Rise Above Podcast

When we understand the fundamental secret of happiness - and live by it - we will be happy. So what is it? What is the secret to happiness?

Uncovering the secret can be one of life’s most challenging and elusive tasks - but it is possible.

In today’s episode, we share two of the most critical aspects of creating a lifestyle that makes you happy - and how you can start applying these ideas almost instantaneously to your life.

The Show Highlights:

• A schedule hack for maximizing productivity & joy in your life (1:30)
• The Garden of Thoughts: How to keep your mind ‘weed-free’ of negative thoughts (3:00)
• The two elements of energy and how to master them (10:10)
• Introvert vs. Extravert: The key differences between personality traits (11:00)
• A productive way to invest your energy - and why your future depends on it (12:20)
  
  

If you want to learn more about the secret to happiness and how you can boost your energy - almost instantaneously - check out the free mini video series below:

www.riseabovepodcast.com/happy

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?  

The day that letter arrived in the mail, I cringed.

I was anxious and nervous about what would happen next.  I reported Thursday morning with a niggling feeling that I was going to end up on a jury; judging somebody for something they had or had not done. And my hope of slipping through the process, invisible, ended when “Juror number 16_, Greg Smith” echoed across the speakers.

For the next hour, I listened to the comments and questions. And through my time in the juror’s box, I learned a number of lessons. One of which was that of judgment.

It doesn’t define who they are; it defines who you are.

In this episode, I share the story of my day in court, why I believe judgement is almost always wrong, why we do it, and the price we pay.

The Show Highlights:

• How just ONE episode of this podcast changed a listener’s life (2:30)
• My ‘judgemental’ day on jury duty (6:20)
• Are you letting other people control your life? Here are some subtle reasons why you’re giving others too much power (26:55)
• The ONLY time it’s ok to judge anything (26:00)

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

How would it make you feel if you knew a way that would help you glide through your to-do list every day with minimal effort? Whether that’s business tasks or things you need to get done in your personal life.

In today’s episode, you’re going to learn a super-simple strategy 99% of people have access to that can easily double your productivity in 30 days (or less) while turning off the pressure and unnecessary noise in your life.

The Show Highlights:

- Red Badge Death: A hack to stop your phone controlling your entire life (0:45)
- Why your phone is destroying your sleep and damaging your health (7:20)
- Why you should skip emails first thing in the morning (9:00)
- The key to setting yourself up for success for the entire day (10:40)

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling and ground fighting martial art focused on the skill of forcing your opponent to submit. Not only is the sport a great line of self-defence, it’s also closely linked to achieving success in business and life.

In this episode, Greg shares some of his own lessons learned from the grappling mats of his Jiu-Jitsu martial art, and how you can apply them to take your business and life to the next level.

The Show Highlights:

- One activity you need to stop if you ever want your business to succeed (3:30)
- Small adjustments that make the difference between success and failure in every aspect of your life (8:15)
- An Entrepreneur's ‘never-ending problem’ (9:10)
- A hack for instantly applying the things you learn (9:35)
- How to conquer the most common reason Entrepreneurs fail (11:30)

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

People don’t enjoy being sold...but they love to buy.

If you don’t have a strategy in place in your fitness business to ethically upsell your customers and offer them the opportunity to get more value from you, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to increase your sales and revenue.

In today’s third and final part in the ‘building a fitness empire’ series, Greg shares his proven strategies for getting customers to exchange money with you more frequently.

The Show Highlights:

- Customer Lifetime Value: How to calculate it and easily increase it (5:00)
- The most common mistake FitPros make that keep them broke (11:10)
- How FitPros can easily increase their monthly revenue without trading more time for money (14:15)
- The battle you will almost always lose (18:45)

Listen to this episode and begin implementing these strategies to get your current customers to exchange money with you more frequently.

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

You could be the greatest fitness trainer in the world, but if you’re not utilizing the correct marketing strategies to help people learn about your services, your fitness empire is going nowhere fast.

Getting more clients is typically every fitness trainer’s issue, however, it’s not the number one thing you should be spending time an focus on right now if you need an immediate cash flow injection.

In today’s show, you’re going to learn three ways you might not have considered to get more clients in your fitness business that won’t cost you a lot - or any money.

The Show Highlights:

- What you should focus on right now if you need an immediate cash flow injection (1:50)
- The three ‘audience temperatures’ you should be marketing to on a daily basis (3:00)
- Why you MUST build your email list - and how to get started (5:20)
- A budget-draining Facebook Ad mistake nearly everyone makes (6:20)
- The ‘bullseye marketing’ strategy to grow your fitness business faster (8:00)
- How to spy on your competitor’s most successful Facebook Ads (12:30)

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

The average income for a fitness trainer is $34,000 per year. Plenty of pain, but very little gain, suffering through long hours, split shifts to barely make ends meat to enjoy their life.

In today’s show, Greg shares his story of how he went from an overworked and underpaid employee to discovering the 3 keys to growing a fitness empire that gave him all the freedom, income, and fulfillment he ever wanted.

The Show Highlights:

- The ‘first client’ path of struggle (9:40)
- Why most trainers trap themselves in the gym jail (11:20)
- How much money are you really making per hour? (12:30)
- The Walmart business model that’s impossible to compete against (15:30)

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

Success doesn’t happen through luck. Nor does wealth happen by accident.

The people that create true success have purposeful habits that make them more productive and effective. And for us to emulate these habits, we need to train ourselves to replace bad habits with new ones.

In today’s episode, you’re going to discover five ‘mystical’ habits of the ultra-powerful to help you create real success. How many of them do you already have in place, and which ones do you need to switch?

The Show Highlights:

- Understanding positive and negative energy in people (1:10)
- The ‘No Gossip Guideline’ to raise your influence almost instantly (6:00)
- How to deal with people who drain your energy (12:55)
- How to influence others positively with your words and actions (14:00)
- Never talk about yourself...and the only time it’s okay to break that rule (15:00)
- The silent power of all true leaders (17:00)
- Why good leaders make you feel safe (18:40)

Tune in and enjoy today’s show!

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

The sad truth is everybody is trying to get your money. If money is in your pocket, it’s not in somebody else's.

And so if you don’t have a plan for your money - especially ‘new money,’ you can guarantee somebody else will.

In today’s episode, Greg shares his simple formula for knowing exactly where your money is going and how to set yourself up financially for the future, while still enjoying the fruits of your labor today.

The Show Highlights:

- The number ONE rule to becoming wealthy beyond your wildest dreams (1:50)
- Old money vs new money: What you need to do with your ‘surprise cash’ (2:50)
- How to take control of your money and create a financial-fortress (3:40)
- How you are being screwed over by letting these people steal your money (4:50)
- The number one reason people get divorced (8:15)
- The only time you shouldn’t invest your money (13:15)
- Why most people are forced to get a job...after they retire (15:00)
- Your guilt-free ‘living wealthy’ account and how to create one (16:00)

This framework will show you how to enjoy the fruits of your labor today, but most importantly, how to still be setting yourself up financially for the future.

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?

Most people - even those closest to you - don’t want you to succeed. A sad truth, but many of us have experienced this first hand. But the truth is that when you break free and start becoming who you really want to be, you’ll automatically question what everybody else is doing.

Their lifestyle choices. Their 9-5 jobs. Their entire lives. And when you succeed in achieving what most people never dare to do - but secretly want to do - you’re showing them it’s ALL possible.

If you think toxic people could be getting the best of you, and holding you back from living to your full potential, today’s episode is going to show you how to limit - or better still - get rid of their negative influence.

Here Are The Show Highlights:
- Reprogramming who you allow into your life (3:40)
- The major reason your comfort zone is killing you, and how to beat it (3:40)
- What no one ever tells you about friendship and success (5:40)
- Key ‘competitive’ advantages of joining a network marketing group (16:10)

You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. So make sure those people ignite your soul with positivity and let go of those who bring you anything less.

If you want to live life on YOUR terms and spend more time doing the things you love, then head over to www.riseabovepodcast.com and download your free Freedom Formula. What are you waiting for?