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The United States is approaching a federal election, and many voters are being subjected to psychological manipulation. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young explain how concepts like capitalism are being misrepresented and misinterpreted. In This Episode: The way the U.S. was formed and the way it formalized its growth into a document makes it exceptional. The United States is not a democracy. It's a constitutionally limited republic. The word "democracy" isn't used once in the Declaration of Independence or in the U.S. Constitution. Democracy is a method for representation. It's a way of voting. Starting 70 years ago, we've had an encroachment on the part of European thinking, which totally clashes with the individualism guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The craziest people on both ends have the loudest voices.

While the Democrats keep repeating the same rehearsed talking points, President Trump is telling the truth. He has every audience he's in front of right where he wants them, and that's always been his way. In this second episode of a two-part series, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young share the ways in which President Trump is different from anyone we've ever seen before, and how he has the skills to put an audience in a trance. In This Episode: President Trump has the skill to wander away from what's written on a teleprompter. Entrepreneurs look for problems because they find problems to be opportunities. When the Democrats share a talking point, it's highly coordinated on every social media platform. President Trump understands neurolinguistics programming and how to use language, cadence, and timing. You hold an incredible advantage when you understand the entertainment model of modern American society. Links: Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoeck

Even if he intends to run, President Biden is not in a good position to get re-elected. Meanwhile, President Trump should have never been counted out. Americans are ready for a change. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young discuss why a big change is due, and what we can expect to shift over the coming years. In This Episode: Forty years of college graduates have been found wanting in the eyes of the average American people. The Republicans winning the house has turned out to be much more momentous than anyone thought. Investigations into the Biden family will go back to when he was senator of Delaware. Lifetime bureaucrats have never created anything. At some point, there will be consensus in the Democratic Party to get Biden out of there. The percentage of the American economy that's involved in foreign trade is 12% of the GDP. The Democrats fall into the Great Society model, which states that there are only a few gifted people in the world who have the intelligence to make decisions. All the economic flow will go to people who actually know how to do things. No blue-collar jobs are endangered by ChatGPT. Resources: The Storm Before the Calm by George Friedman The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan Visual Capitalist Blunt Force Truth podcast

What is capitalism? Everyone thinks they know the answer, but a lot of people are completely wrong. There's also the danger of unhappiness that comes with misunderstanding it. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young explain what capitalism really means, the history of its development, why a few people consider it a dirty word, and how one's understanding of it is the dividing line between happy and unhappy Americans. In This Episode: The American Constitution is an operating system for creating a continually growing capitalist country. Over 50 percent of people under 35 think socialism is a better option than capitalism. Jealousy means you are afraid to lose something you have, while envy means that you want someone else to lose something they have. Envy became institutionalized in the form of socialism. Capitalism was named by its enemies. Ideologies including communism, socialism, and fascism are emotional reactions to the methodology that is capitalism. Capitalism is the only organizing structure that starts with individual uniqueness. Capitalism is a system that has winners and losers. There are five stages of capitalism: pricing, property, productivity, profitability, and prosperity. The frequency bias is that humans tend to believe the thing they hear the most. It's abundance, not scarcity, that makes people uncontrollable. Links: Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoeck https://www.amazon.com/ENVY-HELMUT-SCHOECK/dp/0865970645 Capitalism—And Everything Else by Dan Sullivan https://resources.strategiccoach.com/home/capitalism-and-everything-else Teammate AI https://teammateai.com/

For the last 75 years, the United States has helped the rest of the world prosper by providing security and stability. This has come to an end, even though many people argue the U.S. should continue acting as protector and financier. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young give examples of world change happening right now and discuss the very different positions that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are in when it comes to the future. In This Episode: The Republican Party is far more optimistic about the future than the Democrats are. This isn't the same Republican Party that Americans grew up with. There's a big shift going on in the world, which means there has to be a big shift going on in the country. The Democratic Party has no "basics" because they've distanced themselves from the American Constitution. The U.S. created the entire global economy so that as many countries as possible could make their way up the ladder in terms of quality of life and living standards. Russia and China have been experiencing their best times in history because the U.S. made it possible. The government not allowing its people to see information automatically makes people skeptical. The two main courts that are the future of law in the United States are the circuit courts and the courts of appeals. Resources: The Storm Before the Calm by George Friedman Blunt Force Truth podcast with Chuck Woolery and Mark Young

Only One Party Might Never Recover As we inch closer to the U.S. midterms, it's clear that the Democratic Party is in a horrible situation based on their unpopular policies and decisions. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young discuss some of the issues facing the Democrats right now and how they seem to be ignoring them rather than listening to voters. Highlights: Increase solar panels: President Biden isn't using the Defense Act to generate more oil or to cut oil prices; he's using it to increase solar panels. Not grasping: The left says people need to buy electric cars, but they're not grasping that the cheapest electric car costs $40,000 to $60,000. Totally disconnected: The bureaucracies are totally disconnected from the people on the ground, working in every state. Can't message correctly: You can't message correctly to a people you've never personally interacted with. Not same education: Some people think others are where they are because they don't have the same education. A class war: There's a class war between the very small majority of leftists who have college educations and the rest of the country. You get out voted: The problem with being a contemptuous minority is that you get out voted on voting day. The proper authorities: The proper authorities to determine whether abortion is permitted in the U.S. are the governments of the individual states. Most people: Most people who seek power never want to relinquish power. Been a liar: If you observe President Biden's career over the past 50 years, he has always been a liar. Crush the party: A big loss in November would launch a civil war in the Democratic Party, which will crush the party for the next two decades

Coming Back Stronger, Two Years Later Although a lot of businesses suffered over the past two years of the global pandemic, many entrepreneurs have not only survived, but actually expanded and grown. Dan Sullivan and Mark Young talk about how and why they thrived during the lockdown and what they believe things will be like now that we're getting back to meeting in person. In This Episode: Keep it moving: For certain types of audiences, you have to keep things moving in order to keep their attention and focus. Talk about them: A reliable way to keep your clients engaged is to avoid abstractions and talk only about the clients. Feeling very strong: Entrepreneurs who were able to expand and grow over the last two years are feeling very strong right now. Less fragile: Entrepreneurial companies who receive coaching are less fragile than they'd otherwise be. On check writers: The best people on whom to test out a new product or service are the people who write your checks. Marketing and sales change: Your marketing and sales have to change according to your client base. Three areas: For organizations to work properly, they need to have three great areas of skill on their team—people to make things up, people to make things real, and people to make them recur. First in memories: The lockdown has been the first time in many people's memories when Americans have been unable to buy things when they want it, even though they have the money. Present an opportunity: A scarcity of products can present an opportunity to the right entrepreneur. Resources: Mark Young's new book, HYPNO-TI$ING Blunt Force Truth Podcast My Plan For Living To 156 by Dan Sullivan