 Today we're excited to welcome someone who can find Zen while throwing a punch. Olivia Young joins us to talk about switching careers reinventing the workout your favorite food the delicious sardine this is school of hustle the show refined advice and inspiration from people who are making their own way. I'm Shannon the VP of social here go daddy and I live and breathe the hustle of business today we're filming from the hustle of it all at the we work time square in New York City. Everybody let's give Olivia Young a big warm welcome. Thank you so much for being here thank you for having me Olivia you inspire so many people with your vision that boxing and yoga can go hand in hand. Please tell us about your vision for boxing flow. I started boxing flow with the idea that everybody has duality so strength and softness like this idea of fire and water and from my personal experience boxing since I was 20 and doing yoga since I was 15 I realized that it was sort of channeling both sides of myself so boxing really gave me confidence and strength and yoga force me to slow down and feel and I was in the corporate world and knew that I needed to create something of my own and I went back to the commitment that was mine every day of boxing and yoga and I wanted to bring that feeling that I feel to everyone else what are some of the lessons that you take with you along your journey that you help you be as successful as you are. I literally practice it physically every day yeah so I wake up and I run to like shake off whatever is holding me and then I box because it puts me like in the ring if you have to be so present when you're boxing and my class is designed that you're sort of dancing to the rhythm of the beat and you're using your breath and you're using your body as opposed to to like boxing like this and like really like being heavy your your life you're like what are the best fighters are dancers so I practice this idea of like physically channeling balance in my body physically mentally what sort of impact does box and flow and this idea how does that impact your client base I see people walk in a certain way and I see them walk out 15 minutes later completely different. So you're not fighting anybody but yourself not resisting anybody but yourself and you're not opening up to anybody but you like the after happens outside of the room so I see people walk in shy or insecure or worried or or completely ego driven ultimately I think I'm teaching resilience and I'm teaching people to just trust themselves right and when you were starting you were opening yourself up and vulnerable like you said that you were also introducing pretty new concept. It really doesn't exist right and if it's if there has been something in the woodwork and I call my attorney because it doesn't exist. I also just believe that because it's so much of my personal story, there's there certainly will be boxing in yoga hybrids but it's I don't even see that that's what I'm teaching I'm teaching people to open up to the potential that they already have and how do you get people to buy in and believe in catch on so funny I I'm 2 years and now I just finished construction my space and reinvested and was like okay, we're here, let's make it great. But I've never paid for like paid marketing and I think people now are like what do you mean you don't like do digital marketing, you don't like pay for ads, I'm like no, it's just all word of mouth. Yeah, and I think that's the coolest part because just as people walk in a certain way and they leave a certain way. They're telling their friends. Whether it's good or bad, they're telling their friends I have to switch gears and talk to you about starting because I do believe that you are what you need you love the sardine it might be the most underrated protein in existence. Yeah, that's the beauty of it. I had my first starting with you did I did you didn't hate it. I did not hate it when I started my business and I completely self-funded self-invested no partners investors and I went on this thing like the startup diet. So I was going to like craft my life and eat things that were delicious and not make excuses for not taking care of myself why sardines really good fat. Really good fat high in protein that $3 a can I got really into the brands and like literally right sardine guys and make recipes with them. I want to go back to something you said a moment ago and you said that you self-funded. Wow, yeah, tell me about that. It's funny because as much as it sucks, it's the most empowering invigorating stress inducing. The start it gets the same as boxing like you feel the thing, yeah, I figured out a way to make the most of what I had same with my startup diet or the sardine can and make the oil into a vinaigrette. I hold the cash together and I found a space that was really cheap for New York rent second floor, 1500 square feet. It painted the walls I put bags up and I opened a fitness concept. It's been the wildest ride and I'm still self-funded and I just reinvested and it got like real because I sort of sold off stock that I like. Yeah, but it also made me get real about it like stop. Being OK being OK like I don't believe in complacency, I think it's easy in life to fall into a routine of auto pilot when things are working. Absolutely or if they're not working exactly what you know. It doesn't it doesn't mean that's right. Yeah, thank you so much for sharing all of that my pleasure really appreciate you opening up. I want to continue to get personal and play a game that we call hustle time you're competitive and I know you want to get through this entire stack of hearts. Let's see how we can do if we put 60 seconds on the clock say the first thing that comes to mind and we're just going to try to fly through as many as we can. Okay. Which rather fly or talk to animals by the holiday. I kind of got instagram or twitter instagram and watch or watch weekly and watch your go-to outfit. Black fan vacation lounge on the beach or active hike beach doctor cats hike, no dogs. Favorite movie theater treat I bring my own candy from the candy store so she me your role so she may would you rather never get angry or never be envious never be and yet go to karaoke song. No, yes or no socks and sandals. Most irrational fear. I saw why white or red red one thing you want to desert island with you. Be your shot in a year now know. It has time he's like a movie. First place to visit when you retire when I retire. So hot early better night out early bird coffee or tea coffee the party your day morning top best part of your workout. The beginning personal trainers effective to make cash. By a place by a hit. This is amazing. It's a good one. Okay, 21, 22, 23. This next question is on the handful of questions that we ask every entrepreneur and it's nice to see how different people answer the same thing favor part of your day. My morning 5 to 7 a.m. a breakfast sweet potato oil and I just like grind I love it. Best piece of advice you've ever gotten don't take advice. Because it's typically. All right, what I thought myself advice is so often a projection of somebody else's experience create your experience, it's true people have a limited viewpoint and sometimes they give you advice with that limited viewpoint and might not be the right thing for you. So with that said worst piece of advice. Don't follow your dreams. And it wasn't said like that it was said through a projection of. Yeah, I bet it was well look at you now. How do you use your career to inspire others every second of my day by being completely honest at what is working and what more so it's not ever felt like walking away. Absolutely. In a way of like what am I doing I think that's just part of life. Whether you're a business owner or not that's right one thing you still need to learn. Everything. What do you want people to learn from you. I want them to learn through my experience in every which way from like your one to year 32 what works and what doesn't from me my experience so that it could potentially help them in theirs. What's next for you. I'm ideally opening a second box of love working on a leotard line. And writing a book. Really. When do we get to see prototypes within 6 months. It's so cool and not who inspires you. This is so cheesy. I'm inspired by everybody I mean because whether it's like a positive inspiration or negative inspiration it teaches me something about myself the challenges you this is when I get a lot. Everybody. Nothing is ever as it seems nothing is ever any like exactly as you pictured it or ends up as you want to be I think it's all about like having less expectation and being pleasantly surprised I think that starts with you to like I always speak to you know what was the last time you took your breath away. I was the last time you really surprised yourself proof to yourself you could do something. Well we let everybody know in social that you are coming. I have 2 questions from our tribe and the first comes from Julia. What are the benefits of doing yoga fusion classes versus classic thing us. The benefits of fusion so I guess box and flow would be a fusion. It's incredibly high intense so it's 35 minutes nonstop cardio strength cathartic release heavy bag work or even shadow boxing into a 15 minute been asked to so you really like get all the way up to come all the way down and been asked to talk that you like start with an citation so it really gets your heart rate and your sweat going and then you sort of come into balance and come down to show us now it's a different completely different emotion and physical experience. No matter asks what advice do you have for someone who is nervous about taking a class. My advice would be you don't know until you know so if you don't try you might always be thinking about it. There is one more question from our tribe and this question comes from our favorite hug. It's new to it's new to all here he is new to his master the downward dog. And he is ready for some new yoga challenges. Can we do the downward dog like it what should new to do to strengthen his lumbar and improve his physique you have to soften your shoulders. So the downward dog you have to soften your shoulders and pull your shoulder blades together and then really press your palms into the ground. So you have to stay grounded in your hands new doll and then lift your tailbone up and back as you stop in your shoulders down and suck your belly there's fine. And breathe here that he's trying right now just free. I mean it was last night noodle but they were made of plantains. I'll close that it's very cool and we love having you here today. Thank you. This was a lot of fun really appreciate you sharing and opening up inspiring everybody. I want to end with a very thoughtful motivational saying if you will kind of like at the end of a meal and you break up in that fortune cookie. You get that last thought. Yeah, I'm going to read you 3 quotes. Please tell me which quote resonates the most with you and why the first one is better to fail an originality than to succeed in imitation. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Number 3 don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. I would say the first one. I think the key to life and this is something I'll always be working on is just being exactly who you are so to me success is self-defined like self-definition is your definition. So I don't I don't subscribe to invitation because it's falsehood. It's it's an opportunistic way to potentially find success through other people and I think our greatest value is just being who we are. We had a great conversation. We did if you like what you saw follow at the young and at box and flow on social follow at go daddy to we are bringing entrepreneurs like the fabulous Olivia to you every Wednesday at 1 o'clock. Facebook premier you to Instagram stories IG TV teasers across Twitter and linkedin everywhere follow go daddy everywhere and do not miss out on more conversations like this. Thank you so much for that. Yeah, it's great. Thanks everybody.