Mick Unplugged
David Shands | From Cheesecake Factory to Millions: Lessons in Success with David Shands
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
Welcome to another electrifying episode of Mick Unplugged! Today, we sit down with a true visionary and entrepreneurial powerhouse, David Shands. Known as the mastermind behind the influential Social Proof podcast, David has turned his dreams into millions and inspired countless others to pursue their own entrepreneurial ventures. Join us as David candidly shares his journey from being a hardworking server at the Cheesecake Factory to becoming a multi-million dollar success. We'll dive deep into his philosophy on the attitude of gratitude, his motivation to inspire others and his insights on why everyone should have a podcast. Plus, David reveals his simple yet powerful advice for entrepreneurs gearing up for 2025. Buckle up for a dose of raw insights and game-changing wisdom with the incomparable David Shands!Takeaways: · Gratitude is essential for personal fulfillment and success. · Podcasting can open doors for communication and opportunities. · Everyone has a voice that deserves to be heard. · Entrepreneurs should focus on content, community, and cash flow. Sound Bites: · "You're the GOAT of podcasting." · "I just want to make more money." · "Stop stopping." · "Your because is your superpower." Connect and Discover Instagram: Instagram.com/sleepis4suckers Facebook: facebook.com/DavidNeverSleeps Website: davidneversleeps.com and Davidshands.com myfirstmillionlive.com themorningmeetup.com podcastsummit.com Podcast: Social Proof Tik Tok: @DavidNeverSleeps Youtube: @RealSocialProof X: @Sleepis4suckers Books: Dream are Built Overnight ( https://a.co/d/7IDWS4J) Networking Know-No’s (https://a.co/d/70qa4sf) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What is the journey of David Shands?
I was a huge podcast listener of yours before, but when I decided to start, I was like, okay, Let me hear how David's doing it. And what I realized and what became my method was make it all about the guest. And that's what you truly are, is you're a carer of people.
And so I wanted to just take a moment before we even get into everything, man, and just say from the bottom of my soul, thank you for being someone that A kid, I call a kid from Greenville, South Carolina could look up to. So I appreciate it.
Thank you.
Man, I'm honored, brother. I'm honored. In the intro, it was a million monthly downloads. And we did hit a million monthly downloads. But it's not at a million monthly downloads right now. I'm not a capper. They did like some sort of... It was... Apple did something with the podcast numbers where they stopped counting a lot of the backlog.
Or they stopped sending your backlog podcast downloads for a while. So people lost like 40% of their views. But we still have millions and millions of views. But I will always be up front with what's going on in the world. But yes, thank you, man. I appreciate you.
Yo, I appreciate you more and just what you mean to the world, man, like your journey, your story. You know, I'll make unplugged. We go deeper than your why and really talk about that because that thing that really fuels you, that gives you that purpose.
And so I love for the listeners and viewers, David Shands, man, like what is or what was your because that moment, that thing that said, this is my purpose and this is who I'm going to be.
It's a somewhat loaded question because there's a lot. Like, who am I? There's not one thing. I'm just a lot. Like, at what point did I say I wanted to be the most amazing father in the world? Or at what point did I say I wanted to affect the world in terms of teaching entrepreneurship?
Or I feel a responsibility of letting people know that their voice can be heard, which is why they need to start a podcast. But I do a lot of this stuff because it's, one, a profitable thing for me and I get to do what I love.
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Chapter 2: What does the attitude of gratitude mean?
I was actually grateful for this job as a server, understanding that some people don't have a job. And they would Ja. Ja. Wie kannst du für die richtige Person, an der richtigen Zeit, in dein Leben kommen? Du hast nichts gemacht, um das zu tun. Sie wurden so gesendet.
Wie die Botschaft, die ich gegeben habe, wenn ich sie gegeben habe und du es gehört hast, aber das war die Sache, die du brauchst, um dir etwas zu helfen, das dich empowerieren wird. Nun, wenn du diese Botschaft nicht bekommen hättest, dann hättest du dich nicht empowert. Aber du kannst nicht für das kritisieren, weil es gesendet wurde.
So I'm so grateful for everything I have, knowing that I'm not that fancy, I'm not that smart, I'm not that brilliant to have accumulated some of the things that I have. There has been a grace on my life.
So whether it's a million downloads or 200,000 downloads every month, whether it's a million dollars or 30,000 a year, my job is to be grateful for it because whatever I have, I didn't do anything to get it.
Mann, das ist so großartig. Und meine Mutter ist Ministerin. Ich spreche viel über meine Mutter auf dem Podcast. Und ich habe sie sofort angerufen. Und ich habe gesagt, Mama, weißt du was? Ich weiß, dass du weißt, dass ich dich genieße und dass ich dir dankbar bin. Aber in diesem Moment, wie etwas mir sagt, dass du weißt, dass ich dich liebe. Und meine Mutter fragte mich, was gerade passiert ist.
Und ich habe das YouTube-Video mit meiner Mutter geteilt. Und sie hat mich 20 Minuten später zurückgesucht. Sie hat gesagt, eigentlich, das ist das Sermon, das ich dieses Wochenende spreche. um einfach dankbar zu sein. Und in diesem Moment hat mich das zentriert, Mann. Dankbar, dass ich meine Schuhe auf meine Beine stellen kann. Dankbar, dass ich mich zum Frühstück machen kann.
Die kleinen Dinge, die du gesagt hast, die wir für unerwartet nehmen, die wir einfach dankbar sein müssen. Und für mich und die Spiritualität, die ich habe, hat es mich einfach erinnert, dass wir hier für einen Zweck sind. Und du musst dankbar sein für, du hast es ehrgeizig gesagt, die Ups und die Downs, die Trial und die Tribulationen. Du musst dankbar sein, My pleasure. I'm honored, bro.
I'm honored. Ja, Herr. Also, du hast auf Cheesecake gesetzt, Mann. Lass uns darüber reden. David Shantz, Cheesecake Server. Zum Multi-Multi-Multi-Multi-Multi. Ich werde nicht all die Millionen drauflegen. Aber zu dieser sehr erfolgreichen Person, die anderen Menschen die Inhalte des Erfolges lehrt. Wie hat das geschehen? Also, du bist bei Cheesecake Factory.
Wann hat es geklickt, dass ich andere inspirieren möchte, aber auch vor allem, dass es etwas Größeres für mich gibt? Weil ich denke, das ist, wo es anfängt, richtig?
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