The $21K Success Story in Tokyo

Max: All right welcome back Max Torn here we’re sitting here with our client Alec we’re in Tokyo on the 52nd floor or something like that yeah and he’s been crushing it with his Fitness offer here in Japan how much exactly did you make last month?

Alek: Last month I did 21k US dollars that is not bad and it’s just the start so we’re gonna do much more.

Max: So I wanted to kind of chat with you a little bit see what your experience has been what exactly it is you’re doing what makes you so awesome and all the good stuff so tell us a little bit more about what exactly are you offering into whom?

Alek: Yeah so I offer Fitness coaching more Lifestyles while I integrate I put a lot of emphasis on lifestyle as well yeah aimed at Japanese you know busy salaryman working class um people I mean obviously entrepreneurs as well but you know people that have jobs that are really busy you know in Japan we have pretty heavy on drinking you know after work as well so as we’ve seen yeah yeah so how to manage your lifestyle you know not sacrificing your personal life your work life but also you know getting in super fit you know shredded shape yeah so that’s what I specialize in so lifestyle and fitness coaching is yeah what I do here in Japan.

From YouTube Vlogs to Zero Revenue – The Starting Point

Max: Super epic and it’s so cool to see you doing this in the in the National Market so to speak and um when you came into the fbm program like what was your starting point how did you feel how much did you know what did we help you right away in the beginning?

Alek: So I knew that I really loved coaching people helping people in general so I had a YouTube channel um where I just you know did Vlogs Share value so I built a following up you know a significant following but I you know wasn’t fully business focused at the time so I didn’t really know how to monetize you know um my following um so that’s where I came to you guys and you guys literally helped me from zero I started from zero you know um I wasn’t you know making anything from coaching.

Max: So so you just had the Vlog up you didn’t sell anything yet?

Alek: Well I did have an apparel brand and that’s you know doing fine as well but it wasn’t and you know like significantly enough to you know not have a normal job.

Max: It’s funny because you were one of these people that just focused on giving value sharing sharing lifestyle and so on and so forth but this one piece of the puzzle was missing which is kind of like the the monetization thing it was kind of similar to my brand the first business I just came from I didn’t even care about business as much.

Alek: So yeah I just loved sharing my content you know getting known for what I love but you know obviously you have to make money as well if you want to keep giving value and doing what you love so yeah that’s where you guys came in and really helped me out.

Max: What was kind of the first lesson that you got from us?

Alek: How to monetize like you’re already helping people so how to actually monetize and help people more specifically you know working with individual clients so yeah that’s where I you know first got the most value how to coach each client give them value change their lives.

Breaking Free from Japanese Social Pressure and the 9-5 Trap

Max: The super epic and then funnily enough uh just two days ago you were on our podcast and we kind of talked a little bit about how you train transitioned from your full-time job to doing this full-time which was a pretty incredible journey.

Alek: In general I think people take less risks here there’s a lot of you know social pressure you know you’re from your parents from your family from your friends you know so I think it is harder for um people brought up in Japan to you know take that step to do their own thing I think the hurdle is very high compared to the west but it was definitely hard for me at first you know to get into that mindset.

Max: Was it like you didn’t want to disappoint your family or was it because like what exactly was holding you back?

Alek: Yeah those slight points about disappointing family as well obviously your parents want you know the best for you and then they want the safest option for you you know have a good job you know it’s a good job you can progress in your career have a good life I guess but I just knew deep down that’s not what I wanted and if I wanted to take a risk it has to be now plus it’s not like I was jumping into something some black hole right yeah I already had this business on the site built up you know I was making way more than my full-time job while I was working eight to ten hours a day so kind of seemed like a logical decision for me.

Max: And um you know to be honest like we’ve we’ve done that step into the unknown which is oftentimes quite scary at first like oh my God like I’m not gonna get the salary anymore unless I sell and so on and so forth how how are you feeling now as a full-blooded business owner so to speak?

Alek: I mean now it feels pretty normal this is a new Norm for me um so I mean I’m not as scared as before but obviously first it was really scary you know letting go of that like cushy good engineering job that I had I had a good job it’s all good now I’m hustling you know doing good making money helping clients giving value doing what I love so yeah perfect.

Life as a Full-Time Entrepreneur and Life-Changing Client Results

Max: What is your day-to-day life look like now so average day a in the life of Alec?

Alek: Obviously flexible I can get up anytime I want I mean unless I have client calls in the morning but I’ve realized that managing your schedule is super important so I do still schedule you know I tend to get up pretty early you know go to sleep late maybe not tonight but go to sleep early get up early hit the gym you know reply to my clients make content I dedicate quite a lot of my time to I mean my business obviously helping my clients building my brand I also have more time to take care of myself now so I spend a lot of time into gyming also stretching.

Max: Oh no way you’re sort of stretchy?

Alek: Yeah it’s super important before you know I didn’t really have time you know just work out eat and sleep and go to work but now I have more time for that so yeah I’m just really super grateful that I can focus on myself as well but my clients as well so super win-win situation obviously you know I can travel around whenever I want you come over I can hang out with you you know before I wouldn’t have been able to do that on a weekday you know the job so yeah super grateful and really thank you for getting me here.

Max: Hell yeah I mean you know it’s it’s also you know your execution you we just tell you what to do you’re the guy who ultimately walks walks the walk what do you think was for you personally the biggest lesson that you got from our program if there is any that stands out?

Alek: The biggest lesson for me was actually learning that to help people have a significant effect on their life like actually life-changing transformation results um you know you have to charge for your services you have to know what you’re worth that was like the biggest lessons like yeah okay I want to help everybody put up free content you know it could help some people it always does help people but it’s not like super life changing right so I think learning that what I offer is super valuable and actually life-changing and actually you know charging charging money for that that was the biggest lesson for me because I was in business oriented at all you know first I thought you know charging money is not good I should do it allow free.

Max: Yeah exactly but I’ve learned that actually doing that is the best way to you know help people and that’s what I you know love at the base level helping people giving value have you ever had like super cool Transformations from your clients where they kind of?

Alek: Yeah man everyone um I really pride myself in this like all my clients literally everyone got significant results and it’s not just you know the body transformation where they lose fat build muscle it’s like their lifestyle you know they become more confident you know they were stuck in a job that they didn’t like but they got the courage to you know quit and do what they wanted to do you know some got girlfriends some got married so no it’s literally super life changing and that’s what I emphasize in my um program it’s not just you know going to the gym working out eating healthy it’s you know um upgrading your mindset actually making time for other things in your life as well and using a confidence that you built through Fitness applying that to other areas of your life you know if you put in the work you’ll get the results so that is why I’m able to achieve not just the looks transformation but also lifestyle transformation so yeah no every every one of my clients have achieved amazing results you know.

Max: That’s beautiful I’m really uh grateful for that that’s beautiful did you get invited to the wedding?

Alek: Yeah I think I will oh so he’s not getting he’s not gotten married he’s on the ring but I don’t think he’s held a wedding well I’m sure if they’re watching you better invite.

Max: You know I never got invited like even like for my dating coaching times I had so many clients that got yeah I’m like why haven’t I not gotten damn invited like what the hell like I’m coming I don’t care if you’re in the US or wherever like hey if I’ve helped you indirectly going I love weddings man.

Final Words of Wisdom

Max: Before we wrap things up is there anything that you want to share any lesson any any message to the viewer?

Alek: Yeah I mean if you obviously want to get starting in this you know coaching business you love helping people I think it’s important to actually love helping people because you’re not going to be able to you know go over the hurdles and you know whatever comes with it so if you love coaching if you want to have a coaching business yeah definitely um Polo Max become his client you know execute what they say and yeah man just follow the process work and yeah you’ll get there and I myself had no idea about coaching I didn’t know how to coach people you know I didn’t know how to get started with the business side of things and um you know you do need some guidance you know it’s so much quicker when you know the right steps there’s so many mistakes you could make like you could save so many years so if you are serious about starting your own coaching business yeah definitely um have a call with these guys and yeah get started ASAP because you know time’s running out as well you know I quit.

Max: Damn right time’s running out dude thanks love I know such nice words so if you’re watching this and you get inspired by uh Alex story or any one of our client stories and you say hey this is amazing I also want to travel the world I’m gonna put a link down description below where you can book a free call with me and my team you’ll be talking directly to an expert it’s not going to be like a crazy pitch Fest sales call or anything like that at this point we’re actually known to actually give honest value we point you into the right direction we’ll lay out a kind of uh a plan for you to get your first clients position yourself we’ll tell you what you need to post where you’re going to get your first clients from and so on so forth we can lay out a road map even if you’re completely new you don’t know what it is that you could be doing maybe you even think you might not even know what it is that you could be coaching we’ll lay it all out for you in that call like I said link down description below if the link still works it means we still have spots open this is not fake scarcity we actually have so many bookings and currently we have not enough people on our team to take all these calls so if it lets you through it means we still have a spot open then go ahead and book other than that we’re going to enjoy uh Tokyo a little bit more we’re gonna get some cigars and uh well only me not the fitness coach yeah totally not thank you so much for watching talk to you soon and bye.