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Feel free to reach out to Presence if you have suggestions or ideas   Alex Wisch is a leading Peak Human Performance and Executive "Flow" Coach. He has worked with top industry leaders to optimize their businesses, maximize their productivity, create sustainable performance, improve their health, and elevate their leadership skills. In addition, he has helped companies turn ideas into multi-million dollar revenue-producing opportunities, along with assisting large corporations to target strategic partnerships and investors.   Prior to Alex’s successes, he battled over 8 years of crippling Major Depression that left him on disability, unemployed, and penniless. Doctors told him he should accept his situation and move on because they believed there was little hope he would get better. With a lot of grit, Alex defied the odds and soared out of the ashes into a life filled with unique accomplishments.  Outside of business, Alex is an outspoken mental health advocate. He does yearly fitness feats to raise awareness and money for mental health. In May 2021, Alex wore a 24 lbs vest and completed 1000 pull-ups, 2000 push-ups, and 3000 squats in 6 hours and 8 minutes, while raising $37,000. In May of 2023, Alex is planning to break the world record for most vertical feet rock climbed in 24 hours, being over 29,130 feet. Once again, his goal is to raise awareness around the stigma of mental illness and raise money for veterans' mental health.

Website: WischFit.com

LinkedIn: alexwisch

Instagram: @wisch.fit

After a really long break in navigating my career as a 20 something year old. 2022 taught me many lessons and one being how important the it starts with action philosophy is to me.  

As a career focused individual, 2022 helped me realise the importance of personal life in business. Without bringing your best self to the table, you can't do your best or bring out the best in others. Taking care of yourself should be your no.1 goal if you want success. Taking care of your health, sleep. mind , habits etc learning how to make decisions, how to have a healthy love life etc THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT - I lost sight of how until I hit another rock bottom last year which caused many reflections and realisations - many topics important to be discussed which is why I'm excited to be back with greater intention to provide more value to listeners. 

Happy New year !

In this episode, we discuss how we can improve our gut health and kick start 2022. January is usually the time everyone realizes they want to set better habits and improve their health and productivity. Well, good news! In this episode, Ben explains the importance of the gut, how we can improve our gut health, why fasting can help the gut, the importance of having a strong mindset, how to embrace failures and a lot more! Be prepared to learn new lessons and see changes when you take action! 

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Ben's contact details : 

https://www.instagram.com/bensmithlive/

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Hello amazing people! Just wanted to update you on everything life and podcast , excited to be back!

In this episode we are joined by David to discuss his journey of starting 11 :FS, how to start a startup and the future on FinTech, how to spot opportunities and more. 

Key takeaways:

➢ If you do not hire, fire, train and reward on things that matter to you then your culture

becomes more or less meaningless

➢ A skill that differentiates people from the others is delivery. Can they deliver?

➔ Be action oriented

➔ About moving forward

➔ Not scared to put yourself out there

➔ You can hustle

➔ You can move things forward

➔ A growth/ positive mindset

➔ You are aware you can make change and allow things to happen

➢ The times you spend not doing anything allows you to put things into perspective

➢ “There is no point trying to fix a problem that by the time you are credible would be fixed”

Timestamps:

01:10 - Overview

01:55 - Introduction

02:05 - How did it begin?

05:08 - What made you come up with the idea of 11:FS?

07:40 - What do you think is missing ? How do you see the future of Fintech?

11:36 - How did you find your co-worker?

13:48 - What is the hardest challenge you've faced and how did you overcome it?

16:29 - What is the most important skill/trait for aspiring entrepreneurs?

20:57 - Do you think it is harder to introduce a start -up in the fin-tech space?

23:25 - Do you have a process on how you think?

27:55 - What do you think is the biggest problem in the financial Industry?

31:18 - What does your next best version of yourself look like?

Learn more about 11:FS 

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It's the summertime already and the first year of university went by so quickly! A quick solo episode about life and my personal development and career journey. If you want to reach out to me and share how you found the episode - send me a message! 

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL Athlete, American Ninja Warrior on NBC, international speaker, host of the Aww Shift podcast, and the founder of Identity Shift coaching. He uses cutting edge science and psychology to upgrade how you operate so you can elevate your life and business to reach your full potential. After being given away into foster care at 3 years old, being adopted into an all white family at 14, losing his NFL career to injury and more he learned how to shift at a very young age, and now his life mission is teaching others how to Make Shift Happen in their lives.

In this episode we talked about communication and identity shifting. How to navigate hard times and shift into the 2.0 version of you!

Where you can learn more about Anthony : 

Instagram: anthonytrucks

Website: https://anthonytrucks.com/

As Gary Vee suggests: document the journey. 

I'm Presence, a 20 year old student and host of the podcast, over the years I've changed a lot and since starting the podcast, I've learnt so much more about myself- more importantly, the blocks holding me back. I wanted to document the journey of life so that I can listen back in a couple of years but also to be real and honest with who and where I am at to my listeners - if it helps someone think more about life, feel less alone, or gain some insight then please consider following along my journey through following on Spotify and Apple podcasts as well as leave a review! Thank you!

Matt Gagnon is a professional Co-Active coach certified by the Coaches Training Institute, credentialed by the International Coach Federation, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, keynote speaker, best selling author, and brings 15 years of corporate sales and leadership experience

 Key takeaways:

Timestamps:

00:42 - How did it all start?

05:44 - Was one of your biggest turning points because you were burning out?

09:56 - What were the mindset challenges that you had to overcome to start your business?

17:20 - What kind of routines really helped you? And why is it so important

31:01 - What is the difference between the people who stick to their routine and those who stick to it and then get off track?

36:20 - DO you have any tips on how to start truly believing in yourself?

43:05 - How do you know when it is logic and when it is fear (limiting beliefs)

47:59 - How do you encourage other people to unearth the truth?

51:37 - What do you think makes a coach a great coach?

57:39 - In terms of values, what are your values ?

61:54 - What does your next  best version of yourself look like? And, how do you plan to get there?

 Key takeaways : 

- Design your life: write out exactly how it looks like and what YOU want 

- Follow your gut for 100 days 

- Anxiety and Depression comes from the body - get outside and move 

- build confidence and self esteem with stretch goals