Let me tell you a story. I use to be a lazy mot###cker who never worked out or did any form of exercise more than a couple of times per year.

To make a long story short: All the way until I reached the age of 28 I was like that, I was not only lazy but I was living a “bad life” I was drinking alcohol and consuming other drugs to… A LOT. I never had a job for a very long period of time (at least no legal job) All the friends I had was the same way so it became my “lifestyle”. YOLO!! Right? Yeah right.

I reached the bottom and I was NOT happy, (those things will never make you happy) Some things changed in my mind and I decided that enough is enough. I understood that if I continued that way I would never achieve anything, I would probably get sick in some way, go to prison or even die much too early.

I have a family so I could not make them sad anymore, I guess I realized that I had been hurting them by living the way I did. I NEEDED A CHANGE!!

I stopped hanging out with my “friends” and I stopped drinking alcohol and all the other drugs too.

Anyway… I started working out!

It was NOT fun in the beginning, and it was NOT easy. But I had made a promise to myself that NO MATTER WHAT I would do my workout that I had promised to myself I would make… even if I did not feel like doing it that day. Nothing was going to stop me.

Trust me I DID NOT feel like doing it many days for the first 6-12 months. BUT I DID IT ANYWAY!

I FORCED myself every time to do it… Guess what? It felt great after every time I did a workout even if I did not “feel” like doing it!

It is, of course, easier now and I (mostly) do not even think about how hard it is I just do it. But of course sometimes I do not feel like working out (these days) but I still do it anyway.

I do it because I know how important it is to do it even if you feel like it or not.

Now I have been working out for soon 4 years (I am 32 years old now) and I have never made the amounts of money that I do now in my whole life (at least not for a consistent period of time). I got a daytime 9-5 job after about one year, I was able to start saving money. I got better contact with my family and with MYSELF. I was HEALTHY.

After a period of forcing yourself to work out whether you feel like it or not you build up not only your health, muscle, and stamina. You build up your CHARACTER as well, maybe even more than those other things.

So how is this going to help you make more money? It will help you with accomplishing ANYTHING you want to do! Not only make more money.

Think about it, if you do your physical workout everytime you have it in your “schedule” even if you do not feel like doing it you will get a strong mentality and a strong character.

EVERYTHING else that you do, that you not “feel like doing” will get (A LOT) easier doing, and you WILL do it!

Not only physical things but absolutely everything. Because when you start keeping the promises you make to yourself you will also start keeping the promises you give to others. People will trust you more!

Now I have started to make an income online and that was something I did not know anything about when I started out. Sure I got the best training available to learn all about it but… I still had to put in the hours learning how to do it.

When did I do it (except for weekends) if I had a fulltime 9-5 job? Short answer: I did it right after my workout routine that I do immediately after I come home (tired) from work… I did it when I promised myself to do it! NO MATTER WHAT! 

I find the discipline to sit and “work” and “learn” after my work and my workout. I find this discipline because I have built up my discipline and character by working out.

I am not saying that I am making A LOT of money online…yet.

I am not “super successful” at making a so-called “passive income” online… yet.

But I am surely making progress every day, and I have made a promise to myself that I will reach my “money goal” and I know that I will :o)

How do I know this? Because I have learned that by working out :o)

Hope you understand what I mean with this post and that it makes sense (I know my English is not the best) and please leave a comment below!

Hope this helps!

Stay strong and stay consistent,

John

Founder of: Start Make Stop Waste

When I was younger I used to think that “some people” was just born with certain gifts, or talents. I used to think that certain attributes or qualities was just bestowed to a person.

Like for example I used to think like this: This guy is just naturally gifted at playing soccer or basketball (or some other sport), or this guy is just naturally talented to sing, or this guy just have more discipline than me so he can do it (whatever it is).

I really thought that way for a very long time…

But that is not true, that is bullshit and far far from the truth.

What really makes anyone truly great at anything is: EFFORT!

It all comes down to the amount of effort they put in.

Sure some people they are preexposed to having certain talents, or they might be naturally gifted at certain things, but greatness and real success comes (without a doubt) from EFFORT and putting in that WORK!

Remember: just because you might have a talent, that does not guarantee that you are going to be successful.

Actually it is more likely quite the contrary. For example, Stephen King (one of the most successful authors of our time) said that: Talent is cheaper than salt, what separates the talented individual from the successful individual is effort. It is hard work.

So how did Stephen King become one of the most successful authors of our time? Well you should know that he writes for atleast 4 hours EVERY DAY. Think about that for a second. He is already successful but he still writes for 4 hours every day. Ho doesn´t do it just to put out a new book every three months.

He do it to improve and become better at writing! He knows that improvement comes from effort.

NOBODY IS NATURALLY GREAT AT ANYTHING.

You might be naturally good at something but to become great and successful you have to put in work and effort.

You probably know who Jerry Seinfeld is? He is a VERY successful comedian (if you do not know) Many people might think that he is naturally gifted at being funny.

He writes jokes every day! He sits down an “block away” everything else and sits down and write jokes. EVERYDAY. EVERYDAY!

There are many more examples of this. Take Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time (in my opinion). He was not even given a spot in his highschool team…

I think many many people would call Michael Jordan a naturally gifted dude :o)

But he did not even make the highschool team!!

So what did he do? Went home and gave up his dreams? NO! He putted in MORE and MORE EFFORT! He started to practice for hours before school and for more hours after school until he took place in the team, and he continued to “extra practice” throughout his career… We all know about how that went! :o)

DO NOT SIT AND CRY BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS BETTER THAN YOU AT SOMETHING!

Michael Jordan did not do that.

No! He started to work and put in the effort until he was just as good as the rest of the highschool team.

Then he continued to work until he was better than everyone in the team!

Then he continued to put in the effort until he was better than anyone he played with or against!

AND THEN: He continued to put in the effort until he was better than anyone that has ever played the game of basketball!!!

If he was just naturally gifted he wouldn´t have to do all that, right?

Kobe Bryant (one of the best basketball players of out time) takes 2,000 shoots EVERYDAY! If he was just naturally gifted at shooting a ball into a basket he would not have to do that, right?

If Stephen King was just naturally gifted he would not have to work everyday, right? He would not have to work 4 hours every day to improve he´s skills, right?

When was the last time you spent 4hours doing anything? 

Think about the things that you want to accomplish in life, think about your dreams. Have you spent 4 hours every day for a consistent amount of time to go for those dreams?

Probably not.

Why not?

What are you waiting for!? Stop waste time!

Hope this helps.

John

Founder of: Start Make Stop Waste