Coffee With Dan

Sometimes,I get a bolt out of the blue that reminds me of the humble beginnings of my entrepreneurial journey…

What am I talking about?

Well how does the idea of turning sideways and Indiana Jones style inching along the wall to get INTO the shower cubicle sound like?

Or having 8 mini heaters in the winter, wearing jumpers and tracksuit bottoms to bed?

How about sharing your living space with every shape,size and speed of spider known to man?

How about banging your head EVERY FUCKING NIGHT when you go to bed?

Or pooling your cash together to figure out of you had enough to get food the next day, and rushing into Morrison’s just before closing when you realised you had enough to buy yourself a treat for a quid from the reduced section?

Sound fun? (more…)

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This is a recent ‘philosophy’ that I have been trying to live my life by, and its rather simple to be honest – and as a result my happiness as gone up many times over.

But since going online there is this insidious ‘underbelly’ that is really starting to get on my tits – and there are some sneaky little shits that out there.

You see with my philosophy? Its VERY simple: (more…)

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Effort, goes a long way.

In this online world, it’s super easy to send a FB message, an email or a cheeky tweet.

But to offer to drive/train/fly to meet someone for a coffee?

It’s -sigh, sorry for using this phrase -next level stuff. (more…)

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#BEMOREDAN

^^^ I’ve decided to make this a thing -care to join me?
Firstly, I have not let anything get to my head.

A few folks used this in a thread -namely what would they do is they were me or had me there telling them what to do

Apparently, saying ‘fuck it’ and just doing it anyways is the short and simple summation.

How would I define myself then?

Well, definitely a work in progress but the more ‘DAN’ I am -they better my life gets! (more…)

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THE BAD SIDE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Here’s the thing… people won’t understand what the fuck you are doing, or why you are doing it.

You will be told (more than once) to get a proper job.

At times, you will be isolated as fuck, and riddled with self -doubt.

People who you loved/cared for/respected as industry friends and peers will turn on you,block you, bitch about you and generally surprise you by their actions.

This hurts more than you can imagine. (more…)

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Its a word that gets banded around a lot like clarity, passion and what have you

But whats YOUR take on it?

I used to be horrifically scarcity minded, saving for what **might** happen….but often didn’t

As soon as I realised there are more money and opportunities than I could EVER possibly realise is when my life truly changed

Someone sets up a ‘Coffee with X’?

NO problem

Someone sets up a new Gym in my town near my facility?

NO problem

One of my clients (copy or coaching) goes to work with someone else?

NO problem

Why?

Because there are MORE than enough people and pennies to go around!

The thing that can’t be replaced is YOU

Thats the ‘secret sauce’

And if someone goes elsewhere?

Then you have served your purpose, and the NEXT person, place or business they go to is what serves THEM better

Bets thing that has happened to me?

I am NOT attached to the outcome

If it goes my way, or not

Im really not worried

Why?

BECAUSE MY MINDSET IS ABUNDANT

If I lose a partner, colleague, business opportunity – whatever – its all good! There will be another 🙂

My RAS (reticular activating system) will kick in and Ill soon be spotting the opportunities and connections and will be back on track in no time

There is truly, 100% more out there than you could possible hope to claim for yourself, let go of the issues and go get what is yours

you don’t need permission

you don’t need to ask

there are no forms you need to fill out or committees to get approval

Just go get whats rightfully yours, because I promise you if you approach it with an abundant mindset – you WILL get it 🙂

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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dgd009-abundance/id1074328306?i=363619169&mt=2

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Follow your passion? How about create a product or service that people want, to a viably sized audience – and serve them at your highest level, doing something your trainings/skilled at that you enjoy too?

This was snatched from a thread, but tickled me so I HAD to share – love to hear your thoughts?! Should be a good conversation

(Thank you Sean Kaye – stolen with no regard and a micro edit ha)

I look at it this way, you’re a grown man/woman, you own your shit. If you want to jump out of the plane and put your parachute on during the free fall, that’s on you. If you want to walk to the pub and have a pint not wearing pants, that’s you call.

I think there’s a cottage industry of muppets and dickbags who are telling people to follow their dreams for personal financial gain and I detest that.

Selling results and showing people how to do something is hard work and the people who sell the hope message are the antithesis of hard working. Selling results polarizes people because you know what? Some people suck at life and aren’t good enough. So they fail and nobody ever blames themselves and they end up blaming the person who sold them a result.

On the other hand, hope is amorphous. It is almost in endless supply and nobody ever fails, they just haven’s succeeded yet.

You didn’t ask someone’s permission, you just got on with it.

My gripe is with the hope pedlars.

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***Daily Dose Of Dan***

Do you ever get filled with envy? Racked with jealousy?

I know I do from times to time, its something that I have learned to control – but thats the problem with human emotions: they are little fuckers 😉

When I was trying to ‘make it’ I would sometimes look at people who it seemed so easy for and think:

‘its OK for them, they have XXXX’

Then as I took time to get to know them, I realised many had overcome similar struggles, pains and issues as I had when I started to catch them up

Now, from where I am now a while ago I found myself comparing myself to some my clients, friends, colleagues and thinking I was a complete and utter piece of shit

A fraud

A failure

Useless

That it was all going to be taken away from me

My ’15 minutes of fame’ was over

Do not pass go

Do not collect £200

(see, told you I was a normal person too!)

When you see people doing $250,000 weekends….£100k webinar launches….groups a fraction of the size of yours seemingly buzzing….people with crazy hot and awesome partners happy as shit….great social circles….amazing kids a body to DIE for….sports cars, mansions with infinity pools….

You name it, all the things that you **may** want, but yet for some reason they have it

Hard not to let the green eyed monster out for an angry spin, eh?

What a bitch/bastard they are?

Fuck em, right?

Well, er, no

Thats where this book comes in. Was recommended to me be one of the few people that I will never question, Brian Kurtz.

Its called the origin of Illness

Now its quite a read, but in essence, is thus:

‘Drawing on 30 years of clinical research, this book asserts that envy is humankind’s primary pathology, the root of all ills’

Wow

Pretty powerful concept eh?

But think about how being envious (or jealous) makes you feel……

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Pretty shit right?

And that shitty feeling spills out all over the place! Like ten pounds of shit in an eight pound bag, it ruins your thoughts, conversations, plans – you name it

Little shit

Yet thats all it is – a feeling, but one that is so powerful that its often hard to ignore, especially as you can’t often see what its taken that person to achieve what YOU desire

You don’t know what sacrifices they have made

You don’t know what THEY are envious of

You don’t know how THEY feel when they lie down at night

People are like bloody icebergs, unless you get close to them – you will only ever get to see whats on the surface – 10% – with the other 90% under the water

Very few people know what demons we are dealing with – and maybe you have none – and thats great

But I am guessing thats rare as rocking horse shit 😉

But what I have learned to do is this

If I see someone that has the life I want…

The business I want…

The body I want…

The happiness I want…

The relationship I want….

Instead of getting envious

I say:

‘hello’

🙂

Sounds simple, but the best way to obliterate any form of envy is befriend the person, learn from them, model (not steal), perhaps invest in some of their time, and then bring it in to your own world

That, and unfollow anyone that triggers you, leave groups that piss you off, don’t involve yourself in shit that doesn’t bother you

you can’t be me

I can’t be you

Thats the beautiful thing when you start to let go of envy, you realise that there is a fuck tonne of stuff out there – I hate to say this – but whatever it is you want IS abundant

You just need to be you, focus on you…DO YOU

There are things that you can do that will piss on any of my attempts, and likewise I will have things that I can kick your ass on

Thats just life

We can’t all be awesome at the same stuff, how dull would that be.

So if you see someone with the life or assets your want, don’t get envious – let it go – simply focus on your talents, learn what you can – and do your thang

Life is one big game, no point looking at the other players and hating them – sometimes they are going to beat you – and sometimes you are going to beat them

Is what it is 🙂

Thats it from philosophical Dan today

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I love doing “AMAs” – Ask me anything sessions.

Here’s one question that I was asked that I loved.

And the answer surprised even me!

I wrote it pretty much without thinking… (more…)

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