Chandler Bolt
Appearances
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
okay, I actually have to make this happen. You're going to put yourself out there to a point to where you're going to figure out ways to make it work. That's when it really becomes real and it's either a success or a failure, but either way you're moving forward because you're forcing yourself to be put in that situation and it's the forced opportunity that you give yourself.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Yeah. And basically the book, what we did is we took the things that our parents taught us. We took these 15 lessons that they taught us. And Seth and I both wrote separate accounts. So Seth wrote his account as a musician. I wrote mine as a business guy.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Basically just showed that these 15 things that they taught us are things that we thought were normal, but most people don't end up learning them. You know, they're Their parents don't teach them this growing up. And we just basically showed how you can apply this in music and you can apply it in business. And it just relates to both things.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Yeah. So what I'm talking about there with the forced opportunities is I love putting myself in positions that are going to force me to really think outside of the box or they're going to force me to do stuff that I wouldn't normally do. So the example there when I ran a $100,000 business was I kind of put myself out there and decided to take this opportunity.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
And then we had the training where they trust. It's like the initial training with the company. Basically, what I did is I went up to the CEO, the guy who was doing the presentation, and I said, hey, I have a big goal. I want to run the number one business in the country. I want it to be over $100,000. And I just kind of made a challenge and a bet with him there.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Like, I want to accomplish one of those things. When I did that, it's funny, like when you start vocalizing those things and telling, I made it a point to tell as many people as I could because then I knew it was going to force me to deliver on that. When you're telling it to everyone you see, your mind starts telling you like, okay, I actually have to make this happen.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
You know, you're going to put yourself out there to a point to where you're going to figure out ways to make it work. And when you have a specific deadline or when you have a specific number,
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
or a challenge that you want to hit, that's when it really becomes real, and it's either a success or a failure, but either way, you're moving forward because you're forcing yourself to be put in that situation, and it's the forced opportunity that you give yourself.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Yeah. So growing up, the one thing that people that grew up around us would always tell us is, I can't believe how your parents, they give all the time. And it's like my mom's like the most giving person you'll ever meet. It's like they make money just to give it away. We give because we want to help others.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
And even when we feel like we have nothing to give or we really have to dig deep to give, we always do it. But we know it's going to bless their life. And we know that at some point, God is going to bless us and bring it back to us. That's the whole analogy with the boomerang is if you're giving just so that it comes back, that's rooted in just a horrible place. And that's not the way to do it.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
But if you give from the bottom of your heart and being genuine, it will come back to you like a boomerang. You just give. Keep throwing that boomerang out there. Just keep giving from a genuine place, even when maybe you can't afford to, but you sacrifice yourself to give to others. It's just amazing how it always comes back to you tenfold.
The Action Catalyst
REMASTERED: Breaking Out of a Broken System, with Seth and Chandler Bolt (Music, Philanthropy, Finance, Author)
Yeah, I appreciate it, man. Thanks so much.
The Action Catalyst
CLIP: Your Friends Can't All Be Pop-Tarts
And then we had the training where they – it's like the initial training with the company. Basically what I did is – I went up to the CEO, the guy who was doing the presentation, and I said, hey, I have a big goal. I want to run the number one business in the country. I want it to be over $100,000. And I just kind of made a challenge and a bet with him there.
The Action Catalyst
CLIP: Your Friends Can't All Be Pop-Tarts
Yeah. Yeah. So what I'm talking about there with the forced opportunities is I love putting myself in positions that are going to force me to really think outside of the box or they're going to force me to do stuff that I wouldn't normally do. So the example there when I ran a $100,000 business was I kind of put myself out there and decided to take this opportunity.
The Action Catalyst
CLIP: Your Friends Can't All Be Pop-Tarts
Like, I want to accomplish one of those things. When I did that, it's funny, like when you start vocalizing those things and telling, I made it a point to tell as many people as I could, because then I knew it was going to force me to deliver on that. When you're telling it to everyone you see, your mind starts telling you like, okay, I actually have to make this happen.
The Action Catalyst
CLIP: Your Friends Can't All Be Pop-Tarts
You know, you're going to put yourself out there to a point to where you're going to figure out ways to make it work. And when you have a specific deadline or when you have a specific number of
The Action Catalyst
CLIP: Your Friends Can't All Be Pop-Tarts
or a challenge that you want to hit, that's when it really becomes real, and it's either a success or a failure, but either way, you're moving forward because you're forcing yourself to be put in that situation, and it's the forced opportunity that you give yourself.