Sometimes in working to stay motivated and consistent with your goals it can seem like we're chasing a unicorn, a thing of stories and myth, that's unable to be accomplished. In my conversation with Roman Fischer he shared how not overcame the internal struggles we face, but also naysayers within his family and friends. It didn't happen overnight and it wasn't an easy process. It involved knowing his why, choosing who he listened to and determining how to beat the obstacles before him - depression, anxiety and ADHD,

Roman Fischer is an actor, model, and high-performance coach with a deep passion for fitness and personal growth. He started from a place of self-doubt and lack of support, which led him to discover the power of fitness and mindset. Roman has gained valuable insights into the role and impact of gratitude in overcoming challenges and achieving personal growth. With a focus on resilience and mindset, Roman shows that tracking goal progress doesn't need to be complicated or expensive, instead simplicity and consistency are the key to success in this area.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Discover the surprising impact of fitness on mental health and resilience.
• Uncover the powerful methods for overcoming self-doubt and achieving personal goals.
• Learn the key role gratitude plays in unlocking personal growth and mindset resilience.
• Explore how your social circles can significantly boost your motivation for fitness.
• Master the effective strategies for setting and achieving your fitness goals.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:10:31 - Shifting Mindset and Beliefs

00:15:05 - Overcoming Depression, Anxiety, and ADHD

00:21:43 - Nutrition and Supplements

00:25:05 - Practicing Gratitude and Daily Habits

00:30:05 - The Domino Effect of Goal Setting

00:34:51 - Motivation vs. Consistency

00:39:43 - Monthly Check-Ins for Progress

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Well, hello and welcome back my friend this week.

I'm joined by Roman Fischer you're going to see the things that he's, he's gone

through starting out, you know, kind of with those things that we all face

and, uh, how he's worked through them.

And it's a matter of learning who you are and what works for you.

And so.

As we get into Roman's story, I hope that you'll be able to

see like, it's, it's a process.

We're all working through it and to look for the tools and the processes

that work well for you to then help you change into that life that you're after.

So Roman, how are you doing today, my friend?

I'm doing well, doing well.

How about you?

Doing great, my friend.

I appreciate it.

Well, Roman, let's start off on the professional side of life.

What does that look like for you today?

Yeah.

So right now I'm an actor model.

I also do some bodybuilding, but it's more so a hobby with the bodybuilding,

but it's mainly acting modeling and high performance coaching.

So helping people burn fat, gain muscle, gain flexibility and really

just improve their overall mindset with their motivation and consistency.

Awesome.

Do you see that like, um, through the flexibility and the working

out like that helps people to.

You know, add almost like, uh, fuel to their mindset or is it.

Kind of just something separate from it.

That's a good question.

So really I found it's really interesting They both tend to complement each other

So when someone works on their fitness with their physical it actually helps

their mindset, but when they work on their mindset Alternatively it can

actually help their physical and I found too that your mindset It's so powerful

and it really governs everything to begin with so getting your mindset

set right, I found is one of the best things you can do Especially if you're

trying to achieve any one fitness goal,

I think it, it impacts all areas of our life,

which is the amazing thing.

It's not just, Hey, Roman, I want to change my, my career.

I want to do this, but I don't want it to affect my family life.

It's impacting you, which is universal, right?

So definitely.

Well, dude, speaking of personal, what does life look like for you

today on the personal side of things?

Yeah, so outside of, you know, fitness, acting,

and modeling, I love to travel.

So I've actually just been to, this was one, uh, actually one of my top

travel destinations, but I went to Japan about four months ago now.

So it was in March.

So April, May, June.

Yeah.

Four months ago I was in Japan.

So I saw Tokyo, that was my top travel destination.

So seeing Japan, seeing Tokyo, Osaka, and also Kyoto with the Nintendo headquarters.

So I'm a huge video game guy too, outside of fitness.

Sounds kind of contradictory, but I do like video games every now and then.

So that's one thing I do a lot is travel.

I also do some photography as a hobby outside of fitness.

Acting and modeling.

So when you talk about doing the photography and

going to Japan, were you there for the cherry blossoms or were

yes, just like right during the blooming.

I'm like, yes, made it.

Yeah.

And that's always like a gamble because it's like, okay, it's almost like,

you know, fall festivals and stuff.

It's one of those it's.

In this range, but, and you're crossing your fingers.

So that's awesome that you got to see it and, and, uh, do all the

traveling and take the photos, man.

That's awesome.

Oh yeah, it was definitely my favorite trip so far

and probably will be, or at least for a while, so I, I'm so glad I went.

Uh, it sounds amazing, man.

Well, let's, let's jump back to, um, you know, you were 15, your younger

brother was starting to work out, um, that set a passion for you going

forward in life and some actions you took, what were some of the challenges

you were facing during that time?

And then.

How did working out, you know, impact?

Like we talked about your mindset just a short bit ago.

How did that help to strengthen you?

Um, moving forward from there?

So when I was 15, I was really at a weird place in my life.

You know, I was just barely a teenager, just two years into being a teen.

And so I felt very self conscious.

A lot of people tend to around that time, but I felt very self conscious.

I didn't feel.

that I was enough.

I had a lot of people that would bully me that that would

say I wasn't, you know, strong.

I wasn't, I didn't have any muscle.

I was a toothpick, things of that nature.

I also just didn't feel a lot of support from certain people in my

family on the goals that I wanted to do, the goals that I wanted to achieve.

So that made it really, really tough, you know, mentally, very tough emotionally.

So that made it very hard to keep going and actually stay positive

and stay happy with myself and just my, really, my overall life too.

So, what really did help save me and really just did a 180 for

myself was getting into fitness.

Now, that's not something I got into right away, but seeing my younger

brother, Actually get into fitness and funny enough, he actually got into

fitness himself because he saw the Rocky movies and that actually inspired

him to actually start picking up the weights, start weightlifting and making

that change, making that transformation for his body and his physique.

And so we were both very skinny growing up, but seeing my brother

make those changes to his body and his physique, that definitely inspired

me to want to do the same thing.

Yeah.

And so over the course of a few months, I mean, instantly, I felt the difference

right away with just my overall, you know, motivation and endorphins and

my mood increased almost overnight.

But I'll say this.

I didn't see the results right away.

And like, you know, most things in fitness, it takes time.

It takes a lot of time to actually see any, you know, real true results.

But over the course of even just a month, I started seeing things in

the mirror that I didn't see before.

I saw more definition.

I saw just more definition in my stomach.

I started seeing some abs come in already, which was one of

my main goals at that time.

But then I also started seeing more muscle.

More strength on my body to you, especially around my biceps.

And that was another huge goal line as well.

So seeing those differences and those changes that really pumped me

up and it wanted really just maybe want to keep going and keep pushing

towards my goal and not give up.

And from there, I started feeling more confident.

Just more confident, more certain, and just overall just a lot

healthier and a lot more energetic.

So from there I felt like even with people not always supporting me,

I can still attack and achieve any goal that I really set my mind to.

I just got to be consistent and just see it through.

You're talking about like the endorphins and seeing the

definition and that giving you from what I'm hearing, giving you confidence and

almost additional motivation to even press harder into the goals that you were

wanting that family wasn't supporting.

Definitely.

Did you then find like additional energy and focus

to pursue those goals that you had that weren't being supported?

Yeah, for sure.

So even in the midst of not really having that support within my

family base, which, you know, admittedly made it very difficult.

But even with that being the case, and with that being said, doing these workouts

and doing this exercising and having the discipline and the consistency to

actually work out, show up to the gym, sometimes even just work out at home,

but just show up to each workout with 100 percent focus, 100 percent intensity

that actually translated pretty well into actually my goals with fitness.

Um, Acting the modeling, which is what I actually started first

before doing the fitness coaching.

So that helped me just gravitate towards that.

And really to seeing myself change more physically for the better.

That got me into wanting to do more modeling.

So I've always been told that, you know, I have the look for modeling,

which has helped me want to get into the modeling industry to begin with.

And But then when I started researching that, working out, lifting weights,

it makes you look more confident.

It makes you feel better and just look stronger, more fit.

It can actually, you know, improve the booking ratio that you can have when

you're trying to model and act both.

So that helped quite a bit and that helped me just want to stay more

consistent, not just with working out, but it actually really translated well

into the fitness modeling, fitness modeling and acting specifically.

As you're doing that, how do you see like your mindset is shifting

and, and the beliefs that you have about yourself and what you can achieve?

Like, how are things, um, changing and growing for you as a result of all that?

Yeah, what I've found that really changed was that

I wasn't as limited as I thought.

I was not as limited as I once thought I was.

I used to think, especially with having a family, or not everyone in

my family, but certain people in my family would say, I can't do this.

Be more realistic.

Think like this.

Think like that.

Don't dream too big.

Don't have too big of a goal, or don't have too big of a

destination for yourself.

Cause you're going to just set yourself up for disappointment and failure.

So I used to think like that, especially having that around, you

know, just me a lot, having that around myself and my environment really

took a toll on my emotional state and my confidence with everything.

But as I started getting into the fitness more and then getting into

acting and modeling, I started booking gigs and I was like, okay, so they're

saying that they're saying that, but I'm actually seeing the proof of what.

They were saying is not possible.

So the fact that I'm now getting into this and I'm actually trying it out,

not stressing myself out about it, expecting, you know, to get the million

dollar gig right away, but really just having that mindset and focus that.

Not everything, not everything is going to go smooth, but I can still

achieve the goals I want to achieve.

And the fact that I'm getting even the smallest of bookings, you know,

happening, that's all that matters.

That's all the proof I need.

The fact that I'm at least putting in some effort.

And I'm seeing some of the results from that effort.

That's all the proof I need and the only proof I need.

So that's what made it easy to then stay more consistent and not

lose hope, not lose any confidence.

Because there's a lot of people that listen to naysayers, but I just found in

my personal life and my personal journey that You just got to be a naysayer to your

naysayers, really, just to keep it simple.

Yeah, exactly.

So I know that this was something I, I did as well was when I started changing,

was looking back at family that was saying, you know, Hey, be limited.

Don't dream big.

I didn't achieve this.

So you won't either kind of thing.

Um, I looked at him and said, I'm going to prove you wrong,

and then you'll believe me.

You'll really see and believe me.

Um, did, did your success then change the mindset or the belief

of the family and friends?

To say like, Oh, yeah.

Hey, dream bigger.

Did, did it change them to, uh, you know, their behavior

or what they were telling you?

Yeah, it was definitely similar to that.

So it wasn't right away that they caught wind of it.

But as I started hearing more and just more about what I was doing and the things

that I were, you know, accomplishing just through the years, they then started.

Having a change of, you know, mindset and just a change of heart, honestly,

and they started feeling bad and he, the person that said this to

my family, they even went as far as to say that, you know, I'm going to

get on stage on the Oscars one day.

And I'm going to say that my family didn't believe in me or this family

member did not believe in me.

So they just started feeling bad.

And, you know, that's the thing when people have those Beliefs about certain

people, especially your family, it's going to make you eventually feel guilty,

especially when you start seeing the fruits of what they can and will do.

So, yeah, I've, I've had that.

I've had that for sure.

Have you, have you had people that just stuck by their

guns and said, I'm I've I'm not going to change what I say about you or

believe about you, you know, because then it will make me have to change

what I believe about what I can do.

Have you seen that as well?

Wow, that's a good one.

I've never, I've never actually had that one yet.

So.

That's good that most people have been at least very supportive from the

get go, or you've had a few of those people, even, you know, even in my

family that weren't always supportive right away, but eventually grew that

support, which I mean, sometimes you just gotta, you just gotta learn, right?

So yeah.

But it's good though that people at least do make that change.

Yeah, 100%.

So there was a, uh, period where you were working through

like depression and anxiety.

And then like you and I both talked about, we also have, uh, ADHD.

Yeah.

So as you're working through that stuff, um, What, what was going on?

Was that like, as you were working out or was that kind of at the

beginning, like what phase of things was, was that going on?

Yeah.

The depression, the anxiety, and even ADHD, you know, altogether, really, I

had that for a lot of my life and it was just growing up and it really happened.

Up until the point of where I got into fitness and stuck with it.

Ever since, you know, I have these occasional moments of depression, anxiety.

I'm sure everyone does to an extent, even if it's just a little bit.

So I still have it every once in a while, but I've been able

to drastically diminish it.

Practically where it is non existent for the most part.

So it did lead up though, in my past, To about when I was 15, 15 and a half, 16.

And then as I started getting more consistent from 15 on, it

started going down and going down.

And again, it's practically now where it just does not exist.

I mean, every once in a while, like I said, there's, you know, that blue

episode, so to speak, but it doesn't really happen that, you know, that often.

And yeah, just.

I've been able to really manage my anxiety well, even through natural

supplements, such as ashwagandha, that's a great way, by the way, for

anyone listening that wants to really just relieve and even reduce their

stress, because stress and anxiety, it happens, it's just part of life, but

the goal isn't to expect that there's not going to be any, but rather to help

reduce it, and just really managing it.

Eliminate as much as you can.

So, uh, taking ashwagandha has been very helpful and CBD, CBN, especially

for sleep, um, and insomnia.

Cause that was actually another thing I dealt with.

By extension and as part of my anxiety and stress and depression.

Yeah, and lack of sleep man being exhausted Just yes,

it compounds like the whole thing.

It's just that setting gasoline on the fire.

It is It really is

Yeah, it's the last thing we need, but it's like, well, you're here.

Great.

Thanks.

And

they feed off of each other to a depression and anxiety feeds

off of lack of sleep and insomnia.

And that feeds off of that.

So they literally help each other out in a bad way.

But the key is, yeah, just reducing it, fitness, working out,

taking ashwagandha, things like that will definitely help a lot.

A hundred percent.

Um, and then.

Like there's a lot of stigma around taking meds, right?

If we get on prescription medication, you know, I'm going to be on this for life.

I'm not strong enough.

And I think that's like

bad mindset as far as, Hey, you know, if you broke your leg, You wouldn't not

use the crutches or the wheelchair to get around because, you know, thinking,

Hey, I'm going to be on this forever.

It's a temporary boost to help you learn how to get, you know, uh,

get your own mechanisms in place.

And you found that through fitness is working with your doctor of,

Hey, I'm going to, I'm on meds.

This is to help me.

Um, like how did, uh, Taking the meds and then doing the fitness.

How did that kind of pair together to then under your doctor supervision

be able to, you know, then get off the meds because you were in a better

place or are in a better place?

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, for sure.

So taking the meds had its own benefits in a way, of course, with a lot of

Um, side effects at the expense of a lot of side effects in the process.

So, but combining that with working out and eating healthier definitely was

a good combination for the time being now, because of all the side effects

and just the long term effects that you can have that are usually pretty

negative and taking these medications.

Luckily, I had that doc that actually wanted to work with me.

To gradually reduce, you know, the dosage and then eventually

just tapered me off completely.

So having that support, that level of support from my doctor.

They made it that really made it a lot easier to be more motivated to

still take the medication because I was not already wanting to be on the

medication, but because I didn't like all the side effects that came along

with it, bloating, even weight gain.

I mean, that was literally what I was trying to get

away from was gaining weight.

I was trying to not lose a lot of weight, but be toned, not be.

Bloated.

So having that weight gain and some other bad negative side effects that

some I just can't even remember because there was, I mean, there were just

too many to count, but literally just a lot of bad negative side effects

that came along with the medication.

So knowing though that my doc was in support of me with my own goal

because I was already wanting to wean myself off and get off before

he even said anything about it.

But then when I found out from him that he was also in line

with that, I felt so much better.

So then I was able to continue the journey of working out, eating

healthy, and then also, uh, limiting the, uh, dosage that I was having.

And eventually just got off the medication.

Cause it is my belief that eating healthier and working out That,

you know, especially in combination and harmony, that actually helped

me get off the medication because that was its own replacement.

And I've been told by someone that I looked up to, he was a family

friend, but food is medicine.

And this was before I got really, really serious in my

fitness, but food is medicine.

So literally having the right food, foods without all the preservatives, all the,

you know, artificial mess that's thrown into what we eat, what we drink on just a

day to day, daily basis, you can literally clean up your inside to then help clean up

your outside and also help clean up what's in here because a lot of the artificial

colors that's in our foods, that's in our drinks It's actually been known, oddly

enough, and ironically enough, to cause ADHD and other symptoms, even depression.

So eating better, eating cleaner, and just eating healthier, and drinking healthier.

Cause it's not just what you eat, but it's what you drink too.

So cleaning up everything, and your overall nutrition, it's literally

gonna be medicine in itself.

And then working out, even just three to four times a week.

Like, I've noticed, personally, that's helped me tremendously.

In really just getting off the medications and ever since I've literally never

felt, you know, I've never felt the same.

I've felt so much better.

I can sleep better.

I'm more focused.

The depression again, it's dramatically dropped.

I barely ever get depressed and my anxiety is literally at an all time low.

And any, you know, medications I have, I supplement it with natural supplements.

So if I have even a little bit of anxiety, working out, taking supplements

like CBD, CBN, ashwagandha, anything related to that really does help a lot.

Even magnesium is good for lowering stress.

So magnesium glycinate, especially if you're trying to get better

sleep, just a little tip there.

And there's more than one magnesium type.

Oh yeah.

I did.

I didn't know that when I started down that path and it was like.

Oh, yeah.

It's like, yep.

So yeah.

Magnesium and like D three K two.

I mean, there's, there's a lot of things that if we're not down that

path, like you're talking about that ignorance of what we're deficient in

can be almost like you're just carrying, like you're pulling a truck, right?

You're in a strong man competition.

You don't have what you need.

So you're making everything harder.

Um, mixed in with what you talked about, like, you know, artificial colors, man.

I can't touch red, you know, if I, if I touch red, like Doritos or Cheetos or

stuff like that, or, or a red drink, like, uh, not indeed code red, for example.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, it just, it.

It's like a Dr.

Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde thing for me where I, I transition in who I am and what I'm capable of doing.

Um, and it's just like, nah, I don't feel like, uh, you know, walking around

with my brain in a, in a fog all day.

Um, it just amplifies it.

And then there's stuff I'm working to get past because of, you know, upbringing,

you know, malnourishment there.

Um, just to fall out from that, but it's like, you know, working

to, I don't need to amplify it and continue to add more to it.

You know, like adding, adding weight to the truck that I'm pulling.

It's like, you know, who in their right mind, if you're not pulling

the truck, well would do that.

Right?

Exactly.

That's honestly what we, you know, can unknowingly or ignorantly do, um,

just to make things harder on ourself.

As you started working out and you're seeing like your mindset change, like,

what else did you start adding to like your daily life and routines to?

You know, make it to where it's like the depression is a rare thing and, and

you're able to focus on your goals and, and move forward with more confidence.

Like what did you do beyond the working out as well?

Yeah, for sure.

Outside of just the gym and working out.

Cause obviously that's very important, but there's a lot of other things you can do.

So what I found is very important is literally at the start of each day.

For each morning, I'll literally, before my feet even hit the floor, I've done

this before, but I still do it now is just think in my head and even say it

out loud if it helps, but at least think it in my head, just every small, you

know, in the middle and every big thing.

That I'm grateful for so essentially practicing gratitude on every level

of every aspect of my life could be a person could be a thing that I own like a

possession or it could be just any goals that have achieved fitness or otherwise.

So practicing gratitude, just really just being grateful

each morning for everything.

I have everything I've done and accomplished and everything I own.

So that really keeps my mind at ease because I've had it, you know,

some mornings I'll try waking up.

And I'll feel even, you know, some mornings I'll feel a little

bit more prone to be negative.

So it happens to everyone, but having those thoughts of gratitude

in the back of my mind, but bringing that them to the forefront of

my mind is very, very powerful.

And I found that that really does help tremendously in staying on track.

Even when I want to start tapering off and not staying consistent.

Another thing, too, is keeping a to do list in my phone.

So, typically, what I'll do is I'll literally have on my notes section of

my phone, just Monday through Saturday and even Sunday, everything I have to do

from the morning to the evening to night.

And just structuring and laying out my day.

It keeps me motivated.

It makes me feel and actually know, I should say that I have a purpose, a

daily purpose and a daily thing to do with a lot of objectives to accomplish,

to accomplish, to achieve, and then ultimately by the end of each day, I

feel very good because I was productive.

I was very efficient with my time and I was able to get each thing done to

the maximum capacity that I could.

So that helped me quite a bit and it's continued to help me

a lot just and it keeps me from feeling, you know, depressed.

It keeps me from feeling that I'm not getting a lot done.

It keeps me feeling just overall good and productive and positive.

Yeah, and I help think it helps you to see that your purpose

and your plan are both moving forward rather than just being, um, it's almost

like looking in the mirror and seeing, uh, you know, you, you see yourself

daily and what you don't see in growth.

Over a month, three months, um, you know, when you look at a three month

old picture before and after you see the difference, but if you're looking

day to day, they're minuscule, right?

It's being able to look back and see that.

Uh, the thing I would ask you, Roman, and I've heard this other guys is,

um, Hey, Roman, man, setting out a to do list that is just so constraining.

It's not me.

Like, I just don't want to do that.

What do you see that it's like is kind of like that shift in beliefs that In

doing this, you're actually finding more freedom versus not having that to do list.

Yeah, I found that when you have a to do list, it

does seem pretty straining and it does seem very tedious, for sure.

A lot of people can find it to be very tedious, but by the end of the day, You'll

actually feel a lot more productive.

You'll feel a lot better, more efficient, but you'll also feel a lot more free.

Just like you were saying with freedom, because whenever you

have a set structured, you know, itinerary or list of things you got

to do from day to day for the week.

You actually know what you have to do from point A to point B.

You don't have to guess what you have to do.

You don't have to stress out about knowing what you may or may not have to do.

You don't even have to look around for what you have to do

because it's all right there.

So it literally gives you the freedom from not having to take the extra

time, energy, and effort of looking for what you need to do each day.

So it actually makes you a lot easier.

Less stressed when you have everything structured, laid out, organized,

and, and just neat for yourself.

And then when you can do that, you can focus on each thing.

And what I love to do is, especially if I'm able to get the

hardest, most challenging thing done first and go from there.

So that way, a lot of people like to say, eat the frog.

So eating the frog, getting it done, just done and over with right

away and being productive on that.

To then making the rest of your day a lot less, you know,

stressful and a lot easier.

And it just, it's basically like a domino effect.

So you push that picture, that domino, the first one being super

hard to push and press forward.

But once you get it, it's like everything else just falls into

place and everything else just goes down the way you want it to.

So that's how I love to think about it.

Instead of literally Another good analogy to you is, if someone's trying to put a

puzzle together, if you know where the pieces are, all you gotta do is, you

know, piece them together bit by bit.

It takes a little bit of work, but you'll get it, instead of

trying to find each puzzle piece.

You know throughout the house So that's how I love to think about

it when it comes to planning and organizing your day for each week.

Gotcha Yeah, that makes sense.

So Roman and what we've been talking about, right?

Um, you know, the physical fitness, the um, Um, your mindset, you know,

that's all helping us with like our motivation and being able to, to

focus on our goals and move forward.

Is there something that's like, um, something that keeps you going long term?

Because motivation and inspiration can get us going, but it doesn't

always get us to the destination.

Like, what are you doing?

That keeps you going to, to get there?

Yeah.

Definitely.

So remembering why I started and that's, that's what a lot of people need to do.

Cause that's something that I didn't really think about too much

growing up when I was on my journey.

And so it was really hard to stay consistent because I didn't ever do

this, but remembering why I started my journey, why I wanted to lose weight,

why I wanted to help people out with them losing weight, gaining muscle or any

goals they had, but just knowing my why.

And that really, it makes it hard to want to give up because when

you remember why you started, I mean, that's why you started.

So you started because you really, you, you really wanted to achieve

any goal that you had in that time.

So when you can remember that and recite that, not just in your head, but

really, I advocate people saying it out loud because when I've done that, it

makes it a lot easier to not fall off, to not go back, you know, in regress.

Cause that's, that's not what you want.

But remembering why you started the journey to begin with, that just makes

it a lot easier to keep going and really keep growing because it's a process.

It's a journey.

It's a growing and overall transformative journey.

It's something that we're not going to get to right away.

But when we have the mindset, the mindset to keep going and keep growing.

That's everything.

And remembering why you started.

As far as like consistency, you know, that's one of

those of if you work out three times this week and next week, but you don't the

following three weeks, we're not going to see that growth, whether it's our mindset,

our body finances, whatever, right?

How are you?

Ensuring that you have the consistency over the long haul, um, you know, are

you using your why in there for that?

Or is there something else as well that contributes to that consistency?

Yeah, definitely.

So using my wine definitely helps.

It helps keep me motivated, but it also helps keep me consistent.

And going through what I want to achieve with my goals and helping other people.

But also in addition to that, I found that doing that helps a lot,

but also planning out each goal that I have and getting specific, just

crystal clear on each of my goals.

And then just going all in, going all out and not having any

doubt of what I want to achieve.

And just being 100 percent confident and 100 percent certain.

With my goal and how I wanna achieve it.

I found that really makes it easy too, to stay more consistent because

you know the whole big picture of it.

You know what you have to do, you know what you wanna achieve, when

do you wanna achieve it, how you wanna achieve it, and really what

that achievement might look like.

And even painting that visual picture in your head and writing that down to you,

I've found, has helped keep me consistent.

It's really powerful stuff.

A lot of people don't do that.

They just say, Oh, I want to get fit or I want to get rich, but they

don't have a crystal clear picture.

Cause like what is rich?

What is fit?

Are you trying to gain muscle?

Are you trying to lose, you know, a certain amount of weight?

Uh, what, what size do you want to be in your clothing and then rich, rich

can mean a lot of different things.

Do you want to be, you know, a millionaire?

Do you want to be, uh, you know, 100, 000 or like what, what

goal do you got financially?

So there's a lot of different things with that, but getting specific just in

general with your goal and then knowing how and when you want to achieve it by.

That can keep you more consistent and just more dedicated to it, because then you

feel like there's actually a strategy.

Then you don't feel like you're just, you know, shooting in the dark.

You actually feel like you're actually going somewhere and you

know, you're going somewhere.

I should say,

how often are you looking back at like your why your goals?

And then how often are you also looking to see like what kind of progress

you've made to, uh, You know, to kind of gauge, am I 5 percent into

this or am I 50 percent into this?

Yeah,

I love to really take a snapshot every month.

I call it.

I love to just go back and look back on what I've done for the, you know, past

month and just take it month by month.

Of course, I do some little check ins by the week, but I really, with

my, with my own, you know, fitness goals, I check myself weekly.

But I love to take snapshots monthly on just my overall journey with my fitness,

but also my fitness coaching and overall, just a professional career with, you

know, acting, modeling and fitness.

So just taking each month as it is and the month by the month, uh, tight check in.

That really helps keep me more grounded and really, it helps me analyze how

far I've come because it's crazy just in the past few months, what

I've done, helping people just gain muscle, lose weight and doing different

games from acting and modeling.

So just really seeing each month for what it is, it's helped me tremendously.

So if you said a goal of, um, Hey, I want to make a hundred thousand

dollars by X date and you're looking at it monthly, are you writing it down somewhere

to say, Hey, I was at 15, 000 here, or, you know, whatever the number is.

I, in order to be on track, I need to be here.

Are you writing it down to say, okay, Hey, I've made progress because I've done this.

And maybe if I do this to kind of keep like a, a reminder when you look

at it next month to, to kind of give you that background and that context

of like what was going on and where you've gotten to, or is there something

you're doing different to that?

Yeah, usually what I'll use is I'll actually just use my notepad

and my phone and I'll just put where I'm at currently, whether it's with my

way or maybe my finances, um, or both.

But I usually do it for both.

I see where my weight was, where I want to be in, you know, the next few months.

And then with my finances, I'll definitely put in where I'm at, you

know, currently financially, um, not just in personal, but in business.

And then I try to.

I don't even try to, I make a goal objective of where I want

to be in the next even month.

And I even do it for specifically when it comes to business, I'll even

sometimes do it for, you know, each week, you know, how many calls I

want to book, how many clients I want to, you know, attain and, and help.

Gotcha.

And from the sounds of it, you talking about just putting it in notes of

your phone, you're not making this where it's a really complex process.

And, you know, you've got to have a high tech or high finance.

I mean, you're keeping it simple and accessible.

Um, so I could even from the sounds of it, I could even use paper and pen if that's

what I've got just to start the process.

Is that right?

Definitely.

Definitely.

Keeping it simple and just keeping it very, you know, simple

and mainstream and very easy.

So when you make it easier and more consistent that way, it makes it

harder to fall off and it makes it a lot easier to stick to you.

So as you're coaching like your clients for fitness and mindset,

what do you see is like the one one or two things that are like the biggest things

that cause people to even though they may have their why they're not really sold

out for it or their why isn't big enough.

Like what causes them to stop kind of along the process.

Yeah, definitely.

I'd say it's a combination of a few things for sure.

Self doubt.

Self doubt is a huge thing that holds people back the most in anything

in life, but especially in fitness.

They might doubt that they can't lose this much weight.

And sometimes it's actually overwhelming themselves by expecting to lose,

let's say, 50 pounds in a month.

And just having these crazy expectations.

Not saying you can't lose weight and you can't lose quite a bit of

weight in a short amount of time.

You can.

Yeah.

But then that we're always knowing and remembering to, you know, plan

your goals, but plan them where you're not overwhelming yourself and

know that it's a, it's a process, it's progress over perfection.

And that's what I love to tell and remind my clients that progress happens.

It does, but it's not overnight.

And even if you see some progress, know that that's going to add up to a

lot of progress by the end of the day.

So that's what I love to tell them and remind them to and I'd say another

reason to that people fall off and Not always have their why as big as they

could and should have is because they listen to other people and I've seen

it I've seen it firsthand with some of my clients sadly, but they'll listen

to other people that will say Oh, you can't lose that much weight or Man,

that's a little, it's a little too much.

That's a little unrealistic.

So when they get those voices from other people, even if they don't necessarily

know them, but especially if they know those people and they're telling them

those things, it can really bite them, you know, emotionally from the inside.

And then from there, it translates.

Into making them not be as motivated and that eventually they're not

really consistent because that motivation is gone that consistency

is just kind of going up and down.

And then it just drops completely.

So those things can make it very difficult.

And really, really challenging for those people to actually see it through

and see the results because they let those people get to them and really

just affect their mindset, their state of being in here, to which eventually

does affect them over here, out here.

So when it, when it affects their mind, it can affect their bodies.

Yeah.

It, the community, the circle of people we have around us, whether that's

family, friends, coworkers, dude, can either be like our greatest asset.

Or like the biggest challenge that we're carrying where their words,

you know, we want to be accepted and in order to be accepted, we may.

Begin believing what they're telling us, even though it's not true.

Like you're talking about, Hey, maybe I set the goal for, you know,

making X amount by this timeframe.

And instead of making 10, 000, I made 5, 000.

Okay.

Was that the goal?

Did you get the goal?

No, but did you make progress a hundred percent, you know, 5, 000,

who's going to say no to that?

Right.

Yeah, exactly.

It's like, what do I need to do differently to next time get to

that 10, you know, that 10, 000 or, you know, how can I get to 15

even to get myself back on track?

But I think this goes back to as well, like your gratitude and being able

to track your progress in the full scope of things and keep in mind that.

It's long term.

It's that, uh, progress, not perfection.

Like you talked about.

So, Oh yeah.

A hundred percent.

Well, Roman, man, I appreciate you coming on and sharing your insights

and, and just the transformation that you've gone through the encouragement

and the hope that, um, You know, we can see from the journey that you've

been on and, you know, the growth that you're continuing to experience.

So I appreciate it, man.

100%.

Yeah.

Yeah, totally.

So how can guys connect with you outside of the podcast?

Yeah.

If you want to find out more about me and what I do and the clients

I've helped, then you can go to my website, romanfischerofficial.

com.

From there, you can see all my client testimonials and transformations.

And And if you have any fitness goals, you can definitely go there and apply

to, yeah, just one on one coaching.

And also, if you want to connect with me one on one, you can find me on my

social media, Roman Fischer Official, on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube,

and LinkedIn, if you're on LinkedIn.

Awesome.

Well, Roman, I appreciate it, my friend.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, no problem.