1902: From Addict to Self-Made Millionaire With Michael Chernow
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
From Addict to Self-Made Millionaire With Michael Churnow
- How from a young age he was trying to get out of his house. (3:34)
- Being sexually assaulted at 8 years old. (11:08)
- Why he felt he needed to have a legitimate job with his ever-growing side hustle. (16:10)
- His favorite drug to sell and why? (22:05)
- His only run-in with the cops. (26:33)
- The scary experience of getting robbed. (32:08)
- That one time he faked his death. (39:01)
- His connection to the universe. (44:30)
- Losing his father and making amends. (46:55)
- The beginning of the end of the dark days and the beginning of the new days. (56:30)
- The Muay Thai angels. (1:01:48)
- The point where things start happening for him. (1:08:43)
- Why his happiness is FAR more important than cash in the bank and capital. (1:28:59)
- His next venture, partner, and buyout. (1:35:45)
- The origins of Kreatures of Habit. (1:46:33)
- Taking his love of oatmeal and running with it! (1:53:25)
- How fitness & health transformed him. (2:01:01)
- The priority of profitability. (2:08:40)
- You never know the catalyst of change. (2:10:30)
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- Michael Churnow (@michaelchernow) Instagram
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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 | Today's episode is a special one. |
| 0:21.0 | Actually, one of our favorite interviews we've done ever, |
| 0:24.0 | and I don't say that lightly, we interviewed Michael Chernow. |
| 0:28.0 | He's the founder of Creatures of Habit. |
| 0:30.0 | He's the host of their podcast. |
| 0:32.0 | This guy's story is amazing. |
| 0:35.0 | He was a drug addict, drug dealer, and eventually sold two restaurant chain franchises, |
| 0:42.0 | made millions of dollars. |
| 0:44.0 | Now is selling some supplements. |
| 0:46.0 | In fact, I'll talk about that in just a second, but this particular interview is crazy. |
| 0:50.0 | The stories are insane. |
| 0:52.0 | Lots of ups, lots of downs. |
| 0:54.0 | He had us sitting on the edges of our seats. |
| 0:56.0 | I know you're going to enjoy this episode. |
| 0:58.0 | Talks a lot about addiction, how he beat it, how he used fitness to do so. |
| 1:02.0 | Now, his company is Creatures of Habit, and they sell a product called Protagonist. |
| 1:07.0 | So check this out. |
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