Do things seem to be not making sense? Are you beating yourself up for not living up to your own expectations?

How about learning to surrender and think from a place of abundance? Then, start to see the magic happen from there.

Cory Camp grew up a swimmer for 18 years of his life. Upon graduating and with his sports career-ending, he realized he wasn't prepared for this whole "real life" thing. A year went by, and he found himself lost, 40 pounds heavier than when he graduated. That was the turning point for him and the moment he had to get his S*%^ together. He spent every moment since turning his life around and reintroducing purpose and intention to it. Through fitness, lifestyle choices, and neuroscience, he figured out a system that works to optimize life. Now, he's passionate about helping other former athletes find their optimal plan to embody being a Forever Athlete. He taps back into the Athletic Mindset and how it can best serve everyone now, in the "real world."

In this episode, Cory shares how he brought swimming to the next level, getting better at it, getting a scholarship, and getting paid for what he does. 

His being a swimmer, getting his share of success, and his fair share of failures has taught him lessons in his personal life and career as a coach.

What those failures paved for him, he can only be thankful for, as it brought him to where he is today in his coaching career.

He has a lot to teach about growth mindset as he relates that story about him desperately wanting to improve. That also points out to accepting that you have your own timeline, that you need to swim your own race, and to take feedback from your own experience and situation. So you show up better and find ways to improve.

With social media portraying everything as perfect, there's the danger of falling into the comparison trap. What better way to avoid it than finding inspiration from what others have, taking a system that has already worked and adding your own flavor to it and making it your own.

He could not stress enough the importance of having to come from a place of abundance. Because once you have that mindset, you will never be in want of anything. You radiate positive energy that draws the right people to you.

That also speaks truly of when you do things to serve others and not just go after their money because people can sense that.

All these extend to also showing up and giving value and making them feel it's in their best interest.

"We have to be able to shift into that space of abundance of like; I already have everything. It's all within me. And that's contagious energy too. Like, when we are able to truly embody that and then show up as that in the world, then people want to be around us." - Cory Camp 

What you will learn from this episode:

 

04:14 - How he got into swimming and made it to the collegiate level

07:56 - What freedom does swimming give him?

10:20 - The time he felt the lightbulb taking swimming to the next level

13:45 - Rising to the occasion

17:32 - Lessons in the growth mindset

20:36 - Doing away with the comparison trap

23:39 - Taking the system that has already worked and put your own flavor to it

25:47 - Failure as a great flashlight

25:47 - How contagious your energy becomes when you come from a place of abundance

28:40 - Setting the better intention of serving than just getting money 

31:55 - Stories from his college scholarship and lessons learned

42:58 - Actually working for it to happen and not just wishing for it to happen

47:03 - Showing your value add and what it can do for you

50:18 - What's the idea behind spearheading writing a book 'Forever Athletes' with Gavin and many others more

56:42 - The magic in storytelling

Connect with Cory Camp:

• https://www.corycamp.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/corycamp/

Connect with Gavin McHale

• https://www.maverickcoachingacademy.ca/
• Linkedin
• Instagram