Welcome back to another solo episode of Jacked and Happy! I recently attended a roundtable event for entrepreneurs, and I want to talk about some of my biggest takeaways from the event.

In this episode I talk about:

[2:00] It’s important to find people who push you outside of your comfort zone

[4:20] Your skills are already inside of you, you just need to show up and practice 

[5:10] Paying to play makes you show up

[7:30] If you can overcome the emotions of the moment, the world is yours

[9:20] Don’t get in your own way… show up anyway 

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy

Welcome to the first solo episode of Jacked and Happy! Instead of talking with a guest today, I want to talk with you about something I have been having a lot of conversations around lately. My goal is for this conversation to keep you in the energy creation and gaining control of your daily habits.

In this episode I talk about:

[1:20] We are not our past

[2:45] Your habits can change whenever you decide they are going to change

[4:30] How are you talking to yourself and dreaming your future up?

[7:00] I look up to the people who are obsessed with opportunities, not with what’s going wrong

[8:50] Stay in the energy creation 

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy

Rob Murgatroyd is a featured top 200 iTunes Podcaster with his hit show “The Next Chapter”. He features the world’s foremost thought leaders on personal transformation and business strategies like Lewis Howes, Heidi Powel and Phil Rosenthol. Rob is highly regarded as the ultimate authority on “regret management”. His sought-after International The Next Chapter experiences are known the world over for there transformative and revolutionary approach to masterminds.

In this episode we talk about:

[1:40] How Rob defines happiness

[3:54] Coming up with your one page north star 

[7:40] How Rob and his wife used their vision board to bring their vision to life

[11:35] Contrast creates clarity

[12:50] How Rob created a daily schedule that feels balanced 

[16:30] Move your levers to align with what you value

[19:45] Create a list of areas you want to improve in your life and revisit every week

[23:15] Why Rob created a couples experience 

[32:55] What does it feel like to create an experience that impacts people?

[40:00] Learning to enjoy your life now before its too late

www.Nextchaptershow.com

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy 

Pat Smith is a Licensed Consultant for NeuroChangeSolutions, a company ran by Dr. Joe Dispenza, and a Health Optimization Coach. He combines holistic health with subconscious rewiring to help men optimize their emotional, mental, and physical health.

In this episode we talk about:

[2:40] What Pat is jacked for this year

[9:25] How Pat defines happiness 

[12:55] Pats transition from corporate to entrepreneurship

[17:05] How Pat overcomes self doubt and negative thoughts

[18:20] Utilizing meditation in daily life 

[20:30] The unknown is the best place to take action from

[23:50] Switch your mindset from lack to abundant

[32:15] Ways the Pat has invested into himself

[34:45] The biggest reasons people don’t invest in themselves

[39:00] Reprogramming your mindset changes the lives of everyone in your family, not just you

[46:45] Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone. What’s best for your mental, emotional, and physical health?

Connect with Pat:

www.patsmithwellness.com

Instagram: @patsmithwellness

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy

Dr. Matthew Zanis, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, OCS, ATC, CSCS, owner of Rooted in MVMNT, is a human movement and vitality expert. Dr Zanis attained his bachelor’s in athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University. He is a strength and conditioning coach, orthopedic specialist, and fellowship trained in manual therapy. Dr. Zanis works with a broad demographic from Olympians, including the athletes of USA Shooting, to Navy Special Warfare and everyone in between. His vision is to create an awareness of new ways of working with the human body in rehabilitation, performance, and coaching circles, and bring that alive for strength and conditioning and rehabilitation professionals alike through a philosophy that is rooted in movement.

In this episode we talk about:

[3:00] What Matt is jacked about for this year

[7:00] Stepping into the new version of yourself

[8:03] Matt’s definition of happiness

[11:40] Is doing more bringing you happiness?

[14:00] Generational health is just as important as generational wealth

[17:40] Teach your brain safety and security to avoid pain or injury 

[19:40] Purposefully putting your body through stress through exercise will help you navigate stress in your life

[23:50] Learn from your own physical failures

[32:00] A lot of low back pain is emotional, not physical

[40:20] The importance of your feet connecting with the ground

[44:15] Complacency breeds mediocrity

[49:40] What MVMT stands for

Connect with Matt:

www.rootedinmvmnt.com

Instagram: @rootedinmvmnt

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy

Kristofor Healey is a former DHS Special Agent who has more than 15 years of experience in federal law enforcement as a Top-Secret clearance holder directing large scale, multi-defendant fraud and public corruption investigations and high-risk tactical operations, domestically and overseas. As a Special Agent, Healey spent 10 years on the Southwest Border, served on various federal task forces, testified in criminal proceedings as a Subject Matter Expert on tele-fraud, represented the U.S. Government on overseas missions and has been a featured speaker at law enforcement and industry conferences and training academies. Healey's investigative work has been featured in national media profiles and his work investigating India based tele-fraud networks targeting Americans is the subject of the hit Sony Music/ Campside Media podcast Scam Likely which chronicled his team's identification, arrest and extradition of the head of the IRS telephone scam. Healey is a husband, father, former ultra-endurance athlete and co-owner of numerous businesses in the coaching, mentorship and consulting space with his wife Lacy. He is the host of The Indispensable Man Podcast and author of Indispensable: A Tactical Plan for the Modern Man.

In this episode we talk about:

[3:20] How Kris got into working with Homeland Security 

[9:00] Insight into how the DEA works 

[12:45] What is a king pin really like?

[17:00] What makes the Singapore jail so tough

[20:15] What motivates Kris and keeps him going in his career

[29:20] Kris’ definition of happiness 

[33:00] The process of adopting their daughters from China

[39:45] The misconception about successful people (however you define it)

[42:30] No one is an overnight success. Put in the work consistently every day 

[44:15] Get okay with failing and sucking at things

Connect with Kris:

www.kristoforhealey.com

Instagram: @team_healey

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy

Gabe is just a very even keeled guy married to his entrepreneur wife, with a couple of kids (23 & 18 years old). He had a very successful career in blood banking before having an issue with alcohol that led to him spending 6 months in jail. Gabe shares his story with me as he celebrates his 10 year Soberversary.

In this episode we talk about:

[2:00] What Gabe is jacked for this year

[6:50] How Gabe defines happiness

[8:40] How hiking has helped Gabe with sobriety 

[14:30] What led to Gabe’s sobriety 

[23:40] What Gabe learned from the Alpha Program 

[29:30] Gabe’s experience in jail 

[35:40] Gabe’s advice for anyone who might think they have a substance abuse problem

[39:15] How Gabe and his wife prioritize their communication and utilize therapy

Connect with Gabe:

Instagram: @g_koose

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy 

Aisha Marshall is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree, Founder of WHXTE- a fine jewelry brand, and Host of the Butterfly SZN Podcast. She's also one of my good friends and one of the funniest people I know!

In this episode we talk about:

[2:36] What Aisha is jacked about this year

[4:31] How Aisha defines happiness

[7:01] Aisha’s experience with anxiety 

[11:46] What Aisha has changed to help mange her anxiety

[17:16] How Aisha learned that being competitive was a toxic trait she needed to change

[20:31] You adopt the habits of the people you’re watching, online and in real life

[23:26] Learning how to say “no”

[27:26] To get to where you want to go, sometimes you have to give things up instead of add things on your plate

[32:21] Aisha’s journey with microdosing

[39:41] Redefining trauma

[48:26] The unlearning of what it takes to find alignment 

[51:56] Connect with Aisha

Connect with Aisha:

www.aishamarshall.com

www.butterflyszn.com

Instagram: @aisha

@itsbutterflyszn

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy 

Steve Valentine is a Real Estate Strategist & Team Leader, Entrepreneur, Investor. He crafts a path for others to create multi-generational wealth by sharing his proven methods, mentoring, giving actual opportunities, stories and most importantly, his personal experience in real estate investing and solutions. He is not shy about his experiences of coming back from the brink of bankruptcy and growing a portfolio worth $50,000,000 and more than 80 single family homes. He’s passionate about solving other people’s problems, a master at unconventional solutions and fearless when it comes to his investing strategies and solutions! He’s an avid classic car enthusiast, loves pickle- ball and racquetball and when he’s not handcrafting real estate solutions for clients, students, and his family, you can find him surprising his friends with confetti cannons, he is quite the prankster.

In this episode we talk about:

[1:59] How Steve defines happiness

[4:29] What Steve is jacked about this year

[7:39] The importance of leading by example, especially for your kids

[10:29] The mindset shift when you say “we can’t afford it”

[11:34] The best investment Steve has ever made

[19:14] Is it a good time to buy real estate?

[24:34] How Steve transformed his health

[32:54] What Steve’s morning routine looks like

[34:44] Unwavering faith, extraordinary effort, no matter the results

[36:29] You either win or learn, but you never lose

[41:29] If you can be consistent whether you’re feeling it or not, you will succeed. 

[43:44] Check out Steve’s book

Connect with Steve:

www.SteveDValentine.com

Instagram: @stevedvalentine

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy 

Have you ever been to a personal or professional development conference? You know, where you sit in a large (windowless) conference room with a few hundred or thousand others and listen to speakers all day from 8am - 5pm with little breaks? Guys Trip founder, Kyle Depiesse, got frustrated with this style of learning and usually found that he would skip the afternoon sessions of those events and instead go surfing, golfing, hiking or whatever other adventure was available.  Afterall, you could probably catch the keynote on YouTube anyway!

Kyle spent 13 years in Corporate America attending all these development and leadership conferences and thought there was a better way to learn and connect.  After burning out in Corporate America, he became a High School Business teacher and became obsessed with the process of uncovering learning.  After 2 years of teaching, Kyle was promoted to a stay at home dad. Soon after, these Guys Trips moved from an idea to a reality!

In this episode we talk about:

[3:40] Kyle is most excited about living in the moment

[4:10] When you look for the gift, you will always find gifts

[8:30] How Kyle defines happiness

[11:50] How Kyle got into creating and hosting guys’ trips 

[18:15] Once you understand the value you bring, you can own it

[28:40] What would happen if you just got out of your own way?

[30:35] Common things that men are struggling with today

Connect with Kyle:

www.guystrip.co

Instagram: @kyle_depiesse

Connect with Elliot:

www.vacationequitygroup.com

Instagram: @elliotrschwartz 

@jackednhappy