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Aug 2018
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Ep. #318: Introducing The Little Black B...

MIKE MATTHEWS
About this episode

Years ago, I was stuck in a rut in the gym, I was making minimum payments on tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt, and I had no idea where I should go in my life, let alone how to get there.

Today, I’m a “super-fit” bestselling author with over one million books sold, and the owner and founder of several 7- and 8-figure businesses, including Muscle for Life, Legion Athletics, and Oculus Publishers

(And more importantly, I also found a unicorn for a wife who has given me two kids who are kinda the coolest.)

How the hell did all that happen?

Did I sell my soul to the Dread Lord Cthulhu? Discover the one weird trick to melting belly fat, debt, and existential angst. . . in just 5 minutes per day? Develop an expensive but highly productive cocaine habit?

Not quite. What really happened is, well, kind of boring:

I read scores of books, worked thousands of hours, and overcame more setbacks than I can count. In other words, I did the hard stuff that most people don’t want to do, and I’m ready to share the biggest lessons I’ve learned along the way.

And now, while I don’t know everything about personal growth, I do know what it takes to develop the skills, habits, and spirit required to transform your body and life.

I also know that anyone can use these powerful strategies to overcome the biggest mental and emotional blocks holding them back from realizing their potential in the same way that I have.

No matter who you are or what difficulties you’re facing, you can empower yourself to have the body you want to have, become the person you want to be, and live the life you want to live.

That’s why I wrote this new book, called The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation.

It’s my personal—and 100% practical and hands-on—blueprint for transformation, inside and outside of the gym, and it will provide you with new and valuable knowledge and skills that you will use for the rest of your life.

In short, I wrote this book to help you fix the important things that are holding you back from doing and achieving the things you care most about.

Go towww.workoutmotivationbook.com now, get the book, and by the end of it, you will never again wonder what it takes to get and stay motivated to build your best body and life.

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