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Today, I spoke with the incredible Kevin Nahai. He is an inspiring motivational speaker, writer, and coach. He teaches people how to overcome anxiety, build self-confidence, and also to navigate dating and relationships.

Let’s dive right into this episode and learn more about how to get the breakthrough to reach our dreams and to unlock our truest potential.

[00:01 – 05:47] Opening Segment

• I introduce our guest, Kevin Nahai.
• I talk about how we met.
• Kevin talks about his current work and career.
• • Based in Los Angeles. 
  • He is a coach and speaker that works in a few different areas.
• Kevin shares how he came to work as a coach in those areas
• • Everything that he worked on is things that he has been through and overcome.
  • He got diagnosed with an incurable disease when he was only 19.
  • He became suicidal, depressed, anxious, and developed anorexia for six years.

[05:48 – 21:14] Turning Tragedy into a Triumph 

• Kevin talks about the importance of having a coach or a mentor that has been through it.
• He talks about the role and purpose of a coach, counselor, and mentor.
• • Point out the mirror for things that you don’t see or overlook.
  • Over you the different perspectives.
  • Turning tragedy into a triumph
• Kevin shares about his early coaching experience.
• • The more we learn, the more we will realize how little we truly know.
• Don’t let your failure defeat you, but just realize that you’ve got a lot of growing to do.
• • Compare to your previous self and know that you have gone better.
• Every time you reach a new milestone, you will realize that you weren’t as good as you thought you were, but that means that you are progressing.
• Kevin talks about what made him decide to leave his 9 to 5 job to be a full-time coach.
• • He took time to make sure that he was financially feasible and emotionally ready.
• 20% planning and 80% execution principle.
• • Take the risk and do it.
  • You can not plan the whole thing; you just have to execute.
• He finally found his life purpose in coaching.
• • Your purpose does not have to be the same thing as your career.
  • Everybody has something they can use to be immersed in the fullest giving of their gifts and contribute positively to others.

[21:15 – 39:29] Breakthrough and Unlock Your True Potential

• Kevin talks about finding your purpose and passion. 
• • Just get started from a point and don’t give up.
• If you do it for something greater than yourself, you will always feel motivated to keep going.
• Kevin talks about what mostly holds people back from reaching their potential.
• • Fear is always one of the biggest things that prevent us.
• Emotional Blockages
• • The subconscious psychological problem that holds us back.
• Kevin talks about the few first things he works on with his clients.
• • Understand how, why they got to where they are.
  • What is brewing in their subconscious?
• Your subconscious mind is the most significant aspect of your reality, 
• • It has 98% operating power.
• You have to get to the root of your issue, not just handling the symptoms. 
• The thing that keeps people stuck where they are is not accepting that they are where they are because of themselves.
• • Harness that power to create new circumstances for you through your own decision.
• Kevin talks about his vision for the next five years.
• • Continuing and growing his coaching business
  • Focusing more on speaking and create more courses 
  • Doing what he is doing on a much bigger level.
• It’s one thing to know something, it’s another thing to do something, and it is another thing entirely to be something.

[39:30 – 44:45] Closing Segment

• Knowing what you know now, what is one piece of advice for starting out?
• • Don’t mistake rejection for failure; just because you are rejected does not mean that you have failed.
  • What lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies inside of you.
  • You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
  • Believe that you are good enough and capable, stay consistent, and do the work. 
  • Have faith; keep believing even when you do not have concrete evidence of something.
  • Two things that a person need to have in order to succeed;
  • • Unwavering desire.
    • Unwavering believe.
• Connect with Kevin online. 
• • See the links below.

[44:46– 55:10]  Off The Clock and QnA session.

• Today’s topic will be about the new documentaries on Netflix, The Minimalist; Less is Now.
• • I like it, but I still prefer the previous one.
  • Minimalism; A documentary about the important things.
• I thank Streamlined Podcasts, the team behind the scene that makes this podcast possible.
• • Handling all of the post-production for your podcasts
  • Allows me to stay focus on being creative and making the best content possible
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• This week instead of having a review of the week, I will swap with a QnA session:
• • What is the memorable learning experience that you never forget about?
  • • Release the high expectation and just leave with love on the surface,
    • The fulfillment will come when you do something because you love it and help others through it.
    • Just do it anyway, even when you do not feel ready and scared.
    • Leaning with integrity and focus on helping others, not just yourself.
• Final words from me

Tweetable Quotes:

“Everybody has something they can use to be immersed in the fullest giving of their gifts and contribute positively to others." – Kevin Nahai.

“What lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies inside of you..."– Kevin Nahai.

“It’s one thing to know something, it’s another thing to do something, and it is another thing entirely to be something.”- C.N. Sloan.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Minimalist; Less is Now
• Minimalism; A documentary about the important things

You can connect with Kevin on Instagram and Linkedin. or you can check out his Youtube channel.

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