 Welcome to the build my sports biz show where we talk about how to create build and scale your own local sports training business It's time to get started with your host Ben neighbors. The show starts right now All right, welcome back to the podcast Today's episode is gonna be a little bit different and this is personally something that I use within my own business It's very simple and what I want you to do is take out a pen and a piece of paper and I know right now we are in February and This is honestly. This is the time when most coaches out there crumble and here's why you know everybody on the planet sets New Year's resolutions and I think that's great. I think Wanting to make a change Like at the start of every year is I think that's a positive thing to do Most people don't stick with whatever the resolutions are But the fact of having resolutions wanting to make a change. I think that's great Nothing wrong with that, but I do know at the beginning of February This is when everyone not everyone but most people they fall off the tracks a little bit. They Know they want to make a change, but they you know, they lost a little bit of Motivation or a little bit of discipline and they're back doing their normal things and the way this relates with coaches is a lot of coaches You know, they reach out to me in November December They tell me they want to have a business in 2019 and I I get super fired up for anyone who wants to start a business because I know ultimately they're gonna be able to help more kids and If they succeed with their business, they'll be able to help a lot of kids and they'll be able to financially take care of themselves Which is my goal. That's that is my only goal with what we do on our podcast What we do on our YouTube channel what we do on Instagram my daily newsletter. I mean I put out a crap load of content with the idea and Expectation that those who listen to it if they take action, they'll get great results Or they'll get closer to the results that they want and that's my that's my only reason why I'm here and I do know though around February coaches will slip They'll lose a little bit of motivation. It's not January anymore. So they're going to month two of the year and like I said, they'll fall off the tracks a little bit and Doing this exercise that I'm about to show you it sounds so easy but what it does is it cuts through all the bull crap in your life and I'll give you a good example And again, this is something I do I do this at least once a month for me personally and I recommend that you do this today so you can get back on the track and Eliminate whatever it is that's holding you back. All right, and This is how I do it. I have a pen and a piece of paper I don't have a journal with this like it's just a pen piece of paper. It could do it on a napkin I don't care how you do it, but I Again on the left side. I just write down my goal. So I write down whatever my 2019 goal is I write that down and After that, I draw a line down the middle of the piece of paper and then I write on the right hand side I asked myself a question Have I been disciplined? To achieve this goal and it's a yes or no answer and and Fortunately for me Like I'm very driven. I'm very ambitious. Like I don't feel shy about saying this But I want to have a hundred coaches in our mastermind program by the end of 2019 that's my goal and I'm gonna do everything in my power to get there and that requires a lot of discipline though and if On my piece of paper if I say no if I if I know that I'm not being disciplined Then I need to list out why like what is going on in my life. That's not allowing me to achieve my goal and You know, this is where like you have to be very personal and you have to like I said slice through all the bullcrap in your life in order to understand how to succeed and I got this this gift over Christmas and it's a this pocket knife And I've never had a pocket knife in my life, but my my father-in-law Grew up in the country and he loves knives and he gave me this really awesome knife and I actually I Feel like a country boy now because I actually wear it on my jeans whenever I go out And it's it's been very useful actually and this blade is Unbelievably sharp and it's funny like it if I have a dull Butter knife and I try to slice into something. It's not gonna do anything and I do look the same way when I look at coaches when when they go through this exercise If they don't really deeply look at their like what's going on their personal life? What's going their business? It's gonna be like using a butter knife It's not gonna do anything if you have a sharp if you go into this exercise with a sharp blade it'll cut through all the bullcrap and And This is one of those things that it it's hard to explain in a podcast and I do this much better when I work with coaches one-on-one but if you're disorganized or you are you know Unhappy with your personal life that will stem over into your business and If you're really organized if you're really disciplined in your personal life That will stem over into your business in a positive way and these are things I've been learning about myself especially recently Especially after I got married I Needed to be more disciplined. I needed to be more organized and all those things are positive and it's not like I'm perfect at that But I know with this type of exercise You can either like Just look at it very surface level and be like oh well, you know I'm being distracted by social media or you can be like alright. I need to eliminate that so I'm gonna like Take that off of my phone and I'm not gonna look at it for 30 days or like I'm not Talking to parents over the phone so I need to have a list of parents that I'm talking to today and so I can get closer to my goal and again, this all comes down to just being real and taking out the blade cut through all the bullcrap and Get down to what is like the core of what's stopping you from getting to your goal And again, I know this is gonna come down to something that is blocking you and it could be something when you were younger It could be your relationship with money your relationship with your girlfriend I don't know what that is But I do know that you have to clear out all the clutter and when that happens Your business will run a lot smoother and it's a lot more enjoyable and it's way easier to be disciplined when your personal life doesn't feel like you have a ton of stress and Again, this is an exercise that if I was you I would do go back to scroll back to when I explained it Again, I would do that once a month if I was you and I feel like it's really gonna help you out because you have to take a deep look at yourself and Realize, you know what? It's it's no one else's fault if you're not successful. It's your fault and There's a great audiobook That I've been listening to There's an author his name is David Goggins and he was a this crazy marine Who has just like completely transformed his life and it's a he has a funny thing in there and You know, this sounds terrible, but he's talking about people who are overweight Like you have to acknowledge that you're overweight Before you make a change and you have to be willing to make a change It's the same way with business if if your business is not successful You can't point the finger at anyone else. It's really comes down to you it is your fault and You have to acknowledge that but then you have to dig deeper like I said take out the blade and and realize, you know Cut deep into what is the actual thing that's blocking you? from being successful and Doing this exercise once a month and my opinion like can change everything it keeps you accountable It makes you look at yourself in the mirror And if you're not willing to do that then again, you won't be willing to make any changes and if you want to go from point A to point B with business you have to be willing to make changes and I will tell you from experience that was so difficult for me to grasp that idea of making changes because I was so stubborn and Once I did, you know, I was able to reframe my mindset and things were a lot different for me and So I hope this helps you out. I know this was very kind of deep And when I was talking about the blade, I'm talking about You know just like looking at yourself very deep and understand who you are what you struggle with and Take it from there. So I hope that helps catch you soon Hey coach, thanks for listening to our show today. If you enjoyed the content I'd really appreciate it if you would leave us a five star review here on iTunes if you want to attract more committed clients Generate more income and create more freedom in your life. You'll want to check out our inner circle mastermind This exclusive group is reserved for coaches who want to build and scale a dominant sports training business to learn more about the inner circle program simply head over to our website at www.buildmysportsbiz.com Thanks again for listening. I'll catch you later