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Stay Focused and Slay Your Goals

We fall victim to procrastination, multitasking, feeling victimized when we can change the way we do things if we just stay focused.

Daniel Tromello

Written by Daniel Tromello Last updated on June 5, 2018

David Essel got his start in 1980 in the fitness industry. He was, as refers to himself, the exercise video dude, appearing in magazines with the likes of Jane Fonda, Kathy Smith and Denise Austin, the doyennes of 80s exercise and aerobics classes. That was when he began his motivational speaker career, spending up to 40 weeks a year as travelling the world and presenting at various fitness conferences.

David went on to earn a Masters in Sports Psychology and began counseling with athletes. In college, basketball and tennis were his two big loves and while he was only counseling athletes at the time, he was following his passion. However, the fitness world lost its allure somewhere towards the end of the 80s, and David felt like he burned out on the industry in 1989. He was fortunate enough to get a gig on Lifetime, just as cable television was really taking off. He was called Mr. Motivation.

From there, he went on to Fox TV in New York as a segment reporter and eventually got turned on to writing a book and expanding his counseling services beyond athletes.

“Even though it seems sporadic and kind of insane and crazy how I jumped from one career to another, the whole constant was always helping people to maximize their potential. That was it,” says David.

Recently, he published his most recent book, Focus!: Drop the Law of Attraction. Slay Your Goals, and I was fortunate to get a copy, was blown away by it and really wanted to talk to David about how he got to be this guy who is a guru in positive thinking. I have recommended the book to a lot of people I know and I love the way David addresses the shortcomings of the laws of attraction, putting into perspective the work that has to go into being a positive thinker and creating that momentum for success in everything you do. As David says:

“People fall victim to multitasking, which is not going to get you anywhere. We fall victim to procrastination, which is one of the greatest killers of dreams in the world. We fall victim to projecting that the reason that we’re in this financial situation, this weight, this health, this relationship is genetics, other people, the economy, the presidency, whatever. And when we stay focused, we start to look at the world differently.”

Now, listen to the rest of the conversation below:

Daniel Tromello

About Daniel Tromello

Daniel Tromello was a three-year nationally recognized defensive back at Occidental College, and holds the interception record there in just three recorded seasons. Upon earning his Bachelors degree in 2008, Daniel played arena football for one season in Illinios, and then overseas in Germany for another season.

After returning home, Daniel coached the sophomore high school basketball team in Westlake, California to a league title. He also worked as the assistant defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Moorpark College, where he helped coach the defense to a number one state ranking.

Daniel found CrossFit in 2009 while training for the NFL combine, and quickly fell in love with it. Since then, Daniel has become both a coach and competitor in CrossFit. He has helped people of all ages to reach their desired fitness level, and credits CrossFit for helping him achieve his own.

Daniel retired from football in July of 2011, after being a part of The US National Team, on which he won a gold medal. Daniel has been an individual CrossFit regional qualifier three times, as well as a three-time team competitor. He now is considered a peak performance specialist, and works with people of all walks of life.

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