Well fam, I have two pretty big announcements I wanted to share with you today... The first is that Michelle and I have spent the past week recovering from Covid, but as the over-achiever I am, just getting Covid wasn’t enough. I had to go all-in, so I went ahead and got the regular flu at the same time. I came down with a really severe fever for two days that went as high as 103.8 which was the regular flu, and then Covid kicked in which was marked by a constant low grade fever, and difficulty breathing. Michelle lost her sense of taste and smell, but I retained mine. Thankfully we have the support of some incredible doctors who took amazing care of us. We took all of the supplements you can imagine, and they also put us on prescriptions for Ivermectin and Hydroxy Chlorochine. The worst part was a three day period where it was getting increasingly difficult to breath. If you think you have Covid, you want to jump on Amazon or have someone run down to the local drug store to get you a blood oxygen meter and a nebulizer. If your 02 level gets down to 93 or less, it’s time to head to the hospital which is what we did next. My primary concern was that I was coming down with pneumonia, so we had a CT scan. Thankfully it was just Covid, so we started nebulizing glutathione, ionic silver, and a steroid to help open the lungs which is what did the trick. Overall, we spent about 9 days laying in bed, but thankfully we’re about 95% recovered at this point. Michelle’s smell and taste came back, and I’m breathing normally once again. So what is the big takeaway from this experience? If you take care of your body, it will take care of you. If your body had a voice, and if you could have a conversation with it, what would it say to you? Would it say thank you, or would it beg you to stop filling it with poisons like alcohol, sugar, or processed foods? Grab a piece of paper, and write down this question… What does my body desperately want me to know? And simply write out everything that comes up. What you learn here has the power to completely change your life if you’re willing to listen. Now that brings us to my second piece of news… After 7 years, and over 350 episodes I am going to take a break from this podcast as of today. The show will be back, but I don't know when. All I know is that over the past year, my passion for this show had turned into an obligation. I was producing it every week because I felt like I had to. If you’ve been a listener for a while, you know that I’ve been going through a massive transition in my life over the past few years, and who I am today, is completely different than who I was when I started this show under the Self Made Man title in 2014. Traditionally, this has been a show about entrepreneurship, marketing, and business, and after the past few years I’ve had, I can tell you that the absolute last thing I give a crap about right now is marketing and business. The world is changing before our very eyes in ways that will forever change the course of humanity, and turning a blind eye to these topics in order to talk about business, online marketing, or funnels because that’s what this show has always been about, literally makes me want to puke, and I just can’t do it any more. So I’m going to take some time off to think about what I want to stand for, how I want to lead, and what the purpose of this show will become moving forward. I can tell you one thing for sure…When it does come back, it will be bigger and better than ever. We’re in the process of looking for a video studio here in Austin, and my goal is to have the deepest, most meaningful conversations possible, with the world’s most inspiring people. So thank you for listening, and for your support. It’s been an incredible 7 years. If you’ve enjoyed the show and the amazing guests who’ve shared their time here, it would mean th...
If you live in the United Kingdom, or if you’re a car fan, you’ve heard of Yianni from Yiannimize. Yianni has an amazing rags to riches entrepreneur story that I find incredibly inspiring… In essence, he took his passion for cars and has built it into one of the most successful car modification businesses in the world, and a personal brand that’s grown by leaps and bounds thanks to a personality that’s as big as his heart. Yianni’s story is a perfect example of the fact that you don’t need to be the person to get the job done. He had no idea how to wrap or modify cars, but that didn’t stop him. He simply focused on hiring the right people, and today Yiannimize is the go-to business for the top celebrities and athletes across Europe when they want to customize their million dollar supercars. Today he has over 1.2 million followers on Instagram, 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube, and you’re about to find out how he’s managed to build such an incredible brand. Before we dive...
In a time where attention is the most valuable resource in the world of business, learning how to capture and hold someone’s attention becomes a priceless skill. Thankfully, we know without a shadow of a doubt after 10,000 years of history, that telling captivating, interesting, or entertaining stories is the key to winning over the human mind and heart. Yesterday, I sent out an email to my readers about my new course, Richer Every Day. Richer Every Day is a system, and a training program that teaches people how to turn the money you make today, into passive investment income that pays you forever. If you want to learn how to make $100,000 per month in passive income, Richer Every Day will show you exactly how we’re doing that. Now most emails you get about a product or service just jump straight into their pitch, and sure, there’s a time and a place for that, especially when you’re nearing a deadline, but there’s a much more effective way to sell, and that’s by using a story....
I know there are a lot of you out there who are professionals in some form or another… You’re a doctor, a dentist, a lawyer, an engineer, and maybe an accountant, and if you’re listening to this podcast, there’s a very good chance that you’ve thought about starting an online business before… But there’s been confusion, or doubt that’s held you back. . After all, how could a dentist build an online business? Well today you’re going to meet my friend Dr. Galen Detrik who’s done exactly that. He and his wife Davina realized early on during their dental career, that there had to be a better way. They were overworked, stressed-out, and drowning in medical school debt just a handful of years into their career. So they decided to make a change, and they built an online course. Today, they make millions of dollars per year… Not only do they make millions from course sales, but the fact that they made a course, also positioned them as the recognized authority figures in their dent...
The single best way to build a million-dollar business is to solve a problem you have in your life at the moment. For John Fio, one of those problems was stress and anxiety. One day he was talking to a doctor who casually mentioned that sleeping under a blanket that’s equal to 10% of your body weight, triggers a calming response in your body that can dramatically reduce anxiety. A light-bulb went off, and John went to work…A few months later, he launched the idea for the weighted blanket on Kickstarter. No one knew what a weighted blanket was, but people just seem to intuitively understand how it could help them, and how it works. Within 24 hours, they’d sold over $1 million in pre-orders. Within their first 30 days, they’d made over $5 million in sales, and the Gravity Blanket was born. Today, John’s going to fill you in on the entire story, and we’re going to discuss several important pieces of the puzzle that will be incredibly useful for everyone…For example, should you i...
So there’s a very good chance that you’ve heard my mold story over the past few years, and how it completely turned my life upside down for more than two years. But what you probably don’t know, is just how big of a problem toxic mold is becoming… It’s estimated that 50% of all homes are currently infected with mold and that 25% of the global food supply contains the poisonous mycotoxins molds produce. Some of the foods that contain the highest levels of toxic mold are nuts and coffee beans. If you drink coffee, or eat any kind of protein bars or foods that contain nuts, you’re ingesting mycotoxins. Most people’s bodies can clear these toxins out successfully as long as their exposure level doesn’t exceed their body’s capacity which is what happened in my case. If your exposure levels get too high, it will overcome your body’s detox system and that’s when things will quickly take a turn for the worse. To make matter worse, 1 in 4 American’s are missing the gene that allo...
Would you like to know how to grow a large and engaged following on social media? Well today our guest is arguably the best person in the world to learn from. His name is Brendan Kane, and Brendan decided to grow his social media following from 0 to 1 million followers in just 30 days, just to demonstrate how it can be done. Now the interesting piece of this puzzle is that Brendan is very much an introvert. But he’s also incredibly scientific when it comes to figuring out how these platforms work. In a nutshell, he discovered that if you want your content to be seen by a lot of people, then you have to befriend the algorithm. And if you want to befriend the algorithm, you simply need to follow the three steps that he’s going to share with you here today in this incredibly valuable interview. While social media definitely has its faults today, it is also an incredible opportunity to share your message, your products, and your services with the world in a way that’s never been poss...
If you’ve ever wanted to build an extremely large business… One that could potentially do billions in revenue… There’s a pretty simple, proven way to do that, especially here in the US… So what’s the secret? You find an industry that already does billions in sales, and you start a business that offers a healthier version of those products. Unfortunately, most people will look at an established industry and think the opportunity is gone, and that it would be nearly impossible to compete against the 500 pound gorillas in the space… But that’s simply not the case…Look at Whole Foods as an example…They started up in the broring established grocery store business, and became one of the world’s biggest success stories by doing one thing… Stocking the shelves with healthy products instead of processed garbage. Tesla is now the most valuable car company in the world because they took an unhealthy, dirty product, and created a healthier version. We’ve previously had the Founder ...
I’ll bet there’s a very good chance you feel like you’ve just stepped out of a month-long fight. I’ll bet you’ve felt like your way of life has been threatened, and that your values were under attack. And I’ll bet that you’ve gotten into a few heated discussions either online or in person, that led you to feel separated from, and maybe even a little betrayed by some of your friends or family members. Well for better or worse, this election is over, and half the country feels like they won, and the other half feels like they were cheated. With that being said, the most important thing now is that we use this period of escalated emotions to learn about the world, ourselves, and others. And what kind of lessons could those be? Well I believe that the top of the list should be the skill of healthy and effective communication. This is arguably the most valuable skill in the world, and it’s also one of the rarest. Do you know how to have a healthy conversation with people who disa...
One of the biggest wake-up calls that came from dealing with my health crisis the past few years, was the fact that I did not have true passive income when I needed it most. I would have never imagined ever being in a place where I wasn’t able to physically work for more than two years. It was simply not a part of my reality. None-the-less, that’s exactly what happened. Dealing with a health crisis was hard enough. Adding financial stress on top of it made it infinitely more challenging. As you can imagine, I’ve sworn that I’ll never be in that place again. Over the past year, I’ve turned all of my focus towards the creation of truly passive income… This is money that doesn't come from a business, but from assets like dividend stocks and cash flow real estate. One of the people I’ve met along the way during this new journey, is our guest today, Justin Donald. Justin is a self-made millionaire and has turned himself into one of the smartest people I know when it comes to money...