"Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be" - Elanor Roosevelt - We are all given one life to live and what we choose to do with our energy, talent, and time is completely up to us. We are all blessed with a tremendous capacity to learn, execute, take risks, fall, rise up, win, lose, live, love, and everything in between. Our potential is nearly limitless, but in the end few people live up to a fraction of their full potential. So much life is left on the table and in the end many poor souls lie on the deathbed filled with regret fixated on how life could have been lived more fully and richly. Choices, a lack of purpose, a lack of passion, and a negative mindset ultimately lead a life down an all too common yet tragic downward spiral. We call this podcast "The Upward Spiral" because it is about recognizing and directly fighting against all the forces in this world that would have us waste our life, and not realize our full potential. We will cover an array of subject matter pertaining to personal and professional growth while constantly discussing the mindset required to achieve our own greatness. Ultimately, the pursuit of achievement, attainment, and excellence are not for frivolous worldly goals. Rather, we seek to achieve greatness because it is what we are all called to do so that we can each exert an inordinate amount of influence in this world for good, perpetuating an upward spiral not only in our own lives, but in the lives of those around us. Cody Strate and Davin Marceau are two guys that are completely opposite in many ways, but share a common bond of the constant pursuit of excellence and a full life. In this podcast they will organically share ideas, thoughts, experiences, and advice in a completely unrehearsed and non-scripted manner. Most importantly you will get to laugh along with them at some extremely inappropriate humor. If you're easily offended do not listen. The format of The Upward Spiral Podcast is as follows... Part 1 - What'cha Drink'in & What'cha Think'in Description: Cody & Davin each come prepared with a stiff drink and whatever thoughts on their mind. They’ll talk a bit about the drink, and then discuss topics from current events, experiences, food, or whatever; no big whoop. Part 2 - Mission Ambition Description: Cody or Davin will take turns from one podcast to another bringing a set of two to three topics to the table. The other person can then choose whichever topic they’d like to tackle and discuss. Note: Nothing is scripted, rehearsed, or prepared in advance. None of the topics are known in advance in order to preserve the authentic and organic nature of the exchange between Cody & Davin.