The Exchanges

Q business has. So this line I was obsessed with the other week on your Twitter, it totally changed my perspective on how to think about health. And the line was this, I'd die for my family in quotes. Ok, would you lift three times a week, eat a nutrient-dense diet, fix your sleep habits, walk 10,000 steps, and stop drinking so much alcohol for them? Tell me about that quote.

A Dying to me is easy. Living is way much harder. It takes way more effort. And I remember talking to an entrepreneur about this, and he was like, oh yeah, man, like, like every parent would say is like, I would die for my family. And I was like, okay, cool. Uh, let's, let's juxtapose this. So let's just say like your daughter is on the other side of a bridge, and you're on the other side, and the bridge is going to explode unless you lift three times a week, unless you do the things that we're asking to do nutrition-wise, unless you fix your sleep, uh, and also give up alcohol. Are you willing to do this? He's like, I don't, Do I have to do the alcohol bit? And I'm just like, dude, your daughter's on the other side. And he's like, yeah, yeah, I'll do it. And, and the thing to me is just the fact that it is so easy to say, oh yeah, I'll die for this, I'll die for that, but the effort of living, the effort of actually going to the gym three times a week, the effort of controlling the foods that go into your mouth, the effort of actually putting yourself to sleep every single day for eight hours a day, that is much harder. That is way more effort. Than just saying I'm willing to take a bullet for someone. So, so I, I feel like a lot of people would be willing to die, but not a lot of people would be willing to live for their kids.

AI assessment note: “Dying to me is easy. Living is way much harder. It takes way more effort.”

Q Yeah. It's fascinating though, because it's so damn hard. Like, I don't know what the difference is. Why are we saying, why do you think that we are so willing to say, yeah, you could shoot me and that would be okay, but I won't make these life changes. Is it just because it's instant and painful as opposed to continuous and sort of low grade pain?

A Absolutely. I, I do think that, uh, I say this a lot where getting in shape in general is A subtle and slow compounding effect of feeling more positive. I remember you actually posted this thing, or, you know, you said, okay, well, I quit alcohol for a month. I ate protein for a month. I did all this stuff for a month. I don't feel any different. What, what, what, what gives? And there's another guy who actually came out with almost like copied you word for word. He got like a 100,000 likes. And the thing is, is that you, you aren't going to feel the differences within the month. It's almost like saying, okay, well, I tried everything I could to build a business for 30 days. It didn't work out. I don't think this is for me guys. Like, I don't think this is for me. Okay.

AI assessment note: “getting in shape in general is A subtle and slow compounding effect”

Q Oh no, you don't like them? What's wrong with the Oura Ring?

A There's nothing wrong with the Oura Ring. Let's, let's just put that out there, but there is something wrong with, uh, with using data to kind of like track and make yourself emotional about this stuff. Okay, so my whole thing about these trackers is the fact that we should use them to get the data. Once we get the data, once we make improvements, we should actually stop using them. And I say for every single one of the people, should I get an honor ring? Should I get a whoop? Or whatever it is. I'm actually saying, like, you should get it for probably, like, six months to a year. Yeah. Uh, you should make the improvements that you should make, and everyone's different, so you can test out magnesium glycinate, you can test out mount taping, all this kind of stuff for your sleep and recovery and whatnot. Once you get that data, once you make the improvements, once you know your average score is at, like, 85, 90 for, like, sleep or whatever, get rid of it. And the reason I say that is because when you actually get a bad score and these, these sleep trackers are not necessarily most accurate. So let's just say you get a bad score. How do you think that's going to make you feel for the rest of the day?

AI assessment note: “There's nothing wrong with the Oura Ring. Let's, let's just put that out there”

Q How much of your clientele is starting to use things like Ozempic now? And do you like, and I use Ozempic because it's the easier word for everybody to know, but what do you think about Ozempic? Should we be using it?

A I think for people who are morbidly obese, absolutely. Uh, just being morbidly obese and having way too much weight on your body, then you are going to benefit from not having that much weight on your body. For someone who has, like, 20 or 30 pounds to lose, who's kind of, like, looking at it as, like, this, hey, hack that I, I can use just to, like, help myself lose the 20 to 30 pounds, I'm gonna say you should probably chill out a little bit and, and kind of give yourself a little bit more discernment, because the thing that we're realizing about these drugs is the fact that, hey, when you get off of it, guess what's gonna happen to the hunger? It's gonna come back. These are almost like forever drugs, so to speak. You're gonna have to take them for Pretty much, I would say, like, the rest of your life. Also, the thing that we're realizing is that people are using this as like a hack to lose weight. They're actually burning off the thing that is the longevity organ of your body, which is muscle. Like, I've seen people go on Ozempic and not eat high protein, not do resistance training, and then we're starting to see that people are coming up with osteoporosis. Starting to see people lose a shit ton of lean mass. Do you know what happens to your metabolism when you lose a lot of lean mass? And yes, like, yes, you want to eat high protein. Yes, you want to do resistance training…

AI assessment note: “percentage of people who are inside of our program who want to use these drugs... Is zero.”

Q Is that why? So why would your brain Grow new neural pathways and actually be more efficient just because you have less fat. What's the ideology there?

A It's about blood flow. So when you have less blood flow going to the brain, what's going to happen is, is that All of the brain's energy or all of your body's energy is going to be diverted to the place that needs the most attention. And that is protecting your organs. And the thing that we know about visceral fat is the fact that where it's placed in the body is around your most important organs. It's around, it's around your heart, it's around your liver, it's around your pancreas, it's around your kidneys. So what's going to happen is, is that all the energy that would be diverted to giving yourself blood flow in the brain is going to be diverted into the place to keep you healthy or to keep you alive inside of visceral fat. And what we know is, is that when you have more visceral fat on your body, it actually leads to more shrinkage in the brain for the areas, I think it's the hippocampus that has the responsibility of emotional control.

AI assessment note: “It's about blood flow. So when you have less blood flow going to the brain”

Q So what do you want to read to us that you would tell young Dan?

A Oh man. All right. Dear Dan, first off, let's get this out of the way. I love you. I love you regardless if you're a degenerate or a multi-millionaire, but let's be straight up. Right now, you're not living up to your full potential. There is a world awaiting you, but only if you choose to pick yourself up and take responsibility for your life. You are so much more than you are showing right now. Lean into your resistance and trust that there's a plan for you. And there's actually a, a line my mom would always tell me, uh, when I would sit across from her desk, she would sit me down at her conference table. She would have this talk with me every single time I was fucking up. And then the line was, you can do anything. You can do anything you put your mind to. And, uh, it's time to show the world what you can do. I love you. Signed, Dan Go.

AI assessment note: “Dear Dan, first off, let's get this out of the way. I love you.”