I ended up going down to San Diego spontaneously. I have a couple good friends who have been going to law school down there and they were graduating! They had worked their butts off and I wanted to surprise them and celebrate their success.
So my brother and I drive down there with one of our friends. And on the way I think, how could I turn this trip into even more! I reached out to a friend I used to work with who moved to San Diego. She's a dietitian and her and her husband ended up opening up a gym. They have multiple locations and I through social media I could see how successful they've been.
So I reached out to her. We met up and I toured their place, we did a Facebook Live and talked about the power of having dreams become reality. Then she asked me ... hey do you want to come back tomorrow morning? We are kicking off a 60 Day Transformational Challenge; I'd love for you to speak to everyone that'll be here as a way to really start the challenge off right. I was like okay, sounds awesome - how many people are you expecting? She goes about 200-250 people. I thought wow, pretty good turn out for a challenge.
I show up the next morning at the gym. It's packed and I walk in and they say James your on! I was like what? I thought I was going towards the end... guess not! Within 3 minutes of showing up I'm standing in front of everyone and giving them the good ole' burn the boats speech!
I loved the energy in the room and their reaction to what I was saying. Better yet I loved how I turned a trip to seeing my friends graduate into reaching 250 more people I've never met before. It's all about connecting with people.
How can you reach more people everywhere you go? How can you add more value? Catch up with someone you haven't seen in awhile... you never know how they can impact your life!
Until next time,
- James
Peak Performance Coach