Ep 0086 Creating the Ultimate Lifestyle, Thrive with Tom Sylvester

Written by Rocky Lalvani

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Family | Finances | Life | Mindset

Creating the Ultimate Lifestyle

Take away: How to create the life of your dreams and thrive.

Action step: Determine your why? Figure out where you are today and what’s the gap to where you want to be.

Money Learnings: Tom’s dad always had a side hustle. Tom’s parents divorced and he wanted to take the money pressure off his mother.

Bio: Tom is a husband, father, serial entrepreneur and business strategist. After college, Tom set a goal to achieve financial freedom by 35. He started by building a real estate investment company, followed by opening a wine and liquor store. These days, Tom (along with his wife Ariana) spend the majority of their time helping entrepreneurs with families start and scale their businesses to enable them to achieve financial freedom as well.

Highlights from this episode:

Be intentional with what you want out of life and make sure you have the conversation with your spouse.
Why struggling as a child is actually good.
Tom’s 3 motivational quotes and how they propel him.
Know your why.
Resources to find your why.
Does your family have a mission statement?
What are the things, experiences, relationships and impact you want to have.
Work backward to build the road map.
Create your ultimate lifestyle, don’t live someone else’s.
Try out and test the life you want to be sure it’s really what you really wanted.
Why Tom is not going to retire.
What’s stopping you from living your ultimate life now?
Do you have clarity, are you intentional, can you see the opportunity in front of you?
Why asking for help is a strength.
The power of the time audit.
Your freedom number, and your dream number.
Life is a roller coaster. It’s full of ups and downs!
Everyone business and every person has struggles.
How to get through the suck.
Why get rich quick doesn’t normally work out.
How mistakes are good.
Why fear can sometimes be a positive signal.
Most people don’t want their problems solved.
Learn to delegate your work.
The principles to thrive are all the same regardless of where you are.