People have been emailing lately asking me how, in a year and a half, did I go from being a homeless pizza delivery dude to:
- Building a six-figure personal training business in 6 months without spending a DAMN DIME on marketing.
- Increasing my personal training income to 257k per year while decreasing to 18 hours per week of training.
- Owning one of Orange Counties top personal training studios
- Opening 3 six-figure boot camps in 135 days.
Well, some of the answers are a little FREAKY.
But first, I had to hit ROCK BOTTOM… Literally
You see, I dropped out of college my senior year with no plan, no skills and a chip on my shoulder. I hade no money, no car and no place to live. To make a long story short I got mixed up with some pretty bad dudes… Some pretty bad girls too – but they let me sleep on the floor in their getto Fontana apartment.
But – my big “Ah Ha” moment came at about 2:00am one day…
So there I was trying to catch some zzz’s (I was beat from a long day of being jobless and getting into trouble) when I looked up and noticed that a 1-inch cigarette ash was about to fall on my face.
Let me explain, I was sleeping on the floor with the cockroaches while another homeless guy had dibs on the couch I was sleeping next too- And right before the ash fell on my face, I sat up and said, “FUCK THIS SHIT!”
To make a long story short, I found a mentor, read a ton of success, business and marketing books, developed some daily rituals, and a year and a half later my life was VERY different.
That was when I learned how POWERFUL the mind is… You see, I was the same person, I just adapted a very different thought process – And because of it, got VERY different results (Money, love, respect, success, happiness)
And to this day, I continue to do success rituals.
Here’s a short inside RARE look at some of them.
Enjoy -
Hi Steve,
thank you so much again bro for remaining this simple but yet very effective business practice. I now know how many clients I need to make six figures.
And I still can’t belief you’re actually are giving this out for “FREE”, this Unreal. I know so coach out there are charge thousand of dollars for this kind of stuff.
By the way, I just posted my goals in my Shower so that I know what my goals are, and what I need to achieve them.
By the way “COOL” Sunglasses man ; – ) LOL…….How much are they, and do you know where I can get them so I can be cool like you?
Thank you again Steve,
Jackie
Orange County Super trainer!
Comment by Jackie — March 2, 2009 @ 10:31 am
WHAT A FREAKAZOID!!!
I love it…
Doin shite most people would consider weird… and yet.. judging by your Bootcamp Numbers.. you are indeed Killing It
No question that it is working for you
Daily rituals play a major role in our success… spend a day or 2 taking notice of yours and if they are helping you grow and your business grow awesome.. if not..
Grab a pair of Mind Spa glasses, some dolphin music and make sounding like a drowning cat a part of your dailys.. and who knows
your bootcamp number may be the same as mr. Hochman’s
Thanks for the trip Steve
Adam Toohey
Comment by Adam Toohey — March 2, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Very cool Steve.
Doing all those things is the perfect recipe for success and happiness.
Not just monetarily, but with every aspect of your life.
Thanks for sharing.
Peace.
Comment by Alexander Morentin — March 2, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
SWEET video Steve!
I’m building a vision board, but all it has on it so far is about 23 chicks from the figureathlete.com gallery….
Comment by Luke Wold — March 2, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
Lovin It Steve !!!!!!
Comment by Tarvin Durbin — March 2, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
Dude,
Tell me more about the Mind Spa !!! Where can I get one of those ??? Totally Cool !!!
Comment by Tarvin Durbin — March 2, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
Hey Tarvin,
This dude named “Big Mike” who pulls about 20 mill per year with his plant nutrient biz let me borrow his Mind Spa system… I think they’re bad ass… Is the website… http://www.avstim.com/home-page.html
Keep Tear’n it up bro!
Steve
Comment by Steve Hochman — March 2, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
Steve-
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be like Steve.
Awesome tips for focusing on your goals. I think it is so important to have your goals in front of you at all times. Especially for people who are visual like me. That Mind Spa is awesome. I could use one of those.
Comment by Ali Ruddy — March 3, 2009 @ 9:36 pm
Great post with some useful information. Keep ‘em coming!
Comment by Brandon Williams — March 7, 2009 @ 11:39 am
Thanks for bringing us along Steve. I really like and connect with the techniques that you are using. Really powerful stuff.
Keep on knocking it out man!
Donvan “DFitnessguy” Owens
Hutto Boot Camp
Comment by Donovan "DFitnessguy — March 7, 2009 @ 12:20 pm
Hey… do you like Mind Spa better than holosync? Or is it totally different???
Comment by mjaeden — March 28, 2009 @ 7:43 am
Hey Marin,
I like them both but Mind Spa has 10, 20 and minute programs, while Holosync only has the 1 hour…
Also Minds Spa feels easier to “get into it” cuz of the flashing lights!
Steve
Comment by Steve Hochman — March 28, 2009 @ 11:33 am
great to hear I’m not the only trainer doing weird rituals out there
Thanks for posting this Steve!
Comment by summer — May 6, 2009 @ 10:18 pm