The Mindset Mentor - Do What You Say You Will Do

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Starting point is 00:02:24 So tonight we're going to be talking about, So tonight we're going to be talking about today. We're going to be talking about following through. So it was, it was interesting. And the reason why we're going to talk about this, I was actually looking through my old, old Facebook photos. And when I used to run an office, you know, I had a few hundred sales reps that worked under me when I was, you know, 21, 22, 23 years old. And the one thing that I had above my door, as soon as you walked into the office is it said, follow through in huge letters. It was, I mean, it was, it was literally probably two feet tall by four feet wide. And it said, follow through. And the reason why is because the thing that bothered me the most was when people said they were going to do something

Starting point is 00:03:01 and they didn't do it. Right. I was always taught by my mom that, you know, when you say you're going to do something, do it. When you say you're going to show up at four o'clock, be earlier than four o'clock. Don't be late. Being late is disrespectful, right? How many people do you know that are late to everything? Maybe you're late to everything. You need to realize that's disrespectful. Follow through. If you say you're going to be at a place at a certain time, you have to follow through. If somebody was in my office and they said, I'm going to come in and make a hundred phone calls. Well, that they could not leave the office until they make a hundred phone calls. The reason why I say this is because I am very, very big on the phrase, the way you do one thing is the way you do everything. So if you're not following

Starting point is 00:03:37 through on, you know, let's say you want to go in and do 10 minutes on the treadmill to warm up and you do nine minutes and 30 seconds, right? You didn't do what you said you were going to do. You did not follow through and you need to have that mentality of, I do not fall short. I do not let myself come up short. You have to follow through on everything that you say you're going to do. Because if you start the mentality, if you, if you start the idea of, ah, you know, I basically did it, even though you didn't 100% do it. Nine minutes and 30 seconds is not 10 minutes. You basically did it. You didn't do it, right? So if you basically need to, if you need to make 100 phone calls and you basically make 75 phone

Starting point is 00:04:16 calls, you basically got close, right? That's not following through. And so the way you do one thing is the way you do everything. You need to do what you say you will do. If you start it, finish it. I'm going to say that again because that's very important. If you start it, finish it. Because one of the most common things that I'm told by people is this. I get all these emails, all these people messaging me and saying, hey, I want to change my life, all these things. Rob, I'm really good.

Starting point is 00:04:42 I hear this all the time. I get this message all the time. Rob, I'm really, really good at starting on something, but I always have trouble following through. I always have trouble finishing. I always lose motivation halfway through. You know, I'm really good at starting stuff. Like for instance, this 60 day challenge that's coming up. I know a lot of people that are in there. If there wasn't the accountability, if there wasn't the coaching, all of that stuff, they'd probably give up after seven to 10 days. And that's just me being honest because that's how most people are. The reason why I set up the accountability inside the Ironman challenge

Starting point is 00:05:13 is because I needed the accountability as well. 60 days is a long freaking time. And so you need to learn to build the repetition of following through. Whenever you say you're going to do something, you have to follow through and do it. Because do you really, really want to be known as a person that doesn't do what they say they're going to do? Who lies about stuff, who says they're going to show up at four and they show up at 4.15? Like, you know, for me, I don't know if you're in the same situation. I just don't want to be known as a person that doesn't follow through. You know, and here's the thing.

Starting point is 00:05:47 If you can't commit to something, don't commit to it right away. One of the things I find that a lot of people, the reason why they don't follow through is because they commit to something before they're for sure that they can commit to it, right? They commit to something before they know that it's possible. And you can't do that. It's okay to take extra time. It's okay to see if your schedule works. You know, a lot of people are like, oh man, we should go do this. And everyone's like, yeah, that'd be awesome. Let's do it. And then they don't, you know,

Starting point is 00:06:15 everybody doesn't follow through. You have to realize, you have to take your time, make sure that you can do it. But then when you commit, it's either your mindset has to be this. If I get hit by a truck, I'm still going to do this. Right. I used to always say that. I still say it to my one-on-one coaching clients now where they say, I say, all right, what's your, your goal for the next week? And we figure out their assignments and their goals for the next week. I say, if you get hit by a truck, you're still going to hit this goal, right? Because it needs to be that mindset where someone's like, you know, I need to make a hundred phone calls this week, a hundred call calls. I say, okay, if you get hit by a, what you're telling me is if you get hit by a truck,

Starting point is 00:06:52 you're still going to make a hundred phone calls, right? Yes. Okay. Because then there's no other excuses because if they don't get hit by a truck, which hopefully they don't, but if they don't get hit by a truck, then their week was better and they had already committed to it. Their week was better than getting hit by a truck and they had already committed to doing it whether or not they get hit by a truck. The way you do one thing is the way you do everything. Get that tattooed on your forehead because if you're letting yourself come up short just a little bit in some of the small things, I guarantee you, you're letting yourself come up short in the big things. You know, people are always like, oh, it's not that big of a deal. You know, I got off the treadmill at nine minutes and 50 seconds when my goal was 10 minutes. No,

Starting point is 00:07:36 it is a big deal. Because I guarantee if you're coming up short there, you're coming up short just a little bit as a parent. You're coming up short just a little bit as a father, as a mother, as a spouse. You're coming up short just a little bit. You don't want to come up short. You want to surpass your goals. You know, if you come up short just a little bit of whatever it is, if you don't follow through a hundred percent, guess what? You're going to come up short of all of your goals. Think about that for a second. It's a question I always ask people. Do you fall, do you come up short on most of your goals? Most people do. And the reason why is because they're used to that, the repetition of not having to follow through. So for this episode, I want you to sit and think

Starting point is 00:08:15 with yourself when we get done today, am I the type of person who doesn't always follow through? And if you are, you know, you need to write follow through somewhere, make a screensaver on your phone, whatever it is that you need to do, a wallpaper, all of those things. And you need to start following through. And I got three questions for you that I want you to kind of, you know, take some time today, journal through. You know, one of the things that that's cool is that I'm going to be teaching how to journal through this process, but you know, through the Iron Mind 60 challenge, but I'll give you a real quick idea. The way that you journal is you ask a question and then you answer it. That's the

Starting point is 00:08:47 simplest way of doing it without going too in depth. So I got three questions for you and I want you to write them down, ask them to yourself, and I want you to answer them in your journal. Okay. Because journaling, in my personal opinion, if you can create the habit of journaling, it is the number one self-development tool that there is. Like some people are like, that's funny. Like you have working out and you have all these other things, your, your mindset challenge, but you have journaling that journaling and visualization. That's weird. I'm like journaling and visualization are actually probably the two most important things in there, right? The journaling is how you develop self-awareness, how you start to figure out your patterns and unwire all of the

Starting point is 00:09:22 patterns that you have. So the three questions I have for you, I want you to jot down, is where am I not following through? Jot that down real quick. Where am I not following through in my life? And do a whole diagnosis. Go through, figure out what the issue is. This is the issue here, this issue here. Go through, figure out what it is. Diagnose yourself. Oh, here's the place where I have this issue, now I need to figure out what it is. Diagnose yourself. Oh, here's what I, here's the place where I have this issue. Now I need to do this. Here's a place to have this issue. I need to do this. Here's a place to have an issue. I need to do this. So where am I not following through? Second thing is where am I coming up short? Right? These are two separate things. Not following through is not doing what you say you're going to do. Coming up short would

Starting point is 00:10:01 be coming up short of a goal that you wanted to hit, right? Where am I not following through? Where am I coming up short? And the next question is, what do I need to do to make sure that I'm a person that follows through? What do I need to do? What would make it easier on myself? Those are the great questions to ask yourself and to start figuring out. So that's what I got for you today. Once again, if you're interested in joining the Iron Mind Challenge, we close on and we actually start and close. So the day we actually start and close the door so no one else can sign up is June 24th. So you need to make sure that you absolutely 100% join before then. And also at the same time, make sure that you go to

Starting point is 00:10:43 ironmind60.com if you need some extra information. There's a video up there. It tells you everything about it. The video and the page, all of those things tell you everything that you need to know about the challenge so that you can get all of your questions answered. See if it's right for you.

Starting point is 00:10:56 And if it's in your gut, if your gut says, you know what, I should do this, then pull the trigger, do it. We'll welcome you with open arms into the group. We'll hug you. We'll support you. We'll support you. We'll motivate you. And then we'll kick you right in the butt because that's what we're all going to get. So if you're interested in the challenge and changing your life and becoming the person that you know you're capable of becoming and bringing out your actual true potential and

Starting point is 00:11:17 you're tired of spinning your wheels and being stuck in the exact same place that you've been stuck in for years, go to ironmind60.com and join us in the challenge. But I'm going to leave you every single episode. Make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. I appreciate you and I hope that you have an amazing day.

The Mindset Mentor - Do What You Say You Will Do

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