#294: Michael Girdley – $100M CEO On Common Mistakes People Make In Their 20s

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Introduction

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The First Million Podcast With Michael Gurdley

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The Story of the Fireworks

03:43 • 2min

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Uda Loops

06:05 • 3min

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The Opportunity Cost of Getting Into the Fireworks Business

08:39 • 2min

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Fireworks Are Fun, You Know?

10:11 • 3min

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Why Do You Go Beyond Fireworks?

12:44 • 5min

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How Do You Not Become a Wimp?

17:15 • 3min

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What I Hate the Most About 47 Year Old Dude Life Advice

20:01 • 2min

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You Know, I'm a 47-Year-Old Wica, You Know?

21:59 • 3min

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Is There a Difference Between 47 and 37?

24:56 • 3min

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What Are Your Core Values?

27:51 • 3min

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What Are Your Core Values?

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What Is Your Why?

32:06 • 3min

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Do You Have Multiple Businesses?

35:03 • 4min

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The Downsides of Being a White Guy

39:07 • 3min

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The One Thing I Wish I Had Had More Conversations With

41:57 • 1min

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How Did You Live Tweet Berkshire Hathaway's General Meeting?

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Butlifts to Berkshire Hathaway

45:05 • 2min

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Is There a Generational Difference?

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Covid 2020

49:55 • 3min

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You Want to Be Trusted in Media?

53:11 • 3min

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Is Twitter a Good Tool to Get Your Word Out?

56:01 • 2min

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Identifying Blind Spots

57:56 • 2min

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What Are the Things You Don't Understand When You Work With a Business Coach?

59:32 • 2min

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I'd Like a Business Coach, but I'm Just Out of College?

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What Is EOS?

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EOS and VTOs - Is This Really What You Want to Do?

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Five Year and 10 Year Goals in General?

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What Have You Learned From Your Children?

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Parenting Is Like the World's Greatest Brainwashing

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Is There a Difference Between Happiness and Fulfillment?

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The Monkey Mind Versus the Conscious Mind

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How Did You Know You Had a Monkey Mind?

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How Did You Learn Spanish?

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How to Get a Tutor From a Foreign Country

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You Know, I'm Back. Let's Go.

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Are You Trying to Build an Audience on Twitter?

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What's Going on With Baby Boomers?

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How Do You Transition to a Different, Completely Different Place?

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What Do You Enjoy Creating?

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Is There a Challenge for Entrepreneurs?

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