The G&E Show

The commissioner of the NFL Roger Goodell and President Donald Trump are involved in the controversy over whether football players should stand or kneel in protest during the national anthem. Grant’s view is that we live in America so if people don’t want to stand up they shouldn’t have to stand up. This isn’t the Soviet Union. Should the NFL make players to stand? Elena’s view is that football is not a political platform. In any relationship you’re going to have disagreements, but the thing to remember is to move on from those disagreements fast. Don’t let them ruin your day, your week, or month. Too many people let small things turn to big things because they can’t get a handle on how to come together after disagreement! What do you think about players kneeling during the national anthem? Is Colin Kaepernick mad? Comment below!

We were in Mandalay Bay during the mass shooting on Sunday night. The fact is, you’re surrounded by evil and bad things happen to good people—in Las Vegas and every other city on planet Earth. You have to be prepared for things that might happen. During times of crisis people look up to people who are calm and who are prepared and trained to lead. When you become an expert in something you become less nervous in it because your confidence grows. Four main points on how to protect your empire: 1.Training—What are you training on? 2. Get the right people around you—Who do you have in your group? 3. Never let your guard down. 4. Confront Evil.

Are you willing to fight for the people you love? Who’s on your team? How do you defend the ones you love? Here’s a quick list to keep in mind as you build your empire: 1. Decide who’s team you’re on 2. Commit to defending the people on your team 3. Defend at all costs and shut negative rumors down 4. The other person is either on your side or on the other side Just because you have a brother doesn’t mean they are on your team. If you can’t defend them, get rid of them. If you won’t fight for your own dreams you won’t fight for anyone else.

Every Wednesday at noon EST Elena and I do a show on marriage, relationships, and business. How can you run a company AND keep the spouse happy AND give attention to the kids? If it were easy, everyone would have massive success in every area of their life. It takes commitment to make it all work. Today on the show we talk about how to give back!

What does a successful man look like, and what does a successful woman behind the man look like? A successful man will be hardworking, ethical, courageous, powerful, and ambitious. What’s behind a powerful woman that’s behind that man? A person willing to put someone else first. Understand you are a team and understand the role you play. To have confidence in yourself, no matter your role, is power. Look at the big picture and step outside of yourself. Powerful women flow power to their man. The truth is real men want a powerful woman. Powerful women aren’t needy, but they aren’t independent either. A powerful woman is a balance of being independent but also enjoys being taken care of. A powerful woman disciplines herself and is in the relationship for the greater good. How do you define a powerful woman?

How do you keep things exciting and not put it on autopilot after 13 years of marriage? One big thing is to not start nagging your partner about how they don’t pay attention to you. This will only cause them to get defensive. When you run a business you have things to take care of urgent things—the fuse is getting low and it’s about to blow—and you can’t always put your attention on your spouse when they want it. Marriages need a system in place that will make the time to talk, so pull out your calendar and make talk time. During talk time, do two main things: 1. Validate what they’ve done good. 2. Go over goals to get in alignment. You must start looking for all the right things your spouse does. The massage, the candlelit dinner, the weekend trip, it’s all good, but your big picture problems as a couple will remain— that’s why you must come together and help each other find solutions to each of your problems. Many times her problems will be different than his problems. He might be distracted with work stress, she might be distracted by 3 kids at home. Seek to solve your problems together and you will not be taking your spouse for granted.

We’re talking about the business of marriage today, how you can make time for the kids and the biz. How do you do it all? Money helps. Production gets what you need because it allows you to buy the things you need so you can solve the problems and get back to the pleasure. 1. Pleasure—the things that you enjoy, the dinners, the time off, the rest. 2. Problems—the things that stop your pleasure, the pain, the undesirable things of life. 3. Production—the thing that helps you solve problems to get back to the pleasure. Most people fail because they never confront the 2nd stage. What happens when things get tough? You’re going to have problems in your relationships. Pleasure is not going to solve your problems. The only thing that will get you out of your problem is production. You must produce money, love, romance, ideas. Production means to bring forth something. Do you know how to bring forth that which your husband or wife needs? A spouse can only make you so happy, you must produce in life to have sustained pleasure. To spend your life in pleasure you must produce! Get your production so high you can pay for all your problems.

July the 4th doesn’t guarantee you freedom. Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The fact is money buys freedom. Without money, you are unable to buy other people’s time, so you sell your time to others. You’re unable to buy the things you want, you settle for the things that are just enough, and you buy things that give you survival for another day. Money is freedom, and freedom is created. Here are 3 truths about Freedom: 1) It Takes Responsibility You and only you are responsible for your freedom. Nobody is going to give you money. You have to go get it. It is up to you. 2) It Takes Persistence Freedom is something you have to create daily. You don’t do it once. It is a habit that you must persist with. Rome was not built in a day, and neither will your empire be. 3) It Takes Sacrifice You have to sacrifice comfort for freedom. You can sit in your lazy boy tonight and be comfortable but it won’t help you later. Every billionaire has paid the price today so they can pay any price tomorrow.

You want to build a great life, not just a job. People say work is a drudgery, but if work is a drudge, you’ve already lost. Work is defined as an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or a result. Work is only a drudge if you have no purpose. Does your spouse know why you go to work every day? If you’re on the accelerator and your spouse is on the brakes, the marriage is going to get wrecked. You must answer together: 1. Why do you work together as a team? 2. What are your goals? 3. Are you working together or against each other? If you have love you can create anything with anyone, but first you must communicate clearly or you will be on two different pages.

Women don’t want rich guys, women want guys that are rich. Rich in ethics, integrity, ability, and authenticity. Real women want men—not punks. They want someone monogamous and someone who listens. For a man to be a man, you need to know what she needs. The list includes, but isn’t limited to, being… 1. Valued 2. Included 3. Respected 4. Protected Don’t forget about being spontaneous and offer good sex. Don’t cheat, don’t be a man who falls continually short of goals, and certainly don’t be a man who visits porn sites. Be drug-free, don’t abuse alcohol, be ethically ambitious…that’s what women want.

If you are talking with your spouse about stopping all spending, you’ve got a money problem. Too many people are struggling with money, but it may not even be their fault. It’s financial illiteracy. Maybe it’s the system, people being held down. We want to bring you out of misinformation and get you on the right track financially. If you’re having money problems, it’s not because you’re spending too much. You have an income problem. You are not making enough money. Don’t argue with your spouse about spending, argue about the fact you don’t make enough. Identify the problem. You are not making enough money!

Definition of infidelity is the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner. It’s unfaithfulness and disloyal to have any kind of infidelity in your marriage. Keep in mind though, there’s a million ways to cheat somebody, it doesn’t have to be just sexual. I (Grant) was married 1 year back in the 1990’s and the woman cheated on me. The truth is though, I wanted to end the marriage anyway. She cheated on me, but we had both quit on the marriage prior to that. The bottom line is that to make any marriage work you have to have serious commitment and never quit on it! Comment below if you’ve experienced infidelity (either being the cheater or the person cheated on) and how you were able to save your marriage, or if it was even saveable.

The G&E Show: Get on the Same Page as Your Spouse—You may know where to put it but that doesn’t mean you know what she wants or what her goals are. You can’t keep a marriage together just on sex. You keep a marriage together by being on the same page. Many couples out there. How do you keep your marriage together? You get on the same page with your spouse. Here are 3 things you must do: 1. Mutual goals. 2. Those goals need to be big, with big rewards. 3. Reinforce those goals daily. What kind of payoffs are you shooting for? Are you both shooting for it? Sit down with your spouse and talk about your goals. Make sure you don’t have just small goals, but have big goals that get you excited, the kind of goals that will keep you motivated day after day. Great marriages don’t just happen, they are created. Your marriage will never be what you want it to be if you don’t have mutual goals to move forward together with big payoffs.

Are you willing to fight for the people you love? Who’s on your team? How do you defend the ones you love? Here’s a quick list to keep in mind as you build your empire: 1.Decide who’s team you’re on 2.Commit to defending the people on your team 3.Defend at all costs and shut negative rumors down 4.The other person is either on your side or on the other side Just because you have a brother doesn’t mean they are on your team. If you can’t defend them, get rid of them. If you won’t fight for your own dreams you won’t fight for anyone else.

Most people who feel like they are working too hard is because the reward is not big enough. What is your reward that you and your spouse are working toward? To have a successful marriage, what does it take? Here are some common things power couples often do: - Go to bed together - Work out together - Don’t freak over fights - Celebrate your successes - Write goals together - Talk about successes together You can have it all, a profitable business and a great relationship, but it takes commitment. You need to treat your marriage like a business!