108. Optimizing Health, Wealth, Relationships, and Happiness with AJ Mihrzad

AJ Mihrzad is a coach, speaker, author, podcaster and entrepreneur. He runs two businesses Life Fuel Fitness and Online Super Coach. He is the author of The Mind Body Solution: Train Your Brain for Permanent Weight Loss and uses the book’s lessons to improve the four main areas of his life:health, wealth, relationships, and happiness. AJ shares his inspiring story of transformation and tips for making the most of our time and our lives. Find Out More About AJ Here: Online Super CoachAJ Mihrzad on FacebookAJ Mihrzad on LinkedInOnline Super Coach Podcast@AJMihrzad on TwitterThe Mind Body Solution: Train your Brain for Permanent Weight LossLife Fuel FitnessRegister for AJ’s Coaching Seminars In This Episode: [01:34] - Daily rituals that AJ incorporates in his life and what he did today. [01:54] -  When AJ wakes up he does a 100 count meditation where he breaths in through his nose and out through his mouth. This allows him to take control of the day and prime himself to be present. [02:17] - He also journals about his previous day each morning. He also shares one thing he is grateful for and a win from the previous day. [02:41] - Then he showers and gets ready for the day while listening to a podcast or audiobook. He tries to maximize every moment in the day, and he even uses Copytalk for transcriptions as he drives to the gym.   [03:45] - While driving and dictating, AJ also creates his top 5 gratitude list with the top 5 things he is grateful for and he creates his morning pages which he learned from the book Bird by Bird. [04:25] - How it is therapeutic to talk things out and have another human on the other end of the dictations service. [04:31] - Then AJ works out at the gym before doing weights and cardio before he opens his laptop and starts his workday. [05:12] - AJ walks us through his breathing exercise. He breathes in through his nose and out through his mouth and mentally counts each breath until he gets to 100. [07:27] - The Muse meditation device and how it can help you get into a flow state. AJ just received this as a birthday gift last week. [08:37] - Tony Robbins and the power of peer groups. Change your peer group, change your life. [09:12] - How hanging out in packs makes the group similar. How we download the same wavelength of those that we are around. [10:06] - AJ looks at his life in four areas: Health, Wealth, Relationships, and Happiness. [10:23] - AJ has a business mentor who is 10 years ahead of him. He also belongs to a mastermind of high achieving coaches. How it is inspiring to be around these people, and how it changes AJ's perspective and how it allows him to grow. [11:34] - AJ has a professional bodybuilder as a workout partner. This forces him to be disciplined and hold himself to a high standard. [12:05] - For happiness spend time around positive people such as the people at a Tony Robbins seminar or connect with like minded people on social media. [12:38] - AJ is in the process of dating and hoping to find a great long term relationship. Being in the presence of those who have already achieved this helps him have the right role models. [13:26] - Stephan shares how he found Orion by creating a relationship vision before going to a Date with Destiny Tony Robbins event. [14:38] - Stephan was creating his vision board for the event. He connected to a higher power when he created his relationship vision. He also previously had a oneness experience in India which helped him to connect with his higher power. [18:10] - How your brain makes a permanent awakening shift at the oneness event. [23:36] - Praying for a person while giving them the Deeksha oneness blessing. The stronger you pray for them the stronger the blessing, you are like a conduit. Stephan gave Orion a Deeksha and 9 days later he proposed. [25:45] - Staying disciplined when traveling and not around AJ's mentors. Staying motivated by having a cheat day and getting everything out of his system. [28:34] - AJ has a background in nutrition and has tried tons of different diets. He mostly sticks with a paleo type diet and keeps the carbs and sugar low. [29:24] - AJ's feelings about the Bulletproof diet. How Dave rebrands things in a unique way. [31:09] - How cycling the bulletproof coffee off and on helps a lot. [31:35] - How AJ struggled with his weight and finally decided to get in shape and studied everything he could. He lost 60 pounds and wanted to help others do the same. [32:58] - How AJ started putting everything together and started creating his mind, body fitness philosophy. That is why he wrote the Mind Body Solution. Then he started his online business and coaching personal trainers. When he started business coaching he income doubled. Now he has his Online Super Coach business and his Life Fuel Fitness business. [38:52] - AJ shares info about his seminars for building a dream online coaching business and a more intimate seminar for becoming a celebrity coach. Here is where to register for either seminar. [41:52] - AJ is coming up on episode 100 of his podcast. He is planning a huge celebration and an awesome guest. Stephan also shares great ideas for the 100th episode. Links and Resources: Online Super CoachAJ Mihrzad on FacebookAJ Mihrzad on LinkedInOnline Super Coach Podcast@AJMihrzad on TwitterThe Mind Body Solution: Train your Brain for Permanent Weight LossLife Fuel FitnessRegister for AJ’s Coaching SeminarsCopytalkBird by BirdMuseTony RobbinsDate with DestinyTony Robbins I Am Not Your GuruTony Robbins Platinum PartnersOneness GroupsBulletproof DietThe Optimized Geek About Page