The Final Percent

Finding Magic With Cosimo Intermite

Change doesn't happen overnight. It begins with a choice. With an opportunity to be yourself, to be the change in the people around you. People will always find you as a role model when you make the decisions first. Change stars small. It builds and builds into new opportunities and new chances until suddenly it explodes into something special.
The world is complex, but our special guest today makes it feel simple. He is a motivational speaker from Italy that changed his environment entirely in order to impact as many lives as possible. Now he travels the nation working with companies as well as running his own, Genius in 21 Days. Cosimo Intermite is a magnificent speaker and an even better person. His energy is infectious and his ideas for the world will redefine how you see yourself and your circumstance.
Normally we release episodes once a week however with the ideas discussed in this episode we had to get this out to you as soon as possible.
To learn more about Cosimo head to: https://www.geniusin21daysusa.com/
Thank you for joining us in this episode Cosimo!
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The Cascade Effect W/ Derek Abt

Everyday we make a choice, we choose how our day is going to go, how we will react and how others will see us react. When you make this decision it cascades. It begins to run down and it can either cascade into success, positive mentality and passionate action. Or it can cascade into a bad day. That 10% failure leads you to doubt, self sabotage and repeated downfalls of the mind. 
Today when you listen to this podcast, think of how you will start your day and how you will notice when the cascades begin. For good or for bad. 
Go The Final Percent for yourself and don't let 10% ruin the other 90%.

Tour De TFP

Today we are taking a tour of where the magic happens, why we do it and how it is achievable. It is important to get yourself around the right things so that you can rise up and become the person you want to be. Challenges come and go but you will remain. Let's make that version of you someone you look in the mirror at and go, “ Damn! I’m a badass!” 
Today is the day that you become your Final Percent. Let’s make it a great one!
Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1fx3ZoLbE0

I’m Going To W.A.R.

Happy New Year!! We have completed an absolutely crazy year that has lead us down so many paths! It has been awesome to meet so many new people, to travel the world helping change and redefined their future. With such a cool year coming to a close we want to make 2023 extra special for everyone. We have big things in the works, from retreats around the nation, to events with RENATUS, this year is going to change the way we operate as a company, as individuals and as a community. 
This year we are going to W.A.R.! Now what does W.A.R. mean? W.A.R. means Wise Actions Repeated. We are going to take our wisest actions over the last few years and we are going to repeat them this year. Not just once but over and over again. Now it may seem wise now but could no longer be in the future. Wisdom is not knowing everything, it is taking what you know to be true right now and making decisions around those reference-able experiences. 
Everyone is the wisest person for their own life. You know what you like best. You know who you like spending time with, how you spend your time and why you spend your time. No one but you can determine the way life will play out. Your decisions define your quality of life. However by joining a community and beginning to experience the way others define and live their lives your wisdom may change. Suddenly the exposure to new places, people, things and ideas may give you a new lens to view your own life through. I know it did for me. When I saw the total eclipse in Wyoming, my view of my own life shifted dramatically! When I visited Kenya last year, I not only got to spend time with new people but experience new cultures that changed the way I view my own culture. 
This is the power of having someone to create more reference-able experiences with. When you go to W.A.R. you step out onto that field with every memory you have standing behind you. If those memories are negative, W.A.R. becomes battle. But if those memories are positive, W.A.R. becomes an adventure. I want to create positive experiences no matter where I go. Negative memories are bound to happen, it is impossible to stand on that field with nothing but positivity. However by being positive, by unlocking the piece of your life that allows you to stand with every positive memory you can, you can hold your negativity as a sword. As a tool to be wielded  in the face of adversity, while still having every angel that you have crossed paths with, standing at your shoulder. Waiting for your wisdom to redefine the course of that adventure. Let us all be a good person to each other this year, so that they do not have to go to W.A.R. alone. 

Regaining Options

Welcome back everyone! Thank you for tuning into this edition of The Final Percent podcast. We have some big things coming up this Saturday. From new event announcements to a little something that you are probably not expecting, you are sure to want to tune into our first Super Saturday! 
The team and I have been working hard to bring you these very special things. From new graphic design to video shoots and updates to our website we have been hammering away at creating something very special for 2023 and even a little bit of 2024! 
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefinalpercent 
 
Now with Super Saturday announcements out of the way I want to ask you all, hows your fitness? Fitness has become a very import aspect of the team at TFP, while we were out on tour we would leave our hotel at 9-10 at night to get to the gym and get a work out in. Now every day we are doing some form of workout. Basketball, running, weight lifting or even just doing pushups until we drop. Now we don't just do this because we are gym bros who want to show off, we want to lead by example. We have been working with individuals and groups to improve their mindset for a long time and we have shown everyone what improvements in that world looks like, now we are starting to show everyone what improving your physical health looks like. 
We aren't going into this with a ton of training and knowledge however, while I have been going to the gym for a long time I still don't know everything about physical training. So I have been doing research. I began working with a training professional, ordering new kinds of workout equipment and trying new exercises. I have become an experiment for vitamins and supplements, all because I want to become incredibly healthy in my life so that I can live a longer and happier with my wife and child. I want to raise my physical awareness so that I can overcome the challenges of age, so that I can become The Final Percent version of myself physically.  
If anyone saw me back at the beginning of 2022 I was overweight and honestly depressed. Now I am feeling amazing, I have dropped weight, gained muscle and begun to enjoy the things that use to feel impossible to me. I mean I ran 2 marathons this year! That is the greatest benefit of health, the power to gain back the options in your life that you had previously lost. With that I want to invite you to become The Final Percent version of your physical self with me. 

Age Is Just A Number With Alysia Clements

How often do you think you can or can’t do something based on your age? Oh I can’t relax, I'm not old enough, oh I can curse I'm young, oh I am, oh I am not, I am, I'm not… Age is just a number. The number of people who have said, “there's no way I can be successful. I'm not old enough.” Is a little ridiculous. 
 
Today I was joined by my friend, Alysia Clements. She is a 21 year old entrepreneur in the Denver area that is absolutely crushing the Airbnb business. She currently has ownership in around 30 Airbnb properties. Now Alysia wasn’t always working in this market. She had to go through many hardships that lead her to the ventures she is in today. 
 
The reason she defines that age is just a number is that she shows others that this life doesn’t need to operate on a select time frame. A common life would structure everything out for you, first you go to school, then you go to college, then you get a job and you work until you retire. This commonality of life is starting to break, more and more people are redesigning the way we see the time frame of life and have begun to build in the beginning of life when many others are still staring at the blueprint. 
 
You can’t allow the history of mankind to determine the way you will live. Life has a complex winding system of paths that will change as you move along. Yes you can follow the guide, follow the given straight ahead path or you can go on an adventure! Travel your mind and resign the idea that you can or can't do anything. Break the mold and become who you want to be. No matter the time table you are dancing on.

I Am Not Who I Think I Am

After a long journey around the nation it is my honor to welcome you back to The Final Percent Podcast. We have been falling behind on the episodes however we are getting back on it! 
Having been to so many places and meet so many people, I have made some connections that are going to change the way I operate. Both interpersonally and externally. We have been having the conversation and been planning two additional companies that will be operating in tandem with TFP's coaching practice. 
Alongside these new connections, I have been beginning to separate from some old ones. As I realized more and more that they don't serve me I began to have to pull away my grace and realize that although everyone deserves grace, only provide grace were grace is due. 
It brings me back to the old adage that I say often, I am not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who I think you think I am. Now that sometimes sounds so outlandish that you might not think it's true. However how often do you confront someone about a problem and they didn't even realize there was one? This is why we give grace. This is why compassion and kindness surpass all other giving virtues. Because while we exist in our own world of ideas and dreams, we often degrade ourselves by thinking people believe something about us that they don't. 
As the end of the year approaches I am getting so excited for what I have in store. And I refuse to allow the idea that others will look down on my dreams deter me from this path. 
We hope everyone can join us in person or online for our live stream Super Saturday on December 17th. Big things are going to be announced and we are going to change the name of the game!

Roles with Don Lewis and Rick Lewis

In this very special episode I got to speak with and interview the Lewis Brothers! The Lewis Brothers run a company called Tridium Corp. In their company Don and Rick (Lewis) Tag team the business by being perfect complementary partners to each other. Though they have differences of opinion and of venture, they always find a common ground to come together and overcome any challenge. After being in business for 15 years I had to ask them about their story and see if they would be willing to share from the middle.
As I was speaking with them I began to realize something about their story. Something they conquered, where many don't ever even recognize. Roles. They have mastered their roles in their company, in their partnership with each other and their partnership with themselves. This is so important to notice because it allows you to become the absolute best version of yourself, without ever needing to question who you are supposed to be. You may deviate outside your role, however if you know where you belong you will always gravitate back.
Inside of roles you might have to ask yourself hard questions. Am I a leader or a follower? Do I have executive choice? Where do my best skills lie? What is my mission as an individual? All of these questions point you to a specific role. However roles are one of the best things to identify because no individual has a singular role. You may be a parent and a teacher. A leader and a volunteer. Or one of my favorites, a mentor and a mentee.
If you don't know your role however, how can you expect to perform? Say you stand on the stage of life, you just got queued to get on stage. You stand ready to head out into the wide eyes of the public. Then suddenly it hits you, "I know one line of each character in this play..." "WHO AM I PLAYING?!" You begin to spiral into a state of stress and disillusionment, you step onto the stage sweating and confused. Everyone in the crowd is just as confused and begins to wonder, "What is happening?"
Now what would happen if you knew exactly who you were playing? You leap onto the stage with confidence and vigor! You crush every line and the crowd stands to applaud as you take a bow. You feel proud of yourself. Proud of your accomplishment and you can't wait for the next time that curtain opens.
This is what it means to understand yourself. What it means to find your pocket and play your role perfectly. We all have a place in this world and while we are casting for our role we may feel confused on what we will play best. However the world has a way of fitting you into exactly where you need to be. Believe in yourself and your ability and I have no doubt that you shall become the lead role of your own Shakespeare play. Until then I can not wait to watch your story, from the middle.
A big thank you to Don and Rick for joining me in this thrilling episode. To learn more about the Lewis Brothers, head over to their website at https://www.tridium.ca/