I’m a high school drop out and working at a 9-5 job that I hate.

It's a night like any other nights...

Our family was chilling while the parents were taking a trip to Niagara Falls. Mom and I had a great connection with each other. Even though I flunked out of school she was my biggest fan. No one thought I’d amount to anything except her.

While sitting on the couch I hear the phone ring.

It’s Dad: ‘Your mom is in the hospital. She’s had a heart attack. We don’t know if she’s gonna make it. Come here now.’

Growing up in the small town of Markham, Ontario, I was headed nowhere fast.

I was listless, aimless and had no purpose.

I knew I was meant for something bigger but what? The entire time my mom was by my side telling me that I could be whatever I wanted, as long as I put my mind to it. She was my biggest fan and a support when things weren’t right.

6 months of hospital visits and we finally think moms going to recover. She gets put into the next level down from ICU and we visit her one more time before going home. Then we get another call,

Nancy just contracted pneumonia. She’s been put back in the ICU and it doesn’t look good.

We sprint back to the hospital to learn the worst: He brain didn’t get enough oxygen. They could keep her on life support but the chances of her not being a vegetable was 1%. The most difficult choice had to be made. We cut her off from life support and we lost our mother.

I had an existential crisis. I was working a dead end job, not going anywhere and I lost my mom.

Was this my destiny?

I’d never been so lost and afraid.

It was at that time the gym became my refuge. It was my church. It was a time to get away from my depressive thoughts and into something positive. It became a place where I could fight with my demons and come out on top.

I like to say that the gym saved me and taught me a new perspective and way of thinking things. It cleansed me.

I realized that life is fragile. It can be taken away in a second.  Why not do something I’m cared about?

If I was going to do anything in this world it needed to be something I was passionate about and helped others at the same time.

So I left my comfortable corporate job to become a personal trainer. 

After training my first client I was hooked.

There is no other profession in the world that was as good for your long term health than being a fitness coach.

I knew I was meant for something bigger but what? The entire time my mom was by my side telling me that I could be whatever I wanted, as long as I put my mind to it. She was my biggest fan and a support when things weren’t right.

6 months of hospital visits and we finally think moms going to recover. She gets put into the next level down from ICU and we visit her one more time before going home. Then we get another call,

Nancy just contracted pneumonia. She’s been put back in the ICU and it doesn’t look good.

We sprint back to the hospital to learn the worst: He brain didn’t get enough oxygen. They could keep her on life support but the chances of her not being a vegetable was 1%. The most difficult choice had to be made. We cut her off from life support and we lost our mother.

I always thought to myself, “If only entrepreneurs knew how much better their business and family lives would be if they took their health seriously.”

So I decided to do something about it.

After 10 years of transforming thousands of lives inside of my gym I sold it and help entrepreneurs transform their bodies.

I made the shift because of two realizations.

First, I loved working with entrepreneurs. They were my friends and my mentors. If there was one thing I hated it was seeing my friends neglect their health. Second, I know what the power of a transformation can bring to someone’s life.

I’ve seen entrepreneurs transform their bodies and the energy it created has been a catalyst in doubling their income, becoming more productive, having more sex, being more present with their kids and being a better spouse. 

 

When You Transform The Body of An Entrepreneur,

His Whole Life Transforms As A Result.

Health Is The #1 Meta Habit.

In helping entrepreneurs I found what I was put on this earth to do; when I coach a founder in the right way that overcomes their challenges and unveils their greatness. It’s the most worthy thing to put my mind to.

My mom unearthed that in me. Now I’m using my life to do that for others.

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