How Focus Creates Success with Glenn Lundy

00:00 In this episode of the Team Super Dad podcast, I talk dedication. 762 daily live streams and having eight kids with the awesome dad that is Glenn Lundy. Roll theme! Welcome to Team Super Dad Real dads creating their best lives ever More time More money More fun You are not alone You're on Team Super Dad Hello Team Super Dad, welcome back. It's good to have you here if you're a first time listener then of course... How did you find us? Welcome along! What brought you here I wonder and if you are a returning listener, a subscriber, a fan then it's brilliant to have you back as uh as I'll talk about in today's episode. I've got fans, I've got fans man we've got more listeners coming in the United States and from other places in the world. Of course most of you are in the UK but

00:58 What I need is some more reviews. So if you are listening, make sure you've been subscribed and send us a review! Apple Podcasts is the place to be... basically it's just easy go into Apple Podcasts click on the thing leave a review say something nice And let me know what you want more of, basically. This episode of the Team Super Dad podcast is with a guy called Glenn Lundy an absolutely awesome man from the US A dad to seven with another kid on the way I said to him how? How does that happen like you've got both be on the same page surely to have that many children and it is inspiring. I've got big family in America

01:45 I'm And maybe life doesn't always support that many kids and maybe you don't want that many kids but believe me when you've got the team, and Glenn talks about the team he has with his wife. When you've got the team, when you've got the money, when you've got the space, when you've got the heart for it a big family is incredibly rewarding. Yeah you're just going to love this I won't tell you too much more but Glenn is

02:25 Background actually is in the automotive trade. He's incredibly successful across the US in terms of car dealerships and he now coaches car dealership firms and staff and systems, basically helps them become incredibly successful and even more impressive than that if you Don't happen to have a car dealership then it won't be useful to you, but even more impressive than that he has done 762 consecutive daily live streams on YouTube and Facebook called the Daily Grind. And so we talk about what kind of energy it takes to be that committed to something what kind of dedication It takes You know the old adage is about overnight success But the truth behind overnight successes is no one becomes an overnight success overnight. It's some kind of

03:12 Minimum a year but more like two, three four five years of hard work before you become an overnight success. It ain't your first video or your first podcast episode it's probably more like your hundredth something like that so let that be a motivation to you if you're a dad where you probably are if you listen in but if you're a dad come on over to the Team Super Dad community And the Hero Academy, we are all about men creating their best life ever in the areas of focus fitness finance family and fun when you can get a hold on those areas. When you can take control of your life your happiness your relationships

03:50 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad, And I'm If you're a dad who wants to create their best life ever, if you want to live a life that you feel inspired by rather than the life you feel stuck in then come on over. Come and be part of the Team Super Dad community The Hero Academy booting off in January big time and you don't want to miss that! Until then though enjoy this conversation with Glenn Lundy and I'll see you on the other side

05:08 Glenn, good day to you sir. How are you? I am great man! Good day to YOU! It's a pleasure to be here man and appreciate it. Thank-you very much. Obviously your accent betrays you there so you're not from England and I've already introduced you... I would say YOUR accent betrays YOU there! Well there is definitely more of you than that so... It's quite exciting actually, I do have increasing numbers of listeners on the podcast in the US so that is always exciting. Yeah man it's great! And we'll come onto it but you've got listeners all around the world with The Rise and Grind Show I'm absolutely sure. But where are you? Where are you coming from in the States?

05:50 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, I got that. Yeah, people in Britain have just they don't get in their head how big America is right there it just doesn't it doesn't equate and even with the election and stuff recently It's like people are saying no no it is massive! It is massive! I had a guy on the podcast other week and he was joking about how he and his buddy I

06:54 I am, man. I have seven kiddos as of right now. I've got a handful of girls and a couple of boys and then we're getting ready to have number eight in January! My wife is pregnant with number eight right now. How long have you been married? So my wife and I, I don't know how long we've actually been married. I think we've been married nine years but we've been together for 12 years. Okay right and did you just like when you got together or when you decided you were going to stay together did the subject of more than three let alone eight children come up?

07:38 No man, it was just kind of like... It was like we met. I was like hi i'm Glenn she's like i'm Leslie and then boom she was pregnant! Like that! We just shook hands and got pregnant. I don't even know how that happened. So then we were like all right so we did that we realized we really liked each other a lot and uh so then we decided to get married as soon as we decided to get married the BOOM she was pregnant with a second one Before we, like we were engaged but not married yet. She got pregnant with number two and then then we got married and then after the second one you know she was just like let's just keep going right? And this she... I'm a dude man it's hard to say no! Like what do you do?! You know like she's like come here i'm like yes ma'am you know and that's kind of how it went and after each kid as soon as she had the baby she'd be like I want another one I want another one I want another one and then finally bro

08:35 This last one that she's pregnant with right now, I was standing in the bathroom. I was brushing my teeth and she walks up behind me She slams a pregnancy test down on the counter and she says, I'm never touching you again And I said okay apparently we're done Apparently the baby thing is over So this is our last one right here but it never was really... The only conversation We had was her whispering in my ear like Follow me and me being like, yes ma'am. That was it. You're the stud! If you were a horse... You'd be like a million dollar horse! That's funny man I love that. You both come from big families Say that again? You both come from big families

09:26 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, Team I have a sister who's 13 years younger than her, I guess. One of them actually works for me now which is super cool and then I have one full sister but between marriages that my dad was married four times and so between some marriages and stuff I have a total of seven brothers and sisters between some of them being like half-brothers in steps and partials

10:10 You know, blimey having a family that big. is expensive, right? Oh yeah dude like just to go through the drive-thru cost us like 60 bucks. Happy Meals! Yeah dude and they don't even eat 70% of it that's the worst part Well the day your kid goes daddy happy meals just not enough anymore okay McDonalds suddenly got super expensive They go through a gallon of milk a day, a box of cereal a day. Like it's crazy! Where were you on your... well tell us a little bit about your business and because you have created some significant success and it wasn't always that way but to start with let's just talk about where the business is at right now because you're doing great huh? And what's going on? Tell us about some of the things you're up to Yeah man so we really have um

11:08 What I have two kind of lanes that i work in. So, I have an automotive business where I consult and work with leaders in the auto industry helping them scale their volume, their profitability, their employee retention, and their overall dealership culture. And so we kinda have that lane which has really grown in the last The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad,

11:51 And that's kind of like behind the scenes work that I do. And then as far as the other avenue of our business, we have this thing called Hashtag Rise and Grind which is where it started as me going live at 530 in the morning Crazy, right? I was going to tease that in because Jessica your PA she is like oh well he can't do that time. He does the Rise and Grind show then and it's like what at 5 30 a.m.? She goes yeah it's the Rise and Grind Show! What time did you think we'd do it?! That's right, man. 530 a.m Eastern Monday through Friday we did episode 762 this morning. We've done 762 straight episodes starting back in January of 2018 and so I do that...that has become its own business so it started as a show

12:44 And then people wanted a Facebook group, so we made a Facebook group. Then people wanted like t-shirts So we created T-Shirts and that led to a whole clothing line and then we do offline events and we sell coffee and we do coaching consulting it's just this massive Unbelievable thing man. It's unbelievable I can't believe you know this is the important message for people listening there's that expression, you know overnight success but overnight success generally behind every overnight success is some kind of Serious amount of hard work. What was your motivation for the first 20 episodes of that? Because you're not just getting up at 530, you're going live at 530! Think of twenty consecutive things to talk about let alone... what is it? 760? 720? 762 episodes So I've got something to say every day for 776 days in a row But people who are starting

13:49 You're on day one planning the first 20 days, no-one's watching. What was going through your mind? What was the drive behind it? Yeah, so day one I actually go back and watch that video often. And there's a reason this chalkboard right here is behind me because the first time I went live for the early part of the show, I was in a utility closet up in my house it was just six foot long by like three foot wide utility closet There was a water heater just behind the camera that nobody could see Babies clothes everywhere!

14:27 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, I really wanted to create a space online that was nothing but motivation, education and inspiration. I was so frustrated with the division and the violence and all the negativity in social media And so instead of just complaining about it, I was like let's create a space that is positive at least i know...and maybe its for me Maybe its for other people..I don't even know why

15:28 Instead of complaining, that doesn't do us any good. There's an ancient Chinese proverb that says it's much better to light a candle than to curse at the dark And that's really where I was at, instead of being frustrated with negativity online let's create a positive place. Let's just be the light! So I went live and didn't really know what or why I was doing it but knew that I needed some positivity in my world The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad

16:19 And so, yeah it just kind of started as that. There were some other motives behind it as well I had built a name for myself in the automotive world using social media It had been really powerful for our dealership we'd grown 800% using social media is an incredible tool to attract new talent as well as new clients and customers. And so I wanted to create that space, it was also great for some marketing, I needed to do a little more on social media...and yeah! I just pressed go man! Just like boom! Go live lights in the eyes not really knowing and now 762 episodes later i've got a much better system

17:03 I wake up at 3.20 in the morning now is when i wake up, I go to bed at 11 p.m and I get up at 3 20 a.m and uh what's that? Four hours sleep a night you average four hours sleep a night. Four hours and twenty minutes specifically yeah four hours and twenty minutes every night how do you Squeeze the most amount of juice out of that much sleep. Like, because I've read stuff before about how we don't all need as much sleep as we think we do or you know there's the classic oh we need eight hours and if I go to bed at the right time I can get six and a half and I feel okay over a period of time but if I have to go to bed between 10am-10.30pm then it all goes out the window but I don't know how

17:55 Function on four hours sleep and I have read about Getting the most out of your sleep, like getting into a deep sleep being more relaxed. You want to stay in the right environment? What have you learned about sleep that's allowed you to operate as effectively as you do on four hours sleeping night? Yeah so what... The biggest thing that I learned about sleep is is that we sleep in cycles right ever since the beginning of time We've slept in cycles Like it didn't used to make sense to go into a coma for eight hours before we had Security systems and locked doors. Like it just didn't make sense! And so in our DNA, biologically we sleep in these waves So you've got light sleep that goes down into a deep sleep brings you back up into a light sleep You're fairly aware...You're not all the way awake but you're aware of sounds and noises and things like that as a protective device

18:50 And so all humans, from what we know and understand their sleep cycles are roughly two to three hours. Somewhere right in that area there you're going to go from light to deep to light and if you can figure out exactly what that cycle is and wake yourself up when you're in a light sleep, you will feel rejuvenated, you will feel like you slept The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad,

19:35 The Which is how do we sell more toothpaste? And the thing that said, make the hole bigger or something. Now I'm sure that's not exactly like that but the snooze button is classic. But these are called... Are they called Carcadian rhythms? Something like that? They are yeah. And I learned about this from, had a girlfriend. Lovely woman we were in significant relationship and she had trouble sleeping and I was determined to fix her there's a lesson out there women don't like being fixed. Two relationships to work on now! One of them is marriage but

20:35 Yeah, Carcadian rhythms. And that's how I know that 10 to 1030 if I go to bed then i'm all good! I can actually wake up between 5 30 and 6 and I'm pretty good but it's when I go to bed later than that then I trick myself into wanting to get up later and blah blah blah so people should really... If you're part of the Team Super Dad community and you're listening to this I will dig up some articles and info on carcadian rhythms If you're not in the Team Super Dad group and you want that, well then you need to come and join the Team Super Dad Group. That's how that's gonna work. Yeah I like that! Exactly. It's good so i know i'm right at two hours and ten minutes. Two hours and 10 minutes is my sleep cycle and so I will go to bed at exactly 11 o'clock like at 10 59 am awake at eleven o'clock i'm asleep

21:34 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, So I might have to entertain, do dinner the night before or whatever and still do a show at 2.30am Pacific Time! I've gotta do a live show so... A lot of times i'll stay up later

22:23 And only sleep two hours and ten minutes. Yeah, exactly! I get the full cycle and then i can come deliver the show completely full of energy so...I mean once you know them it's literally like a superpower man like I sleep in 2 hour 10 minute increments if I want to sleep extra The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Glenn Lundy, Team Super Dad, Jonnie Jensen, Wake up in the middle of a sleep cycle. That's what causes grogginess, long-term grogginess So you really get that defined and it's a game changer for you And your eight children understand this completely? Yeah They do actually because when I go to bed That moment and my wife understands it as well so that window that I sleep they know that that's all I sleep

23:23 Mom is responsible. Between 11 and 3 20, Dad's off the clock like I'm off the clock that's the four hours in twenty minutes and i'm in a coma bro it's like deep sleep you can't wake me up even if you try to And so my wife's very respectful of that My kids they know if its between those hours and there's emergency or something You gotta go to mom There's this expression Successful people do what other people won't Right and it's like there is that challenging yourself, putting habits and routines in place that are you know your optimizing yourself but you've studied it to understand it. And then your applying consistently with dedication and then you're seeing the results. And by the sounds of it as well you're in a relationship where

24:14 Because of your success, but equally because of the respect and then around wrapped all around that is the evidence that it works. You've got a system there? Yeah, yeah man. It's a team sport. It's a team sport especially when you know we're completely outnumbered We have to run zone defense like man-to-man defense ended a long time ago dude Like it's totally zoned defense so my wife and I play the team sport well You know she homeschools the kids and takes care of things Make sure to do a head count. By the time I get home each day, there just needs to be the same amount of kids they all need to be alive and hopefully well-educated and so mama handles that then my responsibilities is go out in continue to grow and make an impact in... A positive impact on other people's lives and work on building our empire from an economic standpoint as well as you know our financial legacy. Yeah yeah

25:15 And that reference to teams, and I can see the LA Raiders logo on the seat behind you there. Do you have a sport background? Are those sport kind of metaphors important for you or where'd you get some of your team references? Have you got any icons and people there... Yeah, I mean, I always grew up enjoying sports. I was that guy I couldn't play football, I was too little. I was skinny and had no weight. Couldn't play baseball because I got hit by a baseball and it hurt so I thought I'd never be playing this sport again.

25:59 And if I'm not going to hit you, I've got to catch it. 100% out but I did play basketball and I ran track and uh i was like the guy that was always second place right? Like I was never the best at anything but I was always really good at the things that I committed to But I just enjoy um man when it comes to sports I can't help I mean we're talking about some of the most successful people in their field, right? And i'm just a student of success. I love to study success so you can't study success without studying Kobe Bryant! You can't study success without studying some of these sports teams and athletes that have just done amazing and incredible things

26:56 That's where I think a lot of it comes from is as i study, and its not just sports. I study other areas as well but just as a student I tend to pick up the language and the lingo of the most successful people in the world and alot of them happen to be athletes Have you ever read any of Coach Wooden? He had the coach wooden... his business was basketball teams I haven't heard of him. Most successful... Oh, Glenn you're going to love this guy! He's the most successful... Sweet send him over! Yeah he is the most successful college basketball coach of all time I think? Wooden? Coach Wooden American basketball coach yeah so he's the all-time college basketball coach like most successful basketball coach college basketball coach nice

27:52 He's got coach Wooden's. I think they're called the six principles. Are you gonna love this guy? Yeah, I'm gonna look him up You know, I've read Arnie story which are which I loved John wouldn't John would and yeah got it Really cool guy. What about you man? Do you like sports? Yeah last for a bit like you I was always really good but not the best and so

28:28 I loved playing soccer, football. Again not that great! I came from an era where the coach would always say make sure the first tackle counts you know like you can't do that anymore you can't just kick them for the first tackle but i also... literally if you hurt them the first time then they won't play so well for the rest of the game That's true, right? That makes sense. But you know again I guess it's about assert your authority in the situation really but then when i started playing rugby I went to a secondary school which is historically grammar school... grammar school is different to you guys and grammar school in America is small school type thing primary but in the UK the secondary school

29:20 Got a big rugby background, but I just love being part of the team. I love the camaraderie. I love to win or lose and then because I got so much family in Chicago where football American football wrestling basketball In the summer, I was a junior guard. So we were on big junior guard teams in Chicago running swimming rowing And just really understood from my American family in particular, the idea that just give it all. Leave it all on the court and die at the finish line... I say to my kids you die at the finish line! The magic is at the finish line same thing like running long distance like kill them on the hill, kill them on the hill because everyone slows down on their way up but blimey

30:13 It's easy to run down a hill so kill the money. Kill the money, yeah I love that man! You read Goggins Can't Hurt Me? Yes yes So i read that book in December of 2018 and um right yeah we're in 20...yeah so December of 2018 I read Goggins' book and dude I get done reading this book and I had done pretty well in my life like And I thought about it, and was like what is something that I hate? Right because Goggins you just gotta attack the thing that you don't want to do. The thing you don't want to do the most. And for listeners David Goggins Navy Seal Ultra Runner from a tough background Dad gave him whoopings for sure

31:28 And he just built himself back up and took life on. And what you're about to share, Glenn is about Goggins' hated water. And part of it we see always is a lot of water stuff and in his book, he just takes that on so yeah What did you take on? Yeah! So I looked at it and I'm like You know what? I hate not swimming in water but drinking water I didn't drink any water, like ever for years. It had to have flavor something with flavor whether it be Kool-Aid or soda or alcohol anything but water please no water and so i was like you know what? I'm gonna drink nothing but water for a year! And I did it

32:20 I did it in 2019. I drank nothing but water all year long and now, now I crave water! It was a huge mental and physical shift for me but... Here's-I want to dig into that just slightly because again it goes back to that thing about you know people that do what other people won't have things that other people don't have. And For anyone who's remotely religious, Christian there is a thing called Lent. It was like give things up for 40 days right? You can give things... Anyone can give things up it doesn't have to be around the Christian holiday but I do it every year because it's a good chance to give up chocolate coffee like all things that are light right just gives them up and I notice how tough that is particularly in those couple of weeks it's like cold turkey almost and I don't take those things in excesses That's why I give loads of them out because if gave one up I'd just have more with the other one

33:18 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, A lot of artificial flavourings and sugar and everything like that. So what was the, what were the cravings like to start with? Because people do try to get it right and they, and they, and that the struggle at the beginning hurts so tell us talk about a struggle begin let's talk about then after that the rewards you got in the end don't know What was this struggles like at the beginning and how did you push through them? So this is the struggle at the beginning And it was a struggle the entire time, just so you know. All 365 days every single day I wanted... Each day? Yeah like ever- this is all i drank but I did not want this. I did not want... Two liters a day or did you have an amount...? Oh I was drinking almost almost a gallon a day

34:18 The Jonnie Jensen Show, You know, people were like you probably enjoy it by now. It's been six months I'm like no dude! I hate it. I want to go have a drink with my buddy Like I wanna have a cocktail with my steak right? Like...I hated it but I did it in the only way The only reason that was able to do it was because well two reasons One, you know, I committed and there is something about commitment Commitment doesn't care how you feel

35:00 Just so everyone's clear, commitment is not like well if I feel okay then I'll do it. Commitment means whether you're tired or sick or whether you want to or not... You DO IT! So I made that commitment and then had people holding me accountable. My family holding me accountable, my show, my group, etc It was really hard. The first couple weeks I got, you know, you're excited about it and like oh yeah that's cool but then the cravings just hit! Like I wanted a milkshake brother and all these different things so it was probably mentally one of the hardest things that I ever did but here is what interesting... So after doing for a year

35:50 And like I was like, okay. I don't have to do this anymore! I no longer have to drink water. I can drink anything I want anytime I want what am i end up grabbing 99% of the time now? Just water dude...I just grab water so now that I had the freedom To drink whatever I want my body wants water because I've just created that behavioral pattern and so what that taught me is that You know, and I already kind of knew this but it just reaffirmed for me. We are 95%. 95% of the decisions that we make on a daily basis are not from original thought

36:29 It's from a pre-programmed behavioral pattern that stems from years and years of doing things a certain way. And so if there are aspects or areas of our lives that we really want to change, or transform... We have to make a commitment to do so and recognize that we're not going to want to. You don't have to like it you don't have to enjoy it right? We have to recognize that but once Breakthrough all of that. It'll be easier to do the thing than to not do the thing and so you can create the behavioral patterns that lead you to success versus allowing your behavioral patterns to keep you from what you want. And it's how unconscious people are to that, that has our lives stay

37:23 Stay on the low down, stay unfulfilling slightly grey if you were going to give it a colour. People wonder how can I make my life better? How can I achieve the things that i want to achieve? It's not fair! I haven't got this...I haven't got that but its the little things over time Darren Hardy's book, just about compound leverage. Just doing the little things consistently over time. Atomic Habits James Clear, you know habit stacking doing the same thing over and over again will take you to a place where you didn't think you could get too... You know it's the classic how do we eat an elephant? So everyone knows these things but few people do them

38:11 It's just stunning. Physically, what was the transformation there? How did it leave you feeling or were there any massive gains to your physical health from it? No, because I still ate sweets so...I wasn't doing it for dietary reasons so not much of a transformation there It was all mental for me. I wanted to win You know, I wanted to win. And Goggins, I appreciate him sparking that in me because I really thought I was winning and then I realized there's so much more. What's funny is in that same year I got an opportunity to... So I do some speaking events here and there and I got an opportunity to speak on stage with Eric Thomas, ET The Hip Hop Preacher. Yeah, yeah, I love his podcast totally!

39:13 Yeah, if you're listening not that we want to start with mine or Glenn's podcast but another good podcast is ET and his crew just hanging out. And holding you all to account basically. So, you were on stage with E.T.? Yeah so I got to share the stage with E.T., and I had listened his stuff for years and years and years, y'know? And uh...and so I got to share a stage with him at this event called Hustle & Grand Con, and Eric Thomas was talking and he said He said, you think you're doing good because you're feeding your family? You know how he gets. Come on! Come on! It's all poked up and he's like, do you think you're doing good because you feedin your family?! You supposed to feed your family that ain't doing good!! You know when you're doing good?? You're doing good when you can feed a hundred families right!? And I was like dang

40:04 He's got a point, man. I thought i was doing good! I was making more money than 99% of Americans. I had the white picket fence my kids everybody's cool right like my bills are paid and all of those things and I was hanging my hat on that but Eric made me realize like that's not where it's at man this life is all about making an impact in other people's lives when we have to position ourselves to be able And of course, the podcast is brought to you by the Jonnie Jensen Show.

40:59 And so when Eric was like, dude you're doing good when you can impact a hundred families. You can feed 100 families every night versus just one I was like Dude there are so many more levels of this game right? and Just what I thought I was kind of at the top. I realized I barely scratched the surface we got so far to go and So that was a fun year for me. It's been transformative ever since and I continue to, anytime I start to settle into comfort whether it's comfort in my relationship with my wife, whether its comfort taking for granted my kids, whether its comfort financially any of those things as soon as I start to notice I'm getting comfortable that when I know like whoa whoa bro uh-uh we gotta

41:53 We got to turn things up a notch. Things are supposed to be challenging, they're supposed to be a little uncomfortable you're supposed to be pushing and growing right? Because if you're not growing... You're dying! And I don't want to spend this life dying, I want to spend this life growing so that was fun year for me. Yeah but you've come all the way haven't you? Your backstory goes right back to the toughest of times Oh yeah, I mean...I've definitely lived two seasons in my life. So i had one season that I call my 2D Life where if it looked good and felt good the answer was yes! And that would include drugs and drinking and chasing women and you know all of those things. That was a promise at one point right?

42:46 What's that? Did that leave you virtually homeless at one point. Yeah, it did as I continued to run down that road. I burned a lot of bridges. I had a very Darwinistic mindset survival of the fittest if i could get over on you I'd get over on you like...I was just a very selfish human being and That led me to, you know, burn bridge after bridge. I lived in city after city made mistake after mistake until I landed in San Diego and had no one to call and nowhere to go and was homeless on the beaches of San Diego for a little while

43:26 And that homelessness, you know led me to hopelessness. Hopelessness led me to a deep depression. That depression lead me to an attempt or thoughts of suicide which then I attempted to take my own life in the Pacific Ocean You know all those things and through that I was able to thankfully get awareness of our ability to guide our lives in both the positive and the negative. So right after I attempted to take my own life, I remember laying there on the beaches looking up at the stars and realizing how big the universe was. And I had this moment Jonnie where I was like wait a minute Glenn you've lived in all these different cities, you've been around all these different people

44:20 But yet you keep getting the same result. Like, you can't keep blaming the people, you can't blame the city... At some point you gotta look in the mirror and go, hmmm... Do every one of these pictures! Yeah there's one consistent guy, you know? You know, Sherlock Holmes. It was a Sherlock Holmes moment for me right? And once I realized it was ME The Jonnie Jensen Show, Okay, wait a minute. If I'm the catalyst of all things negative then does that mean... ...I can be the catalyst of all things positive? Right like it only makes sense if if I can create every negative thing then maybe I can create every positive thing and so that... Just channels in a different direction Yeah! That's right just channel exactly exactly 100% And so that led me to A journey of self because I wanted- I was like okay well if I have this

45:23 I'm a big fan of the word, mind body. And so I thought if I had this intrinsic ability to create what happens around me then I should learn more about who I am and so I started studying self and in studying self And when I added the spiritual element, which I studied all types of different religions and different doctrines in spiritual understanding. Once I realized there was that third element that not only gives us the ability to create

46:09 What we want in our lives, but also a responsibility to do it in a positive way that doesn't reduce anyone else's. Like once I got that then it was like okay This is an extra piece. So I quit burning bridges, I quit taking advantage of people, I quit lying cheating stealing, I quit doing those things that were harming others and began this kind of journey of a more holistic approach instead of dividing people how can i bring people together? And how can we empower people And I made plenty of mistakes along the way. You know, I wish I could say it was just like that but I'm pretty stubborn you know so it took me a while to get around but that's where it all started was in that moment to get me to where I am now and I think these conversations are huge contribution to me thank you and It is...and I get to put it all together like a jigsaw in my own mind and hopefully that is a value to the Team Super Dad community and anyone listening to podcast

47:11 But it really occurs to me, because this week I've had a tough week. Someone asked me to do them a favor and put me in contact with the guy that had been asking him for help. So the guy says, I'm not a dad. I can't relate to this person. Can you help him? So turns out is alcoholic it's homeless. He was talking about taking his life like it's very heavy thing for to be dealing with and I pushed him in the right direction and i'm not trying to give him that kind of help. I'm a good guy, I'm here to help him and also not taking his garbage either. Sure! You know but what I can hear from what you've just shared and having these very sort of heavy conversations with this guy this week... What it takes to bring yourself up off the streets

48:05 Too stable, too in a relationship and a baby. Like that's a monumental jump the amount of energy required to go from there from A to B to get there but then so many people who are doing okay look at what it would take to be successful I want a bigger house or wanna be a millionaire i wanna have more holidays whatever They are kind of stopped by the idea that's too big a jump as well. But what they need to realise, like would you make that jump if you were homeless? Like where would you stop at? How much energy would you put in to get off the streets to being stable? Okay, now you want to go from being stable to like you said not just feeding your family but I guess for most people it is more holidays bigger house nicer car right so we'll just keep it at that for the time being but then straight up

48:57 That comes, you can be more giving in the world and helping others. But that people fail to realize that these are the same jumps, the same energy level whatever stage we're at in life and it's worth it Let me ask you this, has it become easier the more you've been around good people? You know like people that you're learning from. People that are holding not just holding you to account but saying oh well I wouldn't have gone left there i'd have gone right there like has it become easier for you now that you've built a stronger set of mentors and support around you

49:42 You know, yes and no. Accountability is huge and being around the right people is everything. Your net worth is a very true statement. What's interesting though... I was actually thinking about this earlier today so it's kind of funny that you brought up that question More success that we've had as a company, as a family and so on and so forth. And the relationships that we've been able to build and develop through that... I don't want say it gets harder but its another level dude!

50:21 There's you see you, like hike up this mountain right and then you get to the top of the mountain and you take a deep breath. And then you look over and there's another peak that's so much higher than you're just like holy smokes did I mean? I didn't realize that existed The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad,

50:56 He's worth almost a billion dollars now and he has got a supermodel wife that is 15 years younger than him, beautiful kids and all these things. But he talks about even at his level there is always a bigger jet man! There is always a bigger jet! And so it's interesting how I see people that are not happy And it sucks that sometimes as humans, we have to hit rock bottom to feel what you were just referring to. Sometimes we have to get all the way to the bottom but we see people that are not happy with where they are at in life financially or whatever and yet...and they'll sleep

51:46 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, Team Super Dad, The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad, I'm a big fan of the word, super dad. And so this podcast is about that. It's about how to get your kids into it and to be able to do it in a way that they can't even imagine. So we're going to talk about some things you need to know before you start doing this podcast. First off, you have to understand what you want to do with your life. You don't wanna live like a super dad.

52:47 But it's harder because there is something that shifts in you and you start to see the world differently. And you realize, dude I gotta get my frickin' butt into gear cause there is a whole lot out there that I haven't tapped into yet ya know? Yeah yeah And that comes from action. There's a picture I made for myself, it says Action Creates Abundance. Yeah! Amen to that, I love that. We've touched on that in a couple of different ways through this conversation through the water, through sport references, picking ourselves up off the floor and getting ourselves back into different stages of life

53:28 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad. And so where's it all headed Glenn? Where is the big vision for you and sorry, let me ask this. The Rise & Grind, it's a show but also a community yeah that something thats going on people get involved around the world yeah Yeah man its become a movement and um...where does it ultimately go I mean

54:09 I don't know. Like when we started it, I never expected it to be here so...I can't even predict! It goes wherever people ask me to take it is where I take it that's been our number one success tip for what we've been able to create is we've just listened to our audience that's it So at first it was just a show then they said they wanted A group. So we created a group, then they said they wanted shirts We created shirts Then they said they wanted events We created events Then they said it wanted a planner We created a planner And they said they want to copy We created coffee Then they said they wanted like an next level mastermind We created the next level mastermind I guess what i'm saying is Rise and Grind is not

55:07 For me, and I know a lot of entrepreneurs that go into business or they go into podcasting because they want to win. And so that's why they quit after 20 episodes when they don't have any audience right? Or they quit when it gets frustrating, they quit when they get tired because it's about them and Rise & Grind has never been about me It'll never be about me It is about the impact that we're making and people feel that. They know it's authentic, they support it, they show up every day, we raise funds, we help battle human sex trafficking, we help people battle cancer like we're doing big big big

55:55 Things that people can really stand behind. And so, that would be my biggest tip man is you're 100% right Jonnie it's all about systems like taking action consistent systems that push you and grow you and stretch you in ultimately doing it for the greater good of someone else's benefit not your own those are things that will keep you in the game for long haul I guess Attracts people. There's like a more open space because they're coming, they're stepping into the space rather than stepping into you. They're stepping into the values rather than stepping into Glenn. 100%. 100%! Amazing We look at Rise and Grind now like when I talk to my team over here... I now have a team which is kind of cool but when we talk about my team man, we talk about Nike

56:53 We talk about how Nike doesn't sell shoes, just in case you didn't know that. They sell a lifestyle and you'll never see an advertisement by Nike that says go buy this shoe 20% off The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, I want some of that, right? And that's why you buy the gear. They don't sell t-shirts they don't sell shoes they sell a lifestyle feeling and emotion and then that's what we're doing with Rise & Grind is we're creating it's a lifestyle that people dive into that focuses on you know the seven main areas of our lives are super important You know our faith or fitness our family our friends

57:57 How we feel about ourselves, our careers and our finances. And just helping people level up in all of those areas and that's what we're building so where does that take us? I don't know maybe one day you know We're a global brand running side by side with Nike. I don't know! I know that i'll keep showing up though as long as they show up I'll be here. I think the most important thing is that those kind of values With the internet, the way it is today and with social media and with the proliferation of information and access to people. Whilst media is controlled by six companies alone we, you and I and every other podcaster and person who's created a T-shirt shop

58:49 If we can pull together, if we... because actually we've just spoken today. You're you got the seven values, Maya's got the F5 like and there's because we all know that that's what's right We all know that's what we want to see reflected back on us from the people that we can create in our community And if that then gets passed onto their children and other kids in the class then we can hopefully Whether it is of a religious background or whether there's values based background. Hopefully start to push back and be more of a world community in a group of people who are doing good things for each other. I agree man, million percent. Yeah wow! And so we're getting towards the hour if you like to keep it below there this has just been brilliant

59:38 When you have an interesting person on, there's never enough time to talk about everything. What about the video though? I think we're on the schedule like three times so i could always just come back! If you're wondering what we're laughing about, I'll do a screenshot of my Google calendar and you'll understand. Just quickly the video of you roller skating across the stage is that is that a normal thing at your events or was that just a funny thing that happened? Yeah man! That was an interesting day. Thanks man! I love skating. I grew up skating with my dad and all my kids skate

1:00:23 Like for that particular event, I just...I'm really strange Jonnie. Like I am a... I'm an empath right? So I just absorb The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, Team Super Dad,

1:01:03 The Jonnie Jensen Show, I'm gonna be talking about the Jonnie Jensen Show, and I wanna talk a little bit about what's going on with me. So, I've been doing this for a while now, but I was just thinking of how to get through my skates. And so, I called my wife and she packaged them up, and like she had to pay like $180 presentation that I gave, which makes me think that once we get back to doing live events we might have to bring those suckers back out for another presentation or two. Yeah that'd be brilliant! Well, we'll do it, we'll bring a Team Super Dad crew like... We'll come and all join you at the Rise & Grind event when its face-to-face back live That would be amazing, I would absolutely love that You really would

1:02:17 And so, as always you know people want to find out where they can connect up with you or be part of Rise and Grind. Where are some of the channels and socials that you can come in and get more of what you've got to offer Glenn? Yeah, so if you want to learn more about You know just kind of everything I do you can go to glenlundy.com that's kind of the umbrella website that connects you to You can go down the Rise and Grind channel or The Automotive Channel You see other presentations on it support but also links to all our social media handles from there So it's really really the easiest thing to do is just head to glenlundy.com and We'll connect there and then hopefully I'll see you soon be great

1:02:56 Yeah, that'd be awesome. Absolutely brilliant! Well it was such a pleasure to do this, to get this live and share it on the podcast I'll say goodbye but hold tight we will say goodbye between us and the other side Team Super Dad friends family members all around the world It's been a real pleasure to have you with us on this show Glenn you've been absolutely brilliant guest Such a pleasure to hear your story All of the good stuff, tricky stuff And most importantly What a guy, what a guy. Glenn and his team

1:03:52 He reached out to me through our podcasting connections and I was excited to have him on, to talk to him. But you never know what's going to come up in these conversations and as always it was brilliant! In particular the bit about time he gets up that year when he drank nothing but water really I hope whatever you took from this podcast that Consider what could you do for yourself that is a stretch. What could you do for yourself that teaches you something about yourself that you didn't know before? Like to really win at something, to break through and create a new understanding of yourself. Because when you can do it in one area of life, you can do it in any area of your life and that's when the success that you want will come! That really is what Team Super Dad is all about. Come on over to the team super dad webpage dot com, teamsuperdad.com You can see

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