Nick Long is back in the saddle again and reminds listeners not to call it a comeback because he has been here for years. Nick share a little bit about what has been going on with him over the last 6 months. Sometimes life puts you through the ringer and we go through challenges that seem like they are going to destroy us. These are the times we are tempted to live in our pity parties. Through these times we truly discover ourselves in the process.

Going all in has been the way that Nicks guest today, Andre Box Haus has always run his game. From football to baseball and finally to boxing, he puts everything he has into being the best at what he is focused on doing. Opening his business The Box Haus has been challenging and beneficial not only to his clients but to himself. When your body is right, everything else falls into place. Boxing has given him the primal edge that Andre needed to succeed in business and life.

Nick is in the studio with a great friend, Mr. E aka King Jeff Bhaedhayajibh. The man with the big last name and Nick have been friends since High School. Crossing entrepreneurial paths every 5 or 6 years, the two were able to watch the different highs and lows of each other's lives. Jeff was hit with a tragedy, a divorce and he began to question everything. His experience with The Next 90 was uncomfortable, and he had to face it all and share it with strangers.

Nick shares with the Nation an excerpt from a podcast he did for his friend and Warrior brother, Mo Naboulsi. Sharing the story of his success and failures never gets old for Nick as he is constantly amazed at how doing the work every day can positively impact any one's life. You need to decide what you want and declare it to the world. What are you waiting for?

In the business world a ‘lead’ is gathered information used to guide, especially by going in advance. People pay big money for leads in business, but in our personal lives we are our own greatest lead. So, invest in you! It’s simple, but not always easy. Nick reminds us that the lifetime value of our business, family, marriage, or whatever is important to us will always have a value equal to or greater than what we put in.

No one’s life is always rainbows and butterflies; sometimes we do big shit and other times we get shit on big. Oh and when it rains it pours, but does that mean we should complain about the rain? NO (especially if you live in CA)! In this episode, Nick discusses the need to stick with our intentions no matter what life throws at us. Are you equipped to progress in any weather of life?

Coming from parents who had to flee their own country to keep their family alive is a hard act to follow. Paul Daftarian has spent his life to overcome the expectations and labels put on him because of his decision to live the life he wanted. Grateful for the roots his parents gave him as Iranian Immigrants, Paul still had to shake off the seeds of shame and guilt for taking his path in life. Tapping into that power that is within you can give you what it takes to propel forward into a have it all,

Nick has been thinking about what a great mother he has; she is a saint. Nick has been surrounded by loving, strong women his whole life. His Mom has to endure so much, and it has made her incredibly strong; including the divorce from Nick's Dad. Nicks Father was fit and worked out a lot; always running, until the day he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It was an awakening inside of him, and Nicks parents reconciled.

From a small town in Wisconsin, the son of Indian immigrants, Navin Thukkaram pushed forward to be the successful Warrior he is today. A graduate of Princeton, Harvard and surviving Wall Street, prepared Navin for the competitive and ever-changing world of Information Technology. Join Nick as Navin shares his desire to spread his knowledge of innovation, with those that hunger to be a part of innovation that can be used not just in a tech business but in your business across the board.

It is amazing what happens when you go; not being concerned about perfection, or failures. Mindset and Association most times go hand in hand; because someone goes to an Ivy League school, their associations are more prominent, affecting their mindset to follow. Your habits and patterns will become into alignment with your mindset and association. Saying yes to a smaller scale of targets will limit you to what your outcomes will be. Do you need to think bigger?