Chris Ashenden, Athletic Greens Co-Founder

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast is with Chris Ashenden, the co-founder of Athletic Greens.

Now I want to be totally transparent here – Athletic Greens is a partner of the podcast but I wouldn’t be comfortable having Chris on unless I fully believed in the product and their mission.

In this conversation, we touch on Chris’ upbringing and how his experiences traveling around the world with his family shaped him -- and ultimately was the impetus for the creation of Athletic Greens.

There were times where Chris was close to broke – living on a diet of rice and beans just to get by - but Chris never gave up.

He refused to alter the quality of the product or the mission of the company even if it meant potentially losing everything.

Chris is grateful he stuck to what he believed in and it becomes clear how his philosophy has rubbed off on the company.

We discuss how to create a culture that stands for honesty and integrity and how to best develop trust with others.

I hope this conversation inspires you – that it’s possible to do things the right way, live with integrity and still succeed in business – and for that matter life in general.

And one last thing - support Athletic Greens and their mission while you’re at it!

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0:15.2	If I share my vulnerability with you and I back it by generally caring and I back it by just consistently delivering on my personal brand promise which is you can trust me I trust you I want to empower you I want to help you achieve what you want let's let's do this together that's been my
0:20.0	secret source men. men. Our Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervay and by Trade and Training,
0:36.5	I'm a sport and performance psychologist, licensed in California, spending time in the trenches
0:41.1	with people that are extraordinary what they do, working on developing the
0:44.8	mental skills so that they can pivot and adjust and pursue their potential.
0:49.7	And the idea behind these conversations is to pull back the curtain to speak with best in the world, people
0:54.4	that are on the path of mastery, to better understand what they're searching for, what they're
0:58.5	driven by, we want to understand their psychological framework, and the mental skills that they use to build and
1:04.5	refine their craft. This week's podcast is with Chris Ashenden, the co-founder of Athletic Greens.
1:12.0	With complete transparency, Athletic Greens is a partner on this
1:15.3	podcast, but I wouldn't be comfortable having Chris on unless I fully believed in their
1:20.0	product and their mission, and this conversation is a reflection of that.
1:24.0	Okay, you know I love the product.
1:26.0	You know how much I enjoy the product as I talk about it in the ad reads, which don't feel like ad reads.
1:30.0	They feel like celebrations of a great product that I use and enjoy and I'd have Chris on anyway because I want to understand
1:38.0	how it is that he's built a model that does good for other people, it's built on wellness and health, and has incredible
1:46.8	scale on it.
1:47.8	So I'm interested in that.
1:49.0	So from a business lens and a business skill, and just the fact that it is a product that I enjoy, this is like a double whammy, for sure.
1:57.0	So I've been using Whole Food supplements for a long time, maybe somewhere around 20 years.
2:02.0	And I became exposed to athletic greens and I liked it. And I
2:06.2	happened to be down in Australia where the CEO of the company is and we had a lunch and I love their
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