#1388- FINALLY!! The BREAKTHROUGH You've Been Looking For...

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  What's going on squad? Welcome to another episode of the change lives make money podcast for business owners that want to grow and sell on social media. My name is Brian Mark. I'm your host. And in today's episode, we're going to be talking about the breakthrough that you've been seeking, the breakthrough that you have been looking for. I think everybody here would like to have some sort of fucking breakthrough where it feels like all the ducks align and everything fucking finally makes sense. And all of the work that you've been putting in finally pays off.

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  We're all seeking that breakthrough. And it's a lot of people are like, use the word breakthrough to describe the moment where everything starts to work. And before I get into today's episode, I just want to remind you guys, we're giving away a thousand dollars in cash on the change lives make money podcast to a listener every month. Okay. So if you're subscribed to the podcast, all you gotta do screenshot any episode that you were listening to, share it to your Instagram stories, tag me at the real Brian Mark, let me know that you're tuning in. Once a month, I want to be giving away a thousand dollars. All right. I do ask that you guys give a rating on the podcast as well. So rate the podcast screenshot at $1,000 up for grabs every month. Now, business can be a fucking grind. All right. If we're being transparent, it can be a grind. It's like day after day, you're posting your content, you're sending your DMs, you're reaching out to people, you're getting

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  on sales calls, you're trying to figure out the algorithm and it feels like feels like it's a fucking grind. Let me know if you feel that it feels like it's even though you're growing, it's like you're growing at this like pace that like is slower than you want. And you see other people that are achieving massive amounts of success in business and you look at your success in business and even though you've managed to get yourself to a place where you're happy, you're still like, why is this thing not growing fucking faster? Let me know if you feel that. And so because of that, we all seek this word that we call a breakthrough where that and the breakthrough is that moment where like everything fucking bam, it just clicks, you know, it's almost like the stars fucking align. It's like everything in one moment just like comes into fucking fruition.

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  And then you're just like, wow, it's like, I feel like everything just kind of worked out in the exact way that I wanted it to. And I want to tell you guys about breakthroughs. And I want to have a conversation about breakthroughs. And I want to talk about when the breakthrough actually happens. Now, breakthroughs are, in my opinion, the breakthroughs are perceived as a moment in time where everything aligns. But I want to shift your perspective on breakthroughs and what breakthroughs actually mean. Because I used to be the type of person that was seeking breakthroughs and seeking moments in time where everything would align. And what I noticed when I was the type of person that was seeking a specific moment in time for the stars to align is that as

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  soon as the stars did align, or as soon as all of my work ended up paying off, and I got myself to a place where I finally had that moment, because I was seeking my breakthrough, as soon as I got my quote unquote breakthrough, or I got that moment of success, my drive, my desire and my hunger diminished. And so I'd achieve a little bit of success. And then as soon as I got that level of success, it was almost like the energy was like zapped away from me. And in that moment, I almost gave myself permission to stop doing the things that led me to success in the first

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  place, because I ended up getting the momentary high from the feeling that I was seeking. And the example I'll give you guys is when I used to do fitness competitions, my third fitness competition that I ever did, I got to the stage, I ended up placing second, and I was seeking the breakthrough of winning. And when I didn't get the win, even though I could play second, I was super happy. After that show, I ended up rebounding hard to the degree that I gained about 30 pounds. And the reason that I was that I gained 30 pounds is because I was seeking the breakthrough of like getting on stage and feeling that moment, but I wasn't actually aligned with what it what the actual purpose of doing a fitness competition is. And the purpose of doing a fitness competition

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  is to like, display your physique at an optimal level. But it's also to like showcase living the lifestyle of fitness. And so, once I got that breakthrough of getting that trophy on stage, and then I rebounded, I realized that I was chasing the wrong thing. And I want to share this lesson with you. And I want you to understand that the breakthrough that you've been waiting for is not one single moment. It doesn't happen in one single moment. Because if you're seeking out moments in time where massive breakthroughs happen, you're seeking solace in an emotion that is temporary and is fleeting. Your breakthrough doesn't happen in a single moment. You will achieve a breakthrough when you realize that you need to set up camp, you need to fucking pitch a

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  tent, you need to make a fire, you need to get comfortable. It's your breakthrough will come when you set up a tent in discomfort. Your breakthrough will come when you set up a tent in discomfort. Here's what most people don't understand. If you're the type of person that's trying to drastically change your life and your financial situation, you're making $10,000 a month, and you want to make $100,000 a month, you're making $100,000 a month, and you want to make a million dollars a month. If you are the type of person that is drastically trying to change your financial situation and make your, you want to like, create generational wealth for not only you, but also your family, the people around you, your community, and you want to make a massive impact on the planet. And you're not currently doing that right now. If you are that type of

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  person, and you are not doing that right now, it's not going to be a single fucking moment in time that drastically transforms your life. Because what you've been doing up to this moment in time has gotten you the results that you currently have right now. And so, the amount of money that you're making, the amount of followers that you have on social media, the amount of sales calls that you're booking right now, all has to do with the the level that you are currently acting like behaving like moving like on a daily basis. We're the only fucking organism on the planet that is able to consciously shift our own existence by becoming aware of our identity and how we're

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  showing up. A flower cannot look at itself and say, I'm decaying. So I need to shift my focus, I need to shift my mindset, I need to make sure that I start being, you know, I can't, I'm going to make sure that I grow. Flowers can't fucking do that. Trees can't do that. We're the only organism on the planet that can become aware of our identity and how we are showing up on a daily basis, and then consciously make the decision that we are going to grow into a higher version of ourselves. But you can't shift your identity overnight. That's not how your brain works. Your brain is hardwired to a certain fucking track of thoughts, beliefs, attitudes,

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  mindsets, habits, rituals, which is why you wake up, you usually roll out of bed on the same fucking side of the bed, you brush your teeth with the same fucking hand every day, you go to the same coffee shops every single week, you work out at the same gyms, you eat similar foods every day, your brain is hardwired like that. Like, the reason you have habits and rituals, you drive the same way to work, you drive the same way to the gym every fucking time, you didn't even think about it. You're not even conscious of these things. And if you think about all the things that you do automatically, without you even thinking about it, your money habits and your success habits are the same fucking thing. You do the same thing every day. And so, if you keep doing the same thing every day, and then you're expecting a different result to happen. Like,

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  I'm just going to keep doing the same thing over and over again, same thing over and over again, same thing over and over again. But you're not growing, you're not evolving, you're not changing, you're like, why I need a fucking breakthrough. I need a breakthrough. I'm trying, seeking a breakthrough. It's like, bro, you ain't going to get a fucking breakthrough in a moment. It's not going to happen. Because the version of you that you're showing up as right now, isn't capable of achieving your goals. Otherwise, you would have already achieved them. You'd already have them. The breakthrough doesn't happen in one moment. The breakthrough happens when you set up a tent in discomfort. That is when the breakthrough happens.

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  What's going on fam? It's your boy Brian Mark. If you didn't know, we just launched the $10 million Instagram funnel blueprint, became a three time national best seller within the first week of us launching. You can get the book, the $10 million Instagram funnel blueprint. That is my literal start to finish complete guide on how to make money with your social media account on amazon.com. So search out the $10 million Instagram funnel blueprint by Brian Mark and get your copy guarantee you best purchase you've ever made.

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  And the reason I say you need to set up a tent in discomfort, and you need to get comfortable in pain, is because if you understand that the current version of you right now, the version of you that you're showing up as right now, in this reality, in this moment, in the moment that you're listening to this podcast, like fucking hearing these words, the version of you right now that you're showing up as, isn't capable of achieving your goals, otherwise you would have already achieved them. That means that you need to challenge yourself to be a fucking stronger version of you. All right. Just like the version of you right now, might not be capable of bench pressing 415 pounds. That doesn't mean that you can never do that. That doesn't mean I can never do that. If that was a goal of mine, then I would focus on it for an extended period of time, and I would challenge myself to do a strength progression program, and I would actively seek

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  discomfort, and I'd set up intent and pain, because the amount of fucking food that I need to eat, and the amount of strength training I need to do to get myself to 415 fucking bench, would be incredibly challenging. I've never actually done that. And now I'm talking out loud. I'm like, that's not kind of sounds like a fun little venture I might go down. I digress. The version of me right now can't currently bench 415 pounds. So if I keep going to the gym with the same workout plan that I've been doing for the last fucking five years, and my goal is to bench 415 pounds, how the fuck am I going to do that? I'm just going to magically like, I hope I have a breakthrough with my bench press. No, your business is the same fucking thing. Okay. Your identity is the same thing. You got to set up a tent in discomfort, because you need to do things that the current version of you is massively uncomfortable with, and you need to do them every

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  day. Because if you do things that you classify as quote unquote, hard every day, things that the current version of you doesn't want to do. Right? The current version of you is like, I don't want to fucking post on social media three times a day. That sounds fucking stupid. Sounds gay. Not doing that. Right? Current version of you says that. And the the higher level version of you is like, no, we're doing that. You know, the vision, the dream that you have for yourself, the aspiration that you have for yourself, calls you to step in to this discomfort. And even though it feels uncomfortable for you to post three to six times a day, it feels obnoxious for the current version of you to do that. The higher level version of you is like, no, we're going to set up a tent in this bitch, and we're going to post three times a day, because that's what the

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  fuck is required in order to get to the next level. And so I'm going to do whatever I need to do in order to get myself to a place where I'm doing the actions that are required to get me in a place of massive discomfort every single day. And I'm going to set up a tent in my pain. That is when the breakthrough happens. When you finally get comfortable with the pain, and you're just like, nah, I'm just going to live here. Bro, I just live at four o'clock in the morning. I just live. My body just way up now, way up. We're fucking moving. Come on. And I'm not seeking a momentary breakthrough. I'm not seeking this one moment in time where all the fucking ducks align. I know that the way that I get to the next level is by constantly putting myself in places of discomfort,

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  doing shit I don't want to do. Today I'm going out in public and I'm filming with a bunch of fucking strangers. I hate doing that shit. It actually annoys me. It makes me uncomfortable. It makes me all weird and shit. Walking up as strangers and fucking filming videos, but they always go viral. And I know that if I want to grow my social media, then I need to do things that make me uncomfortable. And so every fucking day, I'm just setting up a tent in discomfort. I'm like, what is something that I need to do today that is going to challenge me to be outside of my comfort zone? And how can I set up a tent in my pain? How can I set up a fucking tent in this feeling of like, challenging my current level of what I believe to be possible? Now, here is the biggest mistake that any business owner can make when it comes to achieving success while they're seeking a breakthrough. Okay. Here's the biggest mistake that any business owner can make

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  when it comes to achieving success, when it's when they're looking for a breakthrough. Okay. So you're like, all right, Brian, I fucking hear you. All right. I hear you. I understand what you're saying. I get it. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to challenge myself and I'm going to, I'm going to live in discomfort. I understand. My mantra today is I'm going to live in discomfort. All right. I'm going to live in discomfort. That's my mantra. So Brian, you challenge me, I'm going to do hard shit every day. Okay. So I'm going to push myself. I'm going to push my comfort zone and I'm going to do hard shit every day. So you do hard shit every day for a fucking month. All right. And then a month later, you come and you're like, yo B, you know, I did hard shit and I'm definitely seeing a little bit of an increase.

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  Like my views on my Instagram went from like an average of like 300 per video to 700 a video. You know, but I'm not popping off and I'm not going viral. And I know it's been a month and it's, it takes some time, but like, how much time is it going to take? You know, like, why hasn't my shit really popped off the way that I thought it was going to? And I did sign a couple of clients this month, but you know, it wasn't like 10 clients and I wanted to sign 10 and I only signed two. Bro, the fuck are we talking about? So you're telling me that you challenge yourself to do hard things and you saw a little bit of progress, but you didn't see the progress that you want. And because of that, you're questioning how much time it takes and you're wondering how much longer you need to go. Bitch, you missed the point.

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  You didn't set up a tent in discomfort. That's not setting up a tent in discomfort. That's going for a fucking sleepover with discomfort. That's like going over to discomfort's house and saying like, hey, I'm only going to stay here for fucking, you know, an hour or so, and then I gotta dip because I need to go back to my fucking comfort zone. Cause my Netflix, my fucking TV shows, my fucking sleeping in, my ass doesn't want to post twice a day. So I'm going to come over here, do a quick little sleepover and then I need to get back to comfort where the fuck I feel better. Nah, you're missing the point. You didn't set up a tent in discomfort. You didn't set up a tent in pain. When you literally make the decision that you are prepared to be uncomfortable forever.

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  It's not like how long, it's literally forever. It's like, doesn't matter how long it takes, how much I need to pay, what I need, like what I need to sacrifice, how much effort I need to put in, how much I need to invest in mentors, what grooms I need to walk into, what communities I need to be a part of, what events I need to fly to. Doesn't fucking matter. I'm literally just setting a tent up. My ass is just going to fucking permanently park in discomfort. Permanently park here. Ha ha. I live here now. When you get to that level where you're like, nah, like, doesn't matter how long it takes, what I gotta do, how much I gotta sacrifice, how many hours I need to work, how many times I need to post a day, whatever the fuck I gotta do to be successful, I will do. I will find the mentor. I will follow the plan. I will do the thing. I will execute to the highest possible level

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  and I'm not going to leave any stone unturned. When you get to that level and you say to yourself, I will do this for as long as it fucking takes. It does not matter how long it takes. I will continue to do it. I will wake up earlier. I'll go to bed later. I'll get less sleep. I'll fucking do whatever I need to do in order to be successful. When you get to that level, that is when you have a breakthrough. Here's the thing about breakthroughs. Okay. Breakthroughs only last as long as the person is willing to continue taking those actions. That's breakthroughs. I'm going to give you some examples. We all know who Gary Vaynerchuk is, right? Type of one in the chat. If you're following along, you know who Gary V is. What does everybody say about Gary Vaynerchuk's work ethic?

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  We all know who Alex Ramosi is, don't we? Everyone in the chat, if you're following along and listening to the podcast. Has Alex Ramosi's actions slowed down or sped up in the last fucking three years? The breakthrough only happens as long as the person is willing to continue taking the actions that led to the breakthrough in the fucking first place. And for me, it's like, dude, my business has grown by 10 to 20%, sometimes 30%. There was one year at 5Xed since conception, 14 fucking years ago. We on path. And I know that I'm not at the level that Gary Vaynerchuk is yet or Alex Ramosi is yet, but bro, we're in the climate of that top fucking three to 5% of info right now. We on the way.

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  And the reason that my business continues to grow is because I fucking live in this energy. I live in this shit. I'm like fucking, I set up a tent. I parked my ass in discomfort a long, long, long time ago. Whatever I can do to fucking be successful, I will do. Whatever I can do. My mentor tells me to fucking walk across a fucking row of burning coals. Sir, yes, sir. Fucking going. Whatever I need to do, I will be successful. I will fucking do it. I will pay whatever price. I will make whatever sacrifice. That is the fucking breakthrough. So that's a wrap. You guys, I hope everyone has the best day of their entire lives. Thank you guys so much for tuning in. If you guys got value from this podcast, just a reminder, we're giving away a thousand dollars in cash. All you gotta do to win, screenshot any podcast episode, share it to your Instagram stories,

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  tag me at the real Brian Mark, leave me a rating on the podcast on Apple, Spotify, iTunes, all the places. Peace, love and protein. We got 1300 fucking episodes. If you're tuning in live and you guys want more content like this, check out the podcast and I'll talk to you soon. Peace. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Hopefully you got some value. If you did and you want to learn more about how me and my team can help you scale your online fitness business to $10,000 a month, DM me 10K on Instagram, at the real Brian Mark for more information. And I'll reach out to you to see if I can help you grow an online coaching business.