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Probably one of my biggest success hacks is just always saying yes, always going to the event. Like, I'm kind of crazy, I guess. So get this, I finished the event in Atlanta at 2 p.m. I get on a flight, I land at 5.30 in LA. My red carpet photo shoot starts at six and then do news interviews. And then the premiere is seven till nine plus networking. And then I'd already committed to

ironically to an event in Miami that next day. So I had to ring those and say, "Hey, I'm actually in LA the night before, not Atlanta now." You know, I finished this red carpet event at maybe midnight and I have to get on a 5:00 AM or 6:00 AM flight out of LAX. I have to go straight to the airport.

sleep for four hours in a hotel, take a flight back and then literally go from the airport after flying for five hours with four hours sleep and speak again. And I'm not saying that because it's cool or to brag or anything like that. It's more to point out most people don't want to admit or accept like that's what it takes and they don't want to do that amount of work, which is why they get average results. My name is Rudy Moore, host of Living the Red Life podcast, and I'm here to change the way you see your life.

in your earpiece every single week if you're ready to start living the red life ditch the blue pill take the red pill join me in wonderland and change your life what's up guys welcome back to another episode of living the red life today we're going to talk about all gas no brakes yes one of my staff did give that headline for the show but i wanted to talk about traveling networking and staying productive

Just last week I was at, I think, four events. So many I lost count. I was a judge and helping run an event with Kevin Harrington from Shark Tank. Then I was in, I believe, LA, no, Atlanta for an event.

And then with Les Brown. And then I had an event in Las Vegas. I was on a panel, a celebrity judge panel with Steve Forbes, the chairman and co-owner of Forbes magazine. And then back to Miami for another event. And then I'm back for a few days. And then next week I go actually back to Tampa, back to Atlanta and then L.A. And then I'm speaking in Miami. I have a red carpet event.

event for my new TV show in LA as well next week. So for, yes, for last week and for this next week. And a lot of what I think has made me successful has been able to go to these big events, travel, network, but then also keep the companies running. So I'm going to talk about that for you today and how to manage both, how to juggle both and the benefits of both. So the first thing when it comes to networking,

and getting to these events, one of the biggest things I can tell you that I often remind myself is I, half the time I talk myself out of going to events. I say it's too far, it's too much travel, I'm too busy, I don't know if it'll be worth it. And then every time I go, it becomes worth it, okay? There's probably a few times, right? Say I've been to 100 events in the last couple of years

or since COVID maybe less, but say every 100 events, there's maybe like five or 10 that aren't worth it, 90 are probably worth it. So it's pretty good success rate, right? When you think about launching a new product or funnel, the success rate's the opposite, maybe 10 or 20% work. But when I go to events, probably 80 or 90% work.

So yeah, the first thing is just getting there. I think we all talk, it's all easy for us to say we're busy. It's easy for us to make excuses. It's easy for us to

Say we want to spend more time with family or our spouse or, you know, all the reasons we make up in our head. But generally, you know, the most successful people, they're flying a lot, they're traveling a lot, they're taking the meetings, they're taking the stages, they're doing the handshakes in person, they're having the business dinners.

And it really has been probably one of my biggest success hacks over the last, you know, eight years, nine years since I moved to America is just always saying yes, always going to the event. It's actually the reason I went nomad. Right. So if you haven't followed me for that long about just before COVID, I went nomad.

So for two years, I traveled the world and I literally didn't have a house. I got rid of it and put all my stuff in storage in Florida. And I intentionally did this because I saw my company was growing. My biggest breakthroughs, my best clients, my biggest wins, ideas and connections all came from events. So I said to myself, how do I get to more events? And I go, well, if I didn't have a house, I would just travel wherever and go wherever and go to every event. So that's what I did. I actually got rid of my house online.

on purpose, intentionally to force me to go to as many events as possible. Then COVID hit and I got in a routine. I got a nice house on the ocean, on the beach.

big house, like four bedroom, 4,000 square foot, got a boat, jet ski. I had like an amazing life, but it actually slowed me down in business because I wasn't traveling as much and I was at the beach. I wasn't at this busy place. And then I opened this big office and I pinched myself and realized this about a year ago. And I moved to Miami because of that, because I realized I wanted to have a little more grounded because I was running a bigger company with more staff meetings. But I also

was losing the network effect that I once got me to where I, you know, it got me to this point in my life. So then Miami was like, well, I can achieve both. So

A couple of takeaways there. Firstly, say yes all the time. Get to every event. It doesn't matter what it costs. It doesn't matter about flights. Do whatever you have to do because you'll always, you know, very high probability, nine out of ten times, you'll always make key connections. It'll always be worth it. And then I think the second lesson from that is...

like lifestyle design. Like if you really want to be successful, you have to be very intentional in how you act, think and what you do to an extreme level because most people would say, well, really, it's pretty extreme to like get rid of your house to force you to travel more. And I'm like, yeah, it is. But that's what makes successful people, right? Like some people that are even more successful than me, they buy their own plane for that exact reason because they realize they can get to more events. Grant Cardone said this when I spoke to him. It's like him buying the plane was

you know, obviously it's cool, right? And then there's some tax advantages. But for him, it literally let him speak in the morning and then be home with his kids in the evening. Or it would let him take his family much easier, right? Than trying to fly everyone. Or he could even get to two events in one day, right? So he could literally go to an event, speak, leave and get to the next venue.

So you really do have to like play at that extreme level if you want to have extreme success And I don't think most people talk about it. And yeah, you have to go like, you know, all gas no brakes, right? So this next week I'm hosting an event with Kevin again and then another one in Atlanta ironically and then I fly so get this I finished the event in Atlanta at 2:00 p.m I get on a fly I land at 5:30 5:00 p.m. In

in LA, my red carpet photo shoot starts at six with all the news. You know, I have to do the red carpet walk at six and then do news interviews. And then the premiere is seven till nine plus networking. And then I'd already committed, ironically, to an event in Miami that next day. So I had to ring those, the event owners and say, hey, I'm actually in LA the night before, not Atlanta now.

So I need to speak later. So they moved me right to the end of the day till 4:00 PM. And then I have to go from LA, you know, I finished this, this, uh, red carpet event at maybe midnight. Um, and I have to get on a 5:00 AM or 6:00 AM flight out of LAX. I have to go straight to the airport, sleep for four hours in a hotel, a

lax and then take a flight back and then literally go from the airport after flying for five hours with four hours sleep and speak again and and i'm not saying that because it's cool or to brag or anything like that because more it's more to point out that i think that's what makes me more successful than other people is a lot of people would

And at that point, they'd cancel something. They'd say it's not possible. It's too much. They can't do it all right. And I think what makes me successful is I have this like figure it out attitude and it's just like go, go, go. And I'll get it done right. No matter what, I'll always get it done. And I've got a track record of doing that.

So I'll, you know, I'll go to L.A., do all of that. And, you know, will I be tired and run down by the weekend? Yeah. And I'll sleep well Saturday night after I've spoke. But that's what it takes. And most people don't want to admit or accept like that's what it takes. And they don't want to do that amount of work.

which is why they get average results, okay? So, you know, second part of today that I wanna talk about, hopefully that first part was a, you know, obviously not a big lesson, but maybe like a reminder or a wake up call to like really get out there, okay? And push yourself and do what it takes to get in the right rooms where you have to pay, you have to network, you have to work for free, you have to help organize the event or whatever it takes, right? Do what it takes to get in the room. Always say yes. They're always gonna pay off.

And then just go more, right? Like, I mean, it's so easy to make these excuses, but you'll get the biggest breakthroughs through relationships, partnerships and people. So just go to more of these things. The more you can go to, the more successful you'll be.

And then when you're there, like maximize and stack them. So when I was in Vegas, for example, last week, I did this. Well, I had a business meeting. So I did four hours of calls in Vegas in the morning, 6 a.m. to actually five hours of calls till 11 a.m.

because of the time zone difference, my Miami calls start at 9:00 AM, which is six there. So I did five hours of calls. I walked the Vegas strip and then I went for a run after the five hours of calls. And then I went and had a business meeting at the venue

And then I had to shoot some ads for one of the sponsors of my TV show. And then I had the celebrity judge panel. Then I did an interview with Steve Forbes, which is already launched. You can check that out. It just dropped. And then I went back, did an hour of work. And then I went to...

Went to dinner with someone you may know, a guy called The Professor, a basketball like dribbling YouTuber and influencer, very famous online, really cool guy. I'm a big basketball fan. We were talking business and then I went home and flew out the next morning.

So I like stack that day, right? Super productive day, which kind of transitions and leads me into that second part, which is how do you manage both? Because again, a lot of people can't manage both and it's like they make it, it's like one or the other. They can't do both, but successful people figure out how to do both. So you can do both.

And hopefully that was a good example that leads into this second part. Like, how do I manage both? Well, you know, I got up at 6 a.m., I kept all my morning calls and it would have been easier for me to like I left Atlanta at 9 p.m. the night before after the last event. And most people would have logically not flown out like that night at 9 p.m. because I didn't land till 2 a.m.,

because it's just too much, right? They'd have flown the next day, but then if they flown the next day, they'd have lost that five hours of calls that I did and they could have risked being late for the actual event, which I didn't want to risk. So, you know, I'll always push it. And obviously I'm younger. I'm not saying I'll be doing this when I'm well, when I'm 50, I'll have a private jet. So it'll actually be easier then because I can fly whenever I need to fly.

But I always try and maximize the day. So if I'm traveling, I'll try and stack like there. It works well time zone wise going to the West Coast because I have the time zone on my side where I can do calls at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m. And then most events will start at 10 a.m. Right. Or I'll turn up at 10 a.m. So I'll still be able to do four hours of work.

And then I'll do whatever I'm doing, you know, on that side of the coast. And now I'll generally go to sleep about 8, 9 p.m. because it's obviously a time zone wise. That's like 11 or 12. And it lets me get up and be super productive. So I always try and stack the day. And when traveling, I think it's super important to maximize every minute. Like I'm kind of crazy, I guess, where if I know I'm flying, say I'm flying at 11 a.m., I

I'll have calls booked at 9 a.m., 9.30, 10, 10.30, 11. So I'll literally do two hours of calls because I know at 9 a.m. and I have a bit of a routine, I know at 9 a.m. I would be calling an Uber to go to the airport. 9.30, I would arrive at whatever airport I'm at. 9.30 till 10, I'll be checking in and going through security. 10, I'll be through security going to my gate. You know, I always fly first class. I'll be boarding straight away at 10 a.m.

And then I'll sit. So I'll be on a call during boarding, right? Just scan a code. I'm on headphones. And then from 10 till 1030, I'm boarding, sitting down, doing that call. And then I'm on another call from 1030 till 11, even if the flight takes off at 1055, they're never on time. And I'll be on the call until it's literally on the runway going up and I'll say bye.

So I really stack, I stack the day, right? And so, you know, obviously I'll turn the phone off once we have to go in airplane mode, but I'm stacking the day there. And that's, you know, four meetings I'll get in.

during my airport run where I guarantee 90% of people, because I know most people, wouldn't have any calls booked during those two hours because they're not on their laptop. They can't sit down. There's background noise. And obviously, I wouldn't host a big business meeting with a billionaire during that. It's more like internal calls or cell phone calls or interviews or catch-ups. But with someone that... I'll still have high-level calls with entrepreneurs. I had one with

uh one of the sharks from shark tank and i was just polite and told them hey yeah let's do a call at 9 30 tomorrow just so you know there'll be a two minute pause while i go through security as long as you're cool with that and they're like yeah right

So, or a bit of background noise on the, you know, the announcements. So do whatever you can to stack the day. And this isn't just when traveling, this is in life. I'm always acting that way. And like I walk home every day, generally it's for that 30 minutes walking home, I'm catching up on all my messages, emails, replying to people, or

I'm on a call. Okay, so really stacking the day, maximizing every minute of the day and being strategic in how you're planning the day around your travel will let you maximize both the networking in-person travel and the business, keeping it running. And I think it's a mindset shift that you don't have to

separate them. You don't have to say, oh, well, if I go to these events, I can't keep my funnels live or my ads or work on this new project. I think that's a limiting belief that if you say that, you just haven't either built a big enough team, good enough team, good enough system, or you don't maximize time, right? So the next example is once the plane takes off,

I'm like never on a flight if I not bought Wi-Fi, right? So I'm always buying Wi-Fi and I actually go into a flight with a to-do list. So I have like four or five things I want to do on that flight.

And it can be big or small things. It can be writing reviews, reports, checking in with a team, mapping out some new systems or frameworks or SOPs, planning a new podcast, you know, like a new studio, reviewing a bunch of interviews. So I'll always be working on the fly and then I'll have my

phone on the laptop. So I'll be working on the laptop and then on the phone, I'll either be listening to a book or most of the time I'll be doing a YouTube, listening to a YouTube of some capacity, right? Most of the time it's work related or like Mr. Beast or something where I'm still like reverse engineering how he's doing stuff and getting good ideas.

And occasionally it will be recreational watching a movie and stuff. But yeah, you know, I'm always working and I actually am my most productive on the flight because I'm not on calls. I get a ton done as long as the Wi-Fi is good.

So, yeah, I think that's a good summary. The only other thing I missed is staying, I think, healthy and energized. So I have a good routine. So I always train when I'm traveling. I try and go to sleep and stay in my current time zone whenever I can. If I'm only going for a day or two, I always pick a hotel with a good gym. And then whenever I land, as soon as I land, I Instacart protein shakes and energy drinks and whatever I want.

to the hotel so it's actually there waiting for me when I arrive or just shortly after I arrive you know by the time you land get an uber it's an hour so it's normally there when I get there I always make sure it has a fridge and then yeah I'll often uber eats you know if I have to anything and yeah

that's generally at sleeping well i always try and pick a hotel room with good sunlight i like to and then i like to get outside like i say vegas had five hours of calls instead of just sitting in a dark hotel room there's no balconies in vegas sadly um

I did most of the calls walking, so I did 25,000 steps. And then I sat outside by the pool to do some of them because I like the sunlight. So yeah, staying active, staying hydrated, super important. Trying to keep to the gym routine. There was one day I really didn't want to gym. I was exhausted.

But I just did. I have this five minute rule that if you don't want to gym, I just go for five minutes because every time you go for five minutes, by the time you're down there in a routine, you end up staying for 20, 30 minutes and, you know, 20, 30 minutes, you can do a good workout. So.

Yeah, I think that's a wrap, guys. That's, you know, all gas, no brakes, how I maximize events and maximize success in the business and stay productive. As you can tell, I kind of I'm going all in all cylinders. And generally when I get back from like a crazy week, I am a bit run down this week, honestly. So I like I skipped a gym session to rest, take, you know, lots of vitamins and stuff.

Try and sleep well and then you know just rest day or two and then you do it all over again so and like I said, you know a lot of time

Building up to the travel is like travel, what I call travel anxiety, like, oh, here we go again. I don't want to do it, blah, blah, blah. But every time it's worth it. Every time it's a great time. Every time, even though you are tired, there's a lot of breakthroughs. I think one rule I didn't say, I made this commitment two years ago, is I only fly first class now, even if it's double, triple, five X the cost.

or I have to do a different flight. It's just every time I like a Kate, like probably twice I broke that rule in the last two years and every time I regret it. But pretty much always because it's about like the energy and environment. It makes the travel less stressful and it balances everything.

your energy and hormones and productivity much better when you're in a bigger seat and you're not waiting 45 minutes to get in and then they don't have space for your bags and then you get upset and all these things, right? So yeah, I know you generally get better people around you as well, more respectful people.

and you have some good business conversations. I've had some conversations with people that have built major, major companies and made good connections. So, you know, you can't always afford that. I didn't fly first class for many years of my life, even when I probably could have afforded it. And I've flown hundreds of times economy.

I at least recommend exit row if you're going to do economy. But yeah, try and fly first class because it puts you in a better state and mood going in and leaving whatever trip as well. And generally, you know, a normal ticket is two, three hundred first class tickets, probably a thousand each way. So it is more. But I do think it's worth it if you can afford it. So, yeah.

That's a wrap from me, all gas, no brakes. I hope you got some ideas there, maybe a little motivation and just understood how I balance everything because a lot of people ask, Rudy, how do you run all these things while traveling? Well, there you go. There's your answer. See you soon. Take care.