In virtually every aspect of life, a small percentage of people thrive, most get by, and some barely survive.



Rarely, is the difference a result of environment or luck. Instead, the difference is in the mindset of those who thrive and those who do not.



For example, weight loss for most people is pretty straight forward. Exercise to maintain muscle, get enough sleep, eat to shed fat.



Success in a network marketing business is also quite simple. Present your product or service to other people, help them get in the habit of using it regularly, and then help them present it to people they know.



Relationships? Those come down to investing quality time, being humble enough to hear how you could be a better partner for the other person, and learn to see things from his or her point of view instead of insisting the other person see things from yours.



The point is, the “recipe” for success in just about anything is hardly a secret. Most of the time, you could summarize it on a napkin.



It’s the “doing” part that separates those who thrive from those who get by.



To do what needs to be done consistently, you have to rewire your brain with a bias toward action.



Weight training has a unique way of doing just that, which is why, when someone asks me, “How can I develop the traits to succeed in _______?” I often respond with, “Join a gym and get on a weight training program four days per week. Stick with it for a minimum of six months and then let me know how the rest of your life has improved."



I’ll explain why in a moment, but I first want to explain how I recently came to this realization.





The Fitness-Network Marketing Connection



On February 1, 2015, I resigned from a very successful, 13-year career at Life Time Fitness, and joined Vanessa and what I’ve called, “a most fascinating and eye-opening human behavior experiment.”



This human behavior experiment is our network marketing business.



When I joined Vanessa in 2015, we had about 7000 members in our downline. Today we have about 13,000. In addition to helping new members get started with Young Living ourselves, we do a lot of coaching, business development education, and mentoring others who also want to build a business.



Like fitness and weight loss, a small percentage of would-be business builders take off and rock their business, while a large percentage don’t.



Over time, I saw patterns in behavior, excuses, and belief systems. The reasons so many people didn’t get their business off the ground were the very same reasons people didn’t succeed with their fitness or weight loss programs.



It’s in the practice of doing that gets you to your goals. So why don’t people do the work? Why don’t they do what it takes in their personal and professional lives to reach their potential?



In a sense, they’re satisfied with the way things are. They’d like things to be better, as long as there isn’t much work involved.



But all too often, people subconsciously throw up their hands as soon as they face the work that has to get done.



Which leads me to weight training.



From my experience and observation, when someone follows a well-designed weight training program, and makes progress month after month, they end up training their brain to see their goals with a new perspective.



And when they take an hour, four times per week, to invest in their personal and professional success through following a periodized weight training program, the effects spill over into all areas of their lives.



Weight training develops the following five mental, emotional, and physical traits, which help you succeed in almost every area of your life.



1. Discipline - The Ability to Exercise Self-Control



If you’re a “free spirit,” or someone who hates planning or being held any expectations, you probably hate this word.



I’m not referring to discipline as you following someone else rules, or being controlled by someone else.



Discipline is self-control.