Surviving the Side Hustle
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Surviving the Side Hustle
From Military Veteran to Intentional Leader: Juan's Journey of Overcoming Challenges and Inspiring Success
Juan’s journey from a modest upbringing to becoming a beacon of leadership is nothing short of inspiring. Growing up with Mexican immigrant parents, Juan faced financial hurdles but cultivated a victor mentality that shaped his path. As a military veteran who overcame PTSD, and a man who has worn many hats—father, husband, police officer, and educator—Juan shares how he transitioned these life experiences into meaningful leadership insights. He offers compelling anecdotes and practical advice on how to break down daunting challenges into manageable tasks, emphasizing the power of perspective in achieving success.
Listeners will find themselves reflecting on their own life experiences as Juan delves into the importance of embracing intentionality, especially as we age. Drawing on personal stories, he tackles the impact of aging on energy and motivation levels, highlighting the necessity of understanding one’s "why" to maintain drive and purpose. Juan’s acronym—Who or What Hurts, Hinders, and Helps You—serves as a guide to navigating personal and professional challenges. By aligning efforts with long-term goals, Juan argues, we can cultivate a fulfilling life that benefits not just ourselves but those around us.
Whether you’re seeking guidance on balancing a side hustle or yearning for actionable leadership advice, Juan offers invaluable perspectives. He challenges the myth of work-life balance, proposing instead a model of being fully present in both personal and professional spheres. His candid discussions on avoiding burnout, prioritizing self-care, and the importance of clear communication make this episode a treasure trove of insights for anyone looking to harmonize ambition with mindfulness. Juan's wisdom is a reminder that sustainable success requires not just hard work but being intentional with every choice we make.
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what's going on, guys? Today we've got juan on the show. What's up, dude? How's it going?
Juan:going well, it's doing doing well, everything's going good.
Rob:Appreciate you having me on yeah, I heard you were just saying that's like one of those days and I'm having a week like that where it's just like unintentionally getting pretty busy and and in a way it's good. Um, so all things are good on my side too, but one why don't we dive in a little bit? Um's good, so all things are good on my side too, but, juan, why don't we dive in a little bit? You mind sharing a little bit about yourself, who you are?
Juan:Yeah, so, first off, I have a man of faith. I grew up in church and that's kind of always stuck with me. I'm a father of three boys 16, 15, and 12. So I have my hands full. My Fridays and Saturdays are definitely packed with games and practices and everything. He just walked into the room but I have a service dog. He's right here, you can't see him. And I have a service dog because I am a military vet that is overcoming PTSD I'm not going to say suffers from PTSD, because I don't suffer.
Juan:I know that I'm processing through all that stuff. So processing through and getting over through some PTSD stuff. And I'm a husband of oh my gosh, she's going to get mad at me 19 years and it seems like people are like you've been married that long, yeah, and they're like how old are you? Like don't ask, um. But uh, yeah, so us army, war veteran family, um, middle class family kind of come up to upper, upper, mid, uh, you know, mid-income, high income, um, from low income. Growing up, both my parents parents were from Mexico. They migrated over here, became citizens and just taught me how to hustle, and that's kind of just me in a nutshell. I worked for a couple of different nonprofits as a director of programs and would hire staff, fire staff, write them up, train them, and so now what I do is I travel around the United States teaching leadership and some classroom management, behavioral management stuff to the ed space. But a lot of it is personal and professional development with people who are in leadership positions.
Rob:I love that. I'm all about the personal and professional kind of development and that's wild wild background. Thank you for your service and that's awesome that, uh, you've, you've got. It sounds like you've got a great family system and everything kind of going. I'm guessing you got into the leadership kind of stuff from just the background with military and all the other things. It it an easy transition for you to kind of get into the teaching realm.
Juan:I think it was. I think everything is easy, right, you know, you think of things that are tough, for the lack of a better example and I just thought about this when I used the word tough I think people are pretty familiar with, like the Tough Mudder, or, you know, spartan races like those are hard. However, do you know how to run? Do you know how to walk? Do you know how to like? Do you know how to push yourself Like you've done it before? Have you gone through anything difficult before? Like and I just told my son this just the other day like there's a lot of things that you deem hard, but if you really break them down, it's just a whole bunch of stuff that you know how to do. That's easy and just seems hard because, because we, we put this negative thought process in, and I think it was. Was it Ray Lewis that says to be extraordinary, just a whole bunch of little things done at a high like, at a high level, just a whole bunch of little things done together makes you, you know, extraordinary, um, and so that's kind of just how I see things. But, um, the transition was again hard but easy. Right, it was all stuff that I could do? Could I talk to somebody, could I ask for help? And that I could.
Juan:But the difference is I didn't want to right um, so being able to get better in these things, or transition from military life to civilian life, it was one of those where you had to swallow that pill right and and just take it straight on. I use an example of like, have you ever had chips and salsa? And you and you eat your, your chip, and you don't chew it right, and then it's going down sideways and scratches your neck all the way into your throat, all the way down like, and your chip is going down your neck, like this down your throat, and it's like ha ha, stupid, chew your food. It's like, sometimes you just need to slow things down and it's. It's a hard pill to swallow or a tough chip to swallow and you gotta, you gotta take care of business. And so, um, it took standing on business to take care of things. Um, standing on business to take care of things.
Juan:But it was an uphill battle. But I've battled before, so what? What makes me think that I couldn't do it again? So, but I've heard from a mentor my name, rory Vaden. He says you're best positioned to serve the person who you once were. And so when I look at myself in this leadership space, I really feel like this is where I've been designed to be and we can get into these stories.
Juan:But I looked at like how I was kind of physically and verbally abused growing up. I was I don't want to say picked on by teachers in school, but I just had a hard time with the education system, with teachers and principals and things like that. And then some difficult time with the police department, with the police period, and I look at my background like I'm an ex-police officer as well the military and work in education. And so it's like, bro, you as an adult are taking care of the eight-year-old you and the 18-year-old you and the 28-year-old you. That was under all this horrible leadership. And so when Rory said that you're best positioned to serve the person who you once were, I was like, oh my gosh, I am right where I need to be. And so getting to this spot wasn't really difficult because I feel like I was, like it was a godsend that he this is what I'm supposed to be.
Rob:I hear a lot of. I hear a common theme from a lot of different things you're saying here with perspective. Where did you first get the awareness or the how that? Like the framing of the perspective too, because it sounds like you put, you put your own spin or you look at it from your own perspective and where most people kind of just fall into like oh, I'm, I'm the victim, or this is happening, blah, blah, blah. Like where did you first learn about that? Or or how did you even learn about that?
Juan:I guess um, it's funny because my I grew up poor and I didn't realize that I grew up poor until later on in life when I bought my first home. I just got back from I should say just got back from overseas. But I had been back home from overseas, from deployment for I don't know three, four years and all the money that I'd saved kind of got washed up in purchasing the home four years and all the money that I'd saved kind of got washed up in purchasing the home. And I had my first son at the time and we didn't have enough money for dinner. Pretty much it was like ramen noodles for dinner, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and dinner and, um, sometimes it was like eggs for breakfast, eggs for lunch and eggs for dinner.
Juan:You can't do that crap now Eggs are freaking expensive Back in the day, back in the day, like I remember eating that and I was like, oh my gosh, this is. This is reminding me of my childhood and I was like wait a minute, and it was just slow to put two and two together. If you don't have money now and you're feeding your son this, why do you think your, your, your mother and father were feeding you this? And I was like hold on and I grabbed my phone.
Rob:I was like dad.
Juan:Were we poor growing up? Uh, and he was like I was the only one working we lived in in Los Angeles and he was a teacher, and educators don't make a whole lot of money. My mom wasn't working. Um, she cleaned houses, kind of like under the table, and got paid, you know, cash and stuff like that for cleaning homes, but it wasn't anything that was very consistent and I think the whole like not becoming a victim but being a victor mentality was taught. Like I didn't go and tell people oh, you know what it's like being growing up poor. Like I didn't, I didn't grow up poor. Like I don't have to go on TV and tell people I grew up in a middle class home. Like, no, I'm not a victim in this, because I was never a victim.
Juan:Yes, did we have hard times? Yeah, but I didn't know any different because my dad taught me to work hard and it wasn't. Like I was never told listen, because you're Mexican, you're going to have to work hard. No, because we came from Mexico, you're going to have to work twice as hard. No, you just work hard because that's who we are. You make known your first name and make your last name proud, and so I kind of tell my boys the same thing Like, hey, you work your ass off for your first name and you make your last name proud and go out and hustle and do the thing that you want, that you want to do, but you're going to be good at something. You're either good in school or you got to be good at entrepreneurship, but you got to do something. And if you do, you might as well be badass at it. And so there's times where they're like, oh, dad, can I have these, these shoes? I'm like no-transcript enough, but I have enough money to buy one. No, you don't. And so it's like it's just teaching those things. Um, moving forward to say, hey, I am going to work hard for it and when I get it, I'm going to deserve it. And and I'm still going to put myself in a, in a spot that I can't afford it one but two that I still have, like it's not going to put me in a hole.
Juan:Cause I think a lot of people do that, even like with buying cars, like, oh, I got my dream car, I got my dream house. And then you're like, yeah, but you're working and your time is. You know, your time is spent working for whatever toyota or gmc and your time is spent working for, you know, sally may and all this other stuff. It's like I want my money to work for me, not for other people. So I think it was just. It was just. I was never a victim in anything, in anything sports, or because it just wasn't. It wasn't taught to us to be like oh, woe is me. Um, yeah, so I think that's just. That was the main seed behind it.
Rob:So so how do you, how do you maintain that level of though even now? So, because now it seems like you're a little more comfortable how do you still maintain that motivation and energy to show up and and go into these leaderships and or teaching leadership and showing up and making sure that you still still put 110% effort into everything? How do you make sure that you're not slipping or don't prevent yourself from slipping?
Juan:Yeah, no, and that part is tough, um, I will tell you that. So I'm in my 40s, um, and there's a stat that says was it 40, 40 or 60? Forget and forgive me on that, but of man, when you turn 40, you start to lose, like, your testosterone and your drive and everything. So, and I felt it as soon as I hit 40. I'm'm like man, I'm starting to get tired. Like at 30, I needed glasses when I turned 40, like I needed a? Um, what is it called? A CPAP machine? Um, military stuff, and they just have sleep apnea. And I noticed that when I don't wear that stuff and I don't take care of myself, I'm slow and sluggish.
Juan:Prior to this call, I told you I had a busy day and I literally sat down. I was like I got time for like a 20 minute, 30 minute power nap, like let's, let's go. Like I get tired. And there's times where I don't want to do anything but I have to put the um, like the purpose and intentionality behind everything. I'm a big, I'm a big um person on speaking on intentionality. That's the. To me, that's the. The priority over everything is intentionality. How do I become intentional? And so there's times where I'm like, yeah, you're, you're tired, I understand you're tired, but what do you have to do for your boys today? What do you have to do for your wife today? Um, and it's cool, I get to work from home. And so there's times where it's like, okay, it's it's laundry day or it's, you know, it's move furniture around the office day, or whatever. And so I have to pick one day and I have to be intentional. Today is the day that this is what I do and what I. One of the things that I do is I do a lot of self-talk and I know it's kind of cliche and people are like you know, know your why and remember your why. I think there's a lot more to that.
Juan:I'll give you a quick, quick framework on this. Uh, why? Why is an acronym right? Who or what hurts you? Who or what helps you? Um, excuse me, who or what hinders you and who or what helps you? And so, when we can find out and understand who or what hurts me, um, so let's just say it's home stuff, cleanliness of the home, like what hurts you. Laundry and dirty dishes, like yeah, those are the two things that will always be every single day. For the most part, they will always have stuff to do in the home. If you own your home, you know that there's yard work to do, front back, whatever, your cars are dirty, whatever.
Juan:But I'm so stressed, why? What hurts you? Just the, the, the, the clutter, right, that's what. Just the clutter, right, that's what hinders you. My time? Okay, then what would help you to be a little bit more organized, to ask for help, okay. So then, if I ask for help, or if I purchase something that I can use to get organized, or whatever that's going to help me, then I understand that, once I take care of this piece, I understand why I'm less stressed, or why I am stressed.
Juan:And so, even with our careers that I was talking about earlier, what hurt you? People in leadership hurt me. What hinders you? I want to be able to help those people, but I can't because I don't have the education for that. Right, I don't have the master's degree on the wall. Okay, so then what would help you?
Juan:Well, I need to study my ass off and I need to start going back to school, or I need to go under a mentor's wings so that I understand my why. So, yes, how do I stay that way. I have to be intentional every single day. What is my why for today? So I kind of go through that little acronym and I have to understand that my purpose is not for me, my purpose is for somebody else.
Juan:So the more I work, the more I come on the podcast, the more I go and teach leadership at seminars or virtually, or as a keynote. I know that there's other people that need my story and so I have to understand that my life isn't for me, it's for others. So a big one of the lessons that I teach is a teacher is not a teacher for themselves. A teacher is a teacher for the kids. A doctor is not a doctor for themselves. The doctor is a doctor for the people who are injured or hurt Same thing with a mechanic. So my ability to lead is not for me. My ability to lead is for my wife and my kids and for those people that are listening to this episode.
Juan:So why am I going to hoard my leadership or my knowledge? It's not for me. I am the gift to other people, like you are the gift to other people. The reason why you have this podcast isn't for you. You are the gift. Your platform is a gift to give other people that knowledge, give other people that knowledge. And so when you sit down and you don't do anything about it, you are a gift that is lost, wrapped and hidden in the closet, that you forgot, that you bought for somebody and you kept it there. And then you're like oh shit, I bought, I forgot I bought this last year for this person. Yeah, that's what happens when you sit on your hands.
Rob:Yeah, I um, I remember that, like when I first got into social media and trying to create content and such, I was always using my backgrounds in strength and conditioning. So I was always talking about like the craziest terminology for programming the body anatomy, using terms that people just don't even care and they're just kind of boring. And I was. I was writing all my content and doing these things and thinking that, oh okay, other coaches are going to read this and they're going to, they're going to judge me on things instead of because I wasn't. I wasn't intentional with who my audience was. If I'm trying to help individuals, my audience need to understand like basic terminology and making it simple for them, instead of me trying to impress other coaches. So I spent hours and tons of content just writing for the wrong kind of person just because of that lack of intentionality.
Juan:Yeah, let me flip the switches on you a little bit. Why are you into strength and conditioning? Is that what you continue still do?
Rob:besides, uh, no, I mean I don't. It'll always be part of who I am as a as a coach, like I'll never leave the gym, I'll always be in there with different people and have a couple clients on on at a time, just because to me it's kind of like going to the barbershop, catching up and communicating and shooting shit kind of thing.
Rob:Um, but no, my background was was into that and I got into that because I was like diving really deep into it. My, my parents got divorced when I was super young. Split family, uh, I had a younger sibling mom remarried, I have a stepbrother and I have a half brother, so a lot of competing for attention. And then when I was young I got into sports through a mutual friend. That really pushed me.
Rob:And then I noticed that the more that I exercised and took care of my body, the better I got at playing sports, the better I got playing sports. The more playing time I have, the more playing time I have, the more friends I had. And the more friends I had, the more birthday parties I get to go to. And if I want to go to the birthday parties I better make sure my grades are up, kind of thing. So the fitness and the coaching that became a segue for me to kind of create and build my own family and create my own intention. That would kind of help fill that void. And then it was just an easy transition from after college athletics to get into coaching. So then I could continue on growing my family and helping other individuals work together towards a common goal, and then, eventually, I made the transition.
Juan:There it is, to get a group of people, or get people together to work for a common goal. And going back to your past, who didn't have a common goal? Mom and dad? Yeah, there it is. You are best positioned to serve the person who you once were. You're going to get people together to work on a common goal because in your past, you saw two people that didn't have a common goal. Right, you saw two people didn't have a common goal and you found it in sports and in lifting. There's a goal behind it.
Juan:I have a start and a finish, and so this is going to help this. You know, eight year old boy, 10 year old boy, 12 year old boy. And so now, the man that you are today, you are in your why, what? What hurts you? The fact that people don't have a common goal, that people can't come together to work on something. What hinders you? The people that are above me right Aren't coming together. What's going to help you? You know what? Then? I'm going to be the leader and I'm going to be the person that should have been there for that little boy, or for that little girl, or for that couple, or for that guy who's not, you know healthy or whatever, and I'm going to be their leader and I'm going to bring them together for that common goal. There's your why.
Rob:Boom, yeah, you just hopefully those the people listening.
Juan:Get that, get that point. Like that's how you find your, why don't let. Don't let motivational speakers say you gotta find your, why you gotta go go. All that stuff is crap, like I. I hate speakers that give you a whole bunch of fluff but they don't give you the action steps behind it.
Rob:There's your action steps oh my gosh, I I've recently been in the speaking world uh, come up on maybe three years now and uh, I've got a buddy of mine and he's just, he's that rah-rah guy. He just gets on stage, he's just yelling and for like 30, 45 minutes it just feels like he's yelling at you the entire time. It's. It kills me every time and I'm like there's a place for it, there's a place for it right, the, the, the football field or the basketball court.
Juan:Like there's, there's, there's. I like eric thomas was my guy, like Eric Thomas, you know, one of the biggest motivational speakers in the world. Like that's what would get me up in the morning. You got to wake up at 345. You got to, you know, at David Goggins and you suck it up and push, but that's not me anymore. Like bro, sit down, be quiet, I don't need all that yelling. So yeah there's definitely room for it. There's definitely room for that.
Rob:Yeah, yeah, I guess that goes into something for everybody. Some people need that, but we're in different stages where we need that action item, so we can get rolling with things. Yeah, and I love that framework too, the why that's awesome, and I know you got another framework too, right, yeah, yeah, so I started to notice that and I know you got another framework too, right, yeah yeah.
Juan:So I started to notice that, um and I'm sure you've done this before and you know a lot of people, and probably a lot of people listening, have done this before have you ever taken home to work and have you ever taken work home? Right, you go into work, clock in, you do your thing, and the argument that you got with your spouse or your significant other or you know whomever, troubles you so much that it affects your work. Or you have so much work that you bring it home and your spouse or whomever, your kids are like dad's home and you're like, not right now, like I, just I have to work on this, I got to get these emails sent out. And so you actually bring physical work home or you bring the stresses of work home and it causes an issue. This is why people get burnt out. We get burnt out because we're getting burnt by both ends and it starts to come in and then we're all done, right, we don't have anything left, and it sucks because your spouse, your family, your kids are getting the raw end of the deal. And then, if it's so bad and you go into work, then you start to say I don't get paid enough for this. Then you start to feel alone and you start to struggle at work, and maybe there's write-ups or you're just short-tempered or whatever, and that is burnout. But what I found is it's because you're not intentional at work and you're not intentional at home this buzzword again. And so I tell people when you're at home, you're at home.
Juan:People talk about work-life balance. To me, there's no work-life, there's no such thing as work-life balance. To be 100% at home like, if you have the scales right, 15-50 would balance out work and home. But I don't want to be 50% at home and 50% at work. I want to be 100% at home with my wife, with my kids, with my family, with whatever I'm doing. And then, when I'm at work, I'm a hundred percent at work. I'm not on this, you know cell phone thing. Uh, I'm not trying to worry about anything. There is a caveat, though. If you get a call from work and they're like hey, your son got into a little scuffle at school, we need you to come over here. Yep, a hundred percent at home, right, get off of work, and now I'm like there's a quick switch. But how do we do that? Right, how do we become a hundred percent at home?
Rob:A hundred percent at work, and so I know this is that.
Juan:and when I've come home and here's the big thing um, I would come home. My kids are like dad's home and you know, arms, arms are open. And then I get into dad right, which I thought was dad, and it's not. Hey, why are all these toys all over the floor? When I, before I left, all these toys were out here, pick them up. And you guys are loud mom's on the phone. Why don't you respect?
Juan:And so I was manager and director at work. And I came home and instead of being dad and father, I'm manager and director still, and so I had the wrong hat on. And so back in the day, you know, when we were in school I don't know if they do this anymore, but teachers used to say put on your thinking caps, right, you have to get ready for what we're about to do. So I would physically be in my garage and I would like and I would talk to myself. I told you that I did a lot of self-talk. I would. I would physically grab my hands and like, rub them over my bald head and I'm like and it's not a stress thing Like, oh, my gosh, I'm going to go home into this crazy house. It was more like you're not manager anymore, you're not director anymore.
Juan:Who does your family need you to be? Who do your two boys at this time? I had two boys. Who do your two boys at this time? I had two boys. Who do your boys need you to be? Who does your wife need you to be? And so I came up with this, with this framework called a hat. Right, which hat am I wearing? I cannot come in because we all wear different hats. You are a podcaster, you are a trainer, you are a coach, you are a man, a brother, a son, like you have all these hats on. So how do I take the director hat off, the manager hat off? And how do I put father hat on, husband hat on? And so H is how do you handle what you hear, how do you give attention with the right attitude and how do you transform the temperature right?
Juan:I hear my kids playing on the floor in the living room with the toys. How do you handle what you hear? Ah, there's laughter, bro. Why do you want to stop the laughter? How do you handle what you hear? How do you give attention with the right attitude? Slide on the floor. What car am I or? I'm this guy Right? And you play with your kids? How do I transform the temperature? The temperature is fine. I may not need to transform it.
Juan:However, if my wife's in the kitchen making dinner, which she was on this day I say, hey, boys, do me a favor, clean this stuff up and let's get ready for dinner. And it's funny. We I remembered it very vividly we had spaghetti and all the boys and I would do this sometimes too, because it was just funny, because the boys thought it was hilarious. But even when they were babies and they were able to eat up chopped up spaghetti, so we wouldn't have a whole mess they would take off their shirts and so at the table in their little high chairs, they would be shirtless, because then there's spaghetti sauce all over the place. You don't want to ruin a white shirt or a gray shirt, right? So they would take off their shirts and so I would tell them clean up. Clean this stuff up and then take your shirts off Cause mom's making spaghetti and they're like, yeah, spaghetti.
Juan:So we're running around and I can hear my wife on the phone talking to her mom, uh, who was going to visit that weekend? Yes, mom, I got, I know mom. Yes, I'll have it ready. When you hear mom, I know, I'm like why not take the phone from her? How do I handle what I hear? She feels stressed. How do I change? How do I give attention with the right attitude? Baby here, give me the phone. How do I transform the temperature? Hey, francis, how you doing? You're doing good, good. Hey, you're coming this weekend, right, yeah, awesome, cool. Hey, becky, just finished. You this weekend, awesome, okay, bye, get her out of this situation. Be the wingman right. Be the guy or the girl that's at the bar where your friend's looking at you like, help get me out of this conversation. Come swoop in.
Juan:That's my job, as her husband is to protect her, even from her mother, mother-in-laws. You got to love mother-in-laws, right, and sometimes she has to save me from my mom, but it's one of those things where I have to be able to understand what's happening. So when I go into any room, any bedroom, any living room, any boardroom, any office. Who does the person on the other side of that wall, the other side of that door need me to be? Maybe I got upset with my kids, maybe I got upset with my wife and we argued and I stormed out of the house and now I'm going into a meeting. Bro, they don't need father, they don't need pissed off dad. They need the manager and the director to manage this meeting, to direct people, this meeting, to direct people into what to do, to teach and develop the staff. That's what they need you to be.
Juan:So don't do it with a chip on your shoulder Like, how do I be the person? And this is the golden rule, right? The golden rule says treat others the way they they want to be treated. Treat others the way you want to be treated, and that shouldn't be the golden golden rule. The golden rule should be treat others the way they want to be treated. So I have to think who do they need me to be? And here's the here's the big key. We have to fill our gaps with intention, like we have. We talked about intention this whole time. We have to fill our gaps with intention, because if we don't, then by default it will place us in tension. Yes, I'll say that again for the people who missed it. Um, we have to be intentional and fill our gaps with intention, because when we don't, then they will place us in tension yeah, that was good.
Rob:Yeah, wow, man, that's some great stuff there. I love the love, the acronyms too. I'm a huge acronym guy, so that makes it easy to kind of remember, and that that to the take on the golden rule. That's so true too, because you got to treat others the way that they want to be treated. Um, that's, that's really powerful stuff too. Um, well, one man, I know it's been a busy, crazy day for you and things are going wild, so I want to appreciate you for taking the time and hopping on today, but before we go, how do people get in contact with you? How do they follow you and stay up to date with the different things that you're doing, where you're speaking and stuff like that?
Juan:Yeah, different things that you're doing where you're speaking and stuff like that. Yeah, so Instagram is raise the bar with a Z, so R-A-I-Z-E, raise the bar CEO, and then I'm on there and on LinkedIn and that's just RTB for raise the bar dash one. You can follow me there and then I'm getting ready to put on. I think in two weeks, two or three weeks, we're getting ready to throw. We have a 90 day cohort that we do every 90 days, and so so let me go back a little bit. Every Monday I do a web class on this last.
Juan:This series has all been how do we have difficult conversations and why are they so hard to have? Because having different conversations is just tough to do, so how do we make people confident in those conversations? And then, uh, for 90 days. So once that wraps up for 90 days, we do a 90 day leadership class, um, and so I'll be launching that um in two, two, three weeks and then we'll get back on the web classes again for a different subject. But it's always like four weeks of a web class as, yeah, four weeks of a web class and then 90 days of an actual cohort um, and then people can stay in that for a while. But uh, if you ever, if you want to do that, just, uh, people can email me. Juan, juan juan at we raise the barcom nice, there you go, guys.
Rob:Uh follow them on instagram, uh check them out on linkedin and join in on those monday web classes and get into one of those cohorts as soon as the next one's available. I can't promise quite when this one will launch this episode, so I might have to wait for the following one, but yeah, definitely check it out. He's got a lot of great value, constantly pumping out good information, helping a lot of individuals break free and building leadership with everybody. Wanda, dude, again, before I let you go, I got to ask you one question. If you were to boil it all down, I kind of have a feeling where I know you're going with this one. But if you were to take it all and put it into one piece of advice, what would be your number one piece of advice for individuals starting out on their side hustle? What would it be to help them survive?
Juan:Slow down, right. I think we live in a time where it's like hustle, hustle, hustle, hustle, drive, drive, drive, push, push, push, push, and that's where we can become complacent and then intentionality takes a backseat. Just slow down, breathe, figure out what do I need to do today for me, the person to my left and to my right, and not leave anybody behind. And there's times where we can leave others behind and there's other times where we can leave ourselves behind. But when we slow down, take a pulse, figure out what needs to be done, and sometimes it's your own personal health. Take care of you so you can take care of others.
Rob:Boom, I love that. Thank you so much, juan, taking the time today, and we'll have to chat again in the future. And that's it for today, guys. Peace, peace, peace, peace.