Hey everybody!
Michael Gebben here and I’m super excited to be with you on another rockin’ Wednesday.
So, this is the year of stepping outside of your comfort zone and giving a duck.
I don’t think that’s the context they meant on the shirt but it works well and I
love it.
Anyway, what I was saying about getting outside of your comfort zone…
I talked about this before but it ties with what I’m gonna tell you guys.
If you really, really want to take things to the next level, you wanna dive deeper with
me on… maybe this is your first one, I encourage you to watch the 70 prior videos that I’ve
put online.
If not, you’ve been here for months and you wanna dive deeper
and you needed just a little bit more, then http://michaelgebben.com/apply . You’ll
be taken to an application form so that we can get on a strategy call free.
No obligation, will lead to me talking to you about some coaching options I have because
I have been inundated with so many messages from people so I finally decided to kinda
open it up to more people.
I had a few private things but I have some awesome options, but the call will be jammed
pack with awesome information.
Now why do I tell you that?
The thing is because I’ve really seen that there’s a different disconnect between people
who just watched the video and people who really need that more – the people I had
been jumping on the call with to begin with then, stepping outside your comfort zone.
How does that tie in?
Just last week I said I wanted to reach 50,000 people in person this year not just through
online.
I already had a few hundred thousand people who watch my videos.
I have tens of thousands of subscribers so far, not a virtual reaching people.
I’m talking about seeing them in person.
I put that out there and bam!
Within 24 hours, I had already multiple speaking engagements booked, within hours of the video
going live, I had somebody reach out that, if you’re watching you’re seeing this,
you’re probably watching it you know at 4 o’ clock in the morning ‘coz I just
talked to you.
She reached out about speaking in Hawaii, then one in New Finland, Canada, multiple
speaking engagements for schools here locally and then some more people reaching out about
just being able to talk to me.
There’s not enough time in a day that’s why I tie it in to http://michaelgebben.com/apply
so I could schedule you in.
I’ve opened up a few slots a week so that we can schedule something.
Like I said, fill out that application.
It’s really simple and we’ll be able to dive deeper and have fun with that.
The part about jumping out of your comfort zone also ties in to all these calls I’ve
been doing because people are scared to death and I’ve been there and I’ve done that.
I mean scared to death because they don’t know what to do, they don’t have the clarity,
they don’t have the focus, they don’t know they have a million different ideas,
they don’t know which one to do so they do nothing.
Is that you?
Do you know what I’m talking about?
You do nothing ‘coz you know what to do, you have a million ideas but you don’t know
which one to do so you do nothing.
I call this one, I’m waiting around to win the lottery but I don’t buy any lottery
tickets.
I’ve been talking to a lot of people and I’ve done this as well where you’re thinking
about something so much and you try so many things and you’re so busy.
You might not even hate what you do and the time flies by and you do nothing productive.
You do nothing that moves the needle.
You’re just right here.
You’re flat lining.
You’re not moving really backwards but you’re not moving forward towards the things you
really want.
So what happens is…
I’ve asked some people recently in calls.
I said, “In the last 30 days, how many people have you reached out to?
Have you reached out to?” and most of the people I’m talking to say, “Nobody.”
What they’re doing is they’re waiting around for people to call them, for people
to email them, for people to Facebook message them, for people to Youtube messag them, Twitter
message them, text message them.
It doesn’t matter what type of messaging.
They’re waiting around to be messaged from someone else.
They’re going, “Well you know what, I’ve put something on Facebook, I ninja optimized
Youtube video, I ranked on Google, I do this or I ranked on Youtube.
I put this stuff out there all the time but nobody’s contacting me.”
You have to be active.
I talk about this a lot in the last few weeks and different things.
We’re gonna dive even deeper in my Jumpstarters calls.
If you haven’t checked that out, you can click right here.
That’ll link up to a video from a few weeks ago.
You might have missed the part where I talked about Jumpstarters – awesome weekly motivational
calls that I do that are more in depth than this – awesome community.
We talk about this because the reality is so many of us are waiting around for people.
We want the easy road.
We don’t wanna pick up the phone.
We don’t wanna actively reach out to someone.
I have a buddy who makes a few hundred thousand dollars a month speaking.
I was talking to him and I was picking his brain about some things and said, “Well
right now, is a lot of it just kinda word of mouth coming for you?”
He said, “Yeah.”
And he said some things and then we dug a little deeper and we talk about a little later.
He pops out and goes, “I intentionally, everyday, reach out to 20 people either via
Facebook, email, text message, Twitter, Instagram, whatever but I connect with somebody.
I reach out to somebody.
I followup on something.”
Because how many times have you put a bid, proposal or reached out to somebody about
doing something and you may have done that and then you heard nothing back or you did
and they said they’ll get back to you.
Then you heard nothing again.
So you assume it must be you and you’re not good enough and whatever.
I was just talking to a girl today where she’s like, “Should I call these brides up?”
I just saw a lot of them at this bridal show recently.
Should I call them back?
We just saw them.
Think about this.
You guys have seen this online and you’ve had it probably happen to you.
You went on a date with somebody and you had a great time and then you laughed and you
said, “We should do this again.”
And then you’re going, “Well, how many days?
How many days?
How many days before I call her back?
Should I call her back?
Oh man, four days.
Four days is probably perfect.
No, five days.”
And then, she’s thinking, “He’s gotta call me back.
I’m not calling him.”
And then how many days pass?
Then before you know it, neither one of you ever contact each other because you’re both
having these random conversations with yourselves and you don’t do anything.
So how many of you have conversations with yourself?
I know I do.
I know I do 100% have conversations with myself but I try to make them not lead me to the
direction of not doing anything, not making things happen, talking to myself out of things
because, “Nah, it won’t work out.
Nah, that’s probably not right.
Nah, nah, nah and all these things.”
I just did a podcast as well with a person who has booked me in New Finland and that
only happened from putting things out there.
We talked about this.
H never would have contacted me had I not put it out into the world.
Someone argue, “Well, does it look desperate?
Does it look this?”
If people don’t know what you want, they can’t help you.
If they don’t know what you do, they can’t help you.
They can’t hire you.
So you have to put out into the world who you are, what you do and how you can help.
So we talked about that.
Then the thing that came up that I live my life by as much as possible is the worst thing
that’s gonna happen is you get a no and you get a no when you don’t ask.
You get a now when you don’t ask.
Automatically, the worst thing you think is gonna happen is 100% happening when you don’t
try, when you don’t ask, when you don’t do, when you don’t take action.
At least, ‘coz you’re fearing fear, you’re fearing failing, things not working out…”What
they will think of me?
Will they reject me?”
All these things.
It’s already happening.
You’re just avoiding the fact that it could actually happen for real.
But it’s already happening.
At least when you try, you do and you take action, there is an opportunity for something
good to happen.
That doesn’t guarantee that it will happen but when you go out there with my mentality
of giving unconditionally, helping unconditionally with zero expectations of receiving anything
in return, then the reality is it doesn’t matter because all you want to do is provide
value and help.
You know that God, the universe or whatever you believe in will eventually pay you back.
That is what those calls at http://michaelgebben.com/apply are all about.
I just wanna provide massive value.
Yes, there is the opportunity to work together and work with me but that doesn’t mean that
you have to do it.
If you don’t, there are no hard feelings but I still wanna deliver you massive value.
At the end of the day, you’re hopefully blown away (that’s my goal) and then either
we’ll work together or you’ll remember me.
We might work together in the future or you will remember me and you will tell somebody
else about me.
That is my goal.
That should be your goal.
Give unconditionally.
Help unconditionally.
Do not think the negative.
Do not worry about the bad things that are going to happen.
More will happen that are great things by you doing than there will ever happen (good
or bad) by not doing anything at all.
So if you’re waiting to win the lottery and you haven’t bought any lottery tickets,
then I have something for you.
You can only win the lottery if you play.
Now you know that.
That’s common sense.
The reality is it’s like that with life, dreams and goals as well.
If you’re playing it safe, if you’re sitting back and you’re not doing anything, then
you can’t fail and you can’t win.
At least when you try, at least when you go out there and you do something about the things
that are stirring around in your mind, you will fail.
I’m sorry to say that.
I’m Mr. Optimistic but I can promise you one thing.
You’re looking for a super like pick me up, you will fail.
But the best thing about thing is you will succeed as well because you will learn and
you will be ahead of 99.9% of the population who sits back and doesn’t do anything about
the things that they want.
So I can promise you that you already have the competitive edge above and beyond everyone
else that is in existence right now that’s sitting back, waiting to win the lottery but
yet has not bought a ticket.
That’s most of the population.
So by you trying, you will make mistakes.
Things will not always work out but in the interim, you will learn and promise me that
you will try to learn from everything that you do.
Don’t look at them as failures and don’t look at them as mistakes.
Learn and then bob and we’ve and go back at it.
Fall down.
Get back up.
Each time you do that, you’ll become better.
You’ll become stronger and you will succeed and in fact you are a success because you
don’t get great at anything by learning and reading and watching and thinking about
it.
You become great at something by doing it over and over and over and over again.
Look at the greatest athletes.
Look at the greatest entertainers.
Look at the greatest authors, etc.
They did not become great by doing something one time.
They became great by doing something over and over and over again.
I’m gonna do one thing for you guys.
I’m gonna cut real quick for about thirty seconds of a video that I did from a few years
ago that’s one of my first blog type of videos like this and you’re gonna see a
completely different human being.
It takes practice, dedication and persistence to make things happen.
So, enjoy this.
“Woah, woah, woah, oops.
I’m shooting this by myself here.
See if we can get this to work.
Alright.
So, anyways, I’m Michael Gebben and I own GEBBS Total Video, GEBBS Wedding Films, GEBBS
video, GEBBS Total everything, GEBBS care service, GEBBS shakes, GEBBS smoothies, just
about anything GEBBS.
Basically that’s all we’re going to for 2011.
It will just be GEBBS.
I started my company when I was 19 and it has been one heck of a roller coaster ride.
So, I’m usually been behind the camera for most of this little excursion since 2005 and
now you’re gonna see me in front of the camera a lot more.
I hope you enjoy it.
I don’t know if you will or not but regardless, it doesn’t really matter ‘coz you can
see me.”
Now I’m back with my little man, Mr. Be here.
This is Mr. Bauer and he’s my little buddy.
I just wanted to share.
You see I haven’t always been Mr. Confident, Mr. Go Getter, Mr. Make it happen.
I had elements of it but I hadn’t always been what I am right now.
After doing a little over a year and a half of videos, 70 somewhat videos so far today,
I get better each and every single time.
I get more confident each and every single time.
That’s what I want for you.
If you’re interested in jumping on the phone together and have a little pow wow in figuring
some things out and having 2015 be the best year yet, go to http://michaelgebben.com/apply
right here or right below this video, fill up the application, schedule a call and let
go of the fear ‘coz you’re gonna fear something.
By filling this out, it’s gonna make challenge yourself, you’re gonna think things, you’re
gonna say, “I shouldn’t do it.”
I’m here to help.
I’m only here to help.
I’m not here to judge.
I just wanna help you guys out and so let’s rock this out.
It’ll be massively fun, massively valuable.
If not, if you’re new here, you had fun?
You like Mr. B?
Be sure to subscribe and I do a new video each and every single Wednesday.
Give it a Thumbs Up because we’re having some fun here.
Rock and roll my friends.
I will see you next Wednesday.
Take care.
Alright, alright, alright.
Here we go.
Now this is probably gonna end up at the end of the video ‘coz this is what I do so you
can click right here and subscribe or you can click right here and go to previous video
maybe the last week.
So I put that here even though I’m recording it at the beginning.
“Alright, alright, alright…”
That’s usually what I say and I cut out some of the extra ones.
So click here or here and I will see you next Wednesday.
Rock and roll my friends.
Boom!
Alright, now we’re gonna start the video.