Episode 299: Transform Your Life, Even If You’ve Been Stuck for Years w/ Justin Burgess
About the Guest : Justin Burgess is a Louisiana-based insurance entrepreneur, health advocate, and rising voice in the fitness and performance world. After spending years stuck in mediocrity, overweight, unhealthy, and settling for a corporate life, Justin radically transformed his body, mindset, and career. He lost 60 pounds, rebuilt his confidence, and launched his own brokerage with a mission built on transparency, effort, and people over profits.
Today, Justin helps employers navigate the complexities of health benefits while building a personal brand rooted in discipline, honesty, and growth.
Episode Summary: In this energizing, relatable conversation, Steve Mellor sits down with insurance entrepreneur and fitness-driven high performer Justin Burgess to unpack what personal growth really looks like when you decide you've had enough of your own excuses.
Justin shares the story of going from complacent and unhealthy to losing 60 pounds, rebuilding his confidence, launching his own business, and reshaping his entire identity as a leader, father, and husband. He breaks down the power of community, discipline, transparency, and choosing to “bet on yourself” — even when doubt follows you into every new opportunity.
This episode is a blueprint for anyone ready to stop settling, take ownership, and put real momentum behind the life they want.
Key Takeaways:
- The moment Justin realized he was living below his potential
- Losing 60 pounds and rebuilding confidence
- How fitness unlocked growth in business and relationships
- Community, vulnerability, and doing hard things with others
- The patience required in relationship-driven industries
- Building a personal brand with transparency
- The “people over profits” philosophy
- Betting on yourself and saying yes before you’re ready
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