How Have You Changed?

Oh yes.

I also have won some and it seems like I have lost more times than I won.

But the losses have been transforming me like fire does to iron.

I don’t have all the answers but I don’t let that hold me back anymore.

I now try to trust my gut instinct more even if it means I have to say no to certain situatations.

I don’t no where the hell i’m going with this…but i guess…oh yeah..now i remember….i guess i have that ADDDDDD everyone talks about. Its cool to have it now adays.

But my point is that I have changed for the better. I am more focused then ever and going to the info summit and talking with all the energized people brought more clarity and made certain things more real for me.

So i have been laying down the foundation of change and i will prove it this New Year 2010

I used to not know who the hell I was or what the hell I wanted…

I used to not fully appreciate… you name it- family, friends, myself, opportunities….

I used to be the fat girl, funny girl…

I used to be somewhat of a follower…

I used to hate to read or study…

I used to hate olives, avocados, and spinach…

I used to live inside a box of my own comfort zone…

BUT NOW

I appreciate every person in my life, every opportunity that I am given, and how friggen lucky I am….life is good.

I live outside the box. I am a true individual and a non-conformist. I love being like no one else in this world.

I love to read and study (the things that I want to read and study)

I’m no longer the fat, funny girl… just the funny girl (my mom tells me I’m funny, I swear! haha)

I am a true leader…none of this follower bullshit anymore. The world needs more leaders.

I am so ready to take on this world- kick ass and take names- a mere morsel of the scared lady I used to be. Bring it on!

Great thought-provoking post Bedros. If we aren’t changing and growing ALL THE TIME, then we need to take action to provoke growth. It’s important. Inherently, we will always be who we are, just a little brighter, a little wiser, and a little more experienced.

Rock on!

Hey Bedros,

Great post dude and yes it really does make you take stock of how you have changed over the years.

truth is I am sure many of us have been down a very dark path before.

I to left school at the age of 15. Originally for a profession in tennis (until injury) slowed my rise in the rankings.

I took a warehouse job in my hometown and started drinking. Then moved to the transport game here in Australia. Now I am not to sure what happens in the USA, but taking drugs to stay awake to get your load in on time is normal over here, so I resorted to hard life of drug taking just to get the work done.

Then it got worse as we started going out on weekends and taking more drugs, then supplying it others (I had it on tap).

Then a the love of good woman taking me for who I was and how was, always telling me I could be, do or have anything I ever wanted as long as I chose to..

Slowly I came back from the dark side and got back to my original passion of the fitness industry.

Now it has been years since those dark days, but I wouldn’t take a single day back as they have helped mould the person that I am today and I appreciate all the people I met in that time.

When I decided to change I said I would own and run the biggest and best Personal Training Business in Australia, and over the last two years I WON the Australian Personal Training Business of the Year, and like you Bedros very close to the other goal of a seven figure income…

Now working on change again as I would love to travel and get up on stage and help deliver the message to other trainers like you do so well on the fitness industry. Since returning from FBS in Orlando I put in to become a presenter at Australia’s Biggest Fitness Expo and have since been accepted, so I am on my way.

I love this shit called life!!!

You ALL rock

Scottie from Kangaroo Land

I’ve learned to let go and not get stressed out if things don’t always go my way. It’s allowed me to chill and go with the flow more.

I was the same way. I used to battle with people over drunk stupid shit and now I am in the position to help people. The only problem with me is that I can not get a loan of any sort to open my own studio and its killing me.I am so sick of work9ing thru healthclubs and working with clowns that have no idea how to run a respectable healthclub. It all stems from me being a younge and dumb business owner at the age of 15. I started my own window cleaning and high preasure cleaning company. Then ceramic tile then contravting all while having the skills to be one of the top producers in the nation. Iwent into a healthclub that just opened in Pittsburgh and told the owner I am the best. He said your hired. I went from 0 to hero fast. 7 months no marketing 56 clients and over $79,000 bucks. No marketing I used the gym floor. I am a triple threat cause I sell training at a very high volume and nutrition memberships and basically what ever else I can make money on. I so need my own place to hit that Half a million mark I know I can. Thats in 2 to 5 years I could do that. I sold $175k in training at a club in West Palm beach and still no of no one that has done this in one month. I love the challenge but really need my own place. Not bad for an ex drug dealer!!

Great post! That Anthony Myers fellah sounds like one smart guy haha.

How Have I changed?

I used to the be anti-social, sit in the corner of the class room kind of kid. I was so nervous to speak around the “cool kids” that when the teacher would call on me my voice would literally tremble and I would speak very fast just to get it over with. I honestly thought all of the “cool kids” were looking at me and thinking “What a loser”… I actually believed they were better than me and I didn’t belong.

Now I will talk to anybody and everybody.I think I could even pull off speaking in front of a large crowd. I am no better than anyone and no one is better than me.

I don’t want to sit here and name off all of the ways I have changed, but my most recent change has been conquering my fear of flying. I owe that to you Bedros. I was DEATHLY afraid of flying until October when I attended your event in Orlando.

I was shaking, I wanted to run for the airplane door. I just kept thinking to myself. “If you want this bad enough, don’t let this damn airplane stop you. This is your future, this is going to be life changing. If you can’t hop on a plane for 2 hours because you’re “scared” then you obviously don’t want it bad enough”. Oh yeah… and seeing all of those 2 year olds who were sitting on the plane with big smiles on their faces made me feel like a huge wuss.

Just in case anybody is wondering. It WAS worth it, It WAS life changing, it WAS the best thing I ever did. I would have taken an 8hour plane if I had to.

Now…Let’s just say that if it was possible I would hop on a plane and go somewhere new every weekend.

Good thoughts, Bedros. When I was in high school I was shy…the antithesis of the cheerleader type. Who’d have guessed I’d be an obnoxious aerobics instructor/personal trainer?

Bedros, awesome post to reflect and take a look back..

Damn how I have changed…

In short…. Fat, KFC Manager did not complete high school (technically) still got into a highly regarded business course (which was booooring) so dragged myself out the crap at kfc, dropped 80 something pounds and became a PT and ran my own business. From Melbourne to London to Alaska to Miami to Melbourne to Toronto.. PT all over the world and exponential growth… values have shifted so to my idea of what life is about. Now always wanting to learn, grow and contribute consistently.. KFc days all I was contributing to was the size of my waistline LOL..

And that’s only the short version of the story… longer version is better in person

Cheers B

AT

Hey Scott…

Awesome story mate… and you guys totally kicked some backside winnin that award.. Congrats and look forward to meeting you down the road.. AT

Hey Bedros, I wanted to come to the info summit, but we just couldn’t do it, with the Chattanooga’s Biggest Loser contest going. We just couldn’t leave our contestants!

You have changed me, in the past couple of years. I remember the first fitness summit that you put on. It opened my eyes to what was possible. I was an in-the-trenches, work 14 hours a day kind of guy working clients one on one. But that first summit, I learned about the power of boot camps and group training and asking for what I was truly worth. Not just doing a “free aerobics class” like they do at a gym but actually charging people per head, per month. From there on, my journey has taken many twists and turns, some of which you know about. Lets just say, I will never have a partner in business again, (other then my wife) unless its a “silent Partner” backing us with the funds to go on!

But, looking back just one a couple of years ago to now, I have really done a lot of growing. Kristen, my wife, and I own our own 3200 square foot “private studio”. We take on one on one training clients based on if we want to or not, most of the time we just work on building our boot camps. Best bang for the buck, right? Now we have 5 boot camps going on everyday, 5 days per week with around 10 to 15 people in each one.

I still have a lot to learn, but I am so happy to have found you just a couple of years ago and i look forward to working with you in the future as well.

Keep up the good work spreading the message to trainers, just none in my area, okay!!!! LOL

Hi Bedros,

Change is constant and everyday something about me change, sometimes good and sometimes not so good. But to evolve into the person I want to be, I have to try new things and push the envelope a little harder than I am used to doing. So Change - I accept it, I welcome it and I change daily.

Now today I am changing my out look on some things - FIRST - after I right this post, I’m looking into the mirror and changing into Super Man (The Training Genius)LOL. Seriously, everyday we change, however, we must stay focus and make changes (as you say TWEAK) to become better.

Shannon (Mastermind 2009-2010 $Millionaire)

I love hearing about everyone’s story of change. Change is constantly happening, whether we bring it on or simple by staying idle.

Forces us to grow, step out of the comfort zone, become the people were were meant to be, and to dominate!

Thanks for all the comments all… keep’em coming

B

Thanks for bringing up this question Bedros…

I used to hang out on my computer all day and just surf the web (I actually thought I was being productive!)

I used to be so afraid of committing to anything that I wouldn’t even make a Facebook account.

I used to be so afraid of committing I would practically turn away leads and prospects!

I used to live inside my comfort box that I would regret it at the end of every day.

It’s crazy to look back to even a few years ago at how much I’ve changed. I hope I’ll be making the same strides (if not more) in the years to come.

I use to be the biggest a$$hole around, hated authority, caused trouble, sabotaged my own life and relationships and worked crappy jobs.

I’m still a bit of an a$$hole, but I can control it more now, I still hate authority (which is why I am my own boss) but I have learned to pick and choose my battles. I now try to stay positive as much as possible, I got married and run my own business.

I could write a book on how much I’ve changed, but right now I’m just happy that I live the life I live.

Doug Seamans
PRIDE Conditioning
http://www.prideconditioning.com

Bedros,

It seems like a lot of the most successful people have “hard luck stories” about their pasts. While I am not saying it is necessarily fundamental for success, there’s got to be an intangible quality about it that proves to be invaluable for those who go through it all. Heck, you’re more successful than many PhD’s and a class act to boot! That speaks volumes on so many levels.

Thank you for being so generous with your time and for all that you share on this blog.

I was the class idiot… always in trouble for fun, nothing serious though.

I was booted outa school because they didnt want me mixing with the other kids, I was only aloud in for my lessons then sent on my way. I graduated with sweet F.A.

Joined Military straight from school… fighting every week, boozing… got banned from boozing, banned from the town centre and confined to camp. Bit a dudes pinky finger off, because he was bullying me… put a corporal in the hospital for a week and had to have reconstuctive surgery on his face because he was bullying me. Ended up in a psyciatric hospital!

Left Army in 2002… continued boozing and fighting until me and my brother left 5 door men unconsious in a kebab house… well I didnt know when enough was enough so they through me in jail for 9 months after I was looking at up to 14 years in jail. Lookily… no of them pressed charges.

Since I’ve been out I’ve not been in trouble with the law or had and sort of fisty cuffs with anyone.

I’m now regarded as the best PT in my town, got 2 beautiful lil boys and on my to a 7 figure fitness business all because of dudes like Bedros, Chris, and Steve.

Nobody in my new circle knows of my troubled past… You see, that just aint me!

Oh, I have changed too!

I too was never really interested in learning. Maybe it is because it is forced upon you whether you are interested or not, or maybe you would rather be doing things that are more fun. I went to high school everyday to play whatever sport I was doing at the time. Classes were a necessary evil. But then I went to college and finally studied something I enjoyed. Then I went to grad school and got even deeper into a tighter niche. And in the 10 years since grad school I have changed 100 times over, and I hope like a fine wine, I just keep getting better with age! I love learning now, about many topics not just a few. And I love that

I’ve definitely changed!

I was an overweight drug dealing pot head just 6 years ago. Then one day (when I was sober) I realized that my life was going down the drain and I had a daughter on the way. That day I started working out and lost roughly 70lbs in a little over 4 months. Since then I been helping people to accomplish the same success I did. I became a personal trainer and I was dead broke and then I purchased Hitech Trainer. Then I actually found you and you have change my life. Financially and mentally. I’m not where I’m going to be yet but I’m definitely on my way. Thanks Dude.

I have definitely changed. I used to do things my way and always wanted to make the system better. I learned that sometimes it is best to buy into a working system…hence fit body boot camp.

Thank you.

Brien Shamp
http://www.optimalfitnesslifestyle.com