Episode 111

Some businesses right now are just surviving, other have already gone under and some have successfully pivoted into digital and are thriving. Pivoting is taking the skills and knowledge that you know about one thing and applying it to something else. Sometime a bad deal is just a bad deal, but sometimes pivoting can turn it into a good deal. In this episode Carter reminisces about his best deal and his worst deal, and realises that if he had pivoted, his worse deal would not have been his worse deal. •How sometimes we need to pivot, and the skill of recognising when to pivot (00:11)•Observing people who have manage to pivot into running a virtual jiu-jitsu school (03:42)•What led Carter to look for new deals by going back to basics and driving around looking for property (05:55)•Why the first Airbnb Carter did is one of his best deals ever (11:08)•What it actually means to pivot and Carter’s experience pivoting (13:50)•Sometimes something that seems like a good deal doesn’t turn out that way (16:41)•Carter’s least favourite deal (17:54)•Why he missed his opportunity by being stubborn (21:02)•Realising that in hindsight, he could have been successful (24:32)•How the limitations of life in the pandemic can lead you to try new things like Carter’s recent 30 min shadow box (26:51)•Finding breakthroughs and discovering that there are positives about this strange time (27:43)Austin Submission Fightinghttp://www.austinsubfight.com/Jordan Belforthttps://jordanbelfort.com/Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Successby Jordan Belforthttps://www.amazon.com/Way-Wolf-Straight-persuasion-influence/dp/1473674816/