Marketing Secrets with Russell Brunson - STOP STOPPING!

Episode Date: September 11, 2017

If you want success, the first step is STOP STOPPING!!! On this episode Russell talks about getting his stalling kids ready for bed and yelling at them to stop stopping, which reminded him of what Setema said at Funnel Hacking Live. Here are some of the awesome things to look for in this episode: Why yelling at his kids to stop stalling, made him think of people who need to stop stopping when it comes to business and life. Why it's always important to keep moving forward even when you hit roadblocks. And why its physically impossible to have success when you stop from every roadblock that gets in your way. So listen here to listen to Russell say "Stop stopping" a million times to burn it into your brain so it motivates you to always move forward. Transcript - https://marketingsecrets.com/blog/stop-stopping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's up everybody, it's Russell Brunson. I'm about to go to bed, but I want to talk to you about something. Welcome back to Marketing Secrets. So the big question is this. How are entrepreneurs like us, who didn't cheat and take on venture capital, who are spending money from our own pockets, how do we market in a way that lets us get our products and our services and the things that we believe in out to the world,

and yet still remain profitable? That is the question, and this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Russell Brunson, and welcome to Marketing Secrets. All right, so it's been a crazy week. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little tired. We're coming up on the big viral video launch. It's been early mornings, late nights, doing a lot of things, a lot of stuff working,

a lot of stuff not working. We've had ups and we've had downs. It's been nuts. It's been fun. I don't know about you, but I just love this game. I love the journey. I love everything about it, and it's been so been fun. I don't know about you, but I just love this game. I love the journey. I love everything about it. It's been so much fun. I had kind of a funny story tonight.

Actually, this came from initially is Satema. Some of you guys heard him speak of Fun Like a Lie. He's been in our circle. He was in our circle last year. He gave this one presentation that was so cool. He had four or five points he was going over i remember one of them that had like a big impact on me um i forget my notebook all i remember is he said you need to stop stopping and they started talking about like people they go they hit a roadblock and then they stop he said you need to stop stopping he said that uh thing happens you know and people stop he's like you gotta stop stop stopping. He said that a thing happens, you know, and people stop. He said, you gotta stop stopping.

He kept saying that over and over again. It's funny tonight, we got back after a long week, we had this big party at one of the neighbors house this night. It was probably, probably about 250 kids at this thing. It was nuts. My kids are out there swimming and partying. Clint and I came and took the younger kids home and then I just went back to go grab them. So I grabbed them and they're all cold and tired and they're all hopped up on sugar and

stuff. You know how it is. Summer parties, I guess, end of summer parties. So anyway, so I go and get him, load him in the car, drive him home, get him into bed and Dallin, my oldest, he's getting ready for bed and he has this thing where he just kind of stalls and stalls and stalls, and he kept stopping. And tonight, like, after like the fifth or sixth time, I'm like, come on, bud, let's go, let's go.

And then, like, he was, like, pretty strong, and he just kind of stopped there, and he's sitting there. I was like, Talon, you have to stop stopping. He's like, what, dad? I'm like, you have to stop stopping. He's like, wait, what? I'm like, stop to stop stopping he's like wait what i'm like stop stopping i kept yelling at him but he starts laughing and then anyway and then um i was getting Bowen for bed he kept doing something like Bowen you have to stop stopping and he's like

what dad i'm like you have to stop stopping he's like oh that's really cool i'm like i know and then it's Ellie and anyway everyone else has passed out. Clep passed out a little earlier too with Hayden and Nora's long gone. So anyway, as I had fun doing that and yelling at the kids and telling them to stop stopping, I just kind of realized like how powerful that is. And I was like, I gotta grab my camera just because I think that this is why most people don't succeed. And not just in business. This is like any part of life, right?

Like good relationships, people just stop. In business, they stop. In development, in sports. Like how many times people just stop? And, you know, I'm not perfect either. I'm guilty of this as well. But I think one of the reasons why I do have success in this avenue of my life, in business, stuff like that, is I just stop stopping. Like you hit something and then you just keep going

and you keep going and you keep going and you keep going. And so for any of you guys who have a habit of stopping, right? You start working on a project and then you stop, you start doing this thing and then you stop and then you start doing something else and then you stop and you get stopped by whatever it could be. Facebook, phone, friends all f's yeah a bunch of i was gonna say that was something kind of inappropriate uh anyway they're all that's a bunch of anyway um like you gotta stop stopping i think that's i think that's it for most people um you let turbulence and you stop and you gotta stop stopping so this is it. I'm going to say it 10 more times. So it gets rung into your head. So every time you're moving

forward on something, you're moving direction and getting momentum. You start moving in this thing. You hit something and you want to stop. I want you to hear me yelling in your ears. Stop stopping. Okay. Keep going. Stop stopping. Go, go, go. Keep going. Yes, that's a trial. Stop stopping. Yes, that's a hurdle. Stop stopping. Yes, that's frustrating. Stop stopping. Yes, I know there's pain associated with that task. You don't want to do it. You got to stop stopping. Just keep moving forward. Stop stopping. So there it is. There's my rant for you guys tonight. Stop stopping. Keep moving forward. That's the goal. If you do that, you'll get what you want. If you stop, you won't. It's physically impossible. If I want that thing over there, I start walking towards it and I stop. I can't get it. I'm like, oh, but it's hard or I'm tired

or I'm hungry or I'm fill in the blank with your excuse. If you stop, you're never going to get there. Like it's impossible if you stop. So you're going to stop stopping and just walk and keep going despite all of the fear and the stress and the pain and the, um, all the other stuff that happens with it. Cause I know it's there. I felt it before you felt it before. Um, but I think about all the things in my life that have been great. It's because I stopped stopping, right? Wrestling was hard. Like I didn't eat most days. I would weigh in Monday. This is in high school, be at 160.

And on Thursday I was wrestling at 130. I couldn't stop. I had to keep going forward. I learned how to stop stopping and just literally stopped eating. I just stopped. Anyway, but yes, I stopped stopping. I kept moving forward, right? And I became great at that

um business was the same thing like i would stop because if you hit you didn't move and i after years of doing i figured out like how to stop stopping and just keep moving through all the pressure and the pain and the noise and keep going and um you know the other math sucks my life where i haven't been as good i've Yeah, this is good for me too. There's two avenues in my life where I've stopped. I've got to stop stopping too. This may be for you, but it's probably for me. Russell, stop stopping.

You, whoever you are listening right now, it's time. It's time to stop stopping. Start moving forward. Let's go. I'm going to go. I'm going to stop stopping if you commit to. Alright? Cool. Stop stopping. We'll see. I'm going to go. I'm going to stop stopping if you commit to. All right? Cool. Stop stopping.

We'll see you guys soon. Bye, everybody. Want more marketing secrets? If so, then go get your copies of my two best-selling books. Book number one is called Expert Secrets, and you can get a free copy at expertsecrets.com. And book number two is called Dot Com Secrets, and you can get your free copy at dot com secrets dot com. Inside these two books, you'll find my top 35 secrets that we've used to become the fastest growing non-VC backed SaaS startup company in the world.