Luke Layman

If you repeated your actions of today for 100 straight days, would your life be better or worse than it is today?

Long live King George!

Two takeaways from my bucket list trip to see George Strait

I don't recall when I first started listening to country music, but it might have been as late as college when I really started to appreciate it

George Strait was one of the early ones I came to appreciate and I remember jamming to one of his CDs in my Jeep Cherokee for hours on end

For probably two decades I've missed concert after concert for any number of reasons, but I made it a priority to go last night- and it didn't disappoint

I made it a priority to not take lots of videos and to simply be present and soak it in

Here are my reflections

1. Regret happens when we have a sensation around something we didn't accomplish. (I talked about this in episode 104, as compared to remorse). There will come a time when seeing King George in person will no longer be possible.

2. Sometimes you have to travel the extra mile. A 4 hour drive to Jacksonville would be reason enough to not buy tickets. But at the end of the road, the reward is quite worth it.

At this point in my life I am grateful for both the financial resources and the time to pursue memory making experiences

Are you a sinker or a swimmer?

When I was a kid I would scare the s**t out of my parents because I always wanted to play in the deep end

The adult version of playing in the deep end is being an entrepreneur

16% of Americans call themselves entrepreneurs

There is a reason the other 84% don't want any part of it

If an entrepreneur is one who takes significant financial risk, that means you have to stay there

When you take away the risk and the potential for reward- you are really just the senior employee of any old company

There's a very fine line between playing in the deep end and drowning

5 things I learned living in Korea

One of the greatest things you can do in life is to put yourself in uncomfortable places

At 29 years old I saddled up a brand new wife and moved to South Korea

I was excited for sure but loaded with apprehension and nervousness

1. Expansion comes from discomfort
2. One year is a lot less time than you think it is
3. Different doesn’t mean better or worse, just different
4. Changing the things you see in the world, changes the way you see the world
5. Finding what you don’t like is equally as important as finding what you do like

There were lots I didn’t enjoy about that experience- monsoons, using whole fish in the soup, Hierarchy structure

As I look back I see I am a better person because of the experience

My memories now involve Cherry blossoms in Seoul, speed train trips with a young bride, and vacation in Thailand

Make a plan to get out there and see the world this year

The warrior mind dies 1 death

The weak mind dies a hundred times a day

This image from Tim Urban @ Wait But Why is the best depiction of my worldview I have seen recently

How I got here is infinitely less important than where I am going

You don't want to get in the room

You don't know it yet, but there is a room inside the room

That's the room you want to be in

That's where the heavy hitters, decision makers, and play callers congregate

The room inside the room happens before the doors are open - and is open long after the doors close to the rest of the room

Find the room you need to be in- then find the inner circle

Rule 2. Speed is easiest achieved alone, Greatness is easier achieved together

I already knew better 👨‍🏫

I've learned this lesson multiple times before 🥇

If you're anything like me, most projects take 100% longer with 100% more resources than I estimated

I had a board that needed to be replaced on my deck, and knowing the rule above I bought three boards. As I replaced the first board, I noticed the support board underneath was also bad - DANG!

100% more resources, 100% more time that I don't have. Instead of an easy rip and replace I had to hire a pro to do it

My cost, however, wasn't only the cost of the time to go to Lowe’s, rip the first board up and replace i

My REAL cost was the lost opportunities of what I could have been doing instead

My direct cost is the cost of having to do it twice because replacing decking isn't my highest-value skill
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What's my lesson? I shouldn't have been doing that in the first place

My priorities are simple- health, wealth and relationships

For sure I sweated, but that was hardly the efficient calorie burn as if I hit the gym or a run for the same period

Though I likely could have saved a few bucks, I also could have easily generated three times the value if I had worked on my business during that same time

Though I did teach Beckett a thing or two about construction, and I did get some quality time, was it the BEST quality time?

Health-wealth-relationships- if it doesn't feed one of those, I know I shouldn't be doing it

I just had to relearn the lesson

The lesson is simple: Be critical with your time and energy, and guard it as if your success depended upon it

Keep Winning my friends! 👊