Ep 182: Let's Go with Julio Alvarez
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Ep 182: Let's Go with Julio Alvarez
Episode 182: Show Notes
Today’s guest is a prime example of finding your purpose and forging your own path no matter what life throws at you. Julio Alvarez is a Founder, Speaker, Coach, and Podcaster who is on a mission to help other leaders navigate uncertain times with a calm head and courageous heart.
We begin our conversation with an exploration of Julio’s childhood, including his favorite toys and activities as a youth, the family dynamic he grew up in, and how his idea of success differed from those of his parents.
Then, we jump into Julio’s professional journey as he explains how he adjusted to leaving home at a young age, what he learned from his first job in sales, how he built unshakable self-belief, what separates working at massive organizations like Google and Apple from jobs at their smaller counterparts, and what he learned from obsessively studying Oprah and how she deals with people.
Julio is also extremely vulnerable in opening up about his Adderall addiction, how he’s overcome the struggles of being “the other” in every environment he’s worked in, how he took ownership of his sexuality, and the moment when coaching revealed itself as his destiny. We also learn about what Julio hopes to achieve with his podcast, Let’s God with Julio, and how a snowstorm in London brought him to his soulmate.
Key Points From This Episode:
A warm welcome to Founder, Speaker, Coach, and Podcaster, Julio Alvarez.
Exploring Julio’s childhood and the family dynamic that he grew up in.
His idea of success as a youth versus what his parents wanted him to achieve.
What he learned from his first job in sales, and examples of how he turned no into yes.
Julio’s homosexuality journey, and his relationship with his parents just before moving out.
How he found his feet after leaving home and how he got into NYU.
Why he’s always been confident going into interviews.
The essay that he wrote about his dad which eventually landed him a college scholarship
Julio explains what made him stand out to land his first post-degree job at Apple.
What it’s like to work at huge companies like Google and Apple versus smaller organizations.
How Julio spends his downtime, and the dangers of drugs that increase your productivity.
His Oprah “obsession” and what he learned from studying the chat show legend.
The moment he realized that coaching was his destiny.
Let’s Go with Julio: the ins and outs of his podcast.
Love in a London snowstorm: how he met his husband.
Quotes:
“That was my goal; that was success for me [when I was younger] – be able to be on your own feet [and] have financial independence such that you can make decisions for yourself.” — @letsgowithjulio [0:13:46]
“Pain that isn’t processed gets projected.” — @letsgowithjulio [0:31:17]
“I knew early on that I had an energy about me, that there was something different – I knew that if I were to get in the room and share my truth, someone would see me and someone would be compelled to want to take a chance on me. And that’s exactly what happened.” — @letsgowithjulio [0:34:02]
“Emotional maturity, emotional intelligence, [and] leading with heart is so critical in a world where we’re trying to grow and be successful quickly, but where we’re all stuck in our heads and all narrow-minded on how we want to do something.” — @letsgowithjulio [0:41:22]
“If you can understand the relationship between how people think and feel and behave, and how all three of those things work in concert – you understand everything.” — @letsgowithjulio [0:52:58]
“We are emotional beings that think a lot. The work that I’m trying to do with [my] podcast is to get leaders out of their heads and into their hearts.” — @letsgowithjulio [1:08:16]
“You have to be in the driver’s seat of your life because if not, life will drive you.” — @letsgowithjulio [1:18:16]
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