Justin Stoddart 0:00
Justin Stoddart excited today to bring you a topic that I'm passionate about from someone who I don't know if I could seek out and find somebody more qualified to talk about how to get a lot of stuff done and be a high achiever in multiple areas. And we're going to talk about a morning routine, and maybe having a bit of a paradigm shift for you, and the number of things that you can be accomplishing by nailing the morning routine, and by hearing and being inspired by this gentleman's story. So first of all, I want to before I fully introduce him, I want to thank Eric, thanks for being on the show today, man.
Eric Post 0:30
You're welcome, brother. You know, I, here we are. So let's rock and roll this thing. I'm excited.
Justin Stoddart 0:34
I love it. For those that don't know, Eric. Some may know him is he was at one point, an equity partner in five Better Homes and Gardens offices. He's now sitting on the board of that organization, continues to be a real estate investor has projects all over the place owns a restaurant. Here are some cool things in addition to being actually a veteran served our country, the Marines. Thank you for that. Eric. He also is a father of two kids. And he's currently in the top 10% of the world for his age group for Iron Man triathlons. In addition to that, you've done all kinds of really cool races. Talk to us a little bit. Eric, before we get into kind of the morning routine, and even some of the business stuff. Talk to us a little bit about your, like, some of these races and stuff that that that you've done.
Eric Post 1:23
Sure, yeah, I mean, I, you know, I, I'm not a self-proclaimed like an adrenaline junkie or anything like that. But I do believe that that comfort is the enemy of progress. So I'm always looking for ways I can push myself out of my general comfort zone. And I mean, come on, we live in a great country, we live in a great place, you know, have a great home a great life. And so, you know, that can evoke complacency. And the best way I found to like get myself out of that financially or relationship or any other way business wise is to push my body and if I'm uncomfortable and kind of get familiar with pain and little stuff doesn't really matter. So yeah, I find crazy, the minimal amount back races or climb mountains are these triathlons, that kind of stuff just to literally push myself and remind myself that it's okay to be in pain. It's okay to suffer. And the gratitude and the feeling and the sense of pride you have afterward is irreplaceable. So
Justin Stoddart 2:12
that's why I do those. I love it, man. Good stuff talks about some of like you've done in addition to the triathlons. What else have you done? I know there's 100 hundred mile mountain bike ride. What else? Yeah.
Eric Post 2:24
Cascade, Lakeside, 100, you know, down in Central Oregon. It's amazing, right. But it is grueling. You know, it's one of those where you climb like 10,000 feet in a day. And it's 90 degrees. And it's pretty technical trails. You know, and so it's just one of those of you, I push me and there's a whole long story with that, but that one pushed me for sure. I've done some, you know, different adventure races and trail running races and, like, went to Africa and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and, and things like that. So it's just, it's just, I just kind of like, find what inspires me and, and when I wake up in the morning, and my eyes light up, and I want to have something done going towards. So that's why pics on those things.
Justin Stoddart 2:59
So cool. I'm so inspired by what you've done. So sometimes when people see people that are for example of triathletes that hike these mountains, I know, one common thing that people say as well, you know, I've, I've got a job, I've got a business, I can't do that stuff full time, I can't be in the gym full time. And that definitely hasn't been your situation. As I mentioned before, the number of things that you've accomplished from a business standpoint, I would imagine a lot of this stuff that you do, you've got to fit it in, in and around a very busy schedule. You've got to fit it in maybe first thing in the morning. Is that true?
Eric Post 3:31
Yes. Well, I did this morning. It does. It does vary based on my schedule because it needs to be a fluid schedule, I've kids, I gotta get up and all that kind of stuff. So you don't have to school sometimes. And so it's one of those things where we just we have time for everything that we make a priority for. So if it's a priority for me, magically, you find the time I mean, that's just how it works. And, and time literally is the only equalizer in the world. You know, opportunities in life are generally completely unfair with the exception of the distribution of time. And so that's true, then just have we spend our time as a result of what our life is like. And so yeah, I find the time I make I make the opportunity and make the time. And for me, there's a couple just nonnegotiable and health and fitness is one of them. Because if you don't have that, you don't have anything you know, and and if you're one of those guys that have the world and the private jets and the yachts and all that kind of stuff, and and you finally get cancer, you would change all of that literally for a clean bill of health. And so, you know, I try and I try and keep my mind and my body like like that is the most important thing because that is the foundation for every other positive thing in my life is how you look and feel.
Justin Stoddart 4:31
Yeah, that's interesting. I've heard a quote by Jim Rowan, where he said if you don't take care of your body where you're going to live?
Eric Post 4:37
Yeah, I mean, I love that man and so many things. So many little sound bites came from him that I integrate in my daily life for sure. I love it. Oh, good. Well,
Justin Stoddart 4:45
Let's talk about kind of going down kind of in more depth on the topic of a morning routine, like you said, if it's a priority, it fits in. Yeah, I know. For me, I've got a fact I just wrote a blog post, I'll have to put a link to that in the comments here. There really outlines like step by step, minute by minute what I do for my morning routine. So I won't spend a ton of time on I really want to delve into yours. But what is on a typical day outside of the days where you've got to be fluid because you know, your wife's out of town, or you've got some kind of unique situation. But what does it typically look like for you? What time does the alarm go off for you? Or doesn't even go off at all?
Eric Post 5:19
Yeah, not anymore. I actually kind of structure things. So generally, I know sleep is obviously hypercritical. I'm not the best sleeper because it was just a variety of reasons. But I focus on I try. But I generally wake up when I wake up. And you know, I like on a sensitive seasonal here, I leave the blinds up in the morning. So I wake up with the sun generally are trying to you know, hit it before. But the idea of waking up to alarm kind of buzzing and beeping isn't awesome. That happens at times. But you know, generally, wake up when I wake up and it's earlier than I need generally. And it's sort of perfect. But I go directly to the water. Like when I wake up, I literally go directly to my water and my vitamins because I gotta hydrate for the day. And that's how I start my day, then I go right from there, I listened to read or try and find a quote or something that inspires me or education or something like right away before I get the shower before I check my email before I say hi to anybody, like I'm trying to like find this water for my day. And this inspiration for the day that ...
