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Tim Grover

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“All the education, all the books, everything. I knew exactly what to think. But when you start dealing with humans, who are able to communicate and who have their own thoughts and have their own beliefs and have their own feelings have their own emotions, have their own ideas. I was like A whole part of my education that's missing here. My schooling taught me what to think. Now I need to learn how to think. There's a big difference between the two Once I started training individuals, understanding. How different people adapted to the different ways of communicating, different times of working out, different words, different facial expressions, whether different levels of silence, that's when I really started to manifest my trade and understand the results of”
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“So I looked at this exam. I gave all the answers and I gave it to them and they scored and they said, you got 100%. You're able to qualify as a trainer. I said, thank you. I said, where'd you guys get that from? They said, you know, oh, you know what? We got it from a university. I said, which university? And they said University of Illinois, Chicago. I said, Yeah, I said, You should really follow up and see who developed that exam. They came back later on and said, You wrote this? I said, Yes, I'm the one that wrote this exact. So I became the trainer over there. And in a very short period of time, I became the highest grossing trainer they had in there. But what was great about it is, and I talked about this in the book, school taught me. What to think?”
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“I took a job at a local health club The minimum wage back then was three dollars thirty five cents. Took the job I took the job. They did not allow, I was the most qualified individual they had on their training staff, but they still wouldn't allow me to train because I had to do the six month probation period. So I said, okay, no problem. So, what I did was I worked in the exercise rooms. I basically cleaned the equipment, opened up the gyms, did different stuff, different stuff like that. And then after six months passed by, they said, okay, you have to take this exam. And if you pass the exam, we'll allow you to be a trainer. Well, the funny part about it is when I looked at the exam, it was the exam I actually wrote as one of my projects for school and this health club was using the exam I actually wrote to certify their trainers.”
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“So, when people kept telling me, why are you going to take this class? Why everybody said, Oh, you know, most people that take these courses end up being in the health industry, whether it be studying science, working in administrations and colleges or being health educators. And I'm just like, no, there's something more out there for me. There's something more out there for me. And then when we'd have our basketball practices in college and so forth, and I was like, All we're doing is just, we're just running, running. We're doing stuff without a purpose. This can't be right. This can't be right. And we had an individual that would come in and work our team out. I was just like, this doesn't just feel right. So I really took study to this. I really wanted to understand this. Later on, I graduated with a master's degree.”
2022-05-16 · The Diary of a CEO · The Man Who Coached Michael Jordan AND Kobe Bryant To WIN!: Tim Grover · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“When I started to go to college. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And, you know, again, being of Indian descent and having both parents in the medical, in the medical field, you get to choose two options as a career. One being a doctor And this is back in the 80s, second being a doctor. That's it. And I told my parents I do not want to go, I don't want to be a doctor. They said, well, what do you want to do? I said, I want to train professional athletes. I knew this very early. I knew this very, very, very, very early because when I was a freshman in college, there was a class. It was the first time it was being offered at the school. It was called kinesiology, just movement of the muscles and body. Basically movement of Humans. And I took and kind of picked up a book and I started. I said, you know what? This is for me.”
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“You have an idea because you've been there. Everybody wants to sit in your seat. Until they have to sit in your seat. Very few people understand what winning and success dust when individual's mental health. Everybody thinks the more you win, the more successful you are. Just makes everything so much easier. And they don't understand the pressures that these individuals. Put on themselves. and continue to perform at the highest level. Have their businesses win over and over again. When you reach Million followers on your social media. Different. Pressure Then an individual who isn't Winning all the time or hasn't been successful at the highest level, who's not being critiqued about every decision they make, about what they wear, about what they say. Where they go And that's a whole different level of mental health that success brings.”
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“holistically. Being able because when somebody comes up to me and they said, Want to I look at it while somebody's already done that. I need more. You can't come to me and just say, I want to be. Everyone says, I want to be the world's best tennis player. I want to be the world's best basketball player. I want to be the world's greatest podcaster. Already been done There's another level you're not thinking big enough. My individuals come to me and say, listen. I have these dreams, I have these thoughts, and the first thing I tell them. He had dreams and thoughts better be so big that they better scare you. They better scare you You're not thinking big enough then. You don't want it. It has to be something that nobody else has thought about before or done before. Process it takes to be number one and stay at number one. You have no idea”
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“What happened six months ago, nine months ago. Six weeks ago So, when it became sports enhancement, the enhancement, the sports was the physical enhancement part was. Was the ment”
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“Going through the different injuries that I suffered through my years of working out, training, playing allowed me to understand what an individual goes through, not only from a physical standpoint, I understood what was going on. in their head if they hurt their ankle, hip, back, all that stuff. I knew. So, not only was I able to train them from a physical standpoint, I was able to train them from a psychological standpoint. I know what you're going through. I know the barriers that you have to go through because it's so much easier to get an individual back. From a physical injury. It's that mental scar that stays with them. How what do you have to do to make them forget about that mental scar? And that's where my niche came in. Like, okay, I need you to go out there and play and play at the highest level and not worry about.”
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“Yes, that was my official title when I was When my main Was to train profession to train professional athletes. So I didn't want to, I never wanted to consider myself and label myself as a trainer because I did more than that. So I actually came up with that title myself. So I played college basketball myself. I had these dreams of playing professional basketball. Wasn't good enough, okay? But I was like What can I do to make sure this doesn't happen to other individuals? And I was like, you know what Started to study the body really, really closely. Which goes all the way back to I was four years old. So, not only did I have to study the body from an external standpoint, I had to learn it from an internal standpoint.”
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“Understanding you have of what's causing you the pain and how you've dealt with it is going to determine how successful you will be in whatever you choose in life. You know, you'll have individuals who will become from a broken family. And you could have two children that come from the broken family. Had one individual Will not live up to their potential. And they'll say, it's because Came from a broken family. Then you have the other individual, same environment, same household, same everything. Great things. Not only for themselves, for humanity for this world. And what's their answer? Because I came from a broken family. They both understood how to use the pain. One used it to excel. The other used it to deny.”
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“It makes 100%. Well, you know, you look at it, it's For a lot of individuals. The physical pain that they put themselves through is actually their pleasure. You know, my athletes, when they at the highest level of their training, it is the most uncomfortable state they put themselves through every single day. And people are like, I'm just not going to do that. They see people that run the ultra marathons. It's people that take these ice bats. It's all out there. Now, that doesn't mean if you do those things, you're going to excel in other aspects of your life. But it does raise your level of understanding that nothing great is going to come without you having to deal with what I call adversity and pain tolerance. You must be able to deal with that. And the more”
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“Different scarce people. You're different, it scares people. When the world is different, it scares people. Everything different scares people. But It attracts the right emotions. It attracts the right feelings. It attracts the right thoughts. And it attracts the right people. Because the people that are willing to To not judge you and understand and know that these things are real. They are real. They will tell you, I understand. With both books that I've written, people were like I thought I was the only one. Because this is not accepted to talk about these things. Because people put you in this land, you're crazy. And anytime anybody's told me I'm crazy, I've always thanked them for that. It gave me the ability to see and do things that other people can't do and acknowledge things that other people won't acknowledge.”
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“And then you get to choose. Every single day, who gets a vote? It's your decision It's your decision. And most times many individuals make their decisions with their feelings. And when you have to make those decisions with your mind. Every single morning, if you can't get out of your beds And you choose not to win. You listen to your feelings. If you chose to get out of bed. And you said there's a win for me. That's your mind. And each one of those individuals, you decide who gets a vote. And some days, not all the popular things are going to get a vote. Success may not get a vote. Winning may not get a vote. You've made that decision that now this thing gets a vote, I must be ready to deal with it. Every single day there's something different. Also, has to be something different about yourself. And I said this in winning.”
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“It's It's both. When you get out of bed or you want to get out of bed, there's all these individuals that are lined up. Next There's fear, there's doubt, there's compassion, there's hatred. There's excellence Sorrowness, there's excuses. And they all have their hands out.”
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“You know what? When the monster took over, it wasn't for bad things. It allowed me to deal with. How mean kids could be, the different bully, the bullyingness in school that every kid goes through, whether it's physical or mental, you know, the teasing, all that other stuff, that monster allowed me to gave me that strength not to lash out back at those individuals and just say, hey, continue, trust yourself, continue on this, continue on this path, and don't worry about trying to prove those individuals wrong. You and I will prove ourselves right.”
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“You got to bring the light. You got to bring the dark. You got to bring the good, you got to bring the bad You have to have conversations Those skeletons in your closets. They know you better than you know yourself. In order to stand out, in order to fight, Many times you have to become that monster. Most individuals, when they become that monster, they don't know how to control it. And they let the monster control them. So it's a learning process In all those years that you run from that monster underneath your bed, you're actually being taught, can you control that monster or is that monster going to control you? Once you recognize that part of that monster or all that monster is you. That's when you could actually start fulfilling your dreams and living the life that you're meant to live.”
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“Every night there's an individual Comes visit you Everybody has these grandioso dreams and these daydreams about success and money and fame and power. And I always say. Winning never visits you in your daydreams, it sees you in your nightmares. Things that you come visit you in your nightmares, those things are real. Those are the things that you have to deal with. Those are the monsters underneath the bed. Those are the skeletons in the closet. Those are the things that you've put away. And some of the stuff that you've put away and you don't want to deal with is some of the best part of you. How many times have you heard this? People always say, you know, always show up positive, you know, always bring you positivity. Well, That means you only bring half of you. Means you're not accepting the other half.”
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“It hardened me It hardened me. It hardened me to the point where I had a hard time communicating with other individuals. I had a hard time understanding Things that were so easy for me to deal with the hardships. Trials and tribulations, and I would see other people complain about things. And I'm like, what are you complaining about? I was just like, I couldn't relate to it. I just I didn't have much compassion for those individuals.”
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“Dark and the darkness and the dark side and all that other stuff. People forget this. I always say this When does a new day start? Starts at mid Is it dark outside at midnight? Yes. So, if a new day and a new beginning Starts in the dark every day. That's when your new beginnings start. But so many people are afraid of go to that place. And I tell them you have to visit that place. Because if that place comes visit you, it will never leave. If you go visit the darkness, the You've been running from You'll have the opportunity to leave a better person. You'll have a better understanding of yourself. You have a better understanding of your purpose. But if you don't take that trip, The darkness comes, visits you. It's a guess that will never leave.”
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“What people talk about sacrifice Others did for them, very few get to actually witness it and remember. There are certain memories that people have when you go way back in age and they can't even remember. I have vivid. Memories of those things. And how not only did they mold him, how they molded my brother, the effects it had on both of us. Positive and negative And I understand. How to use That darkness. In the most positive way, just like my dad did, because to him. That darkness. It was a new beginning. He didn't look at it as. An individual who, like, I'm so accomplished back over here, he was just grateful and thankful to be in the United States and have a new opportunity and a new beginning to be. For his family And I always say this, and this is why when we talk about”
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“I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. And the things that he did, both of them. Never complained. To work every single day.”
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“When you dispose of these cadavers, A garbage truck that comes and picks them up. You have to dismantle them. You have to cut off their legs. You have to cut off their arms. You have to cut off their head. And you throw them in a furnace. I saw him do that when I was four years old. Parents couldn't afford babysitters. My mom worked at night. My dad worked during the day. So when you were off from school, guess what? Can't disturb mom because she's worked 16 hours that night. You go to some work with your dad. A dad said It goes, son? Never let your pride get in the way. Doing what's necessary and providing for the people you love It doesn't get any darker than that.”
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“This is a very unique story My father, both my parents of Indian descent. So they came over to the States when I was four. My mother came over first. She was a nurse practitioner. And my dad was a professor in India. So when he came over from India to the UK, he was still a professor over there. When he came from UK to the United States, They said that his education would not transfer He wasn't qualified enough to teach. At the university level in the States. So my dad said, okay, well, what job do you have available? So they had a job back then. It was called a degreaser. Degre An individual doesn't, this job does not exist anymore. After every quarter, every semester of anatomy class. Have cadavers. Cadavers, dead bodies. My dad's job was to dispose of those bodies. This is a man that was calling a doctor. Back in the old country”
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“Elevating them to another level. Very few people understand what winning dust to an individual's mental health. Winning doesn't make you heartless, but it teaches you to use your heart less. Every decision I've made, I knew what the cost was going to be. If you think the price of winning is too high, wait till you get the bill from regret.”
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“After every semester of anatomy class, you have dead bodies. My dad's job was to dispose of those bodies. You have to cut off their legs. You have to cut off their head. I saw him do that when I was four years old. It doesn't get any darker than that.”
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