Episode 25: Creating Your Personal Success with Mycal Anders

In this episode, Jerry and Jacobe interview Mycal Anders. He is a Cross-Fit gym owner, Amazon Best-Selling Author, marine, and an athlete. Currently, he is helping people find the best version of themselves so that they live life at the highest frequency. 

 

Episode Highlights:

• Mycal Anders shares how he uses the foundation of physical practice to set the  stage for emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being.
• During the pandemic, he and his wife (Nicole) joined forces, and now she is the CEO of Next Level - Performance & Fitness Consulting.
• Apart from managing the business, she manages the house and kids, while Mycal is finishing school. 
• He is not home as much as he wants to be, but everything he does is for his family. 
• They are not in balance by any means but Nicole and Mycal are in harmony with each other. 
• His academic obligations are in harmony with the family’s desires. So, for him, success without sacrifice means establishing harmony. 
• He talks about his childhood as an air force brat, born in the ’80s. His parents often posted in different locations. So, he naturally developed an ability to reinvent himself in each new location that his parents traveled.
• He never allowed himself to be a victim.  Due to extensive travel, he got the opportunity to go through an extensive integrated process of self-discovery. 
• His dad was strict, and his mom set the bar high. Mycal discusses the important role a parent plays in a child’s upbringing. 
• His dad was the most influential part of his life, but he also wants to honor his mom, who taught him how to stack plates and live life in harmony. Mycal shares how he has obtained his “risk-taking” abilities from his dad and “making it work” ability from his mom.
• Mycal shares, “My mom set a precedent for what I was looking for in a wife.” She held a career, she was driven with her personal goals, and at the same time, she knew how to hold down the house and manage her man. 
• Nicole gets credited by Mycal for saving his business during the pandemic. She is amazing at organizing his chaos and all of his weaknesses are her strengths. 
• Growing up, Mycal believes that his parents did an excellent job in not sheltering him or his brothers during their hard conversations. 
• He watched his parents argue and come back to love. They were married for 28 years before his dad passed away. 
• The summer of 2004 to 2007 was a dark time for Mycal. During that time, he did not take ownership of his circumstances. He pointed out that “The world that we are living in right now, there is so much fake.”
• When it comes to extra-curricular activities, Mycal is constantly exploring and pushing his limits.
• He wrote the book, Inner Circle to see if he enjoys the writing process. He is always curious about the edges of his limitations. He is in constant pursuit of intentional adversity. 

3 Key Points:

1. Mycal shares his opinion about what he means by “Success without sacrifice”. He talks about how it is not about taking the easy road but establishing harmony in your life.
2. He talks about how he and his wife complete each other. He credits his wife, saying that all his weaknesses are her strength.
3. Mycal’s journey to manhood started at the air force academy. He was a “By the book” guy. At that time, he thought life was all figured out for him. He thought he had the straight path to success, but the universe had other plans for him.  

 Resources Mentioned:

• Jacobe Kendrick |Facebook| LinkedIn | Instagram |YouTube|
• Jerry Weaver | Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram|
• Success Without Sacrifice Facebook page
• Mycal Anders | Next Level Website | Inner Circle Book | Feed Me Fuel Me Podcast Instagram | Next Level Instagram
• The 20 percenter’s podcast