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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1760: From Prison to Prosperity With Dave Dahl of Dave's Killer Bread

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Dave Dahl about the fascinating series of events that led him to serve 15 years in prison and then to subsequently transform his life as the creator of Dave's Killer Bread, a company which he sold in 2015 for $275 million.

  • What was the impetus behind Dave’s Killer Bread? (2:45)
  • The first transformation in his life that you wouldn’t expect. (5:52)
  • The epiphanies experienced while in prison. (7:58)
  • Why everything should be given to people when they are ready. (13:45)
  • Your mind is EVERYTHING! (15:20)
  • Learning to appreciate the process. (17:01)
  • Embracing the struggle. (19:04)
  • Finding his hidden talent and its impact on the family business. (20:50)
  • Creating something that people want. (29:58)
  • The story of pursuing the idea of Costco. (34:07)
  • You make your own luck. (36:36)
  • Being a four-time loser in the wrong game. (40:43)
  • Being part of others’ transformations. (42:57)
  • How success is purpose. (48:14)
  • Avoiding the hindsight mentality. (50:17)
  • Why everything happens before it matters. (55:08)
  • The fallout from the company selling. (56:27)
  • His obsession/passion for art and the idea for his dream home. (59:11)
  • His call to action for kids in his position growing up. (1:05:07)
  • The importance of having a vision and common goal for a successful business. (1:07:17)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.0

This is Mind Pump, right?

0:19.0

In today's episode, we talked to Dave Dahl.

0:21.0

You might have heard his bread, Dave's killer bread.

0:25.0

Now, what's interesting about this guy is his story.

0:29.0

It's got to be one of the most inspirational turnaround stories I've ever heard about in my entire life.

0:34.0

This guy went to prison.

0:36.0

I think three or four times had some terrible, terrible outcomes.

0:41.0

Turned his life around and built an extremely successful business.

0:46.0

Talks all about it, all the epiphanies and changes he had to make in his life.

0:50.0

And what it took to go from career criminal to extremely successful entrepreneur.

0:56.0

So it's a great episode. I really enjoyed this one.

0:59.0

Now you can find Dave online at DaveDahl360.com.

1:02.0

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1:08.0

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1:13.0

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1:18.0

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1:25.0

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1:27.0

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