Interview with Bobby Del Rio – Navigating Uncertainty

In this episode Nikou speaks to Bobby Del Rio who works in the TV and film industry. He became super famous in his native Canada recently when he secured a deal with a Hollywood producer through Clubhouse. The conversation starts off about Bobby's career but he soon turns the tables on Nikou and proposes an opportunity for her. KEY TAKEAWAYSI originally went to school for economics before acting school, I was going to go into finance. I was a Math guy, I'm a really big dork.The most underrated aspect of being a professional performer is the mental aspect. People think it's about looking good and memorising lines, but most of that is easy, the difficult part is the grind and managing the uncertainty.I've had a good pandemic, career-wise, and the reason is that I'm pretty good at navigating uncertainty. Even from a financial perspective, I'm so used to the most volatile things happening that I had prepared for these conditions 10 years ago, just out of paranoia – I saved a lot of money, paid off all my debts just in case something happened where I wouldn't have an income for two years and still be fine. Then the pandemic hit.If anything, I doubled down during the pandemic, giving myself more projects, more possibilities than ever before because I'm always prepared for the worst-case scenario.I can very clearly identify the greatest accomplishments in my career at the time and compare them to my worst personal failures. I don't know why that is, if I'm reframing the narrative, but it's so pronounced that it's almost a joke to me: professional success – personal failure, constantly.The pandemic year has been the hardest personal years of my entire life. I had many disastrous things happen. Great things were happening to me and I was supposed to be elated but my heart was broken.I hope this changes over time and I wonder if I'm doing this subconsciously.Since I got divorced six years ago a negative pattern has emerged that was not present for, I don't know if it's the kind of women that I've dated or my approach to dating, but something fundamentally shifted in my after the divorce where I haven't had a healthy relationship since – not throwing anybody under the bus or blaming them.When I find a woman I like I try to focus on her and making it work – I'm a one woman person – but again I feel like I'm unable to make it work and that's frustrating, but I keep moving forward and failing forward.I was studying commerce and the University of Toronto doing economics, accounting, calculus, etc and I became so unhappy doing it that I stopped attending my classes and skipped months of school at the time.I took improve classes where I would show up 10 minutes before the start of rehearsals at night. I thought, it's not that I'm incapable of honouring commitments, it's that I'm unwilling. The show was called ‘The Bob Goes to Hollywood', which is so funny now that I think about it. I've never said that out loud before.That made me realise that acting was what I wanted to do.BEST MOMENTS‘The link between sports psychology and success in the film and television industry are exactly the same.'‘I struggle deeply with maintaining a balance between work and relationships.'‘With dating apps, people don't like to fight things out anymore, they just give up on it.'‘Ladies: If you're listening or watching this podcast and, just like in Nikou's family, you feel the need to drive to Canada to meet me, do it.' ABOUT THE GUESTBobby Del Rio has a 20+ year career in the film & television industry.He has been interviewed over 400+ times, and recently became national news in Canada for getting an agent in Hollywood from the social audio app Clubhouse. He has become one of the top social audio influencers in the world. He secured a distribution deal for The Market during the pandemic, a feature film Bobby wrote/directed. Currently available on Amazon Prime in the US & UK. Upcoming: Bobby plays TOMMY in several episodes of “Poly is the New Monogamy”, created by Cat Hostick.  GUEST RESOURCESClubhouse and Instagram: @bobbydelrioTwitter: @Bobman  VALUABLE RESOURCESEmail: [email protected]: @nikoulohse@elev8tedtribe Elev8ted Tribe LIVE & on demand workouts/community:https://app.heymarvelous.com/elev8tedtribe/buy/product/13842Gut Reset program details (email me [email protected] if would like to join next group, or for more information to start today on self-guided course!)now.nikoulohse.com ABOUT THE HOSTNikou Lohse is a mom of three, wife to former MLB pitcher Kyle Lohse, Master Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, and lover of all things MOVEment, MINDFULness, and commUNITY. Nikou is a serial entrepreneur. She started her first company at 21 doing sales & marketing for Fortune 500 companies, made her first million at 24, and decided to exit at 30 in order to pursue her passion for helping others. She became a yoga, Pilates, barre, and mindfulness instructor, but her own struggle with SIBO and postpartum depression led her to redefine the way she took care of her body. Now, as a holistic health coach, she is on a mission to empower women and help them heal their gut through nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and spirituality.  CONTACT METHODEmail: [email protected] Podcast DescriptionFailing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure. Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed.They'll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We'll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge. With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to up-level in every area of your life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.