Episode #9 - New Year's Revolution

The Conversational Marketer Podcast - Scott Holroyd

Hey what’s up family, welcome to the Conversational Marketer Podcast!

So I hope you all had a great Christmas, mine was amazing as always. There is something about having kids that makes the holidays a whole lot more special. It brings back the spirit of Christmas, to see their excited faces in the build-up to the big day.

But it’s not without heartache. The festive season can be as good for some as it is as bad for others. Money issues, family issues, the feeling of pressure building up in the lead up to Christmas.

We were hit with this same heartache the day before Christmas eve when a family member sadly passed away. She was 85 bless her soul, and having to tell the kids when they are so excited about what is about to come was a real shame. But they dealt with it, as kids do, and yes it was hard but we got through it as a family.

You see this is life, and it can be hard at times! The people who go around saying that life is easy, making money is easy, creating a profitable business is easy, are all full of crap. Life is hard. Making money is hard. And here’s a hard fact - money doesn’t make life easier, it makes it better.

You will have heard the phrase ‘mo money mo problems’ time and time again, and it’s true. I know what it feels like to have no money and I know what it feels like to have a ton of money, and trust me when I say that both situations aren't easy. But money makes life better.

So here we are right now. Christmas is over and the New Year is fast approaching. 2019 is a fresh year, a new start, the year that everything is going to happen for you in your business, right? No, not right!!

11:59 pm on the 31st Dec is 2018. 12:00 am 1st Jan is 2019. What the hell are you going to do in those 60 seconds? Let’s kick this off right now by talking straight. If you are thinking right now that 2019 is going to be a fresh start for you and your business then you will fail. You won’t do anything, just like the 365 days that came and went before you.

Yeah, I get that you don’t want to hear this and you’re probably pissed at me for saying this. But why are you letting 60 seconds define you? Why not say ‘I am going to make a fresh start for my business and my life RIGHT THIS SECOND!’ Who’s got time to wait? I certainly haven’t.

If you have a list of New Year's Resolutions then the best thing you can do is rip it up, throw it in the fire, and watch it burn away. This is much better than trying to stick to it and watching your hopes and dreams burn away when you fail!

What you need is a New Year's Revolution. And here it is. In this podcast episode! This is the kick up the arse that you need to hear before 2019 arrives.

I want you to take a look at what you achieved in 2018. Are you happy? And don’t bull shit yourself, answer honestly, are you happy with what you have done over the last year? Did you achieve what you set out to achieve? Chances are that you didn’t.

Could you have worked harder? Could you have worked faster? Smarter? More productive? Of course you could. And if this is the case then why the hell are you making the same mistake again by setting the same goals? Your not stupid so don’t act it!

You know what you need to do more than I know what you need to do, yet I am the one who is paid 7 figures yearly to help you realize it. Take some responsibility for once in your life, admit to yourself that if your business is crap right now it is because you are crap right now.

Now it’s not all doom and gloom, I am not saying that you are not good enough, but I am saying that if you haven’t made it right now you are not good enough right now! And that’s going to change. And the first step to that changing is right now. You understand that 2017 was a mistake, making your resolutions that you were sure to follow throughout 2018 was a stupid decision. One that you are not going to make this time around.

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