Why I Never Burn Bridges: A $10M Networking Secret | Noah Kara DSH #935

If I have to live another 45 years burning bridges with people, that's a long ass time.

The one philosophy that I've learned, and this is like something I learned from like somebody I look up to in the industry, life is very long and like

never burn a bridge because you never know how things are going to circle back.

All right, guys, Noah Kara here today from the 60 for 60 with Noah show, and he started off with two bangers.

Yeah, man.

Let's go.

Dana White and who was the other one?

Ryan Garcia.

Dude, what a start.

So you wanted to come out the gate swinging.

Yeah, man.

I mean, I've been in the industry for probably, I'd say, like two and a half, three years.

And like, I don't know.

My personality is just like the type to like kind of like go big or go home.

So

now some people fuck it, man.

Might as well start off big.

It sucks because the expectation is crazy.

And now it's like everyone's like, oh, who's the next guest?

And my following is not significant at all.

I'm just going to say that like straight up.

I have only 2,500 followers on my Instagram, probably, like, 180 subs on my YouTube.

But, like, the two guests that I have are like fucking insane.

So,

I don't know, man.

That's kind of like how my personality type is: like, go big or go home.

I mean, the fact that you pulled off those names off rip is a testament to something you're doing right, though.

Yeah.

You know, that's not luck.

That's not just like those people don't say yes to Hank.

A lot of hard work, man.

A lot of grinding behind the scenes that people don't see.

A lot of fucking sleepless nights, nights, stressed days, stressful days.

Um, you know, this year has been a very like interesting year for me, personally and professionally.

So, um, I'm just glad that I was able to kind of get those out.

And then, you know, I have a lot more to come.

I don't know if I want to do like, so you do weekly, right?

Daily.

You do daily?

Holy fuck, dude.

I drop daily.

I don't film daily.

That's nuts.

Because it's like,

I know, like, I've been in the business for a good amount of time to understand like the back end of like how like to stay consistent but it's like for me it's like all right you should be weekly but doing daily is nuts bro well I stack my days so I'll film twice a week and I'll be good for the week that's fire that's fire that's fire you've been crushing it too by the way yeah

a lot of cool guests I've been keeping up with your shit

but yeah for me it's like more of like a hot like a passion thing like it's a hobby so it's like I like I just enjoy talking to interesting people even like yourself like so I'm just like all right let me just do this And like, it doesn't have to be weekly.

It doesn't have to be daily.

It doesn't have to be monthly.

It could be

once a month, twice a month, or even like once every two months.

So it's like, it just depends on like who I can sit down with and have an interesting conversation with.

I mean, you've built a great network in three years, dude.

That's impressive.

Dude, I know.

I know a few people that have been in this business for like a decade and they haven't been able to fucking.

So what do you attribute that to?

Persistence, bro.

Yeah, that's it.

Like, there's got to be more to it.

Because a lot of people work hard.

Oh, my God, bro.

It's like,

you just got to think outside the box.

Just like always, like,

like, just like

connecting certain situations to certain situations.

I know that sounds ridiculous if this is, if this gets clipped, but it's like just thinking outside the box and like thinking, like, okay, how can I fucking connect this situation to this situation and like fucking make something out of it?

So it's like being persistent, thinking differently.

Like even right now, like I have an interview lined up tomorrow, probably

hopefully they don't flake on me, but it's like it's with a UFC fighter and I was like, you know what?

Let me try something new.

I'm gonna fucking

train with him as I'm interviewing.

So it's like a different style of interviewing.

You know what I'm saying?

So it's like always kind of just being creative in different ways.

Connecting the dots and in ways that like people can't connect the dots, you know what I'm saying?

So, and just being persistent because a lot of people will shut their doors in this industry specifically, but it's really about like how bad you want it you know what i'm saying yeah a lot of people are closed off though i know what you mean they're closed off they gatekeep they blackball so it's like they'll tell you like oh yeah man let's do this and like they'll the next day they don't answer

you like not not answer like you know like ghost you but it's like you just gotta keep going dude yeah you gotta keep going i've been fucking ghosted so many times blackballed so many times you got blackballed so oh bro so many times it's like people that like oh they say they fuck with you but they don't fuck with you and it's like it's all good i mean i don't take nothing personally it's for me it's like really just like

just pushing through all that bullshit and like making making it you kind of can take it personally these days you know you got to separate the two you got to separate the two because it's like if you add emotion into it then you'll never like be able to like

progress yeah in your career right and i don't i don't burn bridges if i if i can avoid it's impossible bro even if someone fucks you over you cannot burn a bridge exactly that's the one thing because like the one thing i learned about learned about life is like

people say life is very short, but like life is very long.

Like yeah, it's a short life, but at the same time, it's like you live a very long time.

So it's like if you burn a bridge, think about it, right?

Like the average lifespan is probably like

what?

75?

70, 75?

70, 75?

71 for men, I think 74 for women.

Okay, I'm 30, bro.

So if I have have to live another 45 years burning bridges with people, like, bro, that's a long ass time.

Yeah.

So it's like

the one philosophy that I've learned, and this is like something I learned from like somebody I look up to in the industry.

I won't name his name, but he's pretty big time, is that life is very long.

And like,

never burn a bridge because you never know how things are going to circle back.

Right.

Your reputation follows you these days with social media, too.

So it's like, but you've been crushing it, man.

Tell me about yourself.

Dude, I've your audience knows about you, but I know a little bit.

I just know about myself.

And we can cut this out if like, yeah, no, it's cool, though.

Through the podcast, I've learned a lot about myself, dude.

Really?

I did not know myself before the show.

Really?

Yeah, a lot comes out when you're conversing with people on just life.

Okay.

So I would.

Like what?

Just like

my health was at.

I'm 27 right now.

Okay, I'm 30.

Okay, cool.

I thought my health was good.

Okay.

It was terrible once I got some blood tests from Gary Brecca.

Really?

Once I did some therapy, once I did all these different healings.

Get him on the show, bro.

He's been on.

Oh, Gary.

I told him he changed my life, yeah.

That's dope.

Yeah.

All my levels were messed up.

I'm not going to be on my shit.

Dude, get his tests.

Dude, I need to get my fucking viewership up because it's like, it's harder to get guests based off.

Like, obviously I have a good network, but it's like I can only get so many people.

Yeah.

I mean, what would you recommend?

You already started with some bangers.

So those are going to get good views and you could leverage that to just get more guests.

Really?

Yeah.

How many views are those at right now?

I think Dana just hit like 7k but like i only have 180 subs so it's like 7k for me is huge you might have to run some paid ads behind it but you think so i mean i do it really yeah in my head okay i'll just tell you i'm just i'll just be honest and like i like to create genuine relationships so it's like i'm not taking a shot at all if somebody has 11 million followers on the gram you got to be fucking like

an A-list celebrity.

I don't know.

I run into people with more than me and I don't even know them.

Really?

Yeah.

I feel like if you were like one, two million, it's all right.

You can get away with it.

But like 11, it's like you, I have to know who that is.

But yeah, so explain to me, like, how does that work?

You did a lot of it.

You've never heard of High Key Cloud or those giveaway companies?

Jordan Lynch?

I've never heard of that.

No.

So basically, these celebrities post these iPhone giveaways or whatever.

They give away Chanel bags.

Oh, I've seen that on like Scott Disick and like

Kim Kardashian has done it.

100%.

So they're like, follow everyone I'm following.

Okay.

So to get on that following list, you have to pay someone.

Okay.

So you could do that and get millions of followers.

But those are irrelevant because you want views and you want real fans.

Dope.

So what impresses me more than followers is like

your engagement, what rank you are on Spotify.

So I haven't even started on Spotify yet.

Oh, you should start, dude.

Bro, you got to help me out.

You're not on Apple Podcasts yet?

Nothing.

What?

I'm just doing it straight YouTube, bro.

Dude, that's how you make money as a podcaster.

Yeah, but I'm not really doing this for the money.

I'm just doing it because I fucking just love connecting.

So you would do it even if you lost money?

I'm doing it now and I'm losing money well I lost money the first six months but I wouldn't do that forever it's not my primary business I'm in restaurant development okay so my first restaurant opens in like three weeks restaurants a tough space I lost my ass on restaurants like by you buy the land you built you develop the land you build a restaurant and then you operate the restaurant so it's like oh that's quite more safe that's like my bread and butter at least like from it's my first ones opens in three weeks so it's like I can't even say it's my bread and butter but podcasting is just something that I'm pat like I just love this space I watch podcasts all day, bro.

Like, literally, glued to my fucking phone or laptop.

Yeah.

Just like watch, study consistently, like, understanding what the culture is.

Like, it's just like, I watch a ton of shows.

That's my passion.

It's my passion.

What are your top shows?

I don't really go based off of shows.

It's more about the guests, but like, if I were to name top shows, obviously,

Theo Vaughan,

uh, J.R.E.,

what's it called?

Bad Friends.

Okay, Bobby Lee.

Bobby Lee and Santino.

You like the comedy ones.

Yeah, I like the more entertainment ones.

Flagrant, I love a lot because it's like entertainment mixed with informative.

Yeah.

So it's like,

and then I love Schultz.

Like, he's just fucking hilarious.

Hilarious.

So is Theo.

Joe Rogan's obviously the GOAT.

When it comes to this shit, we all wish we could be him.

He's a modern-day Oprah.

I like to call it.

He paved the road for all of us.

He's fucking insane, dude.

Like, the guy, that's, dude, that's one guy.

It's like, I would be nervous to even like sit down with him ever because, like, I'm like, he's so much smarter than me.

I'm like, I'll look like an idiot.

I've had a couple of those guests where I felt really stupid.

Really?

Yeah, there's been a few.

Do you research your guests a lot?

Yeah, you have to.

I think it's kind of disrespectful if you don't know anything.

So you got to know at least a little bit.

I mean, even though I do do a lot of reps, I got to find that balance.

So it's like, let's say somebody calls you for like an immediate show.

I would research.

No, but he DM'd me like, and we did it like within an hour.

But I still researched for an hour.

Really?

But he was like, yo, I'll be there in like an hour.

Did you pay him?

No.

Why would I?

I've never paid a guest.

Why would I do that?

I wasn't sure.

People do that?

Some people do.

I've never done it.

See, I have two guests.

Both of them are rich as fuck and they don't need the money.

I don't ever want to do that because then they're just going to word of mouth spread it and say, oh, this kid pays people to come on.

Yeah, 100%.

100%.

So you have a deal with Poker Go?

Yeah, we film the celebrity poker tournament.

After people get knocked out, they just come in here, hop on the pod.

Fire, fire, fire.

I need to fucking get it set up like this.

It's like, bro, it's super cool to just have this here because it's super convenient.

You can just like, boom.

Exactly.

That's how I got Hawk to a girl last time.

Got Dwight Howard.

Got a bunch of people, Loudzerman Sterling.

That's dope.

Yeah.

How do I get a, how can I be a part of this?

PokerGo?

I mean, I'll put you in touch, bro.

I'm very giving with my network.

I'm not closed off as long as you're good business and you don't scam and shit.

Of course.

100%.

Yeah.

100%.

I believe in karma.

so yeah i i'm dude on the same way i do good business any other questions you have for me no brother thanks for hopping on i know it's kind of random but i know we just met and we'll do a we'll do a full episode one of these days where i prepare dude it's all good eventually it's gonna come to the point and i'm pretty confident to where it's like you're gonna want to do a full episode with me yeah i mean out of friendship out of like oh okay like fuck he's breaking barriers i love it i need to get him on i love it we'll keep an eye on noah guys we'll link your youtube below yeah let's do it perfect thanks for coming on thanks for having me peace Peace out.