The Coach's Playground

When in Doubt, Be Helpful with Caleb Nelson


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We all have a bad day at times, and everyone goes through something challenging in life. And it's never an easy thing to face.

What's even more challenging is, often, it triggers despair, and we don't see the wisdom in what we are going through, and that is something sad to think about.

How do you get out of that predicament, start to receive more while making a difference in other people's lives?

Caleb Nelson has dedicated his life to inspiring others to live to their fullest potential. He is a business and life coach and the host of his own podcast called Naked Sunday.

In this episode, Caleb shares the many life experiences, including self-awareness early on in childhood and the tons of lessons he has learned from them. There's an important lesson to be had in the reconnection he had with his dad and his siblings, how it made him come to terms with his mortality, and what truly matters in this world.  

His life-coaching career has set the tone for real transformation to happen; he is just so eager to tell you what it looks like.

He's been beset with tough days businesswise, but even amidst those times, he still brings in money every single time. How he does that, let's find out.

Let's discover his 'anti-marketing way of doing things. Let's find out what his golden rule associated with this idea is all about and how it brought him, clients, beyond just paying him.

With everyone's hope for these hard times to be over, he is giving his thoughts on the health and fitness landscape once COVID is done.

As competition is a reality, he also helps get clear on how to make people decide to invest with you.

As this pandemic has been most difficult for most of us, he's leaving us with the biggest takeaway we can all glean from as we continue to navigate our personal and business lives.

"It's about just being helpful, about just giving with zero expectation. And for whatever reason, in my life, whenever I adopt that mentality, money comes my way. It always happens every single time with as much money as I need. Every time." 

- Caleb Nelson

What you will learn from this episode:

03:27 - The big piece that stuck out for Caleb the most in his conversations with Gavin

05:49 - Relating the painful experiences that gave him a ton of lessons

19:39 - Getting started on the journey of helping other people solve their problems

26:17 - A self-awareness early on in life

33:42 - Leave no thing unsaid

39:32 - Tears being his strange addiction

40:56 - What sets the tone for him for real change

47:35 - When he stopped caring for the acceptance he wanted, that's when he got it

50:27 - Just set your intention to be helpful

52:36 - His most significant lesson from the time he got broke and coming out of it

01:00:45 - What is this 'anti-marketing' side of him he speaks about

01:03:25 - His golden rule in business

01:07:07 - The most important lesson he is learning in this pandemic

01:08:57 - What his thoughts are on the health and fitness space direction post-pandemic

01:13:49 - What it means to have the willingness to have a hard conversation with yourself

01:18:59 - What makes people confident enough to invest money with you?

01:21:33 - Leading with depth and inspiration

01:22:53 - Why he pushes for the longer podcast format

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