Complaining: Language of the Poor feat. Kevin Nations | Episode 281

Real Business Owners

Trevor Cowley

Business

5 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this no-excuses episode of Real Business Owners, Kevin Nations gets real about the mindset that separates the successful from those stuck in mediocrity. He dives deep into the destructive power of complaining and how it’s the number one thing holding people back from real success. Complaining, he argues, is just a way to justify staying where you are instead of putting in the work to level up.

Kevin breaks down how shifting away from a victim mentality and focusing on internal accountability is the key to crushing your goals—whether it’s in business, fitness, or life. No more waiting for validation or blaming circumstances. This episode is a wake-up call to take full responsibility, stop making excuses, and start building the life you want. If you're tired of being stuck and ready to do the real work, this one's for you.

Key Takeaways:

Internal Accountability: You don't need external validation to prove you’ve done the work. Stay true to your commitments, even if nobody sees it.
Integrity is Everything: Focus on being honest with yourself, because in the end, only you know the truth of your efforts.
Reputation vs. Character: Your reputation is what people think about you, but your character is who you really are. Build from the inside out.
Find Your Own Path: Success isn't one-size-fits-all. Know your limits, adapt, and still crush your goals.
Consistency Over Time: Real success comes from showing up, putting in the work, and committing to the process—every damn day.

Want to hear more from Kevin?

Go to www.chillionaire.com

or follow him on Instagram: Keveinnations

If you are ready to level up professionally and personally go to joinrbo.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	Being an entrepreneur sounds cool, but the reality of building a business is very, very difficult.
0:07.0	Every level that you hit, there's a lot of things that suck that you just won't want to do.
0:11.7	What you're capable of is on the other side I don't feel like it.
0:15.5	And if you're committed to what it is that you're trying to do, nothing is going to stop you from getting there.
0:24.7	Welcome back to another episode of real business owners with myself, Trevor Cowley.
0:28.6	I'm stoked for this week in this episode. We had a dear friend and a mentor drive up from
0:34.1	Las Vegas, Nevada. His name is Kevin Nations. He's been in the marketing space,
0:38.4	self-development space, the business mastermind space for 20, 25 years, and he's been doing it at a high
0:44.1	level the entire time. And so I'm super excited for you guys to listen to today's episode.
0:49.3	If you guys are looking to level up personally or professionally, go to join RBO.com.
0:56.3	Well, that's what keeps you from changing is what? Saying that anything that's happening in your life is because of something
1:02.3	outside of you. And there could be some truth to that. It could be something outside of you. But if you
1:07.7	just look at your actions, because that's the only thing you can change
1:12.4	yeah you know you can't change the fact that you're married to somebody you don't like or not
1:19.1	married to somebody that you do like or your kids are you know about to go to school or you see
1:24.0	people talking about um oh when the kids get out of the house we're going to get out of the house, we're going to do X.
1:30.8	We're going to do X. We're going to travel the country.
1:33.0	If I could just, you know, work things out better with my wife or my husband, I'm going to do X.
1:37.7	Or if I could just find a wife or a husband or a girlfriend or boyfriend, I'm going to do X.
1:42.1	If I could get a good business partner, I could get rid of this shitty one.
1:45.0	If I could, I would do X and it's like, well, you can do what you can do today.
1:50.1	Like that might be something that you have.
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