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.
8. Go to sleep visualizing your life’s dream, as if it’s already happening, and your subconscious mind will figure out how to make it happen.
9. Surround your self with positive people “pushers”
10. Follow your passion
11. Give, Give, Give
12. Take no prisoners, take no shit
13. 5% of what you do generates 90% of your revinue… Focus on the 5% and outsource the rest
14. Ask for help
15. NEVER compromise your values
16. Set yearly, monthly, weekly and daily goals.
17. OVER deliver
18. No is just an objection to be overcome.
19. Know your clients HOT BUTTON
20. Learn to love discomfort… The worlds most successful people spend the most amount of time OUT of their comfort zone.
21. laugh at yourself… A LOT
22. Take the responsibility when things go wrong… Give away the credit when things go right.
23. Do more than people expect you to do.
24. Make people feel IMPORTANT.
25. Give appreciation… Lots and lots.
26. You may not be the smartest, strongest or most knowledgeable, but you can for damn sure be the HARDEST WORKER.
27. Laugh at ‘fake” problems… Being paralyzed from the neck down or having a family member die is a “real” problem.
28. Visualize what you want until you feel that swirling feeling in your stomach… Then hold that feeling as long as possible.
29. If you feel like you can’t do something say, “but if I could do it, what would I do”
30. The key to success is raise your ENERGY, when you do, people will naturally be attracted to you.
31. Your income can only grow as much as you do… To change the visible, first you gotta change the invisible.
32. Say your goals in present tense in front of a mirror each morning and evening (I’d rather be really goofy and RICH, than really cool and really broke)
33. The first step to CHANGE is AWARENESS.
34. Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give it.
35. Rich people believe, “I create my life.” “poor people believe “life happens to me.”
36. When you are complaining you become a living, breathing “crap magnet”
37. Stay far away from complainers.
38. Every time you blame, justify or complain, you’re slitting your financial throat.
39. Rich people play the money game to win, poor people play the money game not to lose.
40. The number one reason people don’t get what they want is cuz they don’t know what they want.
41. Rich people are committed to being rich, poor people want to be rich.
42. You will get paid in direct proportion of the value you deliver.
43. The more people you help, the richer you become
44. Poor people make choices based on fear, “what if it doesn’t work?”
45. Rich people believe, “It will work cuz I’ll make it work.”
46. Get ready the best you can, in a short of time as possible, take action, then correct along the way.
47. Action always beats inaction
48. If you resent what people have in any way, shape or form, then you can never have it.
49. NEVER be the most successful person in your group of friends cuz people earn within 20% of the income of their closest friend.
50. once a week read biographies and watch documentaries of people who have attracted MASSIVE SUCCESS.
51. NEVER talk negatively about yourself… Your words send a strong message to your subconscious and the universe.
52. You have an ethical obligation to SELL your prospects on your service that they need.
53. The road to success is NEVER the comfortable one.
54. If you have BIG problems then you probably have SMALL thinking.
55. If you are not willing to recieve, then you are RIPPING OFF those who want to give to you.
56. Don’t watch the news… You can’t feel bad enough to make someone else feel good.
57. Be in a constant state of appreciation.
58. NEVER work for “hourly” pay.
59. Know your net worth
60. Work smarter by outsourcing
61. Create, then delegate.
62. If you want to create wealth or any other kind of success, you have to be a warrior.
You have to be willing to do what ever it takes, you have to train yourself to not be stopped by anything.
63. NEVER wake up to work… Wake up to achieve your life’s dream.
64. Learn to like fear… Tell it you want to friggin party.
65. Only take advise from people who are more successful than you are.
66. Hire a coach
67. Get an assistant… Seriously.
68. Walk around feeling as if you already are the success you want to achieve.
69. Systematize and automate your business.
70. Create a business that can run without you.
71. When you are maintaining your biz, like training clients, you are working IN your biz (your job) When you are growing the biz, like marketing and creating systems that run without you, you are working ON your biz. (Know the difference and spend at least 80% of your time ON the biz.
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and leave some of your own tips to massive success
dude this is frickin AWESOME!! INSTANTLY on my office wall!
Comment by paul 'results rockstar' mort — July 8, 2009 @ 2:35 am
Great Tips!
These are important thoughts that everyone should live by!
Comment by Billy Carney — July 8, 2009 @ 2:37 am
Awesome post, Steve! You hit everything right on the dot! Taking action and removing the negativity from those around me has really made a difference. Thanks for your posts, man!
Comment by Dan Campos — July 8, 2009 @ 3:38 am
AWESOME STUFF. i love reading this blog. it always gets me pumped up in the morning~!~
Comment by RJ Robinson — July 8, 2009 @ 4:18 am
I’m reading this at 3:58am, right before I head out to my bootcamp I am building right now.
Feels really good – I think there may be 10 new clients waiting for me just because of the magic of posts like these.
Comment by Michael Duivis — July 8, 2009 @ 4:23 am
Steve,
That was awesome thanks for your help. I appreciate you and all the great work you do for fitness professionals around the nation.
Jeremy
Comment by Jeremy — July 8, 2009 @ 4:59 am
Great stuff Steve, as always! Keeping it simple and just kicking ass…I love it!
Comment by Callie Durbrow — July 8, 2009 @ 5:03 am
Damn Steve! This is a friggen’ awesome post. Love love love love it!
Also, notice how at least half of these tips are having to do with how you can help others, make others’ goals come to fruition, and how you can give, give, give? This is no coincidence.
Duuude, this is priceless content!
SHALOM!
Comment by Leanne Ellington — July 8, 2009 @ 5:13 am
Steve, Great tips! I’ll be tweeting these all week! Thanks
Comment by Jason Yun — July 8, 2009 @ 5:14 am
These tips will help me and many others succeed!!
Comment by Dave — July 8, 2009 @ 5:47 am
Awesome Steve…
I agree with Paul, this needs to go up on my wall to look at every day!!
Comment by Holly — July 8, 2009 @ 5:58 am
I agree Paul – definitely wall material – thanks for writing this post Steve – all words to live by -
Comment by Kaiser S. — July 8, 2009 @ 6:14 am
Very good daily actions! Thank you!
Comment by Steve Auxier — July 8, 2009 @ 6:20 am
Those have gone on my office wall too… great stuff!!!
Comment by Alex — July 8, 2009 @ 6:22 am
Thank you for sharing your tips to explosive success! My goal is to turn these simple but profound golden nuggets of truth into reality.
Comment by Kevin — July 8, 2009 @ 6:24 am
You are a legend, love it, thanks!
Still thinking of a question to ask you that you haven’t already answered… It’s a hard one…
Caroline
Comment by Caroline Radway — July 8, 2009 @ 6:26 am
Very motivational and EMPOWERING! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! very much appreciated!!!
Comment by Ashly Torian — July 8, 2009 @ 7:27 am
BEST MOTHER F***IN’ POST IN THE F**IN’ WORLD BRUDDAH!
U rock like a MoFo Steve!!!!!!!!
What the heck can I add??? Hmmmmmm…..
Tough call here, but lemme bust out afew:
1) Don’t follow the “rules” – following the rules means you’re just like everyone else.
2) Write… A LOT…speak from the heart, speak from your gut…if you can’t find your creative side, have 1 or 2 drinks, put on your favorite movie or CD and then start writing, I bet you’ll crank some killa shizza
3) “Fire” people who are “assholes” – got a client, parent of a client, biz relationship, etc where the person is a dick or an asshole, tell him “Sionara Mother F**er!!!”
4) Run your biz like you don’t need the money – this gets your mind set on track to start doing what you love, NOT what other peeps tell U to do
5) Do a little more than others are willing to do. Doing a little more often makes the difference of earning a lot more.
6) Genuinely Care about your clients, show the love! Show them that anyone in your “family” is taken care of BIG time
Steve, you’re an awesome man, this will never be forgotten!
Thank U bruddah & See U soon!!
Peace!
–Z–
Comment by zach even - esh — July 8, 2009 @ 7:43 am
Hey Steve
Incredible list! Love it!
Comment by TC — July 8, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Damn.
Awesome summary. Will be reading daily.
Comment by Steve Long — July 8, 2009 @ 8:18 am
Everyday I get motivated by Steve, another awesome post…can’t wait to start blowing up Orlando with these tools
Comment by CJ Gren — July 8, 2009 @ 8:25 am
What are you doing bro? My office wall is full of your blogs.
This stuff is killer. I have to just get a bigger office now
between you, Bedros, and Chris. I guess that’s not going to be
hard considering the extra income I will have from implementing
what I learn. KILLER
Comment by Sam — July 8, 2009 @ 10:41 am
I love this list – especially no 64! Am just about to open a much bigger gym and it is scary!! I will now tell this fear to come party!!
Highly motivating – sometimes it just takes a sentance. Thankyou.
This will be my daily mantra. Come party.
I am British but am prepared to say: AWESOME!
Comment by cat — July 8, 2009 @ 11:38 am
Once again, great great great stuff, Steve! You never fail to put out quality information and valuable tips that can be implemented NOW!
Now I’m all fired up! =) GO TIME
Comment by John Cortese — July 8, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
Fantastic Post my friend. A definate to place up on the walls in my office….
I couldn’t agree more, it’s all about action!!!!
Comment by Scott Williams — July 8, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Dude…
Killer post..
I agree with Sam… all this stuff it stretchin the brain AND more importantly FILLING the back pocket with Cash O LA
Thanks to Coach Z for his killer input too… you blokes rock
AT
Comment by Adam Toohey — July 8, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
man, that is hot. Nice stuff Steve! like Zach n Paul, it’s going on my wall.
I can definitely say the more I have given away the more I have got back. Really cranked that up this year and it’s coming back many times over
Comment by Daniel Munday — July 8, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
In fact, stuff the wall. It’s coming with me every day and I’m going to review it when I do my Magic Hundred. Thanks Steve
Comment by Daniel Munday — July 8, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
Hi Steve, this is a great post! A lot of these tips are the strategies I live by. It’s a good summary of all the things that people should be doing for their business or for their life in general. It all starts with the proper mindset. Once the positive action starts, you will be unstoppable!
Anna
Comment by Anna @ pathtofatloss — July 8, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
Thanks so much for this Steve! Great tips on becoming successful in both business and in life! I used to be a really negative person, in fact I barely had any friends, wanted to stay at home all the time, wished it rained everyday, wouldn’t even talk to people. But in the last couple years of really placed it upon myself to change and these tips further enhance my own efforts to get 1% better everyday. Thanks so much for these and keep rockin’!
Comment by Josh Schlottman — July 8, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
BAD ASS POST STEVE. LOVE THE TIPS BUT WHAT’S GREAT IS I’m JUST STARTING MY BOOT CAMPS AND I’m ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THESE!
Comment by bryan franklin — July 8, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
Great Job Steve!
Many Thanks…You Rock MAN!
Comment by Ken Roetman — July 8, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
Good stuff for sure. I’ll admit that I have made some mistakes with some of these steps and I am working on improving myself. I’m totally going to print this out and put it up on a wall in my room so I can see it every freakin day. Thanks Steve.
Comment by Ali Ruddy — July 8, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Steve,
I love you man. Seriously, I’m not even joking. For all that you’ve given to me and contributed to my life with your amazing words of inspiration, I really love you as just a golden human being.
Thanks for being YOU.
Take care
Yudi
Comment by Yudi — July 8, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Cheers dude – you are the man, and thanks for today – great chatting and great ideas.
God bless ya
Mike
Comment by Mike Bach — July 9, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
Thanks man. Awesome post. Your always over delivering!
Comment by Andy Whitson — July 9, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Steve, you are the man!!!
Comment by Chris — July 10, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
Great list Steve! Some of these could be life changers.
Comment by Temecula Fitness Trainer — July 11, 2009 @ 8:42 am
Steve,
You rock-your suggestions are so awesome-I have gotten a few new clients from your Human Billboaed marketing System already-thank you SIR!!!
Bonnie Hardie
Comment by Bonnie Hardie — July 11, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
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The truth is so clear!! Be positive, work hard & smart and you will nail it. Be afraid and overcome that fear! Thanks for the great post.
Comment by Nikki Layton — July 21, 2009 @ 7:10 am
Thankyou, awesome post!
Comment by Kellie — August 21, 2009 @ 8:18 pm
Steve , this is slightly off topic , however I thought everyone out there would be interested and could use somehow in their marketing !
I know you are not a fan of clipboards but you have to read this study re the imortance we humans place on the weight of an object & its relative importance – ther eare just so many ways yuo could adapt this knowlwdge in a marketing sense read ohttp://www.igroup.org/schubert/papers/jostmann_lakens_schubert_ps_2009.pdfn …
Comment by Jason — September 11, 2009 @ 12:38 am
Hey Steve,
Thanks for the tips! I just found an awesome new site to order plastic gift cards from and wanted to pass the word around. Check out http://www.plasticprintshop.com!
Leslie
Comment by Leslie — November 2, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Hey Steve,
Your website and tips are inspiring!! Your the man! Thanks for helping myself and my team grow stronger and I’m going to take our 10 boot camps to the next level.
Johnny Escamilla
Comment by johnny — November 10, 2009 @ 7:25 pm