#133 Doug Bopst on How to Completely Turn Your Life Around | Impact Theory

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🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: How does someone rebuild from the depths of failure, self-inflicted harm, and feelings of worthlessness? Doug Bopst knows all about hitting rock bottom. But sitting in jail, a miserable addict, overweight and locked in a victim mindset, he found a mentor in a cellmate who got him into fitness. On this week’s episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, watch as elite fitness coach Doug Bopst shares his story of resurrection and redemption. This episode is brought to you by: Impact Theory University. Visit university.impacttheory.com today! Blinkist. Visit www.blinkist.com/IMPACT to try out the premium service completely free for 7 days! Skillshare. Start learning on Skillshare today with 2 free months at https://skl.sh/impacttheory26 SHOW NOTES: Doug talks about rebuilding from a sense of total worthlessness [2:57] Doug explains how important it is that someone believes in you [5:56] Doug describes the process by which he learned to take responsibility [8:45] Doug explains how seeing progress changes your outlook [11:31] Doug describes how important faith is [12:29] Doug talks about how, at first, channeling anger was effective in fitness [16:16] Doug illustrates his continuing need for mentorship [19:24] Doug describes his spiritual journey and why he went on it in the first place [21:58] Doug advocates focusing on your process instead of immediate results [25:15] Doug explains why he is hard on his clients [27:07] Doug describes self-compassion, gratitude and affirmation [28:56] Doug advocates focusing on what you can control day-to-day [30:53] Doug describes his daily routine and time management [33:08] Doug explains how to change the behaviors that you attach to emotions [34:15] Doug talks about how to deal with bullying [37:43] Doug shares what he would tell his younger self if he could [38:55] Doug shares the impact he wants to have on the world [41:03] QUOTES: “You can either be a man or you can be a bitch.” [10:41] “I literally feel like I died in jail and was reborn.” [15:37] “You have to fail to grow stronger. You have to fail to run faster.” [19:12] FOLLOW: WEBSITE: dougbopst.com FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2SVdbUa INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2K2XUxu TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2ypanFg BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: [2:36] The Heart of Recovery https://amzn.to/2Yx02l4

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0:00.0	You're listening to Impact Theory.
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0:06.5	Hey, everybody.
0:07.3	Welcome to Impact Theory.
0:08.8	Today's guest is a former felon and drug addict who was found guilty and sentenced to
0:13.5	jail for possession of narcotics with an intent to sell.
0:17.0	He's also, however, living proof that no matter how far and hard you fall, there is always
0:22.6	a way to build back to a beautiful life.
0:25.6	Growing up in a highly dysfunctional, broken home and facing intense bullying in school,
0:29.7	he turned to drugs at the age of 14 to numb the pain.
0:33.9	And it worked just not for long.
0:36.4	And soon enough, he went from smoking weed to graduating to harder drugs like percassette,
0:40.8	cocaine and oxycontin.
0:42.6	He was using so heavily that the constant snorting actually eroded away part of the inside
0:48.4	of his nose, and to make matters worse, he ended up having to sell drugs to afford the
0:53.2	outrageously expensive opioids he needed just to get out of bed.
0:57.9	During this time, he watched multiple friends die from causes related to drugs in alcohol,
1:02.2	and he himself assumed he wouldn't live to see his 25th birthday.
1:06.4	But luckily, all of the bed choices came crashing down in him when he was pulled over
1:11.1	with a half pound of weed, a scale and thousands of dollars in cash in his car.
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