Habits and Hustle

Dr. Andrew Hill, the Founder of Peak Brain Institute, is a top peak performance coach in the country. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA's Department of Psychology and continuous to do research on attention and cognitive performance. In this episode, he discusses the power of gaze direction, breathwork, and meditation as a method used to help calm the brain. Some of the keys habits he talks about are the importance of waking up and working out, not eating 3 hours before bed, and much more!Peak Brain InstituteYoutube Link to this Episode

Coach Dana Cavalea is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees. The same year they won the World Series (2009) he won the Nolan Ryan Award given to the top Strength & Performance Coach in Major League Baseball. He's now a performance coach working with C-Suite & Upper Management, Sales Teams, Wall Street Traders, and more. He’s also the author of his new book, Habits of a Champion. In today’s episode, he shares how he started as an intern, he talks about how the habits of athlete’s like Derek Jeter versus Alex Rodriguez and dives into a few valuable stories about his interactions with players and executives. Youtube Link to This EpisodeCoach Dana's WebsiteCoach Dana's Instagram

For our 50th Episode, we had to get someone special! Gary Vaynerchuk is the CEO of Vaynermedia, a Social Media expert, and a successful angel investor. He’s basically been an entrepreneur right out the womb. Before becoming an Internet personality, he was buying and selling sports cards as a child and then expanding and growing his father’s wine business from 3 million to 60 million. In today’s episode, we discussed parenting, what every business needs to be doing right now, and the one habit Gary does to keep a gratitude framework. Youtube Link to This EpisodeGary's Instagram

Chester Elton is a best-selling author, teamwork organizational culture expert, and the co-founder of The Culture Works, a global training company. Chester gives us incredible insight into how to lead with gratitude. His company has conducted breakthrough studies with over 200,000 participants over the past 10 years so his insight is heavily backed up. He breaks what the difference is between a good leader and a great leader, the difference between gratitude and recognition, and so much more. If you’re looking for an episode on leveling up your leadership and enhancing your company culture, this is it. Youtube Link to This EpisodeChester’s New Book: Leading With GratitudeChester’s Website 

Shaun Neff is an Entrepreneur, Advisor, Investor, and the founder of Neff Headwear. Shaun, known as a brand whisperer, is praised for specializing in placing his product in the right place at the right time. In this episode, we hear about the scrappiness Neff used to kickstart his headwear company and the clever methods he used to get brand visibility. He mentions that every entrepreneur needs three things to dream, believe, and hustle. This is a special episode for any entrepreneur at any stage in their journey. Youtube Link to this EpisodeShaun's Instagram

Bedros Keuilian is the founder and CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, one of the nation’s fastest-growing franchises. He is also a best-selling author, speaker and business consultant. He joins us today to discuss how he started from just subleasing 1 small gymnasium to growing his brand into 800+ locations. He talks about the value of confidence and how it can be shattered by just clicking your snooze button. He’s also developed a 5% rule that he lives be which allows him to operate at his peak at all times. Bedros shares some great tips, stories, and practical advice that would give anyway a great new perspective.  Youtube Link to This EpisodeBedros' InstagramFit Body Bootcamp

Cash Warren is a film producer known for his work on Fantastic Four (where he met his wife, Jessica Alba), Taxi and Crips and Bloods: Made in America. He’s also been very successful in the business world with his clothing line, Pair of Thieves. He talks about how he started out his career at William Morris after finishing his education at Yale, and the small things he did that led from one door opening to the next. Cash shares his perspective on how important it is to know your strengths and be honest about your weaknesses and much more. This episode is packed with great insight and stories about his journey!Youtube Video of This EpisodeCash Warren's InstagramPair of Thieves

Robert Greene is an American author known for his books on strategy, power, and seduction. He the man behind the international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law (with rapper 50 Cent), Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature. In today’s episode, he talks about narcism, the immense power in admitting and owning your flaws, and ebbs and flows of life when he was starting up his career. He’s known as one of the greatest writers of our generation and surprisingly, he mentions that he had up to 80 jobs before becoming an author! Today’s episode is extra special which is why it's 90 amazing minutes. Youtube Link to This EpisodeRobert Greene’s Latest Book: The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene’s Website

TJ Dillashaw is a 2x Bantamweight Champion in the UFC. In this episode, he talks about his training rituals, what helped him get over the hump to be a champion, and he opens up about the mistake he made which led to a 2-year suspension he’s serving!TJ talks about how the suspension has really been a blessing in disguise for increasing family time, recovery from much needed surgeries, and creating an income stream for himself outside of the cage. This was an awesome way to cap off 2019. Youtube Link to This EpisodeTJ’s WebsiteTJ’s Instagram 

Yahya Bakkar is an Expert Speaking Coach that specializes in helping his clients craft their message, story-tell powerfully, and build a profitable personal-brand business! He has a magnetic energy about him demands your attention! Yahya’s difficult upbringing (due to a falling out with his parents) has ingrained in him that he is always a family-man first, then a businessman. This episode is packed with awesome stories and tips that Yahya shares ranging from the biggest mistakes speakers make, how to use courage as the first step to change, and a special strategy he uses called the Story Proof Framework.This is truly an episode valuable for anybody but especially if you’re ever in settings of speaking to groups or pitching your story. Youtube Link to This EpisodeYahya's WebsiteYahya's Instagram

In today’s episode, we have Alli Webb, Founder of Drybar and Brittany Driscoll, CEO of Squeeze Massage. Brittany was Head of Marketing at Drybar and now they've started a new venture in Squeeze. Alli discusses how she attributes a lot of her success to being able to fit the right pieces around her. Both women reveal some of the habits that have been game-changers for them. Brittany loves to journal and wake up between 5-6 am. Alli is a huge believer in Transcendental Meditation. If you’re looking for some inspiration behind starting your own business tune in to this episode!

Kelly Noonan is a producer and actress, known for Netflix’s Heal. The documentary is a scientific and spiritual journey dissecting how thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal. Her passion for this started when she was an actress eager to try all different methods to help her achieve lifelong goals like winning an Oscar, so she turned her focus on manifestation.Kelly quickly learned that what she really loved was this form of holistic health. She discusses her daily habits, the power of the Placebo effect vs. the Nocebo effect, and so much more valuable, unique information. Youtube Link to This EpisodeHEAL Website Kelly’s Instagram

Alan Stein Jr. is a performance coach that teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, and increases team cohesion and collaboration. He spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstar Kevin Durant). Alan breaks down the importance of self-awareness, surrounding yourself with a complementary team, how to have the power over your fears, and much more. You won’t want to miss this episode!Youtube Link to This EpisodeAlan’s WebsiteAlan’s New Book: Raise Your Game - https://raiseyourgamebook.com/

Rob Fried was the former head of production at Columbia Pictures who switched gears and is now the CEO of Chromadex, an integrated nutraceutical company devoted to improving the way people age. In today’s episode, he talks about his back and forth successes in the film industry, but how his passion for the research behind anti-aging kept pulling at him. Fried’s diverse experiences in different fields make this episode super insightful and unique. He educates us on some of the latest research in anti-aging while integrating tidbits about his path to success as a film producer, screenwriter, studio executive.Youtube Link to This EpisodeChromadex

Emily McDowell is a writer, illustrator, speaker, teacher, and founder of Emily McDowell & Friends. After spending a decade working in advertising, she founded Emily McDowell Studio, a company that creates greeting cards that speak to the human condition with honesty, humor, and heart. Emily talks about how she started off on Etsy hitting sales of over $500,000 in her first year. She also discusses what her greatest motivator is and what the most important attribute to being an entrepreneur is…constant problem-solving. Youtube Link to This EpisodeEmily’s WebsiteEmily’s Instagram