The MENtal Muscle-Up Podcast: The Cure For Mental Masturbation

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EP029 - Episodes 029 through 032 of IBI were inspired by a super short video by Alex Hermozi that is absolutely packed with notable quotables that I stumbled upon while sitting on the couch on New Year's Eve while in one of my pits, and man, am I ever grateful that I did because this video got me to do the one thing I can never seem to get myself to do when I'm in my pits - take action!

This episode of IBI is for you if...

You're the type of entrepreneur who is constantly skipping from idea to idea without ever seeing any to completion so you're no better off today than you were a year ago, three years ago, or even a decade ago. 

FACT - Nothing will ever change in your world unless and until you take action.

So here is the first small, specific, and simple action I am CHALLENGING you to take RFN (Right F#cking Now!)...

Go to https://ignitetheimpact.com/mmu right now to download your FREE MMU Blueprint so you can Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world NOW!

Hope you enjoy the episode, my friend.

Until next time...we got this!

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EP028 - I had no idea how transformational this episode was going to be when I first started putting it together. We're going to dive deep into what it means to be a man these days, tackle the topic of toxic masculinity, and discuss what men like you and I can do to keep ourselves from destroying our lives from the inside out.

This episode of IBI is for you if...

MMU#1 (7:21) - You're an entrepreneur who struggles with being a perfectionist and, as a result, you're not where you want to be with your business or your idea.

MMU#2 (28:50) - You're a man who is struggling emotionally and you want something other than your typical therapy to help get you out of your mental and emotional darkness.

MMU#3 (44:36) - You're a man who holds back rather than speaks up because you're worried about offending others or creating conflict and you're tired of holding back but don't know how to begin speaking up

MMU #4 (54:28) - You're a man who has a habit of checking out when life gets hard and you need something or someone to help you break out of your checkout mode.

FACT - Nothing will ever change in your world unless and until you take action.

So here is the first small, specific, and simple action I am CHALLENGING you to take RFN (Right F#cking Now!)...

Go to https://ignitetheimpact.com/mmu right now to download your FREE MMU Blueprint so you can Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world NOW!

Hope you enjoy the episode, my friend.

Until next time...we got this!

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EP027 - This episode of IBI is all about getting into some of the core challenges we face as men. Relationship issues, finding and living your purpose, and getting over procrastination are just a few of the things we're going to crush in today's episode.

This episode of IBI is for you if...

MMU#1 (3:30) - You have a message you want to share with the world but you're scared as sh#t to actually put it out there or maybe you don't know where to start.

MMU#2 (20:18) - You want to pound through procrastination once and for all because it is keeping you from completing or even starting something that you know would totally change the game for you.

MMU#3 (36:37) - Your relationship is in trouble and you want to stop the bleeding before the patient that is your relationship dies on the table.

MMU #4 (54:06) - You're tired of listening to the gurus and getting nowhere and want a super simple solution to connect with men who will inspire you to take the consistent action you need to take to finally transform your world and your life.

FACT - Nothing will ever change in your world unless and until you take action.

So here is the first small, specific, and simple action I am CHALLENGING you to take RFN (Right F#cking Now!)...

Go to https://ignitetheimpact.com/mmu right now to download your FREE MMU Blueprint so you can Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world NOW!

Hope you enjoy the episode, my friend.

Until next time...we got this!

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EP026 - This episode of IBI is inspired by a Challenge I recently issue to myself aptly named the Ignite the Impact Challenge where, for 24 days, I will complete 24 MMUs using quotes from 4 of my favorite books. Why am I doing this? Because the MMUs are fucking awesome but more importantly I will be launching the Ignite the Impact Challenge officially in the new year, and this is considered my warm-up round.

For 4 of the MMUs I am using inspiration from the book The Way of the Superior Man, and for the bonus MMU I am using a quote from the book The War of Art.

Let me break down the episode with a super quick summary of the quotes I used for inspiration, and then you decide whether or not one or all of them are worth a listen...

MMU#1 (5:11) - “Good friends should not tolerate mediocrity in one another. If you are at your edge, your men friends should respect that, but not let you off the hook. They should honor your fears, and, in love, continue to goad you beyond them, without pushing you.”

MMU#2 (16:22) - “Without a conscious life-purpose a man is totally lost, drifting, adapting to events rather than creating events. Without knowing his life-purpose, a man lives a weakened, impotent existence, perhaps eventually becoming even sexually impotent, or prone to mechanical and disinterested sex.”

MMU#3 (41:20) -  “When you do your tasks in the right way, they liberate your life energy so that you can attend to what really matters - the investigation, realization, and embodiment of true freedom. Do you even know what this means? Have you devoted yourself to finding out the deepest truth of your own existence? If, in this very moment, your tasks are not supporting your life in this way, you must drop them or change them so that they do. Otherwise, you are wasting your life.”

MMU #4 (101:12) - “A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear. And a fearful man who still leans into his fear, living at his edge and putting his gift out from there, is more trustworthy and more inspirational than a fearful man who hangs back in the comfort zone, unwilling to even experience his fear on a day to day level.”

BONUS MMU (126:56) - “It is one thing to study war, and another thing to live the Warrior’s life.”

Now that we've got that outta the way, here is what I am going to challenge you to do right now:

Hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact so you can be one of the first to know when I launch the Morning Muscle-Up For Men Manual that has literally saved my life.

The manual is the answer to a very simple yet powerful question - how do we as men learn to master the challenges of relationships, and physical and mental health, as well as discover our purpose in life?

So, if you want to be one of the first to give the manual a go and ignite the impact you wish to see in your world, hit me up @ignitetheimpact RFN.

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EP025 - Season 2 Premiere! This one goes out to all my MEN out there. November is Men's Health Month and while Movember might be a thing in terms of growing a mustache, I question whether or not awareness of men's mental health issues is gaining traction. But...rather than question it why not contribute to it, which is what this episode (and potentially this entire podcast) will be about.

Let me break down the episode with a super quick summary of the quotes and stories I'll be going over and then you decide whether or not one or all of them are worth a listen...

MMU#1 (6:09) - “I would much sooner take a call from a friend that was crying than attend his funeral.” - Paddy "The Baddy" Pimblett

Long Story Short - I have friends who I know deep down are not doing ok but I’m afraid to bring it up because I don’t know if they want to talk about it.

MMU#2 (12:33)- “Give a man a purpose and the ability to achieve it he’ll crawl over broken glass with a smile. The problem is that when you get men in and you make them feel seen and like they’re safe and stuff like that a lot of the time I don’t think that that’s necessarily what men want. It’s a DOING thing.” - Max Dickins, Modern Wisdom EP511

Long Story Short - I’m fucking tired of not knowing what my purpose is let alone how to live it.

MMU#3 (28:30) - “If you don’t accept that men have a different social style or have different social preferences you can’t do too much about male loneliness and mental health."

Long Story Short - It’s so hard to connect with other men because we’re never in a situation where we can make the connections that truly matter.

MMU #4 (39:31) - “So I think often maybe men don’t understand they’re having mental health problems or we don’t understand men are having it because they’re doing things that don’t look like depression. They’re not crying, they’re not on people’s shoulder, they’re not low energy. They’re just not there!” - Max Dickins

Long Story Short - I am concerned about the men in my life because I really can’t tell how they are truly feeling and what kind of mental shape they are in.

BONUS MMU (53:30) - “I think there is a cultural idea that your beloved should be everything to you - your emotional home, your sexual home, your home for fun and leisure, as well as the parent you co-parent with. That’s a lot of pressure. It also shrinks your life if you’re not careful.” - Max Dickins

Long Story Long - I almost killed what has turned out to be the most amazing romantic relationship I have ever had by committing the cardinal fucking sin in relationships - making your partner everything in your world.

Now that we've got that outta the way, here is what I am going to challenge you to do right now:

Hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact so you can be one of the first to know when I launch the journal (yet to be named) that has literally saved my life.

The journal is the answer to a very simple yet powerful question - how do we as men learn to master the challenges of relationships, physical and mental health, as well as discover our purpose in life?

So, if you want to be one of the first to give the journal a go and ignite the impact you wish to see in your world, hit me up @ignitetheimpact R

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Episode 024 is my baby. This episode represents all the trials and tribulations in my life that have led me to where I am now, which is a place of purpose, passion, and expansion. This is every gift I have received and the best lessons I have learned summed up as quickly as I possibly can so that you can take these 4 steps and Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world.

Let me sum this one up for you in one of my favorite ways - with the quotes that inspired each of this episode's Morning Muscle-Ups:

MMU #1 (4:37) - “What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.” - Joseph Stiglitz 

Long Story Short - In life, if you are not crystal clear on what success, happiness, and fulfillment look like in EVERY area then you are doomed to live a life of mediocrity.

MMU #2 (13:59) - “Forget about goals. Focus on systems instead. Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are the processes that lead to those results. In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level. Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves.” - James Clear, Atomic Habits

Long Story Short - Goal setting is bullshit and is everything wrong with self-help, self-improvement, and personal development. You don't need huge, audacious goals. You need systems that make hitting your targets (not goals) not only possible but inevitable.

MMU #3 (23:30) - “Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.”
 
Long Story Short - Even with the best systems in place, life is going to throw you a few curveballs more often than you would like. Knowing how to overcome those obstacles in advance with pre-determined strategies is what makes the system work as smoothly as possible.

MMU #4 (36:28) -“The mere act of tracking a habit can spark the urge to change it. 

Habit tracking also keeps you honest. Most of us have a distorted view of our own behavior. We think we act better than we do. Measurement offers one way to overcome our blindness to our own behavior and notice what’s really going on each day. When the evidence is right in front of you, you’re less likely to lie to yourself.” - James Clear, Atomic Habits

Long Story Short - Even with clear targets coupled with the right system and strategies, you'll never know if you're on the right path if you don't track and reflect on where you are compared to where you want to go.

MMU #5 - “Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.” - Harriet Lerner 

Long Story Short - Self-help is the biggest oxymoron out there next to jumbo shrimp. Those who succeed, succeed with others. Those who fail, fail alone. It's that simple.

COMING SOON! The Self-Help Junkie Journal (Digital version)

Without a doubt, the MMU has been the most impactful tool I have used in my self-help journey. In November of 2022, it will be available for download as a journal so that you can

• Get crystal clear on the challenges you're facing so you know exactly what you DO and DO NOT want to experience
• Get in touch with your INNER VOICE - the One Voice that knows YOUR truth better than any book or podcast you'll ever listen to
• Take

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Episode 023 of IBI was inspired by James Clear both from his interview with Rich Roll on the Rich Roll podcast as well as from his book Atomic Habits. We're crushing five Morning Muscle-Ups today so take em all in or check out the ONE in the description below that hits you the hardest at first glance.

This episode of IBI is for you if…

MMU #1 -  You can't seem to stay consistent when it comes to working out and eating healthy and you want a tried-and-true way to up your motivation to stick with it long-term (3:09)

MMU #2 - Your romantic relationship is lacking in romance hard and you want to know one of the biggest mistakes couples make without even realizing it so you can fix things before it's too late (10:53)

MMU #3 - You're not known for having a ton of patience and you'd like to get your emotions under control so that you don't lose your shit so easily (17:52)

MMU #4 - You struggle to build new habits and you want to know the two biggest mistakes people make when trying to start a new habit and how to avoid them. (26:36)

MMU #5 - You're an entrepreneur or wantrepreneur who feels stuck and you can't seem to find the right path for you. (36:13)


Which MMU will you do?

One of the best lines I got from this podcast was when James Clear said, “This is what in the book I call the difference between motion and action. Action can actually deliver a result but motion is related to that but never will.”

If you just listen to this, you're simply going through the motions.

If you want to take ACTION and actually see results, here is what I am challenging you to do right now:

Whichever MMU hit you the hardest, DO IT!

Need some support?

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Huge shout out to Rich Roll for inspiring this episode of IBI.

Click here to check out his interview with James Clear on The Rich Roll Podcast.

Until next time my friend...

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Episode 022 of IBI we're going back to the basics! If you're a fan of Rich Roll or James Clear, you'll love this one as I run through seven (yes, SEVEN!) Morning Muscle-Ups inspired by The Rich Roll Podcast episode with James Clear on Why Habits Are the Compound Interest of Self-Improvement

This episode of IBI is for you if…

MMU #1 - You're frustrated with how you look, feel, and perform and want something other than the typical bullshit fitness and nutrition advice so you can finally make changes that will actually last. (2:51)

MMU #2 - You're in a long-term relationship where the passion and excitement have disappeared and you don't want to end up like most couples who let the flame go out never to light it up again. (10:40)

MMU #3 - You have this neverending sense of stress, anxiety, and unease with your life and you want to find the source of the problem so you can finally feel like you're living the life you're meant to live. (15:47)

MMU #4 - You're tired of setting goals that never actually come true and want to stop spinning your tires and actually get somewhere in your life. (21:06)

MMU #5 - You've been working out for years and yet nothing seems to be changing and you want to know the simple mindset shift that will take you to the next level. (26:37)

MMU #6 - You want to know the painful truth about what it really takes to find and live your life's purpose. (32:25)

MMU #7 - You're having issues in the bedroom and you want to know a simple strategy you can start to implement immediately to start heating things up again. (38:52)

Which MMU will you do?

One of the best lines I got from this podcast was when James Clear said, “This is what in the book I call the difference between motion and action. Action can actually deliver a result but motion is related to that but never will.”

If you just listen to this, you're simply going through the motions.

If you want to take ACTION and actually see results, here is what I am challenging you to do right now:

Whichever MMU hit you the hardest, DO IT!

Need some support?

Hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact.

Huge shout out to Rich Roll for inspiring this episode of IBI.

Click here to check out his interview with James Clear on The Rich Roll Podcast.

Until next time my friend...

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Episode 021 of IBI is inspired by one of the most amazing women I have ever had the good fortune of getting to know, the one and only Miss Lori Neufeld from Yoga Public.

This episode of IBI is for you if…

• You struggle with waking up earlier so you can practice yoga, working out, or mindfulness practice and want to know Miss Lori’s game-changing realization that instantly turned things around for her (
• You want to better understand WHY you procrastinate and what you need to do to overcome it when you want to start/try something new 
• You want to instantly get more from both your yoga practice and your workouts and the simple and immediately applicable strategy that can do it
• You're not seeing the results you want because you just can't stick with your routines long enough

I read the other day that "You won't regret the things you did. You'll regret the things you didn't do when you had the chance."

So if you don't want to wake up this time next year with regret because another year went by and not much has changed, here is one small, specific, and simple step I’m going to challenge you to do ASAP…

Hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact and let's work together to Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world.

Until next time my friend...

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Episode 020 of IBI is inspired by an extremely insightful man who is the host of the Men Are the Prize podcast, ma man Harvey over @menofzealousnature on IG.

This episode of IBI is for you if…

MMU #1 - You’re a parent and want to know the small things that you can do that will have a big impact on your children (15:35)

MMU #2 - You are looking to develop more courage and confidence so that you can embrace vulnerability and express your true authentic self to your world (33:50)

MMU #3 - You want to improve communication with your partner, knowing this one simple technique will completely change your communication game (39:20)

MMU #4 - You have a hard time putting yourself first and you want a straightforward strategy to start caring for yourself as much as you do everyone else (50:57)

Sheri Fink said, ‘Being your authentic self is the ultimate secret to happiness in life.”

So if you want to discover who your authentic self is and how to start being that person, here are two simple steps I’m going to challenge you to do ASAP…

Step #1 - Connect with ma man Harvey who you can find on IG @menofzealousnature and on his amazing podcast Men Are the Prize on all podcast platforms.

Step #2 - Hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact and let's work together to Ignite the Impact you wish to see in your world.

Until next time my friend...

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