We brought on Eric Cheng, CEO and Found of 12 Creative is an Edmonton based full service creative and social media marketing agency that specializes in being your trusted marketing partner.

We chatted about his story on how he got into marketing, the early stages of 12 Creative and How he was kidnapped! Reach out to Eric on [email protected] IG @ericcheng.12

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In this episode, Qashus and Yousaf Saeed discuss their past business relationship and how sometimes going into business with your friends is a bad thing.  

 

My name is Sachin and I have been involved with fitness in some form or another since I was a teenager. I went to high school in Plano, Texas and while on the wrestling team, I learned an important lesson that has become the foundation of my life:   I returned to Canada after high school, and unfortunately my commitment to fitness wavered drastically. My late 20s when I really took up an active lifestyle again. At the age of 27, I got a new job, and with it a revelation - I was 230 lbs and clearly overweight. I didn't like the person looking back at me from the mirror, so, I got a membership at my local gym and began to lift.   The gym became a sanctuary, and I began to look and feel better. The pounds were shed and confidence was gained. Eventually, I transitioned into bodybuilding, competing for a decade.   Changes in life brought about changes in perspective, and I realized I was losing interest in bodybuilding. I knew I still wanted to train and compete, so I began looking for new places to focus my energy.     I ended up deciding to take up Brazilian jiujitsu. I'd always wanted to try it, and as it turns out, it was one of the hardest and most satisfying activities I had ever tried! At 39 years young, I put on my very first gi and took to the mats. I was fairly strong from bodybuilding, but I realized I was sorely lacking when it came to my cardiovascular conditioning. Keeping up with better conditioned and younger practitioners was hard, but like I learned from my wrestling days in Plano, I put in the work and slowly but surely, my cardio improved.   As you all know, COVID-19 changed a lot of things, and for me it meant having to pause my BJJ training only four years in. I was unable to hit the mats, and to make matters worse, I wasn't even able to go to the gym. Physical activity has always been my outlet, so I knew I had to think of alternatives on how to keep myself sane.   Again, I thought back to my high school wrestling days, and remembered how much I hated running. With everything shut down, I was left with no other alternative so I decided to take up the thing I dreaded....running.   In August 2020, I laced up my runners and hit the pavement. ​ I'd love to tell you I was a natural, but it would be a lie. I struggled to do 5 km, but I stuck to it. I ran, even on the days I didn't want to, and slowly, I started feeling better about it. Forward to 2022 I have raised over 20K for veterans through my run to remember initiative running 100km with plans ahead to run across the country of Canada.