Harsh words/knives in the back/tough lessons/discouragement/bitterness/not wishing well are often our greatest motivators and TO BE EXPECTED in life, and we can always use them as fuel.When I got to 30, I was asked repeatedly, “everything is good for you now, but REALLY how long can you keep this up?!!!”-thanks you that made me work a lot harder.
At 35, I became aware of a chrous of opinion that I was soon to become a “cripple” (I detest that word, their words not mine), because I was running with multiple people every day 7 days a week, “it will/could never last”, anyway a recession is coming too-thank you for inspiring me to change my running shoes every 8 weeks, best advice I could ever give, I would get to bed earlier and eat even better (best health insurance I would EVER have) .
At 40 I would be “too old”, who would want a 40 year old trainer?!!!-“the economy is bad too, your time is up, after all “chains gyms” rule the roost (despite most of them being in heavy debt the financial times would tell me. THANK YOU for making me seek the world’s best trainers and learning directly from them-that was a blessing
At 45, I was told “where are all those ‘fancy machines'”, when I told them pro athletes don’t use those useless machines, they train a different way, because many machines don’t radically improve or replicate real life movements, many people looked blank at me, hypnotised by the status quo they had experienced (just like the Titanic on their way to the iceberg you cannot see). I was even more determined to train people the right way.At 50, I had long discovered true freedom by not caring what anyone thought (I only value opinions off people I respect).
There will always be bad economies and recessions (I have experienced at least 4-5 but good businesses will survive any economy), trust your gut, stay the course, keep showing up, transform your people to an unreasonable level of success and keep believing ANYTHING is possible.Doubts in your ability happen to EVERYONE, keep your knowledge high, stay humble, keep learning off good people and continue to serve and be useful to your people as if your life depended on it.
