I'm Not Your Guru w/ Leo Savage

On Episode 2 of Season 4 Robert is joined by Steel Mace Flow founder Leo Savage. The two delve deeply into self help courses, gurus, coaches, plant medicines, and setting differences aside + much more on this intimate & impactful podcast.

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Show Notes:

1:14- Leo Savage is the creator of Steel Mace Flow, which continues to grow in popularity each year. It can be found at the Onnit gym in Austin, Texas. 

2:22- Steel Mace Flow is about expressing yourself through fitness, and not letting emotions control you. 

3:36- Because of COVID-19, Savage went eight months without a hug. 

6:18- Savage is concerned with people becoming life coaches after only completing a forty-five day course. 

9:16- “It’s called Imposter syndrome, and it is a very good way to get hurt.” (Savage)

12:05- “It’s easier to fix someone else’s problems than to fix your own.” (Patton) 

16:05- It is not normal to totally agree with someone else and follow exactly as they do, that turns the other person into a guru. It is healthy to have disagreements and be different from others. 

19:22- “The more money I got, and the more followers I got, the more full off myself I got.” (Savage)

22:25- Helping other people is important in the process of healing. 

28:57- With self help, go in being yourself, and come out of it still being yourself. 

30:17- Patton got scammed out of $5,000 dollars two years ago and learned a big lesson. 

33:05- “No coach has helped 100% of the people.” (Savage) 

37:35- Savage believes in moving through and past emotions and not sitting with them. 

39:00- The majority of self help classes Savage has taken go over the importance of positive self talk, meditating, breath work and eating healthy. 

43:00- Kambo, a secreted poison from the Giant Leaf Frog that is applied to burned skin, was recently used by Savage to become stronger by going through a purge. Warriors have used it for many centuries to prepare for battles. 

46:53- After experiencing Kambo, Savage has smoked less Cannabis than any point from the last decade. 

51:40- Leo was given the nickname savage by a group of men in Albuquerque, New Mexico he helped train, and began to feel like he was acting out a character that other people were thinking up to make them happy. 

55:05- “I wasn’t happy not being Leo Savage.” (Savage) He had to return to being his authentic self, sometimes you have to go back to the start to make progress. 

58:37- Just because you have attained success doesn’t mean that you get to slack off on cultivating happiness for yourself and others. 

1:00:23- Savage’s daily routine includes waking up when he wants to, smoking a joint, driving him and his French Bulldog, Butter in his dream car to Summer Moon Coffee on 1st Street in Austin, Texas and walking around saying hello. Then he ends up at the Onnit Academy, a speciality gym where he records his Steel Mace Flow routines. He also enjoys eating a steak every single day. Reaching out to others and checking in makes him feel good too. 

1:04:27- There is a rivalry between Steel Mace Flow and Viking Ninja. 

1:09:40- Even with the oppositions, Savage is still happy and proud to see his main competitor grow and thrive. 

1:11:30- “Time heals all.” (Savage)