GF¢ 042: Unlocking Your Interior Greatness with Ben Newman
Ben Newman is on hearth.
And I’m proud to say he’s a pal, mentor, and somebody that oozes positivity into my life.
Plus, he’s a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan, so what’s to not love? 🙂
Listed here are only a few of Ben’s accomplishments
- Tremendous profitable insurance coverage agent (which he just lately retired from)
- Worldwide speaker
- Creator of 4 books (with a fifth on the best way)
- Founding father of The Continued Combat and Bootcamp Workshops
- Excessive-Efficiency Enterprise Coach
- Loyal husband and proud father
- One cool dude
Did I point out he’s solely 35?
Really feel like a slacker but? Yeah, me too 🙂
Combat For What You Consider
My first introduction to Ben was studying his e book Combat the Good Combat, A Mom’s Legacy Dwell On. (In case you missed it, I included this e book in considered one of my High 25 Books for Entrepreneurs).
I would lose man factors for admitting this, however whereas studying Ben’s e book I cried. I truly cried a number of instances. I don’t wish to be a spoiler and reveal an excessive amount of, as a result of the e book is such an uplifting learn. The truth is, earlier than you learn the interview, head over to Amazon and purchase it now.
Significantly, you received’t remorse it.
Ben just lately launched his third e book titled Pocket Truths for Success. Like I mentioned, this man is all the time concerned in one thing highly effective and am excited for him to reply some questions.
Introducing Ben Newman…
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1. For these which might be simply assembly you, give our readers some background on what the Continued Combat is?
An organization that believes strongly within the INDIVIDUAL YOU. WE are all completely different and we’ll all have completely different paths to greatness. Talking and writing are the catalysts to educating, inspiring and empowering people to uncover their passions and wishes to hunt a better imaginative and prescient for themselves.
2. What are a few of the most typical obstacles that you just see folks face and the way do counsel they overcome them?
The most typical reply I hear and the tales which might be typically instructed relate to what occurs in between your two ears. In life, we’ll all face obstacles. How we reply and body the challenges we face will decide our legacy. All of us have tales and challenges we have now confronted prior to now.
When the timing is true, attain onto your proverbial psychological shelf and have the braveness to discover previous adversity to present you energy for the longer term. You by no means know who you may influence by the way during which you’ve gotten fought to beat your obstacles.
The nice thinker, Rocky Balboa, as soon as mentioned, “it’s not how exhausting you fall it how briskly you might be prepared to get again up.”
About this Video: Solely watch this if you wish to be moved, encourage, motivated indirectly. I’ve had the pleasure of listening to Ben communicate in individual and this man is oozing with ardour. Love this dude!
3. How do you outline success?
Success is outlined by a terrific steadiness of the private {and professional}. Success just isn’t about wins and losses. Success is about giving your finest each single day and believing in a objective that’s better than you. Might I additionally paraphrase a poem by Linda Ellis…
For it issues not how a lot we personal;
The vehicles the home the money
What issues is how we stay and love
And the way we spend our sprint.So when your eulogy is being learn
Together with your life’s actions to rehash
Would you be happy with the issues they are saying
About the way you spent your sprint?
I consider this poem says all of it. Concentrate on the correct issues in life and problem your self to like extra, chortle extra and stay extra and one can find great SUCCESS IN YOUR LIFE!
4. In a current interview, you acknowledged that you just all the time finish conferences/talks with the questions, WHY NOT YOU? AND WHY NOT NOW? Inform us why.
Life is all about decisions. What occurs in your future and extra importantly the LEGACY you reside behind is a direct reflection in your decisions and beliefs. STRIVE to BE GREAT!
5. I used to be lucky sufficient to attend considered one of your motivational boot camps. What was the inspiration behind these?
Boot Camps are designed to assist people with psychological toughness and to assist YOU outline your legacy and objective for all times. We now have been holding Boot Camps since 2009 they usually all the time have people attend from coast to coast.
6. You’ve got a knack for sharing superior and inspirational quotes. Are you able to shut with one which has moved you latterly?
“It’s not how lengthy you reside, its the way you select to stay your life.” Janet Fishman Newman
I’m dwelling proof that people can select a optimistic path when confronted with adversity. My mom Janet Fishman Newman handed away from a uncommon muscle illness referred to as Amyloidosis once I was 7 years previous. She left behind a journal that represents how she unleashed her optimistic psychological angle onto the world as she battled the lethal illness.
Her life and her journal now characterize for me the dear classes that exist to assist others overcome adversity and stay optimistic on their success journey. The above quote is the best life lesson I’ve ever realized and it comes from my mom, the best champion of life I’ve ever identified.
Don’t ever let anybody inform you you could’t do one thing. Attempt for greatness in your bridge to success every single day and give up to a objective method larger than you.
LEAVE A LEGACY!
WHY NOT YOU? WHY NOT NOW?
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Thanks, Ben for the good interview. If you wish to see Ben in motion, take a look at considered one of his motivational movies beneath.
Obtain Ben’s free Psychological Toughness Playbook right here.
