March 10, 2026
993. What's Your Number?
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Most people think they know their number — the amount of money that would finally make life feel secure.
But what happens when you reach it… and want more?
Maybe it shouldn't be a number after all. Maybe it should be "enough."
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So I have a question for you.
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What's your number?
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Hmm?
00:00:05.429 --> 00:00:11.339
Like what's the number where life would finally feel?
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Okay.
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Like you wouldn't have to worry anymore where you could say, I made it.
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Is it a half million a year?
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Is it a million, 5 million, 10 million?
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Or maybe it's a monthly number.
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10,000 a month, 20,000 a month, 50,000 a month, whatever that number is, we all have one and it's ingrained in us.
00:00:48.243 --> 00:00:55.713
To chase that number, to fight for that number, to manifest that number, like to speak it into the universe.
00:00:56.548 --> 00:00:58.588
And I wanna challenge that idea this morning.
00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:00.929
Hell, I'm challenging it for me.
00:01:00.929 --> 00:01:01.649
I'm just speaking it.
00:01:02.969 --> 00:01:10.498
And sharing it with you in hopes that maybe this causes you to rethink what that number is.
00:01:11.516 --> 00:01:20.129
And I hope by the end of the episode that you'll look at that number differently and maybe even suspend the number altogether.
00:01:21.448 --> 00:01:28.438
Because truth be told, I don't wanna live in just enough.
00:01:30.463 --> 00:01:44.054
I don't wanna chase more than enough either, I really believe that real freedom comes when you stop chasing a number after all.
00:01:45.164 --> 00:01:49.603
And this is radical man, because I was like, whoa, that's, that's not.
00:01:50.144 --> 00:01:52.004
That's not how I've been raised.
00:01:52.004 --> 00:01:56.054
That's not how society has has raised me.
00:01:56.054 --> 00:02:00.254
That's not what all these books that sit behind me tell me.
00:02:01.254 --> 00:02:07.674
And so I challenged the number and now look at adopting a mindset.
00:02:09.610 --> 00:02:13.240
Of enough, and I can tell you what triggered the thought this morning.
00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:17.139
I was reading Tolstoy about to go to another book.
00:02:17.530 --> 00:02:33.400
Never even got to it because I pay attention to things that snagged my soul and I read it and then I kept coming back to it and I just was like, I, I, I can't go to anything else and write about it enough.
00:02:34.569 --> 00:02:40.879
Was the word that just kept popping up, and he wrote this, riches never satisfy.
00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:47.929
The more you have, the more you want to have To assuage your appetite, assuage means to satisfy your appetite.
00:02:48.889 --> 00:02:49.549
Think about that.
00:02:50.389 --> 00:02:52.669
Riches never satisfy.
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They don't, and you've been rich in some area of your life.
00:02:57.468 --> 00:03:09.079
You've had more money than you've ever had before, and you've been in a place where it's like, damn, dude, where's it stop?
00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:10.098
It's never enough.
00:03:10.699 --> 00:03:14.718
Because the more you have, the more you want.
00:03:15.588 --> 00:03:20.554
He said, even the greatest riches cannot satisfy the person who is seeking.
00:03:22.250 --> 00:03:26.479
More and more wealth, that is the line right there.
00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:31.460
That made me stop and ask the question like, marsh, what's your number?
00:03:32.509 --> 00:03:47.270
And dude, I have struggled with this number my entire life because I thought I had to have a number, but the number always moved and I've never really like emotionally tied into a number.
00:03:48.269 --> 00:03:49.378
Is it 5 million?
00:03:50.068 --> 00:03:50.998
Is it a million?
00:03:51.329 --> 00:03:52.769
Is it 500,000?
00:03:53.368 --> 00:03:54.538
Is it a billion?
00:03:55.709 --> 00:04:02.308
I mean, I, I've been all over the place and I've never like emotionally just latched in to that number.
00:04:02.579 --> 00:04:05.938
And I think back to when I first started in car sales back in.
00:04:06.584 --> 00:04:17.684
1998 and I was standing outside on point for those of who who were in the car business were standing outside on the lot waiting for a customer to come in.
00:04:18.944 --> 00:04:28.483
And I was talking to another salesperson, baking in the Louisiana Heat, and he said, you see that sales manager right there?
00:04:29.983 --> 00:04:31.244
They were dressed nice.
00:04:31.634 --> 00:04:33.944
They're always starched, just clean.
00:04:35.684 --> 00:04:37.124
He said, man, those guys have it made.
00:04:38.024 --> 00:04:40.033
They make like six grand a month.
00:04:41.550 --> 00:04:45.031
And I, I remember, I mean to this day, it's 28 years later.
00:04:45.031 --> 00:04:54.781
I remember to the day where I was like, bro, if I could only make six grand a month, life would be great.
00:04:56.011 --> 00:04:57.451
That would be more than enough.
00:04:58.651 --> 00:04:59.730
Only years later.
00:05:01.711 --> 00:05:03.211
I blew right past that number.
00:05:05.130 --> 00:05:06.271
Well, what about 8,000?
00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:08.281
What about 10?
00:05:09.151 --> 00:05:10.110
What about 12?
00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:11.100
What about 15?
00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.831
What about 20 plus?
00:05:15.690 --> 00:05:17.880
It, it, it, it never stops.
00:05:19.201 --> 00:05:26.315
It never ends because when riches become the object of your desire.
00:05:29.130 --> 00:05:30.091
Is never enough.
00:05:31.380 --> 00:05:36.690
There's always another level, and you can always justify it.
00:05:36.961 --> 00:05:42.511
There's always a reason why you need a little bit more, and this hit me this morning.
00:05:43.468 --> 00:05:45.298
Maybe the problem isn't the number.
00:05:47.158 --> 00:05:50.278
Maybe the problem is thinking.
00:05:50.278 --> 00:05:51.598
There should be a number after all.
00:05:52.978 --> 00:05:55.773
Because numbers move.
00:05:57.122 --> 00:06:08.923
Numbers change they're based on your current circumstances, your obligations, your fears of today.
00:06:10.362 --> 00:06:11.983
But life doesn't stand still.
00:06:13.213 --> 00:06:15.163
Problems never stop.
00:06:16.483 --> 00:06:17.773
And the unexpected.
00:06:19.408 --> 00:06:20.848
Should always be expected.
00:06:22.737 --> 00:06:25.617
That's why I don't wanna live in just enough.
00:06:25.617 --> 00:06:37.437
When people say I wanna have just enough, they're taking their current circumstances and situation, but they're putting a cap on it and saying this just enough.
00:06:38.367 --> 00:06:52.721
But see, just enough is fragile because it only solves the problems of today that you see today, but you're not factoring in the unexpected.
00:06:52.721 --> 00:06:53.740
What happens then?
00:06:54.490 --> 00:06:56.201
Then you, you get to scrambling.
00:06:57.110 --> 00:07:06.834
But there's a very fine balance to this because I don't wanna chase more than enough either because more than enough becomes insatiable.
00:07:08.934 --> 00:07:09.533
Addictive.
00:07:09.533 --> 00:07:17.673
Even the more you achieve, the more you accumulate the emptier you feel.
00:07:18.737 --> 00:07:27.228
Because along the way, something gets sacrificed, some things get sacrificed.
00:07:27.827 --> 00:07:39.613
Your faith, your family, your fitness, your fulfillment, something always gives, I know because I've lived that.
00:07:40.744 --> 00:07:48.418
So instead of chasing a number, I started thinking about this differently This morning, my number is no longer a number.
00:07:49.968 --> 00:08:02.189
My number is enough because I believe enough is the greatest mark of wealth enough isn't measured in dollars.
00:08:03.629 --> 00:08:20.338
Enough is measured in mindset enough, keeps me grounded, keeps me grateful, keeps me hungry, but not full secure, but not spoiled.
00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:29.850
And here's the beautiful part of enough enough from the outside, you would think, saying.
00:08:30.901 --> 00:08:33.480
Enough would make you complacent.
00:08:34.410 --> 00:08:35.640
It's not that way at all.
00:08:36.955 --> 00:08:40.014
Because think about it enough, frees you to compete.
00:08:40.235 --> 00:08:47.947
You're no longer, you're chasing money, you're chasing mastery, you're chasing growth.
00:08:48.831 --> 00:08:49.490
You're chasing.
00:08:50.730 --> 00:09:07.176
Evolvement, you're chasing better because in the betterment I'm developing within the five life skills, I'm being a better communicator, not only with myself, but with others.
00:09:07.821 --> 00:09:08.811
I'm curious.
00:09:08.900 --> 00:09:11.721
Instead of making judgements, I'm asking questions.
00:09:11.900 --> 00:09:14.750
I'm creative, not bitching about what I don't have.
00:09:14.750 --> 00:09:15.831
I use what I have.
00:09:17.270 --> 00:09:24.260
I'm a continuous learner, and I apply it to action every single day, and I'm productively confront.
00:09:25.791 --> 00:09:33.890
See, I'm developing in those, in those five skills so that even when life knocks me down.
00:09:35.645 --> 00:09:39.995
I can always create enough to get back up.
00:09:41.466 --> 00:09:42.275
That's sobering.
00:09:43.385 --> 00:09:44.196
That's freedom.
00:09:45.383 --> 00:09:45.893
That's real.
00:09:45.893 --> 00:09:46.552
Security.
00:09:47.552 --> 00:09:52.893
Security's not, it's not found in a number in the bank.
00:09:53.822 --> 00:09:55.893
It's in the unlimited capacity.
00:09:56.898 --> 00:09:57.707
Inside of you.
00:09:58.791 --> 00:10:08.164
And this is something that I'm realizing enough Is something that I get to choose every single day because every day.
00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.429
Stands on its own.
00:10:10.429 --> 00:10:12.169
It's why it's called Present for a reason.
00:10:12.169 --> 00:10:13.669
Every day stands on its own.
00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:22.100
Some days I win, some days I fall short, but tomorrow I get to do it again.
00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.054
That's grace Enough keeps me grounded.
00:10:26.865 --> 00:10:28.904
Enough keeps me grateful.
00:10:29.264 --> 00:10:30.404
It keeps me growing.
00:10:30.807 --> 00:10:36.717
So maybe the real question isn't, what's your number?
00:10:39.148 --> 00:10:44.187
Maybe the real question is, what does enough look like for you today?
00:10:44.995 --> 00:10:45.775
Keep it simple.
00:10:45.865 --> 00:10:46.615
Keep it moving.
00:10:46.676 --> 00:10:47.456
Never settle.
00:10:47.515 --> 00:10:48.145
Stay tough.
00:10:48.145 --> 00:10:48.625
Peace.
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.828
So I have a question for you.
00:00:01.828 --> 00:00:02.790
What's your number?
00:00:03.959 --> 00:00:04.259
Hmm?
00:00:05.429 --> 00:00:11.339
Like what's the number where life would finally feel?
00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:12.720
Okay.
00:00:14.490 --> 00:00:20.190
Like you wouldn't have to worry anymore where you could say, I made it.
00:00:22.050 --> 00:00:23.399
Is it a half million a year?
00:00:24.899 --> 00:00:28.079
Is it a million, 5 million, 10 million?
00:00:28.638 --> 00:00:29.957
Or maybe it's a monthly number.
00:00:31.248 --> 00:00:47.088
10,000 a month, 20,000 a month, 50,000 a month, whatever that number is, we all have one and it's ingrained in us.
00:00:48.243 --> 00:00:55.713
To chase that number, to fight for that number, to manifest that number, like to speak it into the universe.
00:00:56.548 --> 00:00:58.588
And I wanna challenge that idea this morning.
00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:00.929
Hell, I'm challenging it for me.
00:01:00.929 --> 00:01:01.649
I'm just speaking it.
00:01:02.969 --> 00:01:10.498
And sharing it with you in hopes that maybe this causes you to rethink what that number is.
00:01:11.516 --> 00:01:20.129
And I hope by the end of the episode that you'll look at that number differently and maybe even suspend the number altogether.
00:01:21.448 --> 00:01:28.438
Because truth be told, I don't wanna live in just enough.
00:01:30.463 --> 00:01:44.054
I don't wanna chase more than enough either, I really believe that real freedom comes when you stop chasing a number after all.
00:01:45.164 --> 00:01:49.603
And this is radical man, because I was like, whoa, that's, that's not.
00:01:50.144 --> 00:01:52.004
That's not how I've been raised.
00:01:52.004 --> 00:01:56.054
That's not how society has has raised me.
00:01:56.054 --> 00:02:00.254
That's not what all these books that sit behind me tell me.
00:02:01.254 --> 00:02:07.674
And so I challenged the number and now look at adopting a mindset.
00:02:09.610 --> 00:02:13.240
Of enough, and I can tell you what triggered the thought this morning.
00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:17.139
I was reading Tolstoy about to go to another book.
00:02:17.530 --> 00:02:33.400
Never even got to it because I pay attention to things that snagged my soul and I read it and then I kept coming back to it and I just was like, I, I, I can't go to anything else and write about it enough.
00:02:34.569 --> 00:02:40.879
Was the word that just kept popping up, and he wrote this, riches never satisfy.
00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:47.929
The more you have, the more you want to have To assuage your appetite, assuage means to satisfy your appetite.
00:02:48.889 --> 00:02:49.549
Think about that.
00:02:50.389 --> 00:02:52.669
Riches never satisfy.
00:02:53.688 --> 00:02:57.199
They don't, and you've been rich in some area of your life.
00:02:57.468 --> 00:03:09.079
You've had more money than you've ever had before, and you've been in a place where it's like, damn, dude, where's it stop?
00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:10.098
It's never enough.
00:03:10.699 --> 00:03:14.718
Because the more you have, the more you want.
00:03:15.588 --> 00:03:20.554
He said, even the greatest riches cannot satisfy the person who is seeking.
00:03:22.250 --> 00:03:26.479
More and more wealth, that is the line right there.
00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:31.460
That made me stop and ask the question like, marsh, what's your number?
00:03:32.509 --> 00:03:47.270
And dude, I have struggled with this number my entire life because I thought I had to have a number, but the number always moved and I've never really like emotionally tied into a number.
00:03:48.269 --> 00:03:49.378
Is it 5 million?
00:03:50.068 --> 00:03:50.998
Is it a million?
00:03:51.329 --> 00:03:52.769
Is it 500,000?
00:03:53.368 --> 00:03:54.538
Is it a billion?
00:03:55.709 --> 00:04:02.308
I mean, I, I've been all over the place and I've never like emotionally just latched in to that number.
00:04:02.579 --> 00:04:05.938
And I think back to when I first started in car sales back in.
00:04:06.584 --> 00:04:17.684
1998 and I was standing outside on point for those of who who were in the car business were standing outside on the lot waiting for a customer to come in.
00:04:18.944 --> 00:04:28.483
And I was talking to another salesperson, baking in the Louisiana Heat, and he said, you see that sales manager right there?
00:04:29.983 --> 00:04:31.244
They were dressed nice.
00:04:31.634 --> 00:04:33.944
They're always starched, just clean.
00:04:35.684 --> 00:04:37.124
He said, man, those guys have it made.
00:04:38.024 --> 00:04:40.033
They make like six grand a month.
00:04:41.550 --> 00:04:45.031
And I, I remember, I mean to this day, it's 28 years later.
00:04:45.031 --> 00:04:54.781
I remember to the day where I was like, bro, if I could only make six grand a month, life would be great.
00:04:56.011 --> 00:04:57.451
That would be more than enough.
00:04:58.651 --> 00:04:59.730
Only years later.
00:05:01.711 --> 00:05:03.211
I blew right past that number.
00:05:05.130 --> 00:05:06.271
Well, what about 8,000?
00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:08.281
What about 10?
00:05:09.151 --> 00:05:10.110
What about 12?
00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:11.100
What about 15?
00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.831
What about 20 plus?
00:05:15.690 --> 00:05:17.880
It, it, it, it never stops.
00:05:19.201 --> 00:05:26.315
It never ends because when riches become the object of your desire.
00:05:29.130 --> 00:05:30.091
Is never enough.
00:05:31.380 --> 00:05:36.690
There's always another level, and you can always justify it.
00:05:36.961 --> 00:05:42.511
There's always a reason why you need a little bit more, and this hit me this morning.
00:05:43.468 --> 00:05:45.298
Maybe the problem isn't the number.
00:05:47.158 --> 00:05:50.278
Maybe the problem is thinking.
00:05:50.278 --> 00:05:51.598
There should be a number after all.
00:05:52.978 --> 00:05:55.773
Because numbers move.
00:05:57.122 --> 00:06:08.923
Numbers change they're based on your current circumstances, your obligations, your fears of today.
00:06:10.362 --> 00:06:11.983
But life doesn't stand still.
00:06:13.213 --> 00:06:15.163
Problems never stop.
00:06:16.483 --> 00:06:17.773
And the unexpected.
00:06:19.408 --> 00:06:20.848
Should always be expected.
00:06:22.737 --> 00:06:25.617
That's why I don't wanna live in just enough.
00:06:25.617 --> 00:06:37.437
When people say I wanna have just enough, they're taking their current circumstances and situation, but they're putting a cap on it and saying this just enough.
00:06:38.367 --> 00:06:52.721
But see, just enough is fragile because it only solves the problems of today that you see today, but you're not factoring in the unexpected.
00:06:52.721 --> 00:06:53.740
What happens then?
00:06:54.490 --> 00:06:56.201
Then you, you get to scrambling.
00:06:57.110 --> 00:07:06.834
But there's a very fine balance to this because I don't wanna chase more than enough either because more than enough becomes insatiable.
00:07:08.934 --> 00:07:09.533
Addictive.
00:07:09.533 --> 00:07:17.673
Even the more you achieve, the more you accumulate the emptier you feel.
00:07:18.737 --> 00:07:27.228
Because along the way, something gets sacrificed, some things get sacrificed.
00:07:27.827 --> 00:07:39.613
Your faith, your family, your fitness, your fulfillment, something always gives, I know because I've lived that.
00:07:40.744 --> 00:07:48.418
So instead of chasing a number, I started thinking about this differently This morning, my number is no longer a number.
00:07:49.968 --> 00:08:02.189
My number is enough because I believe enough is the greatest mark of wealth enough isn't measured in dollars.
00:08:03.629 --> 00:08:20.338
Enough is measured in mindset enough, keeps me grounded, keeps me grateful, keeps me hungry, but not full secure, but not spoiled.
00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:29.850
And here's the beautiful part of enough enough from the outside, you would think, saying.
00:08:30.901 --> 00:08:33.480
Enough would make you complacent.
00:08:34.410 --> 00:08:35.640
It's not that way at all.
00:08:36.955 --> 00:08:40.014
Because think about it enough, frees you to compete.
00:08:40.235 --> 00:08:47.947
You're no longer, you're chasing money, you're chasing mastery, you're chasing growth.
00:08:48.831 --> 00:08:49.490
You're chasing.
00:08:50.730 --> 00:09:07.176
Evolvement, you're chasing better because in the betterment I'm developing within the five life skills, I'm being a better communicator, not only with myself, but with others.
00:09:07.821 --> 00:09:08.811
I'm curious.
00:09:08.900 --> 00:09:11.721
Instead of making judgements, I'm asking questions.
00:09:11.900 --> 00:09:14.750
I'm creative, not bitching about what I don't have.
00:09:14.750 --> 00:09:15.831
I use what I have.
00:09:17.270 --> 00:09:24.260
I'm a continuous learner, and I apply it to action every single day, and I'm productively confront.
00:09:25.791 --> 00:09:33.890
See, I'm developing in those, in those five skills so that even when life knocks me down.
00:09:35.645 --> 00:09:39.995
I can always create enough to get back up.
00:09:41.466 --> 00:09:42.275
That's sobering.
00:09:43.385 --> 00:09:44.196
That's freedom.
00:09:45.383 --> 00:09:45.893
That's real.
00:09:45.893 --> 00:09:46.552
Security.
00:09:47.552 --> 00:09:52.893
Security's not, it's not found in a number in the bank.
00:09:53.822 --> 00:09:55.893
It's in the unlimited capacity.
00:09:56.898 --> 00:09:57.707
Inside of you.
00:09:58.791 --> 00:10:08.164
And this is something that I'm realizing enough Is something that I get to choose every single day because every day.
00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.429
Stands on its own.
00:10:10.429 --> 00:10:12.169
It's why it's called Present for a reason.
00:10:12.169 --> 00:10:13.669
Every day stands on its own.
00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:22.100
Some days I win, some days I fall short, but tomorrow I get to do it again.
00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.054
That's grace Enough keeps me grounded.
00:10:26.865 --> 00:10:28.904
Enough keeps me grateful.
00:10:29.264 --> 00:10:30.404
It keeps me growing.
00:10:30.807 --> 00:10:36.717
So maybe the real question isn't, what's your number?
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Maybe the real question is, what does enough look like for you today?
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Keep it simple.
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Keep it moving.
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Never settle.
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Stay tough.
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Peace.