SUMMARY BY CHATGPT

??? Episode Overview
Tom Antion discusses the value of developing new skills — both business-related and personal — and how they can indirectly or directly benefit your business and life.
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?? Key Points
• Learning new skills keeps your mind sharp and gives personal satisfaction.
• Non-business skills (like hobbies or clubs) help you meet new people who could become clients or referral sources.
• Business-related skills save you money, time, and frustration by reducing dependence on others.
• Tom emphasizes continuous improvement, referring to the Japanese concept of Kaizen.
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??? Examples from Tom’s Life
• Became a commercial drone pilot ? can earn money with real estate videos, roof/crop inspections, etc.
• Achieved second-level ham radio license.
• Working on a motorcycle license, learning the complexity of safe riding.
• Constantly acquires practical skills (like tying knots) for both personal satisfaction and utility.
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?? Business Lessons
• Even unrelated hobbies can expand your network.
• Acquiring useful business skills (like maintaining your own website) helps you save costs and act faster.
• Be cautious of advice that says to “delegate everything” — some skills are worth learning yourself.
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?? Mentions & Resources
• Free Automation eBook: screwthecommute.com/automatefree (Version 3.0)
• Mentor program: GreatInternetMarketingTraining.com
• Accredited digital marketing school: IMTCVA.org (licensed by SCHEV, Virginia)
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?? Closing Thought
Continuous learning and skill development lead to greater independence, financial efficiency, and opportunities — both in business and personal life.

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Episode 1043 – New Skills
[00:00:08] Welcome to Screw the Commute. The entrepreneurial podcast dedicated to getting you out of the car and into the money, with your host, lifelong entrepreneur and multimillionaire, Tom Antion.

[00:00:24] Hey everybody, it's Tom here with episode 1043 of Screw the Commute podcast. Today we're going to talk about developing new skills, and they don't even have to be business related to help you in your business. How do you like that? That's what we're going to talk about today, and I hope you didn't miss episode 1042. That was on Deep Fakes and how they can be used to make money for you, or how they can cheat you and screw you over. So you don't want that to happen. All right, pick up a copy of our automation book at screwthecommute.com/automatefree. Make sure you grab version 3.0. That's the latest. And check out my mentor program at GreatInternetMarketingTraining.com and my school IMTCVA.org.

[00:01:13] Now this idea of new skills and how they can help you. I actually first heard about this on somebody was somehow I tripped on dating advice. This was many, many years ago. And that suggested that you join groups of things like bicycling or quilting or sewing or hiking, kind of like meet up stuff, book clubs. And again, all of those I just mentioned probably aren't related to your business. But anyway, they say you could meet people that way by joining clubs and at the same time enjoying or gaining a new skill. So there's benefits of getting new skills. And and one of them is the satisfaction of getting a new skill.

[00:02:03] Right. And some of them are business related. Some of them aren't. Here's just a few of the ones I've acquired recently. Not all. I do a lot of stuff. I do stuff like learning how to tie different knots and stuff. Right? One is, I became a commercial drone pilot. Uh, let's see, I got the second level out of three levels on ham radio licensing, and currently I'm working on getting my motorcycle license. And I gotta tell you, there's a lot of complicated things that aren't intuitive to ride a motorcycle safely. Right? So I'm learning all that and there's lots more of it. And first of all, learning a new skill helps keep your mind sharp. That's a good thing. The satisfaction is another thing, but let's think about the potential business benefits of this. For instance, on the drone one, it is business related because being a commercial drone pilot means I can get paid to do real estate videos, roof inspections, crop inspections for farmers, things like that. That to get an airplane to do. It used to cost enormous fortunes and nobody would do it. But now a commercial drone pilot can do it way cheaper, but it's still very profitable. So that's one that I have that skill, I have that license, and I could do those things for pay if I wanted to.

[00:03:38] Now non-related skills, how the heck do they help your business if it's not related to your business? Well, here's the thing. You are meeting new people that you would have never met, ever. And they're going to all ask you, well, what do you do? Well, what do you do and get to know you? And even if they don't become a customer themselves, they're going to be referral sources. So there's really no downside to learning new skills. Now, if it's a skill related to your business, then it's going to save you money. It's going to save you time and frustration dealing with people that aren't in your best interest. So I've been preaching that for years. Make your own website, be able to fix typos on your website without waiting three weeks and begging somebody to do it for you. So getting new skills is really part of been part of my life my entire life. And I think the Japanese call it kaizen. It's continuous improvement. So I'm highly suggesting that you pick something. And like I said, it could be just something fun that you think you would enjoy and join a group, start studying it, get involved in it, and you'll start meeting new people. Now, if it's something business related, you'll immediately start saving money by doing it yourself and get the satisfaction and time savings and extra money from not having to pay somebody else to do things that I mean, literally some of these things I do take two seconds and cost me nothing.

[00:05:16] That's why I've been able to put so much money away rather than waiting, waiting, waiting and begging somebody to do it. Now, there are certain things that are too complicated that aren't worth my time to learn, I get that, but when I hear these people telling you to delegate everything, they're just stupid. When they can't make their car payment and they're telling you to delegate everything, no, get a new skill. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Make sure you check out my mentor program. Greatinternetmarketingtraining.com and my school IMTCVA.org. It's the only licensed, dedicated internet and digital marketing school in the country, probably the world. And it's licensed to operate by SCHEV, the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia. But you don't have to be in Virginia because it's quality distance learning, and it'll save you a fortune of going to a four year college where they'll just teach you how to protest and not give you any really marketable skills that are in demand. All right. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. We'll catch you on the next episode. See you later.