Finance Your Freedom Sneak Peak: The "Interviews with Lifestyle Design Renegades Series"
I’ve been working my ass off getting Finance Your Freedom ready, and it launches in 22 days.
But before FYF launches, I want to give you a flavor of what’s to come. So tonight I’m not-so-subtly “leaking” (ha!) part one of a series of “Interviews With Work from Home & Lifestyle Design Renegades.” Go check it out here.
A little about Chris . . .
- It takes Chris between 1/2 hour and 2 hours each day to run his immensely successful Orange County personal training company.
- Chris is a married father of two girls, an Orange County personal trainer, and a fitness marketing blogger.
- In a past life, Chris was a marijuana trafficker and has (at various times) been both homeless & incarcerated.
- Chris is an amazing person and one of the best lifestyle designers I know.
In the interview we talk about…
- How Chris turned an 70+ hour work week into a 7-hour work week;
- How Chris went from making NOTHING as a personal trainer, to making more than 99% of personal trainers;
- The most important first step towards leaving your day job;
- How Chris liberated himself from a traditional work environment and created the life of his dreams;
- Renegade time management; and
- Internet marketing and empowerment.
But enough talking already. . .
Just go here and listen to Chris droppin’ knowledge.
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The Financial Philosopher said,
Wrote on September 8, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
Clay,
This series, and your new direction with FYF, looks quite useful and promising. I am both an outspoken believer and an experienced practitioner in “financing freedom” via self-discovery.
If you have a “list” of individuals who have financed their freedom via entrepreneurialism to interview for your new project, please feel free to add me to that list! I would love to be involved with this kind of creative energy that is useful for those wishing to find themselves and to make money while they are at it…
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” ~ Carl Jung
If you want to reach me, my email is available on my blog…
Cheers…
Kent @ The Financial Philosopher
Clay Collins said,
Wrote on September 8, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
Awesome, Kent… I’ll be in touch.
–Clay
Bobby Rio said,
Wrote on September 8, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
Great podcast!
I’m looking forward to the new direction you’re going in. Listening to inspiring stories from those who have made it… and details about how they did it is quite informative.
Chris was the second person this week who recommended Dan Kennedy… so I’m seriously contemplating buying a course of his.
Are you familiar with Kennedy? If so any particular book or course you would recommend?
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Clay Collins said,
Wrote on September 9, 2008 @ 1:38 am
Hi Bobby!
I’m really glad that you enjoyed the podcast! I am familiar with Dan Kennedy and he is fantastic!
Anyway, thanks for the encouragement.
Warm regards,
Clay
Ivan Blatter said,
Wrote on September 9, 2008 @ 10:40 am
Great interview! Congratulations, Clay!
If you want to learn about new concepts or new theories then buy a book.
But if you want to be inspired by a man with a lot of power and charisma then listen to this podcast. It really cool!
-Ivan
Clay Collins said,
Wrote on September 9, 2008 @ 11:41 am
@Ivan . . . thanks so much for this comment (and also you’re email). I’m really glad that you enjoyed the interview. Let me know if there’s anyone else you’d recommend :-)
–Clay
Ron Hitson said,
Wrote on September 9, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Clay, great stuff. Chris is living the life I want to live. He has a great business model. I’ll be making a file of all of the interviews and putting thme on my MP3 player. I like to call interviews like this “Reality Motivation”. It’s real time stuff, not the same old, tired stuff that you hear from the “motivation gurus”.
Mike Grossman said,
Wrote on September 9, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
Very inspiring… subscribed.
Clay Collins said,
Wrote on September 11, 2008 @ 3:04 am
@Mike: Thanks so much for subscribing.
@Ron: Dude, I love the term “Reality Motivation.”
RichardM said,
Wrote on September 11, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
Cool interview! Liked the emphasis on the importance of commitment, setting aside a block of time every day, and just how crucial the marketing is. That pro-bono idea was great too.
Liked how you mentioned all the book references, though I haven’t got quite as much out of some of them as you did (eg Tony Schwartz & Dan Kennedy are great reads, but they haven’t pushed my business ahead yet).
I didn’t like some of Chris’ tactics though. I thought asking people who were already fitness models to act as proof of his techniques seemed dishonest, particularly when he says his methods weren’t working for himself at that time (ie 30-40 pounds overweight). Made me wonder if marketing was taking precedence over product/service quality, and if freedom was prioritized over personal integrity. But maybe I misunderstood.
Do you know how Chris was able to find his trainers? Did he have problems with any of them leaving to start their own businesses, or with clients who insisted on having a particular trainer?
Curtis Ludlow, Orange County personal trainer said,
Wrote on October 22, 2008 @ 1:15 am
Another great interview with Chris!
Thank you for the KILLER advice!
Sincerely,
Curtis Ludlow