The Stevens Playbook

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: New Shirts

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes:We talk about two main nightly goals what shift the mindset.1. Practice gratitude every day. List 5 things that happened throughout the day that you are grateful for. This will shift your mindset and energy into a positive flow.2. Write down your main main goal(s). Then ask yourself 2 questions.- First: What did I do right today?-Second: If I had the day to do over again, what would I change to make that goal happen faster.In one of the examples. We talked about the importance of writing down and completing 3 critical task for the day. By doing so, you win the day. Win enough days and you win the week. Win enough weeks, you win the month. Win enough months and you win the year. Win enough years and there is nothing you can't do.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - Ordered some blank shirts - Stick to your ideals - Think of what customers want and then give it to them - Overcome obstacles by taking positive steps to break them down - Keep open to new opportunities Key Takeaway: The power of suggestion. Feeding your mind with wisdom changes your outcomes. There is so much wisdom in books. Invest in yourself.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - Interesting Self discovery ChatGPT prompts - Debate between batching your work vs not - It takes 10,000 hours to aster a skill - Our different approaches to finding ways to improve. - The goal method. (Write and rewrite your goal(s) each morning. At night, ask yourself two questions. What did I do right today towards that goal? What would I do differently if I had the chance to do the day over that would help me reach my goal faster?) - When doing habits, the most important thing is consistency. If an important habit/task starts becoming too hard or time consuming, its better to make it less demanding than quit it all together. - Don't beat yourself up if you fail a plan. The saying goes, if the plan doesn't work, change the plan, not the goal.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - We tried new microphones, tell us what you think. - We took a day off for a complete reset. Turns out, doing nothing is hard when you have an obsession to continue. - Nobody cares how hard you work, they care about what you get done.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - Details matter. - Innovation is a necessity. If you are not innovating, you are not surviving. - Be wary of trends. - Pay attention to the low end of the market. That's where most disruptions happen in the market. - Innovation requires precision and focus.

THE FIRST 25 EPISODES IS DONE! This special episode is a recap of everything we have worked on and accomplished since we started this journey. -Our first huge accomplishment is this podcast. The Stevens Playbook is designed to show you all of our wins and losses, as we aim to create our own business from start to finish. You can find these daily updates on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible, Apple Podcast, and Iheartradio. Feel free to follow us as we are going to make many many more miles stones on the path to $10M. - We have organized our task on a system called Monday.com. This has provided us a rally point to see what needs to be done and in what order. - We have created the complete low wire frame for a fitness app that we are created. Currently working on the high wire frame version being made through Canva. -Michael has been working on his own Youtube channel through fitness related content. He came up with the 10K lb challenge and has been documenting the progress along the way. -Found out that the legal side of things is a lot more complicated than originally thought. Still struggling to come up with names. - We have been designing a new brand name to encompass our chosen field of fitness and plan to sell clothing in the near future.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - It is all about speed. - Focus on daily steering instead of rigid long term plans - Work backwards on difficult problems - Lean organizations thrive. Be large enough to get the job done but small enough to not be bogged down by process and management layers. - LUA (Listen. Understand. Answer.)

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: Specialized Knowledge - Any person is educated who knows where to get knowledge when needed and how to organize that knowledge into plans of action. - Knowledge has no value unless applied. - Understanding what phase you are in and what information you need at your current stage. - Understand the Law of the Lid. Your potential is capped at your leadership abilities. - 7 Steps to reach your full potential: 1. It must matter to you. (evoke an emotion) 2. Initiate vs React. (at some point you have to just do it) 3. Systems that help you think less (brain is lazy) 4. Conserve Energy (Invest in big stuff) 5. Move on Faster (fail fast, often, and keep moving) 6. Define Hard Work (Highest return of hour) 7. Compete up (Don't be afraid to move to the next level)

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: CapCut is back for us to edit with. Started using Canva. Explained Low and High Wireframes. "Opportunity handled well leads to more opportunity"

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: Listening to some key points that hits hard. "Be a sponge" "Champions start acting like champions before they become it" "You can't change the people around you but you can change the people around you" "It's not a measure of skill or intelligence, it's a measure of effort" "The importance of clear thinking, being easy to understand and easy to interface with" "Clarity propels an organization" "Narrow your focus to your most important dreams" "If its important to you, you will make time" (When hiring or in regards to people on your team) "An empty seat is less damaging than a poor fit" "It's nearly impossible to overpay for talent" "Hiring the second best can cost millions" "If you give a good ideal to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre ideal to a good team, they will fix it and make it better" "Every company is a technology company" "Problems are assets and should be something to run towards" "Relations run the world and your reputation is everything"

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: Just when we thought we were done with the wire frame, turns out that we only completed the low wire frame. Our programmer introduced us to the high wire frame next. In the same day, we spoke with our "legal advisor". Turns out that naming companies and app have a lot more limitations than we originally thought. More to come on how we proceed moving forward on that. We wrote a few key notes from Nick Bare's Podcast. "Stop seeking to fill your calendar." "A chip on your shoulder can provide an edge but not purpose."

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: We have completed the low wire frame and have started on the high wire frame. Michael talks about his key takeaways from The Founders podcast talking with Jeff Bezos which he heard from Nick Bare's podcast. Here are some key quotes. "Build a company that will outlast you" "Your front line workers are the only ones who really know what's going on" (Things to ask your front-ine workers.... "Whats the dumbest thing we are doing as a company?" "What can we do to improve?) "You have to have contagious optimism and energy" "Mine for ideals on social media" "You have to decide how much energy you are willing to give towards being understood" "Every decision should be looked at in the lens of an opportunity cost"

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: - Your View is Your Reality - The one that wins is the one that thinks he can. - The Law of Vibration. What energy you send out, you attract back. - Time is the only resource provided equally to everyone in a day - Authenticity, Branding, Product - Your new life will cost you your old one - Stop trying to avoid problems and figure out how to solve them.

Daily Update of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: -Becoming exceptional means become the exception - Resetting expectations. A lot of times people are doing a lot less than they think they are doing. When you associate yourself with a higher caliber of person, you quickly realize there is always more you can do. - Giving 90% effort means you are only half way there. -Make sure what you are suffering for is worth suffering and that you are committed to it. Otherwise it's just a waste of time. - If the plan fails, change the plan, not the goal. - If you want what you said you wanted, then you have to pay the price you said you would be willing to pay.

Daily Updates of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style podcast before we make it big. Cliff Notes: Inspired from Napoleon Hill's, Think and Grow Rich book. He introduces a six-step method for turning desire into reality: The Six Steps: 1. Define Your Goal: Be specific about what you want to achieve (e.g., a specific amount of money). 2. Determine What You’re Willing to Give: Decide what sacrifices or efforts you are willing to make in exchange for achieving your goal. 3. Set a Definite Deadline: Specify a date by which you intend to achieve your goal. 4.Create a Plan: Develop a concrete plan for achieving your goal and begin acting on it immediately, even if you don’t feel fully prepared. 5. Write It Down: Write a clear statement of your goal, including the amount, deadline, what you’ll give in return, and your action plan. 6. Read It Aloud Daily: Read your written statement aloud twice daily—once in the morning and once before bed. Visualize and believe in the achievement of your goal as you read it.

Daily Updates of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style videos before we make it big. Cliff Notes: Just another day of grinding. With the help of ChatGPT, we came up with a little fun workout plan a potential coach might write up.

Daily Updates of tasks and things we learn along the way to building wealth and wisdom. Life of a CEO style videos before we make it big. Cliff notes: 1. Got further along on the wire frame. A lot harder than originally thought. 2. Understanding the Key Elements of the Dip. - Most endeavors start with enthusiasm and quick progress. - Over time, obstacles and challenges appear which create a dip in momentum. - The dip acts as a filter, weeding out those unwilling to persevere. -Surviving and pushing through the dip leads to disproportionate rewards. 3. Talked about the future with AI

Quick Updates -Changing new routines for morning and night. - Planning for the Future

After long talks, we have decided what our wireframe bare minimum will have in it. This is only phase 1. Our plan is to start developing the most basic features first to send out to a few people, then add more features as we get our first feedback. The Law of Attraction states that your thoughts and feelings attract similar energy into your life. The Law of Abundance emphasizes a mindset of gratitude and belief in limitless opportunities. The Law of Substitution involves replacing negative thoughts with positive ones to shift focus.

-We sat down and decided to go for the minimum functioning product first. - Talked about feedback loop and failing as fast and as often as possible

- Building your own reality. - Avoid being too humble - Daily update on the fitness goal

Fail Fast and Fail often. Moving the needle forward. Finding a way to network. You are the average of the 5 people you hang around the most. The need for mentors.

Sometimes your dreams take longer than you would like. Trust in yourself and the process.

How we prioritize task and getting a good grasp of our entire future business.

Discussion Topics Monday.com has become our central hub to organize task. Talking about creating an app Key takeaways from daily read

Be prepared to feel humbled when trying to level up. You are leaving your comfort zone to become something new. Russ talked about being delusional and confident.

System Processes. "You don't rise to your goals but fall to the level of your systems."

Time management and what setting up successful green days looks like.

New Years Goals

This is the start of a daily series talking about our wins, losses, and strategies to become the greatest versions of ourselves.