The Adaptive Mindset
Hosted by Brett Gallant, founder of Adaptive Office Solutions, The Adaptive Mindset is the podcast for entrepreneurs and leaders ready to embrace change, overcome limiting beliefs, and grow both personally and professionally. Through compelling stories, expert insights, and actionable strategies, each episode empowers you to adapt, lead, and thrive in a rapidly changing world. From mindset shifts to business resilience and cybersecurity, this is your go-to resource for unlocking your full potential.
The Adaptive Mindset
Raising Your Standards: Lessons in Leadership and Growth from Jaben Makings
In episode 52 of The Adaptive Mindset, Brett Gallant interviews Jaben Makings, founder of Onnix Investments, as he discusses his early experiences in the real estate industry, the challenges he faced, and the pivotal moments that shaped his entrepreneurial path.
Tune in for a conversation that is packed with insights to help you navigate your path to success.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:01:00] Focus over noise in business.
[00:04:21] Shiny object syndrome in business.
[00:09:55] Celebrating entrepreneurial milestones.
[00:12:53] Comparison is the thief of joy.
[00:17:32] Gym habits and discipline.
[00:21:08] Raising your standards for success.
[00:23:57] Leadership and delegation challenges.
[00:28:05] The power of positive thinking.
[00:32:14] Importance of listening in conversations.
[00:38:16] Real estate investment tips.
[00:41:32] Reinventing oneself for success.
QUOTES
- "We all too often get caught up in wanting more and more and more that we don't take a second to look back and see how far we've actually come." -Jaben Makings
- "You need to inspect what you expect." -Jaben Makings
- "You can't back out and break those promises to yourself." -Jaben Makings
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WEBSITE
Adaptive Office Solutions: https://www.adaptiveoffice.ca/
Onnix Investments: https://onnixinvestments.com/
Welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm Brett Gallant, cybersecurity thought leader and founder of Adaptive Office Solutions. Here, we don't just talk tech, we unlock the strategies, stories, and mindset shifts you need to stay secure, lead boldly, and thrive in a digital world. Let's get started. Most people think success comes from doing more things, more But the people who actually win, they simplify, they Today's guest is Jaben Makings, founder of Onnix Investments, an off-market real estate company built on a very different philosophy. Jaben didn't grow this business by chasing shiny objects or hopping from idea to idea. He moved across the country at 18, tried and eventually built a company by choosing focus over noise, standards over feelings, and systems over shortcuts. In this conversation, we get into what it really takes to stay locked in when results aren't showing up yet, why most people quit right before things compound, and how discipline and identity shape outcomes far more than motivation ever will. If you ever felt torn between too many ideas, if you ever wondered whether you're actually building momentum or just staying busy, this episode's for you. So let's get into it. Welcome to the podcast, Jaden. Awesome. So tell, tell us a little bit about yourself. I I've did a little bit of research on you. I know you have a, you have some moments in your life. I know you've, you had a moment where you decided to, where you moved to Arizona when Yeah. So I grew up in small town, Nebraska, and I always had my eyes set on making a bunch of money, having some sort of company and I moved down here with the dream of starting a pool company. Right. My grandpa was in pools back in Nebraska. And so I moved down here right out of high school and started working for another pool guy to kind of learn the ropes. And as I was working for him, he was like in his 60s. And when guys would call sick, you'd have to go and still clean pools. Right. And I'm like, I don't want to be doing that forever if I start a company. And knowing what I know now, if you set up the company properly, that wouldn't be the case. It wouldn't have to be like that. But I kind of put a bad taste in my mouth. I'm like, I don't want to be cleaning pools the rest of my life. So I'm like, what else can I do here? And I had read a book about real estate investing back in high school. And so that's kind of my long-term plan is buy some rental properties and be able to get rich and retire young through that. And so I'm like, what better way to make a bunch of quick cash and get super rich to buy a bunch of houses than becoming a real estate agent, right? They make tons of money. So I go, I get my real estate license and that couldn't have been further from the truth, how making all that quick money, right? So I get into it and it was, it was decent, right? It was fun. I learned a lot about real estate and business and sales, but I, at the end of the day, I didn't love chasing around clients. So I ended up starting my wholesaling company about two and a half years ago. All right. So I dove all in on this kind of left everything behind in the agent world and went all in on Onnix investments. Your original dream, it really shaped, changed what you've, I'm sure it's pivoted like that version. You didn't really understand what your future self would become at the time, but you discovered it just by chance, from that original dream. So interesting. What have you learned It's been quite a journey, lots of ups and downs, lots of different paths I think things could have happened with. But I'd say one of the biggest things that took me the longest time to figure out was staying focused on one thing. Right. I was the guy without this is why I was never that good of a real estate agent because I had shiny object syndrome. So I was the guy that would have a different business idea every few months. So you name it. I probably tried it. So like Amazon, FBA, dropshipping, door knocking like. I'd probably tried it or I'd probably thought about it. And I realized when I started this company that I can't be doing that. You have to lock in and stay super, super focused for a very long period of time in order to see success. And one of the issues I see nowadays with younger people is everybody said you need a bunch of streams of income. And that's one of the things that kind of screwed me up. It's like I'd scroll on Instagram and everybody's like, you have to have seven streams of income to be a millionaire. Right. And what I found out is that all these millionaires with seven streams of income, they got really, really good at one thing, made a bunch of money. And then once they had the time, the resources, the people, they would invest in those other streams of income. But if you just lock in for three to five years, you're gonna wake up one day and be like, whoa, right? So don't get distracted and don't get Yeah, your first baby has to be the one where you really learn how to execute and how to deliver. Then you've got And it's gonna get easier as each business goes on, right? Because when I first started this, I didn't know anything about a company. And I can tell you right now, if I went and started another business, I'd be able to scale it probably twice as fast because I have more capital. I have way more knowledge. I could put the right people in the right seats and grow it a lot quicker. And I'm sure it just gets better and better and better as you do it again and again. But you have to spend a lot of time on that first one to really get it dialed in where it's running on its own before you can Well, exactly. I think piggybacking on that, building the right, putting the right people in the team, the organization, having the courage to bring the right people in and building the systems. And a byproduct of that, when you have, when you make, do well with that one company, you can go on and diversify. But we live in shiny object syndrome. That's the dream, the lie that we're being sold every day. In your day-to-day, how do you help people with your organization? What's a typical day looking like Yeah. So we help three different people, right? We help homeowners, we help real estate agents, and we help investor buyers, investment buyers. So fix and flippers, people that buy rental properties, and we do what's called wholesaling. So we basically go out, we find off-market properties, at it that are a good deal. Like a seller needs to be out, so they need a cash offer. We'll put that property under contract and then we'll go to our large database of investors and sell them the property and have them pretty much pay us a finder's fee essentially. And what a lot of A lot of wholesalers will go direct to the seller. So they're sending out mailers, they're cold calling, they're running ads online. And we figured out, what do 80% of homeowners do when they decide they want to sell? They're going to go online and they're going to search for a realtor, or they're going to call a friend and a family member, and they're going to ask for a referral to a realtor. So we decided, hey, let's just call real estate agents and build relationships with them. So that way, when they get these leads inbound that they don't know what to do with, because the house is trash, it wouldn't make a good fit for the MLS. They just send us those properties. We'll get them paid their full commission and get the seller out of a tough situation. And then we're able to get Typical day is always unique for you and your team at Onnix, I'm assuming just by that. So people see Onnix now, but they didn't see the early years. What did the grind really look like when you first started, when the results weren't showing up? When I was just talking to my team about it yesterday, right? 12 months ago. That was probably close to a year and a half into the company and it was just me. I had a virtual assistant over in the Philippines. I had this old medical office down in the south part of town. Each office had a sink in it because it was an old medical office. Blue carpet, low ceilings, it was dark, it smelled musty in there, but I wanted to start hiring people. But I showed up, I didn't have momentum. I sure as hell didn't know what I was doing, but I continued to show up and learn and improve every single day. And now just 12 months later, we're in a much bigger office here up in one of the best parts in all of Arizona, I would say in North Scottsdale. We have five sales people working on the team, transaction coordinator, a videographer. So it's crazy how fast things change, but it's really fun to look back and see how much we've accomplished because nowadays, All right, we all too far too often get caught up in wanting more and more and more and more that we don't take a second to look back and see how far we've actually Yeah, yeah, I did that recently for myself. I remember where I started, and I'm in a new office. We moved recently, and I stopped and started in the basement at home, went to one office, had two people, went to another, had three, moved to another, had four, and F5 and then people virtual and now today. You have to celebrate the wins. Celebrate what you've learned and have gratitude. I'm sure Yeah. And the mindset of us, those founders and entrepreneurs, it's tough because I didn't realize, I didn't really sit and think about how far we've come in the last 12 months. I was actually pretty upset about our results for 2025. I was like, what the heck? But then I was starting to think about it for our Christmas party, for our speech yesterday. And I'm like, wow, it's only been 12 months since I was in that other office there. We 4X our revenue and in 12 months. So it's like, hey, maybe I need to be a little bit more appreciative of where we're at. At the beginning, what kept you going? When things were hard, what kept you going when there was no immediate wins? How did you persevere? When I was a real estate agent, I had a team lead and he would always ask me my why. And I could never figure it out. Like he always had some grand why, like his family and just a purpose bigger than himself. But when I first got started, I still didn't really have something like that. It was just like, I wanted to succeed. I wanted to have, make a lot of money. Like that was my biggest driving force. And that kind of switched. Uh, probably in the last six to 12 months where everything was just about money, money, money, money. And I got married in August and we had been engaged for a little while. So things started to shift in and that kind of became my why. So her, um, God, and Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can understand that. I can relate to it too. The why is, my why is my family, my kids. I have five of them. Just wait till you have some children. Wow, it's incredible. And it gets busy. Sure. You talked a lot about staying focused for three to five years. Why do you think most people can't sit in that discomfort long enough now? I think the issue is they see So comparison is the And when you are constantly scrolling on social media and you see all these people your age or younger than you, so successful, right? You get it. You see the end result, right? You don't see. what it took to get there. So when you're in a company and it starts struggling and you're going through the tough times, which every single, I promise you, every company is going to have that, but you don't realize that if it's your first or sometimes even your second company and you get to those hard times and you think, well, this, this just isn't working. I need to go find something else. Like that guy's doing. you know, developments or whatever it may be. So maybe that's where I'm going to make all my money. And then they go start that and then they get to that same, the same point in time, like down the road. So it's, it's inevitable to go through those tough times and you just have to power through those and realize that that is part of the process. Like don't get, don't get stuck thinking Yeah, I think, folks, if you didn't write that down, comparison is the thief of joy. Please take a moment to do that. I wrote that down. I paused for a second. We really need to celebrate what we have. and look at the blessings we have compared to looking at what others have and work on that. That's where the wins are. I love what you just shared there. So when motivation disappears, like when it always does, what keeps Yeah, I think it's just you got to go back to the why. And I think it's Like at the end of the day, everything's discipline. And I've been I've been struggling with this a lot the last the last few months where, yeah, I actually texted one of my mentors is probably a week or two ago because I've just been, you know, burnt out constantly or what I think is burnout. Right. And I'm like, wondering why I'm not motivated. Like I used to be where I was, I was motivated every single day. And I think you get to a point where it's just that motivation wears off and that's, that's normal. And you just have to rely on discipline at that point. Cause the motivation is going to come and go. So you have to make sure you have a calendar. Cause if you're waking up every day and then just deciding what you're going to do randomly, you're not going to be disciplined. So if you have a calendar and you map it out and follow that strictly, regardless of how you feel, then you're going to be just fine. Yeah, you build them build them momentum. Yeah, just honor your calendar. Your standards is funny. I was thinking about that too. I lived that a bit too recently. And what I did is I just kept pushing through. And then finally something clicked. Ever That happens all the time. It's like, it's like a roller coaster, right? It's, it's crazy to be so motivated, ready to conquer the world. I come work 16 hours a day and then I'll run myself into the wall. And then I'm like, just running on fumes, running on straight discipline. And Oh yeah. I feel like I'm a robot sometimes. I mean, there's a lot of times where like I'm a root creature of habit. I have to get up around 4.45. I get to get up, sorry, and I'll go to the gym at five. And there are days I don't feel like going, but I go. And I keep that discipline in the mindset that I go, feed my mind, train the body, exhaust my mind. And I come back at the end and I get that recharge to get me through the day. You know, you just have to push yourself and have that discipline. Like, the T-shirt I wear a lot, I picked up from a conference. Discipline is the decision. I love So I go on every morning, right? There's no other way to feel 100% mentally there. And it was funny when I first started going to the gym earlier this year and got into it really hard and what it was weird. Like I was super anxious, go to the gym in the, in the mornings, like when I was first starting, it didn't feel good. But after I got over that hump, like three or four weeks into it, I, I started feeling anxious if I didn't go to the gym. So it's crazy how I feel now. Yeah. You develop that habit. And I think maybe there's a secret in that, though, when when when you when the motivation disappears, you keep going, then you develop the habit. Then all of a sudden, oh, when you take it away, I'm missing this because I hurt I hurt my shoulder. And I thought it was a training injury from lifting the wrong way, but I think it was from when I was moving in the van to grab something, and I hurt something with my ACH. So I had to, I couldn't train for a bit. I wanna let it recover. So I just said, you know what, the heck with it. I'm still gonna go to the gym, keep that rhythm of my life. And that discipline. So I just do cardio and do legs for right now. Tell her that's good. You know, cause it's Wow. Listen to me. Five zero. A lot of people just use it as an excuse to not, not do anything. I got, I got a little injury now. We're not going to do anything for There's always a way and your story is that there's always a way you can keep overcome it like just because something comes up in your schedule you can find something. Another way to do it or another another way to keep. get that habit like you did for three to four weeks. I It became something that was part of your routine and rhythm. So what does discipline look like though on your worst days for I mean, for example, I had a, we had a company Christmas party last night and we didn't get home till I'm in bed by probably eight o'clock every night. Cause I wake up at four every single morning and cold lunch. I go to the gym and last night I didn't get home till probably like 10, 30, 11. And it took me a good hour to actually be able to wind down and fall asleep. So I wasn't asleep until probably midnight. And then, so I'm running on four hours of sleep today, but it's like, I, got to do it. Like I could sleep in, but then I'm going to feel like crap the rest of the day. So I get up, I cold punch, I go to the gym. I don't feel good there. Um, and I, you know, it just don't feel good all day, but it's like, you just got to power through it and just stick to the calendar, to the discipline. Cause that's, that's the promise that you made yourself, right? You can't back out and, and, and You create energy. If I, you know, if, For a lot of you who are listening to this, I'm looking at Jabin, and he looks like he's slept eight hours, maybe nine. So incredible, man. Or you're putting on a good show. I appreciate it. So what point, like, There's been this theme that we've been talking a little bit of standards like your standards of getting to the gym and the motivation and all that but what what point did you realize that success wasn't about working hard but raising I think it's about raising the standards, but also getting the right people in place. Right. Because as a one man show, I could work like I could be the hardest working man on the planet. And there's still going to be a ton of people who have companies way bigger than mine, making way more money than me just because they have the right people in place with the right standards there. So I think it was last year with a mentor, as you know, Dan Martell is always talking about buy back your time in his book as well. So. learning to essentially delegate stuff so Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You hit a certain pain threshold, right, where you kind of maxed out on your capacity and then you kind of fill it. You fill that with a new delegation or a new hire. Right. And then you go build your time up again and then you do the Yeah. So Part of that have you ever struggled though with your trusting others and letting go like letting go of control. Is that you started this pretty small and then you had to buy back your time so did you ever ever have trouble with along the way with. I I have seen that in some areas, but what I struggled with more was I let too much go too fast. Yes. Yeah. So, yeah, I'm like, good. You run with it. I, you know, we'll maybe check in at some point. Nothing's scheduled. But I realized, you know, is this year it's like we I've got to have objectives. for them. I can't just say like, Hey, go do this thing with no end result. Cause it's just, it's setting them up for failure and myself up for failure. So you got to set, um, key objectives that they need to hit. You need to have check-ins to see how the progress is doing. You need to inspect what you You said that I was, I, when you, I Yeah. Because I've learned that the hard way too, Javen. Like, you let go too much without the objectives and inspect what you expect. You're going to get certain type of results Yeah. Yeah. Especially at the beginning. Right. You need to you're not going to be micromanaging necessarily, but there's going to be more check ins. You're going to be kind of eyeing them a little bit more, making sure that they're getting the hang of it and doing what they're supposed to. And then as that trust builds and you know that they're doing a good job in that, it kind of releases where they can do have more freedom and you're not Yeah. It's leadership. It's Piggybacking on that is something that I've been embracing more is what I learned in scouting. You train them, trust them, let them lead. But you also have to remember that, like what you said, inspect what you expect and have the check-ins. There's so many entrepreneurs that were not doing that. And we wonder why we're getting the results we're getting. I've been a member of this incredible mastermind for so long, and a lot of us have had the same struggles, but what it comes down to, no objectives, no check-ins, no definition of done, and we wonder why we're Yeah. And the funny part is, is like, we get so upset with the hire or the person we delegated to, but the only person to blame is, is us for not setting that stuff a little bit clearer. So it's, it's funny learning that when that might, your mindset finally shifts and you're like, wait a second, it's not their fault. I shouldn't be It's just leadership, having that mindset and the discipline to do that initial work. to set them up for success. So it's great that you discovered that. Wouldn't it be great to share that, continue to share that, and hopefully our listeners are hearing this and looking at themselves, okay, if you're doing this already, great. But if you're not, just take a good, honest look at yourself and just say, hey, maybe this is something I need to be doing more of and just learning from what Jaybin talked about there. Is this a key takeaway from the episode? Perhaps. So, so have you ever had like any, like along the way, have you had any challenges with, with your journey that, that come to mind stories that memorable moments you want to tell us that, that you life lessons from, from Yeah, I think, you know, there's been so many different struggles, so many great points. So just lots of highs and lows with the company as I'm sure it is with any business. But my biggest challenge that I, you know, knock on wood, I'm hopefully finally getting figured out now is people, right? So I had a lot of struggles keeping and finding good talent and then keeping good talent at the beginning of the year. And now we are finally to a point where I have some good guys in here. We have good standards, right? Cause before I was just like, cutting them loose and like run free, make calls, kind of do whatever. And then, you know, I would build up resentment because they're not doing what they're supposed to do. And they're building up resentment with me. And it's just not a good, good thing, So you need to have standards with with everybody. Yeah, it's certainly raise So. In your mind, what's the lie that people tell themselves to avoid commitment? What's a lie that people tell themselves to avoid commitment? Yeah. I think people can create any Right. It's crazy negotiating how much people negotiate with themselves. And I'll catch myself doing it sometimes. But I'm aware of it now that your mind is always trying to negotiate and trick you and take the easier route. And you have to fight that. And I'd say just take that big leap. Do the hard thing. The only way you're going to improve is by getting uncomfortable. So take that leap of faith, make the commitment and then follow through. We lie to ourselves so much and we don't even realize it. It's like the lie that I used to tell myself. I didn't have time to go to the gym. I own my own company. That's the biggest lie there is. I think a lot of times we lie about our time. Have Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. That's all. Your mind lies to you so much. But here's a funny example from as soon as this morning. Right. I get in the cold pond. I get so hard. I don't I don't necessarily look forward to it every day, but I do it because it's difficult. And I know that that's getting uncomfortable makes me a lot better. But when you get in there, your mind will play tricks on you. It lies to you to get you out of the uncomfortable situation. And so as soon as I get in there, it's like, Oh no, you're going to have, you're going to have a heart attack. You're going to die out here. And the cold ones, like it'll start playing tricks with you to try and get you out of the uncomfortable situation, even though, you know, you've done it a million times and you're going to be just That still happens to you even though you've done done it millions. Yeah. Yeah. Like especially like on a night or on a morning like this where I have no sleep. Right. I just want to sit there and cuddle in bed. It's breezy now. Yeah. It makes But you storm through it anyways. It's good. Another crazy thing with the mind is it is Unfocused thinking is extremely dangerous, right? So I'll go, I go deer hunting every single year, right? We're on the sand hills of Nebraska and looking for a big buck, right? Some of the big handlers. And it's crazy. Something really, really weird happens after a couple of days. So. All day long, all that is on your mind is this buck trying to find something with big antlers that all of a sudden everything starts to look like a buck. So the rocks out there, the trees, the shadows that you start making a deer out of these different objects, right? And then business and life is the same way. If you're constantly thinking about the negative stuff, like what's going wrong, then your mind is going to create that false evidence that's going to bring it to life. Right. So you need to make sure you have positive thoughts, because if you let your mind wander, it's typically going to go towards the route of negative thinking. Yeah, you're. We underestimate how powerful our mind is. I. I've actually caught myself doing that quite a few times, actually, when I had an outcome coming up that was that was. hard, I would always, I always focus on, on the positive, like what, like what I expect a positive outcome. I learned that from, I don't know, have you ever read any personal development books? Oh yeah, yeah. The power of positive thinking, that's where I learned that trick from, is I was given That book and How to Win Friends and Influence People and Thinking Grow Rich when I started college. Incredible books. How to Win Friends and Influence People. I make every new salesperson that starts here read It was extremely impactful for me and I've seen it's impactful for them just the way they communicate because a lot of people come in and they, you know, the sales is just talking about themselves, talking, talking, talking. And like one of my biggest takeaways from the book is you need to. get other people to talk about themselves, right? They'll leave the conversation like thinking that, oh, I liked that guy. And they don't really know why, but it's because people love to talk about themselves. And if you sit there and ask nice questions and let that person talk about themselves, they'll typically go out of that So let's dig into this book for a second. What's the two biggest takeaways that you could tell anybody about this book or what they can do to impact their life by following some of the some of the teachers from think from how to win friends and I think. I say let the other person speak and genuinely be interested in them, right? Ask them questions about them. Don't, don't make it all about you and just dig into that person. Genuinely Probe around, ask questions, get to know someone like be It's interesting and you're the first person when I mentioned that book and I've mentioned a few times that actually boom, you said right away. So it's great to hear someone. And I know there's. Millions of other people have been impacted by that book, but it's your first guess that that actually connected with that book right away. So it's pretty cool. Yeah, Here's a big question for you. If nothing changes for someone listening right now, like same habits, same standards, where do you think they're going to either way right being poor and undisciplined and hate like is that's going to be really that's going to be really difficult getting rich making a lot of money being disciplined is going to be difficult as well so i think you need to pick your poison right this the first one is the issue with it is you it feels better in the moment right whether that's for a few minutes a few hours a few days but the end result feels a lot worse whereas when you're getting Making a lot, trying to make money, starting a business, doing stuff to grow yourself. It's a lot more difficult in the moment, but the end result is going to make you feel a lot better. So you need to pick your poison. And I think you need to be, you need to understand that everything has delayed gratification and you 100%, and I don't know what the secret is for that, but it's We've talked about different times when we've been stuck, but what I like to start with a motivational book or podcast and just kind of get me fired up. I need to get moving a little bit. Like every time I'm stuck, I start with, start with those two things. So a motivational book or podcast, and then trying to get moving, right? You can't, it's hard to be motivated when you're not active and you're kind of stuck in a slump. And then another big thing is, is really thinking about why, why you're doing this or what you're chasing. So what your goals are. And with those three things, I think that should help kind of relight that fire or Yeah, yeah. Just just get build some momentum and start like don't don't like don't stand still. I don't like the way things are changing. You're not a tree like the obvious And it doesn't have to be it doesn't have to be a ton of. So Like you said, just take these baby steps, get the momentum going, just take action, right? At the end of the day, you just need Yeah, I talked to somebody, they told me the story about how they started going to the gym and they just went to the gym for five to 10 minutes every day. And they gradually increased their time. because sometimes we think we can't go because of time, well, get rid of the habit and then go. And that's how you can get unstuck, just start with micro-winds, micro-winds and go. So, Jabin, how do people find you? What's the best way that people find you? Are Yeah, I'm on Instagram. You could find me at jabin.makings. And if you guys message me the word gallant, G-A-L-L-A-N-T, I'll send you the exact contract that I use when I'm locking up these off-market properties to Okay. We could have dug a lot more into what you do, but what would you say to somebody who's investing in a property or what they should be looking out for, just like when they're, say if they want to get into real estate, what should people be thinking about? Number one, two big When you are talking to either, if you decide to go to the direct to seller route, so you're reaching out to actual homeowners, or if you're going to the agents, write these four things down that you should get on every single property. And that's the motivation. So why is the seller selling? the condition of the property. So figure out when the last time anything's been updated, what the majors are, the roof, AC, water heater, plumbing, electrical, stuff like that. Then the price, how much are they hoping to get on the house? And then their timeframe, when do they want to be out by? Do they want to be out in two weeks? Do they want to be out in 60 days? That last one was really important because I've seen too many times an investor will come in and offer on a house and just put a standard two week closing. And I'll come in and I'll ask our agent that question. And when the seller actually wants to be out, and they say like 45 to 60 days, but we come in with a lower offer, but we give them the closing date that they want or the terms that they want. And we end up being able to get the property just from that little nuance right there. If they would ask that question, they probably could have done that closing date, but they didn't. So make sure you get all four pieces of those information before offering Golden questions are everything. They can give you so much valuable information. So Jamin, I wanna end with a couple of rapid fire questions. I'd like you to answer as quick as you can. First thing that comes to your mind, okay? Okay. Discipline Discipline. Focus or flexibility? Focus. I had a feeling it would be that or the pull plunge. One excuse you stopped tolerating. Say that Yeah, right on. Best Shiny object syndrome. I preach it out, but I preach it out, but I didn't listen to it. I had my mentor that always told me that when I was younger, never listened to it until I started my own company. And finally I decided to listen to Sometimes you have to hear it multiple times till it does. One Yeah, heck yes. What The whole business, they just need to do sales, right? They need to make money. They overcomplicate all the little random stuff. They're worried about it. Just do sales and make money, That's how I started my business. One standard everyone There's a truthful one. Last question, who you had to become to I had to, I had to become a completely, I'm a whole different human than I was 18 months ago. Yeah. Right. I was, I was drinking, I was partying all the time. I had a, change into a completely different man and where my goals are at over the next, you know, five to 10 years, I think I'm gonna have to become a completely different man to reach those goals as well. Yeah, you can always reinvent yourself and you're living proof of it that you're just raising the standards every day. And you set some really good examples for all of our listeners today to do that. And especially with all the great insights you shared today. Jabin, I want to thank you for coming today. I had a great pleasure getting to speak with you and to know you. It was Thanks for tuning into the Adaptive Mindset. If you found value in today's episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who's ready to thrive in the digital age.