Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Energy Blueprint podcast. Today I have a very special guest,

someone who actually lives right down the street for me that I go for walks with all the time,

a very important person in my life, very close friend

and mentor, sort of like a big brother to me. He is a New York Times bestselling author. He's one of

the leading mindset and behavior experts in the world. And he's the creator of NeuroGim, the founder

of Neurogim and the author of Intersize.

So he is someone who he's going to be talking to us today about how to manage your mindset,

how to manage your emotions, how to manage your brain and operate your brain during times of stress,

which, of course, we're all in right

now amidst this pandemic. I want to say on a personal note, John has been a mentor of mine

for about 10 years now since what seems like a lifetime ago. It seems like I was a little kid

back when I first met him. And he's been really

instrumental in my own personal growth. And I cannot, I say this with the highest level of

literalness. I cannot think of anybody that I've ever known that is more qualified to speak

on this subject. And I'll just say a couple of personal stories that I've ever known that is more qualified to speak on this subject. And I'll just say a couple of

personal stories that I remember from many years ago when I was in my mid-20s when I was John's

personal trainer at the time. And I would show up to his house and there were some mornings that, you know, he would show up.

I will say he showed up to work out no matter what, every day without exception.

But there were a couple times in particular during this period of time where some interesting things happened.

One was the stock market crash of 2008. And another one was one of

his businesses at the time, his business partner, I think had a stroke. And he was the main

guy operating that business and just chaos in the business. And both times, you know, both times amidst just terrible life-altering

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