to work with other people. You cannot do this by yourself right Now. You can, and it's going to take you the rest of your life or you can collaborate with as many people as possible to help you get to that journey much quicker. Does that make sense?

Speaker 1:

Oh, dude, 100%. I've got a buddy of mine who used to be a really close friend and he was working his typical 9-5 job and then he started a side hustle and he was doing this thing and he got in such a terrible mindset that nobody could answer the emails better than he could, or no one could answer emails like he could. Yeah, and he totally bottlenecked himself in his business and I'm like, dude, you can't do this all by yourself. Like you're at a point now where you're not making as much money because you're not handling the inflow of orders. This is the time where you need to expand, you need to systematize and get some other people in to help you.

Speaker 1:

And he was just so frustrated and fixed on nobody can do this as well as me, yeah, and I'm like dude, there are a lot of people who can answer emails. That's not that difficult. And he just got stuck in that way and he's like I'm going to do this myself. I got the lone wolf mentality, I'm going to make it. I'm like, dude, you're not going to make it. I'm sorry, but he could just never get past that. And he's currently in the same situation.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's unfortunately, a lot of people are like that. We all, secretly, we all think that we're the best or whatever, but the truth is that there's always someone better than you. Now, we're always going to have in our back of our minds. If we're bringing other people into the team and we're training them to kind of fill a certain role, it's always going to be on the back of our minds what if he messes this up or they messes that up? But first of all, they're not going to learn unless they do it. And then also, it's very important that whoever you bring into your team shares your core values. All right, that's very, very important. They have to link up with you, not just physically in the workspace, but they have to link up with you mentally, emotionally. They have to believe what you believe in, right? That's the easiest way to find people that can fill the role that you're looking for.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so let me ask you what are your core values? What was that? What are your core values?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so my core values is fitness, mindset and relationships. Oh right, See.

Speaker 1:

And so I love that you were so well prepared with that and that's such a strong part is knowing your core values. But if you were to just go ask, I guarantee you, like eight out of the 10 people that you ask on the street, they're not going to have any idea of what their personal core values are. So, as somebody who actually I like to spend a lot of time thinking about what my values were and it was difficult at first because I wasn't sure and I didn't know how to figure that out but if someone came to you and they're asking, like, how do I figure out what it is that I find valuable? What do you tell them as, like, the first steps?

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

So in order to you kind of have to reverse engineer it in order to find out what you value now, you have to and this ties into the vision thing I mentioned earlier you have to figure out what type of life you want to live Right.

Speaker 2:

And once you figure out where you want to go, you have to reverse engineer it to figure out the type of person you need to become now, right. And within that journey, once you have that picture painted, it's going to be a little bit easier to find out what those core values should be. If those core values are not, if you're not currently implementing, though, that's okay. But figure out what they are first, and then you have to literally live. It has to be like the air you breathe. You have to live by those core values, no matter what, and sometimes that's going to include adjusting your daily habits. Sometimes that's going to include removing certain people from your life, right, but your core values is literally what's going to keep you going as you go, as you get towards this vision that you painted for yourself.

Speaker 1:

Nice, dude, I love that clarifying it up a little bit for me there.

Speaker 2:

I want to ask you?

Speaker 1:

I want to ask you a little bit because you, you, you launched that, your new coaching. Can you share a little bit about that and like what, what can people expect in your coaching and how does it flow? And just share a little bit about that?

Speaker 2:

Sure, of course. So my program is called the the Warrior Mindset Program, and it's an online course. It's a. It's a 16 video course where I also include exercises as well, so it's not just watching videos and that's it.

Speaker 2:

You actually have to think about certain things and in that video we go over things like the future foresight method, which is basically a fancy way of saying paint a picture of what you want your future to look like and then, like what we just said, right, reverse engineer from there. There's certain steps or questions you have to ask yourself in order to be able to do that. We also go through something called the GoParamet method, which is a method that allows you to define what your goals are, how to keep track of them and how to achieve them in the future. Right, because goals is heavily underestimated and it's one of the biggest things you can ever do for yourself. We also go through I speak a little bit about the seven areas of life because, believe it or not, a lot of people and we don't always do this on purpose, but most people focus on one or two areas in their life, but they don't.

Speaker 2:

They don't focus on all of them. They let the other suffer. So, for example, you could be great in fitness, you could go to the gym every single day, but you're not showing up for your family, right? Or you can make all the money in the world, but your mindset isn't really that great, right? So if you want to live the best life possible, a fulfilled life, in my opinion you have to be able to master all areas in your life. So I speak a little bit about what each area brings and how to tie into that stuff. And then we speak about self, self, proper self-talk, go, diving into your why and how you can use your why as pretty much your superpower to keep you going. And we talk about many, many other topics and Pretty much they would. What I do as well is I train them in per. You know, I train them directly as well. So they get me as a coach. We'll hop on a call a few times a week. Make sure that they're aligned with with everything that's in the program.

Speaker 1:

Oh, very cool. So you get the courses, you get the, the videos and the exercises, and then you get the coaching calls with you.

Speaker 2:

Correct. Yeah, so my goal is to just a hop on a call with people at least once or twice a week is very important to. It's not just here's the course. Good luck, right? It's very important for me as a coach to make sure that they succeed. It's my job to help them succeed, right? So yeah, Go ahead.

Speaker 1:

I was gonna say, yeah, I can see accountability is a strong part of of who you are working with your mentors and, like Sean crane, and just getting connected with a lot of other Individuals. So I can see that that accountability to yourself and to somebody else is very important to you and probably your coaching.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, 100% is very important, because what happens is, if you don't Stay on top of your other people, your coaching, they're gonna fall off, and you don't want to do that right. You want to provide them with the best service, the best value, and you want to be pretty much. You want to be able to help them change your life, and that's that's really. It's a long journey. It's not something that's gonna take three months or six months. You really have to stay with them, make sure they succeed in that.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, it's your life and you should be investing in it and taking good care of it. And taking good care and then the people that you look to get advice from and learn from it just makes it so much easier when they genuinely care about you and your success. I'm sure you've come into contact with people in the past Maybe who've just like they're just there to take the money and they're like all right, cool, thanks, see you later, kind of thing, and that's. That's just disheartening to the coaching Industry as a whole. But then, yeah, it's just a shame on a lot of these people because they get taken advantage of.

Speaker 2:

It is, it is to it. And it's funny because what also happens is when you don't Want to on connection, like people can have a ton of questions and they may not know how to handle it, so they. That's another way where they fall off right. So this way where we're kind of coaching, pause with them, either on the phone or through zoom, that can help them or help multiple people with the same issue. You know it's very, very, very easy to stay on top of that stuff, but you have to be able to stay connected with the people you're training.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I love that. Speaking of staying connected, dude, how do what would be the best place for people to tap in and contact you and follow you and what you're doing and Reach out to you if they're interested in coaching?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so the easiest way through through Instagram. My Instagram handle is Dan Flores lifestyle. Very simple, dan Flores lifestyle, and if there's any way that I can help you guys, if you, if there's anything that mentioned you guys are Struggling with, just show me. At the end I'll respond quickly. We'll figure out what the issues are and how I can best serve you.

Speaker 1:

Well, look at that man like he's offering some free help right there. Just reach now, just touch base with him and he'll get you on the right track. He's got an incredible coaching program. He's developing his message, he's getting out to wider audiences and and tapping into bigger, bigger things. This guy's got a lot of energy. He's a go-getter. This Dan it dude, I appreciate you and I respect you for taking the time out of your busy day and busy week to hop on here, and I do want to be courteous of your time so I don't want to take up all of the rest of your afternoon here. So I got to ask you, man, if we were to boil it down to one piece of advice that someone could use in order to survive the side hustle and live the fulfilled life that they deserve and need, what would you say that piece of advice would be?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, the one piece of advice that I would give is the one piece of advice that I wish I had when I was younger, and that's that you. That it's. It's probably a good idea to invest in yourself Right and invest in yourself early, whether that's through personal development, so investing in yourself, in your body, whether that's through coaches or mentors, whether that's through maybe in other investments like real estate, or you always want to be able to invest in yourself to some degree, and I wish I knew this back then. But investing will definitely put you in a much better position. The sooner you can do it, the better you know there's nothing wrong with investing in your future.

Speaker 2:

I think a lot of people, though. What the issue is? They either don't know what to invest in or they don't know when to invest Right, and the answer to to when is right now the answer to what is start by investing yourself. Read books, connect with people, go if you could go to live events great, because that's really that that networking event is really gonna what's gonna be able to open the doors for you guys. I mean, if it wasn't for the networking events, I wouldn't have met all the incredible people I met I met recently in my life.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I love that that. That reminds me of a quote. It's like when when's the best time to plant a tree? And the correct answer is like 20 years ago. Yeah, I feel like in the second best time is right now, and I feel exactly that goes hand-in-hand with the, with the investing in yourself.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, I was powerful things there and it's a definitely, a definitely a huge takeaway right there. So make sure that you're investing in yourself, guys, and and like Dan said, man, reach out to him, hit him up on social media, see what he's going, what he's got going on, what he's doing, and follow him. This guy is doing everything. He's and number one action taker, he's a go-getter and he's an animal out there. So Again, dan, thank you so much for taking the time and I'd love to have you back on the show in the future dude.

Speaker 2:

Of course, rob. Thank you so much for the opportunity and thank you so much for your, for your followers who are listening to us. Thank you so much, of course, man peace, peace, peace, guys.

Speaker 1:

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