187. Committed to Success

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Bedros Keuilian

Self-improvement, Education

5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In today's Empire episode, Bedros Keuilian deep dives with Nick Koumalatsos, a 12 year Special Operations Marine Corps veteran with Marine Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command.

Nick is now an entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and father of two. He is the author of Ex-Communicated Warrior, 7-Stages of Transition, and co-author of fitness training books: USMC Prep, Recon Prep, and Marine Raider Prep.

Along with his wife, Allison, they own Snap Fitness, Ship On-Site, Survival, and Tactical Systems, and Miserable Cows. Nick is also co-owner of Johnny Slicks, an organic grooming essentials company.

Nick shares with us his story of a rebellious young man with two felonies, why failure is only temporary, how infrastructure in your business is key to success, the difference between being involved and committed, and so much more. To say Nick is committed to success is an understatement.

"You show me one successful person, and I'll show you the same man that failed fifteen times to get there." -Nick Koumalatsos

Here's what you don't want to miss:

2:35 Being raised by a single mother and getting involved with the wrong crowd
6:00 The self-realization that led Nick to join the Marine Corp and getting denied
10:10 Going against the grain and never taking no for an answer
12:20 The "factory-installed" drive that many entrepreneurs poses and steps to develop this skillset
15:40 Developing the right belief system and taking the action
17:00 Why you should look at failure as a temporary defeat
21:05 The importance of influence and the right people pushing you
23:00 How 9/11 changed a generation and going to war
28:30 Knowing when to be the hammer and when to be the scalpel
30:45 Overcoming negative behavior and being in charge of your success
32:30 Impacting lives and writing for a broader audience
37:37 Running seven businesses and constantly chasing the shiny object
40:05 Finding a passion for production and returning to school after 20 years
43:38 Pushing through the craziness of 2020 and getting raided by law enforcement
46:40 Selling hair products out of a briefcase and the importance of persistence
49:50 The difference between being involved and being committed
53:00 How creating infrastructure builds more opportunity for your business
56:20 Finding the right business partner and creating multiple streams of revenue
1:01:20 Training for the AGOGE and gaining back your warrior mindset
1:04:04 Building a routine that serves you and getting the desired outcome
1:06:07 Offering an online training program and the confidence it takes to raise prices

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You show me one successful person. I show you the same man that failed 15 times to get there.
0:04.1	You have your plenty of failures. And those failures stacked for you to get to where you're at
0:10.7	today. Then any successful person, I don't care who they are. You show me a successful person.
0:16.8	I show you somebody who failed 15 times.
0:35.6	What's happening friends? Welcome to the Empire Show. My name is Pedro Escolian and this
0:39.9	is an inside look. Today we're looking inside of a business that's very unique because it's got
0:46.0	several different components to it. And the character behind it is a very unique character as well.
0:51.4	He's not only a coaching client of mine, but he's also a friend. His name is Nick Kumalatsos.
0:56.2	Nick, welcome to the show. Thank you, B. Thank you very much. Happy to be here.
1:00.1	Yeah, yeah, thanks for being here. So we just got down to your half day coaching session upstairs.
1:04.8	And as I've gotten to know you now, almost a year of working with you, you're a pretty colorful
1:10.5	character. And you come from a pretty colorful background in terms of what you did before being an
1:15.5	entrepreneur, right? And even before that, you come from a pretty colorful ethnicity heritage.
1:22.7	Right? And so let's kind of do a deep dive into kind of who you are and where you started. Well,
1:29.2	of course, unpack your business because this is the Empire Show. That's what we talk about
1:33.4	business and how it's doing and how you got into it. But even before you became an entrepreneur,
1:38.0	you at some point decided that you're going to go and join the Marine Corps. Yeah, so I did 12
1:42.5	years in the Marine Corps. So first off, thank you for your service. What led you into the Marine
1:48.3	Corps? So go back even further. When you said colorful background, I was like, Oh, man, I didn't even
1:53.6	know if you knew that. So I was, by the time I was 13 years old, I had two felonies on my record.
1:59.3	Good Lord, man. I did not know that. That is a colorful back. Why don't we talk about that in your
2:04.3	I don't know how that never came up. Yeah. What did you do, man? So, you know,
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