Episode 08: Travis Bell

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Travis Bell is the World’s #1 Bucket List Guy

Over the past 20 years, Travis Bell (Trav) has been involved in the personal fitness training industry. Starting with 1 client, Trav built a personal training business that did over 1 million personal training sessions with a team who motivated 10’s of 1000’s of clients across Australia.

But rather than just help people achieve their health goals, Trav was also personally called upon by clients to help them achieve goals in the other areas of their lives. Trav’s superpower is his unique ability to get people from where they are now to where they want to be.

This is the foundation for why Trav is now regarded as one of Australia’s foremost personal development experts & life strategists.

As a professional speaker, his Private Events are always popular because they simply transform lives. His Corporate Keynote presentations are equally engaging because of the the impactful content, massive take-home value & Trav’s memorable presentation style.

Trav is one of Australia’s most in-demand Motivation Speakers & a sought-after Life & Business Coaches.

 

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION:

00:43 – A brief summary/overview of Travis Bell’s business

00:58 – Meet Travis Bell, the bucket list guy. Who he is, what he does, who he helps, and how he helps them.

02:29 – Travis describes himself as a time-management expert. He helps people fulfil their bucket lists in the time they have left. Learn more of the specific type of people who enlist his services – “the people,” Travis says, “who are at the precipice of change.”

04:08 – The title of Travis’s Keynote: “People are dying at 40 and being buried at 80”

04:53 – Travis’s Story – what led him to be The Bucket List Guy. How he started out fresh from uni and found his way to where he is now

06:31 – “Happier” by Tal-Ben Shahar – a book lent to Travis by his friend

07:30 – Travis describes the seminar where he earned his name, The Bucket List Guy

09:34 – Travis Bell shares his biggest turning point – the moment he decided enough was enough, and how he managed to let go of something so huge, so important to him, for the promise of something bigger and better

11:38 – Travis shares his true gifting – the thing that lights him up

12:18 – A big tip that Travis can offer all listeners: Locate Your Passions. “We’re not born to pay bills forever.”

14:23 – Travis gives more advice, and also shares his job description: the 2 C’s and the 2 S’s

14:55 – Time Travel Moment: If Travis could go back, what would he tell his younger self?

15:36 – Time Travel Moment, II: If Travis were starting over today, with nothing but his experience, what is the first thing he would do? Travis says he would get total clarity on all the things he wants in his life, and explains why this is so important – why it’s the number one thing you must do.

16:37 – Once you have total clarity, Travi Bell encourages you to find a way to leverage through your particular passion

17:22 – Travis shares his experience of being paid to bring a group of people and travelling to Peru

19:48 – Start of Quickfire Questions:

19:57 – What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

20:10 – Can you share one of your personal habits which you strongly believe contributes to your success?

20:52 – What’s one piece of technology, equipment, or app that you can’t live without?

21:34 – What’s a book you’d recommend? “Happier” by by Tal-Ben Shahar and the “Four Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferriss

22:22 – Travis’s last piece of advice to listeners: don’t follow the status quo. Get out there, live your life, and find a way to monetize it.

You can find out more about Travis Bell by visit www.thebucketlistguy.com. Trav encourages all listeners to download the bucket list blueprint, create their own bucket list, and pay it forward to their friends and family.