Who I am NOT - Why Who I am NOT defines who I am

Who am I?

To first understand who I am, you must understand who I am not.  I am not a nutritionist, I am not a certified trainer, I have no background in sleep coaching, and I have never taken a mindfulness class in my life.  I am not a scientist, I am not a doctor, I have no certificate saying that I am someone with any type of specific specialty that would make me an expert.  I have no world class gift for learning, I’ve never been deemed a genius, I’ve never been the top of my class, and I’ve never taken an IQ test for the sole fact I don’t care what it is.  I don’t have any advantage over anyone else, I wasn’t born into wealth, I didn’t attend a prestigious college, I wasn’t given any preferential treatment growing up, I didn’t have a single dollar to my name until 25.  I wasn’t born into a great city of opportunity (I was born in the middle of nowhere small town, cornfields of Iowa), I wasn’t born with a world-altering talent, I wasn’t born with any above average athleticism (I choose basketball as my passion and dream - great choice for a short unathletic white kid from the middle of nowhere Iowa, huh?).  In short, there is nothing special about me. There is nothing that screams at you greatness. There is however one thing that I have that others don’t. There is one thing that puts me in the 1% compared the rest of the world, the 99%.  And that one thing is the one thing that makes all the difference, the one thing that has made me who I am, the one thing that has helped me achieve everything I have achieved, the one thing that has allowed me to rise to the top of my field personally life coaching over 100 NBA players, being called in as an expert in my craft to over 40 countries spanning six continents, allowed me to set world records, and grow a personal brand that is recognized worldwide. That one thing - confidence. Confidence in who I am, confidence in what I am doing, confidence in where I want to go, and the confidence that if I relentlessly work at what I want to achieve I will achieve it, regardless of how many people tell me that I can’t.  No special gifts, no special head starts in life, no special birthplace, no special preferential treatment of any type, no special talents or athleticism, just an unwavering confidence and belief in self that has carried me every step of the way.

So why am I telling you all of this? Why am I telling you all that I am not? So that you know if a small town boy from the middle of nowhere cornfield Iowa can achieve all of their dreams and life exactly they life they want to live, then so can you.

That is why I am writing this book, that is why I am as passionate as I am about helping others find their passion. That is why I wake up every day with an energy and enthusiasm to attack the day ahead, that is why I find much more pleasure in pouring into others and giving them every ounce of me I can give. So that you can experience living everyday with genuine joy, passion for what you do, and ultimate confidence in who you are.

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