My greatest fear is not being able to give him everything that I want to give him and that’s the biggest thing that runs through my mind. I want to be with him till he’s at least 40-45 years old and that’s gonna make me 101 and I’m gonna get there. But man, oh man I wanna make sure I can help him, guide him and teach him in everything I possibly can. Michael : Would you also say, I know that it’s gonna be a toss up on this question, but would you also say he is your greatest accomplishment or Joy is? Eric : They both are. Joy was already super accomplished when I met her. She was the number one supermodel and sweet at the same time which is very, very rare. She’s a very humble, sweet person all at the same time. You know, her career spans over 30 years. Walking catwalks in Milan and Paris and then working for the Queen of Thailand. Yes, that was wonderful, and with my son, and anyone that has children knows what I’m talking about, I learned about unconditional love. Sacrifice. There’s never any hesitation to do everything you can for them. That’s something that I needed to learn because I was very materialistic. I pretended I was James Bond. Now, you know, I love him to death and I want to make sure that he has choices in every aspect of his life. That’s my main focus with him at this moment. He is my greatest accomplishment. But I couldn't have done it without Joy. Michael : Yeah, I have children as well. They’re grown now and you know all I could see to do when
sand this is the outcome if you choose this. So I was just educating them on the right things and then they had to make their own choices. That said, what challenges you now? Not only in life, in general, with a family, business and everything else. What are your biggest challenges right now? Eric: Well, this is a true story and it sounds like BS maybe. But up until my last weekend in Florida, when I was with you guys and wanted to join in and assist. It was finding that big hairy audacious goal. You know, I don’t want to brag, but I’ve had some really crazy things in my life and to get me,I remember hearing Naomi Campbell saying “To get me out of bed is a minimum of 25 grand.” But, for me to put an obsession together or I’m gonna go 110% and create or help create something that’s best in its class worldwide. Not even in a class, forget that! This is a new class starting. A new class which is something that I am fearless about. I don’t care if it’s never been done before, I relish in that! It needed to be something that’s gonna get me excited. Until I met the group and heard about what is going on in the minds of the geniuses in the group, I passed on so many things and everyone asked why? “Sorry, I don’t want to be egotistical but it’s just not getting me passionate.” I would rather do charity and rather play with orphans. Joy and I have quite a few that we have adopted. That gets me! Seeing them smile! Taking them to a Harry Potter movie for the first time or going to an amusement
park that gets me.
But and entrepreneurship it’s got to be a big deal to get me interested and I’m on that now. in business Michael : So, if you were to wake up tomorrow and you didn’t have anything that you have right now, stripped of everything. You got the shirt on your back and some flip-flops and that’s all you get. What would be the first thing you would do to get yourself started again? Eric : I would get myself meditating and working out and run on the beach. I would get myself in the greatest shape, mentally, physically, emotionally and spritually. I would go to places that heroes would be. I would go to Gold’s Gym and stand outside saying hello to someone until someone comes up and says “Hey kid, why don’t you come inside?” I’d say “I don’t have the 25 bucks to join” and he’s gonna throw me the 25 bucks and he’s going to work out with me and introduce me to Schwarzenegger and Tom Platz and to Lou Ferrigno. Then I’m gonna be so friendly the guy at the front desk will say “Hey, you wanna job? I don’t wanna work the weekend.” Before you know it I’m going to own a $100 million chain. Michael : I have no doubt that that's sincere and exactly what would happen either.
Eric : That’s what I would do.
Michael : What are you doing right now to make an impact on humanity as a whole? And, what
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