Join Kern Living host Ryan Nelson as he chats with British entrepreneur Matthew Footner about the keys to success.
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00:02 - What's up Kern County, it's Ryan Nelson
00:06 and you are watching Kern Living.
00:08 On today's episode, we are talking with an international,
00:11 successful entrepreneur and founder of FX AI,
00:15 Income Solution and Maximum Sales, Matthew Footner.
00:18 Matthew, how are you?
00:19 - Hey, how you doing Ryan?
00:22 That's a big introduction, isn't it?
00:23 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, the title on here,
00:25 I was like, oh my God, I need to slow down what I'm saying.
00:29 You've done a lot of great things.
00:30 Can you tell us a little bit about your story?
00:32 - Yeah, look, I guess what they call a serial entrepreneur.
00:37 Ever since I was young, I always wanted to
00:41 make a chunk of cash.
00:43 I'm British as you can tell, and in the UK,
00:45 it's still fairly rude to talk about money,
00:48 but look, I'm talking to an American,
00:50 I'm talking to an American.
00:52 So my ambition has always been to make a chunk of cash.
00:55 And as a kid, I always had jobs going around,
00:58 and then when I left school, I just carried on.
01:03 I know when I was 52, 53 years old,
01:06 got a bunch of businesses around the world,
01:08 and just enjoying the fruits of my labor.
01:11 - So to transition, for someone who has this much success,
01:15 what advice would you give to up and coming entrepreneurs?
01:17 - I sort of knew this question was coming up, Ryan,
01:22 so I've just made up three or four points.
01:24 So I'm just gonna refer to my notes
01:25 so I don't miss any of them out.
01:27 I say this because I'm probably the wrong person
01:29 to give advice, because I failed so many times
01:33 to get where I am now, wherever that is.
01:36 But look, I think what I've always been able to do
01:42 is keep going, I've never quit.
01:44 And you hear a lot of entrepreneurs say that,
01:46 but what I have been able to do is pivot
01:50 when I've reached a point where I felt that
01:52 this isn't working, so I have been able to pivot.
01:55 The second one is, if you're gonna be a success,
01:57 if you want to have everything that life can offer,
02:01 you're gonna have to deal with the pain
02:03 of getting there as well.
02:05 And it's a masochism of enjoying that pain,
02:08 because you are not gonna build an empire
02:12 without going through some stresses.
02:14 So knowing that's gonna come,
02:15 and just enjoy it as you're going through it.
02:18 It is tough, but being an entrepreneur,
02:22 I think it's probably being one of the tough positions
02:24 in the world, because to start with, you're on your own,
02:28 and your brain, your DNA, your entrepreneurial DNA
02:31 will not let you quit.
02:32 So it's just to enjoy it and enjoy the pain
02:35 knowing it's gonna come.
02:36 - Wow, okay, you really have put us
02:38 onto some great information.
02:39 If there's anybody that's watching in Kern County right now
02:42 that wants to reach out to you for your services,
02:44 how can they do that?
02:44 - I've got two websites that's part of my business.
02:48 This one here, maximumself.eu, my email's on there.
02:53 In fact, if you follow me on that email,
02:55 that particular website is for guys
02:57 that are looking to, who are very ambitious,
02:59 very entrepreneurial, and are looking to program
03:02 their subconscious mind.
03:04 And that's how I was able to go from a big financial advisor
03:07 and carry on the journey to the entrepreneurial world,
03:10 just by reprogramming my subconscious mind.
03:12 And if you dip on that website,
03:14 you'll get my email address.
03:16 And my WhatsApp's on there as well.
03:18 - Okay, awesome.
03:19 Well, thank you so much for coming on
03:21 and giving us all this wonderful information.
03:23 We appreciate you.
03:25 - Thanks for having me, Ryan.
03:26 Appreciate your time.