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This podcast features a special guest named Manny, a two-time powerlifting champion from Leeds. Manny discusses various topics, including his 10-year-old self's impression of his present self, his desire to see powerlifting in the Olympics, his experience ending a friendship, and who he considered cool in high school. He also talks about the one thing his exes would agree on, which is his tendency to leave socks everywhere. This is a podcast completely created by our guests and we have a special one here today. Manny is in the building. We are going to do the handover of the car. Manny, are you ready to set your pace today? Oh, I'm ready. Are you ready? I'm very much ready. Tell us a bit about yourself. So, I'm Manny. I'm from Leeds. I'm a two-time powerlifting champion. So, let's give these a good shuffle. Let's see what we've got in store for today. I'm looking forward to these questions. Are you ready? Completely created by you. Yeah, boy. Some in-depth questions. We need to know a bit about Manny, yeah? Yeah, boy. But don't watch my shuffling. The spleen fills are not really 10-70, though. No, they don't work for me. So, I'm Manny. I'm from Leeds. I'm a two-time powerlifting champion. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. I'm from Leeds. That's pretty in my mind. Are you ready? Let's do it. Let's go. Let's do this. What would your 10-year-old self think of your present self? My 10-year-old self would be super proud. The 10-year-old version of me had big dreams. When I was a kid, I always thought to myself that, like, I was always very charismatic. I was confident as a kid. I was very light and popular, actually, in primary school and high school. So I would say the 10-year-old, if you could see the 33-year-old version now, you'd be like, wow, well done. I imagine that version of me would be super proud. Do you ever think, at age three, the 10-year-old version would see this person to be what you are today? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because the version I am today, I am probably the best mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. And the 10-year-old version probably wouldn't even understand all of them together. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure he's probably somewhere in some parallel universe, in some time-space dimension looking in and thinking, well... Done all right. Done all right, yeah, well done. You know, with you on the 1010 podcast, done so well, right? That's a good plug. I've been with Dave for hours. Question two. Go for it. Good starter. Yeah. Mike, come up with a new Olympic sport in which you would definitely win a gold medal. Well, that's an easy question because as a powerlifter, I've won multiple competitions. I've broken the deadlift record in the 59kg class twice. But powerlifting's not even in the Olympics. So for me, who's got a track record in powerlifting, you know, we need to get powerlifting in the Olympics. Let's go and then I could win my gold medal and take over the world. I don't think not, no. How does that make you feel? You're obviously passionate about it, pretty much. We recognise on probably the biggest stage that you can be. What's that like? Yeah, I don't know why powerlifting is not in there. You've got Olympic weightlifting, which is huge, but powerlifting, I don't know, it's probably got the same kind of feel compared to some of the other weightlifting events. I don't know if it's kind of relegated to maybe more towards the strongman style. I have no idea. But for my personal point of view, I'd love to see powerlifting in there as a fan and someone who is a powerlifter. Yeah, absolutely. I'd take a watch it because I'm not a big fan of watching the Olympics in general, actually. So powerlifting was in there, yeah. I'll be watching it. The Olympics, are you in? Are you involved? I'll be taking that gold as well. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt. No doubt. No doubt. If it glows up. Manny, have you ever had to break up with a friend? If so, what was the reason? Now, let's be honest here. Breaking up with a friend, that sometimes would be worse than breaking up with a partner. Because, you know, a partner has come and gone for centuries. I've been there before that. Yeah, I actually broke up with a friend formally this year. Wow. So, there's a guy I went to university with, Will Sound. And what happened was, he came to me last year with a business idea. He wanted to do protein. He's been asking me for years, let's make a protein brand. He knows about my history and my following on Instagram and social media. And I'm not interested in all of this. But he would always maintain regular contact over the years. Since we left uni, we weren't super close, but he would ring, he would text. But he just always, from my point of view, he didn't fill me with kind of positive feelings. It was nice that he kind of kept the communication going. So when he came to me with his business idea, I said, you know what, let's do it. Because he's got a proven track record in business. He's done extremely well. And I thought, alright, he knows the business side. I'm a creative person. I know it's a perfect match. Yeah, I thought it would be a perfect match. So to kind of cut a long story short here, the relationship, I had to bring it to an end. Because he was undermining me. He was kind of treating me less than. And he was giving me big promises and under-delivering. And I was like, he doesn't really serve any purpose in my life anymore. And in the slightest way possible, I kind of wanted to detach. And a lot of people go, you know, when someone doesn't want to talk to anyone. Slowly back away. Yeah, slowly back away. Or they just, you know, draw a line in the sand and just don't. They ignore him, don't answer calls. And I didn't do that, actually. What I decided to do was just reach out and say, basically, I want to formally end it. This is how I put it. I want to formally end this friendship. Because you don't make me feel good. You've been undermining me for the longest time that you've actually been unreliable as a friend. Because we arranged, actually, multiple times to meet. It's his idea. Let's get together. I mean, he, last minute, just didn't turn up. I invited him to my wedding. I had a COVID wedding. And he didn't turn up and never told me why. And I've limited places. Limited places. There's a number of things building up. So I had to actually, out and out, just lay it out and say, you know, I wish you the best of luck. I have no hard feelings. But I just want to detach from this friendship. And I don't know anyone who's actually kind of gone to a friend and said, you know, I'm done. That is something that needs to be done more often. I've never had anyone actually do that. And that sounds like a much more mature way to handle it. Because hopefully they can understand maybe what they did wrong. Maybe they could even come back and apologize. Or at least, you know, you'll see that night, knowing you've given this person the information they need to have their closure. Yeah, that's exactly it. Thank you. Who was the coolest kid in your high school? And why? Does myself count? No. Was he cool in high school? Was I cool in high school? Yeah. Yeah, I was definitely cool in high school. You know, I don't know what other people think about themselves. But the general perception is people like, you know, I did like high school. No one knew who I was. But for me, I mean, in high school, I was like 4'4'1". In high school, I was very, very tiny. So I stood out. But I had a big personality. So for me, I was definitely cool. But who would I see as a cool man? The name of the class. You know what? There was a few names that people loved. These guys, specifically. Meshawar. Luke Cherry was the first guy. I think you know Luke Cherry, don't you? People loved Luke. I personally was a big fan. Like, Luke, if you're watching, I thought that was not a big fan. Alpha Lion. I'm direct. I'll say it how it is. I haven't seen him in a long time. But Alpha was cool. It was... The people who were cool were the athletic kids. Yeah. Like Luke, great football. Who was cool to you? Who was cool to you? Who was cool to me? Yeah, because this is what I'm trying to think of. You were cool in high school with your questions. Who was cool to me? You know, a really good friend of mine, Lufa, pops into mind. Lufadol. Oh, that's Lufa. Yeah, Lufa. Lovely guy. Yeah, Lufa's a great guy. Lufa's a great guy. Lufa's like that quiet, confident kind of dude. I still have tremendous respect for Lufa now. I've seen him recently, in fact. He was tremendous at football. He was humble. Well, not was. Is great at football. Is humble. Yeah. The girls loved him. Everyone just loved him. And, yeah, I'd say Lufa. And he's a good friend as well. Shout out to Lufa. Shout out to Lufa, man. Man. If all of your exes got together, what is one thing that they would all agree on? Disclaimer, I'm a married man now. Yeah, I'm married. I'm a boss. You might have some say in my place, and you might have some say in your end going. I've learned over the years, that by the time I got married, you've got to be close to perfection of what is. Yeah. What's one thing they'd all agree on? Say what, Manny? Leave your socks everywhere. Say what, Manny? You know. What do they all whinge about? Don't do the dishes. What's universal between them all? There's too many pokes. Is that a bad thing? I don't know. I don't know. That's offensive. What is? I'm trying to think of a common theme. A theme. You know, when I was younger, I was quite abrupt and aggressive, and if I come across the wrong way, I could make stupid jokes that I find funny, but don't know how to make. And it could be offensive. Actually, that's probably a theme I and my wife would agree with, that is. What's funny to me is not funny to anyone else. I'd say something to say to an ex-girlfriend, as a joke, but it has no meaning behind it. No malice. No malice. No malice. You know when people say, oh, a joke is a little bit of truth? That's not the case with me. I can say something that's super outlandish. Yeah, it's a pure joke. Yeah, but then it just doesn't land, and then it lingers for ages, and it's like, I can't believe you said this. But, remember on the 22nd of October? And you're like, I don't remember it because it was a joke. Exactly, yeah. And then I'm like, I have to defend this joke that I totally forgot about. That's lovely for you. No, it's a joke. But I'll be honest, I think it's funny. Yeah, it's funny. Yeah, it seems to be funny, but it's not funny. Fair enough. Yeah. I think you're half way. I can't hear you. It's a pun. Yeah, it's a pun. Honestly, it's like, I can't, the YouTube's slowing up for me. This is all for you, man. It's all for you. I'm at your level. Yeah. Let's go. What is the most important trait or strength needed to be successful in your work or industry? Belief. You need to have belief in yourself. Before you can do anything in life, if you don't believe in what you achieve, if you don't believe in, you know, what you want out of life, if you don't believe in yourself, then you're not going to get anywhere. Like, one of the biggest things I've come across with a lot of people is, is doubt, insecurity, you know, like people putting down to themselves, you know, they feel like they're not worthy or good enough, and they're limited beliefs. So, what I would say, the number one thing is, like, for me, FIFRA is a great example, because, like, for me, I want to shift this paradigm from coffee to cosmic hue. This is what the blend is. It's an important plant blend. But, tea's not minced. There's, like, herbal tea that's minced. You know, coffee's huge. And, for me to, kind of, sit here and say, well, I'm going to shift this paradigm from this coffee culture to cosmic hue, I have to have belief. I have to believe that I have the ability to, kind of, change the perception in people's lives from, you know, coffee to plant tea, where it's going to boost your gut health, to increase your energy levels, and to leave you feeling calm. So, belief, 100%, you know, you know, in order to, kind of, you know, reality is based off your thoughts, you know. Thoughts become things. Yeah, thoughts become things. Thoughts are experience. Thoughts create your reality. So, when, we have roughly around 70,000 thoughts per day, and 95% of them are the same ones you had yesterday. What are you thinking about? I'll tell you what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about abundance, happiness, peace, joy, prosperity, but, on a personal level, like, my baby is 5th grade, and I think about that constantly. Who am I going to speak to? How am I going to grow it? Like, what do I need to do? And, I don't, I don't have any limitations, because I know my thoughts create my reality, you know, like, how I did up here on the 1010 podcast with myself is based off the vibration that I'm putting out, and that's linked to going back to the lead. Amazing. And it all comes back to, you know, interactions that you have well before have made now. So, thoughts can make things, whether the thought process was when we connected and we spoke at multiple times and bumped into each other and we showed love on social media, that means now that I've started a podcast, and we beat each other up. That's the difference between a yes or a no. Based off of that, the belief that happened all that long time ago that we've grown a mutual respect through the thoughts and the happenings, I think people don't understand that. So, the beliefs you have now, it might not manifest for a while, but it is manifesting. One of the biggest things I've ever learned in life is, you know, it's not about this day or tomorrow. You'll see a better state through connection and kind, high gesture, you know, being polite, you know, building a bridge. You'll see it way later. Yeah, absolutely. And, yeah, you can put the, kind of, you know, say one kind thing to someone or have one connection like you and I have, but then, you know, you reconnect later on and it just like, it makes sense. It clicks. And, you know, we kind of expect things now in this world. We kind of, we're impatient. Especially in 2023. Yeah, 2023, man. I mean, like, Amazon Prime, you get shit on your door. Yeah. You know, like, encyclopedia. Like, back in the day, if I wanted to find something out, I'd open up an encyclopedia and I'd know what I am. I have a stack of encyclopedias now. I can just Google everything. You know, we have everything in our hands. So, being patient and having that consistent belief is, is key. It's absolutely key. Bring back delayed gratification a little bit. I think this is a bit kind of overused. You really do. You're doing a good job Good questions that you've already prepared. Good questions that you've already prepared. If you become Earth's official tour guide to aliens, where would you take them? Or why? I think the aliens already know where to go. Like, I don't need to be the tour guide, they'll be taking me. Yeah, like, hey, do you not know about this thing? Imagine if you did it and aliens have never been to Earth before. And let's say, to put a spin on it, where would you take them? Well, the first place that comes into my head is the Great Pyramids of Giza. Okay. You know, you know this, right? You know, you know, you know, the thing is, like, I'll be honest, and I believe in aliens, I believe there's life out there. We're not the only beings in the whole entire infinite universe. And we're like a speck of dust or grain of sand in this giant universe. And it's clear to me, other worldly beings more advanced than us as well. But let's just move that aside and now assume that aliens are going to come and the tall guys, they know nothing about Earth. Yeah. You've got the continents, you've got countries, you've got places in particular. Where would you take them? Are you going to an ice tundra? Are you going to a desert in Africa? Are you going to Dubai? Are you going to a great city? Are you going to Bali, Indonesia? Are you going to, you know, a monumental structure in China? Are you going to... The thing is, like, it's a great question and I would be, my first thought is they would come here and think what have humans done to Earth to start that plan. You know, what we're doing to destroy the woodlands, nature, including the oceans. You know, what we do to each other, war, crime, violence. I mean, first of all, I need to hide all that. Don't look at all this and what humanity has done to the planet So where would I show up? Yeah. And it would probably be Egypt. I haven't been to Egypt just yet. I know. I really want to go. On the to-do list? Absolutely on the to-do list. Because it's the one that leaves you with more questions than answers. And I like that because if I was to talk to these aliens and say we'll be all together like, but how is it built? Who created this? What's the purpose? Are you like... Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Do you guys know? Yeah. I'm sure you're a fan that's built it. Absolutely. How do you not know? Does it have a building? Yeah, yeah. London, Africa? Okay, so you've got Egypt. I've got Egypt, yeah. If you could be born in another era in history, which would you choose and why? In the 2000s, like Gen Z, millennials, the 90s, 80s, maybe even further back. I love history. I studied history at A-level. I love ancient history. So for me to decide is quite... It's not an easy question because I was thinking how far back would I go? Would I go back and see like when Jesus was around? Would I go back? I'm a Sikh, so would I go and see when the Gurus in the 1500s, you know, when they were walking there, would I go back to... Like what? Buddha? You know, like there's a lot of things I would say. You know, I love to witness these parts of history. What is the key? I'm trying to think. I wouldn't go back in the 70s and 60s because that's already guilty to me. You'd definitely go further back. I'd go back to the ancient... Wow, okay. I'd go back to when the myths of Atlantis I'd say, and that was... No one really knows really, but thousands upon thousands of years. I'd rather go back. You know, in history we've had great floods that have, you know, like Noah's Ark, the Bible is a great example, and all different cultures around the world have talked about these great floods where basically the world has been wiped out and restarted and rebuilt. And, you know, we think we're the most advanced beings on... There's that 17 on Earth, but we don't know what's happened before the cataclysms. So, for me, I'd like to be... I'd like to go back to when the sea turned. Yeah, I want to go further back to speak like the technology that they had then and be part of that. I've watched Aquaman in England as well. You watched Aquaman? Aquaman. Oh, did you? I'm going to do another session. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, yeah, Barry O'Hagan. Number nine. Oh, nine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Given an unlimited budget, how would you plan your own funeral? Well, wait a second. That last bit. There's me thinking, well, unlimited budget. I have a plan. Yeah. I have an island. I have a gate. I have a mansion. So, how would I... You know what? I've always envisioned, which is really random, actually, to have a massive funeral. I've suddenly been to a lot of funerals while I've got into my late twenties, early thirties now. And I've seen, like, you know, so many people come to, like, the Sikh temple and show respect. And I'm like, when my time comes, I want a massive funeral because I want to... Not because ego's saying, right, I want all these people to come. It's because I know I've had a positive impact on all these people and they come and show me the respect and send me off. But, for me, it's a celebration. I want people to sit around and tell their stories. I remember when Manny did this sugar thing. I remember this time when Manny said this. I remember this kind thing he did. So, in terms of limitless budget, like, I don't think it would matter to me about the money or the budget because it's about the people and being able to accommodate them. But I want it to be a celebration, a party. Food, drinks, dancing, big, big space, open space, decorations. You know what, that sounds nice but realistically it wouldn't happen because people mourn their deaths, especially in my culture. No one really celebrates these. It's just a sad occasion. So, as much as I would say let's do it, I would do that. If people actually did that and celebrated me and partied and just thought of the good things rather than being sad and all the pain that comes with it, then absolutely I'd have the most exquisite banquet of food and performance and just all the shabazz. But, realistically, just turn up, come, show some love. Yeah, I'm opposite. I'm having a big, I'm going out big. You know, just when it happens a long time from now, people can still shake a leg but no, I definitely want to go out big. I'm definitely going for the big celebration. Go out big. You know, yeah, you're going to cry, yeah, it's going to be upsetting. Hopefully, that's the legacy. Hopefully, remember positively and hopefully over the generations and that's a perfect opportunity to really send off in a great way. Everyone will be in that room that has love for that person and then that's where the story can continue. With the little kids, seeing their aunties and uncles crying about why it wasn't Sanchez and that's how the story is going. That's how the legacy is fully set in stone. Yeah, I've always wanted like a big tree to be kind of planted in memory so people can go to that tree. Maybe my ashes were kind of buried a part of that tree. I mean, that's the thing, you know. Is it? Yeah. Oh, cool. So, in the soil, we've got ashes and then you plant the seed and then it comes on it. Oh, yeah, well, there you go. I had no idea. That's it. Yeah, I haven't done that for a long time. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a really good idea. That's a good idea. Yeah, that's the tree of life? Yes, absolutely the tree of life. Wow. Final question on the 1010 podcast. You are trapped in an elevator. Who would you want to be with? My wife. She probably would be my wife. 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