Episode 299 | Bettering Yourself by Leading a Life of Health and Wellness with Cam Speck

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Fitness affects your mind, body, and soul. It does not only change the way you look on the outside, but, most importantly, it also boosts your mood and helps you make better decisions. Bettering yourself, as well as developing your confidence mindset, is possible by exercising and eating healthy. You can live the life you’ve always wanted and achieve the goals you set for yourself if you work hard for it.

In this episode, Cam Speck shares with us how his disappointments led him to fitness and building a company that aims to help people improve their mental and physical health. He also talks about his self-development strategies and how he internalizes self-doubt and pain. Cam also gives advice to people who are just starting their health and wellness journey.

Are you on a journey to bettering yourself? If you want to learn how fitness can help you live your best life, listen to the full episode!

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Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

  1. Learn why being gentle and loving to yourself is part of the self-development process.

  2. Discover what motivates Cam to help other people and lead them to a path of mindfulness and fitness. 

  3. Cam will share 3 tips for your journey to health, wellness, and bettering yourself.

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    Episode Highlights

    Cam’s Beginnings

    • Being a skinny and insecure boy when he was young, sports gave him a source of happiness and a sense of connection.

    • An injury in his late teens prompted him to end his hockey career and drove him to a path of depression.

    • Exercise and fitness changed his perspective about himself and the world. It gave him mental clarity and happiness, which allowed him to achieve his goals.

    • Many of his colleagues asked him about the source of his contagious enthusiasm and positive energy, and this led him to run an app dedicated to fitness. 

    • He wants to create a solution for people so that they could experience the positive change he discovered through fitness. 

    On Overcoming Obstacles

    • By doing something of value for other people, he felt like he could make his parents proud.

    • His primary driving force is the passion for helping other people through his company Fitplan.

    • Cam feels a sense of joy and value in assisting other people. 

    Being a First-Time Entrepreneur

    • Before starting Fitplan, he was fulfilling other people’s vision. Cam has zero experience when it comes to technology.

    • His vision and passion made it easier to overcome the struggles of being a first-time entrepreneur. Later on, he became better at managing challenges along the way.

    • Always move forward and be gentle with yourself.

    • By being proud of himself for his achievements, he also makes the people around him proud.

    Cam’s Inspiration 

    • He takes the time to understand himself deeper.

    • His success comes from staying committed and disciplined to his practices.

    • Cam is now gearing toward personal development, including meditation, journaling, and expressive activities.

    • People become the best version of themselves when they commit to a routine and are kind to themselves.

    On the Feeling of Lethargy

    • Cam admits that he has moments of going out of his routine. Instead of feeling bad, he focuses on the narrative and conversation he has with himself.

    • You will suffer more when you resist moments of disappointments. As you work on bettering yourself, remember to be generous and loving.

    • Find other forms of movement you can engage in.

    • People have to learn to adapt well to the things going around them.

    On the Challenges the World Is Facing Right Now

    • While we're in this pandemic right now, bettering yourself by deepening your practice will allow you to uncover the things that truly matter.

    • Being disciplined and forming a routine are essential for times like this.

    • If your happiness is providing value to other people, then it’s a win-win situation. 

    On Happiness

    • The only sure thing in this world is change. People are constantly evolving.

    • We will never live the same moment twice.

    • If you’re constantly trying to put your happiness on fast forward, you’ll never be happy. Choose to be happy right now.

    • You're not going to find the happiness you want in an event or a thing. You will never be satisfied that way. 

    The Biggest Challenge in Self-Development

    • Mastery of self-development is an ongoing process.

    • His fundamental insecurities around being not good enough are the most challenging things he had to resolve.

    Internalizing Your Negative Narrative

    • Instead of avoiding self-judgment, sit with it and understand the root of your fear.

    • Taking ownership of your feelings permits you to let the negativity go.

    • Fear doesn’t serve you in moving forward.

    • While pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

    • Your resistance creates suffering.

    3 Tips for People Starting Their Health and Wellness Journey

    • Start your day with an expression of gratitude.

    • Move your body.

    • Go outside.

    5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode

    “I think I was just trying to make myself proud. And the byproduct of making myself proud was making those around me proud.”

    “The reward is really in the journey, not in any sort of outcome or success.”

    “The gentler we are with ourselves is great. That doesn't mean just be comfortable being comfortable. It means give yourself the opportunity to love yourself more than ever before just because you're you.”

    “Instead of avoiding that fear or that self-judgment and just creating this sense of avoidance, I sit with it and understand what the root cause of that fear is.”

    “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.”

    About Cam

    Cam Speck is the co-founder and president of Fitplan Technologies, which aims to empower people through health and fitness. He’s on a mission to help people become the better version of themselves by building their self-confidence and mindset while living a healthy life. Cam shares his efficient and equipment-free training methods with everyone after years of preparing fit plans for dozens of trainers. 

    If you want to connect with Cam and learn more about his advocacy, you can follow him on his Instagram page.

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