Episode #334

Tony Horton on His Keys to Success, Motivation, and the Shifts that Took P90X From “Meh” to 500 Million in Sales

You know I love sharing interviews with you with all my guests, but you also know some are like “HOLYYYYYYY $&!T”. I call these interviews the “Oh doctah” interviews.

This is one of those.

I was able to track down the creator of P90X, Tony Horton, and grill him for you guys on the show about the following topics:

  • His keys to success.
  • What SPECIFICALLY made P90X so successful.
  • How P90X stuck out in the extremely crowded fitness (and informercial) market.
  • The key “small” shifts Tony made to get P90X from an OK product to over 500 million in sales.
  • His biggest mistake with P90X (what he would do differently).
  • How he continues to stay motivated and take on new projects.
  • …and more

This interview can’t (and shouldn’t) be missed. Enjoy, and see you in the comments. Make sure to leave some love for Tony!

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Tony HortonLinks Mentioned:

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Tony Horton’s World
Tony Horton’s Bring It Minute
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Comments

  • http://marketingwithsergio.com/ Sergio Félix

    Haha can’t believe Tony Horton is in da house YESSS! I went through many different fitness video programs and nothing engaged me as much as Tony besides how can anybody think he’s corny? I think the man is HILARIOUS!!!

    Amazing show guys, THANK YOU!

    • David Siteman Garland

      Happy to bring him to you Sergio!

  • http://getbusylivingblog.com Benny Hsu

    That’s awesome! Can’t wait to listen. I’m sure many are wondering, but how were you able to get Tony Horton?

    • David Siteman Garland

      BH – Happy to share that story soon. In fact, I’m working on some cool new stuff next year that is related to sharing things like this (behind the scenes)

  • http://twitter.com/dylanvarian Dylan Varian

    So I am going through all the blogs I read, I come to the rise to the top and BOOM I see Tony Horton is being interviewed on here. Bloody awesome!

    • David Siteman Garland

      You sir, made the right choice today haha

  • http://www.facebook.com/silva.april April Silva

    Another great interview! Lots of fantastic info! Thanks David!

    • David Siteman Garland

      Thanks AS!

  • http://www.TheCoachsCorner.com/ Mario Sousa

    Great interview, David I absolutely loved it.

    • David Siteman Garland

      That’s what I love to hear Mario!

  • http://1000lifelessons.com Leo Tabibzadegan

    I LOVE YOU GUYS! – The 1 minute speed round was BOSS! What a great innovative way to involve the community man! thanks for that :D

    • David Siteman Garland

      Boom! Glad you liked it Leo

  • http://twitter.com/successfulWT Shelia Butler

    Loved the interview. I actually liked him much better than I thought I would :) He was a gracious guest, with great tips and insight. Thanks David

    • David Siteman Garland

      Hah! Glad yo exceed expectations ;)

  • Zac H

    Hey man, just curious on what is up with the headphones? I noticed a couple interviews lately where you are wearing them. Is there a specific reason for that.

    • David Siteman Garland

      Just so I can hear myself and the guest better. And I like just using earbuds as opposed to the big ass headphones I used to have that made me look like a space alien

  • Scott Haase

    Love P90X have done it a few times and love Tony’s enthusiasm in all aspects. Enthusiasm never gets old and you can’t get enough of it. Always trying to spread the enthusiasm, but I think I am also going to start seeking out more enthusiastic people to surround myself with, I could use a few more I think. Following Tony on facebook now, trying to fill my news feed up with good stuff to say the least.

    • David Siteman Garland

      Totally agree. I love enthusiasm too, hah. GREAT point.

  • Jason Gracia

    Awesome interview, David! Been doing P90X for a year and a half and love it. Really interesting to get the back story of the program and incredibly helpful to get into the mind of its creator.

    • David Siteman Garland

      Glad you enjoyed JG

  • http://www.bizsugar.com/ Heather Stone

    David,

    This interview makes me want to go workout. :) No seriously, I think the idea of evolving a marketing and branding strategy comes through loud and clear here and the biggest message seems to be that you need to have a message that makes you stand apart. Thanks for the interview and congrats for hitting front page on the BizSugar community!

    • David Siteman Garland

      Thanks Heather! I’m off to the gym too haha

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