Ep 488: Mental Health and Entrepenuership

In this episode 488, Anthony And Daniel discuss the intersection of entrepreneurship and mental health, sharing personal experiences and vulnerabilities related to the topic. He emphasizes the importance of being open about mental health struggles, particularly within the real estate community, and stresses the significance of supporting each other through difficult times. The conversation touches on the pressures of entrepreneurship, including personal stories of dealing with stress, failure, and resilience, highlighting the need for a support system and the role of physical exercise in managing stress. The host advocates for a holistic approach to handling the challenges of entrepreneurship, including the importance of physical activity, diet, and nutrition, as well as the mental and spiritual growth that comes from facing and overcoming adversity. Entrepreneurship and Mental Health Discussion (0:00-0:54): The host begins the episode by expressing the personal significance of the topic of entrepreneurship and mental health, mentioning the potential for emotional moments due to past experiences and the impact on his family. Importance of Vulnerability (0:57-2:03): At around the one-minute mark, the host discusses the importance of not being afraid to show vulnerability, especially in leadership roles, and how this openness can support others going through similar struggles. Supporting Friends and Community (2:00-4:07): The host shares a personal anecdote about reaching out to a friend in the real estate industry who was struggling, emphasizing the importance of community support and not being ashamed to discuss mental health issues. Physical Exercise as a Tool for Mental Health (5:00-7:45): Towards the end of the episode, there's a deep dive into how intense physical activity, such as CrossFit, can be a powerful mechanism for dealing with stress and building resilience, illustrating this with a personal story of pushing through pain and fear. Text 📱 210-972-1842 Text 📔 "Course" to learn how to make 6 figures on one land deal. Text ✴️ "Hive" to get added to weekly meetings. Text 🍎 "Apple" to schedule a 1-on-1 call with Anthony & Daniel. Text 🛬 "Land" to join The Million Dollar Land Mastermind 🔍 Need Inbound Real Estate Leads. https://www.hiveleads.io/ 🔍 Follow Us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbulcrC4WbOy5Fzu0eWzNVQ/?sub_confirmation=1 🔍 Follow Us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hivemindcrm/ 🔍 Check Out https://www.hivemindcrm.io/ 🔍 Check Out Our Land Mastermind https://www.milliondollarlandmastermind.com/landmastermind 🔍 Pick Up All Event Recordings here. https://thehiveislive.com/recording 🔍 Follow Us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@hivemindcrm?lang=en 📍Join the FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/137799891494707 📍 Check us at Join Us! https://thehiveislive.com/ Help support the show. https://anchor.fm/hivmindcrm/support

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Transcript

hey guys on this episode of The Hive

with us podcast we want to talk about

entrepreneurship and mental

health I may or may not cry in this

video because this is something that

really really hits me very very hard and

then if you know me personally then you

know that some things have happened in

my life like a lot of people and if I

bring it up like oo oo ow oo ow you know

I might shed some

tears so this is something that I hold

very near and dear to my heart this is

why I'm not afraid to openly talk about

this stuff cuz I I do feel like a macho

man you know what I mean like Randy

Savage I feel like I'm one of the

strengths of my family for other people

if I stood up for other people bullies

so this is something it's a leaders it's

a leader like responsibility I'm not

afraid to be vulnerable in this uh area

because somebody will be like I don't

want anybody to see I'm not strong

therefore I am not going to cry and it's

like I'll cry and then whoop your ass

Importance of Vulnerability.): At around the one-minute mark, the host discusses the importance of not being afraid to show vulnerability, especially in leadership roles, and how this openness can support others going through similar struggles.

because this is something that cry I've

been around

this uh I felt like I've been around

this like you know in my family U

members of my immediate family I'm going

through some mental health things and us

like um uh weathering the storm together

as a family yeah so now when I see like

my real estate friends and other people

going through this I'm man like I feel

like I know how to address this I'm not

a doctor I can't diagnose anybody but I

feel like I'm familiar enough with the

topic to see when somebody's in some

kind of trouble and then I try to reach

out to them like hey hey dude you seem

super super stressed you s sound short

of breath like if I was you I try to do

some kind of release like this should

not be happening the way it's happening

and then sometimes somebody needs to

hear that I send out text today I read

it to you very long text like one of our

friends in the business I'm like man I

wish that you were in a better state of

mind and I think you deserve it and I

just told him I love him you know like I

really I love you as what I said in the

text and it's like I want things to be

better for you and and I think God does

too so this is something that we need to

stop being ashamed about in the real

estate community and and really have

each other's back if you say you're my

friend I expect you to have my back

until the death and then I will have the

same for you so what I what I want to

say about this is I think everybody goes

through this and different people are

afraid to talk about they're embarrassed

levels and phases and I had a I had a

conversation on a podcast and he wasn't

there but if you check out an episode

I'll put the link to it under this video

but we covered a lot of this vulner

vulnerable stuff and he lost it all in

2008 and we're kind of covering it and

would I didn't bring it up or anything

it kind of just came up and it was on

his mind and we had talk about it

so he was having like suicidal thoughts

and depression during that time CU he

was under a lot of pressure and I think

a lot of people there's like different

levels of pressure and if you've never

felt it before it feels

unbearable like if feels unbearable mhm

and i' I've been through levels of

pressure that have been unbearable that

have been

unbearable but in hindsight I built up a

not necessar a like a tolerance you

understand that these moments in time

that are they may be unbearable at the

moment they know that they those times

pass and that's what I've grown through

going through stuff like this myself and

I've only been doing this I've been

entrepreneur for six years

Anthony you're coming on like 17 years

100 years so I think the more you you do

this longer you go through different es

and flows like I always think of like um

Elon Musk when he sold PayPal he

reinvested all the money he just made

into the next business and he was living

on somebody's couch and I'm sure those

was a lot of pressure at that moment

dang feel embarrassing myself just made

all that money and now I I can't even

help you buy milk exactly

exactly so there's there's a lot

of there's a lot of pressure like we

almost like intentionally put in

Supporting Friends and Community (2:00.The host shares a personal anecdote about reaching out to a friend in the real estate industry who was struggling, emphasizing the importance of community support and not being ashamed to discuss mental health issues.

ourselves just to get to the next level

and and sometimes it's accidental where

you just think you're doing the right

thing and it wasn't and you have to deal

through applications of it now you got

to eat this yeah so I think there's a

lot of it's it's okay to fail it's okay

to feel that pain and distress but know

that it's going to

pass I think something that I talked

about this a lot and probably a lot of

videos and personally off camera if

you're going to endure that amount of

pain and suffering and you're going to

be able to like put your your body

through that stress then you should

train your nervous system right and

there's two ways for you to get here

there's only two vehicles for you to get

here one is through a lot of stress and

now your nervous system knows how to

burn a million megawatts of energy

without frying and dying a heart attack

right that's that's the first first way

Physical Exercise as a Tool for Mental Health.): Towards the end of the episode, there's a deep dive into how intense physical activity, such as CrossFit, can be a powerful mechanism for dealing with stress and building resilience, illustrating this with a personal story of pushing through pain and fear.

and then the second way is for you to

voluntarily put yourself through that

amount of stress so that's why exercise

like CrossFit biking 10 miles 20 miles

like you're like so this is this is what

a big mental and business breakthrough

for me when I started doing CrossFit you

know many years ago and I take off a

year I take off six months I'm not

saying I do it three days three days a

two three times a

day but you're like you're getting to

the point where you're so out of breath

and your body's in so much pain you're

like hey if I pick up this bar again

I'm going to die I'm there's a a very

high probability that I'm going to drop

dead right I'm going to lift it up my

heart's going to pop I'm going to run

out of breath collapse I'm dead now I'm

on the news guy dies at CrossFit right

so you're having these these all these

thoughts

like this next rep is the one that makes

my heart explode and then you're like

having these uh negotiations with

yourself mhm like man should I stop I'll

be embarrassed you know people are going

to look at me if I go sit down right

over there by the windows and and

I feel ashamed like that girl's still

going like man damn

it man damn I should just really go sit

down you know and then tomorrow I'll

come back and I'll tell them like I

didn't feel good and I'm like when you

everybody's still going you're

like man if you pick it up you're going

to die Anthony I'm like oh man right

right if you pick it up if you pick the

bar up you're going to die you're

like I'm going to do it anyway you look

at the clock there's only 36 seconds

left bam and you picking back up like oh

damn you were willing to risk death to

get 17 more

reps so when you when you do that to

your own self then when you're in

business like everything seems very very

easy MH because like no matter what at

the end of this exchange I'm not going

to die no matter what yeah but if if

you're not willing to put yourself

through that type of abuse that

neurological abuse you can't take it

with you to the next level so this is

why I really really I'm a big uh

proponent of exercise

diet nutrition you know intense physical

activity no matter what F the diet the

diet will be second the intense activity

is first and then the diet and then then

we can build from there it's like a a

release release of that pressure you

need the oxygen you need that you need

the uh uh expelling of carbon dioxide

you know there's a lot that happens when

you when you have intense physical

exercise and then and then the the

mental and the spiritual and everything

else breakthrough but you can't avoid it

and and also you can't replace it right

yeah you you got to do you got to do the

things that help you do better and take

your mind off of it this is something we

talked about we've had this conversation

a lot I said dude if if if if if we're

about to become financially aware we

thought we were or we think we are we

need to get our bodies in shape we need

to be around for a long time we have a

lot of

responsibility like even if it costs us

everything we need to we need to get in

shape we need to be camera ready you

we've talked about this a lot

yeah yeah and we hold each other

accountable yeah so I I think the

biggest thing is finding a significant

other sometimes it's your spouse

sometimes it's your friend sometimes

it's another entrepreneur in the same

space as you one thing that helps I

think us get through a lot of this stuff

is somebody's already been through

it somebody's already been through the

pain that's unbearable that you can't

overcome somebody's already been through

it so if you seek seek advice from

counselors they can usually help you

overcome this current

desperation so if you hear the word

counselor you think automatically like

of somebody with a license that works at

the hospital or works at the college you

know something like that but a counselor

can be anybody it can be you it can be

him he counseled me a little bit today

could be a stranger and there's just

saying I don't know where it comes from

I'm the best at ruining s shout out to

me it says something like make war with

many counselors and uh that means like

if you're going to go and we're going to

go attack you know DFW and we're going

to go fight Clint Turner we need to know

like hey how many tanks how many

airplanes how many helicopters and so

you have to make war with many

counselors right so so the same thing if

you're emotionally distraught why is it

embarrassing for me to call Eric and say

dude when I saw you this weekend you

were in an awesome mood how can I

duplicate that in my life what do you

normally eat what is your diet like like

he's like dude I eat a lot of red meat

lots of fat but also lots of veggies

lots of berries I'm like dang dang dang

puts me on game and now I feel like I'm

able to deal with stress better because

he put me on yeah so make war with many

counselors

yeah so that's it guys if you're

struggling mentally if you're having

problems if something's hurting you in

your business and you just feel like

dang we don't know who to talk to you

we're not experts you know consult a

doctor and attorney and everybody else

but if if you ever want to just call us

and be like hey man I think the same

thing I've been feeling like this been

feeling like that like damn F I feel

like that two start doing pull-ups like

we're trying to help to men it's just

who we are we're just like every call

when you hit us up doesn't have to be

about business like if if you're in a

dark spot we've both been through some

things and uh we're willing to give back

or willing to help yeah you're not

alone we've all been there that's the

whole point of the video that good

that's a good we'll be there again we're

always going to be here as long as God

wants us but then he's like hey I need

to talk to you and sh you see me on

black and white

photos I'm here to help until that

day hey my hat looks like this in the

picture I already gone to the next

[Laughter]

place

Daniel Esteban Martinez

Host/ Ceo/ Speaker

I have been an entrepreneur since 2018. I come from a regular home just like most people. My dad worked on the roads in the Chicago area for over 30 years. He always taught me to work with my brain, instead of my body. Your body can only take so much abuse. I learned so much from my father. He always pushed me to work smarter and not harder.

I have owned and operated a trucking business for 2 years. I started learning real estate in 2019. Fell into the Data & Skiptracing business in 2020. My partner Anthony & I started Hivemind in 2021.

I have done a ton of different jobs coming up from painting, to door-to-door sales, telemarketing, truck driving, and loading trailers. What I learned most is that I want to stay in the digital business space. The leverage you can have delivering digital products to the marketplace can yield limitless possibilites.

I started The List Guys in 2020. It is a data and skiptracing service. We provide seller and buyers list nationwide. My clients have been getting great results and I am proud to help people killing it.

I started the Hive in 2021 with my partner Anthony Gaona. It is a real estate and business mastermind. It also comes with a all in one CRM, that can host unlimited websites and users.

Starting the Hivemind has been an amazing journey so far. Seeing one of our users make his 6 figure month in June 2021 leveraging our software, I know there will be plenty more to come!

Anthony Gaona

Host/ Ceo/ Speaker

Hi! I am Anthony Gaona.
I’ve been in digital marketing for almost 15 years.I grew up in construction working for my dad when I was only 12 years old. Normally we had a ton of work or no work at all so a lot of my free time was spent learning how to generate leads.

It didn’t take very long for me to master online marketing because I became absolutely obsessed with it. For the last 15 years I’ve been generating construction based leads. At first I was running the projects myself. This led to sub-contracting all of the excess projects and eventually wholesaling the leads off to other construction companies.

One day I was preparing to build a single family residence for myself. In mid December, 2018, a simple YouTube search led me to the term wholesaling and the rest is history. The plan was to use my construction background to start flipping houses. By January 1st of 2019 I launched several marketing campaigns both on and offline for real estate seller leads.

Within about 4-5 weeks I had my first real estate contract locked up. It didn’t take long for me get a land lead where I made almost a full year’s pay on a single transaction. This came from a land lead and that forever changed my life.

I ran low volume larger land deals for the first two years of my real estate career. Like anyone who has been in real estate investing for an extended period of time, I started thinking about scaling my business.

Instead of deciding to vertically integrated and start hiring I imagined a model where I would teach my real estate investing method… Read More