The Mindset Mentor - The Difference Between Champion & Everyone Else
Episode Date: July 31, 2019Episode 626 - What does it take to be a champion? What does it take to be the absolute best in the world at whatever it is that you do? It's much smaller margin than you might think and in this episod...e, I will teach you what it is! Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robdialjr 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
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Welcome to the Mindset and Motivation Podcast, one of the top motivational podcasts in the
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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. Okay. So what we're going to be talking about today is the difference between
$300 and $299. And before I do that, I want to talk about making a commitment to staying with
something and not giving up because that's what it's going to be about. The average podcast,
just so you know, the average podcast person starts a podcast. A podcast host gives up
after seven episodes. That's how long the average
lifespan is of an episode or a podcast before someone gives up. And the reason why is because
most people like to give up on stuff. They like to start stuff, but then when stuff gets hard,
they like to give up. It's easy to give up. It's always easiest to give up. It's harder to keep
going. And when I talk about the difference between 300 and 299,
I was listening to a podcast not too long ago. And if you listen to my episode with billionaire
Priceline.com founder, Jeff Hoffman, he actually was incredible to have on the podcast. But I was
listening to another podcast that he was on. And he was talking about how he is friends with
Evandre Holyfield, who is the ex-heavyweight champion of the world for boxing. And he was on. And he was talking about how he is friends with Evandre Holyfield, who is the
ex-heavyweight champion of the world for boxing. And he was friends with him and he was helping him
do this crazy exercise that the average person might be able to do one rep, maybe 200. And he
would do 300 of these every single day. And what happened was he was going through and Jeff was
counting the reps and he was going through it wasn't just like one rep
It was you know in a complete set was what he considered a rep and he said it was just crazy inhumane
He was like the only person in the world that could do this because he was considered at that point in time
One of the fittest people to ever live
And he just 300 reps of it and he came down and he Jeff was in person counting
He said Jeff was at 299 or was that 300 after he he got done with one of the reps of the sets that he had. And he said, oh, it was,
it was, I believe it was 300. And he goes, was it 299 or was it 300? He goes, I think it was 300.
He goes, Jeff, was it 299 or was it 300? He goes, well, it was 300. And he didn't even look at him.
He just went back down, ran down, did another set, another one of
the reps. And he came back up to him and he looked at him. He said, I think that was 299. I think
that you were wrong. And Jeff rolled his eyes and he was like, I don't understand the big difference
between 299 and 300. And word for word, what he said is he said, look at me, look at me in the
eyes. And he said, the difference between 299 and 300 is the heavyweight
champion of the world and every single other boxer out there in the world. So once again,
he said, the difference between 299 and 300 is that the heavyweight champion of the world does
300. And that's the difference between every single other boxer and the heavyweight champion
of the world. And so here's the reason
why. The best salespeople in the world are us talking ourselves out of doing something.
The best salesperson in the world, the one that's going to close you more than anybody else,
is you trying to close yourself on why you shouldn't do something, why it's too tough,
why it's hard to keep going. So if 299, you know, if your goal is 300 and 299 is enough today,
it is acceptable when the goal is 300, then tomorrow 298 will be acceptable when your goal
is 299. And then the day after that, 297 will be acceptable when 298 was a goal. And what happens
is it's actually a slippery slope. You start to let yourself come further and further down
and your expectations for yourself go further and further down and your
expectations for yourself go further and further down. And if you keep doing that, you keep going
on that slippery slope, you're never going to get to be where you want to be. And I know that some
people will listen to this and it'll go in one ear and it'll go right out the other ear. But please
don't be one of those people. Please understand this. Realize that that little bit, that tiny little bit extra every single time
is what will separate the best in the world from every single other person in the world.
And I can actually see right now, I'm looking at it right on my corkboard,
or excuse me, on my whiteboard that's right next to my desk. I have a 299 with a red slash through
it. Every day, whenever you do something, ask yourself, was this $2.99 or was
this $300? After every podcast episode I do, I say, was this $2.99 or was this $300? Did I bring
my absolute best this episode or was it just good enough? Because I know I could put stuff out there
that's good enough and that people would still be impacted from, but I don't think you want just
good enough. I think you want the best. So you need to ask yourself, did I bring my best today?
Was today $2.99 or was today $300? Because here's what I want you to realize and here's what I want you to take away
from this. 299 and 300 is the same thing as the average person starting a podcast and only going
for seven episodes versus getting to 100, 200. I have people that I know that are over a thousand
episodes of their podcast. Here's what you want to realize. There are no shortcuts to success.
podcast. Here's what you want to realize. There are no shortcuts to success. $299 will never be acceptable. It might be good enough to get you by, but $300 is going to be what you need to put in
and the work that you need to put in and to get to where you really want to be. So that's what I
want you to take from this episode. Ask yourself where you're allowing yourself to be short and
come up with shortcuts because there are no shortcuts to success. The difference between 300 and 299 is the heavyweight champion of the world and every single other box in the world.
So with that, I want to leave you the same way I leave you every single episode,
make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. And if you know someone that would like
this, they would get something from it. All I ask is that you share this with them and I'm going to
leave you the same way I leave you every
episode. Make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. I appreciate you. And I hope
that you have an amazing day.