00:00:00:00 - 00:00:07:15 Unknown Welcome to fuel your dry. 00:00:07:15 - 00:00:27:09 Unknown Guys, what's going on? Welcome to Fuel your Drive. I'm your host, Joshua. We have another great episode in store for you today. It is dark and it is raining like crazy over here in New York. Got a great episode. Before we get into it today. Please do me a favor as I always ask. Like, share. Subscribe. Tell a friend. 00:00:27:11 - 00:00:36:18 Unknown The podcast continues to grow and I cannot grow without the help from you guys. So thank you so much! Today's episode is a really great one. So I was thinking about 00:00:36:18 - 00:00:47:08 Unknown what would it look like if I asked ChatGPT to write me a letter 18 years ago, a year before I started gym guys, what would that look like? 00:00:47:10 - 00:00:50:07 Unknown And I want to read it to you because it's pretty crazy. So here we go. 00:00:51:16 - 00:01:09:00 Unknown Josh, you were about to bet on yourself in a way most people will never will. You don't fully see it yet, but this decision is going to change not just your life, but thousands of others too. Right now, you're fueled by grit, instinct, and a belief that fitness should meet people where they are. 00:01:09:02 - 00:01:29:21 Unknown Hold on to that belief. It's the real business plan. There will be days where when you wonder if you're crazy, when the phone doesn't ring, when the bank account looks thinner than your patience. When people you don't. When people you trust don't get it. Those days don't mean you're failing. They mean you're early. You're going to learn this the hard way. 00:01:30:01 - 00:01:37:07 Unknown No one will care as much as you do, and that's okay. Lead anyway. Show up anyway. Outwork the doubt. 00:01:38:00 - 00:01:55:23 Unknown Don't confuse growth with noise. Focus on service. First system. Second scale. Third. When you put trainers, franchise owners and clients before ego, the brand will take care of itself. You'll make mistakes. Lots of them. Some very expensive. Some public. 00:01:56:00 - 00:02:19:15 Unknown Own them fast. Fix them faster. Your integrity will matter more than any marketing campaign. A few things you should know. The right people will eventually find you, but only if you clear. If only if you are clear about who you are. Consistency will be the intensity every single time. Your name will be tied to this brand. Protect it fearfully. 00:02:19:17 - 00:02:36:21 Unknown Health is your product, but trust is your currency. There will be a moment when gym guys is bigger than you've ever imagined. When the vision feels real. When others call you a success story. Don't let that moment harden you. Stay hungry, stay grateful and stay human. 00:02:36:21 - 00:02:44:13 Unknown Most importantly, don't forget why you started. To help people move better. Live longer and feel confident again. 00:02:44:15 - 00:03:11:03 Unknown Every decision should answer to that mission. You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to keep moving forward. You're more ready than you think. Josh. Now, that is absolutely crazy. And it is scary how smart ChatGPT is. All I asked, it was, please write a letter to myself 18 years ago before I started gym guys. 00:03:11:03 - 00:03:21:04 Unknown And what would that look like? And that's what it gave me. And honestly, that couldn't have been spot on. Let's go. Let's go back through it. 00:03:21:04 - 00:03:33:08 Unknown You're going to change lots of lives. Thousands of them. Oh, we have. And it's the most incredible feeling in the world. The calls I've received, the feedback I've got from other people, the notes I've gotten in the mail. 00:03:33:10 - 00:03:40:01 Unknown I've had people call me up crying. What we've been able to do for them. I love that, and, it's the most amazing feeling in the world. 00:03:42:07 - 00:03:55:00 Unknown When your bank account looks thinner than your patients, man, I can relate to that. You don't even understand what it's taking to get to where we are today. I've suffered with more issues with cash for over probably ten years. 00:03:55:02 - 00:04:06:08 Unknown Most people obviously would have quit. But when you believe and it said right here, those days mean you're not failing. It means you're early when you believe and you have that patience, it always works out. 00:04:06:08 - 00:04:12:13 Unknown You're going to learn this the hard way. No one will care as much as you do. And that's okay. Lead anyway. Show up anyway. 00:04:12:13 - 00:04:20:07 Unknown Out. Work the doubt. Yes. No one really cares, especially in the beginning. But the one line I love in here is 00:04:20:07 - 00:04:32:24 Unknown the right people will eventually find you. Oh my God, is that true? That is so true. You eventually do find your tribe, find your people, and then they do care as much as you do. But you have to be patient with that. 00:04:32:24 - 00:04:49:12 Unknown It takes time and it takes a lot of growth and maturity, not maturity as a person, but maturity in business. Consistency will beat intensity every time. I am the most intense individual you're probably ever going to meet, and that line is so powerful and it's so true. It's all about consistency. 00:04:49:12 - 00:04:53:12 Unknown Health is your product, but trust is your currency. 00:04:53:12 - 00:05:15:21 Unknown If no one trust you, it'll never work. Spot on. And there will be a moment when gym guys is bigger than you ever imagined. Now, some people might say that's now. No, I don't even see that yet. But in a couple more years, oh yes, that will be when we're operating in 2030 countries, when we're servicing over 10,000 cities, when we have hundreds and hundreds of franchise owners. 00:05:15:23 - 00:05:23:14 Unknown But you always stay grateful and always stay human, which I always have. And it's very important. And most importantly, 00:05:23:14 - 00:05:37:17 Unknown don't forget why you started. I always bring myself back to the early days when I was driving in the van, going from client to client, coming home absolutely exhausted, waking up in the morning so tired I barely want to get out of bed. 00:05:37:19 - 00:05:41:03 Unknown But I always brought myself back to the why? And you should too. 00:05:41:03 - 00:05:55:01 Unknown And this is the ending was just powerful, right? You just need to keep moving forward. You're more ready than you think. Each and every one of you are ready for whatever you want to do, whatever you want to embark on. You just got to get after it. 00:05:55:07 - 00:06:04:15 Unknown Be positive. Believe and make it happen, guys. Until next time. Fuel your drive. See ya. Thanks, guys. Bye bye. 00:06:04:15 - 00:06:19:07 Unknown You know my name? My name is legit.