1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Tell me about your vision, man. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:10,400 Yeah, my vision, you know, since having kids really has enveloped into a much different 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,160 way of life. 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,520 So I have three little girls, eight, six, and four, and I got a wife. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:22,840 And just my vision in terms of like what it means to be a man has just completely shifted 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:27,120 over the course of raising these girls and just being a husband. 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,720 So my vision for my life, I have a mission statement to empower and encourage others 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,200 so I can leave a positive generational legacy. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,880 What that means, I just want to be a massive encourager every day. 10 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,680 I want to have a, I want to go out with a massive amount of positivity. 11 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,600 And then how do I implement that? 12 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,840 Well, my main structures are through fitness. 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,600 I'm a big believer in when the body moves, the mind grooves. 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:55,760 So I believe in the ultimate strength of how I can be a model for my children and my family 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,360 and be a model of health. 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:05,960 And then secondary to that is really once I get that in place, it comes in my faith 17 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:09,720 is a main antithesis of that. 18 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,160 And then how I control my mindset. 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:13,600 And so what is that mindset? 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,120 And that's ultimately what I'm influencing, putting in my brain the words that are coming 21 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,120 out of my mouth. 22 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,400 So I keep it pretty basic. 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,920 I think my mission statement encompasses what do I want to achieve on a daily basis? 24 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,600 Am I encouraging others? 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,360 Do I have a happy heart? 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,640 How am I parenting my kids first and foremost and my control was within my four walls. 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,680 But yeah, that's ultimately vision. 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,320 And then it goes outside of my four walls into my business, in my businesses, and then 29 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,520 into the people that I just encounter on a daily basis. 30 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:44,760 Gotcha. 31 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:45,760 I like that. 32 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,560 What you said, when the mind moves, when the body moves, the mind grooves, right? 33 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,560 Absolutely. 34 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,560 That's great, man. 35 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:52,560 Where did that come from? 36 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:57,920 What started this vision of athletic and being motivated to move, giving you the courage 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,960 to keep going in your day to day? 38 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:00,960 What did that come from? 39 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,120 Yeah, it came from a dark spot, to be honest with you. 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:10,600 I was a pretty good athlete, coming out of high school, got a couple looks to play collegially, 41 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,240 but had a super bad attitude. 42 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,000 I had a super sullen attitude, thought I was better than everybody. 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,800 Nobody was better than me. 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:26,160 And so I just, through the course of my early 20s, I felt like it was this game that I was 45 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,960 playing that I was living in my past and never in my future. 46 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,640 And the best days were behind me and not ahead of me. 47 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:37,360 And so I just, in my mid 20s, I literally, I went into the Celebrate Recovery Program 48 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:38,680 that I thought was for drug addicts. 49 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,880 And I'm like, God, take control of my heart. 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,000 I got to figure this thing out. 51 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,800 Had just gotten married. 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,080 And really, I think that's where the motivating standpoint. 53 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,000 It was the first time really I got into a Bible. 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,600 I read it all the way through. 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,120 And that kind of churned my love for reading. 56 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,600 And so I just became a massive reader up to that point. 57 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:07,120 So when I was 26, I just wanted to read books, business books, just Napoleon Hill, Stephen 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:14,360 Hawkins, all the good books that I could nurture my mind with and grow and absorb their knowledge. 59 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,680 That's why I'm just a massive believer in books. 60 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:22,680 If somebody took the time to really sit down and really put their thoughts on paper in 61 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,960 depth, man, I should probably give the good ones a shout. 62 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:33,560 And so right now I'm into, I just finished a book with Peter Atiyah, Outlive. 63 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,560 And just over the course of last really 12 years, as I've nurtured my mind that way, 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:46,240 through reading, reading scripture, reading books, where I just become, don't get me wrong, 65 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,240 sometimes get stressful. 66 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,840 That's the whole thing in the Nutrisus logo is that you're going to go through the valleys 67 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,040 too. 68 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,080 But how do I just maintain my edge? 69 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,600 And one of the big ways to maintain my edge is to maintain my body and my mind. 70 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,440 There you go. 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,440 I like that. 72 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,920 It seems like every entrepreneur has a book that they fall back on or they recommend this 73 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,280 and they recommend that. 74 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,740 And it sounds like you recommend the Bible is your book to recommend up front. 75 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:13,600 And that's a good way to look at it, man. 76 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,640 Do you have any other books you recommend for people? 77 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:16,640 Yeah. 78 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:22,000 You know, one book that was really, really life changing in terms of how I structure 79 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,480 my day to day and micro movements. 80 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,880 To be honest, it's How I Keep the Six Back, Volume. 81 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,440 But Atomic Habits is a great way to habit stack things. 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:43,160 And so when you, we are creatures of habit, whether we like it or not, we have bad habits 83 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,580 and we have good habits. 84 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:48,000 And how do we just start blending in more of those healthier habits? 85 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,520 And so really Atomic Habits, I would recommend by James Clear. 86 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,580 He says this quote, you don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level 87 00:04:54,580 --> 00:04:56,000 of your systems. 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,700 And so what systems are you putting in on a daily basis that allow you to rise? 89 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:05,680 And so this is just a super basic one, but getting up and drinking water, even adding 90 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:06,680 a little sea salt. 91 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,920 That's a system in the day to keep your body hydrated with electrolytes. 92 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,400 Before I get into the shower, I have to pump out a hundred crunches. 93 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,440 And so I do that because you know why? 94 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,160 I'm getting into the shower, I'm getting sweaty anyway. 95 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,360 Why not get myself a little bit more out of breath before I hop into the shower? 96 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,320 So those are just like some really basic things that you can put in as systems that are ultimately 97 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,040 going to age your body and live a healthier lifestyle. 98 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,640 Absolutely. 99 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:33,640 That's great. 100 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,880 I mean, setting up systems like that, doing a hundred crunches before you get into the 101 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,960 shower is something that I've thought about before doing workout right before. 102 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,320 I mean, you're already getting, you're dirty anyways. 103 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,200 You're about to Ross off something that I've started doing every morning is I wake up at 104 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,540 seven a.m. whenever the dog starts jumping on the bed needing to go out. 105 00:05:49,540 --> 00:05:54,040 And so then I'll take the dog out, let my partner keep sleeping, take the dogs out and 106 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,200 then we go on a walk around the trail around the property. 107 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,680 And then I go do pull ups on the bar that I have out there, pull ups, push ups, sit 108 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,680 ups until I hurt. 109 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,980 And then then I come back inside and shower off. 110 00:06:04,980 --> 00:06:07,220 So kind of in that same realm, but that's a morning. 111 00:06:07,220 --> 00:06:10,960 Every morning I'll start until I'm like, OK, that's enough push ups for right now. 112 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,240 And it's never an amount. 113 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,920 It's never a I'm never keeping track. 114 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,360 It's just go until fail or go until go until I stop. 115 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,360 Yeah, no, I love that. 116 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,840 I also do recommend, though, having a number in mind. 117 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:24,320 I always like benchmarking. 118 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,320 Right. 119 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,520 And so when you when you're able to track its data and so you're like, dang, man, I 120 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,280 did 20 push ups the other day. 121 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:36,360 And then when that's kind of like the benchmark and you're like, I'm going to pop out 10 more. 122 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,100 So just maybe a little bit of encouragement for you to set a benchmark because you see 123 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,760 your growth and you see your process over time. 124 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,560 Yeah, that's true. 125 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,640 Yeah, that's something I'll add in, I guess. 126 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,640 I'll write down it. 127 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,000 I'll write it down somewhere and just keep it mental. 128 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:56,280 But getting back to you, I'm curious how you got started going from being in high school, 129 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,120 going into did you go into collegiate sports? 130 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,040 Did you say earlier or no, I actually did not. 131 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,140 So you know, I had an opportunity to play either Juco or D3. 132 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:08,440 My goal was always to play division one basketball. 133 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,560 I just wanted to play division one basketball my entire life. 134 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,480 I didn't get I didn't get offers. 135 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,920 D1 and so I was really that's really a sulky about it. 136 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,200 I probably could have walked on D2 and I had an opportunity to walk on at Oakland University, 137 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,520 which was a D1 University. 138 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,680 But I want them to offer me. 139 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,600 I was I had that mentality. 140 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,640 So no, I didn't I didn't play and I had the capabilities. 141 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,680 I just didn't have the mindset. 142 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,400 If I had the mindset that I had today back then, I probably would have. 143 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,420 But hey, man, I don't regret it. 144 00:07:40,420 --> 00:07:44,240 It's one of those things that it's the narrative of the story. 145 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,280 And so I get to control my story and it's how I move. 146 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:53,140 How did you get started from that mentality into creating your businesses about fitness 147 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,640 and building the mind up with fitness? 148 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,080 How did you get started into that? 149 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,240 Yeah, that's a that's a really good question. 150 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,720 So I actually got into my first business was real estate. 151 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,440 And so I got into the Airbnb world in 2014. 152 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,960 So we started there and I just really didn't like my job. 153 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,280 I didn't have a passion for the nine to five. 154 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,720 It just like was not my thing. 155 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:21,360 Although I worked hard, it just was not, you know, sitting at a desk doing sales. 156 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,440 It just like wasn't my thing. 157 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,920 I want to work on my own. 158 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:33,060 And so in 20 late 2015 is when I started up getting into more of the kind of the scaling 159 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:35,160 side of the Airbnb. 160 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:41,120 And then I eventually went into syndications where I raised capital for multifamily. 161 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,100 And then we flipped a bunch of houses all over central Florida. 162 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:46,480 So I was doing that. 163 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,360 But one of the things that kind of derived out of that was children. 164 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:51,360 Right. 165 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:56,240 I started having children in 2016 and I wanted to make sure that I was keeping my mind and 166 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:57,580 my body sharp. 167 00:08:57,580 --> 00:08:59,320 And that that was something that I was doing. 168 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,120 So I was a personal trainer for a little bit. 169 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,420 And it was just it was one of those things that was in my repertoire. 170 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:13,760 So it just over the course really 2018 is where I started edging into this biohacking 171 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:14,760 world. 172 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:15,760 I don't really love calling it biohacking. 173 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,180 I don't think you're hacking anything. 174 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:19,000 You're harmonizing it. 175 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,240 So you're harmonizing your body as you get older. 176 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,880 And so I started getting really nerdy into stuff started with cold showers, then led 177 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:34,600 into led into sauna, then led into how what are other therapies am I using to reduce inflammation 178 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,320 in the body? 179 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:43,160 I then got really last year I started getting into crazy crazy cardiovascular shape expanding 180 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,880 my deal to Max where I was pressure pressing myself. 181 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,920 So I've been doing kettlebell training for the past four years, but I wanted to run a 182 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,160 little bit more. 183 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,440 And then this past year, I set a goal for myself to just pack on more muscle and have 184 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,560 good cardiovascular conditioning. 185 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:05,400 So I set goals every year, but it really started the antithesis was like it started with just 186 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,720 like, you know, working out intentionally a little bit more than it then it gravitated 187 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,880 towards like, oh, I'm going to try this cold shower thing. 188 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,920 So about six or seven years ago, I started this cold shower thing every morning, which 189 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,720 then just has progressed, right? 190 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:28,000 So sauna therapy, cold water therapy, peptides, TRT, I get my blood work done every quarter 191 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 now. 192 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:36,660 You know, I'm strength training as well as cardiovascular training for recovery purposes. 193 00:10:36,660 --> 00:10:40,980 So there's just things that I've added in these but it started honestly in that that 194 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:47,280 atomic habits world where just a small little daily discipline has led to other disciplines 195 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:52,200 where I can really, really be in tune with my body at 39 years old now. 196 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,400 That's crazy. 197 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,360 The amount of things that you have going into it and maintaining and then not even necessarily 198 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,880 maintaining but upgrading it feels like constantly you're not you're not standing still, you're 199 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,320 not stagnating, you're always pushing forward. 200 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,360 And that's something I hope to do with my morning workout and my morning routine is to 201 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:14,560 keep improving and improving because if you stand, if you stagnate, you stall out, then 202 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,840 you're just going downhill at that point. 203 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,240 Stagnation is declining in my mind. 204 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,240 Exactly. 205 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,080 That's a you know, and one of the biggest things is curiosity, just being curious, you 206 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,280 know, wanting to learn a little bit more. 207 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,600 And so that's that's where I'm at. 208 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,000 And so now we've just made a platform around it. 209 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Yeah. 210 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,000 So we have full fueled which we coach guys, typically guys over 35. 211 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,640 We're coaching guys and mindset, nutrition and and and strength training, because we 212 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,640 do believe that strength, you know, muscle is the key to longevity. 213 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,000 Science has backed that. 214 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,800 So we focus on that. 215 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,920 And that's it just has evolved it like over time. 216 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,240 So we encompass and we encourage guys to just get better every day. 217 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,800 Thank you for being here today. 218 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,280 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 219 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:05,120 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. 220 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,760 This is going to get more and more fun, more and more engagement as well. 221 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,040 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 222 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,320 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 223 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:35,680 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.