008: Interview with Brandon Epstein of Entrepreneur Fitness

Brandon Epstein is our honored guest on episode 8 of Build Your Utopia.

Brandon is a leader in work performance optimization by optimizing emotional and health in his clients. He does this with his specialty in helping people get into a "flow state". He's also the CEO of Entrepreneur Fitness, is a former collegiate athlete, and former fitness model.

In college is where he learned how to unlock certain "flow states" to help perform your best in different scenarios.

The core principle of "flow" is mind body actualization – this is when your thoughts, your spirit and your mindset are all in complete harmony with your movements, your biology and your physiology.  He uses this consistently and effectively to make positive impacts on his client's emotional and personal health. This allows his clients to optimize their minds and body in unison so they can be their best.

(If you want to learn more about a flow state, go read Brandon's article on his blog about flow states here)

Brandon wasn't always focused on positive outlets to accomplish his best performance. At one point, he was what he calls a "sicko" drinking coffee all the time and chewing tobacco constantly!

His unhealthy addictions led him to a crash, as you can imagine. It was at this low point that he turned to chinese medicine and valuable books in the marketplace that turned around the path that he was on.

Starting in business has had it's share of challenges for Brandon. Just over 6 months ago, Brandon didn't know anything about internet marketing! Luckily, he's had a valuable mentor in Jamie Tardy of Eventual Millionaire.

With a niche focus, hard work, focus, incredible self-confidence, and by maintaining a strong work-life balance, Brandon has been able to be very successful.

This topic had a strong impact on Josh and Ben in this episode. For example, Josh shares with the audience how fitness goals led him to overwhelming himself and not optimizing his emotional, physical, and mental health. Ben shares how he was overwhelmed by volunteering for too many responsibilities at work.

Finally, Brandon's 3 impactful takeaways for Utopians are:

• Define your values and decide exactly what is important to you.
• Write down 3-5 values that you want to define yourself by.
• Be true to yourself.

This is a great episode with highly valuable content that you won't want to miss.

As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music!