Andy Anderson on Business Success and Failure During Covid-19

Andy Anderson is an entrepreneur who started a gym franchise in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. We discussed fitness, business funding and expansion models, and how he was thrust into Covid partisanship when he started to call out lies and bad behaviour by politicians who were destroying his business. ------------------------------------ DISCERNABLE The Video Archive: https://discernable.io Prefer audio? Search for 'It Is Discernable' on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Join our Private Community: https://discernable.locals.com Purchase tickets (and replays) to our Town Halls: https://discernable.io/townhall ANDY ANDERSON https://www.instagram.com/andy_i_anderson https://instagram.com/contrariandaily https://globalfreedomrally.com https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-ultimate-you-andy-anderson/book/9781635766356.html https://teethonferry.com ------------------------------------ 2:36 Methodologies of fitness 03:40 Andy’s journey of health and body image 04:37 The different body types 07:03 Andy’s fitness regime 08:39 Society is unhealthy 10:05 The danger of comparison 12:00 How Andy started his first gym 17:27 Covid-proofing gyms 18:30 Victoria’s lockdowns are incomparable to other states 22:21 Vaccine passports and gyms 24:45 F45 and their inspiring story 26:07 Business lessons learned through harsh experience 27:11 Starting a franchise 33:12 How to resist hyperpalatable foods 35:02 Andy’s biggest business wins 37:16 Differentiate your business! 38:12 Entrepreneurship is risky but addictive 40:48 What it takes to be a good entrepreneur 42:47 Are franchises worth purchasing? 44.12 Boutique gyms are taking over 45:50 The truth behind gym memberships 48:44 Mental resilience and gratitude 52:10 Why Andy started calling out Covid lies 57:11 The misleading data about Covid 58:46 The fallout for speaking out 01:00:26 Everyone has to take responsibility for their behaviour 01:02:20 The government’s social experiment of fear 01:06:55 Cultish behaviour in the ‘resistance’ 01:09:15 Andy’s online ‘Global Freedom Rallies’ 01:11:02 Looking deeper at political policies 01:14:35 Pauline Hanson isn’t fringe anymore 01:18:57 Future predictions