Eric Thomas

Your mother cares for you. Your mother's trying to put you in a healthy environment. Your mother has a job. Your mother married somebody who was a foreman at GM. He has a job. He has a college degree. He played basketball. He's a responsible man. He protects us from taking emotion. Wouldn't let me be rational. Emotional wouldn't let me think rationally. It had me irrational.

So I would say when you make emotional decisions, you get emotional consequences. But it takes meditation. It takes controlling of the mind to say, how should I behave? How should I think in this situation? And what's going to give me the best outcome? And I'm going to be honest. I've learned we can save the emotions for when I'm looking at the Nomad badge and going, man, that's my boy. Thank you.

So I would say when you make emotional decisions, you get emotional consequences. But it takes meditation. It takes controlling of the mind to say, how should I behave? How should I think in this situation? And what's going to give me the best outcome? And I'm going to be honest. I've learned we can save the emotions for when I'm looking at the Nomad badge and going, man, that's my boy. Thank you.

Why would you even buy me? Like what would make you think of, and this is a perfect gift. You know what I'm saying? Like I didn't think to buy suitcases for myself. That's where the emotion should be. Me coming in and seeing you, hugging you. What's up fam? But when it comes to business, when it comes to being a leader and a decision maker, we not doing emotions. We're doing empirical evidence.

Why would you even buy me? Like what would make you think of, and this is a perfect gift. You know what I'm saying? Like I didn't think to buy suitcases for myself. That's where the emotion should be. Me coming in and seeing you, hugging you. What's up fam? But when it comes to business, when it comes to being a leader and a decision maker, we not doing emotions. We're doing empirical evidence.

We're doing facts. What does the fact say? What does the research say? What does the evidence say? Okay. And based on the research and the evidence, this is the game plan. Let's go. It doesn't matter how you feel. Yeah. Yeah. Don't matter how you feel. Man, I love this. Yeah.

We're doing facts. What does the fact say? What does the research say? What does the evidence say? Okay. And based on the research and the evidence, this is the game plan. Let's go. It doesn't matter how you feel. Yeah. Yeah. Don't matter how you feel. Man, I love this. Yeah.

Listen to me. I never even thought about being a multimillionaire or a billionaire until I was in a room with Warren Buffett. I didn't even know how much it was worth when I was in the ruins afterwards. And then this all started making sense. Okay, now that I know who I am, you, 2025, like, check, I know who I am. Now it's, oh, oh, real estate is a way?

Listen to me. I never even thought about being a multimillionaire or a billionaire until I was in a room with Warren Buffett. I didn't even know how much it was worth when I was in the ruins afterwards. And then this all started making sense. Okay, now that I know who I am, you, 2025, like, check, I know who I am. Now it's, oh, oh, real estate is a way?

Oh, so you mean to tell me that being a blue collar, okay, that's what my parents knew, but you don't make a whole bunch of money working. You make more money when you put your money to work. Oh, that's real estate? Oh, helping kids who are talented figure out their talent and taking a percentage?

Oh, so you mean to tell me that being a blue collar, okay, that's what my parents knew, but you don't make a whole bunch of money working. You make more money when you put your money to work. Oh, that's real estate? Oh, helping kids who are talented figure out their talent and taking a percentage?

oh okay i didn't even know this stuff exists got it and so it is it is important bob proctor pulling me to the side how much do you charge you should be charging les brown calling me and said i'll meet you in orlando les brown sitting me down talking to listen to me coaching is everything why because i just said think of michael jordan without phil jackson right think of venus and cerulean uh venus and serena without richard williams

oh okay i didn't even know this stuff exists got it and so it is it is important bob proctor pulling me to the side how much do you charge you should be charging les brown calling me and said i'll meet you in orlando les brown sitting me down talking to listen to me coaching is everything why because i just said think of michael jordan without phil jackson right think of venus and cerulean uh venus and serena without richard williams

Like, yo, I just want you to picture Kobe without Phil Jackson. Think about Tim Grook without, Mike without.

Like, yo, I just want you to picture Kobe without Phil Jackson. Think about Tim Grook without, Mike without.

Come on, not Tim. So coaching is critical, and here's what's going to blow your mind. When you get to our level, you really need more coaching. We didn't exhausted all the stuff. You really need coaching.

Come on, not Tim. So coaching is critical, and here's what's going to blow your mind. When you get to our level, you really need more coaching. We didn't exhausted all the stuff. You really need coaching.

They said, they said, I read it, but it's research. I'm almost sure it's true that LeBron, look at LeBron, what he's doing right now.

They said, they said, I read it, but it's research. I'm almost sure it's true that LeBron, look at LeBron, what he's doing right now.

Whoever had the arguments, you know what I'm saying? Because there were those of us who was alive. Yeah. We watched Jordan do his thing. But, bro, what LeBron is doing right now, but when I do my research and not emotional about, oh, how is he doing this? No, when I do my research, he's spending $1.5 million.