I Wanna Work, Train, Fight

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01/10/18 • 50 min

YOU WANNA DO WHAT?!: Personal Brand, Public Speaking, Thought Leadership for Career Professionals and Founders

Do you remember what you were doing at 25? My guest celebrated this milestone birthday opening the boutique boxing gym, WORK TRAIN FIGHT (WTF) in New York City.

Now, 8 years later, I had the pleasure of interviewing founder and owner, Alberto Ortiz. We discuss how a kid from the Bronx swung for the fences long after his baseball aspirations were sidetracked by an injury, why he became an entrepreneur, how he tapped into his network to find investors make his dream of opening a gym a reality, what his family said when he swapped out a lucrative career in fitness for entrepreneurship, the 3 essentials that differentiate his gym from competitors and MORE.

We also celebrate WTF's Youth Boxing for Change, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to empowering young people from under-resourced communities through boxing, mentorship and community service.

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Visit WORK TRAIN FIGHT next time you're in NYC!

Support Youth Boxing for Change with your generous donations, mentorship and more!

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Do you remember what you were doing at 25? My guest celebrated this milestone birthday opening the boutique boxing gym, WORK TRAIN FIGHT (WTF) in New York City.

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Visit WORK TRAIN FIGHT next time you're in NYC!

Support Youth Boxing for Change with your generous donations, mentorship and more!

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Let's Connect!

Have a question? Want to recommend a topic or guest? Email me: [email protected]
Follow me:
- Facebook
- Instagram

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I Wanna Talk About Human Kindness

Two hospital visits in one week led to some heavy revelations about kindness, empathy, human connection and one of my favorite films, A Bronx Tale.

Also, remembering an OG and huge influencer on the podcasts we hear, Combat Jack. Rest in Peace.

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Next Episode

I Wanna Talk Beauty vs Brains (episode 29)

Beauty sells. Social media is full of carefully curated images creating "insta famous" users overnight. These "influencers" promote products and also sell young girls, teens and women on earning quick money through beauty. What can we do to make brains just as appealing? How do we instruct girls that they are more than their appearances?

Social media platforms rise in popularity while education in the United States weakens, scoring average grades in science and reading and below average in math.

We talk about all this plus Chris Rock's classic joke to keep his daughters "off the pole", the Netflix series from Spike Lee, "She's Gotta Have It," why I worry about my two nieces and what would my life be if Instagram was around when I was a teenager.

**Sorry, this is episode 29 - I mistakenly reference this how as episode 28**

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