Nick Santonastasso - How to Build an Unbreakable Mindset

Jul 21, 2020

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How to Build an Unbreakable Mindset

Joining me on the show today is Nick Santonastasso.

Nick is a global keynote speaker and fitness model. What’s so incredible about his story is he kept pushing on despite having so many reasons to give up.

Born with no legs and an arm, Nick had to fight through depression and suicidal thoughts growing up. With all odds against him, Nick developed a razor sharp mindset to become the success and inspiration he is today.

The Foundation of Nick’s success.

Nick owes it all to his parents. They are his superheroes.

As a parent, you cultivate and mould your child’s mindset through your actions and words.

While growing up as a kid, Nick’s parents never treated him any different. They treated him as a normal kid and handed him tasks that they would a normal kid.

It is from his childhood that Nick developed the solution oriented mindset. Everytime his parents placed him in a situation that made him uncomfortable, Nick used it as an opportunity to grow both physically and mentally.

Nick’s journey.

Back in high school, Nick used to be a popular prankster. He’d dress up like a zombie and scare people.

After finishing high school, Nick turned down the offer to attend college and instead chose to pursue a career in acting. And so he moved to LA.

Two weeks after signing his first lease, the show he was supposed to perform in got cancelled. He didn’t even get the opportunity to film the pilot episode.

As time went by, Nick found himself broke, with no money to pay rent or buy food. (Looking back at it now, Nick appreciates this lowpoint in his life. Till date, he still believes he can survive even when he lacks a penny in his name.)

This forced him to move back home and live in his parents’ basement.

With his pranking career down the drain, Nick decided to shift his focus on body building as his next life project.

He analyzed the fitness industry and created a masterplan to use his unique body features to build a career as a bodybuilder. He would leverage what he had to entertain and motivate people.

With this vision in mind. Nick pushed himself to the limit and this led to him being the success he is today.

How Nick uses his mind as a tool to achieve success.

For Nick, it’s all about focus and where you place it. Don’t place your focus on things you can’t control or the bad things going on in your life. Instead, you should place it on the positive things happening for you, and how to find solutions for the problems in your life.

Work on yourself. A lot of people try to seek validation from other individuals in their lives such as parents, peers and work colleagues. Nick advises you to instead seek acceptance and validation from yourself. And the best way to do this, is to invest in yourself.

When you work on yourself, you create clarity and momentum in your life. You are able to live based on your purpose and end up falling in love with yourself.

Nick worked on himself through bodybuilding. Working out gave him confidence, upon which Nick has built his entire life and career.

Seed planting and persistence.

When his bodybuilding career was peeking. Nick decided to attend a mastermind course.

It's here that he met his business partner and coach, Ratmir.

Inspired by Nick’s story, Ratmir offered to work for Nick for free. Ratmir promised to build Nick a successful career as a public speaker.

With the new journey onset, the duo used all the little chances and resources they could find to build Nick’s PR profile.

Every event the duo attended, they would plant seeds in the form of networking and consistently communicating with the top speakers and VIP guests of the shows.

Nick would give talks without asking for pay. Just to build his profile.

With time, they were able to leverage the different relationships they had built through the years and Nick found himself sharing the stage with icons such as Tony Robbins and Tom Bilyeu.

This served to boost Nick’s fast rising career as speaker.

But even after accomplishing so much and establishing himself as a renowned speaker. Nick still does events for free.

As a core principle in his life, Nick believes in doing the same things that you did when you were starting out that got you to where you are. Never derail from your foundation. Hang on to the principles that propelled you to success.

Connect with Nick Santonastasso.

Website - https://booknicksanto.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NickSantonastasso

Twitter - https://twitter.com/nicksanto534

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/Nicksanto534

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/nicksantonastasso/

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