How do you build a business empire out of your passion, and what lessons do you learn along the way?

Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Travis McKenzie - Storyteller, Endurance Junkie, Dot Connector.

Timestamps:
1:50 - Which endurance athletes do you look up to?
3:30 - Consistency
5:00 - "You have to show up and do the work."
7:35 - The First Ironman Production with Julie Moss
9:10 - "It's okay to overcome struggle. It's actually probably better. Because no one really loves a winner who doesn't go any kind of struggle."
12:43 - "There was never a moment where I thought that I wouldn't be able to come back."
15:09 - "They said, 'Who's this guy? Let's get him out of here. He's like ruining the vibe for everyone.'"
18:05 - "I already knew that she was the one. And then she did not leave my side."
21:02 - Your Entrepreneur Journey
22:42 - "I wanted to have the freedom and the autonomy to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. And create something magical for the world, but also pursue my dream of getting back to competing as an athlete."
26:17 - "How can you just get better at making better decisions?"
29:12 - "I still want to do the $10 work for a time, so that I know what I'm looking for when I hire someone to do the $10 work for me."
31:18 - Where does procrastination come from?
32:33 - "No one cares about your email funnel and whether it works or not. But you do! And there is that fear holding you back."
41:20 - Breathing, Attitude, and Technique
44:50 - Supersapiens
50:30 - "The ability to see this in real-time, that's the revolution."
53:00 - The timing of the fueling is very important.
56:30 - What does success look like to you? Has your idea of success changed or stayed the same?
56:48 - "Ironman has ruined me."
59:25 - Mini goals
1:01:48 - "If we don't have big ambitious goals then we're not living a big full ambitious life."

Links:
https://www.supersapiens.com/en-US