ABOUT – the101percentpodcast

About Us

Joakim

Joakim is a 38 year old machine from a little island on the west coast of Norway.

He has worked at the sea for 12,5 years as a fisherman and able seamann.

After that he started working on shore as an industrial mechanic and maintainance at Ormen Lange gas plant.

In august 2024 he did a gangester move, by selling his appartment and quit his job. 30th September 2024 was the last day at his job.

1st of October Joakim started a Podcast together with one of his sisters (Annika the MMA fighter). It was a brave and risky move. But you need to take some risks in your life, if you want to live an exceptional life. Now Joakim is working full time to build up this podcast business together with Annika.

From 2007-2013 Joakim lived in Thailand. It was an amazing time the first 4 years, but the last two years was a nightmare. He became an alcoholic who drank heavily every day. In 2013 he moved back to Norway together with his daughter to start a new and better life. He was in rehab for 4,5 months after arriving to Norway again. Joakim has now been sober for 11,5 years.

He has always trained and pushed himself very hard physically and mentally.

Joakim has worked and learn a lot about motivation, discipline and personal development for over a decade now. He likes to exercise, work on his personal development, travel and experience the world. He is always working to become the best version of himself. Joakim really likes to learn new things and challenge himself. The most important task in his life, and also the task he loves the most is to try to be the best father for his daughter. Joakim loves to spend time together with her.

We have a lot to offer to the world about how people can become the best version of themselves. Thats one of the reasons we started this Podcast. We would like to help people get as much out of life as possible. Subscribe to THE 101% PODCAST and join us on this exciting journey, it will improve your life a lot, that’s 101% for sure.

Annika

Annika is a 26 year old girl that grew up on a small island on the West coast of Norway. She is a social worker with further education in domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health. She has a passion to help people and always develop herself to be the best version of herself. For as long as she can remember, she has always felt a fire inside of her that made her daydream about her future. She always wants to improve and get the best out of life. Annika has always had a desire to achieve greatness, optimize life and do her part to make things better. We leave our footprints on this earth, and we are only here on borrowed time. Therefore it is important to do your best at making the world a better place. Annika finds great joy in this Podcast business where we spread our mindset and try our best to reach out to as many people as possible by spreading motivational lessons, inspiring stories, an uplifting vibe and create a community where we cheer for each other to optimize our life 101%. The 101% recipe is something both Annika and Joakim have found to be extremely helpful and the recipe to achieve success. They are both very happy to share this through the podcast. Annika is a MMA and Muay thai fighter. Fighting is the rawest form of testing the mindset and personal growth and something that brings tremendous joy to Annikas life. She quit her job in 2023 and moved to Phuket in Thailand in the beginning of 2024. She spent the year training at AKA Thailand and improved all aspects of the martial arts focus. The recent couple of years she’s had five amature MMA fights and five professional Muay Thai fights. She’s back in Norway and working hard towards her professional MMA debut and the rest of her career within the martial arts. She is hyped, ready and prepared for all the upcoming fights ahead of her.