Ross Mandell

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Mick Unplugged · Reinventing Ross Mandell: Success, Second Chances, and Redemption · 6 Mar 2025 podcast

I would check into hotels. You know, one place, it was the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico. Jay-Z and Beyonce were checking in. This is back in like 2006 or so, 2005. And it was a holiday weekend. And I was at VIP because I gambled at big lines of credit, all these different things. And we check into VIP. And so Beyonce and Jay-Z, they put us ahead of them. I was very cool.

I had my whole family there, my wife, my wife's sister, her kids. My wife's hanging around. So the host looks at me. He goes, is Mrs. Mandel going to be joining you? staring at my wife, thought she was my nanny. Right. Because she was much younger and super gorgeous, you know. And so the things that I wanted when I was a younger guy in my 20s, I willed it to happen by taking action.

And, you know, one of the things about mentorship, my mastermind program, just so you know, you go to info at RossMandel.com if you're interested. I hold you accountable. So I have a new mentee. And 50 year old, he's in his 50s. He's very successful. I mean, he makes several hundred thousand a year. But he, you know, he wants more from life. And every Friday we meet online. It's taped.

You know, Google meets. And I hold him accountable. But I also hold myself accountable. Right. With friends. It's not like it's just me advised. I learned from everybody. But I learned from you today. I learned from what a listener you are. Taking notes like that was amazing. I mean, that's why you're so successful right now. And that's why people are chasing you with seven-figure deals, bro.

I mean, because you're worthy. Whatever you've done, whatever you've done to get to this point indicates to me that you're worthy. A lot of times we look at the financial reward being an indication of someone worthy or not. I believe that in the podcasting business now, that's a true indicator. Like, I tell you, on social media, I don't pay for anything. I refuse.

A lot of guys, you know, you see these numbers, a million, 5 million, 3 million, 200 million. They buy these followers. And I was advised early on, if you do that, the algorithm knows. You're not fooling anybody. Maybe you're fooling some kids. Who cares? But the business of social media, the algorithm knows exactly how you got those followers, organically or artificially.

I just broke 50,000 on Super Bowl Sunday of followers on Instagram. All organic. And now the algorithm is working for me. Now I get a thing from Instagram. We're promoting this reel because we believe you'll get more followers. Like the algorithm is telling me. So I just posted a story. It's about these fires in L.A. and how Gavin Newsom is just destroyed.

The governor of this state of California is just destroying this state. You know, bad leadership, Mick, bad leadership. It's terrible. I mean, California, if it was a country, would be the sixth most prosperous country in the world. And they're broke and they're in debt. I mean, what is that? What is that? People are leaving bad leadership.

So, you know, he's got to be fired and you got to move on. But accountability is really important and understanding the game that you're attempting to be in. I meet people all the time and they come to me and ask me, there's a lot of men and I see they're in a particular industry and they've never really evolved. They don't really understand the game of the industry.

They're good workers and they put in their hours and they don't understand the big picture. And it's not that difficult, but you have to want to. You can't be afraid. Can't be afraid to ask questions. You can't be afraid to explore and understand. I mean, it's stunning to me that a guy could spend 20, 30 years in industry and not really understand the industry that he's in.

That's something that Wall Street gifted me. We would, as young brokers, we would be told, here's the deal we're pitching. This is a conglomerate, Diageo, that represents all these brands of alcohol. So you become like an expert in alcohol and the business of alcohol and the business of Diageo and all that. Next thing you know, we're doing a banking deal with this company.

You know, this company is involved in defense technology. You know, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, whatever. You become like an expert and you start to understand from the top down. And you understand how the industry, how the game is played within the industry. I always look to identify an industry leader, right? So in the podcast world, I say it's got to be Joe Rogan. Right? They paid him what?

Spotify paid him $250 million six years ago. Now for three years, $200 million. Now he's getting $250 million for three years. And Joe Rogan is great. I love him. I listen to him. I watch fight. He makes the UFC fights exciting. I used to watch him on Fear Factor, right? He himself was a little karate champion out of New Jersey.

But I dig, I dig the, I understand, I look to understand the industry, how people monetize, what makes, you know, something interesting or not interesting, so forth and so on. I'm sure just like you do, you know, I'm sure this is what you've been doing, right? Yeah.

A lot of people, they get the mindset, they're so worried about executing perfectly that they never get off first base. Right. Just jump in the fucking pool.

splash around you'll figure it out it'll come to you but in the meantime don't miss a day you can't wait till you get something perfect you got to get in the game you'll take a few lumps you'll get hit you'll make a few mistakes guess what that's how you learn for real not by studying about yourself right right yeah right right i mean listen i'll never forget you know we were young boys in the neighborhood and somebody would get their hands on a playboy magazine

This is before the internet. This is before cell phones. And all the young boys in the neighborhood would go to this guy's house and he would look at Playboy. And it was so exciting. And we'd talk about kissing girls and touching girls. And every young boy is fascinated. It's fascinating. We see these young women in our lives who are so excited.

One day we'd have girlfriends and we'd hold their hands and touch and feel. And you can study it all you want. You can watch pornography. You can read books and magazines and But until you're actually with a woman, you have no idea what it is. You have no idea. So get in there. Don't be afraid. Stop studying. I use that as an example for men because all men can understand that.

Until you actually get your pants down, you don't know what the hell's going on. And it's a great experience, right? And you don't have to get it perfect and you don't have to get it right. Get in there. Practice. And, you know, I like to use real life examples that are relatable. You know what I'm saying?

Because sometimes you look in books and academia and they come up with this shit that, what the fuck are you talking about? I like to keep things simple, you know, because at the end of the day, people convolute things. People dress things up. And to go back for a second, anything worth doing, Mick, anything is worth doing for money. Yes, sir. That's something they teach you on Wall Street.

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