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Was thinking about this concept, the
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sort of the difference between a, what they call a scarcity mindset and an abundance mindset. And you can apply this to probably anything but like,
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it's kind of easy to talk about it from the business perspective. And it's like,
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you know, if you don't want to see other other people win, because I somehow it's sort of like makes you feel a certain way. Or if, like, you know, you
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have a business that's
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doing the same thing that you are, and like a scarcity mindset would be thinking, you know, I don't want this other business to win, because it's going to
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take away from it's going to take away from me winning. And the abundance mindset is more thinking along the lines of, you know, there's enough for
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everybody, so I want to see everybody win. And,
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I mean, I think obviously the abundance mindset is more healthy, but it's hard to remember. And I I I like to think that I have an abundance
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mindset, but I do see like the scarcity mindset creeping in sometimes. And what got me thinking about this. And I just want to preface this by saying
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this is, this was my perception
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of of how it how it was, how it all the meaning behind what happened. I don't know if this is really what happened, but, I mean, I know this is what
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happened. I'll just get into it. But I just want to say this is my speculation on on what the person meant by it. So when I first opened machine, I was
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I went to this other shop, and, you know, it was another graph shop, and Jesus Christ, what's going on here? And
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we didn't have any products at the time, like we had our street paint product, and I was talking about carrying rust oleum, because I was like, that'd be
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cool. You know, we have our American made spray paint for graph writers. And then for the colors, we because we only have black and white. So I was like,
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for the colors, it'd be cool to have rusto. So we'd be, we'd have all the, you know, American made
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paint products that writers use. And this was before we started carrying Montana and stuff like that. And so I found myself at this other graph shop, and I was
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talking to the guy there, one of the owners, and they they had rust oleum. And I was like, Oh, that's awesome. You guys carry rusto Because, like,
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you know, it didn't seem just like a super common thing for graph shops to carry rusto, because you can get it at Home Depot. And so I was like, Yeah,
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I want to, I want to carry rusto at my shop. And he was like, Oh, you're not going to be able to get it. And I was like, why is that?
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And he said, he said,
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Yeah, rust oleum won't do business with any art related
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businesses, and especially not any graph related businesses. So if you have, like, a gallery or any of that kind of stuff,
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they won't work with you. And so I was like, Oh, that sucks. Well, how do you guys get it? And they were like, the guy said, you know, I started, I
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kind of created this fake company, and I said, a different address, and, like, all this kind of stuff. Like he created this whole fake entity. And so
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when rust oleum looked into it that,
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you know, it wasn't an art related business, and that's what he told me. So I was like, Oh, that sucks. So I kind of took what he said at face value.
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And I was like, alright, well,
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maybe I'll do something else. And then one day I was just sitting there, and I'm like, Well,
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maybe I'll just try it, like, what's the worst that? They'll say, you know, the worst thing that'll that'll happen, they'll say, No, you know, no big deal.
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So I go on the rust oleum website, and I just find a phone number, and I call over there. And
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I was surprised I was able to get on the phone with this lady, and I was like, Hey, I got a a shop out in San Pedro. I'm interested in carrying
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Rustoleum. Just wanted to see what the
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what the process is. And she said, Oh, yeah, I'll just, you know, give me your information. And I think I had to submit, like, you know, my paperwork to
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show that we were a real business, or whatever that was, and then they sent a rep out. So she's like, oh, we'll send a rep out. He'll meet with you and
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tell you all the stuff. So I was like, Cool. So the rep comes out.
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And our first, our first shop at the in Pedro, was, like, a lot more down and dirty than what we have now. It was like the walls were all spray painted, and
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there was graph all over the place. And so
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I'm sitting in there with a guy, and we're talking, and he's, he's real enthusiastic about doing business with us and and so once we kind of finish our
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meeting, I was like, so like, Rustoleum is cool with doing business, like with places like.
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Like this. And he's like, places like, what? And I was like, well, we're like, an art sort of graffiti shop. And he's like, I don't, we don't care about that.
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Like, as long as you have your your business stuff in order, we'll do business with you. And I was like, really? I was like, Did you guys ever have a problem
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like doing business with art places? And he's like, No, I have all these he's talking about how he has all these places, and because, like, each
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sales rep has their own,
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you know, area, and so he was talking about how he has all these, these places and all this kind of stuff. And that was never any that was never a
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problem. So I'm like, Why the fuck did that guy tell me that? Why did he tell me all that shit that, you know, they're not gonna do business with us
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because of all this and this and that, and so this is where I'm speculating, because, I mean, he did say that. I'm not, I'm not making that up, but, like, I
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have to speculate, sorry, about what the
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what the intention was, you know, and I don't know, to me, it seems obvious like it was a scarcity mindset, like he didn't want us to carry Rustoleum, so
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he made up this bullshit so that I wouldn't bother even trying. You know, that's that's my speculation, but I don't know why. Why else would he tell me
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all that stuff if it just wasn't true? I thought it was kind of weird, but so in my opinion, I feel like that's kind of like a scarcity mindset. So like,
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you know, we have, we have people in the same industry as us in a couple different ways, you know, like different other craft shops and
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the sticker sticker industry is really saturated. So it's not like, there's not like a
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there's not like a few people printing stickers, there's a shit ton of people printing stickers. And so I've tried to exercise the abundance mindset.
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I mean, there's some information that I'm not going to share. You know, there's some some information that I keep to myself, just it's not, it's not
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smart for business to,
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you know, to be wide open and tell everybody everything, obviously, but like,
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little things, like, like an example, when we first started printing, we were doing screen printed stickers, and then we got this rolling machine that
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had a cutter on it and all this kind of stuff. And there's a quite a learning curve on how to especially the cutting. The printing is pretty
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printing is the machine handles the printing and the obviously the machine handles the cutting too, but making getting the cutter dialed in to cut, you
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know, every time you change materials and all this kind of stuff, you put a new blade on, it's, it's pretty challenging. And
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I had these kids come in, well, they were kids to me, but they're, you know, in their 20s or something. And he was like,
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he was like, oh, you know, you guys, you guys print on rolling right? And I was like, yeah. And
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he was like, we're having such a hard time. We just gotta roll in. And they happen to got the same one that we had, and they're like, we can't get it to
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cut.
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And so, like a scarcity mindset, I would be like, Oh, well, you know, you just gotta Google it or something,
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or, you know, kind of keep that information to myself, but an abundance mindset is more like, Well, yeah, what are the problems you're having that, you
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know? And so he explained to me the problems we were having, and that was happened to be a problem that I had, just, excuse me, I had just solved, like, I
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just got it figured out, like, change into a certain kind of blade and all these kind of things, these really subtle kind of changes, but it like, kind of
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changed everything. And as soon as I made these changes,
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i
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Everything, everything got way easier. And so I just gave him all that information, even though he's a competitor, he's printing for the same kind of
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customers, because he's involved in the graph community
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and so but you know, with that said, like I still find myself struggling with the scarcity mindset, like
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my thing. And I don't know if this is specifically a scarcity or abundance mindset, or if it's more of just,
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you know, a problem with like, comparing yourself to others. Like, there's this,
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these different quotes that that are like, you know, you don't compare yourself to other people. You compare yourself to yourself yesterday and all this
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kind of shit. And so I don't know if this is exactly the same, but one thing that I do have an issue with is like,
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is I have a hard time, you know, when, when somebody is much younger than me and they're doing way better than me, like, I makes.
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Me feel like I'm kind of, like, not doing very well, you know. So I don't know if that's the same, but I know I did have, I did have the scarcity mindset a
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lot more when I was younger, especially when I was doing motion graphics. I can think of a lot of interactions that I really, I really don't. I don't
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look back on those times when I was I don't know. It's hard to explain, but I was sort of reacting to certain things
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with with people that were in
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in the same space as me. So like I felt like if they were doing better than me, then that's taking away from me. But that's not how it is. It's like,
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there's enough for everybody.
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And so I think when it comes to, like, life and shit, I don't know, I don't really have any good examples, it's mainly business. But like, I would
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imagine that, like,
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you know, if somebody in your family is doing really well and you're not rooting for them to win,
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because it makes you feel bad about yourself, like that's that's a scarcity mindset. And an abundance mindset would be to root for everybody to win,
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because there's enough for everyone. And
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one thing that, uh, that I think about, and I kind of believe in this, all this energy and all these kind of things, and
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Andy versella had mentioned,
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like, if you're not rooting for other people to win, then you're putting that energy out there that you don't like winning. So like, if you
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if you have somebody in your life, or a competitor, or something like that, and they're winning, and you're kind of like rooting against them, then
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you're sort of rooting against winning as a whole. Like, that's the way he looks at it. And that kind of makes sense, too, if you think about like, if you're if
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you're constantly rooting against people that are winning and hoping that they lose, you're sort of programming your subconscious to to think like
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that also. So I would imagine that it probably also applies to your own self. Like,
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if you're if you're constantly rooting against people winning, then I wonder if you're sort of programming yourself to,
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you know, to root for losing, even, even if it's for you, like you're not intentionally rooting for yourself to lose. But like, I
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don't
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know if that makes a lot of sense or not, but it's
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something to think about, and the more I think about it, the more
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I definitely enjoy
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having the abundance mindset more than a scarcity mindset, because Like,
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if if someone else winning makes you feel bad about yourself, then you're still feeling bad about yourself, like, that's not a good feeling to have. But if
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you're, you're operating on an abundance mindset, and someone else went someone else winning makes you feel good for them, then that's, that's a good
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feeling. So, I mean, it's, it's also kind of benefiting yourself as well to have the abundance mindset.
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And then I guess I can close on this, this last sort of concept, it's like
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in business. And then I guess you could also apply it to life.
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If you're,
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if you're operating on a scarcity mindset, then you're probably not going to want to collaborate and work with people and kind of win together.
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Because, like, if you think about it, like, like, we have a local graph shop
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in our area that sells the same stuff we do, but it'd be better to work with them and collaborate with them, and, you know, and win together, because
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there's enough for everybody, rather than sort of compete with each other. And the the same could be said for something like, you know, let's say you're
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in a family and everybody is unhealthy, and, like, somebody in your family decides to get healthy, and they start losing a bunch of weight and getting in
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shape and all this stuff,
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you know, if they had a scarcity mindset and they were like, you know, I want to be the only one in this family that's in shape, so I'm not going to, like, share
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any secrets or any, you know, I'm not going to root for anybody else to do this. But, like, they would, they would do a lot better if more people in
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the family were to collaborate with them and and they would everybody got healthy together. Because if you think about it, you'd have, like, an
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accountability group, everybody be able to share their experiences, and, you know, participate in this thing together. And so by
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collaborating and having an abundance mindset, like, look, we can all win together. You're actually going to probably all win more. And the same could be
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said in business, like, if you're sitting there, kind of like trying to,
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you know, keep everything to yourself and not never collaborate with people, and never work with people and never, kind of, like, help other
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people win, you're probably missing out on opportunities where you could all win together and actually win more.
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You would on your own, you know? So I don't know. Hope that makes sense. I just got home, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna wrap it up here. But yeah, scarcity mindset
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versus abundance mindset. I think the abundance mindset is gonna win every time. Alright, have a good day. I'll see you guys next time.
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S
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all right,
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appreciate each and every one of you guys who are supporting the cause and continue to spread the love and yeah, stay up.