Posted by stevehochman on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
I’m gonna tell ya one hell-of-a CRAZY story
But first, I’m gonna tell you something kinda embarrassing, but it’s the TRUTH.
And to be honest, I don’t think I’d be who I am today if I didn’t go through it.
You see, up until I was 23, I had the hardest time making friends, had no business or job, low self esteem, homeless… Basically, I was down and out BIG TIME.
But the strange thing was that I had moments of VICTORY… Moments of UNSTOPPABLE SUCCESS.
Like when I set a goal to get an athletic scholarship to the #1 ranked school in the nation… AND I FRIGGIN DID IT – Even though 99% of the people around me told me I was crazy, I was dreaming too big… I DID IT.
Or when I set a goal to bench press 475 lbs… I freaking did it.
(I don’t do anything even close to that know
)
But I also had huge failures, like losing my athletic scholarship… And not being respected by my peers… (I didn’t deserve it at the time)
But all that changed when I stumbled upon m first mentor.
He was a 50 year old crazy Vietnam vet turned successful multiple business owner named Travis Mayfield. This guy is one of the scariest, and most honest and cool dudes you’ll ever meet.
His nicknamed is 3-Dog cuz he got 2 of his fingers blown off in a boobie trap… Then after killing up a bunch of VC for some payback, he was evacuated in a chopper… Then the chopper was blown outta the sky by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade). A bunch of shrapnel got blasted into his eyes and when he finally fought his way back to the base, he was blind for 6 months.
A couple of years ago, he had a heart attack and was back to work the next day! (who does that?!)
Not only that, for the last 10 years, he calls me at 2:30am EVERY MORNING to leave me a motivational pump up message.
I’ve even seen him workout with broken ribs. (I told you he’s one crazy dude)
Travis is an EXPERT in mental toughness and using your mind, to create your reality.
He has a rule… NEVER say or think the word can’t or try.
This dude was my FIRST TRUE MENTOR and he CHANGED MY LIFE.
He got me to read some of the most influential books of my life like, How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Who Moved My Cheese, The Power of Intention by Dr Wayne Dyer, The Greatest Salesman in the World by OG Mandino and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
And that’s when it happened.
That’s when I became CONSISTENTLY successful.
So now it’s my turn to pass on my knowledge so that YOU can be CONSISTENTLY SUCCESSFUL.
Here are 71 tips to MASSIVE SUCCESS
1. Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.
2. Write down your goals.
3. Don’t talk about the problem, talk about the solution.
4. Be a YOU person, not a ME person.
5. Give to get
6. Be genuinely interested in people
7. It’s better to make 1000 mistakes than do zero things perfect.
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