How to Overcome What’s Holding You Back From Success
Hey there, Bedros Keuilian here,
Hope you’re doing awesome and that your personal training and bootcamp business is on fire!
Recently I asked my good friend Craig Ballantyne why it is that some people take information and run with it, and others
seem to know more information than all of up put together, yet they’re still struggling to make ends meet.
Here’s what Craig had to say…
One of the more interesting parts of my day involves posting inspirational quotes on Facebook. Today, I posted this and it got a tremendous response. Here it is:
“Never let life get in the way of your progress. You gotta keep on pushing on. Accept the sacrifices and just do it!”
Just do it. Seriously, I made that up – I think it would make a nice tag line.
Now that is a very simple quote, and a straightforward lesson. Yet every day I hear from at least one fitness expert who says they still working on their fitness info product – 3 months after their previous email to me about how they were still working on their product.
I don’t know what’s holding them back, but Dan Kennedy, my mentor, and the mentor to the all the Internet Marketing gurus you hear about once told me, “The failure to act is much more often the product of inner, emotional resistance than external resistance. To move forward you must give up your story, whether it is excuses about your childhood, lack of education, your “bad luck”, your unsupportive family, your low metabolism, where you live, etc, etc.”
Harsh, but true.
What separates the leaders from the strugglers is often confidence and follow-through, both of which can be derailed by internal resistance.
Take a look at Joel Marion…he first contacted me for coaching in January of 2009. By April of 2009 he had broken the Clickbank record for a fitness launch and a year later, he’s crushing the MILLION dollar mark in 3 days – and he’s only selling a $67 e-book. There is NOTHING holding this guy back. No resistance whatsoever. He’s an action taker if there ever was one.
But if you’re struggling with confidence and follow through, Kennedy recommended a powerful, emotional, and yes, even difficult exercise.
All you have to do is simply ask yourself “Why do I want to achieve ____ but I refuse to act in congruence with achieving it?”
For example, let’s say you want to have a 6-figure internet business selling fitness e-books, yet you’ve taken more than 6 months to complete your product. Ask yourself why you are taking so long. Then ask yourself why at least 4 more times. By continuing to ask why and probing deeper you will get to the real answer and source of your internal resistance – and only then will you be able to overcome it.
Bedros here again,
I don’t know about you, but anytime I’ve wanted something bad enough I got it. And it all started with me asking WHY and digging deeper into myself.
If you’re ready to create your fitness info product and sell it online and want access to the same information that Joel Marion got then check out this program that Craig put out that has helped hundreds of people create and sell information products online.
Click here to learn more >> http://fitnessinfopaycheck.com
Comments on How to Overcome What’s Holding You Back From Success »
I think Nike might take some trademark issues with the one you just “made up” Bedros.
But I actually really dig the other one. Keep up the awesome posts, and I hope FBS 2010 rocked.
Actually Craig made that up not me or Nike
Wilson @ 1:42 am
cheers craig, just purchased your program after asking myself two simple questions,
1. whats holding me back
2. what have I got to lose.(theres a 60 day risk free test drive)
info product in 30 days baby!!!
Paul,UK
Great Post yet again Bedros
Monty @ 3:24 am
Great inspiration Craig! At least Bedros admitted to the Nike thing.
Dale @ 4:19 am
Great post Bedros. This is also good for my clients.
Hey Craig, Bedros
Thanks for this timely awesome post. I got Craig’s 2nd Online Paycheck for 1 month already and had yet to act on it. I’ve been giving myself too many excuses not to start and it’s time for me to start now.
Too bad Nike won’t be using their greatest slogan anymore a key spokesperson tainted it for them
All true. Love it Bedros. And Craig’s product is such a great resource. Will help anyone who says “I just don’t know how!”
No excuses to move forward if you have the right mind set.
Hey That’s the Verizon guy. Tell him just do it and fix my freakin cable.
Great post Bedros. Outer success is an inner game.
Rokki @ 7:16 am
Great Inspiration Bedros!
Great Great post! I recently purchased Craig’s product and am in the middle of completion on it. AWESOME! You guys are the best out there in this business!! Thank you!
Shawn Horwood @ 8:57 am
Hey everyone, I’d just like to chime in and say that Craig’s product is a great one, and his OSP Newsletter is even better.
It’s probably the best newsletter I’ve ever been a member of, and I can’t wait for it to arrive at my house every month.
Great stuff in there.
Thanks for the great post Craig!
Shawn
Yup yup. So much of our struggle is internally rooted. Good stuff Craig and Bedros!
craig @ 11:22 am
Thanks everyone, appreciate the feedback. Glad you are loving the newsletter Shawn!
PS - I hate that photo. Thought I destroyed every copy that was on the internet.
Great Post Bedros and Craig! I love Dan Kennedy’s stuff! I’m actually reading The New Psycho-Cybernetics right now that he edited. Such an Amazing book! A great reference for this post as well! Thanks guys. The universe is definitely telling me something because this keeps coming up. I’m ready and I’m taking action!
Temecula Personal Trainer @ 7:00 pm
Excellent post guys. This is the problem that many clients have - just not doing what they are capable of doing.
Joseph Coyne @ 7:28 pm
Excellent kick up the back side Bedros!
Frank Back @ 7:54 am
Thanks Bedros, I have put in place a lot of your tips I have received, either directly or indirectly, and my Team Beachbody fitness opportunity has really exploded since. I am working toward achieving a Top Coach BONUS of over $100k within the next 6 months. Thanks again Bedros for everything you offer us!
John Thompson @ 7:18 am
Awesome post. That picture at the top looks like the Verizon guy.
Lindsay Vastola @ 5:56 am
Thanks Craig & Bedros…a great reminder that sometimes asking ourselves the most simple questions and taking action on them is the difference between success and failure. Thanks!
Karate Toledo @ 3:08 pm
Life getting in the way of progress is a big one! I have to constantly keep my attention and focus on the right things or I could be distracted by every little problem, issue or challenge out there instead of solutions. Thanks for the reminder.