Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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I was answering some comments on my site and I wanted to share something that I think will be of very good help to you: How to get personalized help from busy people.
If you have a favorite fitness youtuber or fitness blogger and you'd like to get them to reply to your emails or comments you must first show them that you tried to find the answer yourself before sending them a message.
Because if the person you send the email to already answered your question in one of their articles or video then you're showing them right from the start that you didn't actually read any of their work. So why would they spend 5 minutes giving you a long answer to your question when you didn't spend a minute searching their website?
Jim Rohn had a very good formula for problem solving. He said to solve any problem here are 3 questions to ask yourself:
1. What could I do?
2. What could I read?
3. Who could I ask?
The key is to ask these questions in this order. Because if you first try to find the answers yourself, 90% of the time you would even have to ask for help.
And when you do ask for help, it means it's a big problem. If you go to an influential fitness person and you explain that you searched their website, you read the articles, you read the books, you watched the videos, you tried to solve this problem but you're still stuck then they will be more than happy to help you out.
In fact they may give you 10-15 minutes of their time because they will know that you will actually value their response. For example I sometimes reply with an email like this, easily 500 words because I know my time is well invested and that person will actually act on the information.
So that's really all I had to say in this video. Try it out and you will be amazed of how many things you'll learn and how easily you'll stand out from the crowd.
Alright, let me know what you think about these ideas, I will answer all comments and I'll be seeing you in the next video which should come out in the next few days. Take care.
the Path to your Goal Physique: thinkeatlift.com/path
I was answering some comments on my site and I wanted to share something that I think will be of very good help to you: How to get personalized help from busy people.
If you have a favorite fitness youtuber or fitness blogger and you'd like to get them to reply to your emails or comments you must first show them that you tried to find the answer yourself before sending them a message.
Because if the person you send the email to already answered your question in one of their articles or video then you're showing them right from the start that you didn't actually read any of their work. So why would they spend 5 minutes giving you a long answer to your question when you didn't spend a minute searching their website?
Jim Rohn had a very good formula for problem solving. He said to solve any problem here are 3 questions to ask yourself:
1. What could I do?
2. What could I read?
3. Who could I ask?
The key is to ask these questions in this order. Because if you first try to find the answers yourself, 90% of the time you would even have to ask for help.
And when you do ask for help, it means it's a big problem. If you go to an influential fitness person and you explain that you searched their website, you read the articles, you read the books, you watched the videos, you tried to solve this problem but you're still stuck then they will be more than happy to help you out.
In fact they may give you 10-15 minutes of their time because they will know that you will actually value their response. For example I sometimes reply with an email like this, easily 500 words because I know my time is well invested and that person will actually act on the information.
So that's really all I had to say in this video. Try it out and you will be amazed of how many things you'll learn and how easily you'll stand out from the crowd.
Alright, let me know what you think about these ideas, I will answer all comments and I'll be seeing you in the next video which should come out in the next few days. Take care.
