A REAL LIFE STORY STRAIGHT FROM DEEP DOWN

So I felt the need to write this because I feel quite passionate about this.

I have been working since I was 15 years, I have done labor work, working on building sites, I have worked as a cleaner, cleaning crap in toilets, I have worked in a petrol station, I have been a taxi driver, I have been a customer service rep, I have worked in retail and as a majority I have worked as a salesman.

Like most people I felt that I just had to work to pay my bills and get by, I wasn’t driven to better myself, I wasn’t motivated to read, to learn, I just went to work, came home, played computer games watched crap TV and next day started again!

I used to complain about my situation but the truth is I wasn’t motivated enough to change anything!!!

UNTIL………….

I found a passion, something as a young kid I didn’t know much about, both my parents and grandparents were and are very hardworking lower class people, they never quite installed in me that I had to study, read books and educate myself in different areas of life, they just told me to work hard and that’s pretty much it, no follow up, no particular pressure on me so as a kid I never had anyone there to TELL me what I should do.

I always thought I was going to be a professional footballer, my whole life as a kid and teenager that is what I dreamed about, nothing less nothing more.

Until I started growing up and I realised it was never going to happen, I just wasn’t good enough.

I felt lost, just another sheep following the line of people who get up go to work, complain, then do it all over again the next day, then fitness came into my life I found something I could control, something only I was in charge of and that become an obsession, for years I would just think about, training, eating and sleeping, I didn’t care about becoming better at any of my jobs, I would spend most of my time thinking about training, bodybuilding, nutrition and all that goes with it, I started to compete and my whole purpose in life was to beat everybody else and become a champion, I WAS IN LOVE with this sport.

So a few years went by and I once again realized this wasn’t going anywhere, what was I really looking to achieve?! I have put so much effort into this and almost no real return, apart from a nice looking six pack and a HUGE eating disorder.

Many times I would say to my family and friends, If I put all this effort into making money I would be a millionaire by now and I kept saying this for a few more months, then I decided that I was going to actually act on that.

I decided to spend all my savings on getting educated so that I could start a career in the fitness industry, 3 years went by and I was now qualified to start this journey, it then took me another year to actually quit my job as I was scared to make that jump.

In the meantime I started looking for mentors, I started reading books about fitness, nutrition, health, business, psychology, relationships, self-help books and many others, these authors made me realise what could be done, I started to really believe in myself and from this moment on I realise how many years I had wasted, if only someone could tell me about these books when I was 15, who knows where I would be by now.

HOWEVER……

Its never to late!! I now really believe I can do anything, my business is growing from strength to strength, my body and mind are the strongest they have ever been, my relationships with family, friends, clients, associates and just general people I come into contact with are on another level.

I wake up everyday excited, I love every single day in my life, yes there are ups and downs but I embrace them and always see the positive side of things.

I am writing this because I see so many people around me who are still in the herd of sheep doing there 9 to 5 job, coming home, watching Eastenders, eating and drink themselves towards a disaster health scare, complaining about their job, their relationships, the fact they are under so much debt, driving cars they can’t afford, living in houses they struggle to pay for, living pay check to pay check.

They all like the idea of doing a job they love, having the body of their dreams, achieving a level of finance that would allow them to live an amazing life but they just too scared of the unknown!

Most humans are creature’s of habit and most feel like any change is too daunting, they want to have a lean, strong body but they are too weak to give up eating a few biscuits, too weak to give up a few beers at the weekend, too weak to commit to a consistent level of fitness and because they hang around with people who are just like them, it makes it all ok because the friend next door drinks that little bit more, eats that little bit more so they compare themselves to that and in the end that friend would probably not be their friend anymore if things changed.

This comes down to everything, lets look at your job, if you are not passionate about what you do but it pays yours bills, puts food on your table you are quite happy to just plod along and do it until the last days of your life, living an average life, everyone around you tells you that you are doing ok, you have a wife/husband, kids, a detached house a nice car and you manage to go on holiday once a year, that’s ok right? That’s what the society expects right?

YES THAT RIGHT BUT……..

I know for a fact NOBODY wants that, everyone wants to have freedom to do what they like and I am not saying that you have to be loaded, trust me I am no where near being loaded but I am living doing what I love, I am trying to be my best everyday, I spend my time reading books, 3 different books per day, I have enrolled in courses, I follow people who I look up too, I seek mentors, I work 7 days per week, 24 hours per day if I have too but you know what I never actually feel like I work a day, Monday is like Sunday no difference!

If you want that, I am now telling you, you have to do something different from what you have been doing, if that means upsetting a few friends, family members so bloody be it, find your passion and follow it with everything that you have, start by buying books, on your lunch break instead of talking about the night before with your colleague’s, go to a quite place and read a chapter, when you get home instead of seating in front of the computer on Facebook or watching pointless TV read another chapter, seek the people you look up too, ask for their help, surround yourself with people who will support you and help you, get up early, have a cold shower, exercise, eat quality food, a good working body is a happy body, a happy body is a happy mind.

I honestly am writing this because I am now 36 years old and I believe if I thought like this when I was 15, 19, 25 I would be a millionaire/billionaire by now but I am not, one thing I know for sure thou is that I WILL BE.

Now you probably thinking, you materialistic idiot, money is not everything and I would say, actually it is, you know why??

My aim in life Is to have enough money to help my parents have a better ending to their life, help my wife’s parents in the same way, give my wife everything she needs, give my future kids (God willing) an amazing education and a good start to their life, give my brother everything he needs to be successful in whatever he chooses to do, I want to help my friends, I want to help people in need, give to charities and just be in the position if anybody is in need I am able to help.

I want to do all of that first and foremost, I am not bothered about materialistic stuff however like most people I like to have nice things so if I have enough to also have nice things then I see it as bonus but its 100% NOT what drives me.

I am going to end this by saying this…..

If I can motivate at least one person to become better than I feel the time spent writing this was all worth it.

#changinglives