Episode 2833 – Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss success from resilience, healthy aging, food addiction, and social media influencers’ advice.
Success from Resilience
- Vinnie argues that people who achieve big things keep going through pain, setbacks, and repeated failure. (4:00)
- He uses examples like Elon Musk, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Lou Gehrig to illustrate that success usually follows repeated misses.
- Success is measured by failure tolerance, or, as Vinnie likes to call it, FQ (Failure Quotient).
- Resilience is important in life, and the only way to build it is through challenges.
- Accountability and consistency matter more than motivation alone, especially with weight loss and addiction.
- He says food addiction is real and that tools like GLP-1s are not a cure-all.
- Vinnie has a 45th high school reunion coming up. (33:00)
- He recounts the previous reunion he went to several years ago.
- The reunion story becomes a reflection on time, aging, lost classmates, and the shock of seeing how much people change.
- He became motivated to train harder and stay in shape for longevity and health.
- He recounts the previous reunion he went to several years ago.
- Is social media fitness advice targeted at women, myth or truth? (41:00)
- They review four specific claims regarding eating, fasting, and working out.
- Vinnie’s advice: eat real food, train, hydrate, and don’t get distracted by fitness influencer contradictions.
- Supply, cost, and food politics often make healthy eating harder due to economics and policy.
- Check out the Aletha Hip HookTM that Vinnie uses to reduce pain and increase mobility:
You can purchase your own through Vinnie’s website here: https://vinnietortorich.com/hook
- Anna’s products are now linked to PureVitamin Club’s website. Look under the “Food and Snacks” section to purchase them there, too.
- https://purevitaminclub.com/collections/food-and-snacks
- Vinnie hopes to add other products as well, all of which will be health-related.
- Anna’s next cookbook, Eat Happy Cocktail Hour, is filled with cocktails, mocktails, and appetizers and is available for pre-order right now.
- If you pre-order, you’ll get bonus goodies!
- You can pre-order from a wide variety of booksellers at https://eathappycocktailhour.com/
- Please save your receipt from wherever you pre-order; you’ll need it for your bonuses!
- Physical Release Date is October 2026
You can book a consultation with Vinnie to get guidance on your goals. https://vinnietortorich.com/phone-consultation-2/
More News
- Serena has added some of her clothing suggestions and beauty product suggestions to Vinnie’s Amazon Recommended Products link.
- Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on Peacock.
- “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon!
- You can purchase or rent it here.https://amzn.to/4d9agj1
- Please make sure to watch, rate, and review it!
- Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s second cookbook, is available!
- You can go to https://eathappyitalian.com
- You can order it from Vinnie’s Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXm
- Anna’s recipes are in her cookbooks, on her website, and on Substack —they will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/
