In today’s episode, we hear a refreshing perspective from a college drop-out, who moved to the restaurant and bar industry, and then transitioned to a fitness and health base. After gaining a large online presence and becoming an investor in multiple brands, guest Devon Levesque shares about his experience bear-crawling the New York marathon to raise money and awareness for mental health. You won’t want to miss this inspiring story!

Devon opens with sharing his desire to do everything in his power to live before dying. He dives into his story and background, providing a context for what he has accomplished.

Devon’s life was shaped by his time at Valley Forge Military Academy and Long Island University. After his father took his own life when Devon was just 16yrs old, Devon’s mom noticed the need to be surrounded by people and structure. Devon excelled at playing sports, but he needed to make money and soon saw business as a future over sports. Starting with simple bar tending and promotion, Devon worked his way up and his videos started going viral. With brands starting to reach out, Devon held fast to his belief that his reputation is his most valued asset that needs to be protected. Devon started trading time for equity to build a portfolio and maintain authenticity. Devon emphasizes that he is completely in control of his life; the outcomes are up to him and he is not playing victim card.

The conversation shifts as Devon shares about his next challenge and Nick asks about his travels. Devon is passionate about not making excuses, so he has decide that through strategizing, educating, and executing, he will climb the highest point on every continent in the world. Being a person of routine and spontaneity, Devon shares about how his days look amidst traveling. Try to stay positive and work hard. Epic mornings help to ground Devon through prayer, the bible app, showers, and movement. Again, he works to ground his thoughts before bed. The rest of his day is led with an open mind, hard work, and being positive. Listen in on his Tulum Mayan experience.

Nick turns towards Devon’s bear crawl marathon and asks him to share about what called him to go and do this experiment. Learn about his passion for impacting his community first and wanting to live without regret. Devon talks about the reason behind bear crawling and where the idea came from. Listen to the weight he feels from his father’s death, along with the 26 veterans a day who take their life. Devon learned about a charity and foundation that helped veterans to transition into life through fitness and he decided to raise money for this cause. Sharing your personal wins and losses with others is so important in encouraging and spurring others on. All struggles are merely temporary—this too shall pass. What happened to his body after the bear crawl? Learn about the aches he felt for the next 2 months!

As the episode draws to a close, Devon chats about his 29029 epic mountain climbing experience and the challenge his friend brought in completing the challenge in half the time. With a driving passion to take action for his own life, Devon shares where he sees himself 10 years from now and what life might look life.

Timestamps:

1:30 - Host Nick Bare introduces podcast

2:05 - Devon Levesque introduced

4:14 - Time at Valley Forge

6:03 - Long Island University.

9:01 - Videos started going viral

17:22 - Devon’s next challenge

21:17 - Devon’s travels as a person of routine and spontaneity

31:50 - What calls Devon to go and do his experiment

35:58 - The decision to bear crawl

43:15 - What happened to his body?

44:06 - 29029 Mountain climbing experience

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