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Key Timestamps:[00:16] The dangerous habit that makes dads absent (even when they’re home) [3:43] The biggest lie dad entrepreneurs tell themselves about being a provider [8:40] Why your wife and kids feel disconnected from you (even when you're around) [13:55] The toxic guilt cycle that creates entitled kids [18:25] The ONE change that will fix your business AND your family life  💡FREE RESOURCE: The 30-Day Dad Entrepreneur Blueprint I’ve put together a step-by-step system to help dad entrepreneurs build a thriving business without sacrificing their families. 30 Days. 5-Minute Exercises. Life-Changing Results. Get Access Now: https://philbohol.com/subscribe  Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn | Twitter XWant more? Join my email list:https://philbohol.com/subscribe  

Key Takeaways:[00:19] The emotional withdrawal signs your kids are showing RIGHT NOW (and why you’re missing them)[04:50]How your inner resistance to success is actually self-sabotage (and the brutal reason why)[08:40] The #1 mistake dads make that destroys their connection with their children—without even realizing it FREE 30-Day Blueprint to Grow Your Business by Working Less! I've helped hundreds of men reclaim their time, their family, and their purpose—without sacrificing their business. Get access to my FREE 30-day series that will teach you exactly how to win at business AND fatherhood. Click the link below & start TODAY. https://philbohol.com/subscribe Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedInWant more? Join my email list:https://philbohol.com/subscribe

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:The true meaning of suffering and how to transform it into growthWhy identity shifts are more powerful than action-based goalsThe power of "I AM" statements in reshaping your realityHow to sacrifice comfort to unlock your full potentialWhy your subconscious mind tries to hold you back—and how to overcome itThe deep connection between faith, surrender, and successThe reason challenges arise when you're on the right path—and how to keep moving forwardIf you're ready to push past your limits, step out of fear, and fully embrace your calling, this episode is for you. This is more than motivation—it’s a blueprint for mastering your mind, body, and spirit.Key Takeaways:[01:23]  The importance of self-mastery in overcoming hardship[02:55]  Faith, surrender, and why you don’t need to “know” the path[04:25 ] How to recognize and defeat subconscious resistance[06:35]  Why suffering leads to breakthroughs (if you embrace it) Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedInWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe

Key Moments:[00:20] Why emotional gaps form between dads and their children[00:45] The difference between achievement and attachment to your business[05:22] A simple 2-step framework to emotionally reset before spending time with your kids[07:15] How to redefine success metrics to include family life[09:00] A powerful, life-changing exercise to reconnect with your kids today.  Phil breaks down the success paradox — how the pursuit of wealth, growth, and achievement can turn into an unhealthy attachment, leaving little emotional bandwidth for your kids. Discover the warning signs, understand why your children may feel like they're competing with your business, and learn the proven strategies to fix it before it’s too late. Phil shares actionable steps to redefine your success metrics, prioritize meaningful family connections, and build a legacy your kids will genuinely be proud of. Learn the importance of presence, mindful parenting, and balancing business ambition with emotional availability. This isn’t just about being successful—it’s about being the dad your kids deserve while achieving your dreams. Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedInWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe 

Key Moments:[05:30] Understanding the Success Trap - How achievement addiction creates a dangerous cycle[12:45] Breaking Generational Patterns - Why your father's absence affects your parenting[18:20] The Morning Lesson - A powerful story about teaching discipline to a 4-year-old[25:15] Practical Solutions - How to break the cycle and create healthy success patternsPhil shares vulnerable insights about his own journey and provides actionable strategies for entrepreneur dads to maintain their ambition while staying emotionally present for their families. Learn how to fall in love with the process instead of chasing external validation, and discover why being "successful" might be the very thing keeping you from true fulfillment.Perfect for ambitious fathers, business owners, and leaders who want to build a legacy without sacrificing their family relationships. This episode provides the wake-up call and practical blueprint needed to break free from the success trap and create meaningful connections with your children. Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedInWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe

In this episode, discover the ONE thing that successful dads protect at all costs—and it’s not money or business growth. Phil dives deep into the silent killers of fatherhood and success, like decision fatigue, emotional detachment, and energy depletion, and explains why energy management is more critical than time management. Learn how to stop giving your family the "leftover" version of yourself, become a high-performance dad, and create a legacy of love and connection.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. (00:00) The Cost of Chasing Success(01:06) The Importance of Presence(05:02) Energy Management Over Time Management(08:29) The Silent Killer: Emotional Detachment(15:37) Morning Routines for Optimal Energy(17:27) Protecting Your Family and Yourself(21:03) Conclusion and Call to Action Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe[00:00:00]I lost my daughter's entire first year chasing money, trying to build business. But what I actually sacrifice is worth 100x more, infinitely more. And after coaching men from all over the world, all over the country, different business owners, from different industries, different sized families, I discovered something…That you'll never be able to get back no matter how much [00:00:30]money you make a lot of men chase money business growth. But at the end of that if you lose it if you lose the real things that are important in this life.No amount of that money that you made the success that you got will ever be able to help you buy that back.So in this video, I'm going to show you what successful dads do and what they protect at all costs.Because I want you to always remember at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how much money you make, it [00:01:00]doesn't matter how big of a business you build, if you lose what's really important in this life.So let's start off with, um, presence, being truly present here in the moment, and presents, gifts, that you give to your family, gifts that you give to your kids. Now, the biggest thing is, you know, men like to think that, if I give you this one piece of attention, I had a long work day. I've been hustling my ass off.I've been building this [00:01:30]business, getting that money, whatever the case might be for the family. If I give you an ounce of patience, that's a present. That's a gift to you from me. You're lucky that I'm giving you a gift. That's how most men think. What you have to learn how to do is learn how to manage emotions from a level where what happens in your day to day work environment, you don't bring that to the household.You don't bring that to the home. By doing [00:02:00]that, you can separate business and your personal life, which is what's important. You have to know when to leave shit at the door. When you do that, and you're able to do that, you're able to be present. So when I talk about presence, being here in the moment, being present for your family, that's what I mean.It's not a gift, it's a state of being. When you have presence for your family, when you have presence with your children and your marriage, you have a more meaningful life. [00:02:30]And that's what makes all the hustle and all the grind worth it. So stop looking at the time, the patience, the attention you give right there in that one moment that you have as a gift, as a present to the people that you love most.Because what it's gonna do, it's gonna create some sort of like resentment, right? Some type of negative animosity feeling. Because you think your time is so valuable and that [00:03:00]you have to give like this short version of yourself, the business owner, CEO, entrepreneurial version of yourself to your kids when they're just asking you to play.They're just asking you to eat with them, sit at the table with them. Your wife's just asking for some time, not talking about business, not talking about nothing related to that, but to be with her husband. Stop looking at that little amount of time, that one minute, two minute, five minutes. Cause you might think it's a lot of time, but it's just moments.Stop looking at that. Like you're giving them a [00:03:30]present or a gift just because for that moment you were truly there. So how do we do this though? How do we ensure that you can live a life of presence being a state of being? Um, a lot of people think that they, they don't have enough time, right? We all have the same 24 hours in day.Um, What you do. In those times in that 24 hours is what means the most, right? So [00:04:00]yeah, you can have time management. Abso-fucking-lutely everybody needs to learn how to manage their time so they can maximize on 24 hours because just cause you think you're hustling for 10, 14 hours in your business doesn't mean it's productive time.That doesn't mean they're, they're income producing activities. A lot of the time that's you doing me like miniature tasks that aren't going to create more money for the business, or you're distracting yourself with all of this busy work and you're not actually driving the business forward. And so you got to ask yourself, “Well, if that's [00:04:30]happening, if I am not being able to be focused for that 10 14 hours I say I'm hustling, what's causing me to do that?What most men don't realize is they have an energy problem. They try to stretch themselves thin because the world says, well if you work 10 14 hours then you can wear this badge of honor that you're a hustler. But people that do big business and make a lot of money, it's not about the amount of hours that you [00:05:00]work, it's about what's put into those hours.But. In order to manage what's put into those hours, what you need instead of time management is called energy management. Think about it like this, if you had 60 minutes, and you were depleted, you had nothing left in the tank, you're eating like shit, you're not working out, you don't feel connected to your family, everything is basically falling apart.How lethal do you think you're going to be in that hour, that 60 minutes? [00:05:30]Probably not that lethal. Now, when you think about super energized, you feel the love from your children. You feel the love from your spouse, your wife. You feel connected to God. You meditate. You spend time with self. You're fully, fully energized.What do you think you can do in that 60 minutes? That same hour that may be the version of you that's got nothing left in the tank. What do you think the performance difference is going to be? Very different. You're going to, [00:06:00]you're probably going to break records in that one hour high energy versus doing nothing meaningful in that one hour, no energy.So now you think about one, two, three, four, five hours of work in that same space, you're going to get a lot of stuff done once you do four, five hours with nothing in the tank, you're not really getting anything done, but it's going to feel like you're putting a lot of time towards the business. And energetically, what that's going to do is it's going to drain you because now you feel drained in your business, and when you [00:06:30]try to go home, you've got nothing to really give to the kids or to your wife, because you're energetically completely drained, and because you're energetically completely drained, emotionally, you've got nothing to give anybody.And your wife and your kids, they're going to want from you. They're going to want emotions from you. They're going to want connection. But if you have no energy to emotionally connect because you don't have the bandwidth, what happens? Well, your daughter, your son asks if you can play. [00:07:00]And you get short with them, you get pissed off, you get angry, you snap at them.Because you have no energy to emotionally respond properly to them. You see what I'm saying? When your wife, uh, tells you to take out the trash to do the dishes, you pop off on her? Why? Because, energetically, you got nothing left. Energetically, it's going to feel like somebody's trying to take something more from you that you already don't have.And so emotionally, you're going to put a guard up and now again, you're going to project that onto your wife. And that's [00:07:30]what caused risks in people's marriage. And what happens is for a lot of business owners, you don't see that as a lot of entrepreneurs, you don't see that you're doing that, but that's what's happening.So being able to not just manage time, which again is very important. You have to be productive with your time. Absolutely. But in order to be productive with your time, you have to learn how to manage your energy. Cause if I got an hour and you got an hour, I guarantee you I'm not performing somebody in that hour because I keep my state good.I keep my energy good. [00:08:00]And when you guys do that, what it allows you to do again, it allows you to, in business, know how many hours are the most optimal hours you should be hustling, because I can guarantee you in 10 or 14 hours, unless you're doing a push, you're not really being that productive in 10 or 14 hours of hustle.A couple hours, three to five hours of hyper productivity will probably move the needle more than a whole week of 10 or 14 hour days basically going nowhere. Over time, what does this do? If you go the [00:08:30]wrong path, which is where a lot of men go, it becomes a silent killer in your life. What do I mean by that?Well, it's this thing where men start to detach emo

In this episode of The Phil Bohol Show, Phil breaks down the myth of work-life balance and reveals how chasing this elusive "balance" could be destroying your family's future. Using his own journey of building multiple seven-figure businesses while becoming a father during a global shutdown, Phil uncovers the mental shifts and actionable strategies that allowed him to create generational wealth, strengthen his family bonds, and live with purpose.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. (00:00) Introduction(00:34) The Myth of Work-Life Balance(01:33) Personal Journey and Choices(02:22) The Struggle with Balance(05:00) Realizations and Shifts(07:57) Integrating Family and Work(10:34) Teaching Through Example(13:48) Application and Morning Rituals(16:42) Final Thoughts and Call to Action Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe[00:00:00]What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullshit you.I'm here to give you the truth.[00:00:30]Work life balance is a lie that's destroying your family's future. Since the global shutdown a couple of years ago, I've built multiple seven figure businesses while becoming a father twice over. And today I'm going to show you why balance itself is the wrong goal and what to do and what to focus on instead.So in this video, you're going to learn [00:01:00]a couple of things. First thing is why work life balance is actually hurting your family. Then I'm going to talk to you about some of the shifts; three shifts I had to make to strengthen the bond and the relationship with my daughters. How you can continue to build generational wealth, especially if you come from a third world country like me, while being more present and the exact framework I use making [00:01:30]multimillion dollar decisions without sacrificing family time.I just got done playing in the snow with the girls. When my first daughter Ariella was born, it was the start of the global shutdown and I had a choice to make. Am I going to live a life of mediocrity and give that to them? Or am I going to find a way to live a life that most people can only dream of, of excellence, [00:02:00]something to be proud of. This is what I've built.Coming from a third world country, coming from poverty, I was able to build something like this. Most people told me that being a new dad is going to be very stressful and you got to take the safe route. I chose not to take the safe route and we're all better off for it. But you have to understand that when I tried to go against what was calling to me, that's [00:02:30]where I really started to lose myself.I was so focused on, well, how do I be present with my wife? She's got the baby in the tummy, baby's on the way. How do I balance that with work? And what happened was because I kept listening to the noise of the world, I kept listening to people that were unsuccessful. In, in, in terms of how I viewed them, I was listening to them and they were pulling me to this, this mediocre state [00:03:00]that I needed this balance.And every time I tried to seek balance, it felt like I went off balance because as business pulled me one direction, I kept going against that, trying to achieve balance. And because of that, then I would give to my family, but then I'd be so distracted because I wanted a balance. Thanks.Working, hustling, building the thing that was going to secure safety and security, especially in a world of chaos, literally world of chaos.[00:03:30]And that's the guilt that we can feel as fathers, as entrepreneurs, as business owners, that we're trying our best for our family, but we also have to be present for the family because it kind of doesn't make any sense to say that we're doing all of these things, we're building business, we're making money, we're making changes.For the family it doesn't really make sense to say that and then on the other side of it not see them to neglect them.And so you got to understand that you're killing yourself trying to [00:04:00]balance this thing when it's not balance that you need. It's not balance that's gonna get you to break through. It's not balance that's gonna give you the ability to grow business. While being present, the more you battle this, the more it's going to hurt.And the more you do this, the more you're going to be distracted. You're going to be a state of limbo. And eventually as your kids grow older, [00:04:30]they're still going to feel like they didn't get enough of you. They didn't get the best of you because while you were in. When you felt so guilty because you weren't with family that you didn't do the work, you didn't push yourself to achieve greatness.And when you're with your family, because you weren't pushing yourself to achieve greatness in your business, You're always distracted with them, and that's not a way to live. And that's what happens when people try to balance things, work life balance. [00:05:00]And the more that I did that, what happened was, I kept having this emotional turmoil, as we led closer and closer to my daughter being born.And when she was born, man, like…It felt like I was so behind on building a safety net, a security that the first year I wasn't as present as I am today.Because now we have another daughter, Alessia, and she just turned one. And this time around it's very different because of the lessons that I've learned.So I really want you to pay attention [00:05:30]because we never get that time back. And you gotta start asking yourself, don't you get tired of the guilt trip your wife doesn't give you? Your kids don't give it to you, but you give you. You got to shift the mentality because that first year of birth for my first born, and there's a lot of times that I missed because I was so caught up in emotional distress.I was so caught up in my head that [00:06:00]as much as I thought I was present, I wasn't. And that's why I want you to understand that as you kind of move forward away from the world of work life balance, the more that you kind of think about, well, if I'm going to give time to my family, if I'm gonna give time to my kids, quality.Which one do I have to choose? [00:06:30]Which one do I have to give? Do I give them quality time, less time, but it's quality time? Or do I give them quantity time, but less quality because I'm distracted? See, this is the thing that people think they have to choose from. Just like work life balance. Do I have to choose work?Do I have to choose life?Do I choose quality?Do I choose quantity?It doesn't have to be that way.There's no choice that has to be made in those spaces, but you have to allow yourself to think differently.And this is when I started to realize that [00:07:00] I was actually holding myself back because I was building my first business and it required me to be on camera, it required me to be on zoom calls.They required me to be on phone calls, and I used to feel like I was doing something wrong or I was being unprofessional.If I had my, my daughter with me or if I had my wife in the background or family was happening behind the scenes.Then one day I realized why, why am I so worried and concerned about how this looks?[00:07:30] My family needs me right now, and if they're walking around behind me, what's so unprofessional about that?We're in the middle of a global shutdown.Everybody's remote.This doesn't make any sense.Why am I doing this to myself?Then I started to realize that I was overcomplicating the whole thing.I was trying to make a choice when no choice had to be made, and that's when I started changing everything.I started to actually involve [00:08:00] my family in during my times of work, but I had to look at things different.I obviously had to still perform.I had to put food on the table.Absolutely.But what I did was when I made that realization, I stopped trying to balance work and life.And instead, I started to integrate my family into my purpose.The thing that, that was calling to me.I wanted to build a better life for them.So I involved them more.I wanted to show them what's [00:08:30] possible.What, what their dad, what their husband was willing to do for them.So I involved them more.Everything that I did had to do with my family.Now I started to understand how to be a family man.And mind you, I didn't really have that great of an example of what it means for a father to involve his kids like that.Story for another time, but that's when everything changed.When you keep choosing and you keep trying to choose.You're gonna let somebody down.Think about like this [00:09:00] last time you had an email, a slack message, a text message from work and your kids wanted to play.Were you checking your phone?Were you thinking about checking your phone?Were you thinking about work that was potentially gonna hit your phone?So you had to have it around, you have to just slide it into your pocket while you played and while you were present.You [00:09:30] have to learn a different way.You gotta learn how to compartmentalize everything.Because if you learn to compartmentalize, then you can have it all.Because you're willing to be it all, but you have to stretch yourself more.Right?You have to stretch yo

Do you ever feel like you’re wearing “false armor,” pretending to be strong while quietly battling internal struggles? In this transformative episode, Phil Bohol unpacks the truth about vulnerability and its role in true strength. Using personal stories and raw honesty, he explores the dangers of denying unhappiness, bottling up emotions, and clinging to survival-mode habits that no longer serve us. Phil shares actionable steps for reflecting on the past year, releasing old baggage, and stepping into the courage required to lead your family, business, and life with authenticity.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. (00:00) Introduction and Purpose of the Show(00:59) The Importance of Reflection(01:36) The Burden of Pretending(02:19) The Power of Vulnerability(04:07) Facing Internal Struggles(06:05) The Courage to Change(07:59) Letting Go of the Past(09:46) The Path to Self-Discovery(16:25) Breaking Free from the Matrix(20:36) Reflecting on the Year(23:11) Final Thoughts and ChallengesFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTok Want more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe[00:00:00]You know, I got a wife, I got kids, I got people looking up to me. I'm the provider, I create security, so how does somebody like me Stop pretending.What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you [00:00:30]back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullshit you.I'm here to give you the truth.What's going on you guys. It has been a minute since we've done a little bit of a podcast episode. So we're just going to catch up on some things, especially as we wrap up this year. I really want you to [00:01:00] spend some time reflecting. I don't think a lot of people reflect enough. You get so caught up in your day to day, you get so caught up in the busyness of life.If you don't reflect, you don't actually learn, you don't extract the teachings or the wisdoms that you need. So that way you can elevate in every area of life. The whole mentality of go, go, go only serves you to a certain extent. And if you don't take time to reflect, then you're not going to know where the gaps are in your operating system, in your [00:01:30]mentality, in your spirituality, in your emotional control and emotional mastery.And so when we think about why a lot of people operate in this life wearing what I call false armor, they pretend to be a very specific way. Let's say that you have a family that you lead. It's very easy to get caught in this mentality of, well, I have to look strong. You know, I got a wife, I got kids, I got people looking up to me.[00:02:00]Um, the provider, I create security. So how does somebody like me stop pretending? I have to be strong for the family. I have to be this. I have to be that,All you have to do is really be yourself. That's the good, the bad, the ugly. And men, if you're married, the best thing that you can do for your marriage, the best thing that you can do for your family is to stop trying to pretend to be Superman.See, because when you [00:02:30]pretend to be Superman, that everything is good. Whether business is actually doing good, but you're not good, or you're pretending you're happy right now, but you're not actually happy, whatever it is for you, you're hurting the people that could potentially step up to help you carry some of that weight.So I was talking to somebody and they weren't telling their wife all of the hardship they're experiencing. And this happened for like two years [00:03:00]straight. And the guy just felt like he was crumbling and crumbling and crumbling like everything was just going to shit. I said,” have you told your wife any of this?”He said, “no, you know, she's busy with the kids. She's trying to do her thing at work. And it's just it's not the right time to do it.” I said, “man, it's been two years though. You've been struggling with this internal battle by yourself for two years and you haven't even told your partner, your spouse, the person you're going [00:03:30] to do life with.”How does that make any sense? And he says, well, I'm trying to protect her. I said, how is it protecting her though? Because for you to carry this false armor, this burden, you don't think that energetically, your family doesn't feel that every day. They don't see the look in your eyes when you're lost in your own thoughts, in your mind, even though you're supposed to be at the dinner table, or you're supposed to be hanging out with the kids, or you're supposed to be on a date [00:04:00]night with your wife.You don't think that they, they don't feel any of that. And they probably didn't. They probably do. I said, “look, man, the hardest thing that you can ever do is to be completely open, honest, and transparent with your wife about how crappy you actually feel.” And I invite you to do that. And he's like, “Oh man, I'm just, I'm breaking down.”I'm crying. He's like crying. And, um, he's like, “I don't know. I [00:04:30]don't know what's going to happen. I don't, I don't want her to feel like I couldn't do it.That I, that I, that I'm breaking down right now.” I said, “just see what happens, man.”And so he goes and he has this conversation with his wife and he hits me back, you know, a couple of days later and he says, “bro, I don't know why it took so long for me to finally talk about what was going on with me.But my wife said she's got my back. She's going to support me no matter what and that I got [00:05:00]this and the whole purpose of me telling you this story is to help you understand that a lot of the time.Especially when you're the provider of a household when you lead a household or you know, you're the person that people go to. It's sometimes difficult to feel like you can take off the armor for a little bit and be human. That's the most powerful thing, the most courageous thing anybody can do. So it takes a lot of courage to be weak.[00:05:30]The only time it's actually a weakness is when you start to judge yourself or become afraid of people's judgment of you. But I want you to really ask yourself, is that the quality of life that you want to create and establish for yourself? And is that the example you want to set for your kids that when you got all this shit going on internally, that bottling it up is the solution?The powering through it, even though it feels like a void. That's the solution. Is that what you want to show your kids? Cause whether you say it or not, they're going to follow in [00:06:00]the actions.  They're going to follow in how you carry yourself throughout life. And so what I invite you to do is ask yourself where this past year, have you been pretending?Where have you been pretending to be good? When have you been pretending to be happy when you're not? When have you been pretending that there's nothing going on? See, I was really struggling with this for, for a large portion of my life. You know, after my parents got [00:06:30]divorced at an early age, I was like, in denial for a majority of my life, all the way up until adulthood.Literally until I met my wife.And I kept lying to myself that this is what life is supposed to be like. You go through hardship in your life and you just power through. And you just do your best, but what you think is your best when you're at your weakest is not even close to your best. And for a long time in my life, I held myself back from self actualization, from healing, from really being [00:07:00]able to absorb life for what it's supposed to be.It wasn't until I was brutally honest with myself that number one, I was actually extremely unhappy, which is probably why at 16 years old, I was miserable and that I was actually making this void much bigger and bigger and bigger. I was unhappy with myself. I didn't love myself. I didn't even know that was a thing.And I made decisions that would make me more miserable [00:07:30]because I thought those temporary things, you know, getting drunk, getting high, doing the things, those little glimpses of happiness was happiness. That's not the case. And so the reason why I'm bringing this up is so that you become aware.That a lot of the times when we start going to these things, these vices in our lives, it's because we think that that's temporary happiness that replaces true happiness.True happiness comes from having the courage to say, I'm not good. [00:08:00]So wherever it is in your life, in your business, in your marriage, in your family, with yourself, take some time to reflect. Ask yourself what parts of you that don't serve you anymore, what parts do you want to leave in this year? Not bring it into the new one.If you do this and you practice this. What you're giving yourself the opportunity to do each and every year is to create. More space for the new self to emerge, for the new self to be built.  [00:08:30]A lot of people like to bring old baggage into each new year. And then they wonder why each year they can't take the quantum leap.Well, you can't quantum leap if you're holding on to baggage. You can't quantum leap if you're holding on to the old self, because you have no space for the new self. And I want you to really start asking yourself, you know, is this the quality of life you want to settle for? Because that's what it is, you're settling.And how m

In this episode, Phil shares his experience of meeting and conversing with Walter O'Brien, one of the world's top IQ holders and the inspiration for the character in the TV show 'Scorpion'. Phil emphasizes the importance of asking high-level questions to extract valuable wisdom from individuals who are ahead in life or business. By analyzing the way Walter O'Brien thinks, Phil develops an understanding of algorithmic thinking, which he applies to his personal and professional life. Phil encourages listeners to avoid superficial questions and focus on understanding the thought processes of successful individuals to better solve problems and achieve their goals.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction to the Phil Bohol Show(00:43) Meeting a Genius: Walter O'Brien(02:14) Observations and Analysis(05:45) The Importance of Asking High-Level Questions(13:34) Understanding the Genius Algorithm(18:07) Applying the Algorithm to Life and Business(24:54) Conclusion and Final Thoughts Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe Transcription:[00:00:08] - - - - - [00:00:00] If you only had one chance to talk to a fucking genius, please don't waste your time and their time.[00:00:10] What's going on, you guys? It's Phil Bohol, and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have [00:00:20] real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. [00:00:30] Everybody else in this world wants to bullshit you.I'm here to give you the truth.[00:00:40] Alright, what's going on everybody? So, we're gonna be talking about my experience, having the opportunity to talk with an actual genius. [00:00:50] Um…4th highest IQ recorded in the world - actual genius, which is awesome. Before we jump into that though, [00:01:00] Do me a favor, like it, heart it, that helps me help more people.So let's dive into it. So, I had the opportunity to talk to an actual[00:01:10] genius and I'm going to be sharing with you today my biggest takeaway is what I was thinking about, what I noticed when I was [00:01:20] surrounded by others, the quality of the questions being asked to an actual genius, and where my headspace kind of went to where I felt I could[00:01:30] extract the most, not only for personal answers, but also for business.And I want you guys to understand when you're talking to somebody [00:01:40] that's high level, it's very important that you take the time to think about and consider the questions that you're asking.What I mean by that is [00:01:50] if there's somebody in your life, whether they're a genius or somebody that's just higher level than you, that you can extract wisdom from, [00:02:00] please do yourself a favor and do that person a favor, because I'm sure they talk to a lot of normal people, [00:02:10]and what stimulates their mind is a higher level conversation.So, here's what I noticed. I went to one of my Mentor's events. [00:02:20] And, um, he had a guest Walter O'Brien. Walter was actually the, [00:02:30] main character in this show, that apparently you can watch on Paramount, called Scorpion. It's an awesome show. I started watching it after meeting him, obviously, because I wanted to [00:02:40] get a better understanding of his mentality.And, um, we had an opportunity to have a chat with him backstage. [00:02:50] And the first thing that I did, I didn't immediately approach him, I wanted to analyze a genius. What, what's the difference between a genius and some random dude that immigrated here from the [00:03:00] Philippines that apparently doesn't have that high of an IQ, according to a Google test.Um, my wife's a lot smarter than me. Shout out to my wife. [00:03:10] And I wanted to analyze what makes this guy a genius. And before this, I already watched him on stage, how he spoke. [00:03:20] He'd already explained a little bit more about himself. But I wanted to see like the, the, the man behind the speaker on stage.And so I just analyzed. [00:03:30] Okay, so he was like sitting like a table next to me or yeah, a table next to me. I was here and I was just analyzing and what I like to do whenever I'm like in a [00:03:40] public setting, I like to analyze, I like to understand my environment. I don't know if this was a Marine Corps and me kind of being hyper aware of my surroundings or if [00:03:50] I'm just that way, I'm just going to assume I'm a little bit of both. And so I'm noticing that he's looking away. He's looking like, [00:04:00]  there's people asking him questions over here to his right. And, he would be looking away. And what that normally tells me is somebody is not interested.[00:04:10] Somebody is disinterested, maybe disengaged. And I'm like, Hmm, I wonder what they're talking about to make this genius, not look at them in the eyes and be engaging.[00:04:20] Is he bored? Is this just how he is? Is this what geniuses are like? I don't know. So I was watching, I was watching. [00:04:30] And I was talking to my team, and we were kind of debriefing on some of the things.Damn, I wish I brought my, um, or maybe I did. Hold on.[00:04:40]Check this out. I took notes when the genius was talking, okay? Shit. Oh, it's over there. [00:04:50]Hold on. Check this out. This, bam! This is what I gathered from a genius, okay? [00:05:00]This is also what I gathered from a genius. And this is an algorithm. Now, this is my algorithm, and I'll explain what that means in a bit. [00:05:10] But I was showing my team what I was able to extract from watching a genius teach a room of business owners and entrepreneurs.[00:05:20] And I was actually dissecting his mind. And I was asking my team, I said, so when you guys were listening to this genius talk, what did you get from it? [00:05:30] And I was expecting for them to have a very similar drawing as I did. And we found that we all took away so many different things, [00:05:40]but only I was the one that took away a new algorithm, a new way of thinking.And that's when I realized the question that I need to ask this guy, [00:05:50] when I walk up to him, has to be really, really, really good. If I was able to extract an algorithm on how to think about life, situations, scenarios, I need to [00:06:00] put a good amount of energy and effort into whatever question I'm going to ask this guy, because God knows when I'm ever going to be able to talk to the dude again, right?[00:06:10] I kept looking back and I'm like, why do people, why does he seem like he's looking away? I'm like, why is he not engaged? And I'm like, damn, maybe, maybe he's having a bad day. Do geniuses have a bad day? [00:06:20]Um, maybe it's not the right time. Maybe he's just getting bombarded with people asking him questions and shit, because he's a fucking genius.Maybe, I don't know. Maybe, is this the right time? Should I do it? Fuck it. Let's do it. [00:06:30] And I was like, I'm gonna walk up. So I walk up, hands behind my back, sign of respect, right? And, um, just waiting my turn. It's like, okay, they're having a conversation. [00:06:40] Be respectful. And then I understood why he was looking at me.And this is what I really want you guys to take away. If you don't even take away the shit that I took away and you take away this next bit that I'm about to say, please take it. [00:06:50]It will help you a lot. Exponentially change your life. The questions that this dude was being asked was, Hey, did you, do you watch Netflix?[00:07:10] Do you watch Netflix... What? You, if you only had one chance to talk to a fucking genius, that you're probably never going to talk to again, the one question you ask is if the dude watches a show on Netflix.[00:07:30] Please guys, don't waste your time and their time. Don't waste people that have done something awesome in their life, and ask them if they watched a fucking Netflix show.Please God, don't do that. [00:07:50]Dumbest - literal dumbest thing, no wonder the guy was like looking away. It's like this dude. After I watched Scorpion, his show, I understood the [00:08:00] extent of the shit that he's done and solved and the problems he solved.The dude has solved terrorism problems. Dude has hacked into [00:08:10] NASA when he was like 13 or 14 years old or some shit like that. Maybe 11, maybe 12, who knows. Um, the dude has, I think, [00:08:20] has accounted for for trillions of dollars worth of solutions. Do you really think that somebody at that caliber is stimulated by a discussion [00:08:30] about Netflix?Hmm.And I was like, ah, I understand. Because, me too. I'm not even a genius. And if somebody wants to [00:08:40] waste time talking about Netflix, I am not your guy. If you want to have a low level conversation, not your guy. And I'm not even a genius. I just respect my time enough to talk about higher level shit.[00:08:50] Like, what are we doing here?So then I decided to politely interrupt. Hey sir, got some questions for you. Um, would love to pick your brain. And me being like [00:09:00] a little kid, in a candy shop, with a genius, I like, Hey, here's my drawing. Here's my other drawing. [00:09:10] Can I ask you a question? Um, the way that your mind works with a 197 IQ, does your brain have an algorithm [00:09:20] and can you teach it to me in a way that a non-genius can understand the algorithm?So why did I ask this question [00:09:30] you gu

Is your current mindset holding you back from true success? Phil Bohol and Leah Kapral dive deep into the mindset shifts that transform your life and business to uncover the secrets to personal and professional growth. Elevate your potential by prioritizing self-care, envisioning a bigger future, and embracing the journey towards abundance. Ignite your passion and drive towards creating the life you've always dreamed of! Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. Timestamps:(00:00) - Introduction(05:55) - Define Your Dream Life to Achieve Success(09:22) - Balanced Growth and Time Freedom(12:51) - Clear Structure and Direction for Daily Activities(17:49) - Allocate Money with Clear Purpose(21:41) - Importance of Lifestyle and Financial Planning(24:15) - Envision and Feel the Achievement(28:07) - Striving for More or Settling for Mediocrity(28:50) - Overcoming Fear and Aim for Success(33:55) - Seek Knowledge, Embrace Flaws, Find Purpose(36:05) - Integrate Personal and Business Structures(39:54) - Avoid Wasting Time on Unproductive Ideas - REST Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:08] Phil BoholWhat's going on, you guys? It's Phil Bohol. And welcome to the Phil Bohol show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life and more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullshit you. I'm here to give you the truth. Leah, do everybody a favor. Just introduce yourself. Who you are, where you're from, what your offer is, and what it is that you want to leave this coaching call with today to help you break through whatever ceiling you're hitting inside of your business.[00:00:48] Leah KThanks, Phil. So my name's Leah Kapral. I'm in Australia, near Byron Bay, beautiful place, and I am a blood sugar coach. And my offer is I help business owners or corporate employees who are over 40 that are ready to take responsibility, and they want to lose weight, reduce health risks such as diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver, and feel good again.That’s me![00:01:23] Phil BoholLove that… So let's dive in with what are you struggling with right now? What's the biggest thing that we need to unlock during our next 45 minutes together to take your business to the next level?[00:01:38] Leah KYes. So I would say what I'm struggling with is that in the past, I've played not to lose rather than play to win. So, yeah. Commitment to myself. And when I do that, I'll be able to service. Yeah, service people in my business.[00:02:07] Phil BoholSo do you feel like you're basically transitioning from that survival mode into, like, abundance, and you're having trouble connecting the two?[00:02:16] Leah KYeah.[00:02:16] Phil BoholBridging it, basically. Okay. How do you think it's holding you back right now? Like, in what ways? If you can identify that.[00:02:26] Leah KI'd say just a bit of scarcity, skilled (with the tech). So that overwhelm thinking too far into the future, structure, and I'm sure there's some I'm not good enough or impostor syndrome going on, for sure.[00:03:02] Phil BoholOkay, so why was it easier to be in survival mode versus the mode that you're in right now?[00:03:09] Leah KUm… why was it easier? Um, it was easier because I was an employee, and the people I was surrounded with, they were all in survival. Now, I've got some assets, so I've got a bit of space to design this. So I'm not… I'm not in survival, but it's not really, it's not accelerating at the rate I would like it to. So, yeah, I'd say environment, it's the only way I knew culturally.[00:03:55] Leah KYeah.[00:03:57] Phil BoholSo now that you've got some assets. Are you, like, just not moving at the speed in which you want? Are you getting in your way? What is that? Because what I'm doing right now is I'm analyzing kind of, like, your thought process, where you're taking yourself mentally, and I'm trying to pinpoint where you're getting in your way. So what's going on? Now that you're in a, a better place, you don't have to survive. You know, all of that good stuff. You're at this stage, think about, like, your day, think about your business. Think about this impact. Right.[00:04:31] Phil BoholYou want to impact the lives of 10,000 people, 100,000 people, right. Um, to become that, and I think I was talking to this, uh, with somebody else to survive, is “I just need to figure out how to put food on the table”. “I just need to figure out how I'm going to pay my mortgage next month or my rent next month or my bills next month or my car note next month”.But when we transition from that survival place to now, we have to look forward to something. And it's kind of like being in open water. Sometimes we don't know how to operate in that place because we're so used to looking behind us, to run away from the very thing that we're afraid of. But now we have to look forward to something, and sometimes it's a very hard thing to look forward to something.[00:05:09] Phil BoholSo in what ways are you getting in your own way right now?[00:05:17] Yeah, I'd say clarity of the future.[00:05:21] Phil BoholOkay. Hmm.[00:05:25] Leah KYeah. [00:05:27] Phil BoholClarity of the future. So that's… clarity of the future. Okay.So a lot of the times when we're thinking about moving towards something, right. I literally, I think I just got off a call with somebody today about this, and we're talking about envisioning what it is that we're running towards, right. Because if we're not clear on our target, it's kind of like sighting in on a sniper rifle or a machine gun, but we don't really know what we're aiming at. And if we don't know, then we can't pull the trigger.[00:05:58] Phil BoholWe can't do the “thing”. We can't build the business. We can't grow our impact. We can't really operate day to day with any type of structure or discipline because we don't know why we're doing it. And a lot of the time, I think people, they… they forget that the simple things really do scale them. The simple things are really the things that we have to focus on to be able to get to the next level. So have you spent any time really asking yourself and putting like, literal pen to paper what it is that you're going towards? Like, when I say that, I mean, what is this dream life?What is the house? What is the quality of life? How do you want to be spending your time? What time do you want to wake up every single day? When you wake up every single day and you open your eyes, what do you want to see? When you think about having nights, how do you want to spend your nights? How do you want to spend your weekends? What is that quality of life? Have you spent any time getting so clear as if you can literally feel like you're there already? Have you spent any time there?[00:07:03] Leah KIt's a really interesting question because, like, it's a year since I left my relationship.  And during that, like, as soon as, within weeks of grieving that I set up a vision board and everything… no, I'd say no.90, 80% has, has been created. The dream of supporting others, like making a big impact and also not being location, not needing to be located somewhere to work. So that freedom, sense of freedom hasn't been created.[00:08:02] Phil BoholHas to be, right? And you have to keep in mind, vision board, or getting clear on it doesn't mean, like, that's it forever. Like, you can literally create this today and in seven days and 30 days, the shit will change again because you as a human, you're changing over time. Every single day you have new inputs, which means you're going to have a new output and you have to be able to remember that it's just a starting point, right? Let's say, for example, you set a GPS, you're going from California to New York and you take the wrong turn. If you had your original vision board, you would never be able to get there because you didn't think that you were going to take this wrong turn. And now you're on a different path. But what does the GPS do? It recalculates. And so the same thing has to happen with your vision of the future.[00:08:47] Phil BoholYou know, there's going to be some things that you thought you wanted. Um, like, for me, for example, I remember a vision board that I did back in like 2019. And I was like, man, what is this life? What is this dream life that I want to create for myself? And I remember distinctly, I put this, like, BMW, it's like black BMW. And like, that was like the extent, you know.Now I'm driving around in the car that I drive now, but the car that I drive now was never in my vision board, but over time it changed. But I needed to have a starting point. And I also had to give myself permission that every 30 days, every week, shit, every day. If I needed to change it, if I wanted to change it, if I wanted something different, that it was okay to want that. Because as I continued to execute in my life, executed my business, my vision, my potential continued to grow.[00:09:35] Phil BoholBut there's a difference between having time and location freedom and saying, I want to live in a million dollar home and I want to be able to spend at least 3 hours a day doing this thing. So for me, it's spending time with my kids, spending time with my family. I want to be able to spend one to 3 hours going to the gym, working on myself in my personal developm

In this podcast episode, Phil emphasizes the importance of being brutally honest with oneself throughout life's journey. Using personal experiences, he highlights the dangers of neglecting self-care and the toll it can take on mental and physical well-being, despite outward success. Drawing analogies such as driving from California to New York and the metaphor of eagles shedding their talons, he delves into the necessity of breaking old patterns and identities to reach higher levels of self-mastery. Phil encourages listeners to listen to their inner voice, embrace discomfort, and pursue greatness with unwavering honesty and dedication.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. Timestamps:(00:42) - Importance of Honesty About Desires and Ego(01:58) - Balanced Life to Avoid Burnout(03:19) - The Key Purpose of Life (05:40) - The Power of Self-Care(10:59) - Process of Self-Mastery and Shedding Old Identities.(15:48) - The Layers Towards Your Next Level(18:33) - Experience Discomfort like an Eagle(21:30) - Surrendering to Greatness Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTok Want more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe Transcription:[00:00:00] And then what happens is.Now you have this army of people.That is literally like, forging on to this next evolution, together.What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show. Where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance. And everything [00:00:30] that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life.And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.Guys, it's so important that as you go through your life, go through your journey, you're brutally honest with yourself. And what I mean by brutally honest with yourself is knowing what's really you, knowing what's the ego, knowing what's the pride, knowing what it is that's actually calling to you or whispering in your ear right now.See, when we're not honest with ourselves.[00:00:30] it's very easy to be unhappy. When we're not honest with ourselves, and we wear this false armor of motivation, what happens is, on the outside, things can look really good, but on the inside, things can be breaking. So I'm going to share with you a live example of this.So as most of you guys know, I'm a pretty driven individual. I'm all about high performance, I'm all about getting sh*t done.I'm all about Holding our words to ourselves and our commitments 100 percent.[00:01:00] Kryptonite to that is sometimes we're so driven by mission and purpose that sometimes we start breaking down the vehicle the vessel to accomplish that mission in that purpose and it's very important that as we learn and go through this process at higher and higher levels were able to stop and slow down and think about.Where are we dropping the ball because it's 100 percent.[00:01:30] Okay to live from a place of mission and purpose. But what I'm finding the longer I go about this because I've had a very good streak for years now. But what I'm finding is my body is starting to break down. What I'm finding is my mentality, not my determination, not my motivation, not my commitment.None of that when it comes to the mind, but just the mental wear and tear. Uh, just being on and driven and motivated. And I think it's healthy to talk about this stuff. [00:02:00] So when you're somebody like me, you run, you go, you operate, you do what needs to be done. Because if you don't do it, nobody else is going to do it.There's no, there's nobody going to save you in this life. You have to save you. And whether you meditate, whether you pray, whether you do anything, you're going to be given guidance, but nobody's going to do the work for you. That's what you got to understand. So when you're somebody like me. That operates from this higher level of consciousness when you operate from a place of surrendering to the voice inside[00:02:30] Whether that's the voice of God, the universe, whatever calls to you.It's very important that you remember you have to be around for the long term. So the best way I was thinking about this was to imagine that achieving your purpose in life is like going from California to New York. In order to get to New York and you're driving, what happens is if you are driving and you go from, you know, let's say the path takes you from California to Arizona.What if in Arizona, because the roads are different.[00:03:00] You pop a tire. What happens if you keep trying to drive with a popped tire, and you're just like, I need to get to New York. My mission is to get to New York. But your tire's popped. How long will that vehicle last for? You may be as hungry and as driven as you want to be, but what's going to happen is, if you keep driving and operating with that thing that's broken, other parts of this vehicle you're supposed to take to New York will continue to malfunction.The other tires will pop because now it's not balanced. [00:03:30] And the more that you go, the more damage occurs. This is what happens for us in high performance. We're just like, sh*t it. We'll just get to New York. Like it is what it is. The truth is there is a better way. And I'm mastering this more and more and more because it's different at different levels, but it's also the same at different levels.The fundamentals are the same. And so what I found for myself is because I've just been so mission oriented for years now, ever since the shutdown, it's been like an overdrive. [00:04:00] I've really forgotten. To just do my standard oil check. I've really forgotten to take a look at the entire thing, like entirely this vehicle, this vessel that I'm using to get to this, to this end goal, this end state, don't get me wrong.I spend a lot of time with my family. I, um, I'm going through physical therapy. I do that weekly, bi weekly, whatever's needed.I go to the gym. [00:04:30] I read. I do all the, all the things right. So it's not that I'm neglecting myself, but spiritually, my tank has been empty. And it's interesting because I pray every day.I meditate every day. So what's happening is, something's calling me to stop, to slow down for a minute and say, Hey, you might be doing all the things right, but you're not doing a lot of things to make you happy. And your happiness is also a key element to getting from where you are to New York.[00:05:00] And so what I found lately was for some reason, my, I have arthritis in my body because of the military and because of a major car accident I was in.The arthritis in my shoulders have been. So much that opening some milk hurts me doing this motion right here hurts me like just anything that has to do with lifting and I was I was talking to my therapist and he was like there's a part of me that doesn't believe that the physical things that you're experiencing right now are all physical.[00:05:30] So what he was alluding to was potentially maybe mental. So, for example, if these are the arms and the hands that I used to operate all the time. And now the very thing that's causing me pain is continuing to raise these hands to do more with these hands. But when's the last time I took care of these hands?When's the last time I gave, I looked at these hands and actually were grateful for all the things that these hands do. They carry weights, they work. [00:06:00] They carry the children, they carry the family, they do everything. When's the last time I've actually spent some time looking at my hands and appreciated what these hands have done?When's the last time I actually gave my feet a break, got them a massage, for giving me the opportunity to walk to where I want to in life? What I found because I had this massive sh*ting massage the other day, is I've been neglecting the very vehicle, the vessel that's supposed to help me get to this, this, this point of self actualization and transcendence.[00:06:30] I've been neglecting the very thing that I need to spend more time on, which is why there's ailments happening in my body saying, well, if you don't want to listen. to this, this voice that's telling you to slow the sh*t down and you have too much ego and pride to stop, then what I'll do is I'll make it so it hurts you.I'll make it so it hurts for you to lift up your hand so you can type. I'm gonna make it hard for you to hold your children. I'm gonna make it hard for you to drive so that way you can experience pain. Because what I'm trying to.[00:07:00] Indicate to you is that I need you to stop trying to do more right now. I need you to stop right now.I need you to like, go check yourself out, go do things to, to, to fix those tires, go get the oil change, go figure out what's wrong with your brake pads, go figure out what's wrong with the engine, go spend some time, whether it's a day, a week or a month, spend time there. Because if this journey to, to the end state is a lifelong mission, we got to make it to the end of our lives.[00:07:30] But what God is calling me to understand now is, well, Phil, if you want to continue on this path, you're not even going to make it to the end of your life because you're just going to wear yourself down, you're going to break your body, your mind down so much that you're going to sacrifice yourself like a sh*ting martyr for literally no reason.And it's very important that you guys understand you could be crushing it in every area of your life, but if that thing

In this episode, Phil dives deep into tapping into the powerful being lying dormant within us all – the Sage version of ourselves. Sharing personal experiences and insights gained during a transformative trip to Tahoe, Phil explores the concept of divinity within, urging listeners to unlock their potential and live a life of purpose and meaning. Drawing on meditation, spiritual awakening, and the realization of life's deeper purpose, Phil challenges listeners to embrace the journey of self-discovery and channel the infinite power within to overcome life's challenges. Join Phil as he invites listeners to awaken to their true calling and become vessels for positive change in the world. Don't just listen – take action. Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly. Timestamps: (00:47) - Exploring the Sage Version of Oneself(03:40) - Spiritual Awakenings and the Commonality of Divinity(04:08) - The Reflective Trip to Tahoe(05:19) - What’s Inside of You(11:25) - Life Occurrences Beyond Coincidence(15:20) - The Divinity that Guides us to our purpose(18:09) - You are a Vessel for a Divine Purpose(20:27) - Take action Follow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTok  Want more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribe Transcription:[00:00:00] When we think about our problems, it's like the size of an atom, so tiny. In comparison to this all powerful being inside of us.What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show. Where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance. And everything [00:00:30] that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life.And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.What's going on, you guys? We are going to be changing it up a little bit today. I kind of want to see who can track with me. I want to see the things that I teach outside of my clients.[00:01:00] To just on YouTube or any platform, Instagram, Facebook, uh, podcasting. I wonder how people actually think about stuff like this.So, let's talk about the Sage version of you. Let's talk about the all powerful, all knowing version of you that's lying dormant inside of you right now. Okay, very different topic than I usually talk about. but I'm interested to see.[00:01:30] Who can actually Not only understand this from a logical, external perspective, but internally has done some of the spiritual work that's needed to tap into this version of self.So, whether you believe this or not, or whether you're in the process of uncovering it for yourself, inside of all of us, There's divinity inside all of us. There is a more powerful version of us that we have access to, whether that's us.[00:02:00] Whether that's universal power, whether that's God, whatever it is, we all have access to it.Now, who's aware that they have access to it and who's unaware? That's a whole different story. Most people. In the world right now. Do not understand that they have access to this power. Most people in the world do not understand that they have access to it at all, and they live their life thinking that there are these humans that just have to live a life.Get through the 60, 80 years that they're going to [00:02:30] live and then get buried. That's it. Unfortunately, that is actually what people believe that their life is meant for. When you start tapping into purpose, when you start tapping into this other version of you, that you were meant for something, that you were born for a purpose, that there's something that you have to get done in this one life you have to live, this is where you start leaving the physical body and entering more of the spiritual realm.This is where you start really understanding that there's people that have figured this out. [00:03:00] And you'll see how they talk about it. You'll see that they'll bring it up here and there. And for most people, they'll hear it and it'll go over their head. They're going to think that it's just like this, you know, woo woo thing.But when you actually start getting with the times, and you start understanding that there's something bigger at play here, this is where things start to change. This is where, like, life changes for you, because now you understand you're playing a different game. You're no longer playing the game of just going to work.[00:03:30] Going home, doing it tomorrow.You're no longer just living this surface level life. And now what you see is the spiritual calling that you have. So, back in 2018, when I was in Tahoe, I was feeling extremely lost. Extremely lost in life. I was feeling extremely lost. You know, after getting out of the Marine Corps, that was my identity.I was like, who am I now? I started going through some weird thing of depression again.[00:04:00] And I was like just drinking all the time, smoking weed all the time, just doing all this stupid sh*t all the time. So I went to Tahoe and I was like, look, I need to spend time in nature. I need to figure my sh*t out.There's something wrong with me. And during this trip to Tahoe, all I did was read this book, it's called To Shake the Sleeping Self. And all I would do when I would wake up is I'd literally sit by the window, looking at the snow, looking at the world, and I'd just start reading. [00:04:30] And I became very intentional with reading every word inside of that book for every chapter I went through.And then I started realizing that I was living my life asleep. I realized that the way I was living my life was so caught in the rat race of life. That I forgot how to live with purpose. I forgot how to live with meaning. That got stripped from me because the only way that I've ever known that is through the military.[00:05:00] The only way that I've ever learned how to live with mission and purpose was in the military. So to have that no longer part of my life.It was big.How the f*ck do I get through this thing? How does a civilian actually have a mission and purpose in life? And that's when I started going deeper into now, at this point, that's when I went through very deep meditation.Okay? Very, very deep meditation. If you guys have done breathing exercises, just understand meditation can get extremely deep. It can go far deeper than what you even realize right now. [00:05:30] What you can tap into is far deeper and far more powerful than you can even realize. So by going into that space, what I found in myself was divinity, and it's very difficult to explain what happens when you can envision it in the mind.Just imagine, inside of you, there's infinite space. Inside of you, there's, you're not as big as your body.[00:06:00] Inside of you, spiritually, it's forever that way, forever that way, forever that way, forever that way. It's infinite. It's infinite. When they talk about infinite intelligence, infinite everything, it's everything.It's infinite. There's no stopping it. So, what I found in Tahoe was, there was like this, this divine presence. This massive, massive, I can't even explain what it looks like, it just, this massive being, all powerful.[00:06:30] Had no fears, no doubts, there was calmness, there was chaos, there was something that you would fear, and there was something that you'd trust.And I just remember looking at it in the eyes and I was like.What is this? And why is it in me? And as I started talking to it.[00:07:00] It didn't even say a word. It's like I was thinking, speaking to it, and it was speaking back to me through understanding. It's like wisdom. And it was a crazy thought conversation we were having.And then I realized that this same being is inside of all of us. That we are all the same. We're, we're basically all living the same way with this thing inside of us now who has access to it and who's aware of it, that's a different story.[00:07:30] If you guys want to have a deeper understanding of this, go look up The Egg Theory on YouTube.The Egg Theory. It gives a very good visual representation of this. And The biggest thing for me is through this, I realized that all of the things that I worried about in life were all of these human problems. All of these weird things that we stress about in our day.[00:08:00] Today, people cutting us off on the freeway, people looking at us dirty at the bar, or how we feel about our day, how sh*tty it feels, that we can just have a backache and it ruins our day, sh*t like that.That it's just so, such a waste of a gift. To waste any emotional time and space in those negative places, when we can, in fact, tap into this infinite source and live a life truly of purpose and meaning. [00:08:30] And by spending more time spiritually connecting to this source, the life that you live changes. All the problems that you have in life and business, in self, with marriage, all of it.Tiny. In comparison to what this being considers. When we think about our problems. It's like [00:09:00] the size of an atom, so tiny in comparison to this all powerful being inside of us that has problems of the universe, has problems of infinity, never ending, much, much larger scale, much larger scale. It's kind of like the earth versus, um, the universe earth versus the galaxy.Even earth versus the galaxy is not big enough in comparison. [00:09:30] So you can imagine what happens when you start understanding that life is deeper. That you have access to a lot more power than you give yourself permission to even see or the openness to even

In this episode, Phil emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and being present over achieving material success. He guides us through breathing exercises and meditation to help us connect with ourselves and find peace in the present moment. Drawing inspiration from monks' simple yet content lives, Phil encourages us to embrace solitude, mindfulness, and self-care, to discover true happiness within. He ends with urging us to prioritize our well-being and encourages us to apply these lessons in our daily lives for a more fulfilling life.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(00:54) - The Lost Art of Being Present(03:40) - Mastering Mindfulness(15:04) - The Ultimate Path to Inner Peace and Presence(19:02) - Prioritizing Your Well-being in a Busy WorldFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:00] Remember that you're cultivating the most powerful version of you that can accomplish anything that they want in life.But that accomplishment is nothing in comparison to the connection with self. Nothing.[00:00:30] What's going on you guys?It's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth. You guys have to start learning how to breathe. [00:01:00] It's something that we're born with. It's a gift that we're born with. And what it does is it allows us to feel present in the moments, in the now.I think we get too caught up in what we're trying to create, what we're trying to build, where we're trying to go. We're always wanting something in life. [00:01:30] But when you think about the best times in your life, weren't those times the times where all you were, was in that moment, in that second? You weren't thinking about the past, you weren't thinking about the future, you weren't thinking about what you're going to do after this thing, you were just in the now.[00:02:00] There's moments where I really do think about these times in my life where I was completely that way. Because nowadays it feels like it gets harder to be present. And don't get me wrong, I'm present, but I'm not present. You know what that means.[00:02:30] And when you really think about it, it is very sad. Because your family remembers you being present. They know that dad was there.But you know that your mind was like drifting somewhere else. And that's, I guess that's what makes it sad. [00:03:00] Because the question is like, why don't you deserve to live life in the moment? Why is it that out of everybody in the world, you are the one that has to suffer living in the future, living in the past, when all we have is right now, this moment?There's so many things that you have to work through to break through. [00:03:30] There's so many thoughts and there's so many emotions. Sometimes what happens is they get stuck. You can feel it. If you guys ever do a breathing exercise where you just breathe, you put your hand on your chest, you feel it for your heart, and you breathe in, you breathe out.You just do that multiple times over. [00:04:00] Breathe in, breathe out.And this time I want you to be more aware of how fast you breathe in because I want you to slow it down. [00:04:30] So breathe in slowly, exhale slowly.And I want you to practice slowing down time.I want you to practice as you inhale, breathing and focusing on all of the air entering your lungs. [00:05:00] And as you exhale, I want you to focus on all the air leaving your lungs, passing through your lips. And I want you to be present for those moments. So inhale slowly, exhale slowly.[00:05:30] As you go through that, I just want you to start feeling around yourself inside. Should look for the emotions. I want you to feel it where you're feeling stuck. I want you to feel it. If there's something in your mind that that's distracting you, that's pulling you from being present. [00:06:00] And if you were to just sit there with yourself, you sit in the quiet. Sit in the peace, and you search, and you look. Don't be afraid of judgment. Don't judge yourself.Just feel. Just look.And you just sit there with yourself.[00:06:30] And as you sit there with yourself, I want you to, without opening your eyes, look around.Where is your mind taking you?It's okay to follow it now.Where does the mind go? [00:07:00] If the mind is supposed to be here in the now, just like a balloon, where does it fly off to?Just follow it.And as you find where that balloon is going,I want you to just ask yourself, why? Why is my mind going there?[00:07:30] Out of all the places in the world and in life, why is my mind going there?What'll happen is, you'll either see words, you'll hear words, or you'll hear a voice.[00:08:00] It might be so faint, the words might be so small so you have to focus, you have to concentrate on why. Why does the mind take you there?What's coming up for you as the mind takes you there?[00:08:30] Focus on zooming in on those words, focus on turning up the volume of that voice, without filtering, remember what that WHY is. It might not make sense to you right now. But it will. Just don't forget what the words say or what the voice says. [00:09:00] It's important.Now I want you to come all the way back to the body. Eyes still closed.And I want you to just start scanning your body. We found a good starting point for your mind, but now let's start scanning your body. [00:09:30] In your heart space, in your torso, in your legs, in your abdomen. Your feet. Just scan your body to see if there's something that feels stuck.[00:10:00] And as you scan your body and you feel this resistance, you feel this weight, you feel something is there, I want you to just go to it.Is it your heart?Is it your lungs? Is it your rib cage? Is it your abdomen?Where is this feeling of. [00:10:30] Stuckness?And I just want you to be aware of the feeling.Because then I want you to go inside of the feeling. If it's your heart, I want you to go into your heart. [00:11:00] If it's your lungs, I want you to go into your lungs. If it's your entire torso, I want you to go inside of your torso.While you're in there, I just want you to look around. I just want you to be aware of the color.[00:11:30] I want you to be aware of the intensity. Is it calm? Is it chaotic? Be aware of the energy that's there.The color. Is it blackness? Is it gray? Is it green? Is it red? Is it yellow?Is it thick? Or is it thin?[00:12:00] Just be aware of every detail.Now as you complete this scan, I want you to think about all those details. And now I want to ask, I want you to ask yourself…[00:12:30] Well how do you feel being in this space now?What emotions are coming up for you in this space now?Does the mind start going somewhere else again? Or does it stay here?What feelings come up for you in this space?[00:13:00] And all I want you to do is to just become aware of all of these things.Without opening your eyes yet, we're almost done. I want you to slowly come back into the body. [00:13:30] Slowly inhale and slowly exhale.Inhale and breathe yourself back into your body.Exhale.[00:14:00] Breathe one more time. Inhale.And as you exhale slowly just come back into the room.[00:14:30] I just want you to be present. I just want you to sit there.I just want you to feel. Everything you just felt.I just want you to allow the mind to take you where it takes you. I want you to allow your body to be where it needs to be. I need you to allow your emotions to be and feel whatever they need to feel.[00:15:00] See, I think that we're born with the gift of breathing, the gift of life, and sometimes it's so easy to think that life is out there. Everything that we want is out there. The thing that's going to give us this feeling is out there.[00:15:30] The truth is, life is right now.Life and the feeling that we seek was just given to us by the things we've already been born with.The gift of life we've already been blessed with.[00:16:00] So there's nothing more outside of us that can make us feel any more alive. Accept the experience of life as we go through our own experience, just like we just did. But it's so easy to get caught in the world. So easy to get lost in the day to day. So easy to get lost in the hustle and the grind. [00:16:30] But what's important is to make sure that we learn most days, if not every day, to just breathe.To just be, to just absorb, to understand that every breath that we take is a breath we can be grateful for.[00:17:00] When you practice this, it's important that you practice it intentionally.It's very important that you don't rush the process.No matter how chaotic your life is. [00:17:30] No matter how crazy your circumstances are.It's important.You are important. And you have to remember that.[00:18:00] So as you take the time to breathe and to get back to self.Just remember that you're cultivating the most powerful version of you that can accomplish anything that they want in life.But that accomplishment is nothing in comparison to the connection with self. Nothing.[00:18:30] I think this is why monks are some of the most peaceful people who have the simplest life, but always seem to be happy. They seem to have figured out the thing that the world has not been able to figure

In this episode, Phil addresses how to navigate hate and negativity on the path to personal improvement. He talks about the necessity of resilience, setting boundaries for personal and family well-being, and ignoring the 'crab mentality' that aims to pull individuals down. Phil advises us to focus on our goals, dismiss the haters, and embrace the challenges as part of our growth process. He emphasizes self-belief, hard work, and the importance of not letting others' negativity hinder our progress when pursuing our goals in the areas of family, fitness, and finance.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(01:00) - The Journey Out of the Crab Bucket(03:30) - Why The Truly Successful Don't Tear Others Down(05:06) - Navigating Hate From Those Closest to You(07:09) - Mastering the Trifecta of Success(11:57) - The Tough Choices on the Path to Success(15:16) - The Unexpected Arrival of New Crabs(16:28) - Understanding Life's Comings and Goings(18:13) - Learning to Say No for the Sake of Family(19:29) - Navigating the Waters of Self-Reflection and Control(21:24) - Letting Go and Moving ForwardFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:00] You're playing this game of life for you and your family. And if other people don't want to contribute to that and, you know, be part of the growth of that. And instead, like they want to veer you off track with like drama, you got to get used to just protecting yourself, creating those boundaries, because at the end of the day, it's you and your family's life on the line.And the only people in this world that you owe is you and your family.[00:00:30] What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.[00:01:00] Let's talk today about dealing with hate. Now, hate you can get from a lot of people in a lot of different ways, different forms. It can be direct, it can be indirect, it can be from people you love, people you trust, to people that you don't even know, strangers in the world.Most people don't know how to respond to hate. [00:01:30] Most people don't know how to respond to somebody being negative towards them when all they're trying to do is change their life, to be a positive force, or to help other people. You're going to have to learn how to really build your resilience toward these things, because in order for you to change your life and get you to the next level, you have to be used to people that are beneath you. Literally, beneath you, talking to you because they have what's called a crab mentality. [00:02:00] A crab mentality happens when a person or a group of people see a limit in their life, they see themselves inside of the bucket of life and they make a decision internally and they say, “I'm never going to get out of this bucket. And I'm going to live here. I'm going to settle here.” And unfortunately, they also come in different forms. There's different types of crabs, okay?There's the crabs that look successful on the outside. But internally, they still haven't personally developed where they still show hate to people.[00:02:30] There's a lot of crabs that are unsuccessful, have nothing to show for it and still feel like they can judge and hate on people. And then there's a huge portion in between that, right? Where they're successful in some areas, but again, they lack in personal development, which is why they choose to project hate.[00:03:00] The reason why that is is because when they see somebody trying to level up in life, trying to move up in life, trying to better their lives, it triggers in them an internal fear that they do not have the courage to do what needs to be done to change their life. So what they will do is they'll project onto you the same things and the same fears and the same doubts they feel about themselves in whatever capacity.And most people don't know this. Most people don't understand that that's how these crabs work, that these people that bring you down, tear you down, that's how they work, that's how they function. And that's why they're always going to lose in the world and in life. And again, they may achieve success in the areas, but they're, they don't live the life that you want to live.[00:03:30] Just always remember that nobody, nobody, nobody, I'll say nobody that is more successful than you will take time out of their day to just go to you, text you, call you, talk to you, go to your social media and spend time being hateful toward you. I want you to really think about that. [00:04:00] If somebody really values their time, and they're really able to make a lot of money, and they're able to live their dream life, you don't think that they'd rather spend that five minutes hating, creating negative energy in themselves, to hanging out with their family?To playing golf, to driving their car, to reading a book, to talking to somebody higher, you don't think that somebody would actually take the time to do that. [00:04:30] The only time I've actually seen actual successful people hate, and they're like good, successful people is when somebody does something terrible, and they have to speak on it. They have to, they have to say things because they're called to say things because it's not right what they see. So they called it out. That's the only time I've ever seen that, but it's never, “Look at that person trying. I'm going to call them out and talk down to them because they're trying.”Now, if they're trying in the wrong ways, again, people will have their opinion that, you know, they're doing things in the wrong ways and blah, blah, blah. [00:05:00] But the reality is, it usually doesn't happen that way. Usually the only people that hate on you are losing an area of their life, which is why they project onto you.The worst part about this, guys, is that you have to be prepared for is you think that you're going to get this type of feedback, this hate, this engagement from like strangers, and you will all along the way, you're going to experience it in your careers, you're going to experience that in your businesses, you're going to experience that everywhere, all the time, forever, it's just a thing, right?[00:05:30] And the worst part is when it happens from people that you love, people that you care about, people that you thought would just support you forever. They're the ones that would show hate and it happens indirectly, right? They just make weird comments. They don't support. They say they do, but you never really feel the actions.[00:06:00] Sometimes they'll make little jabs at you and they'll act like they're joking, but there's an underlying tone that they're serious. Those are the ones that probably hurt the most. The strangers, you'll brush them off. You'll be able to, for sure. But when it's people you love, it kind of sucks. And you have to remember, as you go from where you're at in life, to get to the next level, the biggest critique that you're going to get is from yourself.You're already going to be judging yourself harshly. You're already going to be looking at all your deficiencies. [00:06:30] You're already going to look at all the things that are broken with why you don't deserve success. You're already going to do that to yourself. Why stack on all of these other people, whose opinion doesn't even matter?And it's sad to see because it really does break people. I can imagine why, you know, it sucks. It sucks wanting to change your life and not having anybody to support you. It sucks wanting to do the right thing. And like, everybody wants to bring you down or like, they're not supportive. [00:07:00] They don't give you back the same energy you're trying to put into the world when you're trying to just find your voice and sh*t, you know? And that sucks.But again, that's part of the price you're going to have to pay for the success you seek in life. Most people never level up in all areas of life where they have the business, they have the career, they have the fitness, they have the health. Not a lot of people have all three. [00:07:30] Me having all three now, I'm telling you, it was a f*cking fight to become who I needed to be.A lot of sacrifice, a lot of discipline, a lot of hard work, a lot of late nights. It's possible, but the reason why most people never get there… Maybe they'll achieve like, success in career, and then they'll achieve success in business. But their health diminishes, right? They put on a lot of fat. They get the dad bod, the bad dad bod, okay? (We're redefining dad bod. We're going to be the six pack dad bods.) They let their health diminish, right? [00:08:00] And then their marriage is suffering, but they prioritize the business, so they're really rich, but they're really unhappy. You see that a lot. You'll see some people that don't win career and in business and they're super, super healthy, no relationship, right?So they're winning in health and fitness. They look really good. Career? Not so much. They're doing like regular sh*t and they're not really moving forward and progressing inside of their marriage. [00:08:30] And sometimes you have health and you have relationships. So you'

In this episode, Phil shares his philosophy of choosing the hard path in life to ultimately live an easier, more fulfilling life. Drawing from his personal experiences in the military and overcoming challenges, Phil emphasizes the importance of discipline, sacrifice, and pushing through discomfort. He teaches that people have a tendency to settle for mediocrity, whether in jobs, relationships, or personal health, and how this leads to a harder life. Phil advocates for embracing challenges and discomfort, like waking up early, pushing through physical limits, and being open and vulnerable in relationships. Because this all helps us achieve success, happiness, and an easier life in the long run. We should all confront the difficult decisions and tasks we avoid, if we want to live a life of purpose, fulfillment, and ease.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(01:06) - How a Hard Life Leads to an Easy One(08:40) - Seeking Discomfort(12:15) - Learning Resilience in the Military(15:10) - Surrendering to PurposeFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:00] I remember in the military, I used to see some of my seniors and they'd be like doing some crazy sh*t and I'm like, “Jesus Christ, bro. We haven't slept in days. We barely eat. We haven't drank a lot of f*cking water. You know, how the f*ck are you doing that? How are you still screaming at the top of your lungs? How are you still f*cking motivated? How are you still pushing?”[00:00:30] And when I saw that as a private, as a private first class, as a Lance Corporal, and I saw my seniors and I was like, “Jesus, these guys are f*cking - I need to be that. I need to adopt that. I need to learn that operating system.”What's going on, you guys?It's Phil Bohol, and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.[00:01:00] I'm here to give you the truth.If you want to live an easy life, you have to live a hard life. I literally just said this and for some reason I was like, I need to make a video about this. I need to expand on this. Because it doesn't make any sense. When you live a hard life, you live an easy life. If you want an easy life, you have to live a hard life.What the f*ck does that mean? Here's what it means. [00:01:30] Most people think that life is hard. The reality is, life is hard because they take the easy path. They go to a mediocre job that they drag their feet to. They work for a sh*tty boss that they know they don't like, but they smile and pretend and they text back and they act like they're BFFs, even though in their heart of hearts, they know they don't like that person.[00:02:00] They literally would prefer not to talk to that person ever all the time, but they do because they settle and it's mediocre because it's easy because you don't have to do anything.So you settle for a mediocre job, you commute and you drive to that job every single day, and you know, you hate it. For me, I used to commute once, four hours per day, back and forth. And I was settling because all I did was complain that I was having to commute to a job that I hated, but I did nothing about it. [00:02:30] It was easier for me to play victim, it was easier for me to complain, thus, I had a hard life. When we have family members who don't believe in us, when we're just like, I'm gonna change my life, and then we start telling family members, and everybody just does the opposite of support us, which is, “Hey, just slow down, you don't wanna dream too big. You might get disappointed.” [00:03:00] Isn't it easier to just believe them and say, “Oh yeah, I mean, that's so true. It's so true not to believe in myself. It's so true that if my parents or my family tell me that I should not dream so big, I probably shouldn't.” Isn't it easier just to believe the lies of the world?Isn't that easier? Thus having a hard life, isn't it easier when things get hard? When you're going to the gym and you're like first weekend and this happens to everybody. Every new year, it happens to all of these fakies. [00:03:30] Isn't it easier once you start getting sore to then start lifting weights different, thus creating an injury that should have never existed, thus now have an excuse not to go to the gym so you can rest and recover and recharge, and then that catapults into a whole year passing by that you don't go to the gym? Isn't it easier to just say I injured myself so I can't go to the gym? [00:04:00] Or isn't it easier to say hey my kids are going crazy, hey work's got me caught up, hey Everything else is the reason why I can't make it to the gym?Isn't it easier? To say that and use that excuse, thus living a hard life? Isn't it easier to not communicate with your spouse and that you just completely like argue with your wife all the damn time, because you don't know how to like open up and express yourself as a man? Isn't it easier to say I'm unhappy in my marriage versus like learning how to be vulnerable and open up to the wife that you wanted to marry that you propose to?[00:04:30] Isn't it easier to say I'm just unhappy in my marriage, thus having a hard life? Now when we think about that, it's not so crazy to now say when we live a hard life, we live an easy life.You see the smile on my f*cking face? I feel like somebody said this before obviously, but I feel like this is the first time I've ever uncovered it. First time I've dug it up for myself where I'm just like, “Oh sh*t, the f*ck does that mean?” [00:05:00] And it's exciting because, well, think about it.When we go to the gym on the days where we don't want to, and we live a hard life, don't we get the body that we want? Isn't it easy to now have the body that we can be proud of? We eat right. And instead of eating sh*t food, we eat good food. We track our macros. We do the right things. Thus, we lose all the fat and get the body that we want.[00:05:30] And now it's easy because we live the hard life. When we start going after our dreams and we tell our family, “Hey, this is what I'm going to do with my life.” And they say, “Ah, you know, you shouldn't dream too big.” And we're just like, “Well, f*ck it, I'm gonna dream big. Cause I want big things in my life. I want, I want the biggest and the baddest house. I want everything that I know I deserve. I'm gonna go after it, no matter what anybody says.” Isn't that the harder path? Because nobody believes in you, but you gotta believe in you. And then when you achieve success, isn't it an easy life now? [00:06:00] Because you lived a hard life? Isn't that crazy to think about?Isn't it crazy to think that all it takes for you to win is to wake up early, 3am in the morning, 4am in the morning, 5am in the morning, before anybody else is awake. And when you want to snooze and you don't, when you want to go back to sleep and you don't, and you take the hard path, isn't the rest of the day easier?Don't you notice that on the days where you wake up the earliest, you have more control? [00:06:30] Life is easier, because you have more time to breathe, to think, to understand. When we go the hard path, and we're fighting with our significant other, and we're trying these things. We want to change. And for some reason, like we keep getting in these arguments and straining our energy.Isn't it harder to like, not emotionally react to our spouse, to our wife? [00:07:00] Isn't it harder to be patient, to be present and to learn how to just be the bigger person in moments and just be like, “Hey, you're right. I'm wrong.” Where nobody has to be right, but I'm willing to also say that, “I'm wrong in this moment.”Isn't it harder to do that because of ego and pride? Isn't it harder to, to open yourself up and say, “Hey, babe, this is why I feel this way. Back when I was a kid, back with my parents, back in other relationships, this is how I was treated. So I always lash out on sh*t like this, but I know this is not you. This is more me.” Isn't it harder to do that? [00:07:30] But when you do that, what happens? The marriage strengthens communication inside of the marriage. It's easier because you took the hard path. So when we think about this concept of we live a hard life to have an easy life. It's such a beautiful thing, it's a beautiful way of looking at it.And I've been up since 3am today. I built content for the entire week. [00:08:00] I spent time with my daughter 'cause she woke up early and she decided to be up at 5:00 AM in the morning. But I already got my work done. I got to create content with her. I got to spend time with her. I got to snuggle up, I got to do my meetings, do my coaching calls, did everything that I needed to do to attack the day.I worked on my business, not in my business. [00:08:30] I went to the gym, dominated, focused on my nutrition was on lock by 5:00 PM I outperformed most people in a month, in a quarter, in half a year, in a year, literally. Because I chose the hard path, which is why my life is easy. When I wake up early, and most days, I don't want to stay awake, most days I want to sleep in. It's not actually a thing where like you wake up and you're just like, “Oh yeah!” Motivated all the time. It's not how it works. You're just like, “Oh,

In this episode, Phil criticizes the crisis going on in modern society about lost men. He expresses disappointment over men who fail to live up to what a respectable man should be. Phil points out how so many men lack commitment, discipline, and the ability to fulfill their responsibilities, leading to negative impacts on their families and society. He urges men to embrace discomfort, take responsibility, and strive to be better husbands, fathers, and individuals. The episode challenges men to level up and reject weakness, with Phil promising to relentlessly hold men accountable and call out behavior he views as damaging to society.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(00:57) - A Blunt Take on Today's Men(04:27) - Confronting the Epidemic of Inadequate Male Role Models(08:02) - Rejecting the Culture of Softness (11:10) - The Misguided Majority(13:55) - A Challenge to Rise UpFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:00] Do you know how many sh*tbag husbands there are in the world? You know how many sh*tbag parents there are in the world that don't provide? Because they're too f*cking pussy to do anything about it? And they talk, talk, talk, but they never do, do, do? Jesus Christ. This is why so many people in this world are being hurt.This is why so many people in this world are struggling. Because these are the f*cking examples.[00:00:30] What's going on you guys? It's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.Soft men are what's wrong with this world. [00:01:00] Straight up. I don't know what it is about men calling themselves men. Straight boys. I don't know what's wrong with people nowadays. Is it really so hard to just man the f*ck up and do what you gotta do? Like, does your word mean nothing to you anymore? Is it so easy for you to take a step forward and immediately take two steps back because you're too f*cking pussy to commit to your life?[00:01:30] Jesus Christ. It's so sad to me to see grown ass men calling themselves men when we all know that you're a goddamn boy. Jesus Christ. When's the last time somebody's actually looked at you in the f*cking face and said, “You're not a f*cking man, you're a boy, you little bitch.”So many people need to hear this.So many people are just so f*cking lost right now. [00:02:00] They don't even realize that they have nothing of substance to give to the world. There's so much that's missing from all of these f*cking men and it's sad because now everybody else has to suffer being surrounded by a bulk of men who don't do sh*t with their life and all they do is talk.The dumbest part about this whole situation. It's so f*cking disappointing. [00:02:30] It's so disappointing to, like, see somebody want to change their life, change their situation, and then immediately go to victim mode, immediately go to bitch mode. Like, f*ck. What do you see when you look in the mirror? Like, literally, when you look in the mirror, and you know that little bitch is inside of you, what do you? How does it feel?How does it feel to know that you're a bitch? Why does life have to be that way? [00:03:00] What was so f*cked up about your upbringing? That your word means nothing to you, your commitments mean nothing to you, that you have to be the softest motherf*cker you could possibly be? Jesus Christ, thank God you were never in the military.Jesus Christ, I can't imagine having to deal with your ass. I don't think even men know what the f*ck it means to be a man anymore. I really, I'm just at a loss for f*cking words to see all the weakness in the world. [00:03:30] Fat, broke, f*cks, in this world, think that they're, what they say holds any truth, holds any value.When their actions literally show the complete opposite, but these are the same people that think that they're winning in life. These are the same people that believe that life owes them something. Do you not realize how much of a f*cking bitch that you are like? I I don't even know how to articulate this into words.[00:04:00] Do you guys realize how sh*tty it must feel to live your entire life not realizing that you operate from a place of being a bitch. Have you never had a man in your life, a cartoon character, to encapsulate what it even means or what it looks like to be a f*cking man? It's so apparent why there's so many people losing in this world.[00:04:30] And the reason why I get pissed off, guys, just so you understand, it's not just them that it's affecting.It's not just you that it's affecting.If this is you, motherf*cker, it's affecting your family. Other people have to settle for you being that way. Do you know how many sh*tbag husbands there are in the world?You know how many sh*tbag parents there are in the world that don't provide? Because they're too f*cking pussy to do anything about it. And they talk, talk, talk, but they never do, do, do. Jesus Christ. [00:05:00] This is why so many people in this world are being hurt. This is why so many people in this world are struggling.Because these are the f*cking examples that surround people. You got kids watching these f*cking pussies, like, operate this way, and then now those kids are like, “Oh, I guess that's what it should look like. I should basically say that I'm gonna do things and then just f*cking never do it. Because that's what that guy's doing. That's what dad's doing. That's what uncle's doing.” You guys realize this is a plague? [00:05:30] Is it because like everybody's too afraid that they're gonna get f*cking cancelled? Are they afraid that if they actually like man the f*ck up and actually operate, that they're gonna have less opportunity for themselves?Like can somebody fill me in here on like why the f*ck this is normal? When did men become snowflakes? [00:06:00] When did it become normal not to do the hard things so that way you can earn the life that most people can only f*cking dream of?What is happening that - can somebody put in the comments and tell me what's happening?Can somebody like tell me? Why the world? Is it the shutdown? Because I went through the shutdown. I lost my job, too. Oh, it's because you come from humble beginnings? Me too, motherf*cker. I came from the Philippines. [00:06:30] I was poor in the United States for a very long time, my entire f*cking life.So what is it? What has happened to man that you can be such a bitch and still feel like it's okay to be a bitch? Where's all the real men at? Where's all the savages? Like, if you're a savage, come on. Like, f*cking, roger up, because, Jesus, it feels like it's harder and harder and harder to see real ones.Where are my real people at? Where are the real savages at? [00:07:00] Where are the real men at? F*ck, man. Like, is it just good now to just be fat, unhappy, drinking all the time, drinking all the time, drinking and drinking and drinking all the damn time? Smoke something. Do some drugs. Break your word. Is it just good to be a sh*tbag nowadays?Is that what it is to be a man? F*ck. How about we like, stop all of that. [00:07:30] How about we go back to what it is to actually be a man. To practice disciplines. To take the hard path, to find different ways to level up in every area of your life so that way you can provide. To be the best husband, to be the best father, to be the best human you could possibly be.And the only way you find that is through discomfort. To like actually give a f*ck about how you carry yourself, how you feel, how you operate in the world as an example. [00:08:00] Is that like so much to ask? I think that, like, the world has gotten to this place where, like, soft men are invited. Soft men are these people that people are like, “Oh yeah, thanks, finally, Jesus Christ, a soft man, oh. Now, we can predict what the soft man will do and not do, because he's a bitch, so he'll never actually do anything.” Controlled. [00:08:30] But what happens when a real man steps up, that actually has a f*cking opinion, that says what the f*ck's on his mind, and doesn't give a f*ck if any of the other pussies in the world are like, “No, no, no, that's wrong!”It's because you can't control that motherf*cker. You can't silence that motherf*cker. Because he's always gonna speak the truth. It just is what it is. Too many men call themselves men when they're simply just boys. [00:09:00] Too many men try to defend this f*cking position, these f*cking snowflakes, and act like it's okay. You're part of the problem too, motherf*ckers.Straight up. There is a time, even in the military, there was a very specific way that we bred each other, and then Mothers of America f*cked it all up. And then everybody became soft. What happened to this world? This is why it's so f*cking easy to win nowadays. [00:09:30] It's easy because of the competition. There is none.You got the top 1 percent and you got the 99. And the 99 are just gonna bitch, moan, and cry. So it's not really like competition. So the top 1 percent are kinda just like, “Hey, I guess we're just taking our spot here. Thanks for being a sh*tbag. The world needs losers too. Sweet. I'm glad that's you. Cause I'm just gonna keep doing my thing. I'm

In this episode, Phil talks about how important it is to always try to be the best version of yourself. He says that people shouldn't just accept things as they are, especially if they're not happy. Phil encourages everyone to work hard to improve their lives, whether it's by getting fit, doing better in business, or just being more positive. He believes that by pushing ourselves and not being afraid of hard work and challenges, we can inspire others and make a big difference in the world. This episode is all about not giving up, aiming high, and not being okay with settling for mediocrity.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(00:59) - A Call to Action Against Complacency(04:03) - How Your Unlived Potential Affects Those Around You(08:16) - How Suffering Shapes the Strongest Leaders(09:47) - The High Cost of Settling(12:48) - Why Not All Advice is Equal(14:47) - The Daily Commitment to GrowthFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokWant more? Join my email list: https://philbohol.com/subscribeTranscription:[00:00:00] Imagine if you hear the calling and instead of leaning into it, stepping forward to find that version of you, you're just like, “It's going to be somebody else. If it's not me, it'll be somebody else. Somebody else will take that spot.” The thing that you don't realize is the person that might take that spot might not come for another generation or two.[00:00:30] What's going on you guys? It's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.[00:01:00] I will never understand why people are okay with settling for where they're at in their life. If you're not happy in your life, you have to know that you don't have to just say, “This is my life.”You don't have to just say, “This is where I'm at. This is where I'm going to be. This is it.” If you don't have the body that you want, you don't have to settle for that body.If you're like, “Damn, I don't look good.” [00:01:30] You can actually get after it, go to the gym and get right. If you don't like your mentality, because you're always in a negative state, you can actually drop all of the vices, the drinking, the smoking, the drugs, all of the things that you're doing that keeps your mentality in such a dark place.You can drop all of that and start like filling yourself up with time and nature, going to the gym, reading, learning, experiencing life. You can choose to do that. If you're not happy with your financials, you can go after getting a promotion. [00:02:00] You can build your business even more. You can literally do anything right now to change your life.But there's like this weird feeling in the world that I get. I sense that in the world, everybody's just complacent. I don't know if it's inflation, I don't know if it's excuses because of a global shutdown and the aftermath of it. I don't know if people are just now conditioned to just settle for the life that they have or the life that they feel like they've been given.[00:02:30] What happened to the times where people were like, “Hmm, I want more from life. I want to see what I'm capable of. I want to see how high I can go. I want to see where I can really take this life and actually get after it.”There's so many people that look the part, you know? They really do look the part they post themselves on social media.Like they got it going on, but you can just hear it in them. [00:03:00] You can sense it in them that there's like this, this longing to want to be something more. There's like a passiveness to how they speak and you're just like, “Damn, like. You look the part, but I can tell like inside of you there's a weakness.”Why? I don't know why people live with that weakness. I don't know why people are like waking up every single day and they're like, “You know what? I stay in decent shape. I have an okay job. My business is doing all right. I can't complain. I think this is it.” [00:03:30] If you're at a position where you're just living life, where you're just like, “Meh, you know, it could be worse. I can't complain, I'm doing better now.” But you know, deep down, you deserve more, you deserve to have more, and you don't get after it.You're what's wrong with the world. [00:04:00] What happened to the times where people were really pushing themselves to be the best in the game for themselves, so that way it can show everybody else what's possible. I think that people are too selfish nowadays. I think people are too afraid to put themselves out there because it's actually really easy right now to separate yourself from the pack. What I mean by that is it's very easy for somebody to like to step outside of the crowd and all eyes are now on you.And I think a lot of people are just afraid of the spotlight. [00:04:30] I think a lot of people are just afraid of being seen because there's a sense of judgment that will come. And that judgment might come from self, might come from family, might come from loved ones. It might come from your spouse and it definitely will be coming from all of these random strangers online and in the world.But what happens to the people when they don't have examples that they can follow? When they can't see somebody level up in every area of their life throughout time to serve as inspiration? Think about your life. [00:05:00] Have you ever had somebody in your life whether it was like a movie, whether it was like a cartoon character? I don't know, like back in the day, I used to look up to people in Dragon Ball Z.I'd be like, “Damn! Imagine if we could go Super Saiyan! Imagine if we could do all that stuff! Imagine if we could just be jacked all the time, and like, just look at that aesthetic!” Something to look up to. Maybe they were like, eventually you're like, “Oh look, people in the military! Those guys look awesome. They're so badass, like carrying their systems and just looking strong as f*ck. I want to be like them one day.” [00:05:30] Or being an entrepreneur and looking up to entrepreneurs and being like, “Damn, they changed the game. They have a beautiful life. They're giving an awesome life to their family. Like, look at what they're doing. They're speaking on stage. They're doing all this stuff. I want to do that.” Can you imagine what would have happened if you didn't have any of those examples? If like, nothing existed that inspired you to know what was possible. You see what I'm saying? And do you see how selfish it is for you to know that you have something inside of you that is great.It has the potential to be great, but you have to cultivate it.You have to nurture it. [00:06:00] And you're choosing not to, because you're just like, I'm going to settle. I'm going to be good. I kind of looked the part right now. I can't complain. I don't want to risk any more because I'm like, “I got here.” Ah, man, just think about how much you're really lying to yourself.It's a shame. It's a shame that you don't believe that you can do more. You can have more than that. You can be more. [00:06:30] It's a shame because there's somebody that's probably looking up to you right now that you don't even realize that's like, “Damn, I wonder if they're going to go after it. I wonder if they're going to take the big leap. I wonder if they're going to do the thing that every one of us from where we're from, we're afraid of, but this person, they have the potential.”Imagining like, you have people, cause there are people right now, that are looking up to you and they're like, they're waiting for you, they're just like, alright, are you gonna make the move?You gonna do the thing?  Because you know that we're not gonna do it. But if we see you do it might help us break through in our belief. [00:07:00] And then imagine if you don't deliver that. Imagine if you hear the calling and instead of leaning into it, stepping forward to find that version of you, you're just like, “It's going to be somebody else. If it's not me, it will be somebody else. Somebody else will take that spot.” The thing that you don't realize is the person that might take that spot might not come for another generation or two. [00:07:30] That the person that's going to replace you is not going to be around potentially for another couple of generations.You don't know. So there's going to be a gap, a massive gap and my whole thing. In my bloodline is to be that person that just shows everybody what's possible. Because if I show everybody what's possible, the next generation they're gonna know that at least they need to get to grandpa's level. At least they need to get to dad's level. [00:08:00] And then just outperform the f*ck out of me like I'm looking at every generation that comes after me and I'm excited for them. I'm like, “The more that I push in this life, the more I get to show my people we're winning. We can win. We can just continue to sacrifice, suffer, and become the best versions of us.” Because some people, I think they associate sacrifice and suffering with a negative connotation. But the truth is I love to sacrifice. I love to suffer. Like that's where I grow the most. [00:08:30] Like I seek that and you have to get to the level where like, you know, it's like survival, then you're starting to thrive

In this episode, Phil talks about the importance of perseverance and self-belief in achieving personal and professional goals. He shares his experiences of overcoming challenges and highlights the need for resilience in the face of adversity. Emphasizing the importance of small, consistent steps and a positive mindset, Phil provides insights on how to transform our lives and realize our dreams through dedication and hard work. This episode is a powerful reminder to embrace failures as part of our journey towards success.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(01:31) - Always Embracing Perseverance(05:38) - Reinventing Yourself(09:44) - The Importance of Defining Your Dreams in Detail(11:52) - Reverse Engineering Success(12:58) - Embracing Messy Action(14:29) - Enjoying the Process Leads to Faster Success(18:37) - Focusing On The Immediate Next Step(21:39) - The Power of Doing Your Best Daily(22:44) - The Continuous Journey of Self-ImprovementFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokTranscription:[00:00:00] You're going to get kicked in the face. It's going to try and test you on a daily basis. There's going to be some days where you're like, “No, I'm gonna crush this. I'm ready to fail. I'm in it to win it.” And the very next f*cking hour, you're like, “Jesus Christ. Ah, was this the right decision? Should I keep doing this? Damn it.” And then again, you wake up the next day. You're like, “I'm going to crush this.” Get kicked in the teeth again. [00:00:30] And you're just like, “Jesus, man, I don't even - ah, it's only been two days. And every day it's like that cycle.” And for some reason, you just focus on, “OK, I'm going to get hit in the face again. I'm going to get hit in the face again.” And then one day you look up and you're just like, “Oh, sh*t. My whole life has changed. I'm still getting kicked in the teeth, but like, my whole life has changed. I don't even know how I'm doing it, but I'm just doing my best every day.” [00:01:00] When you can just do your best every day, you win.What's going on you guys? It's Phil Bohol and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.[00:01:30] Guys, today we're going to talk about how to keep going when you don't see results. I think this is everybody's f*cking problem. Look, you're going to go through a lot in your life. You're going to go through so many trials in your life. Doesn't matter what season you're in, doesn't matter if it's, if it's personal related, if it's relationship related, if it's career or business related, doesn't matter.[00:02:00] You're going to go through so much sh*t in your life to get to where you're wanting to go. And the biggest thing that you have to remember that that causes anybody to be unsuccessful or successful is their ability to continue to persevere even if they don't see those results. You're gonna get broken off, or life, God, the universe will try every single thing to see how long can you stay in the fight for.And you gotta remember that most people don't stay in the fight for that long. [00:02:30] Most people in this world, they talk and they talk and they talk, and they say, they say, they say. They say they're gonna do these things that are amazing in life. And they don't follow through because in the mind, the mind says that we want these big bad goals.We want to have the lifestyle. We want to have the money. We want to have the house. We want to have the cars. We want to have the family. We want to have all of that stuff in our mind. It feels so good to like, to think about that, to dream about it, to, to see ourselves in those situations in those environments.[00:03:00] We're just like, damn, that's going to be so amazing. Once I'm there, it's going to feel so amazing. Once I've achieved all of those things. And then they like try for like a second, and then like it hurts, it sucks, it hurts. The things that you have to do in a relationship, you want to have the perfect relationship, you want to get married one day, you want to have kids, and then you still have ego, you still have pride, you still like talk down to people, you still treat people like sh*t, you still take things personal.[00:03:30] How the f*ck are you going to attract the perfect partner for yourself if you still act that way?Or maybe you're not good with your money, or maybe you're not responsible. Maybe you're just drinking all the time. Maybe you're always high. Maybe you're not doing anything to attract somebody who actually wants to get married to that.Like, if you're not somebody that somebody good wants to get married to, is that their fault? Is that the world's fault? Or is that your fault for not becoming who you need to be? [00:04:00] You can want the marriage, you can want the relationships, you can want the best person you could possibly f*cking attract. But are you that person that they would be attracted to?See, the thing about relationships is, you don't seek a relationship. You become the best version of you. And that best version of you attracts the people that would be attracted to that version of you. [00:04:30] But what it takes for you to go from the sh*t bag to the perfect version of you for now, that's good enough to find that relationship.It's going to take a lot of work in the middle. A lot of personal, you're going to have to drop the drinking, you're going to have to drop the smoking. You're going to have to get into the gym. You're going to have to like take your career or your business seriously. So that way you're not struggling just to get by.And then once you have a little bit of stability, that perfect partner will like notice you. Or maybe because you're going to be in different scenarios, instead of being at the bar or going out to drinks with friends, you're at the gym, maybe you bump into her there. [00:05:00] Or maybe, like, you go to a networking event, because, like, you're taking your business and your career seriously.Instead of getting high, you're at a networking event, and maybe you bump into her over there. But do you see how the different actions that you take result in different things? But if you're always doing the same bullsh*t, that's gotten you to where you're at right now in life, you're never going to have different variables.You're never going to have different outputs because the input will be the same. [00:05:30] When we think about your business, when we think about life, when we think about leveling up in every single area, the work in the middle of where you're at to where you want to get to, the work in the middle is where everybody breaks off.You have to remember that you're going to get here when you get here. There's really no way to accelerate this part of your personal development. Now, how fast somebody can personally develop, that's the only thing that that changes, right? So instead of taking 10 years, maybe it takes five, maybe it takes one, maybe it takes a week.It's probably not going to take a week. Let's just, let's just be real. [00:06:00] Your ability to completely change and reinvent yourself. At a rapid rate, will allow you to condense that time. When you learn from mentors, when you learn from people that have already walked the path you want to walk, you condense that time.But it's different for different people. People, like me, can drop who the f*ck we've seen ourselves as. Like, for our entire life, if I've seen myself one way, I can completely drop that version of me today. And then I can start becoming the newest version of me. Most people can't do that because what happens?[00:06:30] Most people are like, “Oh, well, sh*t. If I start changing how I've been this entire time, like what happens if my family starts judging me and they start hating on me, because they've known me to be like this drinker, this smoker, this like loser in life? And then I just flip a switch and decide like, I'm this happy, successful person that's driven and motivated to crush life. Like, what if they don't believe in me? Like, what if my coworkers don't believe in me? What if like all these people that have always known me to be this way, don't believe in me? [00:07:00] It's like, bro, duh. Why would they believe in you?Like, listen to what you're saying right now. You don't even sound like you believe in you.Why would anybody else believe in you? You have to believe in yourself for far longer than anybody. We'll ever start like you have to do that for years. [00:07:30] You have to believe in yourself for years while everybody's hating on you, while everybody's doubting you, while nobody is like cheering you on, even though you think they are.They're just like, “Ah, no, no, no, f*cking you got it.” But then in the back of their mind, they're like, “No, you don't. You've been drinking this whole time. You've been smoking this whole time. You've been doing stupid sh*t this whole time. You're not doing it.”That's what's happening in their mind. And if you absorb that, and you choose to believe all of these other people versus believing in yourself, of course nobody's gonna believe in you. You have to believe in you far longer than anybody else will start to, and you just gotta accept that for what it is.And that's w

In this episode, Phil emphasizes the power of community. He says that being the dumbest (least experienced) person in a room full of more accomplished individuals is a good thing, as it pushes you to learn and grow. Phil shares personal experiences, including his military background, to highlight the value of facing challenges with a supportive group rather than alone. He criticizes the idea of solitary success and encourages us to form or join communities of like-minded individuals who are committed to growth and improvement. Phil insists that surrounding yourself with people who are more successful or knowledgeable in various aspects of life can significantly accelerate your personal and professional development.Welcome to The Phil Bohol Show, hosted by USMC veteran, mindset coach, sales expert, self-made entrepreneur, husband, and father, Phil Bohol. On this podcast, we don't just offer strategies — we offer a war cry, a call to arms, a challenge to rise, to break free from the shackles of mediocrity. You’ll learn the raw truth on how to break your limitations, scale your business to 7-figures, and level up every area of your life. Together, we won't just face challenges. We will crush them. Relentlessly.Timestamps:(01:14) - Going Solo Isn't the Only Way(03:14) - The Accelerating Power of Community(06:56) - How Shared Wisdom Makes Problems 'Too Easy'(08:43) - Surround Yourself with Giants(11:03) - The Reality Check of Expanding Your Network(13:30) - How To Fast-Track Your GrowthFollow Phil Bohol’s Socials:LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter  | TikTokTranscription:[00:00:00] You want to be the dumbest person in the room, you want to be the person that's like the smallest, the lowest earner in the f*cking room. You can be in a room with like 7 figure earners, and you think you're hot sh*t, and everybody's an 8 figure earner, 9 figures, Jesus. And you're just like, “Oh sh*t, I don't know sh*t, I thought I knew sh*t. In comparison to like the six figure earners, I thought I knew sh*t.”If you're a six figure earner, and you go in a room with a full of five figure earners, you're gonna be like, “Damn, I thought I was the sh*t. I make the most here.”And then to them, they're making more money than the part timers. [00:00:30] Part timers are making more money than people that don't got jobs.Everybody is the top of their game until they're not, until you enter the next room, until you get to the next level.[00:01:00] What's going on you guys, it's Phil Bohol, and welcome to the Phil Bohol Show, where we have real talk about family, fitness, finance, and everything that would hold you back from leveling up in every area of your life. And more importantly, how I personally got through them. Everybody else in this world wants to bullsh*t you.I'm here to give you the truth.I don't know why so many people think that they have to go through this life alone. And I get it. You got pride, you got ego, you have things telling you that you got this. But like, why does that have to be normal? [00:01:30] Why does that have to be the way that you live? I remember when I was really coming out, when I was on my own.10 years old, family split apart, started going on our separate ways, parents did stupid sh*t. And I was always looking for that, that pack. I was always looking for that tribe. So many different companies that I've tried to start at the beginning of my journey, many years ago, had to do with a pack had to do with the tribe had to do with wolves and the pack mentality and all of these things.[00:02:00] And every time I had friends, I had associates, people, I'd always try to bring everybody together. And for some reason, people really do believe that you have to go through this life on your own, but why? Why do you feel like you have to go through this life alone? I don't give a sh*t where you're at, what level you're at.Life is so much more fun when you have cool people to do cool sh*t with. Especially when they're on the same wavelength as you. [00:02:30] Now I'm not talking about doing life with people that say, “Hey, let's go f*cking smoke weed. Let's go drink. Let's go party all the time. Waste our time. Let's not do anything productive with our time.”I'm not talking about those people.I'm not talking about doing life with those people.I'm talking about doing life with people who want to grow, want to evolve, that want to see what they're made of in this world, to see what type of change can they create in their own lives, in the world, for other people.[00:03:00] When you surround yourself with people who just have this mentality of truly wanting to self actualize, truly wanting to see what they can accomplish in this one life they have to live, why would you want to just do that on your own? It's such a lonely path. And I think so many people have success all types of screwed up where they think that they have to like climb this mountain on their own.And I've done it both ways. I've gone the route where it's just like me and myself and I'm just gonna keep trudging along. And I've done it where I've been part of a pack. And 10 times I'd rather do it with a pack. You still can achieve success 100%. [00:03:30] But there's kind of no point. You actually accelerate growth when you grow with other people.It's one of the reasons why I built my tribe. I built my community because I knew that life alone is so much harder because what happens is when you're on your own, when you're out in the world by yourself and you have no community, you have no people, you don't have a tribe of people on the same path as you.It's a lonely path. It's a dark path. And you're more likely to go into these like negative mental states. [00:04:00] When I was in the military, one of the biggest things I always felt grateful for was having my brothers. Always having people who understood what it meant to really embrace the suck together. To know that, as I suffer, I know that, like, all of these other men are suffering too.And that suffering is what brought us together. And so what happens in this life, civilian life, people don't feel that way. [00:04:30] People are like, have so much ego and pride that they think that they have to go after things alone, but it's like, no, when you're a unit, when, when you have people, when you guys are like attacking a problem together, it's so much more fun.And I don't know why people don't want to have fun in life. I think that people really do choose to live a miserable life. [00:05:00] Because if you were to drop all the bullsh*t that doesn't serve you, the ego, the pride, the vices, everything, the anger, the wrath, the spite, the sloth, the lust, all of it, you drop all of it, and you're just like a student to this game of life again, and you just absorb everything that life has to offer, you're still going to have to suffer.You're still going to have to go through the hard times. You're still going to go through the darkness. You don't have to go about it alone. Think about, like, Lord of the Rings, okay? I don't even remember what the f*ck their names were. But there's a f*cking little guy that had a ring, and he had to go f*cking do something with it.[00:05:30] Imagine if that whole movie was just him, by himself. How boring would that whole f*cking saga, or whatever that's called, how boring would it be?What made it interesting was all the sh*t that happened with all the other people that he surrounded himself with, all the different scenarios. But what happened by the end of it is, I think, they crushed it.I don't know how many more movies they made, but they crushed it. They crushed their goal together. They solved the problems together. [00:06:00] They accomplished the same mission from the different backgrounds they came from all together, and that's what made it easy to win. When I say easy, I don't mean that the path to winning was easy.It was easy because they couldn't give up on themselves because they had other people they held themselves accountable to. They had other people inspiring them to move forward. And there's gonna be some stupid f*cks that say, “Hey, no, that means you're weak, that means you can't do it on your own.” Blah, blah, blah.I've done it on my own, and I've done it with a pack. You can be strong enough to do it on your own. [00:06:30] And you can choose to enjoy the process with a pack, it doesn't, it doesn't take away.It's like anytime you guys hear that, I want you to understand those are the smallest people that say sh*t like that because they don't get it.That's why they're losing. There's no winner. That's ever going to say, yeah, just do it on your own. I think about the most successful people. They're always surrounded by other people, their tribe, their community. There are people who are winning with them. Why do you think like everybody has their people?[00:07:00] There's so many times, guys, where you're gonna go and try to change your life, and you're gonna fail. You're gonna go, you try to change your life, you're gonna fail. You're gonna go, you're gonna try to change your body, you go to the gym, you fail. You're gonna go try to start a business, and you're gonna fail.You're gonna go try to level up in your career, you're gonna fail. What happens, though, when you have people that, like, pick you up when you're down? [00:07:30] What happens, though, when you are, like, trying to come up with all the excuses why you should give up, and you have that one hard motherf*cker that's like, “Hey, stop being a bitch. Just f*cking do what you gotta do. Just keep pushing.” What happens when you have that one person that kicks you in the f*cking teeth when you need it? Not out of like hate. But out of like, wake the f*ck up, you're worth more than this bullsh*t that you're doing right now, stop doing this sh*t. What happens when you have that person that gives you the space that you need just to break down, cause that's what you need right now.Doesn'