1
00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:05,919
It's a big word, yeah, a slope or glide slope
if you're a pilot, a glide slope.
2
00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,199
So I say the first thing is to start your day
right.
3
00:00:09,199 --> 00:00:15,685
Whether you're a morning lark, a morning person
or a night hawk, I say, start your day correct.
4
00:00:15,685 --> 00:00:18,804
And I have what I call the morning checklist.
5
00:00:19,285 --> 00:00:24,005
The first thing you may have heard about, many
of your listeners have heard a famous Navy
6
00:00:24,005 --> 00:00:27,129
Admiral McRaven said, make your bed.
7
00:00:27,129 --> 00:00:30,329
Welcome to the Inspired Choice Podcast.
8
00:00:31,210 --> 00:00:37,689
My name is Doctor Caroline Bisalski and every
day I share conversations with founders,
9
00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:44,064
authors, leaders and visionaries from around
the world about leadership, mindset, business
10
00:00:44,064 --> 00:00:47,344
and the decisions that shape extraordinary
lives.
11
00:00:48,225 --> 00:00:53,664
If you feel called to share your story or
expertise with our global audience, you can
12
00:00:53,664 --> 00:00:57,344
apply to become a guest at
www.inspiredchoice.today.
13
00:00:58,170 --> 00:00:59,850
Now let's dive into today's
14
00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:00,570
episode.
15
00:01:01,609 --> 00:01:05,530
Hello and welcome inspired podcast community.
16
00:01:05,689 --> 00:01:07,129
This is your new episode.
17
00:01:07,129 --> 00:01:12,954
My name is Caroline and my today's guest is
David Emerson Frost and I'm so happy that he
18
00:01:12,954 --> 00:01:14,715
said yes to our interview.
19
00:01:14,795 --> 00:01:16,394
How are you doing today?
20
00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:19,034
Caroline, I am living the dream.
21
00:01:19,034 --> 00:01:22,155
Thank you very much and thanks for letting me
chat with you.
22
00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:24,329
Oh, thank you.
23
00:01:24,329 --> 00:01:28,490
And I would like to introduce you, of course,
to the audience first.
24
00:01:28,730 --> 00:01:35,210
You are a best selling author, wellness coach
for seniors and competitive masters rower who
25
00:01:35,210 --> 00:01:37,770
helps people rethink what aging can look like.
26
00:01:38,185 --> 00:01:43,465
Through your books, Kaboomah and Strom
Toussaint, you champion a powerful idea.
27
00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:47,064
Aging is inevitable, but decline is optional.
28
00:01:47,145 --> 00:01:49,224
Welcome to the Inspire podcast.
29
00:01:49,224 --> 00:01:50,825
Wow, David Frost.
30
00:01:52,049 --> 00:01:55,329
Well, let's let's change that trajectory
Caroline.
31
00:01:55,329 --> 00:01:55,969
We can do it.
32
00:01:55,969 --> 00:01:57,969
Oh yes, we can do this.
33
00:01:57,969 --> 00:02:04,450
My first question for you is you often say
aging is inevitable but decline is optional.
34
00:02:04,655 --> 00:02:09,855
What mindset shift do people need to make to
truly live that philosophy?
35
00:02:10,334 --> 00:02:16,655
Yeah, so I was told by a Seventh day Adventist
who was a wonderful neighbor of mine here in
36
00:02:16,655 --> 00:02:22,780
San Diego that we're born with a disease, it's
called aging, we're born with it.
37
00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:29,659
So let's get over the fact that we're, we hear
about super aging and non aging and do this
38
00:02:29,659 --> 00:02:35,795
magical, take this pill and life is gonna be
good, and I say, Caroline, horse feathers.
39
00:02:36,754 --> 00:02:44,034
We know that genetics are a huge part of what
we're gonna become yet, the old saying, nature
40
00:02:44,034 --> 00:02:44,995
and nurture.
41
00:02:44,995 --> 00:02:52,469
So related to aging, I advocated that if people
figure out how to nurture a better future, yes,
42
00:02:52,469 --> 00:02:53,349
they can.
43
00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:59,189
So I think there's seven elements, not for each
day of the week, but seven S's so I can
44
00:02:59,189 --> 00:03:00,069
remember them.
45
00:03:00,229 --> 00:03:06,625
I argue that we can age on a different
trajectory by focusing on functional strength,
46
00:03:07,185 --> 00:03:15,025
stamina, stability to avoid falls, stretching,
clean anti inflammatory sustenance.
47
00:03:15,025 --> 00:03:20,879
Here's the negative, stress, don't stress, no
chronic stress, not allowed, right?
48
00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:27,439
Because aging and inflammation is one of the
things that ages us prematurely and restorative
49
00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:28,000
sleep.
50
00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:34,194
If we can mimic Morpheus and recharge our
bodies, I argue that those seven elements, the
51
00:03:34,194 --> 00:03:36,915
7S framework, I call it 7S.
52
00:03:37,155 --> 00:03:42,995
FIT framework, Caroline, will help people
change the trajectory and possibly the end
53
00:03:42,995 --> 00:03:46,355
result of seven to twelve extra vital years.
54
00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:53,140
If we think about our bodies like an
investment, I call it our physical portfolio,
55
00:03:53,460 --> 00:04:00,875
not fiscal or monetary in these crazy economic
times, our physical portfolio, we should think
56
00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:09,034
of ourselves as an aging $10,000,000 portfolio
and aging like a fine wine or a robust
57
00:04:09,034 --> 00:04:10,635
portfolio is okay.
58
00:04:10,794 --> 00:04:12,235
In fact, we appreciate it, right?
59
00:04:12,530 --> 00:04:16,370
We build interest and dividends on what we've
invested.
60
00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:23,169
And if we invest strength, stability, stamina
stretching, don't stress, anti inflammatory
61
00:04:23,169 --> 00:04:30,035
eating and restore to sleep, boy, it's a return
on your investment in the several 100%.
62
00:04:30,595 --> 00:04:35,875
It's a pretty darn good investment if people
know that if they move and if they eat well,
63
00:04:36,035 --> 00:04:41,210
they laugh and they communicate and have
purpose.
64
00:04:41,610 --> 00:04:47,210
Seven to twelve extra vital years on this crazy
planet inspires me just like it does those bees
65
00:04:47,210 --> 00:04:48,490
behind you, so.
66
00:04:49,129 --> 00:04:52,009
Wow, I love that nature and nurture.
67
00:04:52,009 --> 00:04:59,264
And then you talk about invest in the body or I
would call it vehicle, it's our vehicle, right?
68
00:04:59,664 --> 00:05:06,544
Vehicle, sure, Yeah, yeah, it's a framework,
it's an amazing, now we're not as amazing as
69
00:05:06,544 --> 00:05:11,870
some of the creatures in the animal kingdom
like those bees behind you, I'm not as strong
70
00:05:11,870 --> 00:05:20,189
as an ant is, but I can maintain my functional
strength and not concede to the dreaded S's of
71
00:05:20,189 --> 00:05:27,365
sarcopenia and senescence if I move, if I
restore my body and if I get clever with some
72
00:05:27,365 --> 00:05:32,645
things like time restricted eating, I can help
my body rebuild and restore.
73
00:05:33,365 --> 00:05:38,485
But you know what's really important, I call it
four Fs, I shared seven Ss, now I'm gonna share
74
00:05:38,485 --> 00:05:39,044
four Fs.
75
00:05:39,470 --> 00:05:42,350
Fight or flight, that's the stressful time,
right?
76
00:05:42,350 --> 00:05:47,790
If a big bad bear is chasing you or me, we
wanna be stressed, we wanna run fast, right?
77
00:05:48,189 --> 00:05:54,029
But that's fight and flight, but we need to
spend more time on feed and restore.
78
00:05:55,894 --> 00:06:02,375
So we can have episodic stress, we induce
stress with exercise and believe it or not,
79
00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:08,615
many folks may already know, but let me
reinforce, with exercise, we actually generate
80
00:06:08,694 --> 00:06:09,415
cytokines.
81
00:06:10,330 --> 00:06:15,689
Now, if you take it to the limit in a bad way,
a cytokine storm is things like COVID and
82
00:06:15,689 --> 00:06:23,665
terrible chest colds or worse, but we generate
inflammation and our body responds with rest,
83
00:06:23,665 --> 00:06:29,585
hydration, and protein to make our muscle
fibers a little thicker, a little longer, and
84
00:06:29,585 --> 00:06:32,225
we can stave off aging.
85
00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:35,105
So long winded, I apologize for wrapping
around.
86
00:06:35,779 --> 00:06:37,060
What is the mindset?
87
00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:41,539
The mindset is yes, we can and don't give in.
88
00:06:41,539 --> 00:06:44,579
I wanna be late to my own funeral.
89
00:06:44,579 --> 00:06:45,539
How about you, Caroline?
90
00:06:45,539 --> 00:06:47,060
I wanna be late to my funeral.
91
00:06:47,675 --> 00:06:49,115
That sounds great.
92
00:06:49,115 --> 00:06:52,555
So they are reading your Orbituary.
93
00:06:52,555 --> 00:06:54,555
This is the word, difficult word.
94
00:06:54,954 --> 00:06:57,595
And you arrive from behind.
95
00:06:57,595 --> 00:06:59,595
It's like in Tom Sawyer, right?
96
00:06:59,595 --> 00:07:00,475
The story.
97
00:07:00,634 --> 00:07:04,199
Yeah, I love that analogy.
98
00:07:04,199 --> 00:07:05,959
And of course I have another question.
99
00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:11,800
It is: What are the most common myths about
aging that actually prevent people from staying
100
00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,199
strong and active later in life?
101
00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,985
If I could give three, let's start with number
one: I don't have time.
102
00:07:18,985 --> 00:07:20,665
And I say, phewey.
103
00:07:21,064 --> 00:07:27,144
Everyone can find a few minutes a day to do a
body weight exercise or move heavy stuff and
104
00:07:27,144 --> 00:07:33,400
even give yourself a hug to generate happy
hormones, which relate to this overall amazing
105
00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,040
neuromuscular system in mind that we have.
106
00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,360
I always say the muscle between our ears is
most important, right?
107
00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:43,240
Our attitude is so important.
108
00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:49,774
So the attitude that says, yes, I can find a
time to invest in my portfolio is number one.
109
00:07:49,935 --> 00:07:54,334
Number two, I have aches and pains and I'm not
as young as I used to be.
110
00:07:54,334 --> 00:08:00,014
And I say, brilliant, yes, we all have aches
and pains, call them niggles, call them aches.
111
00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:05,639
That shows that our body is either languishing
or you're using it enough.
112
00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:13,035
And if I say the day that I do not wake up with
delayed onset of muscle soreness, what we call
113
00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:18,714
DOMS, delayed onset of muscle soreness in my
world, I'm dead and I don't wanna be dead, I
114
00:08:18,714 --> 00:08:21,675
already wanna be late to my own funeral, Way
down, right?
115
00:08:22,714 --> 00:08:27,650
And I face the inevitable, the rapture, yet I
think I have some things to accomplish.
116
00:08:27,650 --> 00:08:35,809
And I think if people have purpose in their
lives, in fact, centenarians, the wonderful
117
00:08:35,809 --> 00:08:42,595
Blue Zone study say that with purpose, multi
generational families eat a Mediterranean diet
118
00:08:42,915 --> 00:08:48,514
and get up from the ground, you have a much
better chance of living to 100 and hey, 100
119
00:08:48,514 --> 00:08:50,274
could be the new 70, right?
120
00:08:50,274 --> 00:08:56,259
Hope you'll All make I know, Caroline, is that
my social security administration says I'm dead
121
00:08:56,259 --> 00:08:57,620
at age 85.
122
00:08:58,019 --> 00:09:01,700
Now that's my government, my government's
pretty smart, right?
123
00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:06,899
But I say, I'm gonna challenge you, I'm gonna
up you and say, I'm not gonna be dead at 85.
124
00:09:06,899 --> 00:09:12,245
I hope to still be racing competitively and
trying to share ideas about this trajectory of
125
00:09:12,245 --> 00:09:12,804
aging.
126
00:09:12,804 --> 00:09:16,164
So it was, I don't have time, I hurt.
127
00:09:16,164 --> 00:09:20,884
And the third one probably is the myth is,
well, everyone's a burden.
128
00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:27,410
As we get older and I'm sure if you're sainted
parents or parents of law are still with us,
129
00:09:27,730 --> 00:09:32,370
they probably have shared, I don't wanna become
a burden to you, but guess what?
130
00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:37,184
It's life, they are and we accept it and yet
what does that do to us?
131
00:09:37,264 --> 00:09:38,544
It causes stress.
132
00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:44,384
So I would hope, quote me please, I would hope
that I never become a burden to my kids and I
133
00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:44,784
mean it.
134
00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:47,264
I stand behind it and that's my guarantee.
135
00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:52,850
Mean, I you can push me off in a rowing shell
and blow me up when I'm done, but I do not
136
00:09:52,850 --> 00:09:54,690
wanna become a burden to my kiddos.
137
00:09:54,690 --> 00:09:59,889
So those three things I think are things to
think about certainly if there are more, but
138
00:09:59,889 --> 00:10:01,649
those are ones that shape what I'm doing.
139
00:10:02,414 --> 00:10:05,934
Yes, I love that not become a burden to your
kids.
140
00:10:06,174 --> 00:10:12,254
Of course, I never thought of it yet and I love
how you talked about is the word centenarian
141
00:10:12,254 --> 00:10:15,695
also to become 100 years.
142
00:10:15,695 --> 00:10:20,840
And I had a podcast guest, she said her goal is
to become a centenarian.
143
00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:26,039
And then I said, okay, let's make another
podcast interview when you reached your goal
144
00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:28,120
and we can do this too, of course.
145
00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,720
Thank you so much for sharing.
146
00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:35,095
Okay, my next question is your work plan for
science and personal discipline.
147
00:10:35,095 --> 00:10:41,815
What are three practical habits someone 50
could start today to dramatically improve their
148
00:10:41,815 --> 00:10:43,254
health trajectory?
149
00:10:43,495 --> 00:10:45,575
Trajectory, this is difficult the word.
150
00:10:45,575 --> 00:10:51,550
It's a big word, yeah, slope or glide slope if
you're a pilot, a glide slope.
151
00:10:51,710 --> 00:10:54,830
So I say the first thing is to start your day
right.
152
00:10:54,830 --> 00:11:01,309
Whether you're a morning lark, a morning person
or a night hawk, I say, start your day correct.
153
00:11:01,309 --> 00:11:04,434
And I have what I call the morning checklist.
154
00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:09,554
The first thing you may have heard about, many
of your listeners have heard a famous Navy
155
00:11:09,554 --> 00:11:12,915
Admiral McRaven said, make your bed.
156
00:11:13,235 --> 00:11:17,875
So when you make your bed, you start off with a
success, whatever time of day it is for your
157
00:11:17,875 --> 00:11:20,079
routine, make your bed.
158
00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:21,839
Second is to be observant.
159
00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,959
The third is to reflect on, hey, I'm alive
another day.
160
00:11:24,959 --> 00:11:30,159
Yes, I'm a little sore, but I wanna be a little
sore because I'm moving my two zero six bones
161
00:11:30,159 --> 00:11:34,764
and 600 muscles and exercising the muscle
between my ears.
162
00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:39,325
I have a forebear named Robert Frost, who was a
poet laureate.
163
00:11:39,485 --> 00:11:42,365
He said, The mind is a wonderful organ.
164
00:11:42,445 --> 00:11:47,404
It starts working the minute you wake up and it
doesn't stop until you get to the office.
165
00:11:48,149 --> 00:11:49,830
Isn't that funny?
166
00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:52,710
So I think it is anyway.
167
00:11:52,710 --> 00:12:00,870
So the idea that we're chatting about is just
starting off on the correct foot.
168
00:12:00,870 --> 00:12:07,915
Sure, have hiccups, we have sidesteps, we have
step backs and yet we take a deep breath,
169
00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:13,995
breathe, recover and say, yes, I can, right?
170
00:12:13,995 --> 00:12:17,035
We want the glass to be half full, not half
empty.
171
00:12:17,509 --> 00:12:21,350
So starting the day off right, whatever time of
day is uber important.
172
00:12:21,350 --> 00:12:26,950
The second thing is to remember, at least in
America, I call it Gothic behavior.
173
00:12:27,269 --> 00:12:31,590
Why is America one of the fattest and least
healthy countries on earth?
174
00:12:31,615 --> 00:12:35,774
Why don't we win Olympic medals like the
Norwegians or the Italians?
175
00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:39,535
I mean, we win some, we should, we're three
fifty million people, right?
176
00:12:39,695 --> 00:12:44,254
But I call it glothic behavior, that's gluttony
and sloth.
177
00:12:44,254 --> 00:12:50,569
Those are two of the original sins And if we
counter those by being careful what we eat, not
178
00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:56,329
eating processed food, Jack LaLanne said,
remember that, I don't know if you remember, he
179
00:12:56,329 --> 00:13:00,649
died at 94 with great physical exploits and
honored strong women.
180
00:13:01,164 --> 00:13:05,565
His epitaph said, it's better to wear out than
rust out, number one.
181
00:13:05,565 --> 00:13:12,125
And number two, if he said, if man processed it
or ultra processed the food that you eat, don't
182
00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:12,445
eat it.
183
00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,100
So that's the gluttony.
184
00:13:15,179 --> 00:13:19,420
The second bite tastes just the same as the
first bite, so why do we eat more?
185
00:13:20,139 --> 00:13:22,379
Our hormones get out of whack, right?
186
00:13:22,379 --> 00:13:28,300
So if we condition our hormones to be satisfied
with small portions or doing without things
187
00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,475
like ultra processed food.
188
00:13:30,634 --> 00:13:32,794
Madison Avenue is trying to kill us.
189
00:13:33,434 --> 00:13:36,554
They're getting rich and they're trying to kill
us with those things.
190
00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:38,154
So that's the gluttony.
191
00:13:38,154 --> 00:13:41,034
The sloth is we have become sedentary.
192
00:13:41,034 --> 00:13:46,009
Yes, I'm sitting, I apologize, I should be
taking your wonderful conversation walking
193
00:13:46,009 --> 00:13:50,490
around the park, but I'm sitting today, but I'm
gonna make sure that I move.
194
00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:55,290
It's not just a question of the steps, but it's
a question of moving your joints.
195
00:13:55,769 --> 00:14:04,544
So motion truly, it's not a platitude, it's a
mantra that motion and moving heavy stuff is
196
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:09,024
really, really, really good medicine to
counteract glothic behavior.
197
00:14:09,024 --> 00:14:14,789
I know that's a, what's the fancy word,
portmanteau for a compound word, avoid gluttony
198
00:14:14,789 --> 00:14:19,829
and sloth, and maybe we'll chase being a
centenarian like the wonderful lady you
199
00:14:19,829 --> 00:14:20,470
interviewed.
200
00:14:21,190 --> 00:14:22,789
Wow, that's amazing.
201
00:14:22,789 --> 00:14:29,815
I love the idea you also said about healthy
habits so to say, make your bed.
202
00:14:29,815 --> 00:14:36,134
Of course I know this famous speech and you
start with the success and then other people
203
00:14:36,134 --> 00:14:37,894
call it morning routine.
204
00:14:37,975 --> 00:14:45,679
But it's important say things to yourself like
I love my life, I love being me, things like
205
00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:46,000
that.
206
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,279
And also to observe.
207
00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:56,585
You encouraged us to observe our behaviour and
then to start eating more healthy organic foods
208
00:14:56,585 --> 00:14:57,865
you call it, right?
209
00:14:58,585 --> 00:15:00,024
Farm based if you can.
210
00:15:00,024 --> 00:15:06,840
Now it may be expensive, acknowledge and I
heard a very famous dietitian that I respect
211
00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,560
suggest we don't have to get it right every
day.
212
00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:16,200
In fact, if we get it right 80% of the time,
kind of like Pareto's law in economics, you get
213
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:22,304
it right 80 to 85% of the time and you stray,
you go to a wedding reception and have a piece
214
00:15:22,304 --> 00:15:28,785
of cake or a bubbly, a glass of bubbly, in
moderation, that's okay because your body
215
00:15:28,785 --> 00:15:33,825
actually likes that trigger and then it says,
help me get back to homeostasis.
216
00:15:34,769 --> 00:15:39,170
And so we don't have to get it right seven days
a week, but I ask people to think about getting
217
00:15:39,170 --> 00:15:46,370
it right six days a week to honor the great
Italian economist, Pareto, and then move on.
218
00:15:46,370 --> 00:15:53,825
Our bodies actually are engaged by that stimuli
of a little extra sugar, a little extra alcohol
219
00:15:54,144 --> 00:16:00,065
and your hormones adapt and say, okay, let's
get back to doing healthy things.
220
00:16:00,465 --> 00:16:02,409
Yes, I love that.
221
00:16:02,409 --> 00:16:03,449
Thank you so much.
222
00:16:03,449 --> 00:16:09,529
Okay, I'm inspired already and my next question
for you is, looking at your own journey as the
223
00:16:09,529 --> 00:16:15,704
competitive rower and coach, what has longevity
taught you about resilience, purpose and living
224
00:16:15,704 --> 00:16:17,945
fully at every stage of life?
225
00:16:18,264 --> 00:16:24,424
Yeah, it's a great question and I think part of
the answer is chasing yesterday.
226
00:16:24,424 --> 00:16:29,399
None of us are teenage, well, teenagers are
teenagers, but none of us are teenagers
227
00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:32,279
anymore, so we should stop chasing yesterday.
228
00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,519
We should celebrate our journey.
229
00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:39,960
In fact, another, author in my family tree,
Ralph Waldo Emerson talked about the felicities
230
00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,519
of age.
231
00:16:41,004 --> 00:16:48,204
I celebrate being 73 and I celebrate my fitness
years, not my calendar years.
232
00:16:48,365 --> 00:16:53,324
I have trouble blowing out 73 candles, but my
fitness years are lower.
233
00:16:53,840 --> 00:17:00,160
My heart health is lower and because of
partially genetics, granted partially genetics,
234
00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:07,404
but because of what I've done, avoiding glothic
behavior, gluttony and sloth, my fitness years,
235
00:17:07,404 --> 00:17:13,404
I'm racing in three weeks in a boat of 30 and
40 year olds.
236
00:17:14,205 --> 00:17:19,404
And if I can keep up with that, I don't need to
lead them, I have to fit in and be a teammate
237
00:17:21,589 --> 00:17:22,629
to achieve.
238
00:17:23,269 --> 00:17:28,230
So we're not as young as we used to be, we're
not as capable as we used to be for all kinds
239
00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:29,029
of reasons.
240
00:17:29,029 --> 00:17:36,454
Our systems change, we need tune ups, our
maximum heart rate changes, but there are many
241
00:17:36,454 --> 00:17:42,295
things that we can do to accept where we are,
but not accept it totally, that we can fight
242
00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:42,615
it.
243
00:17:42,615 --> 00:17:51,180
Again, be late to your own funeral, but not as
a comatose palliative care person, a vital
244
00:17:51,180 --> 00:17:51,819
person.
245
00:17:52,059 --> 00:17:55,980
If I could give an example, I so admire Queen
Elizabeth.
246
00:17:55,980 --> 00:18:01,259
Now I know she had some domestic issues in that
crazy royal family and the family still has
247
00:18:01,465 --> 00:18:02,664
crazy issues.
248
00:18:02,744 --> 00:18:07,464
But you know, that one phrase, when you stop,
you drop.
249
00:18:08,265 --> 00:18:14,985
Just before she passed at the age of 96, she
interviewed the prime minister of The United
250
00:18:14,985 --> 00:18:18,809
Kingdom, fulfilling her duty and died suddenly.
251
00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:25,130
Now, one, that's a blessing, but number two, so
much of the diseases that we pick up in
252
00:18:25,130 --> 00:18:28,009
America, the conditions and diseases are
preventable.
253
00:18:28,009 --> 00:18:30,410
I've heard seventy five percent of cancers.
254
00:18:31,265 --> 00:18:35,424
I did not know until I had a little bit of a
scare with my own chest and it was just a
255
00:18:35,424 --> 00:18:43,025
scare, that eighty percent of Americans start
heart disease at the age of 20.
256
00:18:44,769 --> 00:18:49,809
At the age of 20, the start doesn't mean
they're gonna drop dead at age of 20, but they
257
00:18:49,809 --> 00:18:59,250
are starting because primarily lifestyle, diet,
stress, they're starting to accumulate calcium
258
00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:04,404
and sludge in their coronary arteries and
that's the number one cause of death in America
259
00:19:04,565 --> 00:19:09,204
is ASCVD, atherosclerosis cardiovascular
disease.
260
00:19:09,285 --> 00:19:11,605
Oh, by the way, it has accomplices, doesn't it?
261
00:19:11,605 --> 00:19:15,509
Metabolic syndrome, diabetes, dementia related
diseases.
262
00:19:15,509 --> 00:19:20,549
And isn't it sad that health and wellness are
not democratic?
263
00:19:21,109 --> 00:19:28,005
Women suffer more dementia related diseases
than men do, yet men suffer more suicides and
264
00:19:28,005 --> 00:19:29,845
many more mental health problems.
265
00:19:30,244 --> 00:19:37,764
So we want everyone to think of themselves, not
what you hear, Oprah Winfrey is an amazing
266
00:19:37,845 --> 00:19:42,149
advocate of fitness, but necessarily what she
says doesn't necessarily fit me.
267
00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:49,029
She's a little younger, she's different gender
and a different station socioeconomically.
268
00:19:49,269 --> 00:19:53,349
So I suggest to all your listeners, Caroline,
that every athlete is different.
269
00:19:53,349 --> 00:19:56,230
And if you can get up from a chair or move,
you're an athlete.
270
00:19:56,585 --> 00:19:59,544
And I want people to think of themselves as
athletes.
271
00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:06,904
I'm not talking about Norwegian super freaks,
I'm just talking about doing probably more than
272
00:20:06,904 --> 00:20:07,785
you think you can.
273
00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:16,390
And our bodies almost always, unless you have
an extraordinary condition, do more than you
274
00:20:16,390 --> 00:20:17,269
think you can.
275
00:20:17,269 --> 00:20:22,755
So the little engine that could, if you
remember that childhood nursery story, I think
276
00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:24,194
I can, I think I can?
277
00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:26,434
If you think you can, you probably can.
278
00:20:26,515 --> 00:20:28,115
If you think you can't, you won't.
279
00:20:28,115 --> 00:20:28,355
Right?
280
00:20:28,355 --> 00:20:30,595
That is Henry Ford.
281
00:20:30,835 --> 00:20:31,234
Yes.
282
00:20:31,234 --> 00:20:32,994
And I I love those quotes.
283
00:20:32,994 --> 00:20:40,039
Thank you so much for encouraging us to be the
athlete that's inside you, I would say.
284
00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:45,000
And we both met at LinkedIn and I invited you
to a podcast interview.
285
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,320
I would like to know where can people find you
when they want to reach out to you after
286
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:50,680
listening to this episode.
287
00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:52,615
Oh, well, thank you so much.
288
00:20:52,615 --> 00:20:59,894
So my authors and my landing page for fitness
tips are at wellpastforty and I'll spell it
289
00:20:59,894 --> 00:21:07,240
out, Caroline, W E L L P A S T F O R T Y dot O
R G.
290
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,399
Wellpast40.org is the website.
291
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:19,880
I'm available at davewellpast40.com or I think
you can probably find me on LinkedIn or
292
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,254
Facebook or Instagram, David Emerson Frost on
Instagram.
293
00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:32,335
I try to offer several times a day some tips,
tricks and hacks for people to learn from my
294
00:21:32,335 --> 00:21:33,134
lessons.
295
00:21:33,615 --> 00:21:40,049
I don't always get it right, but I always share
my experiences and I think that is different.
296
00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:42,690
And oh, by the way, I'm not in the Epstein
files.
297
00:21:42,849 --> 00:21:44,930
So I promise I'm not
298
00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:46,369
in important the Epstein files.
299
00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:54,034
To know, of course, otherwise I would not be
interested in doing this podcast interview of
300
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:54,355
course.
301
00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:55,875
Thank you for mentioning it.
302
00:21:55,875 --> 00:21:59,234
And my last question for you is about your
goals.
303
00:21:59,234 --> 00:22:03,875
Do you set goals for yourself or intentions and
what is one of your next projects?
304
00:22:04,309 --> 00:22:05,509
Thank you very much.
305
00:22:05,509 --> 00:22:11,909
So yeah, I think I'm a military guy, but then
also from my teachings at business school, I
306
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:15,990
talk about three goals, tactical, operational
and strategic.
307
00:22:16,845 --> 00:22:19,404
Strategically, I wanna be a good grandparent.
308
00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:23,804
I wanna try to inspire others with what I call
the big Kahuna movement, which is keep
309
00:22:23,804 --> 00:22:26,044
America's health span unabated.
310
00:22:26,285 --> 00:22:32,539
We can do better with these preventable things
that if we get organized and move, we can avoid
311
00:22:32,619 --> 00:22:36,380
heart disease and things like that, or change
the trajectory.
312
00:22:36,859 --> 00:22:38,859
So that's number one.
313
00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:48,565
Number two, would say that operationally I want
to continue to perform as if I was a younger
314
00:22:48,565 --> 00:22:49,124
person.
315
00:22:49,684 --> 00:22:54,964
Now, I don't have my ring on now because it's
charging, but I have a fitness device, if it's
316
00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:57,365
okay to mention a trade name, you go.
317
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:06,920
I wanna keep my heart age negative, meaning my
heart is younger than this old body that you're
318
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,400
speaking with and listening to, okay?
319
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,559
And now it's not totally accurate.
320
00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:17,894
I did have my pulse wave velocity measured
about eighteen months ago and my heart based on
321
00:23:17,894 --> 00:23:23,654
pulse wave velocity, the thickness of your
arteries and endothelia and all that magic
322
00:23:23,654 --> 00:23:26,134
medical stuff, it was eight years.
323
00:23:26,375 --> 00:23:32,130
So you're talking to a 73 year old, but as far
as my heart is concerned, even though I had a
324
00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:36,289
little bit of a challenge with calcium buildup,
my heart is 65.
325
00:23:36,450 --> 00:23:38,929
So what am I gonna do with those eight years?
326
00:23:38,930 --> 00:23:45,054
I'm gonna invest them and try to help other
people do good things for longer and better.
327
00:23:45,295 --> 00:23:48,575
As I say, thriving and striving into your
nineties.
328
00:23:48,575 --> 00:23:54,974
And then strategically, the Big Kahuna Movement
is my, so book number three is called Burden or
329
00:23:54,974 --> 00:23:59,080
Vanish and that's when I mentioned the big
kahuna, keep America's health span unabated,
330
00:23:59,080 --> 00:23:59,640
Caroline.
331
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:05,720
When I learned that heart disease starts in
eighty percent of Americans, eight zero percent
332
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,160
of Americans as early as age 20, we're doing
something wrong.
333
00:24:09,575 --> 00:24:11,255
What do we do in Western medicine?
334
00:24:11,255 --> 00:24:14,934
We prescribe pharmaceutical solutions.
335
00:24:15,174 --> 00:24:21,255
I call it polypharmacy, but the lead statement
of my book, Caroline, knock knock, it's a knock
336
00:24:21,255 --> 00:24:22,134
knock joke, okay?
337
00:24:22,589 --> 00:24:26,990
So this isn't Kaboomer, my first book I wrote
in the middle of, or I launched in the middle
338
00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:27,869
of COVID.
339
00:24:27,950 --> 00:24:29,549
Knock knock, who's there?
340
00:24:29,710 --> 00:24:32,029
A baby boomer and a Kaboomer.
341
00:24:32,109 --> 00:24:35,710
Well, the person asked a baby boomer and a
Kaboomer who?
342
00:24:35,869 --> 00:24:43,525
Well, a baby boomer who takes two pills at a
time and a kaboomer who takes two steps at a
343
00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:44,644
time, Caroline.
344
00:24:44,644 --> 00:24:51,549
That's a big difference, pills or steps, Gothic
behavior or healthy living, we can do better.
345
00:24:51,549 --> 00:24:55,470
Some folks are on it and yay to them.
346
00:24:55,470 --> 00:24:59,630
And by the way, some of my ideal followers and
listeners are already very fit, but they wanna
347
00:24:59,630 --> 00:25:02,349
stay that way or get fitter and it's possible.
348
00:25:02,509 --> 00:25:09,775
But I want everyone in spite of the
undemocratic nature of health and wellness, I
349
00:25:09,775 --> 00:25:13,934
want everybody to know that not only can they
do better themselves, but they can inspire
350
00:25:13,934 --> 00:25:15,214
others to do better.
351
00:25:15,694 --> 00:25:17,534
You don't have to become a world champion.
352
00:25:17,534 --> 00:25:21,200
Yes, I'm blessed to be a world record holder
and world champion.
353
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:27,599
I'm lucky to be in a sport that fits my body
and my lungs and my muscles, but you don't have
354
00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:30,079
to be a champion, you just have to progress.
355
00:25:30,079 --> 00:25:32,799
Remember it's progression, not perfection that
counts, right?
356
00:25:33,404 --> 00:25:36,684
So tactical, operational, strategic, goals.
357
00:25:37,085 --> 00:25:38,125
I love that.
358
00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:39,085
Thank you so much.
359
00:25:39,085 --> 00:25:43,484
Yes, and you talked about sustainability,
right, and consistency.
360
00:25:43,484 --> 00:25:49,859
Of course, it doesn't it's not enough to take
two steps one day and the other six days of the
361
00:25:49,859 --> 00:25:55,539
week you stay complacent or I don't know if
this word is appropriate but you also talked
362
00:25:55,539 --> 00:26:05,845
about six days of healthy living and then to
show your body what is not preferable, so to
363
00:26:05,845 --> 00:26:06,245
say.
364
00:26:06,245 --> 00:26:11,845
Okay, thank you so much for our interview and
now it's time for your final thoughts to the
365
00:26:11,845 --> 00:26:12,725
audience please.
366
00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:18,820
Well, if we can go back to, instead of
mentioning Henry Ford, because you nicely
367
00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:25,299
mentioned Henry Ford, let's remember the wife
of America's longest serving president, Eleanor
368
00:26:25,299 --> 00:26:26,259
Roosevelt.
369
00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:33,224
She challenged all of us to do something
uncomfortable or difficult every day.
370
00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:38,744
Make your bed and then try to do something
that's a stretch, that's uncomfortable, that's
371
00:26:38,744 --> 00:26:39,704
a challenge.
372
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:41,544
Yes, I can.
373
00:26:44,039 --> 00:26:46,599
Thank you so much, I'm inspired now.
374
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,599
And I see you in the next episode.
375
00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:53,880
Thank you for listening to the Inspired Choice
Podcast.
376
00:26:54,595 --> 00:27:02,194
If this episode inspired you, please subscribe,
leave a review and share it with someone who is
377
00:27:02,194 --> 00:27:07,954
building their own path and making inspired
choices in life and business.
378
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:15,440
This podcast continues to grow thanks to our
incredible global community of listeners,
379
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,200
guests and partners.
380
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:24,604
If you are a company, brand or organisation
looking to reach an audience of entrepreneurs,
381
00:27:24,764 --> 00:27:30,924
leaders and innovators, we are currently
welcoming select sponsors for next month's
382
00:27:30,924 --> 00:27:31,884
episodes.
383
00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:39,403
Sponsorship opportunities include brand
mentions, strategic visibility and alignment
384
00:27:39,403 --> 00:27:44,042
with one of the top 2.5% podcasts globally.
00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:05,919
It's a big word, yeah, a slope or glide slope
if you're a pilot, a glide slope.
2
00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,199
So I say the first thing is to start your day
right.
3
00:00:09,199 --> 00:00:15,685
Whether you're a morning lark, a morning person
or a night hawk, I say, start your day correct.
4
00:00:15,685 --> 00:00:18,804
And I have what I call the morning checklist.
5
00:00:19,285 --> 00:00:24,005
The first thing you may have heard about, many
of your listeners have heard a famous Navy
6
00:00:24,005 --> 00:00:27,129
Admiral McRaven said, make your bed.
7
00:00:27,129 --> 00:00:30,329
Welcome to the Inspired Choice Podcast.
8
00:00:31,210 --> 00:00:37,689
My name is Doctor Caroline Bisalski and every
day I share conversations with founders,
9
00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:44,064
authors, leaders and visionaries from around
the world about leadership, mindset, business
10
00:00:44,064 --> 00:00:47,344
and the decisions that shape extraordinary
lives.
11
00:00:48,225 --> 00:00:53,664
If you feel called to share your story or
expertise with our global audience, you can
12
00:00:53,664 --> 00:00:57,344
apply to become a guest at
www.inspiredchoice.today.
13
00:00:58,170 --> 00:00:59,850
Now let's dive into today's
14
00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:00,570
episode.
15
00:01:01,609 --> 00:01:05,530
Hello and welcome inspired podcast community.
16
00:01:05,689 --> 00:01:07,129
This is your new episode.
17
00:01:07,129 --> 00:01:12,954
My name is Caroline and my today's guest is
David Emerson Frost and I'm so happy that he
18
00:01:12,954 --> 00:01:14,715
said yes to our interview.
19
00:01:14,795 --> 00:01:16,394
How are you doing today?
20
00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:19,034
Caroline, I am living the dream.
21
00:01:19,034 --> 00:01:22,155
Thank you very much and thanks for letting me
chat with you.
22
00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:24,329
Oh, thank you.
23
00:01:24,329 --> 00:01:28,490
And I would like to introduce you, of course,
to the audience first.
24
00:01:28,730 --> 00:01:35,210
You are a best selling author, wellness coach
for seniors and competitive masters rower who
25
00:01:35,210 --> 00:01:37,770
helps people rethink what aging can look like.
26
00:01:38,185 --> 00:01:43,465
Through your books, Kaboomah and Strom
Toussaint, you champion a powerful idea.
27
00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:47,064
Aging is inevitable, but decline is optional.
28
00:01:47,145 --> 00:01:49,224
Welcome to the Inspire podcast.
29
00:01:49,224 --> 00:01:50,825
Wow, David Frost.
30
00:01:52,049 --> 00:01:55,329
Well, let's let's change that trajectory
Caroline.
31
00:01:55,329 --> 00:01:55,969
We can do it.
32
00:01:55,969 --> 00:01:57,969
Oh yes, we can do this.
33
00:01:57,969 --> 00:02:04,450
My first question for you is you often say
aging is inevitable but decline is optional.
34
00:02:04,655 --> 00:02:09,855
What mindset shift do people need to make to
truly live that philosophy?
35
00:02:10,334 --> 00:02:16,655
Yeah, so I was told by a Seventh day Adventist
who was a wonderful neighbor of mine here in
36
00:02:16,655 --> 00:02:22,780
San Diego that we're born with a disease, it's
called aging, we're born with it.
37
00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:29,659
So let's get over the fact that we're, we hear
about super aging and non aging and do this
38
00:02:29,659 --> 00:02:35,795
magical, take this pill and life is gonna be
good, and I say, Caroline, horse feathers.
39
00:02:36,754 --> 00:02:44,034
We know that genetics are a huge part of what
we're gonna become yet, the old saying, nature
40
00:02:44,034 --> 00:02:44,995
and nurture.
41
00:02:44,995 --> 00:02:52,469
So related to aging, I advocated that if people
figure out how to nurture a better future, yes,
42
00:02:52,469 --> 00:02:53,349
they can.
43
00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:59,189
So I think there's seven elements, not for each
day of the week, but seven S's so I can
44
00:02:59,189 --> 00:03:00,069
remember them.
45
00:03:00,229 --> 00:03:06,625
I argue that we can age on a different
trajectory by focusing on functional strength,
46
00:03:07,185 --> 00:03:15,025
stamina, stability to avoid falls, stretching,
clean anti inflammatory sustenance.
47
00:03:15,025 --> 00:03:20,879
Here's the negative, stress, don't stress, no
chronic stress, not allowed, right?
48
00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:27,439
Because aging and inflammation is one of the
things that ages us prematurely and restorative
49
00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:28,000
sleep.
50
00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:34,194
If we can mimic Morpheus and recharge our
bodies, I argue that those seven elements, the
51
00:03:34,194 --> 00:03:36,915
7S framework, I call it 7S.
52
00:03:37,155 --> 00:03:42,995
FIT framework, Caroline, will help people
change the trajectory and possibly the end
53
00:03:42,995 --> 00:03:46,355
result of seven to twelve extra vital years.
54
00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:53,140
If we think about our bodies like an
investment, I call it our physical portfolio,
55
00:03:53,460 --> 00:04:00,875
not fiscal or monetary in these crazy economic
times, our physical portfolio, we should think
56
00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:09,034
of ourselves as an aging $10,000,000 portfolio
and aging like a fine wine or a robust
57
00:04:09,034 --> 00:04:10,635
portfolio is okay.
58
00:04:10,794 --> 00:04:12,235
In fact, we appreciate it, right?
59
00:04:12,530 --> 00:04:16,370
We build interest and dividends on what we've
invested.
60
00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:23,169
And if we invest strength, stability, stamina
stretching, don't stress, anti inflammatory
61
00:04:23,169 --> 00:04:30,035
eating and restore to sleep, boy, it's a return
on your investment in the several 100%.
62
00:04:30,595 --> 00:04:35,875
It's a pretty darn good investment if people
know that if they move and if they eat well,
63
00:04:36,035 --> 00:04:41,210
they laugh and they communicate and have
purpose.
64
00:04:41,610 --> 00:04:47,210
Seven to twelve extra vital years on this crazy
planet inspires me just like it does those bees
65
00:04:47,210 --> 00:04:48,490
behind you, so.
66
00:04:49,129 --> 00:04:52,009
Wow, I love that nature and nurture.
67
00:04:52,009 --> 00:04:59,264
And then you talk about invest in the body or I
would call it vehicle, it's our vehicle, right?
68
00:04:59,664 --> 00:05:06,544
Vehicle, sure, Yeah, yeah, it's a framework,
it's an amazing, now we're not as amazing as
69
00:05:06,544 --> 00:05:11,870
some of the creatures in the animal kingdom
like those bees behind you, I'm not as strong
70
00:05:11,870 --> 00:05:20,189
as an ant is, but I can maintain my functional
strength and not concede to the dreaded S's of
71
00:05:20,189 --> 00:05:27,365
sarcopenia and senescence if I move, if I
restore my body and if I get clever with some
72
00:05:27,365 --> 00:05:32,645
things like time restricted eating, I can help
my body rebuild and restore.
73
00:05:33,365 --> 00:05:38,485
But you know what's really important, I call it
four Fs, I shared seven Ss, now I'm gonna share
74
00:05:38,485 --> 00:05:39,044
four Fs.
75
00:05:39,470 --> 00:05:42,350
Fight or flight, that's the stressful time,
right?
76
00:05:42,350 --> 00:05:47,790
If a big bad bear is chasing you or me, we
wanna be stressed, we wanna run fast, right?
77
00:05:48,189 --> 00:05:54,029
But that's fight and flight, but we need to
spend more time on feed and restore.
78
00:05:55,894 --> 00:06:02,375
So we can have episodic stress, we induce
stress with exercise and believe it or not,
79
00:06:02,375 --> 00:06:08,615
many folks may already know, but let me
reinforce, with exercise, we actually generate
80
00:06:08,694 --> 00:06:09,415
cytokines.
81
00:06:10,330 --> 00:06:15,689
Now, if you take it to the limit in a bad way,
a cytokine storm is things like COVID and
82
00:06:15,689 --> 00:06:23,665
terrible chest colds or worse, but we generate
inflammation and our body responds with rest,
83
00:06:23,665 --> 00:06:29,585
hydration, and protein to make our muscle
fibers a little thicker, a little longer, and
84
00:06:29,585 --> 00:06:32,225
we can stave off aging.
85
00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:35,105
So long winded, I apologize for wrapping
around.
86
00:06:35,779 --> 00:06:37,060
What is the mindset?
87
00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:41,539
The mindset is yes, we can and don't give in.
88
00:06:41,539 --> 00:06:44,579
I wanna be late to my own funeral.
89
00:06:44,579 --> 00:06:45,539
How about you, Caroline?
90
00:06:45,539 --> 00:06:47,060
I wanna be late to my funeral.
91
00:06:47,675 --> 00:06:49,115
That sounds great.
92
00:06:49,115 --> 00:06:52,555
So they are reading your Orbituary.
93
00:06:52,555 --> 00:06:54,555
This is the word, difficult word.
94
00:06:54,954 --> 00:06:57,595
And you arrive from behind.
95
00:06:57,595 --> 00:06:59,595
It's like in Tom Sawyer, right?
96
00:06:59,595 --> 00:07:00,475
The story.
97
00:07:00,634 --> 00:07:04,199
Yeah, I love that analogy.
98
00:07:04,199 --> 00:07:05,959
And of course I have another question.
99
00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:11,800
It is: What are the most common myths about
aging that actually prevent people from staying
100
00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,199
strong and active later in life?
101
00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,985
If I could give three, let's start with number
one: I don't have time.
102
00:07:18,985 --> 00:07:20,665
And I say, phewey.
103
00:07:21,064 --> 00:07:27,144
Everyone can find a few minutes a day to do a
body weight exercise or move heavy stuff and
104
00:07:27,144 --> 00:07:33,400
even give yourself a hug to generate happy
hormones, which relate to this overall amazing
105
00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,040
neuromuscular system in mind that we have.
106
00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,360
I always say the muscle between our ears is
most important, right?
107
00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:43,240
Our attitude is so important.
108
00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:49,774
So the attitude that says, yes, I can find a
time to invest in my portfolio is number one.
109
00:07:49,935 --> 00:07:54,334
Number two, I have aches and pains and I'm not
as young as I used to be.
110
00:07:54,334 --> 00:08:00,014
And I say, brilliant, yes, we all have aches
and pains, call them niggles, call them aches.
111
00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:05,639
That shows that our body is either languishing
or you're using it enough.
112
00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:13,035
And if I say the day that I do not wake up with
delayed onset of muscle soreness, what we call
113
00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:18,714
DOMS, delayed onset of muscle soreness in my
world, I'm dead and I don't wanna be dead, I
114
00:08:18,714 --> 00:08:21,675
already wanna be late to my own funeral, Way
down, right?
115
00:08:22,714 --> 00:08:27,650
And I face the inevitable, the rapture, yet I
think I have some things to accomplish.
116
00:08:27,650 --> 00:08:35,809
And I think if people have purpose in their
lives, in fact, centenarians, the wonderful
117
00:08:35,809 --> 00:08:42,595
Blue Zone study say that with purpose, multi
generational families eat a Mediterranean diet
118
00:08:42,915 --> 00:08:48,514
and get up from the ground, you have a much
better chance of living to 100 and hey, 100
119
00:08:48,514 --> 00:08:50,274
could be the new 70, right?
120
00:08:50,274 --> 00:08:56,259
Hope you'll All make I know, Caroline, is that
my social security administration says I'm dead
121
00:08:56,259 --> 00:08:57,620
at age 85.
122
00:08:58,019 --> 00:09:01,700
Now that's my government, my government's
pretty smart, right?
123
00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:06,899
But I say, I'm gonna challenge you, I'm gonna
up you and say, I'm not gonna be dead at 85.
124
00:09:06,899 --> 00:09:12,245
I hope to still be racing competitively and
trying to share ideas about this trajectory of
125
00:09:12,245 --> 00:09:12,804
aging.
126
00:09:12,804 --> 00:09:16,164
So it was, I don't have time, I hurt.
127
00:09:16,164 --> 00:09:20,884
And the third one probably is the myth is,
well, everyone's a burden.
128
00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:27,410
As we get older and I'm sure if you're sainted
parents or parents of law are still with us,
129
00:09:27,730 --> 00:09:32,370
they probably have shared, I don't wanna become
a burden to you, but guess what?
130
00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:37,184
It's life, they are and we accept it and yet
what does that do to us?
131
00:09:37,264 --> 00:09:38,544
It causes stress.
132
00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:44,384
So I would hope, quote me please, I would hope
that I never become a burden to my kids and I
133
00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:44,784
mean it.
134
00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:47,264
I stand behind it and that's my guarantee.
135
00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:52,850
Mean, I you can push me off in a rowing shell
and blow me up when I'm done, but I do not
136
00:09:52,850 --> 00:09:54,690
wanna become a burden to my kiddos.
137
00:09:54,690 --> 00:09:59,889
So those three things I think are things to
think about certainly if there are more, but
138
00:09:59,889 --> 00:10:01,649
those are ones that shape what I'm doing.
139
00:10:02,414 --> 00:10:05,934
Yes, I love that not become a burden to your
kids.
140
00:10:06,174 --> 00:10:12,254
Of course, I never thought of it yet and I love
how you talked about is the word centenarian
141
00:10:12,254 --> 00:10:15,695
also to become 100 years.
142
00:10:15,695 --> 00:10:20,840
And I had a podcast guest, she said her goal is
to become a centenarian.
143
00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:26,039
And then I said, okay, let's make another
podcast interview when you reached your goal
144
00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:28,120
and we can do this too, of course.
145
00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,720
Thank you so much for sharing.
146
00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:35,095
Okay, my next question is your work plan for
science and personal discipline.
147
00:10:35,095 --> 00:10:41,815
What are three practical habits someone 50
could start today to dramatically improve their
148
00:10:41,815 --> 00:10:43,254
health trajectory?
149
00:10:43,495 --> 00:10:45,575
Trajectory, this is difficult the word.
150
00:10:45,575 --> 00:10:51,550
It's a big word, yeah, slope or glide slope if
you're a pilot, a glide slope.
151
00:10:51,710 --> 00:10:54,830
So I say the first thing is to start your day
right.
152
00:10:54,830 --> 00:11:01,309
Whether you're a morning lark, a morning person
or a night hawk, I say, start your day correct.
153
00:11:01,309 --> 00:11:04,434
And I have what I call the morning checklist.
154
00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:09,554
The first thing you may have heard about, many
of your listeners have heard a famous Navy
155
00:11:09,554 --> 00:11:12,915
Admiral McRaven said, make your bed.
156
00:11:13,235 --> 00:11:17,875
So when you make your bed, you start off with a
success, whatever time of day it is for your
157
00:11:17,875 --> 00:11:20,079
routine, make your bed.
158
00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:21,839
Second is to be observant.
159
00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,959
The third is to reflect on, hey, I'm alive
another day.
160
00:11:24,959 --> 00:11:30,159
Yes, I'm a little sore, but I wanna be a little
sore because I'm moving my two zero six bones
161
00:11:30,159 --> 00:11:34,764
and 600 muscles and exercising the muscle
between my ears.
162
00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:39,325
I have a forebear named Robert Frost, who was a
poet laureate.
163
00:11:39,485 --> 00:11:42,365
He said, The mind is a wonderful organ.
164
00:11:42,445 --> 00:11:47,404
It starts working the minute you wake up and it
doesn't stop until you get to the office.
165
00:11:48,149 --> 00:11:49,830
Isn't that funny?
166
00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:52,710
So I think it is anyway.
167
00:11:52,710 --> 00:12:00,870
So the idea that we're chatting about is just
starting off on the correct foot.
168
00:12:00,870 --> 00:12:07,915
Sure, have hiccups, we have sidesteps, we have
step backs and yet we take a deep breath,
169
00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:13,995
breathe, recover and say, yes, I can, right?
170
00:12:13,995 --> 00:12:17,035
We want the glass to be half full, not half
empty.
171
00:12:17,509 --> 00:12:21,350
So starting the day off right, whatever time of
day is uber important.
172
00:12:21,350 --> 00:12:26,950
The second thing is to remember, at least in
America, I call it Gothic behavior.
173
00:12:27,269 --> 00:12:31,590
Why is America one of the fattest and least
healthy countries on earth?
174
00:12:31,615 --> 00:12:35,774
Why don't we win Olympic medals like the
Norwegians or the Italians?
175
00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:39,535
I mean, we win some, we should, we're three
fifty million people, right?
176
00:12:39,695 --> 00:12:44,254
But I call it glothic behavior, that's gluttony
and sloth.
177
00:12:44,254 --> 00:12:50,569
Those are two of the original sins And if we
counter those by being careful what we eat, not
178
00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:56,329
eating processed food, Jack LaLanne said,
remember that, I don't know if you remember, he
179
00:12:56,329 --> 00:13:00,649
died at 94 with great physical exploits and
honored strong women.
180
00:13:01,164 --> 00:13:05,565
His epitaph said, it's better to wear out than
rust out, number one.
181
00:13:05,565 --> 00:13:12,125
And number two, if he said, if man processed it
or ultra processed the food that you eat, don't
182
00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:12,445
eat it.
183
00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,100
So that's the gluttony.
184
00:13:15,179 --> 00:13:19,420
The second bite tastes just the same as the
first bite, so why do we eat more?
185
00:13:20,139 --> 00:13:22,379
Our hormones get out of whack, right?
186
00:13:22,379 --> 00:13:28,300
So if we condition our hormones to be satisfied
with small portions or doing without things
187
00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,475
like ultra processed food.
188
00:13:30,634 --> 00:13:32,794
Madison Avenue is trying to kill us.
189
00:13:33,434 --> 00:13:36,554
They're getting rich and they're trying to kill
us with those things.
190
00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:38,154
So that's the gluttony.
191
00:13:38,154 --> 00:13:41,034
The sloth is we have become sedentary.
192
00:13:41,034 --> 00:13:46,009
Yes, I'm sitting, I apologize, I should be
taking your wonderful conversation walking
193
00:13:46,009 --> 00:13:50,490
around the park, but I'm sitting today, but I'm
gonna make sure that I move.
194
00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:55,290
It's not just a question of the steps, but it's
a question of moving your joints.
195
00:13:55,769 --> 00:14:04,544
So motion truly, it's not a platitude, it's a
mantra that motion and moving heavy stuff is
196
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:09,024
really, really, really good medicine to
counteract glothic behavior.
197
00:14:09,024 --> 00:14:14,789
I know that's a, what's the fancy word,
portmanteau for a compound word, avoid gluttony
198
00:14:14,789 --> 00:14:19,829
and sloth, and maybe we'll chase being a
centenarian like the wonderful lady you
199
00:14:19,829 --> 00:14:20,470
interviewed.
200
00:14:21,190 --> 00:14:22,789
Wow, that's amazing.
201
00:14:22,789 --> 00:14:29,815
I love the idea you also said about healthy
habits so to say, make your bed.
202
00:14:29,815 --> 00:14:36,134
Of course I know this famous speech and you
start with the success and then other people
203
00:14:36,134 --> 00:14:37,894
call it morning routine.
204
00:14:37,975 --> 00:14:45,679
But it's important say things to yourself like
I love my life, I love being me, things like
205
00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:46,000
that.
206
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,279
And also to observe.
207
00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:56,585
You encouraged us to observe our behaviour and
then to start eating more healthy organic foods
208
00:14:56,585 --> 00:14:57,865
you call it, right?
209
00:14:58,585 --> 00:15:00,024
Farm based if you can.
210
00:15:00,024 --> 00:15:06,840
Now it may be expensive, acknowledge and I
heard a very famous dietitian that I respect
211
00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,560
suggest we don't have to get it right every
day.
212
00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:16,200
In fact, if we get it right 80% of the time,
kind of like Pareto's law in economics, you get
213
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:22,304
it right 80 to 85% of the time and you stray,
you go to a wedding reception and have a piece
214
00:15:22,304 --> 00:15:28,785
of cake or a bubbly, a glass of bubbly, in
moderation, that's okay because your body
215
00:15:28,785 --> 00:15:33,825
actually likes that trigger and then it says,
help me get back to homeostasis.
216
00:15:34,769 --> 00:15:39,170
And so we don't have to get it right seven days
a week, but I ask people to think about getting
217
00:15:39,170 --> 00:15:46,370
it right six days a week to honor the great
Italian economist, Pareto, and then move on.
218
00:15:46,370 --> 00:15:53,825
Our bodies actually are engaged by that stimuli
of a little extra sugar, a little extra alcohol
219
00:15:54,144 --> 00:16:00,065
and your hormones adapt and say, okay, let's
get back to doing healthy things.
220
00:16:00,465 --> 00:16:02,409
Yes, I love that.
221
00:16:02,409 --> 00:16:03,449
Thank you so much.
222
00:16:03,449 --> 00:16:09,529
Okay, I'm inspired already and my next question
for you is, looking at your own journey as the
223
00:16:09,529 --> 00:16:15,704
competitive rower and coach, what has longevity
taught you about resilience, purpose and living
224
00:16:15,704 --> 00:16:17,945
fully at every stage of life?
225
00:16:18,264 --> 00:16:24,424
Yeah, it's a great question and I think part of
the answer is chasing yesterday.
226
00:16:24,424 --> 00:16:29,399
None of us are teenage, well, teenagers are
teenagers, but none of us are teenagers
227
00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:32,279
anymore, so we should stop chasing yesterday.
228
00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,519
We should celebrate our journey.
229
00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:39,960
In fact, another, author in my family tree,
Ralph Waldo Emerson talked about the felicities
230
00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,519
of age.
231
00:16:41,004 --> 00:16:48,204
I celebrate being 73 and I celebrate my fitness
years, not my calendar years.
232
00:16:48,365 --> 00:16:53,324
I have trouble blowing out 73 candles, but my
fitness years are lower.
233
00:16:53,840 --> 00:17:00,160
My heart health is lower and because of
partially genetics, granted partially genetics,
234
00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:07,404
but because of what I've done, avoiding glothic
behavior, gluttony and sloth, my fitness years,
235
00:17:07,404 --> 00:17:13,404
I'm racing in three weeks in a boat of 30 and
40 year olds.
236
00:17:14,205 --> 00:17:19,404
And if I can keep up with that, I don't need to
lead them, I have to fit in and be a teammate
237
00:17:21,589 --> 00:17:22,629
to achieve.
238
00:17:23,269 --> 00:17:28,230
So we're not as young as we used to be, we're
not as capable as we used to be for all kinds
239
00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:29,029
of reasons.
240
00:17:29,029 --> 00:17:36,454
Our systems change, we need tune ups, our
maximum heart rate changes, but there are many
241
00:17:36,454 --> 00:17:42,295
things that we can do to accept where we are,
but not accept it totally, that we can fight
242
00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:42,615
it.
243
00:17:42,615 --> 00:17:51,180
Again, be late to your own funeral, but not as
a comatose palliative care person, a vital
244
00:17:51,180 --> 00:17:51,819
person.
245
00:17:52,059 --> 00:17:55,980
If I could give an example, I so admire Queen
Elizabeth.
246
00:17:55,980 --> 00:18:01,259
Now I know she had some domestic issues in that
crazy royal family and the family still has
247
00:18:01,465 --> 00:18:02,664
crazy issues.
248
00:18:02,744 --> 00:18:07,464
But you know, that one phrase, when you stop,
you drop.
249
00:18:08,265 --> 00:18:14,985
Just before she passed at the age of 96, she
interviewed the prime minister of The United
250
00:18:14,985 --> 00:18:18,809
Kingdom, fulfilling her duty and died suddenly.
251
00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:25,130
Now, one, that's a blessing, but number two, so
much of the diseases that we pick up in
252
00:18:25,130 --> 00:18:28,009
America, the conditions and diseases are
preventable.
253
00:18:28,009 --> 00:18:30,410
I've heard seventy five percent of cancers.
254
00:18:31,265 --> 00:18:35,424
I did not know until I had a little bit of a
scare with my own chest and it was just a
255
00:18:35,424 --> 00:18:43,025
scare, that eighty percent of Americans start
heart disease at the age of 20.
256
00:18:44,769 --> 00:18:49,809
At the age of 20, the start doesn't mean
they're gonna drop dead at age of 20, but they
257
00:18:49,809 --> 00:18:59,250
are starting because primarily lifestyle, diet,
stress, they're starting to accumulate calcium
258
00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:04,404
and sludge in their coronary arteries and
that's the number one cause of death in America
259
00:19:04,565 --> 00:19:09,204
is ASCVD, atherosclerosis cardiovascular
disease.
260
00:19:09,285 --> 00:19:11,605
Oh, by the way, it has accomplices, doesn't it?
261
00:19:11,605 --> 00:19:15,509
Metabolic syndrome, diabetes, dementia related
diseases.
262
00:19:15,509 --> 00:19:20,549
And isn't it sad that health and wellness are
not democratic?
263
00:19:21,109 --> 00:19:28,005
Women suffer more dementia related diseases
than men do, yet men suffer more suicides and
264
00:19:28,005 --> 00:19:29,845
many more mental health problems.
265
00:19:30,244 --> 00:19:37,764
So we want everyone to think of themselves, not
what you hear, Oprah Winfrey is an amazing
266
00:19:37,845 --> 00:19:42,149
advocate of fitness, but necessarily what she
says doesn't necessarily fit me.
267
00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:49,029
She's a little younger, she's different gender
and a different station socioeconomically.
268
00:19:49,269 --> 00:19:53,349
So I suggest to all your listeners, Caroline,
that every athlete is different.
269
00:19:53,349 --> 00:19:56,230
And if you can get up from a chair or move,
you're an athlete.
270
00:19:56,585 --> 00:19:59,544
And I want people to think of themselves as
athletes.
271
00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:06,904
I'm not talking about Norwegian super freaks,
I'm just talking about doing probably more than
272
00:20:06,904 --> 00:20:07,785
you think you can.
273
00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:16,390
And our bodies almost always, unless you have
an extraordinary condition, do more than you
274
00:20:16,390 --> 00:20:17,269
think you can.
275
00:20:17,269 --> 00:20:22,755
So the little engine that could, if you
remember that childhood nursery story, I think
276
00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:24,194
I can, I think I can?
277
00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:26,434
If you think you can, you probably can.
278
00:20:26,515 --> 00:20:28,115
If you think you can't, you won't.
279
00:20:28,115 --> 00:20:28,355
Right?
280
00:20:28,355 --> 00:20:30,595
That is Henry Ford.
281
00:20:30,835 --> 00:20:31,234
Yes.
282
00:20:31,234 --> 00:20:32,994
And I I love those quotes.
283
00:20:32,994 --> 00:20:40,039
Thank you so much for encouraging us to be the
athlete that's inside you, I would say.
284
00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:45,000
And we both met at LinkedIn and I invited you
to a podcast interview.
285
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,320
I would like to know where can people find you
when they want to reach out to you after
286
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:50,680
listening to this episode.
287
00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:52,615
Oh, well, thank you so much.
288
00:20:52,615 --> 00:20:59,894
So my authors and my landing page for fitness
tips are at wellpastforty and I'll spell it
289
00:20:59,894 --> 00:21:07,240
out, Caroline, W E L L P A S T F O R T Y dot O
R G.
290
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,399
Wellpast40.org is the website.
291
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:19,880
I'm available at davewellpast40.com or I think
you can probably find me on LinkedIn or
292
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,254
Facebook or Instagram, David Emerson Frost on
Instagram.
293
00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:32,335
I try to offer several times a day some tips,
tricks and hacks for people to learn from my
294
00:21:32,335 --> 00:21:33,134
lessons.
295
00:21:33,615 --> 00:21:40,049
I don't always get it right, but I always share
my experiences and I think that is different.
296
00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:42,690
And oh, by the way, I'm not in the Epstein
files.
297
00:21:42,849 --> 00:21:44,930
So I promise I'm not
298
00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:46,369
in important the Epstein files.
299
00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:54,034
To know, of course, otherwise I would not be
interested in doing this podcast interview of
300
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:54,355
course.
301
00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:55,875
Thank you for mentioning it.
302
00:21:55,875 --> 00:21:59,234
And my last question for you is about your
goals.
303
00:21:59,234 --> 00:22:03,875
Do you set goals for yourself or intentions and
what is one of your next projects?
304
00:22:04,309 --> 00:22:05,509
Thank you very much.
305
00:22:05,509 --> 00:22:11,909
So yeah, I think I'm a military guy, but then
also from my teachings at business school, I
306
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:15,990
talk about three goals, tactical, operational
and strategic.
307
00:22:16,845 --> 00:22:19,404
Strategically, I wanna be a good grandparent.
308
00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:23,804
I wanna try to inspire others with what I call
the big Kahuna movement, which is keep
309
00:22:23,804 --> 00:22:26,044
America's health span unabated.
310
00:22:26,285 --> 00:22:32,539
We can do better with these preventable things
that if we get organized and move, we can avoid
311
00:22:32,619 --> 00:22:36,380
heart disease and things like that, or change
the trajectory.
312
00:22:36,859 --> 00:22:38,859
So that's number one.
313
00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:48,565
Number two, would say that operationally I want
to continue to perform as if I was a younger
314
00:22:48,565 --> 00:22:49,124
person.
315
00:22:49,684 --> 00:22:54,964
Now, I don't have my ring on now because it's
charging, but I have a fitness device, if it's
316
00:22:54,964 --> 00:22:57,365
okay to mention a trade name, you go.
317
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:06,920
I wanna keep my heart age negative, meaning my
heart is younger than this old body that you're
318
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,400
speaking with and listening to, okay?
319
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,559
And now it's not totally accurate.
320
00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:17,894
I did have my pulse wave velocity measured
about eighteen months ago and my heart based on
321
00:23:17,894 --> 00:23:23,654
pulse wave velocity, the thickness of your
arteries and endothelia and all that magic
322
00:23:23,654 --> 00:23:26,134
medical stuff, it was eight years.
323
00:23:26,375 --> 00:23:32,130
So you're talking to a 73 year old, but as far
as my heart is concerned, even though I had a
324
00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:36,289
little bit of a challenge with calcium buildup,
my heart is 65.
325
00:23:36,450 --> 00:23:38,929
So what am I gonna do with those eight years?
326
00:23:38,930 --> 00:23:45,054
I'm gonna invest them and try to help other
people do good things for longer and better.
327
00:23:45,295 --> 00:23:48,575
As I say, thriving and striving into your
nineties.
328
00:23:48,575 --> 00:23:54,974
And then strategically, the Big Kahuna Movement
is my, so book number three is called Burden or
329
00:23:54,974 --> 00:23:59,080
Vanish and that's when I mentioned the big
kahuna, keep America's health span unabated,
330
00:23:59,080 --> 00:23:59,640
Caroline.
331
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:05,720
When I learned that heart disease starts in
eighty percent of Americans, eight zero percent
332
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,160
of Americans as early as age 20, we're doing
something wrong.
333
00:24:09,575 --> 00:24:11,255
What do we do in Western medicine?
334
00:24:11,255 --> 00:24:14,934
We prescribe pharmaceutical solutions.
335
00:24:15,174 --> 00:24:21,255
I call it polypharmacy, but the lead statement
of my book, Caroline, knock knock, it's a knock
336
00:24:21,255 --> 00:24:22,134
knock joke, okay?
337
00:24:22,589 --> 00:24:26,990
So this isn't Kaboomer, my first book I wrote
in the middle of, or I launched in the middle
338
00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:27,869
of COVID.
339
00:24:27,950 --> 00:24:29,549
Knock knock, who's there?
340
00:24:29,710 --> 00:24:32,029
A baby boomer and a Kaboomer.
341
00:24:32,109 --> 00:24:35,710
Well, the person asked a baby boomer and a
Kaboomer who?
342
00:24:35,869 --> 00:24:43,525
Well, a baby boomer who takes two pills at a
time and a kaboomer who takes two steps at a
343
00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:44,644
time, Caroline.
344
00:24:44,644 --> 00:24:51,549
That's a big difference, pills or steps, Gothic
behavior or healthy living, we can do better.
345
00:24:51,549 --> 00:24:55,470
Some folks are on it and yay to them.
346
00:24:55,470 --> 00:24:59,630
And by the way, some of my ideal followers and
listeners are already very fit, but they wanna
347
00:24:59,630 --> 00:25:02,349
stay that way or get fitter and it's possible.
348
00:25:02,509 --> 00:25:09,775
But I want everyone in spite of the
undemocratic nature of health and wellness, I
349
00:25:09,775 --> 00:25:13,934
want everybody to know that not only can they
do better themselves, but they can inspire
350
00:25:13,934 --> 00:25:15,214
others to do better.
351
00:25:15,694 --> 00:25:17,534
You don't have to become a world champion.
352
00:25:17,534 --> 00:25:21,200
Yes, I'm blessed to be a world record holder
and world champion.
353
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:27,599
I'm lucky to be in a sport that fits my body
and my lungs and my muscles, but you don't have
354
00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:30,079
to be a champion, you just have to progress.
355
00:25:30,079 --> 00:25:32,799
Remember it's progression, not perfection that
counts, right?
356
00:25:33,404 --> 00:25:36,684
So tactical, operational, strategic, goals.
357
00:25:37,085 --> 00:25:38,125
I love that.
358
00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:39,085
Thank you so much.
359
00:25:39,085 --> 00:25:43,484
Yes, and you talked about sustainability,
right, and consistency.
360
00:25:43,484 --> 00:25:49,859
Of course, it doesn't it's not enough to take
two steps one day and the other six days of the
361
00:25:49,859 --> 00:25:55,539
week you stay complacent or I don't know if
this word is appropriate but you also talked
362
00:25:55,539 --> 00:26:05,845
about six days of healthy living and then to
show your body what is not preferable, so to
363
00:26:05,845 --> 00:26:06,245
say.
364
00:26:06,245 --> 00:26:11,845
Okay, thank you so much for our interview and
now it's time for your final thoughts to the
365
00:26:11,845 --> 00:26:12,725
audience please.
366
00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:18,820
Well, if we can go back to, instead of
mentioning Henry Ford, because you nicely
367
00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:25,299
mentioned Henry Ford, let's remember the wife
of America's longest serving president, Eleanor
368
00:26:25,299 --> 00:26:26,259
Roosevelt.
369
00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:33,224
She challenged all of us to do something
uncomfortable or difficult every day.
370
00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:38,744
Make your bed and then try to do something
that's a stretch, that's uncomfortable, that's
371
00:26:38,744 --> 00:26:39,704
a challenge.
372
00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:41,544
Yes, I can.
373
00:26:44,039 --> 00:26:46,599
Thank you so much, I'm inspired now.
374
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,599
And I see you in the next episode.
375
00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:53,880
Thank you for listening to the Inspired Choice
Podcast.
376
00:26:54,595 --> 00:27:02,194
If this episode inspired you, please subscribe,
leave a review and share it with someone who is
377
00:27:02,194 --> 00:27:07,954
building their own path and making inspired
choices in life and business.
378
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:15,440
This podcast continues to grow thanks to our
incredible global community of listeners,
379
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,200
guests and partners.
380
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:24,604
If you are a company, brand or organisation
looking to reach an audience of entrepreneurs,
381
00:27:24,764 --> 00:27:30,924
leaders and innovators, we are currently
welcoming select sponsors for next month's
382
00:27:30,924 --> 00:27:31,884
episodes.
383
00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:39,403
Sponsorship opportunities include brand
mentions, strategic visibility and alignment
384
00:27:39,403 --> 00:27:44,042
with one of the top 2.5% podcasts globally.
