Tony Gaskins, Jr.
The Primal Kitchen Podcast
Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti
4.4 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Elle Russ chats with Tony Gaskins, Jr. about his new book MAKE IT WORK: 22 TIME-TESTED, REAL LIFE LESSONS FOR SUSTAINING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. Tony is a husband and father first. In his spare time he’s a bestselling author, international speaker, and celebrity life coach.
It all started after he lost his full football scholarship after 3 seasons of poor performance on the field. At 22-years-old he used his gift of writing to start writing books based on the wisdom he’d gained from life. At 25-years-old he went on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Tyra Banks Show, and the 700 Club telling different portions of his life story. He exposed his mistakes and turned them into lessons. Everything from being toxic in relationships to living the street life with his cousins. Tony allowed his pain to birth his purpose. Then at 26 he was called on by the NBA, NFL, and NCAA to speak to athletes about life, love, and responsibility as young adults.
As a result of of Tony’s message going viral online, he’s amassed 3 million supporters who enjoy his very real and raw delivery of life’s wisdom. Celebrities from all industries have reposted and shared Tony’s content. NBA All-Stars like Dwyane Wade and Damian Lillard have flown Tony in to speak at camps and community events. Countless others call Tony their Life Coach.
Tony served as the team life coach for college teams and a NBA team for several seasons before resigning to be home more with his family, and to work non-exclusively. Tony defines himself as a modern-day servant leader who teaches as he learns, but most importantly lives what he teaches.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Mark Sisson. Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, where we deliver a variety of fresh |
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| 0:21.9 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcastcom. Hey, everyone. |
| 0:22.9 | Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast. |
| 0:24.9 | I am proud to have Tony Gaskins Jr. on the show. |
| 0:28.1 | His latest book, Make It Work, 22 time-tested real-life lessons for sustaining a healthy, happy |
| 0:34.0 | relationship. |
| 0:35.1 | He's a husband of 12 years, father of two boys, author of several |
| 0:38.8 | books, a celebrity coach, an intercontinental speaker. And we're going to talk about his |
| 0:43.6 | interesting journey with love. Welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure. |
| 0:49.3 | So you've got a lot of books. I mean, from The Dream Chaser, Single is Not a Curse, you know, |
| 0:54.1 | what daddy told his little girl, all great titles, including one called Mrs. Ruff. got a lot of books. I mean, from the Dream Chaser, Single is Not a Curse, you know, what |
| 0:54.2 | Daddy told his little girl, all great titles, including one called Mrs. Wright, a guide for |
| 0:59.4 | women on being a wife. So this is really in your wheelhouse, and I'd love you to start out by |
| 1:04.9 | telling us how this subject came into being for you to jump on as an author, why you were |
| 1:10.7 | so compelled to speak |
| 1:12.3 | and write about this? Well, since a young age, you know, just like a lot of young men, I was just |
| 1:19.0 | kind of enamored by the idea of a woman. And I was, you know, chasing the young ladies on the, on the playground. And as I grew up, |
| 1:30.8 | I still, at the age of 16, I started looking for a wife. And I was raised by my mother and father, |
| 1:37.7 | and I saw their marriage. And they had their issues in the beginning. But I wanted that stability. |
| 1:44.1 | I wanted that union. And so outside of |
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