How should you relate to people and how do people connect with you and with what you stand for? Really, it’s nothing sort of a grand circus. Get vulnerable and just be yourself in whatever medium you can possibly show and share yourself.
Robbie Farlow is a self-professed Uber nerd who loves all things video games, pop culture, and of course getting jacked and bodybuilding. He's an online fitness coach who writes about fitness and self-improvement with a hefty dash of nerdy flair at his site, sidequestfitness.com.
In this episode, learn about his practical ways of letting people know who he is, just talking about something he is so passionate about which people resonate with, and which eventually ties into his fitness business. How can people like and trust you when they don’t know you? Get vulnerable and open yourself to them. In no time, they won’t be just your followers, they eventually become buyers. There were instances people complimented him for looking and sounding just like how he is online, and that just did the trick for him, and for people to resonate with him. It’s a case of ‘What you see is what you get. Pay attention to how he doubles down on this.
He is an avid whiskey drinker. Find out how those articles he wrote about this topic ticked and did wonder to him and his fitness business.
His first few writings on his website speak for itself - in his own words, things completely suck in those first few articles. But he worked on getting himself better and he has significant tips and tricks on how he did it. Even if all you know is just play sports and don’t even have a complete idea on how to begin writing, you can still turn it around and do what he just did. Listen to him talk about it.
Part of what makes you become a better coach is because you had one. He couldn’t stress enough the importance of having one and how it powers on his coaching game and his mindset, as well.
Personal and business matters do mix together. When your personal life is doing great, you get inspired and your business benefits from it. Hear him give his profound and reflective take on marriage, love, and relationships.
“People don't buy coaching, they buy coaches.” - Robbie Farlow
What you will learn from this episode:
03:04 - What is Movember? What does this movement have to do with men’s health?
07:42 - Letting people know who you are - get vulnerable
10:27 - “One of the things I've always tried to do on my website is I'm going to talk about what I want to talk about. And I'm not going to apologize for it.”
12:35 - What you see is what you get.
14:05 - An avid whiskey drinker with a number-one-rated Google article on how to start drinking whiskey
15:14 - What made his article tick?
19:48 - Overcome your limiting beliefs in getting started to write even if all you do is play sports
25:31 - Sharing his breathtaking experience reading this book: The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1) by Patrick Rothfuss
27:24 - A simple profound advice from Robbie
35:35 - What all those showing up in various medium boil down to
39:41 - What’s the best thing about having a coach
43:25 - “Find someone that you love that you connect with, and just have a conversation with them.”
45:07 - The most profound and heartfelt advice on love, marriage, and relationships
45:49 - “I would say it's in the gray that you grow. And it's in the gray that you learn the most about yourself.”
Resources Mentioned:
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- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Connect With Robbie Farlow:
- sidequestfitness.com
- Facebook
- Instagram
Connect With Gavin McHale:
- Gavinmchale.clickfunnels.com
- LinkedIn
- Instagram