Donuts n’ Dishes.

Yesterday, a box of donuts were dropped off at the door.

I had a DM asking me if I wanted a box of donuts a couple days back.

I said yes and that I'd be happy to share it on my insta page because it's more than a box of donuts.

It's his side hustle.

A nurse by day and a donut maker by night.

He's only been into it six weeks to pay his strata because he just bought an apartment.

It takes me back to the days where I used to do dishes in the Sydney CBD and in Parramatta on the weekends because my gym was shut Saturday and Sunday.

When you start out as a PT, you have no clients.

That means you have no salary, no money.

If you've followed me for a second you may know I worked form 8am-12pm in Parramatta.

Caught a train to the city then worked from 4pm-12am.

I did this every Saturday and Sunday until I had enough clients to pay my rent and expenses.

Then I kept doing it for a couple months extra to pay for my courses that I did to grow my knowledge base.

To be quite honest, I don't really care about the free stuff because I turned down a free dinner at one of Sydney's "best " restaurants this week for a grid post.

You can't pay your bills with a free dinner and donuts 😂

It's not about free stuff for me, it's about giving back to the people that put in the work.

It's so important to put in the work.

It sound so simple and obvious but 'the work' is where you build grit.

It's where you develop character.

It's where you find your limits and if you have what it takes to push past them.

Which is why I don't give you the answers in Team Brock Ashby.

I give you the solution and the tools to do it yourself.

So you can build self efficacy and do it on your own without me one day.

Pretty counter intuitive for business right?

But well worth it when I know you now know how to "put in the work" yourself and I played a small [or large] part in that.