Machell Wright

I attribute my success to my faith in God. That's a big part of it, because if it wasn't for that, I would have probably just given up a long time ago. My faith in God keeps me going because I believe that it's definitely my purpose in life to help people in this way. I've done it for free for so long, and now my plan is to do it as a business. I believe that it's something that is definitely needed, because I do have two older siblings that have passed away - they were in their 50s when they passed away. I know that had they had this knowledge, and had they followed something similar, they'd be here today. Health is wealth, as they say. Knowing how to take care of yourself, knowing the right things to eat, knowing that you need to exercise - these are very important. And knowing how to work with doctors and make sure that you're heard when you go, so that you're not given the runaround and not just always given medications to take. You have to be your own advocate. I've learned those things over the years, and my faith keeps me grounded in believing this is my purpose.

I would say that she would need some type of a connection and a belief system, because I've always believed that in order to remain sane and not always listen to everybody, especially people that don't have an idea of what they're talking about, you have to have a belief system to keep you grounded in what you believe in. For instance, for me, I believe that God has a plan for everybody, and that God doesn't make mistakes. That keeps me grounded, and it keeps me from going crazy, because I've had so many different losses in my life that if I did not have something that I believed in, I would go crazy. That gives me peace. So you just have to have something that you believe in, no matter what it is. I never try to get somebody to believe in something that I believe in, but you do have to find that something that you believe in, and be grounded in that.

I believe the biggest challenges are that you really have to work hard at branding yourself and becoming an expert in your field. There's just a lot of noise out there that you have to deal with, where you have a lot of people putting out fake news, fake information, and there's just a lot of craziness going on with the weird AI stuff that's really getting people's attention. There's a lot to compete with when you're trying to help people, so you really have to figure out a way to appeal to their pain points in order to help them. It's sad that you have to do that - you really can't just tell people that you're here to help them, and that should be enough, but you literally have to jump through hoops to help people.

A lot of my values have to do with just being consistent, because a lot of times, the things that we believe in don't do us much good if we're not consistent in the things that we do, if we don't go out and make a plan and stay on track. All the values in the world, me saying that I believe in this and I believe in that - if I'm not consistent in the things that I do, and if I don't follow through, and if I continue to rely on motivation, which just always falls by the wayside, then it doesn't matter. I have to be consistent, I have to make a plan, I have to figure out what's going to work for me to keep me on track to get things done, especially on those days when I wake up and I don't feel like it. I have to figure out what works for me and what's going to keep me consistent and keep me going on those days. If not, I'm just going to keep giving up. That's what I tell people who have that problem of starting over every Monday - you have to have a plan for those days when you need to keep going. That's why I named the program the Consistency Cure. I learned from doing the volunteer work that the person I was helping had an awesome plan for people to lose weight - it 100% absolutely worked - but the problem was, after it was over, people were on their own. They didn't learn how to be consistent. They didn't learn how to change their identity so that it was part of them. Without those things in place, you're just kind of slapping in the wind. People definitely need something where they're consistent, where it's a part of their identity. They need that identity and that structure, and definitely that support. Even after the Consistency Cure is over, there's still ongoing support afterwards for people that need it.