Pure Ambition

On today's episode, I chat with Antonio Vaglica, Founder of ConsistencyWins, Business Consultant for Stage 2 Growth Entrepreneurs, Advocate for Business-Athletes, and Host of The ConsistencyWins Podcast. A few years ago, Antonio was caught in a wave of self-pity after his MLB dreams came to an end. Now, he owns multiple businesses and is on a mission to help business athletes maximize their potential in all areas of life.

Key Points:

• What happens when your MLB dreams come to a halt
• What "relationship capital" is and why it's important
• Building systems that allow you to succeed
• Physical health and the correlation to wealth
• Stacking small wins daily to start seeing growth
• Running a 7-figure business at age 25
• Building a community of 100+ former athletes and now entrepreneurs
• Why you should ditch your morning routine
• How to structure your day for success
• Forcing leisure time into your life
• Creating operating procedures that allow you to grow and scale
• Books and podcasts everyone in their 20s should read and listen to
• Adopting the business athlete mentality
• Creating a healthy environment for work and leisure
• Setting boundaries in life to focus on priorities
• Delegating to grow and scale a business

Resources:

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There's the old saying that "the journey is the reward." Whatever you're pursuing, there are going to be more days that suck than ones that don't. But those tough days of training, those late nights in the office, or whatever work you are putting in are going to be the times you wish you could go back to. If we stay consistent, It's not a matter of IF we will reach our goals, it's a matter of WHEN we will hit them. Enjoy each step of the journey because it truly is the reward.

Challenge for the listener: write down 3 things you are grateful for that may seem like a struggle.

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Claire Bays is the host of the wellness podcast "Conversations with Claire", a trainer at Kollective - Austin's Premiere Social Performance Club, a PN Certified Nutrition Coach, Sober Alcoholic, Brand Builder, and Athlete competing within the spaces of CrossFit, HYROX, and OCR's. She grew up on fried chicken, played no sports growing up, and didn't identify as an athlete or go to a gym until she was in her 20s. She has overcome eating disorders, alcoholism and substance abuse, abusive relationships, and more. Claire feels that her life's mission is to help others realize versions of themselves that are unrecognizable to who they are today. She is passionate about sharing the tools she has learned to grow, heal and change - in order to inspire others to see that they are BEYOND capable with the right resources and support.

Key Points:

• Getting sober
• Do your actions align with your values?
• Habit stacking to become the person you want to be
• 17:31 Using nutrition as a tool to become a better version of yourself
• When to and when not to track your food
• Keeping nutrition simple to achieve specific goals
• Establishing a stronger relationship with food
• 3 healthy habits anyone can adopt
• Overcoming binge eating
• What happens when you eat processed carbs before bed
• Hate what's harming you
• How you interact with people is impacted by your nutrition
• What we consume determines the quality of our lives
• Mental, physical, and spiritual practices to become the best version of yourself
• Developing a gratitude practice is a cheat code for life
• Become a student of life
• The relationship between food and social media

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Do you ever get caught up in thinking so much about what you don't have that it stops you from taking action? In this short solo episode, I discuss the concept I was recently introduced to and how it can be applied to reshape our mindsets to take action as the person we are becoming, rather than the person that we are.

Challenge for the listener: think of one thing you want to have. How can you tweak what you are currently doing to be that thing you want, so you can take more action?

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Do you ever wonder what the habits of high achievers look like? I sat down with Michael Chernow to talk about the habits that took him from an addict to an entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. He shares the morning routine he follows that empowers him to be at his best each day and shares how we can create our own routines and adopt our own habits for success.

Michael is a Restaurateur + Entrepreneur, TV Host, Fitness Personality, and Family Man. He is the founder of Kreatures of Habit, a lifestyle and wellness brand which was born with one simple goal in mind—Give people the power to harness healthy habits from wake up to wind down. Most recently, they have released the PROATAGONIST, the world's most delicious, healthy, and optimized oatmeal on the planet.

• Being saved by the world of health and fitness
• There's no easy way to happiness, it just takes work
• every day, we have an opportunity to win if we can control the controllable
  • Every single successful person has lost more than they have won
• Getting sober at 23 years old
• Replacing bad habits with healthy ones
• Fitness and nutrition are the foundation for his happiness and success
• The value of stacking small wins
• every day we get an opportunity to win at life
• Being in the pursuit of better and not getting down on yourself for failing
• Michael's morning routine
• Morning routine tips for people in their 20's
  • Why we should all wake up early
• Why you should write out your fears
• Every day is the first day of the rest of your life
• Why strength training is the key to a long and healthy life
• Michael's definition of Ambition

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@michaelchernow on all platforms

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Whatever you are pursuing in life, there are always going to be resistance to show up. Some days that resistance might be stronger than others. Keep showing up and fighting for what you believe in and what you're pursuing. If you need support, reach out to me on IG, I'd love to help you anyway I can.

Sam Kuhnert is a Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and Founder and Executive Director of NubAbility Athletics Foundation. Sam was born with one hand, but that has never stopped him from embracing God's purpose for him. He overcame doubt, setbacks, negativity, and countless other obstacles to achieve his dream of playing college baseball. Owning his difference made all the difference in his ability to move forward with confidence in sports, even after many said he'd never play outside of rec level. He also faced a life-threatening illness and a bad injury that ended his college career before graduation.

At only 17 years old, Sam had a vision from God to create sports camps for kids like him. So, he founded NubAbility Athletics, a global non-profit charity that helps him teach thousands of children who have differences that they too can overcome challenges and live a triumphant purpose. As the founder and coach of NubAbility Athletics Foundation and speaker, Sam spends every single day working with kids and making real changes in their lives. God is using him to reach and encourage more kids in this capacity than he ever could have as a pro baseball player. His goal is to show kids how they can tap into God's purpose for them and become game changers for God too.

Key Points:

• Finding strength in God to ENDURE the challenges and circumstances he has been dealt
• There is no time to mourn or feel sorry for yourself
• Having resilience and faith in yourself and God
• Owning and embracing our differences
• No more incredible feeling than overcoming what people said you couldn't do
• Overcoming a rare disease that should have killed him
• Our faith is like a gravel road that we have to endure continually
• Bringing visions to creations
• Looking at failures as steps to success
• Anytime something goes wrong, there is something good coming on the other side
• God steers moving ships- keep moving
• Using fitness as a tool to overcome life's challenges
• The relationship between faith and fitness
• I'm going to be better today than I was yesterday
• Looking at life like game film: see what you did wrong and how you can improve
• Go to the grave with an empty vessel

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The results we get and the opportunities that are presented to us are a direct result of how much work we are putting in and the energy that we give off. In today's episode, I talk about how showing up with more energy will get us closer to our goals and create new opportunities.

Challenge for the listener: What is one thing you want to accomplish and how can you give more energy to it?

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ALEX WEBER is an International Keynote Speaker, Award-Winning Host for NBC, competitor on the Emmy-nominated series, American Ninja Warrior, and Author of the book, Fail Proof: Become The Unstoppable You. But Alex also knows what it feels like to hit challenges, self-doubt, uncertainty, and failures— and how you can overcome them. Alex gives you his system to be a leader in your life, realize your fullest self, and accomplish your biggest goals in your career, relationships, and life!

Key Points:

• Asking yourself what you want for your moments on earth
• Good things happen when you go all in
• Because we could do something doesn't mean we should
• How to prioritize and make more time in the day
• Being busy vs. being productive
• Why failure is a good thing
• How to find more failures in our lives
• The secret to genuinely building confidence
• Choosing to believe in yourself
• The pain of not doing something is worse than doing it
• The importance of building culture and community
• From coaching high school lacrosse to hosting American Ninja Warrior
• The best things happen when we are aligned and give our best
• Going all-in on the thing that is on your heart
• Starting a Men's group for high-achieving men

Connect with Alex:

IG: @iamalexweber

Men's Group: @menweadmire

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In today's episode, I share my fitness journey and the stories, experiences, triumphs, and tribulations that have gotten me to the point where I am today. While I played football and am currently training for the Philadelphia marathon, there have been many hurdles I have had to overcome along the way. My mission is to empower others to become the best versions of themselves and I am a firm believer that it starts with prioritizing our health and wellness. I hope my story inspires you to take action and move the needle forward. If you have any questions on how to get started on your health and wellness journey but need help doing so, hit me up on social media, my links are down below.

Challenge for the listener: Write down one thing you can day to start prioritizing your health and wellness and move the needle forward. This could be as simple as going for a walk on your lunch break or spending a few minutes stretching before bed.

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