Colm, Brandy, Eric, Wes, and Christina at Thanksgiving Dinner

Wes, Eric, Sean, Colm, Christina celebrating Thanksgiving at Eric & Brandy

Hope you’ve had a great Thanksgiving holiday.

We all enjoyed a good day off yesterday, and Christina and I celebrated Thanksgiving dinner with Eric & Brandy at their house.

Unfortunately Eric’s Mom got sick, so his parents couldn’t make the trip, but Eric’s 95-years-young grandfather came out all the way from Charlotte to join us.

Wes Ruth (Eric’s grandad) is a former Navy pilot and is by FAR the sharpest 95 year old I’ve ever met.

My grandad is 98 and still going strong, but I think if they were to wrestle, I would have to give the advantage to Wes no contest!

Anyway, there are several things I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday…

I am thankful that in this economy I have put in the time and effort to learn marketing, sales, and management skills that will help our companies and our members clients not only survive this economy but THRIVE in it!

I’m thankful that we’ve been able to share tremendous fitness business development systems, tools, and coaching with all our members and while others are struggling right now… our members continue to have their BEST MONTHS EVER!

And I’m thankful that as we continue to grow as a company over here, we’ve attracted even more great people to join our programs and “RISE UP” to new levels of achievement and success in their businesses (and therefore their lives).

Over the past month, we’ve welcomed 24 new VIP members into our AREA-EXCLUSIVE membership program. And over the next 3, 6, and 12 months these folks will all make massive LEAPS in their personal and professional growth, breaking through barriers they never thought possible.

In just the next few weeks, we now have 11 interviews lined up with more folks that want to make the leap into our top VIP program.

If you’re not on that list yet, then I encourage you to request an no-obligation info-pack and get all the details at:

http://www.NPEvip.com

Then get back to enjoying some more time off this wonderful holiday weekend with those you care about.

Best Regards,
Sean

P.S. Congrats go out to Platinum member Tony Maslan, who sent me this quick e-mail yesterday:

“Hey guys.  Just wanted to send you a quick note to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for all your help this year.  Something I would like to share with you is with today’s deposit we broke the $500K mark for gross sales for the year so far! Thanks again for all your support in reaching my BHAG goal for the year and have a great holiday!”

Tony Maslan
Custom Fit Personal Training
Evansville, IN

Learn how Tony’s reaching his BHAG goals with our VIP area-exclusive tools at:

http://www.NPEvip.com

Back in 1996 I was selling men’s suits. I hated it. Few things are worse than retail.

After one particularly crappy day at work dealing with demanding customers and a moron boss, I came home, sat down at my desk, took out a blank sheet of paper and a black sharpie and wrote a message to myself in big block letters…

REMEMBER THE PAIN!

Then I taped it up above my computer so I would see it every single day.

I was in tremendous pain. Not physical, psychological.

I hated what I was doing, wasn’t making much money, worked every weekend and most holidays and had to put up with so much B.S.

It was smothering me.

I way dieing, painfully and slowly, and I knew it.

But sometimes when you’re in so much pain, all you want to do is escape it. Have a beer or three, see a movie, work out, be with friends, curl up in fetal position with the covers over your head and sleep. Anything to temporarily escape and not have to confront the reality of your life.

I know - I was there - and I’ll never forget it.

Some people go through their entire lives like that. In fact, a lot of people do.  Unhappy with their situation and looking for ways to dull the pain, to anesthetize it, to escape it.

Because they don’t think there is any other option.

I knew there were options. I intuitively understood that I’m the creator of my own life and if I wanted to permanently escape the pain, not just temporarily mask it, I had to get my ass into action. I had to make sh&% happen.

So I put a gun to my head.

Not literally, but metaphorically.

I forced myself to confront the pain and DO SOMETHING to make it go away.

I’d go to my job because I had to, but then I’d come home and do the real work that would soon allow me to permanently escape the hell I was in.

By most standards, I wasn’t doing too bad. I had a job, I could sell, I made a living, had a roof over my head and my basic needs were met.

But my deepest need to achieve more, be more, do more, earn more and ultimately have the freedom and lifestyle I wanted haunted me every day.

So I made damn sure I wouldn’t forget the pain or temporarily try to escape it when I got home from work. That’s why I wrote that note to myself. 

And that note was my gun.

It made me desperate. Desperation has a way of focusing the mind. And a focused mind is possibly the most powerful thing on earth.

With that gun to my head I worked, hard.

But things didn’t change right away, like I wanted them to.  And there were dozens, maybe hundreds of times when I came this close to tearing down that note and giving up.

Today, the thing that gives me more pride than anything else is that I didn’t do that. I didn’t quit. I kept that gun pointed right at my head.

And because of that, I’ve created a life that most people envy.

If your fitness business isn’t where you want it to be, if you’re in pain right now, then put a metaphorical gun to your head. FOCUS. List out everything you know you need to do to change. Realize you are the creator of your life, that you do have complete control and all the power you need to have anything and be anything you really, truly want. Take responsibility. 100% responsibility.

It’s not the economy. It’s not circumstance. It’s you. It’s the decisions you make.

If you’re pissed at me for saying that, there’s not much I can do to help you. But if this makes sense to you, and you want to do more and be more, like…now, then the fastest and most certain path for you is here:

http://www.NPEVIP.com

Eric Ruth

P.S. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” - Tony Robbins