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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

EP 45 - Michael Susi: Holistic Health In A Corporate World

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Religion & Spirituality, Wellness, Society & Culture, Plant Medicine, Relationships, Alternative Health, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Paul Chek, Spirituality, Sexuality, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Development

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 151 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Ever wondered how the health principles Paul teaches would be used and received in a corporate setting?

Paul talks to Michael Susi, a CHEK Professional who heads LinkedIn’s Global Wellness initiative, about teaching whole health principles to more than 14,000 employees all over the world in this Living 4D episode.

Michael shares his long journey to becoming a global leader in wellness at the corporate level in wellness that started at the end of his football career.

Learn more about Michael and the work he’s done at LinkedIn at this link.

Show Notes

  • Michael’s Hero’s Journey started when his football career came to an end. (8:33)
  • Michael’s introduction to LinkedIn. (18:18)
  • Michael was known early on at LinkedIn as Fitness Jesus. (25:52)
  • Michael uses Paul’s technique of “telling people what they want to hear but giving them what they really need.” (42:28)
  • The holistic differences between CHEK Institute training and other certification programs. (49:14)
  • “Real foods are things that can be picked, pulled, slaughtered or caught. There are no muffin bushes…” (1:00:06)
  • The most dangerous genetically modified organisms are found in spices. (1:03:47)
  • The craniofacial rule of thirds. (1:05:06)
  • Paul sings the Dr. Diet song. (1:07:00)
  • When people realize a lack of wellness also decreases their freedom, they get more inspired to do something about it. (1:13:24)
  • “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” (1:21:32)
  • “Our deficiencies are inherently part of the beauty that makes us unique.” (1:32:02)
  • One of Michael’s greatest inspirations: NFL Hall of Fame cornerback Darrell Green who won three Super Bowl rings with the Washington Redskins. (1:40:43)
  • Do you know the address of Heaven and Hell? (1:54:46)
  • The “Chekism” Michael shares the most with LinkedIn employees. (2:01:35)
  • The three primary sleep disruptors LinkedIn employees all over the world face. (2:10:09)
  • Michael’s favorite page in How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! (2:14:57)
  • Paul does comedy. (2:24:44)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So we were going through a redesign of our break of the one of the break rooms and they didn't swap out any product

0:07.8

They just took all the soft drinks and they put them on lower shelves in the refrigerator and they frosted the glass, but not the entire glass.

0:15.6

It was frosted from the bottom up.

0:18.4

And so then at the top were more, you know, coconut waters and things that nature is there something that had a little

0:24.0

bit of flavor maybe a little sweetness but would be rated better than having

0:27.4

soda and then they started putting out water into containers you you know, again infused with something. And we saw a 31% decrease in soft drink consumption once we made that change on a weekly basis without taking anything away from anybody.

0:45.4

So just, you know, making it more presentable, making it more accessible,

0:49.0

and giving people an opportunity to just see the difference. Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Chek. Today's guest is the Director of Global Wellness for

1:07.3

LinkedIn Michael Susie.

1:10.6

Michael Startis's journey through the Health and Well disciplines as a member of the Lebanon Valley College football and track teams.

1:18.0

Then as a collegiate football coach, which coincided with various sales and marketing roles at companies that

1:24.7

range from large corporations to internet startups over a 15 year span. He

1:30.8

joined LinkedIn in 2011 to start the company's wellness program and since then has

1:36.4

scaled the program to serve the company's 14,000 employees through the six tenants of wellness. Michael is also a Czech Institute

1:45.0

trained professional completing Czech exercise coach and Czech holistic lifestyle

1:49.6

coach level one. Well, Michael, welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.

1:57.6

It's exciting to have you on the show.

1:59.8

I was alerted to you and what you're up to with LinkedIn by Gavin Jennings our CEO and I was

2:08.4

always I'm always interested in check professionals that have made it into the corporate environment because I really feel that that's a great place for mass education.

2:19.0

Absolutely. And people there generally have enough inspiration and direction and goals and dreams in their life to be inspired to apply these things.

2:31.0

So I'm excited to talk to you today so welcome. Well thank you

2:36.8

Paul it's a real pleasure to speak with you you have had personally a great impact on me both my personal life and my professional life so the opportunity to chat with you on your podcast is an absolute privilege.

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