In the past, I would make decisions by the short term gain vs loss.
I used to be crippled to the lack of money I had and my choices would be dictated by the fear of “not having enough”. That meant I missed out on seeing a lot of my family and friends a lot of the time because although I was laser focused on my BMX career, and successful, I wasn’t making much more money than my basic needs.
I’ve learned that was a simple perspective piece based on past subconscious programming that manifested this past relationship with money.
Today, I’ve thrown out the mentality of being limited by what’s in my bank account, not being to manifest more than “average”, and have swapped it out for the belief we live based on the limits we believe in for ourselves.
I’ve taken massive risks over the years, gone all in on what I believe in today, and made choices based on what’s best for my long game and my soul.
Taking the money I have after basic living needs is usually saved up to reinvest back in my business.
This time, I wanted to use that money for the people I love, now that my belief system is one of love, health, happiness, success, and abundance.
It’s always been a dream of mine to fly in with no notice to surprise my family and best friend (Brandon) and take Brandon and my dad to a Celtics game.
I was able to do that a few weeks ago and it was a byproduct of my belief and hard work for the life I envision.
Part 2 of my trip to @doc_amen with @ryanplowery for SPECT scans of our brains drops tomorrow at 330pm EST.
The post-SPECT scan supplement line up, until we get the results of all the blood work that was ordered, is pictured here. UPDATED list next week.
Just a quality DHA/EPA Omega supplement can do wonders for anyone’s 🧠 health, let alone someone with past trauma (mental or physical) and/or toxicity (sugar, alcohol, mold, drugs, alcohol, etc.) to their brain.
Mixing that up with @doc_amen @brainmdhealth Brain & Memory Power Boost supplement to promote blood flow in the 🧠 can be very powerful along with a healthy lifestyle of a low-glycemic diet, healthy mental practice, and living a regular active lifestyle.
Check out my vlog part 1 from visiting @doc_amen for a SPECT scan on my IGtv and get ready for part 2 tomorrow sharing all the data and results with a deep dive into the 🧠 and how all the above mention information really plays out on the 🧠 based on imaging rather than opinion.
I’m really proud to join my brother @ryanplowery in becoming the first to look at the brain under SPECT with @justpruvit exogenous ketones in an effort to help all of YOU even further with hard facts and sound evidence that you can see in real time.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE and stop talking about it. TAKE ACTION and back up your words.
I want to make a difference and I’m investing everything I have emotionally, financially, spiritually, and
physically to see that change manifest in my reality.
“Our eyes are not only viewers, they’re projectors.” -Jim Carrey
I love Jim and have always been a fan of him since I was a kid.
His statement is so true and anyone that’s accomplish a goal, no matter how big or small, can confirm this.
Why?
Because, it took some level of focus and visualization to make that goal manifest into your reality.
It can be clearer for making dreams come true, or things beyond what we ever fathomed becoming our reality, as I have during my BMX career.
All I did was think about BMX, dream BMX, watch BMX contest and videos, talk about BMX, and TAKE ACTION on my BMX bike.
Not only was the emotional and psychological aspect of manifesting a goal or dream there, I also took non stop action every single day possible.
We can create the realities we want or don’t want. It all comes back to what we see in our minds.
All the greatest in sports focus on visualizing their actions, especially when it comes time to compete and test all the “homework” done at home when no ones watching.
Think back to any “good” or “bad” experience in your life and really audit your mindset, actions, beliefs, words spoken, and how it resulted. Was it aligned with those mindsets, actions, beliefs, and words spoken, even if it wasn’t the desired result?
If it’s a yes, then think of how you could spin it for what you want.
My biggest problem along my journey with manifestation the life I desired was the patience piece and I find that’s way more prevalent in today’s society with everything being so instant.
It won’t happen over night but you’ll be surprised how quickly changes are made in your life when you audit and change your mindset, words, and actions.
Perspective is essential to life. “Life is 10% of what happened to us and 90% of how we respond.” “Life doesn’t happen to us, life happens for us.” Both quotes come from different people but underline the same choice & that’s a choice in perspective that we have every single day, no matter what. We all face this choice with every part of our lives.
This choice can not be taken from us unless we decided to give it up.
We can choose how we decide to see the world, see our lives & we see the events that place one way over another, good or bad, with the simple act of thought.
Glass half full over glass half empty. “Failure” over an opportunity to learn and grow.
It’s all perspective.
Now, I could have given up on more than 2 handful of occasions but good would that have done for me & my vision for my life?
It wouldn’t have done any good & would have actually put me further back from reaching my goals & potential to help others.
I also can’t stress enough how gratitude fuels the shift in perspective & leads to abundance.
When I was faced with a death sentence at the pinnacle of my dream BMX career & just turned 21, I first went to fear, worry, & what I call “victimville” but my family, the BMX community, learning of @lancearmstrong, & my own desire to live my life on my own terms wouldn’t allow that choice in fear.
My perspective quickly shifted to that of gratitude to still be alive, have the love & support of many around the world, & most importantly, a chance to fight to make my tomorrow better & continue living my life.
I often hear friends, family, & strangers complaining of how “hard” life is, how much life “sucks”, or “it must be nice” when in reality, every single person that is conscious & breathing has something to be grateful for.
I challenge you all to focus on just ONE thing you’re grateful for each day & really feel it deep down. That emotional state you find yourself in can change you life as it’s changed mine.
You have no reason not to attack each day with the same enthusiasm as before any bit of adversity faced you head on.
No one can take away the same choice we all have within us and that’s our mindset.
We choose what to believe in, what to focus our thoughts on, and what mental exercising we choose to participate in each day.
For me, the choice of gratitude to still be alive and have the opportunity to make my tomorrow better keeps me going. To believe in the fact that our mind and eyes are much more than viewers but how they’re also projectors for our lives.
To believe shit could always be worse if we’re alive, breathing, and have the luxuries of walking, talking, seeing, having clean running water, not being hungry, having clean clothing and a bed to sleep in, having a device in which we’re reading this post, and all the other things we tend to take for granted as living human beings.
No matter what hardship you’re facing, you’re not alone. Others, like myself, can relate to many forms of hardship and are here to support you however we can.
YOU just have to CHOOSE to find the courage to reach out for support and keep moving forward for what you want in your life.
BMX was something I did for more than half my life.
BMX is not what defines me because we’re not defined by what we do. We’re defined by who we are and how we show up in life today.
Today, I’ve dedicated my life to serving and supporting others, and sharing the following concepts about life I’ve learned in my 30 years:
1) perspective is essential and gratitude create abundance.
2) health is internal, not solely numbers on the scale or what’s on the outside.
3) our reality is a manifestations or our choices. Choices in thoughts, food, action, sleep, perspectives, etc.
I strive to I inspire new perspectives that leads to new action being taken to create a new reality. I also share all I’ve learned and experienced so others can become empowered to love as healthy, happy, and successful as possible.
I’m just a kid who dropped out of high school for a wild dream of becoming a pro BMX athlete with no upper hand other than a mindset to take action and never give up, no matter how much mental or physical pain I was in.
I decided to learn how to accomplish my goals and surround myself with what I call virtual mentors and connect with those that were successful in my everyday life. That meant being alone more often, doing the uncomfortable, and reaching out to those I aspired to be like and ask for help or guidance.
If I can succeed, I believe others can too. It just takes a vision, taking action, self-awareness, perspective, a plan, and a support system.
Check out my perspective as I fly from NC to Atlanta to see Dr. Daniel Amen at Amen clinics to get a brain scan using SPECT imaging along with Dr. Ryan Lowery.
Follow along to see what a day in the life is like for Josh as he travels from Raleigh, NC to Atlanta, GA.
“Did you know that the ketogenic diet can fight inflammation?
Ketone bodies, are more than just an energy metabolite, they also act as potent signalling molecules, similarly to how hormones do!
Within the last few years, it was discovered that beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) inhibits the assembly of something called the NLRP3 inflammasome. When over-activated, it triggers the release of a whole cascade of pro-inflammatory molecules in the body, promoting inflammation.
While acute inflammation is a good thing and part of a normal functioning immune system, chronic inflammation is associated with various diseases. Therefore, finding mitigation strategies against chronic inflammation is incredibly useful for overall health!
Simply having circulating BHB may be one of these strategies, and eating a well-formulated ketogenic diet makes this possible!
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I was invited to the University of Florida to give a talk about what leadership means to me, how I led my own life to manifest my dreams, and how I turned a plethora of adversities into a business today.
Here is a cut of the talk I gave minus the beginning part of me breaking down what leadership means to me. If you’re interested in that, read below!
Good evening, everyone. It’s great to be here at UF again and I want to thank Ben for inviting me back.
My name is Josh Perry. I’m a former pro BMX athlete and today I am going to share my journey of how I led my own life to manifest my dreams and turn a plethora of adversities into a business.
I am also going to share a bit about what leadership means to me and ultimately what I have learned from the last 29 years of my life, actually going on 30 in exactly one week from today.
I want to give you guys some context of where I started and came from to open up the floor for some Q&A because I love Q&A and I want to bring you all as much value as I possibly can with the limited time we have.
I want to start off by saying thank you all for your valuable time. I never imagined I would be where I am today and it’s truly an honor and privilege to be here sharing my life with all of you. It’s my hope that my story and all I have to share with you will help bring you all value and clarity on how you are all leaders and that there’s no set path to becoming one.
When you look at me, you see a healthy human being, right? But what you don’t see is what’s on the inside and you’d probably never guess I have anything internally wrong.
What if I told you I live with 4 tumors in my skull today? Would you believe me? Well, I do and now find myself as a living example of the famous saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”.
I share that part of my story because I believe health is internal, not numbers on a scale or piece of paper, which I learned the hard way. It’s my mission to inspire that perspective in others to empower them to take accountability for their health and overall quality of life so that they can become the healthiest, happiest, & most successful versions of themselves without suffering or given a death sentence to make changes.
When you’re told a brain tumor is slowly killing you as it occupies half of your brain, AND, you WILL DIE, unless they cut open your skull to remove that tumor, your priorities and perspectives in life begin to shift really fast.
That’s exactly what happened to me as I was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor just after turning 21 and living out my dream. I’d been told that I was healthy all of my life up until that moment so that diagnosis left me feeling confused, angry, and thinking I must have been a bad person or done something to deserve this. It didn’t help that I was alone for that diagnosis or that the doctor told me I’d never ride my bike again.
My experiences of being diagnosed 3 separate times, totaling 5 different tumors, among other obstacles like blowing out my knee, living out of my car, overcoming depression, being abused most of my childhood by a drunken step-father, and flat lining on the bottom of a contest course all has led me down a deep path of self exploration and auditing who I am, the choices I’ve made in my life, and ultimately who I wanted to become.
I’d tell you were crazy had you told me what I would accomplish today, the parts of the world I’d see, and who I’d become when I was 17, just dropped out of high school, and left home in pursuit of a dream to become a professional BMX athlete. But, looking back on the last 12 years of my life makes sense as to why I was able to do so. It all stemmed from a vision I had created for my life and the tenacity to not give up.
I believe we all have the same choice in our lives and that’s our perspective, which no one can take from us. It’s a choice we are faced with on a daily basis. It’s not always easy but it’s worth putting the effort in to become aware of our thoughts and focus on improving them. I could have very easily chosen the perspective of a victim and had given up on more than a handful of occasions and no one would have ever batted an eye.
But, for what purpose? How would that help me? It wouldn’t and my vision wouldn’t allow that choice.
I love sharing these 2 quotes that go with this belief.
1) Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond
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2) Life doesn’t happen to us, it happens for us…
Both quotes come from different people but detail the same choice, a choice in perspective and how we see the world and the events that take place in our lives.
Simon Sinek says a great leader has a clear vision of the world that does not currently exist & an ability to communicate this vision. I also believe a leader is someone who wants others to succeed and has the following 3 traits….
Authenticity– following your heart, being yourself, sharing what you believe, and walking your talk, even when no one is looking.
Trust– providing a sense of trust and loyalty to others and showing them you truly care so they feel safe.
Serving– sharing and bringing others value and support so they can become as successful as possible.
Notice nowhere in there did I say in order to become a leader you must have a sense of power or “leverage”. What I have learned from my own experiences and from other leaders is that being a great leader is all about sharing our beliefs, bringing others value, and aligning all of our actions with our WHY, or our purpose.
“There are leaders and those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us. We follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them but for ourselves.” Another great quote from Simon Sinek.
As Ben has shared with me, I know most, if not all of you, are familiar with Simon Sinek’s book “Start With WHY” and the examples of leaders he uses. So, I won’t say much else about what makes up a great leader. But, I will share a bit about my journey and how I ended up here today.
Did you know sugar gets stored in the body as “glycogen” in the liver & muscles?
The liver glycogen can be released & used for energy but the muscle glycogen is “trapped” in the muscle & must be burned inside of the muscle tissue as energy.
One factor dictating the state of ketosis you enter is liver glycogen being removed.
Following a ketogenic diet on top of resistance training & HIIT will support your efforts into getting into a state of ketosis by burning up the stored liver glycogen as well as ensuring that you don’t overfill em back up from excessive amounts of carbohydrates & sugars as most of us do after workouts.
Here is a great full-body circuit that can be done in less than 15 minutes.
5 rounds of the following:
👉🏼squats x3
👉🏼seated box jumps x5
👉🏼overhead press x3
👉🏼shot put this x3 each side
Hit me up if you have questions or want support along your health and wellness journey.
