By pairing this ritual with mental conditioning—such as listening to Myron Golden on turning stress into opportunity—he frames everyday struggles as blessings that strengthen character and drive future success. He emphasizes that simply showing up, whether for a workout or a business task, is often the hardest yet most transformative part of growth.
Throughout the episode, Gresham maintains an upbeat, motivational tone, urging fellow builders to keep pursuing their unique visions. He acknowledges setbacks but remains confident that perseverance will lead to a breakthrough, noting that he’s already reached day 270 of his franchise‑broker journey.
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Intro 00:01
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Gresham Harkless 00:26
Hello. Hello. Hello. This is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast. And this is a special episode of our I AM CEO podcast.
And this is actually going to be a snippet of a snippet. So to speak, I'm just doing an intro because I've been starting to document my journey into starting what is now called Blue Star Franchise.
We're also going to do a kind of subcite within CB nation called. a franchise CEO. So you'll see some links in the show notes related to that.
But I just want to give you a little bit more insight, give you a little bit more color in some of the aspects of why I'm actually doing this.
Because one of the things I was doing as I was going through training to start up this new business was realizing and hearing from the founder of FBA, the Franchise Brokers Association, that it'd be really cool to document your journey. going through and building this out.
I think it's something that would be super helpful, obviously, for people that are looking for and thinking about starting franchises. But frankly, if you're starting anything, any type of business, I think it's really cool to kind of just even see the journey and how it's been going from there.
So I'm going to share a few of those snippets from the first couple of videos that have been created. But definitely, of course, subscribe to our YouTube. Check out a lot more where I figure out exactly where we're going to post this. So I have that information that's available to you.
But regardless, if you're a builder, continue to keep building, continue to do your thing. The world definitely needs exactly what you're trying to build.
It needs you to be your unique self. So make sure to run your own race because nobody can run your race like you. This is Gresh signing out. I hope you have a phenomenal rest of the day.
I think it's day 170 of this franchise broker journey. And today just kind of ultimately, you know, focused on the power of the workout.
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The morning routine ends up being one of the most powerful things you can do just because I think life can get really crazy.
But if you can start to codify your morning routine, what I like to call my star time, it ends up being really, really powerful. And I call it my star time largely because I took my dog out when she was alive.
And that was a time that I had to be very, very focus on consistency for myself, but also for her, like the morning walk, making sure she comes back, she's fed, she has all her things, and then she would usually just take a nap.
So I obviously miss doing that. But still, that is something that was, I think, codified for me a lot more with her than any other time, because the more consistent I was with things, the more that I knew that she would be able to, you know, have a good day, I'd have a good day.
I'd be able to get some peace and be able to do some work and things like that. But with that being said, I was listening to Myron Golden and he was talking about how doors open up and how sometimes the stress that you go through is for your benefit and for, if you believe or I'm a believer, God's benefit.
And I think when you're starting to go through those steps in that process and you understand that, then that puts you in a place where you can definitely start to embrace the need to celebrate the struggles, celebrate the things that don't go the way you want them to go, because they're just going to strengthen you.
It's going to make you better and it's going to make you a more powerful person. So I'm, you know, definitely excited about that.
You know, taking on that new mindset and that mentality that you count the struggles as blessings because they just strengthen you for the next thing that you're going to go through.
So it's one of those things that I'm definitely frustrated having gotten a sales, having been able to do the things like I planned on doing them.
But at the end of the day, I know that if I'm able to continue to kind of lean into this process, continue to get better, I know it's going to be better on the other side.
I know it's going to be a breakthrough that's coming. So definitely looking forward to that, looking forward to what comes about.
These workouts are the strengthening of my mind as well, too. I think one of the things when you go through a challenging workout or just any challenges sometimes it's just showing up and doing the workout is the challenge itself not the workout itself.
As much it's just like showing up as my lovely co-host just dropped something once you're able to do that then you start to realize that hey I could do some really phenomenal things.
And if I could really like lean into the struggles lean into the the stresses and the problems as well too so Looking forward to that, looking forward to continuing to sharpen the saw, continue to do better.
Day 170 I believe, which is wild. But we'll continue moving forward.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help. And of course, looking forward to giving you more and more updates.
Outro 04:36
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