Anyone can make extra money on the side.    But the moment you get serious about having a big impact on others, you'll be forced to deal with a lot of your own skeletons in the closet…   I love my childhood, but just like anybody, there's a lot of garbage which can come from things that were even unintentional.   So this episode’s a little bit different.    Recently, I took a five-mile walk around where I grew up, I wanted to face some skeletons in the closet to help me move forward.   You have to will your future into existence.   … but that’s waaay harder to do if you’re still hiding from your past!   BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR…   Oftentimes, we think that if we leave, go somewhere, or sacrifice time to go and build something, we'll miss out on things.    But it's just not the case.    I walked through my childhood haunts and it's pretty much exactly the same when I was last here.    And so you're NOT really missing out on anything by choosing to go sacrifice some…   Time   Comfort   Pressure   ... in order to create the life that you really want!   You'll realize that ‘the sacrifices’ aren't really sacrifices at all.    So with that, let's cue the ghosts; it’s gonna be a little bit raw. VISITING WITH SKELETONS   I grew up in this house…   ...and I’m walking down memory lane here.    I was at a Russell Brunson event in Denver, (which is where I grew up), and on the first day, I just couldn't get an idea out of my head.    I was like, " I gotta  go walk around where I used to live."    It was an hour's drive, so I jump in an Uber and did some filming…    I'm the eldest of six kids…   When I was growing up, we weren't poor.    My dad was an executive at IBM most of my childhood and he started two companies and ran them.    I watched him be an entrepreneur; he changed my life, and obviously, my mom did too, of course - she gave me life.    I love my parents and my family - they are amazing; they taught me so many things.    All those yard stories I tell you about - the yard’s behind that house.    All the times where we ran from golf course rangers...   … the golf course on the other side of the house across the road.   My family doesn't live here anymore….   I knocked on the door here and I was like, "Hey, I used to live in this house."    That's probably weird... but from age 5 to 20, I lived in this house.    During my late teen years, I was in and out, but I officially left the when I was 20.    DOCUMENTING THE JOURNEY   One of the purposes of Sales Funnel Radio was to do something kinda ballsy - I wanted to leave my job and document all the aspects…   … and Sales Funnel Radio has been an awesome platform.    As you grow up, there's a whole bunch of stuff that happens to you, and one of the purposes, (like I said), of Sales Funnel Radio, is to document the journey.   And over the last 3-6 months, something different is going on for me, so I want to document that too!   And so, this is me documenting the garbage that I've been trying to fix… and WHY it’s sooo important for my success.   FACING GHOSTS   I believe anyone can make money in this game, but there's a certain spot you hit where you stop and you can't go any further into the future until you find some way to shake hands with your past.    ...and that's what I'm trying to do.    A lot of you guys have reached out and been like, "Steven, take more time for yourself."    I actually take more time for myself than you might realize or know that I do, and it’s because of systems and processes - I've gotten good at them.    I haven't built a funnel since November of 2018   I’ve maybe built a single squeeze page or something like that…    But for the most part, I haven't touched my own funnels. I don't do much on my podcast episodes anymore.    It's the system.    It's the team.    I have incredible teams and incredible funnel builders - they’re awesome.    Q: So what it has allowed me to do?    A: Let me tell you...   I've never been able to go spend time on myse