Despite growing up as a scrawny, bullied kid with an alcoholic father and ZERO confidence, motivational speaker and author Ed Mylett has become one of the country’s wealthiest and most successful people. He’s the author of best-selling books #Maxout Your Life and The Power of One More, and TV and top podcast host. USA Today has rated Mylett the #1 mindset and performance coach in the world. Elite achievers consider Mylett the “success and fulfillment whisperer” for helping them to perform at “#MAXOUT” levels of their lives.
Mylett shared his inspiring story during an exclusive event for TMT’s top-tier clients. In a conversation with TMT founder and CEO Robin Robins, Mylett shared how MSP business owners can become elite achievers too. Here is his advice:
“It’s not what you acquire, it’s who you become.”
Mylett believes everyone is meant to do something great, but people often lose their hunger as they become more successful. He encourages regular self-evaluation and getting “addicted to the expansion of your being.” Admitting he was almost happier when building his business than when he had achieved success, he emphasized the importance of challenging yourself and discovering your true potential. “Make a decision to go to the next level,” he says. “It’s awesome what you’ve done so far, but not compared to who you’re capable of becoming. I’m fascinated to find out who I can become, not what I can acquire.”
“Live in anticipation of what ‘one more’ can do.”
“You’re one decision, one client, one idea away from changing your life,” Mylett stresses, urging people to live in anticipation of what “one more” can do. This mindset activates the brain to seek out opportunities for growth. “If you live your life in anticipation, your brain begins to find the people, places, and things that will deliver the ‘one more’ to you,” he explains.
Mylett’s father, who struggled with alcoholism, exemplified “the power of one more” when he decided to get sober for his family. “When he came home from rehab, I asked him, ‘Daddy, are you ever going to drink again?’ My dad said, ‘I can’t promise you that, Eddie, but I can tell you this. I won’t drink for one more day.’ That lasted the rest of his life, and my dad ended up helping thousands of people get sober. I believe in the power of one decision.”
“This is no longer about you. This is about the difference you can make for other people.”
Before he entered rehab, while contemplating sobriety, Mylett’s father decided to commit suicide. But one person rose up to help him. This experience taught Mylett the impact one person can have.
“In the act of helping one human being, he changed my entire family forever,” Mylett says. “That person didn’t know they’d change my life or that I’d reach millions of people. It’s miraculous what one person can do. What qualified this person to help my dad? He was an addict at one time. He lived in the shadows and was a liar at one time. You are most qualified to help the person you used to be.”
“You have an obligation to be the best person you’re capable of being.”
Mylett challenges people to fall back in love with their purpose and the difference they can make in others’ lives, regardless of past failures. “Small thinking, not mistakes or setbacks, is what truly disqualifies people from making a difference,” he says.
Continuously replacing and remaking yourself, much like when you were a child, is crucial to happiness. “I don’t want to be the same man at 54 that I was at 53.” Mylett explains, “I want to get better every single year. I believe you were born to do something great with your life. And I don’t believe that was just in the past. I believe that’s going forward, but it requires difficult decisions.” Mylett continually challenges people to evaluate their mindset and what they need to sharpen, remove, or add to their lives annually.
“You’ll be the happiest you’ve ever been in your life when you continue to remake yourself.”
Mylett’s success has allowed him to make other people’s dreams come true, such as providing healing retreats for war veterans with PTSD. “None of that happens in my life or in their lives if I don’t keep going to the next level,” he notes. “There’s a secret that comes when you make your big dreams come true: You will make dreams come true for the people that you love. Dreams they don’t even know they have yet. All because you become successful. And that’s a million times better.”
You’re one decision away from improving your life. The question is, what’s that one decision? And who do you want to become?
“There’s a part of you that knows you were born to do something great with your life and that it’s not completely fulfilled yet,” Mylett concludes. “At some point, you’ve got to put your heart back on the line and say, ‘This is where I’m going to do it or not do it. I’m going to do something great with my life. I was born to do something awesome, and I’m not done yet.’”
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