REAL AF with Andy Frisella - May 05, 2017


Power Through Frustration, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO142


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8 minutes

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1,364

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1

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When you get excited about something new, you have natural energy that pushes you through but what happens when that energy fades? What happens when you start to feel like a grind and things start to get tough and it gets harder to move through the process every single day?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 what is up guys you're listening to the MF CEO project I'm Andy I'm your host and I am the
00:00:11.260 motherfucking CEO guys Friday fire time and I have something that is really good for you okay
00:00:19.920 and a lot of times you know it's hard to come up with things to talk about because a lot of these
00:00:24.660 things blend together but today I think I have something that you guys are really gonna like
00:00:31.720 you know when you start anything when you start out on a path to anywhere whether it be to learn
00:00:42.360 something new to create a business to become more in shape the first step the first day the first
00:00:51.980 minute okay you're excited you're like yeah I'm gonna do this I'm gonna kick ass right and the 0.52
00:01:00.420 next day comes and you're like man this is a little tougher and then you take another step and another
00:01:07.380 step and maybe you get to Thursday or Friday and you're like fuck this is pretty fucking hard man 0.93
00:01:12.440 all right and then what happens is the enthusiasm from the beginning of the process starts to fade
00:01:21.960 out okay you forgot why you started all you could think about is what's in front of you right now
00:01:29.240 all you could think about is that next grueling step that next terrible workout that next day at work
00:01:39.800 that you just can't fucking stand anymore okay and you forget the purpose of why you started 0.92
00:01:48.540 and things become monotonous they become hard they become miserable you become angry you become frustrated
00:01:58.260 all right and guys that is normal anytime you start something new anytime you set out on a new path
00:02:09.120 anytime you move out of your comfort zone you're gonna go through what is basically if you could
00:02:16.000 imagine a bell curve of frustration all right things are gonna get you're gonna be excited you're gonna
00:02:23.680 be pumped you're gonna have the momentum to carry you through the first two or three or four days
00:02:29.100 maybe it's a week maybe it's three weeks it's different for everybody but the point is is that
00:02:36.100 when you get excited about something we have natural energy that pushes us through but what
00:02:41.680 happens when that energy fades what happens when you start to get frustrated what happens when you
00:02:46.500 start to feel like a grind and things get grueling and they get gritty and they get tough and it gets
00:02:52.600 harder to move through the process every single day what happens then most people fucking quit 0.89
00:03:03.520 okay and here's the fucked up thing about quitting when things are really fucking hard 0.93
00:03:09.960 because they're about to get easier they're about to get more fun okay think about it think about
00:03:19.200 whenever you tried something new maybe you play the guitar and when you first started taking lessons
00:03:25.260 you're like fuck yeah I'm gonna be fucking slash and then you realize that you're not gonna be slashed for 0.99
00:03:31.380 about 20 fucking years if ever and it gets pretty hard okay and after the first two or three lessons 0.92
00:03:37.560 you're like fuck this is gonna be really hard and you start to grind it out and you're like okay 0.77
00:03:43.700 all right this is tough but I'm learning a little bit and then all of a sudden things start to click
00:03:48.180 all of a sudden you get that special chord or you you figure out that your fingers can do uh this this
00:03:55.680 new movement that you didn't know they could do and your body and mind start to work together and all of a
00:04:00.820 sudden you're playing what sounds kind of like music and then it gets exciting and then you get
00:04:08.200 you know a natural burst of energy again like you had in the beginning okay and anything is this way
00:04:14.600 guys anything whether it be a new business whether it be a new diet and fitness program whether it be
00:04:22.360 uh learning a new skill or hobby that you don't know anytime we we work into uh a new area of life
00:04:32.120 by moving out of our comfort zone it's gonna get really fucking hard really fucking fast and you have 0.96
00:04:39.820 to understand that that area where it gets really fucking hard is where most people quit and the reason 0.65
00:04:47.020 this is relevant to this podcast is because it's the same in entrepreneurship okay in the beginning
00:04:53.720 everybody's excited in the beginning everybody's gonna become a billionaire in the beginning everybody's
00:05:00.880 gonna conquer the world but after a few weeks a few months maybe even a few years they start to get tired
00:05:08.380 they start to get frustrated they start to ask why is this so hard they start to ask why is this so hard
00:05:15.900 for me and they think it's just them and they think the whole fucking universe is coming down on them 0.88
00:05:22.840 and that's when people quit and guys we all feel that way we all have times of frustration we all have
00:05:31.940 times of anger we all have times of why me why is this so hard for me but at the end of the day guys
00:05:40.600 when you start feeling that massive frustration that massive anger that massive irritation and
00:05:47.960 massive stress you are about to have a breakthrough you are about to move through an area that most
00:05:56.860 people can't make it through and you've just got to keep moving because when you make it through that
00:06:04.320 area that's when shit gets fun that's when you say oh shit man I'm actually doing this I'm actually an
00:06:12.020 entrepreneur I'm actually doing okay I'm treading water and the reason nine out of ten businesses fucking
00:06:18.380 fail guys isn't because there's something wrong with business it's because there's something wrong with
00:06:23.540 people's mind they don't have the ability to make it through the first curve of frustration and along your
00:06:31.980 career and along your journey and and and becoming great at anything you're gonna have these curves
00:06:40.620 appear over and over and over again but you have to keep in mind guys that just like the old the old 0.94
00:06:48.840 saying you know goes you know things are darkest right before the fucking sunshine or whatever the fuck 0.92
00:06:56.860 people say you know things are the hardest right before they get better things are the most frustrating
00:07:04.560 right before they get better things are are are the worst right before they get better and it's hard
00:07:14.020 to remember that when you're going through it it's hard to remember that when you owe every single
00:07:20.460 creditor when your wife or husband's yelling at you for spending too much time at work it's or too much
00:07:26.660 time in the weight room or too much time on this or that or whatever you know it's hard to remember
00:07:32.320 that things are going to get better but they are and this is part of the process and all of us go
00:07:37.660 through these little curves we all do it and guys it's the ones who understand that things are going to
00:07:46.460 improve and keep focused on the end result that make it through these curves when you start focusing on
00:07:53.400 how bad everything and how frustrated you are and how angry you are and how tough it is it is really
00:07:59.000 fucking easy to talk yourself into quitting but when you keep in mind why you started when you keep 0.58
00:08:05.320 in mind what your goals are when you keep in mind what it is you're trying to accomplish and you keep
00:08:10.600 those things you know at the forefront of your brain you know written down everywhere you see anything
00:08:16.460 and you think about them and focus on them a day in and day out basis guys your chances of making it
00:08:23.120 through these these frustration curves increases tremendously so learn how to control your focus
00:08:30.420 learn how to think about what the end result is learn how to use the natural momentum and energy you have
00:08:37.060 to accelerate the process of learning but also know that the grind and the grit and the toughest darkest
00:08:45.320 parts of fucking any journey are right before shit gets fun