Leadership and Coaching part 2 – That Zoom call with Alex Jefferys………….

Last week I wrote about the zoom call with Dean’s mentor Alex Jeffries. This is the final part, if you missed it you can read it here and then come back to this. In other news this week I have reached the 1,000 followers mark on TikTok, in fact I am currently at 1,122 with 16.7k likes. I have posted 148 videos. I was keen to reach 1,000 because it allows me to put a clickable link in my bio that takes people to my linkTree. I can now also explore TikTok Shop where I can recommend products and make a commission on the sale. I’m not sure about this yet as it is not the direction of the channel but will look into it. 

Back to the Zoom call with Alex. We left it where he gave us an exercise to do. This was designed to define our WHYs and NEEDs for our business.

Alex’s Requirements – The ‘Things’

The first thing we had to write down is how much debt we are in? That will be the first goal, to earn enough to write that off. Loans, credit cards, overdrafts, mortgage and all the money that you owe. What is that total amount?

The second thing was asking what are we going to invest in? We’re going to invest next year once the debts are paid off. The idea here is we have to build our assets that will work for us. These will make money for us while we sleep and give us our time back. What type of investment are you looking at?

The third thing was lifestyle and he doesn’t mean glitz and glamour he means basic costs. How much is it costing including groceries to get through the month? You need to know these figures. Write down all your monthly living costs, food, bills, rent, fuel etc.

The fourth thing is the luxury lifestyle that you want. He gave examples of boxing lessons, date nights. Yoga, access to a chiropractor, adventures and going to shows. These are luxuries you reward yourself with for doing the hard work and building the business. Alex allocates $2000 per month for this kind of stuff as an additional $24,000 per year but that comes quickly and easy from the business after all all expenses. For me it would be, a few holidays per year, car collection, charity work, helping family and friends. Being able to do anything whenever we want within reason. Alex has allocated $20,000 for holidays next year. I would love that, wouldn’t you?

Alex then spoke about something really important that is manifestation. By thinking, acting,  behaving and building your life in your business in a certain way things happen, amazing things happen that manifest themselves into life. He spoke about a film that he watched when he was broke and there was an actor in it. He went to Mike‘s (Alex’s mentor) office and that actor was there with Mike. Mike introduced the actor to Alex and said to him that this is Alex and this is someone you should receive coaching from. Imagine how Alex felt being broke watching this actor on TV and now he’s with him and possibly becoming his mentor. So, Alex said he manifested this, it was his thinking and behaviour and business that he built that allowed situations like this to happen. You can’t make this happen, you can’t plan it to happen. It happens because of what you’re doing as a by-product and this goes back to the saying “don’t chase money let money chase you”.

Another example of manifestation Alex gave was when he moved to San Diego there was this house that he really really liked but it wasn’t for sale and in his mind he decorated it and planned it what it would look like, but it wasn’t available. So he moved to San Diego and stayed in a hotel within 10 days that house was available and he bought it and he moved in. This is what he means by manifestation things happen because of the way you act behaving and think. From my point of view I truly believe that God has a plan for us and these things are blessings that you’re given because of the fate you create by your attitude behaviour, and actions that you take.

The fifth thing is then your business costs. To run an affiliate marketing business, you will need software and mentorship. He said cut out the things you don’t need and double down on the things you do need. The other cost is the investments you have to make into your business and into yourself i.e. coaching and mentorship costs. Alex has a person he’s mentoring who already has a business that’s bringing in about $7.8 million a year and Alex is now going to coach him on a 90 day program to get him to over 10m to 14m a year.When they ask what happens after 90 days? Alex tells them you’re gonna sign up for another 90 days because Alex is adding value to them, they earn and build more into their business making more money which they then reinvest into further coaching. That’s how it works.

He said at the beginning, you’re going to probably have to invest more in yourself and get less out of it, but you have to persevere and you have to keep going because it will happen but at the beginning it’s slower.

He quoted Jordan Belfort The Wolf of Wall Street when he said there’s one way to get rich and that is quickly. By learning from Dean and from Alex it makes it quicker for us even though it doesn’t feel like it right now it’ll be quicker to get rich this way then not having Dean and not doing this.

Alex’s personal saying is that “I made it through adversity not university”. He referred to his troubled childhood and how he didn’t go to school and he made it. He said he went from being the thickest person in the school to the most successful person in the school where he now goes to the Grammys and the Oscars and people recognise him and they know his story and he’s got fans all around the world that have learned from him. That comes only when you have a vision and that you stick to the method persistent and consistently. Do you? I have now.

He said Dean‘s program and mentorship is a business investment that we are making. Alex is a mentor to thousands and thousands of people and he said there’s so many that don’t make it and they blame others.

It was quite powerful what he then said around being active within this community and adding value and helping people and that we will make lifelong friends. And he said if you are comparing yourself to others saying he’s doing better than me or she’s doing better than me, then stop it because it’s not about you, don’t make this about you it’s about other peoples lives.

If you are feeling unloved, give somebody love if you feel like you’re not receiving value go and give someone else value and you will receive. A very important lesson.

We were then left with 10 minutes for Q&A and I quickly got in there and typed a question in the chat and it was given to Alex to answer the question. It was ‘what’s the biggest lesson you have learnt in all of this’ and he quickly said know your numbers?

He said, if you don’t have your numbers, you’re not in business and if you don’t know your numbers, you won’t be in business for long.

Another question came in around the niche being saturated and both Dean and Alex said absolutely not, they don’t believe that at all. In fact Alex said he tends to go only to niches that are saturated but you have to cut yourself through it. You have to be different and the way you do that is to be honest. Tell the truth the truth will set you free.

The next question is right what do you do when you get mental blocks and he said I make the goal even bigger so I’ll go above and beyond the thing that’s blocking me. He spoke about his mum feeds him constantly and gives him biscuits and chocolates so he made his goal is to get a six pack before his son does so then that becomes a bigger goal. That’s way above the problem.

Dean summarised, the call came to a close –  it was a life changing call we were lucky and blessed to have had it and it was free. You could only imagine how much it would cost to have that kind of advice directly from Alex and to make things even better, Alex agreed that he would come back to us in the New Year, to have an open Q&A with him. As of today that hasn’t happened due to him moving to San Diego, but I reminded Dean in our Q&A this week and he will chase this up.

I hope you enjoyed these two blogs and got as much as you could from it. I’ve tried to give you as much detail as possible to give you a taste of the kind of people that I’m working with the kind of minds that are helping us and the level of coaching that we are receiving. That’s why I’m so keen for you to join in and get involved because I’m learning everything from Dean, Dean’s learning everything from Alex and I’m going to teach you everything I know so that you can build a business you can improve your life for your family and for other people and value to them. You have to be ready in Investec in yourself and your business and stick to it consistently.

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