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5 Things I Used to Say Yes To — and Now Say No To (Part 1) » REI In Your Car » 1425

Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast

Joe McCall

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Management, Business

4.8551 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Back when I was losing my house, bleeding money, and overwhelmed with too many strategies, I hit a breaking point. I had to stop trying to do everything and start getting laser focused. That’s when everything changed for me.

This episode is all about five things I used to say yes to but now firmly say no to. These shifts didn’t just buy back my time… they made me more money. If you’re stuck in five-dollar-an-hour tasks, chasing every shiny new object, or jumping on every meeting and project that comes your way, I get it. I was there. But learning to say no gave me the focus to build a business that works for me instead of the other way around.

This isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what matters. If you want more time, more money, and more freedom, it starts by cutting the noise.

What’s Inside: 

—The real cost of saying yes to five-dollar-an-hour tasks

—How shiny object syndrome kills momentum and profits

—Why fewer meetings and tighter focus multiply your results

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to RIA in your car.

0:01.8

I said, Joe McCall.

0:17.5

Listen, I'm going to do a two-part podcast series here,

0:20.6

where I'm going to be talking about the five things I used to say yes to, but now I'm going to do a two-part podcast series here, where I'm going to be talking about the five things I used to say yes to,

0:24.3

but now I say no to.

0:26.6

And then next episode, I'm going to talk about the five things I used to say no to,

0:31.6

but now I say yes to.

0:33.3

And it's funny because I did this podcast originally seven years ago back in 2018. And I looked at my

0:39.3

list back then and the things that I would say, it's still true, but there are more important

0:43.6

things that I say no to now, which is really interesting exercise. So I would encourage you,

0:49.7

as I'm doing this, to create your own do not do list. all have our to do list how about having a to

0:56.3

don't list i would encourage you to do that so here are five things i used to say yes to but now i say

1:02.4

no to all right and if you see me looking down over here to my right i have notes i'm actually driving

1:08.0

my awesome car i love the tesla model. Just dropped my daughter off at school.

1:13.3

I have my little DJI mobile camera here that is on my visor. But anyway, so first thing,

1:21.4

let me just say to that these little changes here really helped me create, find more focus,

1:27.2

gave me more time, which helped me make more money.

1:29.9

So when you have focus, the combination of focus and time is amazing because those combined

1:36.0

can give you more money. And so if I look at this, especially over the last seven years since I

1:40.8

first created this list, I'm making way more money now than I used to.

1:44.4

So I would encourage you if you want to make more money, if you want to have more time,

1:47.5

you really need to be careful on what you focus on. I think that's the general theme that you're

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