Phil Vaughan's Growth Strategies

My niece Hailey lives a few doors down from my office. I promised to take her & my nephew to Disney on her Bday in April, and these are the notes that are left on my windshield everyday 😂❤️
I love her.

🔥How I became a millionaire without completing 9th grade🔥

24 yrs old, several thousands in debt, High-school kick-out (Didn’t quit lol) and in the back of steel company working alongside a great group of people from Mexico is when I committed to an obsessive 180 into Christ, Personal growth & fitness.

Jogged to work from Burlington to Edgewater Park most mornings because I didn’t have a drivers license, but was listening to Audio while running, getting ideas, being inspired & excited for what’s ahead of me.

I read a book a week, invested in seminars, coaches, mentors and the right environment. Commited to giving 10% of my income to my church because I loved how they reinvested it into helping missions & causes I love. I invested over $250K into my own education again though books, events, coaches, whatever I can get my hands on to make me better. Always paid in cash, no loans like Harvard would get you on for 30 yrs. But the amount of investment is equivalent to an Ivy League School.

Was I over compensating for a lack of HS & College education? You bet. But I knew “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”

Was it eduction alone? I wish, that’s the problem with formal education, with more education you think you can rest on its laurels.
It was packed filled with action, risks, jumping in & burning boats. But without education & all action, your only in the school of hard knocks.

I was already from that school from 14-24. There’s other schools to supplement with, it’s not the only one lol. I like learning from others mistakes, ideas & breakthroughs whenever I can. I’m fully aware I’ll still make them, but if I can reduce it by 1/3, that may save & gain me a lot of time, sanity & money! I like shortcuts whenever I can make them. I like listening to a mentor saying go left, I went right and got hammered. I love peoples story’s of triumph & help.

Am I a sucker? I’m a 9th grade (kick-out) trying to be a good Dad to my two kids in my teens (which I sucked) and should be dead, in prison or still a rascal!
80 yr old me would say “not bad kid, don’t know how you (read 2nd half on FB)

📚 New Book study with the team. 15 Laws Of Growth.
What are some great books your teams studied or are studying now?

What also cracks me up about old Abe, they were so poor he had to go to school with Deer skin clothes his mom made for him lol.

Ski time ⛷

Love your brothers. Love that Momma of yours. Love, forgive & connect with family as much as possible. I’d give two legs to have everyone back. My mom would laugh over this but I’ll give just give a left hand to have her back lol. 🎯 BE GRATEFUL FOR FAMILY 🎯

I want to thank my amazing wife Allison Vaughan for the man flowers delivered to my office today! 😂

❄️ First time skiing 6 yrs ago. We failed, fell & was frustrated for hours. Then we finally got it and what an experience. Doesn’t that remind you of anything that’s worth pursuing in life?! ❄️

Ping Pong and Badminton center. Major fun 🏸

I worked out 5-6 times a week for 16 years. I don’t think I ever went as long as two weeks in a row with out doing a workout

You’d think I’d look like Lou Farigno by now but I never overcame my emotional and bored eating habits. I made pre-made meals for 16 years, counted calories, did macro diets, Palio, Whole 30, Isogenix, Keto, fasting, hired 2-3 health & fitness coaches, and failed all of them because I wasn’t consistent and I’m still not consistent.

I’ll go 3 days in a row & then go vent on some fast food or something terrible after a bad day or boredom. Palio I did for 30 days, felt amazing then regressed.

I haven’t overcame this area yet. But its so crucial I do. I want it bad & it has to happen. I have 20 excuses why I haven’t done it yet but it’s just a false story I tell myself.

Excuse & Lie 1️⃣ It’s easy for single people to lose the weight, being single is best fat burner out there lol.
2️⃣People don’t have the business pressure like me & constantly put out fires. A Donkey’s cheesesteak is well deserved after this hard day.
3️⃣ I workout all the time, I can afford this 5,000 cal meal 😂
4️⃣ Fast metabolisms, genetics, Steven Thurman type baby belly’s that just can’t eat alot of food 😂

I have 20 of these lies, excuses & stories!

I just wanted to rat myself out on this publicly & call out my own bullcrap.

It’s time to dig deep and achieve the health & weight goals that I’ve been writing down almost daily for years! It’s time to be consistent & make my healthy eating habits sustainable.

Will I do it? I’ve had this fresh motivation & inspiration literally 500 times, started & failed.

Michael Brennan is on my butt, will I fail him & myself again?

Time will tell. But I’ll never stop fighting, scraping, biting & forging forward until I break this habit & a few others.

Thanks for letting me vent, rat myself out and forcing accountabilty publicly 🐀 🏋🏻‍♀️ 👀

📚 First time reading a book while sitting next to it’s Author 😂😂
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A large part of my growth over the years has been forcing myself into circles of people that are farther along than me in areas of my pursuits. Both personal & professional. And it was easy to go up because I was & still can be a knucklehead 😁

I’m very grateful to join this awesome community The Collective Genius. I know this group will instantaneously add major value to me, my family, business & personal growth.

I’m trusting I can add equal value back to the group & make a bigger impact to people in my circle & community!

Tithing & investing in myself has given me exponential growth year over year. I can’t wait to look back on this post one year from now when FB reminds me and laugh & count my blessings on how far I’ve come 🙏
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We’re looking for salespeople to join our awesome Real Estate team in South Jersey/Philadelphia area.
No Real Estate license required. Full training provided & will learn every aspect of Real Estate investing.
Sales experience is a plus, but if you were in the Hospitality business or are personable and can speak comfortably with sellers, we’ll train you on the rest!
We also pay referrals if anyone in my network recommends someone.

Thank you to my awesome wife Allison Vaughan for putting up with me for 10yrs! She deserves an Olympic Gold medal. ❤️ 🥇

We also brought 8 of our family members to St Thomas & without her administration & leadership I would of had 8 people stuck in Turnpike traffic with our flight taking off above our heads 😂

This family trip where I wanted to take care of everyone’s expenses has been a dream of mine for 10+ years. Finally came into fruition. Now I will like to do it once a year. Just want to create lifetime memories, fun, stories & give back to my family that has experienced a little above average of hardships.

God is blessing me more & more each year, and my success keeps blesses others, so I believe I’ll continue to excel as long as I know to keep serving, giving & practicing reciprocity.

Please see the funny pic of my Dad sleeping, only man who wears dress socks on the Islands 😂 Family joke, had to catch it before he hides them and says he didn’t bring them.

Two amazing autobiographies!
Just for these two guys to dream, scheme & scrape around to learn how to read is alone & equivalent to climbing Mount Everest!

Just to learn how to read when it was illegal to learn took the greatest hustle, grit & determination. And that’s only scratching the surface on their uphill climb of all other pursuits & successes.

It’s remarkable to read their own writings & story of overcoming.

A friend of mine the other day was complaining about limitations, I said you better go read about Douglas’ Bio, you have no excuse cupcake lol.

Closed on this duplex beauty in Pitman today. Can’t wait to make her look all Perty!

How good it feels to be back in Barnes & Noble sitting down & relaxing!
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🚀We are Hiring !!!🚀

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All parties happy.
Happy Happy Happy 😃
I did not my job!
www.philbuyshousesfast.com

Great view on the flight, and now compete quietness to review & reflect the last 3 days.

❤️ Happy Siblings Day! ❤️
Especially to my two brothers,
my older brother Wayne & my youngest brother Jonathan who are not here 🙏
Love you Guys & miss you! Miss the laughs. We’ll see you again before we know it.

As for Justin & Jesse, love you guys & would do anything for you! Not to get dramatic lol..but would take a bullet for either of you, were all we have left.
Let’s make Mommy, Wayne & Jonathan proud of our lives 💪

Yes, Comparing yourself with others can get ugly mentally.
But when I saw this guy doubling my weight next to me, my mind said it’s possible to do more. I doubled my plates instantaneously & had some clean reps & had a new PR.

Everyone says never compare yourself w/ others, but for me when it’s done positively & w/good intentions, I always go higher.

In CrossFit when I saw others my same age & weight throwing up massive amounts of weight, I said why not me? I thought to myself there is no reason why I’m playing small. It’s just a mental limit. 45 days later I was lifting almost double the weight.

Comparing has a dark side, yes. But there’s also two sides of the coin if you ask me. When I see others killing it in my weight class (business, age, background, sports, etc) it always makes me question “Why not me?”

In my business I saw fellow knuckleheads killing in Real Estate. I said if they’re doing I can surely do it lol.

It’s why I intentionally try to get around people that are higher than me in my weak or average areas. It always brings me up. If I have to pay to be around those people, whatever it takes. Because it builds in me a faith “that it possible, they’re doing it”

What this means to me. If you can read it 🙂

“We do our best work in the dark”

Before the day starts I’m doing my best work.
Working on my mind, spirit, health & soul.
Journaling, praying, reading, reviewing/writing goals, working out & visualizing.

Work harder on yourself than your job.

🔥Holy Moly I say🔥
What a read! Thought I could knock this out over the weekend but ended up underlining everything.

My past is nuts, it’s too crazy to fully explain. I share it at retreats, institutions, jail settings & churches.
But I’m coming publicly out the closet now 👀

What a past & upbringing it was! But I own ALL. Things & events that weren’t my fault & all that was my fault. It’s a remarkable story of change & growth 🚀

Get ready for entertainment & inspiration 🔥

🙏 I’m so grateful for all the people who’ve helped me through life.

In every area of life I’ve had mentors, friends & influencers who helped shape me. It’s amazing thinking of the chain of friends & influences.

Some in small subtle ways through conversations & friendship, some in more intentional/consistent meetings & plus a handful of coaches in different areas of my pursuits.

It has to be at the very least 100 key influencers that had an impact on my life, not counting authors, etc.

I will soon try to list each person on here & give a big thank you.

I can’t judge anyone that says that they’re self made, I just know I am not. Many hands were and are in my pot 🙂
Thank you!
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My buddy Bud Evans means business. That’s commitment 👍

📚 My Favorite Hobby & Addiction.
But most important is to implement what you’re learning, or you can waste a lot of time 📚

Just found this book buried. I shared his story & mindset to a High-school about 5 yrs ago. This is before the political inflammation.
What a story & journey!

In a growing company you must implement & stand by your Core Values. I narrowed our Core Values to these 8, from 20 😁
It’s recommended you have 3-7 tops.
What are some of yours, and/or if you had to pick three here, which ones would you pick?

Keeps me up at night sometimes 💪
Luke 12:48 “To much is given, much is required”
Don’t bury your talents!

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