Erik Korem: Sleep and Stress Resilience Expert, Founder & CEO of AIM7, Former NFL Sports Science Director

<div>Are uncertainty and hardship inevitable in this life? Could you use a jump start for pursuing your goals, while living a healthy, fulfilled life?<br> <br> </div> <div>This week’s guest, Erik Korem, is the guy that can equip you to that end. His unquenchable curiosity and eagerness for knowledge made him an expert in high performance.<br> <br> </div> <div>Erik started as a walk-on football player at Texas A&amp;M, and that's where he found two things – a never-quit attitude and curiosity for high performance.<br> <br> </div> <div>After spending over 15 years working as a sports scientist, Erik’s passion for solving the data-to-action gap in the wearable tech and mHealth space came to life. He is the founder &amp; CEO of AIM7, teaching people how to turn data into healthy habits.</div> <br> <div><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></div> <br> <ul> <li>I dealt with bullying, and I just wanted to change myself. Kids can be cruel.</li> <li>In physical fitness events, I was always last.</li> <li>After watching John Jacobs and The Power Team, I was so inspired and told my dad, “I’ll never be last again.”</li> <li>I learned there was a science to the physical gap I was in.</li> <li>Playing football at Texas A&amp;M, I learned how to suffer well.</li> <li>You can’t fight what you don’t see coming.</li> <li>I could’ve paid attention to how much it sucked, or paid attention to what I could do about it.</li> <li>The Olympic Games are more than winning medals; it’s more like political warfare.</li> <li>I learned about the synchronization of the physical, psychological, technical, &amp; tactical.</li> <li>Wearable devices provide much data, but what do you do with it? </li> <li>Stress is the gateway to improvement, but chronic long-term stress can be a really bad thing if you can’t get it under control.</li> <li>If you don’t get enough sleep, your brain is literally full of crap.</li> <li>In REM sleep, your body is in a state of paralysis.</li> <li>I don’t praise grades; I praise their effort.</li> <li>If yo