Continuing my thoughts from yesterday…
On today’s episode Russell talks about a couple in the Inner Circle group that has implemented the things they learned at the last Inner Circle meetings and how building a culture has worked for them. He also apologizes to people he may have offended in the last podcast.
Here are some cool things to listen for in this episode:
So listen below to hear how you can follow Brandon and Kaylin’s example to build your own cult-ture.
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Hey everyone, this is Russell Brunson and I am heading home from the first days of the inner circle, which were just amazing. I’m a little tired, a little worn out. I have two more days the next two days. I gotta get some good rest, start over the party tomorrow with the next group of our awesome members. I’m looking forward to it.
But I just wanted to do a couple of things. First off, I know before I headed in Monday, I talked a little bit about the fact that I want people taking the stuff and running with it. And I had a couple of people who messaged me afterwards. I wasn’t speaking to anyone specifically, but as a whole. I want everyone believing more in themselves, and that’s the message I was trying to get out. I was probably ranting a little bit, I don’t remember. I don’t anyone to think that I was mad at them specifically, but I do want people to believe that you’re good enough now. You’re ready, you can do it.
Hopefully that was the message you got, because that was the message that was intended. It’s funny, it’s interesting, in our coaching program that’s a commonality. I do a lot of coaching, but the majority of it is really people asking for permission. “Hey, I think I should do this, what do you think?” And I’m like, “It’s awesome.” Or maybe not.
That’s what a lot of people need and I get that. I’m in the same spot. I’ve got my coaches in different aspects of my life, but I would say for most people, give yourself permission. You can do it, you’re good enough. Use that as fuel on that side, and hopefully there was nothing negative that you guys got from that. That was not my intention. Sometimes I push record, and I’m in a weird mood. But there you go.
So a couple of cool things from Inner Circle today. One thing that’s interesting that I’ve found, this is kind of funny. You know how when you learn from somebody and you see them from afar for a long time and their name is their name. For example, Mark Joyner is my first mentor, so I always called him Mark Joyner, Mark Joyner, Mark Joyner. So the other week Mark was out here working, in fact I’ll say it right now, I felt awkward. When Mark Joyner was here, it was funny because Brandon who was doing video stuff, he kept calling him Mark. I was like, “His name isn’t Mark, its Mark Joyner. Why are you disrespecting him like that?” And that’s how I felt. And I realized that. I didn’t think much about it until I realized recently almost all of the Inner Circle people, when they say something to me it’s never “Hey Russell” it’s always, “Hey Russell Brunson” and I think it’s interesting and I totally get it.
For me Mark Joyner was always my mentor. Dan Kennedy, Tony Robbins, I never called him Tony. That felt awkward calling him that. It’s kind of a fun thing I’ve noticed. Tons of people here keep calling me Russell Brunson. It’s funny because in your normal life, you never call somebody by their full name, but in those situations…..it’s so fascinating to me. I thought it was kind of cool.I definitely look at that as a term of endearment, which is kind of cool. So I’ll leave that there.
And then the last cool thing I’ll share, and then I’m almost home which is kind of nice because I need some sleep. With our Inner Circle group, we have a Monday/Tuesday group and then a Wednesday/Thursday and then on Tuesday night we have a big dinner with both groups. So we just did that tonight, just got out of it.
And it was cool because Brandon and Kaylin, at the last Inner Circle meeting one of our big things, and if you follow along with the podcast, I’m sure you heard it. It was all about building your cult-ture and what you have to do to build that up and grow. And it was really, really cool, they are some of the fastest implementers that I have ever met, hands down, ever. So they basically went home. On the flight home they were like, “Okay we’re building a culture.” And they changed their branding, their name, their Facebook, everything. They re-did in the last four months, and they came back tonight and showed, “This is everything we’ve done based o three months ago, to build our culture out.” And it was amazing.
If you’re in the Inner Circle, we Facebook live it in the Inner Circle Facebook Group. So you guys who are Inner Circle members can go watch that. And if you’re not, it’s time to join the Inner Circle, what are you waiting for? Oh, maybe the fact that’s it’s sold out. Maybe you can beg your way in if you’re not in it yet.
It was amazing, thing after thing. I was taking notes as fast as I could and it was amazing. The coolest thing is the result of them focusing on building a culture and all these kind of things. Its crazy, there churn decreased by ten percent, which is hundreds of thousands of dollars. They now do these, kind of like our Funnel Swag t-shirts we do. They do these Lady Boss Swag launches where they’re like, “We have this new t-shirt designed. There’s a hundred in these sizes. Go. First come, first serve. When they’re gone, they’re gone.” They sold $25,000 in t-shirts in 24 hours and then closed it out.
They’re doing those kinds of things and they’re using it to sell programs and to upsell things to upgrade and to get people to actually fulfill and get things done and lose weight and there’s all this built in accountability. It was amazing to see what they created just from this thought that we had about building your culture.
So for any of you guys who heard me talking about that over the last few months, it’s time to start running and doing like they do. Because man, 3 ½, 4 months later, to see what’s happened because of that and because of their action based on that has been amazing. So there you go guys. I’m doing it, if you want watch Brandon and Kaylin, they’re doing it. A bunch of other people in our group, they’re doing it. Time for you to do it as well.
So there you go. I’m at home you guys. Appreciate you all for an amazing night. Know that I care about you guys and that if I ever say anything mean, it’s not to be mean but it’s to hopefully get you guys to take action. Because you are good enough, you can do it. The people that you serve deserve it. So there you go. Thanks everyone, have a good night and we’ll talk to you soon.