Episode 60: Andy Ramage - Founder of Seneca Performance, Co-Founder of OneYearNoBeer, Former Broker & Pro Footballer

Published: March 14, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

b'Today\\u2019s guest is Andy Ramage. Andy is a former professional soccer player, who following an injury which cut short his career, went on to co-create two multimillion-dollar city brokerages. But after achieving traditional \\u201csuccess\\u201d Andy was left feeling broken. He was unfit, unhealthy, overweight, stressed and unhappy.\\xa0Andy believed there had to be another way to be successful while staying super fit, healthy, maintaining a happy home life and doing it with a smile on his face. So, 10 years ago Andy went on an adventure to study the art of behavioral change and elite performance. The techniques Andy uncovered\\xa0transformed his mind, body, business and most importantly his relationships. Perhaps the key to it all for Andy though was when he decided to stop drinking alcohol. By quitting alcohol, he found it easier to eat healthy, exercise more, have better relationships and found more time in the day, every day. Inspired, Andy firstly co-founded a world-leading behavioral change platform (OYNB)\\xa0OneYearNoBeer.com\\xa0which is a 28,90 or 365-day alcohol-free challenge, inspiring over 100,000 people to transform their relationship with alcohol. And his latest venture, Seneca Performance is revolutionizing corporate wellness through its unique mind, body and lifestyle management program for elite business professionals. In this interview, we get into Andy\\u2019s time as a professional soccer player, his career as an oil broker, his journey of studying behavioral change and elite performance, and One Year No Beer. \\nTimestamps\\n00:03:07 Growing up in East London\\n00:04:55 Aspirations to become a pro soccer player\\n00:10:05 Talent vs. mental toughness\\n00:12:11 Position he played in soccer\\n00:12:27 Biggest takeaways from playing pro soccer\\n00:14:00 His career ending injury\\n00:17:20 Transitioning out of pro soccer and ending up in banking\\n00:21:26 Role of an oil broker\\n00:23:41 Drinking as part of his banking career\\n00:28:50 Did he ever talk to anyone about what he was going through during banking?\\n00:30:24 What he focused on initially to transform his health & wellbeing\\n00:33:06 How he entertained banking clients without drinking\\n00:37:02 The genesis of OneYearNoBeer (OYNB)\\n00:42:24 OYNB overview\\n00:44:01 Who is OYNB for?\\n00:44:57 Effective strategies for people to maintain strong social lives without drinking\\n00:47:32 Why describe OYNB as a behavioral change platform?\\n00:49:06 The compound interest of drinking\\n00:51:17 Quitting alcohol gives you time back\\n00:53:23 What he wants to accomplish 5 years from now\\n00:55:47 Books that have made a significant impact on his life\\n00:56:52 His daily routine\\n00:58:12 His driving force\\n00:59:08 Parting words of wisdom around evaluating your relationship with alcohol'