#180: John Wolf - Wolf Pack Collective

About this episode

Derek Pang interviews John Wolf about his journey after Onnit and the creation of the Wolf Pack Collective.

On episode 180 of Welcome To The Winners Circle, Derek Pang interviews John Wolf (www.coachjohnwolf.com; IG: @coachjohnwolf) former Chief Fitness Officer of Onnit, where for almost a decade he designed the Onnit Certification System and taught it to thousands of coaches, opened the world-class Onnit Gym in Austin, produced and coached the Onnit 6 digital home fitness programs, and led the 20,000+ member Onnit Tribe Community. He’s onto the next chapter of his journey and has recently created The Wolf Pack Collective that includes a free community, a soon-to-be launched mobile app and 1-on-1 coaching programs. Here are some of the subjects we touched on: - what he’s been doing since our last podcast together almost 5 years ago - leaving Onnit and what’s next - rebuilding one’s identity - finding purpose - creating the Wolf Pack Collective - the power of community - building relationship in person versus online - the importance of humility - learning from life’s challenges and setbacks - how we often need to experience similar failures more than once in order to get at the root of our problem - healing our wounds - what he learnt from the unexpected death of his brother…

People in this episode

Host: Derek Pang

Guest: John Wolf

Topics covered

• identity rebuilding
• finding purpose
• community support
• life lessons
• coaching
• mental health

Keywords

• fitness
• coaching
• community
• identity
• purpose
• life lessons
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onnit, Wolf Pack Collective, Onnit Gym, Onnit Tribe Community

Places: Austin

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