When I first opened BOX., I thought I was building a gym. What I didn't realise was that I'd also be getting a front-row seat to hundreds of incredible stories. Stories of women finding confidence again, proving themselves wrong, and discovering they're capable of far more than they ever imagined. Along the way, I've learnt a few lessons myself. Interestingly, almost none of them have anything to do with barbells or boxing gloves. 1. There Will Never Be a Perfect Time When I decided to open...

If you've spent any time on social media lately, you've probably noticed that everyone seems to be a fitness expert. One person says you must lift heavy. Another says rep ranges don't matter. Someone else is telling you that you're doing everything wrong. The fitness space has become noisy. The problem is that all this information can leave people feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and like they're somehow falling behind. In reality, most people don't need another training hack. They need a...

In the last year I got into investing. Not exactly sure why, but probably a mix of having basically no super and never really having had a lucrative career and I need to think about what future Lawrence’s life looks like. Now they don’t teach you this stuff at school, they should, but they don’t. Anyway, there is an array of online calculator and tools you can use to forcast what your investment growth will look like over time with compounding interest etc.. blah blah blah. Anyway, the thing...