E211 | 6 Weeks Into Built To Last: Founder Opens Up
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In this episode of The Kirk Miller Podcast, Kirk sits down with entrepreneur, investor, and hedge fund founder David to discuss his experience after his first 6 weeks inside Built To Last.
After decades of building and selling businesses, travelling constantly, and operating in high-pressure environments, David openly shares why health and fitness became the one area of his life that lacked consistency — despite success everywhere else.
This conversation goes far beyond training and nutrition.
It explores the real reason many entrepreneurs struggle to stay in shape: Decision fatigue, lack of accountability, poor environments, and constantly putting themselves last while building everything else around them.
David shares what surprised him most about Built To Last, the power of being surrounded by high-performing people, and why this experience has already become "life-changing" after only a few weeks.
Inside this episode, they discuss:
- Why many successful entrepreneurs struggle with consistency
- The hidden cost of constantly prioritising business over health
- Why accountability changes everything
- The importance of environment and peer groups
- How high performers can simplify health and fitness
- Why most people fail when they try to do it alone
- The role of identity in long-term transformation
- How to build standards that actually last
- Why health impacts business performance more than people realise
- The balance between discipline, enjoyment, and sustainability
The conversation also dives into the deeper philosophy behind Built To Last — not just creating physical transformations, but helping people become more complete human beings across health, business, leadership, confidence, relationships, and life.
This episode is for business owners, entrepreneurs, founders, and ambitious people who know they're capable of more — but need the right environment, structure, and people around them to truly unlock it.
Because long-term transformation is never just about food and training. It's about who you become in the process.
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