Fitness x Business

CBC Keynote Speech

Christian Brothers College invited Joseph Mencel to present a keynote speech to their Year 12 students in September, 2021.

In this episode, we share Joseph's full keynote speech from start to finish.

There are 3 main messages intertwined into Joseph's keynote:

1. Why it's important to lean into your curiosity 2. The antidotes to the 3 fears that prevent most of us from pursuing what we really want to do 3. How to deal with things that happen that are outside of your control

We hope you are able to take as much value from this keynote speech as the CBC Year 12 students did.

Enjoy!

LFG!!

Right here, right now - this is the best time it has been in the last 2 years to commit to your fitness. Yet so many of us are still kicking the can down the road.

And while the media may have you think otherwise, it's also the best time it has been in the last 2 years to invest in your business or your career. Yet so many of us are buying into the fear driven narrative and running & hiding.

In this episode, Joseph Mencel explains why the time is now to take your fitness, your business and your career to the next level.

By sharing some of the most valuable lessons he has learned throughout his fitness & business journeys, he will inspire you to throw away the excuses and do what needs to be done.

A short, sharp & potent episode you'll want to listen to more than once. LFG!

Your 4: Finding Your Passion, Importance Of Trust, Reading Tips & Offering Business Advice

In this episode of Your 4, Joseph & Caleb discuss how to find your passion, the importance of trust in a marriage and other personal relationships, how to get the most out of your reading, and what to do when you see a friend or family member heading in the wrong direction with their business.

Cultivating A Growth Mindset With Jamie Skippen

What do you do when confronted with challenges? How do you approach seemingly insurmountable tasks? Does other people's success intimidate or inspire you?

In this episode, Joseph Mencel sits down with Jamie Skippen to discuss how to cultivate a growth mindset.

Jamie's story is one of highs & lows, of using setbacks as set ups for comebacks, and of tackling mammoth tasks by breaking them down into small, bite sized steps. By sharing his experiences, Jamie demonstrates how he has developed an ironclad growth mindset, before Joseph & Jamie provide practical & strategic advice on how you can develop your own.

An interesting & intriguing episode that you are sure to enjoy!

Your 4: Balancing Business & Relationships, Making Strong Impressions, Limiting Beliefs

In this episode of Your 4, Joseph & Caleb discuss how to balance a growing business with your relationship with your significant other, the best way to make a strong impression in the workplace, how to identify and work through limiting beliefs, and how to use a divorce or the breakdown of a long term personal relationship to grow and develop into a better person.

It’s Just Business

"It's nothing personal. It's just business."

Ever been on the receiving end this phrase? Or perhaps you've even dished it out a few times yourself.

In this episode, Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss why "it's just business" is a phrase that has absolutely no business being used anymore.

By exploring the history of the phrase, they discuss its origin, its role in pop culture, and what effect it actually has as a type of moral escape clause.

Joseph & Leah then provide personal examples of when they have been on the receiving end, and also delivered, the "it's just business" phrase, before discussing how the associated decisions played out over the medium to long term.

They close out the episode by offering practical & strategic advice on how to work through situations where difficult decisions have to be made that involve opposing business and personal interests.

This episode is sure to provoke some serious food for thought.

Enjoy!

Just Take One More Step

Ever committed to the journey of achieving a particular goal only to find that as you've progressed, the journey has deviated from what you expected?

Ever felt confused, demotivated or disheartened by the process of working towards achieving a particular goal?

In this episode, Joseph Mencel discusses the problem with the conventional wisdom of committing to the journey instead of the destination, and focusing on the process instead the product.

By sharing experiences from his business, fitness and personal life, Joseph provides examples of when the journey he committed to has taken a turn that he didn't foresee. He then takes a deep dive into the personal strategy he deploys of just taking one more step, and explains how you can apply the same technique to all areas of your life.

A short, sharp & potent episode that you are sure to enjoy!

Breaking Down Barriers Between You & Your Best Self With Nicole Tan

What's holding you back from living the life you truly want to live? What's preventing you from fully comitting to pursuing your dreams? What barriers stand between who you are and who you are trying to become?

In this episode, Joseph Mencel talks openly & honestly with IFBB Bikini Pro Nicole Tan about what it takes to breakthrough the barriers that stand in between you and your best self.

Nicole's story is one of ups & downs, of triumphs & struggles, of pursuing the path less traveled and having the courage to keep going without any guarantee of success.

After detailing her journey thus far, Nicole & Joseph dive deep into the relationship between the fear of failure & the fear of regret, how to use setbacks as stepping stones, seeking inspiration from the success of others while staying super competitive, and the importance of ensuring your lifestyle supports your dreams.

This is an episode you'll want to listen to more than once!

Your 4: Misaligned Workplace Values, Getting Back Into Working Out, Servant Leadership & Best Books

In this episode of Your 4, Joseph & Caleb discuss what to do when you experience value misalignment with your employer, how best to get back into working out after a long period of time off, how to become a better leader within the workplace, and what books & people have inspired them the most.

The Four Seasons

The seasons will come & go... they always have and they always will. So you have a choice. You can choose to work with the seasons, or you can choose to work against them. You can choose to accept & align with that which you cannot control, or you can choose to fight it.

In this episode, Joseph Mencel explores the analogy of farming when applied to both fitness & business.

By detailing what crop farmers focus on during each of the four seasons, he lays out a blueprint for how your efforts are going to be best spent in the summer, autumn, winter & spring of your fitness & business journeys.

An interesting way of framing how to approach your controllables - this is one episode that is sure to provide some food for thought.