Tyler Teague & Pat Bendure

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Welcome to another episode of the grindcast.

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We got my man, no stranger to the grindcast.

Bulldog Pat been door in the house and his up and coming young superstar.

I've heard so much about Tyler.

Tyler, what's your last name?

Tyler Teague, uh, representing the university of Cincinnati,

bear cats still still in college.

I believe currently right now young man, uh, as an intern,

check it out as an intern at 20 years old, 2021 years old, uh,

just cleared over $150,000 as an intern while still going to college.

Check that out.

I don't know how many people have done something like that.

So I'm going to, I'm going to come to you first and ask, how do you manage a full

time position in school and then also you're in leadership?

Yeah.

I believe with the company and maintain all of that.

How do you make that happen?

I think a lot of it comes down to like what you want and like what you're going towards.

You know what I mean?

And a lot of it comes down to like your schedule.

You know, I think Marcus said at one time, he's like, whatever you're,

whatever you want is what you're going to prioritize.

You know what I mean?

So if I wanted to do school, a lot of my schedule would be school.

But if I wanted American income, a lot of my schedule is going to be American income.

So I think a lot of it comes down to like knowing your routine and like having it like

hour by hour, half hour by half hour on what you need to do, where you need to be,

what you're getting done.

You know.

So just scheduling.

Yeah.

Breaking down the schedule is how you're able to make time for all of that stuff.

Yeah, I mean, think about it.

If you're going day by day, just kind of free-solving your day.

You never know what's going to come up.

You're letting the day attack you rather than getting ahead of the day.

You know what I mean?

You know, Bulldogs told me a lot of you think your super discipline is one of the words that

stands out.

What disciplines have you followed that have led to the chunk of success that you've had,

you know, so far?

I think a lot of it is like, you know, the vision casting that, you know, American income does

a great job of, you know, knowing that at 20, right?

15 years down the road, I'm 35 and a lot of people are hitting the peak of their career.

I've already done that a couple of years ago.

You know what I mean?

They're out working.

So I got to stay with them working like, oh, got you the boats ready whenever you guys are off

work out.

You know what I mean?

Just kind of like knowing that long-term vision.

Putting the work now, knowing that's going to pay off, you know, later.

Believe in that.

Right.

Good for you, congrats, man.

So many young people don't, they miss that.

You know, they adopt the play now and pay later mindset.

Right.

And it sounds like you've adopted the pay now and play later, you know, mindset.

And I'm sure there's a lot of plan.

You could do it 150, you know, make 150 G's at 2021 years old, but, but congratulations.

Yeah.

You know, Bulldog, what things stick out to you?

That's a little bit different, you know, that you've seen than other young people you've

coached and what sticks out about Tyler.

Tyler's got a abnormal level of maturity for his age.

Like he's always doing what he's supposed to be doing, when he's supposed to be doing,

he's always in the right place at the right time.

We talked earlier about caring for people.

The guy cares about the people that he's entrusted with that he's leading.

I've never seen a level of maturity in a lot of growth.

Tyler, where does that come from?

I think it just comes from watching Bulldog, Dan, you know,

Truman, I mean, even yourself, Marcus and everybody around like you guys put so much into

your people, you know what I mean, or even just in general, because you just generally care about them.

You know what I mean?

Like when you're going up or are working through like your close friends, you do anything for them,

right?

Because you want them to do anything for you, no matter what the circumstances is, you know.

How have you been able to block out the noise?

Because you know, I remember when I was just a couple of years older than you.

I started at 22 and a half.

So I remember coming right out of college and all my friends are getting their first jobs,

and they're mostly all salary nine to five and they're meeting up at a happy hour and kicking it

on the weekends and not even, you know, even though it ain't a lot of money, you come out of college and,

you know, start making 40, 50 grand and you come from making nothing, you know,

you got a couple extra bucks, you know, to do some things with.

And I remember hearing a bunch of noise of like, man, Simon, what are you doing?

You know, you can't even hang with us, you can't do this, you can't do that.

How have you been able to block out the noise from, you know, other young people that don't see division?

Yeah, it's funny, you said, because like a couple weeks ago people were like, you work too much.

Like you don't want to be a kid.

And I'm like, you guys are giving up your years right now, and you're going to be doing the same

thing like in a couple of years. You know what I mean? Like why would I not want to get a head start?

You know what I mean? Like why would you not want to get ahead? Why would you not want to develop

the skill set now? That way you have more years to develop it and get to it. Like they're going to be

at 30 just getting their first promotion possibly. Maybe if the dude above them's died or retired, right?

I'll be at that point. You know what I mean? So blocking out the noise just comes from having a

strong vision, strong why, you know, why you shut up every day? Because if you don't have a why,

I mean, you're kind of just running yourself on the ground, right?

Yep. So present it to them. And you know, when I do go out, you know, occasionally just to go out

like show around, you know, every now and then right, still am 20. They understand it now, you know,

when whenever I tell them, you know, why I work so much and the people around me that, you know,

help the team and whatnot why they're doing the same thing is because they didn't know where we're

going, right? You know, where we're going to be? Everybody's got their stream lifestyle. Why not get it

quicker? Sounds like a lot of what you're saying is so much of it is you tying every

thing that you're doing to being able to see the future, seeing the vision of where you're going

to be five years from today, 10 years from today, 15 years from today, and how the sacrifices

currently right now are necessary in order to make that life, you know, become a reality. What advice

would you give to somebody that's younger? Like you, that needs to kind of hear some of that stuff,

you know, somebody that's coming out and they're like, man, I'm torn because I still want to have

fun. I'm hearing people telling me, you know, you only live once and, and you know, you got all your

rest of your years, the work hard, you know, you don't have to do it all right now. What would you say to

those people? I would say there is those two types of people that want to do it, you know, the

the yellow way, you only live one style we need those people, right? But at the same time, we need

the other people, you know, kind of like myself or other people that we kind of work with. Just

just having that vision up front, you know what I mean? Like just knowing what you want and like

knowing that you can get ahead a lot quicker than the other people and knowing why you're going to

do it or get the work done to get done, you know, I think I'll have it just knowing what you want.

Yeah. And you've now, now if I understand correctly that the you were recruited into this company by

people that are no longer in the company currently right now, correct? Am I mistaken? Okay. So what

kept you in the organization? You know, a lot of times is, you know, people they get recruited by

somebody if they're leadership or someone that recruited them leaves, they leave too. What what

caused you to stay? What is that that you saw or felt? It's kind of like it once you get into something

and you figure out like you're kind of good at it. Why not go all in? You know, like when I figure

out like I actually find out like kind of what we do, how we do it and kind of get in the baseline

down. I'm like, okay, for one, this is fun. Number two, around other people like myself. And number

three, we get paid pretty well. So it's kind of like I'm having fun while I'm doing it. But you know,

when that kind of moved on, you know, it's kind of hard finding something you truly enjoy and put

your time into. So I didn't really see another reason to be able to like, all right, let me just

jump ship to go somewhere else that maybe find something I kind of like. But even if you jump

ship and come back, you're still comparing, you know, I mean, like, I wish they did it this way.

Like they did the old company. I'm kind of stuck over here now, you know what I mean? Yep.

What sticks out to you, you know, because I've had an opportunity to work closely with Pat.

What sticks out to you about the about the bulldog, you know, that you think makes him good or

makes him special in leadership? I think a big attribute is knowing your people, you know, he kind

of knows what, you know, what everybody's thinking at the same time, you know, their mentality,

you know, he knows how to talk to certain people, right? The way he talks to you is going to be a

lot different than how he connects with me. And I think that's a great attribute that a leader

needs is knowing how to talk to people in different mannerisms, how you communicate with them, right?

If he's talking to Jim Saracic, it might be a little bit more professional or

you know, their buddies, right, with me kind of more slang, you know, every now and then,

keeping it real. Just kind of being able to know who you're talking to, you know?

So yesterday, you know, yesterday when when I had an opportunity to meet up with you guys,

I wish I had more time, you know, with you guys yesterday. But because of the schedule, I had

daddy, daughter dance, you know, with my daughter, dropped her off, came straight from there to come

hang out, you know, with you guys. And, you know, I seen your, your thumbs just going a mile a minute,

you know, and and taking notes, you know, and everything. And Bulldog was telling me you're always

like that, you know, taking notes. Those those are one of the big traits that I've seen in young

people that end up blowing it up is that is that they're constantly focused and taking notes in

any setting, they're just always taking notes in any setting. Want to put you on a spot a little bit,

you know, what what things from last night's conversations and it doesn't have to be with me.

Because you also had Greg there, you had Maddie D there, you know, two two of two of our best guys,

some of my favorite people. What sticks out about those conversations last night that maybe you

remember that you took some notes on it maybe you could bring back to you? I would say the highlight

point is, you know, a common you got to give up to go upright. We're going to sacrifice for

yourself to give back to the other people, you know, like my trainer example, right,

given you have me right business right instead of them, you know, them sacrificing a paycheck

for me to see a thousand dollars one time in a week. Like I'm used to working at Raisin Cains,

working 50, 60 hours a week getting paid 600 chicken tenders a week, you know, but I'm getting paid

a thousand dollars a week just for doing simple work. So a lot of is just truly caring about

the people that you're with, you know, whether it's work, business life, you know, reaching out to

them throughout the week day by day, ask them how they're doing or decide, you know, because you

generally care about them and build that culture up, right. It makes me more happy to see somebody

else smile than myself to smile, you know what I mean? Like making somebody else laugh gets me more

excited to see them enjoy themselves and get happy. Seeing them get paid is a lot better than,

you know, when I get paid. So I think it's a big thing. What traits have you seen in people that

you thought would do well in our business that don't end up, you know, doing well? Anything that

stands out about the people that don't make it, you know, that you could, that's like, man, these

are some things that seem like are always there when these folks, you know, don't make it.

Yeah, number one is, is like they're like, like they're lateness, you know, they're not on the

schedule. They're kind of their own time. They're kind of like one foot on the ground, one foot

hanging off the boat. You know what I mean? They're not really fooling. They're just not all in.

Yep. Not all in would be a big one. Not discipline to a schedule. Kind of late for stuff. The little

small thing, I know big deal. Right. A couple minutes. Yeah, but the small deals make, you know,

make the biggest thing, right? Like if you can't show up at 9 a.m., how can I expect you to do

x, y and z. That's going to come down the line. Another third thing I think is communication,

right? I think people that come in and they're not doing well, they don't communicate it. I think

that people that are there that won't help constantly texting me, calling me, blowing me up like,

hey, can I get time with this, this, and this. You might think it's like annoying now, but then I

realized like how I was at first. I was like, that's the same way, you know, so kind of clicks in the

head. They're not communicating with you. They're just trying to get by. Yep. Now you've got some

talented people, loyal people, you know, I had an opportunity to meet a couple of your guys,

you know, last night. What's what sticks out to you about about those two? You know, why did,

why you bring those two on this trip? What makes them special? What things can other people grab

from like, why them? Yeah. I think the biggest thing is like having those like inner circle people

with you, whether it's work, life, hobbies, whatever, you guys can talk about anything and it kind

of seems like it's your college or like high school buddies, you know, whether, you know, stuff's

going bad, you guys can still find a way to smile on the moon, you know, and those are the kind of

people that they're worth, you know, four couple hundred dollars in on a phone session. We're still

cracking jokes, you know, getting to it. So I think the camaraderie and the like the morale of the

team and just building that up front culture with that inner circle is huge, you know, for you guys

to grow and with them in general, they just got huge amounts of discipline. They're open to coaching,

right? A lot of people that are leaders were once followers, right? So they have huge following

capabilities, you know, leading, implementing, listening to every word that, you know, Dan,

Hartwig, I mean, yeah, Bulldog and Marcus and Jim and they just soak everything in and they

pour it back out, you know, when the time is needed and they're just super open, anything they need

or anything that frustrated with excited about, we all know what's going on. No doubt, special group

of people that you have to work with, you know, very wise of you, Tyler, as a young person to

to realize that, you know, of not many people have a Jim Sarace and Marcus Smith, Pat Bendor,

Dan Hartwig, you know, to be able to surround themself with it. I mean, literally every person,

I just named, I feel my confidence level, if I'm, if my mindset was being read, you know, on

these things that could read a lot of detective tests, you know, I would be off the charts at my

belief of those four, you know, people and the character of those people and the hearts of those

people and how much that they would do anything, you know, for you, the loyalty of those people,

man, it's just so, so very rare, you know, the advice I was giving you, you know, yesterday

at the table was, you know, one that's pretty simple, you know, of don't lose your mind,

you know what I mean, you're just so set right now at your age, it's just you're set for life,

all you got to do is not fumble, all you got to do is not screw it up. And the only thing that I

ever see people, you know, that young world, you know, that caused them to screw it up when they

got that is something that Jim Sarace has pounded in my head, you know, for all these years that I

think has kept me out of trouble, which is just keeping your ego in check, you know, keep that,

keep that ego in check and stay humble, you know, stay humble, stay coachable, you know,

to the people and the more success that you have, the more humility that you want to keep with you,

the more grateful that you want to get. And you'll see, you know, people around you that over the

years don't follow that, you know, you'll see even people that you bring up and coach over,

you know, you talk about the next 10 years and ain't all going to be sunshine to rainbows and

probably already hasn't been all sunshine to rainbows, but give yourself a decade, you know,

and you'll see that the things that stand out of the people.

that trust in you that are loyal to you that don't let their ego you know get above you know

their humility are the ones that are going to have greatness you know long-term with you and the

people that that start to lose their humility and their ego gets inflated and the loyalty goes

astray those are going to be the people that you see that end up being you know figuratively dead

bodies you know that that don't make it and end up putting their own feet in their own mouth

but i'm just so excited you know for you and and i know that's one thing that i would put on

on him you know if i had you know one word you know to describe him and there's a lot of words

that i would use to describe him but but one word to describe him is is is loyal man loyalty

they don't they don't be they don't get too much more loyal and it's been it's been cool to watch him

as a husband and as a father you know when we started in this business

uh we were like you in a sense of of man we're doing all this reminding ourselves that we're doing

all this because one day we're going to have a nice house in the neighborhood next to Dan Hartwig

and we're going to be able to have our kids play and we're going to have a swimming pool we're

going to be able to go to the place and we're going to be able to do all these cool things and

drive nice cars and and i'm going to be able to go to my son's flag football and i'm going to be

it was just all a all a dream uh at one point man and it's it's coming through your hard work

and ability to stay even heal through uh ups and downs and and good and bad and never be able to

to waver so you're learning from the best you're learning from the absolute best in the industry

what do you see for for for Tyler you know if you're giving me you know what do you see for him

over the next couple years and then you know for my young people because i know my young people

you know they have a good relationship with you and i love that our our agencies are like family

you know what i mean so if you can give some advice to our young people about what stands out

about Tyler that they can adopt and then what do you see for Tyler over the next few years

i think Tyler's going to dwarf in the future if he stays on the pace that he's on and stays exactly

how he is having that humility having that coachability having that discipline he's going to dwarf

anything we've ever done in the future the way he operates is at a level that i've never seen

i keep saying it but it really really sticks out to me that the amount of time he pours into

himself his mind his body his spirit he's on point whatever you're on the mind body spirit Tyler

every day i got to describe to it every morning it's on the you know the highlight reels on Instagram

i got to have there for the past year and a half every day speaking to your Instagram

Tyler maybe anybody who's got a son a daughter in college or maybe anyone who's in college right now

and is looking for that internship as we call it how how would they reach out to you through your

Instagram you can reach my Instagram just Tyler with two ours and then TEEA GE yep shoot me a DM

whatever like TEEA GE yep real simple just like Tyler Teeck in the NBA got you yeah beautiful

so this is uh this we used to say this is like the NFL or NBA you know other than it not being

the NFL or NBA so welcome welcome aboard man thank you for taking taking advantage of opportunity

unlimited man at any time that that it's cool now that i have an opportunity for young people to

call me a OG you know and you coming up on two decades into business i remember being that person

and uh i didn't really get it now i get it now that that now that i'm in a position where i can

leave right now and i'm set for the rest of my life because of what this company's done for me

it means so much to me to watch young people like you come in and and do what you're doing and

take advantage of of opportunity unlimited so many people get the opportunity and don't take

advantage of it in in anytime people say oh thank you you know i'm like man thank you for

for taking advantage of opportunity unlimited man and and you're called to take us to the next level

you're called to take us to a place and do things that people have never done that's what we're supposed

to do that's what the next generation is supposed to do so we're all behind you Tyler Bulldog Tyler

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