Because I've been on vacation these last 3 weeks I've not had a lot of time in front of the TV watching the Olympics this time around.
Shame really, because every time I watch one of these 4 yearly sports bonanza's I'm always motivated, inspired and reminded about how becoming a champion in anything is the result of some rather simple 'rules' rather than anything outrageously complex.
Sure, all Olympians are great athletes in their own right but their greatness comes from some of the simplest, most fundamental basics you can think of and can be applied just as easily to making a success of business and life in general.
They are:
1. Do what you love - When you are doing what you love and loving what you do you never have to worry about doing it well because you're naturally drawn to doing it as best as you can by your passion.
Whenever you work at anything in life with passion as your fuel, your success is practically guaranteed.
Lesson: Do what you love or don't do it at all.
2. Commit 100% - You don't become an Olympian with a 'kinda, sorta, maybe' attitude and you won't make a success of your life or business that way either.
Commitment simply means making a decision that cuts you off from all other possibilities and holds you true to your goal.
Lesson: Once you decide to do something then give it everything you got. Play to win and and do everything within your power to make sure you do
3. Practice, Practice, Practice - Olympic athletes don't wake up with the skills required to compete in the greatest games on Earth. They get that way through practicing and practicing often until their weaknesses are gone.
You need to do the same and make sure that you take action DAILY to practice the skills of success.
Lesson: Determine what skills you are most lacking in your quest for success and practice those skills FIRST until they're no longer a weak link.
4. Get a coach - No one gets to the Olympics without a great coach teaching, correcting and pushing them to do better than they've demonstrated in the past. In fact, an athletes choice of coach is often seen as the most critical decision they will ever have to make.
This is true with life success too.
Lesson: Most people think they don't need or can't afford a coach to help them succeed. The truth is, practically every successful person you've ever met (just like every Olympian) has had a coach to help get them to that success, to that win far faster and far easier than they could do so alone.
You need a coach.
5. Compete! - You'll never win if you never get in the game. There are no Olympic medals for watching or even talking about the games.
The only person who even comes close to the medals is the person who steps into the arena and puts it all on the line.
Same with success in life.
Want to win in life? Then get in the game. Write that book, talk at that convention, finish that video, open that gym. Whatever it is you've been talking about, get off your butt and do it.
Lesson: Talking the talk is easy but you never get to win that way. Only ACTION gets results.
There you have it. Simple huh?
Apply these four rules to your life and your business right away and see how quickly you can win your own gold medal. You'll be stunned!
Truth, joy and love
Dax Moy
www.personaltrainersuccessacademy.com/mentor.asp
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Saturday, 23 August 2008
Friday, 22 August 2008
When Will You Have 'Made It' In Personal Training?
I know you’ve not heard from me for these last couple of weeks, but that’s because I’ve been taking my summer family vacation to my favourite place on the planet.
THAILAND!
We just love it out here and have been enjoying the fantastic weather, the amazing scenery, the wonderful food and awesome experiences, such as elephant trekking, off road motorcycling (by accident, but that’s another story!) and simply exploring this beautiful part of the world.
I’ve even booked into an intensive muay-thai kickboxing training cam for 10 days of instruction and physical conditioning with top-notch coaches.
Let me tell you, these 3-4 hour sessions are brutal enough but in 34-36 degrees they quite literally reduce me to kneeling in the corner of the ring, fighting back the urge to lose my stomach.
But hey, that’s too graphic and not why I’m writing today : )
The reason why I’m writing is toask you if you know the answer to this question;
Ready?
“when will you be successful?”
No, I don’t mean a date, I mean how will you know you’ve ‘made it ‘ to where you want to go?
What does ‘made it’ mean to you?
I’m asking because so many personal trainers that I work with or who read my letters, simply don’t know, and these that do fond forward the pound or dollar figure as their measure.
“I’ve made it when when I’m earning six figures”. They say but here’s the thing, the real question you need to ask yourself.
If I were to be the success person I dream of becoming, what kind of person would I be? What kind of things would I do? What kind of things would I have?
BE
DO
HAVE
That changes things massively, don’t you think?
You see, most trainers are so hard in pursuit of the monetary figure that they’ve almost forgotten what the money was meant to buy them in the first place. I know of many, many six figure fitness proffesionals who work even harder in pursuit of the next dollar, yet rarely take a day of or a vacation to enjoy the fruit of their labor.
But be, do and have changes everything.
It has for me anyway!
I went from a workaholic focused on income to a person who thinks of my income as something that allows me to be, do and have more in my life. I also realised, as many do, that be and do are far more important to me than have.
So I and my family DO a lot.
This year alone we’ve been to Disney in Florida in January, 2 weeks to Bali, Indonesia in February, 1 week to Krabi, in Thailand, april and now 3 weeks to phuket in Thailand.
Last year we had adventures to ice-hotels and the northern lights in Norway, travelled all over the Australian outback for a month and had a month in Thailand.
In my family, we call it the ’12 weeks rule’ where we try to take a ‘trip/adventure’ as a family every 12 weeks.
This allows me to be the kind of father and husband I saw myself as being, when I thought of success and DO the kinds of
things I hoped success would allow
My point to all this is a simple one.
Stop waiting for success to come before you get to be, do and have the things that success brings in your life.
Start doing them now, create stories for your life then go live them.
To your success!!!
Dax Moy
http://www.personaltrainersuccessacademy.com
P.S- its true that my income now exceeds six-figures, but I’ve been doing this since my income was less than £30,000 a year. Money has far less to do with success than you think.
P.P.S- many of my friends in the industry earn far more than me, yet they always comment on my ‘millionaire lifestyle’…Worth thinking about!
THAILAND!
We just love it out here and have been enjoying the fantastic weather, the amazing scenery, the wonderful food and awesome experiences, such as elephant trekking, off road motorcycling (by accident, but that’s another story!) and simply exploring this beautiful part of the world.
I’ve even booked into an intensive muay-thai kickboxing training cam for 10 days of instruction and physical conditioning with top-notch coaches.
Let me tell you, these 3-4 hour sessions are brutal enough but in 34-36 degrees they quite literally reduce me to kneeling in the corner of the ring, fighting back the urge to lose my stomach.
But hey, that’s too graphic and not why I’m writing today : )
The reason why I’m writing is toask you if you know the answer to this question;
Ready?
“when will you be successful?”
No, I don’t mean a date, I mean how will you know you’ve ‘made it ‘ to where you want to go?
What does ‘made it’ mean to you?
I’m asking because so many personal trainers that I work with or who read my letters, simply don’t know, and these that do fond forward the pound or dollar figure as their measure.
“I’ve made it when when I’m earning six figures”. They say but here’s the thing, the real question you need to ask yourself.
If I were to be the success person I dream of becoming, what kind of person would I be? What kind of things would I do? What kind of things would I have?
BE
DO
HAVE
That changes things massively, don’t you think?
You see, most trainers are so hard in pursuit of the monetary figure that they’ve almost forgotten what the money was meant to buy them in the first place. I know of many, many six figure fitness proffesionals who work even harder in pursuit of the next dollar, yet rarely take a day of or a vacation to enjoy the fruit of their labor.
But be, do and have changes everything.
It has for me anyway!
I went from a workaholic focused on income to a person who thinks of my income as something that allows me to be, do and have more in my life. I also realised, as many do, that be and do are far more important to me than have.
So I and my family DO a lot.
This year alone we’ve been to Disney in Florida in January, 2 weeks to Bali, Indonesia in February, 1 week to Krabi, in Thailand, april and now 3 weeks to phuket in Thailand.
Last year we had adventures to ice-hotels and the northern lights in Norway, travelled all over the Australian outback for a month and had a month in Thailand.
In my family, we call it the ’12 weeks rule’ where we try to take a ‘trip/adventure’ as a family every 12 weeks.
This allows me to be the kind of father and husband I saw myself as being, when I thought of success and DO the kinds of
things I hoped success would allow
My point to all this is a simple one.
Stop waiting for success to come before you get to be, do and have the things that success brings in your life.
Start doing them now, create stories for your life then go live them.
To your success!!!
Dax Moy
http://www.personaltrainersuccessacademy.com
P.S- its true that my income now exceeds six-figures, but I’ve been doing this since my income was less than £30,000 a year. Money has far less to do with success than you think.
P.P.S- many of my friends in the industry earn far more than me, yet they always comment on my ‘millionaire lifestyle’…Worth thinking about!
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