Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu

Check out our sponsors: Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! ButcherBox: Sign up at ButcherBox.com/impact Aura Frames: Go to auraframes.com and use code IMPACT to save $30. Pique: Go to piquetea.com/impact and use code IMPACT at checkout to get 5% off sitewide + FREE SHIPPING when you purchase a pu'er bundle! It was reported that roughly 1 in 20 people report having at least one hallucination in a lifetime. Maybe it was drug induced or simply a dream. Either way, how is it that you can have vivid imagery about what feels like reality in the moment? Dr. Jonas Kaplan joins Tom in this conversation to discuss all the ways your brain is filling in the gaps of its own break in knowledge. The brain is truly fascinating to study and so important to understand when you want to be more open-minded and question your beliefs or get a better perception of and understanding of what reality truly is. Part of seeing reality as it really is versus how your brain predicts it to be is coming face to face with information that challenges the beliefs you hold. Jonas and Tom explore research studies that reveal the freaky nature of how our brains really work and ways you can hack your way past the overprotective nature of your brain. Dr. Jonas Kaplan is the Associate Professor of psychology at USC Brain and Creativity Institute, Co-Director of the Dana & David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center, and Associate Director for Mindfulness and Neuroimaging for the USC Center for Mindfulness Science SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Jonas Kaplan0:21 | Brain Illusions vs Reality10:37 | Split Brain Confabulation22:39 | Executive Function Network26:04 | Changing Your Beliefs32:20 | When Identity Is Challenged41:37 | Mindfulness & Self Narrative53:02 | Dissolution of Self1:02:19 | Meaning Making & Stories1:08:27 | Filmmaking & Neuroscience1:13:51 | Hacking Your Brain1:19:39 | Brain Body Malfunction1:22:48 | Homunculus Sensory Map1:28:23 | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation QUOTES: “The brain builds a model of the world that it has to navigate, right, it builds a simulated picture of what the world is like. That's where beliefs come from.” [2:29] “The brain wants to create a consistent view of the world. And that provides a motivation to find information that's consistent with what we think.” [8:49] “Everything's so interconnected that each region of the brain is not corresponding to one particular mental function for the most part...” [24:30] “Most of us organize our lives in such a way that we never even really have to encounter evidence that challenges our beliefs.” [29:35] “Feelings are the brain signals that there's some kind of a challenge going on to the body.” [33:37] “There is probably some value in maintaining our beliefs, and protecting them to some degree, and also in sharing them with other people and building the connections that we have with other people based on shared models of reality” [38:01] Follow Jonas Kaplan:Website: http://www.jonaskaplan.com/Podcast: https://floatpodcast.libsyn.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonas_kaplan

Check out our sponsors: Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Pique: Go to piquetea.com/impact and use code IMPACT at checkout to get 5% off sitewide + FREE SHIPPING when you purchase a pu'er bundle! Backcountry: Go to Backcountry.com/theory and enter promo code THEORY to get 15% OFF your first full-priced purchase. Blinkist: Go to https://blinkist.com/impact Try it FREE for 7 days and save 25% off your new subscription.InsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheoryThere's no doubt that the holidays can be an extremely stressful time for many people. Whether you're dealing with loneliness and depression, family trauma, politically opinionated cousins, or staying disciplined with what you eat, there are a lot of landmines hidden among the holiday cheer. The good news is there are also highly effective tools and tricks that can help you navigate all of the potential difficulties that can crop up this time of year. By framing things in the right way, setting expectations for yourself and those around you, and looking for ways to find and deepen human connection, you can turn a potentially stressful time into one of the most beautiful times of the year. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 | Introduction00:47 | Dealing with Loneliness10:24 | Maintaining Discipline at Holiday Meals18:40 | Navigate Emotional Storms in the Family32:25 | Working Through the Holidays?37:06 | Faking It With Family44:10 | Fill Your Heart With Love QUOTES:“When you know you're doing something for other people, you feel this deep sense of meaning and purpose. Doing that around the holidays I think can be a huge, huge win.” [6:19] “Bright lines will work, no matter what it is, as long as you want the outcome enough to essentially torment yourself.” [12:53] “We cannot control other people. You cannot make them deal with their mental health. That cannot be your responsibility.” [22:55] “The whole punchline of life is to live a joyful life of fulfillment - that's it.” [34:42] “Having those bickering, biting, trauma-filled exchanges are their own punishment. You do not need to make it worse by trying to change people, convince them to be otherwise, or whatever.” [44:20]

Check out our sponsors: SmileBrilliant: Go to smilebrilliant.com and use coupon code IMPACTButcherBox: Sign up at ButcherBox.com/impact Podcorn: Learn more at https://podcorn.com/podcasters/CompetitiveCyclist: Get FIFTEEN PERCENT OFF plus FREE SHIPPING at CompetitiveCyclist.com/IMPACT and enter promo code IMPACT. Ombre Lab: To get 70% off -- go to: tryombre.com/ImpactAthletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! IndexHealth: indexclinic.com/impactBeing able to focus and think critically and strategically seems to become more challenging on a daily basis. With social media algorithms hacking your attention and focus and everyday life happening at record speeds, you have to become intentional and almost overly protective of your brain. Tom is executing and delivering at an elite level 365 days a year (366 on a leap year) and make no mistake this is by design. Today, he is sharing the 4 main ways he cares for and nurtures his cognitive skills. Taking care of your brain requires that you are aware of all the ways your mental performance is impacted. Tom is sharing exactly what he does on a daily basis as a way of life to keep leveling up and outperforming the competition. Tom's Push Pull Split Workout RoutineDay 1: Pull - Back & BicepsDay 2: Push - Chest, Shoulders, & TricepsDay 3: Lower Body/Core - Legs & Abs SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Brain Optimization1:40 | Workout to Fuel the Brain5:16 | Reset with Meditation11:26 | Eat to Boost Brain Power23:35 | Sleep to Clear & Reset You Mind QUOTES: “Managing your neurochemistry is one of the single most important things you can do.” [5:49] “Meditation is a magical way that nature has given us where you can reset that to absolute zero to where you feel completely calm and creative and anchored. It is truly a phenomenal gift of evolution” [6:24] “You miss one night's sleep and there is a catastrophic cascade of biological problems that will present themselves rapidly.” [24:02] “Being tired is a unique ring of hell, I do not understand people who are prepared to go their entire lives fatigue. It makes everything worse.”

Check out our sponsors: Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Ginger: ginger.com/impact MindPump: mindpumpimpact.com Tommy John: Get 20% OFF your FIRST ORDER at tommyjohn.com/impact HigherDOSE: Go to HigherDOSE.com/impact to save $75 on the Infrared Sauna Blanket or Infrared PEMF Mat. Skillshare: Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/impacttheory for a 1 month FREE trial of Premium Membership. You may be familiar with the saying work hard, play hard, but how does hard work translate to your work ethic? Work ethic is developed and is something that can be improved upon over time. Strong work ethic not only gets the job done, it pulls a driven person through some of the most difficult situations that would deter the common person from even trying. In this episode, you're going to hear how some of Hollywood's most successful people have decades long careers with monumental success. If you think their talent was enough, guess again. These actors and actresses work just as hard at their skills and their craft as Michal Jordan or Kobe Bryant before the big game. Their successes speak of themselves.“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard” -Tim NotkeHilary Swank (Becoming a Beast Competitor...): https://youtu.be/WgcYsHKFOGcJohn Travolta (True Meaning of Success): https://youtu.be/7GvNO3h-_4MMeagan Good (If You Want Something & Believe...): https://youtu.be/PyAUvtTXgDI Matthew McConaughey (Trick for Getting What You Want): https://youtu.be/WQ5HQ6z9uIkSHOW NOTES:0:00 | Introduction to Work Ethic1:22 | Hilary Swank: Get Competitive 10:15 | John Travolta: Handle People 22:10 | Meagan Good: Push the Limits 30:38 | Matthew McConaughey: Earn ItQUOTES:“Our biggest competitor is really ourselves [...] overcoming that obstacle of your mind is the number one thing to tackle in pursuing your dreams and your goals.” Hillary Swank [5:59] “That is super important to be competitive with other people, because they're the ones that push us out of our comfort zone that we didn't even know we were living in.” Hillary Swank [8:24]“You have to get rid of the people who don't want to play the same game as you do.” John Travolta [13:51]“When you push yourself beyond what you think is capable, you suddenly realize how capable you are and you're able to just keep pushing and cranking.” Meagan Good [24:53]“I want to be satisfied and thankful with this is good and this is enough, but I don't want to get comfortable in the sense of like, I know that I can access more. I want to access everything that there is for me to get until there's nothing left.” Meagan Good [28:08]“So to actually have true freedom, we have to take certain risks. We have to be responsible, more responsible for certain things for ourselves, who we are constantly investigating and interrogating our better selves, to say I'm going to be a little bit better at this tomorrow.” Matthew McConaughey [42:55]

Check out our sponsors: Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase!ButcherBox: Sign up at ButcherBox.com/impact and get 2 lbs of ground beef FREE in every order for the life of your membership.Headspace: Go to headspace.com/impact to get one month FREE of their entire meditation library. Helix Sleep: Go to HelixSleep.com/impact for up to $200 off your mattress and 2 free pillows. InsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheoryFrom the time you were born, dopamine receptors in your brain have been firing off to keep you alive, to keep you motivated and keep you focused on pursuing something worthwhile. If you were born in the digital age of technology where electronic devices and social media started affecting your life directly or indirectly. You easily start feeling like you're not enough, there's something missing or like you should be doing more than you are.Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She writes, “humans are the ultimate seekers.” Because of the way we are wired with the flood of hormones and chemicals released physiologically, we are always looking for the next dopamine hit without ever consciously identifying and labeling it. So, if it is in your nature to pursue a reward that is ever elusive, what reward do you decide to focus on? In this episode, Anna and Tom explore why using the love of the pursuit as a drug of choice to get dopamine rewards can be very dangerous. Anna also explains the pleasure pain balance and why too much pleasure and too much positive overload is still a form of stress to watch out for.Order Anna Lembke's book, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/152474672X?tag=randohouseinc7986-20 SHOW NOTES:0:00 | Introduction to Anna Lembke1:00 | Pursuit is Rewarding10:12 | Dopamine Insensitivity16:17 | Pleasure Pain Balance26:24 | Dopamine Reset29:21 | Cannabis Use & Potency34:07 | Pornography Addiction39:56 | Truth Telling Reward50:38 | Spirituality in Neurochemistry59:05 | Social Media Connection1:12:16 | To Exert Will or Not1:25:10 | Danger in StrivingQUOTES:“We are hardwired to approach pleasure and avoid pain. And that's really at the heart of our dopamine reward system.” [7:50]“Any deviation from neutrality is actually a form of stress. In fact, biologists define stress as a deviation from neutrality.” [18:33]“The richest countries in the world are the countries that have the most suicide, anxiety, depression, and physical pain.” [24:22]“Because our primitive brains were not wired for an easy, hyper convenient world, we are suffering as a result of all of this access to these feel good things.” [25:10]“If social media is the main place, or the only place where you get validation, and you feel connected, that's really dangerous.” [1:06:55]“Don't do the easy thing to get rid of the pain, far better to suffer and come up with a long term solution” Tom Bilyeu [1:08:45]“The interesting part here is it isn't winning a championship, it's becoming capable of a championship performance.” Tom Bilyeu [1:26:34]Follow Anna Lembke:Website: https://www.annalembke.com/

Check out our sponsors: Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheorySmileBrilliant: Go to smilebrilliant.com and use coupon code IMPACTLMNT: Go to drinkLMNT.com/Impact to try their brand NEW flavor - Watermelon Salt.Thryve: Get 50% off your at-home gut health test at trythryve.com/impactAthletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase!Decentralization has sparked more conversation and opinions than we can track. As people become more aware of the cracks in the current financial system, solutions to the ways through and over those existing barriers become more appealing. Richard Craib is the founder of the crowdsourced quant hedge fund, Numerai, which is using sophisticated machine learning to create models that essentially predict how the stock market moves. During this conversation with Tom, Richard is sharing how crypto is breaking the barriers of the old financial system that was meant to protect people, while effectively keeping everyone out. This is another resource that can be really useful in seeing the bitcoin revolution, blockchain and cryptocurrency in another light, especially through the lens of finance. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Richard Craib0:55 | Financial System Barrier7:29 | Blocking Innovation13:07 | Navigating 2 Money Systems18:13 | Crowd Validation & Volume24:42 | Machine Learning Models31:44 | Hedge Funds and Stocks39:08 | What Happened With Gamestop44:26 | Decentralized Capitalism51:12 | Unstoppable Technology1:00:38 | Bank Regulation Traps1:08:01 | Staking Benefit for Internet1:15:46 | Being a Quant Trader1:22:08 | Math Language in Crypto1:31:21 | Thinking from 1st Principles1:34:55 | Entrepreneurship Advice QUOTES: “You have to find a way to tie the community into the success of a product and company. And if you fail to do that you will fail in business, you will fail in finance, you will fail in everything.” Tom Bilyeu [53:56] “You're not in any position of real ownership. And, and that is what crypto changes and the and that's very, very powerful difference” [55:40] “The difference between owning something forever, and being this kind of like sort of like slave to a system is a very different mindset.” [56:16] “That's an incredible thing to change, to feel like your relationship with your physical world is somehow fragile, but then the relationship with the digital world is actually fixed and permanent and doesn't need police. And so that's a very powerful thing to be aware of.” [57:49] “If you can think from first principles, you really can do something original. But if you don't, you can't.” [1:32:56] “It's very easy to predict the future, when you have a few things to rely on.” [1:33:51] “Don't start a company unless you're prepared to make it your life's work.” [1:36:44] Follow Richard Craib:Website: https://numer.ai/Fund: https://numerai.fund/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcraib/Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardcraib

Check out our sponsors:  Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheory SmileBrilliant: Go to smilebrilliant.com and use coupon code IMPACT LMNT: Go to drinkLMNT.com/Impact to try their brand NEW flavor - Watermelon Salt. Thryve: Get 50% off your at-home gut health test at trythryve.com/impact Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! Decentralization has sparked more conversation and opinions than we can track. As people become more aware of the cracks in the current financial system, solutions to the ways through and over those existing barriers become more appealing. Richard Craib is the founder of the crowdsourced quant hedge fund, Numerai, which is using sophisticated machine learning to create models that essentially predict how the stock market moves. During this conversation with Tom, Richard is sharing how crypto is breaking the barriers of the old financial system that was meant to protect people, while effectively keeping everyone out. This is another resource that can be really useful in seeing the bitcoin revolution, blockchain and cryptocurrency in another light, especially through the lens of finance.   SHOW NOTES:   0:00 | Introduction Richard Craib 0:55 | Financial System Barrier 7:29 | Blocking Innovation 13:07 | Navigating 2 Money Systems 18:13 | Crowd Validation & Volume 24:42 | Machine Learning Models 31:44 | Hedge Funds and Stocks 39:08 | What Happened With Gamestop 44:26 | Decentralized Capitalism 51:12 | Unstoppable Technology 1:00:38 | Bank Regulation Traps 1:08:01 | Staking Benefit for Internet 1:15:46 | Being a Quant Trader 1:22:08 | Math Language in Crypto 1:31:21 | Thinking from 1st Principles 1:34:55 | Entrepreneurship Advice   QUOTES:   “You have to find a way to tie the community into the success of a product and company. And if you fail to do that you will fail in business, you will fail in finance, you will fail in everything.” Tom Bilyeu [53:56]   “You're not in any position of real ownership. And, and that is what crypto changes and the and that's very, very powerful difference” [55:40]   “The difference between owning something forever, and being this kind of like sort of like slave to a system is a very different mindset.” [56:16]   “That's an incredible thing to change, to feel like your relationship with your physical world is somehow fragile, but then the relationship with the digital world is actually fixed and permanent and doesn't need police. And so that's a very powerful thing to be aware of.” [57:49]   “If you can think from first principles, you really can do something original. But if you don't, you can't.” [1:32:56]   “It's very easy to predict the future, when you have a few things to rely on.” [1:33:51]   “Don't start a company unless you're prepared to make it your life's work.” [1:36:44]   Follow Richard Craib: Website: https://numer.ai/ Fund: https://numerai.fund/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcraib/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardcraib

Check out our sponsors: Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Join the Impact Theory community on discord: https://impacttheory.com/discord Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! Blinkist: Go to https://blinkist.com/impact Try it FREE for 7 days and save 25% off your new subscription. MindPump: mindpumpimpact.com Thryve: Get 50% off your at-home gut health test at trythryve.com/impact In one of the worst times in history, people across the entire world simultaneously experienced unexpected change and loss beyond anything ever experienced in recent history. The response to such life altering events has varied drastically from person to person and country to country. Some people found opportunities where none existed before, while others sat in disbelief not sure how to move forward or what to do. Dave Hollis has gone through his own sudden changes over the last couple of years, not related to the pandemic, and they've been the kind of changes that challenge your identity and the core of who you say you are and who you think of yourself to be. On the other side of these unexpected life events, he's emerged with an experience to share about what standing in fear looked like while turning what was utterly terrifying into an exhilarating experience worth sharing. Dave shares his journey of losing everything to find everything else he was capable of creating and more once he learned how to construct a new identity, a purpose, and fulfillment through courage. He reminds us in his latest book, Built Through Courage, “the antidote to fear is a plan.” Do you have a plan in place to help you deal with the unexpected changes life is throwing your way?   “It is not until we've lost everything that we can do anything” -Tyler Durden (Fight Club)   Order Dave Hollis new book, Built Through Courage: https://www.amazon.com/Built-Through-Courage-Fears-Meant/dp/B09129JGT6   SHOW NOTES:   0:00 | Introduction Dave Hollis 1:38 | Unexpected Life Changes 8:18 | Adjusting to New Reality 16:33 | Who You Want To Be 23:34 | Inner Voice Guidance 32:32 | Fulfillment and Purpose 34:56 | Leaving the Known 38:28 | Built Through Courage 45:38 | Stuck in Your Story 50:29 | Toxic Positivity 56:34 | Tested to New Depths 1:02:51 | Becoming Is A Decision   QUOTES:   “There is no control. There's only the way that we respond to the circumstances that life presents” [3:22]   “The place I had to start, to be honest, was really getting intimate with my fear. Because most of why my imagination had been lost was because there was so much fear around trying to figure out something that I'd never contemplated.” [6:50]   “I got to at least build the sail, I gotta put it up so that when the wind starts to come, I'm actually prepared to move forward.” [11:36]   “You think good things are going to come out of this, you will become something because of the post traumatic growth that can come out of the hardest thing that you've ever experienced.” [22:02]   “We're willing to stay inside of suffering that we know, rather than facing the possibility of something new, because the knowns of that existing suffering feel predictable [...] The challenge in pushing away though, is that that safe harbor is surrounded on all sides by fear.” [39:58]   “People get stuck because they let the circumstances of what's happening in real time, cast a probability future, a likely to happen next future, that is clouded by the subjectivity of what they're currently experiencing.” [49:30]   “The way that I feel about my faith is fundamentally different because of having to have my faith tested. I was forced to my knees.” [57:24]   “In the moment, when it feels like life is ending, you forget that there's so many firsts, and so many nexts and so many beautiful moments.” [1:01:17]   Follow Dave Hollis: Website: https://mrdavehollis.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrdavehollis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrDaveHollis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-hollis-b5a48671/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrdavehollis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnB48Dc40d9vLvkyUfUcMlA

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Check out our sponsors:  Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Stay updated on our special NFT product drop coming October 13, 2021! Join the Impact Theory Discord channel or follow Tom on Twitter for updates: Discord: https://impacttheory.com/discord Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomBilyeu ConversionFanatics: Go to ConversionFanatics.com for a FREE proposal. Tommy John: Get 20% OFF your FIRST ORDER at tommyjohn.com/impact Blinkist: Go to https://blinkist.com/impact Try it FREE for 7 days and save 25% off your new subscription. Justworks: justworks.com If you've been following the cryptocurrency and NFT conversation with us recently, you'll appreciate this incredible conversation with Robert Breedlove, a freedom maximalist and bitcoin-focused entrepreneur. If you haven't been following along, jump in now. This episode is less NFT and crypto wallet focused and more educational in that Robert breaks down inflation like very few can. Understanding something at its foundational level allows you to really think from first principles, which empowers you to make better decisions. Cryptocurrency is built on technology and Bitcoin has been performing like no other asset in history, but why and how is this possible? You may need to watch this a few times, and may be even better with pen and paper to take notes. This is a crash course and deep dive on money, inflation, what property is, and why assets matter.   Robert shares 5 properties of money:   1. Divisibility 2. Durability 3. Recognizability 4. Portability 5. Scarcity   Resources mentioned in this episode:   WTF Happened in 1971: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ Masters and Slaves of Money: https://breedlove22.medium.com/masters-and-slaves-of-money-255ecc93404f Dishonest Money: https://www.amazon.com/Dishonest-Money-Financing-Road-Ruin-ebook/dp/B004P1J0PQ Sovereign Individual: https://www.amazon.com/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720 Thank God for Money: https://www.amazon.com/Thank-God-Bitcoin-Corruption-Redemption/dp/1641991216   SHOW NOTES:   0:00 | Introduction Robert Breedlove 0:34 | Inflation and Fiat Explained 6:17 | Defining Money & Property 10:47 | Compromised Property Value 16:05 | Wealth Redistribution of Assets 23:59 | What is Money 26:16 | The 5 Properties of Money 33:51 | Central Banking Corrupt Power 40:13 | Counterfeit Inflation 48:32 | Life, Liberty and Property 56:48 | Bitcoin Absolute Scarcity 1:07:21 | Government Disruption 1:13:50 | Declining Power of Government 1:23:20 | Implication of Bitcoin 1:30:47 | Purchasing Power of Bitcoin 1:40:43 | Sovereign Individual Insights 1:48:30 | Decentralized NFTs & Crypto 1:51:03 | Thank God for Bitcoin     QUOTES:   “Money is also a psycho technology. It's like literacy or numeracy. It's a software implementation we put into our brain, we use it to communicate, negotiate [and] plan.” [6:42]   “We typically think property is the house, the car, the stock, whatever. That's not what property is, properties and relationships. It's an exclusively acknowledged relationship between the owner and the asset”   “It contradicts the premise of self ownership, when we give power away to a single institution” [10:26]   “I like to say central banking, and the fiat currency complex is as clear as mud and twice as dirty.” [16:48]   “When we look at money, the five properties that market actors voluntarily favor, you could also think of as the five services we seek from money…” [26:16]   “When money is losing its value over time. We're all incentivized to be more short term thinking. This is a de-civilizing force.” [39:07]   “There is no difference between counterfeiting and inflating the amount of dollars in the system.” [40:13]   “Inflation is legalized counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is criminalized inflation.” [43:33]   “We have tried to rationalize and formulate different ways of creating socio economic structures that favored the few that could understand it and create that privilege for themselves at the expense of others.” [56:35]   “Bitcoin is an innovation as significant as the Gutenberg printing press actually, and I think the implications of its emergence will be similarly disruptive to institutions in the world.” [1:10:07]   “When the institution tries to clamp down on the disruptive technology, the subversive technology, it actually drives it to its highest and most useful form of some subversion” [1:12:24]   “Another definition of money. It's an insurance policy on uncertainty. The only reason people are holding money is for its option value.” [1:35:23]   “To walk across the room, implies that you value being on the other side of the room more than you value sitting where you currently are. So we are constantly and unavoidably expressing our values through action.” [1:55:22]   Follow Robert Breedlove: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC43_LTf5Z4lbRjKCq0sIAVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Podcast: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/

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Check out our sponsors:  Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheory Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! Upstart: UPSTART.com/IMPACT Nutrisense: For $50 off, go to trynutrisense.com/Impact and use code IMPACT ChiliSleep: Get 20% off at chilisleep.com/IMPACT Being open minded to new science, new research and medical breakthroughs is always a bonus. Too often it's thought that health is for the rich or privileged that can afford high quality care, but when researchers and physicians begin to share how easy and accessible better health is for everyone, it's time to really pay attention. Dr. William Li is an internal medicine doctor from the Harvard Medical School Faculty that studies angiogenesis, and is the author of the best-selling book, Eat To Beat Disease. Dr. Li is breaking down the 5 natural body defenses protecting you at all times, even right now, and exactly how powerful foods are that can prevent disease in your body. This interview feels like part of the missing chronicles of optimizing your health to a level you never knew existed, and there's nothing complicated about it.   Order Dr. William Li's book, Eat to Beat Disease: https://amzn.to/3DWuDhT   SHOW NOTES:   0:00 | Introduction William Li 0:53 | Defining Real Health 4:39 | 5 Health Defense Systems 11:00 | Hiding Cancer in the Body 18:00 | Cellular Profiling Cancer 23:07 | Microbiome & Immune System 33:03 | Medicinal Food Power 40:49 | Explaining Angiogenesis 45:15 | Eating to Beat Disease   QUOTES:   “In most people's minds, including mine, not being sick is kind of the default definition of being healthy. But that is very problematic” [2:40]   “Health is not just the absence of disease, it is the result of our body's own hardwired defense systems, health defense systems that we're born with.” [3:09]   “Organic coffee has more bioactives than the pesticide treated coffee because the insects, the natural things in the environment cause it to create more natural health defenses.” [39:36]   “Eating to beat disease is not just picking a particular disease and trying to figure out what the recipe is that the one size fits all. But it's really a journey that we have our whole lives.” [46:24]   Follow William Li: Website: https://drwilliamli.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCREeA-1pswf4RTeYIKdAoBg/featured Twitter: https://twitter.com/drwilliamli Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drwilliamli/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drwilliamli/

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Check out our sponsors:  Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT MindPump: Download their FREE guide at fatlossimpact.com Justworks: justworks.com Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! RISE: Go to risescience.com/impact and download the RISE app today to try it FREE for 7 days. InsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheory Being trilingual is considered to be rather prestigious. Speaking other languages expands your ability to communicate so greatly it adds to the perceived value people will assign to you. But, when you are fluent in Street, Hustling, Broke Money, and Wall Street it becomes the twist no one ever expected. Wallstreet Trapper comes from a troubled past that includes being homeless at 14 and serving 10 years in prison by the age of 16. What he has learned over the years reaches far beyond knowing how to trade stocks and build wealth. His super power is speaking Wall Street in a language that correlates to the same losing game he played on the streets that ended with being shot, in jail or in prison for nearly everyone he knew. His wisdom and willingness to share and make an impact is affecting future generations and bringing Wall Street to the hood, proving that human potential is truly nearly limitless when you put knowledge to use.   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Violent Beginnings and Prison 8:46 | Finding Out It's All A Game 14:16 | Real Gangsters Are in Wall Street 18:11 | Break Down Generational Poverty 25:15 | Good Business vs. Good Hustler 28:29 | Know How The Game Works 33:46 | Unapplied Knowledge 36:36 | Bringing Wall Street to the Streets 40:44 | Key To Wealth Is Ownership 46:21 | Power of Knowledge Applied 51:43 | If Investing Isn't Possible   QUOTES: “Wealthy people do three things. They stop trading time for money. They make the money work for them. And they give as much value to people as they can.” [11:45]   “The reason why people think wealthy people are people with money or sinister, is because that's what you kind of taught in the hood.” [17:09]   “Being at the bottom teaches you to envy people at the top.” [17:53]   “Generational poverty is not about money. It's about mindset.” Tom Bilyeu [18:32]   “People can not want you to succeed all they want, but if you out invest them, they can't stop you.” Tom Bilyeu [19:31]   “One of the things that happens often in the culture of black people is survival mode, you never get a chance to play offense. You're always on defense, one, because of mindset” [22:27]   “A good business is just like a good hustler. A good business has great product. They have great clientele. A great hustler has a great product, he has consistent clientele.” [25:35]   “Once you start understanding the fundamentals, you give yourself power, because you now understand, like you said, you see how the machine works,” [30:22]   “Everybody around me had the same problem. No one represented the solution. So if I don't change something, I'm only going to end up like everybody else.” [32:23]   “I got knowledge, I got information, but I still fell victim to the same shit that everybody around me knew. So therefore, the knowledge that I had wasn't powerful because it wasn't applied.” [34:32]   “It's hard for people to make sacrifice, because you got to now go against and do without some of the things that gives you that momentary gratification.” [37:11]   “The key to building wealth is not how much you can work. You can't work your way to wealth, you got to invest your way there, and all wealthy people, black, white, Asian, Chinese, they own a whole bunch of shit.” [42:31]   “So if I can break down things into struggle language now I'm making the game winnable for everybody. And that's the goal, to make the game winnable for everybody who's bold enough to step into the batting cage.” [50:37]   “Building wealth becomes a revolutionary act because now you start saying I'm going to go against what I was taught.” [52:25]   “The word possible is so powerful. Possible changes the game. Instead of it being impossible, we now say I am possible” [53:09]   “If learning is the catalyst to everybody who's wealthy and successful, I can never be sufficient with what I know.” [54:24]   Follow Wallstreet Trapper: Website: https://www.wallstreettrapper.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wallstreet504 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR6hXiWOlFWc46qMFMClKHA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wall_street_trapper/?hl=en

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Check out our sponsors: Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheory Butcher Box: Go to butcherbox.com/IMPACT Get 2 five-ounce lobster tails and 2 ten-ounce ribeye steaks all FREE in your first box. Upstart: UPSTART.com/IMPACT Magic Mind: Go to Magicmind.co and use promo code IMPACT to get 20% OFF. Ladder: Go to LadderLife.com/impacttheory You are living through exciting and strange times. There are so many technological advances with AI, space travel, NFTs, and a rapidly changing culture with social media, it's near impossible to just turn ‘off'. Let's admit it, FOMO is real and it keeps a lot of people connected when they're not even sure why they're connected. When was the last time you unplugged and took on a challenge you weren't sure you'd complete? How long has it been since you've sat with yourself in total silence or allowed yourself to just be bored out of your mind? Author and journalist, Michael Easter, joins me today to discuss his journey and share the lessons and insights he's gained from spending a month in the Arctic surviving. Hunting his own food, carrying heavy loads, and sitting with absolute boredom are just part of his story. As you listen to his story, it is my hope you will consider ways you step out of your comfort zone. There is something very freeing about being able to shake things up and break your routines and habits to improve the quality of your life in unconventional ways. This episode is about facing discomfort and finding new ways to challenge yourself for the better.   Order Michael Easter's new book, The Comfort Crisis - https://amzn.to/3ihebjB   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction to Michael Easter 1:05 | The Comfort Crisis Explained 3:02 | Journey to the Arctic 5:03 | Recovering from Alcohol 7:40 | Outside the Comfort Zone 8:55 | Helicopter Parenting Losing Challenges 12:16 | Touching Controversial Topics 14:53 | Challenges Surviving the Arctic 20:11 | Problem Creep 28:05 | Need for Rite of Passage 35:12 | Metaphorical Lions for Passage 41:19 | Comfort Creep & Habits 44:22 | Breaking Routine to be Present 47:45 | Discomfort and Boredom 50:00 | Benefits of Boredom 57:12 | Daily Routine 1:02:11 | Rucking & Human Design 1:14:05 | Killing His 1st Caribou 1:17:16 | Life Cycle & Mortality 1:27:16 | “This Too Shall Pass” 1:30:31 | Want to Live Forever? 1:39:12 | Assigning Meaning to Life 1:42:20 | Rites of Passage Transformation 1:46:12 | Problem Creep Comparison 1:50:34 | Finding Gratitude   QUOTES: “By never putting yourself in a position where you are uncomfortable, whether that is physically or mentally or with, what you think to be true? You're not gonna, you're not gonna learn anything about yourself.” [7:41]   “As humans face fewer and fewer problems in our lives, we don't actually experience fewer problems. We just redefine what a problem is.” [22:50]   “If we never put ourselves in the position of true challenge, then we don't really learn something about ourselves” [40:26]   “The idea of trying to do new things, learn new things that totally shake up a routine. It's interesting, because now all of a sudden, I can't predict the future, and I've got to learn some new stuff, and this is forcing you into presence and focus,” [45:18]   “When you're bored, your brain actually goes inward, starts to sort of ruminate it, you sort of have these different thoughts that are more inward focus” [50:21]   “We don't realize how freaking amazing daily life is. It is unbelievable all this shit that we take for granted in our life every single day. We become unsatisfied with it, we look for the problems.” [1:50:36]   “If you look for the things that are joyful, and good and wonderful, then you're gonna see that and that frame of reference will color how you approach change.” [1:53:36]   Follow Michael Easter: Website: https://eastermichael.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Easter-225875898170585 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_easter/?hl=en  

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Check out our sponsors:  Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheory MindPump: Download their FREE guide at fatlossimpact.com  Italic: Sign up for an Italic membership at italic.com/join using code IMPACT for 30% off. RISE: Go to risescience.com/impact and download the RISE app today to try it FREE for 7 days. Youth has a way of making you feel near invincible. Your body handles long nights, limited sleep, and poor diets much easier. The problem is those choices have a cumulative effect. What you eat, how often you eat also impacts the health of your brain. There is a Chinese proverb that says, “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second best time is now.” It is easy to disregard neurodegenerative diseases as something for older people, but understanding how leaky brain and neurodegeneration begins to happen is better learned now, than waiting till later if you plan to age gracefully. Dr. Jay Lombard may be incognito but his depth of knowledge and expertise in degenerative neurological diseases is astonishing. He breaks down what misfolded proteins are, the relation of infection and immune system processes to neurodegenerative disease and reveals simple ways you can support your immune system on a cellular level. Get ready to break out the ice baths and discover a new reason to relax in the sauna.   Mentioned In this Episode: Everything ALS, https://www.everythingals.org/       Also, check out Dr. Jay Lombard's book, The Mind of God: https://amzn.to/3iSyPFJ                                                   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction 3:39 | Linking Infection & Neurological Injuries 6:12 | Blood Vessel Problems 9:21 | Managing Misfolded Proteins 12:36 | Breaking Down Pathological Proteins 16:56 | Immune System, Heat Shock Proteins 18:38 | Periodontal Disease Role in Alzheimer's 22:01 | Risk Factors & Prevention 24:43 | Regulating Epigenetics 28:56 | Benefit of Fasting for Prevention 32:38 | Ultimate Diet for Prevention 37:32 | Meaning in Hopeless ALS Cases 41:38 | Biology of Meaning & Purpose   QUOTES: “Without perfusion of the brain, you can take any supplement you want. But if you don't have adequate perfusion, you're not going to have a healthy brain” [9:03]   “My goal as a clinician is to help you live with ALS, not die from the condition.” [11:54]   “The closest proximity of infectious diseases to the blood brain barrier, is in periodontal diseases, and that's been strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease.” [18:59]   “Leaky gut is a very important aspect of a functional medicine approach to any condition, but I think the first and foremost point of assessment would be assessing periodontal disease in those patients.” [20:15]   “The same recommendations that we have for cardiovascular disease or equally warranted for prevention of neurological conditions.” [22:40]   “The common thread of long term survivors has been a sense of purpose and faith in the ineffable” [39:20]   “Whatever problems that we have, are to learn from those problems to grow as individuals and to deal with them without running away from the problem itself.” [40:08]   “When we love, we increase our endorphins, which helps us to bear whatever pain that we're experiencing with whatever condition” [41:49]   “The idea that we can infuse medicine with a sense of purpose is, I think, of extraordinary value for everybody to appreciate.” [42:57]   Follow Dr. Jay Lombard: Website: https://www.drjaylombard.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MindfulNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjaylombard/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Jay-Lombard-385420125187552/  

Check out our sponsor:  Blinkist: Go to https://blinkist.com/woi Try it FREE for 7 days and save 25% off your new subscription. Big audacious dreams scare most people back into their regular full time jobs. The sad truth is that the discomfort most of us complain about is usually the comfort we seek when opportunities present themselves to go after those big dreams we secretly carry around. If this sounds familiar or feels familiar to you, then Ellen Marie Bennett's inspirational story may be the kick you need to find your inner spark and dare to take action. She went from zero experience, being a line cook at a Michelin star restaurant, to jumping at an opportunity to make a difference that led to the multi-million dollar brand, Hedley & Bennett aprons. Her energy is infectious and willingness to dive into discomfort, fail, and figure things out along the way are beyond motivating. This episode is packed with goodies that may have you making some major moves today.   Order Ellen Bennet's new book, Dream First, Details Later: https://amzn.to/3kgec8L   SHOW NOTES: Override Perfection | Ellen on how she showed up for the journey of life asking questions [3:02] Opportunity | The importance of not focusing on what you're missing, just take action [6:17] Inner Dialogue | How to listen but not be overtaken by inner dialogue to light your spark [11:37] Perseverance | Ellen share the perfect response when you hit against a “no” and failure [13:24] Self Belief | Ellen on being your own cheerleader and what humble enthusiasm is [15:33] Humble Enthusiasm | Ellen explains being “excited to share and excited to learn” [16:33] Confidence Belt | Building confidence with successes & failures out of your comfort zone [21:04] Covid Shift | Applying humble enthusiasm to an operational pivot making masks [26:56] Purpose | Ellen breaks down how your ‘why' is essential to get through the shitstorms [31:03] Imposter Syndrome | Leaning into who you are and honoring your own special sauce [33:27] Weaknesses | How to tackle leaning into areas that are not your core strengths [36:26] No Ego | Ellen on knowing how to get better and allow others to step in [39:32] What to Take On | Ellen shares how she decides what to take on and what to pass [43:40]   QUOTES: “You learn life on the journey, not staring at it or thinking about it or imagining what it can become, but simply, you want to do something, show up, start trying.” [4:53]   “It put me so far out of my comfort zone that I wasn't just thinking about it. I didn't have time to think I had to act, and that's a beautiful thing when you're doing it versus thinking about it.” [9:37]   “When you hit a no, a no is not a no, a no is like go left or go right, but still keep going forward in some capacity”  [14:07]   “Every day, you have to wake up and know that nothing is just there. You have to create it and make it and be willing to shift when things happen, and your playbook goes flying out the window” [30:17]   “The shitstorms are so real. They're so aggressive, and so frequent, in growing something out of nothing, that if you don't truly believe in it, you don't have enough energy to fight through that storm.” [31:06]   “I'm not trying to be like that person, I'm going to walk in and be 100% myself. And they're going to appreciate that, because I'm not trying to act like somebody that I'm not. So there's an authenticity to it.” [34:24]   “If you have no ego, then you're willing to learn, and you're not claiming you know everything. Therefore, you can listen, if someone's telling you this is not working” [37:19]     Follow Ellen Hedley Bennett: Website: https://www.hedleyandbennett.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hedleybennett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenmariebennett/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hedleyandbennett/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-marie-bennett-72517367/

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Check out our sponsors:  Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Butcher Box: Bacon for Life is back! New members get a package of FREE bacon in every box for the life of the subscription at ButcherBox.com/impact Helix Sleep: Go to HelixSleep.com/impact for up to $200 off your mattress and 2 free pillows. Skillshare: Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/impacttheory for a 1 month FREE trial of Premium Membership. Many of us can admit to loving a good underdog story. You want to see the main character go through their perilous journey and come out on the other side victorious after the big battle or challenge that was seemingly impossible. When that story is real life, it causes you to pause and take inventory of your own story. What situation are you facing, how is your current situation in comparison to the underdog you just cheered for? Sometimes those questions can really sting, especially if you feel like or can see proof that you are not living up to your full potential. Wallo267, is an incredible entrepreneur, marketer, and self-made millionaire that joins me to discuss how his no BS mentality took him from a life of crime to a life filled with meaning, purpose, and unmistakable success. He was in and out of jail from the age of 11 and eventually served a 20 year prison sentence. What he's accomplished in this time and came out of jail equipped and prepared to do will leave you speechless and questioning exactly how you're using excuses and potentially clinging to a victim mentality.. From Philly to Hollywood, these are lessons on building an extraordinarily successful business from nothing.   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Wallo 267 2:58 | No One to Blame 3:57 | Locked Up Age 11 7:29 | No Time for Excuses 13:25 | Serving Time, Not Mad 15:08 | Imagination & Potential in Jail 17:40 | Starts New Marketing Business 19:03 | Google & YouTube Universities 22:04 | Willing To Do The Work 24:23 | Free Marketing Available 26:04 | Wallo on Allow Self To Cry 30:31 | Exposure Is Everything 31:29 | Stop Copying Others 32:47 | Knowing Yourself 35:55 | Surviving Prison 38:39 | Adapting to the Real World 40:15 | Going to Atlanta & Business 48:38 | Next Level Application 51:41 | Positive Not Angry   QUOTES: “We go through some we're always looking for somebody to blame for our existence in a fucked up place. No, I paid for this train ticket to here. I paid for the train ticket. I got on the train. It was many stops before that I could have got off. No, I went to the final destination.” [3:24]   “I spent more time incarcerated than I did free on this planet that fucked me up.” [5:52]   “Now it's time to just be out here on a journey through life experiencing new things, new ideas, exposure, and that's what I realized. A lot of us don't expose ourselves to new things, new ideas. We're not open, open to different open to change. And that's what helped me I became open to all this shit.” [9:51]   “I wasn't in jail, I was in Yale. I wasn't in prison, I was in Princeton. I wasn't in the state pen, I was in Penn State.” [13:29]   “The world is one big library and everybody's a book, [...] read your books wisely. Choose them wisely. Watch what books you read.” [25:08]   “Sometimes you got to remove yourself from people, places, and things. That's not just not going to allow you to embrace the reality in your individualism of who you are.” [32:56]   “You got to have a conversation with self about the reality of your journey, and once you connect with that it's a wrap.” [33:35]   “A lot of times you got idea killers out here and sometimes idea killers and dream killers be yourself.” [34:37]   Guest Bio: Wallo rose to cultural phenom status in two short years after serving a 20 year prison sentence by catching lightning in a bottle: crafting powerful viral content inspiring people across the world to step into their greatness and discover their purpose.   Follow Wallo 267: Website: https://www.wallo267.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WALLO267 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wallo267/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSq2DFO-UlLVtifFsD3DJ5g

Check out our sponsors:  Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! LMNT: Go to drinkLMNT.com/Impact to try their brand NEW flavor - Watermelon Salt. InsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheory MindPump: Download their FREE guide at fatlossimpact.com When you think of fitness and training, it's easy to think of the physical effort it takes to get healthier, leaner, and stronger, but what about the mental effort? How much effort and time do you spend thinking about the mental work that goes into fitness and training? How often do you consider your diet failures and pitfalls as being part of the mental training that is possibly lacking? Dolvett Quince is a celebrity trainer, fitness expert that is known for being one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser. As a health and fitness expert, he speaks more to the mindset, mental demands, and inner struggles than most physical trainers. Getting after your health goals successfully is intertwined with how you approach all areas of your life. He shares the 5 pillars of health, how he stays hungry for more and the formula for success that will help you discover your own greatness.   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction Dolvett Quince 1:41 | How To Love Yourself 2:34 | Know Your Excuses & Enablers 3:50 | The Ultimate Self-Love 5:30 | Relatable Pain, Fear & Doubt 6:12 | Dolvett's Adoption & Abuse 8:21 | Conquer Anything & Face Failures 12:06 | Balancing the Dark Side 13:00 | Root of Transformation 15:26 | Clinging to Excuses 16:57 | 5 Pillars of Health & Choices 18:53 | Change Up Your Diet, 3-1-2-1 22:35 | Recovering from Bad Diet Choices 25:15 | Facing Your Fears 27:53 | Dolvett's Fear of Heights 29:22 | Stay Humble Stay Hungry 31:21 | Dolvett's Definition of Succes 33:20 | Be Humble Stay Hungry 34:40 | Dolvett's Formula for Success 37:07 | Demand for Greatness 39:39 | Practice of Cultivating   QUOTES: “Despite my flaws despite my shortcomings, my looks, my income, I like me, I love me. When you love your self you treat yourself as such.” [4:13]   “That relentless, ‘nothing's going to stop me,' when you use that power, that's just as beautiful as the smile” [12:50]   “I can't tell people to be fearless and look past their insecurities if I don't do the same.” [28:35]   “If you practice honesty with yourself, that's who you are, and you'll naturally become that for everyone else.” [29:45]   “We are always trying to get better, you never land on betterment. We're never always great.” [31:23]   “Even though you may know, you may know a lot. But, there is something in the moment in which you know a lot, if you overpower that moment, you'll miss learning something. You can always add something to what you know.” [33:26]   “Why are you limiting yourself because of what other people think. We hold so much weight on other's opinions that it becomes our opinion.” [37:30]   “Then you don't want to be great. You want to be good, you want to be okay. You don't want to be great because great takes work. Great takes a level of discipline that is distraction-free.” [38:40]   “Love what you're doing but challenge yourself every day” [40:55]   Follow Dolvett Quince: Website: https://www.dolvett.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dolvett?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dolvett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dolvett/?hl=en  

Check out our sponsors:  Butcher Box: Bacon for Life is back! New members get a package of FREE bacon in every box for the life of the subscription at ButcherBox.com/impact Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/IMPACT Bambee: Bambee: Go to Bambee.com/impact to schedule your FREE HR audit. InsideTracker: Get 25% off their entire store at insidetracker.com/impacttheory We've all experienced those moments when it feels like the odds are stacked against you in a mighty way. In those moments, your willingness to survive, fight back, and come out on the other side unscathed is critical. But, when the odds are stacked against you in the form of corruption that leads to being wrongly convicted and railroaded into a life sentence in prison, it takes an immense amount of resilience and fortitude to strategically plan a way through a broken unjust system. Isaac Wright, Jr. has experienced this first hand after 7 years imprisoned and 9 additional years under investigation after passing the New Jersey State Bar exam. Isaac speaks to patience, calculated moves, and what it takes to turn anger and bitterness into usable skills that have a real impact.   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction to Isaac Wright 1:33 | Self Representation And No Believers 3:52 | Having a Voice Most Important 5:07 | Surrounded by Corruption 6:38 | Sentenced but Setting The Next Move 10:45 | Creating New Case Law From Jail 15:44 | Moving Through System As 2 People 18:30 | Managing Emotions In Midst Of Chaos 23:36 | Isaac Defending Self In 3rd Person 29:45 | Running For Mayor of NYC 33:33 | Making Complex Problems Small 44:23 | Breaking Injustice With Minute Details   QUOTES: “Because at that point, I was going to be a slave to somebody else's strategy, somebody else's thought process, and someone else's motives” [2:30]   “The level of corruption that had engulfed me as a young man alone, the book was written before the indictment came down, and that was really my reality.” [5:39]   “My strategy shifted to making sure that when I went to prison, they wasn't going to be able to keep me. And so everything I did was not for the day, everything that I did was for years down the line.” [10:16]   “The more I know about them, and the less they know about me, the better off I am” [13:20]   “One of the things about injustice, if you fight injustice with justice, you wreak havoc upon injustice, it's like water and oil, it's never going to mix” [16:55]   “As a six-year-old kid, I understood the importance of fighting back no matter how much danger you're in.” [21:59]   “I needed to separate myself from what I was going through in order to stay focused and it took me some time, but I literally became a different person. I was representing myself as someone else.” [24:48]   “I always take a granular approach to the things that I'm experiencing in life.” [34:22]   Guest Bio: Isaac Wright Jr. (born January 23, 1962) is an American lawyer in the state of New Jersey. He is a candidate for mayor of New York City in the 2021 New York City mayoral election. Wright was convicted in 1991 after a five-week trial by a 12-person jury of 10 charges involving the sale of cocaine and sentenced to life in prison, but his conviction was overturned in 1997 after litigation brought by him and his lawyer, on the basis that police concealed evidence.   Follow Isaac Wright Jr: Website: https://hunthamlinridley.com/attorneys/isaac-wright-jr/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacwrightjr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isaacwrightjr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isaacwrightjr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsaacWrightJr  

Dealing with mismatched sex drives can be horrifying, frustrating and a host of other undesired emotions for both partners. How do you find compromise when one partner is in the mood every day, any time ready to go, and the other partner could check in once or twice a week and be perfectly satisfied? In this episode, Tom & Lisa break down advice, solutions, and examples from their own relationship for how to deal with mismatched libidos. They discuss everything from frequency, porn, and orgasms all the way to being absolutely transparent about just wanting to be desired. SHOW NOTES: Neurochemical Sex Drive | Understanding frequency urges are related to hormones [1:17] Solution | Dealing with high sex drive and what it means to accommodate a partner [2:53] Sexually Satisfied | Finding compromise to satisfy each other for mutual benefit [5:02] Orgasmic Pull | Considering what your partner wants and the bond of orgasm [8:03] Foreplay | Getting her in the mood begins outside of the bedroom [10:58] Porn | How viewing porn and received with resistance from some parters as bad [13:22] Okay To Ask | How Tom & Lisa have agreed it's okay to ask and it's okay to say no [16:29] Open Dialogue | When there is a reason for concern having open communication [19:00] Desirable | Real talk with Tom & Lisa about changing sex drives and being desirable [21:06] Men Vs. Women | Tom on the relation between feeling connected, sex, and erection [25:43] Checking In | Lisa's advice for regular check-ins with each other about sex and more [27:35]   QUOTES: “if you're in a committed loving relationship, and you're not thinking about what your partner wants, that is a Horsemen of the Apocalypse” Tom Bilyeu [7:35]   “I don't want to do it if we can't get you interested in the idea.” Tom Bilyeu [11:12]   “once you have to hide something, now you start to feel like it's taboo, and it's bad.” Lisa Bilyeu [15:31]   “you shouldn't have sex if you can't talk about it.” Tom Bilyeu [17:42]   “guys don't need to feel connected to have sex, guys need to have sex to feel loved. Women need to feel loved to have sex.” [25:48]

Check out our sponsors:  Paleo Valley: Visit paleovalley.com and enter code impact for 15% OFF your first order. LMNT: Go to drinkLMNT.com/Impact to try their brand NEW flavor - Watermelon Salt. Skillshare: Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/impacttheory for a 1 month FREE trial of Premium Membership. Ten Thousand: Go to tenthousand.cc and enter code IMPACT to receive 15% off your purchase! When you think of cultural beliefs, how often have you found yourself questioning where these beliefs stem from? My guest today explores the notion of cultural lies that are at the root of our suffering as a society and as individuals. Clinical psychologist, Dr. Shefali shares some of her most profound insights from her latest book, A Radical Awakening. Witness her working through some ideas with me in real time around the culture being the villain versus owning your internal life and consciousness. Dive into some of the deeper ideas Dr Shefali presents starting with recognizing our destructive animal nature.   Order Dr. Shefali's book, A Radical Awakening: https://www.aradicalawakening.com/   SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction to Dr. Shefali 2:16 | Layers of Radical Awakening 3:29 | Our Animal Nature & Biological Wiring 8:06 | Our Destructive Nature to Justify 9:42 | Learn To Be Interconnected in Consciousness 13:50 | Chasing Dominance & Delusional Cravings 16:13 | Insecurities & Endless Consumerism 18:51 | Women Not Fitting The Beauty Standard 22:19 | Learning to Accept Yourself 25:32 | Dr. Shefali Explains the Toxic Patriarchy 33:20 | Women Buffering Against the Patriarchal System 36:36 | The Effects of Unconsciousness of Culture 39:57 | Who is Culture? What Toxicity Are You Buying? 41:35 | Navigating the Toxic Beliefs From Culture 44:05 | Dr. Shefali on Cultivating Your Own Voice 47:51 | Awakening to The Marriage Contract 52:07 | The Lie of Monogamy in Culture 53:28 | Our Insecurity That Drives Domination 54:51 | Realizing Self Worth and Self Acceptance   QUOTES: “we are out of touch and out of sync with our bodies with how our biology influences us, and because of that, we misunderstand ourselves” [4:49]   “our minds have deluded us to believe we are so superior, that we have decimated everything around us now, so we'll be the only one standing and eventually we will corrupt ourselves, we are on that path of self destruction” [6:07]   “We've entered a great narcissism as a species, as a humanity, that we are just limitless. There's no stop button.” [11:32]   “It's a constant craving, constant insecurity. The fact that we can, doesn't mean we necessarily should.” [16:13]   “when we women succumb to cultural standards based on what culture imposes on us, and we defy our own natural bodies, and we go and mutate our own natural bodies to become that cultural standard, now, we are falling into the patriarchy, and actually genuflecting, actually serving the patriarchy by falling prey to it.” [20:06]   “We are constantly seeking to make everything fit this paradigm of beautiful. And actually that makes us more insecure.” [22:30]   “At the end of the day, self acceptance is your greatest sword. That is what is going to make you the most desirable to yourself and to others. Do not fall for standards of beauty.” [24:00]   “The fact that we have to fight it says that there's something to fight, and there's a system in place that we constantly have to buffer ourselves against “ [34:47]   “It is our inner that is represented on the outside on a global scale” [40:26]   “The scourge of humanity and mental illness is our deep void, our insecurity which is causing us to want to go to Mars and colonize it and go to every corner of the earth and dominate, similarly with our partners. Dominate their every part, every thought, every desire, it comes because we are not whole from within.” [53:40]   Follow Dr. Shefali: Website: https://www.drshefali.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/drshefali Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrShefaliTsabary Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorshefali/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKzsU94h-PkLBiF5xHo-SjQ  

Check out our sponsors:  Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! BLUblox: Go to blublox.com/impacttheory or use discount code ImpactTheory at checkout for their limited time offer! Get 20% OFF on orders up to $159 // 25% OFF on orders over $160 // 30% OFF on orders over $315 Thryve: Get 50% off your at-home gut health test at trythryve.com/impact Helium 10: Get 50% OFF your first month of Helium 10 Platinum at Helium10.com and use code IMPACT at check out. The chaos that can get unleashed on your body from your diet is so important to understand. Having low energy and brain fog is not only frustrating but it feels debilitating as well. I've had my own recent experience with low energy that had me questioning if I had lost my drive. Starting with my diet and realizing pecans were causing my energy to feel so low was shocking for me. Dr. Steven Gundry's latest book, The Energy Paradox, reveals what's taking place on a cellular level that was affecting the body's energy. He joins me to unpack how significant gut health is to your immune system and brain. We get into the chaos leaky gut causes and how you can make better choices to restore your energy. Even if you have a healthy diet, Dr. Gundry, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will surprise you.   Order Dr. Gundry's new book, The Energy Paradox: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063005735?tag=imprintweb-20   QUOTES: “believe it or not in the American diet 24 hours a day, we're causing leaky gut we're assaulting our immune system, [...] just from fat, we are just a giant ball of inflammation.” [18:54]   “So if we look at energy production, as literally cars moving down through a freeway, it's no wonder that even though we're eating huge amounts of calories, we have no energy because we literally log jam the mitochondria.” [38:29]   “You've got to eat for your gut microbiome first, and you have to choose foods that they want to eat. And if you do that, they will take care of you.” [40:09]   “We die, we get diseases, by breaks in the wall of our gut that start this process” [41:05]   “If you begin to gradually restrict the time you eat down to about six to eight hours a day, you will develop much better functioning mitochondria, you'll actually have a better gut wall because you're not working on digestion. 24 hours a day. And you're gonna protect your brain.” [41:57]   Guest Bio: Dr. Steven Gundry is an American doctor and author. He is a former cardiac surgeon and currently runs his own clinic, investigating the impact of diet on health. Gundry conducted cardiac surgery research in the 1990s and was a pioneer in infant heart transplant surgery, and is a New York Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain. He is best known for his disputed claims that lectins, a type of plant protein found in numerous foods, cause inflammation resulting in many modern diseases.   Follow Steven Gundry: Website:https://gundrymd.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ODXZL2r3XepieV0uoRjNA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GundryMD/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gundrymd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrGundry Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxo0nTZjzlKJq5-vJq6s6g  

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He has been pioneering his way from janitor for Frito-Lay, to a top-level executive, author, and motivational speaker, and it is beyond inspiring. This is why I say action cures all. It doesn't matter where you start, all that matters is the skills you work hard to acquire and what you do with those skills to forge a life worth living, with meaning and purpose.   Order Richard Montanez new book, Flaming Hot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593087461?tag=randohouseinc7986-20   SHOW NOTES:   Pioneer | Why Richard sees himself as a pioneer beginning with picking grapes [1:44] Fun Poor | Using imagination and community to have fun in poor conditions at labor camp [4:19] Janitor | Richard's excitement and gratitude becoming a janitor at Frito-Lay [6:50] Initiative | Almost fired for no initiative, Richard learns the word and changes his world [11:43] Truth Hurts | Richard on why you can't get offended when someone gives you the truth [14:41] Production Line | Richards journey from janitor to working line and creating new specs [16:00] Record History | Richards advises you to write your history down and take the shot [21:38] PhD Calling | How Richard earned his PhD, poor, hungry, and determined [24:29] Influence | Focusing on the right people to influence, not on everyone [25:51] Command Control | Richard on the revelation being told to act like an owner by the CEO [31:15] What If | Richard's revelation leads him to “what if” and calling the CEO with a new idea [36:37] CEO Presentation | Richard details his journey to layout a $2 billion product for pennies [44:35] Cookie Line | Why you have to get out of line, break ranks, and beat fear with hunger [50:25] Overcome Adversity | Richards attitude and grit that got him through the adversities [54:57] Career or Calling | Richard on legacy and having the power of a calling to entrepreneurs [59:27]   QUOTES:   “as much as I love the compensation, the promotions Frito Lay, Hot Cheetos, Pepsi. The truth is, it was never about them. It was always about my last name.” [9:33]   “I could influence people without saying one word, by my work ethics…” [10:49]   “When somebody tells you the truth, you've got to learn not to be offended, and use that because it is the truth [...] don't get abused. But hang in there, you know, build something.” [14:55]   “I'm not trying to influence everyone, only the right ones, who are the right ones, those who come into your life, they can help you and you can help them.” [26:00]   “A revelation is something that was always there, but it's been revealed or unveiled to you.[...] and here's the beauty of revelation, what do they do? They lead to revolutions. One revelation will lead to a revolution.” [31:22]   “don't become such an expert that you can't see things anymore [...] don't bring me ideas everyone can see, tap into the unseen, and together, let's pull it out into the scene and make it a reality.” [34:08]   “I've always been amazed at the leadership of a woman because of my grandma, my mom, and my wife, I consider it to be the best. My leadership is because of the leadership of a woman” [42:49]   “When somebody is inspired, encouraged, and reminded of their value, they'll conquer the world.” [47:10]   “there was something inside of me that was greater than the fear that was outside of me.” [50:33]   “Your job is to get out of that line they told you to get into and get into the cookie line. The line is your choice.” [52:15]   “Hunger is the antidote to fear when you're hungry to start a new business fear will leave.” [53:08]   “Many times greatness will come in a ridiculous form, and if you're not willing to look ridiculous, you will never achieve your greatness.” [54:23]   Guest Bio: Montañez was raised in a California migrant labor camp as one of ten siblings. He dropped out of school and worked as a laborer before being hired at the age of 18 as a janitor for Frito-Lay, at its Rancho Cucamonga factory, in 1976. Montañez was subsequently named vice president of multicultural sales & community promotions for PepsiCo. He is also a motivational speaker and instructor in leadership