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[00:36] How Brad and Eli met
[00:40] Who is Eli Wilde
[1:40] How Eli got into Tony Robbins and neuro-linguistic programming
[3:10] Anything can be broken down into a strategy
[4:00] What the episode will be about
[5:30] Who is Tony Robbins
[6:30] What is a pattern? What produces our results?
[7:02] SAM Framework
[8:00] Strategies to grow your hunger, vision, etc.
[8:56] Application for implementing those strategies: speed and implementation
[9:45] Mindset to do whatever it takes
[10:30] Where 80% of your success comes from
[11:45] Think about the last years of your life and patterns
[12:45] What gets measured gets improved
[13:40] Oprah's experience with Tony Robbins
[15:41] The million dollar question
[17:50] What is stopping you from making it to that next level?
[18:50] All patterns can be changed
[20:30] What is it that separates the most successful people from the rest?
[22:38] Your beliefs determine how you feel about subjects, behaviors, thoughts, etc.
[23:20] Limiting beliefs stop us from taking the most action. It stops us.
[23:50] Empowering beliefs
[25:28] What is it that you want in your life? What do you want to create?
[26:28] All results come from specific measurable actions.
[27:15] Tapping into a certain level of potential
[28:55] It all comes down to your belief about yourself.
[32:00] Stanford study shows that 50% of the patterns you have were conditioned by the age of 5
[34:18] What have these patterns cost you?
[34:30] Eli's story about being in LA, partying, destroying opportunities, etc.
[37:10] Question that triggered Eli
[40:00] Eli's story about getting to the point of enough and taking action
[44:00] The most successful people have all gone to one event...
[45:05] Unleash the Power Within event
[45:50] Mastermind day before the event
[46:05] VIP ticket discounts for listeners
[47:40] People come from all over the world to this event
[48:29] 10X more value if you join our group than anywhere else
[49:50] President Trump's momentum
[50:55] Proximity is power
[51:30] More info about Brad and the event
[57:10] Where to reach out and view more content, buy tickets, etc
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Resources mentioned:
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[1:08] Has a podcast: Fei’s World | Has been doing it for 3 years
[5:51] How she reaches out to people
[10:32] She moved from China to the US when she was 7 years old.
[12:32] Ask people about the things that are counterintuitive: what are some of the things that led to their success, what are the things that they decided to not listen to
[18:40] Brad’s strength: getting into flow with people
[25:14] She grew up in Beijing. | Her dad is half Cantonese. | She grew up in the army base.
[25:55] Her mother was an artist. | She had a very westernized upbringing.
[30:29] How she developed her storytelling skills
[36:35] She quit her job and became a freelancer. | Wants other people to consider the freelance career
[37:42] The world is abundant and is getting better and better.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Never Split the Difference
Last question:
Wants to meet Brad and his team in person. Connect with more people
How to reach her:
Email: feisworlds@gmail dot com
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Go to website and download ebook about podcasting:
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[1:33] He has gone through life trying to do things that he found interesting and meeting people that he found interesting. This has led him to where he is in life.
[2:12] Went to Stanford | Joined D.E. Shaw, a hedge fund | Went to Harvard Business School
[2:31] Has been creating companies and investing books | Started writing books
[4:03] What he wishes everyone knew: “they just don’t know”
[4:42] A lot of the success in his life is from keeping his mind open.
[8:32] Two ways to look at rules: (1) hard rules and (2) soft rules
[12:53] Pros and cons of Ivy League background
[15:16] Working on new book, coming out Ocotber 2018: Blitzscaling
[18:48] Privatizing social welfare
[21:26] People he looks up to: Abraham Lincoln, David Packard, and Mr. Rogers | He models after people who are already dead.
[25:36] His thoughts on net neutrality: it’s a good policy
[31:03] What he wishes everybody knew: other people really don’t care that much
[31:43] When you make decisions based on what other people see, it’s a waste of time and will lead you to a suboptimal solution.
[31:53] Focus on what you really want and what you really like.
[41:59] Whoever you’re talking to, they are the hero in their own story.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
The Alliance - book
Tough to Needle
Last question:
Sign up for newsletter, pre-order the book: www.blitzscaling.com
He likes giving talks and is always looking for audiences.
How to contact him:
Google Chris Yeh
LinkedIn: include a note about why you’re contacting him
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[00:56] What he’s up to | His journey
[1:20] He helps entrepreneurs rely on their strengths.
[1:33] He’s been running his business for the last 10 years.
[5:10] The biggest tool he has found: beliefs
[10:06] How Wealth Dynamics has helped him in running his business
[16:11] Where he sees Brad’s company going
[19:02] Once you understand what you want, then you can start thinking what it looks like for you.
[23:34] What’s your best thinking right now?
[24:29] The only constant in life is change.
[25:22] The more choices people consider, the most unsatisfied they are with the results.
[25:29] Only consider 3 choices. | Ask for recommendations.
[27:36] What he wished everyone in the world knew: their superpower
[26:09] Most painful moment he is most grateful for: helping someone who wanted to kill themselves and preventing them from doing so
[29:05] What made him a trader?
[35:59] He loves helping nurture entrepreneurship from a young age. He has a program to help budding entrepreneurs.
[41:59] Take action. | Your only regret will be the what ifs.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Paradox of Choice - book
Last question:
He wants to help more people figure out what is not working for them.
15 Question Test on Mindset:
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[00:24] Founder of Wealth Factory | Author of 2 books: Killing Sacred Cows and The Rockefellers
[00:43] He has a new books coming out: 5 Day Weekend.
[1:12] First business was detailing cars that were repossessed by the credit union his mom worked at and vehicles from mine workers
[1:27] He won $5k and decided to invested in VUL.
[2:16] Mutual funds are the least effective tools in finance.
[2:46] He founded Ingenuity with a partner. | It later became an Inc. 500 company.
[4:24] 5 Day Weekend comes out March 2018.
[4:30] Budgeting Sucks will come 6, 8, 9 months after.
[4:56] It takes a genius to make things as simple as possible.
[8:27] It’s time to become a lifelong learner and have a beginner’s mind.
[11:25] Enjoy life along the way. | Invest in what you know. | Don’t invest in what you don’t know.
[15:36] How you thrive in free market is copetition (competition and cooperation).
[17:43] If we prevent the small pain, we create the long-term suffering.
[19:20] How we thrive as individuals in the exponential economy through copetition
[19:48] Some people are better intrapreneurs (they thrive within a structure).
[21:26] Visionaries don’t have the ability to bring their visions to life alone.
[24:46] Some of technology has disconnected people in the name of connection.
[25:11] The future will exist for those who can really connect.
[31:08] He’s been doing stand up comedy lately.
[31:28] He has a multimedia package coming out.
[35:26] Charity he supports: supporting coal mining towns and the people that live there and aligning with charities and causes the help entrepreneurship in young kids
[39:18] Who he looks up to: Rich Christiansen
[42:38] What scares people about having people cold call?
[44:45] People are afraid of rejection because they haven’t done a lot of personal development work.
[47:03] Stay focused because focus will beat diversification. Make sure you’re really amazing at something before you move to the next thing.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Text 8013967211 and put WWRD on the subject to get book "What Would the Rockefellers Do."
Physical copy: pay for shipping and handling only
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[2:45] Miguel is one of the top instructors on Udemy.
[3:44] His new project is launching in January.
[4:05] Problems with online courses
[4:42] He decided to create a tool that focuses on the engagement of courses.
[8:09] They’ve developed a chatbot that allows you to deliver education in a more engaging way that helps people take measurable action weekly.
[10:43] He’s originally from Spain. He moved here in 1996, when he was 14 after his parents divorced.
[11:14] He self-taught a lot of things in his life, like animation.
[11:58] He got into Udemy very early on. It was like a hobby, but it was making a lot of money.
[14:54] He was approached by a former client to do something about education.
[15:22] Actual learning happens when you do stuff. If you listen and don’t apply, learning doesn’t happen.
[16:53] 7 of the top ten courses on Udemy are about coding.
[20:40] The strategy that works best for him: strategic giving
[20:51] Strategic giving: provide value to someone with a lot of influence
[21:34] Get your stuff in front of someone who has a large audience
[25:03] He knew he only needed 1 video to get 1 influencer.
[25:57] People assume that people should give them value when they haven’t proved themselves valuable first.
[32:43] Ask yourself: what’s in it for that person? Why are they going to spend time with you instead of all the other people that want to spend time with them?
[35:] You will never know what will come from the fruit of your efforts, but if you show up with a heart to serve and you add value, your time you will come.
[36:37] Everything is about the people. Focus on helping the people who can add the most value to you and who you can add value to.
[39:58] Generate | Grow | Give
[43:01] Focus on quality over quantity
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Last question:
If you want to learn more about Mench, go to: https://mench.co/
If you have an online program and you want to try a new platform go to Mench and apply as instructor.
How to contact him:
Email: miguel@mench dot com
Newsletter (Wednesdays): www.grumo.com
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[1:19] Grew up in a small town in North Carolina
[1:35] He entered college early (at 14). He went to grad school.
[1:51] His first job was as a newspaper reporter. He got laid off 1 year into the job on Sept. 10th, 2001.
[2:22] He went into politics. The campaigns he worked on lost.
[2:29] He ran a non-profit and realized that he could run a business.
[2:43] Started his business 11 years ago. Had to re-conceptualize his business a few times.
[3:37 ] He had three proposals rejected before he could publish his first book.
[4:53] The non-profit he ran had a budget of $150k and 3 employees. He had to raise all the money. It was a very stressful job.
[8:25] Every entrepreneur asks: How do I differentiate from the competition?
[9:01] If you want to be recognized for your ideas, you have to share your ideas.
[11:10] People assume that networking has a transactional nature, but in reality, it is about making friends.
[14:49] If you burn people, they will remember and tell other people. If you want a long career in politics, it is very disadvantageous to earn a reputation as someone who doesn’t pay back favors or is always trying to maximize.
[18:28 Things that do and don’t translate from the political world to the marketing world
[23:59] Howard Dean ran for the DNC after failing to win President of the U.S.
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Resources mentioned:
Stand Out - his book
Resource: www.dorieclark.com/entrepreneur
Last question:
He wants to help people figure out the unwritten codes that are guiding business success so that more people will have access to it.
He was accepted to a program run by BMI, which trains the next generation of musical theater programs, to learn to write music.
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[1:05] He is from Alaska. Normal middle class. He got thrown out of college.
[1:24] He started listening to his heart/soul, and he started dabbing in real estate.
[3:03] He had a $20M portfolio and a $5M net worth, and he blew it in a year.
[3:28] His mantra was: “How much is enough? More.”
[4:52] Have an end date to your goals.
[6:39] He used to focus on the accoutrements. He even bought the Will Smith Ferrari from Bad Boyz.
[10:21] Practice losing money.
[14:12] He has a rule set. If someone offers him a deal outside of it, he rejects it. Learn to say no.
[16:51] In life, if you’re not present, you will lose your balance sheet.
[19:05] Ask yourself: Are you an example or a warning to the future?
[25:14] He asks himself: How do I do what I do? How do I support more people? How can I give this to the whole world?
[25:40] His new focus is to give everything he teaches to as many people as possible.
[30:33] Ask yourself: What is true? If it makes no sense, go deeper.
[32:33] Until you’re willing to accept that you suck, then you can't get better.
[36:52] “A mistake is only a sin if it's not admitted.” It’s where all the growth and power is.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Ken Jennings
Make Your Bid - book by William McCraven
Last question:
Share his ideas and tools that can go to the entire world.
How to contact him:
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[00:20] David is the creator and founder of Basecamp and the creator of Ruby on Rails.
[1:42] When he started Basecamp, he was the sole developer.
[6:35] Leadership failures and things learned along the way
[10:45] They built the software (Basecamp) for themselves and realized that it would solve the problem for other people in the industry, and they sold it to them.
[12:40] When they launched, they didn’t have a billing system. They got it out and built the billing system in 27 days (they gave 30 day trials, so 3 days before the first customers were supposed to pay).
[17:03] What he thinks of the Open Movement now
[18:38] He never thought of releasing Ruby on Rails as a paid software. | Infrastructure software is supposed to be free.
[23:26] Show up, do the work, and do the work you’re interested in doing.
[24:50] When you apply to Basecamp, send a cover letter; if you don’t, your resume goes straight to the dumpster.
[28:00] At Basecamp, they want to see actual work, representative work of what someone would be doing if they hired them.
[28:18] They hire a lot of Junior Developers because they are a lot more open.
[30:10] He admires or models after in the industry: MailChimp and Shopify
[34:22] The only industry Bitcoin has disrupted is the ponzi scheme industry.
[40:50] Questions why people want a currency so detached from the real world.
[41:12] People who use Bitcoin want the untraceability and the irreversibility.
[42:31] Untraceability and irreversibility would only work in societies like North Korea or Venezuela, not in countries like the U.S.
[43:21] He believes that the government shouldn’t have the key to open encryptions for things like Whatsapp. | We need privacy for the exchange of communication and information, and it's the same way when it comes to currency.
[46:20] The sort of returns of Bitcoin are only available in unsavory ventures.
[48:33] Growth without contribution is the motto of cancer.
[51:32] Don’t look for the silver bullet. | Don’t look for the one thing you wanted to do different. | Don’t look for the regret. | Love your fate. | Figure out how to fall in love with the things you have and the path you’re on. | Don’t look back at things with regret.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Rework - book
Last question:
New book: The Calm Company (hopes to release in 2018)
URL: www.davidheinemeierhansson.com
Twitter: @DHH
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[00:43] She knew she wanted to be a record producer at the age of 8.
[1:28] She launched the Music and Entertainment Division at Apple and ran it for 12 years. It later became iTunes. Steve Jobs was her mentor.
[4:26] She’s been a talent producer.
[5:29] She’s had a podcast for 5 years. She’s published books and articles in different publications.
[5:43] Things won’t change for her in the next 5 years. She wants to keep focusing on thought leadership.
[6:39] Time management and keeping in touch with her network are natural to her.
[7:14] She uses her calendar (iCal) as a calendar and to do list.
[9:28] Your brand is the most critical part to building your career. You need to keep it sharp.
[9:55] Always be looking to add value.
[10:29] Corporate culture is paramount.
[10:53] Set an example and follow through. Be someone people want to follow.
[11:39] Her secret to success: maintain relationships
[12:17] You don’t need to be in touch with relationships all the time. Just when you have something of value.
[12:43] You need to fail in order to thrive.
[13:42] Leaving Apple when she did was not the best time in hindsight.
[15:02] iTunes launched 5 years after she left.
[17: 04] She admires Oprah.
[19:50] Advice to entrepreneurs: don’t go at it alone
[22:16] She was booked on Flight 93 on 9/11. She didn’t get on the flight because she honored her intuition.
[23:09] She had a terrible feeling that something bad was going to happen. She cancelled the trip. She was supposed to work with Michael Jackson but didn’t go.
[29:12] Hallmark of success: keep your mouth shut
[29:44] Cupertino is her hometown.
[31:34] She’s always been a contrarian.
[33:26] Spirituality is foundational.
[33:55] Her favorite interviews in her podcast: Member of Sticks (keyboard player - Lauren), Todd (her long-time collaborator), Ty Roberts
[35:13] Her podcast: All Access Radio
[35:32] She would love to meet Oprah.
[41:12] If you can’t conceive, how will you ever get there?
[43:08] She reads 2 books a week, but she keeps some books close by for reference.
[45:53] “Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure.” - Tony Robbins
[46:14] A leader creates more leaders, not followers.
[46:37] Mindfulness: knowing what’s going on around you and how you choose to take action and understand the consequences
[47: 47] Don’t try to do it alone. Even one conversation can create a collaboration.
Three key points:
Resources mentioned:
Abundance - book by Peter Diamandis
Thrive: Stop Wishing Your Life Away - book
Enough Already - book
Straight Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power Through Turbulent Times
Last question:
She’s always looking for better tools for time management and to optimize productivity.
Referrals - If there’s somebody listening whom she can add value to as a consultant, she would like to talk to you. If you’re a high achiever, or would like to become one, and you would like an advisor, contact her. If you have a budget and want to engage celebrities to perform at a company function or event, contact her.
How to contact her:
Email: info@allaccessgroup dot com
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[1:26] Introduction to Traci Bogan
[2:37] “Never take advice from someone who hasn’t climbed the mountain before you.”
[2:48] Anybody can be a coach, but some people shouldn’t be/don’t deserve to be.
[3:54] One of the biggest things is mindset. Some people don’t have the confidence or perseverance.
[4:12] We deserve to have some hand-holding and the inspiration to keep going.
[4:28] When you increase your confidence, you increase your self-esteem. When you increase your self-esteem, you increase your self-worth. When you increase your self-worth, you increase your self-love.
[4:47] Every single step brings confidence.
[5:11] Difference between dreamer and dreampeneur: moving the needle. Dreampreneurs do things to move the needle.
[6:19] (1) Map out and create vision. (2) Reverse engineer the steps that turn into daily accountable actions.
[8:14] People don’t achieve dreams because: (1) they don’t know what it is (haven’t declared it in writing with a due date); (2) don’t feel worthy of the dream or they feel success/failure.
[10:58] Toxic belief: “I can’t afford it.”
[11:47] Keep working on beliefs all the time.
[13:39] Appreciation / Gratitude Marketing
[13:48] Benefits of Gratitude Marketing
[16:35] Greeting cards add a level of personalization that adds a personal connection.
[22:01] What’s exciting in her life right now: movie and book
[32:36] When people have fear, they revert to their comfort zone.
[34:01] Following your dream is not a matter of cost or time; it’s a matter of knowledge and decision.
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Last question:
Anecdote on someday-aties. Text "dareto" to 64600.