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Mark Entrekin: Hello, Buddy, and welcome to the achieving unity, success formula. Podcast we have a special guest today. It's going to be so exciting
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Mark Entrekin: as I think all of you know I am Mark Intriken.
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Mark Entrekin: and, as you see on the screen right now, is our gift to you.
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Mark Entrekin: Not only do you have a greater gift coming up with
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Mark Entrekin: Robert here shortly. But we do have the achieving Unity guide. So if you look at the
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Mark Entrekin: and we publish twice a month. So love to have your feedback.
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Mark Entrekin: This is our weekly podcast number 37. We are moving since October of last year. It's been very exciting.
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Mark Entrekin: and hope if you don't already have it on your calendar.
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Mark Entrekin: as mentioned in the logo reality focus dynamics equals success focus solutions.
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Mark Entrekin: When we are reality focused, we can be success focused because we know what's going on. We know what's reality and not just perception.
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Mark Entrekin: We talk about proven compassionate strategies that turn conflict, conflict of any kind into lasting harmony
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Mark Entrekin: at home, at work, and in every relationship that matters.
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Mark Entrekin: Are you or somebody, you know, that is frustrated by tensions or arguments.
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Mark Entrekin: Our 7 step roadmap gives you the tools
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Mark Entrekin: to move from any form of conflict
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Mark Entrekin: to the collaboration that you want to see quickly and confidently.
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Mark Entrekin: If you're craving for stronger trust, craving for stronger connection.
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Mark Entrekin: discover the communication tactics that build, respect.
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Mark Entrekin: repair relationships and unifying teams and families alike.
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Mark Entrekin: We can transform that conflict into connection together, achieving unity.
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Mark Entrekin: unity inspires homes, it shapes society, and it transforms workplaces. We can't do it alone.
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Mark Entrekin: Everything we do.
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Mark Entrekin: We help you turn frustration into understanding.
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Mark Entrekin: Too many times we may have heard the words from ourselves or others what the frustration
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Mark Entrekin: we need to find value, and we can't in our actions, instead of reacting in anger or frustration or disconnection.
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Mark Entrekin: we show that anger holds no value. Anger has absolutely no value. Anger, a, NGER.
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Mark Entrekin: Stands for actions not gaining effective results.
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Mark Entrekin: That's all. Anger is, it's just actions that not gaining effective results. There's no value to it.
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Mark Entrekin: Life does happen. We know that in every relationship from personal to professional, from parenting, time to partnerships.
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Mark Entrekin: In the bedroom, in the boardroom, in every room in between.
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Mark Entrekin: we show you how to embrace challenges and encourage a more inspired and inclusive future.
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Mark Entrekin: That's EII encourage, inspire, and include. You'll read more about that if you go out to my blog.
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Mark Entrekin: read my newsletters, one vision, one goal achieving unity in every area of life.
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Mark Entrekin: their call to action, our call to action. Let's ditch the drama.
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Mark Entrekin: Let's get stuff done.
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Mark Entrekin: We'll show you how to turn your life in what may seem like a dumpster fire into a well
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Mark Entrekin: Achieving unity is the path to stronger relationships, inspired leadership and lasting change.
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Mark Entrekin: I can help you with any kind of coaching, consulting courses, keynote speeches, or workshops
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Mark Entrekin: please contact us today. You can use the Your QR code down the bottom
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Mark Entrekin: website there on the left, or call me at 3 0, 3. Focused reality focused
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Mark Entrekin: (303) 362-8733. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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Mark Entrekin: Starting in August, we have our 7 steps achieving unity, success formula.
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Mark Entrekin: because achieving unity does not just solve problems. It builds those bridges to possibilities.
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Mark Entrekin: It encourages every person's growth by replacing criticism with compassion.
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Mark Entrekin: It inspires the change through hope, not pressure, because every step forward matters.
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Mark Entrekin: It includes every voice, so no one feels unseen, unheard, or unworthy.
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Mark Entrekin: When we replace disconnection with empathy
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Mark Entrekin: and frustration, with understanding. We create a space or trust, collaboration and a shared purpose.
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Mark Entrekin: This is how we thrive together achieving unity.
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Mark Entrekin: our next podcast coming up.
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Mark Entrekin: Now all of June, all 4 podcasts are about dads, fathers, and parenting
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Mark Entrekin: throughout the dads, and how they parent today, which may be much different than when you or I were young, and how our parents treated us.
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Mark Entrekin: But we'll start with Michael Olson on the silent epidemic. Some epidemics that go on behind the scenes. Please come back on next next week on the 4th or more about that silent epidemic
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Mark Entrekin: coming up on the 11th Sean. Yesner, the widowed parent. How does it feel? Especially with fathers up there as a widowed parent.
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Mark Entrekin: What do you do? How do you handle those things?
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Mark Entrekin: Please come back. We'll break into some detail. Talk about how to handle those situations.
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Mark Entrekin: Key Schumacher, father friendly. He works with schools, organizations everywhere, because too many times
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Mark Entrekin: father's day is not that important?
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Mark Entrekin: Too many times fathers are not brought into the school system. It's always the mother fathers feel out of place.
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Mark Entrekin: Let's bring the fathers in. Let's make sure those dads know they are welcome.
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Mark Entrekin: Then Alan Stevens. He comes in on international profiling and is a communications specialist to help us with dads and fathers and communication.
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Mark Entrekin: And then on the Wednesday before the 4th of July Independence Day in the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman will be here.
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Mark Entrekin: He'll talk about the price of freedom
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Mark Entrekin: and honoring the cost of independence what we paid for in the United States through the wars to give us the independence that we have today.
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Mark Entrekin: We just celebrate Memorial Day and tribute those who fought for our freedoms.
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Mark Entrekin: Lieutenant Grossman will come in and tell us more. So please put us on your calendar. We're here every week every Wednesday, looking forward to seeing you talking to you more today, but definitely seeing you again next week
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Mark Entrekin: and to day. Quite an honor close friend of mine.
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Mark Entrekin: It's a great opportunity for us to be able to talk and share some questions and answers. We will today.
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Mark Entrekin: because Robert Butwin
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Mark Entrekin: is the power connection that you've been waiting for. If you go with power. If you're gonna go
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Mark Entrekin: with the way to win, you want to go with Robert Butwen, the street Mark Street. Smart strategist.
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Mark Entrekin: He's Elite Networker. He's entrepreneurial strategist, author of Street smart, networking.
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Mark Entrekin: Robert is the architect of influence and the quiet force behind some of the most impactful
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Mark Entrekin: collaborations in business today, a hall of fame entrepreneur. With over 35 years of global experience.
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Mark Entrekin: Robert has mastered the art of building high level relationships that lead to real results.
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Mark Entrekin: He's a best-selling author of street smart, networking, and a sought after speaker known for transforming vision into velocity
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Mark Entrekin: with a rare blend of entrepreneurial insight, intuitive matchmaking, and strategic foresight.
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Mark Entrekin: Robert Helps thought leaders, business builders and change makers amplify their visibility, their credibility
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Mark Entrekin: and their connectivity. Would you please help me in welcoming Mr. Robert Butwin.
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Mark Entrekin: Hey, Robert, how are you today?
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Robert butwin: You know, Mark, every day is an amazing day. Every day when I'm with you because of the relationships that we have.
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Robert butwin: you know, developed and developing from networking.
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Mark Entrekin: Yes, it is so great working with you and the things that you have done, and I just appreciate
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Mark Entrekin: knowing you and being able to work with you in all that we do.
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Mark Entrekin: It's it's tremendous, and I think is, you have said before, our success
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Mark Entrekin: are those that we hang around and those that we build
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Mark Entrekin: our friends, our relationships, and that sharing, I think, opens up so many right.
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Robert butwin: You know I put that in my book that you know your relationship is the average income of your 10 closest friends, you know, but it goes beyond income. But yes, you know, the right people can definitely elevate you as the wrong people. If you're in the relationship with those kind of people can take you down.
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Mark Entrekin: That is so true, and that's 1 of those 2. I think it was.
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Mark Entrekin: Jim Rohn told me about that back in the eighties, and he said that
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Mark Entrekin: those are the same words that you're saying, that your closest friends
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Mark Entrekin: you're you're pretty much the average of your 5 or or 10. Maybe it's your 3 closest friends.
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Mark Entrekin: and I like what you're saying because of your income matches so well, and and what you're doing.
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Robert butwin: Thank you, Robert.
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Robert butwin: You're welcome. I found it to mirror in relationship to the quality of people you hang around with. You know I originally learned it from Harvey Mckay, who is a 70 year friend of our family, who wrote a couple of different books. One of you know, the one that he's most famous for is swim with the sharks, but the other one that I think, is more relevant for networking. And when I talked to him 3, 4 years ago he sent me a copy of it is, dig you well before you're thirsty.
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Robert butwin: So the key in everything that we do in business and life.
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Robert butwin: no matter what it is, is the relationships that we develop.
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Mark Entrekin: It is I that is so true
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Mark Entrekin: the more. And as I work on it with
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Mark Entrekin: like even mentioned earlier achieving unity, we can't do this alone.
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Mark Entrekin: It's the people that we work with that helps us achieve that greatest value.
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Mark Entrekin: And as you mentioned the people, the 10 people that you're on the most
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Robert butwin: Yep, I did.
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Mark Entrekin: Has that value, right?
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Robert butwin: Definitely one of the words that I learned back
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Robert butwin: 88, or some somewhere around there. Synergy, which is.
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Robert butwin: you know, people working together are greater than individuals. You know the synergy of you know where one plus one doesn't equal 2, and I love the acronyms, and I think you know that I love acronyms. And to me the acronym of team was, which is together. Everybody achieves mastery, and it's developing the team of people around around you that's got a
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Robert butwin: a common, some kind of a common vision, and that are working together with a common goal in relationship to what they're looking to accomplish.
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Mark Entrekin: So true. I like that, too, on team.
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Mark Entrekin: Everyone's mastery, achieving mastery, achieving the greatness that that everyone deserves. It means anyone and everyone
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Mark Entrekin: that is so true.
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Mark Entrekin: You've had quite a journey, Robert, with the things that you've done, and what you've accomplished.
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Mark Entrekin: Can you tell us a little about your journey, and how you got started in network marketing and then in entrepreneurship. And
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Mark Entrekin: what a what a journey!
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Robert butwin: You know it has been a very interesting journey now that I'm on, so to speak, on the other side of the playing field. But one of the things I learned about the journey is everything serves you not, you know. You might not realize that as you're going through that journey.
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Robert butwin: But you know my journey. Our family started the High School War cheerleading Jacobysis in the 19 thirties, 1938. Oldest son, 3rd generation, always expected
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Robert butwin: to run. The family business problem was
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Robert butwin: too much family in the family business, so is my family. So I came to the realization that I had to make a change back in 1983, 84
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Robert butwin: you know, I graduated from the University of Minnesota. I sort of got education shoved on my throat. I took the path of least resistance. So once I came to the realization that I had to change direction.
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Robert butwin: And you know, sometimes it's a synchronicity of things that happen came across a cassette tape series by Wayne Dyer, how to be a No Limit person, and so to realize that the limits that existed in my life. I was responsible for them being there. So a lot of it goes back to taking that responsibility for the life you want to create.
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Robert butwin: And I can remember around the same time that
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Robert butwin: came across Wayne Dyer's Cassette Tape series. I met a lady that ultimately I ended up marrying. We've been happily married for 40 years, but as I was starting.
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Mark Entrekin: Congratulations.
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Robert butwin: Thank you.
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Robert butwin: As I was starting off in my journey, you know we were walking one day before we got married, and I turned to her, and I said, There's nothing or nobody that's gonna stop me from succeeding. A lot of it goes back to your intention.
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Robert butwin: The fact that you've got this vision of what you want to accomplish the intention? Are you really committed and serious about creating whatever it is that you want to create as your listeners are listening to this. You know it starts with that vision and the intention and the relationships that you're going to, you know, surround yourself with.
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Mark Entrekin: That is so beautiful. It's that intention that we all. I think we don't think about it enough.
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Mark Entrekin: As I talk about our priority
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Mark Entrekin: Whatever we're doing at any moment, it is our top priority.
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Mark Entrekin: That's just the way
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Mark Entrekin: life works. If we're going to the beach. The beach is our top priority. If we're cooking dinner, cooking, dinner is our top priority, and we don't think about that enough with the things we do or don't do
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Mark Entrekin: if we're watching television
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Mark Entrekin: watching, television is our top priority. And so those things that we do, those intentions that we put in front of us. Right?
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Mark Entrekin: That's what we're intending to do.
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Mark Entrekin: The value we receive from that
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Robert butwin: 100% agree. And part of you know, when I met Harvey
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Robert butwin: and and this is an old cliche. But he told me back in 83, 84, that your net worth
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Robert butwin: is in direct relationship to the value of your network. So my top priority.
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Robert butwin: you know, was to develop meaningful relationships at as fast as possible. So that's always been my priority. Then, throughout my whole journey to where I am today, I'm still
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Robert butwin: actively involved, not necessarily because I have to be, but I have to be have to be, because again, part of your priority switch.
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Robert butwin: you know, when I started my journey, my priority was making enough money. I didn't have to worry about
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Robert butwin: money anymore, you know. I think about 2, 3 years ago I was in a breakout room, and somebody asked the guy that was running the room. He says, What's the meaning of life?
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Robert butwin: And the guy without thinking, basically said to live a life of meaning. So my priorities switched
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Robert butwin: from money motivated to purpose, motivated. So my top priority is to be of value. You know, whenever I have the opportunity to have a 1 on one whenever I have an opportunity to be on a podcast make. Sure it's never about me, because if you take me and flip it upside down. It's we. It's the relationships that you're involved with.
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Mark Entrekin: You have so many good quotes and acronyms you're talking about. Turn the me upside down. It's we that is, that is so true. And then what you also mentioned about your net worth
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Mark Entrekin: is your net work.
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Mark Entrekin: So who you're working with again? Back to what you're saying earlier, your 5 closest friends, your 10 closest friends.
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Mark Entrekin: That is the people that you work with. That is your network, right?
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Robert butwin: Definitely. And and you know I mean everything changed as of March 2020,
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Robert butwin: and you know I everything that I did before then. It was for the most part in person networking. Now it's online on Zoom, you and I met on Zoom but a couple of the people that I've met, and and you know, quite often you're at the Jv directory.
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Robert butwin: and you see, I'm you know, usually always get hype, you know, Spot, you know visibility there in amongst everything but some of the people I'm working with. One of them is James Feldman, I think I've you know, introduced you, and you know he's helped. Some very large companies increase
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Robert butwin: increase sales volume over 3 billion dollars. He taught me 3D thinking. So every time that I start off. And I, you know, go into a 1 on one, I think, of 3D. Thinking to understand the depth of what's going on in their world. The distance from where they are to where they want to be. It's never about me and the determination of them to create it. And I focus on being a value.
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Robert butwin: You know what I've something I learned a long time ago. The more I give, the more it comes back to me. Givers gain, you know, going back to what B. And I, you know, made, you know, famous, but I found that to be so true.
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Mark Entrekin: That's right, givers gain, because when you give to others you gain so much for yourself.
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Mark Entrekin: I don't think we catch on to that. Enough that that giving is so important. I know I I need to do it more
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Robert butwin: you know, most people, when they write a book, think it's going to be an income producing activity.
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Robert butwin: That's not necessarily the case, I mean. Yes, some people make a lot of money writing a book, but I found it to save me time. I could. You know. I can pass it on now. It did get me on certain stages. It got me more international recognition. So it was profitable from that perspective. But I really did it more to
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Mark Entrekin: That's a good idea. I've been working on a book now for 3 years, and I'm just I over edit. Maybe the ghostwriter concept that you're working with or do you use? It is something I need to think about.
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Robert butwin: without a doubt. Now it's still my writing. I write it, and I just put it, you know. 1st of all, the key in AI is, you need to let it know who you are from your perspective. Got 1,500 words to tell it who you are, but I would write it. I would put in AI and say, can you make this better if I don't like the changes, or you know, one way or the other? There's so many things that AI can help us as entrepreneurs. Take what we're doing to a whole nother level.
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Mark Entrekin: It is, it is. I'd like to get that book completed and actually have my goal to have it completed by the end of June.
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Mark Entrekin: I will go to AI, and I use 5 different ones. But I will go and ask. It. Is this making sense to you, because AI will carry a conversation on with you.
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Robert butwin: Oh, I I mean, we look. And I learned this from James AI. Is your
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Robert butwin: accelerated a innovation for your business differentiation? It's still got the human touch, you know. You know it's not going to do everything for you, but there's so many things it can do to help you position yourself in the way that you want to position yourself. But again, it's still everything's still about that human relationship.
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Robert butwin: disturb her, and she is really good at grammar. But now I can just write something, and you know, anyhow, that that's a whole other area.
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Mark Entrekin: Whole. Another book. Yeah, when I teach, I teach the University of Denver, and we use grammarly in there to help us teach and help us in grading. It's a good package, but well back to your street. Smart networking.
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Mark Entrekin: What are some of the messages that you were hoping to send in your book Street smart, networking. What's some of your major messages that you were sharing with others?
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Robert butwin: Well, that was back then, and there was really good insight, and I got a lot of good feedback. But I've evolved since then. So let's take a look at you know. I mean, I believe, that ultimately, for anybody that wants to accomplish whatever they want to accomplish. You know, you talked about success as your introduction, and there was a movie I watched a long time ago. It was called A Knight's Tale. The 2 key parts of the Knight's Tale
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Robert butwin: are, his father told him. Son, you can change your stars because of the fact. Back when that movie was filmed to be a knight you had to be born into nobility, and then it's the activities that he did. So I got another acronym for you.
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Robert butwin: The R is your reputation, you know, Mark, you've got an amazing reputation. I focus on making sure my reputation.
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Robert butwin: and I can go from what I say and what I do, the E is the experience that people have when they're in your presence. A. Are you authentic? And are you an authority, as it relates to what it is that you do what you are? And I am
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Robert butwin: helpful. Were you helpful when you're having whatever relationships your communication, because what people are really looking for today is hope. Another acronym. Hope is helping other people elevate by empowering them, sharing your wisdom when we pass. We can't take it with us. Really, I mean, unless you put in a digital form. So
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Mark Entrekin: That's excellent. I like to hear you say that
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Mark Entrekin: it ignites us. Maybe just a little bit starts that fire right?
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Mark Entrekin: It is. Well, let me ask you something quickly on your screen. You've got a zoom Id. You had a time on the screen. Tell us more about your.
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Robert butwin: Sure, it's actually an edgy, networking event, and it's called you better change. Originally we started it off as better change, but a lot of the times the people that we were dealing with, and it goes back to Harvey's book swim with the sharks. There's unfortunately a lot of sharks in the water.
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Robert butwin: And so we wanted people to realize. And we started to change the name. The time to you. Better change. It's really an Edu networking event for Phds of entrepreneurs that care. Now Phd. Is prosperous.
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Robert butwin: bright people. James is there? Tom Gay is there who created engage pro. He's grown 4 different companies, and it's all designed around being of value to other people, because.
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Robert butwin: you know there's so much misinformation without getting political or anything else like that. You know. It's like you're seeing different messages, contrary different messages every day as you look at Msn or any of these news broadcasts. So we wanted to have clarity and communication. We want to focus on what we can do to help more people create the success that they deserve. One of the biggest things my initial mentor
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Robert butwin: told me is attitude of gratitude. Be grateful for where you are as you're going to where you deserve to be. You know we're all you know. When your 1st question about the you know my journey, we all have different experiences. And one of my other mentors, you know, mentioned experience is what you get
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Mark Entrekin: That is so true, and that's you said so much there. But
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Mark Entrekin: quotes that are out there that may or may not be given by the people. But what is it, Einstein? And given the credit for that one that says
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Robert butwin: Dr. Robert Anthony beyond positive thinking. He said something similar of what you just said. There's certain lessons we're supposed to learn until we learn that lesson life will continually trip you up
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Robert butwin: So it's like my wife and I quite often take a look at something. We we do something, and it doesn't come out the way we want. She says
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Mark Entrekin: That's that's a great attitude that's good to have that. You can do something like that and say.
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Mark Entrekin: That's awesome. And you're so good with these acronyms. And you've been doing this for quite a while. You've been in this field for what over 35 years is that what I heard.
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Robert butwin: Yeah, I haven't worked a job since September 7, th 1990. I'm psychologically unemployable. But you know, back in the beginning stages. And I remember going in one of the lessons for anybody and everybody that's listening or will be listening
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Robert butwin: like I was had a guy had a demonstration. He had a glass of Coca-cola in one hand, pitcher of water in the other, and he starts pouring a pitcher of water into the glass of Coca-cola. The more water that went in displaced the Coca-cola became lighter and lighter and lighter. So when I started my journey
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Robert butwin: because of the fact that I was committed for success. I started to change my mindset by reading the books, listening to the cassette tapes and Cds attending the events, and I know you know how important that is because it built my belief system. And that's part of why, you know, it's just it's who I am today. So.
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Mark Entrekin: If we lose, if you lose me for a second I'll come right back. But I do hear the storm, and I saw my screen flicker a little bit ago.
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Mark Entrekin: but so if you lose me, just keep on going. I'll be back shortly. But again, back to the time that you've been doing this and that great smile that you keep on your face
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Robert butwin: I don't have the luxury to say, Okay, you know I'm amazing. You know life is great, you know you know the words matter. So what motivates me? You know I believe in living that life of meaning. And and again.
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Robert butwin: and I know you know this parable about the starfish thrower. I made a difference to that one every day, if I show up
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Robert butwin: There's certain there's certain times that people self sabotage, and I'm not there to sit back and criticize. And you know, one way or the other. But that's why it's so important to make sure, because the little things make the difference. So what motivates me is that at the end of my life, whenever that might be, and as I reflect back and know that I
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Robert butwin: lived the life that I was proud of, that I lived, and it's not about how much money I make, because you can't take it with you, but it's the impact and the influence you have in a way that made a difference with others.
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Mark Entrekin: That's beautiful.
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Mark Entrekin: That's so great. How you do think about others almost constantly. And then you've got a couple of writings, and you have. We talked about your street smart networking.
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Mark Entrekin: Then you have another title, street, smart strategist.
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Robert butwin: you know, running our family business. Before I got into entrepreneur full time, I ended up running a nightclub with no experience of running a nightclub. You know I've always, for whatever reason, I found myself in some kind of a leadership role. Going through college, I end up creating. I am sports teams and recruiting the right people. And we came in second overall. You know that one, my senior year of all the teams out there. So, as a strategist, you know.
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Robert butwin: there is no such word, and the only reason I know there's no such word is, I put it. I want sent it in to become a corporation back when I didn't know that I didn't know, and they came. They sent it back to me this and no such word. But a strategist is figuring out how somebody can get from where they are, to.
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Robert butwin: where they want to be going from here to there, and the difference from here to there, sort of like, you know, we to me, you know it's just one letter difference. At the beginning of the word. Here you had a T. You got there, or where, you know, you know, sometimes it's just a little
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Robert butwin: difference. And I look at myself being wise because I've you know, consistently, actively involved at a high level. And so I'm learning through that experience, plus my mastermind. I've got people around me anytime. I don't know anything that I can turn to to get different perspectives. So my whole focus is helping people accomplish what they want to accomplish where I can do it, and if I can't do it, I'll guide them to somebody that can.
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Mark Entrekin: You not only write about it, but you exercise it on a day-to-day basis.
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Robert butwin: I live it, you know. In fact.
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Robert butwin: 2 days ago I was in a breakout room, and a guy comes in late, you know. We'd already done the introduction, and one of the guys that had done an introduction the guy that came in late I saw the perfect fit for the 2 of them to possibly collaborate. So I suggested it. The guy that came in late. He says that's just Robert being Robert, you know. It's just a way of being. It's I mean, I've I've just.
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Mark Entrekin: That's beautiful. If it's something like that to come natural. There's so many of us, so many people
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Robert butwin: Correct. Yeah, I've been on stage a couple of different times in the Philippines, Thailand.
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Robert butwin: Malaysia. I've been asked to assuming that my close sponsor gets his act together to run a event later this year in India. I'm not sure if that's gonna happen or not. But you know, you get, you know, going back to the reach that reputation you know in.
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Robert butwin: That's why it's so important to show up authentically and be of value. And people, you know, recognize that and realize that.
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Mark Entrekin: There's so much what you're saying. I think that word
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Mark Entrekin: I even have the domain called, where's the value?
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Mark Entrekin: and they don't know for themselves where's the value? But I think what you're sharing with us.
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Mark Entrekin: Tell me this, and of course I know you quite well, and always honored to be with you and listen to you. But
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Robert butwin: Goes back. What I said earlier. I'm gonna get in the box with them.
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Robert butwin: And I'm gonna ask, tell me what you're what you do what you're doing to expand what you're doing, and if they don't have any clue of what they're, you know what they're really doing, then I'll focus on. What do you really like to do?
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Robert butwin: You know I've got to? I I've got to understand the other person by asking the right questions. I don't have a list of 1520 questions that I'm gonna ask. Ask them, you know, and then you want to take a look at what kind of resources? Not money necessarily. But you know, if you you're telling me, you wanna
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Robert butwin: do this, how many hours are you? You know how many hours are you gonna do that. What kind of network do you have? You know? What are some of you know your valuable connections? So as a strategist, I've got to take a look at the different pieces of the puzzle, and figuring out which of the pieces go together. And you know how I can possibly
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Robert butwin: share some perspective, insight, wisdom, in a way that will help them see more of a clear future. It's like my crystal ball is clear. It's not crystal clear, but I want to help them be able to see some kind of a vision of how the how they can
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Robert butwin: move from where they are, to where they would like to be, because I really believe that everybody deserves to live a quality life. And I believe that if you know, going back to the movie, a knight's tale. Everybody can change their stars. It doesn't matter where they are.
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Robert butwin: I mean where they start or where they are now. The key
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Robert butwin: is the direction they're headed, and where they choose to end up, life is our choices in putting putting behind it the proper actions.
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Mark Entrekin: Life is our choices. We have the proper action. I like that.
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Robert butwin: And the key. And you. We talked about relationships, and I can't remember. Was you or somebody else? They asked me the question, What is the most
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Robert butwin: and I didn't put it together. But he said the mirror, because if you look in the mirror. Everything begins with you.
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Robert butwin: We can. We've got the power changes necessary. You know. There's an art as it relates to creating the right life to developing the right relationships, you know. Are you aware, what are you doing to attract the right people releasing the negative things? You know the are, you know you can come up with in the transformation or transition of getting from where you are to where you want to be.
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Mark Entrekin: and that is our mirror like you said.
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Robert butwin: Yup, if there's an old saying, I remember, if it is to be, it's up to me.
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Mark Entrekin: It's up to you. Make that next step absolutely every time. That's so true.
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Mark Entrekin: and that's what sometimes we don't think. And as you mentioned this to be, it's up to me if we want it to change what I like to say. Change is short term improvements long term.
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Mark Entrekin: That's true that the prosper the prosperous life, and I think the 1st one to the P's was purpose right, having a clear reason. And again.
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Robert butwin: Yes. And then are you passionate about it? I mean, you know, it's like he asked me what you know, what keeps me motivated to today. It's just knowing that everything I'm doing is adding up to knowing that at the end of my life I've lived a life of meaning based on, not about myself, but being passionate about what it is that you're doing.
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Mark Entrekin: And I remember a few of them, because of your teachings, has been great, but one of them I think it was a sheet that I saw the last one was personal growth.
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Robert butwin: to Eskimos now. I've never tried. I believe I could, but they don't need it. But the point is, if you show up and focus on being of value to other people, you know that you left the relationship, the experience that they had with you because it was all centered on them, not about myself.
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Mark Entrekin: I will always continue to listen to you because you bring so much forward. But you have that.
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Robert butwin: One of the things I learned early on is you want to create interdependent, not codependent relationships. I would guide people to the information, and I use that as a barometer, because, you know. And Jim, Rome said in a different way, he said, you know.
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Robert butwin: You know, I can guide somebody, and it's a way of testing the key in marketing is everything's a test. And so if I tell somebody or suggest to somebody they go out and listen to. For example, Jim Rohn, take charge your Life Series. They can get it on Youtube for free.
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Robert butwin: and if they come back, and you know, or the next time we have a conversation I might say what you think of the
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Robert butwin: Yeah, they they miss the signs, and I'm always looking for the signs. Question I quite often will ask people
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Robert butwin: and they're not. They're red and white. And how many of them have you driven by? But most people are missing the signs. So I guide people to the information. And if they're not even willing to pick up
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Mark Entrekin: That is so big that and so true. And and what you're saying about how to make that work. And we have about 6 min left. We have plenty of time, but I have to check with you. What's 1? Some people's.
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Robert butwin: Well figure out. You know the system as it relates to whatever they're doing. You know, I think systems are so important, and that's part of where I started to incorporate what Tom Gays got and engage Pro. It's recognizing if you, recognizing the results as it relates to your actions like I told you the amount of numbers I did with the one on ones. But most people, even though I left the door open.
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Robert butwin: you know. Ultimately, you know, again, it's driven with quality information. So you know, a lot of it goes back to the you know the choices we make, you know, choose to make the changes necessary. You know an old saying that I remember friend of mine said, you know 5 simple but profound words. If nothing changes.
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Mark Entrekin: And that's so true that you just the last 2 words there, take action because too many people are not taking it to the next level to do something. They're expecting something to happen for them.
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Mark Entrekin: It's so crazy in so many ways.
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Mark Entrekin: All right. We have about 3 min. 1st off again, Robert, thank you so much for being here. The
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Mark Entrekin: what you bring forward, the insights that you share with us are so powerful and so strong. What you use what you do with Tom Gay? I think you, as you mentioned Tom TOM. Gay, GAY.
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Mark Entrekin: If someone wants to get hold of you, they've been intrigued by you today like I have.
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Mark Entrekin: How can they get a hold of you?
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Robert butwin: The either the easiest 2 ways. They can send me an email and let me know that you heard me here, which is just my last name, but [email protected] just BUTW. [email protected] if they want to set up a time on my calendar. It's Callan Lee, CALE, ndly.com forward slash my last name. But when again my name's Robert, but when what I really want you to remember is when you connect with Robert, you do nothing but
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Mark Entrekin: I like that, Dr. Roberts, to do nothing but win, and I've seen that the things that I do, the people that you've talked to. As you mentioned, we've been on several groups together, talk some of the same people and everyone around me that I've talked to about you is that way. They've done nothing but win, because they know you.
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Mark Entrekin: Robert, that's the same for me, and thank you for being here. Thank you for all that you do, and all that you share.
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Mark Entrekin: I sincerely appreciate it.
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Robert butwin: Mark, it's been a pleasure, and I just hope that your listeners were able to gain some good insight and value.
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Mark Entrekin: I think they have. And there's something they're going to appreciate, because
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Mark Entrekin: what we're doing here is what my company does. It's about achieving unity.
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Mark Entrekin: and we achieve. We are achieving unity by harnessing the power, that power of encouraging others.
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Mark Entrekin: inspiring others and including others. As we take action
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Mark Entrekin: to end any of the 8,
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Mark Entrekin: and some people look at that. They don't like the word hate, but hates a disconnection.
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Mark Entrekin: We must be able to end our prejudice.
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Mark Entrekin: because that is the way that we build better businesses.
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Mark Entrekin: and a much, much better world. And we can do that. Get everybody. Thank you. To Robert Butwen. Please come back and see Us. Is this podcast will be on Youtube in about 3 days. So please go ahead and check for it. Check for my name, mark Intriken. Check for Robert Butwin. You can see this again. You can watch it, watch it over and over, and give us feedback.
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Mark Entrekin: We would both love to hear from you, because we are looking to see you again next week.
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Mark Entrekin: and the weeks to follow. So until then, thank you all cheers.
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Mark Entrekin: Thank you. Robert.
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Robert butwin: Okay. Take care, Mark. Thank you.
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Mark Entrekin: Everybody. Thanks.
