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Jon Mitchell Functional Medicine Are you settling for aches, pains, or low energy? Do you use your appearance as a way to measure your health? And would you treat your body differently if you were paid to do so? Lebron James spends $1 million dollars per year on his health. What do you spend to ensure that your body doesn’t hold you back? Functional Medicine Health Consultant Jon Mitchell is here to challenge the dogmatic, cookie cutter approaches so that you can dial in the unique protocol that works best for your body. In this interview: * Why so many are settling for aches, pains, and low energy * Why regular docs aren’t always the best resource * Why chasing your problem with supplements isn’t sustainable * Why cookie cutter diets don’t work for everyone * Erectile dysfunction as it relates to your health Plus: * Are you a liability to yourself, performance, and quality of life? * Why health is the vehicle for having the life you want * Peace of mind knowing that your body is on track * Playing the amateur or choosing to turn pro * Cutting through the noise of online experts and gurus and diets Click here to learn more about Jon Mitchell. About Jon Mitchell Jon Mitchell is a Functional Medicine Physician Assistant turned Health Consultant. Jon is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has worked in urgent care and addiction medicine before switching to Functional Medicine. He has also worked in pharmaceutical research, as an EMT, and an ER Tech. When not working, Jon loves being outside, eating great food, and spending time with his three ladies — his wife, daughter, and dog. More from Jon Mitchell's webiste: I was halfway through my medical education when it hit me. Medical school was failing me. I wanted to help people resolve their chronic health issues, but was instead taught the name it, blame it, tame it, game. I learned how to put a name to a patient’s symptoms in the form of a diagnosis, blame the disease for how they were feeling, and tame their symptoms with a prescription. I wasn’t healing my patients, I was managing symptoms. And when the prescriptions didn’t work, we were taught to send our patients off to a specialist who would play the whole game all over again. It was soul-sucking. As someone who questions EVERYTHING, I couldn’t understand how my colleagues didn’t see that we weren’t really healing anyone. So I began to search out clinicians who were getting amazing results for their patients and I soon discovered Functional Medicine. Functional Medicine works by recognizing that each person is unique and treating them as such. When practiced correctly, Functional Medicine is identifying all of the environmental, nutritional, mindset, and lifestyle factors that contribute to disease and resolving them. It’s understanding that eating well is only a small piece of the health puzzle and that you cannot expect to feel amazing if you are staying up late staring at your phone, guzzling coffee, and spending your days indoors. And while it took me a while to find other clinicians who understood this, I finally discovered a world-class mentor who’d been in the field for over 20 years. Through him, I learned how to leverage the body’s innate capacity to heal from all sorts of issues, from fatigue and brain fog, to gut issues and autoimmune conditions, and more. I’ve come to understand that even though our world is constantly evolving and it feels like it’s hard to keep up wit...

Neil Peart: Lessons Learned About How to Live Life On Your Terms Below is a transcription of this audio:   As a coach, I work with people to help them create the business or relationships or life they truly want. This means that we spend a lot of time dealing with obstacles. So what does hold us back? Most think it’s a lack of time or money or energy. Many of us blame a lack of skill or resources or opportunities. And while those things certainly make a difference, they’re not the main thing that keeps us playing small. That’s because when we dig down deep, we most often find that the big, bad obstacle is our own self-image. It’s the fear that we’ll do something that will get us criticized or make us look stupid. It’s the irrational fear that we’ll end up a loser or an outcast. In other words, we’re afraid to challenge our self-image — the story we tell ourselves about ourselves — because a threat to our precious self-image can feel like death. It’s our self-image that will tell us to give up on our dreams because we might fail. It’s our self-image that has us silence our voice because it’s not perfect. And it’s our self-image that convinces us to play it safe because it believes so much is at stake. No matter how much it seems like the world is working against us, most often it’s this primitive, internal desire to fit in, look good, and avoid criticism that has us betray ourselves. Which is why I believe we need people in our lives that challenge this bullshit. We need those misfits and “uncool” outcasts who do things on their own terms. And I want to be very careful here because going against the grain just for the sake of being a rebel is missing the point. Flipping the bird at convention doesn’t take a lot of balls. But forging and walking your own unique path does. Neil Peart was one of these influences for me. He was best known as the drummer for the band Rush. I didn’t know him personally, but nonetheless his way of living spoke much louder to me than his pounding drums. Neil passed away last week, and while many are recognizing him as a superhuman drummer and introspective lyricist, he was far more than that to me. He wasn’t my favorite drummer or lyricist, but he was one of those rare, few individuals who forged and walked his own path regardless of what others had to say. Let’s go through some of the ways Neil Peart chose to deviate from the norm in service of simply being Neil. First off — He was a drummer who wrote lyrics. The stereotype is that drummers can’t even write down a pizza order correctly, but Neil broke from convention. Instead of writing about sex and drugs and partying, he wrote lyrics about everything from black holes to snow dogs to honeydew to priests in the solar federation to classical mythology to his own personal struggles. His lyrics have been vilified and laughed at by both critics and my ex-girlfriends alike. But that never stopped him from writing about what interested him. Second — He was his own unique drummer. When he showed up on the scene, nobody played like him. Critics said he overplayed and trampled on the songs, but it’s difficult to imagine any Rush song without his fills and patterns. The songs just don’t work without his style. He obviously knew that he sounded different. He obviously heard the critics, but he continued to play the way he wanted to play. And as a result, millions of air drummers flail their arms along to his fills today. Third — He didn’t sell out. Early in their career, Rush was in a do-or-die situation. After their third album tanked, the label pressured them to release a hit single or else they were going to find themselves working day jobs. Neil and his bandmates decided that, if they were going to fail,

Productivity and The Shadow Side of Goals Are you sick of feeling the pressure to do more, more, more? Do you believe you need to be more productive? And what’s the deeper motivation behind your goals? Today, my wife Alyson and I resume talking about the key concepts in my upcoming book, This Book Will Make You Dangerous. We discuss the shadow side of goals, what kills our peace of mind, and why constantly seeking more is just plain lazy. In this interview: * The trap of proving we’re not a failure * Why protecting, pleasing, and proving kills our peace of mind * Glorifying busy-ness * Trying to carry 6 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket Plus: * The shadow side of goals * Having a great life that’s unfulfilling * The difference between comfort and peace * Using your emotions as information Click here for Tripp Lanier's book This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide for Men Who Refuse to Settle. About Alyson Lanier Alyson Lanier is a guide, coach, mentor, asskicker, counselor, and teacher. She received her BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, and has extensive training and certification in attachment work and Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, and Shambhala Buddhism. She has over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents in clinical and private settings. Halfway through her second decade of working in clinical and trauma informed therapeutic settings, Alyson realized psychotherapy alone was incomplete. In order to better serve her clients, Alyson broadened her professional toolbox with trainings and certifications in somatic sex education, energy work and consciousness development, and Ancestral Medicine work, a lineage repair approach to healing personal, family, and cultural burdens. Adding alternative and spiritual practices to her therapeutic offerings made sense for Alyson because her experience with animist traditions and supernatural encounters began at a very young age, and set the foundation for her life’s study and practice. Her encounters with other-than-human beings, Old World traditions, Shambhala Buddhist practice, and subtle energy work over the years have given her a unique and layered perspective that plants her feet firmly in seemingly antithetical worlds: clinical and transpersonal psychology; Eastern and Western philosophy; clinical diagnosis and energetic and spiritual traditions of healing. Alyson has learned to fully embrace this duality, and to use it to understand the lenses her clients are seeing through, how they’re metabolizing what’s coming through for them, and to lovingly stir shit up to help them level-up. Alyson delights in supporting her clients as they navigate their growth processes on psychological, physical, energetic, and spiritual levels. Her knowledge of psychology, development, and integral, energetic, and somatic studies give her a centered gravity, and her formative experiences and practices give her a rare wisdom. Her passion and humor spring from a desire to make the sacred profane and the profane sacred. Alyson approaches her transformative work with creative and dynamic interventions, serving her clients and groups as if the world depends on the fulfillment they are seeking, because it most assuredly does. For over a decade, Alyson has been married to Tripp Lanier (who is also a coach and the host of The New Man Podcast which has been downloaded millions of times by men and women all around the world). Together they have a daughter and live on the coast of North Carolina. https:/...

Defining Success and Strength on Your Own Terms Does being successful ensure that we’ll be stronger? What’s the mindset that kills our freedom, aliveness, and peace of mind? And could creating the life we ultimately want be fun or does it have to be stressful? Today, my wife, Alyson takes over the hosting duties and challenges me to redefine strength and success. We also discuss the simple mindset that allows greater freedom, aliveness, love, and peace now — not just some day when we’ve crossed a fairy tale finish line. In this interview: * Brie Larson’s dress on Jimmy Kimmel * Why Alyson insisted on interviewing Tripp * Shifting out of a limited mindset into freedom * Why we don’t feel free * The 3 competing commitments that hold us back Plus: * “Most of the time there’s no monster under the bed.” * What kills our aliveness and peace of mind * Having it all but “something’s missing.” * Redefining strength and success * The fear of going backwards And: * Relying on pressure and fear for motivation * Strength might mean doing less * “I don’t know what I should do.” * What would make this fun? * Defining success on your own terms Click here for Tripp Lanier's book This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide for Men Who Refuse to Settle. About Alyson Lanier Alyson Lanier is a guide, coach, mentor, asskicker, counselor, and teacher. She received her BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, and has extensive training and certification in attachment work and Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, and Shambhala Buddhism. She has over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents in clinical and private settings. Halfway through her second decade of working in clinical and trauma informed therapeutic settings, Alyson realized psychotherapy alone was incomplete. In order to better serve her clients, Alyson broadened her professional toolbox with trainings and certifications in somatic sex education, energy work and consciousness development, and Ancestral Medicine work, a lineage repair approach to healing personal, family, and cultural burdens. Adding alternative and spiritual practices to her therapeutic offerings made sense for Alyson because her experience with animist traditions and supernatural encounters began at a very young age, and set the foundation for her life’s study and practice. Her encounters with other-than-human beings, Old World traditions, Shambhala Buddhist practice, and subtle energy work over the years have given her a unique and layered perspective that plants her feet firmly in seemingly antithetical worlds: clinical and transpersonal psychology; Eastern and Western philosophy; clinical diagnosis and energetic and spiritual traditions of healing. Alyson has learned to fully embrace this duality, and to use it to understand the lenses her clients are seeing through, how they’re metabolizing what’s coming through for them, and to lovingly stir shit up to help them level-up. Alyson delights in supporting her clients as they navigate their growth processes on psychological, physical, energetic, and spiritual levels. Her knowledge of psychology, development, and integral, energetic, and somatic studies give her a centered gravity, and her formative experiences and practices give her a rare wisdom. Her passion and humor spring from a desire to make the sacred profane and the profane sacred. Alyson approaches her transformative work with creative and dynamic interventions, serving her clients and groups as if the world depends on the fulfil...

Following Your Passion is Hard as Hell — Dr. Eric Goodman, Foundation Training on The New Man Podcast Is your drive to be successful making you strong or weak? Do you think the folks you’ve put on a pedestal ever deal with chaos or failure? And do you believe that once you find your passion that building a business around it should be easy? My friend Dr. Eric Goodman is the creator of Foundation Training. He’s built a global movement by empowering people to overcome back pain. But like many passion-driven businesses, behind the scenes it’s been extremely challenging. Today we’re going to talk about growth, failure, chaos, and the fantasy that building a business around your passion should somehow be a cakewalk. In this interview: * Drive, competition, and the need to prove * Business owners playing the victim vs leading * Loving what you do and then learning how to do business * “My reluctance to business is my reluctance to growing up.” Plus: * Giving himself away to so many others * Surviving chaos * Learning to say “no” * How can you tell if you’re out of balance? * Why fun and play is a form of medicine Click here for Eric Goodman's book True to Form: How to Use Foundation Training for Sustained Pain Relief and Everyday Fitness. About Dr. Eric Goodman Dr. Eric Goodman, D.C developed the Foundation Training exercise program and continues to improve the quality of the work he shares with the world. He teaches Foundation Training workshops and certification courses while maintaining a small patient base. As the creator of Foundation Training, Eric combined his experience as a strength coach, personal trainer and Chiropractor to create a simple strengthening program that facilitates the body’s natural healing ability and quickly improves degenerative movement patterns. The results have been incredible. He leads our Instructor Certification Program and is the team’s visionary force. His incessant curiosity for anatomy, movement and healing has led Foundation Training’s evolution. Eric graduated from UCF with a Bachelors in Health Sciences and Physiology and earned his Doctor of Chiropractic at SCUHS. Click here for Eric Goodman's book True to Form: How to Use Foundation Training for Sustained Pain Relief and Everyday Fitness.

Integral Theory Jeff Salzman Daily Evolver Are you bored with the whole left vs right, culture war gridlock? What if there was a way that this dumpster fire could make us stronger or more evolved? And could you possibly find some common ground with your bigot uncle this holiday season? Jeff Salzman from the Daily Evolver podcast stops by to discuss integral theory. Ken Wilber’s integral theory has had a huge impact on my life, and today Jeff and I are going to explore how it can help us navigate our conflicted world. In this interview: * Ken Wilber and Integral Theory * Up from Eden by Ken Wilber * A Marriage of Sense and Soul by Ken Wilber * Ayn Rand and growing up Christian to become a progressive * Spirituality vs religion Plus: * What has us evolve? * A new way to see our culture war * Learning how to turn criticism into curiosity * “If people don’t agree with me then they must be defective or stupid or fooled.” * “What do you have to teach me?” * What can you learn from your racist relative at the next family get-together? Click here to learn more about integral theory, Jeff Salzman, and the Daily Evolver podcast. About Jeff Salzman Jeff Salzman is the creator of the Daily Evolver podcast, where he and his guests look at current events through the lens of cultural evolution (integral) theory. He has been a leader in the integral movement for over 15 years. Click here to learn more about integral theory, Jeff Salzman, and the Daily Evolver podcast.

David Perel Race Car Driver Is your work a nuisance that keeps you from living your dream? Are guys at the highest level deeply insecure? And when does being bold turn into being reckless? David Perel gave up his dream of being a pro racing driver and became a tech startup founder. But dreams die hard. In this amazing story, David recalls his bold (and sometimes reckless) choices to go against the odds to race at the highest level — and somehow nearly starve to death while driving a Ferrari. In this interview: * From tech company founder to professional racing driver * Driving is a drug * Needing to prove himself * The curse of high performers * His dream of racing at Le Mans Plus: * Creating your own opportunities * How being in the business world helped him be a better driver * 59 rejections after cold calling team owners And: * Losing all confidence - being hated and misunderstood * “Nobody is going to give it to you.” * Doing something every single day to move closer to what you want * Outlasting your competition Mentioned in this interview: * Driving at Imola * Ayrton Senna * Le Mans * Blancpain GT * Lamborghini and Ferrari Click here to learn more about David Perel Pro Racing Driver.   About David Perel From David Perel’s site: There’s a popular saying in the motorsport world about a driver being born with a helmet on their head. I started racing at the age of 15 in the Western Province Karting Championship and won five Province and National Championships by the age of 23. At the age of 24 I progressed to Single Seaters, however before the season hit the halfway mark I had to stop due to a lack of funds – a common occurrence in the world of racing. Unable to find a solution I turned my attention to the web company that my brother and I co-founded when we left school, called Obox Themes, with the intention of saving up as much money as possible in order to make a comeback in later years. Twenty hour days and five years later I had eventually saved up enough money for one more GT race in 2014. The race ended up going so well that I was offered a drive for the 2015 season with Bonaldi Motorsport in the Italian GT Championship. The end result was an incredibly successful season which netted me 2nd in the Championship and included more wins, pole positions and fastest laps than any other driver in the field. My performance in my first European season led to an offer from Kessel Racing Ferrari, a well known and hugely successful GT3 team based in Switzerland. After a two day test I ended up on a similar pace to their professional drivers and was offered a contract 2016. With the help of my manager Alan Macdonald, I signed a two year deal with Kessel Ferrari to represent them in the Blancpain Endurance Series. It has always been a dream of mine to compete in the series but I didn’t expect it to happen in only my second year of GT Racing. Since signing with Kessel I have gone on to win the Total 24 Hours of Spa twice, Blancpain Sprint, Endurance and Overall AM Championships as well as other major GT racing events. After being upgraded to a Silver driver for the 2018 season I moved to Rinaldi Racing and currently compete in various championships across Europe,

Jon Zazula Heavy Tales - Jonny Z Megaforce Records Book If you had a young family and needed money, would you start a heavy metal record label? Can you learn wisdom from a Jimi Hendrix lookalike junkie sitting on a park bench in the middle of the night? And what would it be like if Metallica was living in your basement? Jon Zazula and his wife Marsha are legends in the metal music industry. With Megaforce Records they helped launch a genre of music that marches on to this day. That said, the road to fame and fortune was a very rocky road. Today, Jonny Z and I discuss his path from Wall Street to jail to metal hall of fame. In this interview: * Jonny Z’s journey from family man to wall street to jail to starting Megaforce Records * “We were insane!” * Some sage advice from a Jimi Hendrix lookalike junkie * Cliff Burton of Metallica reading bedtime stories to their daughter * “Be careful what you wish for.” * Dealing with self doubts Plus: * Figuring it out along the way * Working with Al Jourgensen of Ministry * Negotiating to survive vs win * The importance of a strong marriage * Dealing with manic depression and bad medications * What had him choose talent * Fighting about keyboards in an Anthrax song * What made the crazy ride worthwhile Click here for Jon Zazula's book Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula. About Jon Zazula Jonathan Zazula, known the world over as Jonny Z, has lived an intense life. Born in 1952, he began his extraordinary journey as a renegade youth who went from living on the streets of the Bronx in New York City, to later working on Wall Street, and eventually (and unexpectedly) transitioning into the music business and discovering Metallica and others. Today, Jonny Z remains one of the most respected names in heavy metal and the music industry as a whole. Jonny Z tells all about his incredible life in a brand new book that he describes as, “not a typical rock n’ roll book, but rather, a blue collar success story” – entitled Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived by Jon Zazula, scheduled for release on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Heavy Tales is the detailed, never before told story of how Jonny Z founded legendary New Jersey-based label Megaforce Records with his wife, Marsha, and built a dynasty unmatched by others – forever changing the scope of heavy metal. Click here for Jon Zazula's book Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula.

Can Masturbation Change Your Life? — Alyssa Morin, Somatic Sex Educator Do you ever feel like your life is in a rut and you want more aliveness? Have you ever worried about what your partner thinks of your performance in the bedroom? And how do our brains impact our ability to feel aroused? Somatic Sex Educator Alyssa Morin is back to discuss masturbation and how it relates to so many things in our lives. Today we’re going to talk about why it’s uncomfortable to talk about it, how it can strengthen our relationship, and why it can open the door to a much more enjoyable life. In this interview: * How did masturbation get a bad rap? * What happens when we settle for lousy forms of pleasure * Masturbation and hipster beers * Do women masturbate? * Why your primary sexual relationship should be with yourself Also: * Relying on visuals and fantasies to get aroused * Erectile dysfunction and anxiety * Sexual performance as a way to prove you’re a “real man” * Breaking out of your sexual routine to find more aliveness * The trap of trying to become a “sexual master”   Mentioned in this interview: Is Watching Porn Bad for You? – Gary Wilson Click here to learn more about Alyssa Morin and the online course Sexually Sovereign: A 6-Week Virtual Course for Men. About Alyssa Morin Alyssa Morin is a Somatic Sex Educator, Relationship and Intimacy Guide, and founding faculty of the Institute for Erotic Intelligence. She weaves mindfulness, embodiment, soulcraft, and practical information into her work with individuals, couples, and groups. She breaks down the complexity of pleasure, embodiment, and relationship (to self, other, and the World) into understandable, actionable parts and pieces that can be worked with and made sense of, without removing an ounce of the mystery and magic of the full erotic experience. Nearly ten years of her own exploration in sexuality, conscious relating, soulcentric practices, and Zen have led to a multifaceted approach that is co-creative and emergent. Drawn to this field of work because of a complete lack of sexual education, combined with a lineage of sexual trauma and shadow, Alyssa creates community where people can come together to explore themselves and others, to learn together, and to demystify and embody their erotic selves on their own terms, and at their own pace, with support, challenge, and connection. You can learn more about her and ways to work with her on her website. Click here to learn more about Alyssa Morin and the online course Sexually Sovereign: A 6-Week Virtual Course for Men.

How to Face Fears - The 3 Phases of a Challenge Below is a transcript of this recording: If we think about creating the life or business or relationship that we really want, often we can see that what’s holding us back is fear. In other words, we’re not getting what we want because we don’t want to do the stuff that scares us. We’re scared we’re going to be uncomfortable, we’re scared we’re going to risk our money or energy or time, or we’re scared we’re going to do something that will have us feel rejected or look like a loser, a failure, a moron. But how often do we challenge these fears? How often do we really take the time to look these assumptions in the eye? Through experience, I’ve found it’s really helpful to understand how fear shows up in our minds so that we don’t let a speed bump turn into a wall. But first up — in case you don’t know who I am, I’m Tripp Lanier. I host The New Man but more importantly I’ve been a professional coach for about 15 years now. This means I’ve spent thousands of hours helping guys figure out how to do the work that will put their lives and relationships and professions on a better trajectory. And I’ve been fortunate to coach everyone from Navy SEALs to best selling authors to fancy pants executives to that guy who lives up the street from you. So let’s get back to this topic of doing the stuff that scares us so that we can experience greater freedom, aliveness, love, and peace. When we’re in the creative process and we’re looking at the next scary step it’s helpful to understand what we’re really facing. Often this is where we drain ourselves and get stuck because we can only see our challenge from one perspective instead of three. Let’s break down our challenge into its three main parts. The first part happens before we take the scary step. This phase is the worry and anxiety and dread. And you can bet big money that this is usually the worst part of the entire process -- even though no action has been taken yet. Like a scared child frozen out on the end of the diving board, we’re usually in a state of anxiety. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know what I should do. We can spend months or years or decades frozen in this place of fearful avoidance. The second part is when we get into action. This happens when we engage our challenge. And weirdly enough when we’re engaging our challenge we don’t usually feel the fear anymore. If anything we begin to experience excitement -- aliveness. If our challenge and our skill levels are aligned we may even begin to experience flow. While we’re in the act of creating we’re focused on the challenge itself. Like the kid who just stepped off of the diving board and into the air, in that moment we don’t have the space to be freaked out about it. We’re not worrying our dreading about the future because we’re engaged in the present moment. And then the third part is what occurs after we take action. This is where we typically experience peace and freedom and aliveness. We’re transformed as a result of going through our challenge. We’re no longer that scared frozen kid running through all of the worst case scenarios because we’ve stepped across that threshold. At the minimum we’re simply relieved to be done with the thing, but most likely we’re already running to get in line so we can do it again. Bottom line — When we’re facing a scary challenge, we can remember that the worst part of the whole process isn’t actually doing it — it’s the time we spend worrying and avoiding our challenge. But we don’t have to let our fear get us stuck in that miserable place. We don’t even have to believe our fears. We don’t have to buy into the theory that just because that first part sucks then that means the whole thing is going to suck. And if we review our previous experiences then we can see that waiting to ...

Brian Johnson Optimize Philosphers Notes If life is a pain in the ass sometimes, does that mean you’re doing it wrong? Do you believe you should be in a different place in life other than where you are right now? And do you have someone in your life that challenges you, supports you, and holds you accountable? Philosopher and quintessential optimalist, Brian Johnson is back. And today we discuss what makes our lives harder than they need to be, why our inner critic is never going away, and why he blames me for his $2 million dollar business experiment. In this interview: * Dealing with Information Overload * What are you afraid to say no to? * What’s your “soul-aching yes”? * The trap of trying to be “the best” * What’s the whole point of life? Plus: * Why the inner critic will never go away * What are we doing to make life harder than it needs to be? * When doing what is best for you is what you most enjoy * Being an optimalist vs perfectionist * What simple shift has impacted Brian’s brain Mentioned in this interview: * Phil Stutz and Part X * Ray Dalio and our relationship to striving * Julia Ross The Mood Cure for anxiety, brain chemistry * Steven Pressfield and Brian’s 2 million dollar “life lesson” About Brian Johnson (From Brian’s site) After selling my first business (eteamz) over 15 years ago (at 26), I had enough money to take a little time off to figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up. I became a lover of wisdom—a philosopher. My quest? I was obsessed about understanding what makes great people great. What is it about that .0001% of people in the world who truly optimize their lives, actualize their potential and give their greatest gifts in greatest service to the world? (And… enjoy the process!) I read a ton and traveled a bit, studying Socrates in Athens, Aurelius in the Danube of Hungary, Jesus in Jerusalem, and Rumi in Konya, Turkey. I started sharing what I was learning via a daily newsletter that quickly went from a couple hundred friends to thousands of people. After several years of reading, writing, and thinking, I needed to make some money again but didn’t feel like going the typical self-help route so I created my second business (Zaadz). After selling that a few years later, I had enough money to take a little more time off. I decided to give myself a Ph.D. in Optimal Living—integrating ancient wisdom, modern science and practical tools to optimize and actualize. As part of my Master’s project, I distilled 100 of the best books on optimal living into 6-page PDF summaries (and 20-min MP3s). I called these “PhilosophersNotes” and created a profitable business sharing the wisdom I was learning as a demonstration that we can get paid to do what we love in service to the world. My Ph.D. dissertation was a simple book called A Philosopher’s Notes and a class I taught called “Optimal Living 101” (which is now an integrated part of the curriculum at Harvard-Westlake). Over the last decade, I’ve created 550 PhilosophersNotes. And, I also created over 50 Optimal Living 101 master classes on everything from Optimizing your energy and ...

Find Your Zone of Genius - Gay Hendricks on The New Man Podcast Note: This interview was conducted in January of 2010. Are you doing what you love or just what you’re expected to do? What is your Zone of Genius and how can you find it? And why do some folks sabotage their success? Gay Hendricks is the best selling author of many books including The Big Leap. He’s helped thousands of people create better lives, careers, and relationships. Today we’re going to go all the way back to a conversation we had in January of 2010. This was originally part of a course I created, and I recently came across the file and thought it would be great to share on the podcast. Enjoy. In this interview: * What is your Zone of Genius? * How to find your Zone of Genius * Why we get stuck in our Zone of Excellence * What is your Upper Limit? * Why we sabotage ourselves * Why complaining is an addiction for so many folks * The “Ultimate Success Mantra” Click here for Gay Hendrick's book The Big Leap: Conquer Your Fear and Take Life to the Next Level. Click here to learn more about Gay Hendricks and The Hendricks Institute. About Gay Hendricks, President, The Hendricks Institute Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford, Gay served as professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years. He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap and Conscious Loving (co-authored with his co-author and mate for more than 35 years, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks), both used as a primary text in universities around the world. In 2003, Gay co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle,which distributes inspirational movies and conscious entertainment to subscribers in 70+ countries. Gay has offered seminars worldwide and appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others. In addition to his work with The Hendricks Institute, Gay is currently continuing his new mystery series that began with The First Rule Of Ten. Click here for Gay Hendrick's book The Big Leap: Conquer Your Fear and Take Life to the Next Level.

Brian Portnoy — Geometry of Wealth When it comes to money, do you ever worry if you’re going to be okay? What’s the difference between being rich and being wealthy? And does more money really mean we’ll have more of what we truly want in life? Brian Portnoy knows money. He’s dealt with billions of dollars in his years in the hedge fund and mutual fund industries. But what about meaning? Today, we discuss how to get off of the hamster wheel of chasing more money, learn how to zero in on what truly matters, and use money as a tool to fund the experiences we most want to have. In this interview: * Why talking about money is so emotional and confronting * Why we’re hardwired to make lousy decisions with our money * Richard Thaler “People aren’t stupid - the world is hard.” * “Am I going to be okay?” * The difference between being rich and being wealthy Plus: * Why beyond a certain amount of income, more money doesn’t necessarily make you more happy * Wealth and “funded contentment” * Clarifying what makes a meaningful life * Can you afford the meaningful things in life? Click here for Brian Portnoy's book The Geometry of Wealth: How To Shape A Life Of Money And Meaning. About Brian Portnoy Brian Portnoy, Ph.D., CFA, is the author of two books -- The Investor's Paradox and The Geometry of Wealth -- which simplify the complex world of money. Both outline how to achieve simplicity in a world of too much information and choice. Among other accolades, The Geometry of Wealth was named by Business Insider as a 2019 "best book" to read on growing wealthy. He is currently the Head of Education at Magnetar Capital, an investment firm committed to providing innovative solutions for both institutional and invidual investors. In that role, Brian creates and delivers educational content on making smarter decisions and achieving better life outcomes. For the past two decades, Brian has worked throughout the hedge fund and mutual fund industries. He has held senior investment, research, and strategy roles at Virtus Investment Partners, Chicago Equity Partners, Mesirow Financial, and Morningstar. Across those positions, he has demonstrated a passion for cutting through the jargon of modern finance and helping investors meet their goals. In educating thousands of investors over the years as keynote speaker, seminar leader, and consultant, Brian emphasizes the practical benefits of understanding the intersection of human psychology, financial markets, and modern capitalism. Across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, audiences have benefited from Brian's commitment to Einstein's dictum: "Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Michael Gervais — The Inner Critic, Recovery, and High Performance When you look at guys who are kicking ass, do you believe they were just born that way? Do you think that grinding and hustling and pressure and scarcity are the keys to being successful? And is it possible to create the life or business or relationships you want without having an inner critic chewing on your ass everyday? Dr. Michael Gervais is a high performance psychologist who works with the Seattle Seahawks and Fortune 100 companies. Today we pick apart the myths of being a high performer, understand the inner critic, and reveal the key ingredient to enjoying the life we want. In this interview: * Working with the Seattle Seahawks and Coach Pete Carroll * Myths of a high performing mindset * “I shouldn’t need help.” * Do we need our critic in order to succeed? * Depending on pressure for motivation Plus: * Why most successful people are driven by anxiety * Why rewarding wins is a mistake * Why ignoring recovery makes us weak * The importance of challenging feedback * Meditation and recovery Click here for Dr. Michael Gervais' program Compete to Create. About Dr. Michael Gervais Dr. Michael Gervais has followed a central question: Is there a common thread connecting those who change how we understand how the world works? As a high-performance psychologist, he works in the trenches of high-stakes environments, where there is no luxury for mistakes, hesitation or failure to respond. Dr. Gervais’ client roster includes MVPs from every major sport, Fortune 100 CEOs, as well as internationally acclaimed artists and musicians. Dr. Gervais is also the co-founder of Compete to Create, a joint venture with Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, which has built a framework to enhance high performance cultures by focusing on mindset training for individuals. Compete to Creates aim is to pull back the curtain on how world-leading organizations and performers shape their lives, their thinking and their relationships in order to become their very best and thrive in the modern world. More than 30,000 employees from across Microsoft and AT&T have completed the High-Performance Mindset Training Course. A published, peer-reviewed author and recognized speaker on optimal human performance, Dr. Gervais has been featured by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, NBC, NFL Network, Red Bull TV, Extra, The Huffington Post, Outside Magazine, and others. Dr. Gervais received his undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University. He completed his Ph.D. while studying under the father of American applied sport psychology, Dr. Bruce Ogilvie, at San Diego University, Integrative Studies. Ultimately, Dr. Gervais’ goal is to unpack, then decode how the greatest performers in the world use their minds to pursue the boundaries of human potential. To accelerate that aim, he has curated conversations with those who have dedicated their lives to becoming the best in his podcast, Finding Mastery. Applying the same passion to exploring human performance boundaries to his personal life, Dr. Gervais is an avid surfer who also enjoys skiing Canada’s backcountry. Click here for Dr. Michael Gervais' program Compete to Create.

Paul Ollinger — From Facebook to Stand Up Comedy Does money consume a lot of your attention? Do you wish you could make money from doing what you love? And are you ignoring your calling in life because you’re so focused on being responsible? Paul Ollinger busted his ass, cashed out of Facebook, and became a stand up comic. Today we’re going to talk about money being a major motivator, how our pursuit of a stress free life can burn us out, and why committing to success often makes us weak. In this interview: * Leaving Facebook to become a stand up comedian * Growing up frugal * Stressing out about “guac on the burrito” * How he spent $100K to get an MBA — only to learn that he wanted to do comedy Plus: * How much money you have vs how much you want * Why we are always going to want more * The “hack” mentality that wants to avoid the difficulty of life * Are you ignoring your calling? And: * Stoicism and Ryan Holiday * “No” is a way to find your tribe, your people * Brian Portnoy — “Wealth is funded contentment” * Is contentment the enemy of ambition? * Can playfulness make us stronger?   About Paul Ollinger Paul Ollinger is a nationally-touring stand-up comedian, Ivy League MBA and former Facebook sales leader. He performs at comedy clubs and corporate events all over North America. He is also the author of You Should Totally Get an MBA: A Comedian’s Guide to Top U.S. Business Schools. Paul was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Rhodes College and borrowed $100k to get an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School. However, he got more out of his experience than just a degree. During a business school talent show he performed stand-up for the first time and got bit (hard) by the comedy bug. Even though comedy was his true passion, he took the safer path, and found a steady job to help pay back his loans. Over the next 15 years, he worked in digital media for companies like LAUNCH.com, Yahoo! and Facebook where he was VP of West Coast Sales and one of the first 250 employees. But after four years in his Facebook office, staring at a poster that asked, “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?,” Paul finally came up with an answer—"Comedy!” Paul realized he was never going to be truly fulfilled doing anything other than giving stand-up his full attention. “There is no feeling in the world like offering your point of view to a crowd of strangers and hearing their laughter,” shares Paul, “Connecting with an audience lets me know I made them feel understood and appreciated.” Today, Paul focuses on his comedy career, which has taken him all over North America, sharing the stage with top comics like Dave Attell, Norm Macdonald, Bill Burr, Marc Maron and many more. Paul has also been an official selection of the Laughing Skull, Asheville, Cleveland, Orange County, DC, and North Carolina Comedy Festivals. When he isn’t touring comedy clubs, he is the host of his recently launched podcast, Crazy Money, in which he interviews entrepreneurs, celebrities, authors, and artists with a humorous perspective on money, wealth and careers. The show focuses on how we think about and live with money, as a society and as individuals. In his free time, Paul can be found playing golf, binge watching Netflix or checking the “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” page on LinkedIn. He lives in Atlanta with his beautiful wife,