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In this episode I am very happy to bring to you my conversation with Jonathan Goodman. To start, here is a little background on Jonathan:
He is working to bring the fitness industry together. Since 2011 he's published 11 books, welcomed over 20M visitors to his website, and sold over 250,000 educational items to health and fitness enthusiasts. Originally from Toronto, Coach Goodman has enjoyed over 1,300 days exploring the world with his young family.
Coaches, like me, know him from his outstanding education for taking our coaching work online which in these current times is even more important than it has ever been.
With Jonathan we discussed being human in an online world, what is important in business (particularly as it relates to the fitness industry) including focusing on quality over quantity. We also talked about living in an unconventional way (in Jonathan´s case traveling for significant periods of time with a young family) while remaining grateful for what we have … and much much more.
I had a lot of fun in this episode and really enjoyed what was a genuine and deep chat with a very interesting guy. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did…for a full outline of topics covered and to find out more about Jonathan, have a look in the show notes.
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Show Notes
03:26 Being a genuine human in an online world and how Jonathan has returned to this ethos being first and foremost
7:00 The two questions about business that helped Jonathan make changes
8:50 Caring about others and the steps to really engage with your community online
10:20 A rhetorical question that makes you think more deeply about how we interact with businesses
15:00 What was the thing or things that lead Jonathan to change how he was doing things
25:00 What Jonathan is focusing on now in business and why
31:50 Advice from a monk about knowing how much is enough in life
34:20 Taking action
40:00 What Jonathan cares most about in the fitness industry
42:00 Jonathan makes sure he keeps fit and healthy and what time management is really about
48:00 Why Jonathan travel with his family so much
55:20 Define your potential worst case scenario to helps you move to action and try what is possible