The Primed Mind Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Primed Mind Podcast is for anyone looking to take their life to the next level by unlocking their mind's full potential. Host Elliot Roe is known as one of the top mindset and performance coaches in the world, working with top performers operating in the most demanding industries in the world.
With this mindset podcast and the Primed Mind app, Elliot introduces you to some of the world's top minds and shares the most effective mindsets, systems, and strategies that help you become the best version of yourself.
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Hollis Carter is a serial entrepreneur who started his journey in the early 2000s by founding several businesses, including a highly successful SAAS company. He also invested in Utah's Powder Mountain Ski Resort. Hollis co-founded the Baby Bathwater Institute, a community for top entrepreneurs that focuses on real, meaningful connections. Known for his strategic business insights and a philosophy that values genuine relationships and a balanced life, Hollis continues to inspire and lead in the entrepreneurial world.
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AJ Yager is a leading expert in Mindset & Emotional Optimization for High Performers. His unconventional coaching approach harnesses the power of hypnotherapy and NLP to overcome neglect, break through plateaus, and drive rapid growth.
With over 21 years of coaching experience, AJ is also an Amazon best-selling author and has founded eight successful companies. He regularly collaborates with leading brands worldwide and shares his insights as an international speaker.
His newest venture, “Awaken The Viking”, is a transformative 8-day event in Norway that promotes deep personal growth and lasting connections.
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Brad Pedersen is an award-winning entrepreneur, angel investor, thought leader, and sought-after business coach. In 2008, he founded and scaled Canada’s top toy company, Tech 4 Kids, and subsequently co-founded Pela, the $100m sustainable phone case startup that created an entirely new category.
In 2021, Brad and the team at Pela successfully launched a record-breaking $9.8M crowd-sourced campaign for the Lomi, the world’s first smart waste kitchen composter.
Brad has a passion for faith, fitness, adventure, and outdoor pursuits and lives in the mountains of British Columbia with his amazing wife, where they are building a beautiful life!
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Peter Platzer stands at the forefront of space technology as the founder and CEO of Spire Global, Inc. and its subsidiary. With a foundation in finance, having held pivotal roles at Deutsche Bank AG and TRG Management LP, Peter transitioned to space innovation with academic credentials from the International Space University and an MBA summa cum laude from Harvard Business School. His contributions earned him the esteemed White House Champion of Change award in 2013.
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Dr. Pedram Shojai, an ex-Taoist monk and Kung Fu student, is a renowned doctor of Oriental Medicine and a pioneer in integrative health. Disillusioned by the limitations of traditional healthcare focused solely on acute care, he redirected his efforts towards promoting overall wellness and vitality. Shojai has authored 8 books, become a New York Times Bestselling Author, and produced numerous health-related films and series, emphasizing lifestyle changes for better health.
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Roy Krebs is a passionate supplement manufacturing expert who strives to promote the need to have an optimally functioning brain. He does this by creating supplements that can help you boost your productivity. Brain health supplement holds tremendous potential in boosting our mood and overall cognitive function and with a balanced approach, we can unlock our full potential and lead lives brimming with vitality, and productivity.
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Jon Nastor is a digital entrepreneur, podcaster, and bestselling author. Being a content-obsessed marketer, Jon loves driving organic traffic for outstanding companies. Not only is he the creator of “Hack the Entrepreneur”, he also owns several digital commerce sites.
We’ll discuss his ADHD diagnosis when he was 39 years old, how it impacted his business career, what he’d advice to other digital entrepreneurs, and his own podcast.
Nick Sonnenberg is an entrepreneur, WSJ Bestselling Author, Inc. columnist, and guest lecturer at Columbia University. Having spent 8 years working as a high-frequency trader on Wall Street, Nick developed a passion for efficiency before he founded his company Leverage.
He has created the CPR® Business Efficiency Framework, which is the result of working nearly a decade with many teams across all industries. His framework helps teams to get better results, less stress, happier employees, and productivity - just by the use of the right tools in the right way.
His latest book features Nick’s story as well as the CPR® Framework: Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work.
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As a highly sought-after transformation and performance coach she takes leaders, entrepreneurs, celebrities and ambitious individuals like you to the next level. Her work is more than just coaching, it’s a highly transformative experience, enabling you to shift the way you view yourself, others and the way you interact with the world and one another. It’s powerful work, support, expert strategy and accountability that change the trajectory of your life forever. She is here to elevate you, and help you create lasting success, in all areas of your life, from the inside out. She is a regularly featured mindset & transformation expert in media. You can see her places such as FOX, CBS & NBC.
Samm’s prior history as a successful entrepreneur, who has scaled multiple businesses, has taken these years of personal experience, insight and the pain along the journey and combined it with her obsession to optimize human potential and the human experience. She learned through her personal journey what was effective and what wasn’t for providing lasting change. As a result, she utilizes the most powerful combination of the tools available to help you achieve your goals.
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Dr. Adam Dorsay, licensed psychologist and certified executive coach, specializes in assisting high-achievers deal with issues in their relationships, stress, anxiety, and becoming more happy and fulfilled.
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Angelo Keely is Co-founder and CEO of Kion, a company that offers premium, clean, research-backed supplements and foods that support a long and active life.
He was born in Austin, Texas and was raised on a foundation of organic, mostly vegetarian, whole foods plus an array of supplements.
After a series of traumatic events during his adolescence, Angelo dove headfirst into nutrition research, meditation, yoga, breathwork, cold/heat therapy, acupuncture, psychotherapy, and religious studies.
With the dream of building the healthiest and most inspiring work culture at the heart of a fast-growth, consumer products company, Angelo co-founded Kion in 2017 in Boulder, Colorado.
This week’s guest is Dan Martell, serial entrepreneur, investor, husband and athlete from Canada. He has coached over 600+ SaaS founders, founded 5 companies and successfully exited 3 of them.
Knowing how rocky his journey was, he wanted to pass on his experiences by helping others to get there in half the time, which is why he created SaaS Academy.
You’ll learn how Dan mastered his life after having had a rough upbringing which resulted in a high-speed chase with the police and what advice he gives to people who are in similar situations. He also talks about his newest book “Buy Back Your Time” where he teaches ho to build a business that you don’t grow to hate.
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Today’s guest is Todd Youngblood. Not only is he a successful serial entrepreneur, but also Co-Founder and CCO of Sleepme Inc., a company that focuses on sleep-driven health with sleep temperature optimizing technology. Having had multiple incredible successes in the business world as well as being a prolific innovator, who filed over a dozen patents, Todd Youngblood now tries to shape the future of sleep. How he wants to achieve this, he’ll explain in this podcast episode.
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This week’s guest is John Gray, author and relationship expert. His book “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” has forever changed how we view relationships. His unique approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the chemistry for lasting health, happiness, and romance. Not only is he an advocate of health and optimal brain function, but he is an avid follower of his own health and relationship advice.
Through his books continuing to be bestsellers, John has been profiled in Time, Forbes, USA Today, People, and has appeared on Oprah, as well as on The Dr. Oz Show, Today, CBS This Morning and many others.
In this episode, John Gray joins the show to provide valuable insights to improve relationships at all stages of life and love.
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This week’s guest is Dr. Deanna Rose, the founder of Wellth by Deanna Rose Inc. and Peak Performance Coach, who helps entrepreneurs and high-achievers to overcome burnout and achieve more in business and life. In this episode, we will discuss how to maintain a high-performance lifestyle and strategies to prevent burnout in order to optimize energy for achieving more in business and life.
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This week’s guest is Nick Mayhugh, a former professional soccer player and Paralympic sprinter.
Not only was he named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year with a Disability in 2019, he also accomplished the unthinkable and won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal as a Paralympic sprinter in the 2020 Tokyo summer games.
In this episode, we’ll discuss how he was able to shift his career so radically and still kept performing on a level that’s only accessible to the best of the best.
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This week's guest is Jason Rodgers.
Jason is a sprinter and 3-time Olympian who represented Saint Kitts and Nevis in this year's Summer Olympic Games.
In the episode, we dive into Jason's story of becoming such a high-level athlete and how he's recently integrated mindset work into a training program.
This week's guest is Dr. Sheila Kilbane, a board-certified paediatrician, integrative medicine practitioner, and author of the book Healthy Kids Happy Moms. Much of the talk you hear in the high-performance world is about optimizing and improving one's self, and as important as that is, the health and well being of your family has a huge impact on your potential. In this episode, Dr. Sheila Kilbane joins the show to discuss how to make high-performance living a family affair. Click here to get the full show notes and resources from this week's episode
NFTs? Metaverse? Minting? Cryptopunks? Bored Apes? Lazy Lions? You might be wondering what is an NFT and why someone would pay thousands or even millions of dollars to purchase one. While some people see them as “just pictures on the internet,” others view them as the future and back up that belief with huge sums of money.
Celebrities such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, and Reese Witherspoon are getting in on the action, and Visa even made headlines when they purchased a Crypto Punk NFT for over $150,000.
This week’s guest goes by the online handle of Keyboard Monkey, and he’s one of the most successful NFT traders and a prominent influence in the field. With a decade of experience in trading stocks and cryptocurrencies, he was able to spot the NFT trend early on and take full advantage of the upswing.
This week, he joins the show to break down the mindset driving these astronomical values, explain the space in as simple terms as possible, and describe the success principles that allowed him to spot this trend and become an early adopter.
NFTs? Metaverse? Minting? Cryptopunks? Bored Apes? Lazy Lions? You might be wondering what is an NFT and why someone would pay thousands or even millions of dollars to purchase one. While some people see them as “just pictures on the internet,” others view them as the future and back up that belief with huge sums of money.
Celebrities such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, and Reese Witherspoon are getting in on the action, and Visa even made headlines when they purchased a Crypto Punk NFT for over $150,000.
This week’s guest goes by the online handle of Keyboard Monkey, and he’s one of the most successful NFT traders and a prominent influence in the field. With a decade of experience in trading stocks and cryptocurrencies, he was able to spot the NFT trend early on and take full advantage of the upswing.
This week, he joins the show to break down the mindset driving these astronomical values, explain the space in as simple terms as possible, and describe the success principles that allowed him to spot this trend and become an early adopter.
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Leonel Franco’s dream was to become a professional soccer player. However, when he fell short of that goal he was forced to shift his focus on other athletic endeavors.
In fact, the day the door closed on his soccer career was the same day he first stepped foot into a CrossFit gym. The competitive atmosphere of the gym allowed him to tap into the best version of himself, and he quickly started preparing to compete in the CrossFit games.
In this week’s episode, Leonel joins Elliot to discuss the mindset that allowed him to channel disappointment into opportunity and his journey to winning the title of the Fittest Man In Nevada.
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Robbie Bent is the CEO and Co-Founder of Inward, a company looking to solve the world's loneliness problem by creating digital and physical communities around mindfulness and breathwork.
Robbie's background isn't something you'd typically associate with a breathwork practitioner. He got his start in finance, started and rapidly grew a tech startup, and eventually moved into the crypto space, becoming an early employee of the Ethereum Foundation.
In this week’s episode, Robbie joins Elliot to discuss his shift from a success-at-any-costs mindset to hosting breathwork classes in his garage-turned-bathhouse and how this led him to founding one of the most innovative companies in the breathwork space.
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Michael Lovitch is a co-founder of the Baby Bathwater Institute, a private membership community for highly successful entrepreneurs and founders.
The first question most people ask is, “What the heck is Baby Bathwater?” and while the name might sound a bit funny, it’s one of the most prestigious communities in the entrepreneurial space due to the methodical curation from Michael and his team.
In this week’s episode, Michael and Elliot dive deep into the power of community building and why you should start building yours immediately if you’re not already doing so.
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Lindsay Hadley is the founder of Hadley Impact, an agency that works with nonprofits, corporations, celebrities, and influencers to come together and create a huge social impact.
She's partnered with huge brands such as Coca Cola, to the most influential non-profits like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF. She's even helped facilitate massive initiatives with the United Nations
In this week’s episode, Lindsay and Elliot dive deep into the power of networking, how to create impactful human connections, as well as how turning competition into collaboration creates truly amazing results for everyone.
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Marla Mattenson & Julian Colker, known as the Intimacy Experts, teach couples in business together how to grow their companies without sacrificing the quality of their relationship.
Having been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Oprah, NBC, ABC, CBS, this powerhouse couple is co-creating a world where full expression, heartfelt appreciation, and wild play are the backbone of success in business and life.
In this episode, Marla and Julian join the show to discuss the power of play and why any high-performer who neglects their relationships will grow to regret it very quickly.
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Rudy Rodriguez entered the Navy at the age of 18 with the dream of becoming an astronaut. After ten years in the service and having received his pilot wings, it looked like that dream would soon become a reality. That was until Rudy unexpectedly failed a physical evaluation, immediately ending his career in aviation.
Forced to make a decision between a different placement in the Navy and accepting an honorable discharge, Rudy decided to pursue an entrepreneurial path.
After finding success in building sales teams for companies running large live events, Rudy once again found it necessary to change directions when the COVID-19 pandemic eliminated that entire industry in just a matter of weeks.
In this episode, Rudy Rodriguez joins the show to discuss turning adversity into opportunity when life forces you to pivot.
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Dr. Amy Killen is an anti-aging and regenerative medicine physician specializing in “Sex and Skin.”
As an ER doctor with three young children at home (including twins!), and a husband working out of state, she found herself in a state of chronic stress.
After noticing similar stress patterns in her patients, she decided to pivot her practice to focus on performance, anti-aging, and longevity.
She joins the show to share her story of recovering from chronic stress and share her best tips for improving sexual health and optimizing for longevity.
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Shawn Wells, known as the Ingredientologist, has formulated over 500 supplements and held titles such as Director of Research and Development for Dymatize Nutrition and Chief Scientific Officer for BioTrust Nutrition.
In this episode, Shawn shares his journey of overcoming major health obstacles, developing a strong sense of self-worth, and learning the importance of self-care for long-term performance. He discusses his supplementation philosophy and shares the most promising supplements and ingredients he’s currently working on.
Shawn has recently released the book The Energy Formula, where he shares his six pillars for gaining focus, being more productive, and living longer.
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Michael Cazayoux’s story begins with overcoming significant substance abuse issues, starting at a very young age.
Since then, he's gone on to win the CrossFit team games two years in a row, build a large podcast, and run an incredibly successful nutrition coaching company.
His most recent project is called Soul Searching Adventure, where he takes men on backpacking excursions and creates a transformative experience in the process.
Click play to discover what it took for Michael to finally overcome his addictions and how he uses what he learned to help others make breakthroughs in their own lives.
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Have you ever been told it’s not polite to talk about money?
From a young age, most of us are taught to avoid tough conversations around money and quickly develop limiting beliefs and misconceptions about finances that dramatically reduce our potential to generate wealth.
Brie Sodano is a personal finance expert who’s looking to change all of that. After hearing every limiting belief there is in her work as a stockbroker, she founded Sheep to Shark to help people reframe their relationship with money, allowing her clients to tap into their full earning potential.
In the episode, Elliot and Brie tackle many of the most common limiting money mindsets and give you strategies for breaking out of your financial comfort zone.
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At just 14 years old, Jason Koonce already started his first business, buying and selling sports cards. He’d often skip school and travel to card shows, searching for hidden gold in collections others were trying to offload.
Now, he’s one of the world’s leading experts in one of the fastest-growing alternative investment markets in the world.
People used to think it was “cute” when Jason told them he bought and sold sports cards for a living. Now athletes, celebrities, and institutional investors are coming to him for his advice on how to take advantage of this modern-day gold rush.
Check out this week’s episode to discover how Jason was able to turn his childhood hobby into a multi-million-dollar business.
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After leaving the military, Steven quickly climbed the corporate ladder, building a solid business reputation across Europe…
He even wrote a bestselling book about his experience at war.
But even with all of that external success, he still felt lost. After reaching a breaking point, Steven spent eight months at a monastery, rediscovered his identity, and created his purpose and meaning from the inside out.
He now consults with some of the biggest brands in the world on company culture and growth strategy.
In this episode, Steven Eugene Kuhn reflects on his humble, small-town, beginning to working with huge brands, celebrities, and royalty, and all the challenges he faced in-between.
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After becoming a mom, two-time NPC Bodybuilding Champion Charlene started a business and spent less time at the gym—too busy for love or friendship.
But when the stay-at-home order forced her to reconsider, she realized she had been depriving herself of human connection.
Seeing opportunity in the global crisis, Charlene created Social Gym Club, an innovative platform for fitness-focused people to interact and build connection.
Check out this episode for Charlene’s story, plus tips and advice for getting started on the entrepreneur journey.
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Tom Wang flunked out of three colleges because of poor grades. His friends thought he was a loser. His family thought he would fail.
But Tom conquered the doubt and created his success on his own terms…
After finally finishing his degree, he made it his goal to earn $100,000 in the first year—and he crushed it. Then, he discovered Amazon and built his first thriving business, which he exited in 2021, and now he coaches other FBA business owners.
What did it take for this entrepreneur to go from a zero to one of the top salesmen in his industry to successful businessman? Listen to this episode to hear Tom’s journey.
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Could the poison from an Amazonian frog improve mental performance?
With its centuries-long history of use in Peru and Brazil as a tool for hunting and healing, the ceremonial use of Kambo shows promise for mental, emotional, and physical health…
But the scientific jury is still out on whether or not the effects are real and measurable.
However, Jonathan Gold of Planet Kambo has experienced it himself, and he’s a firm believer. In fact, he’s made it his mission to share Kambo with the world.
Inside this episode, Jonathan shares how the practice has helped him and his clients gain a performance edge. Click play to catch the story.
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Eric Malzone dreamed of a life beyond the corporate sales grind…
So, when his friend asked if he wanted to open a gym together, he jumped on the opportunity.
Over the next decade, Eric grew successful brick-and-mortar businesses, cultivated his network, and followed through with his vision. He’s built an empire for himself, and now he teaches others in his industry how to do the same.
What does it take to become an entrepreneur and leave the nine-to-five behind? In this episode, Eric shares what he learned from taking the big plunge, tackling failures, and pushing through challenges along the way.
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What's it like to create something most people think is impossible?
Inspired by the $430,000 auction of the first AI artwork ever created, Ben Kovalis and his friend set out to turn this science fiction into reality—and make it affordable for everyone.
Their company, Art AI Gallery, features one-of-a-kind artworks generated entirely by computer algorithms. Even more incredible, it teaches itself to create more and more mesmerizing pieces over time!
What started as a clever idea has grown past anyone’s wildest expectations, captivating artists and art lovers around the world. Catch the incredible story (and learn how it works) inside this episode.
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Imagine for a moment—if you could access vast resources, what might you be able to accomplish? How quickly might your ideas become reality… if only you had the money?
The good news is there’s funding available, waiting to be invested. But how can you tap into it?
In this episode, co-founder of Breather and Practice, and bestselling author, Julien Smith talks about how he unlocked the universe of venture funding and stayed ahead of the game as CEO of a fast-growing company. Plus, he shares tips for business owners seeking outside investment for the first time.
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Devin Alvarez’s road to success wasn’t a straight shot. Disillusioned with military duty and deep into alcohol, he struggled to find meaning in life…
In this episode, Devin Alvarez, CEO of Straight Hemp, shares how he transformed PTSD and anxiety into his greatest mission: helping others with plant-based products. Listen to Devin’s story and get inspired.
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Meet Ben Knegendorf, the unlikely businessman.
As a full-time forklift operator in a Walmart distribution center, he dared to dream of a different life.
A life free from the timeclock. A life where he could choose how to invest his energy and money. A life without limits and on his own terms.
When he sold his side hustle for a year’s salary at the warehouse, he realized he could kiss the old job goodbye.
Listen to this episode to learn how Ben unlocked his freedom from the nine-to-five through curiosity, gumption, and determination.
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From calming your mind to healing your body to making you live longer…
Can the breath really do all that? Science says the benefits are real!
Bestselling author James Nestor traveled all over the world, collecting stories and working with researchers, to create his book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art.
In this episode, he shares the transformative journey this writing project took him on, the incredible successes he encountered, and how you can start using your breath to supercharge your mind and body. Click play to learn more!
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How much faster could you make progress in your career or business if you had the opportunity to focus on only your highest-leverage and most enjoyable tasks?
In this episode, SEO expert, digital strategist, and serial entrepreneur Nick Eubanks talks about the freedom he gained by handing over the CEO title.
After his business started to plateau, Nick realized he could better serve his company by releasing control and focusing on his strengths of growth marketing and developing new ideas.
In early 2020, he hired a CEO to free up his time and mental energy to focus on his strengths and talents.
Listen to this episode to hear Nick’s wisdom and insight on business leadership, along with helpful tips on funneling more traffic to your website.
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In a world of lockdowns, isolation, and remote work, communication skills are more important than ever.
Whether it's communicating with your team or catching up with friends and family, virtual spaces are where connection happens in today's world.
While this may feel like a massive shift, the principles of good communication stay the same.
It’s not just what you say but how you say it with tone and body language.
Zoom calls are here to stay, so we invited Blake Eastman of The Nonverbal Group to share some tips and tricks to get you on the path to better video calls.
Struggling to keep your employees engaged in your virtual meetings? Don’t be a snooze fest! Check out this episode for some insight into where you might be going wrong—and how to fix it.
Blake and his team are the experts on body language, especially when it comes to business. Not only does The Nonverbal Group research what makes great communication, but Blake coaches executives and business owners on how to make theirs better. Listen to this episode to learn more.
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It doesn’t matter where you come from, what your family is like, nor the circumstances you find yourself in today—you are absolutely capable of climbing your personal mountains.
In this episode of the Primed Mind Podcast, David Shurna of No Barriers shares how you can break through and find purpose and strength, no matter what you’ve been through.
No Barriers is a nonprofit organization which empowers people to redefine life after adversity and trauma through a combination of a six-month online course and challenging outdoor expeditions, like kayaking the Grand Canyon or climbing the tallest mountain peaks.
Through their work at No Barriers, David and his team given new hope to disabled veterans, who defy all odds and rediscover purpose, community, and vision for their lives. They also empower others who have been through traumatic events, and they equip teens and their teachers to handle the challenges life brings.
Struggle and hardship are universal in the human experience—how do you respond to it? Do you allow your past to limit you? Let this episode inspire you to break through!
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You’ve probably seen the flashy clips of stuntmen doing crazy jumps, but maybe you’ve never heard of the martial arts side of parkour. It’s not just about showing off…
In fact, parkour is incredibly challenging, both physically and mentally. It tests your knowledge of self. It builds confidence. And it teaches you to trust in your abilities.
In this episode, long-time parkour trainer Matthew Barnes talks about developing his mental fortitude through parkour, bringing these mindset skills to business, and taking big entrepreneurial leaps.
Not only has Matt challenged himself with backflips and running jumps, but he’s also built LAEF (Local Agriculture Expansion Foundation) with his wife to connect small farms with local consumers and cut down on their costs for marketing and payment processing.
How do you know when to take risks? Matt says it’s all about dancing on the edge of your mental limits while staying well within your physical ones. Listen to this episode to learn more!
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Do you struggle with sleep? You won’t want to miss this episode of the Primed Mind Podcast.
When it comes to high performance, quality sleep is perhaps the most crucial component to your day-to-day success. Everyone knows that not getting enough of it drains your cognitive functions, your energy levels, and your health…
But knowing facts isn’t enough! Due to lifestyle habits of modern living, many people find quality sleep to be elusive.
What’s the secret to a good night’s rest?
Well, there are a lot of ingredients that go into making a solid sleep schedule… And the good news is that sleep is a skill you can learn!
Our guest for this episode is Mollie McGlocklin, founder of Sleep Is A Skill, a company that teaches people how to get to sleep, stay asleep, and wake up ready for high performance, using a combination of behavioral changes, accountability, and technology.
You, too, can learn how to get a good night’s sleep! Inside this episode, Mollie shares some practical tips and tools you can start using today to improve the quality and quantity of your rest.
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Alone on a stage with a mic in hand, all eyes on you—how do you perform?
Lars Callieou, a 17-year veteran stand-up comedian who has been featured on stages in 25 different countries, has a lot of insights to share about being a high-performer.
In this episode, he reveals how he handles the pressure to perform, dealing with hecklers, and learning the most valuable insights from his worst performances.
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It’s easy to set a goal… But what does it take to make it reality? Most people struggle to get out of the wishing and wanting stage—what’s holding them back?
See, goal setting and action taking happen in two completely different parts of the brain…
To bring them together, working in harmony towards your goals, you’ve got to upgrade the operating system that runs your biocomputer. And the key is in your subconscious habits.
The good news is you can reprogram your operating system through awareness, intention, and action!
In this episode, bestselling author John Assaraf shares strategies for making your dreams your reality. Not only is John an expert on self-development, but he brings together world-renowned researchers for the annual Brain-A-Thon event to share the latest in tools, techniques, and conversations in neuroscience and neuropsychology. Listen to this episode to learn more!
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Fedor Holz may have retired from playing poker full time, but that doesn’t mean he’s been sitting on his hands…
Over one weekend this past summer, Fedor scored over $2 million in online tournament wins, and he’s been exploring his other passions in life, like coaching clients and building businesses. In fact, Fedor is the cofounder for Primed Mind, and we’ve got some exciting content in the works for the Primed Mind community!
In this episode, Fedor talks about doing what you love, how it can evolve and shift over time, and what it means to journey down the path of least friction…
Where do you feel the most flow in your life? Follow that to find fulfillment. Listen to this episode to learn more!
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From piloting fighter jets in the highest level of the Navy to exiting the multimillion-dollar oil and gas company he built, Mike Brown shines as a high achiever. But after ticking all the boxes of accomplishment and still feeling empty inside, he realized he needed to give more meaning to his life than wins…
In this episode, Mike reflects on his journey to find significance in self-acceptance, self-love, and fulfilling relationships with the people that matter to him most. He shares how he applied his military training to business decisions and created wealth for himself and his family, along with some tips for exiting your company at the right time.
These days? Well, Mike is slowing it down and enjoying the ride. He is growing as a father. He’s taking the time to do the things he loves doing.
He doesn’t know what his ‘next big thing’ will be… But he’s OK with that, too. Listen to this episode to hear Mike’s story.
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What does it take to raise kids for a rapidly changing future world? Katie Wells, founder of Wellness Mama, joins me in this episode to talk about building her kids’ education from the ground up.
The sad reality is that the public school system hasn’t changed much in the last hundred years—so is it really prepping our children for a successful future?
Forget test taking. Ditch the grading system. Finish all schoolwork in the morning and let them be free to play creatively all afternoon. These are some of Katie’s fresh ideas on raising her six children into capable, confident, and entrepreneurial adults.
In this episode, Katie shares her framework for homeschooling her kids, how to encourage critical thinking and creative skills, cheap ways to keep your kids healthy, and managing your family like a business. Catch this episode to hear the conversation!
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After finding himself feeling empty after climbing the ranks at Oracle, Tim realized there’s more to life than profits.
My guest today is Tim Kelley, author of True Purpose. He consults and speaks all around the world to executives and business leaders about creating meaning and a mission. He helps profit-based companies to transform into profitable purpose-based ones.
And what’s the result?
Usually, it means more employee engagement, more aligned employee retention, and more profits.
Does your business have a purpose? Listen to this episode to learn more.
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When she started research for her book on luck and control, Maria Konnikova had no idea of the surprising path this project would take her on… She studied psychology at Harvard and got her PhD from Columbia University – who would have guessed that she would turn poker professional? Certainly not her grandmother!
What started off as a psychology book project turned into winning the internationally televised PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament and a Team Pro deal from PokerStars and eight months of full-time tournament play…
Maria went from having zero experience or interest in poker to becoming a professional in an impressively short amount of time. It takes commitment, self-awareness, and simply putting in the hours to achieve proficiency (and mastery) in anything you want to accomplish. Listen to this episode to hear Maria’s incredible success story…
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To maintain high performance while growing your business to the next level, you’ve got to outsource some of the work. That way, you can focus your time on doing what you do best.
Our guest for this episode is Nathan Hirsch – he knows all about effective delegation. In fact, he created his company Outsource School to share everything he knows about it. But before that, Nathan founded, grew, and eventually sold FreeUp, a virtual assistant platform. His career began in the early days of Amazon, selling college textbooks. After some time, he found he couldn’t do it all himself – and he made more than a few hiring mistakes… Can you relate?
Time management is vitally important for the high-performing person. Listen to the episode to learn about creating systems for workload delegation and outsourcing, costly hiring mistakes to avoid, and how to keep drama from overtaking your workforce.
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What if you could snap your fingers and generate a state of gratitude, energy, and confidence?
Well, that’s exactly what this week’s A-Game Advantage guest, Nicholas Spohn, teaches his clients to do. Nicholas is a hypnotherapist and performance coach who specializes in using body language to create specific emotional states allowing you to access peak performance on demand.
In this episode, Nicholas shares his four steps to creating powerful body language patterns, and how you can start implementing them in your own life today.
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Bob Dalton is the founder and CEO of Sackcloth & Ashes, a mission-driven company that gives a blanket to a homeless shelter for each one purchased. He shares his motivation for wanting to become a social entrepreneur and reveals the personal story that inspired him to action. Bob and Elliot discuss the exciting road ahead for Sackcloth & Ashes, how Bob balances a busy work life with his family life, and how you can support whatever cause calls to you. Listen in to learn some valuable tips for becoming a social entrepreneur – and learn the advice Bob would give his younger self when he was just getting started.
3 Key Points
- As a social entrepreneur, understand who is the true hero.
- Trust your gut and continue to move forward.
- Collaborate, join a cause, and support it!
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Bob’s Website
- Sackcloth & Ashes
Stephan Spencer, an author, speaker, consultant, podcast host, founder of Netconcepts, and leading expert in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), is an optimization pro – in all areas of life. He shares why being experimental, comfortable with uncertainty, and willing to put yourself out there is key to success, and proves it with his own story. Stephan explores the value of SEO and he explains why he sees it as the “operating system of the internet”. Listen in to learn what SEO can do for you and your business, what to watch out for, and why it’s an asset – and hear why SEO is like a chess game where you can move your opponent’s pieces, too.
3 Key Points
- Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there!
- Distinctions make a difference and everything is an experiment.
- Be comfortable with uncertainty in SEO and life.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Stephan’s Website
- Marketing Speak Podcast
- Get Yourself Optimized Podcast
- A Free 15-Minute Consultation
Bill Schuffenhauer, a leadership, employee engagement, and personal development speaker and coach, shares how he shifted his mindset to become a 3-time Olympian and silver medalist despite an extremely challenging start. Bill now sees his journey in a positive light and explains how he shifted his mindset to push past his tragedies. Now, he helps leaders and corporate teams transform and succeed by finding their bigger “why” – and he’s never been happier. Listen in to learn why mentorship is so important and get inspired to write your story and finally live your dream.
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3 Key Points
- Your tragedies or downfalls don’t define you.
- You can write your own story.
- Be consistent.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Bill’s Twitter
- Bill’s Facebook
- Bill’s LinkedIn
- Bill’s Website
Alexandra Stockwell, a relationship and intimacy expert, knows what it takes to have a committed relationship that is deeply passionate, satisfying, and fun. She helps couples who just know their relationship could be better so they can up-level their relationship and their quality of life. Alexandra and Elliot discuss some common issues couples have and the surprising discovery she has made about conflict resolution, compromise and taking responsibility (it’s not what you’d think!). Listen in to learn an exercise that’ll get your relationship moving in the right direction – and hear some tips for communicating with your partner in a way they’ll understand.
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3 Key Points
- You can have a committed relationship that is passionate.
- Cultivate curiosity by asking open-ended questions.
- You are 100% responsible for your relationship.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Alexandra’s Website
- Alexandra’s Book
This week's guest is Dr. Stephen Cabral.
Dr. Cabral is a Board Certified Doctor of Naturopathy and founder of the Cabral Wellness Institute.
An important part of being a high performer is being better prepared than your competition, and right now, all of our biggest competition is the COVID-19 virus and the impact caused by our attempts to combat it.
Dr. Cabral joins us to share some proactive measures you can take to boost your immune system, giving you the best chance to stay healthy and safe. Being well prepared will go a long way in easing stress and anxiety, which, as you'll hear, can wreak havoc on your immune system.
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John Assaraf, New York Times bestselling author, founder of NeuroGym, and leading mindset and performance expert, shares the science behind rewiring your mindset to get rid of self-sabotaging patterns. John shares about his troubled childhood and how his first mentor taught him the difference between “interested” and “committed”. He gives practical “innercises” to change your mindset and make decisions free of fear or self-limitation. Listen in to get tips from his latest book – and learn the first step towards achieving your biggest dreams and goals so you can get there faster.
3 Key Points
- When you truly commit, everything changes.
- Get out of your comfort zone in order to reprogram your brain.
- Interruptive patterns change neural networks.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- John’s Website
- John’s Instagram and Facebook page
- FREE Brain-A-Thon
- John’s Book - Innercise
In this episode, Jamie Seamans, a life-long entrepreneur and cofounder of Garage Kings, shares how to scale a business you love. Jamie opens up about his biggest challenges and how he kept hustling – even when his wife was uncertain about his vision. Jamie and Elliot discuss learning, growth and mentorship, and Jamie explains the stages of business he believes are best for each. Listen in to hear the three things Jamie thinks about daily, why it’s dangerous to connect your purpose with your job, and the number one thing every entrepreneur must know about their business.
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3 Key Points
- Get the momentum going from the beginning!
- Get clear on your purpose and don’t just link your purpose to your job.
- Life is stages of letting go.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- com - Website
- Garage Kings - YouTube
In this episode, Steph and Shay, a power-couple that has successfully trained and coached couples for a decade, explain how to enhance and strengthen your relationship with your partner. Steph and Shay share their journey to becoming relationship coaches and vulnerably share about their own personal relationship. They give real-life examples of transformed relationships and give some tips that are sure to make a difference in the way you communicate. Listen in to learn about “love crumbs”, reestablishing rapport, and the true purpose of relationships – and get a peek at what they offer in their courses so you can perform at a higher level alongside your loved one.
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3 Key Points
- Weak communication is the #1 root issue in relationships.
- A strong relationship is key to high performance.
- The true purpose of a relationship is wholeness.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Steph and Shay’s Website
In this episode, Scott Young, the author of the bestselling book Ultralearning, explains the difference between traditional learning and ultralearning. Scott describes the qualities of an ultralearner and breaks down what we must do to activate knowledge. Elliot and Scott discuss why it’s important to be direct and why we lack the ability to transfer our knowledge from the classroom to real life. Listen in to hear the steps you can take to become an ultralearner so you can learn and use whatever you choose.
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3 Key Points
- Tailor the way you learn to your specific goal.
- The easiest path isn’t always the most effective.
- Be deliberate and direct.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Elliot’s Survey
- Scott’s Website
- Scott’s Book - Ultralearning
In this episode, Justin Kavanaugh, owner and head coach at the Sport and Speed Institute, shares why mindset comes first – even for athletes. Justin explains how the mind-body connection is integrated in his work and why his program taps into not just the body, but the mind and spirit. Elliot and Justin discuss why any successful person must be rooted in their passion, purpose and principles to be truly fulfilled. Listen in to hear some tips from Justin on how to get an advantage and perform at your best.
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3 Key Points
- Training the mind comes first.
- To excel you need passion, purpose, and principles.
- The biggest power is being able to mentally turn on and off no matter the circumstance.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Justin’s
- InstagramThe Sport and Speed Institute website
In this episode, Elliot speaks to Nir Eyal about his new book 'Indistractable.'
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3 Key Points
- Distraction is anything that takes you away from what you intended to do. Traction is anything the moves you closer to what you intended to do.
- The first step to mastering distractions is learning to manage internal triggers.
- Work hard and go home.
Contact/Resources
Nir’s Website
Indistractable Book
Distraction Guide
Schedule Maker
In this episode, Bill Perkins, a successful businessman, hedge fund manager, and high-stakes prop better, reveals the ripple effect he loves to see from prop betting. Bill explains the difference between something that’s impossible and something that simply requires hard work and resources, and shares how he tries to bring out the best in people. Elliot and Bill discuss his upcoming book “Die With Zero” and what he believes is the biggest mistake someone can make. Listen in to learn how to get real results – now.
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3 Key Points
- Your beliefs inform your behavior. Change your beliefs, change your behavior.
- Always do your best and recognize the possible.
- You aren’t going to live forever and your resources aren’t static.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Bill’s Instagram
- Bill’s Book – Die With Zero
In this episode, Lauren Zander, the co-founder of Handel Group, reveals how to identify and interrupt destructive behavioral patterns. Handel Group is a renowned corporate consulting and life coaching company dedicated to teaching people how to realize their personal and professional visions. Elliot and Lauren discuss the Handel Method and how she came to develop it for herself and those she teaches. Listen in to learn “how to human better” by stopping the lies and realizing a worthwhile dream.
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3 Key Points
- It’s important to study our parents and our epigenetics.
- You need basic principles to produce actual change.
- Don’t lie to yourself and others.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Lauren’s Website – Handel Group
In this episode, Tony Yu, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Vessi Footwear, reveals the psychology behind a successful Kickstarter campaign. Elliot and Tony discuss how he dove into entrepreneurship and the challenges he quickly encountered along his journey. Listen in to hear some tips on how to start a successful Kickstarter campaign – and learn why it’s so important to capture emotion when trying to convey your brand’s messaging.
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3 Key Points
- It’s important to grow your team when trying to scale your business.
- Learn by doing.
- Capture emotion to effectively convey your brand.
Contact/Resources
- Website – Vessi Footwear
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
In this episode, I speak with Sarah Prout, a writer, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author of Dear Universe: 200 Mini-Meditations for Instant Manifestations. Elliot and Sarah discuss her trauma-healing journey and how vulnerability and joy unlocked her freedom and power. Listen in to hear some tips on how to cultivate an abundance mindset and move through difficult emotions – and learn to redefine yourself with an evolved awareness around any phrase beginning with “I am”.
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3 Key Points
- Anything the mind can think is possible.
- Meditation and the healing journey can take many forms.
- Joy is the currency of consciousness.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Sarah’s Website
- Sarah’s Book
- Sarah’s Instagram
In this episode, I speak with Jeff Banman, an army ranger and fire captain who participated in the fire rescue and emergency response at the Pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and worked for the CIA. Elliot and Jeff discuss what separates high performers from the rest in terms of their key behaviors and ability to cope with stress. Listen in to hear the three things Jeff uses to measure mindset strength – and find out how The Primal Journey transforms weak points into performance indicators.
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3 Key Points
- Stay present.
- Breathe and set recovery points and periods.
- Comfort, confidence, and creativity are the three components of a strong mind.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Jeff Banman – Website
In this episode, Kayvon Kay, sales master and creator of the One Call Closer methodology, reveals the mindset difference between a salesperson and a closer. Elliot and Kayvon discuss the importance of listening, asking the right questions, and being empathetic towards a prospect’s personal pain. He’ll explain the three “C’s” – Certainty, Clarity, and Conviction – and why they are critical for closing success. Listen in to hear an expert share how to change lives by selling what you truly believe in.
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3 Key Points
- Sell what you believe in.
- To close you must have certainty, clarity, and conviction.
- Listen and ask the right questions at the right time with finesse.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Kayvon – Kayvon’s Website
- For information about Kayvon’s live 2-day intensive email kay@kayvon.com
In this episode, Steve Sims, founder of Bluefish and expert at making things happen, reveals how he went from poor bricklayer to Oscar party host. Elliot and Steve discuss how he built his company from nothing and the mindset required to achieve the impossible. Listen in to hear why people don’t dream big enough, how Steve built a process to fulfill the dreams people didn’t know they had, and what he’s doing now to keep the dreams alive.
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3 Key Points
- Relationships are when both parties benefit; value must go both ways.
- People don’t dream big enough; that’s why Steve helps realize bigger dreams than his clients initially had.
- When you dig into them, big dreams usually come from a trigger of an emotional memory.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Steve’s book: “Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen”
- Steve’s Website
- Bluefin’s Website
- In the U.S., you can text “SIMS” to 345345 to get videos, a tip sheet, and alerts
- Steve’s Instagram
- Steve’s Facebook
In this episode, Michael Naylor, the Head of Performance Nutrition at the English Institute of Sport, reveals what nutritional strategies really work to increase your performance and gain a competitive edge in any area of life. Elliot and Michael discuss how he works backward to create nutritional plans that fit his client’s individual needs while optimizing their performance. Listen in to hear an expert share the truth about popular diets – and learn the best way to fuel your own life’s purpose.
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:00 – Introducing Michael, the head of Performance Nutrition at the English Institute of Sport who has worked with international football, rugby, and Olympic teams
- 01:45 – Michael’s background and journey
- 02:00 – He has a degree in Nutrition and got an internship at the English Institute of Sport
- 02:45 – He travelled and worked with international teams and was Head of Nutrition for Team GB at the Rio Olympics
- 03:50 – Nutritional needs are different in every sport, in every position within a sport, and in every individual
- 05:10 – New diets are so common and the messages out there are conflicting and confusing
- 06:00 – It comes down to your purpose and goals; from there, a nutritional plan can be put in place to get you to where you want to be
- 07:00 – How Michael creates a nutritional plan
- 07:15 – He assesses what the athlete is doing that day in training and works backwards from there to support the activity and body
- 09:18 – The individual might have dietary restrictions, so Michael works with them to respect those while still getting them to their purpose
- 10:30 – The role of supplements
- 10:42 – He recommends supplements on occasion, but urges athletes to just eat real food unless they have a deficiency
- 11:15 – Even vegans can get their dietary requirements through food; there’s an element of convenience with supplements
- 13:05 – Michael’s thoughts on carbohydrate-limiting diets
- 13:15 – Every gram of carbohydrate holds about three grams of water so if you limit carbohydrates, you’re limiting water mass, not losing fat mass
- 14:00 – It’s all about being in a negative energy balance when wanting to reduce fat mass
- 15:45 – General tips for anyone trying to be healthy
- 16:00 – Reflect on what you eat and what your goals are and write it down
- 16:50 – Educate yourself on basic nutrition and balance your vegetables, fruits, protein, healthy fats, and carbohydrates
- 17:39 – Build in your carbohydrates based upon your activity level and use free tools like My Fitness Pal to log food
- 18:15 – Plan your food based upon your activity and think ahead
- 19:00 – Why it’s important to choose lean meat
- 19:15 – There’s less calories and saturated fat in lean meat
- 19:45 – Subtle changes that make a big impact
- 20:10 – Eliminating sugary drinks or snacks; many athletes have a bad habit of drinking sugary drinks
- 21:15 – What he sees at the Olympic level
- 12:30 – Athletes get great nutritional support in the UK but in the Olympic Village they try to get the athletes to eat McDonald’s and other unhealthy food
- 22:42 – The athletes have to get prepared for the village because they are the ones that must make the responsible choice
- 24:00 – Performance shifts over time when their nutrition is changed
- 25:00 – Every meal is a stimulus in your body; it either maximizes or minimizes your wellness and adaptation
- 26:24 – You can gain a competitive edge and increase performance by eating the right foods
- 26:35 – Match your nutrition strategies to your purpose
- 27:30 – There’s a much simpler approach that’s more effective than eliminating entire groups of food
3 Key Points
- Don’t believe in every fad diet – what’s trendy now may not be next year!
- Fuel your body based on your purpose.
- Food can be used in many ways to increase performance and gain a competitive edge.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- My Fitness Pal – Nutrition Tracking App
- Instagram & Twitter– Keep in touch with Michael
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, Alexandra Stockwell, MD, a relationship and intimacy coach, reveals what high-achievers typically lack within their personal life. Elliot and Alexandra discuss the common concerns she hears from couples and why her work is so important for future generations. Listen in to hear a relationship expert share some tips to improve your own relationship – and find out what it really means to be good in bed.
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:30 – Introducing Alexandra, her background in medicine, and her journey to becoming a relationship and intimacy coach
- 03:00 – She prioritized her patients and family and wasn’t honoring herself; she learned from other people’s experiences that if she continued she’d get burnt out
- 05:15 – She took a sabbatical from medicine and found herself chairing a committee for her son’s school three months later
- 06:05 – She realized that she didn’t know how she wanted to live her life and lacked the skillset of enjoyment and fulfillment
- 07:00 – She had spent a night in the children’s ICU and came home to her daughter who had just lost a tooth; she lost her touch to feel for less intense situations
- 07:50 – She enrolled in the School of Womanly Arts and did a lot of personal growth and mindset work
- 08:30 – She realized that she needed to focus on intimacy, sensuality, and sexuality; she took what she learned to improve her relationship with her husband
- 10:00 – Alexandra also took a coaching course and realized that coaching is what she wants to do
- 10:55 – Why people don’t take the time to learn how to improve themselves
- 11:10 – People are busy and tend to take their identity from other labels
- 11:40 - When people are high-achievers, they typically aren’t in the realm of intimacy, self-connection, and vulnerability
- 12:50 – We learn through imitation as mammals but for relationships there aren’t that many role models
- 13:40 – Barak and Michelle could be a good example; some people use their parents as a starting point for inspiration
- 15:00 – The idea of being great in bed
- 15:30 – If you’ve had a great time, then you’re great in bed; being great in bed involves being right with who you are
- 16:12 – The responses Alexandra gets when working with high-achieving couples
- 16:45 – She works with couples who ask, “Is it actually possible to transform this?”
- 18:00 – The couples she works with have a pattern and limiting beliefs of the union
- 18:45 – Oftentimes there will be a woman who wants her man to change and a man who wants to change but can’t face his inability to please his woman
- 19:50 – Guiding people through difficult conversations
- 20:10 – Nothing anyone can say will shock her, she seeks to clarify to couples that they each must take 100% responsibility
- 21:20 – Advice for intimacy in parenthood
- 22:05 – A dip in connection tends to happen when a baby is born; her and her husband did sensual practices and never had that dip
- 22:50 – It’s possible and there’s hope; Alexandra advises awareness and attention towards the significant other when integrating a baby into your life
- 24:10 – Keeping the marriage strong for the children and family
- 25:00 – Alexandra believes that the best thing she can do for children is teach their parents how to have a good, nourishing relationship
- 25:45 – There are gender roles in the household and relationship, but she wants women to feel beautiful, attractive, and attracted and men to feel appreciated in their being
- 26:50 – Each person should feel that who they are and their being – not just their tasks - is nurtured and loved
- 27:45 – What high-achievers tend to track
- 28:00 – With relationships, the parameters are not as clear as with fitness and money
- 28:33 – Acceptance and love coming from both sides impacts everything, including business; be your partner’s biggest fan
3 Key Points
- Be right with who you are and you’ll be great in bed.
- Intimacy as a new parent is possible – but you’ve got to give it attention and awareness.
- Be your partner’s biggest fan.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- alexandrastockwell.com –Keep in touch, receive a gift, and learn about her course
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, AJ Yager and Meaghan Connell, owners of the data agency Praxis Metrics, reveal why using data is critical when companies want to acquire, convert, and retain more customers. Elliot, AJ, and Meaghan discuss how data sets you apart from the competition and why data provides relief instead of overwhelm. Listen in to hear a data-nerd power-couple share how anyone – at any level – can begin using data to leverage their efforts in business and in life.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:00 – Introducing AJ and Meaghan’s company, Praxis Metrics
- 02:10 – The story behind Praxis Metrics and how they use data in life
- 2:30 - AJ likes to use data to make and justify decisions while Meaghan likes to be inside the data; when they started dating they saw that their brains complemented each other
- 03:00 – They started working together and data was the common bond; they are passionate about education, knowledge and understanding
- 03:40 – AJ seeks wisdom which is the collection and implementation of knowledge and information; he tracked everything health-wise to figure out what made him healthier
- 04:45 – Getting caught up in the business and not on it as entrepreneurs
- 05:00 – They work with teams that rarely take time to review the insights they have access to; there doesn’t have to be a separation between you and big data
- 06:00 – People are overwhelmed by numbers and aren’t taught to understand data-reading; they don’t know what to do with it
- 07:15 – Numbers tell a story that doesn’t lie; some people avoid it if it’s not what they want to hear
- 08:00 – Using data to set yourself apart from the competition
- 08:30 – Companies that didn’t use data from the dot com boom no longer exist; it’s the companies that saw new information and used it that succeeded
- 08:45 – Your competitors are using data to get ahead; they’re looking at ads and internal operations that work and that don’t
- 09:17 – Don’t hope and guess – use data to know your efforts will work
- 10:20 – The starting point for entrepreneurs
- 10:33 – It all starts with tracking; focus on marketing and sales and implement standard operating procedures that implement data
- 11:50 – The more information you get, the more you have to track; know who you attract so you can target more of those people, for example
- 14:10 – Use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and tracking pixels to track your customer’s journey
- 15:30 – You don’t need an IT department; you just need to outsource or have someone on your team who is tech savvy
- 15:50 – The changes AJ and Meaghan see in businesses who begin tracking data
- 16:00 – It speeds up time to value and scalability; all it takes is seeing the 20% that is yielding 80% of results
- 17:45 – Just with one number, they have seen a company grow drastically and completely change the way they get customers
- 18:30 – Entrepreneurs feel relieved when they see data that answers why things are or aren’t working; the data optimizes and eliminates waste
- 19:45 – Data is critical when investing or looking for investors
- 20:25 – Investors are impressed by numbers and appreciate businesses that get the data themselves
- 21:20 – On using data personally
- 21:35 – Health-wise, data is obviously used; AJ and Meaghan use data in their relationship, too
- 22:00 – They understand each other’s love language and track how they show love to each other
- 22:45 – They used the data as feedback to change and become better at showing love to each other; at 3:33pm Meaghan gives AJ physical touch and words of affirmation
- 25:35 – They use apps to track habits; where you spend your time and money is what you prioritize
3 Key Points
- Don’t hope and guess – use data to know your efforts will work.
- Data optimizes your business and eliminates waste.
- See where you spend your time and money and that’ll tell you what you prioritize.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Praxis Metrics – AJ and Meaghan’s company
- Facebook, LinkedIn – Praxis Metrics
- Instagram, LinkedIn – Meaghan Connell
- Instagram, LinkedIn – AJ Yager
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, Amy Morin, a psychotherapist turned “accidental” author, reveals the struggles in her life that caused her to turnaround her mental state. Elliot and Amy discuss how, when you cut bad habits, your good habits become that much more effective. Listen in to hear a world-renowned author and speaker share what not to do to become mentally strong and live a healthy, happy, and fulfilled life.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:00 –Amy’s background and journey
- 01:40 – Amy was a therapist and interested in psychology; she realized that she needed mental strength in her own journey
- 02:07 – Her mother passed away suddenly; she began studying mental strength from a new perspective
- 02:30 – She wondered why some people got “stuck” when bad things happened while others could move on
- 02:50 - Her 26-year old husband died of a heart attack 3 years after her mother’s death; she had since learned strategies to cope
- 03:45 – Soon her father-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer; she went into a bad mental state and wrote herself a letter to get herself out
- 04:20 – She published the letter online and it has been read 50 million times; an agent contacted her and told her she should write a book
- 04:40 – In 2013 she wrote that article, her first book came out in 2014 and was translated into 33 languages, and now she speaks
- 05:40 – When you cut bad habits, the good habits become that much more effective
- 06:58 – The most powerful habit to deal with grief
- 07:07 – Don’t give away your power; don’t let other people or situations take away your control of how you feel
- 07:42 – Decide to do what’s best for yourself despite others or their expectations
- 09:40 – How Amy’s techniques apply to business and other areas of life
- 10:05 – Social media opens the door for resentment and comparison
- 10:30 – How Amy’s techniques are applied
- 10:40 – They are applied gradually and some may apply more than others at different points in life
- 11:00 – Your mental strength is like muscle; you must keep working at it to make it stronger
- 11:30 – She’s honest and tells people that she still struggles with not doing certain things; it requires constant work and conscious effort
- 11:50 – She realized that her potential is greater than what she thought 10 years ago
- 12:50 – She never thought she could be a public speaker; but she decided it was ok to be scared as long as she did it anyway. Her TedTalk is currently at 9 million views.
- 13:45 – About her new book
- 13:50 – It released in January and is based on questions readers asked her after reading the first books
- 14:05 – Her book is specifically for women; it explains what it looks like to be a strong woman
- 15:10 – The difference between a man and a woman becoming strong
- 15:55 – Girls are raised seeing only powerful male figures but are told they can do anything; there’s a disconnect
- 16:15 – The book helps people understand their self-worth, where the ideas come from, and how to break through
- 16:30 – How women can break through the programming
- 16:36 – Raising awareness of stereotypes and stories from her childhood help show women their power
- 19:05 – Going from therapist to public speaker
- 19:12 – It’s the same strategy and skills but just used on a larger scale
- 20:30 – She shared her personal story while still a therapist and was worried how it would affect her career
- 21:38 – The impact of social media on mental strength
- 21:55 – It has become a way to escape feelings and get distracted; Instagram is bad for mental health and opens the door to comparison and feelings of lack
- 22:40 – Social media has become a replacement for face-to-face contact
- 23:00 – She uses social media for business but finds it important to unplug; studies show a boost in happiness if you don’t sleep with a smartphone in the bedroom
- 23:35 – Become more aware of what life is like without your phone
3 Key Points
- Mental strength is like physical strength – you’ve got to keep exercising it.
- When you cut bad habits, your good ones become more effective.
- Unplug regularly to experience more happiness and fulfillment.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset Coaching App
- Katherine Switzer – YouTube Video
- Amy Morin – Website
- 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do – Book
- 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do – Book
- 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do – Book
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In today’s episode, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, CEO of Automattic, photographer, and world traveler, explains why he believes open-source is the only moral way for software to continue. Matt has witnessed the rapid advancement of open-source through his work with WordPress and has dedicated his life to democratizing publishing on the entire web. Although his lifelong mission is lofty to say the least, he maintains a balanced life with meditation, disconnected breaks, and travel. Listen in as Matt shares his opinion on culture, results, and taking control of your journey.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes
- 01:30 –Introducing Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, CEO of Automattic, photographer, and world traveler
- 02:00 – He loved the idea of making websites; he started coding by contributing to his own blog
- 02:30 - Matt’s early days
- 02:40 – He volunteered for B2-Cafelog and when they stopped being developed he posted on his blog about wanting to continue
- 03:00 – He set up the software for 5 or 6 of his friends from his performing arts high school and those were the first ever WordPress sites
- 04:27 – The most exciting thing about the journey
- 04:42 – When someone he admires uses WordPress, he feels proud; he loves the open-source volunteers he works with from all over the world
- 06:30 – Matt’s views on open-source technology
- 06:40 – Everyone uses it and improves it, which makes improvement so much faster than if it were proprietary
- 07:30 – It’s important for the community to see and help improve how our technology works
- 08:00 – The WordPress hierarchal structure
- 08:10 – Things get approved; but if someone disagrees with his decision, people can still take ideas and go a different direction
- 08:56 – There are about 300-500 code contributors per release; this doesn’t include all the other positions that go into making a release possible
- 10:35 – Dealing with people who disagree with his decisions
- 10:53 – He engages with the community to hear their concerns and get input; Twitter doesn’t lend itself well to effective communication with the community
- 12:20 – Matt’s self-care routine
- 12:55 – He meditates with the Calm app; his self-awareness has improved with meditation
- 13:25 – He thinks music is the most underrated mood-changer; he has different music for different tasks
- 13:48 – He’ll listen to the same song or album on repeat to get in the zone; deep house and DJ sets help him get energy and focus
- 14:50 – He uses the net “Sleeping Dragon” sound
- 15:18 – Matt’s Burning Man experience
- 16:40 – How Matt disconnects
- 16:46 – At least once a year he completely unplugs and goes somewhere where connecting is difficult
- 17:10 – He takes micro-breaks throughout the week and avoids things building up while he’s on vacation by working a bit each day
- 19:50 – Tips for others running young companies
- 20:06 – Don’t try to innovate in too many ways at the same time
- 20:30 – Focus on hiring, retention, and letting go; it’s important how you treat your employees
- 21:05 – It’s respectful to let go of those who aren’t a good fit
- 21:55 – How Matt trusts the people he brings on
- 22:28 – In the early days, he enjoyed doing all the jobs; then, he could hire for those jobs or delegate
- 22:40 – He still loves to code but doesn’t necessarily like the way the company codes now
- 23:30 – The importance of culture
- 23:40 – He believes culture is an overused word; just practice what you preach
- 24:30 – Emphasize that the rules are an iteration; keep building and reexamine your assumptions
- 24:50 – Results keep you honest; Uber and Google as an example
- 25:45 – Matt’s future
- 25:50 – The goal of his companies is to democratize publishing; they want the whole web on an open-source operating system
- 26:13 – He plans on working on this for the rest of his life
- 26:50 – Their philosophy and quality of software keeps WordPress popular
3 Key Points
- Open-source is critical for rapid worldwide innovation.
- Practice what you preach.
- Results keep you honest.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Calm – Meditation App
- net – Sound Site
- Work Rules! – Book
- Principles – Book
- Matt’s Instagram
- Matt’s Twitter
- Matts Website
- Automattic – Matt’s Company
- com – WordPress Add-on
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In today’s episode, Ben Greenfield, a world-renowned expert in health and fitness, explains how his lifestyle and business evolved into what it is today. Ben is a wildly successful speaker, entrepreneur, and expert on human optimization, and he attributes his ability to operate at such a high level to his purposeful, self-sustaining, and relaxed home life. He also tells us his thoughts on homeschooling, “health” foods, and how he has chosen to raise his kids. Listen in as Ben reveals the four steps to optimization and the secret to rapid recovery.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:11 –Introducing Ben Greenfield, a world expert in health and fitness, who has done bodybuilding, triathlons, and is a professional obstacle course racer
- 01:20 – He is a public speaker and expert on human optimization
- 01:40 – Ben’s journey
- 02:00 – He’s always been into mind and body wellness; he got his master’s in biomechanics and physiology and opened personal training studios
- 02:25 – He was named America’s top personal trainer in 2008 and began working more on the business side; he started investing, consulting, speaking, and writing
- 02:40 – He has a podcast and a company that develops formulations and supplements
- 03:30 – He wakes up happy and with a purpose; he wants to help others live their best life, too
- 04:00 – On the way he lives
- 04:22 – He lives in the forest in Washington State and lives off the land; he hunts, his wife grows food, and they have chickens for eggs
- 04:30 – His relaxed way of living helps him operate better because life isn’t too stressful
- 04:52 – The evolution of Ben’s diet
- 05:12 – In college, he ate terribly; he’d eat McDonald’s regularly
- 05:30 – He shifted into the way he eats now by gradually making changes to his diet as he learned more about nutrition
- 06:16 – When he tested his blood markers, he realized that he was fit on the outside but dying on the inside
- 07:00 – He realized that the “health” foods he was eating weren’t healthy at all
- 08:03 – He began eating superfoods, fasting in the morning, and eating home-cooked meals
- 08:50 – He’s learned how bad muscle meats are, and that other parts of the animal, like the liver, heart, and organs, are way more nutritious
- 09:30 – He’s learned how to ethically harvest animals and plants with the least amount of waste possible
- 10:30 – Ben’s diet
- 11:30 – He uses ancestral preparation techniques; if you don’t have allergies/restrictions, he recommends a wide variety of foods prepared ancestrally
- 12:30 – He finds cooking to be meditative and enjoyable
- 12:53 – How his kids eat
- 13:10 – His kids eat everything; they don’t like to eat off kid’s meals and would rather have nutrient-dense food
- 14:38 – His kids are very healthy, fit, and balanced; his goal is to raise them to be independent and free-spirited
- 15:40 – On not homeschooling his children even though he was
- 15:50 – Homeschooling allowed Ben to graduate high school at 15, but he believes traditional schooling has its benefits
- 16:16 – He wants his kids to be able to work in group settings, plus Ben finds it would be unfair to homeschool his kids when he wouldn’t be able to dedicate himself to it entirely
- 16:53 – He teaches his kids everything they won’t learn in school
- 18:11 – Some people are better equipped to teach their children at home; he believes he and his wife can teach some things but not all
- 19:18 – Tips for self-optimization
- 19:52 –Understanding that your body is a battery; charge it with good water, minerals, sunlight, and by touching the planet
- 25:43 – Ben’s thoughts on plastic water bottles
- 26:30 – Plastic impacts our hormone systems; Ben tries to use only glass bottles
- 27:45 – Ben’s number one physical recovery method outside of nutrition or sleep
- 27:55 – Cold and heat; find a sauna and finish with a cold shower or plunge
- 28:45 – A traditional sauna is just heat; an infrared sauna produces a light and heat that penetrates the body deeper
- 30:10 – Ben starts his day with a hot/cold session
3 Key Points
- Ancestral food preparation techniques are a tried and true diet foundation.
- Recharge your body with water, minerals, sunlight, and contact with the earth.
- Educate yourself on food waste, nutrition, plastics, and healthy habits – and adjust your lifestyle accordingly.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Book – Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
- Book – Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy
- Spring Locator – Find a Spring
- Book - Estrogeneration
- Ben’s Website
- Ben’s Business Website - Kion
Credits
Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, Oli Billson, a marketing and business growth expert who specializes in direct response and marketing automation, reveals the key ways to move the needle in business – and keep it moving. Elliot and Oli discuss how the lessons learned through competitive sport can be both beneficial and challenging when utilized in entrepreneurship. Listen in to hear a highly sought-after business consultant share why working on yourself, maintaining a routine, and focusing on your goals is critical to both personal and business success.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:40 –Oli’s entrepreneurial journey
- 01:50 – He started his first business at 15 years old and played tennis since he was 7 or 8 years old
- 02:37 – He lost his love for tennis and sought something else; he found joy in making custom-built computers for clients so he began doing that
- 03:50 – He had the freedom to choose his life’s path from an early age
- 04:08 – His education in sports translated well to business; the competitive nature of sport can also create internal conflict
- 04:45 – You must work on yourself to move the needle
- 05:00 – In sport he wanted to know every aspect of the game but in business it’s hard to do that
- 05:35 – He went to university for a year and was approached by KPMG; he still dropped out because the corporate life wasn’t appealing to him
- 07:05 – Bringing on the best staff
- 07:30 – Early in his business, he had an expectation that the people he hired would be like him; it took him a while to recognize how people were different
- 08:15 – He learned that he needed to adapt and find more people to act within their unique ability
- 09:10 – What Oli did to self-teach
- 09:50 – Before about a year ago, he looked for resources outside of coaching
- 10:07 – He learned that different techniques need to be deployed at different points in a business’s growth
- 10:50 – Oli got a coach because he needed support in making decisions
- 11:00 – The impact coaching has had on Oli’s business
- 11:20 – He thought it was about getting to the next level as a leader but it has made more of a personal impact than he could’ve ever guessed
- 11:45 – He can now spend more time with his children and is more clear on his personal vision, goals, and priorities
- 12:13 – Personal balance is directly impacting his leadership skills
- 12:40 – His struggles as a leader were like his struggles as a parent; both are connected and being addressed through coaching
- 13:10 – He has become more mindful
- 13:32 – How Oli organizes his time
- 14:00 – Focus is key; a clear personal and business vision is necessary
- 15:16 – Have a clear mission that is measureable and achievable
- 15:40 – Create an annual set of priorities and make quarterly, monthly, and weekly projects to achieve those goals
- 16:48 – Daily disciplines are the daily breakdown to accomplish the goals outlined
- 17:00 – The 4 P’s
- 17:00 - Promotion: Diving leads and making money
- 17:20 – Production: Make something
- 17:49 – Provision: Things you must do for other people or compliance
- 18:00 – Pedestrian: Administrative things that can be delegated
- 18:20 – Oli’s routines
- 18:30 – Every night he plans the next day and every morning he has a wellness and working routine
- 20:40 – Advice for someone wanting to build a business
- 21:00 – Discipline and structure are key to success; work within your unique ability
- 21:40 – Oli’s “ah-ha” moment in business
- 22:00 – Successfully helping other people do what he has done to succeed after he tested and refined the process
3 Key Points
- The lessons learned through sport greatly benefit business – but also challenge a competitive mindset.
- The strategies implemented to grow to one level of business are different than the strategies needed to grow to the next.
- Have a clear vision, mission, list of priorities, and goals to get to the next level in life and business.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Next Level Business – Oli’s website
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, Ed Latimore, 13-1 professional boxer, author, speaker, and former alcoholic, reveals what is necessary to create true and lasting change. Elliot and Ed discuss how boxing taught him the grit and resistance he needed in the real world when getting sober, going back to school, and joining the military. Listen in to hear someone who has learned things the hard way share the truth about limitations, making money, and living a fulfilling life.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
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01:00 –Ed’s background and journey
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01:44 – He had an alcohol problem, a dead-end job, and was broke into his late 20s
- 02:50 – When he realized he had a greater vision for himself, he went into the army so he could pay to go to school
- 05:10 – After being in school and in the military, he quit alcohol and had to re-adjust to the change
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06:30 – He was building himself up as a boxer and kept busy
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07:00 – The most important decisions he made were to go to college and join the military
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07:46 – Getting sober has helped him become a better person for the world; drinking was the one thing holding him back
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10:18 - Shifts are spurred by negative reactions or positive ones; Ed’s were spurred by his confidence
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10:42 – He gave himself 3 goals and told himself he could drink again if he accomplished 2 of them
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11:00 – By the time the goals had been accomplished, he didn’t want to drink again; he’s learned to enjoy life without alcohol
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13:55 – Ask the right questions and use the solutions given to you in mentorship
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14:45 – He works privately with people and takes it personally if they don’t take the advice that would help them
- 15:50 – People want confirmation or an easy answer; if they aren’t ready, they won’t make a change
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17:00 – Most of the people he speaks with had a clear moment where they realized they needed to change
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18:40 – How boxing helped his mindset in other areas of life
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19:05 – Boxing helped him build grit and resilience; he didn’t fight his first fight until he was 23 years old so he had to be persistent and dedicated
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20:22 – He used that mindset when he went to school for math and when he wrote his books; he didn’t let criticism stop his momentum
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23:30 – On how his book changed his life
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24:10 – His first book generated life-changing opportunities; it didn’t generate a life-changing amount of money
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26:20 – He’s hoping his next book will generate more income because he has learned more about the selling and marketing side of things
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26:35 – Tips to start living a life you love
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26:40 – Get up an hour earlier and stop wasting time
- 27:05 – Money is the result of providing value
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28:30 – If you can do it in person, you can probably do it online; operating online will give you time and location freedom
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29:40 – We accept limitations, but they are just illusions
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30:00 – He wouldn’t have tried to do certain things if he would’ve allowed perceived limitations to stop him
3 Key Points
- People often want confirmation or an easy answer, but real change is hard.
- Money is a result of providing value.
- Limitations are illusions; create your desired reality by ignoring the illusion.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Ed’s Twitter
- Ed’s Website – EdLatimore.com
- Ed’s Book – Not Caring What Other People Think is a Superpower
- Ed’s soon-to-be-released book – Sober Letters to my Drunk Self
Credits
Podcast Production by Podcastily
In today’s episode, George Bryant, US Marine, author, and marketing consultant, shares his incredible journey from a very difficult upbringing to using his story to build successful businesses. George had a childhood that involved physical, sexual, and emotional abuse that led him to develop some unhealthy coping mechanisms. He decided to take control of his story, share it, and use it to grow both as a persona and an entrepreneur. Listen in as George explains why owning your story is so incredibly powerful and how you can do that.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
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01:00 –Introducing George and his incredible journey
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01:40 – How George went from a very difficult upbringing that included physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to being an incredibly successful and positive person in adulthood
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04:30 – How George came to the realization that he needed to change how he was eating to feel better
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04:50 – He documented the entire journey and his fight against bulemia on his food blog
- 05:17 – “My thought was if I could close my back doors, I would have no choice but to succeed.”
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06:10 – He realized how much power and healing can come from owning your story and sharing it openly so that it doesn’t control you anymore
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07:06 – The common thread is that he was trying to avoid connection
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07:50 – Why George thinks you need to work toward sharing your story over time
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08:25 – He knew that, for himself, he had to go to extremes and share his story publicly in order to have the breakthrough he needed
- 08:40 – He reveleaed his story on the biggest podcast in the world
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09:20 – You need to own your story for yourself first and there are 4 stages to progress through
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09:35 – The 4 As George has had to go through every time there is a breakthrough
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10:20 – Acceptance is where you put a pin in the map. It doesn’t mean you have to be okay with what you’re going through, it’s just accepting where you are in the moment.
- 11:00 – How George utilizes action and accountability to keep himself on track
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11:50 – “You’re not alone. These things didn’t happen to you, they happened.”
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12:30 – Why George threw the keynote speech he planned out the window and shared his 60 seconds of truth
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13:10 – How his wife challenged him to tell his story to the next man he saw
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13:50 – What happened when he told 2 complete strangers his entire story
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15:30 – How the feeling of sharing his story became a new addiction at first
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16:18 – How awareness has made this a strength
- 16:34 – How he calls himself out and hold himself accountable
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17:10 – Why he has embraced unapologetic authenticity even if that means calling himself out publicly
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18:15 – How George’s addiction to bulemia was actually an addiction to something that fixed the feeling of the core wound underneath it
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18:35 – How shining a light on the dark spots where shame hid made everything easier
- 19:30 – George wasn’t comfortable taking his shirt off even when he had an 8-pack due to his body dysmorphia
- 20:05 – All of these issues were wrapped up in taking back control he felt was taken from him
- 21:10 – The work he did set the foundation for him being able to accept that these beliefs and actions weren’t serving him
- 22:00 – In the present moment, it’s about course correcting and keeping the ship moving forward
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22:50 –He realized he was setting himself up for failure with perfectionism
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23:22 – Start with awareness
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23:50 – Anger is a secondary emotion and underneath is hurt or fear
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24:20 – These feelings are tools your subsconscious has created to keep you safe
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24:50 – How George uses the knowledge that he has gained on his journey in his marketing consulting
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25:45 – The core of what he does is help people get out of their own way
- 26:06 – The 3 things that human beings need to change in a specific order
- 26:28 – He uses his story as a tool to create permission for people to self-identify
- 28:00 – “Marketing is nothing more than two-way, long-term, value-based relationships”
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28:50 – How a previous client doubled revenue by giving permission to the team
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30:32 – Marketing is becoming less inhuman
- 31:00 – How marketing moves in cycles
- 31:47 – Those who are focusing on two-way relationships are winning and will continue to win
- 32:20 – We aren’t even seeing ads anymore
- 32:58 – “Relationships beat algorithms”
- 33:30 – Where people can find George’s keynotes
- 34:30 – George is focusing on teaching for the next part of his journey
3 Key Points
- When you own your story it will no longer own you.
- All changes start with awareness.
- Relationships beat algorithms.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- George’s Website – Civilized Caveman
- George’s Facebook Group – Marketing with George Bryant
Credits
Podcast Production by Podcastily
In this episode, Scott deMoulin, business consultant, speaking coach, and CEO of Destiny Training Systems International, shares some tips to communicate more effectively and propel your business to the next level. Elliot and Scott discuss why most people fail in business and, surprisingly, it’s not what they do or don’t do: It’s how they think. Listen in to hear a true expert in the realm of personal development reveal what all leaders have in common and why mastering your message is crucial to your success.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
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01:00 – Introducing Scott deMoulin, a business consultant and speaking coach who has been in the personal development industry for 38 years
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01:40 – Scott’s entrepreneurial and personal growth journey
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01:53 – He’s accelerated his journey by learning from the experiences of others; he’s worked with the top thought-leaders in the industry
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02:50 – Curiosity, learning, and constant growth
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03:00 – His partnerships with leaders in the industry were the best learning opportunities
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03:30 – Scott’s mission to contribute to small business owners and entrepreneurs
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04:00 – The risks business owners take are scary but can be mitigated
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04:40 – Why most people fail: They think they know enough and refuse to discover new or different ways to operate
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05:20 – The most successful leaders have a need to know more and think differently
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05:55 – Conscious businesses are more successful
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06:07 – How to determine someone’s willingness to learn and why it’s critical
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06:30 – It’s important to stay on pace with technological advancements in business
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07:15 – The difference between “need” and “want” and how urgency changes the game
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08:15 – A business owner must diagnose a client’s needs and wants so they can serve the client effectively
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08:50 – Why mastering communication is important
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09:10 – 90% of your success is directly related to how effectively you communicate; Google’s “Project Oxygen”example
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10:25 – Mastering the message, marketing, and communication to your audience
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11:20 – Getting past the fear and anxiety of public speaking
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13:00 – How preparation leads to success and melts fear
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15:00 – An exercise in Scott’s program to help people get comfortable when speaking to a group and spur engagement
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18:25 – Tips for effective public speaking
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18:48 – Persuade, don’t just present; ask, don’t tell
- 19:40 – Educate, don’t sell
- 22:30 – Think differently; engage your audience, then ask them a question
- 24:39 – Train your audience to participate by asking questions and allowing them to respond
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25:24 – Understand the anatomy and syntax of a speech
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27:24 – Why mastering the art of speaking is beneficial to entrepreneurs
- 28:25 – The difference between looking good and being perceived as an expert
- 29:20 – Speaking opportunities to benefit your business
- 30:00 – Scott’s client success examples
3 Key Points
- Most people fail because they think they know enough.
- A successful speaker persuades, educates, and engages their audience.
- Mastering the art of public speaking and communication will drastically benefit your business.
Contact/Resources
- Book - Think and Grow Rich
- Scott’s speaking program - www.EngageFromYourStage.com
- Scott’s business training program - www.WinningBigWithIntegrity.com
- Scott's Main Website -https://destinytraining.com/
Credits
Podcast Production by Podcastily
In today’s episode, Dr. Kayvon K, productivity and mindset coach for entrepreneurs, shares some of the biggest stumbling blocks that high-performing entrepreneurs face. Dr. Kayvon started off his career as a doctor but was soon presented with a fork in the road when he found it too difficult to push his empathy aside. After an interesting journey, Dr. Kayvon now helps entrepreneurs and CEOs get out of their own way so they can continue to grow. Listen in as Dr. Kayvon explains how resistance holds us back and how we can push past it effectively.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:01 –Introducing Kayvon and how he became a coach for entrepreneurs
- 01:30 – How and why Dr. Kayvon went from being a doctor to a coach for entrepreneurs
- 05:06 – Where entrepreneurs and CEOs are getting stuck when it comes to mindset
- 06:15 – How Dr. Kayvon helps his clients get out of their own way
- 07:00 – Understanding and breaking through self sabotage
- 07:20 – Why Dr. Kayvon focuses on helping clients find their core strengths
- 08:00 – This work demands deep and radical honesty
- 08:15 – Since we only have one mind we need one highest priority. Dr. Kayvon helps his clients figure out what this is through a series of questions.
- 09:17 – How Dr. Kayvon’s empathy presented him with a fork in the road
- 10:20 – How Dr. Kayvon realized that he is not made for working on the sad side of helping people
- 10:30 – Turning this on its head and working with people on growth and positive impact has helped him find his zone of genius
- 11:33 – The common theme between Dr. Kayvon’s various products and audiences who may be at different stages in their growth
- 12:00 – He helps all of these people with clarification through the process of simplifying things so they can narrow down their focus and become high performers.
- 12:45 – How the issues you’re facing show up in different ways
- 13:00 – It’s one thing to be able to recognize them but how do you deal with it?
- 13:20 – Mindset training and martial arts training have a surprising amount in common
- 13:34 – How the person who is trained in dealing with these issues deals with them vs how an untrained person deals with them
- 13:45 – Are we trained in our responses or are we not?
- 14:00 – You only have 2 options when faced with a trigger: having a reaction or having a response
- 14:20 – His favorite system to use when distraction is the trigger
- 15:00 – There is a response for everything. Example: When I find myself getting distracted, I set the timer and use the Pomodoro technique.
- 15:05 – Kayvon’s passion project that helps people know how to respond to any given trigger
- 15:40 – Making our reactions to responses second nature takes training but it allows you to respond instead of react
- 16:25 – How his clients are using these techniques
- 16:30 – When you procrastinate on something, only commit to the first 5 minutes. Anybody can do just 5 minutes.
- 17:20 – More often than not, this subdues the resistance so you can continue the work after the first 5 minutes without it feeling daunting or overwhelming.
- 18:05 – It’s very difficult to work in something and on something at the same time
- 18:20 – We react differently to different environments but you can create your own productive environment that is natural and gets you results
- 18:53 – Tricking our mind with intelligently-designed environments is much more effective than trying to use willpower
- 19:35 – The 2 twists that Dr. Kayvon applies to scheduling to make it even more effective
- 19:47 – “I don’t prioritize my schedule, I schedule my priorities”
- 20:04 – Why you should use what you know about when you work best to schedule your most important work for the day
- 20:49 – He schedules tasks based on natural engagement
- 21:00 – There are times of day when your brain is naturally more in input, output, or creative mode and you should embrace those natural patterns
- 21:40 – If I have a call when I’m in creative mode my creative work will suffer later and so will the call because that is best suited for output mode
- 22:30 – This results in an environment of productivity where I’m naturally doing the right things at the right time
- 22:45 – Recommendations for anyone wanting to optimize how they work
- 23:07 – The difference between Dr. Kayvon’s programs and who is best suited for each
3 Key Points * If you’re doing several things for clients, focus on what you enjoy most and where you deliver the most value. * Regardless of what we’re doing, we are always in our own way. * Embrace your natural patterns when scheduling your day.
Contact/Resources * Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App * Kayvon’s Website – 10x Productivity * Kayvon’s New Program – Thrive * Kayvon’s Scheduling Page – talktokayvon.com * Book - The War Of Art
Credits * Podcast Production, Editing, Show Notes & Transcript by Podcastily
Ray Higdon had a high-paying, stable, comfortable corporate job, but when the bosses pushed him to work extended hours and give up his weekends, he had enough. He left the corporate world and got into real estate, where he had quick success, at least until the housing bubble popped. In a blink of an eye, he was seven figures in debt and struggling to pay his bills.
In this episode of The A-Game Advantage Podcast, Elliot and Ray discuss how Ray was able to get out of that hole and become one of the biggest names in network marketing. Tune in to discover the Mindsets that allowed Ray to enormous huge obstacles into overwhelming success.
Time Stamped Show Notes... * [1:40] - Ray shares his story * [1:50] - Left high paying corporate job to get into real estate. * [2:35] - Did very well until the real estate crash. Ended up $1,000,000 in debt. * [2:50] - Got invited to a network marketing presentation, joined, and ended up being the top earner in the company. * [4:05] - Discussing the negative stigma of network marketing * [4:45] - Ray knew lots of people who had been successful in it, so knew it was possible. * [5:05] - This is the lowest risk, lowest overhead, way for an average person to start a home business. * [5:55] - Many people use it as a launch pad to start other businesses. * [7:00] - The importance of Mindset in marketing and business. * [7:10] - It’s the #1 trait. It doesn’t matter if you’re the most skilled or have the best tactics, without Mindset, you won’t go far. * [8:30] - Why Ray hired Elliot even after achieving success and earning lots of money. * [9:45] - This biggest roadblock holding people back from business success. * [10:40] - Learning lessons from setbacks and obstacles. * [11:15] - Why making more money is the best thing you can do for the world. * [13:30] - Self-sabotage and the fear of being successful * [13:45] - “You’ll never become that which you despise.” * [14:45] - The fear of putting your face out on social media. * [17:45] - Advice for those dealing with financial struggles [18:00] - The story of Felix Dennis * [19:10] - Change your focus, change your direction. * [20:05] - Book recommendations * [23:05] - Fine-tuning your Mindset to take your success to the next level. * [25:45] - Being a coach doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. * [26:50] - The ROI of investing in yourself
3 Key Points 1. Mindset is everything. All the skill in the world is meaningless if you have a poor mindset. 2. There will always be obstacles. Learn to use them to take your game to the next level, rather than trying to live an obstacle-free life. 3. If you’re going through hard times, know that there is someone out there who has gone through worse and turned it around.
Contact/Resources * Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App * Ray's Website– Rank Makers * Ray's Twitter * Ray's Instagram * Ray's Facebook
Credits * Podcast Production, Editing, Show Notes & Transcript by Podcastily
In today’s episode, Robert Drysdale, Brazilian JJiu-Jitsu black belt and world champion, explains why he attributes his success to his deep emotional investment in competition and winning. Robert’s frustrating childhood and obsession with perfection led him to understand how we achieve success and, surprisingly, it’s not by being happy and content. He is now focused on being a father, getting his degree in history, and teaching students of the sport at his own school and seminars around the world. Listen in as Robert explains why competition reveals who you truly are and permanently changes you for the better.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:30 –Introducing Robert and the origins of Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)
- 02:20 – It’s a grappling art similar to Judo
- 03:00 – Why Jiu Jitsu is emotional for Robert
- 03:30 – He created expectations for himself to succeed and had a frustrating childhood
- 03:50 – When he found BJJ he dedicated himself to it fully and was highly competitive
- 04:35 – The emotional investment he had in BJJ is the reason for his success
- 04:55 – He’s not the most athletic person, nor is he the most “Jiu Jitsu intelligent” person; his asset was his competitiveness and heart on the mat
- 05:25 – He didn’t care about prestige or credit; he cared about winning on a much deeper level and didn’t accept anything but perfection
- 06:00 – Since perfection could never be attained, there was a level of unhappiness and discontentment that acted as fuel
- 06:20 – Robert remembers a quote from the movie Rush, where a character says, “Happiness is the enemy”
- 07:20 – This quote speaks for how we achieve success; once we are content, we’re done, and the fire is out
- 07:55 – He isn’t as emotional as he once was; a student passed his guard recently and he wasn’t upset
- 08:30 – There must be a degree of discontent with where you are
- 08:48 – Winning was like a drug; he felt invincible for a few days then was back in the gym training
- 09:40 – The pendulum of boredom, accomplishment and desire, and how art can help you overcome that constant swing back and forth
- 10:10 – How Robert’s appreciation for BJJ has changed; he appreciates it as an art and sees it’s psychological and social benefits
- 10:25 – He now understands the BJJ journey
- 10:50 – The transition from the ultra-serious competitive state to his now relaxed and meditative state
- 11:10 – He disliked the MMA culture; money poisoned the purity and essence of the art
- 11:45 – He failed his drug test and saw another side of people that he hadn’t seen before; he evolved to realize that he didn’t have to prove anything to people
- 12:30 – He had daughters and his priorities changed, he also wanted to focus on his brain health
- 13:30 – He has evolved for the better and is happy where he is now in life
- 14:13 – He believes he experienced that “fire” for longer than most of his peers because he fought for the right reasons
- 15:15 – The mindset shifts in BJJ
- 15:35 – Competition changes you and reveals the weakness or strength in your mental state
- 16:25 – Some people create an armor to protect a weak interior, and some weaker-looking people are full of heart and toughness
- 17:15 – Competition teaches you how to control your emotions; he was bullied in school and conquered his emotions in the process
- 17:50 – He got to a point where he could sleep before matches because he was so relaxed
- 18:25 – He’s not intimidated by day-to-day things anymore; he’s become bulletproof in social situations
- 19:40 –After fighting everything looks like less of a challenge; his confidence is elevated because of that
- 20:45 – BJJ as a thinking sport
- 20:50 – Some people say it’s like human chess, but Robert thinks it’s harder because it isn’t 2-dimentional
- 22:00 – MMA as the most complete martial art because it is as real as it gets; Robert is fascinated by it
- 22:35 – It’s the culture that Robert doesn’t like; he had a promising career and left it
- 23:15 – In BJJ, there was a greater sense of community that the MMA community lacked
- 24:44 – He’s working on a documentary on the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- 25:15 – He fell in love with the story and wants to teach how BJJ and MMA began
- 26:20 – It’s been fun for Robert and he’s learning a lot about filming and producing a film; his goal is for it to be archival and used for educational purposes
- 27:50 – He hopes it’ll be referenced in the future; they’ve interviewed masters and founders of the sport
- 28:40 – He hopes to release it in December, but understands that it may take longer than expected
- 30:00 – Recommendations for anyone wanting to start Jiu Jitsu
- 30:15 – Every gym has a culture; shop around for something that fits what you are looking for and has a culture you resonate with
3 Key Points
- Unhappiness and discontentment can act as fuel.
- Competition changes you and reveals your true mental state.
- Competition teaches you how to control your emotions.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Robert’s Website – Drysdale Jiu Jitsu
- Movie - Rush
Credits
Podcast Production by Podcastily
In today’s episode, Audley Harrison, public figure, speaker, presenter, and boxer, explains why visualization and mindset was key to turning his life around and winning an Olympic gold medal. Audley has experienced the result of when your mindset is 100% ready – and when it isn’t – and gives insights so that we may learn from his accomplishments and struggles. He now inspires others to stay positive and align their dreams with the mindset to attain them. Listen in as Audley recounts what makes the difference between winning and losing – in life and in sport.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:30 –Introducing Audley and his background
- 02:00 – He thought he had no future and got into trouble as a kid; his mindset shift is what turned his life around
- 03:10 – At 9 years old he had an epiphany that he’d be a great sportsman one day; he spent years seeking the sport he loved
- 03:35 – He was connected to boxing through his younger brother and he enjoyed the Rocky movies
- 04:00 –At age 19, he got into a street fight and people said he looked like a boxer; he went to the gym to try it and quickly realized it was his sport
- 04:30 – He trained, went to college, graduated, and quickly advanced in his boxing career
- 05:20 – He was on the world stage, won national championships, and began visualizing the Olympic gold medal
- 06:10 – He started a boxing union when he was 27 because boxing at the time wasn’t funded and he was in debt; he knew that couldn’t work long-term
- 07:15 – Only two boxers of twelve qualified for the Olympic Games; when he was in the Olympic Village he was pumped, focused, calculated, and confident
- 8:30 – He introduced himself to the other athletes and told everyone he was going to win a gold medal; he wanted to put boxing on the map
- 09:20 – Audley fought Alexei Lezin from Russia and beat him; that’s when everyone began to take an interest in his fights
- 10:40 – The crowd was behind him in the semifinals; his abilities matched his task and everything came together
- 11:30 – He ruptured a tendon in his knuckle in the semifinals and needed to get cleared by the doctors to continue fighting; he didn’t want to settle for silver
- 13:00 – He spent 3 days icing his hand; the doctor looked at his hand and his face, and told him he needed to shave
- 14:20 – He shaved and got into the final despite his hand injury; Lennox Lewis visited his room before his fight and encouraged him
- 15:30 – He won the gold medal; he did it for himself, his legacy, and to put boxing on the map in Great Britain
- 16:40 – The mindset Audley had to create his own reality
- 16:55 – He knows to never give up, no matter how dark, hard, or difficult; he learned determination, talent, resilience, and courage is required to live your dream
- 17:50 – Be who you are and live your best life; use everything you have to make your dream happen
- 18:30 – It’s all about mindset; everything is a fight and your mindset is what makes the difference
- 20:02 – He tore his pectoral muscle in a fight with Michael Sprott but he didn’t care, he kept fighting because he had already made his mind that he was going to win
- 21:50 – He had a surgery and was still injured when he fought David Haye; he knew he wasn’t ready when he walked out on the ring
- 25:00 – He was trying to heal his pectoral quickly, he took chances, cut corners, and wasn’t being true to himself
- 25:50 – It was the title that he wanted, he didn’t just want to win another fight
- 26:28 – He didn’t win; he learned that you don’t win world titles simply “hoping for the best”
- 29:00 – He was hoping that everything was going to come together, and that was his mistake
- 29:45 – If you want a special performance, you must know; when Audley’s mindset wasn’t at 100%, it didn’t work out well for him
- 33:05 – He took fights when he was still injured out of desperation; he didn’t know when he’d get the chance again
- 33:55 – When he became a professional, he wanted to be his own promoter; he wanted to do his own deal with the BBC
- 34:14 – He worked with the BBC because he put his mind to achieving that goal
- 35:15 – How Audley feels looking back on his journey
- 35:30 – Fondly, even though he didn’t get everything he wanted; he achieved his goals and changed the future of boxing
- 36:15 – The way he lost the BBC deal made him very depressed; he found faith in himself to recover
- 37:06 – He is part of Samaritans to support those dealing with depression, stress, and suicidal thoughts
- 38:00 – The Samaritans campaign is to encourage people to support each other through life’s difficult seasons
- 40:00 – He now plays poker and guarantees that he’ll play in the WSOP next year
3 Key Points
- Visualize, act, and speak as if you’ve already actualized your goal.
- You must have determination, talent, resilience, and courage to live your dream.
- Prepare and know that everything will come together – hope alone won’t get you there.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Audley Harrison – Website
- Harrison vs. Sprott Knockout - Video
- Samaritans - Website
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
Today we’re discussing a topic that cannot be ignored if you truly want lasting success in all aspects of life: Identity. In today’s episode, Gerald Rogers, author, speaker and coach, explains why addressing identity is key to creating lasting positive change. Gerald has seen massive transformations and an evolving coaching industry but one thing remains the same: His passion to help others spread their message, find freedom, and live their purpose. Tune in to hear Gerald explain why true transformation only occurs when strategy is paired with the right mindset.
Visit A-Game Advantage or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Elliot Roe.
Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 01:00 – Introducing Gerald Rogers; author, speaker, and coach with 10+ years of experience
- 01:20 – Your identity impacts the results you create; the achievement of real change requires a shift in your fundamental beliefs
- 01:50 – Why identity has proven so important in Gerald’s coaching practice
- 02:05 – If success lies outside of one’s core existing identity, it’ll never be achieved long-term through surface level action
- 02:25 – Perception of self and internal beliefs must be changed to reach new heights
- 02:35 – Reference to Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz as a foundational book on the game of transformation
- 02:50 – People can be trained on the right things to do, but they can’t implement them if those actions lie outside of their identity
- 03:50 – Why it’s easy to predict what happens when someone wins the lottery or loses a lot of money
- 04:10 – How Gerald helps people make the identity shift so their actions toward success become natural
- 04:40 – The use of hypnosis, NLP, and other modalities and elements to produce breakthroughs and a sense of accountability
- 05:00 –Discovering the events that created preexisting beliefs; a client example who believed they weren’t worthy of getting what they wanted
- 06:12 - Rewriting the past, internalizing a different story, and using Gestalt therapy to unravel the beliefs that have been created over a lifetime
- 07:45 – Gerald’s experience with clients who deny the existence of an identity issue
- 07:50 – The results speak for themselves; if the client is experiencing any friction in life, then the existence of a problem is apparent
- 08:25 – Some people have deep trauma, but most of us have minor things from our childhood that were interpreted incorrectly thus causing negative belief patterns
- 10:00 – Gerald’s take on the coaching industry and how it’s changed over the years
- 10:10 – He’s grateful because everyone needs a coach, but also concerned because some coaches are not qualified
- 11:10 – How Gerald believes one should select a coach
- 11:20 – The reasons why someone would want a coach varies greatly
- 11:35 – The best coaches are holistic; they can give both strategy and mindset advice because a strategy won’t be effective without the right mindset
- 12:45 – The results that Gerald has seen over the years through his coaching and 3-day transformational events
- 13:00 – It’s common for Gerald to hear that things have “taken off” for people after the event; results occur even more quickly with his private coaching clients
- 14:27 – Why Gerald chose to do events
- 14:51 – He’s always educated himself on personal development, but it wasn’t until he went to events that he began to truly transform and feel “on fire”
- 15:30 – Events remind him of who he is and who he wants to be
- 16:45 – The value of networking at events
- 17:10 – Our identity begins to shift when we are surrounded by positive, uplifting, and inspiring people
- 17:54 –Gerald’s mission is to help people spread their message, have more freedom, and live their purpose at a bigger level
- 19:00 – Everyone wants this, but not everyone makes the identity shift to make it happen; people tend to cling to what they know
- 20:20 – When people see positive change through their work with Gerald, it’s life-changing and exciting
- 21:14 – A gift from Gerald: A 30-minute breakthrough strategy session
3 Key Points
- Identity is the core of EVERYTHING.
- The best coaches are holistic; they teach both mindset and strategy.
- Our identity can begin to positively shift when we address preexisting beliefs and surround ourselves with supportive people.
Contact/Resources
- Primed Mind – Elliot’s Mindset App
- Psycho-Cybernetics – book by Maxwell Maltz
- Gerald Roger’s Website
- Free 30-minute breakthrough strategy session
Credits
- Podcast Production by Podcastily
Haralabos Voulgaris is one of the most accomplished professional gamblers in history. Focusing solely on the NBA, his edge early in his career came from a keen understanding of match-ups, mapping the tendencies of head coaches, and exploiting mistakes in the lines set by the sportsbooks.
This approach was profitable for years, so much so that Haralabos regular wagered $1,000,000 per day on games. Around 2004 the sports books caught on to his strategies and made adjustments to kill his edge. This was when Haralabos made the shift to using statistics and algorithms to inform his betting decisions.
He became a pioneer in NBA statistical analysis and in addition to being recognized for his gambling prowess, he's been featured in the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference, and consulted for NBA teams during the off season.
Elliot and Haralabos discuss winning in a game that most believe is unbeatable, balancing extreme success with happiness, and the value of personal development.
In This Episode... [2:15] Why Haralabos doesn’t like the “professional gambler” label, even though he has regularly wagered $1,000,000 a day on NBA games.
[3:45] The process that Haralabos goes through to find an edge in a field where 99% of the participants are losing money.
[7:05] The “Beard” strategy Haralabos employed to make large wagers even when the Sports Books had blocked his action.
[12:15] Why having a different mindset than the rest of your industry is the key to breakout success.
[16:50] How Haralabos’ analytic methodology landed him a consulting gig with an NBA team (and why NBA managers refuse to talk to him during the season).
[19:55] Two ways to balance your happiness with the effort and dedication that extreme success requires.
[27:13] How to use meditation to reverse the adverse effects of excess social media usage.
Resources Haralabos Voulgaris on Twitter
Inquire About Performance Coaching From Elliot Roe
Get Elliot's Primed Mind App
Gut health is one of the hottest topics in the medical industry right now, as research is revealing the critical role it plays in all aspects of health.
Dr. Stephen Barrie is executive with Viome – which is a company that tests and tracks the exact composition of your microbiome.
Chronic illnesses caused by an imbalance in the microbiome are a huge hindrance to performing to your full potential, and Dr. Barrie shares how Viome maps your gut and shows you the foods you need to eat (and avoid) to restore balance.
Elliot and Dr. Barrie also discuss how optimizing your microbiome improves performance for those who wouldn't immediately identify as having a gut health problem.
In This Episode... [2:05] Did you know there are 100 trillion microbial cells in and on the human body? That’s 10x the 10 trillion human cells we have. Recent studies show that an imbalance in this microbiome leads to 90% of all human disease including Heart Disease, Alzheimer’s, and Type 2 Diabetes.
[5:15] How Viome measures the exact composition of your gut microbiome and determines the precise foods you should and shouldn’t eat to optimize gut health (and why this means there is no such thing as a universally healthy diet).
[7:40] The “Myth Of The Universally Health Food.” If you hate broccoli, you might be one of the 38% who shouldn’t be eating it ever!
[9:40] How to stabilize and control the composition of your gut microbiome so you can gradually increase the variety of foods that are healthy for you to eat.
[12:58] Ever give in to sugar cravings that you know are bad for you? Discover how bad bacteria literally hijack your thoughts, feelings, and emotions to manipulate your behavior for their own benefit.
[16:10] How to gain an extra edge by optimizing your microbiome, even if you think your gut health seems perfectly fine.
[22:02] What to do after you’ve gone through a course of antibiotics to restore a healthy microbiome (skip this step, and it could take up to 3 years to fully recover).
Resources Get Your Viome Testing Kit
Viome on Twitter
Viome on Facebook
Dr. Stephen Barrie's Personal Site
Dr. Stephen Barrie's Twitter
Get Elliot's Primed Mind App
In this episode, Matthew Slipper shares how living by a principle he calls "Unorthodoxy" has allowed him to achieve massive success in the tech industry at a very young age.
Matthew discovered coding at age 11. When other kids were playing Pokemon or video games, he was studying books on Perl 5 at the library.
At 17, while still in high school, Matthew became the sole front-end engineer for Perzo - which was later acquired by Goldman Sachs to become Symphony and attain a billion dollar valuation
Currently, he is one of the founders of Kyokan, a company in the blockchain industry who is at the forefront of turning the world-changing potential of this exciting technology into a reality.
For more information about what Kyokan does, please visit: https://kyokan.io/
In This Episode... [1:55] How living by the principle of Unorthodoxy has allowed Matthew to achieve massive success in the tech industry at a very young age.
[2:28] Why Perzo trusted Matthew, who was just 17 and still in high school at the time, to be the sole front-end developer for an app that managed the communications for financial institutes with trillions of dollars under management.
[5:15] “You’d be an idiot not to leave college” - What you need to demonstrate to friends and family to earn their support while taking an unconventional path.
[6:30] How Matthew, and his company Kyokan, are working to help blockchain visionaries turn their big ideas into actual products.
[10:33] Why critically identifying your personal philosophy and vision is vital to both long-term success and happiness.
[14:40] Warning: If you don’t embrace this one mindset you absolutely shouldn’t found your own company (and how you can still fulfill your purpose even if founding isn’t the right choice for you).
[16:25] The missing piece you need to identify if you want to obtain mastery of any skill.
[20:40] How setting aside your ego and practicing the principle of “Radical Transparency” can rapidly accelerate your path to success by skipping the failures that would otherwise teach you the same lesson.
[23:35] How to decide if the traditional or conventional path is right for you if you’re looking to break into the tech industry.
[26:55] What the future holds for Kyokan and how you can connect if it sounds like working there could help fulfill your purpose.
Resources Kyokan
Interested In Working For Kyokan?
Matthew's LinkedIn
Matthew's Twitter
Get Elliot's Primed Mind App
In This Episode:
[1:45] How Grace’s experience of quitting smoking after her first session started her on the journey to becoming one of the most successful and respected hypnotherapists in the world.
[3:15] The incredible encounter that compelled Grace to leave her high paced, high powered, corporate job to become a full-time hypnotherapist.
[7:15] How Elliot and Grace are dispelling the myths about hypnosis and making it a mainstream method of self-improvement.
[11:40] How to use hypnosis to become the best version of yourself and bring your A-Game every day.
[15:05] The 3 forms of hypnosis you can use to control your state and knock down any roadblocks holding you back.
[18:00] How Grace went from expecting a fight to get her book published to having three publishers engage in a bidding war for the rights.
[24:05] The two books that can help you start building your ideal life today.
[26:08] The counterintuitive way accomplish all your biggest goals and create freedom in your life.
Grace Smith is on a mission to make hypnosis mainstream.
A renowned hypnotherapist, Grace is the founder of www.gshypnosis.com, the world’s #1 hypnotherapy hub, as well as Grace Space Hypnotherapy School.
Grace is a regular guest on CBS’s hit show, The Doctors, and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, Marie Claire, Forbes, MindBodyGreen, Buzzfeed, Bustle, InStyle and more.
Grace’s private clients include celebrities, CEOs, professional athletes, and government officials; her keynote speeches and workshops have taken her to Procter & Gamble, Summit.Live, Women Empowerment Expo, Ritz Carlton, PSE&G, Soul Camp, Verizon, and HypnoBiz.
Keep a look out for her first book on self-hypnosis, Close Your Eyes, Get Free, hitting the shelves of all major retailers on July 17, 2018.
To learn more about Grace, check out her #mindsetreset videos on Instagram @GraceSmithTV that will help you easily and effortlessly transition into a more restful state.
Free Gift: When you pre-order Grace’s new book, Close Your Eyes, Get Free, you’ll receive 3 gifts:
- A free $50 coupon to spend on all digital hypnotherapy recordings at gshypnosis.com!
- Digital access to Grace’s upcoming workshop, “How To Train Your Subconscious” and,
- An invitation to Grace’s book launch party in New York City on July 18th.
Visit www.gshypnosis.com/book to pre-order the book today and claim your goodies!
Resources:
Get Grace's Book Close Your Eyes And Get Free
Grace's Website
Grace's Instagram
Grace's Facebook
Primed Mind App for iOS
Primed Mind App for Google Play
A New Earth by Ekhart Tolle
The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
Marla Mattenson is a relationship and intimacy expert who has worked with over 12,000 couples over the span of her career. As the result of her successful work, she has been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX, and Entrepreneur magazine. She focuses primarily on entrepreneur couples who have struggles with communication due to their busy lives and have a desire to rekindle and transform both their relationship and business. Marla’s unique approach to relationship coach stems from her background in mathematics and neuroscience, as well as pattern recognition to identify the negative responses couples experience in order to help change those patterns.
In this episode, Marla speaks about the common struggles entrepreneur couples face such as time management and relationship involvement. She mentions the necessity of creating a relationship vision for each partner in a relationship in order to fully understand what one wants and needs. Marla emphasizes that through an abundance mindset and willingness to work through hardships, high-performing couples are able build a stronger bond.
Martial arts instructor, Sifu Vik Hothi, has an incredible recovery story from experiencing kidney failure, a week-long coma, and then an infection just as he was about to return home. He is the longest serving practitioner of Wing Tsun, a traditional form of Southern Chinese Kung fu, in the UK. Soon after recovery, he broke the Guinness World Record for most punches in 60 seconds with a single arm. He took on his challenge to raise money and awareness of Mcardle disease, the condition that threatened his health and his life’s passion.
In this episode, Vik explains how despite continuously being in the face of bad news, he was able to maintain a determined mindset. He tells the story of how after his major health struggle, he had to learn how to bend his toes, sit up, and walk. In order to function again as an adult, Vik had to go through baby steps to recovery. He credits his strong will and work ethic to his parents. His resilient story of pain, struggle, and growth continues to inspire people to never give up and to keep “going through the process.”
Ari Meisel is a self described, “Overhwhelmologist” who helps entrepreneurs who have opportunity in excess of what their infrastructure can handle, to optimize, automate, and outsource everything in their business, so they can make themselves replaceable and scale their business.
Ari is the Founder of Less Doing, author of the best-selling book, “The Art of Less Doing”, and its sequel, the forthcoming “The Replaceable Founder”, coming this September. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, an Ironman, and a devoted husband to Anna and father to four children, Ben, 6, Sebastien and Lucas, 4 and Chloe, 2.
In this episode, Ari talks about how taking control of his life and managing his stress increased his productivity and free time, as well as encouraging others to do the same. To Ari, having a system and staying organized can help you control your world by limiting the amount of decisions you have to make using the Three D’s—delete it, deal with it, or defer it. By making yourself replaceable and managing your time effectively, you will help empower your team. Focusing on what truly matters and outsourcing the unnecessary is what will optimize a business.
In this episode, host Elliot Roe speaks about the work he does as a mindset coach and explains why top performers choose to work with him in order to improve their performance. He discusses the beginnings of his career and what led him to his mission of helping others. In addition, Elliot offers help to those who feel the need to seek his coaching and explains the purpose of creating his new podcast, A-Game Advantage. To Elliot, hypnotherapy is similar to guided meditation, and keeping a focused mind helps you get through your issues and understand them.
James Gettinger is recognized as one of the top Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) players in the world. He credits the skills he learned from playing professional poker to his success in DFS. In addition to winning the Millionaire Maker, he has won over 100,000 multiple times in NBA DraftsKings and two million in the DraftKings world championships.
In this episode, James speaks about his transition from his professional poker career to DFS. In the process, James wrote software and acquired data to gain more knowledge about and to understand the workings of DFS. He also speaks about not letting his downswings negatively impact his thought process and gameplay. Regardless of whether James is playing poker or DFS, he explains that success within both fields is due to a clear mindset and careful, rational thinking.
English Rugby superstar, James Haskell, who currently plays for Wasps RFC and has earned 77 caps for England, stresses the importance of keeping a positive mindset. In rugby as well as in other aspects of his life, he finds that establishing mindset is essential to performing his best, both mentally and physically. As a part of this mentality, Haskell encourages people to not to be held back by negativity from social media and to believe in their personal ambitions.
In this episode, Haskell explains how commitment leads to results, and why people should never be distracted from their ultimate goal. To Haskell, hard work, dedication, and willpower are the ingredients of a successful life. He furthermore reveals his philosophy that living in the moment can help people feel fulfilled because it draws your focus to what’s important right now, which is a stepping stone to a fruitful future.
At just 24 years old, Fedor Holz has amassed over 26 million dollars in tournament poker earnings, has been ranked #1 tournament poker player in the world, and is considered one of the best tournament poker players in the history of the game. Holz has played in the biggest tournaments in the history of the game, and has won a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
After reaching the peak of the game, Holz decided to transition his skills from poker to the business world. In 2017 Holz founded Primed Group. His first project in this new was the mindset coaching app, Primed Mind, which works to help people visualize and accomplish their goals.
In this episode, we will explore the importance of forming networks and Holtz’s singular approach to setting goals in order to become efficient as possible in everything you do.
Brendon Burchard is a man of many talents; he’s a well-known high performance coach who has been featured on O, The Oprah Magazine and a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has amassed over 100,000,000 YouTube views on his channel. As a high performance coach, his passion is helping people reach their top level.
In this episode, Brendon explores how recovering from tragedy and how developing positive habits can improve your life, while mentioning his personal story of struggle and how he overcame it. He also explains the research involved in the multi-year, multi-country study on some of the world’s most successful people for his book, High Performance Habits. After releasing his book online as a series of podcasts, his podcast has gained the title of being the #1 podcast in the world.
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