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Ever laid awake wondering if the business you've poured your heart into is going to get wiped out by a robot? Yeah, me too. And if you've felt that little knot of fear when another AI headline pops up on your feed, I want you to know you're not crazy and you're not alone. In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I get real about the thing everyone's whispering about but nobody wants to admit out loud. Is AI going to take our jobs, our businesses, our relevance? I break down why the biggest threat to you isn't AI at all. It's your comfort zone. It's staying stuck instead of adapting. This episode matters because so many of us are frozen in fear right now, and fear makes really bad business decisions. I wanted to give you a real, grounded way to think about this instead of just doom scrolling headlines. Here's what we get into. First, the fear is real and it's backed by data, but so is the opportunity. A Pew Research study found only 6% of workers think AI will create more opportunity for them long term, while 32% think it'll shrink their options. A 2026 Harris poll found 90% of job seekers have concerns about AI in the workplace. But flip the coin. 81% of hiring managers and entrepreneurs believe AI actually improves efficiency, and 79% say it frees up employee time. Same technology, same data, completely different story depending on your mindset. Second, AI cannot replace what makes you human. It can't build authentic trust. It can't lead people through uncertainty. It can't create real relationships or inspire a vision. That stuff is still, and always will be, a human job. Third, you're not going to lose your business to AI. You're going to lose it to someone who learned how to use AI better than you did. That one hit me hard when I really sat with it, and I think it'll hit you too. Fourth, treat AI like your intern, not your replacement. Let it learn you instead of stressing about learning it. Hand off the repetitive stuff, emails, meeting summaries, content ideas, research, so you can spend your recovered time and energy on deep thinking, family, faith, and the passions that actually make life feel good. Fifth, the most valuable skill in 2026 isn't coding or prompting. It's adaptability. It's humility. It's being willing to say I don't have this figured out yet and then taking action anyway. If you've been sitting on the sidelines wondering whether to lean into AI or run from it, this episode will give you the mindset shift and the practical first steps to start today. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/, and let's keep happy hustlin' together. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: Kiln Your environment shapes your energy and your results. That's why we're proud to partner with Kiln, a premium workspace experience designed to help you work smarter, connect with amazing people, and elevate your lifestyle. From co-working and private offices to meeting rooms and event spaces, Kiln (https://kiln.com/) has everything you need to thrive. Mention "Happy Hustle" for a special hookup! =================================================================== If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Have you ever felt like you had to choose between being a good person and being good at business? Like every sale meant a little piece of your integrity had to go? Bob Burg is here to tell you that is a lie you have been sold, and it is time to let it go. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down with Bob Burg, Co-Author of the International Bestseller The Go Giver and one of the most respected voices in the world of sales, influence, and business relationships. Bob has spent decades teaching entrepreneurs and sales professionals how to build wildly successful careers without sacrificing who they are. His work has shaped the way thousands of people think about money, generosity, and what it really means to serve others well. What makes this episode matter is simple. We live in a world full of fake gurus, rented Lambos, and hustle culture that tells you to grind until you break. Bob offers something different. He breaks down the five laws that guide truly successful business relationships, and every single one of them proves that generosity and profit are not enemies. They are partners. This conversation is a reset for anyone who has ever felt icky about selling or unsure how to grow a business while still sleeping well at night. People buy from you because they believe you can help them, not because you need the sale. Bob shares how shifting your focus from your own goals to the other person's needs is the fastest way to build the kind of trust that leads to real, lasting business. Your values are the filter for every hard decision you will ever make. Whether it is choosing who to work with or who to walk away from, Bob explains why decisions rooted in your values might not always feel comfortable, but they will always feel right. Authenticity is not an excuse to stay stuck. Bob pushes back on the idea that being "authentic" means never growing or changing. Real authenticity means acting in line with your values while still committing to becoming a better version of yourself. Giving and receiving are two halves of the same breath. Bob explains why so many people unconsciously push away the very prosperity they have earned, and why learning to receive is just as important as learning to give. Your target should never be money. It should be people. One of the most powerful moments in the episode is Bob's best business advice, a reminder that money is simply the reward you get for serving others well, not the goal itself. We also dive into how to spot the difference between real influence and manipulation, why Bob has a strict policy about who he lets into his inner circle, and how something as simple as a daily prayer or a boring, automated investment plan can quietly build a life of abundance across every area that matters. By the end of this conversation you will not just think differently about sales. You will think differently about how you show up in every relationship in your life. If you are ready to build a business and a life built on trust instead of tactics, this episode will give you the blueprint. Go listen to the full conversation with Bob Burg at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might change the way you think about selling, serving, and everything in between. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? Bob said happy hustlin' means alignment across all the important areas of life: financial, physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, social, and relational. He believes that when you work at succeeding in each of those areas, you end up with a pretty good life. Connect with Bobhttps://www.facebook.com/burgbobhttps://www.instagram.com/realbobburg/https://www.youtube.com/user/burgcommunicationshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bobburg/https://x.com/bobburg Find Bob on this website: https://burg.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what you're actually carrying around every single day? Not your to do list. Not your inbox. The real weight. The stuff you don't talk about because you're too busy being the one everyone else leans on. In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I'm getting real about something I don't think we talk about enough as entrepreneurs. We are some of the loneliest people on the planet. Everyone comes to us for answers. Everyone sees the wins. Nobody sees the pressure. I just got back from five and a half days deep in the Montana wilderness with a group of high performing entrepreneurs through my Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure, and what I witnessed out there changed how I think about success, connection, and what it actually takes to feel free. Here's the big shift I want you to sit with. We spend so much energy packing the right gear for a trip into nature, the boots, the tent, the fishing rod. But the heaviest thing anyone brings into the woods isn't in their pack. It's the stress. It's the overwhelm. It's years of expectations nobody ever gave us permission to put down. I watched grown men, successful, financially free, alpha entrepreneurs, break down in tears around the campfire because for the first time in years they had silence, no phones, no notifications, and people who actually understood the weight they carry. That's the real transformation. Not the survival skills. Not the fly fishing. The soul work. A few things I want you to walk away with. One, you need tribe, not followers. Likes and comments don't fix loneliness. Being surrounded by people who genuinely get your journey does. Two, nature is measurably good for your brain. Time outdoors lowers stress, boosts creativity, improves mood, and restores mental energy. This isn't just a vibe, the science backs it up. Three, silence creates clarity you can't get anywhere else. When you strip away phones and distractions, you're left with just you, and that's usually where the real answers show up. Four, masks come off around real people. The version of you on social media or in the office isn't the whole you. Some of the biggest breakthroughs I've ever witnessed happened around a campfire, not in a boardroom. Five, you need scheduled resets, not just vacations. My challenge to you is simple. One day this month, in nature, no phone, ideally with two or three people who can challenge and support you. If you're the one everyone leans on, if you've been grinding for years without ever really stopping to unpack what's underneath it all, this episode is your permission slip. You don't need another productivity hack. You need a reset. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Episode Highlights With KatieThe real story behind baby #7 and the hardest year of my life — not the polished version, but the honest journey of what it looked like behind the scenes.The unexpected prayer that changed everything and what happened when I asked life to shake up anything that wasn't rooted in love and kindness.What it felt like to walk through a season where I couldn't fix, plan, or control my way out — and the lessons I learned from finally letting go.Navigating an unexpected pregnancy, the emotions I wrestled with, and how this season transformed my relationship with trust, surrender, and acceptance.My experience with a darkness retreat and what facing my deepest fears taught me about becoming a different version of myself.Why this was emotionally my hardest pregnancy but physically my easiest, and the health practices that supported me through it, including nutrition, movement, circadian rhythms, and stress reduction.Redefining what it means to be alone, finding deeper support through family and community, and discovering that a full life doesn't require everything to look the way I once imagined.What I learned about hard seasons: don't judge the story from the middle. How sometimes the things that feel like they're breaking us are making space for something new.HiyaHiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.BioptimizersI love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3033415/#s3 Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCKGin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What if the biggest bottleneck in your business isn't your team, your budget, or your idea, but simply the fact that you haven't asked AI the right question yet? In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, Michael Ballard closes out our AI Masterclass Workshop with maybe the most tactical, business first talk of the whole event. Michael is the founder of SlashDev, a software development agency that builds websites, mobile apps, CRMs, and lead generation systems for clients across a wide range of industries. He studied finance and entrepreneurship at the University of Washington, and back when vision models were just starting to recognize objects, he spent a year deep in a machine learning program dreaming up things like inventory scanners. He later worked at Ericsson on their automation and AI team, watching firsthand how a massive company rolls out new technology slowly and carefully. For the past five years he has poured that experience into SlashDev, and if you have seen the Happy Hustle Club's software platform, the one built around our Ten Alignment System, that is his team's work too. This episode matters because Michael does not talk about AI like a shiny new toy. He talks about it like a business owner who has to justify every dollar spent. His whole framework comes down to three questions. Does this generate revenue? Does it cut costs? Does it improve the product? If the answer is no to all three, skip it, no matter how cool the demo looks. One of the most useful ideas he shares is running a full audit of your business using a tool like Claude Code. Talk through your marketing channels, your partnerships, your team, your SOPs, even the salaries tied to certain tasks, and ask AI what the highest value opportunities are. He points out something a lot of us miss, which is that if everyone in your industry is showing up to a certain conference or using a certain channel and you are not, that is free money sitting on the table. He also gets real about content. Michael says he genuinely dislikes making content and barely uses Instagram, yet his team used AI voice cloning and animation tools to produce reels that pulled in twelve million views without him ever sitting in front of a camera. That is not about replacing authenticity, it is about removing the excuse that content takes too much time. The lead generation piece might be the most eye opening stat in the whole talk. His team scraped 49,000 leads for 158 dollars and used AI to score over 3,600 of them as ideal fits, ready for custom outreach that used to take a whole team to pull off. He also walks through building AI systems that answer texts after hours so hot leads never go cold, and one that studies your best sales calls so your entire team starts closing the way your top performer already does. Michael does not shy away from the limits either. When a listener asked about HIPAA compliance for a medical business, he was honest that it is still a real legal risk worth caution, and he pointed to cloud providers with compliant setups as a starting point rather than pretending there is a shortcut. If you are running a business and wondering where to actually point AI first instead of just experimenting for the sake of it, this episode gives you the exact lens to look through. Go listen to the full conversation at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ and start with just one high ROI move this week. That is usually all it takes to see what is possible. Connect with Michaelhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076038248142https://www.instagram.com/slashdev.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@slashdevio/featuredhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/slashdev-io/ Find Michael on this website: https://slashdev.io/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
What if the smartest move you make with AI isn't learning it, but getting it to learn you? In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, Moses Mederos and Jason Yeh take the stage together during our AI Masterclass Workshop, and they hand the room something rare, a real system you can build today instead of another theory to file away. Moses and Jason are the founders of Scaling Freedom, and between the two of them they have spent over twenty years inside large tech companies watching software promise to do everything and then quietly asking businesses to bend themselves around its limits. They started Scaling Freedom because they believe AI should do the opposite. It should adapt to you, your values, your team, and the way you already run things. Jason has two boys, Moses has three kids, and both of them built this company around one goal, helping entrepreneurs buy back time with their families instead of losing it the way their own dads did. This episode matters because most people think using AI well means learning better prompts. Moses and Jason flip that idea on its head. Their whole philosophy is stop learning AI, get AI to learn you. Jason traces the idea back to a call from his own father, still working in his seventies and asking if he should finally learn this AI thing. Jason's answer was no. Feed it your context instead. Feed it your goals, your team, your calendar, your business, and let it build around that. They walk the room through five systems every founder should have running in the background. It starts with a second brain, which sounds fancier than it is. It is just files and folders that give AI real context about your life and your business. From there it moves to a daily briefing, which they call the first real eyes light up moment for their clients. Then it scales into meeting prep, meeting follow up, and finally the holy grail, promoting your AI from executive assistant to chief of staff, capable of delegating not just to other AI agents but to your actual human team. The daily briefing gets the most airtime, and for good reason. Jason paints a picture of a guy named Marcus who wakes up at six, scrolls his phone, forgets a warm referral by nine, lets a hot lead go cold by eleven, walks into a two o'clock call unprepared, and ends the night exhausted without ever feeling present with his own kids. That is what life looks like without a system. With one, your AI is already surfacing your top three priorities before you brush your teeth, and Jason's hot tip is simple. Ask it one more question every single day. Based on everything you just told me, what is one thing you can take off my plate. That single prompt turns a passive assistant into a proactive one. They also warn against the trap of doing too much too fast. Cram every tool and integration into your daily brief on day one and it starts reading like a novel, and a novel is the fastest way to stop opening it altogether. Start lean, give it feedback, and let it grow with you. Then things get personal. Jason shares that a year and a half ago he got laid off right before Christmas after two decades in enterprise tech. Walking in the woods with his kids that same week, he realized something his corporate friends still text him about today. We are entering the age of the free agent, he says, one person, sometimes one family, building seven and eight figure companies because the tools finally exist to make that possible. He does not want to repeat his father's pattern of flying around the country and missing the moments that mattered. That is the real reason Scaling Freedom exists. I even hopped in to show the room my own daily brief, built from the collected wisdom of mentors I respect, Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, John Maxwell, and Dan Martel, feeding me priorities and keeping me honest every single morning at seven. If you are running a business and still treating AI like a search engine instead of a teammate, this episode will shift how you think about it completely. Go listen to the full conversation at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ and start building your own daily brief this week. Future you will thank you for it. Connect with Moseshttps://web.facebook.com/moses.mederoshttps://www.youtube.com/@ScalingFreedomAIhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mosesmederos/ Connect with Jasonhttps://www.youtube.com/@ScalingFreedomAIhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjyeh/ Find Moses and Jason on this website: https://www.scalingfreedom.ai/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode:https://www.youtube.com/jessicavalantpilates Organic Whole Husk Psyllium: https://amzn.to/4uR5b6G Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 Join Gin in the Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don't Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you'll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It's been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Have you ever built something for yourself that you were almost embarrassed to admit you needed? David Gonzalez did. And it changed how he sees himself entirely. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down, well, I hand the mic over, to David Gonzalez during our AI Masterclass Workshop, and he delivers one of the most real, unfiltered breakdowns of agentic AI I have heard all year. David is the founder of Internet Marketing Party, a monthly founder room he has run since 2008 without missing a single month. Almost eighteen years in, he has brought over 20,000 entrepreneurs through his events and facilitated half a billion dollars in introductions and revenue. Names like Alex Hormozi, Jay Abraham, and Craig Clemens have all shared his stage. David built his entire career and net worth on one skill, putting the right people in the right room. He is based out of Austin, Texas, and he is the first to tell you he resisted vibe coding for months before it cracked his whole business wide open. This episode matters because David is not a developer. He is not an engineer. He is, in his words, an offer guy, an operator, someone who knows the nuts and bolts of business but never touched code. And that is exactly why his story lands so hard. If you have ever thought AI was not for you because you are not technical, David is proof that thinking is wrong. He opens by admitting he quit vibe coding months earlier because he was doing it all wrong. His computer ran slow, he had a dozen unfinished projects, and he did not even know what GitHub was. Then a mentor rebuilt his setup in three hours, and his usage went from 61 sessions in April to over 2,285 sessions by June. That is not a typo. That is what happens when the right system finally clicks. David makes a distinction that is worth sitting with. Chat AI, the kind most people use, is basically an expensive browser. You ask it a question, it gives you an answer, and you are still stuck doing the work yourself. Agentic AI, what he calls vibe coding, is a completely different animal. He compares it to a Blackhawk helicopter that flies itself versus a tricycle. You do not need to know how to pilot it. You just need to know where you want to go. To prove it, David builds an app live in front of the room. He shows the difference between a lazy prompt and a detailed one, and the gap in quality is not subtle. A good prompt, he explains, gives the AI the context of a real thinking partner, not just a task list. He calls it inviting a swarm of experts to the table, the same way you might know that one guy at a family cookout who can fix the smoker, close a deal, and give you parenting advice all in one conversation. Then he gets personal. David built himself a tool he calls iEngine, standing for Intelligence, Inference, and Insights. It reads fifteen years of his text messages, over 1.4 million of them, along with his entire call history, and sorts every contact in his life by relationship depth. He started with 7,368 contacts and one keystroke later had them organized down to what actually mattered. It tells him who to reach out to, who has gone cold, and what he owes people. He puts it simply. If you are using a normal CRM, you are the CRM's bitch. He flipped that. But the most powerful moment in this episode has nothing to do with software. David shares a story about realizing he had been wearing an expensive watch as a stand in for his own worth, a way to prove to the world he had made it after growing up near poverty. One day he left the house without it and drove off anyway, and something shifted. He realized AI had not made him enough. It just gave him the tools to access what was already there. He used to let people call him a super connector. Now he knows he is an architect. He builds things. He always could. If you run a business and have ever felt boxed in by what you think AI can or cannot do for you, this one will reframe everything. Head over to https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ and listen to the full episode. David's energy alone is worth the time, but the mindset shift underneath it is what will actually stick with you. Connect with Davidhttps://www.facebook.com/InternetMarketingPartyhttps://www.instagram.com/internetmarketingparty/https://www.youtube.com/@ImarketingPartyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davegonzalez/ Find David on this website: https://simplythecoolest.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Episode Highlights With MichaelWhy he thinks synthetic fragrance is the new secondhand smoke and how he can back this up with dataSecondhand smoke was such a brilliant marketing push and why fragrance needs this nowThe worst offenders and what to look forWhat “fragrance” actually is when you see it on a packageSafe swaps that actually workHaving safe and beneficial indoor air quality The air freshener industry is a 7 billion dollar industry. The air filtration industry is less than half of thatPeople are spending double the money to pollute their air than to clean itFragrance = chemicalsThey work by hijacking your ability to smellWhat to know about candles and which to avoid- some can be great!Turning your home into a sanctuary The 80/20 of health: sleep sanctuary, scrub sleeping air, filter water.Resources MentionedJaspr air scrubber - use the link for a discountOrganic beddingHealthy mattress I loveWater filtersHealthy lightingNon-toxic dishwasher and laundry detergentBranch Basics non-toxic cleanerJust Thrive:Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order. BioptimizersI love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!
Have you ever felt like you were walking through quicksand every single day in your business? Like you were taking three steps forward and two steps back no matter how hard you worked? That was Tim Calise's life for years, and it might be yours right now too. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I brought in Tim Calise for our AI Masterclass Workshop during our Happy Hustle Club meeting, and I sat down to soak up everything he's learned about scaling with artificial intelligence. Tim's path has been anything but a straight line. He started a late night snack delivery business in college, recruiting his fraternity brothers to help him hustle. From there he launched a hedge fund in his early twenties and had to give it all back right before the 2008 crash. He got into fitness and technology after that, joining Alex and Layla Hormozi at Gym Launch, where his team took the company from zero to 35 million dollars in revenue in under a year and a half, then added two more businesses worth over 50 million a year on top of that. Eventually he moved to Nashville, met his current business partner, the guy who actually created the technology behind Apple Pay, and now runs a house of brands company that spans compliance, auditability, and moving money around the world. Tim is a husband of 18 years, a father of three, and he's built a team of about 160 people around the globe that operates 24 hours a day. His company will do around 5 billion dollars in turnover this year, and they've been in business for less than 18 months. I wanted Tim on this stage because he's not talking theory. He's talking about what he is literally doing right now to run a company at this scale without burning himself out or losing time with his family. That's the whole point of the Happy Hustle. Build something big without sacrificing the people and the life that matter most. Here's what stuck with me most from his talk. AI is not just a better tool, it's a fifth form of leverage. Tim broke down the four types of leverage that have driven wealth for the past 200 years: labor, capital, code, and content. Each one takes time, money, or both to build. AI is different. It's permissionless, you don't need to ask anyone, and once you deploy it, it keeps working for you. Capacity outpacing sales is a good problem to have. Most businesses bleed money because they build out people and systems before the revenue shows up. Tim's team flipped that. They have more opportunity than people right now, and AI is what lets them architect for the future they already know is coming. His team built an agent that hunts for clients around the clock. It crawls the internet looking for nuanced signals, like specific plugins on a website, that flag a great fit client. It scores leads automatically and populates their CRM without a human touching it. One of those messages landed a call with a company doing a billion and a half dollars a year in revenue, and Tim's team didn't even know the message went out until the reply came in. The real win isn't the revenue, it's his time back. Tim was honest about the years he spent fighting an uphill battle in business, never having the right tools. Now he says his marriage is in the best spot it's ever been, and he can spend time with his kids on his own schedule instead of whatever time was left over. Humans still run the show. Even with agents doing the heavy lifting, Tim's principle is simple. The agent does the work, humans stay informed and empowered, and every exception gets handled at the people level. AI replaces busy work, not judgment. If you're building something and you feel like you're stuck in that same quicksand Tim described, this conversation is going to hit different. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Timhttps://www.facebook.com/timcalisehttps://www.instagram.com/tim.calise/https://www.youtube.com/@timcalise/featuredhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tcalise/https://www.tiktok.com/@timcalise?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Find Tim on this website: https://timcalise.com/about-me Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCKGin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Have you ever hit a goal you'd been chasing for years, and instead of feeling proud, you just felt panic? That's exactly what happened to my guest today, and it kicks off one of the most honest conversations we've ever had on this show. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down with JP Newman, an entrepreneur, investor, and the founder and chairman of Thrive FP. JP has spent over twenty five years in commercial real estate, closing more than two billion dollars in transactions across roughly twenty thousand apartment units, with close to nine hundred million in lending on top of that. He's also the creator of Fulfillionaire, a coaching framework built for high net worth individuals who've made the money but still feel like something is missing. JP helps people redefine wealth across four areas he calls purpose, people, presence, and play, moving them from fear based money decisions toward clarity, generosity, and a real sense of enough. What makes this episode matter is that JP isn't speaking from a textbook, he's speaking from experience. He told me the story of getting his dream BMW delivered, the exact car he had on his vision board for years, and instead of joy he felt his whole nervous system spike with panic. If you've ever wondered why hitting a financial goal didn't feel the way you thought it would, this conversation is going to hit close to home. Purpose wealth is your legacy, not your goals. JP breaks it down as the why you'd actually die for, not some vague target scribbled on a vision board. Without that kind of clarity, he says you simply cannot get far on your joy map, no matter how much money you stack up. Money and love both flow like a current. JP ties people wealth directly to love, explaining that money and relationships both work like a current, something meant to flow through giving and receiving. Only give and you go broke. Only take and you block the whole thing. It's a simple shift that can change how you show up for your family, your team, and your customers. Presence wealth matters more than time wealth. JP flips the conversation on time, pushing presence wealth instead, which is really your relationship to time itself. Are you actually present in your day, or are you just reacting to your phone and your inbox all day long? Play wealth is a doorway to success, not a distraction from it. Most entrepreneurs skip play wealth because they feel guilty for having fun. JP makes a strong case that play actually fuels everything else, your creativity, your joy, and even your bottom line. The wealth pyramid turns money into a game you actually enjoy. JP walks through liquidity, active income, passive income, and how much you're speculating, all built around knowing your freedom number and creating safety stops for when life throws a curveball. We also dive into the money stories we picked up as kids, the scarcity beliefs that quietly run our adult decisions without us even realizing it. JP gets vulnerable about his own subconscious belief that you can't have it all, and how that belief nearly sabotaged the very success he'd worked so hard for. This episode is loaded with wisdom JP spent decades earning, and he handed it to me in less than an hour. If you've been grinding hard but still feel like something's off, this conversation might be exactly the perspective shift you need. If you're ready to stop chasing a number and start building wealth you can actually feel, this episode is for you. JP's answer to what happy hustlin' means to him says it all. He told me it's when you truly feel joy and aliveness, that little spark you can't hide anymore because you're no longer living transactionally. You're operating from a place of unconditional love, and it shows up in your walk, your speech, your whole energy. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ and let JP show you what it really looks like to build wealth you can actually feel. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? JP said happy hustlin' means truly feeling joy and aliveness, that little spark you can't hide anymore because you're no longer living transactionally. You're operating from a place of unconditional love, and it shows up in your walk, your speech, your whole energy. Connect with JPhttps://www.facebook.com/jpnewman1https://www.instagram.com/jpnewman_/https://www.youtube.com/@fulfillionairehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-newman-45a1ba/https://www.tiktok.com/@jpnewman_ Find JP on this website: https://fulfillionaire.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
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Have you ever sat in a room full of people who admire you and still felt completely alone? If you're an entrepreneur chasing something big, there's a good chance you already know that feeling. You can have fifty thousand followers and not one person you'd actually call at two in the morning. In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I get into something most people in the hustle world don't want to talk about. Loneliness. Not the casual kind, the kind that creeps in after years of grinding, sacrificing, and building something from nothing while everyone around you slowly drifts away. I share my own story of burning out in my twenties, walking away from seven figure funding deals, and moving to Bangkok just to figure out how to feel like a human again. And I break down why entrepreneurs might be the loneliest people on the planet, plus exactly what to do about it. Here's the big shift I want you to sit with. We've been taught that connection is something that just happens if you're successful enough, likable enough, or busy enough doing big things. It's not. Connection is something you build on purpose, the same way you build a business. If you don't architect it, it won't show up on its own. That's the whole game changer here. You have to treat your friendships and your community with the same intentionality you treat your revenue goals. Loneliness is officially a public health crisis, and it's hitting harder than most people realize. The Surgeon General has declared it an epidemic, and Fortune has estimated the economic cost in the hundreds of billions, all from lost productivity, creativity, and retention. Two thirds of Americans are skipping social events just to work or save money, and somehow Gen Z, the most digitally connected generation in history, has the highest loneliness rate of all. Chronic loneliness isn't just an emotional weight. It raises your cortisol, weakens your immune system, and research shows it can be as damaging to your health as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. For entrepreneurs specifically, it also messes with the exact things your business depends on, your decision making, your creativity, and your ability to judge risk clearly. The fix starts with what I call connection architecture, three levels you need in your life at the same time. Your inner circle, three to five real ones who know you beyond the brand and require weekly investment. Your peer community, the people who challenge you and call you out, not just cheer you on. And your service community, something outside of business entirely, a cause, a team, a church, anything that roots your identity in more than revenue. Beyond that, I lay out five simple moves you can start this week. Reach out first to someone you've lost touch with instead of waiting on them. Send three voice or video messages a week because voice is connective in a way text never is. Make three actual phone calls. Find a men's or women's group where people will tell you the truth. And go phone free during meals, because presence is the real language of friendship. I built the Happy Hustle around the idea that hustle without happiness is just expensive suffering, and loneliness is one of the clearest signs that something's out of balance. You can have all the money and all the followers in the world and still feel completely unseen. That's not winning. That's a quiet kind of pain a lot of high achievers carry and never talk about. If any part of this hit close to home, do something about it today. Send the text. Make the call. Find your people. You weren't built to do this alone, and you don't have to. Listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/waist-height-ratio Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 Join Gin in the Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don't Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you'll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It's been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
What if the thing wrecking your relationship isn't a bad quarter or a failed deal, but the fact that you've gotten so good at building your empire you accidentally turned the people you love into roommates? In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down with Cody Jefferson, a man who is genuinely hard to put in a box. He's a husband, a father, a serial entrepreneur, a CMO, an advisor to some of the biggest names in entertainment and business, and the founder of 126 Brotherhood. But what you might not expect is that Cody was also a pastor for 13 years, a licensed mechanic, a licensed barber, and a touring musician for close to a decade. He grew up in rural Oklahoma in a little trailer with his grandparents, wrestled his way through school, found faith again in the most unexpected way, and has since built a life and a mission around one simple but deeply powerful idea: this is who I am, so this is what I do. This episode matters because Cody isn't just another guy talking about mindset and morning routines. He's someone who has buried 148 people, navigated divorce and co-parenting with grace, rebuilt his identity from the ground up, and figured out how to be a present father, a devoted husband, and a thriving entrepreneur all at once. This is one of those conversations that quietly rearranges something inside you. One of the biggest things I took from this episode is Cody's framework for identity formation. He talks about looking at the fruit of your life honestly, seeing where the dead branches are, and asking yourself if what you're doing every day is actually confirming who you say you are. It's not motivational fluff. It's a real gut check. If you say you're a devoted father but you keep saying no to your kid's football games and yes to every speaking gig, the fruit doesn't lie. We also got into something most men avoid talking about, which is what happens when a man loses his sense of purpose. Cody described it simply and clearly. A man without purpose becomes a ship without a rudder. He either absorbs everything or deflects everything and then disappears into isolation, devices, or the business because the business doesn't talk back. It doesn't have emotions. It doesn't need him to show up fully. And before he knows it, he's dug himself into a hole with his family that feels too deep to climb out of. Cody's take? You either dig down or dig out. That's the choice. What I loved most was how Cody talks about success on his own terms. He told me about a conversation he had with his son Stetson while they were out driving one of his old trucks. His son asked why they didn't have a Ferrari. By the end of that conversation, the boy said he liked the old trucks better anyway and started dreaming about one day having a barn full of them where his own kids could come work on them together. Cody looked at me and said, "Son, that's success to me." That hit home. Big houses, fast cars, empty dinner tables. Cody has seen it up close. He's not against the money, he just knows it won't give you what you think it will. We talked about faith and entrepreneurship, about how the same grace that carried him through a pastor scandal that shook his world is the same grace that carries him through the uncertainty of building companies. He said something I keep coming back to: in business, every day starts at zero. You're going to take loss as much as you take a win. His faith hasn't weakened through that. It's deepened, because it has to. We also talked about AI, about 126 Brotherhood, about Flower Friday, about keeping fishing poles in the truck so any time you pass a pond you stop and fish with your boys. About how his eleven year old still holds his hand and how he never plans to be the one to let go first. Cody defines Happy Hustlin' as being in purpose and on purpose. He said it beautifully: the stress of his life isn't distress, it's use stress. Everything is something he said yes to. And as long as he knows God called him to it and his boundaries are in place, he's a happy camper. That's it. That's the whole thing. We're all desperate to be known, but we settle for being seen. Cody Jefferson is calling us higher than that. Your story is worth knowing. And if this episode doesn't remind you of that, listen to it again. Listen to the full episode here: https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? Recognizing that I am in purpose and on purpose. And so that the stress of my life is not distress, it is use stress. Everything is working for me, that everything in my life is an opportunity that I've said yes to. So if I find myself super stressed about something, it's probably my own fault and my own ego trying to get in the way. Connect with Codyhttps://www.facebook.com/codyjeffersonpersonalhttps://www.instagram.com/codyjefferson/https://www.youtube.com/@codyjeffersonofficial/videoshttps://x.com/codyjefferson?s=21https://www.linkedin.com/in/codyjeffersonofficial/https://www.tiktok.com/@codyjeffersonofficial?_r=1&_t=ZS-97LAxaMjGZM Find Cody on this website: https://126brotherhood.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
In 1859, a wealthy Alabama landowner made a bet that he could do the unthinkable. The next spring, he did just that — trafficking human beings from West Africa to the United States a half-century after it had been made a federal crime punishable by death. The Clotilda brought back 110 men, women and children. For more than 150 years, the ship sat buried in the mud of a Mobile Bay bayou, as if the whole thing had never happened.Crimes of the Centuries is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes and more over at www.grabbagcollab.comOrder the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at www.centuriespod.com/book!Follow us on Instagram and other social media: @centuriespodEPISODE SPONSORS:Mint Mobile. Get a new wireless plan for just $15 a month at MintMobile.com/cotc. Talkiatry. Get matched with an in-network psychiatrist in minutes at Talkiatry.com/cotc. Hims. Get your free online visit for ED treatment and more at Hims.com/cotc. BiOptimizers. Get 15% off Magnesium Breakthrough at bioptimizers.com/cotc with code COTC.
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You're exhausted, and you can't figure out why. You're using every AI tool in the book. You're getting more done than ever. But somehow you feel more scattered, more wired, and more burned out than before. Sound familiar? In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I'm getting real about something I've been living firsthand, which is AI burnout. Not the kind of burnout that comes from grinding too hard without rest. This is something new. This is your brain being pushed past its limits while the tools around you keep accelerating. And I want to talk about it honestly, because I don't think enough people are having this conversation. Here's what's wild. The average person now spends 11 hours daily on screens. We switch tasks every 47 seconds. And 72% of US adults, especially entrepreneurs, are actively anxious about what AI is doing to the world. The outputs are 10x. The expectations are 10x. But your brain? It hasn't changed. It's still running the same ancient mammalian operating system, and it's starting to crack. The biggest takeaway I want you to walk away with is this: you're not burned out from working too hard with AI. You're burned out because your brain hasn't had time to recover from working with AI. There's a massive difference, and recognizing that difference is where the healing starts. Here are some of the key things I break down in this episode. First, task switching is costing you more than you think. Every interruption, every quick Instagram check, every email scan, costs you 23 minutes of refocus time. With a 47-second average task window, you're basically never actually thinking. Deep work isn't just a book title. It's a survival skill right now. Second, your phone is not a willpower problem. The social media algorithms were built by PhDs using the same psychological mechanics as Las Vegas slot machines. They are engineered to beat your willpower. This is an arms race, not a character flaw. Stop blaming yourself and start building real boundaries. Third, brain rot is a medical-level issue we're not taking seriously enough. Oxford named it their word of the year in 2024 for a reason. Cognitive decline from low-quality digital content is real, it's measurable, and it's happening to people who consider themselves high performers. Fourth, the Happy Hustle Tech Audit is your mirror. I walk through five questions in this episode that will show you exactly where you stand with your device use. Things like what's the first thing you touch in the morning, when did you last sit in silence for 10 minutes, and if your phone died for 24 hours, would you feel panicked or relieved? Sit with those. Fifth, the Digital Reset Protocol is simple and it works. The 60-minute morning blackout. Notification bankruptcy. 90-minute single-tasking blocks. One analog anchor per day, whether that's journaling, walking without your phone, cooking, or training. Nothing radical. Just deliberate. I also get personal in this one. I share what it felt like to come off a full day of AI agents, Zoom calls, and social media, and then try to be present with my wife and kids. My mind was racing at a speed the moment couldn't match. That gap between digital speed and human presence, that's where burnout lives. Happy hustlers use tools. We don't let tools use us. That's the line. And if you're ready to get back in control of your focus, your energy, and your actual life, this episode is for you. Go check it out at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 https://health.clevelandclinic.org/volume-eating Myo-Inositol & D-Chiro: https://amzn.to/3RqllGo For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCKGin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
There's a version of success that looks great on a highlight reel and completely hollows you out from the inside. I've seen it. I've felt it. And in this episode, I sat down with a man who lived it hard, nearly paid for it with his life, and came out the other side with a completely different playbook. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I get to rock the mic with Cameron Herold, one of the most legendary operators in the entrepreneurial world. Cameron is the founder of the COO Alliance and the man known globally as the CEO Whisperer. He's the former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, where he helped engineer the company's growth from 2 million dollars to 106 million dollars in revenue in just six years. He's a six-time bestselling author, an international speaker, and a guy who's been to 80 countries across all seven continents with his wife, living out their bucket list in real time. Cameron is the real deal, and this conversation goes deep. If you're a CEO, founder, or entrepreneur who's ever felt like you're the bottleneck in your own business, this episode is for you. If you've been grinding yourself into the ground and wondering why the life you're building doesn't feel as good as it looks from the outside, this one's for you too. Cameron doesn't sugarcoat a thing. He shares his burnout story with raw honesty, walks through the systems that have helped hundreds of companies scale with soul, and drops frameworks that you can use right now to grow your people, protect your time, and build a company that actually supports the life you want. One of the biggest things Cameron and I dig into is the COO relationship and why getting it wrong can absolutely derail your company. He breaks it down like a marriage. You have to understand yourself first, know what you're great at, know what drains you, and then find someone who fills in the gaps without trying to compete with your strengths. The COO is meant to be the brakes to your gas, not the parking brake. They're the leash on the dragon, not the choke chain. And finding that person starts with clarity about who you are and what you're actually building. That leads directly into Cameron's concept called the Vivid Vision, and this one is a game changer. Most entrepreneurs think they have a vision. Cameron would tell you most of them have a sentence, not a vision. A true Vivid Vision is a four or five page document that describes every area of your company, your culture, your team, your sales, your operations, as if it's already come true three years from now. It's not about the how. It's about painting the picture so clearly that your entire leadership team can reverse engineer the path to get there. Think of it like building a home. You know what you want it to look like. You describe it in enough detail. The right people build it for you. Cameron also goes hard on why most companies are starving their people of real leadership training, and what that actually costs you. Not conference trips. Not SOPs. Real skills. Interviewing, hiring, running meetings, managing conflict, coaching your team, goal setting. These are the core executive skills that almost nobody ever gets formally trained in, and it's why so many smart people in business are struggling with things that should be simple. As Cameron puts it, business is really easy if you have the core skills to get results through people. If you don't, it's a grind that never ends. And then there's the stuff that got personal. Cameron was 35 years old when his body and mind were clinically redlining. He was drinking daily, smoking, carrying extra weight, buried under a crushing amount of life stress, and he had no idea how bad it was until a doctor put a number on it. He scored 435 points on a stress assessment where 250 meant a 95 percent chance of a heart attack. He was written up in the Wall Street Journal as one of four entrepreneurs whose careers flamed out from burnout. He walked out the other side of that with a hard reset, no alcohol for three years now, daily weigh-ins, consistent movement, and a bucket list lifestyle that he and his wife have been living for five years straight. The lesson? The lie of just catching up this weekend is not about catching up. It's about avoiding your life. If you're ready to build a real second in command, stop running terrible meetings, train your people like you mean it, and finally step into the freedom you actually started this thing for, go listen to the full episode right now at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? Laughing and having a good time and sharing information, not taking ourselves so seriously. Connect with Cameronhttps://www.facebook.com/cameronherold/https://www.instagram.com/cameron_herold_cooalliancehttps://www.youtube.com/@CameronHerold/videoshttps://x.com/CameronHeroldhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronherold/ Find Cameron on this website: https://cameronherold.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy resilience and adaptability...not restriction...are the true markers of vibrant health.How rigid diets and “perfect routines” often reflect a dysregulated nervous systemThe mindset and language shifts that changed your health from the inside out.The nervous system foundations that created real healing capacity.How gradually expanding inputs taught your body it was safe again.Why metabolic flexibility is impossible without nervous system flexibility.The identity-level transformation required to step into freedom.Practical steps you can use to build resilience and adaptability starting today.Resources MentionedLMNT mineralsSaunaBioptimizersI love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!
One April morning in 1948, a tenant farmer named Wilson Turner walked out of a rural Georgia jail and into an ambush. The man waiting for him owned 2,000 acres known as The Kingdom, a moonshine empire, and the county sheriff. What followed was a murder investigation that drew 500 lawmen from across the state — and a verdict few in Meriwether County saw coming. This is the real story behind Murder in Coweta County.Crimes of the Centuries is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes and more over at www.grabbagcollab.comOrder the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at www.centuriespod.com/book!Follow us on Instagram and other social media: @centuriespodEPISODE SPONSORS:Mint Mobile. Get a new wireless plan for just $15 a month at MintMobile.com/cotc. Talkiatry. Get matched with an in-network psychiatrist in minutes at Talkiatry.com/cotc. Hims. Get your free online visit for ED treatment and more at Hims.com/cotc. BiOptimizers. Get 15% off Magnesium Breakthrough at bioptimizers.com/cotc with code COTC.
You ever look down at your phone and feel that weird mix of guilt and restlessness? Like you just spent 20 minutes scrolling and you're not even sure what you saw? Yeah. Me too. And I think it's time we talk about it honestly. In this solo episode, I'm getting real about something that's been quietly stealing our joy, our focus, and our most important relationships. Your phone. More specifically, the way the attention economy has been designed to keep you hooked, anxious, and endlessly distracted. This isn't a tech bashing session. It's a wake-up call, and I'm including myself in it. Here's the truth. We are the most technologically connected generation in human history, and yet anxiety, depression, and loneliness are at an all-time high. That's not a coincidence. Most Americans spend five to seven hours a day on their phones, and the majority of that time is tied to social media, which research links directly to anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and more. But here's the flip side. When you do a social media detox and get intentional about your device usage, anxiety drops by roughly 16% and depression by around 25%. That alone should make you want to put the phone down. The first big takeaway is that your attention is the product. Social media platforms don't make money because they care about you. They make money because your eyeballs on a screen are worth something to advertisers. Every notification, every like, every autoplay video is engineered to keep you in the scroll. And the longer you stay, the more your focus fractures and your creativity suffers. Attention is the new oil, and right now, a lot of us are giving it away for free. The second thing I want you to sit with is the comparison trap. The compare and despair culture that lives online is wrecking people's self-worth quietly and consistently. When you're constantly measuring your real life against someone else's highlight reel, you lose. Every time. Cutting the doom scroll isn't just a productivity hack. It's an act of protecting your mental health and your sense of self. Third, presence is becoming rare, and that matters more than most people realize. My kids are competing for my attention, and sometimes my screens win. That's a hard thing to admit, but it's true. Your child doesn't care about your follower count. They care if you're on the carpet playing Legos with them. They care if you're there for the first bike ride, the fishing trip, the quiet Tuesday afternoon. Success means nothing if you're mentally absent from the moments that actually count. Fourth, boredom is underrated. I'm teaching my son how to be bored, and I think that's one of the most important things I can do for him. We've become so conditioned to reach for our phones the second we feel any discomfort or stillness. But sitting in that quiet, what I call chilling in the still, is where creativity, clarity, and peace actually live. We gave people unlimited distraction and then wondered why mental health collapsed. Fifth, there are practical steps you can start today. No phone for the first and last 30 minutes of your day. Those are sacred. Delete three of your most addictive apps for 30 days. Turn off every notification that's robbing your focus. Do one dopamine detox weekly, a full day with no YouTube, no Netflix, no social media, nothing. And if you can swing it, try a full Sunday Sabbath, phone away, screens closed, replaced with prayer, exercise, nature, reading, and real conversation. That's where the juice is. Your life isn't stolen all at once. It's stolen in tiny distracted moments. And I think a lot of us are ready to start taking it back. If this one hit home for you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you want more conversations like this, head over to https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ and listen to the full episode. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode:Join us on the 2027 Fast Feast Repeat Cruise! https://sarah.funcruises4you.com/GroupRegistrations/view/139054 Join Gin in the Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don't Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you'll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It's been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
What if the secret to a business that actually sets you free has nothing to do with your idea, your hustle, or your vision, and everything to do with a number most entrepreneurs never pay close enough attention to? In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down with Omar Zenhom, co-founder of the legendary $100 MBA Show podcast and the man behind Webinar Ninja, a SaaS company he built from zero to over 30,000 users and eventually sold in 2024. Omar is an educator turned entrepreneur, the kind of guy who left a decade of teaching to go all in on business, built something real over ten years, and came out the other side financially free and still hungry for the next chapter. His podcast has racked up over 300 million downloads and consistently ranks among the top business shows in more than 30 countries. He's not flashy about it. He's just sharp, honest, and genuinely good at what he does. This episode matters because Omar is one of those rare entrepreneurs who's actually done it. He built, he scaled, he burned the candle, he sold, and now he talks about all of it, including the parts that surprised him. If you're a business owner trying to build something that gives you more freedom, not less, this conversation is going to hit. Here are the biggest lessons from this one. Margins aren't the most important thing in business. They're the only thing. Omar opened with something he says constantly on his own show, and it bears repeating here. If your margins aren't healthy, you can't hire great people, you can't delegate, you can't step back, and you definitely can't build a business that serves your life. He says sixty percent is the floor, and anything below that puts you on life support. Software, digital products, service businesses built on systems, these are the models that get you there. Get the margins right first, then build everything else on top. Stop trying to find a diamond in the rough when it comes to hiring. Omar went looking for the most expensive engineer he could find on Upwork, a former engineering exec at Yahoo, because his software needed someone elite. That one person did in ten hours a week what five cheaper engineers couldn't. You pay for it upfront or you pay for it later in messes, rewrites, and wasted time. The same goes for editors, videographers, anyone whose taste and skill directly affects the quality of what you're putting into the world. One great hire changes everything. Validate before you build. Before Webinar Ninja was a real product, Omar and Nicole pre-sold it. One hundred and fifty spots in 48 hours, just on the promise of a solution four months out. That told them everything. People don't just say they want something when they put actual money down. If you're sitting on a business idea right now and haven't tested whether anyone will pay for it yet, that's the only thing that matters next. Embrace the struggle as part of the deal. Omar grew up watching his Egyptian immigrant parents rebuild their lives from scratch in America. That foundation gave him something money can't buy, a high tolerance for discomfort and a genuinely low floor for what counts as failure. He says his fondest memories from ten years at Webinar Ninja are the hard moments, the fires, the pivots, the times he had no idea how he'd get out of something. That mindset isn't just feel-good advice. It's a practical edge. When you stop treating struggle as a sign something's wrong and start treating it as the job, you get a lot harder to shake. AI is not optional anymore, and using it to figure out how to use it better is the move. Omar is building new software on weekends using Claude and Windsurf, no code, no development team. He's using Claude to write his prompts before he even opens the builder. What used to take years now takes a few weekends. He's clear that the people who are thriving right now aren't just using AI, they're building the habit of reaching for it first, staying curious about its limits, and using it to multiply everything they already do well. If you're still on the fence, he'd tell you that fence is expensive. We also get into what it's actually like to sell a business, the 16 months it took, the emotional whiplash of feeling relief and then feeling lost, the NDA that keeps him from saying the number but also the fact that he blinked twice. Omar and Nicole's story of co-founding a company as husband and wife while staying married is one for the books too, and his 70/10/10/5/5 money formula is the kind of simple framework you'll want to write down. The closing of this episode is one of the most grounding things I've heard in a long time. Omar's billboard isn't a quote. It's a mirror. Because every time he was stuck, every time he hit a wall, the common denominator was him. Not the market, not the economy, not bad timing. Him. And once he stopped running from that and started taking full ownership, everything shifted. That's the energy Omar brings, direct, honest, and genuinely fired up about the game of business and the life you can build through it. If you want more of that, go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Omarhttps://www.facebook.com/ozenhomhttps://www.instagram.com/omarzenhom/https://www.youtube.com/@100mba/videoshttps://x.com/TheOmarZenhomhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/omarzenhom/ Find Omar on this website: https://100mba.net/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy I never even thought to question college when I was 17... and why I'm rethinking it now with my own kids.How college became the default safe choice, and why that may no longer be true in today's world. The emotional side of this decision for parents: fear, social pressure, and wanting to do right by our kids.The hidden avoidance pattern of using college to delay the hard question: What do I actually want?Why the social promise of college is so compelling ... and how real community can be built outside of a campus.The financial reality of college: debt, lost working years, and why earnings don't matter if debt owns your future.The downsides of spending 4–5 years in a homogenous group of same-age peers.How college can delay maturity, responsibility, and real-world skill-building.The added complexity when sports and scholarships are in the mix, and how I'm navigating that with my kids.The exceptions: when college still makes sense (and why this is not an anti-college rant).What I'm encouraging my own kids to explore instead: apprenticeships, work, entrepreneurship, travel, and real-world learning.The questions I'm asking my kids (and myself) to help them choose intentionally... whether that leads to college or notMy personal opinion and what I might do if I had to do it all over againResources MentionedReclamation Radio: Why You Shouldn't Send Your Kids to CollegeDegree FreeBioptimizersI love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!LMNTI talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.
What if the wealthiest person in the room isn't the one with the biggest bank account? What if it's the one who can take a Tuesday lunch with their kid, go fly fishing mid-week, and fall asleep at night without anxiety eating them alive? Because I know people making five million a year who can't do any of that. And I know people making 120 grand who are living fuller, freer, and happier than most. So who's actually richer? In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I break down what I call the Seven Freedoms Framework, the exact philosophy I use to design my own dream reality and help others do the same. This episode isn't about telling you money is bad or that ambition is wrong. It's about getting honest with yourself on what you're actually building toward, and whether the life you're grinding for is one you'd actually want to live. Here's the big shift: most entrepreneurs think what they're chasing will give them the feeling they crave. But once the money shows up, a lot of them find out they're burnt out, stressed, disconnected from their kids, strangers to their spouse, and nowhere near as happy as they thought they'd be. The problem isn't success. It's that we've been measuring the wrong thing. Freedom, not finances, is the real metric that matters. Here are the key takeaways from this episode: Time Freedom. Can you control your calendar, or does it control you? Nearly 70% of Americans say they feel disengaged at work, and most high earners report feeling time broke even when they're cash rich. You can always make more money. You cannot make more sunsets with your kids. You cannot get back the Sunday you missed or the date night you skipped. Do an audit this week. Delete and delegate whatever is draining your energy and stealing your aliveness. Location Freedom. Environment dictates happiness more than most people realize. Are you where you want to be? I didn't want to be suffocating in a city. I wanted mountain air, rivers, nature, places where I could hunt, fish, camp, and breathe. So I built my business around that. If you can't say you're living and working where you feel most alive, that's worth paying attention to. Where you are matters. Build around it. Financial Freedom. And let me be clear, this isn't about buying Lambos. It's about recurring income, low stress, high margins, and real options. Most people wildly overestimate what they actually need to feel financially fulfilled. Reduce lifestyle inflation. Stop buying status symbols that impress others but mean nothing to you. Build income streams that give you breathing room, not just a bigger number on a screen. The goal is to work less and make more, not grind more and pray harder. Creative Freedom. The ultimate flex is waking up genuinely stoked to work. Not dragging yourself to a laptop. Not grinding through tasks you hate. Podcasting, writing, speaking, creating, those are things I love. What would you be doing if nobody judged you? That answer is probably what your soul is calling you toward. Step into that and serve people from that place. That's where your real power lives. Health Freedom. Your body is the vehicle for all of it. Nearly 80% of entrepreneurs say they're on the brink of burnout or have recently burned out. If you've got money but you're inflamed, exhausted, and disconnected, you are not free. Move your body. Get outside. Do the breath work, the sauna, the cold plunge, the things that keep you sharp and whole. Pour from your overflow, not your empty. Relationship Freedom. What's the point of building an empire if you become a stranger to your family? Most entrepreneurs I know sacrifice their marriage, miss their kids' childhood moments, lose friendships, and let go of hobbies they actually love. That's not winning. Schedule the date nights, the device-free dinners, the camping trips, the deep conversations. Studies show experiences create longer lasting happiness than any material purchase ever will. YOLO, my friend. Do the damn thing. Spiritual Freedom. This one brings it all home. Freedom from comparison. Freedom from ego. Freedom from external validation and fear. Being connected to something bigger than yourself, to God, to your divine calling, to whatever gives your life real meaning beyond the grind. Ask yourself what you're actually chasing and why. Is it aligned with who you were created to be? That's the question worth sitting with. At the end of the day, this episode is a reminder that Happy Hustlin' isn't about doing more. It's about being more intentional with what you're building, so the life you create actually feels like freedom. The wealthiest people I know aren't always the richest financially. They're the freest. And that's who I'm competing to be every single day. If you're a high achiever who's tired of grinding toward a finish line that keeps moving, and you're ready to start measuring your life by freedom instead of finances, this episode is for you. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: What is lipedema? https://www.lipedema.org/about-lipedema Find a lipedema provider: https://www.lipedema.org/provider-directory https://thepauselife.com/blogs/the-pause-blog/menopause-wine-is-my-nightly-glass-a-friend-or-foe?srsltid=AfmBOor4Y4xfmzZUhlXe-1YZUYrV26RnUcjULZ_zpBwExA1YkrhbwXdM For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCKGin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
Have you ever felt like your head is a browser with 47 tabs open, none of them loading, and you can't figure out why you feel so scattered and behind even when you're working harder than ever? Yeah. This episode is going to hit you right where it counts. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I sit down with David Allen, the bestselling author of "Getting Things Done" and the creator of the GTD methodology that has genuinely changed how millions of people think about productivity. With over three million books sold across 30 plus countries, David is one of the most influential voices in personal effectiveness on the planet. He's also a husband, a dog dad, a student of Zen, a former karate black belt, a guy who had 35 jobs before the age of 35, and someone who has been living his best life in Amsterdam for the last 12 years. Oh, and he just turned 80 and still does everything he teaches. That detail alone stopped me in my tracks. What makes this episode matter is that David doesn't talk about productivity as a hustle metric. He talks about it as a path to mental freedom. From the moment he started consulting entrepreneurs and CEOs in the 80s, he noticed one universal pattern: people were trying to use their brains as their office, and it was quietly wrecking them. We talk about why ambient anxiety is the silent epidemic no one's addressing, how the modern world has multiplied the volume of inputs to an almost unbearable level, and why the most productive thing you can do has nothing to do with working harder. Here are a few powerful takeaways from this conversation: Your brain is a terrible office, and it's time to stop treating it like one. David makes it crystal clear that your mind was not built to remember, remind, prioritize, or manage the relationships between more than about four things at once. When you try to hold more than that in your head, you end up driven by whatever is latest and loudest, not by what actually matters. Getting things out of your head and into a trusted system isn't just productivity advice. It's a mental health practice. Ambient anxiety is real, and most of us are addicted to it. This one landed hard for me. David describes ambient anxiety as that low grade hum of stress that comes from unprocessed commitments. It's not the kind of overwhelm that forces action. It's the kind you just learn to live with, until you decide you don't want to anymore. Most people never get a reference point for what it actually feels like to have nothing on your mind except what you want on it. That clarity is available to you, and this episode shows you how to get there. Capture, clarify, organize, reflect, engage. In that order, every time. The GTD methodology is five steps, and David walks through each one in a way that finally makes it click. The biggest mistake most people make is skipping the clarify step, collecting tasks without ever deciding what they actually mean or what the next action is. Outcome thinking plus action thinking, together, is the engine of real productivity. Miss either one, and you end up with either a dream that goes nowhere or busyness that produces nothing. Reflection isn't a luxury. It's the step that holds everything together. David recommends a thorough weekly review of all your commitments, not because it's a nice habit, but because without it your system goes stale and your trust in it collapses. When you reflect consistently, you've already done the thinking. In the moment, you just pick and shoot. That's the kind of clear, confident decision making we all want, and it starts with scheduled stillness. The two minute rule is still one of the most underrated productivity moves out there. If something takes less than two minutes, do it now. David told me he has zero backlog of two minute tasks because they're already done. Walk around your house right now and notice how many little things are nagging at you that would take under two minutes to fix. Do them. Your environment will feel completely different, and so will your head. We also get into the six horizons of thinking, how "channel creep" is quietly overwhelming your focus, what David would tell his younger self, his take on procrastinating the things you love most, and the publishing advice he wishes more aspiring authors knew before writing their first word. This episode is a reminder that happy hustling isn't about doing more. It's about being appropriately engaged with everything you've committed to, so you can actually show up fully for the things and people that matter most. If you're ready to clear the mental clutter, trust yourself more, and finally build a system that works with your brain instead of against it, this conversation is for you. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? David kept it perfectly simple, the way only someone who's spent decades thinking about this stuff can. He said it means relax, trust yourself, and have fun. That's it. Do the work, stay curious, and don't take yourself so seriously that you forget to enjoy the ride. Head over to https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ to listen to the full episode. You won't regret it. Connect with Davidhttps://www.facebook.com/gettingthingsdonehttps://www.instagram.com/gtdtimes/https://www.youtube.com/@gtd/videoshttps://x.com/gtdtimeshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidallengtd/ Find David on this website: https://gettingthingsdone.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. 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Ever feel like no matter what you achieve, it's never quite enough? You hit the goal, get the thing, close the deal, and then almost immediately your brain moves the target again. You're not lazy. You're not ungrateful. You're just infected. And in this episode, we talk about exactly that. In this solo episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I break down what I call the More Disease, the hedonic treadmill that keeps high achievers stuck in a cycle of wanting more money, more followers, more stuff, more achievements, without ever actually feeling fulfilled. This episode isn't about toxic positivity or telling you to want less. It's about getting honest with yourself, backed by real science and real data, so you can finally understand why chasing more keeps leaving you empty, and what to focus on instead. Here's the big shift: the villain isn't ambition. It's misdirected ambition. Most of us are running harder and staying in the same spot emotionally, because we're chasing things that science already proves won't bring lasting happiness. The cure isn't deprivation. It's redirection toward the things that actually move the needle on fulfillment. A few key takeaways from this episode: Money is a tool, not a cure. Research from Princeton, Penn, and a joint 2023 study all point to the same truth. If you're unhappy, more income won't fix it. Past a certain threshold, you'd have to double your earnings just for a tiny bump in satisfaction. Money buys you options, and options are beautiful. But it won't buy you peace. Social media is engineered to keep you wanting more. The 2026 World Happiness Report found that more than five hours a day on social media links directly to lower well-being, more stress, and more depression. It was built like a slot machine, wired to trigger the same novelty craving. The wildest stat? Most US college students wish it didn't exist, but keep using it because everyone else does. Your stuff owns you more than you own it. Study after study shows high materialism links to lower life satisfaction. Buying things to fill a void doesn't fill it, it just makes the void louder. Past a point, your possessions cost you your time, your attention, and your peace. Presence is the actual cure. A Harvard study tracking over 2,000 people found that our minds wander 47% of the time, and that wandering is what makes us unhappy. How present you are predicts your happiness better than what you're actually doing. The things that bring the most genuine joy, real connection, movement, nature, being fully in the moment, none of them are for sale. Define your true freedom number. Enough isn't a feeling that shows up on its own. You have to define it. Get crystal clear on what financial and creative freedom actually look like for you. When you hit it, celebrate it. Stop moving the goalpost. Measure yourself against where you've been, not some ever-shifting version of where you think you should be. At the end of the day, this episode is a reminder that Happy Hustlin' isn't about doing more. It's about being more present with what you already have, while you build toward what you actually want. The cure to the More Disease lives inside you, not in the next purchase, the next milestone, or the next follower count. If you're a high achiever who's tired of the treadmill and ready to feel genuinely fulfilled while still going after your goals, this episode is for you. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It just might be the reset you didn't know you needed. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode:Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.Am I Satisfied? YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgLAe-Y9hiAhttps://www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/contraceptive-pearl-hormonal-birth-control-weight-gain/ To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don't Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you'll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It's been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
What if the key to building something truly great wasn't perfect balance, but the courage to be temporarily out of it? That question hit me hard in this week's conversation, and I think it's going to hit you the same way. This episode of the Happy Hustle Podcast is one of those conversations that just fires you up from start to finish. My guest is Tayson Whitaker, founder and president of Outdoor Vitals, a performance ultralight backpacking company he started at just 23 years old with $500 in his pocket and a whole lot of grit. Ten years later, Outdoor Vitals has grown into a multimillion dollar direct to consumer brand that's helping thousands of people build the confidence to get outside and actually live. Tayson didn't take investor money. He didn't chase REI shelf space. He built something real, stayed true to his mission, and somehow managed to keep his soul in the process. That's the kind of story that belongs on this podcast. We covered a ton of ground in this one. From bootstrapping and Kickstarter campaigns that generated over two and a half million dollars, to using AI as a tool to give small teams the firepower of big ones, to the Masogi concept and why doing something that scares the heck out of you once a year might just reset your entire life. There's something in this episode for every happy hustler out there, whether you're an entrepreneur, an outdoor enthusiast, or someone just trying to figure out how to build something meaningful without losing yourself along the way. Here are some of the biggest lessons I pulled from this conversation. First, focus on one thing and beat the best at it. Tayson was crystal clear on this. The online marketplace is wide open competition, and the entrepreneurs who win are the ones willing to go narrow and go deep. He's seen friends build eight figure businesses off essentially one product. Not because they were lucky, but because they committed, perfected it, and refused to chase every shiny object in sight. He's honest about struggling with this himself, which makes it land even harder. Second, constraints breed creativity. Tayson never took outside funding, and that decision forced him to innovate in ways he never would have otherwise. Kickstarter, a membership program that turns into store credit, building a loyal customer base from scratch. None of that gets created if you've got a VC writing checks and calling the shots. He said it plainly. Once you define what you will and won't do, you can innovate within those boundaries. That's it. That's the whole game. Third, the Masogi mindset will change how you see hard things. A Masogi is a challenge you take on where you've got roughly a 50/50 shot of actually pulling it off. Not something that's going to kill you, but something real enough that failure is genuinely on the table. Tayson has done hundred mile solo hikes, ultra marathons, and rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon. And his takeaway every time is the same. When life throws a curveball the next day, it just doesn't feel that heavy anymore. Because you know what hard really looks like now. Fourth, temporary imbalance is not the enemy. This one really got me. Tayson flips the whole balance conversation on its head, and honestly, I think he's right. You don't build anything great living in perfect daily balance. You sprint when it's time to sprint, and you back off when you've made the gains. The key is just being honest with yourself about what season you're in and making sure you find your way back. He's been running Outdoor Vitals for twelve years and still loves it. That's not an accident. That's someone who learned to listen to his own signals. Fifth, AI is a tool for magnifying people, not replacing them. Tayson's take on AI is grounded and practical. He sees it the same way he sees the internet or the smartphone. It's technology. It gives small teams the ability to do what only big teams could do before. One person managing AI focused entirely on email, or ads, or brand messaging, is a multiplier that wasn't available even five years ago. The opportunity isn't in fearing it. It's in being the one who figures out how to pull the lever well. This conversation reminded me of everything I love about building a business with purpose. Tayson isn't just selling gear. He's connecting people to the outdoors, building confidence, and doing it all without sacrificing what actually matters. Family. Freedom. A life lived on purpose. If any of this resonated with you, do yourself a favor and go listen to the full episode right now at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. It's worth every minute. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? Enjoying the journey. I think oftentimes we're always thinking about the destination when I hear happy hustle and you're still in the grind, you're still doing it. And, you know, tomorrow never actually comes, right? It's always the next day. so enjoy, enjoy it today. Cause you never know what, what tomorrow entails. Connect with Taysonhttps://www.facebook.com/OutdoorVitalshttps://www.instagram.com/outdoorvitals/https://www.youtube.com/outdoorvitalshttps://x.com/OutdoorVitalshttps://www.tiktok.com/@outdoorvitals?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.linkedin.com/company/outdoor-vitals/ Find Tayson on this website: http://outdoorvitals.com Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
What if you could sit across from 10 of the most successful entrepreneurs alive, ask them one money question, and actually get a straight answer? No fluff, no sales pitch, just the real stuff. That's exactly what I did, and honestly, what came out of it might change the way you think about money forever. This episode is a mashup of some of the most powerful financial wisdom I've ever collected on The Happy Hustle Podcast. Over time, I asked 10 incredible guests two simple questions. What does happy hustling mean to you? And what's your best money hack? We're talking Dr. Myron Golden, John Lee Dumas, Dan Martell, Rory Vaden, Danette May, Garrett Gunderson, Nathan Barry, Kris Krohn, Pat Flynn, and Kiana Danial. Nine figure founders, New York Times bestselling authors, Hall of Fame speakers, and real estate moguls. I pulled all their answers together, distilled them down, and found something I honestly didn't even expect to find. Three clear money patterns that every single one of them follows. Whether you're still grinding through your first income stream or you're already running a business and wondering why the wealth still feels out of reach, this one is going to hit different. The first big lesson that kept showing up was this: stop trading time for money. My brother Myron Golden put it simply. Price your offer by the value of the result, not the hours it takes. Dan Martell added another layer with his buyback rate concept. Figure out what your time is worth per hour, then ruthlessly outsource everything below that number. CKris Krohn brought it home with real estate, reminding us that renters fund landlords and employees fund employers. The point? Your income needs to be detached from your hours. That's the whole game. The second lesson is build once and earn forever. Pat Flynn, Nathan Barry, Rory Vaden, and my girl Danette May all circled around this same idea in their own way. Build an audience. Build a flywheel. Build a personal brand with your reputation as the foundation. Danette laid it out beautifully. One book becomes a course, becomes a coaching program, becomes a product line. Your story is the asset woven through all of it. And as Rory said, reputation precedes revenue. In a world where AI can replicate almost any skill, your name and your story are the one thing that can't be copied. The third lesson is that cash flow is king and identity is queen. Garrett Gunderson said it clearly. Cash flow beats net worth. Invest in assets that pay you monthly. Kiana Danial backed this up with a deceptively simple move, dollar cost averaging into the market every single month without fail. The reason most people aren't building wealth isn't a lack of access. It's a lack of consistency. Buy, hold, repeat. Here's what I want you to walk away with. Five moves you can make right now. Calculate your buyback rate, which is your annual income divided by roughly 2000 hours, then stop spending time on anything below that number. Reprice at least one offer based on the value it delivers, not the hours it took you. Add one cash flowing asset this quarter, whether that's real estate, dividend stocks, or a digital product. Pick one platform, show up weekly for 90 days straight, no exceptions, and start building that audience flywheel. And start dollar cost averaging today, even if it's just a hundred bucks a month into an index fund. The automation takes the emotion out of it completely. This episode is short on theory and long on action. If you're serious about financial freedom and you want to hear the full wisdom from each of these incredible conversations, go listen to the full episode right now at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. Now get out there and happy hustle. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode: https://www.nutritionnews.abbott/lifestyle-nutrition/active-lifestyle/the-impact-of-hydration-on-marathon-training/ For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCKGin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
What if the most important thing you ever built wasn't a business? What if it was a blueprint, one that defines who you are, what you stand for, and how you show up for the people who matter most? That's the question this episode dares you to answer. In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, I'm resharing the Guest Guru Training that Rich Christiansen delivered exclusively to our Happy Hustle Club. And let me tell you, this one is too good to keep behind closed doors. Rich is a bestselling author, humanitarian, mentor, man of deep faith, husband, and father. But what sets him apart, what makes him the real deal, is how intentionally he has built his life from the inside out. His five sons each launched million-dollar businesses before the age of 19. Not because Rich handed them anything, but because he built a framework, a living, breathing family legacy system he calls Legato, that shaped them into powerful, centered, contributing men. This episode is one of those rare ones you'll want to come back to. Whether you're a husband, a father, an entrepreneur, or all three, Rich drops wisdom that will genuinely stop you mid-scroll and make you think hard about how you're spending your time, your energy, and your love. The first big takeaway is what Rich calls the 2-Minute Surrender. Most of us are walking around in limbic brain all day, stuck in a primal loop of fight or flight, triggered by every notification, every bad email, every scroll through social media. Rich breaks down a five-step sequence you can run through in under two minutes to snap out of that fog and get back into your frontal cortex, where clear, powerful decisions actually happen. The steps are simple: move your body, take three deep breaths, say a power mantra, ask your higher power for what you need, and visualize a moment or place that brings you genuine joy. That's it. Rich runs through this sequence four or five times a day, especially before big meetings or high-stakes moments, and the research backs him up. Visualization alone has been shown to be nearly as effective as physical practice. Your mind is that powerful. The second takeaway is the Values Blueprint. Rich has spent over 20 years as what he calls "the values guy," and he makes a sharp point most of us miss: we are great at defining values for our companies, we're getting better at it for our families, but very few individuals can clearly articulate their own personal value system. That gap is where the chaos lives. Rich's process walks you through identifying your core values, emotionally anchoring them with mantras and phrases that actually stick, defining what they mean in real concrete terms, and building screening questions to test whether the people in your life are genuinely in alignment with what you stand for. The whole workbook is free on his website, richchristensen.com, and I'd strongly encourage you to grab it. The third takeaway is the circles of relationship, and this one hit me like a truck. Rich breaks down the layers of connection in our lives from blood brothers, the one or two people who'd give you a kidney, to your trust network, your tribe, your community, and your contacts. Here's the part that stings: most of us are pouring our absolute best energy into the outer circle, our social media followers, our casual contacts, the people who don't even know our middle names, while we're giving the leftover, burned out, depleted version of ourselves to the people who love us most. Rich challenges us to flip that completely. Give 60 to 70 percent of your best to your inner circle. The people who'd show up at 3 in the morning. That's where real wealth lives. The fourth takeaway is the Legato rites of passage, and honestly, this part of the conversation is worth the full listen on its own. Rich designed intentional milestones for each of his five sons at ages 8, 12, 14, 16, and 18. At 12, he took each son on a three-week trip that included a deep adventure followed by serving orphaned children in Nepal, connecting them to something much bigger than themselves. At 14, each son climbed a major mountain peak to prove to himself he could do hard, genuinely hard things. At 16, each son shook Rich's hand and declared his independence, committing to never ask for financial support again, then built a business to back it up. The goal wasn't to produce rich kids. The goal was to produce sovereign men. Centered, purposeful, and powerful in their own right. The fifth takeaway is the straight truth about value alignment in business. Rich is clear: smart people who like each other but aren't values-aligned will blow up a company. Full stop. He built teams of 15 that outperformed teams of 50, not because they worked harder but because the speed of trust was so high there were no unnecessary stops, no friction, no second-guessing. Value congruency is your competitive advantage. Screen for it. Build around it. Protect it. Rich also touches on digital unplugging and the danger of technology keeping us locked in limbic brain, something we talk about a lot in the Happy Hustle world. The bottom line is this: your best thinking, your deepest relationships, and your most meaningful decisions don't happen on the screen. They happen when you're present, grounded, and actually in the room with the people who matter. If you want to live a life of real flow, not just hustle for its own sake, you need value alignment at every level: personally, in your relationships, in your business, and in how you spend your time and money. Rich has built that life, and he's generous enough to share the exact blueprint with all of us. Do yourself a favor and listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. Grab Rich's free Values Blueprint workbook at https://richchristiansen.com/. Connect with Richhttps://www.facebook.com/richristiansenhttps://www.instagram.com/richristiansen_/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLqojVUwJZnvFs3PJMD-Sg/videoshttps://x.com/richristiansen_https://www.tiktok.com/@richristiansenhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/richristiansen/ Find Rich on this website: https://richchristiansen.com/ Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. 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You ever wake up, look at your calendar, and feel that sinking feeling in your gut? That dread knowing you've got a call with someone you just... don't vibe with? Yeah. I've been there. And it took me longer than I'd like to admit realizing that feeling meant I hired wrong. Here's the thing nobody tells you when you're building a business. You can have the best funnel, the cleanest offer, the most dialed-in content, and still feel completely miserable if you're surrounded by the wrong people. That's what this episode is all about. In this solo episode, I'm breaking down what I call the Beer Test. It's the single most important filter I run every potential hire, client, and mastermind member through. It's simple, it's maybe a little silly, but I promise you it works. And if you've ever made a bad hire, or you're terrified of making one, this is the episode you need to hear. The core idea is this. If I couldn't sit around a campfire, crack open a beer, and genuinely enjoy an hour of uninterrupted conversation with this person, I'm not bringing them into my world. No resume, no portfolio, no fancy credentials are going to override that gut check. Skills can be trained. Character can't. I get real in this episode about the mistakes I made early on in the Happy Hustle. I was working with people who were perfectly qualified on paper but had nothing in common with me or the culture I was building. Corporate grinders who wanted a business, clients I had zero connection with. The conversations were flat. The energy was off. And it dragged everything down. The moment I started filtering for personality first and skills second, everything shifted. There are also some cold hard numbers in here that'll wake you up fast. According to the US Department of Labor, one bad hire can cost you 30% of that person's first year salary. At the executive level, we're talking up to $240,000 in lost productivity, churn, and opportunity cost. That's real money walking out the door because you skipped the right filter. Most entrepreneurs spend more time picking out a truck than they do choosing a teammate. That stops now. The other thing I want you to think about is contagion. One person with bad energy, bad habits, or a bad attitude doesn't just underperform. They drag the whole team down with them. Late on tasks, missing meetings, not following through. It spreads. And by the time you realize what's happening, the damage is done. The Beer Test is my answer to all of that. It's not about whether someone's a perfect culture fit on paper. It's about whether I genuinely enjoy their company. Whether they've got their own perspective, bring real energy, and are the kind of person I'd actually want to spend time with. Because I do spend time with them. A lot of it. And life's too short to spend it working with people who drain you. So if you want to build a business you actually look forward to running, one where you open your calendar and get excited about who you're talking to that day, this one's for you. Head over to https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ to listen to the full episode and hear me break down the Beer Test in full detail. Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a copy of his new book, https://www.thehappyhustle.com/book Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course @ https://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/ Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure @ https://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/ “It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!” Episode Sponsors: If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all night If you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at https://www.bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF. =================================================================== My Green Mattress If you've been waking up with back pain, feeling stiff, or just not getting that deep, quality sleep. This might be what you're missing: My Green Mattress. It's made with clean, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials, so you're not just sleeping better, you're sleeping healthier too. The comfort and support are on another level, and you can really feel the difference night after night. If you're ready to invest in better sleep and better recovery, check it out at https://thehappyhustle.com/mygreenmattress =================================================================== Ozlo Sleep If you've been struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or just wake up feeling actually rested, let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer: Ozlo Sleep. These aren't your typical sleep buds. They're designed to block out noise and help your brain fully relax, so you can drift off faster and stay in deep, uninterrupted sleep. Perfect if you're a light sleeper or just want that next-level rest. If you're ready to upgrade your sleep and wake up feeling recharged, check out https://ozlosleep.com and save $80 OFF using code HAPPY.
Welcome to this week's episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock.To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit. We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today's episode:Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don't Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you'll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It's been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert.Want to learn more about BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin's and Sheri's favorite things, and to shop with us. Every purchase you make through links on our website help to support this podcast so we can keep bringing you episodes each week. Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There's nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don't Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there's just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. IF is free. You don't need to join our community to fast. But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.
In this episode, Dr. Jockers sits down with Dr. William Davis to break down why most weight loss strategies fail long term and how losing muscle may be accelerating aging, slowing metabolism, and increasing visceral fat without people realizing it. You'll learn how the gut-muscle axis influences fat burning, inflammation, insulin resistance, and body composition, plus why certain gut bacteria may play a major role in preserving lean muscle and supporting metabolic health. Dr. William Davis also explains the hidden impact of modern foods, antibiotics, and environmental toxins on the microbiome, along with simple strategies to rebuild gut health, improve recovery, and create a stronger, healthier body from the inside out. In This Episode: 00:00 Calorie Cutting Reality 00:32 Meet Dr. William Davis 03:38 Interview Begins 04:10 Why Diets Fail 06:06 Muscle Loss Evidence 08:08 GLP1 Drug Fallout 14:05 Gut Muscle Axis 14:35 Reuteri Youth Effects 18:41 SIBO Endotoxin Cascade 22:11 Visceral Fat Dangers 26:15 Fermented Probiotic Yogurt 32:16 Home Fermentation Protocol 33:07 Bacteriocins Against SIBO 35:07 Collagen Hyaluronic Nutrients 36:44 Hyaluronic Acid Benefits 38:45 Bone Broth Lead Risk 41:42 Ground Beef Collagen Hack 42:18 Four Key Deficiencies 45:52 Feeding Gut Microbes 48:56 Microplastics and Dysbiosis 53:13 Super Body Program Basics 59:02 SIBO and Microbe Restoration 01:02:38 Fermented Foods Mystery 01:05:21 Reuteri Yogurt Recipe 01:09:05 Final Takeaways and Outro If you want practical, natural strategies to balance your hormones, heal your gut, boost your energy, and slow aging, don't miss The Dr. Josh Axe Show. Dr. Axe blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science and brings on world-class experts for unfiltered conversations you won't hear anywhere else. Transform your health from the inside out and subscribe to The Dr. Josh Axe Show, with new episodes every Monday and Thursday. If you're feeling wired, tired, and depleted, it's time to replenish your electrolytes with Relight from Redmond. Made with Redmond's Real Salt, this clean formula provides essential electrolytes like sodium, potassium, and magnesium without any sugar or artificial ingredients. Perfect for those under stress, fasting, or living an active lifestyle, Relight helps restore hydration, improve energy, and support mental clarity. Visit RedmondLife.com/DrJockers and use code JOCKERS for 15% off today! Struggling with poor sleep, muscle tension, or low energy? Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers contains all 7 essential forms of magnesium designed to support deeper sleep, stress recovery, mental clarity, and relaxation. Dr. Jockers uses it nightly to calm his mind and improve sleep quality. Get 15% off your order at BiOptimizers with the code DRJOCKERS. Collagen loss can lead to stiff joints, slower recovery, brittle nails, thinning hair, and aging skin. Bubs Naturals Collagen Peptides help restore collagen levels to support healthy skin, stronger joints, and better recovery. It's grass-fed, pasture-raised, NSF Certified for Sport, and mixes easily into coffee or smoothies with no weird taste or clumping. Get 20% off at Bubs Naturals using the code DRJOCKERS. Most olive oils sitting on grocery store shelves are stale and stripped of their beneficial antioxidants. Fresh-pressed olive oil is loaded with powerful polyphenols that support heart health, brain function, and healthy aging. Dr. Jockers recommends sourcing olive oil directly from small family farms for maximum freshness and flavor. Get a free full-size bottle for just $1 shipping through Fresh Pressed Olive Oil and experience the difference yourself. Visit http://drjockersoliveoil.com/ "The goal shouldn't just be weight loss. The goal should be building a body that ages slower and performs better." Subscribe to the podcast on: Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify PodBean TuneIn Radio Resources: Improve sleep, relaxation, and recovery with Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers and save 15% with code DRJOCKERS: https://bioptimizers.com/doctorjockers Boost hydration, energy, and performance with Redmond Life's Re-Lyte electrolytes and save 15% with code JOCKERS: https://redmond.life/doctorjockers Support healthy skin, joints, hair, and recovery with Bubs Naturals Collagen Peptides and save 20% with code DRJOCKERS: https://www.bubsnaturals.com Experience the benefits of antioxidant-rich fresh-pressed olive oil and claim a free bottle for just $1 shipping: http://drjockersoliveoil.com/ Connect with Dr. William Davis: Website: https://drdavisinfinitehealth.com/ Connect with Dr. Jockers: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drjockers/ Facebook – https:/www.facebook.com/DrDavidJockers YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers Website – https://drjockers.com/ If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/
What if the book sitting on your nightstand right now could change the entire trajectory of your business, your confidence, and your life? Not in some theoretical way, but in a real, tangible, somebody-booked-a-one-way-ticket-to-Buenos-Aires kind of way. That's exactly what this episode is about. In this conversation, I got to sit down with my good friend Nick Hutchison, bestselling author of "Rise of the Reader," keynote speaker, and founder of Book Thinkers, a company that helps authors promote and market their books so they actually get read. Nick built Book Thinkers from scratch after discovering the power of personal development books during a summer internship. He went from being the guy with a 0% homework average in AP Calculus to building a full-time team that serves hundreds of authors a year. His mission is simple but powerful: more books in more hands, changing more lives. This episode matters because we're living in a world that's actively working against your focus. Doom scrolling, short-form content, algorithmic addiction, all of it is chipping away at our ability to think deeply and grow intentionally. Nick and I went deep on why books are more important now than ever, and what you can actually do about it. One of the biggest things we talked about is the IQ drop happening in Gen Z, and it's not because they're less capable. It's because attention spans are shrinking. Nick shared a study showing that Gen Z is the first generation in human history to have a lower average IQ and reading comprehension than the generation before them. That's a wake-up call. Long-form reading builds your brain in a way that a 15-second video just can't. If you want to stay sharp, stay competitive, and keep growing, books are your edge. We also got into the power of implementing what you learn. Nick shared how reading Tim Ferriss's "The 4-Hour Work Week" literally inspired him to book a one-way ticket to Argentina with no contacts, no Spanish, and no plan. He got ripped off by a taxi driver and showed up to an Airbnb the building had never heard of. But five weeks later, he was making friends, learning Spanish, and becoming a more confident, self-reliant human. That's what books do when you actually act on them. The knowledge is cool, but the action is everything. Napoleon Hill said it best and Nick quoted it on air, action is the real measure of intelligence. We also talked about why writing a book might be the single best thing you can do as an entrepreneur. Not because it'll make you famous overnight, but because it's your best business card. It generates leads. It builds credibility. It can land you in rooms you never expected. Nick shared an incredible story about how a founder in Cairo, Egypt tracked him down on LinkedIn after reading "Rise of the Reader," offered him equity in a company, and brought him on as an advisor for a brand new AI reading platform called Sinai.ai. All because of a book. That's the long game playing out in real time. And speaking of real time, Nick is hosting Book Thinkers Live 2026 on July 11th and 12th in Boston on the Boston University campus. Over 400 authors are expected to attend and the speaker lineup includes legends like Jim Kwik and Rory Vaden. If you're an aspiring author or a published one who wants to actually use your book to build a business and make a real impact, this is the room to be in. And here's the kicker, Happy Hustlers can grab a free general admission ticket using the code HAPPY at checkout on https://www.bookthinkers.com/. Yeah, free. Go do it. Look, whether you're trying to write your first book, market the one you already have, or just reclaim your attention span from the algorithm, this episode has something for you. Nick is the real deal, genuinely humble, wildly knowledgeable, and someone who walks his talk every single day. Go listen to the full episode at https://caryjack.com/podcastin/. And while you're at it, grab that free ticket to Book Thinkers Live. Books change lives. This one just might change yours. What does Happy Hustlin' mean to you? Enjoy the passage of time. I think that's what happy hustlin' is all about. 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Back doing what we do best...talking dumb comedy stories. We take you on a journey of here and now with our stories and for the first time in ages, we're NOT SORRY!Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/rosepricks to get personalized, affordable care that gets you.Sleep better with Magnesium Breakthrough! Go to bioptimizers.com/rosepricks, use code ROSEPRICKSTry Lumi! Go to LumiGummies.com and use code ROSEPRICKS for 30% off your order.
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