What are you willing to do to achieve your goals?
Most people will say anything, yet many of them will give up the minute it gets hard.
If you truly want to achieve your goals, you won’t let anything get in your way – just like Forbes Riley.
Forbes has overcome circumstances that would force most people to walk away and quit (more on this in the episode). Nevertheless, she has gone on to mesmerize audiences with her authentic, inspirational style as a motivational keynote speaker and entrepreneur.
Forbes is one of the pioneers behind the As Seen on TV infomercial phenomenon, having hosted over 180+ infomercials, and generating over $2.5 billion in global sales.
Today, Forbes is an entrepreneur, the CEO of SpinGym having sold more than 2 million units, the host of the Forbes Factor, a motivational speaker, and a loving mother.
In this episode of the Rock Your Money, Rock Your Life, Forbes and I discuss why she chooses to live a bold and outrageous life, how she became MORE successful when the pandemic took over the world, and how the queen of the pitch Engages, Excites, & Enrolls.

What are you willing to do to achieve your goals?
Most people will say anything, yet many of them will give up the minute it gets hard.
If you truly want to achieve your goals, you won’t let anything get in your way – just like Forbes Riley.
Forbes has overcome circumstances that would force most people to walk away and quit (more on this in the episode). Nevertheless, she has gone on to mesmerize audiences with her authentic, inspirational style as a motivational keynote speaker and entrepreneur.
Forbes is one of the pioneers behind the As Seen on TV infomercial phenomenon, having hosted over 180+ infomercials, and generating over $2.5 billion in global sales.
Today, Forbes is an entrepreneur, the CEO of SpinGym having sold more than 2 million units, the host of the Forbes Factor, a motivational speaker, and a loving mother.
In this episode of the Rock Your Money, Rock Your Life, Forbes and I discuss why she chooses to live a bold and outrageous life, how she became MORE successful when the pandemic took over the world, and how the queen of the pitch Engages, Excites, & Enrolls.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- Why specificity is the one thing that will help you achieve epic results
- Why fear of failure is a made up excuse
- How to shift your life from ordinary to extraordinary
- And much more!
““Dream it. Believe it. Achieve it.”
Topics Covered:
00:00 – Intro to Forbes
02:40 – Are you bold or are you timid?
08:05 – Live in YOUR highest self
16:36 – How do you become your best self?
20:27 – What are you afraid of?
26:00 – Live an outrageous life
29:06 – Vocabulary is everything
30:00 – Women motivational speakers
36:30 – Jack Lalanne’s influence and authenticity
39:20 – Connect with Forbes
Key Takeaways
If you’ve ever watched an olympic race, you can almost tell just by the expression on the person’s face who’s already won the race. I always believe that you have to begin with the end in mind.” – Forbes Riley
“You can’t be anybody other than you.” – Forbes Riley
“Take a look in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘You know what? I’m enough.’ That little bit of self acceptance is available to everybody and it’s great!” – Forbes Riley
“Memories aren’t real. Rock, you and I had dinner together but we had a very different experience of that same moment, right? Neither one of them is right, it’s just your interpretation of it.” – Forbes Riley
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