A little piece of advice I gave a new entrepreneur 12 years ago that I want to give to you as well. On today’s episode Russell talks about a conversation he had with Justin Brooke 12 years ago about how he would get back on top if he lost it all. He shares the advice he gave him back then because it is still relevant today. Here are some of the great things to look for in this episode: First hear how Russell and Justin know each other, and how this conversation came about. And find out why 5 good friends is better than 100,000 subscribers. So listen here to Russell explaining what he said to Justin in a random hotel room 12 years ago, and why it still applies to this day. ---Transcript--- Hey everybody, this is Russell Brunson. Welcome back to the Marketing Secrets podcast. Today I want to share with you a piece of advice that I gave somebody 12 years ago, he made a blog post of it, or a Facebook post about it today and talked about how it changed his life. So I thought I would share that with you guys right now. Alright guys, so about 12 years ago was when I was first starting to hire employees, and I was building my team and it cost money. And I was like, these guys are all expensive, and every person I add takes more of my money out of my pocket. And I was sitting there trying to figure out a way to solve this problem. And I had this thought, what if I got people to work for me for free? I was like, oh my gosh, that’d be amazing. What if all my employees worked for free? That idea at first was awesome, and then I asked my employees and they all said, “Well, we have to eat.” And I was like, dang it, that won’t work. And I was like, what if I send an email to my list and ask if people wanted to come work for me for free. I would do an internship, but it was an unpaid internship. They had to pay their own way there, their own hotels or living expenses, whatever, but they could come work for me for free for a month and hopefully learn some stuff along the way. Now, I think I’ve done this 2 or 3 times in the past, and before I get 5000 of you guys asking me, I don’t do this anymore because I literally have had people come here and just beg to work for free, and then they sit around and ask questions and it doesn’t, it hurts more than it helps at this point. But it was really nice for a little while. But the person who responded back to that first ad, I got a bunch of people responding back, but one guy was so excited, he literally called and text, and emailed every single person I know. I was like, “How do you find all these people’s information?” This is pre-facebook. Anyway, his name was Justin Brooke, and some of you know Justin, he’s an awesome entrepreneur and really cool guy and a friend. He messaged me and said, “I’m coming out to Boise.” And he did, he jumped in a plane, moved to Boise for a month, paid his own way, and worked for me for free for a month. And it was a really, really cool experience. I learned a lot, he learned a lot and I think it was good. But today he posted a post on Facebook that was really, really cool so I want to read part of it to you. Because I forgot about this, I remember the experience now, but I totally forgot about it. So this is what he posted, he said, “All you need is 5 good friends to crush any market. Before I explain let me tell you what Russell Brunson said to me one day while I was interning 12 years ago. We were at a hotel watching infomercials, because that’s what marketers do, lol, waiting to visit Steven Pierce’s house for an event the next day. I was just a newb in total fanboy mode. I couldn’t believe I was sharing a hotel room with this millionaire dude who was only 2 years older than me. And somehow he liked me enough to bring me along to a star studded event that introduced me to Ryan Deiss, John Reese, Rich Schefren, Jai Abraham and Steven, the real boss. “So I asked Russell a question every newb should ask in this situation. Me: Hey Russ, what would you do if you lost i