Go All 1N Podcast
Go All 1N Podcast: All 1N. Every Day. No Excuses.
Hosted by a driven blue-collar entrepreneur, Jake Fine and a Notre Dame football alumnus and NFL veteran turned business leader, Braxston Cave, this podcast is for those who know the value of hard work, resilience, and going all in on what matters most. From the RV factory floor to the football field and beyond, we uncover the stories, strategies, and mindsets of those who hustle to turn challenges into opportunities and dreams into reality.
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Go All In: Don't Leave Anything on the Table
62 (1). Go All In: Don't Leave Anything on the Table
How does one truly embody an all-in mentality? Join us as we explore this mindset shift on the reimagined "Go All In" podcast. We kick off our inaugural episode with new co-host, Braxston Cave, who shares his transformative journey from a Notre Dame athlete to navigating the highs and lows of the NFL, while balancing family life with professional goals. Together, we celebrate Notre Dame's recent victory and discuss the pursuit of continuous learning and personal growth. Our rebranding aims to inspire you, our listeners, to challenge yourselves and push beyond your limits, with insights from a range of diverse and fascinating guests.
In the chapter "Life in the Fast Lane," we dive into the adrenaline-packed world of production line work. Discover the physical demands of this environment, where daily hustle is fueled by quick protein snacks and an unyielding passion for personal fitness. Braxston and Jake reflect on career choices, the vibrant culture of working with RVs, and the unique opportunities that arise from such a path. As time flies by, we share personal anecdotes on the joys and challenges of parenthood, blending professional dedication with family life. With years of experience in the rv industry, we illustrate how our all-in approach to both work and family enriches every moment.
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Welcome to the very first episode of the Go All In podcast. Today, we are not just here to talk about going all in. We are here to redefine what it means and why it's the most important decision you'll ever make. I'm Jake, your host, and I couldn't be more excited to kick off the new chapter with all of you. If you've been with us from the early days of the official Be Better podcast, thank you for sticking with us. If you're new here, welcome to the podcast designed to challenge, inspire and equip you to push past your limits and go all in this rebranding. Basically, it represents more than just a name change. It's a mindset shift and it's about committing fully to the things that matter most in life. And you know, today's the first episode and I have the honor of introducing my new co-host, a guy who truly embodies the all-in mentality Braxton Cave.
Speaker 2:We're in and he's here. Cat's out of the bag. We're ready to go.
Speaker 1:I mean, we had a couple teasers released.
Speaker 2:A couple teasers. I have more. We're out there now.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, it's real now. I'm excited and this is the first episode Rebranded. The entire thing. Pretty much the same direction that we were going before is the same direction we're going now. But yeah, I'm stoked.
Speaker 2:This is going to be pretty epic, yeah, I mean, it's just a little twist with some different experiences, a different opportunity to grab some outlooks from people from different backgrounds, and I'm excited. I think we'll learn a ton from each other and from our guests and then, obviously we'll get into it later, but obviously we want the listeners to be engaged and ask questions and bring the best out of us as well.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're basically from what I've learned, from what you've learned. We're supplying you the tools and there's no cap to learning.
Speaker 2:That's right.
Speaker 1:It doesn't stop. So I'm going to learn from you, like you just said, and I'm ready to get better myself, because I know I'm not where I want to be yet and, um, I feel like I'm never going to get to where I want to be, you know we'll never get there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we'll keep chasing it.
Speaker 1:So that's what keeps you hungry and keeps you going. But I'm ready to dig in jackie's here too most importantly yeah the producer I'm here.
Speaker 4:We all have our voice yes, we do um we're coming off an epic, epic weekend yeah, it was yeah.
Speaker 1:On to the next at this point. Yeah, we should be on to the next.
Speaker 4:At this point. Yeah, we should be on to the next.
Speaker 1:Just putting it out there yeah, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 2:I would say we'll have to do a recap At this point in time for those listening, coming off of the Notre Dame win over IU, which, being a Notre Dame grad and obviously Jake and Jackie being huge Notre Dame fans, it was a big weekend, an incredible weekend, hosting the first uh college football playoff game with, uh, the great outcome that we wanted. But by the time this podcast comes out, this episode releases, you know, we'll be post round two yeah, um past georgia and hopefully we're.
Speaker 2:We're just as excited talking about another game I hope, hope so we will.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's going to be good, but, man, we're going to basically we're digging in today. You know what it's the meaning of go all in and we're going to just dig right in. You know, hear your thoughts, my thoughts, braxton's thoughts, you know, and we're going to gonna go on on that. So, man, my voice just cracked on that. It's all right, epic weekend, epic weekend. But do you have anything you want to start off with?
Speaker 4:um, before we get just kicked off um back. So if you want to just do kind of a brief overview of who you are and your interest and yeah, don't say Google me either, I'm joking.
Speaker 2:I think Coach Sig, he burned that one to the ground, so we'll stay away from that quote. So I'm Braxton Cave, born and raised here in Mishawaka, indiana, was fortunate enough to receive a football scholarship to Notre Dame where I graduated with a degree in psychology, you know again, fortunate to go on and play four years in the NFL Not your typical what you see and hear on TV or social media. With the NFL I was more of, you know, I would say the 80-20 of what the NFL really is. And it's a revolving door and you're living out of a suitcase and bouncing from team to team. Obviously you have your top tier of the roster, the Tom Brady's, the guys who play a long time with one team and they're kind of your household names.
Speaker 2:But, there's a bottom half of that roster that year to year, week to week, are bouncing around and playing for different teams and moving around and and I was part of that you know I was on a 53 man roster that that 53rd, 52nd, 51st guy to to make the team, and you know, bouncing up and down from an active roster and practice squad and just the the unknowns of what tomorrow was going to be like.
Speaker 2:So I did that for four years. I played in New England, cleveland, brief stint with the Washington Redskins at the time and then finished my career in Detroit and ultimately made the decision to retire from football. My wife was pregnant with our first kid, our daughter Aviana, and the hardest decision I ever had to make in my life. But I just didn't want my family to the quality of life of living out of a suitcase and not knowing what tomorrow brings and moving all over the country. I tell people all the time if it was just me, a single guy, I'd probably still be playing. I wouldn't mind bouncing around practice squads in town to town living out of a suitcase, because you know, if it's just you, yeah, you know you're.
Speaker 2:You're running around collecting a paycheck and doing that thing and living out a dream at the same time. But the quality of life of you? Know, having to you know when you get released or traded from a team. Your wife is left to just pack everything up and meet you at the next spot.
Speaker 2:Because you're on a plane, you know, 12 hours later. And that just wasn't, that wasn't in the cards for how I wanted to raise my family. So moved back to town and started the next chapter, put the Notre Dame degree to work and started my professional career. What was it? You know, eight, eight years ago and time is flying.
Speaker 2:Time is flying. Now I serve as as an executive for a publicly traded company, we're. We're around the globe, you know 130 locations and it's been a really cool experience for me to have you know. The CEO has entrusted me with the ability to build teams. That was my biggest fear. Stepping out of football was losing that locker room camaraderie. I started playing ball when I was nine years old and you become accustomed to being part of a locker room and a brotherhood and obviously you never fully get that back. But the, the company I work for. I've been very blessed to be able to hire, you know, former athletes, former teammates uh, build teams and it's been an incredible ride yeah, and I want to add in too, because you've told me this you weren't just handed that position, you started from the base.
Speaker 2:Yeah so. I mean I came in as a trainee. Yeah.
Speaker 2:And you know, did everything, from working with our service team and climbing I'm in the RV, automotive, marine industries and that you know that particular summer when I started, you know we were, you know, out in service lots and climbing under units and, you know, just doing the dirty work. I appreciate that because you get a real understanding of what the job really is and how our parts and pieces actually apply in the real world. And so you know I did that. You know the the message from our CEO was look, put your head down, do the work and the rest will take care of itself. And I just applied everything that I had learned through my athletic career to the business world and it transfers right over.
Speaker 2:So yeah it's been a fun ride. Never this, never ever what I thought I'd be doing.
Speaker 1:Isn't that crazy? I think that's probably all of us. That's crazy.
Speaker 2:Unless you're a doctor and you're going to med school. You've got a pretty clear path of what you're going to do, but most people you know you just you get into a job and you kind of figure it out and you learn on the spot and then a day it all comes down to people.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the connections you make along the whole, the whole journey, you know. But yeah, cause I'm in the RV industry as well and you know I see the side that, where you started at and you know from building RVs, um, it's just, uh, that market is insane. Rv industry is insane. I mean, this is the RV capital of the world Elkhart, indiana, and that's why, like when I communicate and talk to people from out of state and all that and they ask what I do, I tell them that and I'm like they. A lot of people do know where Elkhart's at, but that's why I'm like I'm from, I live in South Bend and I have to add in where Notre Dame University is at. That's live in South Bend, I have to add in where Notre Dame University is at. That's how everybody knows where South Bend's at. So, but yeah, the RV industry is there's just the market is insane.
Speaker 1:Um, because even when I've been out to Utah, like the one time I went by myself I went to excuse me, the salt flats and there was a lot of, you know, older, like baby boomers, out there with RVs and I saw a couple like um brands that I recognize I've built before and you know, and I I like to, I'm very outgoing, so I'll talk to anybody and I made conversation with the older couple and, um, they're like just throwing me ideas. You should go back and mention they need to do this, this and this. I'm like you know what You're not the first to ever say that, because I hear it all the time but it's cool to see the stuff that you've put your hands on and built all over the country. And I've been in the industry for what?
Speaker 4:17 years 40 years, I think.
Speaker 1:It feels like it, but it's like. I love the atmosphere. I love the fast-paced work. That's why I never left the production line. I enjoy being around it and the fast pace. That's where my fitness part I'll do my outdoor ruck or walk or whatever. If I was building today, my average steps a day, from like 4.30 in the morning till, we'll just say, 11 in the afternoon, was about 25 000 steps and I don't know if that equates to like almost 10 miles.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I'm just throwing it off top of my head but yeah, every day. So it's like if you want to keep muscle on you, you have to eat. So I was like dude when I was doing it. I was throwing down protein bars, like always in my pocket because you can't, yeah.
Speaker 1:So it's like you don't stop and just yeah, I'll. I'm going off on tangent but I'll get back here. But yeah, the industry is insane and I mean we're both in the industry and I enjoy it. You know that, that's this area. I mean that's like when we got out of school it's like everybody's like, oh, go ride an RV, go ride an RV. That's where the money's at and yeah, that's this area. So. But I mean you've been with Lippert what you said eight years.
Speaker 2:Yeah, eight and a half years now.
Speaker 1:Yeah it's time is just flying man.
Speaker 2:It's just insane I mean, I'm reminded of it every day when she was my daughter that I was speaking of when I was coming out of football. She's about to turn eight she's tall, she's tall man, I saw the picture on my.
Speaker 2:She's growing and then we got a five-year-old, my five-year-old son, copeland, and a three-year-old, son asa, and it's, you know, just watching them grow and you know, know their personalities, and it's a constant reminder. You don't understand, you know people told you all the time as you were growing up, like you don't understand until you're a parent.
Speaker 1:And now I'm really understanding what that means.
Speaker 2:Time goes so fast yeah.
Speaker 1:I give you guys props. Man it's, it is a. It is a hard job, like I've told you, motherhood, mothers oh, my wife's job is way harder than mine. Dude, I know, that's what I'm saying mothers are freaking, the strongest humans on the earth. And because I told you this, I was like who took care of the homes when the men were overseas. You know the women did you know? So, yeah, props to that and you know, one of these days, maybe I don't know, Anyway, um you get another puppy, yeah sure We've got two.
Speaker 1:That's good, I'm done.
Speaker 4:We survived that, all right. What to expect?
Speaker 1:Well, encourage personal growth. That's the top thing. That we thing is the growth of your journey. I'm still in the process getting better every day, growing and going through the failures I've been through and growing from those. It's basically like I said before we are equipping you with the tools and you know what braxton's been through, what I've been through. Jackie will throw stuff out, that what she's been through with her career and, um, yeah, just give a lot of strategies. I mean, what do you?
Speaker 2:I think I mean the biggest thing is obviously we can tell a lot of stories about successes we've had but I think the biggest lessons learned is through the failures and if we can, you know share some of those and you know extreme vulnerability of you, know the things that didn't work out in life.
Speaker 2:And, if you can, you know, explain that to people and keep them from having to make that same mistake. Um, that it's invaluable of what people can learn just through stories of, of the failures and how you push through them and where you're at today. So I think that's the goal in all this you mentioned earlier, like we're never going to get to where we want to be.
Speaker 2:It's a journey, but if we can just put out the stories and be vulnerable and let people know I mean, we're just regular people. Obviously we all have different experiences and gotten to do some cool things, but there's a lot of trials and tribulations that come along the way and I think if people can see that, we can share that message and then obviously get the feedback from others. I mean I think we can all get better.
Speaker 1:And also I mean usually when people fail at things, they were usually just like done, I'm not. I'm not going any further, cause I mean I'll use one of my examples. I did protein donuts before COVID.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and they were good.
Speaker 1:Thank you and you're not the only one that keeps asking me to bring it back. It's like you get to a point because I mean I made a lot, and it's like you go to bed smelling the donuts in your nose. You wake up smelling the stuff in your nose and it's like you get to that I got burned out, but it wasn't stopping me from what I was doing. I feel like I failed at the business I was doing, but I also use because COVID really put a damper on a lot of things and that was one thing I did not want to deal with with people coming after me oh, you're making foods for.
Speaker 4:You just never knew at that point.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because you never know if someone could come after you and come with a lawsuit or something like that, when they're the ones that ordered it. But that's why I did not want to deal with because I was face the ones that ordered it. But that's why I did not want to deal with, you know, because I was face to face with people and that's why I took a. You know, I was like you know what?
Speaker 4:I'm gonna put the brakes on this and uh you know, it just kind of coincided with the timing and yeah, all of that, and I mean I got in a dark place right after that too.
Speaker 1:I mean, I've told it in the past episode of you know before and I've never thought I'd ever get in that place, but I did and I thought it was. I thought I was just done. I'm like I'm not going to be successful with this. I'm not, I'm not able to do what my visions are and I'm like you know, I'm just yeah, it just put me in a dark place and that's like one of the most memorable things that I remember from you know, the donut business I did. And that's when this, you know, the Be Better brand this was on my paper for, you know, a vision and where I wanted to go with it. There's my paper for a vision and where I wanted to go with it. There's just times I write down. Maybe I can do this. You just think of little things, how many whiteboards do we have?
Speaker 4:I think they're in the garage.
Speaker 1:I still have them.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we had whiteboards and so we had like three whiteboards in a spare room and I don't know how many different business ideas we had on there.
Speaker 1:But you know, I'll just use Andy for sale, for example. He's like find the problem and find something to solve it. That's all you need to do. So if you are wanting to build a business or a brand, find the problem we have and solve it. You know, that's what he said.
Speaker 2:Don't overcomplicate it, yeah, and that's the thing, you know.
Speaker 1:People overthink it, which I do. People overcomplicate it and yeah, there's a lot of overthinking. Man, there's so many voices in my head. When I have like ideas, I'm like there's no freaking way I can do that. No way, no, you can't do this.
Speaker 1:It's just, it's a competition in your head and but, yeah, there's a lot of things I want to. I'll tell stories in future, episodes that I've dealt with, you know. But I know you've had quite a run to. You know what you've been through and, um, I know when we had you, you on the past episode which episode was that, by the way? Remind me fresh from my memory seven, 17, sounds like it. I think you're right, 17. I mean I can't believe. I remember that you were talking about draft draft night and I made so many clips from that because I was, like, you know, replaying it over. I'm like man, I'm like that dude went through some shit that night. That is a dude, seriously, and it's, you know, telling those type of stories and I, we're gonna come with it you know I can't wait so I guess I'll give you one before we move on.
Speaker 2:Obviously we put on here equipping people with tools and strategies for those of you that heard my phone alarm that just went off. This will be my first tip.
Speaker 1:Was that the reminder for the tip?
Speaker 2:Well kind of. So just one thing that I do is so my wife and I have always used the numbers 143 in place of I love you, and so I set an alarm on my phone every day at one 43 to remind me to text my wife and just check in love you. Hope you're having a good day, cause, you know, I think all of us will get in the flow of work or there's stuff going on, and then maybe I'll get a text from her at four 30 in the afternoon. She's like hi, remember me, you know that's a smack wake up there there's.
Speaker 2:My first tip of the podcast is set an alarm to make sure you check in at home to make sure number one's doing well prioritizing.
Speaker 1:You know we're gonna get into it here later. That's what 75 hard is about, yeah you.
Speaker 4:You know, and you were right, it was 17,. Man Gold star for today.
Speaker 1:I made it, but yeah.
Speaker 4:I think kind of like all of these and then I think they all go in together like fostering a go on mindset. You know a lot of the stories that go with it, but I think what all comes down to is that creating a community which we have.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we are building one, yep, and that's on the instagram which we got.
Speaker 2:We have some kinks to work.
Speaker 3:Yes, yes I'm glad you said that, because we're that instagram is just something else.
Speaker 1:I don't. I don't understand the channel because we've had issues with people trying to join. Braxton can only see a few. I can only see a few followers. It's like you can invite collaborators, which I did for you. You can't add any more administrators like me and you any more than two. So it's like maybe we should just make a group message in our messages and just add everybody that's in the group and it's so much easier to do that. That way it'd be. We can see everybody's, you know handles and add everybody. And yeah, it's like it's building a community.
Speaker 1:We're holding everybody accountable and we're doing 75 hard, which this episode airs on the day we're starting January 6th. So if if Episode airs on the day we're starting January 6th. So if you want to join us, let us know. Dm Braxton, dm me. You can also DM Jackie and we'll add you and, like I said, we're going to hold each other accountable. Tell our stories. You know, every day is not going to be a winner. You're going to have days that you had a loss. You can talk about them.
Speaker 2:It's going to happen, happen. Nobody's perfect, right. So, yeah, I mean I put a post out the other day. This will be my fifth year starting uh, the year off with 75 hard in the live hard program and I just I love the public accountability to it yeah so you know I I post stuff.
Speaker 2:typically, when I post things on social media, whether it's, you know, inspirational, motivational or some type of physical challenge or just real life, I try to not do the typical posing of real life versus Instagram. I don't think there's any value in showing these perfect shots of what's going on. So I've had a number of people hit me up since we started talking about our group. We're putting together for 75 Hard and they're like man, is there a platform? Is there a text message group? Because I'm going to need the accountability.
Speaker 2:And I'm like absolutely, we're getting that figured out, and so the Instagram group that we'll have going will be that platform, and we can even do group message text.
Speaker 1:You know, because I text you, you know quotes in the morning. Sometimes I do the same with you, you know, just to give you that little fire underneath you to push you for you know, for the day and um, but yeah, it's like you know, just like what you said, and setting a reminder to text your wife. And it's like I do that with the people that are in my circle and I think we could do that with you know, a mass group text the instagram group lets us go up to 250.
Speaker 2:I don't know if iphones, let you go very high. Didn't think about that, I just had an idea as I was sitting here, group me.
Speaker 1:Yes, totally forgot about that, because.
Speaker 4:Andrew's like baseball and basketball.
Speaker 1:Totally forgot about group me.
Speaker 4:It's like create group Okay.
Speaker 1:Could do that.
Speaker 2:Might just go that route, I think at the end of the day, if you want to join in, just let us know, get in our DMs and we'll figure out the logistics of it. But at the end of the day, it's commit, let's jump in it together and get better, and I've never come out of this wishing that I wouldn't have done it, and every person that's ever done it with me is the same thing. So we're going to start this year off right and with a solid group and push each other and kick off the new year the right way.
Speaker 1:And you're locked in. You get done with it. You are locked in.
Speaker 4:That's my first time.
Speaker 1:Yes, rookie.
Speaker 2:First timer.
Speaker 1:Greenhorn hey, here we go, yep, just. Timer Greenhorn hey, here we go, yep, just all about prioritizing. Yeah, that's what I've learned with it, and you're going to switch some things around, which I always do, you know, because you never know what your day is going to be like. You never know what you're going to run into. I guarantee your day doesn't go as planned as always. Mine doesn't. You're going to run into bumpy roads, you're yeah it's gonna happen.
Speaker 2:Um, the number one thing I tell people is you gotta win the morning yes you gotta win the morning because if you, if you start out behind the eight ball and you're trying to cram all day long, it's just, it gets painful you're almost at midnight to get everything.
Speaker 4:Yeah and then one thing as we were plotting out 75 hard on our big ass calendar, we're like when does it end? We will be at the Arnold and so during 75 Hard. So maybe if people are there at the Arnold we can have like a meetup or whatever to do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we'll build something for that.
Speaker 4:But I'm saying these out loud because it's all coming to me now.
Speaker 1:That's not, that's a great idea.
Speaker 2:You know a little meetup so and at the end of the day it ends 75 hardball and probably like two weeks before everyone goes on spring break for those that have kids and are going to be traveling around, so so it's kind of a win-win Go into spring break in the best shape of your life physically and mentally and it'll be a good trip.
Speaker 1:I've had people message me and ask me about it and they're like oh, I'd start it now, but I'm going to Italy in a couple weeks. I want to do it during that. It's like it's why you get on the you know there's never a perfect.
Speaker 2:No, there's never a perfect time for this, for starting to have kids, for a job change like there's just never. You just got to do it. Yeah, you gotta jump in and you figure it out and then, being surrounded by good people, we're gonna to cheer you along, I think that's kind of a difference maker as well.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm stoked. You got your books lined up, don't you?
Speaker 2:I got five books right now.
Speaker 1:I have mine written down. I want to get on Amazon and order some. But yeah, I have mine lined up. You haven't done yours yet order some.
Speaker 4:But yeah, I have mine lined up. You haven't done yours yet. Well, I bought a book, I think, earlier in the fall, and I haven't read it yet.
Speaker 1:So well, there's one with you, if you remember your last time you did it. How many, dude? I'm a slow ass reader. How many books you get in your 75 days? How many many did you finish?
Speaker 2:I think I've. Typically it's been depending on the size of them.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Minimum of three.
Speaker 1:Okay, I feel better. Yeah, I mean, that's about me.
Speaker 2:Cause I like to read in the morning, when I first get up, before I work out. You know I'll either drink a pre-workout or some coffee and read while I do that, and then I like to read before bed too.
Speaker 1:That's when I do it.
Speaker 2:But I like to get it in the morning, because at night sometimes when I read, I'll fall asleep while reading. Same, so I'm like I got to at least knock this out in the morning so that if I do fall asleep I don't fail.
Speaker 4:You've been in bed and almost falling asleep and realize you didn't take your photo. You've had to get up.
Speaker 1:That's the thing too, cause you said you do your, do yours in the morning yeah.
Speaker 2:So it's dude, I could no.
Speaker 1:I couldn't set up a try that the phone tripod or anything at that time of the hour.
Speaker 2:No way I'm like, I just take it right in the mirror man, man, no tripod, no, nothing fancy.
Speaker 1:This is yeah, this is a raw picture, so I'll get it done. I know I have no worries whatsoever, but yeah, I'm stoked for that. You know and um, where we at promoting the resilience and excellence yeah that's a highlight of the value of hard work and doing the work, and it's, I think it's.
Speaker 2:The highlight there is that people have to understand there is no shortcut. Everybody's looking for the quick fix, the shortcut, the what pill can I take?
Speaker 1:It's always like that.
Speaker 2:Life does not work that way. Now you'll find right. There's the point zero, zero, one percent of people that you know fall into it and then obviously those are the stories that get blown up and everybody thinks that they can do that because everybody wants it now but it's just not how it works yeah I mean, you look at anybody who is super successful.
Speaker 2:Unless they were handed money via family or something like that, no one falls into success. And so the hard work and again, like we talked about earlier, the failures that come along the way, that's the. That's where all the the meat is that we want to get into and learn from.
Speaker 1:You learn from failures. A hundred percent, so you learn not to ever do them again.
Speaker 4:Well, I think those are my favorite stories of the athletes that you hear. You know Michael Jordan, tom Brady and all of those that weren't drafted were cut, all of those and the hours and hours and hours they put into practice to show like I really, really want this, no matter the failures that I went through, those are my favorite because they they wanted it so bad.
Speaker 1:I want to know what you know with people that listen to this, what going all in means to them. That's like one Cause it. I think when people hear that you know what's the first thing a lot of people think about Gambling Seriously.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know they don't think about it this way and it's pretty much, I mean, you are gambling technically on this part of your life, but it's also going to come out. If you do put your full intention, intention into this, you're going to come out a better version of yourself and if you stick to it, there's no no stopping, you know. But yeah, that's the first thing, because I I've talked to my mom about this and I told her the transition that we're making with the podcast, told her about you and um, it's. She's like, did you change the name? And I told her and she's like, oh, just like poker. So it's like, yes, but I said, this is the vision and direction that we're going. And um, but yeah, that's the first thing. I know a lot of people are gonna think about when they think of going all in, you know. So I want to throw that in there well, I think, kind of.
Speaker 4:Just to wrap up, you know the what to expect is really the us being and we've talked about it the whole time here but being authentic really the good, the bad and the ugly of everything it's getting to be successful is not pretty all the time. And then the one I'm really excited about for this is the really explore diverse perspectives is guests. The guests we're going to have on is going to be I'm really excited, I'm really excited. I am too.
Speaker 1:And, you know, having them physically too, if we do have physical guests in front of us, yeah, that's going to be a big impact. You know, hearing the stories because I know you have a list of people that you've thought of and mentioned to me, and just the little stories you've told me about them, I'm like I'm already like I'm ready to hear it, you know. So I'm pretty stoked for, you know, everybody listening what they're going to get out of it and the stories that they have and the impact that we have pushed on them. And you know it's, it's, we're basically we're giving you that ripple effect and right, you know we're not perfect, we don't know it all no heck, no other people gotta tell the story no story.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So going back to books, I mean I'm an avid reader now, but growing up I hated it, I hated it. And you know, someone explained it to me one time and it like that's when the light bulb went off to me and when it was. You can learn someone's entire life story and the lessons they learn, the successes, the failures, in one book. Something that took someone's entire life you can learn in 180 pages 180 pages.
Speaker 2:It may take you two weeks, it may take you a month, but a month versus a lifetime, that sounds like a pretty good investment to me, no different than when we bring people on the show and we get to hear their experience. You're going to get that in a 45 minute chunk versus a lifetime. Yep, and there's so much value to that of just learning from other people and different perspectives and backgrounds. I mean it's to me, it's especially for people who, you know, grew up in a small town, had I. When I got to Notre Dame, my eyes were open in a different way of seeing just a different life, different perspective.
Speaker 2:I mean I remember, you know, outside of maybe going down to Florida on on vacation, growing up I didn't experience anything different than Mishawaka, indiana or South Bend, and so to see the way other people live and the way they experience life, I mean it was an eye-opener to me. And there's some stories there that we'll get into at another time. But had I not been interacting with those people and gotten that experience, I wouldn't have known anything different. And then, guess what? You're known as Ignorant. Yeah. Because you don't know anything different.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 2:So if we can, you know, provide people some experience and some different culture and history and background, I think we all instantly get better from that.
Speaker 1:For sure I'm just getting all giddy and ready, seriously, seriously. You know that, for sure I'm just getting all giddy, I'm ready, seriously. You know, um, we've already said the community part. You know 75 hard but um, yeah, like like what you said being authentic, you know that's, that's like the top ingredient. And like you said about instagram, because I've said in past, instagram's a highlight reel. They really don't post all the the bad stuff or the stuff they go through.
Speaker 4:You know, sometimes you will, but how authentic is it when they're setting up a camera?
Speaker 1:that too and crying.
Speaker 4:I mean, granted, some people not knocking everyone, but there's some more. I'm like, really, is it? How authentic is it?
Speaker 1:yeah so it's, like I said, highlight reels, it's for likes and, uh, you know the engagement because, like, what was the one you showed last night? A guy built a huge lego. What was it? Like a F-16 or something like that, something like that. Huge. I mean, this was like probably the size of this table and he dropped it.
Speaker 1:He tripped going down the stairs I'm like, well, he set his phone up for him to do that or what. So that's kind of like what we're talking about here. But you know, well, you have the stories. That's the thing, the stories behind the people, that what they actually went through and explaining it, and it's that's what really, because recent podcasts I've listened to the stories that I hear, like all you, sean ryan's podcasts, for example, which are very long um, the stories that the people he has on, the stories I hear is like unbelievable. It's like they grab me and I'm like locked in here. The story cause they're, they're just so good. It's the stories of everybody, what they have, you know there's.
Speaker 2:There's true power in story.
Speaker 1:Yes, yep, no doubt about it. Yeah.
Speaker 1:And the older I've gotten, the more I've been all about it. You know I like hearing the whole story behind. You know people's brands and you know hearing Andy's story from when he built First Form and his supplement store, and you know that's the thing that people like. They want to know what's the story behind the brand and who the person is. And you know, with my brand, what's the story behind. You know what I've been through and what I've done. You know career wise and my vision, and people are attracted to that story. You know, and Nick Bear is another example. So that's where we're going with this, with this podcast, you know so.
Speaker 2:So you mentioned it earlier of you know, wanting to know from the listeners of what go all in means to them. Would you want to give what your definition would be and what it means to you?
Speaker 1:Ooh, I have a few, but my top one that I would use out of it is my top one that I would use out of it is giving your full, 100% intention into everything that you do, all aspects, and if you're not giving that full 100%, then you're not. It's not going to work. And I've told you I've had workouts for doing 75 hard that I have not. I, I knew I was like man, I didn't give it all on that and if I would have left, okay, you're cheating yourself and you are the only person that knows Nobody else does. But it's that regret later that you're going to have so and I think you know you mentioned that.
Speaker 2:I think a lot of people will look at that in the terms of like 75 harder working out.
Speaker 1:They're like they think they have to absolutely crush themselves yeah, in these I'm not saying that, no, it's not that, it's set a plan and give everything you got to that plan yes you don't have to do a million sets or anything.
Speaker 2:I can't walk coming out of the gym that's not the the idea. Yeah. But it's set a plan and give it everything you've got to that plan and then be done. Yep, right, it's not. It's not about I've had a lot of people like, oh my gosh, I could never do two workouts in one day, every day for 75 days.
Speaker 1:See, that's. That's the thing that scares me when you say that yeah, say two workouts. They're like what?
Speaker 4:yeah, I'm like a walk yoga stretch. That's the thing too.
Speaker 1:You know, put a heavy backpack on your back and go walk for 45 minutes. That's like my favorite thing to do, you know. But you can switch it up. If you want to do something that's harder, go ahead. That's that's on you, you know. That's what your choice is, but yeah, that's my normal one. That's my favorite part of the whole program is getting outside.
Speaker 1:We've talked about it here in the snow, the snow crunching, you know the wind, the animals, whatever is out there. I can have some stories about that, because I've been out at Notre Dame, I've been scared a couple of times. But yeah, that uh my little definition behind what I feel like it is. Do you have one for you? Me yeah um it's nice to hear a woman's perspective.
Speaker 4:I think mine really goes. I go all in for Andrew yeah, I mean I don't ever want him to see his mom doing anything half-assed because I'm setting the standard and to push him. If I'm going to push him to do better or be better, then he's got to see where it starts. So that's my go all in.
Speaker 1:Kids see everything.
Speaker 4:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:You know A hundred percent. And I know yours, dude. I just hanging out with you guys at one night and seeing what they're, what copeland was doing, dude, I'm like that's a mini you you know, because I guarantee you're probably the same way and it's like you, you set the standard, you know, and they're gonna follow suit. So props to both of you, because you guys are both doing the right thing. So because I know there's a lot of unfortunate ones out there that don't get that and but what's your?
Speaker 2:I mean, for me it all comes down to intentionality and just leaving nothing left to chance.
Speaker 2:You know I've struggled with this with my NFL career of you know, what if I would have just tried to go one more year, you know, and it's like, at the end of the day, I had peace, knowing that I executed to the plan of my intent of I'm going to live life on my terms and raise my family in an environment that I can, you know, know that they're set up for success. Getting an NFL paycheck's great Living every day, not knowing um, where you're going to be is not, and so to me it's going all in, is. It's like you said, Jack? It's setting the standard, living to that standard every single day and never looking back of man.
Speaker 3:If I just would have done this or if I just would have done that.
Speaker 2:You know, to me it comes down to a lot of planning and set the plan, execute the plan and then at the end of the day, if you execute on it, it didn't work. You can make tweaks on it, but at the end of the day if you didn't execute on it, then you're back to man. If I just would have done this or would have done that, I would have had success. No, like exhaust all options. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. You can always pivot.
Speaker 2:But looking back on it, man, if I would have just done what I said I was gonna do, I probably would have got there.
Speaker 1:That eats us up you're your biggest critic the entire time. So I mean, before we wrap, you know, in this I'm thinking about you going back to the NFL now. You would not be a lineman, no, you'd be a tight end maybe. Maybe Maybe so just thinking about that.
Speaker 2:when you said that, yeah, I mean I played most of my career around 315 pounds. I was 333 at my heaviest. I mean that was a lot of beer and protein shakes to get there. Hopefully, that's where I hopefully that's where I think I can add some hope to some people. You know I walk around now between like 240 and 245.
Speaker 1:You look phenomenal, is it?
Speaker 2:exactly where I want to be? No, it's not, but it's a hell of a lot better than where I was Now. I was that big because I had to be yeah for sure, but I longed for the days. It's a hell of a lot better than where I was Now. I was that big because I had to be. It was part of the deal. But I longed for the days of when I could be in shape and feel good about the way I looked in clothes and actually buy clothes when I went to the store.
Speaker 4:Everything had to be either custom or—.
Speaker 2:Those are things people don't think about None At all, none at all, and so it's uh now.
Speaker 1:Now I have trouble finding clothes in the store for different reasons um, that fit me well, but biggest issue is pants for the quads. That's the biggest issue because I get.
Speaker 2:I get crap from people all the time. They're like dude, you wear skinny jeans. I'm like no I wear.
Speaker 1:No, he wears normal jeans. His legs are just tree trunks.
Speaker 2:This is that's what I'm working with man yeah so uh see there's a problem.
Speaker 1:Someone designed some pants and solve it. I know there's probably some out there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, I'm out there, for sure but yeah, that's you know, my go-to response now is look, I work too hard to wear baggy clothes so truth.
Speaker 2:So, uh, we can have some fun with it. But I think you know that's where I love I. I work with a lot of people on their weight loss journeys. Um, that's something I really love and have passion about doing, so obviously I'd love to be able to use this platform to help as many people on that, along with all the other things we're going to go through. But I just know personally, when you feel good about the way you look and the way you feel you're a different person, you show up with confidence. That translates to whether it's work or your marriage or relationships. The physical part to me is just as big as anything else, and there's a lot of people who are okay with where they're at. They're not.
Speaker 1:Complacent. They put it on the front, complacent, but they are.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they'd be either complacent or the whole dad bod thing. I want my kids to grow up like proud of who dad is and the example that dad set and my dad's Superman. That's right, I mean seriously.
Speaker 1:I said that about mine all the time, so it's you're. You're correct. Yeah, the dad bod thing is just blown out of the I'm just. Even when you hear you see stories about girls on Instagram saying, oh, I'd rather have a guy with dad bod than a guy that's in shape, I'm like that's a lie.
Speaker 2:No, you wouldn't, no, you wouldn't. And the only reason you would is because you're intimidated by that. Yeah.
Speaker 1:So, but yeah, you got anything before we wrap this up.
Speaker 4:Really to you know, we want to hear from the audience. We want to again be that community.
Speaker 1:A lot of engagement. We'll figure it out.
Speaker 4:I think on this episode we figured it out. So by the time this launches, we'll have our shit together. But yeah, I think that's the biggest thing. But yeah, I think that's the biggest thing.
Speaker 2:I think. The other thing I want to jump in there is so far in our community that has been growing like crazy. Over the last week or so there's been a ton of women, more women than men.
Speaker 1:Yes, we talked about this.
Speaker 2:And so ladies who are listening, don't be intimidated to jump in. The population as of right now has more women than men, which is awesome. Maybe 80-20?.
Speaker 1:Yeah, maybe.
Speaker 2:And.
Speaker 1:I've said this to you Men need to step up.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because what did you say about men? Because why aren't they getting in this?
Speaker 2:Well, I think a lot of dudes will look at it and say like I don't need help. I got this. Well no, a lot of dudes will look at it and say like I don't need help. I got this. Well no, you don't. Look in the mirror. You haven't figured it out yet. So surround yourself with good people who are going to push you. And again, we're not perfect. We're all going to learn in this. Together, we all got a long way to go, but it hasn't worked for you thus far. So stop lying to yourself and jump all in and let's get better together. It's the only way to do it.
Speaker 1:That's 100%, because I said it before, I've lied to myself for many years and once you do this 75 hard, you are going to realize it and you're going to be like holy shit. So I'm stoked and, like I said, men need to step it up and join. We got some in there, but also I mean ending. We're going to wrap up here. You got to ask yourself, you know, what area of your life could benefit from a little more of commitment. You know, joining 75 Hard and you know, but it's about taking the action and taking that first step. So that's where we're at now. Episode one man, you got anything to wrap up and end it with no, I mean I'm excited.
Speaker 2:I think, uh, being on this journey kicking it off with 75 hard is going to be really cool to get more and more people engaged. You know we got this is the beginning of a long journey, so I'm excited even more excited to get some guests on here and hear some different perspectives and life journeys. It's going to be fun.
Speaker 1:So for sure. And at the end, here you know. You never know, because life is short, man. You never know when your last day is, so why wouldn't you go all in on it? You don't know, so till next time follow us.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I do need the handles. I mean, I know the people that do follow. Obviously the name has changed, but they're still connected. But the handle for Instagram is goallnpod right now and the N part, obviously there's a one for the I, so make sure you guys add that in and it's also going to be the same. I don't know what's going on with TikTok right now.
Speaker 4:Well, it's apparently going away, so don't worry about it.
Speaker 1:It's there, but who knows how long? But also, youtube is the same Yep, so follow us. Yeah, we're looking forward to everybody joining.
Speaker 4:What's episode two going to be about?
Speaker 1:What is episode two going to be about? What?
Speaker 2:is episode two going to be about Jumping into core values?
Speaker 4:right. Yes, that's it, setting the tone.
Speaker 1:It's the building blocks, yep. All right, until next time, take care. Go all in Go, all in Yo.
