Thread by @TheForeverFit

STORY TIME...

Sit back, grab your black coffee, and read on.

Throughout my life, I’ve had people doubt me, discourage me, tell me “i'm on my phone too much”

But no one really knows the reasons why I am the way I am

I didn’t always wear the nicest new clothes growing up

I lived without electricity for months at a time

Cold showers every morning (NOT BY CHOICE), in -30 degree Canadian winters

My parents even lost our house at one point

But I was blessed to have food and a family, so I stuck it through, bc I knew the tough times couldn’t last

I used to walk across my home town after school everyday at 14 to find internet access somewhere so I could work on my online ventures

I was brewing up entrepreneurship before I even knew what it was...

Side note:
A vivid memory I have from my childhood with my mother...

...Is her pointing up at a big bank tower in Toronto saying “look Marshal, that’s where you will work someday” to which I replied “no mom, I’m going to OWN it someday”

But moving on, by this point with my consistency, at 16, I had figured out some ways to make money on twitter.

Most of the money was used to help support my family, without repayment

After we lost the house in 2014, my dad was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2015.. so that year I fundraised $14,000 for ALS charity to help find a cure

All this ALS did was brew MORE motivation for me

I wanted to show my parents I could be the one to get our family out of all this

If anyone could do it, IT WAS ME.

My family was dealt many rough hands in life, but i refused to let life have its way with me too

Especially ME.

Sure, I did spend time with friends and have good memories from my childhood too.

But any other spare time I had, was spent learning, working out, growing, and trying to BE MORE at a young age

So I could afford to get my families name out of this (what seemed like forever) rut

By 18 (2015), I was making $15k a month with my dropshipping business

No one really knew. No one took me seriously really.

Especially banks when I tried to open new business accounts at 18. Pricks.

By 2016, or 19 years old, I was officially the first McKenzie in my family to go to university in hopes of a better life for my future family because I was able to afford to

“College is a waste of time and money”

Maybe for you....

But for me, I was fortunate enough to have hustled since I was 14, that by 19 I was running a half million dollar business

I could afford to go to school and drive a nice car, so I did

I graduate in December 2020 actually!

But back to the point of this story.

-I came from nothing

-I helped pay my families bills growing up, most of the time without repayment to this day

-I worked a job before I was even legally allowed to work it

-I walked across town everyday to find internet

-I maintained a high avg in high school while working almost a full time job and hustling on the side

-I built a success biz by 19

-I went to and paid for university myself

-I lost my father at a young age DURING all of this

And you’re trying to sit here and tell me...

That you can’t lose that 20lbs

Bullshit.

You need to ignite the FIRE in you that was lit in ME at a very early age.

Self belief is EVERYTHING in this world

I believed in myself from day 1.

I knew I had it in me to be somebody.

My family and children, and THEIR children will NEVER have to endure what I did growing up.

And I won’t stop until I see my father again someday and he says “damn fine job you did down there, son.”

/end story

As a P.S. This isn’t for sympathy AT ALL

Others go through way more than me. I’m not creating a competition here.

I don’t want your sympathy.

I want to inspire you.

Hard times create hard people

I wanted to share more about who I am, where I come from, and why I do what I do

Use my story as motivation to spark your fire like it sparked mine

You have no idea how far it will end up taking you in a short amount of time.

If you need help sparking your fire, pushing your boundaries, reaching your goals...

I’m the guy to help you.

Follow me, @TheForeverFit, and let’s help you get where you need to be, mentally and physically.👊

If you're still here, thank you for taking the time to read this.❤️