How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything

How you do anything is how you do everything.

I posted one month ago that I am going to be a vegetarian for a month. The reason I write my goals out here is if you say it out loud then you’re committed. I’ll share some thoughts while I did it.

I didn’t miss meat at all. Even now after a month I don’t miss it. About a year a ago I heard a saying “If a decision has been made then choices are easier.” That’s true if you understand the power of a decision. What it means? It means if you make a decision then you don’t even think about distractions – you cut them off. Funny I wrote I might even do it longer if I feel good about it. After a month I feel that I am more energetic and can concentrate better. I challenge you to do the same. Everybody should try it.

How you do anything is how you do everything. I truly believe that. I’ve set myself a new challenge… To do home workout schedule for 90 days and to continue my challenge being a vegetarian for that time. If I finish it then it’s just few days before my birthday. I had a goal few years ago to be in the best shape in my life when I am 27 years old. I am turning 28 so I still have a chance to do it. I also had a goal to make a certain amount of money when I am 27. I have three months to achieve that as well. If I say it out here I am 100% sure I am going to achieve it. The reason I am doing this is because I truly believe “Healthy body, healthy mind spirit”. I am doing it all with my girl. If I finish that challenge then I’ll post first even naked photos online of my progress.

I do it to prove myself that I can achieve anything I want. Doesn’t matter what it is if I set my mind to it – I can do it. I do it to train my focus, dicipline and with all that I have a healthier body and mind. One f my goals is to live until I am at least 100 years old.

If you stay ready you don’t have to get ready

I haven’t been writing as often in my blog as I did when I first started. One of the main reasons is because I am writing a book and most of my thoughts go there. I wanted to share a quick thought…

A lot of people do something to try if it works out for them. That’s number one reason why people fail at doing things. At the same time people do the same things with a different mindset and achieve them. Where’s the difference? You have to act with “No matter what attitude”

People who succeed are the ones who have “Act as if it’s impossible to fail” mindset. Forget the naysayers and focus on your goal. Today was the first day in my life when a person told me to Fuck off and another one promised to kick my ass because I cold called him. I’ve had some other rough experiences earlier too but I think it can’t get any worse then that. Anyways… It doesn’t matter. If I could face all these 5000 people who I’ve cold called or door knocked then they wouldn’t even remember me. But what has it done to me? These experiences have left an remarkable mark in my brain what makes me work even harder and I am 100% sure I’ll accomplish everything I’ve ever wanted. Watched a video today where John Paul DeJoria (founder of Paul Mitchell) said “If you start a business do whatever it takes to make money. Try not to hurt anybody”.

“You can’t walk on fire staning still”

Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day,
Olav

30 days as a vegetarian!

Today I am writing about something totally different…

I challenge myself to be healthier and to live a better lifestyle. Why I am writing about it is because I believe “How you do anything is how you do everything”

I decided to be a vegetarian for a month. I’ve always thought about it but never really started. So I decided that few days ago in the kitchen eating dinner with my girlfriend. She talks about it all the time but we’ve never made a decision. We’ve been just talking about it like most people do about their goals. But I had enough and decided to try it and see how it makes my body and mind feel.

I know it takes discipline and some sacrifices at the beginning with everything. I still had meat in the fridge when we made that decision but it’s the same when you’re going to quit smoking and say “I am just going to finish my last package – then I’ll quit” I WILL is the biggest killer for dreams and goals. People should replace it with I AM.

The main reason why I started it is to prove myself that I CAN DO IT. I like to set myself challenges and enjoy accomplishing them. I don’t know yet if it’s a challenge at all. We’ll see… I’ll write  soon what’s been going on in my body and mind during the process.

I’ve heard a saying “Healthy body healthy mind”.

Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day,
Olav

Really pushing yourself…

Got some good thoughts about it today and I am going to share my thoughts through my own experience what I mean by “really pushing yourself”.

What I mean by that?

In life you get to a point when you really really have to push yourself and really have to do whatever it takes to get what you want and to be where you want to be. Most of the people who read this post don’t understand what I mean by that… I am fine, I am all good. That’s OK too… But I know here are some people who know exactly what I am talking about. The ones who have dreams and visions of their life so BIG that they are afraid to say it out loud. They stay deep and they don’t even say it. They are the ones who became overnight successes after 10 years because nobody listened or believed in them before and they just kept on going quietly. At one point they raised above… I want you to know that you’re not alone and just keep on moving forward! Doesn’t matter where you are or in what situation you are. I want to warn you that before the final step before you get where you’re going… you’re going to get hit in the face what will knock you down and if that happens then just get up and keep on going. Because in the end it’s all worth it. I know it. You might even get knocked down ten times before the final step but it’s still worth it. I will write about what I am exactly doing in few posts.

Final thought…

Whatever you do just don’t give up

Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day,
Olav

When your WHY is strong enough then HOW is easy. I can prove it.

I started writing this blog for a reason. I’ve made a decision about what I want to accomplish and where I want to be in my life. You can read about it under about me. I am happy to say that things are moving. I am going to share my secret with you…

I don’t know if you have read my first blog post but if you haven’t done it yet then please read it here. I wrote it when I was in a situation where I had only one thing in my mind and things weren’t working out quite well. I’ve heard so many times that saying “If you’re WHY is strong enough then HOW is easy”. I have to admit that I always knew what it meant but I never got it until this moment.

I wrote in my first blog post about one of my deepest whys which is my girlfriend and whose dream is to come to Los Angeles and live here one day. The satisfaction and emotions what I feel when I read my first blog post now looking back are indescribable because she’s here now. I went to meet her at the airport yesterday. At the moment she’s just looking at me and smiling. Was it all worth it? Does it matter what you have to do when you have a deep „why“? No – it does not! You do whatever it takes…

If you say it out loud then the chances that you will get your why are times higher. I encourage you to do the same and say it out loud and write about it every single day. The feeling what you get it’s unbelievable.

Some people say it’s not worth the effort and sacrifice… If you do it only for the money you’re not going to last long. If you do it for something else…

Thankyou for reading my blog and have a great day

Olav

Game changer – getting comfortable at uncomfortable!

I started my door knocking challenge few weeks ago to knock on 1000 doors. You can read about it here. I’ll tell you a little what I learned about this experience.

It’s always hard to start

First when I started it felt quite hard because I’ve never done anything like this before. When I was younger, I was stuttering. I still stutter sometimes so that made it even harder to start. But I didn’t care about it at all. I know what I want and I know that non of my excuses is going to make it easier for me to achieve my goals. Funny is that when I am on the door I feel 100% confident and I haven’t stutter at all. Anyways… After few hundred doors I got an offer for another opportunity because someone saw me working hard on my business. So the greatest secret ever is “If you work hard and you put everything you have into it people will notice you and you start getting offers!” I took it. I am not going to write about it today. I’ll do that later in the future. Because I know and I feel that it’s going to be a huge game changer in my life. Stay tuned for that.

About people

From that 1000 doors about 3 were that kind of bad experiences what I can remember right away. Nothing special but just not “that good” experiences. That’s about 0,3%. Most of them were really nice or they just told you politely to “F..k off”. At least 10 of them were really good experiences what I can remember right away. These were the people who were inspired about of what I was doing. They lived in 2-5 million dollar houses and I think they saw themselves 10 years ago working hard. Some people even told me that they started the same way. I learned that numbers what I have read that only 1% of people become entrepreneurs. That’s true because that 1% 10 people were the ones who told me to keep on going, paddled me on my back and said never give up. All of them were 100% sure I’ll make it. Thanks for your support.

Biggest thing I learned

Biggest thing what I learned when I knocked on 1000 doors was that I have to knock at least another 10 000 – 100 000 doors in my life to live the life of my dreams. They are not all house doors but doors what create ways and opportunities for people around the world. What I like about being entrepreneur is that these doors never run out. I haven’t met and entrepreneur who had only one goal and retired after that. Goals are are like fruits what come again every year no matter what. Good thing is that I am willing to do that. Even if it’s 1 million doors.

Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day,
Olav

Challenge yourself!

Do something what you are afraid to do. Do something what you know that you can do but haven’t had courage to do it so far. I promise if you do that everything else comes easier. I did something and will write about it very soon. I feel like I’ve learned a lot in all aspects of life.

Think about it just for a moment. How does 100 cold calls a day for two months sound for your business or cold shower every morning for two months or perhaps running 3 miles a day for two months? There’s plenty of options. Pick one and do it 😉

Challenge yourself. Not for a day but for months. Hope you got some value.

Thanks for reading my blog post and have a great day,
Olav

What to do on the days when you don’t feel like doing it?

Everyday is not the same…

There’s two different sides. When you don’t feel like doing it because you’re lazy then you better get disciplined. If you want to do it and somehow it’s not “the day” for you then take a look at my thoughts.

Too many days have passed without high energy and full enthusiasm. I am pretty sure that you have had periods like these as well. What to do then?

I’ve had quite few days like this lately. If you are an entrepreneur then you know how these days look like. You wake up and you start doing things and somehow you’re stuck in your head. Just can’t get things going. Why is it happening? It’s happening mostly because of overwhelming. You need to take some time off and have some quality time by yourself, spend some time with people who are important to you or just have some fun. Enjoy yourself whatever way you feel like. Most importantly socialize! Don’t be by yourself in your office brainstorming on new ideas. Take some time off and go the beach, park or movies wherever you feel comfortable. I know that you can’t waste even a minute because you are working on your master project. Darren Hardy said „Your resting time is also your working time“. He’s got a point! That’s a big mistake what most of the entrepreneurs do. They overwork, overwhelm and get stuck in a moment. Give yourself some space. Nobody can work 24/7 365 days in a year. Nobody!

Darren Hardy recommends to do ultra focus sessions few times a day. Not just to wonder around 12 hours a day and think that you are doing a lot. The catch is that you have to do it with 110% focus. No distractions! Best time to do it is on the morning when you wake up and nobody isn’t disturbing you. Do it for 90 minutes. You’d be amazed.

These are some thoughts what I got when I took some time off and went to beautiful Santa Monica beach. Hope you got some value.

Thank you for reading and have a great day,

Olav

What is your value?

Have you ever thought about it? Most of the people never think about it. Their value goes up and down like a boat with no captain on the stormy sea what’s just flying around. They have no control over it. What I’ve understood is that your value comes down only to you. Only you can give yourself a value – lift it or destroy it. Nobody else! Few days ago had conversation about results, progress and commitment. Whatever is your occupation, doesn’t matter what to you do or what have you done but in some points in life you end up in a situations where you do everything what I just mentioned and you don’t hit your goals and you become frustrated, angry and disappointed. These are the moments when you feel like „you’re not good enough and your value starts going down“. Is it really so? You can look it with two different point of views. One is that you didn’t get what you were aiming and you can try even harder and hit it bigger next time. I’ve heard “It’s the process what builds you. Not the end result.” That must be true. Secondly what usually happens to most of us is that most of the people think after not hitting that goal “they are not good enough” and their self-esteem starts going down with their value.

Why is this happening and how to avoid it?

How I see it?

I see a value everywhere where is a burning desire to learn, grow and become more. I don’t concentrate what a person has now, I concentrate where is the person going. You have to think about yourself the same way. What do you want to achieve in a long term? Which one has more value in them: an average person who knows a lot and has “most of the answers” or a person who is unstoppable, committed and willing to learn no matter what? But the last one failed in history, English and mathematic… Think about it. If you think about yourself like that then your value can never go down.

You should never say to yourself or even consider thinking about that you are not good enough. You have always been and always will be the best you can if you really get it. You can’t define your value by fitting in. You can define it by standing out. That’s the true courage. Everybody can fit in and stay deep. Don’t need much courage for that.

Where the point, what’s my value? If you position yourself in the second part that you are going to be learning and growing then you already know that you are priceless.

Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day,

Olav