Show Notes

During the HyperFast “Hangover” Event, hosts Keri Shull and Dan Lesniak speak with Rock Thomas, a best-selling author, motivational speaker, and coach about how to succeed regardless of what’s happening around you. This episode will inspire you to find your personal path for success. 

Episode Highlights: 

  • Rock Thomas reinvented his identity at 40 when he was diagnosed with alopecia.
  • We need to reinvent ourselves today in the current business climate.
  • Many people right now are doubting their own beliefs.
  • Look around you and think about what you can use that is available to you.
  • Look for opportunities instead of being consumed by fear.
  • The most important thing is to decide what you are going to focus on.
  • It is your job to find your path for success.
  • Rock tells the story of how he overcame adversity in 2006 when a huge business transaction fell apart.
  • We all have a money blueprint. Your bank account reflects your blueprint.
  • When he lost 1.8 million dollars Rock went out, became an agent again, knocked on doors and sold 65 homes in 9 months.
  • Consistently go after success and you will succeed.
  • Many people do not decide to succeed.
  • Decide right now you're going to win through the pandemic.
  • Become an expert at something.
  • Own the experience and show that you're a problem solver.
  • If you're not lit up, then find a way to put meaning into what you're doing.
  • Think about what you're going to do with the money you're going to make.
  • Find a way to run your brain that excites you.
  • Find a group of people that will hold you accountable by encouraging you, supporting you, and challenging you to be your best.
  • Success happens over time.
  • Rock is constantly looking for people with energy that are curious about life, then he invites them to join his world.
  • Be courageous enough to look for the people who will motivate you.
  • Say yes to challenges.
  • Taking on a challenge in one area will strengthen your ability to take on challenges in other areas.
  • Rock has trained himself to be ready for opportunities.
  • Lead with service first.
  • Serving others helps you build up emotional equity.
  • The fortune is in the followup.

3 Key Points:

1.  You can decide now that you will succeed. 

2.  Find a way to get excited about what you’re doing. 

3.  Train yourself to be ready for opportunities.

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “A leader uses everything around them.” – Rock Thomas
  • “Make a decision that there is a path for you that is filled with success.” – Rock Thomas
  • “You've got to find a way to run your brain that lights you up, that gives you leverage, that excites you.” – Rock Thomas
  • “People that are leaders lead with service first.” – Rock Thomas
  • “What you focus on in life, you feel.” – Rock Thomas

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