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Having a complete understanding of the financial system we’ve become accustomed to since birth is not only advantageous, but it’s an absolute must.  The gap between really understanding the impact and full gravity of inflation and living by a feeling or a suspicion is too wide to ignore. Nic Carter is an entrepreneur, investor, columnist and advisor in the Bitcoin crypto space. He’s joining Tom today to break down some principle ideas and thoughts to help you at least research what you should be doing with your money, your government issued and government backed money. What’s happening with crypto and NFTs isn’t something you can ignore or sleep through. Bitcoin has been going strong for more than a decade. You have a moral obligation to yourself and to your family to at least understand how inflation works, why increasing assets is like theft of your dollar’s value and how you can protect yourself and be part of the wealth redistribution in a way that benefits you more than harms you.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Nic Carter

1:31 | Does Bitcoin Matter?

4:21 | What is Money?

8:52 | Creating Devalued Money

14:43 | Redistribution & Inflation of Assets

22:24 | Reacting to Inflation

27:54 | Japan’s Stagflation

36:57 | Energy, Euphoria & Bitcoin

40:47 | Fiat Money Explained

45:10 | Do Research Money

49:16 | Bitcoin Value Vs Fiat Value

54:13 | Bitcoin, Digital Gold

57:52 | Value System by Design

QUOTES:

“Devaluing the monetary medium that we store our work and labor in is always redistributive. So it's effectively a way to reapportion societal resources from some group to another group.” [9:59]

“there's a wealth effect whereby people feel richer, and then they spend more like if the value of your 401k goes a lot, goes up a lot, you're probably willing to buy that nice new car, if the value of your house goes up a lot” [16:23]

“There's nothing that guarantees that public equity investors in the US are going to earn 7% every year for the rest of all time.” [31:38]

“As an entrepreneur in the crypto space, and someone who allocates capital, my best hope is to sort of create the tools and the systems that regular folks can use to potentially escape a ruinous Fiat system.” [40:15]

“The government cultivates an environment in which the dollar has value. They have certain tools to do that, one is tax policy...” [42:09]

“The first thing is just not not accepting uncritically the narratives coming out of sort of our monetary elites in this country.” [49:06]

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If you've been following the cryptocurrency and NFT conversation with us recently, you’ll appreciate this incredible conversation with Robert Breedlove, a freedom maximalist and bitcoin-focused entrepreneur. If you haven’t been following along, jump in now. This episode is less NFT and crypto wallet focused and more educational in that Robert breaks down inflation like very few can. Understanding something at its foundational level allows you to really think from first principles, which empowers you to make better decisions. Cryptocurrency is built on technology and Bitcoin has been performing like no other asset in history, but why and how is this possible? You may need to watch this a few times, and may be even better with pen and paper to take notes. This is a crash course and deep dive on money, inflation, what property is, and why assets matter.

Robert shares 5 properties of money:

Resources mentioned in this episode:

WTF Happened in 1971: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

Masters and Slaves of Money: https://breedlove22.medium.com/masters-and-slaves-of-money-255ecc93404f

Dishonest Money: https://www.amazon.com/Dishonest-Money-Financing-Road-Ruin-ebook/dp/B004P1J0PQ

Sovereign Individual: https://www.amazon.com/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720

Thank God for Money: https://www.amazon.com/Thank-God-Bitcoin-Corruption-Redemption/dp/1641991216

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Robert Breedlove

0:34 | Inflation and Fiat Explained

6:17 | Defining Money & Property

10:47 | Compromised Property Value

16:05 | Wealth Redistribution of Assets

23:59 | What is Money

26:16 | The 5 Properties of Money

33:51 | Central Banking Corrupt Power

40:13 | Counterfeit Inflation

48:32 | Life, Liberty and Property

56:48 | Bitcoin Absolute Scarcity

1:07:21 | Government Disruption

1:13:50 | Declining Power of Government

1:23:20 | Implication of Bitcoin

1:30:47 | Purchasing Power of Bitcoin

1:40:43 | Sovereign Individual Insights

1:48:30 | Decentralized NFTs & Crypto

1:51:03 | Thank God for Bitcoin

QUOTES:

“Money is also a psycho technology. It's like literacy or numeracy. It's a software implementation we put into our brain, we use it to communicate, negotiate [and] plan.” [6:42]

“We typically think property is the house, the car, the stock, whatever. That's not what property is, properties and relationships. It's an exclusively acknowledged relationship between the owner and the asset”

“It contradicts the premise of self ownership, when we give power away to a single institution” [10:26]

“I like to say central banking, and the fiat currency complex is as clear as mud and twice as dirty.” [16:48]

“When we look at money, the five properties that market actors voluntarily favor, you could also think of as the five services we seek from money…” [26:16]

“When money is losing its value over time. We're all incentivized to be more short term thinking. This is a de-civilizing force.” [39:07]

“There is no difference between counterfeiting and inflating the amount of dollars in the system.” [40:13]

“Inflation is legalized counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is criminalized inflation.” [43:33]

“We have tried to rationalize and formulate different ways of creating socio economic structures that favored the few that could understand it and create that privilege for themselves at the expense of others.” [56:35]

“Bitcoin is an innovation as significant as the Gutenberg printing press actually, and I think the implications of its emergence will be similarly disruptive to institutions in the world.” [1:10:07]

“When the institution tries to clamp down on the disruptive technology, the subversive technology, it actually drives it to its highest and most useful form of some subversion” [1:12:24]

“Another definition of money. It's an insurance policy on uncertainty. The only reason people are holding money is for its option value.” [1:35:23]

“To walk across the room, implies that you value being on the other side of the room more than you value sitting where you currently are. So we are constantly and unavoidably expressing our values through action.” [1:55:22]

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Sleep is not only an essential function that allows us to recharge mentally and physically, it’s also deemed so important that going without sleep was banned by Guinness World Records. The record for going without sleep was officially given to Randy Gardner who managed to survive 11 days without sleep in 1964 while giving himself a form of dementia. Obviously this is not the path to take for increasing productivity and optimizing your quality of life, but many of us are short changing our sleep every night and have been doing so for years. Sleep is something that should be protected and guarded at all costs if you want to execute consistently at a high level and optimize for higher output and results. Here are Tom’s 10 tips to help you prioritize your sleep even if you’re burning the candle at both ends, there is no excuse and no way around prioritizing your sleep hygiene.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Sleep Routine

0:42 | Get Sun Exposure

1:53 | Move Your Body

2:38 | Stop Eating Crap

7:12 | Reduce Artificial Light

12:39 | Separate Your Blankets

14:45 | Keep The Bedroom Cool

16:07 | Tape Your Mouth Shut

17:55 | Fall Back Asleep

21:16 | Never Set an Alarm

22:33 | Bonus Tip

QUOTES:

“The second you wake up, get out, go outside and get that sun exposure” [1:26]

“For the last hour before bed, I'm doing fun things and doing things that give me energy that makes me feel light that are part of that passion that feel good.” [8:56]

“I only have one job now that I'm going to bed and that job is to sleep.” [9:38]

“Make sure that you don't have an alarm staring you in the face and that you get whatever amount of sleep you need.” [22:02]

“Recognizing that you can shift your state and get into that much more pleasant place is really powerful. And to even do that, on your worst days, is incredibly beneficial.” [23:40]

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When you sit back allow yourself to really dream, often the dream you have is beautiful but it’s also big, a little scary, and intimidating. Big dreams and big goals feel nearly impossible. It’s hard to fathom how you’re supposed to get from where you are in this moment to this far away goal that’s hard to conceptualize. James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence completed 50 consecutive Iron-Distance Triathlons covering 7,030 miles with 0.24% of those miles completed indoors due to inclement weather. He joins Tom and breaks down the backlash he got for doing less than 17 miles indoors, and reveals the real mental fortitude and personal challenges he faced that lead him to deciding on completing 100 consecutive Iron-Distance Triathlons this time, plus one.

James talks about what it really means to do hard things, and how the secret of achieving your goals is in the journey, the failures, and the lessons that prepare you for the actual goal. He’s opening up about what his post-recovery has become and the challenges he’s overcoming for that as well.

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SHOW NOTES:

1:02 | Why Do the Hard Things

7:10 | 100% Physical & 100% Mental

13:56 | Goals Change Perspective

20:08 | Confront Your Weakness

24:59 | 101 Iron-Distance Triathlons

42:10 | Set Your Own Standards

52:57 | Why Do 1 More Than 100

58:37 | Post-Recovery Stage

QUOTES:

“Doing hard things with intent is preparation for the unknown.” [2:18]

“Motion creates emotion, and you have to experience something and feel it in order to have an experience or knowledge with it.” [4:00]

“Mastering that continual conversation and beatdown that we have with ourselves is one of the most important pieces to that puzzle.” [9:42]

“Why people fail is because they rush straight to that big goal and they miss out on everything in between, which is the most important part.” [14:48]

“You need to meet yourself where you're at, on your journey. And over time, your perception perspective will change about what's possible for you.” [18:20]

“You wouldn't do something if you knew how damn hard it was going to be, and you wouldn't do something if you had all the answers, and you don't start as the expert.” [34:34]

“What you say you're going to do is the expectation, and if you deviate from that, it gives them permission to then attack you.” [43:23]

“We don't know what tomorrow is gonna bring, and if you quit now you're never going to find out and that would be the most tragic thing you do on your journey…” [49:46]

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When you think of someone being courageous, it’s easy to think of police, fire fighters, and military. Maybe the person that risked their life to help a total stranger in a time of need comes to mind as being courageous. But courage manifests in many ways than not just the physical acts that we default to. Ryan Holiday joins Tom to discuss his new book, Courage Is Calling. He explains how courage is ongoing.It’s about the moments and opportunities that are presented where you choose to act in courage, or you show up reckless without regard, or you choose the cowardly thing in that moment. Ryan unpacks having courage, acting in courage, and where it falls in the spectrum between being reckless and being a coward. Even the term coward seems harsh when you realize you may be guilty of acting cowardly at different points in your life. You’ve chosen to “save face” and look after your personal safety and benefit at some point, and it’s okay, we all have. Ryan further explains through his personal experiences that doing the courageous thing is not always self-evident, and that these moments will present themselves. This is a great jumping off point to exercise your courage muscle, do the heroic things and start living to a higher standard today.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Ryan Holiday

0:21 | Why Live by Virtues

7:57 | Intuitive Nature of Courage

13:08 | Put Yourself Out There

19:28 | Inspired Cynical Ideas

28:51 | Integrate Truth & Courage

35:18 | Responsibility to Past Lessons

41:29 | Middle of Reckless and Coward

48:02 | Is It Reckless Or Cowardice?

1:00:52 | Failing to be Courageous

1:08:11 | Not Acting Courageous

1:15:59 | Get More Courageous

1:21:34 | Courageous is Contagious

1:31:17 | Ryan’s Heroes & Standards

QUOTES:

“That's kind of the idea of virtues, is to create sort of a structure that you can live in, that guides you so you're not again winging it on these critical decisions.” [7:03]

“There is no deed in this life so impossible that you cannot do it, your whole life should be lived as a heroic deed.” Leo Tolstoy read by Tom [12:21]

“History is not just a parade of shitty people and crimes and awfulness and hypocrites, that we are making progress and things are getting better and it's getting better because people were courageously committed to ideas and ideals, and risked themselves and their reputations to try to make those things more real.” [22:45]

“You don't get to stick your head in the sand and deny that facts are facts, but you have to decide what facts are you going to take and integrate into your understanding of the world, and what your imperative as an individual is.” [31:28]

“What do you do with the little moments that life offers you? Do you make the brave choice Or the cowardly choice?” [34:32]

“If the fight doesn't need to happen, it's not courageous to start it [....] deciding what battles need to be fought, what risks need to be taken, how risk can be taken off the table if it's not necessary. This is an important part of courage. It's not just, I don't feel fear.” [44:49]

“The thing you're hesitating on doing, the considerations, are usually very helpful in reminding you of what actually matters.” [51:33]

“Courage isn't this thing where you're either courageous or you're not. It's more a thing you do, day to day.” [1:14:54]

“If you think about courage as like, very rarely the easy way, and almost always the harder way, you can build that as a muscle” [1:17:21]

“The decision to quit, the decision to give up, the decision to concede, that's ultimately a power that you always have.” [1:20:19]

“Everyone tells you, it's a bad idea, until you definitively prove it was a good idea. And then the curse is that it looks like it was obvious all along.” [1:25:30]

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The truth about life, success, and failure is everything depends on you. The problem is that you, and nearly every other person around, defaults to being at the mercy of the people, the environments, and unfortunate situations that mark the course of life. Mel Robbins is the personification of motivation on steroids packed with a high potency of raw truth. You could say she’s joining Tom to discuss her newest book, The High 5 Habit, but it’s more fitting to say she’s back to give you the kick in the ass you’ve been waiting for. Mel is not only talking about why high fiving yourself is powerful, she’s reminding you that you have a responsibility to heal yourself and do the work. While you’re chasing your dreams, understand that what the world sees as failure may just be a massive success in the timeline of your life, as has been the case for Mel Robbins.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Introduction Mel Robbins

1:42 | A-Ha Moments In Life

7:20 | Why High 5 Yourself

19:54 | Feel Worth Celebrating

25:15 | R.A.S. Looking for Hearts

34:59 | Powerful of Jealousy

37:44 | Life Is Your Responsibility

47:38 | Interrupting Destructive Worry

51:37 | Mel’s Vermont Painting

QUOTES:

“I hope that when somebody listens to our conversation and watches this that they have a massive a-ha moment, but it’s not going to mean fucking shit if you don’t take action and do something about it.” [3:01]

“You are going to find yourself not at 25, but 45 or 65, and you're going to be so filled with regret that you never fucking put a bet on yourself.” [6:29]

“When you start to have a moment with yourself, the crazy part is you start to build a partnership with yourself.” [15:01]

“Beating yourself up will not make you do the work to get healthy, and tearing yourself down over the shit that you've done or the terrible relationships that you're in it's not going to empower you to change the patterns that are keeping you stuck.” [24:50]

“The thing about jealousy is, it's just your inspiration that's blocked. Jealousy is sort of the insecurity that you have that blocks this inspiration” [35:55]

“Most people aren't obsessed with their goals, because they don't believe they're worthy of them.” [40:36]

“If you don't, at some point, be defiant, against what the world or your caregivers or your past experience has pounded into your brain incorrectly, unfairly, you will forever be stuck with that story.” [41:16]

“You can have nothing, and you can still have your own back. You can have tremendous problems and very real obstacles that you're facing, and you can have a mindset that says, through my efforts, my attitude, I can have an impact on the situation that I'm in.” [45:09]

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Dopamine is not a new topic. People have been obsessing and hearing about dopamine and its role in human behavior for years. You may think of it as the feel-good happy hormone, or you may associate it with addiction, love, lust and sex. As our lives convert over to a totally digital experience that is with us everywhere we are in the form of a cell phone, dopamine detox has even started gaining in popularity. Dr. Andrew Huberman from the Huberman Lab is back again to unpack some of the more surprising discoveries and uses of dopamine. He cleverly relates dopamine to being a biological currency that has a role to play in human desire for more. Dopamine is the catalyst pushing humanity forward exploring things like cryptocurrency and pushing our limitations and what is possible, but is all of that for the sake of pleasure and feeling good? Dr. Huberman breaks down the eternal balance of pain and pleasure, arousal and relaxation and gives you the insight you need to start regulating your body’s dopamine release. If you thought dopamine was all about feeling good, Dr. Huberman is about to reveal why it’s more about what motivates you in the pursuit of something greater.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Dr. Andrew Huberman

0:56 | Dopamine the Biological Currency

6:51 | Releasing Dopamine

10:38 | Hormonal Signaling

14:34 | Can We Spike Dopamine?

21:00 | Value the Pursuit & the Dips

25:40 | Balance of Pain and Pleasure

31:23 | Self Regulation of Dopamine

38:28 | Dopamine and Time Perception

44:31 | Dopamine and Overindulging

49:05 | Action Based Denial

52:42 | Using Rules & Dopamine

58:27 | Ways to Get Motivated

QUOTES:

“When I say dopamine is the universal currency of everything, what I mean is, it's driving the motivation to develop new currencies.” [3:08]

“Celebrating the win more than the pursuit, it actually sets you up for failure in the future.” [16:00]

“If you can start to register that craving, and that friction and that desire, that almost kind of low level of agitation, sometimes high level of agitation [...] that's dopamine...” [17:54]

“Your capacity to tap into dopamine as a motivator, not just seeking dopamine rewards, that is infinite.” [19:34]

“It's the craving that makes me feel alive. So it's the state of wanting that is in and of itself, the pleasurable act.” [22:37]

“It doesn't matter if it's Bitcoin or aetherium, it doesn't matter if it's putting rockets on other planets, it doesn't matter if it's building the first automobile, it's the same currency.” [25:27]

“Dopamine itself is not the reward. It's the build up to the reward, and the reward has more of a kind of opioid bliss like property,” [29:51]

“The more pain you experience, the more dopamine you can achieve. If you get back on the avenue of pursuit.” [30:58]

“I would say addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure, and I don't like to comment too much on enlightenment, [...] but a good life is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure, and even better is a good life is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure and includes pleasure through motivation and hard work. “ [32:55]

“If you think about most of the growth in life comes from these rigidly externally imposed schedules and we hate them. But they are where we learn restraint” [52:42]

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Whether you believe that humans and other species have evolved or you believe in a creator of living things, this episode is going to excite you or challenge you to think outside the box. Both scenarios are worthwhile, as Tom is joined by the world renowned evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins. Trying to fully grasp how the human mind works and what role evolution plays with our emotions, thought processes and sexual selection can be overwhelming. Tom highlights the inspiring works from Richard and discusses some complex ideas from his latest book, Books Do Furnish A Life. This is a deep dive into what evolution is, and raises the question of whether or not science, technology, and the human search for meaning and exploration has surpassed our basic evolutionary need for survival. Where does that leave humanity and what options are potential solutions worth exploring?

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Richard Dawkins

1:34 | How The Mind Works

7:28 | Nature of Thought & Emotion

14:01 | Emergent Properties Beyond Survival

21:13 | Lack Of Evolving Creativity

29:30 | The Great Leap Forward

30:46 | Evolution of Sexual Selection

41:25 | The Handicap Principle

45:17 | Human Sexual Selection

57:13 | Genetic Variance

1:04:07 | Finding Origin of Life

1:10:55 | Natural Selection & DNA

1:27:29 | Writing Sci-Fi & Morality

1:37:58 | Hard Problem of Consciousness

1:41:32 | Memes + Hyper Connectivity

QUOTES:

“What I tried to do in my writing career is to emphasize the rational, thoughtful side of the brain, and to not deny the existence of the emotional, but to try to foster the control of the emotions by reason.” [6:48]

“What the human mind achieves today, in the form of science in particular, technology, is utterly bewildering when you think about it in an evolutionary context. It is so far beyond what we're ever naturally selected to do.”

“The origin of life on this planet is not a highly implausible event, it’s not a very rare event...” [1:09:49]

“The idea that every particle in the universe has a minute mote of consciousness seems to me to be complete rubbish.” [1:39:17]

“It's got to be a manifestation of great complexity of interacting units. No, one of which is conscious in itself, but when you put them together, consciousness emerges from the interactions among them.” [1:40:47]

“Cultural evolution is a real phenomenon, it really looks like evolution, it really has the same progressive qualities as evolution does.” [1:42:39]

“I introduced the idea of the meme as a virus of the mind. Something that goes viral is this successful meme.” [1:45:56]

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Some people are more motivated by bad news while others are paralyzed in fear. Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are two Evolutionary Biologists that give you the facts, discoveries and observations as they see it. Tom reads a direct quote from their latest book that says, “We are headed for collapse. Civilization is becoming incoherent around us.” Bret and Heather break down fundamental ideas behind what humans have learned from evolution for thousands of years, how corrupt the science community has become, and how to parent your children with the goal of mitigating risks while they are younger. These biologists are incredibly fascinating with novel ideas of what adaptation would look like for humans if we are careful and intentional.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Bret & Heather

0:30 | Headed for a Collapse

3:02 | Learning From Evolution

6:43 | How Are Humans Fish?

13:18 | Solving Novel Problems

18:37 | Redefining Language & Jargon

27:03 | Defining What Science Is

34:14 | Corrupted Science Incentives

39:50 | Break Down Of Society

44:04 | Evolutionary Toolkit

48:27 | Recover from Helicopter Parents

55:34 | Prepare Children for Risks

1:04:41 | Rite of Passage

1:07:05 | The Fourth Frontier

1:15:22 | Steady State Craftsmanship

1:20:59 | Value of Liberty

QUOTES:

“Some things about what we are, are very difficult to change, some things are actually trivial, easily changed, and knowing which is which is a matter of sorting out where the information is housed.” Bret Weinstein [6:24]

“If you use your intuitive, honed instincts, in order to sort through novel problems, you will constantly up and yourself because those instincts aren't built with those problems in mind.” Bret Weinstein [13:23]

“Let's figure out how to use language that we can all agree on and understand and know, for the purposes of communication, as opposed to for the purposes of displaying group membership.” Heather Heying [23:31]

“Teaching undergraduates means exposing yourself and the thinking that you are presenting to naive minds who will throw curveballs at you, and some of those curveballs are going to be nuisances, and maybe they'll waste your time, but some of them are likely to reveal to you the frailty in your own thinking or in the thinking of the field.” Heather Heying [26:05]

“Being courageous about actually acknowledging what you don't know, often leads to the best conversations” Bret Weinstein [26:52]

“We need science where things are sufficiently difficult to observe or counterintuitive.” Bret Weinstein [29:53]

“wherever perception is the mediator of success, you have deception as an important evolutionary force” Bret Weinstein [32:19]

“back away from that which is novel, and untested, and in the direction of that, which is time tested. And it will result in a decrease in anxiety and increase in your control over your own life.” Bret Weinstein [50:49]

“Our brains are anti fragile, and our bones are anti fragile, and they become stronger with stressors.” Heather Heying [1:01:00]

“The very thing that made us so successful as a species is now setting us up for disaster.” Bret Weinstein [1:25]

“Some things about what we are, are very difficult to change, some things are actually trivial, easily changed, and knowing which is which is a matter of sorting out where the information is housed.” Bret Weinstein [6:24]

“If you use your intuitive, honed instincts, in order to sort through novel problems, you will constantly up and yourself because those instincts aren't built with those problems in mind.” Bret Weinstein [13:23]

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Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and NFTs, when does it all stop and go away? Good news, chances are it never will. Bad news, chances are it’s not going away and if you’ve been avoiding this conversation, it needs to end today. Cryptocurrency is the fastest growing technology we’ve ever witnessed in human history. 10 years ago people doubted it, laughed at it, and blew it off. Today, countries like Nigeria, Vietnam and the Philippines are starting to adopt crypto. What is often rejected and feared is typically not understood. While billionaires and master investors once turned their backs to Bitcoin and the crypto world, they are slowly coming around and see the potential of what this currency and technology really is. Anthony Pompliano joins Tom to put you on notice and help you better understand exactly why low income and middle class people literally cannot afford to continue dismissing the potential for building wealth with cryptocurrency. Blockchain is happening and there is a major shift in wealth and purchasing power taking place. You owe it to yourself and to your future generations to at least do some more research, investigate and find out how you can better leverage the potential that a new digital world represents for you. The cost of entry is low, it’s decentralized, and for the first time you are not restricted by your income to take advantage.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Anthony Pompliano

0:50 | Disadvantage of Non-Investors

7:27 | Understanding Personal Finance

13:18 | Cryptocurrency and Fiat Money

20:44 | Bitcoin’s Volatility Advantages

25:36 | Breadcrumbs for Going Digital

30:50 | Increasing Purchasing Power

35:22 | Censored Payment Systems

46:15 | Benefit of Open Payment System

56:23 | Decentralized Tech Structure

1:03:00 | Predicting vs. Observing Market

1:09:45 | Digital Versions of Analog (NFTs)

1:20:05 | Blockchain Is Happening

1:31:13 | The Monetary Revolution

1:38:55 | Bitcoin Global Reserve Currency

1:47:04 | Why Pomp Choices Bitcoin

QUOTES:

“Poor people spend the middle class, save, and then the wealthy invest.” Tom Bilyeu [0:24]

“There’s really one key rule that everyone has to understand, which is, the dollars will be worth less than purchasing power terms over a long period of time.” [3:43]

“It's easy to mock and make fun of these young people. But these young people are interested in understanding how does the market works.” [8:03]

“It is impossible, literally impossible in America to get a financial security position by saving” [10:21]

“I can either suffer at the hands of this system, or I can flip around to the other side table, and I can benefit from the system. Every single rich person understands how to benefit from the system, hold assets, not a currency” [18:46]

“All money, at the end of the day, is a unit of time.” [31:28]

“Bitcoin, specifically, it has a financial component that is unavailable and other assets, it is systematically built to continue to protect your purchasing power” [33:02]

“The more that you can be a market observer, rather than a market predictor, you start to just understand, crazy stuff happens.” [1:07:03]

“The digital version of something is always bigger than the analog version” [1:10:19]

“Everything you think is cool is going to go to zero, and everything that you think is dumb is going to moon.” Tom Bilyeu [1:19:36]

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Being open minded to new science, new research and medical breakthroughs is always a bonus. Too often it’s thought that health is for the rich or privileged that can afford high quality care, but when researchers and physicians begin to share how easy and accessible better health is for everyone, it’s time to really pay attention. Dr. William Li is an internal medicine doctor from the Harvard Medical School Faculty that studies angiogenesis, and is the author of the best-selling book, Eat To Beat Disease. Dr. Li is breaking down the 5 natural body defenses protecting you at all times, even right now, and exactly how powerful foods are that can prevent disease in your body. This interview feels like part of the missing chronicles of optimizing your health to a level you never knew existed, and there’s nothing complicated about it.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction William Li

0:53 | Defining Real Health

4:39 | 5 Health Defense Systems

11:00 | Hiding Cancer in the Body

18:00 | Cellular Profiling Cancer

23:07 | Microbiome & Immune System

33:03 | Medicinal Food Power

40:49 | Explaining Angiogenesis

45:15 | Eating to Beat Disease

QUOTES:

“In most people's minds, including mine, not being sick is kind of the default definition of being healthy. But that is very problematic” [2:40]

“Health is not just the absence of disease, it is the result of our body's own hardwired defense systems, health defense systems that we’re born with.” [3:09]

“Organic coffee has more bioactives than the pesticide treated coffee because the insects, the natural things in the environment cause it to create more natural health defenses.” [39:36]

“Eating to beat disease is not just picking a particular disease and trying to figure out what the recipe is that the one size fits all. But it's really a journey that we have our whole lives.” [46:24]

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Success has its price, and it will not be obtained without paying your fair share. Though success is something many people strive for, it has also been the byproduct of escape for many. Facing yourself in the mirror, the story you tell about yourself, and the heartache and trauma you’ve experienced can take the back seat in pursuit of greatness. Maybe enough success will make it all hurt less. Bobby Hall, AKA Logic, hasn’t had an easy start in life. Coming from an abusive family, exposed to too much at a young age has a role in how he arrived at throwing himself into his art and being one of the greatest rappers in hip hop. Bobby breaks down his journey, why he wrote his memoir and where he is now ending the career of Logic that he’s spent over a decade building.

Bobby’s Bio: As an author, Logic released the novel Supermarket (2019), which was accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name. The book became a New York Times Best Seller, but both works received generally mixed to negative critical reception. Logic is also a streamer, and signed exclusively with Twitch, becoming the first musician to do so.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Bobby Hall “Logic”

2:12 | Escaping Family Trauma

6:21 | Defining Who Is Bobby Hall

9:43 | Piecing Together the Narrative

15:29 | It’s Never Good Enough

20:56 | Build Your Own Family

25:32 | How It All Started

32:09 | Coping With Anxiety

37:14 | Adaptable Is Unstoppable

44:14 | Ignoring Negative Voices

47:53 | Success Without Bitterness

57:07 | Finding Total Confidence

1:00:55 | Advice for Creative Artists

1:08:18 | The End of Logic

QUOTES:

“The goals I had, as a young man and a musician and a creative person, were bullshit.” [16:54]

“There's always going to be something in our lives, there's always going to be something that isn't right. But we can't let it stop us from doing what we love.” [35:40]

“So many people have underlining things that they deal with personally, that nobody else would know [...] you got to live with it, adaptation. It's one of our greatest features. [39:46]

“When I look at other people, when they tell me their dreams, and their ambitions, and all this, I see this child inside of them that is pure and excited, and I root for that person.” [43:21]

“Being happy with the person I see in the mirror. has allowed me to not let that bitterness grow” [54:47]

“It took me being physically the strongest I'd ever been, the biggest I'd ever been in my life, to realize that all of that had nothing to do with strength, and that I had been strong my whole life. And I didn't need some outward physique to show me that or prove that to anybody else.” [56:32]

“Looking in the mirror now older, I've realized, everyone's full of shit. Nobody knows what they're talking about. I don't know shit. Why am I worried about this?” [58:22]

“Taking away the words of people and the thoughts that have been implanted in my head by people about myself is probably the most freeing thing I've been working on.” [59:28]

“I soaked up every piece of information that I could, so that I could be better at what I wanted to do, and if you are not prepared to wake up every day, to kind of like, fuck your life up, you know, turn down dates and hanging out with friends and all these things. Then don't do it.” [1:06:47]

“It was worth it up into that moment. And then I had to say goodbye” [1:11:08]

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By now it’s probably safe to say, either you are avoiding the cryptocurrency world and confused just looking at it, or you see the world through crypto and NFTs and all the potential it represents. Raoul Pal is a master investor that has seen the evolution of the world’s financial systems riding the highs and experiencing the lows as well. As respected as he is in macroeconomics, Raoul joins Tom for this conversation to broadcast the opportunity available for massive wealth transfer, and to break down exactly why the crypto revolution is happening and why it’s worth being excited about. If you’ve been avoiding the conversation or are excited and can’t get enough, this conversation holds massive value for everyone.

Books mentioned in this episode:

George Soros, The Alchemy of Finance

Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel

William Strauss and Neil Howe, The Fourth Turning

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Raoul Pal

0:58 | Who Is Raoul Pal?

5:19 | The Problems Crypto Solves

8:42 | Speed of Technology

12:31 | Equal Opportunity for Wealth

15:20 | Tom’s Crypto Story

19:38 | From Money to Crypto

25:35 | Ethereum Usability & Bitcoin

35:08 | Raoul Being Open Minded

41:02 | Dollar Cost Averaging

48:23 | Don’t Use Leverage

53:10 | Riding the Volatility of Crypto

1:01:50 | Percentage Allocation of Wealth

1:08:09 | Opportunity for Anyone

1:12:47 | Accredited Investor Scam

1:15:57 | Tokenization and NFTs

1:23:54 | Real Value of Communities

1:39:38 | Calling B.S. on Howey Test

QUOTES:

“Crypto as it started building out as an ecosystem, [...] is now the fastest adoption of any technology in all recorded human history.” [7:42]

“If you know that something is being adopted at this speed, and it's a network of money at its core, and you combined infinitesimal fraction of it, so everybody can buy 10% of their net worth, then everybody who takes this opportunity will probably have the biggest opportunity in history to make money.” [10:11]

“I'm screaming from the rooftops saying, you might be cynical, you might think you don't understand it. You might think you can't afford to play in this. But you have to listen, because this is the opportunity.” [14:31]

“Suddenly, NFT's come and community tokens, and your mind is completely blown that this is not just money. It's the entire exchange, transfer and storage of value for the internet. Whole business models are about to change massively, because of what this technology unlocks.” [18:50]

“Generational poverty is a mindset knowledge problem far more than it's a money problem, because they managed to pass on a likelihood of being poor.” Tom Bilyeu [25:46]

“I want people to understand that this is a game and I don't mean that in any sort of derogatory way, but it has rules. And if you understand those rules, there's always an opportunity, especially in moments of disruption.” Tom Bilyeu [27:21]

“Don't over force the narrative. Just be broad, be open and always be learning because we don't know. This is all new, and it's happening at lightning speed.” [34:31]

“You have to know that we don't know the outcome, and anybody who tells you that they know what's going to happen is just a fraud.” [37:00]

“Be paranoid, excessively paranoid, but still confident in that you're right, and you also have to accept the risk of failure.” [39:31]

“This is true kind of distributed power within wealth creation, that people only dream of. This is the system not being against you, but working for you for once.” [1:15:14]

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The mind is such a fascinating thing. As much as science and technology has advanced there is still so much more to learn. When it comes to mindset, controlling your emotions, feeling pain and responding to thoughts both positive and negative, all of these things are within your control, yet most of us spend life as if we were never granted permission to control our own minds. In this episode, four powerhouse forces join together and break down how to upgrade your mindset and gain control over your mind, your thoughts, your behaviors and ultimately your success. Dr. Joe Dispenza, Sadhguru, Jay Shetty, and Tom Bilyeu are lighting the path to show you exactly what you can do today to take over your thoughts and upgrade your mindset and change your life.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Upgrade Your Mindset

0:54 | Control Your Thoughts

4:34 | Change Your Habits

8:05 | Identity & Value Matters

12:00 | Training Your Brain

17:17 | Inspiration Isn’t Enough

19:34 | Control Your Emotions

27:53 | Control Your Negative Voice

35:11 | Get In Tune With Senses

39:49 | Focus On The Pursuit

QUOTES:

“The habit is when you've done something so many times, that your body now knows how to do it better than your mind.” Joe Dispenza [7:09]

“Unleashing human potential, it is not about reaching the peak. It is a trajectory. Because what our life is, is a combination of a certain amount of time and energy.” Sadhguru [13:34]

“My thoughts, my emotions, my energy and my body or my instruments of function. They are not impediments in my life.” Sadhguru [16:01]

“You have to come to realize where you have been blind. Now often those moments, where we realize we’ve been blind are emotionally devastating.” Tom Bilyeu  [18:23]

“I’m going to let that rock hit me in the head because at my feet now is actually a nugget of gold, and I’m going to pick up that nugget of gold and form the lesson that the person is throwing at me.” Tom Bilyeu [21:16]

“The hardest part about change is not making the same choices you did the day before, period. And the moment you decide to make a different choice, get ready because it’s going to feel uncomfortable.” Dr. Joe Dispenza [25:48]

“Pain is a good thing physically because that is your self preservation mechanism. But suffering is something that you do in your mind.” Sadhguru [27:56]

“Because you’re more likely to believe something negative, don’t worry about what’s true. Worry about what empowers you.” [42:08]

“Life is actually embracing polarities. It’s actually about doing a dance, and knowing which way to go at the right time.”  [43:29]

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You’re living in a society that has normalized everything that should be far from normal. From the time you open your eyes, your brain is kicking in and most likely living in overdrive. The unfortunate truth is most likely you’re not even aware of all the ways your brain is under attack. Social media is being consumed at an unhealthy rate in both your personal and business life. Even if you have a generally healthy diet, processed foods and chemicals that damage the brain are still sneaking into your body’s system. Is there any wonder why anxiety, stress, and depression, trauma and PTSD are now considered to be the norm? Dr. Daniel Amen is a psychiatrist, brain scan expert and third time guest. In this episode, he’s unleashing the truth about the emotional dragons you are likely dealing with. He gets into some of the most common dragons attacking your emotional brain today, anxious, wounded and inferior to name a few. If you’re low-key feeling attacked on a daily basis, breathe deep and listen in on ways you can start changing your brain and changing your life for the better.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Dr. Daniel Amen

1:10 | Dragons From the Past

4:18 | Balancing the Prefrontal Cortex

7:38 | Knowing Common Dragons

10:59 | Identify Accurate Thinking

14:18 | Strategies To Tame Your Dragons

16:35 | Techniques to Help with Trauma

20:35 | PTSD & Stimulating Trauma

29:57 | Rewriting 12 Steps for Bad Habits

32:00 | Tell Your Brain What You Want

39:09 | Unhealthy Weight to the Brain

45:01 | Brain Health, Anxiety & Diet Link

48:49 | Your Brain on Marijuana

QUOTES:

“When you take the emotion out, something's going to replace it, and if you have skill in managing your mind, you'll often look for what's right rather than what's wrong.” [27:35]

“Negative thinking disrupts brain function, but at the same time [...] positive thinking by itself is harmful, we have to be thoughtful. [28:47]

“You have to tell your brain what you want, because it's always listening.” [32:00]

“What do you want in a balanced way? Because if you know, then you're more likely to get it.” [33:22]

“When you become more real, you become more relatable.” [41:07]

“This is not about not having fun. It's about having fun with all of you intact.” [52:42]

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Being trilingual is considered to be rather prestigious. Speaking other languages expands your ability to communicate so greatly it adds to the perceived value people will assign to you. But, when you are fluent in Street, Hustling, Broke Money, and Wall Street it becomes the twist no one ever expected. Wallstreet Trapper comes from a troubled past that includes being homeless at 14 and serving 10 years in prison by the age of 16. What he has learned over the years reaches far beyond knowing how to trade stocks and build wealth. His super power is speaking Wall Street in a language that correlates to the same losing game he played on the streets that ended with being shot, in jail or in prison for nearly everyone he knew. His wisdom and willingness to share and make an impact is affecting future generations and bringing Wall Street to the hood, proving that human potential is truly nearly limitless when you put knowledge to use.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Violent Beginnings and Prison

8:46 | Finding Out It’s All A Game

14:16 | Real Gangsters Are in Wall Street

18:11 | Break Down Generational Poverty

25:15 | Good Business vs. Good Hustler

28:29 | Know How The Game Works

33:46 | Unapplied Knowledge

36:36 | Bringing Wall Street to the Streets

40:44 | Key To Wealth Is Ownership

46:21 | Power of Knowledge Applied

51:43 | If Investing Isn’t Possible

QUOTES:

“Wealthy people do three things. They stop trading time for money. They make the money work for them. And they give as much value to people as they can.” [11:45]

“The reason why people think wealthy people are people with money or sinister, is because that's what you kind of taught in the hood.” [17:09]

“Being at the bottom teaches you to envy people at the top.” [17:53]

“Generational poverty is not about money. It's about mindset.” Tom Bilyeu [18:32]

“People can not want you to succeed all they want, but if you out invest them, they can't stop you.” Tom Bilyeu [19:31]

“One of the things that happens often in the culture of black people is survival mode, you never get a chance to play offense. You're always on defense, one, because of mindset” [22:27]

“A good business is just like a good hustler. A good business has great product. They have great clientele. A great hustler has a great product, he has consistent clientele.” [25:35]

“Once you start understanding the fundamentals, you give yourself power, because you now understand, like you said, you see how the machine works,” [30:22]

“Everybody around me had the same problem. No one represented the solution. So if I don't change something, I'm only going to end up like everybody else.” [32:23]

“I got knowledge, I got information, but I still fell victim to the same shit that everybody around me knew. So therefore, the knowledge that I had wasn't powerful because it wasn't applied.” [34:32]

“It's hard for people to make sacrifice, because you got to now go against and do without some of the things that gives you that momentary gratification.” [37:11]

“The key to building wealth is not how much you can work. You can't work your way to wealth, you got to invest your way there, and all wealthy people, black, white, Asian, Chinese, they own a whole bunch of shit.” [42:31]

“So if I can break down things into struggle language now I'm making the game winnable for everybody. And that's the goal, to make the game winnable for everybody who's bold enough to step into the batting cage.” [50:37]

“Building wealth becomes a revolutionary act because now you start saying I'm going to go against what I was taught.” [52:25]

“The word possible is so powerful. Possible changes the game. Instead of it being impossible, we now say I am possible” [53:09]

“If learning is the catalyst to everybody who's wealthy and successful, I can never be sufficient with what I know.” [54:24]

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What are some of the things you were naturally good at when you were growing up? What captured your attention and made you dream and get excited when you were younger and had no cares or limitations on what was possible or not? Are those things still captivating you now or have you lost sight of them? When you consider what you are now passionate about and excited to accomplish, is there a relation between then and now?

This conversation with Ben Greenfield dives into the notion of being pulled toward natural talent and abilities from childhood and Ben’s inclination to allow those things to clue you in on a purpose worth pursuing. Tom shares the reason he’s leaned into the notion of being able to develop skills even in the absence of natural talent. The ideas Ben and Tom explore take you from childhood to reimaging what heaven and the afterlife could possibly be and everything in between.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction

0:47 | Pulled Toward Natural Abilities

12:34 | Discovering Purpose with Talent

17:18 | Creating Purpose without Talent

24:49 | Rite of Passage for Ben’s Sons

50:08 | What Dissolving the Ego Means

54:52 | Don’t Have to be the Hero

1:01:08 | Responding to Human Touch

1:10:35 | Your Food’s Energy Matters

1:15:12 | Physical and Spiritual Connection

1:20:04 | What the Afterlife Could Be
1:27:48 | Defining a Perfect World

QUOTES:

“The key part of the rite of passage is being alone, facing your fears, finding yourself in a space where you must dissolve your ego and understand that there are forces of nature that are more powerful than you.” [31:52]

“Don't try to fix people as much as just try to love people.” [1:01:03]

“The spiritual energy that you get from eating real, whole food derived from nature, as close to nature as possible, there's a certain sacredness in that [...] not just physical, but also a spiritual energy...” [1:12:07]

“As creatures on this planet, we can't disconnect ourselves from the life force of every other creature on this planet.” [1:15:14]

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Reaching your full potential is a pursuit worth going for regardless of your goals for life, business or relationships. You will have so many options and opportunities in life to become extraordinary, the only question is how and what’s stopping you. Rickson Gracie is a living legend with over 450 wins in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. As much of a warrior he has become over the years as a 9th degree red belt, he is also kind, spiritual, and connected in mind and body. His story represents what is achievable when you control your mind, your body, and your spirit. He shares the importance of the breath and what it takes to be uncomfortable, seek out discomfort and learn to master and control yourself in that discomfort. Though you may not be on a mission to become a jiu jitsu competitor, you will still benefit from the lessons shared byu Master Rickson Gracie in this episode.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Rickson Gracie

2:10 | Kindness of a True Warrior

4:26 | Tools of Martial Arts

7:34 | Control Mind Body & Spirit

15:32 | Spiritual Power of a Warrior

17:35 | When the Fight Comes

24:55 | Developing Moral Values

37:18 | Elements Needed for Mindset

40:09 | The Gift of Being Present

46:37 | Allow Kids Their Own Path

50:24 | Uncomfortable Breathing

54:26 | Help Non-Fighters Fight Life

QUOTES:

“Martial arts gives you tools. The tools are connection, base, deflection,  strategy, emotional control, the capacity for you to use visualization, and other elements.” [5:44]

“So just being prepared, just being talented is not enough. Just being able to focus and be strategically correct is not enough. I have to have the spirituality to say today is a great day to be in a battle.” [9:04]

“I was accepting death in order to be comfortable in hell.” [9:28]

“I noticed my worst enemy at this point was my own mind, playing tricks on me. It tells me I don't have enough, tells me I was tired, tells me that I’m [gonna lose]. So my mind was completely against my purpose.” [14:24]

“I cannot be just a jiu jitsu teacher, I had to be a psychologist. Because I have to approach a guy who stands insecure in a different way, than approach a guy who's just lazy and completely off.” [36:08]

“The real learning of your breathing system is to learn how to maximize your hyperventilation, to cope with the activities you plan to do.” [39:17]

“If you try to hide the emotions from yourself, and try to show everybody you're okay, you're just making a patch which is not working. So I have to feel weak and completely vulnerable.” [41:29]

“Today my day is based on what I can do best to make my best day today.” [44:41]

“What was my biggest lost becomes my biggest sign of how I should do to have a happy life” [45:54]

“Nobody could make me what I am if I was not focused and passionate about it.” [47:42]

“I was seeking for things that were giving me chills and emotions and I love to play with nature, because nature is unbreakable, nature is stronger.” [52:22]

“That sparring session can be very positive for some warriors, but can be jeopardizing a lot of guys were not designed to fight” [58:29]

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When it comes to being healthy and improving your health, the overwhelm of information and advice can literally melt your brain. Whether you follow a keto diet, paleo, vegan, or carnivore, the goal for everyone is pretty similar. Get healthy and optimize productivity and energy. Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is back for round two and breaking down everything you need to know about why your biomarkers matter. Dr. D’Agostino reveals the truth behind whether or not carnivore or plant based diets are best for you, how to optimize your biomarkers with fasting, and what you need to know about what role exogenous ketones can play in your optimal health regimen. You’ll want to pay close attention to understand why Covid can potentially become an ongoing problem for young healthy adults and how inflammation is impacting everything.

Don’t miss Dr. D’Agostino’s first episode on Health Theory: https://youtu.be/hu1mF8_QGJE

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Dominic D’Agostino

2:10 | Metabolic Health and Covid

5:13 | Metabolic Biomarkers to Track

7:01 | Inflammation Biomarkers

12:01 | Why Fasting Boosts Immune System

14:14 | Benefits of Exogenous Ketones

18:48 | Ketone Biomarker For Burning Fat

23:20 | Hacking Biomarkers With Ketones

32:37 | Healthy vs. Unhealthy Immune Response

38:44 | Healthy People Post Covid Problems

41:28 | Optimize Metabolic Health Now

47:32 | Simplifying Diet, Carbs, Ketones

51:49 | 72 Hour Fasting Benefits

QUOTES:

“Having optimal metabolic health in terms of low insulin, low glycemic variability, low glucose overall, and optimizing your cardio metabolic biomarkers is the way to combat this disease.” [3:15]

“In the context of many pathogens, whether it be viral, whether it be bacterial, or if you are dealing with an inflammatory issue, fasting, and a ketogenic diet, which mimics many aspects of fasting can be very beneficial.” [10:42]

“We are omnivores, right. So we are basically hardwired and evolved to eat to be extremely adaptable in what we are eating.” [42:52]

“If you're on a very limited amount of calories, and you want to get as much nutrition as possible, with the least amount of calories, a carnivore diet is the perfect approach.” [45:18]

“What may even be more important than having a diversity of fiber is actually having fermented foods. [They] contribute to the population, can reverse gut dysbiosis and increase the diversity of the gut microbiome” [47:06]

“You can thrive off a carbohydrate based diet but your glycemic variability will correlate to food cravings. So, if you want to go throughout your day and have optimal productivity and feel optimal energy, I found [...] that a low carb approach is the way to go. ” [48:27]

“There are benefits to being in a hyper ketone anemic state, so the ketones then act as an alternative energy source, anti-inflammatory molecule and a hormone which has many beneficial effects.” [49:47]

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Going through different stages of life and relationships is never easy. It’s easy to break down, fall apart or become numb and completely lose yourself along the way. Lisa Bilyeu has experience with navigating change and transitioning from a traditional supportive housewife to being the badass CEO and Co-founder of Impact Theory she now is. In this episode, Lisa and Tom reflect and share the lessons they’ve stumbled through along the way over the last 19 years of marriage to support Lisa’s awakening. Join them as they deep dive into how to get beyond the surface level arguments, discover the value of your frame of reference, and what it truly means to evolve together to be supportive. The trip is bumpy, a little messy, not as graceful as you may imagine or believe, but the way they are honest and committed to each other makes it successful and worthwhile every time.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Lisa Bilyeu

2:36 | Why Love Isn’t Enough

3:24 | The Gap Between Love & Divorce

4:43 | Change Impacting Relationships

6:03 | Not Understanding Each Other

7:16 | Surface Level Arguments

10:15 | Find the Frame of Reference

16:46 | Preparing for Disruptive Changes

22:04 | Self Soothing Through Change

23:06 | Embracing Change Together

30:42 | Evolving Plans Call for Change

31:58 | When Personality Changes

39:02 | Making The Transitions Work

42:02 | Pivot from CEO To Cuddly Wife

45:23 | What You Need vs. Want

48:35 | Power In Being Needed

52:18 | Why You Have To Communicate

57:18 | Emphasis of Feelings

1:01:28 | Own Your Triggers & Insecurities

QUOTES:

“The problem with emotions, they make things seem self evidently correct.” Tom Bilyeu [6:40]

“If someone who loves you, and that you love are going that head to head, you don't perceive the situation the same. Therefore, the entire argument should stop instantly, and you should simply say, where's the misperception?” Tom Bilyeu [10:26]

“If you want someone to be there when you're weak, you have to be honest about where you're weak.” Lisa Bilyeu [18:02]

“So the goal was for me to change my life to break out of the mundane.” Lisa Bilyeu [19:35]

“I had to be very aware, and really respectful to the fact that my change is going to impact you.” Lisa Bilyeu [24:16]

“We had the goal, we had the strategy, and in that strategy, I got lost, I lost myself.” Lisa Bilyeu [31:30]

“So as you're going through that transition, the thing for me to fall back on was, I'm in this forever. So now I'm only looking for ways to make it work. I'm not looking for the exit ramp.” Tom Bilyeu [39:02]

“I want you to become whoever you want to become in order to be proud, and I want you to feel that you've become as powerful as you want to become.” Tom Bilyeu [40:31]

“As your business partner, I owe it to you to not be weak, and I owe it to you to stand my ground if I believe in something and you owe it to me to stand your ground.” Lisa Bilyeu [42:23]

“I would never be able to stay with a wife who didn't know how to make me feel powerful… it feels so good… If you're with a man that doesn't know how to make you feel beautiful, you're missing a trick.” Tom Bilyeu [45:23]

“Understand the difference between need and want. Because failing to understand that you have to own yourself, you have to own your own emotions, you have to take control of your life” Tom Bilyeu [46:22]

“On occasions to really be able to turn to them and know they've got your back that when you fucking fall on the floor, they are there to reach out a hand and fucking pull you back up.” Lisa Bilyeu [47:33]

“Do I know that he loves me? And if the answer is yes, then I come back to this conversation from that perspective. If the answer's no, I have a much bigger problem.” Tom Bilyeu [55:04]

“People confuse feeling something for having thought through it, or for knowing that something is true.” Tom Bilyeu [58:30]

“Talking about triggers and our own insecurities and our own things. It is 1,000% on me to work through my own triggers my own insecurities.” Lisa Bilyeu [1:01:29]

“It's really freaking hard though, to say in that moment, ‘hey, I'm being triggered,’ and I know that this trigger doesn't serve me but you're still feeling the emotion” Lisa Bilyeu [1:03:25]

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You are living through exciting and strange times. There are so many technological advances with AI, space travel, NFTs, and a rapidly changing culture with social media, it’s near impossible to just turn ‘off’. Let’s admit it, FOMO is real and it keeps a lot of people connected when they’re not even sure why they’re connected. When was the last time you unplugged and took on a challenge you weren’t sure you’d complete? How long has it been since you’ve sat with yourself in total silence or allowed yourself to just be bored out of your mind? Author and journalist, Michael Easter, joins me today to discuss his journey and share the lessons and insights he’s gained from spending a month in the Arctic surviving. Hunting his own food, carrying heavy loads, and sitting with absolute boredom are just part of his story. As you listen to his story, it is my hope you will consider ways you step out of your comfort zone. There is something very freeing about being able to shake things up and break your routines and habits to improve the quality of your life in unconventional ways. This episode is about facing discomfort and finding new ways to challenge yourself for the better.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Michael Easter

1:05 | The Comfort Crisis Explained

3:02 | Journey to the Arctic

5:03 | Recovering from Alcohol

7:40 | Outside the Comfort Zone

8:55 | Helicopter Parenting Losing Challenges

12:16 | Touching Controversial Topics

14:53 | Challenges Surviving the Arctic

20:11 | Problem Creep

28:05 | Need for Rite of Passage

35:12 | Metaphorical Lions for Passage

41:19 | Comfort Creep & Habits

44:22 | Breaking Routine to be Present

47:45 | Discomfort and Boredom

50:00 | Benefits of Boredom

57:12 | Daily Routine

1:02:11 | Rucking & Human Design

1:14:05 | Killing His 1st Caribou

1:17:16 | Life Cycle & Mortality

1:27:16 | “This Too Shall Pass”

1:30:31 | Want to Live Forever?

1:39:12 | Assigning Meaning to Life

1:42:20 | Rites of Passage Transformation

1:46:12 | Problem Creep Comparison

1:50:34 | Finding Gratitude

QUOTES:

“By never putting yourself in a position where you are uncomfortable, whether that is physically or mentally or with, what you think to be true? You're not gonna, you're not gonna learn anything about yourself.” [7:41]

“As humans face fewer and fewer problems in our lives, we don't actually experience fewer problems. We just redefine what a problem is.” [22:50]

“If we never put ourselves in the position of true challenge, then we don't really learn something about ourselves” [40:26]

“The idea of trying to do new things, learn new things that totally shake up a routine. It's interesting, because now all of a sudden, I can't predict the future, and I've got to learn some new stuff, and this is forcing you into presence and focus,” [45:18]

“When you're bored, your brain actually goes inward, starts to sort of ruminate it, you sort of have these different thoughts that are more inward focus” [50:21]

“We don't realize how freaking amazing daily life is. It is unbelievable all this shit that we take for granted in our life every single day. We become unsatisfied with it, we look for the problems.” [1:50:36]

“If you look for the things that are joyful, and good and wonderful, then you're gonna see that and that frame of reference will color how you approach change.” [1:53:36]

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Simple and practical financial advice sounds familiar, but is rarely ever truly given. Maybe you have access to financial advisors you trust and maybe you don’t. Understanding for yourself that money, investing and living a rich life is much simpler than you could imagine is the most important thing for you to remember. Ramit Sethi has joined me twice before to bring you sound financial advice and he delivers again. He shares investing strategies worth considering if you are looking to create wealth. Even if you’re a modest investor, you’ll want to hear how he breaks down the truth behind hidden investment fees, advice for couples to understand the root of their money problems and solutions for those never-ending disagreements around finances. This episode will give you the tools you need to reconsider your investment strategy, how you approach money and why, and the best way to move towards living the rich life, however you define it!

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Ramit Sethi

1:42 | Current Financial Situation

2:31 | Low Fees Exposed

5:13 | What Great Investing Is

7:28 | Investing Isn’t Quick Money

10:53 | Understand Compound Growth

14:44 | Protecting Your Wealth

16:04 | Wealth Accumulation Strategy

26:51 | Low Cost Low Fee Funds

31:22 | Gamifying Investing

33:34 | Investment Journey

35:47 | Love and Money Solutions

42:35 | Couple with Separate Accounts

44:35 | Women Having Higher Income

49:09 | Pivotal Financial Conversations

53:43 | Spender Saver Couples

QUOTES:

“Investing is not about excitement. You want excitement get a dog [...] Investing is boring. It's like watching concrete dry and it should be” [12:23]

“The best investors are humble. They know that nobody knows anything.” [15:13]

“Trading is the enemy. For real investment returns. We want boring, simple, that's where the real money is made.” [16:58]

“Be humble enough to recognize you do not want to be a professional money manager [...] [most people] spend more time looking at a Yelp review for dinner on Sunset than they do picking their investments.” [23:45]

“Most people would rather pay $250,000 in hidden fees, then pay $10,000 out of their pocket.” [28:04]

“The $30,000 question [couple] should really be asking is, how do we set up a system that lets us honor each other's financial desires.” [43:40]

“When partners think about money, the way that they usually relate to it is they know something that they disagree about. They try to [put] a Band Aid over it, paper over it until it blows up.” [52:46]

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Youth has a way of making you feel near invincible. Your body handles long nights, limited sleep, and poor diets much easier. The problem is those choices have a cumulative effect. What you eat, how often you eat also impacts the health of your brain. There is a Chinese proverb that says, “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second best time is now.” It is easy to disregard neurodegenerative diseases as something for older people, but understanding how leaky brain and neurodegeneration begins to happen is better learned now, than waiting till later if you plan to age gracefully. Dr. Jay Lombard may be incognito but his depth of knowledge and expertise in degenerative neurological diseases is astonishing. He breaks down what misfolded proteins are, the relation of infection and immune system processes to neurodegenerative disease and reveals simple ways you can support your immune system on a cellular level. Get ready to break out the ice baths and discover a new reason to relax in the sauna.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction

3:39 | Linking Infection & Neurological Injuries

6:12 | Blood Vessel Problems

9:21 | Managing Misfolded Proteins

12:36 | Breaking Down Pathological Proteins

16:56 | Immune System, Heat Shock Proteins

18:38 | Periodontal Disease Role in Alzheimer’s

22:01 | Risk Factors & Prevention

24:43 | Regulating Epigenetics

28:56 | Benefit of Fasting for Prevention

32:38 | Ultimate Diet for Prevention

37:32 | Meaning in Hopeless ALS Cases

41:38 | Biology of Meaning & Purpose

QUOTES:

“Without perfusion of the brain, you can take any supplement you want. But if you don't have adequate perfusion, you're not going to have a healthy brain” [9:03]

“My goal as a clinician is to help you live with ALS, not die from the condition.” [11:54]

“The closest proximity of infectious diseases to the blood brain barrier, is in periodontal diseases, and that's been strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease.” [18:59]

“Leaky gut is a very important aspect of a functional medicine approach to any condition, but I think the first and foremost point of assessment would be assessing periodontal disease in those patients.” [20:15]

“The same recommendations that we have for cardiovascular disease or equally warranted for prevention of neurological conditions.” [22:40]

“The common thread of long term survivors has been a sense of purpose and faith in the ineffable” [39:20]

“Whatever problems that we have, are to learn from those problems to grow as individuals and

to deal with them without running away from the problem itself.” [40:08]

“When we love, we increase our endorphins, which helps us to bear whatever pain that we're experiencing with whatever condition” [41:49]

“The idea that we can infuse medicine with a sense of purpose is, I think, of extraordinary value for everybody to appreciate.” [42:57]

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Do you believe that starting a business with nothing is possible? The American Dream is typically defined as the idea that the opportunity of achieving your highest aspirations is possible for anyone willing to put in the work. Jay Samit, laid out his case and experiment for this very idea in his latest book, Future Proofing You. Glenn Stearns, producer and star of the Discovery show, Undercover Billionaire, put himself to the test with $100, no contacts, no help, and just 90 days to build a million dollar business because he deeply believes the American Dream is still alive and possible. Although the playing field is not equal for everyone in every opportunity, it is still possible. Glenn’s story is shocking and relatable for many because his honesty and vulnerability shows that attitude and belief are still king in how you decide to live your life and make moves.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction

1:22 | Glenn Stearns’ Story

5:21 | What Is The American Dream?

6:55 | The Pathway To Make It

9:36 | How Glenn Created His Path

11:24 | Be Fearless Asking Questions

14:53 | Focusing On The Lessons

17:20 | Surrounded by Smarter People

20:29 | Cancer Shifts Glenn’s Focus

22:45 | Starting Undercover Billionaire

31:15 | Developing Grit

32:57 | Hardship of Business Lessons

34:45 | Running Against the Crowd

38:12 | Opportunities In Adversity

42:26 | Leading With Vulnerability

45:35 | Making Quick Business Pivots

47:36 | How to be Unreasonable

QUOTES:

“It's in the middle of my deepest fog. I had my clearest, you know, kind of aha moment of, I don't want to do this anymore.” [4:46]

“Happiness to me is not about money, it's about the satisfaction that you are doing something larger with your life and feeling very confident in the fact that you are leaving a mark in the world.” [5:39]

“It may be hard [...] but there is a path if you really surround yourself with the right people” [8:07]

“I found that these older, successful people, they want to give back, they want to tell their story, but a lot of people when they're young, think they don't want to talk to me. [...] and it couldn’t be farther from the truth, if you just ask,” [10:47]

“What you gotta do is be good at being you. You don't have to be somebody else. And your transparency or your authenticity, it will reveal itself.” [13:09]

“As life went on, I realized what I thought was horrible became wonderful.” [15:36]

“Life is not easy. When you do get into a hole, it's not about laying there and feeling like the victim. It's about getting up and pulling yourself up out of the hole and figuring it out.” [23:38]

“The ones that are successful, [...] they fight through the pain, they stay later, they work through it, they sacrifice, and then they feel proud because it works.” [29:55]

“I don't like to lead with success. I like to lead with vulnerability” [31:59]

“There’s little things that other people see as problems and it's pretty clear that there's an opportunity right here.” [34:17]

“When everyone dove out the window. I thought, look at all of this opportunity.” [35:56]

“Even more valuable than placing unreasonable demands and pushing people is telling people you believe in them” [50:49]

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Regardless of where you live, societies are feeling the threat against certain freedoms and are fighting back. Humans innately don’t want to be oppressed or censored by larger, more powerful and dominant groups. But exactly how do you define your freedom? Is your freedom tied to your “rights'' or is your freedom independent of that? Sebastian Junger, best selling author, Afghanistan war correspondent and more has authored a new book, Freedom, that will leave you shocked, perplexed and challenged in many ways. In this conversation, he and Tom take a deep dive into freedom, what it means for different societies, how smaller groups are able to give larger groups and armies hell, and are willing to risk their lives for their freedom. Sebastian also shares his 400 mile experience walking through America with a group of friends and reflects on different feelings of freedom. His more recent near death experience will shock you and give you yet another perspective of freedom worth fighting for

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction

1:06 | What is Freedom?

2:49 | Defend Your Freedom

6:04 | Balancing Opposing Sides

8:12 | Root of the Word Freedom

10:51 | 10,000 miles for Defense

15:40 | Society Safe in Numbers

20:19 | Value of Physical Strength

25:12 | Small Fighter Advantage

31:14 | Culture of Honor

41:07 | Agriculture Control

48:04 | Autonomy vs Comfort

53:12 | Social Primate PTSD

58:31 | Importance of Physical Contact

1:03:45 | A Weird 400 Mile Trip

1:06:39 | Seeking Out Challenges

1:08:54 | Freedom Along Gender Lines

1:17:00 | Lessons Raising Girls

1:21:31 | Near Death Experience

1:27:32 | Giving Meaning to Death

1:29:04 | Discussing His Next Book

1:32:34 | Relationship to Fear

QUOTES:

“it means that you are not unfairly controlled by a greater power. That you’re self defining, within the limits, of course of the laws that bind all of us.” [1:25]

“That's the eternal human sort of balancing act is to defend themselves but then not wind up being oppressed by their own leaders.” [4:43]

“It's very clear that armed aggression is very adaptive, that it helps the aggressive group survive and thrive.” [8:49]

“The idea of freedom really only refers to the people within your own community.” [9:25]

“Going into a foreign country to defend oneself, puts the military in the whole society on more precarious moral grounds.” [12:29]

“first thing you need to do in order to feel safe is to be part of a group that has a kind of common agreement to defend itself against any threat” [16:17]

“The really interesting thing about humans is that a smaller fighter, or a smaller group, is capable of defeating a larger fighter or a larger group that size and strength are not the ultimate predictor of victory in combat.” [23:21]

“The small guy in the ring does not have to win, they just have to keep not losing long enough for this for the larger entity to run out of resources.” [26:12]

“We have an instinct for autonomy, we also have an instinct for, you know, not being uncomfortable and being safe and and having our ease” [49:30]

“In an affluent society, individuals need others less to survive. And so they're able to live more and more individualistic lives that are more focused on their own experience, and less focused on the experience of others.” [54:20]

“As wealth goes up in a society, broadly, the rates of depression and suicide tend to go up and in poorer societies despite the stresses of poverty, rates of depression and suicide tend to go down.” [54:48]

“Where evolution comes from, is testing new things, and evolving physically and psychologically to adapt to them.” [1:07:42]

“Leadership has to be completely selfless, like you need leaders who will die for you. Anything less than that is not a leader. They're an opportunist.” [1:12:59]

“The meaning that we give to life and the meaning that we give to death. It doesn't say anything really about the nature of existence, it says something about how we, as humans, create a place for ourselves in the world on this crazy planet we live on.” [1:28:00]

“Some feelings that you get in touch with, prevent you from doing something that needs to be done. Like that emotional denial is absolutely crucial when you're doing something that is scary or horrifying.” [1:34:04]

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Your life story begins as a child no matter who you are. Though our experiences are all uniquely different, pain and frustration from whatever reason usually leaves you scared, angry, and sometimes bitter. When Lewis Howes came face to face with his anger and rage, he got to work on understanding himself, his triggers and how he could improve everyday. After years of practice, he is sharing with you what doing the inner work involves and how feedback has become a critical part of his success. From sharing his 2 secret skills for success to exposing how his healing came along side a few f*ck you letters, this episode is packed with solid advice and exploration of what it takes to find great coaches and be great!

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If you want more, here’s Lewis Howes’ Top 3 Tips for Impact: https://youtu.be/SEkwkVGaMvk 

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Lewis Howes

1:22 | Most Important Skill, Vision

2:45 | Developing Vision

5:48 | What People Are Missing

7:50 | Preparing for Something Greater

9:45 | Perfect Storm for a Break Down

13:27 | Healing from the Shame

14:40 | F*ck You Letters & Darkness

17:28 | Prepared and Facing the Pain

20:44 | Need for Mind, Body, & Emotions

28:07 | Relationship Lessons

32:22 | Delaying Sexual Connection

35:29 | Connection Over Values First?

38:16 | Having Kids & Being Authentic

40:25 | Power of Therapy & Triggers

43:13 | Find Great Coaches & Feedback

44:27 | Practice of Taking Feedback

47:06 | Withstanding Physical Pain

48:02 | Finding Good Coaches

51:17 | Stacking Blind Spots

54:28 | Way of Language Learning

57:02 | Earn Your Respect

59:37 | Defining Greatness

QUOTES:

“You've never mastered really anything, you can be great at something but there's always another level in sports to be better.” [3:53]

“We underestimate what people might be going through inside, even if they look like they have it all figured out on the outside.” [12:06]

“If you don't know how to manage the beast inside, you could really be struggling.” [12:20]

“I only let myself lean into the darkness until I know that now it's in danger of being corrosive.” Tom Bilyeu [15:05]

“To just know, if someone wanted to do something, I would be able to take care of myself, that gives me inner peace, that eliminates anxiety” [18:16]

“The discipline of doing something painful every day, I think, is one of the most important disciplines that any human being can have. Whatever that pain looks like for you, I believe we must lean into the pain every day.” [18:36]

“It's not enough to do the work in the past. It's a continual process in the present. That makes me feel at peace every day.” [24:19]

“Love is not enough for a long term committed, healthy relationship to fully work.” [29:28]

“I'm willing to grow and improve but I'm not going to just do something to create peace.” [39:51]

“The ability to have a beginner's mind, find and surround myself by great coaches, and be unapologetic in asking for feedback. Feedback has been a huge indicator of my success.” [43:55]

“Just because someone's giving you feedback doesn't mean it's true about you. So, don't take it personally. And see where is the truth in there, and how can you apply it” [45:16]

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If you have followed me for any amount of time, you have likely heard me say action cures all. Since starting Healthy Theory, I have interviewed over 90 specialists and experts about everything from brain cognition, to gut microbiome, to reverse aging. Information is meant to be put into action, so today I am sharing with you what my daily routine consists of at the moment. Goals are important and should always be considered when choosing what is best for you. This is not advice for anyone, just a look at how I’ve applied the plethora of expert advice I’ve received over the past few years. This episode is Health Theory In Action with my own routine:

Key Points to My Routine:

1. Exercise and Meditation are a must.

2. Diet is critical for health. I keep it simple with meat, eggs, and veggies.

3. Learn what works best for your body and act in accordance.

SHOW NOTES:

Morning Routine | Why the order you prioritize in the morning matters [0:40]

Workout Routine | Tom chooses push, pull, legs and abs for a weight lifting routine [2:01]

Injuries | Tom shares how he is prone to low back pain and safely exercises his back [2:24]

Back Pain | Tom reveals 2 reasons for low back pain, diet and not deadlifting [3:28]

Deadlift | Tom shares how and why he deadlifts 5 days a week [4:54]

Pull Day Routine | Why Tom opts for a 4 to 1 back to biceps ratio and it works for him [5:56]

Push Day Routine | Working on chest, triceps, and shoulders [6:44]

Meditation Routine | Tom shares his daily meditation practice he calls, Just Breathe [8:37]

4 Part Cycle | Tom explains the 4 part cycle breathing he uses from Mark Divine [11:06]

Diet Routine | Tom breaks down your diet’s impact on emotions and cognitive function [13:46]

Fasting Routine | Tom reveals why intermittent fasting is a must for him 7 days a week [17:13]

Food Choices | Tom shares what his actually diet consists of: meat, eggs, vegetables [18:56]

Fruit Caution | Tom explains why fruit is a “cheat” snack on the weekends only [23:00]

Drinking Routine| Why Tom doesn’t drink after 2 PM and his rules for caffeine intake [24:21]

QUOTES:

“If you haven't at least explored that getting strong is the answer to your pain, that working out even though it seems like the riskiest thing you can do is actually the thing that's going to solve your problem, then you haven't even begun to explore potential remedies.” [3:02]

“The workout that you do, even if it's a little wonky, is better than the perfect workout that you don't do.” [8:27]

“Literally at a cellular level you are made of the things that you consume. So every cell in your body is from something that you ate” [14:31]

“I have a gut instinct, that anxiety is probably 90% your diet, and then 10%, what you're thinking about” [16:21]

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So many people are easily trapped in the stories of their lives. Falling victim and feeling helpless is not about being weak or strong, but it is about self-awareness and making a mental shift to see what is possible. Stepping back and asking yourself, what is in your control and deciding how you want to respond is critical. Viktor Frankl says in his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Danny Trejo, an actor and  Hollywood Icon, joins me today to discuss a few of the stories from his new memoir, Trejo. Hearing these stories should remind you that it never matters where you are or how you start in life, it only matters how you decide to respond. Yes it’s hard, yes all excuses and reasons you have to not try and give up are valid, but ultimately the choice is yours to make. Danny’s story is beyond inspiring when you see someone come from a mindset and situation that consumes and devours over 90% of the people engulfed in that life. Which really means, anything is possible and your potential is nearly limitless.

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SHOW NOTES:

Boxing Champ | Danny shares his time in San Quentin Prison and being a boxing champ [1:12]

No Love | Danny explains growing up with no love in the home born into the Trejo gang [2:28]

Danny’s Mentor | Learning life skills from a mentor that was criminal in same situation [3:09]

Prison Life | Danny on surviving prison and being tough because of his uncle [5:56]

Rehabilitated | Danny’s gratitude for a troubled past and why he’s as grateful as he is now [9:14]

Confessions | Danny on why his book is so raw and not sugar coated, it’s the real Trejo [10:19]

Redemption | Danny on taking inventory and questioning his behaviors and his mottos [12:38]

Taking Out Trash | Why Danny began taking out trash for old neighbors, new reputation [13:56]

Service to Others | Danny on why helping others is so important to the way he lives [17:15]

Arguments | Danny on the bottomline of arguing, not engaging and the toxicity of it [22:13]

Legacy | Danny reveals the love is his family and the legacy that holds value for him [25:51]

QUOTES:

“I got a couple of scars from what I wasn't quick enough to duck. But you know what, it really showed me that I didn't want to get hit.” [2:04]

“I've realized about prison, it's easy to be a big fish in a little pond” [6:00]

“There's only two kinds of people in prison, there's predator, and there's prey, and you have to figure I'm gonna be a predator, or you'll be prey.” [6:31]

“Remember that you’re only sick as your secrets” [13:36]

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It’s easy to quietly go through life never really facing yourself, your struggles and your fears. There is a solution to numb the pain of reality and move towards comfort where it’s easier to accept things as they are no matter where you are. Mikhaila Peterson gracefully embodies the struggle of what it means to face yourself and all of your inadequacies and continue to push and explore through discomfort in pursuit of finding meaning while protecting what it means to be human, be a mother, be sexy and a successful business woman. This conversation introduces you to what it means to have it together and still be on a journey to figuring it out. Whether you’re battling with your health, mental health or just trying to break free from your own limits to see how far you can go, you’ll definitely relate to her authenticity and boldness to be herself.

SHOW NOTES:

Accidental | Mikhaila talks about unplanned pregnancy at 23, career, & marriage [2:03]

Anxiety & Chaos| Navigating stress from relationships and reducing chaos [7:17]

Marriage | Mikhaila on the challenges of marriage before building foundation [10:12]

Having Children | Is there a “right” time to have kids or only trade-offs to consider [14:54]

Parenting Balance | How to balance an ambitious career and guilt free mothering [18:15]

Criticism | Mikhaila on identifying where she could be wrong & being even keeled [25:28]

Volatility | Mikhaila on how she’s navigating her triggers and stress response [28:32]

Self-Awareness | How Mikhaila began to notice her symptoms and reactions [33:18]

Sex Appeal | Mikhaila on embracing her sex appeal and growing her business [38:12]

Confidence | Having confidence & the borderline of being overly self conscious [51:12]

Being Hardcore | What it takes to push self-limits and see what you can achieve [56:18]

Having Impact | Mikhaila on getting “greedy” wanting to help many people [1:01:39]

Pushing Limits | Finding balance to push too hard or being more reasonable [1:04:34]

Burnout | Mikhaila on pushing through work you don’t enjoy doing, outsourcing [1:10:18]

Order & Chaos | Mikhaila on the navigating the balance of order and chaos [1:16:55]

Discomfort | How to explore discomfort while building a brand vs. individual [1:19:46]

Healthy Diets | Mikhaila on how she regulates diet chooses for her daughter [1:23:33]

Carnivore Diet | Mikhaila on the benefits of an all beef diet on her body [1:29:00]

FMT Experience | Mikhaila shares her experience with 10 FMT transplants [1:32:43]

QUOTES:

“I was just trying to reduce the amount of chaos in my life by making things as ordered and structured as possible.” [9:51]

“If you want to do something else, and then you end up staying home with your kids, and then you're resentful at home, that's toxic.” [20:51]

“I also don't really know how to do self improvement and work on things without being a little bit too hard on myself, I think it's better to be a little bit too hard, or even maybe a lot too hard, then to end up going too easy on yourself, and then not accomplishing anything.” [55:53]

“the truth of the world is that it will be run by the most hardcore motherfuckers on the planet, it just is what it is.” Tom Bilyeu  [56:52]

“I'm really intrigued to see what can happen if I take advantage of all the opportunities I'm given and try my hardest at something. Like how far can I go just as me and I'm really curious to see how far I can go” [59:45]

“having my dad as a dad, he's like, don't go after happiness, go after meaning, but then you can air into the side of do hard work forever, and then die” [1:12:03]

“If you live your life too much in order, then you're not going to have any new opportunity, because that's all foreign territory.” [1:17:26]

Guest Bio: Mikhaila Peterson is a Canadian podcaster, CEO, and lifestyle and diet blogger. Her podcast, ‘The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast’ provides a platform where she hosts a wide range of experts to discuss health, cultural phenomena, politics, and other topics that are often shied away from.

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Many of us can admit to loving a good underdog story. You want to see the main character go through their perilous journey and come out on the other side victorious after the big battle or challenge that was seemingly impossible. When that story is real life, it causes you to pause and take inventory of your own story. What situation are you facing, how is your current situation in comparison to the underdog you just cheered for? Sometimes those questions can really sting, especially if you feel like or can see proof that you are not living up to your full potential. Wallo267, is an incredible entrepreneur, marketer, and self-made millionaire that joins me to discuss how his no BS mentality took him from a life of crime to a life filled with meaning, purpose, and unmistakable success. He was in and out of jail from the age of 11 and eventually served a 20 year prison sentence. What he’s accomplished in this time and came out of jail equipped and prepared to do will leave you speechless and questioning exactly how you’re using excuses and potentially clinging to a victim mentality.. From Philly to Hollywood, these are lessons on building an extraordinarily successful business from nothing.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Wallo 267

2:58 | No One to Blame

3:57 | Locked Up Age 11

7:29 | No Time for Excuses

13:25 | Serving Time, Not Mad

15:08 | Imagination & Potential in Jail

17:40 | Starts New Marketing Business

19:03 | Google & YouTube Universities

22:04 | Willing To Do The Work

24:23 | Free Marketing Available

26:04 | Wallo on Allow Self To Cry

30:31 | Exposure Is Everything

31:29 | Stop Copying Others

32:47 | Knowing Yourself

35:55 | Surviving Prison

38:39 | Adapting to the Real World

40:15 | Going to Atlanta & Business

48:38 | Next Level Application

51:41 | Positive Not Angry

QUOTES:

“We go through some we're always looking for somebody to blame for our existence in a fucked up place. No, I paid for this train ticket to here. I paid for the train ticket. I got on the train. It was many stops before that I could have got off. No, I went to the final destination.” [3:24]

“I spent more time incarcerated than I did free on this planet that fucked me up.” [5:52]

“Now it's time to just be out here on a journey through life experiencing new things, new ideas, exposure, and that's what I realized. A lot of us don't expose ourselves to new things, new ideas. We're not open, open to different open to change. And that's what helped me I became open to all this shit.” [9:51]

“I wasn’t in jail, I was in Yale. I wasn't in prison, I was in Princeton. I wasn't in the state pen, I was in Penn State.” [13:29]

“The world is one big library and everybody's a book, [...] read your books wisely. Choose them wisely. Watch what books you read.” [25:08]

“Sometimes you got to remove yourself from people, places, and things. That's not just not going to allow you to embrace the reality in your individualism of who you are.” [32:56]

“You got to have a conversation with self about the reality of your journey, and once you connect with that it's a wrap.” [33:35]

“A lot of times you got idea killers out here and sometimes idea killers and dream killers be yourself.” [34:37]

Guest Bio: Wallo rose to cultural phenom status in two short years after serving a 20 year prison sentence by catching lightning in a bottle: crafting powerful viral content inspiring people across the world to step into their greatness and discover their purpose.

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When you think of fitness and training, it’s easy to think of the physical effort it takes to get healthier, leaner, and stronger, but what about the mental effort? How much effort and time do you spend thinking about the mental work that goes into fitness and training? How often do you consider your diet failures and pitfalls as being part of the mental training that is possibly lacking? Dolvett Quince is a celebrity trainer, fitness expert that is known for being one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser. As a health and fitness expert, he speaks more to the mindset, mental demands, and inner struggles than most physical trainers. Getting after your health goals successfully is intertwined with how you approach all areas of your life. He shares the 5 pillars of health, how he stays hungry for more and the formula for success that will help you discover your own greatness.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Dolvett Quince

1:41 | How To Love Yourself

2:34 | Know Your Excuses & Enablers

3:50 | The Ultimate Self-Love

5:30 | Relatable Pain, Fear & Doubt

6:12 | Dolvett’s Adoption & Abuse

8:21 | Conquer Anything & Face Failures

12:06 | Balancing the Dark Side

13:00 | Root of Transformation

15:26 | Clinging to Excuses

16:57 | 5 Pillars of Health & Choices

18:53 | Change Up Your Diet, 3-1-2-1

22:35 | Recovering from Bad Diet Choices

25:15 | Facing Your Fears

27:53 | Dolvett’s Fear of Heights

29:22 | Stay Humble Stay Hungry

31:21 | Dolvett’s Definition of Succes

33:20 | Be Humble Stay Hungry

34:40 | Dolvett’s Formula for Success

37:07 | Demand for Greatness

39:39 | Practice of Cultivating

QUOTES:

“Despite my flaws despite my shortcomings, my looks, my income, I like me, I love me. When you love your self you treat yourself as such.” [4:13]

“That relentless, ‘nothing’s going to stop me,’ when you use that power, that’s just as beautiful as the smile” [12:50]

“I can’t tell people to be fearless and look past their insecurities if I don’t do the same.” [28:35]

“If you practice honesty with yourself, that’s who you are, and you’ll naturally become that for everyone else.” [29:45]

“We are always trying to get better, you never land on betterment. We’re never always great.” [31:23]

“Even though you may know, you may know a lot. But, there is something in the moment in which you know a lot, if you overpower that moment, you’ll miss learning something. You can always add something to what you know.” [33:26]

“Why are you limiting yourself because of what other people think. We hold so much weight on other’s opinions that it becomes our opinion.” [37:30]

“Then you don’t want to be great. You want to be good, you want to be okay. You don’t want to be great because great takes work. Great takes a level of discipline that is distraction-free.” [38:40]

“Love what you’re doing but challenge yourself every day” [40:55]

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We’ve all experienced those moments when it feels like the odds are stacked against you in a mighty way. In those moments, your willingness to survive, fight back, and come out on the other side unscathed is critical. But, when the odds are stacked against you in the form of corruption that leads to being wrongly convicted and railroaded into a life sentence in prison, it takes an immense amount of resilience and fortitude to strategically plan a way through a broken unjust system. Isaac Wright, Jr. has experienced this first hand after 7 years imprisoned and 9 additional years under investigation after passing the New Jersey State Bar exam. Isaac speaks to patience, calculated moves, and what it takes to turn anger and bitterness into usable skills that have a real impact.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Isaac Wright

1:33 | Self Representation And No Believers

3:52 | Having a Voice Most Important

5:07 | Surrounded by Corruption

6:38 | Sentenced but Setting The Next Move

10:45 | Creating New Case Law From Jail

15:44 | Moving Through System As 2 People

18:30 | Managing Emotions In Midst Of Chaos

23:36 | Isaac Defending Self In 3rd Person

29:45 | Running For Mayor of NYC

33:33 | Making Complex Problems Small

44:23 | Breaking Injustice With Minute Details

QUOTES:

“Because at that point, I was going to be a slave to somebody else's strategy, somebody else's thought process, and someone else's motives” [2:30]

“The level of corruption that had engulfed me as a young man alone, the book was written before the indictment came down, and that was really my reality.” [5:39]

“My strategy shifted to making sure that when I went to prison, they wasn't going to be able to keep me. And so everything I did was not for the day, everything that I did was for years down the line.” [10:16]

“The more I know about them, and the less they know about me, the better off I am” [13:20]

“One of the things about injustice, if you fight injustice with justice, you wreak havoc upon injustice, it's like water and oil, it's never going to mix” [16:55]

“As a six-year-old kid, I understood the importance of fighting back no matter how much danger you're in.” [21:59]

“I needed to separate myself from what I was going through in order to stay focused and it took me some time, but I literally became a different person. I was representing myself as someone else.” [24:48]

“I always take a granular approach to the things that I'm experiencing in life.” [34:22]

Guest Bio:

Isaac Wright Jr. (born January 23, 1962) is an American lawyer in the state of New Jersey. He is a candidate for mayor of New York City in the 2021 New York City mayoral election. Wright was convicted in 1991 after a five-week trial by a 12-person jury of 10 charges involving the sale of cocaine and sentenced to life in prison, but his conviction was overturned in 1997 after litigation brought by him and his lawyer, on the basis that police concealed evidence.

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What utility do your beliefs have in your everyday life? From the way you decide on political issues to the way you tune out dissenting views, and decide against conversations with certain people every choice is backed by some belief in what you consider to be right. Michael Shermer, who I dubbed, the King Skeptic, joins me and discusses why free speech matters most when people don't want to hear it, and the power behind social signaling that helps shed light on some of the breakdowns being seen on a global scale. Michael’s ability to think through strong opposing arguments searching for truth and charitable interpretation and tolerance for others is foundational.

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QUOTES:

“much of decision making about truth is made under uncertainty.” [14:31]

“if you want to speak out, because you don't believe this ideology, and you see your neighbor, you know, hauled off and you never see him again, it's like, ‘I'm keeping my mouth shut.’” [33:02]

“if the only answer could be I'm 100% behind it. Or else, I'm not gonna say anything. Well, that's not good for society.”

“so social media is basically taking this natural human propensity to talk about other people. And marrying it to the negativity bias where we notice negative things more than positive things.” [50:26]

“losses hurt twice as much as gains feel good.” [50:46]

“try to separate what I want to be true from what is actually true.” [1:04:01]

“ it's good to remember on commercial television, there's commercials. And so the content is basically whatever it takes to get people to get from one commercial to the next with that clicking away.” [1:07:25]

“if you're going to write a law, you should write it in a way that you don't know which group you're going to be in,” [1:20:03]

“put yourself in the position of you're the lone voice. And do you or do you not want to be heard? Of course, people want to be heard. So free speech is for those with whom we disagree.” [1:34:29]

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When you think of cultural beliefs, how often have you found yourself questioning where these beliefs stem from? My guest today explores the notion of cultural lies that are at the root of our suffering as a society and as individuals. Clinical psychologist, Dr. Shefali shares some of her most profound insights from her latest book, A Radical Awakening. Witness her working through some ideas with me in real time around the culture being the villain versus owning your internal life and consciousness. Dive into some of the deeper ideas Dr Shefali presents starting with recognizing our destructive animal nature.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Dr. Shefali

2:16 | Layers of Radical Awakening

3:29 | Our Animal Nature & Biological Wiring

8:06 | Our Destructive Nature to Justify

9:42 | Learn To Be Interconnected in Consciousness

13:50 | Chasing Dominance & Delusional Cravings

16:13 | Insecurities & Endless Consumerism

18:51 | Women Not Fitting The Beauty Standard

22:19 | Learning to Accept Yourself

25:32 | Dr. Shefali Explains the Toxic Patriarchy

33:20 | Women Buffering Against the Patriarchal System

36:36 | The Effects of Unconsciousness of Culture

39:57 | Who is Culture? What Toxicity Are You Buying?

41:35 | Navigating the Toxic Beliefs From Culture

44:05 | Dr. Shefali on Cultivating Your Own Voice

47:51 | Awakening to The Marriage Contract

52:07 | The Lie of Monogamy in Culture

53:28 | Our Insecurity That Drives Domination

54:51 | Realizing Self Worth and Self Acceptance

QUOTES:

“we are out of touch and out of sync with our bodies with how our biology influences us, and because of that, we misunderstand ourselves” [4:49]

“our minds have deluded us to believe we are so superior, that we have decimated everything around us now, so we'll be the only one standing and eventually we will corrupt ourselves, we are on that path of self destruction” [6:07]

“We've entered a great narcissism as a species, as a humanity, that we are just limitless. There's no stop button.” [11:32]

“It's a constant craving, constant insecurity. The fact that we can, doesn't mean we necessarily should.” [16:13]

“when we women succumb to cultural standards based on what culture imposes on us, and we defy our own natural bodies, and we go and mutate our own natural bodies to become that cultural standard, now, we are falling into the patriarchy, and actually genuflecting, actually serving the patriarchy by falling prey to it.” [20:06]

“We are constantly seeking to make everything fit this paradigm of beautiful. And actually that makes us more insecure.” [22:30]

“At the end of the day, self acceptance is your greatest sword. That is what is going to make you the most desirable to yourself and to others. Do not fall for standards of beauty.” [24:00]

“The fact that we have to fight it says that there's something to fight, and there's a system in place that we constantly have to buffer ourselves against “ [34:47]

“It is our inner that is represented on the outside on a global scale” [40:26]

“The scourge of humanity and mental illness is our deep void, our insecurity which is causing us to want to go to Mars and colonize it and go to every corner of the earth and dominate, similarly with our partners. Dominate their every part, every thought, every desire, it comes because we are not whole from within.” [53:40]

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The chaos that can get unleashed on your body from your diet is so important to understand. Having low energy and brain fog is not only frustrating but it feels debilitating as well. I've had my own recent experience with low energy that had me questioning if I had lost my drive. Starting with my diet and realizing pecans were causing my energy to feel so low was shocking for me. Dr. Steven Gundry's latest book, The Energy Paradox, reveals what's taking place on a cellular level that was affecting the body's energy. He joins me to unpack how significant gut health is to your immune system and brain. We get into the chaos leaky gut causes and how you can make better choices to restore your energy. Even if you have a healthy diet, Dr. Gundry, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will surprise you.

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QUOTES:

“believe it or not in the American diet 24 hours a day, we're causing leaky gut we're assaulting our immune system, [...] just from fat, we are just a giant ball of inflammation.” [18:54]

“So if we look at energy production, as literally cars moving down through a freeway, it's no wonder that even though we're eating huge amounts of calories, we have no energy because we literally log jam the mitochondria.” [38:29]

“You've got to eat for your gut microbiome first, and you have to choose foods that they want to eat. And if you do that, they will take care of you.” [40:09]

“We die, we get diseases, by breaks in the wall of our gut that start this process” [41:05]

“If you begin to gradually restrict the time you eat down to about six to eight hours a day, you will develop much better functioning mitochondria, you'll actually have a better gut wall because you're not working on digestion. 24 hours a day. And you're gonna protect your brain.” [41:57]

Guest Bio: Dr. Steven Gundry is an American doctor and author. He is a former cardiac surgeon and currently runs his own clinic, investigating the impact of diet on health. Gundry conducted cardiac surgery research in the 1990s and was a pioneer in infant heart transplant surgery, and is a New York Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain. He is best known for his disputed claims that lectins, a type of plant protein found in numerous foods, cause inflammation resulting in many modern diseases.

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What situation are you currently dealing with that feels like all odds are stacked against you? Are you following rank and staying in line the way they told you, and now you’re frustrated and not sure what’s the next move? Well, I am excited to bring Richard Montanez, former PepsiCo executive, here to share his incredible story of what it means to start with nothing, break ranks, and figure out ways around your limitations along the way. Richard is evidence of someone taking potential and deep conviction and turning it into a massive success. He has been pioneering his way from janitor for Frito-Lay, to a top-level executive, author, and motivational speaker, and it is beyond inspiring. This is why I say action cures all. It doesn’t matter where you start, all that matters is the skills you work hard to acquire and what you do with those skills to forge a life worth living, with meaning and purpose.

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SHOW NOTES:

Pioneer | Why Richard sees himself as a pioneer beginning with picking grapes [1:44]

Fun Poor | Using imagination and community to have fun in poor conditions at labor camp [4:19]

Janitor | Richard’s excitement and gratitude becoming a janitor at Frito-Lay [6:50]

Initiative | Almost fired for no initiative, Richard learns the word and changes his world [11:43]

Truth Hurts | Richard on why you can’t get offended when someone gives you the truth [14:41]

Production Line | Richards journey from janitor to working line and creating new specs [16:00]

Record History | Richards advises you to write your history down and take the shot [21:38]

PhD Calling | How Richard earned his PhD, poor, hungry, and determined [24:29]

Influence | Focusing on the right people to influence, not on everyone [25:51]

Command Control | Richard on the revelation being told to act like an owner by the CEO [31:15]

What If | Richard’s revelation leads him to “what if” and calling the CEO with a new idea [36:37]

CEO Presentation | Richard details his journey to layout a $2 billion product for pennies [44:35]

Cookie Line | Why you have to get out of line, break ranks, and beat fear with hunger [50:25]

Overcome Adversity | Richards attitude and grit that got him through the adversities [54:57]

Career or Calling | Richard on legacy and having the power of a calling to entrepreneurs [59:27]

QUOTES:

“as much as I love the compensation, the promotions Frito Lay, Hot Cheetos, Pepsi. The truth is, it was never about them. It was always about my last name.” [9:33]

“I could influence people without saying one word, by my work ethics…” [10:49]

“When somebody tells you the truth, you've got to learn not to be offended, and use that because it is the truth [...] don't get abused. But hang in there, you know, build something.” [14:55]

“I'm not trying to influence everyone, only the right ones, who are the right ones, those who come into your life, they can help you and you can help them.” [26:00]

“A revelation is something that was always there, but it's been revealed or unveiled to you.[...] and here's the beauty of revelation, what do they do? They lead to revolutions. One revelation will lead to a revolution.” [31:22]

“don't become such an expert that you can't see things anymore [...] don't bring me ideas everyone can see, tap into the unseen, and together, let's pull it out into the scene and make it a reality.” [34:08]

“I've always been amazed at the leadership of a woman because of my grandma, my mom, and my wife, I consider it to be the best. My leadership is because of the leadership of a woman” [42:49]

“When somebody is inspired, encouraged, and reminded of their value, they'll conquer the world.” [47:10]

“there was something inside of me that was greater than the fear that was outside of me.” [50:33]

“Your job is to get out of that line they told you to get into and get into the cookie line. The line is your choice.” [52:15]

“Hunger is the antidote to fear when you're hungry to start a new business fear will leave.” [53:08]

“Many times greatness will come in a ridiculous form, and if you're not willing to look ridiculous, you will never achieve your greatness.” [54:23]

Guest Bio: Montañez was raised in a California migrant labor camp as one of ten siblings. He dropped out of school and worked as a laborer before being hired at the age of 18 as a janitor for Frito-Lay, at its Rancho Cucamonga factory, in 1976. Montañez was subsequently named vice president of multicultural sales & community promotions for PepsiCo. He is also a motivational speaker and instructor in leadership

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I’ve been diving into cryptocurrency and I do not want any of you to miss out on the opportunity to learn more about Bitcoin and crypto for yourselves. I am all in when it comes to building businesses and being the entrepreneur that I am, but when it comes to finances, I am definitely out of my comfort zone. It feels like a movement going on around Bitcoin and crypto, and it would feel so wrong to not bring you, someone, I think you should definitely spend time researching, Michael Saylor. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is accessible to nearly every single person cannot be disregarded out of ignorance. Michael is an MIT graduate and the CEO of Micro-strategy and a self-appointed ambassador for the Bitcoin Movement, whose explanations of what Bitcoin is and why this is so important is one of the best I’ve heard in my own pursuit to better understand cryptocurrency. Listen, research, and do what is best for you, but I urge you to make an informed decision.

SHOW NOTES:

Startup | Michael on how MicroStrategy started [1:39]

Risks | What growing $16 million with risks was in comparison to no risks [3:53]

First Principles | First Principles thinking and being intellectually fearless [11:22]

Bitcoin | Michael explains how why bitcoin is 1st engineering in economics [21:50]

Currency Value | Breaking down the shift in wealth with devaluing currency [25:51]

Inflation | Michael debunks inflation myth, unpacking the real problem [28:50]

Hyperinflation | Hyperinflation in bonds, crypto, luxury items [34:26]

Cash Is Trash | Michale explains how cash is losing value, and at what rate [38:24]

Devaluation Rate | Michael on the challenge of beating currency devaluation [43:03]

Currency Conversion | Converting weak currency to stronger assets is best [48:48]

What Is Bitcoin | Michael explains why bitcoin is more valuable and desirable [51:20]

Crypto Volatility | Bitcoin volatility and seeing how big the problem is [1:05:11]

Accessibility | Bitcoin accessibility and solution for rich and poor [1:15:53]

Bitcoin Secure | Michael exposes how Bitcoin is a secure asset [1:20:57]

Sustainable Energy | Bitcoin, sustainable energy and Elon Musk [1:22:49]

QUOTES:

“If you look at the design of a chambered Nautilus, what you see is nature's solution for growth under pressure, and I think that's how technology companies work.” [8:45]

“Bitcoin is the first point in human history where engineering impinged on economics, [...] Bitcoin was the first time when we created a digital monetary asset, a pure digital token on a pure digital network..” [21:56]

“When you yourself can reason from first principles, now you can act at a moment of tremendous uncertainty.” Tom Bilyeu [23:50]

“inflation is varying by time by space and is varying by every item. And if you want to calculate the inflation index, you have to construct a market basket of goods and services and assets that you would want to acquire.” [33:54]

“I have to invest it in a strategy, which is going to appreciate faster than the money is devalued.” [40:07]

“So the discount rate is jumping, which means the value of the cash flows into the future is collapsing.” [48:30]

“Bitcoin is the strongest asset the human race has ever invented, it's like gold with none of the defects of goal.” [51:22]

“The volatility is the price you pay for the performance that you get, and oftentimes, the best investment idea isn't the most comfortable investment idea” [1:05:24]

“It really comes down to what is your aspiration, and that determines your hurdle rate. What you want determines your inflation rate and your inflation rate determines your hurdle rate.” [1:08:14]

“It's very rare that you find it a technology that's the solution to every rich person's problem and every poor person's problem simultaneously.” [1:20:28]

Guest Bio: Mr. Saylor attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a full Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. While at MIT, he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and obtained dual degrees in aeronautics and astronautics as well as science, technology and society.

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When you think of empathy you may think of being overpowered with feelings and emotions for someone close to you that is having a response to something. Possibly you lump sympathy in the same basket with empathy and toss kindness in for good measure. Stanford professor and psychologist, Jamil Saki, joins me to not only break down the distinction between empathy and sympathy, but also explains the reason that empathy is critical to success and achieving goals. Understanding how empathy is so closely connected to how we advance as communities and build stronger relationships is life changing.

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SHOW NOTES:

War For Kindness | Jamil explains the oxymoron and the need to fight separation [0:26]

Darwin Debunked | Jamil on how much more successful species are working together [2:26]

Kindness Wins | 2 ways kindness is proven to be evolutionary winner & key to success [4:04]

Collaborative Intelligence | Why humans have evolved intelligence to collaborate and win [6:10]

Cooperation | Jamil on the effectiveness of cooperation to advance culture and society [9:24]

Empathy | Jamil on why empathy is a vital skill for relationships and achieving goals [10:34]

Defining Empathy | 3 parts that define the full range of empathy for connecting to others [11:56]

Empathy & Kindness | Why you can have one without the other and how it’s less healthy [13:00]

Sympathy | Why Jamil avoids this term and feels the word has been compromised [14:19]

Helpful Empathy | Jamil explains why certain parts empathy are not always useful [20:13]

Survival Skill | How Jamil landed on his passion for exploring empathy as psychologist [21:57]

Parochial Empathy | Jamil on how conflict leads us to selective empathy [26:24]

Train Up Empathy | Jamil shares ways to build and improve empathy [30:08]

Rwanda Genocide | How story-telling is being used to heal and finding empathy [34:27]

Contact | How prejudice & hatred are easiest at a distance and how Tony found empathy [38:33]

QUOTES:

“empathy is actually a vital skill that allows us to accomplish a lot of our goals” [10:47]

“sometimes I think people imagine that empathizing has to mean, I hurt when you hurt, and if we believe that then that can get get us into some cul de sac with our own process of empathy that we don't really need to go into.” [21:32]

“I think of my parents divorce as like an empathy gym.” [23:43]

“when we immerse ourselves in those stories, we can build our empathy towards real people, we can broaden our care towards real others, and that can be another really powerful way to practice this sort of personal growth” [38:05]

Guest Bio:

JAMIL ZAKI is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Using tools from psychology and neuroscience, he and his colleagues examine how empathy works and how people can learn to empathize more effectively. His writing on these topics has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their two daughters.

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Scientific break-throughs are happening all around you. As technology advances, biologists such as the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation, Aubrey de Grey, is leading the way to pioneering tech that will allow you to choose how long you want to live. For years scientists have been trying to find a way to slow down the aging process, but Aubrey introduces the idea of repairing the damage that aging does on the body to theoretically restore the body’s biological age to maybe 30 years younger. If you are familiar with the obsession I’ve had with living forever, you already know how much this excites me.

SHOW NOTES:

Quality of Life | Aubrey on why a long life depends on the quality and being invested in choice [0:58]

Reverse Aging | Why damage repair could be easier than slowing aging & the push back met [4:40]

Indefinite Life | Aubrey on why the result of expected life for reversed aging could be indefinite [8:08]

Structure Repair | Landing on the idea of repairing structure to restore cellular level function [9:32]

Pushback | Aubrey on pushback among scientists about reverse aging in biology [11:17]

Body Damage | Aubrey on self-inflicted damage being reversed to same level 30 years prior [14:13]

Longevity Escape Velocity | Aubrey on his theory how to reverse biological age 30 years [16:26]

Types of Damage | 7 categories of damage that correspond to therapeutic methods of repair [21:18]

Stem Cell Therapy | Aubrey explains how stem cells could treat loss of cell problems [22:17]

Cancer Treatments | Aubrey gives category of damage due to too many cells [23:26]

Senescent Cells | Aubrey explains how these cells can promote cancer [26:53]

Mitochondrial Mutations | Aubrey explains problems at the molecular level inside cells [28:53]

Cellular Waste | Aubrey breaks down how cellular waste over years impacts old age [33:35]

Macular Degeneration | Aubrey explains specific enzymes that could prevent blindness  [35:24]

Excretion | Aubrey explains diseases that could be resolved by breaking down waste [37:50]

Alzheimer’s | Breaking down amyloid as extracellular waste and modest benefit [39:22]

Advancing Therapies | Aubrey gives sobering guess how close effective therapies are [44:07]

QUOTES:

“I want to make sure that my choice about how long to live, and, of course, how high quality that life will be, is not progressively taken away from me by aging.” [2:24]

“Old age is something that evolution doesn't care about at all. Evolution only cares about the propagation of genetic information.” [34:41]

“you've got to fix them all. You haven't got to fix any of them perfectly. But you've got to fix them all pretty well.” [43:28]

“what excites me is typically the breakthroughs that would take me half an hour background to describe why it's even important.” [46:16]

Guest Bio:

Dr. de Grey is the biomedical gerontologist who devised the SENS platform and established SENS Research Foundation to implement it. He received his BA in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Cambridge in 1985 and 2000, respectively. Dr. de Grey is Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association

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Greatness isn’t for the faint of heart but it is certainly within reach for all that want it. Chris Bosh, a former NBA player drafted in 2003, retired early after a health scare and his story gets so much more interesting from there. We dive into his new book, Letters to a Young Athlete, which is easily an instruction manual for greatness and leadership, to uncover what the process for excellence really looks like at the elite level. It comes down to the “inner game of success” and leaving it all on the table knowing you’ve reached the depths of your existence to give it your all.

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SHOW NOTES:

Self Discovery | Chris on the health issue and the struggles that created his book [1:33]

Talent Isn’t Enough | Chris explains why hard work has to go with talent for greatness [6:27]

The Process | Chris breaks down work ethic and what it takes [7:54]

Empty Light | Chris on giving everything and “scratching the depths of your soul” [9:40]

Beyond Pain | Turning potential into skills and getting through the pain [12:43]

Love It | Chris on loving the game and loving what you do from deep why [17:04]

Blame | Chris talks about how deflecting keeps you from looking within [20:14]

Perseverance | Chris on why not persevering through tough times blocks greatness [22:17]

Miami Heat Dream | Chris recalls the experience of moving to Miami Heat and Season 2 [25:46]

Teamwork | Chris on learning how to sacrifice and doing what’s best for the team [28:36]

Challenges | Chris on finding striving for your goal and finding magic in the hard work [32:13]

Beginner | Chris on being the beginner at music and starting at the bottom in new ways [35:32]

Visualize | Chris shares why visualizing has been key for his success to be self-doubt [38:21]

Confidence | Chris talks about confidence from hard work and rising to the occasion [39:33]

Mind-Body | Chris on using your body & being connected with your mind, staying active [42:13]

Criticism | Chris recalls criticism coming from Toronto and caring what others think [44:56]

Anger | Chris talks about using anger and dark energy to fuel you in a positive way [49:20]

Be Hungry | Chris talks about aspiring and not allowing yourself to be satisfied [51:40]

QUOTES:

“in the daily practice of pushing yourself, you have to know how far you can go.” [10:22]

“When you're training for those moments, when you hit that wall of being tired, that's when you're starting.” [13:12]

“if you externalize, you don't ever look within, and you'll never get to the point where, you know, you're thinking like how can I What could I have done better to ensure that we could have been successful and what will I do better next time, that's the better thought” [21:33]

“I thought I knew what pain is when I was working out. I thought I knew what pain is when I thought I was pushing myself.” [26:45]

“Sometimes the ego can really, really get in the way of yourself being successful.” [29:18]

“Because those days that are hard, those days that suck, that's where the magic is, you go do it, and you get your work in any way.” [32:57]

“If someone is feeling frustrated, I say Good, good job, that means you that means you're working, that means you're doing something” [36:46]

“When you practice, you have to put yourself in those moments continuously over and over and over, so that when they come, you just do what you've done.” [40:47]

“The minute you look and you give it attention, it gets louder” [46:38]

“if you want to go after something you have to have that hunger and that fight because that's going to give you that edge to overcome stuff.”

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We live in a universe filled with awe and wonderment so much so that scientists of all disciplines have been exploring the world around us for hundreds of years. Although we have made great advances there is still an immeasurable gap in what there is left to discover. Alex Filippenko joins we today to share his vast knowledge as an astrophysicist that has been exploring fundamental physics, black holes, galaxies and more for over 40 years. He breaks down quantum entanglement and the expanding universe and a way that is digestible for nearly everyone.

SHOW NOTES:

Star-stuff | Alex shares what people should understand about coming from “star-stuff” [3:07]

Contribution & Purpose  | Alex on meaning and contributing to understanding the universe [5:54]

Theory | What a good model of theory is and why an ultimate theory may never exist [12:46]

Spinoza’s God | Alex speculates what Einstein meant by God in relation to theory [15:31]

Expanding Universe | Alex demonstrates what it is to simplify the 4th dimension visually [18:57]

Gravity | Why gravity is the weakest of all forces & how it may explain multiple universes [27:46]

Black Holes | Speculation of being ripped apart on squeezed singularity and possibilities [31:53]

Negative Mass | Making sense of mathematical solutions that appear to be unphysical [42:29]

Open Minded | Alex shares why staying open minded is essential and avoiding the trap [50:35]

Spooky Action | Alex breaks down quantum entanglement that Einstein called spook action at a distance [55:35]

Richard Fineman | Alex shares Fineman’s intuitive view of nature & theory [1:01:04]

Always Learning | Alex on educational opportunity and learning as much as possible [1:05:16]

Quantum Entanglement | Information traveling faster than the speed of light [1:08:28]

Novel Insights | Tom & Alex discuss areas of overlap that creates novel insights [1:16:56]

Quality of Life | Alex on quality of time and what you do with your time not stagnate [1:23:18]

Into The Future | Alex on the future of humanity, space exploration, life on Mars [1:26:12]

Life On Mars | Considering life on Mars and human nature for exploration [1:30:22]

Inhabiting Other Planets | Alex on how we could use robots to get humans farther out [1:38:33]

Immortality | The possibility of immortality recreating consciousness with computers [1:45:29]

Solar Eclipse | Alex warns of the next total solar eclipse coming April 8, 2024 [1:50:39]

Aliens |  [1:54:47]

QUOTES:

“In a sense, we are the way in which the universe has found to know itself.” [5:30]

“Work hard at maintaining an open mind so you don't get fossilized, so you don't get set in your ways.” [51:59]

“If you ever feel comfortable with quantum physics, it probably means you haven't thought about it sufficiently” [1:00:21]

“But one of the great things about homosapiens is that we embrace technical challenges. We go for it, we climb the mountain because it's there, first because it's interesting, but secondly, because it ends up having unanticipated spin offs.” [1:14:26]

“to have novel insights, I've just got to take in data that I can't yet predict how it's going to be useful.” Tom Bilyeu [1:17:33]

“as physicists, as scientists, initially, we come across these new ideas, quantum entanglement, and you have to just struggle with them and work hard on them and approach them from different perspectives. It's not going to be easy, but good things are hard to do and hard things are good to do.” [1:19:26]

“it's the quality of the time that you live. That's actually more important than the duration” [1:23:29]

“You can't just say there are a lot of stars out there, and surely they're teaming with life. There are a lot of factors that lead to life, and then intelligence and mechanical ability at our level. And I think they're fairly rare. I don't think we're unique, but I think they're pretty rare.” [1:56:11]

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William “King” Hollis, is an international motivational speaker with one of the most inspiring stories. Born to a teenage mother who had started selling drugs at the age of 14, King Hollis had to learn life the hard way. He helped his mother as she struggled with drug addiction, abuse, and hopelessness. His every word is imbued with passion, confidence, and energy. Open up and let his experiences encourage you wherever you are in your journey. Facing struggles is not a curse, it’s a gift when you find the strength to use its power and take control.

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SHOW NOTES:

Best Gifts | William explains why he believes the best gifts come from the bottom [1:39]

William’s Story | William shares his incredible story of pain, set-backs and hurt [2:49]

Save Your Life | How trying to save his mother’s life taught him how to save his own [7:37]

First Speech | William shares what he said at his mother’s funeral [8:58]

Find Your Story | William shares where his story transition him to becoming a man [12:16]

Suicidal | William explains how telling his story for the first time left him suicidal [16:17]

Belief | William break down whats it means to have faith, keep going & focus on solution [20:22]

Success | Choosing what you love and starting the journey to find success 24:44]

Made Into A Man | William shares his experience forced to be a man before time [26:08]

Giving Up | Why people give up and don’t get in the gam [28:03]

Hit ‘Em In the Mouth | How to “Beat them getting up” in business [30:53]

Find Your Gift | William’s advice for rediscovering your gifts and what you once loved [33:07]

Control Your Life | William on what it takes to be the greatest version of yourself [36:28]

QUOTES:

“I started to realize that I wasn't hurting. That’s where I was being made” [2:12]

“In our mentalities when people are nice to us, we feel endangered. When people are mean to us, we in our habitat, we're fighters.” [13:08]

“you gotta want the best out of your life for you. Because we only have a moment on this earth.” [20:27]

“ You cannot be great if you cannot operate in chaos [....] because if you can operate in chaos, the world becomes Disneyland. problems become scratches.” [21:33]

“sometimes you're gonna have to be a man before you become one, but you ready for it, and you built for it.” [26:09]

“most people never get out the stands and get in the game. They stay fans their whole life. So I tell everybody get out the stands and get in the game, get in the game of life, and leave your mark here.” [28:41]

“the same formula to get you your first opportunity will get you your second, but this time you execute, this time you'll be mentally ready. this time you will remember how you failed. ” [31:32]

“get back to the child and laying on your mother's lap, there was the child that dream, believed

in the world.” [35:44]

“Think for yourself. Question everything, and believe in yourself. When you’re falling, don't pretend like you're not. When you hurting don't pretend like you're not” [36:35]

Bio: William "King" Hollis is an international motivational speaker, author, & coach. From being homeless to quickly becoming one of the top motivational speakers in the world, he has truly spoken his way to success. From everyday listeners to celebrities, actors, professional athletes, and leading corporations, his speeches continue to make him a household name in personal development. He continues to pursue his mission with a hunger for inspiring tomorrow’s leaders within every community.

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You make think of insulin resistance as being reserved for diabetics, and you may have even drawn the same conclusion I have, that the problem is glucose being too high. After speaking with Ben Bikman, a scientist that studies metabolic disorders caused by insulin resistance, I was shocked to find out that insulin resistance can still develop even in people with seemingly normal glucose levels. Ben’s explanation of the complicated nature of insulin in the body and his unique take on facts that can literally save your life with knowledge are exactly what we need more of.  Whether you consider yourself to be healthy, prediabetic, or struggling with other health issues this episode may give you the insight you need today.

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SHOW NOTES:

Glucose | Ben on why leaving insulin levels unchecked to check glucose is problematic [1:07]

Hyperglycemia | Ben reveals the dangers of elevated sugar levels in the body [6:06]

Nerve & Vascular Damage | Ben explains how hyperglycemia destroys these systems [8:34]

Glucose Control | Ben on the simple solution to eat less sugar vs. prescription choices [11:58]

Diet Habits | Changing dietary habits to control glucose vs medication and power of diet [15:10]

Insulin Resistance | Ben explains 2 problems, cells not responding and elevated insulin [18:47]

Storing Fat | Ben maps out which cells are resistant to insulin & which will store more fat [23:50]

Elevated Insulin | Ben explains the effect of insulin and how too much affects your cells [31:40]

Hypertension | Ben reveals how insulin is nearly always tied to high blood pressure [32:23]

Exercise Cure | Ben on how exercise impacts insulin levels and muscle cells take over [36:37]

Diet | Ben underlines that diet beats exercise in terms of helping insulin resistance [41:38]

Diet Principle #1 | Control Carbs, Ben explains why carbs are not essential for humans [42:31]

Vegan Diet Problems | Ben explains how vegan diets are missing iron and omega 3s [44:26]

Diet Principle #2| Prioritize Proteins, Ben urges animal-sourced proteins are best [47:17]

Diet Principle #4 | Fasting, Ben simplifies it and only advises eating earlier is better [50:01]

QUOTES:

“when you start asking someone to change habits, you are probably asking them to do the most difficult thing they can do. It's just so much simpler to take a pill. And consequences be damned” [15:31]

“... it might be empowering, that rather than hopelessly taking medications every day, knowing that the only the only future is increasing the dose of those medications. Let's actually address the true origins of the problem, which [...] is often going to be insulin resistance.” [18:17]

“insulin’s telling the body how much fat to store, the sex hormones are just telling the body where to store it, and how” [28:08]

“the muscle is so hungry during exercise, that it just basically tells insulin look when I'm at rest, you're the boss, but when I'm exercising, I'm the boss. I'm going to get what I need, and so it basically pushes insulin to the side.” [39:01]

“if you try to compare diet to exercise, diet will beat the hell out of exercise, as a variable for insulin resistance.” [42:00]

“it [vegan diet] is a privilege of the elite. You have to be educated enough to know what your deficiencies are, and you have to be wealthy enough to afford the supplements” [44:47]

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As you reflect on your business, career, and personal life; where are you winning, and where have you been losing lately? Whether you choose to see the pursuit of success and greatness as a game or not, the reality is there is a cost to play. In this episode, I’m joined by the legendary and iconic trainer, Tim Grover. He authored one of my favorite books, Relentless, and is releasing another book that will change your life called, Winning. He redefines winning in a way that embraces the discomfort of sitting with your losses. If you’re in it to win it, the hard truths Tim drops here about embracing the dark side and making sure your mind is stronger than your feelings will leave you supercharged and ready to attack winning with a new perspective.

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SHOW NOTES:

Winning | Tim dispels what winning is and why you need to know how to lose to win [2:09]

Seeing Inside | Tim on looking internally for the truth stopping your wins [6:07]

Winning Flaws | Tim reveals the difference between flaws and weaknesses [7:27]

Weakness | Tim on how to leverage and identify your weaknesses to get better [10:38]

The Process | Time on why the process is not about emotion, it’s about getting it done [14:41]

Pursue the Win | Tim on why not pursuing or seeing the wins every day is an illness [19:49]

Confidence | Tim breaks down how winning plays a role in increasing confidence [23:43]

Dark Side | Tim explains how using every tool available includes using the dark side [30:54]

Fear of Success | Tim on what happens when your feelings are stronger than your mind [42:02]

Cost of Great | Tim reveals the pain that playing to win can cost you and loved ones [45:45]

Becoming Great | Tim’s tips for finding your own path to winning and trusting yourself [51:45]

QUOTES:

Winning is not about the trophy and the accolades. It's about the grind. It's about the obstacles. It's about the challenges. It's about the pain that you endure along the way. “ [2:10]

“Everybody wants to win, but in order to know how to win, you got to know how to lose because you're going to lose more than you're going to win.” [3:40]

“Your flaws are your gift and people are so busy trying to deal with their flaws and change their flaws when their flaws are actually what allows them to stay in that race.” [7:46]

“These are the things that allow me to be different. It's what allows me to be unique because winning wants you to be different.” [9:22]

“You got to love the process. I agree with that, but I also kind of disagree with that because to me, you have to do the process. The process is non-negotiable.” [14:46]

“The process is a non-negotiable thing. The end result is not always there. That win isn't always there”  [15:42]

“...if a new day starts in the dark, why are you afraid to use your dark side for your new beginnings?” [33:26]

“Your mind will make a decision. [....] Your feelings always make suggestions.” [44:39]

“You have too many individuals out there that are not writing their own story. They're letting other people write those stories for them.” [50:30]

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To know where you are going, they say you should know where you’ve been. Science fiction has been well documented for its often accurate predictions and a loved being a social curiosity for many. In this episode, Tom is joined by physicist and bestselling science fiction author, David Brin. David exposes how science fiction can be more accurately described as “speculative history” than anything else. Their conversation explores society through history from the Periclean times all the way through modern U.S. politics and what a transparent society top-down, and bottom-up would imply and necessitate.

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SHOW NOTES:

History | Using history to write science fiction and being a good ancestor[1:42]

Science Fiction | Writing sci-fi and the historical connection making it speculative history [6:15]

Anticipation | How empathy allows anticipation & resilience to increase taking hard hits [9:51]

Hollywood Propaganda | David breaks down the notion of improve-ability [16:45]

Positive Sum Game | Winning more while helping others win versus zero-sum game [21:14]

Self Preventing Prophecy | The propaganda messages saying all humans are bad [27:08]

Criticism & Delusion | Being maximally creative using criticism to fix error & delusion  [37:24]

Periclean Experiment | The Athenian society crushed to preserve pyramid society [41:38]

Death of Politics | Losing friction and negotiation of “adaptation to new times” [44:55]

Enlightenment | David on 5 accountability arenas and need for regulated competition [50:15]

Experts Under Attack | David explains how media is twisting lies to attack the experts [56:31]

Attacking Facts | Davids solution to end the attack on facts that are being ridiculed [1:04:29]

American Civil War | David reveals eight phases of civil war in America [1:12:36]

Transparent Society | David on potential lateral oppression & need for cultural values [1:16:44]

Learning | David reveals his thoughts and approach to learning & exploring curiosity [1:21:16]

QUOTES:

“science fiction should have been called speculative history. Because it speculates about what this story is going to show next” [8:25]

“criticism is the only known antidote to error.” [37:59]

“become maximally creative by reciprocally holding each other accountable.” [40:32]

“together, if we criticize each other, we can cancel each other's delusions, but work together on each other's good ideas. It's a positive-sum game” [41:21]

“...there are attempts to resurrect it [politics], but I'm afraid it's going to have to be resurrected over the smoldering carcass of one of our parties.” [47:13]

“individually we are flawed, but that we can, together, increase the amount of light in the world.” [50:37]

“So the right tends to say ‘yay, competition, boo regulation’. The left tends to say ‘yay regulation, boo competition’ [...] regulated competition is how we got the spectacular success of sports” [52:25]

“the worst thing that's happened to destroy us is also the easiest to solve.” [57:49]

“I tell them [students] that if they spend their time at a university, just studying what they're there

to study, they have betrayed their civilization, [...] let alone betrayed themselves.” [1:21:41]

“...but raging systematically against your limitations. I am not a limited being, oh, I am limited time, I'm limited in resources, I'm limited in brainpower, I'm limited in all those things, but I can be interested in more than one thing.”

“It's the attitude that makes you a member of this civilization. I am surrounded by wonders I deserve to know about them.” [1:33:25]

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30 Miles | David on being driven to finish the last 30 miles of race with stress fractures [3:10]

Warrior Mentality | David explains the mindset of the warrior and being ready to die [6:34]

Total Accountability | What you’re doing to change what you see in the mirror [7:57]

Strategize Problems | Goggins on breaking down each problem one at a time [12:45]

Mediocrity | David exposes the mediocrity of life, being the best among the average [14:47]

On Attack | David on doing the hard things, staying uncomfortable, and attacking self [18:15]

Accountability Mirror | David shares how he started holding himself accountable [20:52]

The Governor | Goggins explains how your mind keeps you comfortable, the 40% rule [23:53]

Do You | The simple life David lives, why he stays to himself & how he earned it [27:46]

Alter Ego | David on creating Goggins’ strength from David’s weakness in the darkroom [29:03]

Cookie Jar | Goggins on who you are at your core and pulling from the dark side [31:31]

Negativity | Goggins explains using the dark side to power through the obstacles [33:06]

Taking Souls | Where things don’t go right what it takes to get through the suffering [35:50]

Insecurities | David explains finding drive in your insecurities and grinding every day [38:29]

The Chart | Goggins on outworking the “chart” as a tool to live a better life, facing fear [43:07]

Greatness | David on finding yourself, beating comfort, and being great [46:30]

Cultivating Drive | Goggins advice for turning inward and removing external insecurities [49:58]

Calloused Mind | David on doing what you hate, and being ready what life throws at you [52:45]

Happiness | David on happiness from willpower, failing, succeeding, and being awarded [56:49]

QUOTES:

“...motivation’s crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you're driven, whatever's in front of you will get destroyed.” [3:43]

“You can see me for who I am. Because I need to change who I'm not.” [8:39]

“You can't judge yourself off the so called competition that we have made up in our mind.” [10:49]

“On the other end of suffering is a world that very few, [...] have ever seen. It's a beautiful world. Because that's where you find yourself.” [17:14]

“the only way I became successful, was going towards the truth, as painful and as brutal as it is, it changed me.” [18:56]

“The very best may not be I’m number one. The very best is, ‘did I leave everything inside of me out there.’” [20:23]

“The mind has the tactical advantage over you at all times. At all times of your life, the mind has a tactical advantage over you. [...] It knows what you're afraid of. It knows your insecurities, it knows your deep dark lies and it starts to push you away from that shit. It pushes you in a direction that is comfortable.” [24:46]

“I chose the path of most resistance. Talent not required.” [27:34]

“...even the hardest man, in times of suffering, what we do is we forget how hard we really are.” [31:49]

“I had to use all this negative shit that was making me weak and horrible as a person, I had to use this as the power that now fueled me. I had to flip it on its head” [34:54]

“...seeing the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me, has made me happy.” [35:21]

“When you can find drive in your own doubt, fear, insecurities, you become very unstoppable.” [41:27]

“...in that fucking sack of shit, you have to dive in that to find more. Because if you're not willing to go in there and face yourself, you’re not gonna find anything” [45:16]

“You will never learn from people if we always tap dance around the truth.” [55:12]

“I got to experience the beauty of true, fucking willpower. True, fuck you, I'm going to fail, I'm going to fucking fail, I'm going to fucking fail, I'm going to fucking fail. And I will succeed.” [58:17]

“I want you to realize that this world, life is one big head game, and once you learn to play the motherfucking head game, it's no longer a game anymore at all. You can start living your life.” [1:02:13]

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Which diet are you following? Are you doing the carnivore diet? Vegan? Keto? The choices and variations of every diet plan available is nearly endless. At the heart of the matter, diet consciousness is a question of overall health and better managing and preventing diseases and conditions that hinder your performance and destroy your ability to live a happy and healthy life. In this episode, nephrologist and intermittent fasting expert, Dr. Jason Fung, exposes the overarching importance of understanding your body’s hormonal response to insulin activated by what you eat and the frequency with which you eat. He also breaks down the three major paradigms for cancer, and ranks the danger of a poor diet as high as cigarette smoke in terms of high risk contributors of cancer. Dr. Fung is also the author of the #1 best seller, The Obesity Code.

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SHOW NOTES:

Weight Loss | Dr. Fung on why weight loss is critical and counting calories doesn’t work [1:23]

Calories | Dr. Fung reveals how hormones impact your body’s response to less calories [3:31]

Carbohydrates | Dr. Fung on how carbs stimulate insulin and signal the body to store fat [6:59]

Protein vs. Carbs | The hormonal response of these nutrients on satiety & effect on insulin [9:50]

Processed Carbs | Dr. Fung explains the danger behind processed carbs & hormones [13:03]

Insulin | Dr. Fung explains getting fat on calorie restriction when insulin is high [15:49]

Low Insulin Diet | Dr Fung on losing weight by lower insulin and cycle feeding & fasting [23:32]

Fasting | Dr. Fung introduces options to get through fast with salt, magnesium or broths [26:32]

Cancer | Dr. Fung breaks down 3 paradigm shifts in cancer research & treatments [28:50]

Growth Paradigm | How the overgrowth of cells have been treated by cut, burn or poison [29:41]

Genetic Paradigm | Understanding genetic mutations and the complication curing cancer [30:36]

Evolutionary Paradigm | The primitive mutation of cancer treated with immunotherapy [34:00]

Seed in Soil | Preventing cancer “seeds” to grow, understanding chronic stressors  [42:30]

QUOTES:

“So it's simply false to say, if you cut 500 calories a day down, you will lose a pound of body fat a week, it's actually not true in any way, shape, or form.” [5:31]

“when you're thinking about weight gain, weight loss, you really have to think about hormones, because it's really a hormonal imbalance, not a caloric imbalance” [12:04]

“when insulin is going down you're going to burn body fat, [...] you can't burn body fat if insulin is high.” [21:05]

“...we're not trying to kill cells with immunotherapy, we're not trying to fix genetic mutations. What we're trying to do is treat these cancers like a foreign species, like an invasive foreign species...” [40:03]

“diet actually plays a massive role, and by understanding it, perhaps you can reduce your risk of cancer.” [47:45]

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In honor of the 2 MILLION subscribers, a.k.a 2 MILLION Impactivists that recognize human potential is nearly limitless, we are celebrating with the very first episode of Impact Theory with the legendary Michael Strahan. In this episode, Strahan shines like the incredibly humble and authentic person he is and Tom steps on the scene from day one sharing his mission to pull people (at scale) out of the Matrix.

If you’ve wondered about the secret to reinventing yourself, beating your limitations and discovering what true leadership looks like, this episode does not disappoint. Michael breaks down the importance of making everyone you come across feel valuable from the janitor to the CEO, and how he’s reinvented himself figuring out life and understanding there’s level to this shit!

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SHOW NOTES:

Perspective | Strahan reframes stress of travel with the reality of life and finds gratitude [2:55]

Not If, When | Strahan on getting after the hard things, lessons from dad and no doubts [4:07]

The Switch | Strahan exposes how he found common ground with Tom Coughlin [9:17]

Leadership | Strahan on how to lead and have everyone to feel valued and do anything [13:54]

Psychology | Strahan explains how he gets everyone on same page for the win [17:42]

Routine | Strahan on his routine to get past self doubt, know the job & execute [23:47]

Unseen | Strahan on bringing joy and respect to every position you interact with [27:21]

Self-Limiting | Breaking out of the Matrix, overcoming self-limitations, and doubt [30:24]

Fear & Failures | Getting ready for what’s next and get better [37:04]

Reinvention | Figuring out life, finding the fear, going all in, master it, on to the next [41:45]

Put the Work In | Strahan on putting in 100% work and taking credit for the win or fail [44:57]

QUOTES:

“Well you make decisions, it’s up to you. You know, you make choices in your life. You program your mind to either be happy or not. That’s a choice that you make.” [8:35]

“...you get so much more out of yourself, and so much more out of people, because you’re in an environment you created.” [28:27]

“Life is not going to be perfect and if you excerpt it to be perfect, you’re fooling yourself. A perfect life without a challenge is not a perfect life, it’s a boring life.” [38:09]

“You have to have role models, you have to have people that you look up to that make you push yourself and make you want to be better.” [46:27]

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Are you part of the many struggling with finding meaning in the midst of the chaos, disease, falling governments, unspeakable human conditions? What does it even look like to show up your best these days when your heart is heavy and you’re surrounded with so much uncertainty? This episode today takes the plunge and leans off the edge with Jamie Wheal unpacking the depth and complexities he’s addressing in his latest book, Recapture the Rapture. The conversation is heavy and will challenge you to rethink your stance and what leaning into our global community could be for you. Enjoy peak experiences, spark the human initiative in your community and have some compassion for the world around you.

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SHOW NOTES:

Loss of Meaning | A break down of the conflicting directions of major institutions [3:33]

Meaning 1.0 & 2.0 | Jamie breaks down the difference and problem for salvation & inclusion [7:54]

Meta Crisis | Jamie details the complexity of meta crisis and where it intersects [12:06]

Storytelling | Jamie walks through shapes of stories & where we are in our story of humanity [16:16]

Acceleration | Jamie on why rushing to clean the slate is ignorant of history [18:56]

The Drop | Jamie lists problems (the drop) we have to lean into to get to the better side [24:31]

Narrative Problem | Jamie breaks down coming alive vs. staying alive, narrative or reality [28:37]

Rearview Mirror | Jamie summarizes where the U.S. is after war in 1945 through 60s [30:55]

Tribalism | Jamie reveals what unhealthy tribalism is versus healthy that is for community [32:16]

Cults | Jamie exposes history of cults, how some succeed, when it gets too far extreme [36:42]

4 Cult Responses | Jamie explains the 4 feelings and 4 responses to cult leaders [44:44]

Top Down Solutions | The issue being detached from complexity of interconnected problems [53:13]

Global Rage | Jamie on the human initiative and the propensity for collective rage [57:14]

Finding Grace | Significant decisions in history that were against the rage & violence [1:02:44]

Cultural Architect | Escaping doomsday and thriving into the future [1:10:21]

Soul Force | Jamie explains the root of peaceful nonviolence anchored to Civil Rights [1:15:09]

Big 5 | Jamie reveals the big 5 evolutionary drivers, discusses healing and peak states [1:20:15]

Sex & Healing | Jamie explores the power of orgasms, women, its evolutionary nature [1:34:00]

Out of Hand | Jamie shares why people don’t know what they’re doing, forgiving ourselves [1:47:11]

Trickster | Jamie on dissonance between God & Satan, Good & Bad and the unknowing [1:50:51]

Omega Point | Jamie reveals the point where death and rebirth come together [1:58:02]

QUOTES:

“There are intersecting, overlapping and reinforcing meta crisis happening right now. And so it's not just any single thing, and none of the challenges that we're facing, stop or respect, zip codes or political boundaries” [9:42]

“And so we have to actually be willing to lean into that drop. It's like skateboarding or snowboarding or anything, like you're standing on the lip of something steep, you don't fall back away from it, you actually have to lean into it, to stick the landing.” [17:52]

“...the point isn't to end the game victorious. The point is to keep playing for as long as possible, with as many people as possible.” [21:39]

“...the narrative challenge,[...] is actually, can we acknowledge that both are true? It's an incredibly complex quadratic equation. We don't know how it's going to turn out, our participation in it plays a big part in how it turns out. So we need to be vigilant and subtle, and adaptive, and responsive, all at once.” [30:28]

“No one beats our collective intelligence.” [57:12]

“grieve globally, [...] actually open our hearts to the wound of the world right now, and everyone and everything on it, but thrive locally.” [57:49]

“tribalism is destiny and humanism is optional” [1:02:33]

“we need to get more effective and more deliberate and more inclusive about our access to healing, inspiration and connection.” [1:10:31]

“...when we try and suppress the random and fickle and unknowable nature of existence, right, we tend to create more trauma, we tend to create more heartache, versus just bearing witness in the not knowing of it all.” [1:56:00]

“I wake up in the morning torn between the desire to save the world, or savor it.” [1:58:52]

“...instead of me trying to escape my mundane existence, I'm coming back to it. And I'm coming back to it with fresh eyes and an open heart and gratitude.” [2:04:23]

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Is it safe to say that everyone of us has challenges and roadblocks ahead to varying degrees? Maybe you even have some pretty big dreams but knowing where to start or how has you paralyzed. If you are getting stuck on fear of failure, not knowing who, how, or what, or even if it’s remotely possible for you to achieve a bigger dream, then this episode is for you. Gary Litefoot Davis is a Cherokee that has stepped out, and done the impossible against the odds. His story is compelling, but his get it done and go hard and relentless after your purpose attitude is worthy of pen and paper. He breaks down exactly how he looked at the overwhelming dream of being the first Native American rapper not being signed, starting his own record label, and touring the world from there. It was baby steps of a bigger goal, and this episode exemplifies what’s possible when you just take action and keep moving forward.

SHOW NOTES:

Resilience | learning from generations, seeing entrepreneurship and losing it all [3:14]

Awakening | Realizing no one is coming to save you, it’s all on you to make it happen [5:57]

Cultivating fortitude | Having an intention and take baby steps and give each step 100% [8:04]

Steps & Goals | Gary lays out how to identify the steps you need to attain goal in detail [9:58]

Model the Greats | Gary on how to model your success and make it your own [11:14]

Be Fluid | Gary on how to be adaptive so you can grow and be malleable [12:46]

Music Influences | Gary shares learning from artists that have influenced his music [14:34]

Independent | Gary explains why he says “we are the people we’ve been waiting for” [18:07]

Being First | Gary on knowing where you get your strength and leading in difficulty [20:13]

Native American Struggles | Gary exposes the lack of self-belief & self hatred [28:30]

Failure | Gary explains the lesson and not getting caught in negative energy of failing  [32:59]

Entrepreneur | Gary on the journey, the reward and tools needed to be successful [38:25]

Get Started | Why you have to believe in what you’re doing and if not keep looking [44:23]

QUOTES:

“I realized that if it was going to happen for me I probably was going to have to make it happen” [5:57]

“Dreams are tough. Because without a timeframe, a timeline, they may just stay dreams” [12:10]

“You have to be willing to lead,  and if you’re not, nobody will follow that. And in the moments where it's most stressful, if you don’t know where you’re headed, if you don’t know what you’re supposed to be doing, nobody else will either...” [22:54]

“If something comes up that you didn’t expect or that you didn’t know was going to come. Your plan’s not bad, it got you to where you are right now. You have to deal with what’s in front of you. That doesn’t mean run away and stop and don’t do anything, it means deal with it. Deal with what’s in front of you, move through it, move around it, move over it, move under it but keep moving forward.” [34:59]

“I think confidence comes from doing trying failing correcting and then doing trying failing correcting” [40:27]

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More than 50 million Americans suffer with some form of sleep deprivation, and the chances are you may be one. According to World Sleep Day, “Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to 45% of the world’s population.” The matter of sleep is so critical that in this episode, Neuroscience Professor and sleep expert, Dr. Matthew Walker, exposes the severity of sleep deprivation as so serious that the Guiness Book of World Records no longer allows record setting attempts for sleep deprivation but allows far more extremes. There is a need to highly value sleep and learn tips to improve your sleep health and be more productive in your time awake.                                     

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SHOW NOTES:

Sleep Deprivation | Matthew Walker exposes why Guiness Book of World Records banned it [2:58]

Hallucinations | Matthew explains why deprivation of REM causes awakened REM sleep [6:28]

Dreaming | Matthew reveals why we dream and what it does for our conscious life [7:57]

Emotional First Aid | Matthew explains a new layer of sleep relating to PTSD & noradrenaline [12:04]

PTSD | Matthew shares how noradrenaline strips emotions away from memory of PTSD [15:33]

Evolutionary | Matthew on how sleep seems like idiotic behavior but is critical to function  [19:52]

Brainwashing | Matthew breaks down the glymphatic system that cleanses the brain [24:41]

Nightmares | Tips for minimizing effect nightmares that become nonnormative  [27:51]

Recontextualize | How to understand the world we live in through dreams biological basis [30:52]

CBT for Insomnia | Matthew addresses changing behaviors and thought patterns for sleep [32:57]

Sleeping Problems | Reasons for waking in the middle of the night and self-compassion [36:59]

Sleep Inertia | Matthew shares tips for waking up in the morning when it's not your thing [43:02]

Cold showers | Matthew gives the science behind why cold showers are effective waking you [47:34]

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QUOTES:

“...what we're now learning from the science is that Mother Nature did not make a spectacular blunder in creating this beautiful thing called a full night of sleep.” [20:58]

“Make no mistake about it from a biochemical perspective, wakefulness is low level brain damage, and sleep is sanitary salvation.” [25:40]

“If you wake up, and you can't get back to sleep, don't worry. Just realize ‘tonight is not my night. It's not the end of the world. I'm still going to be able to function somewhat tomorrow.’” [40:58]

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Nearly everyone has a platform of some kind. Maybe your platform is on social media, or it’s home with your immediate family and close circle of friends. Regardless, what you say out of your mouth to the people around your platform matters. In this episode, Tom is joined by the legendary T.D. Jakes, who shares the incredible value of what we say to communicate and even more importantly, how we listen. T.D. Jakes break down the depth of becoming a better listener and the importance and urgency of being creative, innovative and finding mastery to strive for something greater in your entrepreneurial life and in your personal life.

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SHOW NOTES:

Power Mic | T.D. Jakes shares how he discovered the power of a platform and audience [1:46]

Get it Out | Coming out of your bubble for a new experience ready to talk, listen and learn [6:37]

Listen Better | T.D. Jakes explains how listening leads to understanding and less hate [10:49]

New World | Why mentoring each other is necessary to get others out of their subculture [15:47]

Potential | Break past limiting beliefs and expectations of others to explore possibilities [21:58]

Intention | T.D. Jakes explains what’s intended versus what’s understood, being bilingual [29:15]

Understand | To better understand, just listen, don’t run away, don’t try to fix the person [33:08]

Seasons | Reality of not holding onto past labels and experiencing new stages of life [38:15]

Action | T.D. Jakes breaks down how life requires a process to create and innovate [42:36]

Urgency | T.D. Jakes reveals the urgency action in the ‘now’ and relationship value [46:45]

Survive Strong | T.D. Jakes on what’s left after the trauma is always enough to rebuild [51:39]

QUOTES:

“...it takes courage to come out of your bubble and talk and listen and learn and not always show up as a teacher, but to come into the room as a student.” [10:19]

“And a lot of people black, white, brown, rich, poor, [....] run the risk of dying, the death of being normal, or average, rather than being exceptional, and being fruitful, to the full extent of your potential, wherever that takes you.” [18:02]

“Don't drop the mic, because destiny is in front of you, and history is behind you. And why would you live in your history when you can excel in your destiny?” [20:51]

“Don't let people describe you because if they do, they will incarcerate you.” [23:17]

“...the best things in life require process, and if you run from the process, you alleviate the promise.” [44:24]

“The currency of relationships is your greatest resource is better than any dollar amount in the world.” [49:35]

“Your future is never predicated on what you lost. It is predicated on what you have left.” [51:39]

“...there's always something to do with what you have experienced.” [54:37]

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If the raw nature of the human experience makes you even a little uncomfortable, this episode will be a treat to buckle up for. Chuck PALAHNIUK, well known author for the Fight Club, Guts and many more, takes you through a journey of highs and lows as he reveals the world through the lens through which he sees the fascination called life.

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SHOW NOTES:

Dark Side | Chuck’s take on types of people not dealing with unresolved darkness [2:42]

Guts | Chuck’s experience publicly reading his book Guts & shedding pretense of looking good [5:06]

One Thing | Chuck explains history without one person and committing to one thing in life [9:50]

Live Forever | Opposing ideals of living forever and doing infinite things or one thing [12:13]

So What | Chuck shares his take on this mantra to not be hindered by someone else’s agenda [19:00]

Choose Your Problem | Chuck explains the power of inventing your own major problem [22:18]

Invention of Sound | Chuck explores the commodification of human experience [25:03]

Henry Kissinger | Chuck recalls the game he played and shares why emotional pain is so hard [35:26]

Universal | The effect owning your shame and saying it happened can have to freeing others [40:31]

Self Soothing | How vulnerable truths are self serving and allowing Chuck to process [49:59]

Broken Silence | Chuck defined the tension of silence and the power it can give to narrative [54:10]

Break the Rules | Chuck breaks down not wasting life and having the guts to go too far [57:18]

Unique Characters | Chuck explains the importance of community and despicable nature [1:02:41]

Too Far | Chuck shares his shock about Fight Clubs impact and changing culture [1:06:36]

Hospice Volunteer | How Chuck came to accept death and found joy in not dying [1:13:44]

Accepting Shadows | Chuck on the comfort of accepting the shadows know they exist [1:19:59]

Dominate | Navigating people’s urge to dominate and be right, trolling for an epiphany [1:23:48]

Master Storyteller | Chuck reveals the power of elicited emotion and burning “failed” stories [1:27:50]

Chuck’s Dad | Chuck recounts the murder of his father and the fate that led to his death [1:33:48]

Self Comforting Storied | Chuck explains why these stories are emotionally exhausting [1:40:28]

Storytelling | How the repetition of a story without emotion through workshop is a therapy [1:46:47]

QUOTES:

“....you talk about how we human beings are meaning making machines. We are also looking good machines, and we are machines that just spend all of our time trying not to be dominated, and trying to look good” [5:17]

“by focusing on one thing, I've got a bigger life than I ever, ever could have imagined for myself.” [12:07]

“It's so often the broken way in which you depict something that establishes your authority” [55:15]

And so every book is only something you can do at a certain point in your life. And if you pass that point, without having done that thing, you always look back and think Why was I so gutless? [57:56]

“unless you go to the too far you're kind of wasting your life, in my opinion.” [59:35]

“I'm much more compelled by a character who is corrupt, but is just trying to do the right thing. Even if it's kind of a despicable thing. But it's the only right thing that the character can think of doing. “ [1:02:50]

“...the other thing about sort of working the vein of the extreme, is that if you can lodge yourself in people's memory, whether or not they like you the first time, if they remember you, people change and the culture changes.” [1:07:20]

“I am this constant, sort of gathering this harvesting, of human experience, and then organizing, that experience and presenting it in a narrative, so that the experience has a context.” [1:30:35]

“...getting back to zero, getting back to sort of empty and meaningless so that you can start the next project without being too attached to the previous project.” [1:32:31]

“So in lieu of fixing somebody, I always kind of strive to kind of present them with something that is going to make them excited about living. Blah blah blah” [1:54:34]

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The word ‘capitalism’ seems to make some people happy, while making others cringe. The U.S. started as a capitalist society and has evolved into a mix of capitalism and socialism. As society and technology evolves, how should our economic system evolve in response? In this episode, Sir Ronald Cohen, “the father of British venture capital” speaks with Tom about the importance of social impact and what impact investing is evolving into and how it can change the social world for the better. Creating systems that support entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and social responsibility of big companies is just the tip of a massive iceberg. Listen in to see how this all ties into our natural desire to evolve and strive for more than just money.

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SHOW NOTES:

Impact Investing | Sir Ronald explains what’s reshaping a new economic system [1:57]

Coming to Britain | Sir Ronald reveals how he moved from Egypt and ended in Britain [4:48]

Venture Capital | An overview of how venture capitalism came to be and what it is [7:23]

Social Impact | Getting an accurate view of a company’s impact not just profits [9:41]

Deciding | Sir Ronald gives tips on what to look for evaluating a company’s impact [12:47]

Redistributed Wealth | Why redistributed wealth is needed, but it’s not enough [15:30]

Poverty Problem | Sir Ronald discusses what’s been missing from solution [18:20]

1800 Companies | The $3 trillion environmental damage being measured [21:28]

Capitalism | Sir Ronald breaks down capitalism driven by profit and social impact [28:05]

Communism | Setbacks of communism and how increased prosperity redistributed is better  [32:30]

Turning Point | Recognizing social problems and having technology to measure impact [34:59]

Striving | Sir Ronald introduces human nature to strive for money & quality of life [42:14]

Re-Skill | Sir Ronald identifies why opportunities for new skills is part of the system [45:12]

QUOTES:

“Because making money at the expense of the environment, or poor people isn't the way to do business. And it doesn't help solve the social and environmental issues we face.” [10:45]

“...we can't let capitalism be driven by profit only. We must have markets trying to achieve profit, and something good for society or the environment. Otherwise, capitalism creates problems.” [28:31]

“I think most company leaders would rather do good and do well, than create problems and make money. But it's the power of consumers and employees and investors together that are going to get them to change their behavior.” [30:40]

“...if you plan everything for people, you kill innovation, and entrepreneurship, with the ability to think out of the box, [and] the freedom to try to execute it.” [33:08]

“Human nature is about striving, striving for survival, striving for success, it’s all about striving, and our system encourages and enables the striving.” [42:28]

“a system like capitalism, which is dynamic, and resilient, and reactive, if it is channeled in the same way, it will be better than a system where the government tries to plan everything from above.” [50:40]

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Digestive diseases are affecting tens of millions of people everyday. So often gut issues are being misdiagnosed and ineffectively handled due to poor diet, misinformation, and general confusion. In this episode, the Gut Health MD, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (or Dr. B for short) breaks down what is really going on with the microbiome and what we can do to stop damaging it and start supporting it. He drops some shocking facts about microbes and even how your past trauma and unresolved emotional scars can impact the health of your gut. Dr. Bulsiewicz is well researched and an actively practicing physician that wants to simplify how you can improve your overall health by understanding your unique ecosystem and making better food choices to change your microbiome as early as tomorrow.

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SHOW NOTES:

Microbiome | Dr. Bulsiewicz explains the microbiome and relevance to biodiversity [2:38]

Ecosystems | An explanation of ecosystems within our gut and danger of instability [6:15]

Biodiversity | Rebuilding biodiversity after terrible diets and inauthentic lifestyles [8:42]

Fiber | Dr. Bulsiewicz discusses how critical fiber and different types for gut microbes [10:02]

Digesting Fiber | Dr Bulsiewicz explains how fiber is broken down and building tolerance [14:00]

Rebuilding Microbiome | Dr. Bulsiewicz shares ways to reintroduce microbes to the body [20:29]

Microbial Intake | Starving microbes with lack of fiber and not needing more probiotics [23:40]

Gut Rehab | Dr Bulsiewicz explains introducing plants low and slow is good at the right time for complex gut issues [26:02]

Diagnosing Tools | Dr. Bulsiewicz shares 3 most powerful tools for diagnosing patients [28:28]

Food Sensitivity | Dr. Bulsiewicz breaks down 3 common causes that are reversible [29:11]

Constipation | Signs of constipation that may shock you [29:19]

Celiac Disease | Blood tests are often wrong and it's more common than you think [31:24]

Gallbladder | Another common cause that may be waking you in the middle of night [31:47]

Dietary Fiber | Dr. Bulsiewicz talks about supplemental fiber and having extra support [32:33]

Saturated Fats | Dr. Bulsiewicz’s concerns of the effects these fats have on microbiome  [34:55]

Dietary Impact | The impact plant-based vs. animal-based diets have on microbes [38:04]

Shared Microbiome | The benefit of shared microbiomes with pets and others [40:53]

Unresolved Trauma | Impact trauma and abuse has on the microbiome can’t be ignored [41:30]

QUOTES:

“I think one of the major issues [...] is that we live in a society that is completely devoid of fiber consumption. And fiber is the preferred food of these gut microbes.” [10:03]

“I personally am vegan [...] I'm not teaching the science because I'm vegan. I'm vegan, because the science led me to where I am today.” [11:42]

“with every single dietary choice, we are contributing to the balance that exists within our microbiome.” [18:33]

“our fiber deficiency is causing us to suffer consequences because our gut microbes are not being fed.” [24:56]

“...the microbiome changes in less than 24 hours, whatever dietary choice you make. So literally, the food that you're eating today will have an effect on your microbiome tomorrow.” [37:04]

“If you are suffering from trauma, and abuse history, whether it was physical, sexual, emotional, psychological. If you don't directly address that issue, you will not heal your microbiome. The stress that is driven by that underlying trauma history is an open wound that persists, and it festers until it is addressed.” [41:30]

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It is one thing to be the toughest woman in the room and it is entirely another thing to be the toughest person in the room. When you allow yourself to be haunted by past fears and failures you put yourself at a disadvantage and lock your potential away in the safety of a box. In this episode today, one of the toughest and most resilient people you will ever come across joins Tom to share her insight on what it takes to beat the odds and kick ass, failure after failure. Lupita Nyong’o said, “It’s only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you’re not expressing the utmost of your human experience.” The essence of being a total badass, owning your failure and swinging hard to conquer no one but yourself is what Sarah Robb O’Hagan brings to the table. Get ready to take action, it’s the only way forward.

SHOW NOTES:

Assness Level | Levels of toughness in behaviors that show how kick-ass you are [3:59]

Humility | Finding success with humility after setting aside arrogance [6:12]

Hiring the Best | Making sure you are hiring the right people and behaviors [8:10]

Leading the Team | Expressing your values and demonstrating them for your company [10:39]

Gritty Leadership | Pushing your team and reassuring them by example  [12:50]

Resilient Employees | How to get the best out of your employees and find resilience [14:20]

Fired | Being vulnerable and honest with yourself and others after being fired [15:50]

Step Out of Line | Clutch moments you get to reframe a ‘no’ to bring more value [18:13]

Fight for Yourself | When odds are stacked against you this is how to take action and create opportunity [23:42]

Supercharged Career | Don’t please the boss, show how you can solve their problem [26:19]

Your Mountain | Stay in and grind it out by choosing your mountain to climb and win [27:38]

Secret to Success | Outperforming your peers no matter who they are [31:00]

Self-Improvement | Happens outside of the comfort-zone with new experiences and skill acquisition [32:38]

Extremely You | Sarah defines what extremely you is and how challenging yourself [34:34]

Behaviors | Sarah shares the common behaviors she found driving people’s success [37:44]

Movement | The reason for Sarah’s Extreme Living movement [38:40]

Processing Failure | When the stakes are high have the fortitude to handle it [39:43]

QUOTES:

“I just don't want to get fired, so I will do anything to help and support and listen and learn and truly, like that is what I think made me successful there because I was a sponge like taking it all in and recognizing there was a hell of a lot more that I needed to learn to be good”  [7:28]

“I’ve learned along the way when you are trying to be something you’re not that is when you lose your confidence” [10:20]

“The minute you acknowledge what you did you have control over changing that.” [17:23]

“Don’t ever worry that someone didn’t ask you to do something, just get on and do it.” [25:41]

“It’s about getting them to understand that you will be happy and fulfilled if you do whatever you do in your life off of your own steam, [...] For me the single biggest learning is like, don’t look for shortcuts, don’t look for people to give you handouts. Go figure it out for yourself because that is what will make you the most satisfied happy person you can be” [30:15]

“I just have worked in predominantly male industries the whole way through, and it just I never even really noticed that I was the only woman at the table very often, I just was like ‘well fuck I’m here’, so I am going to do the best I can and it’s up to me to outperform my peer group whoever they are.”   [32:14]

“Until you’ve been to the depths of the canyon of despair like that’s where the learning and the growth comes from and you come back so much stronger on the other side. [40:18]

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Imagine waking up from a simulated reality where everything you know is interpreted and never truly experienced. Is it possible the reality you’ve known for the last few decades is no reality at all? In this episode, Donald Hoffman returns and takes a deeper dive with Tom to discuss the complexities of consciousness perceived in and out of spacetime. Donald shares the possibilities of consciousness and the infinite nature of theories that exist outside of the virtual reality headset he uses to describe the version of reality you may still be experiencing. Take the plunge into this conversation and challenge the consciousness of what you call your true self.

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SHOW NOTES:

Consciousness | The theory of reality beyond the physical space and time [1:24]

Spacetime | Donald relates Grand Theft Auto to understanding reality beyond space time [7:48]

Testing Reality | Testable predictions of reality outside of space time and the fundamental nature of consciousness [10:40]

Conscious Agents | Donald introduces conscious agents using the Twitter model [16:00]

Conscious Illusion | How consciousness is not bound to the laws of physics and is created as needed in a simulation [22:00]

Evolution | Why evolutionary theory only exists in space and time within the VR experience [26:34]

The Unknown | The dark side of letting go to explore unknown concepts [33:40]

Spacetime Simulator | Donald takes us through how consciousness is explored [37:33]

Predicted Consciousness | Enjoying experience and predicting the realm of consciousness [49:57]

Girdles Down | The Girdles theorem and why everything can not theoretically be known [54:46]

A.I. Consciousness | How reductionism makes it possible to give rise to consciousness [1:03:54]

Created Consciousness | Donald explains the creation of consciousness from portals [1:10:29]

God Hypothesis | Donald’s hypothesis of science of God as agent of consciousness [1:15:05]

Asymptotic behavior | Long term behaviors from far away that use spacetime theory [1:26:07]

Alien Intelligence | Donald discusses alien intelligence and being in a simulator [1:31:22]

Living vs NonLiving | Being unplugged from VR game and notion of self [1:33:53]

Meditation | Donald shares how meditating to let go and have complete silence transforms his thoughts [1:46:20]

QUOTES:

“ Science has not yet been studying objective reality outside of our space time virtual reality, that from an evolutionary point of view, was just evolved as a way for us to play the game of life, and stay alive long enough to reproduce, not to show us the truth.” [8:06]

“That's what spacetime is. Spacetime, the sun and the moon, physical objects, everything that we see inside of space and time is just our visualization tool. The reality we're interacting with is nothing like the visualization tool. There's nothing like space and time. It's a whole network of interacting conscious agents outside of space time, a vast social network. And we've made the rookie mistake of assuming that our headset, VR, our visualization tool, is the final reality.” [17:55]

“no matter how much consciousness explores its possibilities, it could never come to the end of its own possibilities. And so it's in a never ending self exploration.” [31:22]

“And right now we're sort of stuck on this little headset, three dimensions, small amount of color that we can see and so forth. Just, we thought it was the whole world. No, it's just it's a little headset.” [33:08]

“...we’re chasing that consciousness itself is only about exploring new possibilities of experience.” [35:55]

“So the reason I'm doing this is because I can't even imagine a specific color that I've never seen before, I can't imagine in four dimensions. In other words, I take it as a given that I'm deeply, deeply limited in my imagination. And I need all the tools I can get to help me step outside of my headset and try to guess, the unfathomable outside of there.” [52:47]

“There seems to be reward for absolute silence, no concept whatsoever, and out absolute precision on the other hand. And there's no reward for sloppy thinking in the middle.” [1:51:57]

“don't hold on to anything dogmatically right as that's the sort of the point explore and then be the first to kill off the things that you know really don't make sense don't don't hold on to them so it's an anti dogmatic point of view” [1:54:37]

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Imagine being disadvantaged, on welfare, no support from family, being young and becoming a millionaire in under one year. Where do you even begin? What does it take to make that kind of change in your life? In this episode, Jay Samit reveals his latest book, Future Proofing You, and the experiment he ran with a young kid from the UK. He mentored this kid once a week and watched him go from nearly homeless to millionaire in his experiment to show this is possible for anyone regardless of your resources. In this interview, Jay uncovers his belief that you don’t need degrees, capital and major connections to become a successful millionaire. Starting your business by looking for the void to fill in a very specific area that allows you to be the best in the world with no competition is a possibility that is accessible to you right now. This episode provides a tactical look at what you can do to start crafting the right situation and the right deal structure you need to succeed.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Experiment | Jay mentors a disadvantaged person from homeless to millionaire [2:28]

2 Things for Success | Jay shares the two things he believes you’ll need for success [6:11]

Mindset | Jay discusses how education is stifling mindset [8:12]

Competition | Jay explains how to be the best in the world with no competition  [10:03]

Fill a Void | Jay shares how Vin created a case study and niched a void [10:57]

Pygmalion effect | How Jay’s case study started with a lie to prove a point [13:38]

Mentors | Jay reveals the importance of mentors in business and how to find them [15:54]

Insight | Why your insight to solve a problem leads to joy [17:26]

Identity | Your identity and company identity must be separate identities [19:35]

Appearance | Jay on why you need to look like your customer [21:20]

Not Knowing | Jay explains the power of knowing what you don’t know [23:23]

1st Customer | Jay shares tip for getting your first customer [24:32]

The Right Client | Jay describes who the client for you is [29:28]

Breaking Plateaus | Jay talks about the hardships and difficulties to push through [31:20]

Revenue Streams | Manage unforeseen stress easier with multiple streams of revenue [32:21]

Deal Structure | Jay explains why a solid foundation can rebuild business [35:38]

Cultivate Purpose | Jay shares that you cultivate purpose when you help others [42:59]

QUOTES:

“You’re one click away from 7 billion people, so you only have to figure out how to reach them once, and if you can figure out that process you can do it again and again and be what I call future proof” [4:00]

“Cause motivation just like a shower doesn’t last forever. You need it again and again” [6:35]

“You don’t need capital, you don’t need connections, you don’t need a fancy degree. I’m not saying not to go to college, there’s pros and cons to everything. But you can do it ... [10:03]

“Most of us don’t have the experience to know many things in business. Things that might seem counterintuitive: you know, how the world works as opposed to how you were taught it works. And that’s why mentors are so important.” [15:54]

“You can create an international successful company remotely and virtually” [23:00]

“Sweat equity overcomes intellect 10 out of 10 times.” [26:31]

“If there's something new, there’s something hot, the hot thing that the world suddenly pays attention to then any work you do in that space will be magnified.” [28:40]

“As you can start aligning what you do to helping others. The greatest joy you’ll ever get is when you help someone else, and the more you're helping others the more you end up helping yourself.”  [43:28]

“For so many people they think a better life means buying your kids the things that you didn’t have. A better life is teaching you kids the things you didn’t know.” [45:22]

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How well are you controlling your impulsive nature and tendencies to choose instant gratification over the long term consequences? A little ice cream now won’t make a difference, checking your phone after a notification is no harm, afterall you just want to see who liked your post. These are some of the things you may be doing that exhibits impulsive behavior. Of course there are varying degrees of impulsive behavior in relation to the level of consequences, but why are we even acting so impulsively to begin with? In this episode, Dr. David Perlmutter explains the depths of our abilities to control our impulses, and how the health of our brain is really key to making better decisions. It comes up over and over in so many topics of illness, but inflammation and diet are again at the center of another area that is directly impacting your productivity and optimal cognitive function.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Disconnect | David explains why health and happiness are elusive? [1:46]

Cognitive Empathy | Our ability to embrace another perspective [2:39]

Disconnection | David defines disconnection in the brain and its importance [4:37]

Disconnection Syndrome | What factors threaten connection and cause disconnection [7:13]

Impulsivity Factors | David explains what factors threaten to lock in impulsive behaviors [7:44]

Control Impulse | David reveals new side of Phineas Gage story and controlling impulse [9:16]

Impulse Behavior | David lists factors threatening to disconnect the prefrontal cortex [11:31]

Body Fat | David explains how body fat ties to the impulsive amygdala [14:40]

Restorative sleep | David reveals the connection between quality sleep and impulse [15:40]

Sleep & Body Fat | Connecting lack of restorative sleep to 1lb of body fat in 10 days [16:19]

Bad Decision Loop | David explains the cycle of poor decision leading to more [17:31]

Inflammation’s Role | David breaks down how inflammation compromises brain function [19:33]

Serotonin Compromised | How inflammation is vital to production of serotonin  [21:15]

Better Decisions | David reveals the on-ramp to making better decisions [27:08]

On-Ramps | David shares a few of the on-ramps to making better decisions [32:15]

Rewire Your Brain | David shares the simplicity of thought to rewire your brain [37:17]

Gratification Myth | How instant gratification is blocking enlightenment and connections [38:25]

Online Effects | David reveals the effect screen time has in relation to poor decisions [43:05]

Optimal Cognition | David shares the biggest issue crippling cognition [46:06]

Uric Acid | David links uric acid to inflammation and the role of fructose [47:25]

Insulin Resistance | Why knowing your blood sugar and how your body handles glucose [49:37]

Blood Sugar Response | Response to various lifestyle choices and inflammation [50:35]

Brain Health Diet | A diet that keeps blood sugar in check is best for brain health [51:21]

QUOTES:

“Our day to day lives right now threaten our prefrontal cortex and threaten the connection of the prefrontal cortex down to the amygdala and therefore threaten to disconnect us.”  [11:17]

“We make more impulsive food decisionsThe fatter people get the less able they able are to reign in their appetites and to make good choices as it relates to the food they eat […] eating the wrong foods tends to begets further eating of the wrong foods”  [14:55]

“People who don’t get a restorative night sleep have a 60% higher activation of their amygdala, so the amygdala takes charges [15:39]

“You can just understand that your decision making is threatened or enhanced by whether or not you get a good night sleep [26:10]

“You want to be more productive, sleep more and sleep better in terms of the quality” [32:29]

“The average American spends 42% of his or her day in front of one form of screen or another [...] and that has an effect because there’s a lot of inputs to your brain that are happening during that experience, a, and b, when you’re doing one thing you’re not doing another”  [43:05]

“What we have to emphasize is the limitation of fructose in its raw form…” [49:13]

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The path to success is as unique to the individual as the complexity of their life experiences that shape who they are. Have you ever considered the downside to becoming successful and achieving all of your goals? In this episode, Steven Barlett, Founder of Social Chain and Catena Capital,  opens up about his vision, the motivators, and surprising moments of what reaching success felt like for him that no one would expect. He discusses the importance of why he wrote his upcoming book, Happy Sexy Millionaire, and his hope for this book to serve as an intervention for his generation that has been raised on social media. Steven gets very real about discovering your narrative and focusing on the simplicity of consistency.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Journey | Steven reveals his path from Botswana to successful entrepreneur [1:37]

Insecurity | Steven explains how his insecurities have driven his success [5:32]

Move Different | Steven explains the origin of his business moves [6:28]

Belief | Steven debunks the cliche ideas about belief [7:23]

Comparison Trap | How Steven let go of bitter when he freed himself from comparison [8:57]

Self-Worth | Steven shares his thought about society’s intrinsic value lie of self worth [10:13]

Self-Narrative | Steven shares his revelation to resist labels and not restrict his narrative [11:44]

Narrative Defined | Steven defines what self narrative is for him [14:42]

Stability/Chaos | Steven reveals why he believes chaos is stability [15:45] 

Finding Change | Steven shares the anti-climatic experience of his biggest wins. [18:24]

Gratitude | Steven shares his story of discovering gratitude through contrast of 19 year olddreams [20:14]

Radical Change | Steven explains radical change starts with the smallest step [26:11]

Consistent | Steven explains why consistency leads to radical change [28:50]

Future Identity | Steven reveals how he anchors his present decisions to his future self [32:30]

Quitting | Steven explains that quitting is a skill and what the decision tree looks like [34:55] 

5 Buckets | Steven shares 5 buckets to fill under 30 to optimize your future [40:00] 

QUOTES:

“The things that invalidated you when you were younger will be the things that you seek validation from when you’re older” [5:34]

“I had independence and I had insecurity and when the two came together I became this young kid who just had no choice but to take on the world on his own” [7:08]

“Even if everything is on the line you can’t make yourself believe something you don’t have evidence to believe” [7:41]

“My self narrative is more of a philosophy. It’s a set of principles that [...] I make my decisions through” [14:44]

“The moment where I approached what I thought stability was it felt like chaos, it was an existential crisis.” [16:41]

“One of the downsides of living in forward motion is [...] it’s so gradual, the climb, it’s one step at a time” [21:20] 

“How would the person I want to be use their time?” [32:36]

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As adults we all have some degree of trauma from our childhood to cope with. Maybe it’s falling downhill and being left with a scar, or maybe it’s more severe and involves emotional neglect. For many adults,it’s easy to believe there was never any trauma, life was great and their childhood was filled with happy memories. In this episode, Gabor Mate explains how easily unconscious traumas from childhood can be identified. He shares years of experience and wisdom with Tom in this conversation that explores the depths of truth and meaning in life, and how that fits in with our physical and behavioral manifestations of broken adult expectations and stressors. Gabor Mate, is a deep thinker, childhood development expert, and expert of addiction. He shares his unique insights on how to deal with severe trauma and how to get the most out of life by moving beyond mere survival.

SHOW NOTES:

Reality | Gabor on how people view reality and the Johnny Cash song, In Your Mind [1:14]

Childhood Development | Gabor reveals the shaping window of development for children [3:01]

Stress Defined | Gabor explain the terminology of stress and its triggers [5:40]

Emotional Work | Ongoing emotional work that takes consciousness and awareness [9:13]

Trauma | Gabor discusses severe trauma, how it shows up physically and in behavior [10:12]

Being Sensitive | Advantage and disadvantage of being highly sensitive [12:18]

Empathetic Support | Gabor talks about empathetic support for persons with trauma [12:43]

Beyond Mental | Gabor reveals makes life more profound beyond the mental experience [20:04]

Feeling vs. Being | Gabor presents difference between feeling and a state of being [22:11]

Self-Isolation | Gabor explores self-isolation and the state of pain versus enlightenment. [22:32]

Expectations | Gabor describes the expectations of the nervous system  [24:30]

Broken Society | how modern society is dysregulating us and how broken our society is [30:31]

Child Development | Gabor reveals what healthy child development  [41:04]

Meaning & Purpose | Gabor pushes on Tom’s value for meaning equated with hard work [51:20] 

Truth Not Facts | Gabor explains difference between truth and facts [59:54]

Life after 70 | Gabor shares what keeps him going in his seventies is just who he is [1:07:58]

Palliative Care | Gabor share his experience and perspective with palliative care [1:14:18]

Commitment | Gabor and Tom talk about commitment [1:30:42]

Marriage | Lessons from 51 years of marriage [1:35:23]

Unconscious Trauma | Processing trauma that you’re not consciously aware of [1:41:13]

Suffering From Past |Gabor shares a quote to explain how suffering isn’t always labeled [1:43:19]

Dissociated from suffering | Gabor explains pain suppressed and misinterpreted  [1:45:54]

QUOTES:

“When people are just trying to survive it's hard for them to consider transformation, so people that are under economic pressure, or racially oppressed, or under economic threat, political conflict these make it difficult for people because people are just in survival mode.” [11:43]

“There’s essence, there’s truth that goes beyond what the mind can comprehend” [20:34]

“There’s a way of isolating yourself as a way of committing yourself to enlightenment which means that you’ll stay away from people for the rest of your life it just means you’re going to go deep into yourself and not be distracted by all that the world throws at you  [23:32]

“Then there’s another way to isolate yourself which is a defensive one, which is ‘the world is so awful, the heck with them all, I don’t need  anybody,’ that will protect you from some kinds of hurt, cause if you withdraw from relationships you’ll never be betrayed, so that’s true, on the other hand, that itself is a state of pain”  23:49

“Survival and fully being alive and fully living are not the same thing” [25:39]

“There’s lots of facts out there, but truth is much larger than facts, it’s integrating the facts in a picture of reality.”  [1:00:05]

“A life without truth is not a meaningful life” [1:04:46]

“the beauty does not go away. Should your marriage come to 51 years, as mine has, you’ll be looking into your wife’s eyes and you’ll be seeing the same beauty that you saw the first day you met her”   [1:34:02]

“when you think of a trigger, it's a very small little thing and what’s much more important is the ammunition and explosive that the trigger sets off. And who’s carrying the explosive and ammunition, you are. So you can focus on the trigger, [...] or you can focus, ‘oh what’s exploding inside of me and how long have I been carrying this?’ [1:37:01]

“You have to have the compassion to look at yourself not through the voice that tells you you’re worthless, but to say if I reacted that way it must be a good reason for it. Something in me, there’s something that happened to me that made me react that way at some point” [1:39:35]

“There’s all kinds of memory and the body carries memory even if it doesn’t carry recall” [1:41:45]

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Mental health and drug abuse continues to impact millions of people from all walks of life. Often drug abuse, trauma and depression are tied together and either mistreated or avoided. Families don’t necessarily know how to help loved ones come out of their dark place. In this episode, Coach Mike Bayer introduces several new concepts from his new book, One Decision. He takes Tom through his journey and reveals his experience with drug abuse, discovering his homosexuality, and what it took to get committed, find a new perspective and create his best self. Mike regularly appears on Dr. Phil, and has walked away from serving the entertainment industry to better serve people he connects with to guide them from discovering their trauma, surrendering, and making the one decision that will create a better life worth living.

SHOW NOTES:

One Decision | Coach Mike defines “One Decision” [1:34]

Big Decision | One big decision [2:51] 

Perspective | Looking at life through the lens of your experiences [5:03]

Trauma |Awareness of what you’re thinking and where you’re beginning  [7:32]  

Window | The moment of willingness and trusting the universe to be open for help [10:23]

Surrender to Win | the idea of surrendering to a whole new way of life [15:31]

Mike’s Window | Coach Mike shares his window of escape and experience [16:43]

G.O.D. | Mike shares his take on good orally direction [20:46]

Commitment | Mike share how he was able stay committed to sobriety [25:08]

Mental Health & Drugs | Mike dives into mental health, drugs and who his book is for [29:25]

The Shift | Mikes shares what it means to turn on someone’s light even in suffering [30:42]

Best-Self | Mike talks about the constructed image of best self and self signaling [33:50]

Anti-Self | Mike explains having people create the worst version of yourself [36:13]

F.O.R.C.E. | Mike reveals the framework of the positive and negative force [38:12]

O.O.O.O. | Mike connects the obstacles, opportunities, one decision and outcome [45:33]

Become Your Own Vehicle | Mike share how became his own vehicle to make change [49:50]

QUOTES:

“The universe from my experience creates a window if you do want to change, if you do want help a window is created. Now it may not be the window you want and it may not be the fabulous drapes that you want to open up, but there’ll be a window. Because all of a sudden your mindset is believing there is a window and it believes that you can change.” [10:56]

“A lot of people have shame or secrets about how they look at themselves and their life and they don’t want to tell anyone, they don't want to tell anyone what keeps them up at night, they don’t want to tell anyone what’s haunting them and if you show up in a setting to get help, that is the window” [14:14]

“When you want to change you have to be fully committed [...] that’s what I’m willing to do when I want to change” [21:37]

“The thing I love about people who are struggling is you can see their light turn on real quick. I selfishly love seeing people’s light turn on. You cannot see that physically [...] but you can get someone’s light to turn on who for the past 6 months has been f’ing miserable”  [30:42]

“When you’re able to kind of laugh at yourself even when you’re suffering, it starts to shift” [31:16] 

“I had this moment where I was like, why am I trying to get famous people to do what I want to do. Like how cool would it be if I became my own vehicle” [52:31] 

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Are you dealing with mental fog most days, crashing in the afternoons and just blaming it on lack of sleep or stress? Cognitive decline is known to begin as early as your 30s and has become the accepted norm with aging, yet many of us don’t even recognize it at its onset. In this episode, international expert in neurodegenerative diseases, Dr. Dale Bredesen, talks with Tom about the reversibility of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. While Alzheimer’s disease is well known as a progressive disease impacting seniors, too many people are missing the opportunity to course correct and reverse the effects of cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease in their younger years. Dr. Bredesen explains simple ways for you to improve these conditions, avoid them altogether, and enhance your mental cognition. He discusses the importance of reducing toxins and exposes four factors that are largely responsible for the decline in optimal cognitive performance.

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SHOW NOTES:

Alzheimer’s |  Relationship between cognitive optimization and Alzheimer’s [1:17]

Cognitive Supply & Demand | Factors that affect the brain’s plasticity network [2:38]

Brain Assaults | Dr. Bredesen reveals the kind of assaults causing injury to your brain [6:10]

Amyloid Plaque | Dr. Bredesen explains the role of amyloid plaque in Alzheimer’s [7:20]

Brain Shrinkage | Dr. Bredesen explains the problem with the brain chronically shrinking [9:23]

Alzheimer’s Subtypes | What’s destroying your brain and subtypes of Alzeheimer’s [10:10]

Leaky Gut | The relationship between leaky gut, inflammation and cognitive decline [10:59]

Insulin | Dr. Bredesen explains insulin resistance associated to cognitive decline [11:55]

Alzheimer’s Survivors | Dr. Bredesen’s upcoming book about survivors of Alzheimer’s [15:53]

Enhanced Cognition | Dr. Bredesen on enhancing normal cognition [17:01]

Detox | Ways to get rid of toxins and who benefits from detoxing [18:15]

How to Get Alzheimer’s | Dr. Bredesen discuss ways to give yourself Alzheimer's [22:28]

Toxins Balanced | Dr. Bredesen explains the dynamic balance of toxins in your body. [24:52]

Inflammation Free | How to flush out amyloid plaque, free of inflammation [31:05]

Optimal Diet | Dr. Bredesen cautions the kind of protein and fats for optimal health [34:09]

Omega-6 Warning | Dr. Bredesen warns of the danger with Omega-6 and healthy ratios [35:12]

Keto-Flex Diet | Dr. Bredesen reveals what the Keto Flex 12-3 diet is [42:34]

Testing Cognition | Dr. Bredesen talks about testing for systemic inflammation [45:52]

QUOTES:

“We all have a some degree of exposure to toxicity by the air we’re breathing, by the water we’re drinking, by the food we’re eating, [...] if you’re eating mercury filled seafood, if you’re not eating grass-fed beef, if you have a high carb diet, if you’re eating simple carbs. All of these things are contributing to a lesser than optimal outcome.” [17:30]

“We are all living in a toxic world, that’s the problem [...] detoxification is not just for sick people” [21:08]

“Many of us will avoid Alzheimer’s, but we’re still going to have suboptimal cognition.”  [24:24]

“You have a dynamic balance. You’re exposed to toxins all the time and you are metabolizing them, inactivating them, excreting them all the time.”  [24:52]

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Do you feel like you have all the knowledge, yet you’re “stuck” in the same patterns?

Destructive habits like addiction, self-sabotage, low self-worth, or even “communications problems” in relationships are all tied to one thing: conditioned behavior practiced since childhood. Childhood trauma is nothing you overcome just because you grow up. But there are ways to heal what happened in the past to create an entirely different future. In this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nicole LePera. Her practical tips led to a community of 3,2 million Self-Healers on Instagram. She will equip you with the tools necessary to heal yourself, break free from trauma cycles and create who you want to become. After you watch this episode, you´ll know why you struggle to break bad habits and what is holding you back from change. You´ll discover the easiest method everyone can use everywhere to start healing from childhood trauma. How you can change your life with little promises to yourself. Why your genes and personality are not your destiny and how to create your future self and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Why your past is influencing you way more than you think. [1:54]

Why you struggle to change bad habits, and what is holding you back from change. [2:17]

Why your brain wants you to stay the way you´re today. [4:40]

The real reason why it´s hard to break patterns. [5:29]

The most effective practice to break your bad habits. [6:11]

Why most of us are staying in the past or worrying about our future and what to do instead. [7:06]

How to practice staying in the moment. [8:17]

The two ways on how to practice being present, even if meditation overwhelms you. [9:02]

The reason why sitting in silence makes you uncomfortable. [10:00]

How meditation, when you feel unsafe, can lead to another trauma. [12:21]

How Nicole discovered the real reason why her brain felt foggy. [14:38]

The easiest method everyone can use everywhere to start to heal from childhood trauma. [17:40]

How to start learning to breathe to beat anxiety in your day-to-day life. [18:50]

How you can change your life with little promises to yourself. [20:23]

How to use feeling uncomfortable with a new habit to maintain it forever. [22:28]

The importance of reframing to change your behavior. [22:56]

Why you don´t have to give up your anger and how to make space for new feelings. [25:10]

How to decide if a feeling or habit is valuable. [26:24]

How to get radically honest with yourself. [27:50]

The makers Nicole watches out for in her nervous system to know if she´s safe or not. [31:29]

How you repeat your childhood patterns in your current relationships. [33:06]

Why your genes and personality are not your destiny and how to create your future self. [35:40]

How to use “future self journaling” to counter your subconscious autopilot and create change. [37:30]

Why you can use “future self journaling” for changing every aspect of your life. [40:57]

The fundamental reason why most people can´t access creativity, joy, or love. [42:39]

Why, without sleep, diet, and exercise, mental strategies only go so far. [45:00]

How to deal with your shortcomings and when life is unfair. [49:25]

How repetition shaped your limiting beliefs and how to create new empowering beliefs. [52:17]

How to rebuild your self-worth when you didn´t keep your promises in the past. [55:30]

How to use your “re-parenting” to heal your inner child. [58:00]

Nicole shares how to connect with her. [1:01:33]

QUOTES:

“Feelings that you feel become easier to feel.” [4:56]

“The way out first and foremost: We want to become conscious. We want to see those patterns.” [6:11]

“Thoughts thought long enough lead to a feeling.” [10:13]

“What I learned is each time I do one of those things: Either breathe very shallowly, or I am holding my breath, I am contributing to my anxiety, keeping my nervous system locked in that fight or flight mode. So I had to find a new way to breathe.” [18:12]

“I urge everyone out there to create change for themselves and you do it, by practicing a new thought, by overtime allowing in a little more confirming evidence of that new thought, and before you know it you do start to see more and more evidence and now you lived the experience of changing a belief.” [55:12]

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Is your notion of self-identity independent of social influences? Have you considered how much your identity has been negotiated with others since child-hood in order to be molded to the social norms? Clinical psychologist, Dr.Jordan B. Peterson uncovers the idea of functional identity and ties it to the tendencies you had as a child to self-regulate your behaviors in order to fit in. Your notion of self-identity and ability to leverage beyond the known in a logical landscape that navigates the unknown is anchored to the role you play among your peers. In this episode, you will travel through a conversation with Jordan and Tom that will push your view of peer groups, their role in shaping your identity, and how your responsibilities lie within your willingness to sacrifice and strive for more. Jordan explores the importance of slaying your dragons, and understanding that the ultimate battle is with yourself.

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SHOW NOTES:

Self-Identity | Jordan explains his theory for how identity is a dramatic role we play out. [1:33] 

Logical Landscape | Jordan introduces subjective and objective experiences. [7:53] 

Questioning Yourself | Jordan explains not getting what you want and identity. [9:10]  

Functional identity | Jordan explains a functional identity that gets what you want. [12:03] 

Tyranny of Culture | Jordan explains the reality of how social molding crushes identity. [15:19] 

Identity Lies | Jordan shares his view of people deciding their own identity. [16:11] 

Uncertainty | Jordan explains why people have a low tolerance to uncertainty [20:30]

Defining Identity | Tom and Jordan explore the elements of what makes identity. [23:49]

Identity Narrative | Jordan adds the fundamental element of identity and the story you tell together. [25:05] 

Non-Negotiated Identity | Jordan explains the problem with insisting on an identity. [30:00] 

Ethical Statement | Jordan explains the relationship between behavior and ethical statements. [37:30]

Responsibility | Jordan explains how responsibility and rights fit together. [40:01] 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Jordan reveals why you should run experiments to improve your quality of life. [44:05] 

Resentment | Jordan uncovers the social and mental condition of acting from resentment. [48:15]

Artists | Jordan describes artists as intuitive and able to live in chaos and see possibility. [1:01:05]

Striving for More | Jordan questions the need to strive versus being happy with who and what we are. [1:04:26] 

Slay the Dragon | Jordan elevates the meaning of slaying the dragon. [1:10:09] 

Aim at One Thing | Jordan advises that aiming at something is better than nothing. [1:18:10] 

Reality | Jordan shares a variation of Darwinian reality and objective reality. [1:22:05] 

Prejudice Viewpoints | Jordan expands the idea of prejudices needed from excess information. [1:26:14] 

Help | Jordan talks about the push-back he gets helping “deplorable” young men. [1:33:24]

Beyond Order | Jordan gets vulnerable and hopes it alleviates unnecessary suffering.” [1:37:10] 

QUOTES:

“the ‘known’ is the place you are when what you’re doing produces the results you want”  [8:45] 

“You are all of those levels of identity, [...] all of those are a consequence of who you are but in interplay like in the situation with the child, all of that’s negotiated with other people” [11:43] 

“It’s your duty, your developmental duty, as a child and as a teenager to take your isolated self and turn it into a functioning social unit.” [14:18]

“Your identity is the story you tell about your actions in the world, but it's also your actions in the world” [25:32]

“If something’s valuable you will make sacrifices to attain it [...] we could  let go of something we value in the present, we would gain something we value even more in the future” [41:58] 

“It’s harsh that the rewards of life are indiscriminately distributed, it's hard on everyone, but it doesn’t help to become bitter.” [54:14] 

“Are you a rebel because you can’t fit in or are you a rebel because you could fit in but you see a better way?” [57:01]

“the best we have may not always work, but it’s still the best we have and the fact that it might not work doesn’t mean that we should throw it away, it’s still the best we have.” [1:19:00] 

“You’re always looking for ‘no’ because you can only say ‘yes’ to a limited number of things.” [1:26:26] 

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Are you an entrepreneur or a dreamer? Most dreams never come true, and if you really want to succeed in business, you finally have to take action on your ideas and overcome every obstacle getting in your way. People you love will tell you, “that will never work.” But with that said, your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them. In this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Marc Randolph. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, Marc laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. Tom and Marc explore how Marc managed to take action on his dreams and succeeded against all odds. Marc shares how he started Netflix and how they tweaked their business and stopped it from failing like most businesses. Marc shares the single most fundamental problem why most people never take action on their ideas. Furthermore, Marc reveals the skilla he is good at, which he calls “the entrepreneur’s secret weapon” and how running for a plane taught Marc the right mindset to chill in the midst of chaos and much more.

SHOW NOTES:

The one-sentence Marc has heard 1000 times from his friends, his family, basically everyone when pitching the idea of Netflix. [1:24]

What Tom tells his team of what’s really important when it comes to good ideas. [2:30]

The fundamental things Marc learned in his 50s while skateboarding that helped him build Netflix [3:25]

How Marc started Netflix and how they tweaked the idea to stopped it from failing like most businesses. [5:27]

The even better approach to “there are no good ideas” to generate winning ideas. [7:49]

The single most fundamental problem why most people never take action on their ideas. [9:05]

What separates an Entrepreneur from a dreamer. [9:46]

What Marc looks for in Entrepreneurs when Angel Investing to see if they´re on the right track on how to apply this principle to any other business. [10:14]

The fundamental misunderstanding of Entrepreneurship and the deep-seated psychological fear everyone (even Marc) struggled with for years. [15:41]

The idea of “two-way doors” Marc teaches young Entrepreneurs to practice to escape the traps of perfectionism and take immediate action. (And prevent them from taking too much risk.) [20:21]

The fundamental truth about knowing what to test.  [21:42]

Where 98% of Netflix´s revenue did come from initially and why Marc decided to give up that revenue. [24:06]

The skill Marc is good at, that he calls “the entrepreneurs secret weapon” [27:20]

This “Canada principle” made Netflix strong and beat the competition. [29:42]

This brutal moment destroys most business relationships and how Marc handled this “big ego” moment. [32:48]

Why the person who starts a company is not necessarily the right one to run it when it´s big. [37:58]

The real challenge in Marc’s life that he is most proud of when he looks back. [41:10]

How Marc managed to maintain his relationship while building his businesses. [43:04]

How running for a plane taught Marc the right mindset to chill in the midst of chaos. [45:26]

The three reasons why Marc loves running in Alaska. [47:24]

The rules Marc´s father taught Marc, and he passed them to his children. [49:14]

The core principles Marc instills in his kids. (Not what you think.) [52:07]

Marc’s new podcast about how to take ideas and make them real. [54:40]

QUOTES:

“Stop thinking. Start Doing.” [9:49]

“You don´t need to build an app. You don´t need to start a business. You don´t need to raise money. You just need to figure out a way to quickly test your idea and collide it with some reality.“ [15:15]

“The speed, getting it out there fast, is so much more important.” [19:42]

“Most ideas are not one-way doors. Most things are two-way doors. You can step through, look around, and if you don´t like what you see, you step right back. Train your ability to separate a one-way door from a two-way door. Then you just blast through that door because you know: If I don´t like what I see, I can step right back. No harm.“ [20:42]

“We decided that it was way better to take this long shot at a great success than to take this pretty sure path to mediocrity and eventually to go out of business.” [26:50]

“It´s extremely rare that the person who had the skillset to start something, to grow something, is the same person who takes it all the way.“ [38:23]

“Culture isn´t what you say. It´s what you do.“ [44:24]

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Do you ever feel like you´re losing enthusiasm for life and struggling to enjoy the things that would usually make you happy? Initial signs of depression and anxiety can manifest through minor issues like losing your nerves about your in-laws or getting angry for no reason at all. But what if there is a way to fight depression with the food you eat? What might surprise you: Your current diet might be the source of your anxiety and depression. Your mood is directly impacted by what you eat. With the proper evidence-based nutrition, it is possible to take control of anxiety, boost your mood and live a life full of joy. In this episode of Health Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Nutritional Psychiatrist, Men’s Health advisor, and author Drew Ramsey to discuss such matters and more as they explore the current state of depression. They also explain why nutrition is the easiest way of influencing depression positively and uncover a psychological lever to reduce your anxiety. Furthermore they disclose the way your anxiety is influenced by the foods you eat, which foods you should avoid and finally why you shouldn´t lose hope if you currently struggle with mental illness.

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SHOW NOTES:

The current state of depression. [01:05]

Why nutrition is the easiest way of influencing depression positively. [1:25]

A psychological lever to reduce your anxiety. [2:41]

How your anxiety is influenced by the food you eat and the food that causes Tom anxiety. [3:36]

What creates lasting change, and how to lead with kindness to change behavior. [6:44]

Why most diets fail. [8:40]

The food basics almost every Nutritional Psychiatrist agrees on and why they matter. [9:25]

Drew reveals the things that are NOT part of every good diet. [12:03]

One thing Tom and Drew disagree on. [14:29]

Why knowing where your food comes from can help you cure loneliness. [19:11]

The big benefits of eating seafood and the top 3 kinds of seafood to beat depression. [24:40]

How Omega 3 fats in seafood work like snipers in your immune system. [28:00]

Drew´s on being vegan and which fats are bad for you. [30:25]

What you should rather do than buying expensive tests and supplements. [33:35]

How moving away from New York to a farm improved the mental health of Drew. [34:34]

Why you shouldn´t lose hope if you currently struggle with mental illness. [42:29]

QUOTES:

“It´s an epidemic. Everything is going up. Depression is up...Recently showing male depression is up 60-70% over the last 12 months.” [1:05]

“They found that the risk of depression during quarantine, if your nutrition is bad, went up over 1000%.“ [1:55]

“There are foods that people need to cut out of their diet. Diets need to change drastically…” [7:15]

“All good diets are lacking ultra-processed foods. The reason I think they´re evil because of the way they increase inflammation.” [12:12]

“We did a research study where we said: When we look at all the literature, what are the top nutrients that are most important for brain health and helping depression? Twelve nutrients stand out. So we asked ourselves: What foods have the most of these 12 nutrients? Aside from plants, 3 of the top 5 foods were seafood.” [26:00]

“I have treated people with every type of mental illness, and it´s actually what gives me hope. It´s what gives me strength and resilience. I have seen people who have it so hard with what happens in their minds, and to see them just do amazing things: Start companies, have families, whatever it is, makes me very hopeful.“ [42:57]

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Intuition, trusting your gut, and following your true self — these are the core principles that led today’s guest from Denny’s waitress to billion dollar success story. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by author, CEO, and one of Forbes America's Richest Self-Made Women Jamie Kern Lima to discuss such matters and more as they explore the incredible power of listening to your gut, living your truth, and visualizing your successes. They discuss Jamie’s inspiring story in business, why you need to always trust your gut, the power of intuition and how to develop it, why being authentic is key to success, the benefit of difficulties in life, why you need to be careful of the voices you let speak into your life, why you need to visualize your successes, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Business Life | Jamie provides a quick synopsis of her entire business life. [0:15]

Listen to Your Gut | Jamie reveals the power of listening and following your gut. [4:34]

Intuition | Jamie reveals how you can develop and be in tune with your intuition. [12:54]

Living Your Truth | Jamie shares the power of following and staying true to your calling. [22:54]

Power of Difficulties | Jamie reveals how to pull the power out of difficult situations. [33:41]

Adjusting the Volume | Jamie reveals how to adjust the volume on the voices in your life. [41:52]

Visualization | Jamie reveals the incredible benefits of visualizing your successes. [47:30]

Connect | Jamie shares how you can continue to follow her and learn more. [56:10]

QUOTES:

“When something hard happens, once you’re able to process it emotionally, you’re left with choices. Do you victim up or do you warrior up? Do you give up or do you level up? The up is up to you.” [5:44]

“Looking back over time, where did I make mistakes and where did I do things right? And then we refine that muscle of learning “Oh, yeah!” — learning to trust ourselves.” [22:40]

“Who we let speak into our lives and who we turn the volume down on, but still love anyway, is so important — because one of our biggest mistakes is turning the volume up on the people just cause we love them, they’re our family, and then all of a sudden that’s all the noise we hear and it impacts our whole life.” [41:26]

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There is a powerful, yet destructive, movement occurring in the United States today that, while well-intentioned on the surface, may very well result in the end of free speech as we know it. On this episode of Conversations with Tom, New York Times best-selling author and President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Greg Lukianoff joins Tom Bilyeu to discuss such matters and more as they discuss the importance of protecting free speech today and why so many are blinded by the movement to destroy it. They discuss the controversial aspects of free speech in today’s world, the power of the documentary ‘Mighty Ira,’ why you should defend your enemy’s right to freely speak, why today’s generation has gravitated towards policing free speech, how colleges have changed over time, why children need to feel a sense of freedom when it comes to ideas and thought, the dangers of political correctness and woke culture, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Journey | Greg reveals his journey to finding his passion for the first amendment. [0:12]

Discovery | Greg reveals how he came to become so intrigued by free speech. [4:58]

Controversial | Greg reveals why some aspects of today’s free speech are controversial. [11:52]

Mighty Ira | Greg discusses the incredible impact of the ‘Mighty Ira’ documentary. [12:46]

Defend Your Enemy | Greg reveals why it’s important to always fight for free speech. [16:43]

Boundaries | Greg reveals why losing free speech can be a slippery slope. [21:55]

Youth | Greg reveals how today’s younger generations approach free speech. [25:19]

Destruction | Greg reveals how today’s college students aim to destroy free speech. [31:00]

Social Media | Greg reveals how social media has influenced free speech. [34:08]

Meanness | Greg reveals how we should approach bullying and meanness. [39:19]

Children | Greg discusses why children need to learn how to deal with difficulties. [40:35]

Dangers | Greg reveals why he fears centralized authority. [44:25]

Benefits | Greg reveals the benefits of overcoming the pains of free speech. [47:32]

Empowerment | Greg reveals why people need to overcome their anxieties and fears. [50:38]

Triggered | Greg reveals why trigger warnings are detrimental to free speech. [57:56]

Rise | Greg reveals how we can encourage today’s generation to fight for free speech. [1:02:30]

Woke | Greg reveals how today’s woke culture is undermining upper education. [1:07:23]

Blinded | Greg reveals why so many are blinded to today’s war on free speech. [1:11:52]

Mindset | Greg reveals the power of having an open mindset to new possibilities. [1:19:37]

Imperfect | Greg reveals why we need to give up on the idea of a perfect society. [1:28:03]

The Future | Greg reveals where he thinks we’re heading as a society. [1:31:50]

Connect | Greg reveals how you can continue to follow him for me. [1:34:46]

QUOTES:

“One of the great innovations that have brought us so much good in the world is the strong distinction between speech and action.” [19:10]

“The project of human knowledge is to know the world as it is, and that means that if you don’t know what people really think and why, you’ll never know — you’ll never understand…” [24:26]

“Freedom is supposed to be scary or you’re not doing it right.” [47:25]

“The true spirit of liberty is that which is not too sure that it is right.” [1:17:10]

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Are you struggling to make change and progress in your life? Do your habits remain stagnant and always seem to hold you back from moving forward towards your goals? It’s time for you to reclaim control of your life and realize that you are but just one radical change away from building the life you want for yourself. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu sits down to answer your questions and provide deeper insight into the habits, principles, and lessons you need to radically transform your life into becoming exactly as you envision it to be. Tom discusses the importance of building rules into your life, why doing hard things is important, how to set and accomplish goals, how to build motivation and drive, the importance of staying energetic, why you need to want it, and more.

SHOW NOTES:

Build Rules | Tom reveals the best way to build personal rules and discipline in your life. [0:16]

Hard Things | Tom reveals the power of accomplishing hard things such as cold showers. [5:24]

Goals | Tom reveals how to find your ‘why’ that helps you stay motivated and inspired. [10:38]

Identity | Tom reveals the three steps to overcoming obstacles and accomplishing goals. [15:10]

Energy | Tom reveals the key habits you need to accomplish your goals with energy. [21:04]

Want It | Tom reveals how to break your current behaviors and start loving discomfort. [26:40]

Life | Tom reveals the key principles you need to adopt to achieve the results you desire. [36:13]

QUOTES:

“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” [20:40]

“To have unusual success, your job is to leave people in awe.” [29:05]

“…You are but one habit, one killer routine away from having the exact life that you want. Your life is a reflection of the choices that you make.” [36:15]

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Do you struggle to find a diet that not only brings your health to an optimal level but also makes you feel good at the same time? Do you feel like your body just doesn’t pair well with today’s traditional diets that are constantly pushed on us day after day? On this episode of Health Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by bestselling author, science educator, and host of ‘The Model Health Show’ Shawn Stevenson to discuss such matters and more as they explore why you need to break past the conventional thinking that only calories matter and start listening to your body so that you can eat smarter and live healthier. They discuss how we truly burn fat off our bodies, how our body’s hormones are affected by the food we eat, why Shawn leads with kindness when discussing fat loss, the importance of the food we eat, why you need to go beyond just counting calories, how to adjust your diet by listening to your body, how to improve your microbiome and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Break the Mold | Shawn reveals the importance of knowing your metabolic fingerprint. [1:50]

Burn | Shawn reveals how we truly burn fat and calories in our bodies. [7:03]

The Process | Shawn reveals how our bodies and hormones react to the foods we eat. [8:47]

Kindness | Shawn reveals why he leads with kindness when talking about fat. [12:21]

Awareness | Shawn reveals how he came to realize the importance of food. [15:28]

Education | Shawn reveals the importance of educating yourself about food. [16:19]

Beyond Calories | Shawn reveals why health goes beyond just calories. [19:14]

Microbiome | Shawn reveals how much our diet impacts our microbiome and gut health. [22:43]

Probiotic | Shawn reveals how to get more probiotic foods into your diet. [25:50]

Listen to Your Body | Shawn reveals how to let your body guide your diet. [28:00]

How You Feel | Shawn discusses how to reawaken your body’s inner intelligence. [32:56]

Eat This | Shawn reveals how to know what you should be eating for your unique body. [44:13]

Change | Shawn reveals why we need to demand change from the food industry. [47:48]

Fats | Shawn reveals the foods to eat to boost your consumption of healthy fats. [50:27]

Connect | Shawn shares how you can follow him to continue to learn more. [53:53]

QUOTES:

“You’re not understanding, your heart is made from food, the blood running through your arteries is made from food, the arteries themselves are made from food.” [18:00]

“I can have somebody send out for a stool sample. Never even see them a day in my life. I can get their report back and know with a high-degree of certainty whether or not they’re obese based on the makeup of their microbes.” [22:25]

“Tell me something that matters more than how you feel. I’ll wait. This is the most important barometer of everything in our life and yet we pay so little attention to it.” [35:40]

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Are you stumbling through life, finding it difficult to push back when needed or take control of situations? If so, it may be time for you to strengthen your mental fortitude, begin developing leadership attributes, and start living life with a badass attitude. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by author, leadership expert, and former Navy SEAL Officer Rich Diviney to discuss such matters and more as they explore what you need to focus on to develop the core attributes that make up a truly badass leader. They discuss the driving force behind wanting to become a badass, the importance of putting yourself in challenging situations, why having grit is crucial, the key attributes you need, how to start developing yourself, the importance of values and who you surround yourself with, why you need to know your lane, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Badass | Rich reveals the driving force behind wanting to become a badass. [0:17]

Challenge | Rich discusses the importance of being challenged and challenging yourself. [5:17]

Grit | Rich reveals how many develop grit through challenging life situations. [11:39]

Process | Rich reveals the power of resting and reflecting while developing grit. [13:22]

Attributes | Rich reveals how he helps teams and individuals develop strong attributes. [16:18]

PTSD | Rich reveals how reframing past situations helps heal PTSD. [19:56]

Development | Rich reveals the key attributes needed to becoming a badass with grit. [24:23]

Values | Rich reveals the power of surrounding yourself with people better than you. [28:03]

Your Lane | Rich reveals the most important attributes to becoming successful. [32:02]

Connect | Rich shares how you can continue to follow him to learn more. [37:28]

QUOTES:

“Sometimes grit is not excelling. Sometimes grit is not hyper-performing. Sometimes grit is simply just taking step by step.” [11:52]

“Training and developing an attribute can’t be done the same way as a skill. It’s going to take self direction, it’s going to take self motivation, and it’s going to take a deliberate step into discomfort — because you’re going to have to step into a zone where you’re kind of wired not to go…” [18:31]

“…one of the most important success attributes is open mindedness because open mindedness also breeds curiosity and if we are open minded and curious, we are generally in a great position to find those lanes inside of which we will excel.” [33:50]

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From the echo chambers of social media to our growing culture of political correctness, our world is constantly conditioning our minds to think and respond a certain way that’s detached from rationality. Today, we break free from the chains of conditioned thinking, sharpen our mental awareness, and learn how to utilize our emotions as a strength, rather than a weakness. On this episode of Conversations with Tom, Tom Bilyeu is joined by New York Times and international bestselling author Robert Greene to discuss such matters and more as they explore why today, more than ever, we need to be sharply aware of the political and cultural environments that seek to condition our minds and force us to think irrationally. They discuss why so many behave irrationally today, the power of analyzing your emotions, how today’s environment has conditioned our minds, how we can utilize awareness to empower us, how to use anger as a motivator, the dangers of today’s culture, the constant need for change, the difference between yesterday’s and today’s generations, the story of Athena, why life must have both pain and pleasure, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Being Irrational | Robert reveals how our emotional brain actually dictates our decisions. [0:21]

Stand Back | Robert reveals the power of stepping back and analyzing your emotions. [5:17]

Practices | Robert reveals how to stop letting your emotional mind control your life. [11:10]

Conditioned | Robert reveals how you’ve been conditioned by the current environment. [15:10]

Awareness | Robert reveals how to stop letting the world condition you. [21:09]

Power | Robert reveals why we all truly desire and need power to live a healthy life. [25:50]

Shadow Side | Robert reveals how your inner aggressive side influences you. [32:13]

Using Anger | Robert reveals how to use your anger as a powerfully positive force. [40:23]

Today’s Culture | Robert reveals how today’s PC culture is part of a historical cycle. [49:06]

Revolution | Robert reveals how the United States can possibly see another revolution. [54:40]

Generations | Robert reveals how older generations should interact with today’s youth. [56:22]

Change | Robert discusses how change is a much-needed powerful force. [59:36]

Golden Age | Robert discusses the golden age of Athena, strategy, and the classics. [1:07:08]

Anarchy | Robert reveals the surprising positive elements of anarchy and change. [1:16:16]

Dangers | Robert reveals the dangers of cultures that refuse to change or adapt. [1:20:03]

Cultural Direction | Robert reveals the dangers of where PC culture may be leading us. [1:23:53]

Sublime | Robert reveals how sublime is a mixture of pain and pleasure. [1:27:26]

Limitations | Robert reveals how he makes the absolute most out of bad situations. [1:34:44]

Connect | Robert reveals how you can continue to engage with him to learn more. [1:37:41]

QUOTES:

“They are manipulating you, you are conditioned, you are a prisoner of social media, you are not in control of it. You think you’re the one that’s posting all these things that you want to post about your life, but really you’re not. You’re responding to what everybody else is doing, you’re being a conformist.” [19:26]

“Change is something that’s extremely healthy, even if in the moment it feels wrong, or painful, or a step back. In the long run, it’s always for the better for humanity.” [59:24]

“Mortality has this ability to sharpen our senses, to sharpen our appreciation of life and that turns the pain into pleasure, but the pain and pleasure always go together.” [1:30:00]

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More and more this world is filled with noise, distractions, rules, and echo chambers enough to program our minds into machines rather than ones filled with common sense. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by founder and chairman of the Lindstrom Company,author, and one of TIME Magazine’s “World’s 100 Most Influential People” Martin Lindstrom to discuss such matters and more as they explore how you can begin to cut through all the noise of today and begin to reconnect with not only common sense but also a purpose that drives you forward in life. They discuss the unique opportunities found in today’s world, the power of empathy, why you need to know what your hand for, the importance of developing your personal brand, how we can return to a world filled with common sense, the pitfalls of being attached to your cellphone, why depression is more rampant than ever, how to live an ideal life, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Snapshot | Martin explains himself and world view in a quick snapshot. [0:32]

Opportunity | Martin reveals why he still sees opportunity everywhere in this world. [1:25]

Empathy | Martin shares the incredible power of empathy. [3:56]

What You Stand For | Martin shares why you need to know exactly what you stand for. [7:24]

Small Steps | Martin reveals how to become who you want to be through small steps. [9:44]

Your Brand | Martin reveals the importance of getting your personal brand right. [14:39]

Depression | Martin reveals why lack of purpose is the biggest risk of this pandemic. [22:52]

Detox | Martin shares why we must detox from being stuck and living behind a screen. [29:25]

Touch | Martin shares how to re-connect with your sense of touch. [30:53]

Common Sense | Martin reveals what a return to common sense looks like. [35:40]

Reality | Martin reveals why we continue to move further away from common sense. [40:45]

Expressions | Martin reveals a story about how important facial expressions are to us. [42:57]

What Matters | Martin reveals what we can do to ensure empathy doesn’t disappear. [45:35]

An Ideal Life | Martin reveals his instructions to living an ideal life. [49:46]

Connect | Martin shares how you can engage with Martin to hear more. [54:38]

QUOTES:

“You need to have a guiding light and my recommendation to many people is to say, “Find one word you want to be navigated by,” and then build a space around that with a confirming or re-affirming that focus…” [8:51]

“My advice to everyone is to say, “Find out what is your core skill and what is the one thing you want to combine it with which no one has done before?”” [19:22]

“I think what you have to ask yourself is, “What are the emotional footsteps you want to create behind yourself?”” [34:01]

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Are you looking for an alternative, cutting-edge way of attacking the root cause of your pains, aches, inflammation, and health problems? Do you want a total detox of your body? Whether you’re new to fasting or have many years of experience under your belt, these are the key fasting tips you need to know to take your health to the next level. On this episode of Health Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Dr. Alan Goldhamer, founder of TrueNorth Health Center, to discuss such matters and more as they explore the incredible healing benefits of fasting and how your diet is playing a pivotal role in determining your health. They discuss the problems with modern medicine, the key benefits to fasting, how to do a water-only fast, the key changes fasting can make to your health, what organic foods you should be eating, what fruits are safe to eat, how salt can negatively impact your health, meat-based vs vegan diets, how oils affect your health, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Paradigm | Dr. Goldhamer reveals why modern medicine never expects you to recover. [1:17]

Getting Started | Dr. Goldhamer reveals his health clinics impact on people’s health. [3:32]

Overabundance | Dr. Goldhamer reveals why people are hesitant to begin fasting. [7:00]

Keys to Fasting | Dr. Goldhamer reveals how and why you should fast. [9:17]

Detoxification | Dr. Goldhamer reveals why fasting detoxes the body. [12:04]

Dehydration | Dr. Goldhamer shares why dehydrate occurs while exercising and fasting. [17:44]

Longer-Term Fasting | Dr. Goldhamer reveals how to properly do long-term fasting. [19:16]

Key Changes | Dr. Goldhamer reveals the key changes fasting has on our health. [25:53]

What the Doctor Does | Dr. Goldhamer reveals when and how he fasts. [31:07]

Foods | Dr. Goldhamer reveals the whole foods he recommends you eat. [33:22]

Fruits | Dr. Goldhamer reveals the types of fruits you should eat. [34:08]

Salt | Dr. Goldhamer reveals why salt can negatively impact your diet. [35:55]

Meat vs Vegan | Dr. Goldhamer discusses meat versus vegan diets. [37:38]

Oils | Dr. Goldhamer reveals which oils you should consume and how much. [41:20]

Variety | Dr. Goldhamer reveals how much variety of foods you need in your diet. [43:50]

Rice | Dr. Goldhamer discusses the types of rice that you can have in your diet. [47:00]

Glyphosate | Dr. Goldhamer discusses the importance of choosing organic foods. [49:00]

Connect | Dr. Goldhamer shares how you can connect with him to learn more. [50:39]

QUOTES:

“Whether it’s refined carbohydrates, the sugars, the oils, the salt or refined meat foods — you know animal foods that have been highly refined. Either one of those, these high animal protein, high refined carbohydrate diets, these are the things that cause people to be fat, sick, and miserable. This is why we have this epidemic.” [6:16]

“When you’re in a ketonic state, you don’t feel hunger and as a consequence it helps people that are trying to do short-term weight loss. The problem is, what’s good for short-term weight loss isn’t necessarily the same thing that’s best for long-term health stability.” [24:38]

“Now, you might ask me, “Can people eat meat and still maintain optimum weight?” Absolutely. Cause meat isn’t a highly-fractionated, pleasure trap food… The problem with meat is it’s very concentrated, if you eat too much of it, you can have problems.” [40:28]

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Do you feel trapped by your personality or self-identity and struggle to move forward in life? It’s time for you to take control of who you are, redefine your entire personality, and reshape your identity so that you can move forward towards the future you want for yourself. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by organizational psychologist and author Benjamin Hardy, PhD to discuss such matters and more as they explore why your personality and self-identity is an ever-changing thing that you have the control to reshape and reform. They discuss why most of us are trapped in our personalities, how your personality is always changing, how trauma shapes us, how to move forward in life, why your past never defines your future, the power of reframing your past and future, why pain tolerance is key to growth, how to become cognitively flexible, and how pressure creates traction to move forward in life.

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SHOW NOTES:

Personality | Benjamin shares why the conversation needs to shift on personalities. [0:12]

Trapped | Benjamin reveals why we get trapped in the identities we’ve created. [1:30]

Change | Benjamin reveals why your personality will change no matter what in life. [3:33]

Trauma | Benjamin discusses how we hold onto and interact with our trauma. [8:09]

Healing | Benjamin discusses how he healed from trauma and mended his relationships. [11:23]

Moving Forward | Benjamin reveals how we can move beyond our own trauma. [13:22]

Giving Up | Benjamin discusses why you shouldn’t give up on your idea of your future. [17:03]

Your Past | Benjamin discusses why your past never defines your future. [17:55]

Reframe | Benjamin reveals why you must reframe both your past and your future. [22:26]

Future | Benjamin discusses how to craft a beautiful vision for your future. [25:28]

Next Steps | Benjamin discusses the power of journaling and thinking ahead. [29:07]

Self-Expansion | Benjamin discusses how our environment influences our visions. [30:49]

Pushing Through | Benjamin reveals why pain tolerance is key to growth. [34:51]

Flexibility | Benjamin discusses the power of being cognitively flexible. [38:51]

Commitment | Benjamin shares how you should redefine commitment. [39:45]

Pressure | Benjamin shares how pressure creates traction to move forward in life. [41:26]

Acceptance | Benjamin discusses acceptance and commitment therapy. [44:50]

Connect | Benjamin shares how you can connect and continue to follow him. [45:50]

QUOTES:

“Trauma isn’t what happens to you, it’s what you hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” [8:47]

“A lot of people think that the past is causing the present, but the reality from a memory perspective is that the present is causing the meaning of the past. Wherever you’re at in the present, that’s what’s determining how you view your past.” [20:03]

“I think commitment is kind of the jumping point from courage. You know, however committed you are too something, that’s how courageous you can be, and however courageous you can be, that’s what ultimately leads you to developing flexibility, developing competencies, trying things you’ve never done and that’s how confidence is built.” [41:07]

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Do you feel as if you have plateaued in life and are finding it difficult to grow beyond your current state? Do you want to unlock your full potential within, achieve peak performance, and truly become your optimal self? On this episode of Conversations with Tom, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, award-winning journalist and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective Steven Kotler joins Tom Bilyeu to discuss such matters and more as they explore how you can set forth a plan to overcoming your limitations and truly unlock your best-optimal self. They discuss what the habit of inferiority is, the powerful philosophy of Nietzsche, the skills needed to master peak performance, the importance of setting goals, the beauty of overcoming hard things, where wisdom truly comes from, how to avoid calcification of your imagination, why you sometimes need to think inside the box, the connection between creativity and your mood, and much more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Inferiority | Steven breaks down what the habit of inferiority is. [0:16]

Nietzsche | Steven discusses the philosophy of becoming extraordinary. [2:50]

Superman | Steven discusses how Nietzsche defined becoming your best version. [6:33]

Skills | Steven discusses what we must master to achieve peak performance. [8:52]

Art | Steven reveals why he believes peak performance is more of an art than a science. [11:19]

Hard-Wired | Steven reveals why biology, not personality, scales. [15:58]

Flow | Steven reveals the five key flow triggers to pursuing your optimal self. [21:27]

Goals | Steven reveals the power of setting goals and how to approach them. [28:50]

Hard Things | Steven reveals why we are hard-wired to overcome difficult things. [30:18]

Handling Criticism | Steven reveals how he overcomes adversity and push-back. [35:09]

Direction | Steven shares how to not get knocked away from your conviction. [39:17]

Development | Steven shares what’s special about his early years in life. [44:14]

Growing | Steven shares how as we grow older, who we are becomes clearer. [49:46]

Wisdom | Steven discusses what wisdom and genius truly is and how to attain it. [52:33]

Imagination | Steven reveals how to avoid the calcification of imagination. [56:25]

Disagreement | Steven shares how he approaches criticism within his team. [58:40]

Journey | Steven shares his journey to finding his purpose. [1:01:03]

Art | Steven shares some of the craziest performance art he’s experienced. [1:03:30]

Inside The Box | Steven discusses how you can hack your own creativity. [1:18:20]

Creativity | Steven reveals the connection between your mood and creativity. [1:14:23]

Substances | Steven reveals if substances can expand your mind and creativity. [1:20:40]

Connect | Steven shares how you can connect and continue to follow him. [1:29:59]

QUOTES:

“Man is something to overcome. What have you done today to overcome him?” [7:22]

“Goal setting is both about driving motivation and filtering reality. Our goals filter our reality. When you don’t have goals set properly, you will not notice the opportunities, like you literally won’t see them…”[41:16]

“When you’re young, your potential is infinite. You can be anything really. You could be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio..” [51:38]

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Can you say with absolutely certainty that you are bringing your best self to all the important relationships in your life? Are you afraid you and your partner are slowly becoming more and more disconnected and aren’t sure how to identify the key problems that could be killing the relationship? Whether it’s at home or at work, we need to be mindful of what makes our relationships thrive and what poses a threat to them. On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Psychotherapist, New York Times Bestselling Author, and host of the emotionally raw and tell-all podcasts ’How’s Work?’ and ‘Where Should We Begin?’ Esther Perelto discuss such matters and more as they explore the pitfalls you need to be on the lookout for that might be killing your relationships, connections, or marriage. They discuss the downfalls you need to be on the lookout for that pose a threat to your relationships, what complacency looks like, why so many couples get it wrong when trying to solve their differences, the power of words and the meaning behind them, how culture comes into play in your relationship, how to understand other’s perspectives, and the tools you need to have a healthy and thriving relationship with anyone in your life.

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SHOW NOTES:

Downfalls | Esther reveals the things that kill relationships. [0:17]

Complacency | Esther reveals the step-by-step process of how complacency creeps in. [2:36]

Blind | Esther reveals why so many people in a relationship fail to see their mistakes. [6:14]

Combativeness | Esther reveals the many dynamics of how couples blame each other. [7:33]

Words | Esther reveals the power of your words and how you frame your problems. [10:03]

Culture | Esther reveals how culture comes into play with relationships. [12:56]

Contextualize Yourself | Esther reveals how we can value things differently. [13:58]

Meaning | Esther discusses the importance of the meaning behind what you say. [17:47]

Business | Esther reveals why so many business relationships fail. [19:54]

Perspectives | Esther discusses how you can begin to see other’s perspectives. [21:47]

Tea | Tom shares a story where he and his wife, Lisa, argued over a cup of tea. [26:06]

Fighting | Esther reveals how we fight over lack of respect and recognition. [28:18]

Roles | Esther discusses roles, expectations, and flexibility in a relationship. [30:27]

Tools | Esther reveals the key tools you can use to get the most out of your relationship. [31:28]

Connect | Esther shares how you can engage with her and continue to learn from her. [33:28]

QUOTES:

“So, you really want to make sure that you don’t assume. “I know what you’re saying.” Ask, remain curious at all times. “What does that mean for you and who told you that?”” [13:55]

“The very thing people often come in fighting over is what was once originally very attractive to each other.” [24:13]

“…people fight over three things primarily: power and control, trust and closeness, respect and integrity.” [25:35]

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Are you seeking revolutionary health advice that goes beyond the one-size-fits-all approach of western medicine? Do you want to age well while achieving a well-rounded and balanced level of health? On this episode of Health Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by New York Times best-selling author and pioneer in both integrative and functional medicine Dr. Frank Lipman to discuss such matters and more as they explore how western medicine is missing out on revolutionary health practices and what you can do to expand your understanding of your health so that you may age properly. They discuss the pitfalls of western medicine, his journey to discovering new health practices, why you must focus on preserving your body as you age, the biomarkers to pay attention to, how to achieve a healthy gut, why health goes beyond the physical, the key things to do to live and age properly, and much more.

SHOW NOTES:

Growing Up | Dr. Lipman shares his youth and his journey to questioning everything. [0:20]

Brainwashed | Dr. Lipman reveals why the western medicine system is a cult. [2:57]

Opening Up | Dr. Lipman reveals his journey to exposing himself to new ways of healing. [4:30]

New Rules | Dr. Lipman reveals his journey to developing the new rules on aging. [9:04]

Growth | Dr. Lipman reveals why as you age it becomes about preserving your body. [15:27]

Diets | Dr. Lipman reveals why vegan and high-carb diets have certain risks. [18:20]

Humanity & Health | Dr. Lipman reveals why your purpose and the way you live matters. [23:28]

Biomarkers | Dr. Lipman reveals the key things you should be paying attention to. [26:08]

Microbiome | Dr. Lipman reveals how we can listen to and learn from our guts. [27:42]

Balance | Dr. Lipman reveals what you need to achieve a healthy, balanced gut. [30:10]

CBD | Dr. Lipman reveals the efficacy and power of mushrooms and CBD. [34:20]

Opening Your Mind | Dr. Lipman reveals how CBD is more important than ever. [37:47]

Do This | Dr. Lipman reveals the key things you should be doing to age well. [40:21]

Connect | Dr. Lipman reveals where you can continue to follow him to learn more. [44:12]

QUOTES:

“Western medicine is fantastic if you’re acutely ill or you break a bone. I’m not knocking western medicine, but to take that model and use and extrapolate that model for all our problems in the culture today is, you know, we end up with a very limited way of treating people…” [4:01]

“…it’s more about preserving and maintaining as we get older rather than growing stronger and stronger…” [17:20]

“Ordinary things we do on a daily basis that have an extraordinary effect on our health.” [42:06]

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