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Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
Sean Crane shares his story of Redemption and how his struggles early on in life helped him develop a mindset and perspective that he has used to cultivate the life of his dreams. Sean walks you through his most gruesome moments from seeing his mother overdose as a kid to watching his father in a standoff with police. After years of experiencing a living hell Sean was arrested and faced life in prison. Sean shares the most impactful moments behind bars and how they changed his life forever. After 5 1/2 years incarcerated Sean returned home a different person with a compelling vision to inspire the world. Now, a family man, successful entrepreneur and person of influence, Sean is on a mission to spread his message and impact lives across the globe with his lessons and the same breakthroughs that have helped him in his life to this point.
Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
Overcome Judgment Live Life on Your Terms
Turning prison walls into stepping stones for personal growth may sound improbable, but that's precisely what I did. Join me, Sean Crane, as I share my transformative journey from incarceration to developing a mindset of self-improvement that defied all odds. Discover how I converted my prison time into a structured regime of reading, studying, and working out, emphasizing the importance of vision and goals amidst skepticism and judgment. This episode is not just about surviving a sentence; it's about embracing an environment free of distractions to cultivate habits that lead to long-term success, no matter what the world says.
Perseverance and self-belief are not just buzzwords; they are the lifelines that pulled me through adversity. In this episode, we explore how staying true to oneself and showing up every day can turn doubters into believers and build a life that aligns with your dreams. Whether you're on a path to sobriety, launching a business, or striving toward any personal goal, my story serves as a motivational call to action. Prove the skeptics wrong and dedicate your life to your purpose, because the power of conviction is your greatest ally in achieving success.
I'm going to make every second while I'm incarcerated the best fucking moments of my life.
Speaker 1:I'm going to become the most productive and focused person I've ever been.
Speaker 1:When you have a vision or goals, don't expect other people to really buy into them right away. Don't expect them to fully believe in you, because a lot of times they still see you like they saw me, the guy sitting there in prison, blues, the guy in prison, just like them. They see you for what you are in the moment, not for what you could become or what you will become with persistent effort. Welcome back to another episode of the Unstoppable Mindset Podcast. I'm your host, sean Crane, and thank you, guys for tuning in. As always, I appreciate your support. We're growing the channel. We're spreading the message, message and I couldn't do it without you. I'm one man. You know God put it on my heart to change the world. But I need your support. I need you to level up and grow with me. I need you to fight by my side in this march, in this mission. Look it, share this episode with somebody, post it on social media. Make sure you're subscribed to my channels. I really appreciate your support. Today I got a really important message and I say that all the time because I'm not going to show up here and just give you a lame fucking message. Like, everything that I share comes from the heart and my life experience, and one of the things that I see often is people are always worried about being judged and they don't know how to handle ridicule or judgment from others. You know, they start changing their lives, like they want to get fit, they start losing weight, and then their friends are clowning them because they're not drinking or eating the snacks, you know, on the weekend, superbowl party or whatever, or even their own wives. Sometimes their own wives start going hey, you know why are you doing this? Are you unhappy in the marriage? Are you trying to get attractive for other women? You're always going to be met with judgment, no matter what you do in life. Okay, you're going to be judged for being the fat loser, lazy father on the couch. Or you're going to be judged for being the dad with a six pack Cause, oh what, you think you're better than everyone? Oh, why don't you eat Like we do? Oh, dude, like, oh, yeah, you go to the gym all the time. Like, no matter what you do, you're going to be judged. So make sure that those judgments like you just have to understand it's going to happen, no matter what you do, make sure you're making choices and decisions today that serve you, that fulfill you, that lead you to becoming a better version of yourself.
Speaker 1:I remember when I started changing my life, it was in prison and literally I was in Groundhog Day. I got so good with my daily routines. Everything in prison was so structured Same wake up time, ate my meals at the same time every day. Workout time was the same. I had the same amount of free time where I could do whatever I wanted each and every day. It was like clockwork right Monday through Friday was exactly the same. The weekends were a little different.
Speaker 1:And I gained the system. Man, I used it to my advantage. I said okay, I'm going to make every second while I'm incarcerated the best fucking moments of my life. I'm going to become the most productive and focused person I've ever been. I didn't have bills to worry about, didn't have kids to raise, didn't have a significant other. I had no obligations or responsibilities. I wasn't paying taxes. I had nothing to do but focus on myself and I looked at it as a huge opportunity, because it was. I wasn't wasting time using drugs, getting in the mix with all the drama. I wasn't fighting. I wasn't around idiots. I wasn't wasting time using drugs, getting in the mix with all the drama. I wasn't fighting. I wasn't around idiots, I just had tunnel vision. So every day I would do the same things I would work out, I would read my books, I would do my college work and I was just a machine. I was either reading, writing, studying or working out, every single day, over and over and over.
Speaker 1:And that was my first three years of incarceration. I didn't interact with barely anybody else. I had a couple guys I would talk to, we'd work out, I'd play chess, and guys would always come up to me, man, and they'd see me at a table and I had papers out and a book and I'm obviously doing something, and they'd want to come and talk to me. You know, as if I was just sitting there twiddling my thumbs. I thought that that was so funny. They'd want to come and have a full on conversation and but a lot of these guys would come up and they'd question why I was doing what I was doing. You know they go, sean, like why are you so focused on studying. Why are you reading so much? Like dude? We see you working out every day, all day. Just kick back, dude. Like you got five years to go, like you have plenty of time to work out. That was the thing they'd tell me.
Speaker 1:And these guys also had this thing where they'd start working out 90 days to getting out. Like that's the thing in prison 90 days to the pad. Guys start working out like machines and they want to get out and be fit and look all good 90 fucking days. They did 10 years and they wait for the last 90 days to actually become dedicated. They don't realize that we are creatures of habit and if you just put in the work for 90 days but you had nine and a half years of being a slob, being lazy, using drugs, eating spreads, just sitting around like the guys in prison, do you're not going to just suddenly get out and have the internal attributes needed or the life experience, the precedent in your mind to be successful, because you still are the person you were for that nine years. You're not the guy that you were for that short period of time.
Speaker 1:So I knew that I was not only going to build myself up each and every day, but I knew that those days were going to add up to something in time. So when guys would come up to me and question like, why are you doing what you're doing, man, you know you're going to get out and just go back to your old lifestyle like all the rest of us, like they didn't fucking see what I saw. My vision was unique and special. No one could see or feel what I felt. And I want to point this out for you too. When you have a vision or goals, don't expect other people to really buy into them right away. Don't expect them to fully believe in you, because a lot of times they still see you like they saw me, the guy sitting there in prison, blues, the guy in prison. Just like them, they see you for what you are in the moment, not for what you could become or what you will become with persistent effort. And this has happened to me since I got out of prison too.
Speaker 1:When I first got out, my uncle Mark, who let me stay on his property. He's been a mentor to me. He's been a role model, like a father figure, somebody I respect highly and have a really good relationship with. To this day I could tell that he didn't see what I saw in myself. All he saw was the guy that got out of prison with nothing and, as he always says, like not a pot to piss, in right Meaning. I had nothing.
Speaker 1:I was broke, I had to prove myself and I remember after a couple months I left the property that he was letting me stay on. I was working with him to become a personal trainer. He was probably thinking in his head this guy man, he's leaving a fucking sure thing working for me and my successful company to go be a personal trainer. You know, I know that there was doubt there, but through persistence, through hard fucking work for the next two years, I started building my business and I remember during COVID, you know, my online business was taken off and by then I had young children and I met with them at a coffee shop and he introduced me to somebody that was there and he said, hey, this is my nephew, he's a life coach, he's doing really good man, he's doing a lot of good things for people. He was speaking to me with a way, different tone and acknowledgement and that was one of the best days of my life, honestly, because it was symbolic of 10 years of hard work and dedication and being truthful to myself, like authentic, to who I wanted to be.
Speaker 1:If I got out of prison and just succumbed to the pressure and said, okay, I'm going to work for my uncle Mark, that would have been me selling out on my passions and my dreams. I could have made money quickly, I had a good position, consistent work, I could have saved money, I could have got a car faster all these things. But, dude, I would have been a sellout. I would have looked back and regretted that decision for the rest of my life because in prison, every day, I obsessed over who I want to be. I had these goals, I had these visions and when the time came, I didn't quit and give up or I didn't sell out like a lot of people do. And so the same thing happened during COVID. All my clients were lost overnight, all my revenue overnight. I have a family to take care of, rent, all these bills, all these expenses. Again, I made a decision to double down on my dreams and go after my passions. Those decisions I still find joy and reflected on those to this day.
Speaker 1:But a lot of people the opposite occurs when the pressure's on, when people are ridiculing you, when people are judging you, when people are going hey, why'd you leave your nine to five to start this company, dude? You're struggling, you're broke. Why are you doing that? Aren't you worried about your family or your pension or your retirement? And then you go get your job back right, that job you hate instead of building the business of your dreams, dude, you're going to regret that decision for the rest of your life. Or the pressure from your buddies. Right, just have a drink with us tonight, man. Come on. You've been sober six months, dude. You can only have a couple. You're not going to get all wild like you used to. You go and have a drink with them, dude. You're going to regret that decision the rest of your life. It's going to fucking haunt you, because when you quit and give up on yourself and sell out because of pressure and judgment, dude, you're settling in your life and you're going to look back on those things on your deathbed and go wait. I gave into that pressure. I lived my life based on how these people wanted me to live, versus what my heart was really calling me to do. It's going to haunt you, man. It is going to haunt you, and so I recognized this.
Speaker 1:When I was in prison, dude, I didn't let anybody deter me from going after what I wanted to do in life, no matter what they would say, no matter why people thought I was doing it. I knew where the fuck I was going, just like my Uncle, mark. I've seen this with other people since I've come home Other coaches who were further ahead than me, other mentors, other speakers when I was younger, when I was up and coming, I could tell by the way that they looked at me, acted around me. I could tell man, I'm very good at reading people. They didn't see what the fuck I saw. They didn't know what was up here and here, right, they weren't acknowledging me for the person, the future that I was becoming. They were seeing me for who I was in that moment, and that's okay.
Speaker 1:You know I'm going to continue to show up each and every day and get better, everything around me. You're going to see the results continue to rise. You're going to see everything that I do improve over time the way I take care of my family, the life that we design and create together, my business, how successful we become, how much money we make, how many lives we fucking change how. I change the lives of my team members and everybody that rolls with me on this journey. Everything I do will continue to get better and better and better and, over time, the people that once doubted me number one I don't even hear them.
Speaker 1:I don't even acknowledge it, because my beliefs and my conviction is so strong it's just deaf noise to me. I'm aware of it, but it doesn't faze me, and this comes from being in prison, around a bunch of crazy motherfuckers who doubted me and my own family who doubted me at times. I don't care, I love it. I use it to drive me. It excites me, that fires me up. I want more doubt. I want more people to say oh, you can't do it because I'm going to prove them all wrong. The way you prove them wrong is you stay true to yourself, you work harder, you get better and you never fucking quit.
Speaker 1:And so, whether you're just starting on day one of sobriety, month one of losing weight, you're just starting to think about building your own business, whatever it is, whatever the goals that are personal to you, that's for you, the vision that you have. That's for you. No one else can see it but you and no one else can bring that vision to life. You're the one that has to do that.
Speaker 1:When you do over time and you defy the odds and you prove the naysayers and the doubters wrong, it's going to be one of the best feelings in the world and all those doubters, all those people that question you at one time, are going to become your supporters. They're going to admire you for that. They're going to acknowledge that there was a time that they didn't know if you could pull it off because they didn't see what you saw. And in that moment you're going to realize damn dude, I almost quit and gave up a long time ago because I was worried about people saying shit about me, and it's going to seem ridiculous when you're looking around at this life that you've built for yourself. So this message is for anyone out there that knows they're made for more. You have this feeling inside of you that's calling you to become a better version of yourself. Dedicate your life to that purpose, because that is your purpose. And over time, a greater calling, bigger opportunities, new relationships and the most beautiful life is going to manifest before your eyes.
