But I realized if I didn't step up for our industry, who would? Hey, welcome to another episode of the Empire Show.

My name is Bedros Kulin and this is an inside look and today we've got someone very special to me.

He's actually one of my youngest coaching clients quickly became a friend and a seven-figure

producer and that has a very special place in this episode and you'll understand why as we get along.

So let's welcome Tony Stephan Stephan welcome to the show.

Thank you be appreciate it. Yeah man so you and I met in a

strange way most of my coaching clients don't end up on the Empire show but I think you've got a very

unique story which is why you're here and I think your story is really going to empower many people

watching and listening to the show to go and be a coach, a mentor, a life coach, a strategist in the lives of the people that you want to serve.

And really you decided that you're going to become a registered dietician and you had no intentions of coaching,

which is what you're doing now. Right. You were right. When we met you were a registered dietician

selling gym memberships in what city in Michigan?

Yeah so I was in Novi Michigan about 45 minutes outside of Detroit where I grew up.

So in Novine Michigan you're selling gym memberships for lifetime fitness.

Yep, yep.

And you have this education as an RD,

and obviously there's some debt probably involved with that, right?

Your student loans.

And you signed up for my coaching program because you wanted to get more clients so that you can leave your gym job.

How did that pan out for you?

You know, it's crazy. I still remember. I had to lock myself in my office so no one would come in as I was on the phone with

you but yeah I still remember that call quite vividly I was in that little office in

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