LITTLE HELP: How to Motivate Teenagers at ORaaT Family Reunion #4

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All right, folks, we need your help.

We are brainstorming ideas for our teenage session next year or at number four.

We are committed to doing four hours of content given the facility, given other commitments.

We will be breaking this up into two two hour blocks, two hours on Sunday or two hours

on Saturday, two hours on Sunday.

But after that, folks, we need your ideas.

Cody Davis here has come up with some ideas.

We're going to brainstorm, riff on, but we would love to hear from you as well.

Cody, this is going to be your baby, or at least one of your, you're going to be one

of the leaders of this.

So what are some ideas you have for games that we could play?

Well, this idea originally stemmed from the fact that I learned bass playing games.

I got that from Robert Kiyosaki when I met him in Belize.

And an event years ago.

And there was a game that we played there.

There was a youth group.

It was like 18 years old to like 22.

And everybody connected through this trading game.

And the idea is, this is where you and I are going to have to do the work.

We come up with common goals and then items have to be traded and there's rules around

it.

So you have to make a few trades.

And basically, it's a networking game.

You have to learn who's in the room.

You have to learn by asking intelligent questions, who has what you're looking for?

And who would you have to connect them with that has the item of value?

So it's like a, it's almost a memory game.

So let's say that Dion has a piece that Matthew Lumberjack needs, but he doesn't know that.

Right.

But Matt Lumberjack has what you need.

And so what you do is you connect A to B and you get C.

And so we got to create items of value.

We'd have to create common goals and then people have their little game card and they're

like, OK, I got to figure out who has what and how do I go get it?

What type of value do I have to bring to this person in order for me to get this from

this person?

So for example, you know, somebody might have a silver dollar, right?

Just I'm just making stuff up as I go.

So somebody has a silver dollar, they don't want the silver dollar.

They would rather have, I don't know, a Ricky Henderson, rookie baseball card, I'm just

making stuff up on the fly.

But the person who has the Ricky Henderson, rookie baseball card wants a Charles Barkley

baseball or a basketball card.

And the person who has the Charles Barkley card wants the silver dollar.

So basically you've got a trade A to B and then B to C or however that works to get

all.

So all three people are happy.

You have to make multiple trades.

Is that kind of how it works?

That's the basis of it.

We could put the one round out of time spin on it.

That's where we're going to have to do the work and figure out how it really fits in with

the event to make it a learning lesson, not just a, we're just doing a trading game.

Yeah, but we could have core values of the brand and we could figure out how to intertwine

it all.

But I truly believe that that will have to leave an impact on the idea is these teenagers

would have to a get out of their comfort zone because they have a mission and they have

to go talk to multiple people and then like you say, it's a memory game.

Oh, Susie's got this, but Mark's got that and how to do all of that.

And I think one of the biggest lessons in this is that it's not that hard to go talk to

people.

If you have a goal, if you have a mission, but when I did the original conversation with

the youth at this last event, people were really shy because there was no goal.

They were just there because mom and dad brought them to this event.

If we give them a task, it'll allow them to get out of their comfort zone a little bit

easier.

Rather than I'm just getting, you know, I'm just going to get this information and I'm

just getting asked these random questions from some guy who says he has a bunch of real

estate.

That's close to my age.

Like it's a different dynamic.

So, so let me just play Devils after you.

You don't think that scares them with Jesus out of a 15 year old?

Am I?

Am I?

God, I got to talk to somebody.

Am I?

But also, there are going to be the people at the last event.

There was some that were really outgoing and then there were some that were really scared

out of conversation.

I had to open it up, at least in a game they can go at their own pace.

Well, let me let me play Devils advocate again.

I love this idea.

All I hear, all I sense is that's a lot of heavy lifting for you and I, trying to create

the trees or whatever.

Not that it's impossible, but there's a lot of work for you and I.

The other thing when you said games that I obviously went to was just their traditional

cash flow game, right, the board game.

I have, I think I have two.

I think I have one at each house.

I've got one.

Sorry.

I bet we could get, I bet we could get 10 if we asked our audience to help out.

What do you think about just having, you know, like, because this is what I'm trying

to figure out is I think just unleashing them on the board game is probably a mistake.

I think we do 30 minute kind of, here are the things you're going to learn kind of thing.

Then let them play the game.

Then let them, you know, so let me play this out.

So day one Saturday, because we only have two hours, we're going to have two two hour

blocks.

Day one, you know, 30 minute introduction, who you are, what you do here are the rules

of the road.

Then you've got 90 minutes to play the game.

At the end of 90 minutes, a clock goes off where you are, where you are.

If you won, you're great.

If you're in the game, not.

And then maybe what we do is on Sunday, we spend 30 or 45 minutes, like, what did you

learn?

And then you and I are you and your wife have like 20 questions just to pull it out of

them.

Like, why did you win or would you get stuck or because there are so many lessons that

are subtle in that game that I don't think a lot of people pick up on unless they play

it a lot?

Yeah.

And maybe we do that and we could also look at doing monopoly, monopoly might take too long.

So that would be the only issue.

But yeah.

Yeah.

I think that'd be great.

And I'm curious to see what people that are watching this think if they think, just

say, let's do the board game, because that would be a heck of a lot less work.

No, that'd be a lot less work.

That would be easy.

We just bring the game and explain it and ready to set go.

That would be ideal.

So folks think that would be good.

Great.

But I don't have kids.

So I also don't.

Yeah.

I'm operating in theory on this.

No, it's all theory.

Well, here's the other thing we could do is, again, I'm just, again, we got a year

to prep for this.

So it could be, we can do whatever we want.

The other thing we could do is we can, we can have them do a, like, like read a book,

like one rental at a time or the lazy landlord or whatever.

And then they could do Q and A with the author as well.

Again, I've just spitballing ideas.

There are going to be some kids that'll love that.

I would have hated that as a kid.

I wouldn't have read it just, but even if it's on Audible, would you have listened to

it?

I don't think I would have retained it on Audible back then.

That was just, that's a character flaw of me, but I, uh, I never really paid attention

to books.

Yeah, I didn't read books times in college.

So I get it.

I didn't read a book.

Yeah.

I think cash low game, I think that would be good.

We could figure out the takeaways.

I think before we do that, I touched a little bit on it at the event, but focusing on what

is it you want and showing the idea that if you achieve financial freedom, whatever that

is, you can go get that item or you can get the timepiece or you can get the, you know,

experience with family.

I want to, I want to push on that because I think what, I think I don't want to speak

too early, but I think I've got the idea.

I want to push on that.

What do you want?

And then I want to push on what does it cost?

Because I think that's where most kids fall down.

So what do you think if we just had all the teenagers create a vision board, right?

We bought, we had to print our setup and we brought magazines and whatever.

And we just had to literally create a vision board, like your car, your home, your family,

just all the stuff that you want.

Then after that, like that's day one, let them have fun, go bananas.

Then day two, we come back and try to figure out what is, what is this like cost?

And then we, then we get to some number and we're like, you know, what do you think of

something like that?

I think that's great.

We did a rough version of that at this event.

So I asked everybody, what do you want?

And even the shyest of shy kids were like, well, I just, I want to hang out, like hang

out with who with family, okay, well, what do you think that cost?

So we actually broke into that a little bit, but we didn't map it out on a vision board.

It's one thing to say.

It's another thing to see it.

Do you think that would be fun, like there's throwing a bunch of magazines and having

cutting out pictures and have a printer where they can print things out?

I did that as a kid.

I think that's a great idea.

I think that's the thing because that's the, that's the piece I didn't have, even though

I had a job at 12.

I worked under the table.

I had a job at 13.

I worked two jobs at 18, three jobs at 21.

I still never had a vision, right?

I was just trying to pay the bills.

And I think if we got them to think about the car, the lifestyle, the trips.

And I think we'd have to lead the witness, right?

Because again, some kids are not going to really know, but we just flash on the board

or, or, or, you know, the white board or whatever in the room.

Like what car do you want?

Go get it.

What house do you want?

What trips do you want to take?

Do you want any purses or shoes or, like, whatever?

I think that'd be fun.

Because if we could get them to say, this is what I want, this is what it costs,

then the conversation we can kind of connect the dots.

What do you think of that?

Well, and then it's like a practical use case for cash flow.

It's like in cash flow.

Exactly.

If you, okay, you need $8,300 a month, you can do that in the game of cash flow.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Or, or you get a job or, I mean, whatever.

I mean, the whole idea, hopefully, is you choose investments because your investments

are passive.

And that's how you can do it without being in the rat race.

Because I think that's the goal.

What do you want?

What does it cost?

Oh, by the way, this is like, this is the rat race, $8,300 for you.

It's 12 grand for them and it's four grand for you, right?

Your wheel's smaller.

Your wheel's bigger.

Now, how do we do this?

I think that'd be interesting.

And now they have a product to take home.

Yes, they could roll it up, take it home.

I like this idea.

Cool.

Well, we came to a conclusion and only took us 10 minutes.

That's not too bad.

Really?

Do you like that idea?

Well, I like that they're going to have a product that's the wrong.

We're not just giving them something that anybody else can have.

No one else will have what they have.

Exactly.

It will be symbolic to that event, that year.

And one thing we could do is we could take a picture of them and print it off with

their family.

Whoever brought them.

Yeah.

Family could be on the board.

Like holding it.

Yeah.

But it could go on their vision board.

Yes.

Exactly.

All right, folks.

What do you think?

We've got a trading game, which frankly is a heavy lift for Cody and probably me.

We've got cashflow board game, which we're going to have to get some friends to bring

their games with us.

Number three, we really push on the idea of creating a vision board.

What's the vision board cost?

How do you fund it?

That's what we're thinking.

We want 50 teenagers next year.

I think it has to be fun.

I love the idea of having a physical asset when they leave.

I think it'd be a lot of fun.

It's also going to be okay for extroverts versus introverts because even the introverts

I think could create a vision board.

Right?

They're not going to be forced.

There's one thing to have a 13-year-old being nervous versus an 18-year-old that's maybe

more mature.

I think this is something a 13-year-old could do as well.

Yeah.

And maybe the front side is what do I want and the back side is how do I get it?

Oh, there you go.

Oh, I love that tweak.

Day one.

What does it cost?

Flip it over.

How do we get there?

Oh, you got it.

That's sexy.

Oh, I like that.

We'll work on it.

We got time.

All right.

Folks, let us know in the comments below.

What do you want?

Three options.

Gain for trading, board game, or this vision board with the twist of how do you go get

it.

Cody, thank you for doing this.

Where could people find you?

Cody Davis Business Adventures on YouTube.

Very cool.

Thanks, family.