American Checklist™

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

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

Despite the abundance and opportunities that come with living in the United States, many Americans are hopelessly unhappy. The reason is not external factors, but rather their mindset. At a certain point, every one must decide to either make the best of what they have, or complain that everyone else has it better. Join Dan Sullivan and Mark Young as they launch the American Happiness series and learn what it takes to break free of negative thought patterns and find true fulfilment in your life.

Americans' happiness is deeply tied to teamwork, a trait that has been essential in shaping the country's history. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Americans worked together to build a nation, showcasing exceptional teamwork that drove civilization westward. Dan and Mark dive into how teamwork, growth, and transformation play pivotal roles in shaping the American spirit—and the evolving state of the nation.

In This Episode:

It took enormous amounts of teamwork to create the United States.

Teamwork is a social construct, and it was disrupted by the pandemic.

Lack of teamwork has a greater impact on anxiety in the U.S. than lack of social contact.

Not only do Americans love being in teamwork, they love watching teamwork.

There are three rules for staying cool and calm: everything human is made up, no one’s in charge, and life’s not fair.

When you have teamwork, the rules are in charge.

If things progress to 2030 the way they're currently trending, Democratic states are going to lose 13 electoral seats.

Part of the American dream is for the next generation to do better than the last one.

There’s now a clear division in America between growth states and non-growth states.

Where there’s hatred of America, there’s no growth and no teamwork.

If you see a city that's been in decline for decades, it's because the only governing party for those decades was the Democratic Party.

Resources:

Podcast: Blunt Force Truth

Book: Geometry of Staying Cool and Calm by Dan Sullivan

The U.S. is in the process of ending long-standing practices and disconnecting from other parts of the world. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Mark Young discuss what’s happening and share their predictions for major changes coming to the United States over the coming years and decades.

From Europe: The Declaration of Independence originally meant independence from the king and now means independence from Europe, period.

A shift: Donald Trump represents a shift in how America sees itself and how the rest of the world sees the U.S.

Reconstruction required: There’s a massive reconstruction now required in the U.S. because, over the past 75 years, the United States has used its money to build in the rest of the world.

Engagement over: The U.S. is sending messages in many different ways that their engagement with Europe, except in situations where they choose to be engaged, is now over.

European connection: The power of the intellectual class in the U.S. is part of a European connection, and that will disappear if the U.S. disconnects from Europe.

New heroes: People who actually do things and build things might replace the intellectual class as cultural heroes in the U.S.

Rationing energy: It’s possible that while the U.S. is energy-rich, the rest of the world will be rationing energy for the next 20 years.

No required alliances: Having an abundance of energy means that the U.S. won’t have to enter into military alliances with people they don’t like.

Less dependent: The U.S. is better equipped to survive a trade war than other countries because they’re less dependent on selling products outside of their own country.

Guaranteed trade: The easiest way for other countries to guarantee trade with the States is to move their factories to the U.S. and hire American workers.

For rent: It might happen that U.S. military protection will be for rent to other countries.

Limited trade: Great Britain may do deals with North America and limit trade with other parts of Europe to bilateral agreements.

Splintered party: As a result of the next election, the U.S. Democratic Party might splinter into at least two parties.

Unifying principle: The only unifying principle that the Democratic Party has is their hatred of Donald Trump.

Electoral votes: The game of U.S. politics isn’t about the popular vote but about how many electoral votes you get.

Central and South: The U.S. is going to pay a lot of attention to Central America and South America, who are geographically closer and who have energy, over the next 25 or 30 years.

Hatred from terror: The hatred of Trump comes from the terror that the philosophical basis and the foundations of the left are disintegrating.

University collapse: The U.S. might see a collapse of the traditional university model where the universities are the holders of knowledge and of credentials.

Not moving: In the end, few members of the left in America will actually leave the country, because moving is difficult.

20%: Annual surveys say that 20% of the people in the world who are thinking about moving want to move to the United States.