The Mindset Mentor - Are You Working or Training?

Episode Date: November 14, 2018

Episode 507 - Are you getting things done or planning on getting things done? Are you accomplishing your goals or studying about what you should do next? These seem like silly questions but they actually the difference between your success and thinking that you are working towards success when you are just standing still. Want to learn more about Mindset Mentor+? For nearly nine years, the Mindset Mentor Podcast has guided you through life's ups and downs. Now, you can dive even deeper with Mindset Mentor Plus. Turn every podcast lesson into real-world results with detailed worksheets, journaling prompts, and a supportive community of like-minded people. Enjoy monthly live Q&A sessions with me, and all this for less than a dollar a day. If you’re committed to real, lasting change, this is for you.Join here 👉 www.mindsetmentor.com My first book that I’ve ever written is now available. It’s called LEVEL UP and It’s a step-by-step guide to go from where you are now, to where you want to be as fast as possible.📚If you want to order yours today, you can just head over to robdial.com/bookHere are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYoutube

Welcome to the MWF Motivation Podcast, one of the top-rated motivational podcasts in the world. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I come out with a short, to-the-point, no-BS podcast designed to transform you from who you are today into who you want to be. There's no fluff here, just life-changing content. My name is Rob Dial, and the podcast starts now. Welcome to today's episode. If you have not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so that you never miss another episode. And as you guys have been seeing, there are still changes from switching from MWF Motivation to the Mindset and Motivation podcast. So make sure you are subscribed so that you will

not lose any of this content. You'll still be subscribed. You'll still be part of it. But don't forget, just remind yourself it's called the Mindset and Motivation podcast. It's very, very important that you continue to remind yourself of that because we want to make sure that you're listening to this. And if you love this episode, do me a favor, share it with somebody. We're trying to grow. And the only way that a podcast can grow is organically through word of mouth. So if you feel like you've gotten value from this, please share this episode or any episode that you've ever listened to that you really love with someone that you feel would be impacted by it. Okay, so today what I'm going to be talking about is the difference between studying versus

training or what I like to call it, crap or get off the pot. And if you don't know what that phrase means, maybe you should Google it, but crap or get off the pot. And let me explain what I mean by this. Studying is what a lot of people do. And a lot of people think they're doing something and they trick themselves into thinking they're doing something. And in reality, they're not doing anything. Now, let me say this. Studying can be very good and is something that you have to do. You have to learn. You have to read. You have to acquire knowledge.

You have to listen to podcasts. You have to do all of these different things. It is a requirement in order to be successful, in order to get to where you want have to do all of these different things. It is a requirement in order to be successful in order to get to where you want to be, no matter what you want to be successful at. But there is a point where you get to it. There's a point where you get to it and it just doesn't do anything for you anymore. There's a point where you realize that you're studying is actually just wasting time. You Your studying is you trying to trick yourself into acting like you're getting something done. For instance, I'll give you a perfect example. Listening to this podcast. I know some people are out there and they listen to this

podcast and they love this podcast, but they listen to it, tricking themselves into thinking that they're doing something for themselves. They're doing something for themselves, but to not apply any of the stuff that you've learned, to not go out and actually do something after it is just a waste of time. If you're doing that, it's probably better if you just don't listen to the podcast and you save yourself 15 minutes three times a week. That's probably best. What you have to realize is you have to learn, you have to get the knowledge, but then you need to apply the knowledge. You need to go out and execute. A lot of people, most people in the world try to trick themselves into thinking they're doing something, but in reality, what they're doing is just delaying the inevitable or

procrastinating more than anything else. A lot of people use procrastination and cover it up in thinking that they're actually studying or doing something. A lot of thinkers do this. A lot of thinkers are like, well, I need to read as much as I possibly can. I need to listen to as many podcasts I possibly can. And yes, you do need to do these things, but there's a point where you get to too much and you're kind of just wasting your time and you need to actually go out there and get some real world training. Listening to the podcast. And here's the thing. I'll admit, last year, I think I probably got to the point of And here's the thing. I'll admit last year, I think I probably got to the point of doing too much studying. I read 40 books and that's great.

You can read 40 books, but I think I got to the point where I should have been doing more. I should have cut back, maybe read 20 books for the year and it still would have gotten me pretty good results. And then I should have used the other time that I would have read those 20 books and spent that time doing stuff and getting stuff done and actually going out and executing. But you have to realize the reason why I say this is because studying doesn't make you money. The execution and the application of that knowledge, that's what makes you money. That's what gets you successful to whatever it is that you want to do. So that's studying. you money. That's what gets you successful to whatever it is that you want to do. So that's studying. Training is the next best thing. Training is getting out there and going and doing as much as you possibly can, getting the hands-on experience, learning as much as you

possibly can, getting into some type of... If there's podcasting, then there's the group coaching. If group coaching isn't for you, hey, no worries. Figure out something else that's the more advanced version of the podcast. Something that's going to push you a little bit more, push you to become better, push you to become the best version of yourself, push you to become a better marketer, push you to become a better mother or father or whatever it is that you want to be. That's what training is. If you think about it, athletes, they do a lot of training. They study a lot. They watch the films of the teams they're about to play.

Then what they do is after they watch all the films, they get as much training as they possibly, or they get as much studying as they possibly can, they go out and train. They have a practice squad that makes it almost, almost as good as playing the actual team. Think about it this way. Think of a boxer.

A boxer is a perfect example of this. A boxer, when you're of this. A boxer, when you're going into a huge fight, they get somebody, they read, you know, say they get this, they get person A and they're going to fight person A. What they do is they watch all of the videos on person A that they possibly can. They study it. Then what they do is they go out and train. That's the next step. What they do is they find someone that's the same size of them, the same arm length as that person they're going to be fighting, as close to the real thing as they possibly can. So that's studying, which is good. Then you go into training, which is as close to the real world as you possibly can.

And you spend as much time as you can training before you need to actually execute. And then you execute. Now don't stick in this time of training thinking that you're actually executing as well. Once again, same thing. You can spend too much time there. So you need to study, you need to train, and then you need to execute. The only thing that's better than training is the real thing. Going out there and getting punched in the face and learning how to deal with it next time you get punched in the face.

You need to go out there sometimes. And most of the time, people are spending too much time studying, not enough time training, and then not even close to enough time executing and then going out there in the real world. So I want you to think about that. Do you listen to every single one of these episodes, but then you do nothing after?

Do you listen to every single one of these episodes and you know that you need to read more or you know you need to go to conferences or you know you need to go to seminars or you know you need to get a mentor, some type of coaching, or you need to go to a networking event, or you need to do something, but you're just sitting on your ass and you're doing nothing? Because at that point in time, what you're doing is studying. And in reality, if you're doing that, you're probably just wasting your time. You need to get out into the real world.

You need to get some training in. And then once you get the training in, you get the coaching in, you get the mentors, you get the real world experience, or as closest to the real world. You need to get some training in. And then once you get the training and you get the coaching and you get the mentors, you get the real world experience or as closest to the real world experience as possible, then you execute. Then you go out and you actually execute on the dreams that you want. But the problem is you can't do that unless you go through these steps. You have to study and then you have to realize you get to the point of diminishing returns and you need to go into training. And you need to go into training and you need to spend your money on whatever it is. Some type of course maybe for how to become an internet marketer, a course maybe on how to become a better mother, whatever it is that you want to become better at. And then you need to execute. You need to go out and you need to actually do it. Because most people spend too

much of their time studying than anything else, thinking that they're actually getting stuff done. And then some people go into the training aspect and act they're actually getting stuff done. And then some people go into the training aspect and act like they're getting stuff done, but very, very few people go out and actually execute. So you need to ask yourself this, are you spending too much of your time studying? And then if you aren't, are you spending too much of your time training? And then ask yourself this, are you spending any time and how much time are you spending executing and going out there and doing what you need to do and getting punched in the face and getting back up and learning from being punched in the face and getting better every single time that you do it? Because sometimes you have to go out there, you have to go into the real world,

you have to get punched in the face in order to return and become better. But most people's fear cripples them and they need to make up excuses like, hey, I need to keep studying. I need to keep training. I need to keep doing these things. And they keep putting off execution as long as they possibly can. And then they never execute and realize why their dreams don't come true. So that's what I want to ask you. Are you at the point where you're studying too much? And if you're not studying too much, are you at the point where you're training too much?

And then ask yourself, how much time am I spending executing? And if I need to execute more, I will cut training and studying completely out and just strictly execute and go out there and fail as much as I possibly can in order to get better. Stop putting off the execution. That's the most important part. So the question is, what do you need to do? Because you need to make a decision.

Are you going to crap or are you going to get off the pot? And that's kind of the situation you need to be in. Are you really going to follow your dreams and go for it? Or should you just completely give up on it and do something else? And, you know, live a life of mediocrity. That's the decision that you need to make. And that's how I want to challenge you. And that's what I hope that you figure out some type of way to execute and go out there

and make your dreams actually happen. Well, that's it for today's podcast. If you want the show notes for this episode, they can be found at mwfmotivation.com. Also, if you liked this episode, please spread the love and share it with a friend because it's our mission to help as many people as we can. And to keep in touch, you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Both handles are at MWF motivation with no spaces. Now you know what time it is. So go out and make your dreams a reality. Outro Music