EP #128: Extraordinary Impact in Ordinary Life with Zach Tucker and Jeremy Grater
You have the gifts and skills to make the world around you better. Extraordinary curiosity can make even the most ordinary life extremely impactful.
A lot of people have trouble opening up and sharing what they are feeling. Why is that? And how can we help them be more open?
Zach Tucker and Jeremy Grater are two guys that have an admirable desire to learn about all the ways we limit ourselves. They are self-described ordinary guys that love asking questions of experts. It’s that curiosity that leads them to experiences that can help the rest of us lead more fulfilling lives. Our conversation is about life being tough, but not that tough. This one is for you if you need some inspiration to live your best life by making an impact on those around you.
What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:
How the Fitmess podcast started
Why life is tough
What is “healing”
How there is so much information
How to sift through all of the information
How Zach and Jeremy deal with “life”
How a knee injury changed Jeremy’s life
How fulfillment isn’t always sought
Why it’s important to be uncomfortable
What dopamines do to us
How long-term thinking is lost
How discipline helps us
What the unexpected means
How we are generally safe
How excitement works to help or hurt us
About the ability to disconnect
How podcasting is powerful
What things all humans should be doing
A little about quantum energy
Zach and Jeremy’s positive impact initiatives
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“I tried hundreds, probably thousands of things.” - Zach Tucker
“People aren’t talking about this.” - Zach Tucker
“Life is messy. It’s hard.” - Zach Tucker
“That was before I got on this path of trying to heal myself.” - Jeremy Grater
“It would bring meaning to their lives in some way.” - Jeremy Grater speaking about podcast listeners
“It took a lot of work but I got him there.” - Zach Tucker about getting Jeremy to start a show
“It’s another accountability tool.” - Jeremy Grater
“This is one of the thousands of things you can try.” - Jeremy Grater
“It’s those little steps those incremental things that you do every day that stack on top of each other.” - Jeremy Grater
“Sticking with it is the main thing.” - Zach Tucker
“Anyone can make a YouTube video.” - Zach Tucker
“The one thing that changed my life is being curious about myself.” - Zach Tucker
“I’m the weird guy for lots of reasons. I can be the weird guy that rides his bike to work.” - Jeremy Grater
“So many of us are constantly living in fear of what’s going to happen in the future and regret what happened in the past.” - Jeremy Grater
“Being okay suffering for just a few moments for the long-term game is really important.” - Zach Tucker
“You wanna be safe in your cave with a warm fire and not battling a mountain lion out there for dinner.” - Jeremy Grater
“We’re constantly battling this demon or villain that doesn’t exist.” - Jeremy Grater
“I’m really happy that my full-time job is a ‘corporate job’ but it’s supporting these small and local businesses in a really ethical way.” - Zach Tucker
“The communities that I was in they came and helped me.” - Zach Tucker
“Sometimes, the most meaningful things in life are the hardest.” - Bob DePasquale
“It’s not hard to find information these days. It’s hard to sift through the information.” - Bob DePasquale
“It surprising how comfort outweighs fulfillment and impact in our lives sometimes.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources In Today's Episode:
Zach Tucker - LinkedIn
Jeremy Grater - LinkedIn
The Fitness Podcast - Website - Facebook - YouTube - Twitter - Instagram
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Bob’s Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
This week’s E-Impact Blog Entry
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