The Business of Boxing. Episode #36 w/Keith Keppner
Episode 36 Keith
Owning both your strengths and weaknesses gives you the power to move forward in life confidently. And it is evident in the life story of Keith, my entrepreneur-boxer guest for this episode of Success Leaves Clues.
Coming from a boxer-artist family gave him an edge on those skills, some he had by birth, and some he developed professionally. He was also well-off financially. But despite his upper-middle class background, which in reality, created a “soft existence” for him, he faced multiple challenges in life. The first of them probably being Lyme disease.
When most of his pals were getting ready to go to college, working jobs, or having girlfriends, Keith saw his life fall apart because of the disease. He felt like a loser devoid of any self-worth. But in the years that followed, Keith turned the thought around in his mind by slowly building up his self-worth and ultimately his personal brand by becoming a renowned entrepreneur with his own boxing gym, called the Keppner Boxing Gym.
Listen to this episode to hear Keith’s personal and professional growth and the trajectory it took to get him to where he is today!
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Success Clues From Today’s Episode
● Have clarity in life: whether it’s your relationships or business. It helps you move forward and see where you're going.
● Learning to forgive can allow you to free up space in your mind.
● It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve real success in life.
About Keith!
Keith Keppner is a Professional Boxing Coach and the owner of Keppner Boxing Gym.
Connect With Keith!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkeithkeppner
Connect with Me!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/
Host: Dr. K
Time Stamps
[00:02] Intro
[00:25] Meet Keith Keppner, boxing entrepreneur
[01:07] How a good coach tunes your mind into seeing what you can and cannot control
[02:50] How complexity holds you back from execution
[05:33] On boxing and art: Skills he inherited from his parents
[07:35] Life before being diagnosed with Lyme disease and the feeling after it came out in the light
[10:12] The reason Keith felt liberated after the diagnosis
[11:25] On his boxing training and doing it competitively and his father’s personal reasons for getting into it
[13:34] How the desire to be the world champion in boxing came to Keith
[16:30] The importance of a coach or mentor in your life
[16:51] How the experience and knowledge of the elderly helps everyone else
[17:42] How Keith’s mentor transformed his boxing career for good
[20:20] The diversity of people Keith is coaching
[22:17] Keith on where his business stood at the time of passing away of his father and how he took it from there
[23:23] The greatest friend and mentor: What Keith’s father was to him and how he has helped him reach where he has today
[27:48] Self-reflection, regret, and moving on: How Keith coped with the death of his father
[29:49] How the role of a parent changes a person
[34:43] Keith’s systems and processes behind running franchises
[38:05] The similarities in all of our entrepreneurial journeys and what to learn from them
[40:16] The car and the bicycle analogy that explain the challenges to running and growing a business
[44:59] The secret to continually striving for growth and following your purpose
[46:48] Success clues from today's episode
KW Used: importance of a coach
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