REAL AF with Andy Frisella

If you want to succeed in life, you can't leave anything up to chance. You cannot go 40, 50, or 60 percent of the way toward excellence, but then leave a bunch of factors and variables free to handle themselves. Of course, some things are meant to be. You can't control everything, all the time. But the people who truly kill it in life are those who take control of every possible factor.

There's two ways to look at balance. There's the way average people understand it: it's a daily, possibly weekly, task. It's calibrating the different events and activities and obligations of our lives so that they all get equal time. But successful people look at balance far differently. Essentially, it's intense, single-minded investment up front with dividends later. If you want to be financially successful, you have to look at it the same way.

Andy Frisella and Pejman Ghadimi discuss creating a life where you control your environment, making a significant impact in business and life, unleashing entrepreneurial potential, creating a lasting legacy, the power of belief and action, understanding mistakes and self-awareness, and encouraging critical thinking for personal growth.

Winners live an active daily life. They are proactive and organized. They take the whole of their lives and break it down into daily plans and specific tasks. Successful people don't achieve greatness by accident. If you want to be a champion and accomplish great things, you simply cannot be passive. Take control of your day!

Companies rise and fall…on leadership. Governments rise and fall…on leadership. Any movement that's trying to do something good rises and falls…on leadership. Here's the reality: the strength of a nation…of a culture…of the whole human race rises and falls on the strength of it's leaders. Whether you're the CEO of a multi-million dollar business or you're just a dude with a 9-5 job who wants to fucking kill it at that 9-5 job, you have to learn to lead. There's no other way to be successful.

Entrepreneur Andy Frisella talks about embracing fear as a tool for success, using fear to motivate and push towards achieving goals despite the fear of making mistakes.

Resourcefulness is the ability to creatively cope with difficulties and challenges, in business or in life. Whether it is knowing how to learn from their experiences or adjusting their game plan to make the most of their assets, men and women who develop and exercise their resourcefulness are bound to succeed. But the foundation of all resourcefulness is the mindset that says, "Failure is not an option."

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. It is the hot thing right now, but it is being sold by shady people peddling the dream of making a million dollars in less than a year. If you are wondering whether or not you should start a business, embark on an entrepreneurial endeavor, or pursue any other big goal in life, here's what you need to realize: It's going to take time. It's going to take everything you have. You aren't going to be able to do it unless you are all in.

Do you ever run into people who say, "I don't have the resources to succeed" or "our company doesn't really have any assets, so that's why we're failing"? According to Andy Frisella, lack of traditional resources is one of the greatest assets you can have. This positive way of thinking, this no-resources-is-a-good-thing mindset is what The MFCEO calls "Zero Options Mentality." It's essential for success.

"Everything you do is competition," says The MFCEO. You can't hide from it. You can't pretend that life on Earth doesn't run by the rules of "compete or die." You will either be a do-nothing or a champion. The good news is that it is not a zero sum game. Anyone who adopts a killer competitive attitude and commits to hard work can win at life.