Coming up, I'm going to teach you how to build a mindset for continuous growth.
And then the gold standard for decades when it came to CEOs was Howard Schultz from Starbucks.
But now the youngsters have wrecked his reputation.
Alright, helping you get unstuck so that you can live the life that you want.
And it involves your work, your education, your money.
I'm Ken, this is the Ken Coleman Show.
Okay, let's talk about building a habit, if you will, in the mind where you are just
constantly seeking growth.
Now, some of you already exhausted, you're going, I just want to sleep more.
I don't want to be in the hustle culture.
Okay.
Well, I'm going to give you the other side of that because you have two options.
You can atrophy or you can grow.
That's what you've got.
And let's look at your finances.
Let's look at your relationships.
Let's look at your work life, your mental health, your physical health.
I mean, just look at every important area of your life.
You have two options.
Growing or atrophy.
I mean, it's just that simple.
Now we're all dying, right?
But until that point comes and there are physical limitations, but even then there are old people
who die a lot faster than others.
The ones that are sedentary, sitting physically and sitting mentally.
I mean, they're sitting there watching TV all day long.
They're atrophy mentally, emotionally and physically.
It's not my opinion.
These are the facts.
Don't look it up on the Google science will tell you you science lovers out there.
It's not my opinion.
So let's look at these two options.
These are two options for how you live your life that really color everything you do.
Number one, atrophy.
This is I am wasting away.
Another way that the dictionary defines atrophy is progressive decline, which is kind of funny,
isn't it?
Progressive, the very word progressive means I am making progress, but atrophy is I am
progressing in my decline.
Now, I don't know if any of you have ever broken a bone before had somebody in your family
break a bone.
You've had to have a cast.
And this to me is the greatest illustration for what atrophy of a muscle looks like and
how it happens.
So I broke my thumb many years ago and where the break was, I had to have the cast about
halfway at my arm.
And when I got the cast taken off, I look like this and folks, you can look at me.
I mean, look at these dainty wrists.
I wish I was a big strapping muscular guy.
I'm not.
I'm a little guy and I don't have big wrists or big forearms.
But I remember looking at my my forearm, my left forearm here that had the cast on.
I looked at the other one and it was noticeably smaller.
We've all had this happen to us or someone we know and it is atrophy.
And so what happens is this forearm was in a cast.
It's immobile and it is not being used in anyway because my whole hand is wrapped up.
I'm doing very little, any kind of squeezing tactile, picking up it.
And so the muscle is largely immobile, sedentary, inactive.
That leads to atrophy.
The muscle literally wastes away from a lack of use.
That's atrophy.
Most of us choose to live this way in the way that we think mentally.
We don't mentally challenge ourselves.
As a result, we don't physically challenge ourselves as much.
We just talk about the world population.
Let's pull back on the world.
I don't want to get too broad.
Let's look at the American population.
We're fatter than we've ever been.
We're unhealthier than we've ever been.
To me, our physical health is a direct result of our mental and spiritual health.
You could say emotional as well.
It's all tightened together.
I'll loop it all in for this discussion.
The way that you don't get fat and lazy as you are busy and healthy, right?
You're healthy?
You're staying active?
I'm not going to get fat and lazy.
I can't.
They can't coexist.
Let's look at the other option.
We know what atrophy looks like.
Let me say this before I move on.
Atrophy is related to apathy.
My life looks like an apathetic, just going to go along.
I don't really care.
Whatever happens, I'll just survive.
I've already decided that I'm going to atrophy, that I'm going to waste away, that I'm going
to progressively decline.
The other option is to grow.
I could say to learn to try.
That's what growth comes from learning and trying.
Or I could say learning and doing, doing something with what I'm learning.
So, growth is the other option.
I can either atrophy and waste away, progressively decline, or I can grow.
I can keep learning, keep doing, keep getting better, keep growing.
Now, here's what I've learned about growth.
If you want to have a growth mindset, you're going to have to embrace two hurdles that if
you clear these hurdles, you're guaranteed for growth.
The first is resistance.
The second is failure.
In order to grow, you are going to have to deal with and leverage resistance.
You're going to have to deal with and leverage failure.
Let me give you the two examples.
So resistance.
I got caught up in the Peloton craze several years ago.
Oh, I had to have one.
So I got one and it was fantastic.
I'll tell you, it blew me away.
I started taking these classes.
The first couple of times you get on the bike, they do a really good job of training you how
to use the bike itself.
And on the Peloton bike, if you never run on a Peloton, and I assume other bikes that
are like in the same way, there was a there's a knob right on the the main bar of the bike,
if you will, between your knees.
And you could adjust that knob and it would create more resistance.
And so I'll never forget being on the second or third lesson.
And I was doing it.
I did the one, the first time I just did it.
And then I went, I need a training, a training class.
So I got on and the guy walks you, because there's going to be three things we're doing
here, right?
And he gives you three metrics, right?
So your speed, okay?
And then the next was resistance.
And if you turn this knob, it became harder to pedal.
All right.
And that would increase my heart rate.
So speed and resistance led to maximum performance, because I'm trying to burn calories.
So I'm looking at calories and I'm burning more calories.
The more resistance I have, the second is failure.
So when I'm getting resistance, I'm getting stronger.
I'm getting impact.
And then failure, it's just really simple.
I learned my greatest lessons in life.
When I fail and I sit back and go, hmm, why didn't that work?
What should I not do next time?
What should I do more of next time?
Resistance and failure lead to growth.
Embrace them.
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Oh boy, oh boy, the youngsters are fired up about unions.
More on that in a second and what that means to you in the greater economy.
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All right.
So Starbucks, Starbucks said Howard Schultz are getting hammered by the youngster.
What does this mean?
Well, first, some quick context.
Howard Schultz was considered a true darling of industry, widely respected for the unbelievable
growth under his leadership.
The first time around at Starbucks, I mean, he was a media darling, a corporate darling.
Everybody's like Howard Schultz can flat out lead, spoke for crazy amounts of money, you
know, all the things.
He enjoys retirement, gets called back in.
Starbucks falters, comes back in and attempts to write the ship.
And as he does, he gets hit with this new generation, Gen Z, more on that in the moment,
who have been tempted and swayed by the concept of unions, not a new thing in America.
Well, he was in DC just last week, getting grilled by senators about accusations that
Starbucks under his leadership attempted to interfere with unionization and collective
bargaining efforts at its stores while he was CEO.
He recently stepped down.
I think he's just said I had it.
I think he just said, you know what?
I'm done.
I don't need this.
I'm Howard frickin Schultz.
I'm worth a lot of money.
So he's done.
No longer CEO.
So as I mentioned at the start of this, Schultz was a, was a real darling of the media, other
corporate leaders and had a great image, a pristine image.
And now the youngsters have taken his reputation out because now he's known as Mr. Anti-Union,
which he is and he should be.
Or on that animal.
Well, where is America?
I mean, what, what, what are the tea leaves?
Oh, what are the tea leaves telling us?
Well, America has changed its opinion over time about unions and large companies.
Unions are, are now looked upon favorably large companies.
Bad, bad, evil, big companies.
Bad.
But we shop there.
Well, Gen Z, people born from 1997 to 2012 are very, very open, even enthusiastic in some
cases about unions.
But, but, but Schultz for years took the case at, at, at Starbucks that a Starbucks employee
didn't need a union because they had better benefits than just about anybody else and
was very open about how great it was.
Some of those things were average pay for store employees, $17.50.
Let me tell you something.
That's a very high hourly wage.
For that type of retail service industry work, they got stock options, tuition assistance,
Starbucks health insurance option for part time workers.
People was a big deal and he talked about that.
His statement in the hearings were, if you look at the 50s and 60s, unions were generally
working on behalf of people in a company where those people had not been treated fairly.
He's right and went on to say in some cases they were nefarious acts by the employer taking
advantage of the employee and that's right.
I will tell you as a guy who is anti-union that historically at the inception of unions
in this country, there were bad things happening to workers and the intent of the unions was
pure.
Dare I say needed at that time?
However, as with anything good, it could be used.
For bad.
I believe that this is what happens to anything.
Politics gets involved in your local school, in your church, in your neighborhood association.
Meaning when people start trying to get political and get power, because that's what politics
is, power ruling, speaking on behalf of other people, when that enters into any, if you've
ever been to a church business, meaning where it got political, slam the door on your face.
Neighborhood as I got involved in my neighborhood association several years ago when we lived
in Atlanta, I lasted two meetings.
Politics.
Politics has gotten involved in unions.
Now, I'm going to tell you why unions aren't good for business and thus are not good for
this economy, and that means they're not good for you.
I'm going to tie this all in for you, but here's where America stands on this.
A Gallup poll in August found that 71% of those surveyed approve of labor unions.
The last time support for organized labor was that high was in 1965.
However, only 16% said that they are someone in their household were part of a labor union,
so they're saying I'm in favor of it, but I'm not in one and nobody I know is either.
So I'm not sure they truly understand it, but thankfully folks, I'm on the wall today.
I'll tell you why unions are bad.
84% of respondents who said they had no connection to a union just over half said they were not
interested at all in joining a union.
So that's good.
Why are unions bad for workers, bad for business, bad for the economy, bad for you?
Here we go.
And your daddy and your momma may not have taught you this.
So sit up straight because this is common sense stuff and you can wrestle with this disagree
with me.
Fine, but at least wrestle with it.
Number one.
All this representation that a union promises for the employer because that's the whole,
that's why it's attractive to young Gen Zers.
That's why 71% of Americans ago, yeah, I mean, I'm in favor of unions because they fight
for the little man.
They fight for the worker.
Okay.
That's the whole pitch.
They have our best interest in mind.
Well, they're not just representing you because they love you.
They're getting paid to do it.
There are union dues.
Do some homework on how those union dues get spent on campaigns on perks for union leaders,
swanky offices.
It's all politics, folks.
Dig into this, challenge me on this so unions aren't free.
They cost workers more money and then unions almost always create tension between the workers
and the company leadership.
These things don't go amicably very often and there's always tension.
There's no true free flow of communication.
It is always a negotiation and that is never healthy.
Third, unions don't always align with the wishes of the workers.
They got rulers, baby.
You could pay your dues and vote and be in a union.
But guess what?
The end of the day, it's not your voice that is heard.
You're told what to do, how to vote and why.
Your political leaders are making the decision.
And because of this, the true individuality of the worker is squashed.
You give it away when you become a part of a union.
You're not making decisions that only you can make.
You're part of the bigger group.
And then because of these negotiations and increases with all this stuff, companies have
to raise their prices.
And when companies raise their prices, this gets passed on to the customer.
This affects the economy and this affects you.
Listen, we have too many laws on the books.
There's too many going to get abused in today's world to the point that you need a union.
We don't need them.
We don't need them.
Unions are about politics.
Unions are about increasing prices.
Unions are about tamping down a true capitalistic economy.
You ought to be against them and actively.
All right, folks.
You know, the economy is uncertain at best.
The recession is being predicted.
We don't know when.
We don't know how intense it's going to be.
The feds keep raising their interest rates.
You got unions blowing up.
You got the Fed trying to drive up unemployment.
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You get really clear on the life that you want and how you go get it.
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Catherine's on the line in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Catherine, you're on the Kin Coleman show.
Hi, Kin.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
What's going on?
Hey, it's really great to be on your show.
Thank you so much for taking my call.
You bet.
I've been watching you a lot lately and it's an honor to be here.
I was hired in my position about 90 days ago, just hit my 90 days.
I was hired to take over someone's book who had been, she's currently retiring.
They told me, oh, she's going to stay on for three to six months.
She's going to teach you the ropes of the accounts and then hand everything over to you.
She's also at the same time going to be training these other salespeople because she's got a
dual role.
She's going to focus on them, but she's going to pass everything over to you.
I have 14 years of experience in the field that I'm in.
Like day one, it's been, she's just very erratic giving me, which she, it's tough because it's
like she's trying to tell me what to do.
Micro-managing me, just respecting me.
I'm not sure how to navigate everything and it's very confusing.
I don't know if that makes sense.
There's probably a lot of different stories I could tell to kind of clarify it, but.
Well, yeah, I think you just nailed it.
You're confused.
You were told one thing.
You were given a very clear reality and all of a sudden you get there and that's the
rug's been pulled out from underneath of you.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like she's treating me like I'm an assistant and trying to tell me like every little tiny
thing to do and how to do basic math even.
And I'm like, come on.
Yeah.
But you know why that's happening.
Now, now let me ask you this before I say that.
When you were told that, were you told that by her that she did she look at you and say,
I'm getting out of here soon and you're going to be my replacement or does somebody else
tell you that?
Somebody else pretty much.
I mean, she was in the interview, but someone else told me and.
Is she the owner?
No, she's not.
She's not the owner and my supervisor has always had issues with her in the past.
I wonder if I'm not the second person that tried to take over her role to be on it.
Okay.
I wasn't sure if she's if I'm sorry for asking that.
I just didn't know if this was her business.
But she's just in a position and she has a leader over her.
Yes.
And they've had this problem.
They've had this problem with her before, correct?
It sounds like it.
Yeah.
Who's deciding when she leaves her or the supervisor?
She's deciding when she leaves.
And I asked my supervisor, I'm like, so how long do you think this is going to keep going
on?
And you know, how long is she going to stay on board?
And she's like, I don't know.
And then I get a call from her later that day.
She's like, so in regards to you wondering when I'm going to retire, whenever I feel
like it, that's when could be a year.
Oh my gosh.
Your supervisor threw you under the bus.
She's like, she did.
So I'm just kind of like, who's on my side?
No, but I don't know who to go to.
Nobody.
So here's what's going on.
You are being you're being pummeled by two fearful people.
Your supervisor is afraid to tell this old battle acts to leave.
That's the first thing.
Okay.
Seriously.
I don't know what else it would be.
You were told by the supervisor that you're her replacement.
And I guess she's training you.
You're in that period of training and yet she's treating you like you're an imbecile.
Yeah.
And that's coming from, but that's coming from fear too.
The old battle acts is afraid that you're going to replace her and do a better job.
And I think she's trying to make you miserable and she may not even realize what she's doing.
I think it's psychological and I'm not saying that she's not doing it on purpose, but I
think she is protecting herself.
She doesn't want to go.
Her insecurities that's fear based are driving the way she's treating you.
She's trying to drive you out because if she pushes you away, it lengthens the amount of
time before she leaves.
The longer you're there and the more, the word is not adequate, the more effective you are,
it hastens her exit.
And I think she wants to leave.
I think she's holding on for dear life.
Does that feel right?
Does that feel right to you?
Yeah, I think it sounds pretty close.
I mean, a part of me is like, don't you want to retire?
Like I thought that was the whole point of this.
Like, but you know, the real problem in this is not the old battle.
Relax.
I understand.
I don't agree with what she's doing, but I understand her situation more than I understand
your supervisor.
I don't know why your supervisor who hired you and told you that you were her replacement
is throwing you under the bus.
It feels very manipulative.
It feels like the supervisor is afraid to confront the old battle.
Relax.
And is trying to make the battle acts uncomfortable or angry or make you uncomfortable so that
you leave and they don't have to deal with the reality.
That's what I feel like going on.
This is all a function of weak leadership.
Your supervisor is a weekly.
Hm, interesting.
I mean, you know, what's so crazy too is it's like, she told me like you need to push back
on her.
You know, we hired you to take over this role and you're just supposed to take the knowledge
of the accounts.
Well, then do it.
Okay.
Then you have to decide.
Do you want to give this another shot or are you ready to walk?
It's hard because some days I'm just like, this is impossible.
I get it.
Because she's literally trying to make me look bad at every corner and my confidence
is already kind of, it's, I'm nervous.
You know, it's a new job.
Yeah, but my point is, do you, but my point is, do you want to fight for this or are you
saying I can go replace this job and just be done with this chapter of my life?
Oh, it's such a good question because it's an amazing role.
It's literally, it's all right.
So here's the deal.
So then you have to take your supervisor's word for it.
You got to go, okay.
Now listen, I got some advice.
You can blame it on me if you want or you just say I got some advice and I'm going to
take you at your word.
You told me to push back.
So here's what I think that looks like.
I don't want to get cut off at the knees here with you.
He's not going to tell me and treat me that way anymore.
I'm not going to let her.
And I do think the old lady is a bit of a bully here and I think the way to stand up
the bullies is just to be brave.
You don't have to be ugly back.
I don't think that'll work, but I think you just talk to the hand, ignore her.
Don't let her get to you.
Be the bigger person.
This is a great opportunity for you.
Your future is tied to this.
The old lady ain't going to be around forever.
You know what old lady, you're trying to push me out.
You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to take you trying to push me out and bully me.
I'm going to stand up to you and raise your bullying and I'm going to wait you out.
That's what I would do.
I love it.
Take the power back.
Don't listen to it.
No, I know.
You know why it's hard because you don't want to confront her, but it's a muscle.
You don't have to be ugly.
Just stand up to her.
Ignore her.
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