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What It Really Takes

by Antonio Smothers

So you want to be great? So you want to be successful? So you want to lose weight? So you want to be recognized as the best at your craft? So you want to improve your mindset? But do you really know what it takes? Do you realize what comes with declaring that statement in your life? Do you know what sacrifices need to be made in order to achieve that goal or desire you have? This podcast is dedicated to filling in the blanks on what it really takes to achieve those things. Stay tuned and ask yourself if you really want to know what it takes!

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Episodes

  1. To Bounce Back From Failure

    Achievers reject rejection. Failure is a single monetary event and you should be able to remove the U from failure. What to share how I’m bouncing back from a bad placing at my latest show to help you with whatever mishaps or failures you may be currently going through!

  2. To Win A Bodybuilding Show

    So you not only want to compete but you wan to win a bodybuilding show huh? Well do you have delayed gratification, consistence, persistence, and discipline? Check out my list of essential tips necessary to win a bodybuilding show!

  3. To Date A Bodybuilder

    Compromising, communication, trust. All these things and more are what it really takes to date a bodybuilder!

  4. To Improve Your Gratitude

    Never take anything for granted. All things can be taken from you faster than the method in which you attained it. Developing a strong amount of gratitude can increase your peace of mind and overall happiness. Come see what it really takes!

  5. To Improve Your Empathy

    In response to the George Floyd murder, protests and riots, we all need to come together and be more empathetic. Every human being on Earth is the most important human being on Earth, and we should treat each other as such!

  6. To Improve Your Healthy Eating Habits

    Struggling to maintain your water goals, or having trouble bringing your meals to work or making excuses as to why you can’t eat healthy because you work long hours. I have some hacks that can help you get yourself back on track!

  7. To Improve Your Faith

    Ever have trouble seeing a good outcome within a currently bad situation? Ever think there’s nothing you can do to change something? Wonder if GOD has ever forsaken you? Here’s a few tips I’d like to share that of what it really takes to improve your faith!

  8. To Get Over Your Ex

    To the left, to the left, everything you own in the box to the left! This episode helps navigate anyone who has or is having trouble getting over their last relationship.

  9. To Becoming Unapologetically YOU!

    Are you afraid to be yourself? Do you dumb yourself down around others to fit in? No MORE! Here are some points to consider that can help YOU become and act as unapologetically YOU as POSSIBLE!

  10. To Become A Pro Bodybuilder

    There’s more amateurs than there are professionals. Do you have the tools it takes to become a pro bodybuilder? Do you know what it takes to go from amateur to pro? Tune in to hear what it really takes to get to that next level!

  11. TO BELIEVE YOU ARE ENOUGH

    “The most important words you’ll ever hear are the words you say to yourself”. Discussing the interview of Hypnotherapist Marisa Peer, on how we can control our past, rewire our thinking , find love in a year and love ourselves to the highest degree! Come listen to WHAT IT REALLY TAKES!

  12. TO BE RELENTLESS

    WE DIVE INTO WHAT IT TAKES TO BE RELENTLESS WITH MICHAEL JORDAN’S TRAINER, TIM GROVER’S BOOK, RELENTLESS, TEACHING 13 POINTS TO TRANSFORM YOUR MIND TO HAVING THAT UNSTOPPABLE I CAN DO ANY AND EVERYTHING MENTALITY.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

So you want to be great? So you want to be successful? So you want to lose weight? So you want to be recognized as the best at your craft? So you want to improve your mindset? But do you really know what it takes? Do you realize what comes with declaring that statement in your life? Do you know what sacrifices need to be made in order to achieve that goal or desire you have? This podcast is dedicated to filling in the blanks on what it really takes to achieve those things. Stay tuned and ask yourself if you really want to know what it takes!

HOSTED BY

Antonio Smothers

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So you want to be great? So you want to be successful? So you want to lose weight? So you want to be recognized as the best at your craft? So you want to improve your mindset? But do you really know what it takes? Do you realize what comes with declaring that statement in your life? Do you know...

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What It Really Takes is created and hosted by Antonio Smothers.
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