#7: Anything is Possible with Personal Trainer Sam Okoidu

The Every Entrepreneur Show with Isaiah Trejo

Sam's Journey began when his family immigrated from Nigeria to the United States when he was 4-5 years old. He vividly remembers his parents working in the fields when they first came to the USA. Seeing his parents go to work in the fields every day taught him how to just get up every day and grind it out. No matter what you did you, just work as hard as you can.

The stresses of being in the states eventually got to Sam's parents and they ended up splitting up. His mom raised him and his siblings as a single mother, working multiple jobs! From a very young age, he realized that he needed to do something if he ever wanted to have any money in life. So, in middle school and high school he was always selling candies, washing people's car's, and doing a paper route in-order to make some money.

Sam also began getting into trouble on the streets and would eventually get in trouble for 2 robberies in 2010. As a result, he was spent a whole year in the county jail! It was during this time that Sam says that his life completely changed. In fact, at the same time that he was going to jail he was also just getting into personal training. He says that he started reading his bible, personal training, and personal development books while he was locked up. He knew that he needed to change!

As Sam started changing and working out in jail, the other inmates started noticing him changing. People started coming to him, asking for his help. He was hesitant to help anyone else out at first, because he was just so focused on getting himself right. Eventually, he started training one guy, two guys, three guys, and then a whole lot more. His successful personal training business literally started in county jail!!

Iron Bird Fitness is now an extremely successful personal training business here in Fresno, CA and Sam is changing the lives of many people on a weekly basis! Sam attributes his success to his faith in God, his belief in himself, and changing his mindset completely around.

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