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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 57 MIN

How to Stop Living by Default and Start Living by Design (with Shelli Netko)

from Legacy and Longevity Podcast · host Zach Dancel

Most people spend decades preparing for success and zero time preparing for what actually matters. Shelli Netko learned that at 45, when her husband died suddenly on a family vacation, life as she knew it stopped. She rebuilt everything as a single mother of five, became a serial entrepreneur, wrote the boldly titled book The Shit You Need to Do Before You Die, and turned her hardest chapter into a coaching practice that helps executives and entrepreneurs stop living by default and start living by design. In this episode of The Legacy and Longevity Podcast with host Zach Dancel, coach, author, and publisher Shelli Netko, breaks down: Why running toward fear instead of away from it can redirect the entire trajectory of a career.How tiny daily acts of courage build the resilience needed for the leaps that actually change lives.Why suppressed intuition behaves like a cork underwater and always finds a way back to the surface.How the first 24 hours after sudden loss revealed strengths Shelli never knew she carried.Why making peace with mortality frees people to live with more enthusiasm, purpose, and presence today.How preparing wills, proxies, and plans while healthy protects families and preserves space for real grieving.Why a simple bucket list gave a man fighting brain cancer hope, plans, and a trip to Europe.How entrepreneurs can scale themselves alongside the business before health, family, and finances quietly suffer.Why controlling notifications and dopamine loops restores the attention that relationships and businesses depend on.How showing up boldly and authentically every single day becomes a legacy that outlives any title. If this conversation moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. That is legacy in action. Your legacy deserves a body and mind built to carry it. Nava Health combines comprehensive lab work, hormone optimization, nutrition, and personalized longevity medicine to keep you performing for the people who count on you. Start at https://navacenter.com/ #intentionalliving #livingbydesign #personalgrowth #legacy #longevity #lifecoach #mindset #resilience #reinvention #entrepreneurship #worklifebalance #LegacyandLongevity #ZachDancel #ShelliNetko #NavaHealth Follow Legacy and Longevity Podcast Website: LegacyandLongevity.com | Facebook: Legacy-and-Longevity-Podcast | YouTube: @LegacyandLongevityPodcast | Instagram: @LegacyandLongevity  Follow Zach Dancel Instagram: @ZachDancel | Facebook: Zach.Dancel | LinkedIn: @ZachDancel  Follow Shelli Netko Website: ShelliNetko.com | Instagram: @ShelliNetko | LinkedIn: @ShelliNetko | Facebook: ShelliNetkoLifeCoach | YouTube: @ShelliNetko

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