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Next week:
Presenting Multigenerational Management for @issaworldwide and Smartphone Addiction & 21st Century Leadership for @pmimanitoba.

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There are several stories wrapped into this one picture.
The first one started all the way back in college where I first started exploring competitive powerlifting. During that time, and still is, @pete.rubish, considered one of the best pound for pound best deadlifters in the world.
About a year ago, I reached to hire him as a coach to help with my lifts. After a year of coaching and getting to know him, I found out there was something we both shared in common. Both of us had an enormous amount of respect for @davidgoggins, but neither of us had met him before. We both read his book and had been following him ever so closely before his recent climb to fame.
In serendipitous timing, I was hired to speak at an event where David Goggins was also speaking and it was in driving distance of my coach. I invited my coach to see David Goggins speak and do a meet and greet with him.
In the same week, I had the privilege of meeting my coach for the first time in person, but also had the honor of finally getting my coach and David Goggins in the same place. While it was great shaking David Goggins hand, it was much more impactful seeing my coach meet him.
As soon as David saw my coach he immediately stated in his own words "Something is up with this cat." They immediately started talking about weighlifting, but Pete modestly never mentioned how much he lifted. However, I interrupted and asked Pete to tell Goggins how much he could deadlift. After Pete told him, just shy of 900, David Goggin's mouth dropped and put his face in his hands for a good five seconds. He was speechless. I knew at that point it was a big moment, the "Most Hard Person on the Planet" was blown away by what my coach did.
Pete just earned the respect of his idol. Its often said that people do things not to earn respect of others, but earn respect of those who they respect. It was a pretty special day for all of us.
Thanks @stafdahq for making that day happen!

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So I learned a lesson a couple of weeks ago.
About "BEING PREPARED." Now in Nashville for @STAFDAHQ 43rd Annual Convention general session and roundtables for 3 days!
Here's a head start for the first day: POWER BREAKFAST and NOTES.

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The end of #October was a horror😱😱😱 for me.
I'm supposed to travel✈️ from Boston to California, then California to Victoria, Then Victoria to Calgary.
I realized I forgot my passport when I arrived in California. So I have to purchase this last minute ticket ☝️ back to Boston. Then headed to a gig🎤 at Calgary.
Unfortunately, I was not able to meet @carmelbythac at Victoria as planned.😔 But there's always a next time. 😉

Traveling across US in a day no fun, I'm telling you. 😣😣😣

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