WEBVTT - No Comfort Zones (w/ Lateef McMullan) 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.680 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. You are tuned into 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.400 the Vitamin D Podcast, and I'm your host on day 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.040 here to get too excited about your life. Now, if 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:12.200 this is your first time tuning in, let me just 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:15.840 say welcome. I'm glad to have you. In fact, I'm 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.200 glad that you're here on this journey with me um 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.280 of getting excited about your life, of understanding that you 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.080 are your greatest asset. Now, just so that we're clear, 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:26.400 vitamin D is upun off my name. You know, my 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:28.880 name is Dawn, and you get vitamin D from the sun. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.440 So I am here to shed light into your life. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.000 And I do this with inspirational insights and conversations with 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.879 celebrities and everyday people like you and me. And let 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.120 me just be clear. While vitamin D is all about 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.879 shed a light and we're all about positivity, we need 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.680 to be clear that in order to be better, to 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:48.920 do better, you gotta be able to see better. And 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:50.599 so when that calls on shutting on the light, that's 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.080 on the good and the bad. Okay, Now, if you've 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.320 been following me on social media, you might have witnessed 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:01.080 a bit of a transformation. Just like I talked about 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.680 how you are your greatest asset. I've been putting myself 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.160 to the test and I've been investing in my life 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.840 bank account with working out, and I am so excited. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:14.319 It is my pleasure to have my personal trainer in 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:18.440 the studio with me, and so let's eave with oh 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.520 M training. UM, we're gonna talk about no comfort zones 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:26.479 because that's where the magic happens. So, UM, without further ado, 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:31.959 it's time for your dose a vitamin damin D right 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:39.960 with me and get excited. Hi, laty, Hey, how's it going. 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:44.080 That was an amazing intro. Um, You're really good at this. 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.560 Thank you. Thanks, happy to be here. I am so 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:51.640 grateful that you're here. It means a lot, you know. Um, 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.920 Vitamin D. I talked about how it's about getting excited 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:58.960 about your life and you are actually assisting me with 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.760 living my best life. UM. As far as when it 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.000 comes down to my way, that's something I wouldn't say 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.480 a struggle is just something that I have been in 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:11.480 the midst of balancing. And you know, just when you 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.000 talk about you know, your whole model is just no 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:19.600 comfort zones because that's where the magic happens. I want 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.440 people to really see that because you told me, like 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.280 probably within the first week I was training with you, 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.480 and you said you talked about how it's a mental 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.120 thing and a physical thing and how you're only going 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:35.760 to get out as much as you put in. So, um, Latife, 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.720 welcome to the Vitamin D with Down Day podcast. How 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:42.079 are you? I'm good. I'm good. How are you? I'm good? 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.400 I love you. Yeah, we'll be out there, so y'all 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.399 should see me working out. I'll be screaming like let's 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:53.280 go Dawn day because I gotta push myself. So Latife, 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.480 talk to me about oh M training, talk to me 0:02:56.560 --> 0:03:00.280 about you and your experience, Like, what is this whole 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:05.360 personal training thing about? Okay, um, so oim training. Um, 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.760 that's my brand. It's a a fitness and lifestyle brand 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:16.240 that I created. Um August it became official. Like I said, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.799 it's a fitness and lifestyle brand. I offer personal training 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:24.280 and fitness both in person and virtually. Also, I'm a 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:28.000 playlist workout playlists. UM called on them tapes. Talk about 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.880 that in a little while as well as merch um 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:33.560 as you spoke a little bit about that, and I 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:39.720 don't when I got my own training right now. Yeah. Yeah, 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:41.920 so that's the Black on Black training t the Owen 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.600 Training te um from my first collection, the OEM collection. 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.120 I have the No Comfort Zone t on right now 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.440 from the collection as well. But yeah, I mean, fitness 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.560 is something that I've been into professionally for a little 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.240 bit over two years now. UM. I have a basketball background, 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.360 so I was playing professional basketball before UM, and it 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.680 was just something that, um, I won't say it was 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:06.000 a natural transition because it was a tough transition out 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.440 of basketball. That was something I was doing my entire life, 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.000 but it was something I gravitated towards because it was 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.720 something that was a part of basketball. So it was 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.799 something that I already had, like you know, one ft 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:20.200 in and just talking to a friend who was also 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.520 a personal trainer made me want to like dive deeper 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.599 into it. So I was working at a gym the 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:30.000 previous year in two thousand nineteen, and obviously during the pandemic, 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.359 gym shut down and stuff like that. And so I 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.479 have friends telling me, you know, you need to you know, 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.120 post your workouts more stuff like this, blah blah blah, 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.560 and I started thinking like why not. We weren't doing 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.880 anything at the time anyway, you know, most most of 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.080 l A was shut down. We were cooped up in 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.719 the in my apartment, so I started recording more. It's 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.440 not even something that I was like, Oh, I'm gonna 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.800 start this brand like right now. It's like literally like 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.960 matured on its own, like it was just so nik. Yeah, 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.000 I don't even know how it got to you know, 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.359 where it is today. I just, you know, I'm just 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.160 working every day, you know, just hearing that because I 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:09.680 you know, I just put up a video on my 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.919 own social media account just ingratitude of just how I 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.039 started out with Vitamin D. I was underneath the comforter 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.760 in New York with my Samsung USB Mike sweating in 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:24.640 between breaths. And we're in a studio right now, Shermanos, California. 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:29.080 Don't tell me that it's not possible. And so I guess, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:30.919 like a lot of people, I think you need to 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:34.080 realize when we talk about like dreams and in the 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.160 process of working towards it. But even in the working 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:42.560 towards process, why are you doing this? Like, you know, 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.760 was this something that hits you home because you felt 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:47.680 like you had the stand shape. I know you did 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.800 it with basketball, but oftentimes, like I went by myself 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.719 because weight has always been something I've dealt with. Um, 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.040 it's always been a means of losing weight. I've had 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.880 some people to say that they work out to maintain weight. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.000 What is your Was it just mainly because you were 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:06.720 playing basketball? Yeah? I mean after, My motivation during basketball 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.080 was always to like try to be the best. So 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.720 that's where you know, working out and staying in shape 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.960 come from. So once that ended, it was like, where 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:19.120 does that motivation come from? Um? Obviously people want to 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.640 look good and stuff like that, and so that was 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.440 the main thing. I just wanted to continue being healthy 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.440 after because as a professional basketball player, you know, you're 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.560 like an elite athlete. I didn't want to like fall 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:32.719 too far from that, you know what I'm saying. I've 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.919 come accustomed to look in a certain way, feeling a 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:39.560 certain way, moving a certain way, and I didn't want 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:44.320 to let that go. So that's where the I guess 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:49.200 the drive and passionate motivation for continuing fitness and learning 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:54.320 and within the within fitness came about because you played 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.560 You played ball overseas, right, Yeah, So I played in 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:01.640 a few different countries, started in column be a. Um 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:07.080 played in Kazakhstan, Latvia, and most recently in two seventeen Turkey, 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.760 I was in Istanbul. What was that like? Um, it 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:14.200 was an amazing experience. Yeah. I lived there for uh 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:18.000 like half seasons, full season stuff like that, so between 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.320 you know, three to six months in each spot. It 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:23.960 was a great experience. I learned a lot, was able 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.040 to experience different cultures. I wasn't closed minded, but it 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.760 definitely like open more. I look back on it and 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.200 actually wished that I would have liked immersed myself more 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.480 while I was there. I was so like one track 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.679 minded at the time as far as like basketball, basketball, basketball, 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:43.240 But um, it was a great experience. I definitely wanna 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:47.840 continue traveling the world and learning. It's a huge world, 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.800 a world out there when you just think about like 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.240 how people think, how they dress, how they talk, and 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.040 just life. Yeah, but it was something that's so interesting 0:07:58.040 --> 0:07:59.680 that stood out to me. What you just said is 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.800 that fact of being open. And I think that's something 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.360 that even in this about because I've always been one 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.320 to be active, despite you know, whatever the scale has said, 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.320 despite of what you see, I've always been an athletic 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.960 individual and I find that you know, when pushing yourself 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.520 in an athletic realm and you talk about being open, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.800 it's like being open to stretch yourself to a possibility 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:27.120 that you didn't know. And that's why I love That's 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.680 why I love about own training because it's all about 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.760 no comfort zones, because you know, when you're comfortable, you 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.439 get used to being the same thing. If you want 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.600 to see results, if you want to see change, it 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:42.040 comes from you doing more, being more, reaching furthermore. And 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.880 you know, I want to make sure that we shine 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:49.240 light about why it's important to perhaps invest in a 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.280 personal trainer or just get on a regiment of working 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.920 out because just like I said, like I'll be talking 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.520 to myself or working out, you see me, let's code 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.400 on day because it's a mental thing. And even like 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.400 um along with being mental, like you got to calculate 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.600 your numbers, You're you're focusing on your position, on your posture, 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.560 and then you yield these awesome results. So how did 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.040 you get the name? Oh I'm training? So oh I'm training. 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.800 It's also a flip off my name. So obviously my 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:21.360 first name is latif Um friends commitee, but my middle 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:25.000 name is oh sorry, oh my last year. Yeah, we 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.400 need a drune ball. That's so dramatic. Oh sorry, y'all 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.200 go ahead. And that's funny like even saying it here, 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.480 because I went like my entire life like just hardly 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.760 telling anybody my middle name. I don't know, this might 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.319 sound funny, but growing up it had sorry in it, 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.280 and I'm like, I'm not sorry, like like, so I 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.000 wouldn't tell anybody that name. So I was like, oh, sorry, 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.400 people don't make They are already like made fun of 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.000 my first name called Queen Latifa and stuff like that. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:56.440 So I'm like, the you're gonna make fun of sorry, 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.880 oh sorry, and stuff like that. So it was something 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:04.440 I kept to myself. But again, my identity throughout my 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.880 entire life was basketball. So after transition out of basketball 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.200 and when I finally figured that I wanted to start 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.599 a brand, I didn't want to force any names. It 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.160 had to be organic. Um. I had already had like 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.720 ideas of no comfort zones and stuff like that, and 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.480 it just made sense because that name made me feel 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.360 uncomfortable for so many years, and it was kind of 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:32.720 like I was just embracing me myself. Um, And so 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.720 that's why I thought that, like, oh, I'm training was perfect. 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.200 We sure so much. Okay, So if you didn't know 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:44.000 I'm an Airys, yes, if you couldn't tell by the fire, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:48.080 the drive, the energy. Um latife is also an aries 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:52.400 but energy. Hey, gang gang gang. But here's the thing 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.000 that's so interesting though, what you said, just like how 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.600 you had a moment of embracing your name like Day 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.720 as part of my middle name, and for years, like 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:03.959 growing up, I did not like it because my family 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.080 being from down south, but hey, don't die, don't die. 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:11.160 Oh my gosh, it was so embarrassing. But it's just 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.120 amazing of how you put it, of how you said 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.800 you took a name that made you so uncomfortable, and 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:22.360 look you just established it's just now and look what's happening. 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.000 Like I don't know how many interviews you've been on, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.240 but I'm just saying the magic that's happening. And even 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.760 with myself of for a while of just not wanting 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:36.040 to embrace Day, how like my name chose me, like 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.120 dawn being the break of day. It's a new dawn, 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:44.000 it's a new name. I received that. But it's it's 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.080 amazing of what could come of that when we go 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.160 and embracing ourselves. And I guess I look at even 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.640 my journey with you with working out oftentimes, Um, you 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:55.880 will hear somebody wanted to make a change out of 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.440 something that dislike, Like I want to change it because 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.440 I don't like it. But what happened to that changeing? 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.280 Because you love something like you lov and get so 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:06.640 much that you're gonna curate. And it's something about when 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.320 you love and you have passion for something like um, 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.040 you pay attention, you hold it with care, um, you 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.760 keep it near and dear, and so being in the 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.960 situation of having something that maybe I didn't hold on too, 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.560 being able to hold onto it, and then seeing how 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:26.040 it's able to be applied in our lives, like, that's dope, amazing. 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:28.959 Imagine if we if we all got to the point 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:33.840 we just embraced ourselves. Right. It's been happening for myself, 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.840 especially the past. I think I've grown a lot last year, 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.840 I mean, especially being in the pandemic. It forced me 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.040 to grow a lot. So I definitely uh relate to 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.520 what you were just saying. So when you came out 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:52.280 with the whole idea of no comfort zones, were you 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.959 already because you also are employed by a major company. 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.600 Were you with the company at first? And then you 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.040 decided to branch y'all? Like, how how did you him 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:05.000 training come to? Really, I was working at the gym 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.840 um it shut down. So again I was at the apartment. 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.360 It wasn't really much work going on at the time. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.520 It was at the time where people were you know, 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.480 I didn't know what was going on with the with 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.960 COVID and stuff like that. You know, he didn't even 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.800 want to be near other people at the time. And 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.720 so again it came down to like like what are 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.240 you gonna do? You're just gonna wait or you know, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:33.040 stuff like that. So yeah, again I have friends, you know, 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.080 a couple of close friends you know, telling me to 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.360 you know, post more and stuff like that, and it 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:42.000 really motivated me, like I said to do so and 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.640 doing so. It just it just it matured on its own, 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.120 started playing around with like different things as far as 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.839 like social media and how I want to my brand 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.160 to be and what I want direction I want to 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.040 go in. Yeah, I decided that I was going to 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.280 make it official, you know, get my LLC with it 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.959 and and everything like that. And so after I got 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:03.880 the LC, I was like, you know, this is my 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.640 business now. So UM, I started taking it way more seriously, 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:13.240 got you know, designs, lo goals, stuff like that. Um. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.920 And I've been blessed to like work with a close 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.880 friend that helping me with like a lot of the 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.040 designs and stuff like that. So it's just been a 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.840 great process. I'm enjoying the journey. I don't know. I 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:29.040 honestly don't know like where I wanna, Like, I don't 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.280 have any like aspiration I want to be the biggest 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.440 fitness brand and stuff like that. I just want to 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.840 continue building on on what it is I'm doing. I 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.280 don't have a ceiling on it. So if it wants 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:41.800 to go to the moon, it can go to the moon. 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.640 I'll go to the moon with it. Hey saying we're 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.440 gonna take it to the moon, take it to the star. Yeah. 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.600 But again, I have no expectations of it though, And 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.840 I think that's healthy. Okay, So you know, being the basis, 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.120 and I think, you know, I can attest to it 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.240 because if any abody's working out, if anybody's pushing themselves, 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:07.240 if anybody's growing, as long as you're living, you've experienced 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:11.960 some sort of non comfort zone. So talk to me 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.440 about what it means to have no comfort zones as 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:16.760 far as all I'm training, as far as latif, as 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:21.600 far as like life. Yeah, well, no comfort zones and 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:27.120 in all, in all aspects of life, like it's gonna 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.360 be like an uncomfortable you know, you're gonna be putting 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:34.080 an uncomfortable position. It's an uncomfortable you know, metamorphosis that 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.200 you know that must take place in order for us 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.480 to grow. And that's in any situation. You know, it 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:43.760 could be with working out, it could be job, life, relationships, whatever. 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.000 In order to grow, you have to get out of 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.800 your comfort zone. It's the only way. It's literally the 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:52.720 only way. So with that being said, I was like, um, 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:54.640 I mean it's a no brainer, Like I don't want 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.600 to be in my comfort zone because I can't grow 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.080 if I'm not if I'm in my comfort zone. So 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.880 that's where that came about, and it's kind of just 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:08.000 grown into like the mantra that I've been pushing. I 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:15.040 just got a trademark is mine is mine? So um yeah, 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:16.920 no comfort zone. It's easy. It's gonna be a lot 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.760 of no comfort zone in the future, for sure. Yeah, 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.960 and I love that because I feel like, um, if 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:30.240 anybody's longing for greatness, if anybody's searching for more, chances 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:34.120 are you probably are already uncomfortable and the only places 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.000 to go is to within no comfort lines. Because that's 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.120 when you know that's the role let's traveled like, that's 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:41.520 when you know that you can create something from it. 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.440 And it's just an amazing moment because you know, as 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.240 we're working out and as my body is shaking, as 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.280 I'm dripping of sweat, like the sweat is listen to me, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.320 okay when I tell you that the sweat is dripping, 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:58.640 it's excreting, it's shooting out of my body. I'm doing 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.840 a push up and it's ripping down. Is a very 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.520 hard worker, by the way, guys, very hard work. Hello, somebody, 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.320 thank you for seeing me. Um, you just realize of 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.920 how much it does take. And you know I sent 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.000 you the video. But I've been talking about this a 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.760 lot on the podcast ever since. Brian, you know, he 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.400 handles all the Magic Judge to the Vitamin D podcast 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.080 with Earl Nightingale, and he talks about the strangest secret 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.679 and it's all about how you think like your mindset, 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.000 because just like with training with you, my body is 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.520 saying no, maybe, oh, we don't want to do it. 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.480 It's shaking, it's sweaty, even my mind where I have 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:42.040 to verbally say it out loud like Dawn, let's go, 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:44.639 because it's something about the trigger of the mind and 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.560 it's you know, there's something that you also say on 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.680 the website. So I'm hoping that you can talk about 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.200 a little bit more of just talking about the benefits 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:56.440 like mentally, physically and emotionally when it comes to working out. Yeah, yeah, 0:17:56.440 --> 0:18:01.680 I mean the benefits of exercises in the um, whether 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:06.960 that's you know, way control. It improves your mood, UM 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.760 boost the energy. I know, UM, when I can, I 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.040 try to work out at six in the morning. It 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.239 sounds crazy, but after I'm like more alert and if 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.480 I would have slept in until nine am, I'm energized, 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.560 I'm active, I'm ready to go. So it definitely gives 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:26.439 you a boost. It promotes better sleep, skin health. Like 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:29.399 I said, it's endless. Um, there's no reason that it 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:33.480 shouldn't be a part of everybody's routine, right. I feel 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:37.000 like it's a necessity when you talk about success. Um, 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:41.480 your physical, your emotional, you like your nutrition. Um, those 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:43.760 are just areas that I feel like you're just a must, 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.199 like a go to, just like water. Right, And I 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.479 think I think that people are taking it more seriously, 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.879 especially after last year just seeing you know, you know, 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:56.119 health become became the center of attention. Um, you know, 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.840 the world was on on pause because of it. So 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:04.280 I think definitely I've noticed people are actively trying to 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.560 make your routine to either exercise, to get a personal trainer, 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.360 to to eat better. People are definitely taking it more seriously. 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:13.760 I've noticed, right, And you know, I'm just looking at 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.520 myself and my journey like happening with you. I mean, 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.479 this is just a problem moment, Like I couldn't even 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:26.440 do one push up yo yo. Guys like yeah, don 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.480 our first session for sure, Like I always tell her, 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.639 like you can barely do you know someone so amount 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.880 of push ups or you know, the reverse lines or 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:41.600 whatever were doing. She's like moving. She's totally different than 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:43.960 the first time when we met, you know, some months ago. 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:46.840 So I'm happy to be along with you, along with 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:51.080 you on your journey. I'm excited for your future. Um, 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:53.800 it's gonna be amazing. It's an amazing process. Yes, it is. 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.840 So it is so like it's one thing to be 0:19:56.960 --> 0:20:00.080 in the moment of, oh my gosh, I'm sweating, Oh 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.600 my gosh, I feel like my life is over. Somebody 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:05.280 helped me, and then ball when you step in that 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:12.040 mirror and your body be like it's almost like hopefully 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.480 people are at a job that they love. But going 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.399 to your job like obviously, like you might not like 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:20.280 it or do it all the time, but when you 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.840 get that check, you like, right right, and it's like 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.160 that's the payoff. That's the payoff of being uncomfortable. And 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:29.960 you know, that's what I talk about about being your 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:33.400 greatest asset, because it's all about what type of deposits 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:36.280 are you putting in your life, Like what are you 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:39.479 doing to add something to make you better, to do better, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:41.600 and just in the sense that's not going to only 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:45.240 affecting you directly, but it indirectly affects everyone around you, 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:47.200 Like you're in a better mood. So now that you've 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:51.320 inspired me to want to go after all that, it's 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:55.160 like a gift that truly keeps on giving. And you know, 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:57.920 when I post up my stuff on social media, I'm 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:00.320 posting you know something that you put up. It's so 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:02.600 amazing to see so many people will be like, Dawn, 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.640 you know, wow, you're inspired me or Dawn. It's possible 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:09.040 because at the end of it's not easy to commit 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:11.200 yourself to say I want to work out because guess 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:15.160 what the only obstacle is you Like, it's like your 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:20.000 greatest strength and your weaknesses are coming together. Right, who's 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:23.280 gonna with right? And guess what, it's only our bad 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:25.280 do you want it? And that's the thing that I 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:27.640 try to tell people when it comes to their dreams, 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:30.080 like literally, like you have to want your dreams as 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.120 bad as you want to breathe. And when you get 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.240 in a sense of just even training and working out 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:37.720 with you, it's like, listen, how bad do you want it? Dawn? 0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:41.280 You are the determining factor as to whether you're going 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.760 to achieve or whether you're going to quote unquote fail 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:47.840 this moment. Totally agree. Why do you think about the 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:56.600 people are afraid of personal trainers? Um, that's an interesting question. Um. 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.440 I talked to a lot of people, UM that says 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.480 that interested they you know, they want to train, and 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:05.479 then they're like, oh, um, I'm gonna work out for 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:07.520 a couple of months and like get in better shape, 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:09.760 which is kind of like mind blowing to me because 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:12.639 I'm like, I'm here to like help you, you know, 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:14.840