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"Success is an endurance race."

Want to have Success?

JJ Birden is an engaging communicator and a leading expert at helping individuals seize their opportunities in life.

Born and raised in Portland Oregon, JJ went to the University of Oregon where he was a two-sport star in Football and Track and Field. A 5'10", 157-pound wide receiver, JJ was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1988 NFL Draft and played nine seasons (Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons). To play nine years in a profession where the average players career last an average of 3.2 years is something special. Two of those nine years was with Hall of Fame Quarterback Joe Montana. He certainly was not the biggest, strongest, or fastest guy on the field, but he knew how to seize his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and maximize his success through dedication and hard work.

In his presentations, JJ shares lessons from his experience as a small man in a big man's game. JJ's time in the NFL helped shape the message that he now delivers to audiences around the world. After seeing the successes and failures of others at the highest level, he developed a set of principles that others could follow to achieve greatness, no matter how they defined it or what they're pursuing.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with JJ about seizing opportunities, finding your passion, and dealing with self doubt.

Learn all about JJ and how you can seize opportunities to maximize your potential.

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Special thanks to JJ Birden for joining us this week. Until next time!

"Figure out who you want to be and make decisions in alignment with that."

Making Decisions For Your Future Self

Alan Stein, Jr. is a keynote speaker and author who spent 15+ years as a performance coach working with the highest-performing basketball players on the planet. He now teaches audiences how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level.

Alan specializes in improving individual and organizational leadership, performance and accountability.  He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits and productivity which is what makes him one of the top motivational speakers you’ll ever hear.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Alan about pursuing what you love, being the best version of yourself and mastering the unseen hours.

Learn all about Alan and how you can be a person that makes decisions that benefit your future.

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Special thanks to Alan Stein Jr. for joining us this week. Until next time!

"We all need motivation to keep doing what we love to do."

Look, Feel and Perform Your Best

Maggie Berghoff is a nurse practitioner-turned-health entrepreneur who has worked with founders, celebrities and leaders to help them develop a healthy lifestyle from the inside out. Maggie is specialized in functional medicine, which corrects imbalances in the body, to develop peak performance.

At 22, Maggie had suddenly put on an extra 50lbs in a few months, amongst many other symptoms. Which led to a mini stroke.  Maggie was discharged with a host of diagnoses and medications she was going to have to take. The doctor’s told Maggie she was going to be on IV Therapy the rest of her life. Yet, Maggie wasn’t going to let them decide how she was going to live her life. Within 6 months after turning to functional medicine, Maggie was able to heal her body from head to toe.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Maggie about how she healed her body, how you can maximize your health and staying motivated to do what we love.

Learn all about Maggie and her story.

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• Discover your inflamation type
• Learn more about Maggie's services

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Special thanks to Maggie Berghoff for joining us this week. Until next time!

"There's no such thing as getting ready, you have to be ready for anything and everything."

Staying Ready For Your Opportunity

Marcus Peterson is a young man that resides from Inglewood, California. While growing up, some peers and his teachers told him that he'd probably never graduate middle, high school nor leave Los Angeles.

Peterson continues to prove them wrong by growing up to becoming a world traveler and professional NFL player. He even received his MBA degree in global business finance, in England. 

Peterson is more interested in helping other people now by getting involved in humanitarian work. His passion project has started by helping feed, cloth, and educate the homeless throughout Spain, Los Angeles, Miami, United Kingdom , France, and the Middle East.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Marcus about being persistent, staying ready for your moment and building a personal brand.

Learn all about Marcus, his story and where it's led him to today.

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• Check out MP Motivational Apparel
• Read Marcus Peterson Has Defied All Odds

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Special thanks to Marcus Peterson for joining us this week. Until next time!

"You can drink all the green smoothies but if you haven't mastered your mind you're only half way there."

Master Your Mind to Achieve Overall Health

Melissa Ambrosini is the bestselling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl and Open Wide, host of number one podcast 'The Melissa Ambrosini Show', a motivational speaker and self-love teacher. Named a 'self-help guru' by Elle Magazine, her message — that love is sexy, healthy is liberating, and wealthy isn’t a dirty word — has inspired women across the globe to activate their dreams and live life on their own terms.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Melissa about turning your life around, mastering your mind and accomplishing your dreams.

Learn all about Melissa and how to master your mind to live an overall healthy life.

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• Listen to Melissa's Podcast
• Read Mastering Your Mean Girl

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Special thanks to Melissa Ambrosini for joining us this week. Until next time!

"The goal must always be to be happy. If you're happy, you're successful."

With Happiness Comes Success

Alex Kline is High School Basketball Manager/Waterboy turned National High School Basketball Recruiting Analyst turned NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans Front Office member.  Also notably at the age of 19 Alex was on the Forbes Top 30 Under 30 list which also included Lebron James, Kevin Durant and Usain Bolt .

At age 15 Alex founded The Recruit Scoop, an exposure platform giving high school basketball players exposure to college coaches and fans around the world.  He also runs the  Mary Kline Sports and Business Symposium, in honor of his mother, Mary Kline. 

The Mary Kline Sports and Business Symposium connects those in the sports industry to those looking to get involved.  Since 2000, the event has raised more than $150,000 for cancer awareness and research at Thomas Jefferson University and the National Brain Tumor Society.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Alex Kline about how his traumatic childhood led him to starting a foundation in his mother's name, building success at a young age and the importance of happiness.

Learn all about Alex and why happiness is the key to success.

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• Learn more about the Mary Kline Sports and Business Symposium
• Help support Cancer Research

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Special thanks to Alex Kline for joining us this week. Until next time!

"What you're learning at barre3 is to honor your truth and move in a way that's honest for what you need in that moment."

Staying True To Your Mission

Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness company focused on teaching people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. Starting in 2008 with the flagship studio in Portland, Oregon, barre3 has grown to include more than 150 franchise studios powered by female entrepreneurs, plus an online-workout streaming-subscriber base in 98+ countries. What started as a workout has blossomed into a full-blown movement made up of millions of people focused on body positivity, being empowered, and redefining what success in fitness means.

Sadie is on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 list, has been featured on NPR's How I Built This, and speaks regularly on the topics of mindful leadership, the power of body wisdom, and the movement to redefine what success in fitness means. Beyond running her company and being a global spokesperson, Sadie still enjoys teaching barre3 classes to many of her founding clients in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Sadie Lincoln about starting the empowering workout classes known as barre3, staying true to your mission, and the importance of being present.

Learn all about Sadie and how she started the empire barre3.

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• Check out barre3 on Instagram
• Learn more about barre3

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"My life changes every 6 months, therefore my routine changes, my schedule changes, and then I have to change my workouts."

Adapting To Change

For 10 years Brianne Theisen-Eaton dedicated her life to winning an Olympic medal.  After graduating from the University of Oregon, Brianne went pro signing a contract with Nike and winning a Bronze medal in the Heptathlon in the 2016 Olympics.   

During her professional career she became very passionate about food and healthy eating as it had a huge impact on her performance.  After working with a number of world-renowned scientists and sports physiologists she began to read books, educate myself on nutrition, and create healthy recipes for herself and her husband, Ashton, who was also a professional track and field athlete and a 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon.

After stepping away from the sport in 2016 Brianne went back to school to become a Functional Medicine Specialist and is working on her Board Certification in Holistic Nutrition. Today, she helps people address the underlying causes of their health concerns (instead of just treating the symptoms and “bandaiding” them) so that they can get well and stay well without unnecessary drugs or surgery. She uses diagnostic tools (lab work, food sensitivity testing, stool testing) to find the root causes and get a whole picture of what’s actually going on in your body.

She lives in San Francisco, California with her husband Ash, and their dog, Zora.

In this episode, Nick and Camala talk with Brianne Theisen-Eaton, 2x Olympian and 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the heptathlon, about adjusting to a well-balanced life after retiring from her professional track & field career.

Learn all about Brianne and what she's up to today.

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Special thanks to Brianne Theisen-Eaton for joining me this week. Until next time!