Jan. 28, 2025

Avoiding Health Pitfalls for Entrepeneurs with Deepak Saini

Avoiding Health Pitfalls for Entrepeneurs with Deepak Saini

In this episode of Collaborators Unite, host Chuck Anderson is joined by Deepak Saini, an expert in health optimization for entrepreneurs. The discussion covers the crucial link between an entrepreneur’s health and their business success. Deepak shares his personal journey from struggling with health issues to becoming a health advocate for business owners. He highlights common pitfalls entrepreneurs face when balancing work and well-being and offers actionable strategies to improve health, energy, and ultimately, business performance.

Guest Bio:

Deepak Saini is a certified health expert and former CPA who has transitioned from a successful career in the corporate world to becoming an advocate and consultant for health and wellness. Deepak specializes in helping entrepreneurs optimize their health, energy, and vitality while achieving a sustainable work-life balance. With a passion for transforming lives, he empowers business owners to prioritize their well-being without compromising their business goals.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Introduction to Health for Entrepreneurs (00:00:06)

- Chuck Anderson introduces Deepak Saini, emphasizing the importance of health management for business success.

2. Deepak’s Personal Health Journey (00:02:16)

- Deepak shares his story of overcoming obesity and chronic illness by changing his lifestyle and becoming an entrepreneur.

3. Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (00:15:20)

- Discussion on typical errors, such as pushing through health issues and seeking quick fixes instead of long-term solutions.

4. Proactive Health Strategies (00:20:53)

- Deepak provides insights into testing and tracking one's health to prevent issues before they impact business performance.

5. The Importance of Self-Care and Balance (00:06:32)

- Emphasis on the necessity of taking breaks and maintaining a healthy work-life balance for sustained entrepreneurial success.

Main Quote:

"If I'm not the best version of me, I can't show up to be the best business owner, the best coach for my clients, the best husband, the best father."

Links:

Deepak Saini's Website: https://deepaksainihealth.com/

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Chuck Anderson,

Affiliate Management Expert + Investor + Mentor

http://AffiliateManagementExpert.com/

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Hello, everybody, and, welcome back. This is the Creative Collaboration



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Show. Chuck Anderson here, and this is the show where we



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help business owners, solopreneurs, coaches,



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whatever you call yourself, with tips



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and advice and strategies that can help you to grow



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your business. And I'd say one thing that's unique about our



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audience is that usually they have a big idea, a big



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vision on how they wanna change the world. Now as



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you're going forward with that vision, you're gonna spend a lot



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of time and a lot of energy trying to get that vision



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out there in a big, big way. And that's what we're gonna talk about



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today. You know, how does your health, how does your energy, how does



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your vitality weigh in on the



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results that you're experiencing in your business. And



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today, I have an expert on that who's going to,



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help give us some advice and some strategies so that we



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can, manage ourselves, so we can manage our business



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better. So my guest today is Deepak Saini,



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who specializes in helping entrepreneurs



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manage their health, their vitality, their energy,



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and I'm sure a whole lot of other things that we're gonna cover today. So,



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Deepak, I'm so happy that you're here. Welcome. Thank you, Chuck. I'm



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I'm super excited to be here with you today. Yeah. I'm



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excited as well because, you know and and we were talking about this in



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in in sort of, like, before the recording went on. I mean, this whole thing



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about entrepreneurs, you know, being on this big



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mission and big vision and big idea, it's



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not uncommon for us to work a lot of hours,



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burn the candle at both ends, and



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maybe prioritize the business over our health.



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And so it's a really, I think, a good topic, and it's



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one that we probably don't talk enough about. So, you know, as a



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starting point, why don't you tell everybody a little bit about, you know, your story?



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I know you you are also entrepreneurial.



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And so yeah. How did this all begin? And, let's



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go from there. Yeah. Abs abs absolutely. So I, I'm a CPA



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by First Profession. So accountant, worked in, you know, corporate,



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corporate world for 20, plus years. I always



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struggled with my health my entire life. I was always the chubby



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kid. At 18 years old, I was morbidly obese, £100



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heavier than I am now. I would get chronically sick, chronic



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infections, bronchitis, etcetera, as a kid. That went right well into adulthood.



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I'd get sick for 3 to 4 weeks at a time, like, 4 to 5



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times a year. That's a big chunk of your year. We were, like, always sick.



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But where it really came to head for me was in 2014. Our



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youngest daughter, was just born. She was a baby, and I hurt my



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back such that I had no flexion, meaning I could not bend over at



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the waist. I could not pick up a £10 baby out of her



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crib. It's very painful to, you know, put on your socks,



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shoes, you know, get in and out of a chair, which includes the toilet. It



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was it was no way no way to live. I like to say the Western



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medical system did me no favors, kinda wasted 18 months of my health.



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So I found all, you know, alternative means to heal my back, you know,



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primarily that was my number one goal. Heal my back so I can play with



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my children. But in doing so, I also made some lifestyle changes. And lo and



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behold, I did heal my back. My autoimmune condition that was never



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properly diagnosed went into remission. I essentially haven't really been sick in, like, 10



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years, at least not to a level that I was before. And



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the last 60 of the £100 melted away. You know, it was, you know, my



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colleagues, coworkers, friends are last me, like, how did you do it? How did you



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do it? Of course, people never see the internal struggle. Nobody sees the the the



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depression or the anxiety and all these types of things. They just saw the weight



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loss. So, yeah, after people ask me, and I'm sort of informally



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mentoring them and that sort of thing, I said, I actually kinda



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like this. So, yeah, I went and got some early certifications, and working with



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people who were like me at that time, weight loss, back pain. And



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and then, after, you know, about, you know, a year and a half of kind



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of doing that as what we what we now call a side hustle, nobody called



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that back then. I decided to branch out and actually do this as a business



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and be an entrepreneur like many of the listeners, here. And, of course, it's been



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it's been a struggle, and I've learned a lot of things along the way. And



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like you said, Chuck, one of the things is, you know, pouring it all into



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your business, trying to build something great at maybe the



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expense of our own health. And if not at our own health, again, coming



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from overcoming my many health challenges, I made it a priority to



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really take my self care into account. But maybe it's your



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relationships that suffer because you're working those long hours. You're going back



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to the office, your home office, whatever it may be after dinner, these



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sorts of things. So, again, that's kinda how I work with my clients now is



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to have that work life balance so their health is prioritized,



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their relationships so they can actually have it pour into their business.



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You know, relationships, come into it,



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so often when in the business coaching that I do, so many



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conversations I have with entrepreneurs is that they started their business because they



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wanted to have a better life for their family and better relationships with



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their family. And then we end up realizing we're



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there's a grind. We have to work more hours than we did when we had



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jobs, and those relationships suffer even when we're working from



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home. And so, yeah, I can completely relate to,



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all of that. And, a



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lot of times, the business comes first, relationships and



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health and and all of that come later. I'd



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say second, but, honestly, sometimes it's when there's



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time. And and so that's not even



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second. Right? Absolutely. I'm sure many of the listeners



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can appreciate, you know, we're talking off air before you hit the



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record button about, like, some, you know, some vacation time we took and etcetera,



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etcetera. How many how many people who are listening can, you know, raise your hand



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virtually, if you're like, yeah. I did a little bit of work while I was



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on vacation or I was doing something on the plane and, sitting at everyone with



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the family who's at the beach or the pool, and I just snuck in to



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do a a networking call or whatever. Right? Like, I think many people are nodding



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their heads here. And we have to make that time



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for not only our family who turns around and helps



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rejuvenate us, but also our own personal health, whatever whatever that looks like for you.



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Getting a massage, yoga, doing your workout, sleeping.



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Right? Yeah. You know, it's interesting



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because I took nearly 2 weeks off, and it had been a



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long time since I had done that. And I still



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feel like I only scratched the surface on the rest that I



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needed. And at the same time, it



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highlighted issues in the business where



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it really couldn't



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survive without me for much longer than that. In fact,



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I probably should have only taken 1 week off and not 2. So it



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highlighted some issues there. 1 is in the business with the systems and



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and whatnot and then and our team, but also the



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fact that I did take a break for a couple of weeks and still felt



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tired. And so I think it kind of speaks to, you



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know, how it kind of builds up. And I remember journaling



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that, I needed to plan more



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breaks throughout this year because I feel like there's still



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some rest to be done. Is that something that you, hear a lot



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or experience a lot in terms of Absolutely. The amount of rest that us business



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owners need? Yeah. There's a, you know, a couple things in what you said



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there, Chuck. One is, like, how often are you actually actually unplugging,



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from, you know, the business, so to speak. It's also taking not



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even, like, a week or these longer breaks. Excuse me. But



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also, like, you know, maybe it's, you know, the weekend off, and I'll



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maybe share a story in a second about that, or whatever that looks like, or



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just taking breaks throughout your day. How many people are just going, you know, 8



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o'clock or 7 o'clock in the morning until, like, 9 o'clock at



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night. Maybe you got a launch coming up or, you know, depending on what your



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business looks like. And maybe there's some busier times, and you're just going all out.



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And that's, that's very unsustainable in a long period of time. Yeah. You can do



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that for, like, a 2 or 3 days in a row, but, like, you can't



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go more than that before it's really starting to affect you. Your sleep, as you



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mentioned, you're not sleeping well, your anxiety, or you're ruminating



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about things that you did that day or that you need to do tomorrow and



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need to make that call. I forgot to follow-up with some you know, all these



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types of things. So it's super, super important. You know,



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we just had, you know I don't know when this podcast can be released, but,



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you know, just a few weeks ago was, like, you know, the kind of the



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Christmas break. And I was at a family I function with a bunch of my



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cousins and and their families and stuff like that. And somebody asked me about my



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work schedule as an entrepreneur. I was actually the only entrepreneur of the



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group. And, and I said, well, yeah, I almost work



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unless I'm on vacation, I almost work every day. Like, oh, hold



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on, Deepak. Wait. That where's that work life balance? So, like, I'll put in a



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couple hours every day, but and here's the



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caveat. I don't work crazy hours. Now have I in the



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past? Absolutely. But I've made it a commitment, you know, in back in



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20 late 24, soon as after dinner, I'm like,



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it's done. I'm not I'm not going back. Everything can wait till tomorrow.



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And I also prioritize my self care. So there's a big 2 hour chunk



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in the middle of my day, and it varies depending on what's going on in



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the day. And right after we get off this call, Chuck, I'm gonna I'm gonna



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do my self care routine. If I take 2 hours to work out and



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stretch, sit in the sauna, you know, make, you know, healthy meals,



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etcetera. So I prioritize that. So, yes, I work every day, but I don't work



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12 hours a day. Most days, I'm only working 6, sometimes it's



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8. On the weekends, it's maybe 2 or 3. So, again, we all



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have to find what's right for us, but that allows me to take care of



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my own self care so I can be the best version of me. Both the



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best is business owner, the best husband, the best father,



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etcetera, etcetera. But also allows me to be there for my



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family in the evenings, and and actually have dinner with



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them. Yeah. That sounds amazing. Definitely



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during the week, I could do I could do better. At least now, I take



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1 hour for lunch every day. A good friend of mine,



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mentioned that he started doing that and the difference it was making in his



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business. And I'm like, yeah. Imagine that. Actually, able to sit down



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and have lunch and take a break. Could definitely



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do better than that, during the week. And I I



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realized, you know, in our family, we used to always take



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Sundays off. I mean, we kinda grew up in a religious town, and, you know,



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it was very common to do that. I have found for myself, and it took



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a long time to figure this out, but Saturdays are my day. Like



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like, my body just, I think, needs rest, by that point because I



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probably worked myself so hard. And by the by the time



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Saturday morning comes around, it's, that's the day. And I



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find if I take Saturdays off, I really don't think about



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anything that day that that has been helpful. But definitely definitely



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need more breaks and and and less time,



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spent working. I wanted to ask you because you do



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work with, you know, so many business owners and entrepreneurs who are



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experiencing this or even ready for change,



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what are you hearing from them? Like, where are they at in their journey,



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and their level of awareness of how their health



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is impacting their business? Is it like a fire alarm, like something



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major is going on, or are they being proactive? Like, where are



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they in by the time they're reaching out to you?



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Yeah. A great question. I love that you brought that word up, awareness.



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Right? It's, like, really how aware are we? Many people don't



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even realize they have an underlying problem.



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And when symptoms come up, sometimes they don't even understand



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what this is. And I'll just say this as well. You know, sometimes we get



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so used to feeling a certain way, whether it be physically or mentally, that we



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forget how normal actually feels, and it just feeling now, it just becomes the



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air we breathe. Like, we don't even know any any difference. But to answer your



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original question, unfortunately,



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most of my clients who come here fall in 1 or 2 camps. 1, it's



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the emergency. I'm sick of feeling sick,



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whatever that may be. Gut issues, etcetera, you know, skin things



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related. And now I've been suffering for 3, 4, even 5



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years. And I know it's like, I I know I need to take care of



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this. Otherwise, I I'm gonna burn out. I can't I won't be able to put



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it into my business. I'm worried the business is gonna go. I won't be able



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to keep my staff with the biz you know, all these sorts of things. That's



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that's the major one actually I see. The secondary group is,



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oh, hey. Grandpa, dad, mom, whatever the



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case may be, had x major health issue at age



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pick an age. I'm coming up to that age next year. I'm



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come to I'm coming up I just turned 55. That's when dad had



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his heart attack. Am I on the same course? I'm always



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stressed out. I'm doing this. I know there's something here, but it's like that.



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It's it's that that check mark date. It's like this this milestone.



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Maybe I need to look into things. So they may or may not have symptoms



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that they recognize yet, but, like, that's the thing. So it's it's typically one of



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those 2. There's some other variations, of course, but it's typically one of those 2.



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Fire the fire alarm, 5 bell alarm, or,



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I don't know. I'm feeling a little something, and that's when something happened with dad



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and grandpa or whatever the case may be. I need to I should look into



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things. Yeah. Well, that's interesting because I've had those



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exact thoughts because I just turned 54. I'll be 55



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later this year. And, you know, it's kind of a benchmark moment even on the



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whole, you know, 55 thing. And, you know,



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where yeah. Where where was my dad at that point? Where was my



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grandfather at that point? And, yeah, those thoughts



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do enter your mind for sure. And it's



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interesting that you say I mean, the fire alarm, it's like we



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push and we push and we push to the



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point where our bodies can't take it anymore.



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Right? And ignoring things and and and



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all of that. And, you know, the business you know, the show must go on.



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The business needs me, and all of that. We,



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you know, created this situation where we're the vital part of our



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business. And it's easy to ignore things for sure.



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So it's interesting that and that's why I wanted to ask you, like, where



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where are you noticing where people are at when they come to you,



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for a couple reasons. 1, if there's anyone listening in right



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now that has been tolerating something, you should probably talk to Deepak.



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And, you know, let let's it doesn't have to go on that



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way. So yeah.



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So let's let's unpack that a little bit, in terms of some



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of the the takeaways. What are some of the mistakes



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that, us business owners are making that's making



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that worse? And then then, you know, what do we start



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to do about it so that it can be better and we can be better



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for our businesses, we can be better for our families, and we can be better



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for ourselves? Yeah. Some of the common mistakes is, you know, no



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surprises, like, just pushing



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through. Like, I need to get this. I need to get to through this quarter.



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I need to get through that launch, or my my my book's coming out next



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year. And once after after and it's all and this is continuing thing rolling



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that and you never get to it till it's like you can't actually bear it



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anymore. So it's that not prioritizing and not recognizing. That's probably the



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biggest mistake that people make. Second is, you



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know, like, that, the quick fix. Like like, that's the general population.



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Right? But, you know, entrepreneurs are are no different. It's like, I'll try this.



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I saw a a blog post or somebody or some ad came in my Facebook



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feed or whatever the case may the quick magic bullet. And I'm sorry. Health our



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bodies are very complex systems, and they're interrelated with each other



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and doing something. And one part of your body is gonna affect something else



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and understand how that works. There's there's no magic bullets. So



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trying a bunch of things that are, you know, may



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or may not cost a lot, but they're just ineffective, and they're not right for



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you. Right? Health is very individualized. So those, I'd say, overall are the the two



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biggest things is not really taking the time



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to address the root cause because you got something else



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going on. Or you're like, I'm too busy, so I'll try this, you know, magic



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pill or some topical cream or whatever



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the whatever that that thing might may be. There's always something. I mean,



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that's that's the whole marketing industry for you. It's a $2,000,000,000,000



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industry with a bunch of crap that doesn't actually



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work. It doesn't mean it doesn't work for somebody, but it might not work for



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you. Right? We're all, again, individualized. And then I think that the thing to



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actually overcome this is number 1 is, like, you actually need a



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true reflection. Like, I don't want anyone have who have to have that fire



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alarm like that like, it was for me or, like, I couldn't pick up my



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daughter. Or many of my clients are like are you



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know, they literally just can't live. They can't you know, they're



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they can't even function after, like, 3 o'clock in the afternoon,



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or they gotta be on a bunch of, you know, a ton of caffeine or



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something just to get it going. Or they have a 3 day event, and



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then they're, like, out of commission because they had to be so jacked up and



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so on point doing their 3 day event to, you know, get clients,



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whatever, and then they're, like, for, like, a week after because it it's so much,



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and their body was bare. They're like, I don't want that for anyone. So,



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again, it's recognizing both physically and also



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mentally, emotionally where you're at to make



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those small steps. And, again, it's not a big thing. It's a bunch of



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very small steps in a very succinct way for most people, not



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everyone. But if you're at that point, that that 5 bell



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alarm, point, it's going to be multiple things,



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and you have to kinda coordinate them in a in a in a fashion that



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makes sense for you. And a bunch of small things, you know, add up to



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a big result, which is getting your health back. Amazing.



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You know, that was me. I was one of those people who were doing the



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3 day events. And when I started doing 3 day events, by



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day 4, I could barely walk. My back



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hurt. I needed to sleep for days.



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Right? It was easily I had to got to the point where



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I knew, and it would just became part of the routine. I knew that on



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day 4, I needed to completely unplug that day.



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And, and so yeah. And then just



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sleep. Right? And couldn't walk, couldn't stand.



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Yeah. I I totally appreciate that. And, you know, some people I I think many



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everyone's gonna know who Tony Robbins is and probably many of the listeners maybe have



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attended one of his events. Tony has a whole team



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behind the scenes. When he's not on stage, he's getting



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massages. He's, like, in hyperbaric oxygen chamber. People are,



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like, you know, chiropractors, like, adjusting him, like, all sorts of stuff.



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Like so he can be. Like, he is a presence for those



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events, but, like, there's all the stuff going on behind the scenes before



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he hits steps on stage. He steps away for a second. He's getting



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adjusted. That night, like, he's going full out. I mean, he's turning around because he



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can do that. That. Most of us can't, but, like, what are the small things



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we can do every day in our daily life so we can perform to our



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best, whether we're on stage or not, just in our business and with our families.



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So, well, let's talk about some of those things. Like, what what do you recommend



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for, you know, anyone listening in? I mean, whether you're going through something



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major or maybe maybe it's just, you know, minor



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inconveniences or things you're tolerating with your energy or, you



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know, if you're one of those proactive people, which,



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you know, that you wanna be proactive as well. But it sounds



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like most people are reacting to something that they feel and



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that they're experiencing. So what's your recommendation there? I mean,



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yeah, probably we're not gonna go to Tony Robbins' level. That sounds amazing, and I've



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heard lots of stories about him. And Brendan Burchard has some



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things that he does, behind the scenes in his seminars as



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well to be proactive. For me, I stopped drinking caffeine,



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2 days before the event, and I only drank jasmine



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tea throughout the entire event. And then I would I



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love coffee. So I was I went right back to it afterwards. But



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for me, that's how I could so there were 14 hour days that



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we were doing. And for me to have sustained energy, that's what I needed to



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do. And perhaps there's a level of discovery that



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people need to go through to see what works for them. But what are your



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recommendations for someone who's experiencing stuff in



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their business or their their energy that's impacting their business? What are



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some of the steps they can start to take? Yeah. So I'm I'm really big



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in, you know, getting data and quantifying. We can



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guess. I like to say, let's test, but not guess. And, you know, you can



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try a bunch of things and stuff online and YouTube videos, whatever. And, like, you



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could probably find something that might work for many people,



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but if you really wanna get serious here, let's and, again, we're individual



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people. So I like to test and see, like, you know, there could be you



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could be eating healthy foods, but they're not right for you. They could actually be



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causing inflammation for you. I'll just use myself as an example



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briefly, you know, like, raw spinach and kale, you know, when people do in the



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smoothies and stuff like that. That's like kryptonite food for me. It took me a



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while to figure that out, and there's a variety of other things. So, like, I



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like to actually test and see what food intolerances you have. You know,



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your microbiome, like, what's going on there? If you've got leaky gut, or some



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other sort of, thing like that, doesn't matter what you're doing, from a



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food perspective, it's gonna be affecting your energy, etcetera. You



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know, what neurotransmitters are you producing? Are you not producing GABA,



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serotonin, etcetera? And then how are we gonna address those things? And that's gonna be



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affecting your sleep and maybe anxiety levels. So I'm really big into, you know,



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testing from both a physical point of view, and that that does bleed into the



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mental point of view as well. But then also addressing,



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you know, kind of that inner game work. You know? Like, what are some of



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your, you know, your any negative emotions you're conforming, the limiting beliefs



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you have, and addressing those as well. And sometimes just getting



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over those mental hurdles can make a big difference, both not only



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for your physical, but also, like, how you show up in the world and how



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you show up in your business with your clients, etcetera. So I'm really



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big into, you know, let's run experiments.



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You know? It it it could be actually doing testing, and that's part of what



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I'd work on with my clients is getting very robust testing done. Or, like,



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okay. Hey. Let's let's just try and figure things out. Like, do a food log



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and see. You know, this is an example I use all the time. You know,



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if you have low energy and maybe, you know,



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your bowel movements are all weird on, like, every Monday. It's like, well, what are



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you eating Sunday night or even Saturday night? If there's a consistent thing, and I'm



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not saying that's a causation, but maybe there's some correlation to your



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diet or other lifestyle practices to how you feel in your energy



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level. So, again, that's something I kinda encourage my client or anyone to do, but



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certainly with my clients is like, let's try and figure something out. We can't just



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guess and, like, this is the latest thing I saw on YouTube, so let's try



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it. Like, that's not an approach. Right.



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Yeah. Well, doctor YouTube, go on there and



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find something that confirms what you already believe.



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Right. Right. Don't do it. So



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yeah. Interesting. So listen. I wanna make sure that



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our guests have an opportunity to connect with you because, I mean, we've



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touched on so many things. I mean, that us



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business owners, entrepreneurs, speakers, like, we're all guilty



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of it, and that is putting our business first, prioritizing our health



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later, or even tolerating the energy,



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differences. And I I, you know, I I can appreciate what you just



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said about, you know, kale and spinach being your kryptonite. Like, how



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are you supposed to know that? We're we're we're told all the time,



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oh, eat healthy, eat healthy. This is healthy. This is not.



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And so, you know, how are you supposed to



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know? And you really don't unless you get tested for it.



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And and so there's that. How do



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people get in touch with you, and, you know, what



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what what do you recommend, in terms of connecting with you? We'll make sure



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we put all the links, to



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to your website and any other resources that you have.



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What do you recommend there? Yeah. I well, I wanna turn it back and



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give a gift to the audience, and I think that's also the best way to,



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yeah, connect with me. I understand most people who who may who may be listening,



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but, like, that sounds awesome. I wanna check it out. But, like, we're not gonna



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just, like, call up Deepak right off off the bat. Right? I I know. I



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understand. You wanna get to know me better. So let me give this gift to



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you. It's, 7 steps to optimize your mental, physical, and



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financial performance. Again, it's kinda geared to everyone, but especially



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important for the entrepreneurs and business owners out there. So it's a it's a



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bit of a it's a it's a guide and some different seven areas that I



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suggest people, you know, try to look into if you're not already incorporating these into



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your life to to explore. And then it's at the back is a a



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tracker, a 30 day tracker. Now here's my advice.



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Don't try all 7 at once. It's a recipe for failure. Pick



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1, maybe 2 at tops. Okay? If these are new habits for



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you, just try it 1, maybe 2 for 30 days. And



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if it resonates with you, great. You built a new habit. Go back and try



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a different one. If it doesn't resonate with you, that's fine too. So I think



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that's the best way. Download this guide. We'll have the link, in the show notes



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there, and get you'll get to know a little bit about me, a little bit



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about my further about my story. And then intro you know, you get introduced



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into my world, and then, you can learn more about me. And I also if



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I can just briefly I also have a podcast as as well, and maybe we



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can put that link in the in the show notes as well, Chuck. Absolutely.



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Well, if you're watching this on video, look just beneath the video. All of the



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links will be right there. If you're listening to this on a podcast, just



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go into your mobile device and whatever player you're using, all of the



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links are right there in the show notes as well. So, yeah,



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we'll have, that link to that free gift. Thank you, by the way. That's



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very helpful. I'm gonna go download that. And, and the



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link to your podcast and, anything else, Deepak, that you



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want there, just go ahead and send that to me, and we'll put it there



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for for folks. Because we want this to be helpful. If you



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are on a big mission let's say you have a business that's got



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the next world changing idea, but your



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energy and your health suffers as a result,



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then it doesn't just hurt you. It hurts all of us because you're not



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able to get that out there, in in as big of a way as



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it as possible. And, you know, that's you know, we serve entrepreneurs,



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but most of our entrepreneurs are people who have



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world changing ideas and want to see people live, you



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know, happier, more fulfilling lives. And we wanna see you



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fulfill that mission. And that's why, probably,



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Deepak, we don't talk about these things enough. We talk about marketing



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strategies. We talk about business. We talk about different aspects



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of of building a business. But how about



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building ourselves and, making sure that we're



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in the right state to be able to do the best job we possibly can?



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Absolutely, Chuck. And like I said it before, you know, speaking towards myself, but I



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asked the every listener to, like, reflect on this for a second for yourself.



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If I'm not the best version of me, and that means taking care of myself



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both physically and mentally, again, I I've already said this. I'll repeat myself



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here. I can't show up to be the best business owner,



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the best, coach for my clients, the best husband,



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the best, father, etcetera. So



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whatever you need to do for yourself so you can be at your top game,



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so you can have your mission. Again, I have a public stated goal to to



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impact a 1000000 lives. I hope other people are listening to have even bigger goals



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than that. Yes, your zone of genius needs to get out there,



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but if you're sick in bed or



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not functioning mentally or physically or, you know, in pain,



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etcetera, that's a grind on you, and you can't serve your mission. So



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whatever it is for you, like, optimize yourself.



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Absolutely. And, you know, speaking of optimizing yourself and growing



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ourselves and, you know, making ourselves a priority,



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there's our health, but there's also our learning and education. And I'm a



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huge advocate for self improvement, self development.



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I have been for almost 30 years. I've read a lot of books.



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I've taken a lot of courses. I've attended a lot of seminars because I



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believe that your business will only grow to the



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extent that you do. And so so I've kind



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of used this podcast to kind of cheat a little bit, and that



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is to find out what some of those, what of



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those some of those things are for you. So I ask all my guests, and



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I'm gonna put you on the spot here, for a must read book recommendation.



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So, these are only some of the books that I have. I have an entire



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closet. Well, I mean, now and now it's all digital. I read a lot of,



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listen to a lot of audiobooks. But, one of



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the things, the more that I read and the more that I learn,



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the more that I realize I still have a lot to learn.



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And so that's one piece of wisdom from my fifties.



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In my twenties, I thought I knew everything. And in my



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fifties, I realized I barely know anything. And



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so, if you had 1



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if you could just recommend 1, and I know there's lots. One must



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read book that somebody reads next that could really help them on their journey.



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What would you recommend? Yeah. Great question. And I'll say I gotta these are



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not all my books either behind me. I got lots as well in all different



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topics, obviously, health related, business related marketing, real estate, like



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everything. One book I really love,



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and I'm, I'm going on my way on vacation next month. I'm gonna be rereading



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it, because it's been I I like to reread my books every couple years,



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as well. Biology of Belief by, Bruce Lipton. I



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think that's one that if you haven't read it, kind of about our, you



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know, our belief systems and, you know, our unconscious



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mind and how that, you know, can play a role in,



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you know, what we want to achieve, not only in our health, physical and mental



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health, but, you know, it's kind of, you know, what we wanna manifest for our



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ourselves, as well. So I've I'd recommend that one. And it's probably just a little



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top of mind because I know it's the book I'm gonna be taking on this



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vacation, but, I think that's a great book. That's I



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there's a few things I love about that. First of all, it goes really well



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with what we've been talking about here today. There's that, but I've never



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heard of that book before. And so this is what I



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find so fascinating and why I love asking the question of our



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guests. I thought when I started asking the question, I'd get all the same,



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you know, the usual suspects, like think and grow rich and all of that.



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Almost every guest has had a different recommendation and



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many cases, books I've never heard of before. So that's amazing. Yeah.



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That's awesome. I know, you know, as I mentioned earlier, Chuck, I have a podcast



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as well. So, you know, maybe I I don't know. Probably a a



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quarter of the books I read every year are, like, our our guests who've



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been on the on the podcast. And sometimes there are topics like I'm like, I



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normally wouldn't read that, but I always like to read the you know, even that's



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before or even sometimes it's after we record it. And so, like, again, I just



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like, much like you, Chuck, love knowledge and and thirst for knowledge of



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learning about a lot of different topics. And it's interesting how I think especially



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and I can't say this from, like, when I was struggling with all the health



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issues because when you have those nagging pain, it just grinds on your



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on your psychology and your and your mind and and then your



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capacity to think. But, you know, once you're, you know, clean and healthy



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and and and you don't have those type of things, it's quite



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interesting that the connections you can make from diverse topics. And I'm like,



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oh, this person's saying the same principle in a different fashion, in a



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different, area. And this person's saying essentially the same thing, different area.



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Like, Like, I I just find that fascinating.



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Yeah. Absolutely. And how



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other people have the the messages,



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the ideas, and the sometimes



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answers, solutions to problems that, that we're searching



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for. And sometimes it just comes out through,



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casual conversation. So so I really pay close attention to



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these recommendations. Not only, will we put the link



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to that book in the show notes well? So if you're, again, watching this



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on video or podcast and you wanna check that book out, the link is



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there. I'm gonna go check it out because I believe wholeheartedly



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that I was exposed to this idea for a reason.



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Look. I think we could definitely spend



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all day, talking about this and doing deep dives in all of



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it. But, you know, we're we're almost out



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of time here for this episode. I know that you



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and I will definitely be talking again and collaborating on a number of things, so



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that's great. Happy to have you in my world.



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As we sign off for this episode, any final,



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any final words of advice or or words of wisdom for our



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audience here today? Yeah. Absolutely. I wholeheartedly and I



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I've I've witnessed this myself personally and with clients as



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as well. If you feel like there's something that's just you can't maybe



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put your maybe you know. You absolutely know because you have, like, very, like,



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very definitive symptoms. But even if it's just something that's like, I just know there's



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something just not quite right, still a little off, don't let that



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drag on for years. Talk to someone,



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have have a conversation with me, any other, you know,



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specialist, coach, etcetera, and just figure out what is worrying for



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you. Like, get get a handle on it. You'll be much you'll



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appreciate that you took action sooner rather



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than than later. You don't want that, again, 5 alarm, bell to eventually happen. If



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you just feel like a little something's off now, like, address it now.



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Yeah. Address it now. Don't wait until it's too late,



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for sure. So I think, yeah, great advice to end this episode by.



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Deepak, thank you so much. Thank you, doctor. Appreciate being here. You've



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touched on a topic that we probably don't talk about enough, but I really



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appreciate, the work that you're doing. And to our



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audience, thank you for listening in. And the fact that you're still listening means



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that this resonated with you. Take an action today.



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If there's something that's bothering you, if your energy isn't where it



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is, needs to be, what step can you take today?



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And, maybe that step is to go and download Deepak's



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7 tips guide. Go and grab that and take some



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action. Right? Prioritize your health, not just



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your business. And, in the meantime, keep



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watching back for new episodes. Every week, we have an episode



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that's gonna help you, on your big mission



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and, various challenges that you're gonna have in your



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business. Remember, keep moving forward. Never ever give up.



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And, we will see you on the next one. Thank you.