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Krissy Cela On Finding Your Vision, Mission and Why

Krissy first started posting fitness videos on Instagram and YouTube in 2017 while studying for a law degree. Fast forward 4 years and Krissy has built a health and fitness empire with the mission to empower women across the world.

Krissy CelaguestAli Abdaalhost
Nov 15, 20211h 24mWatch on YouTube

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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Krissy Cela on Mission, Consistency, Leadership and Doing It For You

  1. Krissy Cela says her book Do This For You is about prioritising yourself first, and she structures her mornings around training, reading and preparation before work.
  2. She describes growing from a waitress and law student to millions of followers, and says she chose her own mission over chasing trends, rejecting paid collaborations beyond her own brands and Women's Best.
  3. She explains that Tone and Sculpt and Oner Active are built on community-led, non-profit-first core values, and tells how she fought a third-party developer over ownership of the app's data and code.
  4. She argues motivation is unreliable and consistency is what matters, saying that even a physical goal builds the habit and that anything unsustainable should be dropped.
  5. On leadership, she talks about learning empathy and patience the hard way, hiring slowly, promoting from within, encouraging her team to challenge her, and keeping a demanding schedule while protecting her relationship.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Start with your why, not profit

Krissy says that if profit is your number one core value, you will plummet because every decision becomes profit-led rather than mission-led. Neither Tone and Sculpt's core values nor Oner Active's decisions put profit first.

Keep asking why to find the deeper reason

She says a bride who wants to lose ten pounds really wants to feel confident on her wedding day, and that deeper why keeps people driven longer than watching the scales. She also recommends a coffee-shop free-writing session to list your whys.

Consistency beats motivation

She describes motivation as a sassy diva who comes and goes, and consistency as showing up in a flexible form, such as a shorter session or taking meetings from home. Consistency over intensity is what lasts.

A physical goal is fine if you stay sustainable

She says wanting abs is not a bad driver because you are building a habit in the background. The problem comes when you give up after not seeing results, and she says anything unsustainable should be replaced by something you can maintain.

Own your data and code

After her app developer tried to claim ownership of everything except the content, she says that data, code and interface matter most, not content. She spent about 50 grand in legal fees and was ready to sell her house to keep the app.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

There's one of you in this world. You're in this world for a very short period of time. Whether you think it's long or not, it's short, right? Do something magical in it.

— Krissy Cela

Your health is the key to any form of success. I cannot stress that enough.

— Krissy Cela

You should never start a brand to make money.

— Krissy Cela

You need to stop relying on motivation and start relying more on building consistency and discipline in your day-to-day life.

— Krissy Cela

Why are you setting yourself up to fail when there's so many people in this world already trying to do that for you, right?

— Krissy Cela

Read the available transcript
Prioritising yourselfFinding your why, vision and missionCommunity-led core valuesBuilding confidence and ignoring judgmentConsistency over motivationLeading and hiring a teamProtecting app ownership and the legal battle

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SPEAKERS

  • Krissy Cela

    guest

    Fitness entrepreneur and creator behind Tone & Sculpt and Oner Active, focused on women’s confidence and community-led health/fitness.

  • Ali Abdaal

    host

    Host of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, interviewing guests about work, life, and personal growth.

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