The True Meaning of Money | ReWire 1722
The Hardcore Closer Podcast
Ryan Stewman
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Up to this point, I've had everything I've ever wanted in life.
There's really not much I want or need now.
But I had to start with the beginning.
At first, I wanted money.
I wanted money because I thought and society and media told me I wanted money.
But as I got into everything, I learned really quickly, there are costs to money.
When I started making money, I bought a fancy car, a big house, and then the second year, I bought a watch.
I had already had everything I needed and wanted.
When I started making milions, I hired people thinking I wanted a really big company.
That came with its own set of headaches between more staff and more money.
Here's a little math for you: When I made $20M with my company and had 50 employees, I took home around $2M.
When I had a company doing $3M, I took home a million.
Put that in perspective.
Almost the same money, but I didn't have my freedom.
For 2 years, I traveled and worked speaking on stages, working 18 hour days , and being away from my family................
Thanks be to God because that 2 year period set me up for life...............
After going through the cycles of what's possible, I've come to realize what I value most......
It's time with my children and my wife.
You see, money can be freedom, or not.
But it's up to you what you really want...........
It's not a one-size-fits-all lifestyle.....
Make a decision about what freedom means to you.....
I bet it has nothing to do with money....
If you're smart, you'll figure it out.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rewire podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm your host, Ryan Stumann, |
| 0:04.0 | and I'm here to rewire your mind for success. |
| 0:07.0 | You were put on this planet for success. |
| 0:09.0 | You were created to succeed, |
| 0:11.0 | but the force of average is after you every single day, |
| 0:14.0 | my brothers and sisters, |
| 0:16.0 | and this podcast is the one thing that's designed |
| 0:19.0 | to help you fight the force of average and excel in every area of your life. |
| 0:23.2 | We're glad that you're here. |
| 0:25.1 | So there is a grading curve in life where this work life grading curve comes in. |
| 0:33.4 | And if I was like drawing a piece of paper, you know, just start from one side's flat, gradually grow up like a hill and then gradually go back down, then gradually grow back up like a hill. |
| 0:43.6 | You know, just a little wave there. |
| 0:46.6 | If we go back to the left side where I started drawing this, the very starting point, you're going to work a lot to get ahead. |
| 0:53.6 | You don't have any money. You don't have a lot of skills, so you're going to have to work a lot to get ahead. You don't have any money. You |
| 0:55.1 | don't have a lot of skills. So you're going to have to work a lot to work a lot to acquire skills and |
| 1:00.5 | wisdom and you're going to have to work a lot to get ahead. Then you get to a point where you start |
| 1:04.3 | getting ahead. Now you've got a little money. You can start buying some things. That car you've always wanted. The house you've always wanted. But then what happens is now you've got these things. Now you've put yourself in a little bit of debt and position. |
| 1:14.6 | Now you've got to go work even harder to keep up with this new lifestyle that you created. I've seen |
| 1:20.7 | this cycle a gazillion times and the people I've coached over the years, by the way. And then at |
| 1:25.8 | some point they realized the big house, the big car, all that |
| 1:28.5 | shit wasn't really worth it anyway, and their life was better off in the first place before they |
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