The Living Your Legacy Podcast
Rimantas Petrauskas on Pre-Selling, Self-Mastery & Building Real Legacy
Fri, 14 Feb 2025
SUMMARYRimantas Petrauskas, a successful entrepreneur and former freelancer, shares his inspiring journey of transformation, both personally and professionally. He opens up about the difficult decision to cut off old friends who no longer aligned with his new mindset, the challenges of moving from England to America, and the impact of surrounding himself with high-achieving individuals. He also details his incredible weight loss journey—losing 80 pounds in just three months—by adopting strict discipline and daily exercise.Beyond personal development, Rimantas dives into his entrepreneurial success, from starting as a freelancer to building a global business serving over 100 countries. He explains the importance of pre-selling products, how listening to market demand shaped his business, and the lessons he learned from mentors like Brendan Bouchard. Wrapping up, he reflects on the true meaning of legacy, how he wants to be remembered, and his mission to inspire others to break free from limiting beliefs and build a future they’re proud of.CHAPTERS02:35 - Cutting Ties: The Power of Letting Go04:48 - The Harsh Reality of Losing Friends and Moving On07:12 - How Changing Environments Transformed My Life09:36 - The Fear of Judgment and Overcoming Self-Doubt12:05 - The 80-Pound Weight Loss Journey: Discipline & Dedication14:27 - From Freelancer to Business Owner: The Marketing Breakthrough16:55 - The Power of Pre-Sales: Making Money Before Building a Product19:20 - Lessons from Scaling a Business to 100+ Countries21:43 - Leaving a Legacy: What It Means to Me24:09 - The Mindset Shift That Changed EverythingGUEST DETAILSFull Name - Rimantas PetrauskasSocials - Rimantas PetrauskasWebsite - FXMagnetic.com
Chapter 1: How did Rimantas Petrauskas transform his life?
What were some of the lessons over these last decade to get to this point now where life's very different? You went from struggling and you changed your life.
There were many lessons, you know. Just to name a few, I would say the most important that I believe are the most important is... It spans the globe like a super high school internet.
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hello and welcome back to another episode of legacy makers podcast today we have romantis joining us he's flew all the way in from europe and we're gonna dive into his world his legacy he's a ultra endurance marathon runner his biggest achievement there is 500 kilometers running in nine days he's a bit like that forest gump guy when he starts he doesn't stop and he's also building successful businesses and software companies romantis welcome to the show
Thanks for doing it. So let's dive in. 500 kilometers in nine days, pretty impressive on the running side. And I know your business transformation's becoming impressive too, and you're working to help create your own legacy, right? It wasn't, you know, now you have a successful software trading company for traders, but it wasn't always this way.
So if people don't know you, do you want to give them the summary of your life?
Yeah, so I remember when I was stuck at nine to five, you know, I can, I can definitely say I was stuck, you know, like many of us probably trying to get out from there. I kind of enjoy my job. But at the same time, always wanted to make more money, do better, more success and stuff like that. And I was the guy who couldn't manage money. Well, okay, like most people,
I was in debt and always the fastest solution was to get another credit card. That's a common tactic I hear.
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Chapter 2: What challenges did Rimantas face in losing weight?
the decision to start like something like a side hustle like or whatever it could be you know i was looking for ways to make extra money after after my nine to five basically and uh that's how i discovered forex trading And I thought like, okay, so it looks like in a month, I'm going to be a millionaire, you know, but soon I realized that's not going to happen that fast.
But as a programmer myself, I started, you know, creating apps for myself. Okay, this app helps me with this, this app helps me with that. And on these like forums online, I saw other traders asking for stuff. It's like, oh, can somebody create me this indicator or this app? Sure. And I was like, yeah, I can do it. And I remember my first client was from US.
Chapter 3: How did Rimantas transition from freelancer to business owner?
I can't remember the name of this guy, but he was like, can you create me this app? And he sends me the rules. And I'm like, I look at it. Yeah, I kind of do it. I can do it. He's asking me how much. And I'm like... I don't know. I have no clue, you know. And I just gave a really random number, just like 200 bucks. And he's just like, okay, like, how do I send you money? So I gave him my PayPal.
He sends me 200 bucks. And I'm like, wow, okay. Seems now I have to get busy, you know. So it took me like a day or two to create the app. And I'm like, okay, if I can make 200 bucks in a day, I was like, what if I could just repeat that every day? And it took me just a few hours. So I was like, okay, let's get more into this, you know?
Chapter 4: What is the significance of pre-selling in business?
But well, just to jump in, that's how it started with me, too. You know, I was writing fitness articles and personal training. And I got to a point I was personal training back in the UK and stuff for like $50 an hour, which wasn't much. And then I started writing these fitness articles, getting $150, $200 an article. I could do them in an hour as a fast rider, maybe two.
So I'm like, how many of these can I do a day? And then I got better and better, and I eventually got one gig, paid $1,000 an article, and I could do it in a day, right? It was more in-depth. They wanted scientific research and stuff, but I was the same. And I started making $10,000, $20,000 a month and used that to fund my fitness company.
It's basically the same for me. I remember I had gigs for $1,000, $2,000, $3,000. And at that time in Lithuania, we still had Litas. That's the currency we had. And it was like $2.5. So if I make like $10,000, that's like 25,000 Litas. So I was the king. So from almost bankrupt for credit cards...
Chapter 5: What lessons did Rimantas learn from scaling his business?
obviously well looking to the my first gig you know the the 200 thing a few months before that i remember i was so in depth and my relationship was going down i had health issues i was overweight So basically, I was before the nine days and 500 kilometers, obviously, obviously, like, so just like, before starting all my all my side hustles. Yeah.
So, and one day, I just remember woke up after a big party. And the next day, you know, you're wasted pretty much all day. And I just looked at the mirror and I realized that I don't like this person. Yeah. And I don't know why then, but it just hit me. And I was like, okay, so if other people stop loving you, it's one thing, you know? But if you stop loving yourself, I'm like,
Chapter 6: How does Rimantas define legacy?
that that's bad you know I yeah you need that wake up call right sometimes it's looking in the mirror sometimes it's a spouse leaving you sometimes it's a friend or best friend saying something sometimes it's bankruptcy or something crazy right so to me it looked like all of those well most of them coming out it's like yeah and I remember my girl left me you know back at the time the the like
later realized how toxic our relationship was so that that kind of ended up being a good thing but anyways like at that time it hurts a lot and it just you know hits you out of nowhere and and you feel really bad about everything that's going on in your life now and i remember um I took my last money, it was a few hundred bucks, and I went grocery shopping for a full month.
You stack food in your freezer and stuff like that. And I went there, spent all my money, and I spent it well because I purchased food and stuff. And I'm going back, I'm driving back home it was like about an hour drive and um and i'm thinking okay so i have a car that my
Chapter 7: What mindset shifts contributed to Rimantas's success?
company gives me you know i was still a nine-to-five at that time and i was like okay so gas prepaid by the company like my mobile phone prepaid by the company i still with my with my parents even though i'm not proud of it but okay i don't pay rent so it's pretty much okay i will survive this month yeah you know i was like that's what i'm thinking in my head so i have food i was you know but
I'm not allowed to do anything else. Like because I just like I'm just broke, you know, my credit cards maxed out. And, you know, all that stuff. So And I remember I just started crying, you know? Some song went on, like just randomly, some, I don't know. I just started crying. I remember I was driving the car in the highway. I'm crying like a little kid, you know?
Just like, and I'm passing these other cars. I'm speeding, you know, passing these other cars. And I feel like other people like looking at me, like, what's happening with this guy, you know? But I just didn't care about anything, you know? Just like... this has to change this has to change you know and how long ago was this uh how long ago this was in 2019 somewhere so just six five six years ago
2000, sorry, 2009. So it's Yeah, way more than that. And, and then when I started my transformation, basically, you know, okay, so that year, I also lost my grandfather that also affected me and my father as well, you know.
so it's like imagine you know beginning of the year like in the middle of the year grandfather dies and then all the you know my girls left me and I all these realizations to me that I don't love myself and all that stuff and I'm like ah it's like you know it has to change so I remember
um i started doing this gigs online you know coding as a freelancer for traders and making some money things were going well i found myself still going to parties and just spending more money now because i'm making more sure and then one day i remember i spent i spent a night with my friend you know just just going around from you know these friends these friends and
and i bought like an expensive bottle of of whiskey or whatever was that you know it's like 200 bucks for a bottle and i'm just drinking that he's not he's driving you know and then and then he says something funny to me it's like why like why are you drinking at all you know it's like i don't know just like for fun you know but Then again, I thought, yeah, it doesn't make sense.
And I remember that that was pretty much probably my last bottle, like last drop of alcohol, basically. 2009. October, I think October 9th, I can't remember the day exactly, but it was the last day I drank alcohol.
So 15 years on now, we're sat here, right? And obviously I know now you travel the world, you have this trading company, hundreds of students around the world, you know, so you've ran, you know, ultramarathons and 500k, life's very different, right? You have children, you know, So what was the, you know, you've talked about this epiphany, right?
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