The Subconscious Mind in Business: This Book Changed How I Work Forever | #Success - Ep. 57

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This is the Russell Brunson Show.

Welcome to the Vaughl.

Today, I've got a brand new old book you are going to love.

This one I got for still is only $75 because nobody has ever heard of it, doesn't even know the value of it.

It's called The Subconscious Mind in Business.

It was written by the same author who wrote a book that is famous called Obvious Adams, which maybe we'll review in another video.

But this is like a lost gem.

A lot of times, you find an author who wrote a book they ever knows about, and then they have these other ones that no one's heard of.

I never heard this one, and I read it, and it literally's one of my favorites.

I think I've got about a half dozen books of this author wrote, but this one is fascinating because I did a whole event, 3D event called Selling Align, where we teach people how to do subconscious selling, which is speaking to somebody's subconscious mind to sell them something.

My new book is like using subconscious mind to sell yourself on your ideas and your goals.

And then this book's kind of in between where it's like literally subconscious mind and business.

So I got it and I instantly read it because I was like, this is my type of book.

It's a short book.

It's a fast read, but there were some gems in here that actually shifted my perspective on how I structure my work days.

So it's a really good one.

Especially in the business where a lot of people don't want to.

learn about mindset for some reason.

I had this conversation with Tony Robbins.

It was after our second funnel hacking live and I had a chance to have a conversation with him and I was like, hey, we have this event called Funnel Hacking Live.

We have thousands of people around the world come here.

And I'm like, blows my mind.

You get, you know, a percentage of the people have success and I don't understand it.

He's like, I'm giving him everything.

I give him my frameworks, my funnels, my, the best of I have, and I give it all to him.

And Tony guy smiles at me.

He's like, oh, you could tell that he'd already solved this problem like two decades ago.

And he's like, you still think that someone's success is not based on the tactics, right?

I'm like, yes, why?

Like, I have the best tactics in the world.

He's like, yeah, you have to understand.

He's like, success is like 10% tactics and 90% psychology.

He's like, it's the things between their ears, their brain.

He's like, and people don't want to hear that though.

So usually you have to like sell them what they want, which is how to make money or how to do everything.

He's like, but then you give them what they need, which is help reframe their mindset.

So I remember after having that conversation, that's when I asked her, I'm like, would you come to Funnel Hacking Live then and do the whole psychology thing with my people?

Because I need them to be successful.

Like I'm killing myself, giving them everything I have, and I need more success.

And so Tony spoke at our third Funnel Hacking Live.

He ended up speaking at five of the 10 Funnel Hacking Lives.

And he would always focus for three to four, one time he went for like six or seven hours on psychology.

And so psychology is interesting.

And I've noticed a lot, especially business owners and entrepreneurs, they don't want to focus on it.

They don't think it's what they need.

They think it's like, I just need the tactic.

I just need the strategy.

If I get those things figured out, but the reality is, and this is me doing this now for two and a half decades.

I've been in this business 25 years.

I've coached literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of entrepreneurs at this point.

It's not that they're smarter or better looking or faster or like have more money.

It literally is the ones who understand how to control their mindset are the ones who win.

And I saw this initially in athletics, right?

I grew up as a wrestler.

During practice, I would lose these guys.

They were better wrestlers than me.

And then we'd go to these tournaments and we step on the mat and they would lose the people they shouldn't lose to.

In fact, one of my closest friends, I can never beat him in the wrestling room, like every single time.

Same way class, so he was varsity that year.

I was JV.

I could not beat him.

And then we went to a tournament.

And in the tournament, we were on opposite side of brackets.

We started going through.

There was a guy that he lost to.

He lost to him by like, it wasn't even close.

He lost him by 10 points, right?

I wrestled that same guy and I tech followed him, which tech followed means I scored 15 points more than the other guy.

So they stopped the match early.

And I was like, how did you lose to him?

Like, it's so fascinating to me.

And so, like, you look at head to head, skill by skill, muscle, strength, all the things like he was better than me when it mattered i won what's the difference right like it literally is your psychology it's your brain like and nobody focuses on that we want to focus on putting in the reps and running and all those kind of things which are great but we don't focus on the thing that actually matters the most and the same thing happens in business so what typically happens is i try to trick people into like coming to our world teach how to build a funnel which they need to know how to do but that is so simple like i can build a funnel in an hour right the rest of the time like while they're doing that i've got to fix their mindset to break the false beliefs and if i can get them on the right path then they can be successful and so it's again it's one of those things that unfortunately people won't spend enough time talking about like when you do focus on that it's the only thing that actually matters i've been doing this now 25 years there were different times where i would peak out in my success right and every time you hit a plateau with something there's some belief you have that's holding you back right because the person is making a hundred thousand dollars a year versus a million versus ten versus a hundred they're probably not working different they're probably not smarter it's like there's beliefs they have internally and so for me initially i think one of the first plateaus i hit in my business was like the six-figure mark because my mind i remember my dad made six figures a year and And my dad was wealthy in our neighborhood.

I was just like, I was like, that's a lot of money.

And so, in fact, I remember I was hustling, I was doing all sorts of stuff.

I was selling things.

I was having some success.

And I'm on a call with somebody who was doing an interview with me on a teleseminar before podcasts were even invented.

And he asked me, he's like, so I bet you're probably made six figures so far in your business.

I was like, no, like, that's not even possible.

And that's what I was thinking.

I was like, actually, I have no idea.

So I went back and I started looking at my bank accounts, my PayPal accounts, and different places money was coming in, my checks.

And I added all up.

And I had done over $100,000 at that point.

I was like, I had no idea.

And in my head, that was such a big number.

I was just like, because that's what my dad made.

And so for me to go from 100,000 to a million was the first like gap that was really difficult because it was like my dad was successful and so he made.

And so to make beyond that was just like, I don't know, it didn't seem real or possible.

And that was hard for me.

So what happened about that time in my career is when I started going to events and I started meeting other people, these are people who had already broken the million dollar mark.

And I started being around, I started talking to them, I started having phone calls with them and just like trying to surround myself with that because that seems so far from me.

And then being around people who actually hit it, all of a sudden like the more time I spent, it's like, oh, this is actually possible.

I can actually do this.

It took me a couple of years years before I broke the million dollar year mark.

I remember breaking it.

I was just like, oh, this is awesome.

And then the next ceiling, because the next 10 million, like, I didn't know how to make $10 million.

It was not something that was even something I could fathom or it was even possible.

In fact, I remember I did a podcast episode saying, you have to be an idiot to want to make $10 million a year.

In my head, I was like, that's the dumbest thing in the world.

Why would you ever want to do that?

Right.

And I had these false beliefs.

It was selfish.

It was greedy.

It was wrong.

Like, whatever those things might be, right?

So my first plateau was like, I can't make more than my dad.

Next plateau is like, a million dollars is like this scary number, right?

And the next after that was just like, why would I need that kind of money?

Like, what was the purpose?

You know, like, it it didn't seem like something that was of value and so for me like there's always these different belief patterns and a lot of times you don't realize what they are until you figure out how to break them or you're looking back or you find someone who already has and you're like man this person does not have those beliefs that I do I think I've done four or five interventions with Tony where I bring him a question he like does this Tony magic and like changes my brain it was after clickfrols has passed a hundred million dollars a year and I was stuck and I was like I don't know how to get to the next level I can't figure it out he's like well who are the people you're spending time with I was telling him he's like well cool those are all people that have gotten businesses to your level the thinking that got you there will not get you to the next level he's like proximity is power power.

Like you were in proximity to those people.

It got you to that level, but those people are at that level.

He's like, if you want to get the next level, you have to get in proximity with people the next level.

And that's how you're going to get because it's going to shift your beliefs, your mindset, your subconscious mind, and that'll get you to the next level.

That was just a fascinating breakthrough for me because I thought, you know, like, is there a level beyond this?

And that's how you find it.

And that's how you figure out what beliefs are holding you back.

So the interesting thing about this book that's different than like a traditional book about subconscious is he's trying to show how your subconscious mind can bring out the creativity you need, right?

A lot of times, how many of us go and we have a problem that we're trying to fix, right?

And so you're doing meetings, you're reading books, like trying to solve this problem, trying to solve this problem.

You can't figure out the problem.

And then has this ever happened to you where you're in the shower, not thinking about it?

You're showering, all of a sudden, like the idea pops in your, like, it just shows up magically, right?

Like, that's what this book's talking about.

How do you create those moments?

A little while ago in the office, we were saying that we had like eight of us in the bullpit talking about something trying to solve this problem, trying to solve this problem.

And we spent like an hour and a half, two hours on it without coming to any, like none of us got an idea.

And after about two hours, I'd been drinking way too many updates and drinks and stuff.

I was like, I gotta go to the bathroom.

So I went to the bathroom.

I'm literally gone, maybe a minute.

I disconnect my conscious mind because I'm like, okay, I'm going to the bathroom.

And instantly, the idea just pops up, right?

This is what this book talks so much about is learning how to use a subconscious mind.

In fact, on page 13 here, he's talking about business people, entrepreneurs, sitting at desks.

He says, desks are not thinking machines.

In fact, they are with the paper and the clutter on them.

They're apt to be distractions rather than help us to actually think.

They are the one place where men get so close to his business that he can get no perspective on it.

So he talks about here is he starts talking about creating what's called, he calls the six-hour workday.

You know, kind of like Tim Ferriss's four-hour work is six-hour workday.

He's like for six hours you're in there and you're able to work consciously.

You're trying to figure out problems, you're solving stuff.

He said the last two hours of the day, well, he found out all the business executives he coached on this, the last two hours of the day, they would stop doing like active work and then they would try to like engage their subconscious mind.

I need creativity, I need ideas.

You don't do that by sitting at your desk working, working, working.

You do that by disengaging.

For most of these, like they sit down last two hours of the day from three to five, they're reading a book, they're talking to the coworkers, they're walking.

one of the stories in here talks about henry ford where he says henry ford who obviously one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time he said that he didn't ever sit at his desk he would walk back and forth and back and forth and he said that's how he became so successful because he's never sitting here consciously doing work he was spending time on the things he loved the most thinking about and then like the ideas would just kind of would pop up to the surface and so that's what is one of the coolest things this book talks about as you guys know i am a workaholic i love working i love sitting at my desk writing reading like My days are jam-packed with a whole bunch of stuff.

They have been for a decade plus since we launched ClickFunnels.

I have not stopped moving.

It just keeps going and going.

As you probably know, about a month and a half ago, I was at a wrestling tournament and I detached both my biceps.

Literally, God is like, basically took me and put me on the sidelines.

Like, Russell, you cannot work for a little bit.

So I lost this arm first.

I got surgeon in this arm.

I could not type.

So I had one hand, so I'm typing with one hand as fast as I can, you know, still trying to get everything done.

And then on two weeks later, I got this one done.

And all of a sudden, I'm in double cast.

I cannot type.

And so I'm stuck there.

And, you know, we had an event, so I was on stage, an event with double casts.

I couldn't talk.

Earlier today, Todd Dickerson, who's my business partner at ClickFunnels, Todd brought to me and to our entire team, like basically some big issues we were dealing with and struggling with, right?

We sat there for like two hours trying to figure out how do we solve this problem.

And same thing, like we're going around, everyone's putting ideas and like we left the meeting uneasy because like no one knew the answer and it's like you have to solve this problem or else there's gonna be bad things that happen right like you're gonna have to lay off team members you're gonna have to be like it was one of those kind of problems and i remember going home that night and i was tired it had been a long day i had no arms so i was frustrated and normally what i would do is i would like you know have someone turn on youtube and i would try to like sedate myself and numb my brain but for some reason i didn't want to my wife left to his church activity so i was home alone for a little bit.

And so I remember sitting down, I'm sitting on the couch, I'm just gonna think until the answer shows up.

So I sit on the couch, I'm just kind of daydreaming and thinking and stuff.

And within 15 minutes, all of a sudden, like, boom, this idea popped my head.

I was like,

oh my gosh, I think it solves the problem.

I'm looking from this angle and this thing, every single angle.

I was like, this solves the problem.

Like, within 15 minutes, it just showed up when I disconnected from me working and doing stuff.

And I was telling someone later, I was like, I feel like God literally, like, stop working, putting me on the sidelines.

And, like, let me like push something in your subconscious mind.

So he literally put my sidelines so I couldn't do anything.

And all of a sudden, like, all these ideas started coming.

And so four week period of time where I could not use my arms, doing literally what talks about in this book, like shifting from, you know, the 10-hour workday that Russell's normally doing, even I couldn't even do a six-hour workday that he talks about, recommends in this book.

I was literally doing like a one or two-hour workday.

And the rest of the time, like, I could just think or walk or, you know, whatever.

And that's when these ideas started bubbling up.

And so it's pretty powerful when you understand like that's how your subconscious brain works.

Because if you can't find the answer consciously, your conscious mind can only find things through your five senses, right?

So if you can't see it, taste it, touch it, smell it, or feel it.

If you can't get the data from there, like you can't find the answer.

If you you can't find it from one of those five senses, you need to step back and let your subconscious mind bring it to you.

And when you understand that, that's the main principle of this book.

That's how you start getting more creative in business.

All these ideas will start bubbling up.

Now, this book obviously talks a lot about using your subconscious mind for creativity, but the other thing to understand is your subconscious mind, it's the belief patterns you have.

Yes, it will give you ideas and those things will bubble up when you take the time to break away, but also like your subconscious mind, your subconscious beliefs are the level you're at.

I remember Tony Robbins one time talking about how your subconscious beliefs are and your identity are kind of like a thermostat, right?

Where if your thermostat is set at 72, you may get a little above 72 or below, but like it snaps back up, right?

It gets above like the air conditioner comes out and snaps back down.

Or you go down below and the heater snaps back, but like that's like your floor, your subconscious floor, right?

It's a lot of us, like we have these beliefs and this is our subconscious floor, right?

And we have desire to raise the temperature, to raise the heat to 90 or 100 degrees where we want to be at, right?

And so we set that conscious decision, like, I'm going to do the thing, right?

And what happens is it goes up a little bit and then your subconscious is like, nope.

It snaps you back down to where it believes you belong, right?

To that level.

And so we, all of us, we have these subconscious floors, these beliefs beliefs we have and so if you ever felt stuck like that's the reason why so understand your subconscious mind how to figure okay where's the beliefs that i'm at how do i break those beliefs and set a new temperature right a new level like that's the key to start moving up and actually having more success than you are today if you want to get a copy of this book they are hard to find first editions there's some reprints on amazon they're okay but i've got my notes for this so if you want to see my notes on this book going chapter by chapter sharing the best quotes the best ideas examples and case studies and how you as a funnel hacker you as a marketer can actually implement these things inside of your busy work days down in the comments and description we will have a link to the notes where you can can get notes for the subconscious mind in business.

This book is awesome, it's powerful, it's a quick read, but it's something that'll help increase your creativity and help you to break through whatever sticking point you're at and get to the next level.

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