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Today Kim and I share how a decade of failures led us to our passion business, how you can find your passion, and how you can turn that into a business (if you want to).

 

When people decide to start a new venture, they often ask themselves, “What does the world need?” We definitely did this for years, chasing bed bug and hemorrhoid relief businesses because they had a lot of google searches – but we had no passion for it.

 

Instead, ask yourself, “What makes me come alive?” What makes you passionate? What makes you focus on impacting the world? THAT is actually what the world needs.

 

Finding Your Passion

 

We did two things to narrow in on our passion and business, and these simple exercises can help you too:

 

1. Make a list of things you love to do; things that you naturally do and that light you up.
2. Ask your honest friends – people who will give you true feedback – about what you are good at, or what gift you bring into their life.

 

Our friends told Rob that he was inquisitive, and he does love to ask questions, and that he inspires (and pushes) them to Play Hard when they get stuck in the world of Work Hard. We took that feedback and, ultimately, created the Work Hard Play Hard podcast!

 

Turning It Into a Business

 

Start by taking a self-assessment – Something like StrengthsFinder, a test that will identify your top five strengths.

 

When starting a business, trying to build up your weaknesses is a waste of time. Instead, leverage your strengths and hire people to compensate for your weaknesses.

 

After you know what your strengths are, start formulating that idea. If you want to be a vegan chef, start flooding social media with authentic content highlighting your strengths, and then see what resonates with people. Do they love your recipes? Your videos? Your photography?

 

At the intersection of your passion, your strength, and audience interest is the kernel of a business you love.

 

Resources:

• What are you passionate about? Tell us on Instagram! @KimMurgatroyd | @RobMurgatroyd
• Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review.

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at organifishop.com

Today Kim and I share how a decade of failures led us to our passion business, how you can find your passion, and how you can turn that into a business (if you want to).

When people decide to start a new venture, they often ask themselves, “What does the world need?” We definitely did this for years, chasing bed bug and hemorrhoid relief businesses because they had a lot of google searches – but we had no passion for it.

Instead, ask yourself, “What makes me come alive?” What makes you passionate? What makes you focus on impacting the world? THAT is actually what the world needs.

Finding Your Passion

We did two things to narrow in on our passion and business, and these simple exercises can help you too:

Make a list of things you love to do; things that you naturally do and that light you up.

Ask your honest friends – people who will give you true feedback – about what you are good at, or what gift you bring into their life.

Our friends told Rob that he was inquisitive, and he does love to ask questions, and that he inspires (and pushes) them to Play Hard when they get stuck in the world of Work Hard. We took that feedback and, ultimately, created the Work Hard Play Hard podcast!

Turning It Into a Business

Start by taking a self-assessment – Something like StrengthsFinder, a test that will identify your top five strengths.

When starting a business, trying to build up your weaknesses is a waste of time. Instead, leverage your strengths and hire people to compensate for your weaknesses.

After you know what your strengths are, start formulating that idea. If you want to be a vegan chef, start flooding social media with authentic content highlighting your strengths, and then see what resonates with people. Do they love your recipes? Your videos? Your photography?

At the intersection of your passion, your strength, and audience interest is the kernel of a business you love.

Resources:

What are you passionate about? Tell us on Instagram! @KimMurgatroyd | @RobMurgatroyd

Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review.

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at organifishop.com

Eric and Chris Martinez are serial entrepreneurs, international best-selling authors, and twins. Together, they run Dynamic Duo Training, host the Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast, and help others live a more dynamic lifestyle.

These two are rocking it right now, but getting there wasn’t easy – they had to stumble through a really dark path before they found the way.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[4:30] The 3:00 AM conversation that changed the Martinez brothers’ lives (and the dark period that followed)

[6:45] The turning point in their lives

[7:40] Dealing with negative emotions & the fitness pendulum swing

[9:00] Tai Lopez’s $25,000 mastermind

[15:50] The truth about building a business online & the darkest time in the Martinez’s business

[20:20] The bad habits and behaviors that Eric and Chris are currently working on

[25:00] What Eric & Chris are currently obsessed with, outside of work

[31:15] Relationships & business

[33:00] How a morning routine helps you look better, feel better, and be healthier

[35:00] How Cole Hatter inspired the Martinez brothers to travel to Mexico to help orphans (and why they continue to give back)

[38:45] Advice for someone starting an online business

A Life-Changing Night

Eric & Chris were only 17 when, just three days before Christmas, a chaplain and highway patrol officer knocked on their door. Their father had been killed in a car accident, “and from that moment our life pretty much turned around in a 360.”

They lost their father, and as a result it felt like they lost part of their mother. Ultimately, they lost their role models.

The Martinez brothers realized they were going down a dark path, and they were lucky enough to meet their first mentor. He taught them the science behind fitness and body composition, and that really laid the foundation for their careers.

A Life-Changing Mastermind

The Martinez brothers really took mentorship to the next level when they joined Tai Lopez’s mastermind. They had to offer up a whopping $25,000 to join – it was scary, but it felt like the step they needed to take.

And, in the end, “it was probably one of the best investments we’ve ever made.”

It didn’t teach them one strategy to completely transform their business, but it did completely transform their mindset.

“The mindset we acquired from Tai Lopez’s mastermind is just relentless, it’s unstoppable. Nothing is going to stop us from attaining our vision and impacting the world in what we’re set out to do.”

The New Era of Fitness

If you’re an entrepreneur putting health on the backburner, then Eric & Chris Martinez have a message for you: STOP!

“Put health at the forefront. After that, you can focus on your wealth, your love, and your happiness… but today, I see so many people putting their health on the backburner because they aren’t seeing some sort of ROI coming out of that.”

To help, the Dynamic Duo are giving away a free book: The New Era of Fitness. You can get your FREE copy at theneweraoffitness.com.

Resources:

Check out (https://dynamicduotraining.com/)

Connect: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Listen: Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast

FREE: The New Era of Fitness

Eric and Chris Martinez are serial entrepreneurs, international best-selling authors, and twins. Together, they run Dynamic Duo Training, host the Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast, and help others live a more dynamic lifestyle.

These two are rocking it right now, but getting there wasn’t easy – they had to stumble through a really dark path before they found the way.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[4:30] The 3:00 AM conversation that changed the Martinez brothers’ lives (and the dark period that followed)

[6:45] The turning point in their lives

[7:40] Dealing with negative emotions & the fitness pendulum swing

[9:00] Tai Lopez’s $25,000 mastermind

[15:50] The truth about building a business online & the darkest time in the Martinez’s business

[20:20] The bad habits and behaviors that Eric and Chris are currently working on

[25:00] What Eric & Chris are currently obsessed with, outside of work

[31:15] Relationships & business

[33:00] How a morning routine helps you look better, feel better, and be healthier

[35:00] How Cole Hatter inspired the Martinez brothers to travel to Mexico to help orphans (and why they continue to give back)

[38:45] Advice for someone starting an online business

A Life-Changing Night

Eric & Chris were only 17 when, just three days before Christmas, a chaplain and highway patrol officer knocked on their door. Their father had been killed in a car accident, “and from that moment our life pretty much turned around in a 360.”

They lost their father, and as a result it felt like they lost part of their mother. Ultimately, they lost their role models.

The Martinez brothers realized they were going down a dark path, and they were lucky enough to meet their first mentor. He taught them the science behind fitness and body composition, and that really laid the foundation for their careers.

A Life-Changing Mastermind

The Martinez brothers really took mentorship to the next level when they joined Tai Lopez’s mastermind. They had to offer up a whopping $25,000 to join – it was scary, but it felt like the step they needed to take.

And, in the end, “it was probably one of the best investments we’ve ever made.”

It didn’t teach them one strategy to completely transform their business, but it did completely transform their mindset.

“The mindset we acquired from Tai Lopez’s mastermind is just relentless, it’s unstoppable. Nothing is going to stop us from attaining our vision and impacting the world in what we’re set out to do.”

The New Era of Fitness

If you’re an entrepreneur putting health on the backburner, then Eric & Chris Martinez have a message for you: STOP!

“Put health at the forefront. After that, you can focus on your wealth, your love, and your happiness… but today, I see so many people putting their health on the backburner because they aren’t seeing some sort of ROI coming out of that.”

To help, the Dynamic Duo are giving away a free book: The New Era of Fitness. You can get your FREE copy at theneweraoffitness.com.

Resources:

Check out https://dynamicduotraining.com/ (dynamicduotraining.com)

Connect: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Listen: Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast

FREE: The New Era of Fitness

Eric and Chris Martinez are serial entrepreneurs, international best-selling authors, and twins. Together, they run Dynamic Duo Training, host the Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast, and help others live a more dynamic lifestyle.

 

These two are rocking it right now, but getting there wasn’t easy – they had to stumble through a really dark path before they found the way.

 

In This Conversation We Cover:

• [4:30] The 3:00 AM conversation that changed the Martinez brothers’ lives (and the dark period that followed)
• [6:45] The turning point in their lives
• [7:40] Dealing with negative emotions & the fitness pendulum swing
• [9:00] Tai Lopez’s $25,000 mastermind
• [15:50] The truth about building a business online & the darkest time in the Martinez’s business
• [20:20] The bad habits and behaviors that Eric and Chris are currently working on
• [25:00] What Eric & Chris are currently obsessed with, outside of work
• [31:15] Relationships & business
• [33:00] How a morning routine helps you look better, feel better, and be healthier
• [35:00] How Cole Hatter inspired the Martinez brothers to travel to Mexico to help orphans (and why they continue to give back)
• [38:45] Advice for someone starting an online business

 

A Life-Changing Night

 

Eric & Chris were only 17 when, just three days before Christmas, a chaplain and highway patrol officer knocked on their door. Their father had been killed in a car accident, “and from that moment our life pretty much turned around in a 360.”

 

They lost their father, and as a result it felt like they lost part of their mother. Ultimately, they lost their role models.

 

The Martinez brothers realized they were going down a dark path, and they were lucky enough to meet their first mentor. He taught them the science behind fitness and body composition, and that really laid the foundation for their careers.

 

A Life-Changing Mastermind

 

The Martinez brothers really took mentorship to the next level when they joined Tai Lopez’s mastermind. They had to offer up a whopping $25,000 to join – it was scary, but it felt like the step they needed to take.

 

And, in the end, “it was probably one of the best investments we’ve ever made.”

 

It didn’t teach them one strategy to completely transform their business, but it did completely transform their mindset.

 

“The mindset we acquired from Tai Lopez’s mastermind is just relentless, it’s unstoppable. Nothing is going to stop us from attaining our vision and impacting the world in what we’re set out to do.”

 

The New Era of Fitness

 

If you’re an entrepreneur putting health on the backburner, then Eric & Chris Martinez have a message for you: STOP!

 

“Put health at the forefront. After that, you can focus on your wealth, your love, and your happiness… but today, I see so many people putting their health on the backburner because they aren’t seeing some sort of ROI coming out of that.”

 

To help, the Dynamic Duo are giving away a free book: The New Era of Fitness. You can get your FREE copy at theneweraoffitness.com.

 

Resources:

• Check out dynamicduotraining.com
• Connect: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
• Listen: Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast
• FREE: The New Era of Fitness

Eric and Chris Martinez are serial entrepreneurs, international best-selling authors, and twins. Together, they run Dynamic Duo Training, host the Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast, and help others live a more dynamic lifestyle.

These two are rocking it right now, but getting there wasn’t easy – they had to stumble through a really dark path before they found the way.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[4:30] The 3:00 AM conversation that changed the Martinez brothers’ lives (and the dark period that followed)

[6:45] The turning point in their lives

[7:40] Dealing with negative emotions & the fitness pendulum swing

[9:00] Tai Lopez’s $25,000 mastermind

[15:50] The truth about building a business online & the darkest time in the Martinez’s business

[20:20] The bad habits and behaviors that Eric and Chris are currently working on

[25:00] What Eric & Chris are currently obsessed with, outside of work

[31:15] Relationships & business

[33:00] How a morning routine helps you look better, feel better, and be healthier

[35:00] How Cole Hatter inspired the Martinez brothers to travel to Mexico to help orphans (and why they continue to give back)

[38:45] Advice for someone starting an online business

A Life-Changing Night

Eric & Chris were only 17 when, just three days before Christmas, a chaplain and highway patrol officer knocked on their door. Their father had been killed in a car accident, “and from that moment our life pretty much turned around in a 360.”

They lost their father, and as a result it felt like they lost part of their mother. Ultimately, they lost their role models.

The Martinez brothers realized they were going down a dark path, and they were lucky enough to meet their first mentor. He taught them the science behind fitness and body composition, and that really laid the foundation for their careers.

A Life-Changing Mastermind

The Martinez brothers really took mentorship to the next level when they joined Tai Lopez’s mastermind. They had to offer up a whopping $25,000 to join – it was scary, but it felt like the step they needed to take.

And, in the end, “it was probably one of the best investments we’ve ever made.”

It didn’t teach them one strategy to completely transform their business, but it did completely transform their mindset.

“The mindset we acquired from Tai Lopez’s mastermind is just relentless, it’s unstoppable. Nothing is going to stop us from attaining our vision and impacting the world in what we’re set out to do.”

The New Era of Fitness

If you’re an entrepreneur putting health on the backburner, then Eric & Chris Martinez have a message for you: STOP!

“Put health at the forefront. After that, you can focus on your wealth, your love, and your happiness… but today, I see so many people putting their health on the backburner because they aren’t seeing some sort of ROI coming out of that.”

To help, the Dynamic Duo are giving away a free book: The New Era of Fitness. You can get your FREE copy at theneweraoffitness.com.

Resources:

Check out https://dynamicduotraining.com/ (dynamicduotraining.com)

Connect: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Listen: Dynamic Lifestyle Podcast

FREE: The New Era of Fitness

Today’s Topic: Applying adult personal development strategies to your children

Today Kim and I are going to discuss creating meditation and gratitude practices for your children, teaching them to change their own state (Tony Robbins style), and how they can use power poses or affirmations to achieve more.

Meditation & Gratitude

In addition to cleaning up and a bedtime story, our evening ritual includes a gratitude exercise. Every night our daughter shares three things that she’s grateful for. It’s a small thing, but we can tell she’s getting it.

Our intro to meditation was similarly simple: we just started by sitting down with her, crossing our legs, and putting our hands on our knees. Then we slowly started adding additional pieces of a meditation practice, including the Headspace app (both Headspace and Calm have a children’s section that include very short meditations). You don’t need to try getting your kid to sit still for 30 minutes to lay the foundation of a good meditation practice!

Changing Your State

Our child was throwing a lot of tantrums, and we knew there had to be a better way to help than yelling at her or sending her to her room. One day, when she was upset, we tried something new: we asked her to take a handful of paper snowflakes, thrown them in the air, and make them snow.

She smiled, threw them in the air, and started laughing – it literally changed her state. And it’s important that you use the words “changing your state” when introducing this to your child because then, as an adult, you can add onto that.

Power Poses & Affirmations

We brought our daughter to her first swim lessons last year, and after being dunked under water on the first day, she lost it and said she wouldn’t come back.

We decided to go for a hail mary here, giving her an affirmation and power pose, and it worked!

But what affirmation can you possibly use for a child? We asked who her favorite Disney character was, or her favorite character who had to overcome something difficult even though they were scared. She said Poppy from Trolls.

We taught her to stand up, put her hands on her hips, and say, “I am Poppy. I can do anything.” (She said, “I am Poppy. I can do everything,” but close enough!)

We’ve never had a problem getting in the pool since – and we can see she’s using it on her own!

If you’re consistent and you can get your children to practice these techniques, it will be part of their life and they will reproduce these actions naturally themselves.

Resources:

Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review, mention you listened to this Fri-Date, and we will call your name out live.

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at (http://organifishop.com/)

Today’s Topic: Applying adult personal development strategies to your children

Today Kim and I are going to discuss creating meditation and gratitude practices for your children, teaching them to change their own state (Tony Robbins style), and how they can use power poses or affirmations to achieve more.

Meditation & Gratitude

In addition to cleaning up and a bedtime story, our evening ritual includes a gratitude exercise. Every night our daughter shares three things that she’s grateful for. It’s a small thing, but we can tell she’s getting it.

Our intro to meditation was similarly simple: we just started by sitting down with her, crossing our legs, and putting our hands on our knees. Then we slowly started adding additional pieces of a meditation practice, including the Headspace app (both Headspace and Calm have a children’s section that include very short meditations). You don’t need to try getting your kid to sit still for 30 minutes to lay the foundation of a good meditation practice!

Changing Your State

Our child was throwing a lot of tantrums, and we knew there had to be a better way to help than yelling at her or sending her to her room. One day, when she was upset, we tried something new: we asked her to take a handful of paper snowflakes, thrown them in the air, and make them snow.

She smiled, threw them in the air, and started laughing – it literally changed her state. And it’s important that you use the words “changing your state” when introducing this to your child because then, as an adult, you can add onto that.

Power Poses & Affirmations

We brought our daughter to her first swim lessons last year, and after being dunked under water on the first day, she lost it and said she wouldn’t come back.

We decided to go for a hail mary here, giving her an affirmation and power pose, and it worked!

But what affirmation can you possibly use for a child? We asked who her favorite Disney character was, or her favorite character who had to overcome something difficult even though they were scared. She said Poppy from Trolls.

We taught her to stand up, put her hands on her hips, and say, “I am Poppy. I can do anything.” (She said, “I am Poppy. I can do everything,” but close enough!)

We’ve never had a problem getting in the pool since – and we can see she’s using it on her own!

If you’re consistent and you can get your children to practice these techniques, it will be part of their life and they will reproduce these actions naturally themselves.

Resources:

Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review, mention you listened to this Fri-Date, and we will call your name out live.

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at http://organifishop.com/ (organifishop.com)

Today’s Topic: Applying adult personal development strategies to your children

Today Kim and I are going to discuss creating meditation and gratitude practices for your children, teaching them to change their own state (Tony Robbins style), and how they can use power poses or affirmations to achieve more.

 

Meditation & Gratitude

In addition to cleaning up and a bedtime story, our evening ritual includes a gratitude exercise. Every night our daughter shares three things that she’s grateful for. It’s a small thing, but we can tell she’s getting it.

Our intro to meditation was similarly simple: we just started by sitting down with her, crossing our legs, and putting our hands on our knees. Then we slowly started adding additional pieces of a meditation practice, including the Headspace app (both Headspace and Calm have a children’s section that include very short meditations). You don’t need to try getting your kid to sit still for 30 minutes to lay the foundation of a good meditation practice!

 

Changing Your State

Our child was throwing a lot of tantrums, and we knew there had to be a better way to help than yelling at her or sending her to her room. One day, when she was upset, we tried something new: we asked her to take a handful of paper snowflakes, thrown them in the air, and make them snow.

She smiled, threw them in the air, and started laughing – it literally changed her state. And it’s important that you use the words “changing your state” when introducing this to your child because then, as an adult, you can add onto that.

 

Power Poses & Affirmations

We brought our daughter to her first swim lessons last year, and after being dunked under water on the first day, she lost it and said she wouldn’t come back.

We decided to go for a hail mary here, giving her an affirmation and power pose, and it worked!

But what affirmation can you possibly use for a child? We asked who her favorite Disney character was, or her favorite character who had to overcome something difficult even though they were scared. She said Poppy from Trolls.

We taught her to stand up, put her hands on her hips, and say, “I am Poppy. I can do anything.” (She said, “I am Poppy. I can do everything,” but close enough!)

We’ve never had a problem getting in the pool since – and we can see she’s using it on her own!

If you’re consistent and you can get your children to practice these techniques, it will be part of their life and they will reproduce these actions naturally themselves.

 

Resources:

• Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review, mention you listened to this Fri-Date, and we will call your name out live.
• Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at organifishop.com

 

Today’s Topic: Applying adult personal development strategies to your children

Today Kim and I are going to discuss creating meditation and gratitude practices for your children, teaching them to change their own state (Tony Robbins style), and how they can use power poses or affirmations to achieve more.

Meditation & Gratitude

In addition to cleaning up and a bedtime story, our evening ritual includes a gratitude exercise. Every night our daughter shares three things that she’s grateful for. It’s a small thing, but we can tell she’s getting it.

Our intro to meditation was similarly simple: we just started by sitting down with her, crossing our legs, and putting our hands on our knees. Then we slowly started adding additional pieces of a meditation practice, including the Headspace app (both Headspace and Calm have a children’s section that include very short meditations). You don’t need to try getting your kid to sit still for 30 minutes to lay the foundation of a good meditation practice!

Changing Your State

Our child was throwing a lot of tantrums, and we knew there had to be a better way to help than yelling at her or sending her to her room. One day, when she was upset, we tried something new: we asked her to take a handful of paper snowflakes, thrown them in the air, and make them snow.

She smiled, threw them in the air, and started laughing – it literally changed her state. And it’s important that you use the words “changing your state” when introducing this to your child because then, as an adult, you can add onto that.

Power Poses & Affirmations

We brought our daughter to her first swim lessons last year, and after being dunked under water on the first day, she lost it and said she wouldn’t come back.

We decided to go for a hail mary here, giving her an affirmation and power pose, and it worked!

But what affirmation can you possibly use for a child? We asked who her favorite Disney character was, or her favorite character who had to overcome something difficult even though they were scared. She said Poppy from Trolls.

We taught her to stand up, put her hands on her hips, and say, “I am Poppy. I can do anything.” (She said, “I am Poppy. I can do everything,” but close enough!)

We’ve never had a problem getting in the pool since – and we can see she’s using it on her own!

If you’re consistent and you can get your children to practice these techniques, it will be part of their life and they will reproduce these actions naturally themselves.

Resources:

Did you learn something from this episode? We’d love to hear about it. Click here to leave a 5-star Review, mention you listened to this Fri-Date, and we will call your name out live.

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at http://organifishop.com/ (organifishop.com)