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Living in MIAMI vs SAUDI ARABIA Changed How I See Life

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Living in MIAMI vs SAUDI ARABIA Changed How I See Life

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You know, after spending 3 months in

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Miami, coming to Riyad has been such a

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breath of fresh air. I mean, you saw my

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lifestyle in Miami. I was out way too

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often. I was drinking way too often. I

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was just absolutely having it out and it

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was a blast and I love Miami. But coming

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to Riad has honestly helped me realign

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my thought process and my chakra as the

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yogis would like to call it. I feel so

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relaxed here. The pace of life is

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completely different to America. you

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know, capitalism just pushes you to the

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edge and pushes you to your limits. And

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there's good things about that, you

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know. So, like the good thing about

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being in America is I'm always pushed to

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my limits. I always feel like I need to

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work harder, make more money, be more

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ambitious, train harder, and that's

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good, but at the same time, that's kind

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of unhealthy

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every single day of your life. I also

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want to just slow down. And so, coming

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to Saudi Arabia has made me realize that

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these Saudis are super chill people.

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They don't move at the same pace as the

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Americans do. They're pretty laid-back.

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They are not rushing anywhere.

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And so I really feel much more at peace

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here. It's This place is really good for

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my soul. So I've majorly slowed it down

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and I'm in great shape here because I'm

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working out all the time. And again, I

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mean, I had a gym in my building in

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Miami. But here at Flo Granada in Riad,

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I have like a five-star spa downstairs.

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So I've got an amazing gym. I've got a

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pool. I've got a hot tub. I've got a

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cold plunge. I've got a sauna. I've got

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a steam room. I've got everything. And

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it made me think, how good is it for

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your long-term lifestyle to consistently

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be able to hit the gym and all these,

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you know, healthy activities? So, doing

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sauna, doing cold plunge. Do you know

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how do you know how good that is for my

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brain every single day? I'm training

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about five, six times a week here. And I

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thought to myself, if I live somewhere

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like this permanently or on a longerterm

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basis, imagine how good this is for me

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because I'm doing it consistently. And

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I've always talked on my YouTube about

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consistency as a man. Like if you

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consistently put together good habits,

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you will see the results. And doing it

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over long periods of time. I mean, I've

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been training three, four times a week

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for about 20 years, you know. Imagine

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that. People come up to me in the States

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be like, "Hey man, you want peptides?

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are you on like TRT and they're naming

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all this [ __ ] And I'm like, "No, I'm on

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none of them. I'm I'm on something

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called consistency." They're like,

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"What? What's that? Is that like a brand

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or something you can buy?" I'm like,

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"No, I'm just consistent with training

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all the time because it makes me feel

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good." That's what's helped me be the

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man that I am today. Consistently

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putting together the good habits. And

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so, picking this place over the past

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couple of weeks has been a godsend. It's

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been amazing the fact that it's there.

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I've always said to you, if you want to

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work out and be in good shape, live in a

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building, if you're lucky enough and can

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afford to live in a building with a gym

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and with a plunge and with a sauna

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because that's a life hack. You're

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saving time. Why should you go and

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travel 20 minutes to a gym and 20

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minutes back? You're just killing so

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much time. If it's there in front of

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you, it's way easier to do. And that's

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partly one of the reasons why I am going

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to Dubai because they have these it's

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built for luxury. It's built for

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convenience. I don't need to leave my

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house. I can order things in. I can run

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downstairs and do a workout and do a

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quick session. So for me, these things

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are massively important. I mean, they

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are life hacks. You want the

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convenience. You don't want to have to

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travel long distances to get your [ __ ]

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done that you should be doing on a

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consistent basis. I've always said this

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to you as well as a as a digital nomad.

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Wherever I go in the world, I make sure

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that I have a supermarket and a gym

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within a five-minute walk. Those are my

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primary functions because I'm not

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sitting there ordering on Uber Eats all

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day long because that stuff is just not

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good for me. I like to prepare quick

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meals sometimes. So, if there's a

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supermarket and a good gym within a five

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minute walk of my building or my

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accommodation,

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then that's my place of choice. And

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that's a life hack because you're

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getting fit and you're putting the good

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nutrients into you and then the rest is

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the outputs, right? business, sales,

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marketing, whatever you're doing to make

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money every single day. So, I want to

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wrap this up here, but it's been an

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absolute pleasure coming to Saudi

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Arabia. It's really taught me how to

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live at a different pace of life. And,

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you know, on a male spectrum, what I

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actually find with some of these Saudi

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guys, and this is highly impressive, by

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the way, is the way these men operate,

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they're so masculine. Like, you you'll

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go to a restaurant, you go to a bar in

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Saudi Arabia, and first of all, the

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dress code is amazing. All right? These

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guys look like G's. I love the way they

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dress. In America, you got these boys

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walking around with like basketball

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jerseys and like stupid pink tops and it

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just looks I don't know, it just looks a

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bit feminine. But here in Saudi, these

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men are wearing, I believe it's called a

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Tob and then their cool little wrap on

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the head and then the cool sunglasses

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and they they've got this very

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distinctive oud smell and they move with

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such grace and that's something that's

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highly impressed me and it's it's given

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me a lesson about how to operate as a

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man, right? If I want to be masculine,

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if I want to be in control, then I have

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to move at their sort of pace, which is

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slow, never hasty. They're not dancing

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and jumping around. They're not

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flagrantly throwing their hands around

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the room making, you know, making stupid

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comments or making fools out out of

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themselves or even trying to become the

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center of attention. Saudi culture has

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taught me how to be more in line with

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myself, how to be more confident, how to

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be more masculine. If you see a true

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masculine Saudi man, he moves slow, very

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graceful. He's not twitching. He's not

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jumping around. He's not making too much

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noise. He's so elegant in his style and

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his way of movement. And that's really

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taught me how to act as a man. And I

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thought I'd done it all in 10 years.

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Traveled the world. Yeah, I know it. I'm

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missed a big shot. It turns out that's

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not true. It turns out there's still a

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lot of places I need to go in the world

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to learn more about myself and how I can

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help you become a better man every

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single day. So for now my chapter's

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over. In about 5 days time I go to

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Dubai. Let's see how that pans out.

Interactive Summary

The speaker contrasts his former fast-paced, hedonistic lifestyle in Miami with his current centered and disciplined experience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He discusses the mental benefits of a slower pace of life and the importance of 'life hacks' like living in buildings with fitness amenities to ensure consistency in health habits. Furthermore, he shares profound observations on Saudi culture, noting how the grace, composure, and masculinity of Saudi men have provided him with new lessons on personal development.

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