052: Change Is Coming
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Erik shares the changes with the show in the coming month such as a name change. His purpose is to provide you with the tools that are going to help you the most which is why some changes to the show are coming. There will be a new name which will be announced soon.
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051: Dr. Lindsey Marvel | Our Vision Reflects What We See or Don’t See
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Dr. Lindsey Marvel, optometrist describes getting into the field which was not widely accepted by her family even though she is a doctor. The focus she had growing up was on sports, especially tennis as she was a highly ranked tennis played that led to a collegiate career and school was secondary.
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050: Not All Financial Education is Created Equally
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Erik Smith shares a story of a conversation he recently had with an individual who studied finance and daily trades in the market. It was interesting to find that the individual was not aware of different financial concepts.
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049: Kristi Lee Cronin | Curing Heartache Literally & Figuratively
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In this episode of Fitness & Finance, Kristi Lee Cronin, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner shares how she got into the field of nursing and the challenges that came along the way. Her story is inspiring because it shows that persistence pays and we cannot avoid the things that are on our hearts.
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048: Take Advantage of Every Moment in Life
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Erik talks about the news of Kobe Bryant’s death and what it means to him and the lessons learned from the tragedy. Unfortunately it takes tragedy to bring people together and appreciate one another as we need to tell people how we feel about them always because we do not know how long we are going to live.
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047: Vee Khuu | Into The Real Estate Lab
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In this episode of Fitness & Finance, real estate investor Vee Khuu shares his experiences getting into real estate investing as an immigrant from Vietnam in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, the benefits of investing out-of-state, tax liens & more.
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046: The Winning Stages-Magic Mirror
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Erik shares a story about a mentor of his who shared the stages of why people are successful and also why they fail. Most people become successful and do not know why, which keeps them from having continued success. Others also do not understand why they fail. Erik shares a personal story relating to his health and fitness journey of success and failure.
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045: Aimee Carlson | Terminating the Toxins in Our Lives
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In this episode of Fitness & Finance, Aimee Carlson, entrepreneur and host of podcast, The Toxin Terminator, shares how she began her journey of eliminating toxins from her life, some useful first steps you can take today and more.
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044: Taking Action Before It’s Too Late
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Erik shares stories that have impacted him in his career, whether good or bad. He discusses a time when he was in a situation with a client and could help them but was not able to.
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043: Jason Priest | Transforming the Dad Bod
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In this episode of Fitness & Finance, Jason Priest, Founder of Dad Bod Health and a Registered Nurse, shares how he chose to change his pattern of bad health decisions, how nursing school led to his entrepreneurial journey, the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone and more.
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Rocky Garza is a Dallas-based public speaker, who focuses on helping people figure out who they are through his ‘identity mapping’ process. In this episode of Fitness & Finance, Rocky talks about how to interact and connect with other people, how to discover your uniqueness and why this is important to a more fulfilling life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- What was Rocky Garza’s upbringing like?
- Rocky learned that he was really good at disclosure but not good at vulnerability.
- Rocky has pursued many career paths, including a wedding photographer.
- What is Rocky’s process of ‘identity mapping?’
- Was Rocky more of an introvert or an extrovert while he was traveling a lot when he was a kid?
- How do we detach ourselves from our personal biases about our past?
- How do the ‘truths’ others tell Rocky about him and the ‘truths’ he tells himself about himself apply to Rocky now?
- How can we build connections with people a lot faster?
- Don’t ask a question if you don’t want the answer.
- Everyone wants to be unique, affirmed for that uniqueness, and to know we can use our uniqueness for goodness in this world.
- How can you go about figuring out your uniqueness?
- How can identifiers about ourselves improve our lives?
- Being a great observer makes you better in your work life.
KEY POINTS:
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Rocky Garza is a public speaker who spends ⅓ of his time doing workshops and keynote speeches at conferences or for companies, ⅓ on a process he calls ‘identity mapping,’ and the last ⅓ on general consulting.
- The two types of stories running alongside each other are the stories that have been told to us about us and the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.
TWEETABLE QUOTES:
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“Whatever happens to us between the ages of 6-12 is what we do to survive. When I say survive I don’t mean life or death, unless that’s a part of our story. Whatever we do to get by is a pretty good accurate description of how we operate as an adult.” –Rocky Garza
- “Everybody deserves to be known and I want to help give you the language and processes required in order for you to see yourself in the way the rest of us see you.” –Rocky Garza
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
- Schedule a time to talk with Erik.
- Find Erik on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
- Find Rocky Garza on Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook & YouTube
- RockyGarza.com