SL8: He Quit Three Feet from Gold

A man sold everything he owned to chase a whisper of gold.

He bought tools, a vast plot of land, and dug like his life depended on it.

Some called him crazy, but they watched, waiting to see if he’d strike it rich.

After months of sweat, he found it—a golden glimmer in the dirt.

He dug deeper, found more, then hid it and ran home.

He convinced his family and friends to invest, promising they’d all get rich.

They did.

He bought heavy machines and tore back to the mine.

But the gold was gone.

“We lost the vein,” he said.

He kept digging, desperate, but found nothing.

Weeks later, he gave up, sold the mine to a farmer, and walked away broken.

The farmer didn’t dive in blind.

He hired an engineer to read the land.

The engineer pointed to a spot and said, “Three feet deeper, it’s there.”

The farmer dug, and gold poured out.

Think about that farmer.

What did he do differently?

He had the same tools, the same mine, the same hunger for gold.

Yet he got rich, and the other man didn’t. Why?

Ignorance.

The first man dug with heart but no direction.

The farmer sought someone who knew the way.

That one choice changed everything.

This story is you.

You’re digging every day—for a stronger body, more energy, a life that feels like yours.

If you wake up unsure of your next step, you’re the first man.

You’re three feet from your gold, but you might quit before you find it.

How do you find your gold?

Get an engineer—someone who knows the terrain.

Someone who sees the path you can’t, like I do for my clients.

What stands between you and your dream body, your dream life, is ignorance.

That’s something you can fix.

“I’ll do it myself” is the most expensive lie you’ll tell.

Whatever you want—weight loss, strength, confidence—someone’s already done it.

Find a guide, a coach, who meets you where you are and shows you the way.

That’s me.

My online coaching is about clarity and results.

It’s a plan that works because it’s built for you.

Don’t quit three feet from your gold.

Dig smarter.

Take Action:

Write down on a blank piece of paper something you want to achieve in the next 90 days.

Then write one thing that, if you do it every day, will get you closer to that goal.

And if you're ready to get serious about it, give me a call.

Reply to this email with your goal, and let's make a plan to get you there.

Keep digging!

Diego

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