Inspiring Lives

Craig Ballantyne is an author, business coach, and video producer. He’s written five books, including “The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life,” which has sold over 25,000 copies. His videos have been watched over 7 million times on YouTube. On this Episode of Inspiring Lives, Craig Ballantyne discusses how stoic philosophy helped him create the “Perfect Day Formula”, how to build success by setting rules and finding purpose.

Jayson Gaignard is a Canadian entrepreneur, networking specialist, and author who founded Mastermind Talks, an invitation-only conference for entrepreneurs, in 2013. On this Episode of Inspiring Lives, Jayson spends time discussing his MasterMind Program, what makes an “entrepreneur” successful, taking risks, identifying your purpose, creating community and meaningful relationships.

Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist and 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. He has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. In this episode, Robb dives into and offers insight on topics ranging from evolution, economics and thermodynamics, to living a life that matters and how your gut can influence your overall happiness. Robb debunks the notion that one size fits all and discusses how we our gut and body benefit when our nutrition, lifestyle and community all align.

Tucker Max famously fired himself as CEO and has never looked back as Scribe Media (previously Boom in a Book) has gone on to publish 1,000 books over the last 4 years. He’s the author of three #1 NY Times Bestsellers with one of them turning into a feature film. In this episode we discuss what it means to hold yourself accountable, finding success through humility and facing the truth with vulnerability in order to develop self-awareness.

Dr. Michael Gervais is a High Performance Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working in the trenches with some of the best in the world, training the mindset skills and practices essential to pursuing and revealing one’s potential. He’s the Performance Psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks and he co-founded Compete To Create, a high-performance mindset training platform that works with Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, AT&T, and Amazon. He’s also the host of the popular podcast Finding Mastery that publicly explores the minds of the very best. Michael shares his insights into the meaning of mastery, how to prepare for success, staying true to yourself, and how to love what you fear. Dive in.

James Clear is an expert on creating habits and committed to researching science-based ideas on, “How can we live better.” He is an author, entrepreneur, a photographer and the guy behind JamesClear.com, where he shares his findings on human potential to 480,000 subscribers each week. We chat to James about a unique method in creating and fueling sustainable habits. He shares real stories and practical steps to help anyone remove friction in their life and build positive habits that can lead you to a more fulfilling life. His work has been covered in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, TIME and CBS This Morning and his new book Atomic Habits has a 4.9 star rating on Amazon.

Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying, Conspiracy, Ego is the Enemy & The Obstacle Is The Way and the creator of @DailyStoic. His company Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, Quest Nutrition and Complex, as well as multi-platinum musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world including Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins and Arianna Huffington. With Ryan we cover becoming an author, perils of ego, modern stoicism, leveraging mentors and much more.

Chris “The Kiwi” Ashenden is an entrepreneur, a world class relationship builder, health expert and Founder and Chairman of Athletic Greens, a company whose mission is to inspire fulfilling lives starting with a focus on health. We dive into Chris’ health issues and struggles with depression, and how with the help of his sisters and integrating practical steps to health and happiness, Chris was able to climb out of it and embark on a mission to inspire happiness in others.

A new podcast from Athletic Greens, hosted by Gary Bertwistle. Premiers February 11.