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January 29, 2024

Dan Kuschell is a husband, dad, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He runs Breakthrough3X, a company that gives you instant access to a Fractional CMO Team. Breakthrough3X helps founders and CEOs grow their businesses 3 to 10x and generate more clients daily with a simple system that gets them free from the day-to-day. Dan has owned 12 companies since 1992, building multiple businesses with revenues exceeding eight figures before selling. He is also the host of the Growth to Freedom podcast, where he interviews industry leaders and experts in a variety of fields.


Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

  • How to transform your personal and professional life in 2024
  • Overcoming trauma to design a purposeful life
  • The process of rewriting your future
  • Dan Kuschell shares anecdotes from his growth journey

In this episode…

Entering a new year can be overwhelming since we’re often confronted with distractions, misinformation, shiny objects, and other conflicting ideas. Additionally, past traumas often resurface as we plan our trajectories for the coming year. How can you redesign your personal and professional life without relying on fate to guide you?

Having owned multiple businesses and faced health issues and tragedy, inspirational advisor Dan Kuschell has discovered the secret to transforming your career, relationships, and mental, physical, and emotional health. At the start of each year, he emphasizes gaining clarity on your current situation and where you’d like to be at the end of the year. This requires acknowledging and outlining the obstacles, trauma, pain, and suffering you’ve experienced to eliminate the associated shame and guilt and forge an alternative path forward.

In today’s episode of Growth to Freedom, join Dan Kuschell as he shares strategies for mapping out your growth in the new year. He talks about his personal growth journey, how to rewrite your future, and the value of designing a life for yourself.

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If you’d like access to the special resources and all the show notes for this special episode, make sure to visit growthtofreedom.com.

Episode Transcript

Dan Kuschell 0:00

If you’re looking for a way to experience quantum growth in 2024, lean in just a little bit, because you are going to learn a couple simple strategies in the next few minutes to help you rewrite or write your new upgraded story. And now is the perfect time to be able to go through this, in fact, really quick, some would call this to a degree, the Hollywood method to create chronic quantum growth in your life. And this is stimulated, because you know, is there a possibility that an old story is keeping you from achieving your goals that are getting in the way that are holding you back, you know, the past history, your past doesn’t equal the future, right? It doesn’t matter where you’ve been, it matters where you want to go, I’m going to walk you through a process that may help you make this the best 12 months of your entire life, and remove some of the old stories that might be holding you back right now. So who is this for? This is for anyone truly looking for a way to experience quantum growth to get peace of mind freedom, joy, more growth, more opportunity, and freedom, right? The freedom to be yourself, warts and all, so to speak, as my wife likes to say about me, part of this stimulated from an interview last week, and someone was describing, you know, Hey, Dan, like What is something you do, and have done as a habit and a ritual for years. And I wrote about it in my original book, a champion in the making about 20 Some years ago. And it’s chapter 23. It’s called the vision. And each year, what I do is I’ll sit down, and I’ll rewrite a new story. That is for the year, like what’s going to happen, I want to take you through the process very quickly, very easily, that you can apply today that just may transform what you’re looking to do and quantum growth personally, professionally, health relationships, and a whole lot more. Now, let’s go to 100 Thursday’s, have you ever met somebody who’s dealing with trauma, health, mental, otherwise, we all have, right? This guy here to my left in this picture, maybe to your right, as you’re looking at this right now is my dad. And so a couple years back, we my mom passed forward and my dad also got diagnosed with cancer again. And since that time, in about two years or so, my dad has had over 130 140 treatments, radiation, chemo, etc. Now, I don’t know how your Outlook would be in life. But what I’ve learned from my dad character building 101 is squeezing the lemon out of life. Every second you get as a gift, every opportunity is a new day, a new opportunity, the past doesn’t equal the future. And my dad’s not a complainer, and I get a chance not only to be with my dad every Thursday, 100 plus Thursdays the last two years to enjoy time with him. I’ve also been able to bring my son, my daughter into the relationship to learn from their grandpa. And again, squeeze the lemon and ask questions about his childhood. Just the other day when we were out together, my dad was sharing because my son wants to go skateboarding. And my dad shared a story how he was a bit phased if you know what I mean, being on a mountain with a good friend, his name Gary. And he hit a little hill and he ended up doing a helicopter and ended up face first. I mean, what’s that worth? It’s priceless. So wherever you’re going through whatever trauma or otherwise, obstacles that might be in the way again, what we’re going to share over the next few minutes is a chance to write a new story to transform health, relationships, quality of life and a whole lot more overall. So it’s like a little hinge right? Little hinges make a big difference. And again, a lot of this I’ve learned over 30 plus years of a lot of coaching, mentoring, investing in myself, being able to work with some of the best in the world be around like you. And so ideally, this is going to be a simplifier for you in so many different ways. So it also is going to help you get clarity in your life because there’s a big difference right between what’s important, most important, important versus most important. Like what’s it worth for me to be able to spend that time and have my son and daughter be able to spend time with their grandpa over the course of this last two years, you know, an hour every morning on a Thursday that we do breakfast over in our local area? what’s that worth for you to give yourself that safe haven of peace of mind, whatever that might be for you. Right? This isn’t about my dad and us. This is about you design what this means by purpose, not an accident, not by default. So here’s a problem that we all face today, more than ever in the world and we got a lot of stuff. You’ve got a lot of stuff coming at you too, don’t you? Distraction, conflicting information, too many options compass tissue turbulence, ambiguity, shiny objects uncertainty, valid, AI, blah, blah, blah, but list goes on, right? The bigger problem is we can get into a comparison game and different types of platforms, we can look at others and all there’s so much further ahead. And many times it can erode our confidence or clarity, or direction. And I want to help pivot you from all of that right here right now. And just the next few minutes. And on top of comparison, is something real for all of us. Right? It’s trauma, right? Whether it’s trauma today, whether it was trauma yesterday, whether it was trauma in our past, we all have it. And you know, Joe polishes share this, I believe it’s an a quote, we’re as sick as our secrets, you’re as sick as your secrets. And the more we can be vulnerable, and get clear and get real about some of those traumatic experiences. Well, you know, it’s real to you, if it’s real to you, I’m not here to put any judgment, I hope that you can lift any kind of judgment you’ve ever had in your life by that simple idea of, you’re sick as your secrets. And you can just be clear on them and realize, you know, some of the things, the challenges issues, I’ve got 101 of them. And today, I’m so much more comfortable in my skin than I was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, what would happen for you, if you could have that comfort to know that you know what, you’ve had trauma? And it’s okay, we’ve all had it. We’re all human beings, we’re all going through something. Everybody’s got some something, something, if you will. So with that in mind, beyond that, even deeper, like why is it important? You know, why is this important? I mean, what would it be worth for you to have peace, to have freedom to be just your best self every minute, you know, my current wife, my marriage, my relationship, the thing people ask frequently is, you know, like, what do you think your wife does for you, she allows me to be my best self, good parts and all. I don’t have to be somebody living in impostor syndrome, in business, or in life or health, like, it is what it is, right? And so what would be that? What would that be worth to you to have that freedom to be you at your very best self? Right, take off the mask, take off the armor, take off and lift and be okay with being alright. And being, you know, imperfect, the perfection is all of our imperfections. Like, what would that be worth to really own that, again, we’re gonna walk you through a process here to help you be able to do this. Because at the end of the day, however, we label these things, sometimes it shows up in shame and guilt, at least in my life. I don’t know about you. But it’s just being real shame and guilt and holding back being like, you know, I’m gonna hide in the corner at times, input quality equals output quality, and many times relates to the outcome. Enough is enough, let’s get some new inputs in there. Let’s rewrite the new uplevel story, whatever that is, even if you’re a high performer already, let’s go to that even higher level, shall we? So let me walk you through this ritual. Because at the end of the day, it’s not whether we have a problem, it’s how we think about a problem, or a trauma or history or an issue or an obstacle or any of these sorts of things, right, that we want to get solved. It’s the thinking behind the thinking, if you run a team, if you run a company, a great question as your team is, hey, can you clarify that instead of assuming things, and tell me your thinking behind the thinking of what happened? Many times, you’ll get new perspective, new insights, new ideas, new perspectives that help you clarify help you simplify help you get free from having all these kinds of things going on. So it’s a shift in thinking. So I want to walk you through the steps to create your new story, based on this original book from 20 years ago, it’s really about designing a movie of your year and how we’ve been able to do that. And I pulled out one, one of my notebooks that I’m going to walk you through here. But here’s the simple solution for you that you can apply right here right now. And then ideally, jump into this as soon as possible. Because when is now the best time to share that with my young athletes that are what is now the best time to do that. Now, right? So the solution number one, get clarity on where you’re at, in this moment, and get real about it. Get clarity, where are you? And you know, think mentally, physically, socially, spiritually, emotionally, financially, relationships, career, business, team, et cetera? Do a full diagnosis and identify some of those key words that are popping up. Right? Where are you first progress starts by telling the truth, then get clarity, where do you want to go? If you project all of those things, mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional, financial, career, relationships, health, etc. And you just project one year from now, where do you want to go? And just again, key words, key words, kind of get an idea. And then what would that mean for you from an emotional point of view, confidence, clarity, certainty, you know, adventure, variety, fun, freedom. The list goes on and on, right, having an ability to make a contribution and make a difference to be able to connect to love to, again, whatever it is for you, right now. Where do you want to go? And then now is the opportunity to write your new song story. So I want to give you some jumping off points to help with this beyond those couple things really quickly with this exercise. And the first is, you can think of it like being a screenwriter, you’re writing the movie of your year, this year, right. And this is a great time to do this is sit down at this time of year at this moment, right now, here now and write the story of what is coming mentally, physically, socially, spiritually, emotionally, financially, career, health, finances, and business, if that’s your jam, right? Because at the end of the day, you know, this, you know, this, you don’t need me to say this, but it’s an inside out job, and how you see yourself, ultimately, how you and I see ourselves. Ultimately, how you see yourself determines our destiny, and our bigger future. Right? So do you want to uplevel Do you want to upgrade health, mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional, well, then I encourage you to just simply put a little attention to this, put some time, 1015 20 minutes, or whatever it leads to, for you to write your new story. And don’t be shocked when that story happens, and comes true. Because at the end of the day, it’s an identity game that we’re all playing, and being our best identity of our best self. And we can let go when I you know, ended up my sports career. For years, I felt like I was waffling in the wind, not really sure what I was going to do and unsettled. And I felt like a failure and felt like it didn’t work out and all these sorts of things. And it was an identity issue, you have an opportunity to rewrite your new story to uplevel. That identity, even if you’re already at the top of your game, go to another level right here right now. So here’s some jumping off points. Write down three to five things you’re most proud of accomplishing in the last quarter or the last year, hit clear on those. Again, these are jumping off points, your three biggest lessons, you’ve learned in the past year that you could call these mistakes, you could call these issues challenges you faced and the lessons you got from for example, I had knee surgery, and it was agonizing for three years, I kept putting it off, putting it off putting it off. And then I got the surgery. And I was feeling frankly very down for months. Because I wasn’t mobile, and I wasn’t sure oh my god, did I do the right thing, et cetera, I doubt creeped in. And now here it is six plus months later. And I feel like my old self again. what’s that worth? Right? We all go through some of those things. We all go through some of those things. So what are the three lessons you learned? Don’t you know, let’s not compare? What are the three biggest lessons or five lessons or even 10 lessons that you’ve learned this past year? Next? What are the top three to five focuses? You’ve got for 2024? And I’d encourage you to think of those in categories mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional, financial, Business, Career health, relationships, is our relationships important? Isn’t it funny how so many experts don’t talk about quality relationships and not just your business relationships? Isn’t it funny that people can be super connectors in business, but like they can’t carry a relationship beyond a superficial thing? Well, you can rewrite that story doesn’t the past does not equal the future if you do this and playful out and I hope you’re getting some good value here. So the next one is getting real, what are some of the obstacles that have gotten in the way in those areas? What are the obstacles that are getting in the way or could get in the way, as you look to rewrite your upgraded new level, Next Level story for this next 12 months. So I want to give you a couple of examples. Because again, this comes right from the archives. I grab one of these, I do this every year and half for about 20 some years. Actually before I wrote this book over 20 years ago. And so I just want to give you some jumping off points to think about it says, Hey, Dan, I’m writing this letter, December 31 2014. Looking back at the great year you’ve had so you want to project yourself one year from now and write the letter. And then describe it. It’s been an amazing 12 months as you’ve experienced growth, mastery, more independence, freedom. So these are emotions, right? Freedom, autonomy, competence, capabilities, clarity, direction and leading a life by example, in both your business and personal life. In your personal life, you continue to be a great dad, friend, husband, and lover of your wife. Tea, right. And then it goes through. I’m not going to read through the whole thing. But ideally, that gives you some jumping off points. It’s this isn’t just like business businessman. This is all areas of life, personal professional business career. And again, this comes out of the book. And by the way, if you actually want to get this book, I’ll have my team post linked down down below if you want to get it because you know it’s again written over 20 Some years ago, the movie the vision, and basically here’s Dan’s vision, this was written over 20 years ago. I love to inspire, develop and empower people to live a life of success. I love the fact that we have one of the best financial managers on the planet to mesh everything together effortlessly. The our company has been more prosperous than expected our books, programs and videos have impacted the lives of over 500,000 people. And what’s amazing I wrote this over 20 years ago. And as I read through this over 90% of the things in this, that I wrote at the time have come true. It’s powerful. Now, I can’t promise these kinds of things for you. Of course, I’ll use a disclaimer here legally. But what I can share with you if you don’t do this, like, I don’t know, what’s it like being a leaf in a when unsure, unconfident, uncertain, unclear? Well, how great would it be to actually write this out? And have your life happen the way you designed it? What would that be worth? Because the truth is, the past does not equal the future. You can write your story right now, here and now. We’re at whatever level you’re at. If you’re already at the top of your game, I challenge you to go to another level. Go to another level, you can do this. I’ve seen it so many times before, I’m sure you have to. It’s easy to get complacent. It’s easy to get comfortable. You know, they say the enemy of excellence is comfort, or getting comfortable or mediocrity. Yes, yes. And yes, all of those things are true. This is a simple way that literally giant just by asking yourself the right questions, mapping it out projecting over the next year, in those areas of life, mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional, financial, business, relationships and health. Your life can transform. I’ve seen it, I’ve witnessed it, I’m sure you have to. Now is the time to take action with this. How do you do that? Get clarity where you are, you can come back to this get the questions. Number two, where do you want to go? Get clarity be real about the obstacles and the trauma and the pain and the suffering that you might be experiencing and get that mapped out. It’s going to bring peace of mind when you just get it out in your first progress telling the truth. And not be afraid of it not be ashamed of it not be guilty. We all have it. We all have our warts just be okay with it. And now you move through it. And now you get a chance to write your new upgraded story, I encourage you to do so I hope you’re inspired. If you like this, share it with somebody you love somebody you care about. I for many times, forget some of the most valuable lessons that have been there. Because sometimes when like we’re brushing our teeth, we don’t think how important it is. But this has been for me over the last 20 Some years like brushing my teeth, something that’s a ritual habit every year. I encourage you to play with it. Have fun with it. I’d love to hear your story. So take action. Make it a great day. Make it a great week, make it a great month, make it a great quarter, make it a great year, and apply what you’ve gotten here. Because the truth is little hinges like this really can swing big doors. At the end of the day. I want that for you to be your best self. Make it a great day. We’ll see you soon. Bye for now

Outro 17:44

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