NFL Player Turned Lawyer Explains Why Letting Go of Control Was His Best Business Decision

0:03Got Otis Grigsby to finish this update. Six years in the NFL. Yes. And you're, uh, you're rocking and rolling. Um, you're out of Austin area. Um, tell me, uh, tell me what visualization affirmation that got you to be a top one percenter. Yeah.

0:19Otis Grigsby: I didn't do any visualization. Um, what I, I just didn't, that's good. Tell me how it works. Yeah. So I went out there and just kicked ass. That's what he did. He's like, no, I'm just going to run you over. Well, you know, it's kind of like if you're having fun, then everything just happens for you, right? If you're in the place you're supposed to be, then you have fun. It's like, I'm going to play the next play. If I get hit in the mouth, okay, I got another play. Let's go back in there and do it again. Can I get a little bit better today than I was yesterday? I don't do that every single time.

0:47Otis Grigsby: But as long as I don't get down on myself, then I'm okay. So having fun is the key to that. And it's worked. But I mean, I'm not saying don't do visualization. but it's just, it's not for me. Okay. Yeah. Give me a$1 million lesson that you've learned. Man, fear is an absolute killer. I think I love just observing people. And I think no matter how much money you have, people are experiencing some form of fear about something that they care about. And it paralyzes us. It causes us to make really dumb decisions. You forget your training, You forget everything that you need to get you through whatever you're going through when you allow fear to step in and lead your path.

1:32Otis Grigsby: So for me, I'd say that it's a daily battle for me with a three-year-old and a two-year-old and a wife who's like, what are they doing today? And it's like a constant fight against that. And I enjoy the fight. It's not like fighting someone on the football field, but it's pretty fun. I mean, there's a difference between fighters. Like I was just watching bull riding, by the way, those people that jump motorcycles, you guys, you guys are crazy. Like, I didn't think I was that crazy. Yeah, we are a little crazy. Yeah. So, so give me, I agree. Yeah. So give me the, the biggest financial mistake you've ever experienced.

2:12Otis Grigsby: Man, there's so many actually. I would say not investing in Bitcoin, not getting into cryptocurrency. So going back to fear, I allowed fear to just kind of keep me on the sidelines. You looked at what was going on in the market. Really smart guys were saying, stay away from it, stay away from it, stay away from it. It's a scam. And then years later, they were like, oh, it's totally good. Let's get in it. And, you know, so I fell prey to that. And, you know, now I feel like I've learned that lesson and I'm smarter about it. But yeah, I wouldn't be here if I just invested in the cryptocurrency. I'd be on a beach somewhere, you know.

2:58On your own island. On my own island with my wife, yeah. She'd be swimming. Yeah, anyway. Okay, cool.

3:05Otis Grigsby: Why are you here? Yeah, why I'm here. I'm here because, to be perfectly honest, when I got invited to this, I was like, why are they inviting me to this? I don't know if you guys doubt yourself at times, but I sometimes doubt. And it's like, why am I here? And to be perfectly honest, I don't know, but I'm showing up where I believe I'm supposed to be. So I feel like God is basically saying, this is where you should go. And I'm like, okay, I'll go. So last night we had an amazing conversation. A bunch of other people we had great conversations with. So I'm learning things. I love learning. I love wisdom.

3:44Otis Grigsby: I love knowledge. And I love people. So, so far, so good. Great people here. So yeah, that's pretty much why I'm here. I was told to come. Cool. Nice. You know what happens when you're told to come and you don't go. Yep, really bad things. I have a long track record of bad things happening when I don't do what I'm told. Yeah. Yeah. So tell me, I've had some experiences. So tell me why, what you're up to today. Tell me what you're doing. You're a lawyer. Yeah. Yeah. Underachiever. Yeah. You know, that's a, gosh. Yeah. I think we're all in this room overachievers and there's this kind of, I'm a lawyer.

4:24Otis Grigsby: Yeah. I practiced for about six years in large law firms. I was surrounded by people who were really smart and not really happy. They've got the money and they've got all this stuff. And it's just like, yeah, enjoy this time now because it only gets worse and worse and worse. And you realize the clients they get, the bigger the clients, the more they want. It's like, oh, hey, you want Christmas off? Sorry that we're not doing Christmas this year. Christmas is canceled. IBM needs this deal done. So I'm now working with my wife. She has a health tech marketing agency called Distill Health. And I'm really working on just letting go of control, right?

5:09Otis Grigsby: I think that's really what I'm focused on. Again, doing what I'm told. I am making dinners for my kids. I'm building things on our land. I'm doing things. I'm baking bread. I'm milling my own flour. It's crazy. Like the health benefits of like real bread, unbelievable. So, so like I'm doing, I'm doing those things. And, and just to, I know I'm like going over time here. I'm so sorry. Um, I was in a home Depot, right. And a guy comes up to me. I spent a lot of time in home Depot and I, and a guy comes up to me and he's like, he bought a lot of acreage outside of Austin, just to give you guys a context.

5:50Otis Grigsby: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We moved from East Austin. Yeah. And it was the best thing we could have done. So I'm in Home Depot and this guy comes up to me and he says, hey, God gave me a word to share with you. Can I like share it with you? And I was like, bro, I've heard of this happening to people. It's never happened to me. Please share what you have. And he said, there's this thing in your business, some big administrative problem that you're struggling with, you've been wrestling with, and you need to step away from it. You need to just leave it alone. And I was like, I know exactly what you're talking about.

6:25Otis Grigsby: And I do not want to. I don't want to. And I was like, OK, that's cool. I'll do that. I'll do that. And four months later, I still hadn't done it. And then finally, I did. And things just started happening. So my role with the company is part legal, part growth, part strategy. And I found myself kind of obsolete. Because they don't need anything. I don't need it. We don't like the business just comes. Literally, like I mentioned last night, chat GPT is telling people looking for services that we're the best for that service. I don't know how to program chat GPT to do that, but that's so anyway.

7:05Otis Grigsby: So like letting go of control and just being led is what I'm working on. And it's leading me on a wild ride. Love it, bro. Yeah. Nice. Thanks for coming today, bro. Yeah. Thanks for having me. Yeah. I appreciate you. Awesome. Give me a round of applause, guys. Join the Family Office Club by visiting familyoffices.com. We look forward to seeing you at our next live event.

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