How to Break Free from Mediocrity & Ignite Growth

Trust and Believe with Shaun T

Alex Coloreo

Health & Fitness, Family, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Weight Loss, Gay, Self Care, Self Improvement, Fitness, Parenting, Family Life, Wellness, Education, Nutrition, Self Help, Shaun T, Lgbtq, Twins

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this empowering episode of T Is for Transformation, Shaun T shares his personal journey of overcoming significant financial and personal hardships, inspiring listeners to tackle their own obstacles head-on. Discover why embracing discomfort and consistency are key to reaching your long-term goals - whether in fitness, career, or personal development. You’ll learn specific strategies to rise above mediocrity by setting clear goals, stepping outside your comfort zone, and surrounding yourself with people who foster growth. Shaun provides actionable tips to shift your mindset, take full responsibility for your path, and create a practical plan for meaningful transformation.

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0:00.0	So imagine waking up around 6.30 in the morning. It's cold outside. And you already know that you are in for a challenging day. You get dressed. Your brother, your mom is rushing around the apartment,
0:22.9	trying to just get everything right because you know that you have to make your way to school.
0:29.7	But it's not a very simple process every single day to do that. Not only do you have to
0:36.3	brave the cold of the northeast, but also you go outside
0:41.0	knowing you're going to get in your mom's car and it might not start, knowing you're going to get
0:47.3	in a car. And if it does start, you might break down on the side of the road. And when you actually
0:52.9	get to the destination that you're
0:54.4	gone to, you are literally celebrating not only the fact that you got there, but that your mom
1:00.3	has less stress. Because money didn't grow on trees in our house. And I'm sure it didn't
1:05.7	grow on trees in yours and people worked hard. But the reality is, like many of you, I came from a place that, to be quite honest,
1:14.2	was a struggle, especially financially.
1:16.9	I personally remember going to the bus stop, looking down on my shoes, knowing I needed
1:21.9	new shoes because I had holes in them, seeing my mother work really hard trying to push
1:26.1	us to the next level, having government assistance, seeing my mother work really hard trying to push us to the next level having government
1:28.8	assistance seeing my mom go to a trade school to get a better job eventually finding a better
1:35.6	job and remember celebrating the fact that she pushed through to just get a little bit better
1:41.6	not even in the green but just a little bit better and why am in the green, but just a little bit better. And why am I
1:45.4	telling you this story? Because some of you are making mediocrity your foundation. And a lot of
1:52.9	people are a part of the woes me crowd. They're out there, they're working. But when one
1:58.7	thing goes wrong, they stop working or if something is taken away
2:02.5	from them, they feel like it's the end of the world. And then there are people out there who are
2:07.8	saying, I'm working, I'm doing and I'm doing it, just like in fitness, and you do something for
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