The Future Of Less Work
00:23:48 · Anthony Trucks
[00:23:48] S1: Yeah. Two reasons for each one. So the first reason was I wanted in the beginning to have the ability to speak extemporaneously. Answer questions like this, talk about anything I wanted to, educate in real time. You can put me on a stage right now. I can rock for an hour. The only reason is because I practice. Now in the beginning, I didn't know how to do this. So I was like, I want to learn how to do this. And so it was a big piece of it. It's like, I just want to have this learning piece. Other part of it at the time was I wanted to enter the world with my thoughts. I want to share ideas to have hopefully someone noticing and go, that's valuable for me and be able to build that side. The other part of it is the consistency. Now, I've noticed that for me, a lot of people come across and go, Anthony, I'm not consistent enough to do and commit to something every day. And I go, but you're missing the point. It's not that you are consistent already, it's that you need something, a catalyst, a sharpening stone to get you consistent. That's what I chose this for. Because I also realized that for me, wanted to stay consistent and why I still do it is, I am a guy that identifies as being a person that teaches identity. Therefore, are certain parts of my identity that must be intact and continue to stay intact to have the, I think credibility, but also the confidence to lead that charge. And so this is one of those things where it's the longest thing I've been doing. I've been... Before that I did something for thirteen thirty three straight days. It was, I think, like three point six five years. I think we're about, or we have almost surpassed ten years of a video every single day or weekday. And so at a certain point, it's who I am. That's why I keep doing it. It's who I am to do it. Yeah. If I didn't do it, it wouldn't be as much of who I am. Now as much that might seem simple or stupid or, you know, just minute, it's fine. But for some people, the same thing for how they give their wife or their husband a kiss before they go to work, or they say hi to everybody on the way in, you know, when they get to the office. Like, there's certain things that are just who you are. So why keep doing this? Because it's who I am to do it.
00:25:41 · Nirit Cohen
[00:25:41] S0: Fabulous. So, Anthony, I always wrap up with the same question for a question instead of an answer. What do you think is the question we should be asking ourselves about the future of work?
00:25:53 · Anthony Trucks
[00:25:53] S1: Oh, it's a question I ask myself too, because we live in a world that's ever changing. I mean, there's so many new things. It is mind boggling to spin. I think the question that I would ask, which maybe would be the one everybody else would ask, would be close to the idea of what is it that I want to be experiencing life like in the next ten years? Because I know that there's these perspectives. My best friends got a nine to five, they'll retire in I think like sixteen years or something like this. And he's like, you know, sixteen more years. And I'm like, oh man, it's a long time. And the dance of it is I look at the experience I want of life. Because if my experience desire wise becomes simple or smaller, then I may stop what I'm doing altogether. If my house is empty in two years, and I'm a father of three kids that are off into college at that point, do I want to keep doing the speaking thing or the coach? I don't know what it looks like, but I do know this. When I look at the future, I don't want to be confined in a world that is so vastly different than anybody else in past history that doesn't have to be confined. Meaning in this world nowadays, if me and you want to meet, I could fly to you and be there by tomorrow, maybe today, right? If we wanted to go to see something on the other side of the world, we could hop on a plane and do this. A hundred years ago, this wasn't as possible for people financially or anyway. So it's like, we've done this interesting window of time. And then as work progresses, you can have multiple weird off the wall jobs that are paying you money doing things. That it's like, why would you not explore the ability to do that, to live life experientially in a way that human beings never had before? So I think my question is more of what do you want your life to experientially look like in the next ten years? And I want to build towards that. And I'm not worried about the what is going on right now most. It's like what's happening now when will I see something that provides that ability? And I'll work towards that.
00:27:43 · Nirit Cohen, Anthony Trucks
[00:27:43] S0: And that is clearly an answer of someone who knows they can transform, right? You're not loved you are today. [00:27:51] S1: Yeah. Yeah. That may be a big tie to it for sure. Because if you didn't have that thought, then it might be a complete different question. But I would like people to realize nowadays, just watching human beings, there's so much more information and access that we can change everything on a dime, and you're not gonna die. It might be hard, but worst case, you go back to a job like you have and maybe even get a better one. [00:28:12] S0: Yep. Absolutely. Anthony, thank you for joining me today. [00:28:15] S1: Very welcome. Thank you for having me. [00:28:18] S0: For more about Anthony Trucks and his book Identity Shift, check out the links in the podcast description. If you've enjoyed our conversation, follow The Future Of Less Work wherever you get your podcasts. And remember, your best people do not work because they have to. They do not work because you pay them. They do not work because you measure them. They work because they want to. Because by working for you, they're doing what's important to them in life. Till next time.