7+1: What I'm reading, watching, listening to, etc...

You can beat most people, not because you’re smarter or luckier, but because you’re willing to sit through what they can’t stand. Most people crumble the moment rejection stings, get distracted when repetition sets in, and shut down when feedback hurts. But that’s where real growth hides.

If you can train yourself to feel shame, boredom, and pain, and still keep moving, you build something rare. Discipline becomes your edge. Repetition becomes your teacher. Feedback becomes fuel.

Every “no” sharpens your focus. Every dull day builds your consistency. Every tough truth makes you stronger. When you stop needing it to feel good and start doing it because it matters, you quietly separate yourself from everyone who quits when it gets uncomfortable.

That’s how you win. You just outlast them.

^{WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT}
My book

About 2 years ago I released my first book and it has become a best seller in the real estate industry. It keeps growing in influence and we are up to 137 reviews! Thank you for helping it grow!

_{BOOK I’M READING}
Press Play

This one was my favorite interview of the year with an author. The book was eye opening and the interview gave me the opportunity to ask the questions I had about how businesses can close the gap between gaming and business. This book is fabulous if you are interested in knowing what the future of marketing looks like, and it’s not what you think.  

_{WHAT I’M WATCHING}
Brad Jacobs Interview

I shared this with our leadership and team and I watched it twice and took notes and then reviewed my notes. A lot of knowledge was dropped here and I got to know who Brad Jacobs is. If you are looking to be inspired by a good leader this might be the one. 

_{WHAT I’M LISTENING TO}
Storytelling and its transformation

I interviewed Matthew Dicks a few months ago and I relistened to it this weekend as a way to brush up on storytelling techniques. One of my favorite books of last year, I highly recommend that you listen to this one. 

_{WHAT I JUST BOUGHT}
Socks

Yes you read that right. I like running and I love hiking and that’s why socks are important for me. These compression socks stay in place and also don’t get stinky, at least not on my feet. I love these socks and I keep buying new pairs as my old ones get older or they get stolen by my kids… 

_{ARTICLE I’M READING}
On first principles

The first time I ever heard about first principles was from Charlie Munger. I came to find out that it’s thousands of years old and it’s something that most big thinkers use often. Dive into this article that explains it. 

_{WHAT TECH I’M TESTING OUT}
Rejig

It’s something that we are testing out and going to fully launch on our IG account for Tristan and Associates. I’ll be using it to create local news for Los Angeles and also it will create a virtual avatar of me with my voice. Let’s see how it goes, but I’d like you to try it if you’re looking to up your social media game. 

_{WHAT I’M WORKING ON}
Quarterly Report Prompt

For the last 30ish days I’ve been sending a quarterly report to our past clients and I created a prompt to simplify this for me. It’s a good one and I’ve already tweaked it about 4 times with more changes to come. If you need it just email me back to [email protected] and I’ll send it over to you. 

Thank you for reading A Brilliant Tribe. 

Best regards,