General Fitness Companycast

Making time for yourself can take on a lot of different forms, but the important thing is to make sure that you're actually making time for yourself. In today's episode, I'm going to discuss different ways that are helpful in taking time for yourself and some ways that aren't so helpful. I talk about how I personally make time for me and encourage you to search for what works for you. 

Don't Diet! This may sound like I'm encouraging you to be irresponsible, but hear me out. Many people that go on diets, end up gaining more weight than they lost. Why? Because they aren't dieting properly. What's the proper way to diet? Well, you're just going to have to listen and find out. 

Compare yourself to who you were yesterday and not to someone else's today. I had a great analogy from the episode that'll I just drop right here. If you follow someone else's map, you'll undoubtedly end up somewhere, but it probably won't be a place where you'll thrive. You'll only survive...if that. The reason for that is that if you follow someone else's path, you'll end up in a place that was...

This is our 5th rule for life and this is one of my favorites because it epitomizes what I train my clients to do every day. Keep Doing! Not to be confused with keep going, which can often be a blind quest that often leads to oblivion (or at least, burnout). Listen today to find out how to avoid burnout and get the most out of each effort in whatever your endeavor.

Life is simple, but people often make it too difficult by unnecessarily making people, things, and circumstances their enemies. With an abundant mindset, everything is a possibility, but it doesn't mean it's not gonna take a bit of work. 

Being present to me is more than sitting on a couch or chair with candles lit while chanting. It can be that, but if you lead a busy life like I do, sometimes it's really tough to step away. That's why it's essential to be able to be present anywhere. I've discovered a way to help my clients do that pretty consistently and it helps them out wherever they are no matter how much stress they're under...

Rule #2 of our General Rules For Life Series is about you not trying to copy what someone else is doing, but instead, trying to do your own thing. Pablo Picasso was accredited with saying: "Good artist copy and great artist steal." This means that what you do should be something that you created. We'll go more into that and more in today's episode about reaching your full potential regardless of w...

This is the first installment of a 10-part series I did a while back. It's 10 general rules for life that I came up with in 2017 when I started General Fitness Company. I've since refined it and changed a few of the rules, but I think it's even more helpful than the original. In this episode, I talk about knowing yourself. Specifically, I talk about body types and knowing what body type you are so...

Never be afraid to make a mistake. Some of the most important things in human history were discovered by mistake. In this episode, I talk about why people block their blessings and decide not to take risks. The answer might very well surprise you. 

In this episode, I talk about how important it is to know your role. Not in the way that most people think though. We're living in 2022 now. It's a new millennium and people don't have clearly defined roles as they once did. The freedom we have to be whatever we want is now here and also it is liberating, it can also be confusing. Today, I'm going to discuss what it means to play your role and how...

Shortcuts. We all want to know the quickest way to get to our goals. The easiest way to get there is by not wasting time. In this episode, I have a few tips to help you reach your goals faster.

Today, I discussed two cognitive biases that prevent us from succeeding in life. Holding on to things because we're scared of losing them (aka loss aversion) and spending time on something even though it's not giving us value anymore (aka the sunk cost fallacy). These are two of 25 cognitive biases created by Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet's business partner. If you want to see all 25, check them o...

In this short episode, I talk about 2 important experiments that may lead you to think twice about how long you take to make decisions.

So many things are against you when you try to take on a challenge. External environmental factors and the situation can change, leaving your methods to be antiquated before you even master them. There is no magic pill you can swallow to ensure your success in everything you do, however, there is a way that you can make everything a little bit easier. All it takes is a little patience and a pensio...

The title of this episode may be a bit of a misnomer. I'm actually talking about sleeping through life. In this episode, I talk about my personal experience as well as some client experiences with lack of rest and what it does to productivity. 

This episode is sort of an addendum to Friday's episode about mentors and guides. I talk about how a conversation with my coworker led to some interesting insights about visualization and how important it is to see what you want and have a visual compass for what you want out of life. I share a story about my online program that I've been trying to put out for the past two years and now we have it...

In this episode, I talked a little bit about my experiences with mentors and coaches. I've found that over the years it's best to have someone that you trust or at least that you can rely on to show you the ropes in those areas of life where you need help. Sometimes, it may be tempting to do it on your own, but that always ends with people wasting their time trying to figure out things that people...

People say all the time that I'm the happiest person they know. I don't know about that, but I can tell you what it is that makes me happy. It's the fact that I know I'm not in control, but at the same time I am. I know I can't control what happens to me, but I can be curious as to why and that curiosity is what brings me the most joy throughout the day. Listen in to find out why curiosity could b...

In this episode, I started with talking about discipline versus motivation. I had gotten into a discussion earlier this morning with someone about discipline and we had come to the conclusion that it's not a matter of discipline for most, it's actually more of a function of self-care. With that, I brought the episode to topic of what intelligence actually entails. I think this is a very thought pr...

This is a short episode on how I think we can all build success without holding ourselves back. I have experience with this because I felt like I was holding myself back before I started General Fitness Company. It's a story about how we can go from doubtful to confident about what we can do in this world and how we should always aim to do it our way.  Here's that 2 week trial I mentioned for...

How do you make time fly? Grab a clock and throw it across the room! Ha! Joking aside, there are times when you want life to be a little simpler. Today I'm going to talk about how to make the challenging, boring, monotonous, things a little more fun and how it can make you more productive and valuable to others in the process. 

So many people have wondered "what's in it for me?" I know it's true because up until a certain catastrophic event in my life, that's exactly how I thought. Today, I'm going to tell you about that event and how it changed my life for the better. It's made me a more grateful and giving person, which has given me a lot more happiness than I thought originally possible. I don't make a million dollars...

There are times when even the smartest people can be duped by their own brain. In today’s episode, we’re gonna talk about how to get rid of bad habits for good and how to commence good habits and make them stick.

Loss aversion. It's a cognitive bias that we all suffer from. It's our tendency to try to avoid loss in the face of possible gain. I've had it, you've had it, we've all had it. It can be a problem, but not one that we can't fix. In today's episode, we're going to explore the possibilities with 3 guaranteed tactics that will keep you progressing rather than treading water in the hopes that you'll g...

This episode is an exciting story about limiting beliefs and dogma. There are plenty of times that we're fed incorrect information. Sometimes, it's because the person sharing it has an agenda. Other times, those beliefs are based on something that we've long since refuted as "fake news." Whatever the reason, it's essential to formulate our own beliefs based on our own personal experiences and inve...