Pure Ambition

Episode 52 - Jonah Mitchell and Hannah Montoya are a husband and wife duo who specialize in helping people lose fat healthily and sustainably without sacrificing the foods they love. Jonah is a former college football player, Certified Personal Trainer, and Nutrition Coach. His wife Hannah handles content creation, marketing and advertising, finance, and other business entities. They currently run their business remotely as they are traveling around the country and living in an RV. Together they also host the "Fat Loss is Easy" Podcast and provide incredible value in their Facebook group "Fast and Easy Fat Loss Tips."

In this episode, Jonah and Hannah share the reason why they are so passionate about helping people lose fat and enhance their lives and how failed attempts at fat loss themselves led them to this niche. We also discuss the struggles as well as the rewards that come from running a service-based business and some of the key things to take into account when working with clients. Jonah and Hannah share some of the struggles they have faced while running a business together and how they have overcome and grown from these dilemmas.

Imposter syndrome is something many tend to feel, especially when marketing and advertising for a business on social media. These two share what they believe to be effective strategies to break free from this feeling as well as what you should be focusing on as an entrepreneur to achieve and sustain growth. I admire these two for the work they do and the mindset they live with. Two of my favorite quotes from them in this conversation are: "be happy for what you have, but never be satisfied," and "if you're lacking ambition, maybe you're lacking vision."

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Show Timeline:

0:39 - what it has been like running a business from an RV

4:36 - the transition from in-person to hybrid to fully online

7:55 - divide and conquer to be successful

10:15 - investing in a coach and continuing to grow the business

13:50 - transitioning to fast and easy fat loss from athlete for life

19:00 - marketing, social media, and how to acquire and keep clients

24:05 - mistake that you made that you wish you could go back and tell yourself

28:00 - biggest myths in the industry and in fat loss

32:10 - what excites them about their business

35:30 - what comes to mind when they hear "ambition" and what it means to them

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Episode 51 - Matt Choi is a former D1 football player from Monmouth University and is currently a personal trainer in the DMV area, specifically in Maryland, where he helps athletes and the general population reach their health and wellness goals. He is also the host of The Athlete's Marathon Podcast where he interviews former athletes that have transitioned out of their sport and into entrepreneurship or their careers. Matt enjoys challenging himself mentally and physically through various types of workouts and challenges that may seem a bit crazy. Most notably, he has recently completed a 50-mile ultramarathon in Utah and is currently training for a 100-mile ultra this September.

Matt shares how finding discomfort and then pushing through it has transformed his life pushes him to be the best version of himself everyday so that he can inspire others to break their own perceived limitations. He also shares his definition of ambition and how he uses it in his daily life.

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Episode 50 - I decided to make a list of things that I have learned about life after having the opportunity to converse with the amazing guests that have been kind enough to come on the show as guests and share their knowledge, wisdom, experience, and expertise. I then pulled the 7 that I believe to be the most relatable and worthy of sharing. I hope that you find some value in this shorter reflective episode and use these mantras to elevate your life in whichever form best suited for you. Many thanks to each guest and listener thus far, your support truly means the world to me! Cheers to many more.

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Episode 49 - Natalie is the owner and operator of Fit Addicted Nutrition. She is a former pro athlete, and a recovered fitness addict and dieter who's now focused on creating health and vitality in the body using a more freeing and intuitive approach to food and fitness. She specializes in fat loss for women as it pertains to the female hormones, female metabolism, and the female psyche. In her high touch 1on1 coaching program, FitChic Academy, she teaches women how to look and feel while finally breaking FREE from their obsessive ties around the gym and food.

In this episode, Natalie talks about her time as a professional athlete and how she fell into the trap of using PED's and ultimately got banned from the Crossfit Games. She opens up about her struggles with being obsessive over her physique and physical appearance and how it led her down a dark path and ultimately caused her some severe mental, physical, and emotional harm. After overcoming her unhealthy relationship with food and living with chronic anxiety and stress as well as muscular fatigue, she now understands that the only way to truly be happy and content is to practice self-love, which is in all of us. Throughout this conversation, she shares her own stories, how she was able to find a path to happiness, and how others can do the same.

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Episode 48 - Albert "Albie" Masland, Jr, is a runner of continents, husband, father, lover of humans, and liver of life. Albie is the Vice President of Government Sales at NuFabrx where they hold the patent to "put medicine in your clothes" to support pain, recovery, medical applications, and beyond. Before that, he served in various programmatic and partnership roles with Travis Manion Foundation where they empower Veterans and Families of Fallen Heroes to develop character in future generations. He also ran 3,205 miles across the USA in support of the Travis Manion Foundation.

In this episode, Albie shares how shame, failure, and a lack of purpose ultimately led him to run across the United States. When you are doing something or are a part of something bigger than yourself, you can grit your teeth together, push harder, and get the job done. On top of that, you will be able to discover just how far you can test your mind, body, and spirit. Albie ran across the country and found himself along the way.

We also discuss different ways to get out of a funk and back on track, why it is important to do the things that "suck" in life, the benefits of moving your body, exercising, and dancing, the power of manifestation, all of the lessons Albie still carries with him after running across the country, who he would invite to a dinner party, and much more.

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Episode 47 - Shaun Ziegler is the Host of TOS Talks, Founder & Owner of Zieg's Landscaping, Founder of Fresh Press Customs, Startup Consultant & Investor. He is passionate about improving this world through innovative technologies and by encouraging and influencing people to begin to work together through open-minded conversations regardless of their differences and opinions.

In our conversation, Shaun and I discuss why he dropped out of school to focus on building businesses and gaining real-life experiences, how to balance doing many things at once, the importance of prioritization, how to train your mind through meditation, what we both think about the current state of the world, why he decided to start his podcast, and he shares his answer to the four people he would invite to a dinner party.

Shaun is a good friend of mine and it is inspiring to see how hard he works and what he has been able to accomplish. I hope this episode puts into perspective that we all have our journey and life to live and we cannot compare ourselves to others. Having a strong and focused mindset is key to getting what you want in life.

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Episode 46 - Jonah Mitchell is a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition coach in Denver, Colorado whose goal is to help individuals use health and fitness to not only get in the best shape of their life but also amplify their experiences in life. He is a former College Football player and graduate of Western Colorado University. He is the creator of the Athlete For Life Challenge in which purpose is to help current and former athletes get in the best shape of their life without doing endless cardio or starving themselves.

If you are a former athlete, you know the sting of strapping up the pads, lacing up the cleats, or putting on the uniform for the last time. You feel like you have lost a piece of yourself. That has been your identity for as long as you can remember. Jonah and I talk about his journey post-football and his failed attempt at trying to continue playing. However, he also shares how he found himself during the darkest time in his life and his lifelong struggle with mental health. Additionally, we discuss how to break the barriers of self-doubt and limitation we put on ourselves, how the fear of failure is crippling to our self-growth, how diet and physical health affect all areas of our lives, finding a new identity once you voluntarily, or involuntarily move on from something, controlling the controllable, and more!

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Episode 45 - Kait Devir is a Division 1 lacrosse player at Boston College, YouTuber, Photographer, Videographer, and Content Creator. In her spare time, she also works for the Boston College Digital Team and was recently offered a position as a content creator for the new Women's Lacrosse Pro League, which will be their first year. When you come across Kait's content, you will quickly see that she loves the life she lives and hopes to inspire others to follow their passions. Kait's main focus is on fitness, nutrition, the life of a collegiate athlete, health and wellness, and living life to the fullest with the people that mean the most to her. More of her content can also be found on her separate Instagram pages focusing on her media work and her passion for nutrition. Throughout the conversation, we discuss what it is like balancing so many different hobbies and responsibilities, how she continues to learn and grow her skills, the student-athlete life, why you should not pay attention to likes and views on social media, conquering the fear of being on camera, what her advice would be to anyone looking to start creating, and much more!

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Episode 44 - Today I welcome to the podcast Ben Herskowitz, better known as "Ben Books" in the digital world. Ben is a wildly impressive guy and you would not expect the things he is doing to be done at age 19. He shares why he was drawn to the reselling game, specifically books, and why he decided to skip his high school graduation last summer. Later in the conversation, he also gives some insight on the sports card game, why it is such a booming niche in the reselling game, and even some big wins he has had buying and selling cards. Recently, he has teamed up with a fellow guest on this podcast (Jarod Weaver, Episode 9) to launch a podcast of their own called "Finding Your FIRE" which is geared toward helping individuals become more financially literate and how they can put together strategies to retire early. We discuss all of this and much more! Ben is an entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word and I had a great time meeting and learning from him. Make sure to connect with him and follow along with him as he documents his journey. Thanks for tuning in!

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Episode 43 - In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk to the legend himself, Tim Seifert. Tim is the Senior Vice President, Head of Annuity Sales at Lincoln Financial Group, an esteemed and sought-after public speaker, guru in the financial services industry, expert on leadership, teacher, coach, mentor, and has been featured in many business journals and magazines including the Philadelphia Business Journal. He is known for his entertaining, genuine, and passionate way of speaking and capturing the attention of any audience. He has also scaled and conquered Mt. Kilimanjaro. The bottom line, when he speaks, people listen.

Tim was kind enough to talk with me about the journey of his life and how he has achieved such great successes. He explains the art of taking safe failures, how gratitude is one of the driving forces in his life and was instilled into him by his mother, what advice he would give to his younger self, how we can all find hope in uncertain times, his 5 factors of success, leadership tips he has learned from people he has met such as David Goggins and Jesse Itzler, and much more. We even sneaked some talk in about our beloved Eagles. Whether you are an established professional, parent, student, teenager, there is something for everyone to take away from Tim's impeccable leadership skills and wisdom shared in this conversation. I hope you all enjoy this episode! See the links below to check out more information on Tim Seifert, as well as connect with!

More on Tim Seifert:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timjseifert/

Article Published in the Philadelphia Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2019/05/02/lincoln-financial-exec-seifert-kilimanjaro.html

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