25: IOE #25: From Convict to Conscious Creator with Chris Cavallini

In this episode of Inside Out Empowerment, host Joshua Nussbaum sits down with Chris Cavallini for an interesting conversation that proves to be an engaging redemption story. Chris is the CEO and founder of Nutrition Solutions, a customized diet and meal-prep brand, tailored to help people meet their individual fitness and lifestyle goals. During their conversation Chris shares about the hardships of his past lifestyle, the wakeup call he had one day and the hard advice he was given by a respected mentor that set him on the course to revamping his life. He also shares what it has taken for him to focus his time and energy on building a brand that is changing people's lives and what it has required from him to meet his own entrepreneurial goals.

SUMMARY OF TAKE AWAYS 

-Chris’s background 

-People making excuses for how they live based off events that happened in their past 

-Taking responsibility for your past/mistakes 

-Everything around you impacts your psyche 

-How taking responsibility makes you feel empowered 

-The importance of “growing pains” -taking time out of your day for personal growth and development -responsibility vs. resentment 

-Steps to take to stop resenting a certain situation that happened in your life 

-What Chris is currently doing now with his life -background on Chris’s company 

-How people not showing their reaction to your content impacts you 

-How the way you eat can affect you 

NOTABLE QUESTIONS/LESSONS 

-Spend more time on yourself than your job. (14:10) 

-Your past does not dictate your future unless you allow it to. (16:48) 

-The key to happiness in life is progress. (19:00) 

-You can get better in two ways, experience and training. (23:02) 

-What personal development are you doing since you made the switch? (23:12)

-You have to take responsibility for the good things and you have to take responsibility over the bad. (25:40) 

-Your inner world creates your outer world. (41:00) 

-If you are coming from a place that is stable and powerful and grounded and loving yourself, it gives you the courage to dream. (48:31) 

-What are you doing right now to strategically grow your business? (1:17:50)