Your best stories are your worst enemy. The hardest people to watch are the ones who never moved on from a story nobody remembers or gives a shit about. What you did is irrelevant. What you're doing now is all that matters. Every time you glorify who you used to be, you kill who you're supposed to become. Don't waste your life being the MVP of a memory. ~ Andy Frisella

The whole point is to get back up. Life is going to hit you. Then it’s going to give you some good days. Then it’s going to hit you again. That’s how this works. There are going to be periods where everything seems to go your way… And there are going to be periods where it feels like the entire world is working against you. That’s reality. Stop expecting life to be easy all the time. Because that expectation will turn temporary problems into permanent bitterness. Here’s what most people don’t understand… When shit gets hard… You still control how you respond. You can keep your standards. You can keep executing. You can keep moving forward while everyone around you uses the hard times as an excuse to stop. And when you do that… You create separation. Because every step you take while everyone else is standing still… Puts you further ahead. Yeah, it’s hard. Yeah, sometimes it’s unfair. Who cares? You don’t get to negotiate with reality. You have to get your ass back up… Handle your crap… And keep moving. Because the hard times will pass. They always do. And when they do… You’ll be stronger… More capable… And further ahead because you refused to let them break you. So get back up. Control what you can control. Handle what’s in front of you. And keep moving. That’s the whole point. ~ Andy Frisella

I thought you said you wanted to do big things? This is what doing big things looks like. Everything is hard. Everything is slow. Everything is going wrong. Nothing lining up. Nothing happening. People doubting you. You doubting you. Running around like your ass is on fire and not feeling like you're getting anywhere. Losing your fucking mind occasionally. The thing you have to understand is: That's the way it is. That's the process. What you're feeling is the process working. This is where most people tap out. Right here. Where you are right now. They quit. They don't call it "quitting" or "tapping out". They "adjust the dream". They lower the target. They call it "being realistic”. Then at best they stay where they are for the rest of their lives. You can do that. Or You can stay in it. Either way… Understand this clearly: What you're feeling is part of it. That's the price. ~ Andy Frisella

While not 100%, another Andy I needed….Its all in the mindset Stop telling yourself the BS story that it’s harder for you. That everybody else who became successful had it easier… That they had better circumstances… Better connections… More money… More opportunities… And you’re the one who got dealt the crappy hand. It’s BS. Millions of people have built the life you want from circumstances far worse than yours. They had problems. They had setbacks. They had disadvantages. They had every reason in the world to make excuses too. They just didn’t. The difference is they stopped wasting time convincing themselves why they couldn’t… And started figuring out how they could. Your ego wants you to believe your situation is different because that story protects you from having to face the truth: You aren’t where you want to be because you haven’t done what’s required to get there yet. That’s it. Stop making your circumstances special. Stop making your excuses special. Stop telling yourself you’re the exception. You’re not. Other people have figured it out. You can too. But first… You have to stop believing your own BS. ~ Andy Frisella

It’s been a while since my last post, I’m alive and on the road to recovery with the knee surgery. I’ve been on the right path, physically moving along great and ahead of schedule per my doctor and PT team. BUT I wasn’t me. The lack of working, moving, really being able to do anything began to hit me hard mentally. I’d play it off fine to family, friends and colleagues, but I haven’t been fine. The second major surgery in 8 months and the excessive downtime finally got to me. My life had become a routine of getting up, PT, home to ice, make a few calls and then I was finished for the day. I was unable to go search for new opportunities, work out, cook, basically the things that justified my daily existence. I was at my breaking point and then I got the OK to return to 50% work, I can visit customers again and interact but no walking job sites, which I’m good with. I got this Andy Frisella motivation today and it really hit home to me as it opened my eyes to where I was and where I’m at. I didn’t adjust it as I’ve done before for language as I needed to hear/read it as written. While I know I still have a long way to go, two more months might minimum in the leg brace and PT through December at a minimum, I’ve found purpose again and will continue to improve. You don't change when you're comfortable. You don't change when it's "kinda bad." You change when you hate your life so much you feel fucking disgusted with yourself. When you look in the mirror and can't stand what you see. When the way you're living makes you sick to your stomach. When the cost of staying the same feels worse than the pain of changing. That's the switch. That's the breaking point. That's when shit changes. So if you're there now… Good. It means you're ready. Ready to rebuild. Ready to create the life you actually want. Disgust isn't the end. It's the beginning of everything you ever wanted. ~ Andy Frisella