Digital Social Hour
From Collapsed Lung to Crushing It: A CEO's Journey | Zachary Del Monaco DSH #1072
08 Jan 2025
From a collapsed lung and near-death experience to becoming a purpose-driven CEO - Zachary Del Monaco shares his incredible transformation story. 🏥 After battling severe scoliosis that collapsed his lung and left him unable to walk, Zach discovered his true calling in helping others live healthier, more powerful lives. In this raw and inspiring conversation, you'll discover how a devastating spinal surgery during COVID became the catalyst for complete life transformation. Learn how Zach rebuilt himself physically and mentally, transitioning from construction industry work to founding Delmonico Events with a mission to prevent suicide and transform lives through health education. Watch as Zach opens up about his journey from rock bottom - including relearning to walk, hitting financial struggles, and ultimately finding his life's purpose in speaking and event production. He shares powerful insights on everything from healing protocols and business pivots to building genuine relationships and overcoming life's biggest challenges. This conversation is packed with valuable lessons on resilience, finding your purpose, and transforming pain into power. Perfect for entrepreneurs, health enthusiasts, and anyone seeking inspiration to overcome their own obstacles. Follow Zach's journey: Instagram & TikTok: @zachdelmonaco #businessdevelopment #selfimprovement #businesscoaching #kickstartyourentrepreneurjourney #discomfortleadstogrowth CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Zachary's Recent Travels 01:22 - Zachary's Career Developments 05:01 - Today's Sponsor: Prolon 07:19 - Party Phase 08:58 - Sparked Your Health Journey 13:11 - Gary Knows Your Story? 17:17 - Was Surgery the Right Move? 19:00 - Your Surgery Experience 22:25 - Support in Low Moments 23:10 - Your Lowest Moments 33:11 - What's Next for Zachary 33:19 - Delmonico Events 40:48 - Where to Find Zachary APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Zachary Del Monaco https://www.instagram.com/zachdelmonaco https://elanvital.club/zach SPONSORS: Prolon: http://prolonlife.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
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It was when the nurses came in and she's like, what can I do for you? Can I give you more medicine? And I was just so pissed off, so fed up that I was in this pain and that no one knew what the hell they were doing. Plus it was during COVID, so no one really could be in the room. So I remember just looking up and I'm like, Lord, I don't want to go through this anymore. Just take me away.
I just, I'm done. Just take me. If this is going to be like this. All right, guys. Got Zachary here today from Long Island. Thanks for coming in today, man. No worries, mate. Thank you. What you been up to lately? Came on, when did we come? We came in Saturday and leaving today. But yesterday we did a flight to Grand Canyon back. So just been chilling, relaxing.
I haven't been there yet. How was it? It was beautiful. Did you go like all the way in or? Yeah, we took helicopter. Went straight down. I think we stayed there for like 15 minutes. But just so insane. Was it quiet? How was it down there? Yeah, really quiet. Yeah, I'd imagine it's like super quiet. And was there any animals?
Now, apparently they said there's a lot of wild horses. Wild horses? Yeah. Wild horses, different animals, but we didn't see anything. Damn. Yeah. Yeah, I'm big on nature, so I got to make that a trip.
It was so beautiful. You should go, definitely. It's about a two-hour trip. So you have to fly there? Yeah. You can fly there. It's about an hour trip there, and then you stay probably 15 minutes, come back another hour. Nice. It's so nice. It's beautiful. You've been traveling a lot lately? No, actually. Really?
So like two, a year and a half, two years ago, I was traveling a lot with different events. But recently in the past couple of six months, I've been in New York just working with my dad on his construction company. Okay. So Delmonico Events is kind of put to the side a little bit?
Well, Delmonico Events now is up and running. Got it. So I was basically... Traveling a lot, and then I basically put all that on pause to come back. My dad owns a construction company called Red Rock Industries. We build car dealerships, recycling facilities. So I basically said that I want to go all in and focus on Red Rock to help me blow it up, social media and everything.
That was my game plan, to go all in. And then that fell through, actually. Something happened. We were posting some amazing videos. I was doing amazing with the content, really creating brand. And a couple of videos went up. A couple of clients didn't like it. Things left and right. So I basically had to put that on pause. And then my attention switched to Delmonico events. Got it. Yeah.
Red Rock like the casino here or different Red Rock? Red Rock like the Grand Canyon. Oh, Grand Canyon. Got it. Because there's a Red Rock by my house out here. Know what? Yeah. That's where all the Nelk boys stay and stuff. Yeah. The team's persuading me on moving here. Oh, yeah? Yeah. I was supposed to be moving to Florida, like Brickell area. Okay.
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