Episode 24: Reflect On Your Own Mortality with Justin Rezvani, Iron Man & founder of theAmplify
The Most Important Thing
I asked Justin the most important takeaway he wants for listeners. He responded that he wants you to
“Reflect on your own mortality”
About Justin Rezvani
Justin Rezvani is the founder of theAmplify, a profitable influencer-marketing platform that had a daily reach of more than 500 million in 2013. theAmplify’s clients include Coty, Nestle, Taco Bell, Ford Motor Co. and Unilever. In 2016, Justin sold You & Mr. Jones, a brand-technology company founded by former Havas CEO David Jones, a majority stake in theAmplify.
After selling his company, Justin, 200+ pounds, a self-professed alcoholic decided to he needed to refocus his energy on his health. He decided to race in his first triathlon before he turned 30, which led him down the path to becoming an Iron Man.
Just after his completing his first Iron Man, Justin discovered he had a traumatic brain injury or TBI, and would need surgery. There was no guarantee he would survive the surgery.
He’s now refocused his life on finding stillness and enhancing his relationship with death.
Episode Overview
Only 3 months ago, only weeks after completing his first Iron Man, today’s guest Justin Rezvani, realized he had a brain tumor. He needed immediate brain surgery to remove the legion, and there was a meaningful probability that he would die.
Luckily, Justin survived. Now he is sharing his philosophy on life – amor fati, memento mori -and redefining his relationship to death. In this conversation we discuss goal-setting vs finding stillness. We discuss unfu*king ourselves, crisis points as channels for change, and Stoicism.
I hope you and enjoy and as always, feel free to email questions to marc@thelookuppodcast.com
My Favorite Quotes:
“The most important day we live, is the day that we die… in living, I’m actually preparing to die”
“How much is enough? Enough is often much less than what people think.”
“The output is always growth”
“I ask myself, everything that I do, what’s the purpose behind it…”
“Timing is essential for all things and when the time is right for me, it will be my relentless focus”
“More people are trying to f*%$ themselves, rather than trying to unf*%$ themselves”
“We have these traits that are built into our genome, if we get kicked out of the tribe we die”
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – How it felt to know he only had one day left to live
5:00 – How do we define what is enough?
10:00 – Finding Stillness and Goal-Oriented Thinking
15:00 – Using crisis points as a channel for change
20:00 – Have you ever met someone who works hard & focused that didn’t achieve their goals?
24:00 – Getting comfortable with death
26:00 – Stoicism, Amor Fati, and Memento Mori
31:00 – Paradoxes: Stillness & Action
37:00 – Deciding to race an Iron Man before he was 30
43:00 – Essentialism
46:00 – On Relationships
52:00 – Cutting the Chord
56:00 – Unf*%$ing yourself
1:00:00 – How near-death experience changed his life
Episode Links:
More on Justin
Stoic Teachings
The Obstacle is The Way by Ryan Holiday
Amor Fati – Love of Fate
Memento Mori – Reminder you’re going to die
Other Books:
UnFu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop
My Info:
www.instagram.com/warcmeinstein
www.twitter.com/warcmeinstein
