If you want success, the first step is STOP STOPPING!!!
On this episode Russell talks about getting his stalling kids ready for bed and yelling at them to stop stopping, which reminded him of what Setema said at Funnel Hacking Live. Here are some of the awesome things to look for in this episode:
-- Why yelling at his kids to stop stalling, made him think of people who need to stop stopping when it comes to business and life.
-- Why it’s always important to keep moving forward even when you hit roadblocks.
-- And why it's physically impossible to have success when you stop from every roadblock that gets in your way.
So listen here to listen to Russell say “Stop stopping” a million times to burn it into your brain so it motivates you to always move forward.
And then he started talking about people who go and hit roadblock and then they stop. You need to stop stopping. He said that things happen and then people stop. He’s like, “you gotta stop stopping.” And he kept saying that over and over again.
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What’s up everybody, it’s Russell Brunson, I’m about to go to
bed, but I want to talk to you about something. Welcome back to
Marketing Secrets.
Alright, so it’s been a crazy week. I’m not going to lie, I’m a
little tired. We’re coming up on the big viral video launch, which
has been early mornings, late nights doing a lot of things, a lot
of stuff working, a lot of stuff not working. We’ve had some let
downs, it’s been nuts.
It’s been fun, I don’t know about you but I just love this game,
I love the journey, I love everything about it. And it’s been so
much fun, but I had a funny story tonight. Actually what this came
from initially is Setema, some of you guys heard him speak at
Funnel Hacking Live, he’s been in Inner Circle, he was in the Inner
Circle last year. And he gave this one presentation it was so
cool.
He had four or five points he was going over and I remember one
of them that had a big impact on me. I never found my notebook. All
I remember is he said, “You need to stop stopping.” And then he
started talking about people who go and hit roadblock and then they
stop. You need to stop stopping. He said that things happen and
then people stop. He’s like, “you gotta stop stopping.” And he kept
saying that over and over again.
It was funny tonight, we got back after a long week, we had this
big party at one of the neighbors houses tonight. It was probably
about 250 kids at this thing, it was nuts. My kids are out there
swimming and partying and Collette and I came and took the younger
kids home and then I just went back to go grab them. I grabbed them
and they’re all cold and tired and hopped up on sugar. You know how
it is. Summer parties, I guess end of Summer parties.
Anyway, so I go and get them loaded in the car, drive them home
and came into bed and Dallin, my oldest, he’s getting ready for bed
and he has this thing where he kind of stalls and stalls and stalls
and he kept stopping. And tonight, after the 5th or
6thtime I’m like, “Come on bud, let’s go. Let’s go.”
And then he was putting his shirt on and he kind of stopped there
and he’s just sitting there and I was like, “Dallin, you have to
stop stopping.” He’s like, “What Dad?” and I’m like, “Stop
stopping.” He’s like, “Wait, what?” I’m like, “Stop stopping.” I
kept yelling it and he starts laughing.
Anyway, I was getting Bowen for bed, and he kept doing it too so
I’m like, “Bowen, you have to stop stopping.” And he was like,
“Wait, what Dad.” And I’m like, “You have to stop stopping.” And
he’s like, “Oh that’s really cool.” And I’m like, “I know.” And
then I did it to Ellie. Everyone else was passed out. Collette
passed out a little earlier too, with Aiden. And Norah was long
gone.
Anyway, as I had fun doing that and yelling at the kids and
telling them to stop stopping, I just kind of realized how powerful
that is I was like, I gotta grab my camera just because I
think that this is why most people don’t succeed. And not just in
business, this is like any part of life. Good relationships, people
just stop. In business they stop. In development, in sports, how
many times do people just stop.
I’m not perfect either, I’m guilty of this as well. But I think
one of the reasons I do have success in this avenue of my life, in
business and stuff like that is I just stopped stopping. You hit
something and you keep going and keep going and keep going and keep
going. So for any of you guys who have a habit of stopping, you
start working on a project and you stop. You start doing this thing
and then you stop, and then you start doing something else and then
you stop. You get stopped by whatever. It could be Facebook, phone,
friends, food, something, all F’s. A bunch of….I was going to say
something inappropriate, anyway, they’re all F’s.
You gotta stop stopping. I think that’s it for most people. You
get a little turbulence and you stop. You gotta stop stopping. So
this is it. I’m going to say it ten more times so it gets rung into
your head so every time you’re moving forward on something, you’re
getting direction, you’re getting momentum and start moving in this
thing, you hit something and you want to stop, I want you to hear
me yelling in your ear, “Stop stopping. Keep going. Stop stopping.
Go, go, go, go. Keep going. Yes, it’s a trial. Stop stopping. Yes,
it’s a hurdle, stop stopping. Yes, that’s frustrating, stop
stopping. Yes, I know there’s pain associated with that task, you
don’t want to do it. You gotta stop stopping. Just keep moving
forward. Stop stopping.”
So there it is. There’s my rant for you guys tonight. Stop
stopping, keep moving forward, that’s the goal. If you do that,
you’ll get what you want. If you stop, you won’t. It’s physically
impossible if I want that thing over there and I start walking
towards it and I stop, I can’t get it. I’m like, but it’s hard, or
I’m tired, or I’m hungry, or I’m blah, blah, blah, fill in the
blank with your excuse. If you stop you’re never going to get
there. It’s impossible if you stop. You gotta stop stopping and
just walk and keep going despite all of the fear and stress and
pain and all the other stuff that happens with it. Because I know
it’s there, I’ve felt it before, you’ve felt it before.
But I think about all the things in my life that have been
great, it’s because I stopped stopping. Wrestling was hard, I
didn’t eat most days. I would way in Monday, this was in high
school, I’d be at 160 and Thursday I’d be at 130. I couldn’t stop,
I had to keep going forward, I learned how to stop stopping and
literally stopped eating. But yes, I stopped stopping and kept
moving forward. I became great at that.
Business was the same thing. I would stop because we’d get hit
and didn’t move, and after years of doing it, I figured out how to
stop stopping and keep moving through all the pressure and the pain
and noise and keep going. There’s other aspects of my life where I
haven’t been as good, where I’ve stopped. This is good for me too.
There’s two avenues in my life where I’ve stopped. I gotta stop
stopping too.
So this may be for you but it’s probably for me. So Russell,
stop stopping. You, whoever you are listening right now, it’s time.
It’s time to stop stopping. It’s time to move forward, let’s go.
I’m going to go and stop stopping if you commit too. Alright? Cool,
stop stopping. See you guys soon. Bye everybody.
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