The Truth About Success - What The Gurus Don't Tell You

There are many truths about success and in this video, you'll learn about a realization what it takes to become successful that changed my life.
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If you study success, you've probably heard the advice that to become successful one should find, study and model other successful people.

This classic self-help advice basically boils down to reverse engineering the process of a working model and once you figure that out, you can also become successful.

And this goes quite far. Some of the most popular articles on "life hacking" websites are about habits and routines of the wealthiest people in the world. We often see titles such as "If you want to be like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates do ......"

This is one of the reasons why most people that are into personal development over time become very eager to figure out what their idols are doing.

And they spend 90% of their time studying them, reading books about them, searching for articles and looking for the next "secret."

Now, here's the downside of this approach and something most people don't realize.

First off, so you don't get me wrong, I want to point out that I love reading books and studying those who are ahead of me.

If you follow me closely on social media most you'll see that I'm reading 2 to 3 books per week and that learning is one of my biggest passions.

However, here's the catch. Let's assume you spend 90% of your time studying other people, their lives, their actions and what works for them. If that's true, how will you ever have the time to study yourself and what works for you? When do you get to test these ideas on yourself?

And what inspired me to talk about this is because I see the exact problem happening every day in the fitness and nutrition world.

We have guys that know exactly how much their favorite Instagram guru did on a leg extension 4 weeks ago.

The same guys have no idea what they did in the gym last week or what amount of sets they can recover from.

In a nutshell, they are so lost in studying the "successful person" that they no awareness of what could work for them.

The problem is, even if the guru tells you exactly step by step what he does there's no guarantee that this will work for you.

That's the trick with health. There's a VERY large amount of variability how individuals can respond to a certain program.

A nutrition plan that does wonders for one person can be a total disaster for someone else.

Cardio might make someone hungry, while the other person feels energetic and has a reduced appetite.

And the only way to find out is to study yourself, to study your own response to certain things.

A coach can help you figure out the best things to try out. And a coach can cut the learning curve by months and years, but no coach in the world can tell you exactly what you need to do with 100% certainty on Day 1. It will take time to learn how someone's body works.

Having coached hundreds of individuals, it's quite evident that every program needs to be customized and optimized based on the individual's response.

Now, going back to studying yourself vs. studying others, it's about balance.

It's not about using "studying success" as an excuse and as a form of procrastination.

Because it feels good to read books, watch videos and study interesting topics. Long term it makes us feel much better compared to watching TV shows, but the question is how much action are you taking?

Only taking action can generate real change in your life.

And studying others can give us ideas on how to take better action and the motivation to take more action.

After all, to become successful one needs to learn how to direct energy and attention into the right actions.

At the end of the day, it's not about how many books your read or how many successful people you studied.

It's about finding what works for you, what gives you results and what makes you happy.

And that will probably take a lot of trial and error that can't be completely avoided with "hacks," apps or shortcuts.

Talk soon,
Mario

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