 Hey everyone Dustin here super excited about this. This is one of my favorite topics I was a trainer and I decided to do I was gonna join prove it and do community-based marketing I kind of want to tell you how I got here. How did I get here at the age of? 38 when I started with prove it How did I get to this point? Why did I realize that it was really time for me to make a shift? And I wish I would have done it way earlier in my career So when I was 30 years old, I was working right here at this facility And I really woke up one morning realized that there's no exit plan. I'm stuck if I'm in the fitness industry I'm just trading time for money if I want a vacation. I was stressed out about money if I I was stressed out how much everything costs. I was losing money because I had my clients weren't seeing me So they weren't paying me and then when I would go I was spending more money than I normally would spend and I didn't actually enjoy my vacations I was actually pretty stressed out most of the time so a Couple of longer story to kind of get back in the day of why this industry was something that's always resonated with me And also why I didn't do it until now here. This is the answer when I was 20 years old I read a little bit of a book. I didn't read the whole thing, but I read most of it Rich Dad Poor Dad and It kind of started talking about not only network marketing But it talked about us changing the way we think you know about money and it talked about investment properties It talked about real estate and all these different avenues So my my mind I always had this plugged into me that I needed to find other ways to create income residual income in some ways and so I did I you know I've looked at the stock market and I tried playing with the stock market which I lost quite a bit of money doing that Did understand it right at all and now I get that I'm gonna have somebody else do that for me But I looked at real estate. I looked at all these different things But at the end of the day, I was trading time for money as a trainer I you know a muscle activation technique certified biosigners for practitioner PICP coach strength, you know, I any National Strength and Conditioning Association personal trainer ACSM Degree in exercise science specialized in nutrition specialized in cardiac rehab I have this laundry list of knowledge on the human body Nobody ever taught me business nobody ever taught me residual income And I was just training time for money at the age of 30 when I was looking to get serious and get married and settle down I Realized there's no exit plan. I'm stuck I can't get any more than the time I can commit into it and all I can do is charge more per hour and But if I anytime on a vacation, I wasn't getting that income It was really I I realized fortunately at the age of 30 that I was that I didn't take any longer I didn't wait any longer. I wish I'd known this when I was 30 or sorry when I was 20 I wish I would have took this more serious. So I stumbled into a Meeting a network marketing meeting up in Rhode Island. I I folded my whole practice here My wife joined the Marine Corps and I left and I told her let's go. I need to start over I can't keep doing time for money and try to get ahead. I love the fitness industry. I love Working with people. I love the body work. I love helping people. I want to inspire and change a lot of lives Number one, I wasn't helping that many people number two I was financially always worrying about the future. Where am I gonna go? How am I gonna get by how we have kids? How are we gonna buy a house? I'm worrying about all these things So my wife and I said it's a fold up everything go and it forced me to get uncomfortable to start looking for other Options for four years. I was looking for online doing online training. I was looking at doing online courses. I Didn't do well. I struggled with it It's been lots of money and I was just I it wasn't for me I didn't like it because I wasn't working with people Just for me. I want to be with people Still dabbling in the fitness industry making enough money to get by having to regenerate more new clients all the time because they We kept relocating and I stumbled into a meeting in Rhode Island. It was a network marketing meeting And I was blown away. I was like, this is awesome. I want to do this thing Until I looked at the products and I realized I would never ever recommend that product to anybody including my animals So I didn't join that that business, but I got interested. I'm like I remembered that book when I was 20 I'm like, ah, I go to home and I told my wife I go. Hey, listen, babe We got to do one of these things We got to go find a community-based marketing platform and participate in it. So for four years. We were we're looking Trying to find what we could find just didn't find anything that resonated with us from a culture from a number one from a product from a culture and From a platform that I felt was going from a leadership Like did they have mentors and leaders that I would be willing to follow and So lo and behold four years later I'm in birthing class and I meet a guy in birthing class. We're having children's not us but our wives were And so we're having our first babies. I meet him in class and he basically introduces me to prove it He introduces me to pure therapeutic ketones, which I have mine right there and Which is a product I could align with it's it's it's the Let's just be honest. There's nothing in the world that even remotely competes with what we have you can't it's it's its own It's it's it's its own Processes it's it's its own entity there isn't it isn't ketones or excuse me It isn't protein it isn't it isn't a supplement those things have value and they can be Situationally be very valuable. This is pure therapeutic ketones something that everybody can take and change their life forever Like and there's no questions around this anymore This product and the and the quality and the and the purity of what proof it is provided is second to none and There isn't a comparison out there not to say there won't be in the future, but there just isn't so next thing I'm like, okay, I'd like to learn more about this product because I'm kind of a nerd I wanted to learn about this stuff Realizing that that's gonna be my hindrance to growing a big business and creating residual income and helping more people But we'll get to that later Michael goes well, it is community-based marketing and I go well, what's that like? He kind of gives some examples will kind of like an amway or an herbal life or Isagenix and that kind of model. I'm like, oh, you mean like the pyramid thing and he goes Yeah, kind of like that but not really like that and he goes. It's under the same platform Network marketing he goes but community-based marketing is very different I got a chance to spend a lot of time and got really close with the CEO Brian Underwood and He's been teaching me community-based marketing He goes he goes think about this doesn't he goes Why would you come out with a product that is as intelligent as ketones that requires? Significant research innovation and he goes not only that he goes from an educational perspective He goes we want the leading thought leaders in the world talking about the power of ketones I don't want your mom having to learn what ketones are He goes as long as she knows how to drink them and feels great and can change her life And she can tell her friends that it helps with mental clarity focus mood Maybe sleep helps with metabolizing body fat or helps you keep keep you strong and buff and losing muscle mass He goes as long as she can say that and then we can have the leading experts talk about how the how ketones can change your life She goes he goes that's awesome. He goes you're not going to get that in any health food store He goes you can't go to a health food store and get people to give that kind of education He goes but us as a community we can do that and he goes we can allow every individual people do the Microphone and he goes what makes community-based marketing so different and he goes he goes But I was because he knew that I was actually looking he goes. Why were you looking for? He goes network marketing because why were you looking for it? I go well to be honest He goes I go I love what I do. I love my career. I don't want to walk away from what I do He goes but I go but for me to create residual income I don't want to go and have to start a chain of gyms and be a manager of change of gyms I don't want to do online training because it's not it just doesn't resonate with me I don't like being behind a computer. It's just not my fun. That's not my sweet spot and he goes You go so how else I go? How else can I make financially make an extra five grand a month? That's what I wanted when I started How do I how else can I make financially an extra five grand a month helping people feel better and being a part of a team of People a group of people that are on a common mission of helping each other grow And he I go this model is the only model that would work for that and he goes I know there's I go I know there's people out there making more money than five grand a month He goes I know there's people out there that know nothing about health and wellness that make more than five grand a month and I go He I go. I appreciate that I go. That's awesome. I go, but at the end of the day I go. That's what I'm looking for that's just what I want and He goes great. He goes. Let me tell you more about community-based marketing. He goes. We're gonna lead with education We're gonna work with the top thought leaders and educators in the world He goes that way that when our promoters go out and promote that they're not looking like fools trying to be Smart on something that's really intelligent. Why don't we let the real smart people be? Intelligent and they just have to invite them to learn from the smart people He was a bit more importantly goes when you look at a community he goes everybody has different talents temperaments and Convictions he goes wouldn't it be cool if we let them play their role if that person likes to set up events Let them do events to grow their business if that person likes to do social media Let them do their social media He goes too many times people are trying to make them be something that they're not he goes Dustin You let your passion about helping people and you like to be in front of people Let's get you in front of more people and share your passion for it And that resonated community is about people coming together on a common mission and common goal to help more people You know move forward right pursue better and that's really aligned so my alignment of What I believe in in the world of be the best example of who you are and inspire others to do the same if you want your kids to live a better life you want your mom or your dad or your sister then you You go do it first and show them through action and shut your trap because I used to talk a lot And now I just do a lot and and this is what providence mission is too So not only did I find that community-based marketing was the right platform for me and numerous other trainers or fitness professionals that are Right now. I just want to call the guy. He's 23 years old and he's he has no way he can't even invest in anything He can barely travel because he doesn't have the money or the resources because he's trading so much time for money He can't get ahead and I'm like what is your alternative when you're 30 or 40 or 45? Like how's it gonna get any better and he goes? I don't know and so I go you really should look at and understand this platform and concept because it's probably the best shot You got of creating some residual income while you maintain your career I you don't have to do what I did and switch off your current career, which I loved to do this full time I just realized that this was a better platform for me to make more help more people and financially provide my more for my Family and give me more freedom so that I can work my anyway. So right now in this facility. There's a gym there There's a boxing gym there. There's a ballet studio there There's a performance institute right there. There's a gym here. There's actually two gyms here And then hey hope and then there's a gymnastics studio right there, right? All these people are trading their time for money, which is fine. I'm okay Almost all the same people are here doing the same thing when I left When I was 30 however many years ago that was a lot of years ten ten plus years So they're still doing the same thing and I'm now able to travel the world my kids have some more time and freedom So that was an easy decision for me not not for them. Some of them don't want to go do what I did That's okay, but why wouldn't you want a small part of that? Why wouldn't you want to make an extra $1,000 or $2,000 or $5,000 a month? Creating a team and a community around people that are making a difference in a lot of people's lives and Creating a financial ripple effect for yourself and maybe giving yourself the opportunity if you ever get injured And you can't do this job anymore at least you have something to fall back on and so why I'm so just so passionate about this industry is that I understand it now being part of it and Looking at it from a business perspective also as an educational perspective also as a team perspective It makes no sense why you wouldn't do this either for a plan B or a plan a It wouldn't make any sense only advice I would give to any of you all that are considering to join prove it or any community-based platform is Treated as what it is treated as a business if you take it as a hobby and you don't you don't have consistency You're probably not going to get the results and you might say those things don't work. They frickin work I'm just telling you it works. It comes down to your effort that you put into it Adam the gentleman that I was speaking to earlier Craziest thing ever happened is he's he goes. I'm too busy to talk to you Dustin I'm literally offering him an opportunity to create a financial ripple effect and help more people in his life And he doesn't he didn't know that because the guy that introduced him to me didn't tell him anything and I'm sitting there thinking like I'm going out of my way to drive down and meet you and You're not even going to take 20 minutes to come meet me to give you with this huge opportunity to potentially be part of because you're too busy Trying to just keep a float and it made me realize it wasn't Adam's fault But it made me realize that we need to get this message out to more trainers that there are people that care Like I care a lot about this industry the fitness industry and more importantly I care a lot about people getting better and I'm watching trainers wear themselves out and at the age of 40 45 35 Whatever it is realizing that they're training type of money. There's no retirement. There's no financial freedom later in their lives They don't have that much time if they want to have kids they want to buy a house They're stuck and they're not getting there and that just kind of wears me out It kind of gets me gets me kind of frustrated because I was there. I was very fortunate to seek and get out of there even though I still love the industry, but We're just nice businesses and taught in fitness. It just isn't it's not taught massage therapy It's not taught very well chiropractic. It's probably the best, but not great Acupuncture any body worker it's not taught and these people pour into their clients And they're not getting the return out of it that they really should deserve for the effort. They're putting in same thing with nurses teachers It's the same thing and so this platform gives you the opportunity to help more people to be part of a team that is going to support you in your goals and dreams and Give you the ability to financially create some residual income Residual income is not easy to come by by the way to be able to do that with a low overhead and invest a small amount of money I was my investment to get into proven is very very very very very low to have a huge residual income Relatively that's amazing. You can't do that. You want to start one of these gyms You're you got a hundred two hundred grand in the hole just to get started in Likelihood it's going to take you five years to pay it off and you're not going to make much money through that process Anyway, it's it's mind-blowing to me that people would rather choose that than what we're doing now You can choose both and if you do it, right? You can use our platform to actually drive more clients inside your gym to give you more people to work with which is even better So I can ramble all day all day long. I just wanted to do this because I was here it got in my in me So I wanted to say it So if you guys have any questions reach back to me I'll answer you guys I'll let you know any questions at all Let me know and I'd love to help you you're in the health of fitness space and you're looking for more You're looking to help more people looking for financially to get more money in whatever it is come come just come participate What we're doing and just play full-out and create consistency and you can have great success. Bye everyone