Mike Koenigs's video: Big Leap EP 26 - Our Biggest Mistakes and What We Learned From Them

Like this episode? Visit The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs http://www.BigLeapPodcast.com or subscribe at iTunes http://www.MrBz.com/BL Have you ever thought to yourself, “Man, all of these super successful entrepreneur, millionaires have it so easy? They must have made all the right choices to get where they are.” Lemme’ tell ya’... that is a MAJOR misconception. I consider myself and Gay to be successful entrepreneurs. (Not to toot our own horns or anything 😉) Between the two of us we have over 80 years of business experience and have both made over 100 million dollars combined and helped hundreds of thousands of people. But it wasn’t without lots of bumps and bruises along the way. We are, by no means, “perfect,” and have made a bunch of mistakes on our roads to success. (Some of them REAL DOOZIES!) That’s what this episode is all about. The mistakes we’ve made and what we learned from them. This is a VERY revealing episode. We get into some deeply personal stuff that we’ve never talked about until now. Trust me… You’re going to want to hear this. So if you’ve ever felt like you have to “perfect” to be successful… keep reading and make sure to listen on iTunes and on Watch on YouTube. Let’s start with big personal mistakes... Gay has been married to his beautiful wife, Katie for many, many blissful years now but it wasn’t his first marriage. And the fact of the matter is, he’s done a lot of work to NOT consider his first marriage a giant mistake but rather a giant blessing. (Truth be told he says he’s only about 75% there even though it happened 50 years ago and he still has arguments with her in his head!) Gay’s grandmother was a huge influence in his life and died when he was just 22 years old. At the time, he didn’t realize how emotionally devastated he was by her death. He was super intellectual, over-weight, and wore thick glasses, completely unprepared for a deep relationship but ended up marrying an older, wealthy woman. It was doomed from the start. He was working his way through college as a disk jockey on the radio, promoting and managing bands and making tons of money, until one fateful winter storm changed everything. He lost it all, was flat broke and emotionally devastated. Left with nothing but his marriage, Gay realized he had gotten into the relationship to distract himself from the grief of losing his Grandmother. Needless to say, the relationship ended and Gay found his true calling (psychology) changing his life forever. For me, growing up, I hated the town I was from and ONLY cared about getting as far away from it as possible. When I turned 18 and I was finally free so I enrolled in a technical school and took off in my crappy little car with NO BRAKES. (that didn’t work out so well. My dad had to rescue me.) I had never done any kind of drug in my life up until I left home but shortly after I tried smoking weed. My first experience was mind-expanding but my SECOND was… devastating. I ended up in a mental ward having a full-blown nervous break-down with my parents and a priest thinking I was somehow “possessed.” Yikes! Long story short… my parent never beat me up about it, I learned from it and ultimately got my act together. That experience could have killed me... but I didn’t let it. Since then I’ve had a bunch more potentially devastating experiences that could have ended me (including a divorce from my high-school sweetheart and stage-4 cancer) but it’s all about taking those experiences, LEARNING from them, and doing something differen. Don’t forget to share this with someone you think will benefit from our stories. FREE - Zoom Tips 25 Strategies to Make Your Zoom Meetings and Webinars AWESOME ▸ https://youtu.be/DdBlwiRUkpA ▸ Here’s the companion PDF http://www.PaidForLife.com/ZTPDF GET PAID FOR WHO YOU ARE, NOT WHAT YOU DO ▸ Join the Reinvention Masterclass: https://www.PaidForLife.com/Reinvention “Mike is an extraordinary man. He’s brought me insights on how to reach people on the Internet that are so valuable. This is a man you should deal with. Take advantage of what he has to offer.” -- Tony Robbins "Meet" Mike Koenigs by watching his sizzle reel, narrated by Tony Robbins: http://www.MrBz.com/Sizzle Social: Capability Amplifier Podcast: http://www.MrBz.com/CA YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/KoenigsMike LinkedIn: https://www.Linkedin.com/in/MikeKoenigs Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/Koenigs Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/MikeKoenigs Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/MikeKoenigs ▸ BOOST YOUR IMPACT, INCOME AND BANK ACCOUNT Every week on the “Capability Amplifier” podcast with Dan Sullivan from Strategic Coach to upgrade your brain’s operating system to amplify and multiply your value, status and authority. Includes interviews with Suzy Batiz, Steve Jurvetson, Shari Salata, Gino Wickman, Jason Flom, Yakov Smirnoff, Adam Conover, and other fascinating guests - hhtps://www.MrBz.com/CA