Nic McKinley

purpose.

purpose.

When people are thinking too small, I would say it's usually because they're thinking about themselves, right? Their goal is like, oh, I want to build the mastermind class that's going to get me the freedom that I want so that I can have the boat that I want so that I can drop ship stuff from Alibaba on a beach somewhere while I drink my time, right? It's I, I, I, I, I.

When people are thinking too small, I would say it's usually because they're thinking about themselves, right? Their goal is like, oh, I want to build the mastermind class that's going to get me the freedom that I want so that I can have the boat that I want so that I can drop ship stuff from Alibaba on a beach somewhere while I drink my time, right? It's I, I, I, I, I.

God did not create us to serve ourselves, right? He created us to serve a greater purpose. And so it's what I call the dragon that you are made to slay. Like what is the problem in the world? What is the problem in society? What is the thing that just haunts you and bothers you? And that is your purpose. That's what you were designed to do.

God did not create us to serve ourselves, right? He created us to serve a greater purpose. And so it's what I call the dragon that you are made to slay. Like what is the problem in the world? What is the problem in society? What is the thing that just haunts you and bothers you? And that is your purpose. That's what you were designed to do.

So I do a lot of coaching of entrepreneurs and companies that I'm invested in and work with venture capital firms for the leaders that they're investing in, right? Because one of the best ways for them to protect that investment is to make sure that the leader doesn't collapse under the weight of that investment. And so-

So I do a lot of coaching of entrepreneurs and companies that I'm invested in and work with venture capital firms for the leaders that they're investing in, right? Because one of the best ways for them to protect that investment is to make sure that the leader doesn't collapse under the weight of that investment. And so-

One of the questions that I like to ask all of these people is, what is the one thing that you would do if you were independently wealthy? And that usually starts an exercise of they go through, well, like, oh, man, I would retire my parents and I would I would do this for this person. And I would I've always wanted to travel. And OK, so they get they get all the like me stuff out of the way.

One of the questions that I like to ask all of these people is, what is the one thing that you would do if you were independently wealthy? And that usually starts an exercise of they go through, well, like, oh, man, I would retire my parents and I would I would do this for this person. And I would I've always wanted to travel. And OK, so they get they get all the like me stuff out of the way.

Like, great. You 48 months of retirement. playing around, you still have more money than any number of generations could ever spend. What are you going to do with the rest of your life now? Because you can't just travel. You can't just sit on the beach your whole life.

Like, great. You 48 months of retirement. playing around, you still have more money than any number of generations could ever spend. What are you going to do with the rest of your life now? Because you can't just travel. You can't just sit on the beach your whole life.

I mean, I guess some people can, but like if you're one of those people, you should probably stop listening to this podcast right now.

I mean, I guess some people can, but like if you're one of those people, you should probably stop listening to this podcast right now.

Right. They're so internally focused. So what is the problem? What is the dragon that you're going to go slay? So for me, it's commercial sex trafficking, primarily of children. That is what I focused on with my nonprofit companies. It's what I'm focused on on my for-profit company. It's a revenue generator there. It's an industry thing.

Right. They're so internally focused. So what is the problem? What is the dragon that you're going to go slay? So for me, it's commercial sex trafficking, primarily of children. That is what I focused on with my nonprofit companies. It's what I'm focused on on my for-profit company. It's a revenue generator there. It's an industry thing.

A weapon for industry to actually wield against that dragon like that. That's where I'm focused. Right. And and I think that's that's it. You've got to find the purpose and and you can't take steps. You can't create a framework. You can't do all of these things that people talk about that are downstream of purpose. Right. Purpose is the glacier that melts into the stream of your life.

A weapon for industry to actually wield against that dragon like that. That's where I'm focused. Right. And and I think that's that's it. You've got to find the purpose and and you can't take steps. You can't create a framework. You can't do all of these things that people talk about that are downstream of purpose. Right. Purpose is the glacier that melts into the stream of your life.

So what is that purpose? And that purpose better be bigger than yourself. And I think there are so many good examples of this that people look to. And I'm not... I'm not saying that any of these people are obviously perfect and they all have their own problems.

So what is that purpose? And that purpose better be bigger than yourself. And I think there are so many good examples of this that people look to. And I'm not... I'm not saying that any of these people are obviously perfect and they all have their own problems.