I want to share the importance of going deep.
Have you ever been asked ‘why’ you do something?
It’s my go to question.
- “Why do you want that goal?”
- “Why aren’t you already at that goal?”
- “Why that goal in particular?”
- “Why is that goal important?”
- “Why do you have goals?”
- “Why don’t you have goals?
- “Why … Why … Why?”
You get the idea.
So, why am I sharing this?
To show you why I do, what I do.
I’ve learned that the best teacher is past experience.
The whole point of this BADASS blog, is to share what I’ve learned through my experiences, in hopes you’ll find something you can apply to your own life.
There isn’t a linear path to the goal that everyone can hop on and get to the ‘end’ …
Life doesn’t work that way, and yet, we all still search for the easiest way, the path of least resistance … and I think that’s flawed.
It’s human nature to preserve energy and focus on survival.
Those things are necessary, yet, leave us wanting more.
We no longer live in a ‘survival’ time period where Mastodon’s roamed outside our doors and we weren’t sure if we’d get a meal that night, let alone live to see the next day.
Why?
Evolution … ish
We’ve used our brains and our bodies cohesively to build a better brand of human.
We live longer.
We have more freedom.
We have the ability to be healthier.
And yet, people suffer more now, maybe than at any time in history.
They do it willingly.
Why?
Because they don’t know their why …
So today, I will share with you 7 layers of my why, in hopes you can extract something from this exercise and do it yourself.
I got this exercise from Dean Graziosi and his book Millionaire Success Habits.
Why?
Because my own Financial Success has been the ‘Final Frontier’ for me to conquer.
Most people build their wealth while neglecting their health AND spend their wealth to rebuild their health.
I neglected my wealth to build my health and will build my wealth BECAUSE of my health.
In the book, Dean asks us: “Why are you reading Millionaire Success Habits”
Based on each answer, we then go a little deeper until that magic 7th layer.
Why?
Because I said so 😉
Ready?
Here we go …
1. Why am I reading Millionaire Success Habits?
- I want Financial Freedom
2. Why is Financial Freedom important?
- Allows me to grow my family and impact more people
3. Why is it important to impact more people?
- To raise the level of human consciousness
4. Why is it important to raise the level of human consciousness?
- Because we will all benefit more from ‘being the change’ rather than ‘waiting for the change’.
5. Why is ‘being the change’ important?
- When you know yourself and are no longer encumbered by the restraints of self-limitation, you can truly serve selflessly and lead by example.
6. Why is it important to know yourself and serve others?
- Because it takes you from being a liability to others, and turns you into an asset FOR others.
7. Why is it important to be an asset?
- When you read my book: Rise, you’ll understand that I was a liability. I did not know myself. I caused pain and hurt. I let my brother down. I let many others down. Realizing this truth made me cry, it hurt so bad. I made a choice to change and I’ve done the work so that I will ALWAYS be an asset. In order to do that, I’ve had to let my dark past serve a brighter future and stop telling myself the same painful, debilitating stories which were ‘dimming my light’. In order to shine, I had to write a new one, and it’s ready for you to read.
Do you see why I’m so purposeful about what I do?
You would be too if you knew what was driving you.
Getting to that 7th layer, was where my why stopped being superficial, and became emotional.
When you can tie that kind of emotion to your ‘why’ and make it your purpose in life, you’ll NEVER have to pull the covers over your head, or wish for things to be better, because you’ll know that you have the power to choose your outcome based on your actions, and you will LEAP out of bed in the morning ready to CRUSH your day … EVERY DAY … for the rest of your LIFE
Your misery … will fade.
And if I’m being 100% honest with you … I do what I do so that I can be around more HAPPY and WELL-ADJUSTED people who care more about SERVING and less about complaining and whining.
I’m tired of you miserable people … and I’m coming to DESTROY you!!!
Now, it’s your turn …
Will you go all 7 layers deep with me?
I’ll even start it off for you …
Why do you read these BADASS blog posts?
Be Well – John
Changing the way Life is done.
Mindset. Fitness. Nutrition.
P.S. Here are 4 more ways you can become happier and healthier:
1. Podcasts
Some of the greatest insights and healing for me, have come from listening to podcasts in the last few years. This long-form type of communication, I’ve found, has been extremely important for understanding context, while learning how to make sustainable change.
That’s why I have started to find ways to get our story on some podcasts, and give you an opportunity to really go deep with us, and see what we’re all about. That way, you can decide if this tribe fits your personality. Click the link below to go to our podcast page, where you can find all our episodes!
2. Rise
Rise is the story of ‘never feeling powerful … to … never feeling powerless’. It’s about John Bair’s life, why he does what he does and how his suffering created happiness.
This handwritten book takes you through an intimate, yet, self-revealing journey, which allows you to implant yourself into the story, as it relates to your own, and reveal the steps you’ll need to take, in order to make change a successful reality.
Available in DIGITAL, AUDIO, BOOK
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3. Join our BADASS Community on Facebook
We want to work with and be around as many BADASS people as possible. Folks who might forget how BADASS they are and just need the space to remember.
So, we started a FREE group on Facebook called BADASS, which is our own private community where we go deeper into what we do at Bair Knuckle Strength.
The truth is, it makes the world a happier, safer, more enjoyable place when you love your BADASS self.
If you’re ready to see what we do, just CLICK HERE!
4. Fitness Scorecard
Have you gone through the Fitness Scorecard yet?
Confused where to start, or what to do next with your health and fitness journey?
Well, step 1 is to understand where you currently score across the 8 Fitness Indicators.
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