The Rad Life Podcast

Aria Dehshid is an up and coming online fitness coach and owner of DeshidFit, a successful online coaching business. Check out his app, DeshidFit wherever you get your apps. 

Luke Shepard is a veteran, photographer and aspiring entrepreneur. We discuss business in a COVID environment and what it's like to get tear gassed and pepper sprayed. His work can be found at Lensgrunt.com.   

Dan recently earned his doctorate and used to play in a rock cover band. He hopes to one day own his own practice. We discuss everything from current events to culturally taboo medicines. 

Ever wondered where the 40 hour work week came from? Why do most employers consider this "full time"? Well, I've been curious for awhile for now. After diving into it, I'm still not 100% sure, but it seems like it's a compromise from corporate America dating back to the early 1900's. Either way, I'm not buying it, and you shouldn't either. 

I explore the Perato principal better known as the 80/20 rule. 80 percent of life's product comes from 20 percent of our effort. 

Morning thoughts on why you shouldn't be working for a paycheck or a salary. If people dedicated half the energy that they give their employer to achieve their personal goals, their lives would be much different. Stop giving 40+ hours per week for 40+ years to a corporation that can replace you. Someone's gotta do it, but it doesn't have to be you. Everyone should start a business. 

Alex Pearson is a BJJ purple belt from New Jersey. He has worked in the fitness industry for 10 + years and it now teaching BJJ under Pearson BJJ.  We discuss Jiu Jitsu gym culture, US poverty levels, and an interesting story about what got him starting in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.