Elite Foundations

Thank you for listening to the Elite Foundations Podcast. Emil and I hope it's served you on your way to having an elite life and business!What's next is a bit different. Emil is taking a break from podcasting and Itamar has just launched The Emotional Fortitude Podcast.It's a new podcast about his expertise: Forging an Effective Mindset and creating the Emotional Fortitude and confidence to make it all happen.So if you're interested in following along for better case studies, learning from pragmatic live coaching sessions and also hearing cutting edge mindset tactics to grow transform your life and business than we invite you to go to:https://itamarmarani.com/emotional-fortitude-podcast/Or search for "The Emotional Fortitude Podcast" on your favorite platform. The first episode is already up... And if you want to leave a positive review to help us launch the new pod it would be much appreciated!Itamar & Emil

It's the final episode and Itamar and Emil ask each other clarifying questions from the series.They discuss the difference between therapy and the Arena, optimizing for energy rather than just fat-loss and aesthetics, and how to take action and make a difference to your life to level up.This finale episode of series 1 reviews goals, values, effectiveness, intentionality, the energy paradox and nutrition.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

We're almost ready to wrap up season one with Itamar and Emil discussing their main lessons learned from this process and how they've implemented changes in real life.Emil shares how he has learnt to identify his true self, how to operate and how to define boundaries.Itamar discusses his learnings on nutrition and both discuss Emil's time in the Arena, the Mindset Accelerator.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

This one is a bit different, there isn't a case study but a deep dive into the subject of boundaries. Itamar has seen boundaries be a problem with a lot of clients and success usually comes from redefining them, including Emil.They discuss comfort, limits, wasting energy with setting boundaries, self-reflection, acceptance, clarity and more.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this episode, Rory, a graduate of The Arena Mindset Accelerator joins Itamar and Emil. Rory talks about the transformation he had and how he came to terms with the fact that he didn't need to become more, but just realized that he already is more than he gives himself credit for. As a trained therapist himself, the co-founder of Counselling tutor, and an award-winning educator Rory also shared a unique perspective on therapy vs coaching.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Dr. Emil steps into the interviewee's seat in this episode. He talks about his transformation after going through Itamar's program and what led to him getting his first tattoo. Emil shares what caused him to relinquish his old values, what caused him to initially resist signing up for the program, and the main takeaway he thinks all entrepreneurs should think about.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In a more conceptual episode, Emil covers optimising for enjoyment. Once you've established a foundation and started making progress, Emil recommends optimising for enjoyment to make your new habits sustainable and work long term rather than making an extreme, short-term change that fades away over time.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In the second episode of the Success Killers series, Itamar talks about the one other client he felt he failed. He shares a case study of a smart entrepreneur who wasn't willing to let go of his successful past and honestly accept his current position in life. He talks about the concept of adaptability and why we struggle with it. Emil and Itamar explain the short emotional safety zone, why some people decide to stay there and how people can avoid it.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Emil talks about the holy grail of gaining muscle whilst losing fat. He covers a range of misconceptions, “hacks”, social media hype, various approaches, overtraining and bulking.Emil discusses how he worked with his client, Chris, to achieve great and sustainable results by separating the two contradictory processes out, focusing one at a time, and building the right habits.Links:Chris' transformation: https://health-evolved.com/client-wins/Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this 2 part series, Itamar shares a case study of one of his coaching failures. He talks about one of his first clients who insisted on being a victim. Beyond stating the obvious that victimhood will get us nowhere, Emil and Itamar introduce the concept of “micro victimhood.” They explain where they find this happening to them and also share a framework to help the listeners understand where they might have “micro victimhood” flare-ups and avoid them. Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Emil talks about why perfection is the enemy and why it can get in the way of a health transformation. He discusses his client, Alex's, experience of changing his health trajectory with a few tweaks that didn't require optimising or being perfect.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Sam was already extremely successful on an external level. He built an 8 figure company and had achieved a lot despite having certain vices.In this episode, Itamar shares what Sam needed to get to the next level in his life. He dives into how sometimes what allows people to get rid of destructive habits, character traits or even remove negative people in their life, is oddly enough, embracing a sense of humility.To get the “Embrace Humility” cheat sheet go to - https://itamarmarani.com/humilityFollow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Emil takes us through the two processes within fat loss and tells us the story of his client, Paul.Fat loss is often the main goal people want to achieve at the start of their journey, but this is often just the surface level. As Emil digs into it, the evolution of it is a health and lifestyle transformation. What really lies beneath is behaviour change. Challenging those behaviours, changing habits, and shifting identityFollow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this workshop-style episode, Itamar exposes the “Lighten the Load” process on how to resolve mental blocks, insecurities, doubts, fear and false beliefs. Have a notepad ready as he walks you through impactful exercises to: 1) Create clarity on the subconscious mental blocks that influence your behavior. 2) A framework to resolve them 3) A tool to conquer your mind and not let your subconscious dictate your actions... and success.To get the FREE 5 Step Micro Course to Conquer Fear go to - https://itamarmarani.com/fearFollow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmarani. www.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficial www.doctoremil.com

In this episode, Itamar shares how Nathan, a former client, grew his business from 10k to 70k MRR in a few short months just by removing something. How sometimes what creates the most impact isn't adding anything, it's resolving the things that hold us back… Itamar also introduces the “Hierarchy of Elite Performance” and a simple framework to assess whether you currently need more or less in order to achieve elite performance.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmarani. www.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficial. www.doctoremil.com

Emil takes us through a case study of his client, Costi, who start his transformation by himself. But he started in a less optimal way, he came to that realisation halfway through the process. He owned it and decided to come to Emil to improve and finish his journey sustainably and in a structured way.Emil talks about how to become healthy in a sustainable way by building habits and behaviour, moving along the behaviour change curve to get to an identity shift that allows you to sustain it long term.Do it once, do it right.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this special episode Scott Phillips, one of Itamar's clients, joins the conversation to describe his transformation.Financially Scott went from $5-10k months to $1,000,000 recurring monthly revenue in a year and a half, but the ups and downs he's had in life and the story of how he bounced back is what's truly interesting. Scott openly shares his struggles with letting go of the people that were holding him back in life and how one phrase shook him out of a decade-long slump of mediocrity.“I'm better than that.” Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Itamar talks about two clients, Alex and Hernan, that while extremely successful, didn't believe it.They suffered from the “Identity Lag” issue that causes entrepreneurs who have had a transformation to lack the clarity and confidence that they've rightfully earned.How emotions cause them to see themselves as who they used to be instead of who they are today.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Emil talks us through the story of Dave, a client searching for the best ways to optimise. Optimisation is not something Emil thinks everyone should drive straight into, he teaches methods that require a strong foundation and dedication to the basics. Biohacks can often distract us from hitting the basics and lead to false optimisation.Dave is one of the few people that Emil thinks can optimise to get those final few percent to get the best performance, you can find out why.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

“If you're never fully off, you're never fully on”Emil and Itamar talk about recovery, rest and why it's such a difficult thing for entrepreneurs. They dig into their experiences, dealing with burnout, identifying high ROI recovery activities, and cover the popular approaches that don't actually make an impact.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Are your values actually relevant or are they feel-good fluff? In this episode, Itamar breaks down why for 99% of people the values they currently hold are irrelevant and won't get them to where they want to go in life and tries to convince a hesitant Emil of that.He also breaks down a top-down process on how to decide on values that would better serve you and help you achieve what you want in life.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Today, Itamar talks about Ben. A very capable individual who had a great reputation with everyone, but himself. He talks about the issues that arise when people's skillet surpasses their mindset. Itamar covers how to conquer negative emotions and gain the confidence needed to stop playing down to the level of our emotional insecurities. To stop playing down to a level we feel safe and comfortable and how to start going for it and play big instead.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Emil talks about his client, Jack, a successful entrepreneur, who has a product business that he built up to run pretty much on autopilot. He had a lot more time on his hands and he analysed his priorities and realised that health was something he wanted to work on.That's when we reached out to Emil. They started working together and it became clear very quickly that Jack didn't want to do the activities to achieve the outcomes he wanted.Emil talks us through the whole story and how worked with Jack on this.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this episode, Emil takes us through one of his case studies.Daniel's had an incredible transformation and is still going. There are lots of stories that Emil could have crammed into this episode, but Itamar helps keep him on track to discuss how Daniel overcome obstacles and the importance of how you perceive themFollow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

Itamar shares a case study of a client, David, who struggled with imposter syndrome, how he overcame it and the actions he took on his way towards an 8 figure exit.Itamar explains David's issues and struggles with putting himself out there and going for it, the strategies he used to defeat his fears and insecurities, and how you can implement these strategies to fast track your success and conquer imposter syndrome.Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com

In this first episode, we talk about how to win at life and what it actually means to each of us. We also each give you the top 3 lessons life has taught us and how you can apply them.Itamar's lessons: Your past (failures) are there to teach you, not define you. Money isn't everything, but not having it can be. Combining resilience with a sound internal relationship is rare, but is what builds an elite mental foundation.Emil's lessons: Extremes aren't the answer.Without health you can't progress in life (health must be a foundation)Failure is good and compromise is bullshit Follow Itamar on Twitter and Facebook: @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.comFollow Dr. Emil on Instagram and Facebook: @dremilofficialwww.doctoremil.com