Build With Rob

You’ve heard Rob talk about his “rhythm of existence” on this show and others for years. It is the construct by which he organizes, documents, and gains crucial insights to live his very best life. People often ask him to share his system, and he does, but most find it initially overwhelming due to its complexity. But in this episode, Rob breaks it all down and talks about how you can start managing your time, energy and capacity to remain balanced and reach your goals. Starting with simply controlling the flow of time in your life, you will improve incrementally to the point you can begin to optimize and build layers into your system. It may take a while to get to the full scale life operating system that Rob employs, but you can achieve similar results by just beginning the process and growing with it as it becomes easier and easier to manage. Learn more about this episode. Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

Happiness is not binary. You are not always happy or unhappy, it’s a sliding scale with plenty of facets. But overall happiness can be achieved through the balanced pursuit of life goals. The first step is understanding yourself and what makes you happy. What gives you energy and what takes energy away? Through this process, you can get clarity on what you want to pursue in various aspects of your life, be it work, relationships, health, wealth, education, or anything else. With that clarity, you can then build a plan to work toward each of those goals incrementally every day. You will get closer and closer as you begin to execute your plan, but you must also realize that the so-called “finish line” or “light at the end of the tunnel” is not where true happiness resides. True happiness begins the moment you are clear on what you want to achieve to live the best version of your life, make a plan to get there, and begin to take those first steps. And it only gets better over time. Learn more about this episode. Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

We set goals and work hard to achieve them every day, so it’s no wonder we become attached to both our goals and the processes by which we work toward them. But the world around us is chaotic and ever-changing, so there is no way to continue to navigate the obstacles and challenges in your path without being highly adaptive. This is true of any goal in business or in life, and the same commitment to recognizing when a pivot is necessary applies. As you pursue any goal, the world changes, and you change. Take that into account and don’t be afraid to evolve both your strategy and the goal itself as need be to stay on track. A pivot does not mean you have failed at your original vision. It means you are smart enough to know the definition of success is fluid. We have not one but two special guests on this episode. First, Kenny Turner, the Director of NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship – www.nfte.com) joins us to discuss their partnership with the Do-Or-Dier Visionary Foundation and how NFTE helps young people learn an entrepreneurial mindset. They have educated 1.2million young entrepreneurs since 1987, including DODVF Director, Charles Choice. NFTE IG: @nfte Then we have the winner of the NFTE / DODVF See It. Believe It. Do It. Challenge, Amylah Charles, an entrepreneur, activist and entertainer. She shares her vision for a socially conscious hair company. Amylah IG: @curlycrownzhaircare Get involved with or donate to NFTE Support Amylah Charles Learn more about this episode. Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

Success is broad, and everyone’s definition of it is very personal to them. There are infinite ways to define success, but Rob contends that every version of success, no matter what it is or who is going through it, follows a similar pathway. That pathway is something he has termed “The Cycle of Success,” which he breaks down into five key phases that are broadly applicable. The most important piece of the Cycle is to be aware in advance that when things are at their most challenging, that is in fact a crucial part of the process itself and should be expected. This is the Third Phase, which Rob terms “The Great Test,” and it’s where quitting is the most tempting. But making it out to the Fourth Phase, and crossing The Belief Horizon, makes achieving the goal all but inevitable. Listen to the full episode for the rest of the phases that will guide you toward a better version of yourself. Learn more about this episode. Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

In this episode, Rob talks about his time spent with author Price Pritchett, who wrote the seminal book on accelerating success, The Quantum Leap Strategy (link below). Inspired by his wife to attend a seminar together, he got to know Price, and even began working on a book with him. Rob explains what he learned from the man, how it informed his philosophy, and why their collaboration never saw the light of day. Rob discusses how in his own life, television created a quantum leap toward his business goals, and walks us through how we can set goals, build pathways, and find unique ways to jump right to the end, bypassing time and energy in between. Learn more about this episode. Read Price Pritchett’s The Quantum Leap Strategy Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

You don’t know what you don’t know until it’s staring you in the face and you have to learn it fast. But forming mentor-mentee relationships with other more experienced entrepreneurs whose journeys you are hoping to one day emulate is an important way to fill in your blind spots with deep, battle tested knowledge and wisdom. In addition to the guests on the show and emerging entrepreneurs he meets along the way, Rob also mentors someone a little closer to home: his 5-year-old son. Rob’s son is already pitching companies, and as you’ll hear in this episode, has already figured out how to pull the investor card (on his mom). This is another special episode where we meet an incredible partner of the Do-Or-Dier Visionary Foundation, BUILD, and their CEO, Ayele Shakur. She gives us an overview of BUILD’s mission, which is to teach entrepreneurship to young people to help them succeed in life and business. We then have Jalen Harris, 16-year-old winner of the See it. Believe it. Do it. Challenge and recipient of $10,000 in non-dilutive capital. He lays out his vision for the company he will use the money to build, and how he wants to serve an as example for youth. Learn more about this episode. Support BUILD Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here!

Imagine if everything you did you committed to day after day until the end of your life. The result would be an incredible level of clarity, knowledge, wisdom, and optimization. A profession or skill you pursue, practice and hone every day throughout your lifetime. The way you treat your partner. Your health and wellness. Your lifestyle, where you live, and finding harmonious balance throughout your life. Committing to these things over a long period of time eventually leads to mastery. In this episode, Rob shares how he has committed to his relationship with his wife, his health, his forever home, and every other major aspect of his life to achieve its full potential. Learn more about this episode. Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine Join our Machinist Community Want to be on the show? Sign up here Forever Estates designed by SAOTA

Even an extremely positive person like Rob is susceptible to negative thoughts creeping in. So, a while back, he began to focus more on identifying when such a thought entered his consciousness. He did not allow them to take hold of his emotions, but rather began to ask why. Began to evaluate the possible reasons for having each thought. The conclusion he eventually reached was that he was more prone to negative thinking when he was feeling overwhelmed. By using the core functions of the Machine Mindset to find balance within the factors of time, energy and capacity, he was able to, not thwart negative thoughts from creeping in entirely, but build the skill of identifying and dealing with them before they can affect him. In this episode, he talks through how you can do the same. Learn more about this episode.

Entrepreneurialism has no age. Whether you’re 10 or 18 or 75, it’s never too early or late to start a company. Whether your first venture is successful or not, you will learn so much that your next shot will have an even higher chance of making it. Rob started his first company when he was 18 years old, Orion trucks. He went out and signed the biggest skateboarders in the world to be a part of his company. And yet, he made very little money. Why? Inexperience. He allowed himself to be taken advantage of, and in this episode he shares the biggest lessons he learned. Then Rob is joined by Alana Andrews, an 18 year-old entrepreneur herself who is an incredibly impressive founder. She has created SWEY, a more health conscious sports drink by gen-Z, for gen-z while still in high school. She’s also an author, a speaker, and a philanthropist. She’s looking for advice on communicating her product’s core value proposition and differentiation in market, as well as maximizing her many amazing initiatives at the same time. IG: @sweytoplay IG: @alanalandrews Learn more about this episode.

We all have ideas for businesses, but few are qualified to build and run any company they can dream up. In order to set a new company, and yourself, up for ultimate success, you need to assess your prior experience, knowledge, and skills to ensure they map to the type of company you plan to launch. Failure to do so can be a huge mistake, and push you and the business quickly into perilous territory. We also have a couple of special guests on this episode. First, Andrew Glazier of Defy Ventures joins us to talk about their partnership with the Do-Or-Dier Visionary Foundation. Defy educates formerly incarcerated people to think with an entrepreneurial mindset and become the CEO of their own life. IG: @defy_ventures And then Rob speaks to the winner of the DODF See it. Believe it. Do it. Challenge, Carol Madonia. Carol started her idea for a meatball empire in a jail cell, and now has won $10,000 to help accelerate her entrepreneurial journey. She has an amazing story and an incredible spirit, hoping to use her business to help other formerly incarcerated individuals get their lives back on the right track. IG: @carolannerecio Links: Support Defy Ventures at www.defyventures.org Check out That Meatball Collective: www.thatmeatballcollective.com Subscribe to Dyrdek Machine: https://bit.ly/35RsjMV Join our Machinist Community: https://dyrdekmachine.com/become-a-machinist Want to be on the show? Sign up here: https://dyrdekmachine.com/guest Learn more about this episode.