58 - Discover Your X-Factor: How to STAND OUT in a Saturated Market

Apr 2

Apr 2 58 - Discover Your X-Factor: How to STAND OUT in a Saturated Market

Discovering introspection will help you leave the past and grow into the future. On today’s episode, Mike Bledsoe is taking us on a journey to find what we love and to focus purely on that. Listen in as we discuss how to take the path that will make you flourish and how to discover your clients struggles so that you can deliver them amazing results.

“I’m willing to lose and give up everything in order to do the thing that I’m meant to do.”

– Mike Bledsoe

Mike found out how to become obsessed with what he loved through multiple failures, including time in the Navy and failed university degrees. From failure to obsession, Mike built The Strong Coach and now helps his clients discover a life of freedom (whilst hitting that six-figure payday).

Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn in this episode:

How to be unique and special in a cramped marketplace
Figuring out the path to take that will make you flourish
Discovering introspection to leave the past and grow into the future
Turning down opportunities to focus on what you love
Embracing polarization and how to trust yourself
Dealing with online hate and cancel culture
Why you should find your clients struggles to deliver them results
How to visualize and becoming obsessed

Timestamps:

0:30 – Introduction
2:55 – Who is Mike?
- How Mike’s Dad suffering shaped his personality
- Developing a love for fitness
- Why artists need to market themselves
6:30 – Figuring out what path to take
- 6:40: Joining the Navy
- 7:12: Picking a university degree
- 8:10: Finding exercise science
8:40 – Always follow your passion
9:30 – Discovering CrossFit and finding failure
12:08 – Starting a podcast & becoming famous
15:40 – Taking a hiatus to discover the next step
- 16:15: Partnerships going south and failed mergers
- 16:45: Introspection & leaving the past
- 17:30: Success in Cryptocurrencies
18:00 – Building: The Strong Coach
- 19:20: Taking on 6 clients from 90 applicants
- 20:35: “It’s not about me. It’s about my clients.”
24:45: Turning down opportunities to focus on what you love
27:00: Fortifying your boundaries: How to serve your clients
28:05 – Finding your X-Factor in a cramped coaching market
- 29:20: Knowing your values before your boundaries
- 31:50: Trusting yourself whilst being polarizing
- 36:20: Dealing with cancel culture
38:20 – “What people think about me is none of my business”
41:40 – Differentiating yourself
- 43:05: Client results and client struggles
- 45:15: Stop focussing on what you’re selling and focus on who you’re serving
45:48 – Studying success from Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond
- 47:00: Visualisation and becoming obsessed
49:40 – Transference, learning to learn, in person communication
56:50 – Wrapping up
- 57:15: It’s not about you, it’s about them
- 57:32: The magnitude that you attract, is the magnitude that you repulse
- 57:50: Lease your frequency
59:00 – Reaching out to Mike