From Chiropractor to Full-time Coach with Victor Manzo Jr

10/25/22 • 40 min

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In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Victor Manzo Jr. Victor is currently a full-time business mindset coach. He started as a chiropractor in Illinois and after hitting his financial peak and burnout decided to pivot. His new journey started as a pediatric chiropractor where he wanted to help kids. After getting his patients to 50% kids he decided to stop doing things the traditional way and just use what he knew and focus on loving and building relationships with his patients. This method brought him lots of success and he looked at other entrepreneurs and wondered if they knew this strategy; which led him to coaching as a side hustle. Realizing that coaching was much more fulfilling Victor moved with his wife to Nashville and he became a coach full-time.

Victor and Jeff discuss:

Started his career as a chiropractor, after 5 years he hit his financial peak and was burnt out every 4-6 months.
Feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied, Victor did some soul seeking and reconfigured his whole practice.
His office was now a lifestyle office, this caused his office to take a 40% hit as he looked at patients that no longer fit.
Started to shift into pediatrics and kids became a main focus of his.
With all of these changes he took another change and stopped taking all the business advice and decided to go back to what he knew.
As the creator of his life, he should be able to dictate success as he sees fit.
In business we are always trying to figure out the next thing and he wasn't doing anything towards the next thing, he just focused on loving on his patients.
Looked at entrepreneurs and noticed that they needed this advice too so he started coaching as a side hustle.
In 2018 starting coming out to Nashville TN and fell in love with it.
He and his wife made the move from Illinois and he has been coaching full time since January of 2022 and it's been a blast.
The whole coaching thing and transforming minds now is like taking things to a whole new level.
Typical client: entrepreneurs come because 1) they have a struggle or pain they can't break through. 2) or they come to him with a big dream or vision they want to achieve faster but they don't want to follow the standard principles of what's being told.
Vision is the biggest thing that he works on, then the main purpose for why you are here and then work on the (5) M's; mindset, marriage, movement, mission, and money.
It takes 84 days to rewire the mind; it doesn't happen overnight, it's a process.
He's a business coach too; business principles are never in the beginning, if you have a foundation that isn't solid, nothing you build on that is going to hold.
In life we get stuck in our heads thinking how we have to do things once you let your mind dictate your life creates complexity.
Anything new? Opening up classes; Money mindset essentials and an Online consciousness school.

Fast Five Questions:

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I’m going to start promoting the living heck out of myself.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not trusting myself enough.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “Power vs Force by Dr. David Hawkins and Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl .”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Smartphone.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Choosing what I want to do every single day and not being told what I have to do and having the financial means to allow me to do that.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://www.empoweryourreality.com/

- Free discovery call (top right corner of the website)

and Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Linkedin (bottom left on the website).”

Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation

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Victor and Jeff discuss:

Started his career as a chiropractor, after 5 years he hit his financial peak and was burnt out every 4-6 months.
Feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied, Victor did some soul seeking and reconfigured his whole practice.
His office was now a lifestyle office, this caused his office to take a 40% hit as he looked at patients that no longer fit.
Started to shift into pediatrics and kids became a main focus of his.
With all of these changes he took another change and stopped taking all the business advice and decided to go back to what he knew.
As the creator of his life, he should be able to dictate success as he sees fit.
In business we are always trying to figure out the next thing and he wasn't doing anything towards the next thing, he just focused on loving on his patients.
Looked at entrepreneurs and noticed that they needed this advice too so he started coaching as a side hustle.
In 2018 starting coming out to Nashville TN and fell in love with it.
He and his wife made the move from Illinois and he has been coaching full time since January of 2022 and it's been a blast.
The whole coaching thing and transforming minds now is like taking things to a whole new level.
Typical client: entrepreneurs come because 1) they have a struggle or pain they can't break through. 2) or they come to him with a big dream or vision they want to achieve faster but they don't want to follow the standard principles of what's being told.
Vision is the biggest thing that he works on, then the main purpose for why you are here and then work on the (5) M's; mindset, marriage, movement, mission, and money.
It takes 84 days to rewire the mind; it doesn't happen overnight, it's a process.
He's a business coach too; business principles are never in the beginning, if you have a foundation that isn't solid, nothing you build on that is going to hold.
In life we get stuck in our heads thinking how we have to do things once you let your mind dictate your life creates complexity.
Anything new? Opening up classes; Money mindset essentials and an Online consciousness school.

Fast Five Questions:

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I’m going to start promoting the living heck out of myself.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not trusting myself enough.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “Power vs Force by Dr. David Hawkins and Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl .”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Smartphone.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Choosing what I want to do every single day and not being told what I have to do and having the financial means to allow me to do that.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://www.empoweryourreality.com/

- Free discovery call (top right corner of the website)

and Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Linkedin (bottom left on the website).”

Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com

You can connect with Jeff through:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/

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Previous Episode

From Robbery to 7 Figure Ecommerce Business with Leslie Kuster

In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Leslie Kuster of Back to Bali. Leslie got robbed back in the earlier 90’s and used her insurance check to go to Bali, Indonesia for 7 months. After coming back home to New York, at the time, she didn’t see anything in the New York Times that interested her for jobs and she didn't want to go back to PR. So she calculated the cost and returned to Bali to get something she could sell in the United States. With the help of her mom she set up a table and sold out in one day and her business was born. As the internet came out she created a website and found herself on Amazon. To this day, Leslie still sells on Amazon and has made it to a 7 figure business.

Leslie and Jeff discuss:

In the early 90's her house got robbed and she received an insurance check. at the time she was working in corporate PR in New York City.
Decided and went to Indonesia by herself; which was scary, no cell phones or internet. After 7 months she decided to go back to New York and find a job.
When she got back to New York she went and got the New York Times and looked for jobs. Nothing looked good and she didn't want to go back to PR.
All of a sudden she had a light bulb moment; I wonder if I went back to Bali, Indonesia if there is stuff I could buy and sell in the US.
After calculating the cost, she decided to go back to Bali and she brought back children’s clothing to sell.
She setup a folding table and women bought everything on the table and this is how she launched her business.
For 18 years she did street fairs and holiday markets in New York City where she sold childrens clothing and also did wholesale.
All of a sudden the internet kicked in and she had the first yahoo website and started to get online.
Found herself on Amazon which was new at the time; Amazon was only doing books at first (mid 2000s).
After a year of being online she changed from children's clothes to women's clothing.
Leslie now has a multiple 7-figure business and continues to be on Amazon and she also sells through her own website.
To do what Leslie has done it has to start with your mindset; really get clear on what you really really really want and get to know yourself.
Mentors are the next step: hire someone who is where you want to be and was where you are now.
Leslie has a book coming out soon: 7 Keys to 7 Figures: The Women Entrepreneurs guide to money and freedom.

Fast Five Questions:

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “This time in my life is pretty perfect, I think I would do what I'm already doing right now. I like to wake up and meditate and this is a good way to start my day and then get outside.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not hiring someone to help me figure out what to do.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “Profit first by Mike Michalowicz.”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “icalendar on my Macbook.”
What is your definition of Freedom? ”Really knowing deeply who you are and what lights your fire and what really motivates you and what your passions and desires are and then creating a life that fulfills those things.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Website: lesliekuster.com and for Clothing: amazon or backfrombali.com .”

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Next Episode

From Chiropractor to Full-time Coach with Victor Manzo Jr

Victor and Jeff discuss:

Started his career as a chiropractor, after 5 years he hit his financial peak and was burnt out every 4-6 months.
Feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied, Victor did some soul seeking and reconfigured his whole practice.
His office was now a lifestyle office, this caused his office to take a 40% hit as he looked at patients that no longer fit.
Started to shift into pediatrics and kids became a main focus of his.
With all of these changes he took another change and stopped taking all the business advice and decided to go back to what he knew.
As the creator of his life, he should be able to dictate success as he sees fit.
In business we are always trying to figure out the next thing and he wasn't doing anything towards the next thing, he just focused on loving on his patients.
Looked at entrepreneurs and noticed that they needed this advice too so he started coaching as a side hustle.
In 2018 starting coming out to Nashville TN and fell in love with it.
He and his wife made the move from Illinois and he has been coaching full time since January of 2022 and it's been a blast.
The whole coaching thing and transforming minds now is like taking things to a whole new level.
Entrepreneurs come because 1) they have a struggle or pain they can't break through. 2) or they have a big dream or vision they want to achieve faster.
Vision is the biggest thing that he works on, then the main purpose for why you are here and then work on the (5) M's.
It takes 84 days to rewire the mind; it doesn't happen overnight, it's a process.
He's a business coach too; business principles are never in the beginning, if you have a foundation that isn't solid, nothing you build on that is going to hold.
In life we get stuck in our heads thinking how we have to do things once you let your mind dictate your life creates complexity.
Anything new? Opening up classes; Money mindset essentials and an Online consciousness school.

Fast Five Questions:

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I’m going to start promoting the living heck out of myself.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not trusting myself enough.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “Power vs Force by Dr. David Hawkins and Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl .”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Smartphone.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Choosing what I want to do every single day and not being told what I have to do and having the financial means to allow me to do that.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://www.empoweryourreality.com/