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Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 5: Fabian - Shadowboxing February 2021

Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 5: Fabian - Shadowboxing February 2021

Fabian
Life, Productivity

Shadowboxing rounds are solo episodes, where Life-Sparring host Fabian Gruber shares “What’s On and Poppin” in his life, what current books provide “Food for Thought” and what else is going on. No interviews, just a bit of solo rambling.

The winter in Hong Kong ended rather abruptly and muggy spring weather made it rather unlikely that Fabian still will try to improve on his rater embarrassing record for the Translantau 50k trail race. At least gyms are back open in Hong Kong and the first personal training sessions take their toll.

There is not much that’s “On and Poppin’” in February, at least not in terms of new tools and gadgets. Time to appreciate some old favorites and their new use cases. Food for Thought is all gloom and doom this time, with Dan Carlin’s “The End is Always Near”. This and a bit more in a short and sweet round of Life-Sparring.

Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 2: Eva Hilf - A Polarizing Discussion of Sales and Wearables

Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 2: Eva Hilf - A Polarizing Discussion of Sales and Wearables

Fabian
Career, Health, Interview

For Life-Sparring - Round 2, host Fabian is joined by sales veteran and Managing Director DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) of sports wearable manufacturer Polar Electro, Eva Hilf.
After deciding against running a guest house in the desert of Jordan, joining Procter & Gamble instead, Eva made an impressive career in consumer goods' sales & marketing.
In our conversation, we dig into Eva's "eternal truths of sales" applicable under all circumstances.

With Eva working with Polar Electro for the past 8 years, the wearable industry's massive transformation is another topic we dig in. If you want to hear how Polar navigates this watershed for the industry and how Eva sees the future of wearables listen to the show!

Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 1: Vlad Ixel on Running Successfully and Successfully Running a Supplement Start-Up

Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 1: Vlad Ixel on Running Successfully and Successfully Running a Supplement Start-Up

Fabian
Career, Health, Interview

For round 1 of the Life-Sparring Podcast, I managed to book an absolute rockstar and professional, trail running “heavyweight” Vlad Ixel from Perth, Australia.

Vlad has an inspiring story to tell and is not just a professional trail runner with an insane winning rate; he is also a running and triathlon coach and a fitness influencer with more than 70k followers on Instagram and he recently started his own supplement company BIX Hydration.

We dive into all three of Vlad’s careers and one thing becomes clear, Vlad’s success is as much coming from his strategic approach as it comes from his innate athletic talents.