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BIO: Dan LeFave is the #1 Best-selling Author of Living the Life of Your Dreams - How To Stop Working Insane Hours And Start Living An Awesome Life. He helps businesses grow 7 and 8-figure revenues. STORY: Dan quit his job to work in his brother's company, where he ended up managing daily business operations. His brother's business systems were pretty chaotic, and it took Dan years to get it to run smoothly. When Dan asked his brother to make him a shareholder, and he refused, he realized that he had made his worst investment building someone else's dream. LEARNING: Be careful of working with chaotic people or systems because you will only keep going in circles without gaining any value.   “Discipline can be learned, but it's best learned at a young age.”Dan LeFave  Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/danlefave/ (Dan LeFave) received life's second chance when he survived a severe car accident that took three lives. He's struggled through brain injuries, business failures, heartbreaks, running marathons, and daily fights with fear and doubt. He is the #1 Best-selling Author of https://danlefave.clickfunnels.com/optin-404191651592705699182 (Living the Life of Your Dreams - How To Stop Working Insane Hours And Start Living An Awesome Life). Dan helps businesses grow 7 and 8-figure revenues. He's known as the 7-Figure High-Performance Business Coach because online business owners hire him to establish self-managing businesses in a few short months by upgrading their SKILLSET, MINDSET + SYSTEMS to scale with ease. Worst investment everTwenty-five years ago, Dan was trying to figure out his life after graduating college and working as a junior investor, which he didn't excel in. During this time, he communicated with his brother, who was building a business in wireless telecom. As they got talking, Dan asked his brother if he could join him, and he accepted. After two weeks of working in the field, Dan got an injury and had to leave the field and work in his brother's office. This saw him start running the business operations. It's only after Dan began working in the office that he realized how chaotic his brother was. His business records and operations were a mess. Dan, though inexperienced, did everything he could to get the business running properly for a couple of years. All this while, his brother was paying him way below what he deserved. When Dan asked to be a partner in the business, his brother refused, and that's when he realized that he was better off building his own career path, so he left. Lessons learnedNever partner with chaotic people. When you go through bad experiences, convert those experiences into something better so you can achieve your dreams. Andrew's takeawaysShareholding in a company is not always the best option; a cash bonus may be better. Chaotic people or systems rarely create value. Actionable adviceTake a broader perspective and take some more time to think and know what you want. No. 1 goal for the next 12 monthsDan's number one goal for the next 12 months is to push his brand, The Three-month Year. Dan wants to help people transition from an intentional imbalance in their business to better health, well-being, and relationships with this business. Parting words  “If you're listening to this and there's one thing you take away from it, write it down and implement it today.”Dan LeFave  [spp-transcript]   Connect with Dan LeFavehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/danlefave/ (LinkedIn) https://twitter.com/DanLeFave (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/lefavecoaching (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxyvb9p3W0O8zWodPv_G2g?view_as=subscriber (YouTube) https://lefavecoaching.com/blog/ (Blog) https://performance.lefavecoaching.com/get-productive?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=3-Month-Year-Academy&utm_content=description (Website) Andrew's bookshttps://amzn.to/3qrfHjX (How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing

When Dan was 16, his parents had divorced and his worldview began to change as he moved from China to a bad neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada. Overnight, self-help books became his thing. He used to be the kid that hates school and can barely speak or read English, but began going to the library to sharpen his understanding. He began to do menial side-hustles. Mowing lawns, fixing computers, stocking supermarket shelves, flipping textbooks – anything to make a buck.Dan learned to write copy, started his one-person advertising agency, and began earning significant profits. By the age of 27, he was a self-made millionaire and shortly after, an 8-figure entrepreneur. He's now written 12 books and has taught millions of people around the world via his many ventures in copywriting,closing, and all around financial tips and advice. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife Jennie Li. Links:  Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: Dan's Website: https://danlok.com/Dan's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danlokDan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danlokDan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/danlokDan's YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_6DXZROU29pLvgQdCx4WwDan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanLokOfficialDan's Podcast: https://danlokshow.com/Dan's Books:https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Lok/e/B002BLXW1K

Happy Father's Day! Today we have two special guests, Dan Vargas, who was featured in a previous podcast episode. He served 20 years in the United States Air Force and now works in a nonprofit capacity to help veterans. And J.R. has his very own 9-year old daughter, Lauryn Anabelle on the show! Dan has been a big mentor and father figure to J.R. and Dan talks about why it's important to be vulnerable and apologize to your children. Lauryn shares why she loves hanging out with dad and also talks about some of the dislikes about dad in a very honest and open conversation.   Key Takeaways Dan's father wasn't really around much. The person he looked up to the most was his art teacher. Dan grew up in a pretty dysfunctional family. It was riddled with affairs, sexual abuse, and suicide. Dan didn't want his children to go through the same thing he went through. Your children shouldn't have to sacrifice for you. Why did Dan originally join the military? It was to get away from home. When Dan met J.R., he knew he was hurting. Dan forgives his parents. They had some crazy upbringings. J.R. works on being vulnerable with his daughter. Dan talks about how that has been fundamental to his relationship with his 22-year-old daughter. As a parent, it's your job to protect your child, but it can be hard to shake that when they start standing on their own two feet. Kids really need structure and discipline. Children need security. How does Dan connect with his adult daughter now? Dan is best friends with his daughter. He knows he raised her to be tough, but in a good way. To J.R., Dan is a father figure to him. He was the first person to show J.R. what true vulnerability looks like, especially with another man, and not have it be awkward. J.R. was repeating some unhealthy patterns onto his daughter. The first person he called to help him break the cycle was Dan. Next up is little Lauryn Anabelle on the podcast! Belle sometimes feels like dad doesn't listen or he's not in the present. What can J.R. do better to fix this? Belle loves how dad is fun to be around. She sees some of her friend's parents being too strict. Belle got J.R. on TikTok, too! What are some of the positives and negatives that Belle likes about dad? Belle talks about how they recently went out and ordered some remote control cars to play with. Belle asks herself a lot of questions and does quite a bit of self-reflection on why certain things make her mad when she's alone. What was the maddest Belle has ever been mad at her dad? Belle created a runaway bag. She might be moving to Canada if her parents make her too mad. J.R. thanks Belle for picking him to be her dad.   Continue On Your Journey JRmartinez.com J.R. on Instagram J.R. on Facebook J.R. on Twitter J.R. Youtube Channel   Did you enjoy today's episode? If so, please head over to iTunes and leave a review. Help others discover the REBIRTH podcast so they, too, can be inspired and motivated by the stories shared in these episodes.

During her 17-year marriage, Betty Broderick worked and raised four children while her husband, Daniel T. Broderick III, went through medical school and law school. When Dan finally qualified, he was in high demand as an attorney in medical malpractice cases. The family moved to a lavish house in San Diego, and Betty no longer […]

This Super League thing got us (mostly Colin) pretty heated. When Dan's not around things do get emotional.    Do not buy anything from any of these evil money grubbing "super clubs".   **Rant over**   (until next week)

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 8, 2021 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "The Stallion" Oath Harker has his eye on Dan Stokes' prize stud stallion. The problem is, Harker is well known for the poor way he handles his horses. When Dan refuses to sell him the horse, Oath legally takes the steed in settlement of a debt. Dan reluctantly agrees to the arrangement, but vows revenge if he ever learns Harker is mistreating the animal. When the runaway stallion later shows up in Dodge City, beaten half to death with a bullwhip, Matt and Chester are determined to find out where the horse came from and who would treat an animal so cruelly. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Ralph Moody, James Nusser Original Air Date: May 18, 1958 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com

#1 Golf Physical Therapist & Wellness Coach in the world. Dan Hellman has worked with some of the greatest golfers to ever play the game and now, he's working with Caleb Pressley. He joins today's show to talk about everything from how him and Caleb met, to his career being a top golf PT in the United States. As always, make sure to subscribe and follow along on all of our social pages @51strokes. Enjoy the show! (04:55 - 06:30) How Caleb and Dan met (06:31 - (10:55) Dan’s thoughts on if Caleb can make it (11:00 - 13:50) Why Dan got into Physical Therapy (13:51 - 16:55) When did Dan start working with PGA players (16:56 - 20:30) When Dan found out he was going to work with Tiger (20:31 - 23:00) Being around Tiger and meeting Chris Como (23:01 - 27:30) How is Caleb going to be physically tough for golf at his age (27:31 - 32:40) The ELDOA Method (32:41 - 36:40) Physical strength of pro golfers (36:41 - 42:20) Golf advice is extremely difficult to replicate (42:21 - 48:15) The benefits and negatives of being able to hit the ball farther (48:16 - 54:10) Caleb’s timeline and the physical problems amateurs face and how they can fix them (54:11 - 58:20) How to follow Dan and learn his training methods Outro Song: Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd - Candy 51 Strokes is presented by Five Iron Golf

The first time the show hasn't had a Veteran founder has a good reason: Patrick Nettesheim is helping Veterans overcome PTSD and related stress symptoms by teaching them to play the guitar. In fact, a research study of Guitars 4 Vets students showed a 21% improvement in PTSD symptoms and a 27% decrease in related depression symptoms. The study attributed learning and playing guitar as the primary catalysts for these improvements. And Patrick is doing his level best to get guitars into the hands of as many Vets as possible. On 2006, a Marine Veteran from the Vietnam era came in to see Patrick and Patrick made the connection to serving the military people with teaching them guitar. His family on his father's side were all veterans and musicians as well. His music career started with the magic of the Beatles' album his brother gave him and started in a band at 13. Back to the Marine. He wanted to know Patrick's teaching method. When Patrick replied his material is a blank page and that most people want to first learn a song. And that's what makes them happy and makes them want to continue. That was the beginning of Guitars 4 Vets. When Dan, the Marine, noticed his PTSD symptoms were retreating, Patrick then began to realize this was a program that could become incredibly valuable to a huge number of military Veterans. Veteran Founder Podcast with your hosts Josh Carter and Cynthia Kao We record the Veteran Founder Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music: Artist: Tipsy Track: Kadonka Album: Buzzz Courtesy of Ipecac Records 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes

Allen interviews Daniel K. Hoh, a writer from ABC’s Station 19, and his wife Deborah King about his writing career and the joys and challenges of being married in Hollywood.Daniel K. Hoh & Deborah King Dan and Deb first met at a rooftop restaurant in Santa Monica on a cool fall evening in 2010. She was a lawyer and he was an ER doctor. After getting married in 2013, Deb switched her career to corporate healthcare and made a job of telling doctors what to do-both at work and at home! Dan eventually made a switch too, from practicing medicine to TV writing. He now spends most of his days being a storyteller and writes for Station 19 on ABC, a spinoff of Grey's Anatomy.When Dan decided to pursue a career in writing, his wife didn't run away. He says, "I commend her for believing in me and for not running away and saying, I married you as this one person with a certain promise of stability and security and now you want to go do the most unstable job. We’re in the most unstable industry ever."Dan is thankful for his life experience and says it's essential for being a good writer. "Being creative means nothing if you don't actually have the life experience to draw from. A writer who hasn't gone through a lot of interesting or difficult situations is less likely to have good stories than somebody who's been through a lot."

     This week Michael and Steve welcome two exciting guests. Al Sapienza who played Mikey Palmice, and Dan Grimaldi who played both Philly and Patsy Parisi.      First up Al talks about how he got his start in the business. Did you know he played Ringo in Beatlemania on Broadway? Then he shares how a relationship with Jason Alexander got him the audition for the Sopranos. For Al, Mikey Palmice was the role of a lifetime and he was devastated when he heard he was getting whacked. He tried to talk David out of it, but in the end kept a positive attitude and went on to build a brilliant career after the Sopranos.     Then professor Grimaldi joins the podcast. Dan actually has a PhD in data processing and still teaches at Kingsborough Community College. When Dan originally got out of grad school he went to work for Bell Labs and absolutely hated it. After only a week on the job he decided to quit and realized acting was the life for him. When Michael was young he used to love a horror movie called “Don’t Go In the House” which starred Dan Grimaldi. Then years later when Michael landed his first role in a professional play it was Dan who ended up playing his father. Strange…     Then Michael and Steve get into the episode which was a big one for Joe Pantoliano. Joe won an Emmy for this season and sent this episode to the academy for consideration. Michael was also nominated that year and talks about what it’s like to win, and lose at the Emmys. There’s a lot in Talking Sopranos episode #49 “Whoever Did This” S4 - Ep9. Make sure to subscribe the Talking Sopranos podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and go to the Talking Sopranos web site to ask questions and get official merchandise. https://www.talkingsopranos.com  

When Dan went on vacation last year, KC and Aaron found the perfect topic to talk about while their Itch brother was gone: Rock 'n' Rasslin'. In fact, we enjoyed ourselves so much that we had to cut the episode down to keep it anywhere close to our standard length. So as a bonus for those who appreciate the show and appreciate wrestling, we're releasing the extended version of this episode as a primer for the Road to WrestleMania (and the Road to Revolution)! And as a bonus on top of a bonus, do yourself a favor and check out AEW music producer Mikey Rukus and his debut album, Bring the Rukus. Enjoy! Check out this episode's playlist, and then connect with us! itchrocks.com Twitter.com/itchrocks Facebook.com/itchrocks itchrocks@gmail.com Thank you so much for listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a positive review and rating on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser to help our audience grow. If you don't like what you hear, please tell us anyway to help our skills grow. Our theme song "Corrupted", is used with permission from the amazing Skindred. All other content is copyright of The Itch. All rights reserved, including the right to rock on. Check out our podcasting host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free, no credit card required, forever. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-6cf77a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Rock Matters.

Dan Meadors is the cofounder of the Wholesale Formula and also has a full service Amazon agency. Join Dan's community. We discuss how best to grow sales, avoid common sourcing mistakes, and where private label and reverse wholesale collide.How does private label and reverse wholesale work? Developing products.How do you grow sales?Do all marketing areas. Done is always better than perfect.Mistakes you've experienced or seen, that others learn from.Bought a retail arbritrage item that too many other sellers also boughtWhen doing wholesale sourcing research, find product where there is space on Amazon not being served. Find products with lack of competition. Dan started w/ RA, failed w/ PL - and discusseds the challenges that led him to reverse wholesale. What's the current business model you guys use, and how is it different than more traditional wholesale? The types of wholesale, problems with other models, how it relates to a lot of the same thing that PL sellers already do.What makes this model different than Private Label? Cost, Speed to Market, Investment Time, Risk, Budget)Aren’t you just selling other people’s product? Dan's answer: Assets, Exclusivity, Cashflow, Monetizes A Skill You Already Have.Private label can incorporate Reverse Sourcing Wholesale into their business.Dan and Dylan are both from one of the poorest parts of the country - Southeastern Kentucky. They ended up landing pretty decent paying jobs, at least for around here and were considered to be doing really well by the standards of our area. In 2011, the CFO at Dan's company told Dan he was quitting his job. Dan couldn't believe it because he knew the CFO was making a six figure salary.. When Dan asked him why he would ever quit his job, the CFO told him he was making more money selling stuff on Amazon than he was as CFO and so he was just going to do that full time. Dan was shocked and asked him to prove it. So his CFO took him to Walmart and taught him the basics of Retail Arbitrage. That was enough for Dan and so he started pursuing the RA model for himself. He spent his nights and weekends in stores scanning or at home packing and prepping. And it worked. Within four months, he was making enough money to quit his job too. He reinvested every dollar he could back into the business and that's how he grew. By 2012, Dan had a million-dollar business. But the honest truth was that it wasn't really a "business," it was a j-o-b. It wasn't sustainable. If he wasn't working, he wasn't making money. So he had to work, and work hard, all. the. time. When Dan came to this realization that something had to change, he brought Dylan onto his team and that's when they discovered the reverse sourcing wholesale model. And once they started pursuing that method and left RA behind, they tripled the business in size in the first year to $3 million in sales. The next year, it doubled again to over $6 million in sales. And this was an actual business - a scalable, sustainable, passive income model where they didn't have to work in it for it to run like a machine. Today, Dan & Dylan work less than 4 hours per week in that business. They have totally outsourced it so that the business runs and continues to grow for them. Their business has now done more than $30 million in sales, million in profit and sold more than 500,000 products.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/myamazonguy)

Dan Bublitz Jr is an American comedian/actor known for his one-man show, "It Was Supposed to Be A Love Story" by Lights Out Productions. He recently filmed his first comedy special for VidAngel's Dry Bar Comedy. Dan has also appeared in several films & commercials even appearing on "Comedy Time TV". Dan is the creator and host of the "Art of Bombing" podcast where he talks to guests about finding success through failure. He's performed at several comedy festivals including the Ventura Comedy Festival & the San Diego Comedy Festival. Dan co-created and co-produces the Sno Jam Comedy Festival in Sioux Falls, SD, and was a co-creator of the Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival, both fundraising events. When Dan isn’t performing at clubs and venues across the country he enjoys his time at home with his dogs Gizmo & Tello, his cat Hugo, and his wonderful partner Tara. How To Find Dan! https://www.danbublitz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dbublitzcomedy/ How To Find Zack Lyman! ZackLymanPodcast.com About The Podcast Comedian Zack Lyman sits down with creative guests to have a fun and laid back conversation, seeking to walk away with new knowledge of what they create and why they do. This is a light hearted show that is made with passion for comedy, podcast and all kinds of art.

When Dan was young he mindlessly hated the Twilight series and would routinely delete the Cullen Mii characters Mel created on the Wii. Now that we’re older, Dan has decided to give the movies a shot. He joins us to discuss Eclipse and Breaking Dawn parts 1 and 2, which he watched for the first time.   If you heard him last year, you’ll remember Dan’s a hilarious and insightful guy. Is Renesmee a parallel for the birth of Jesus?? That’s just one of the many things Dan brings up…   P.S. We recorded over Zoom so please forgive us if the audio is less than great.

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco,the host speaks with Dan Mangena, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, best-selling author, and qualified reality transurfing practitioner. Listen as they talk about transurfing, the practice of meditation, and living a purpose-driven life.   3 Key Points: The practice of meditation should be aligned with intentions, through the space of heart and mind coordination. Abundance is not a passive process but an active process to work in meditation. Take action. The kinds of intentions are inner and outer intentions. Trust the outer intentions and look at the infinite bounty of the universe.   Episode Highlights:  4:00- Dan Mangena's work has been featured in major publications across the globe and included in the Wall Street Journal's Masters of Success. 4:12- Dan Mangena aims to serve and uplift the lives of people through abundant, joyful, and purpose-driven lives. 5:45- The practice of meditation should be part of a holistic approach to how we create our reality or lives. 6:45- Core alignment is aligning to the intentions, which are best served by being brought forward by heart and mind coordination. 7:15- The meditation practice comes in by the first contact between physical and non-physical vibration or emotional state. 7:33- Non-physical/word must be received and embodied in the physical aspect to become flesh. 8:39- An abundant, purpose-driven life is a rounded-off human experience. 11:20- When Dan was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of 27, he finally realized what was "wrong". 11:44 Dan’s anxiety and insomnia disappeared when he studied Social Dynamics and understood the framework of human interaction. 16:15- The idea of "life is for living" doesn't work for Dan as he believes that life has a purpose. 17:50- The most logical reason for the burden is to take the burden out of the board. 20:00- Very few modalities cover all the bases (mind, body, and soul), unlike Transurfing. 23:13- With inner intentions, we are looking at the resources we have, while in outer intentions, we are looking at the infinite bounty of the universe. 24:00- Transurfing gives steps into a state where you can put a check on a wall which is represented by the things that you've done, to allow the universe to do what it wants to do, which is abundance. 24:41 Faith is an active process. Work to train yourself. 28:50- Traditional religions believe that money is the root of all evil. 29:45- If all people who believe that money is the root of all evil came together to create a job, they can make a dent in poverty. 30:03- People are just holding to ideas and looking for pieces of evidence to hold on to that idea. 31:15- Dan created a video regarding the Secrets to Harmonious Money Magnet on his website. 32:00- Meditation facilitates getting lined up to make some moves to a place of expansion. 32:14- The actions that we make, the choices that we take, leads to our reality, are based on what's happening on the conscious level. 32:30 - The success that we've achieved has been against an idea sitting on an unconscious level that we don't always consciously desire. 39:00- Dan narrates how he became aligned more with the intention of serving. 42:10- Dan decided to trust the outer intention and committed to finishing his book. 46:14- Dan is in a state where he has the freedom to do what he desires and not to think about if his kids will go to college or not. 46:25- Abundance is the freedom to do what you desire, the call of the universe without thinking what's in it for me. 48:25- Dan being grateful, has nothing to say to his 18-year-old self, because even the crappy part of his life contributed to what he is now. 48: 36- True gratitude is not being grateful for the things that he likes but accepting all of it.   Tweetable Quotes: "An abundant purpose-driven human life for me is a rounded-off human experience.”- Dan Mangena "I think it's the consistency of actions that eventually leads to the million-dollar check on the wall"- Justin “What am I doing? Am I showing up every day and aligned with my beliefs about how to create wealth, or am I still following somebody else's story?”- Dan Mangena "Have you ever thought that your mission is being denied its full expression by not allowing more abundance to your life? "- Barry   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Dan Mangena: LinkedIn , Website International Transurfing Institute Reality Transurfing TV

Dan John has coached for more than 30 years. He's helped hundreds of athletes pack on double-digit pounds of rock-solid muscle. As an athlete, John broke the American record in the Weight Pentathlon. He is the author of several books, including Intervention. How has Dan’s 2020 been? (0:57) Dan does believe in the COVID virus. He says he is one of the few people who trust science lately. His whole career has always been a dance between technology and theology.  Just the other day, Dan was at a cafe, and a young 30 something-year-old white American couple were refusing to wear masks and giving the waitress trying to reinforce the state of Utah’s law a tough time because of it.  Dan believes the problem lies with ignorance. Which is to ignore, and many people are choosing to ignore common decency to take care of the elderly. Dan himself is 63 with a history of a severe lung disease called pleurisy. Dan finds it increasingly frustrating that he knows so many people taken by the virus, and yet it is still so hard to get people to wear their masks. Dan says it goes back to Dicken’s A Christmas Carol where you know the girl has wanted and the boy has ignorance and Dicken tells us that we were both but mostly the boy, which is the most disappointing thing about 202 to Dan.  Dan has had an online presence since 1998. His new project Brian Walton has a thing called Workout Generator. You do not need any plug-in equipment; you don’t even need equipment. It will spring out workouts for you based on what you need and have available.  Dan has been able to finish writing a book this year, and he is working on Powell’s set sleeves and redoing EZ Strenght. They are deep in the project currently. He says it has been a good year, but he feels that they could do better.  What is Dan’s routine? (5:36) Monday through to Friday, at 9:30, he opens his garage, which is his gym, and people from all around the world will come and workout with Dan. When Dan was getting ready for the Olympic lifting meet three days a week, he would snatch overhead squat.  Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are whole-body workouts, so push, pull, hinge, squat, and some loaded cores. Tuesdays are ‘buns and guns’ where they do hip thrusts, many deadlifts and arm workouts, etc.  Thursday is for doing Tim Anderson’s original strength workout. That is more or less the big picture of Dan’s Monday to Friday. He does not generally work out on the weekends because it is how life has worked out for him.  Almost every day, Mike leads them through the training. They have suspension trainers, and they use their body weight to stretch and move things around. They do original strength almost every single day.  They try to do good workouts. Many days Dan will strap on ankle weights of 5 pounds each and grab 3-pound dumbbells before going for a run of a few miles. The work of Leonard Shorts works Back in from the ’80s. Dan believes heavy hands are the gentlest, which means if you put weights in your hands while you walk or run, you pump them subconsciously.  His legs counter his hands during these exercises, and he pumps slightly higher than his shoulders. It gets his heart rate where it needs to be in his target zone, and if he does it correctly, they can have a fantastic conversation.  How does Dan track his heart rate? (8:49) He bought the Phil Maffetone heart rate tracker. It is the one that connects to the IRS, and it gives you GPS tracking. He has been using it every three or so weeks and, during his testing of the product, has found that he is quite happy with it.  Whenever Dan feels like testing his heart rate or feels strange, he likes monitoring his heart rate to ensure it stays in his targeted zone. Dan always has a target zone where he can still talk, but his breathing is stable and within his target zone.  Dan also utilizes a chest strap. The strap is excellent, but you have to keep looking down at it. You have to open your phone while you are swinging weights, and it becomes a bit of a hassle.  For most lesson centers, Dan believes in the talk test. Say, for instance, you are walking with your 89-year-old grandma, and you’re walking with her, and suddenly she gets quiet. You might feel fine, but you have blown off her walking talk.  Another point that Dan uses it for is, for example, when he does the 0.2-mile loop around his block 15 times, all he has to do is what is called the MAF test, which is the max aerobic function.  Dan John University Here you will find Dan's most famous programs along with a customizable workout generator built to suit your needs. You pick the equipment you have, the schedule you want, and the appropriate difficulty. Along with the custom workout generator, you'll also have access to Mass Made Simple, the Humane Burpee, and many other popular programs. Resources Connect with Dan: Website Dan John University: Website Connect with Eric: LinkedIn

Read by Douglas.When Dan tries to build a dam in Merrytime Stream, he has no idea just how much chaos it will cause. Luckily, help is soon on the way. Listen and READ ALONG to this story here! Dan's Plan For A Dam - Read AlongMums and Dads. To help keep Bedtime Stories advert free - and for bonus stories and lots of amazing things! - watch a video I've made on the brand new Bedtime Stories Patreon page!

When Dan is away... well who are we kidding, we always end up digressing! Chris, Billy, and Tanya discuss Halloween, Sean Connery, and the Election (this was recorded on 11/1 so it hadn't happened yet!). So this will be interesting to see what actually does happen (did happen?) on election day! And don't forget our Question of the Week!

When Dan is away... well who are we kidding, we always end up digressing! Chris, Billy, and Tanya discuss Halloween, Sean Connery, and the Election (this was recorded on 11/1 so it hadn't happened yet!). So this will be interesting to see what actually does happen (did happen?) on election day! And don't forget our Question of the Week!

When Dan learned his first 3 high income skills, he didn’t even have a name for the skills. It all started because he asked himself one profound question. Watch the video to find out what he did. What do you think your first high income skill should be? Comment below.

When Dan got married 20 years ago, he and his wife thought they would have one or maybe two kids. Before they knew it they had 5 kids under the age of five years old. The struggle was real. Five kids then became seven kids. The challenge was not that they had a bunch of kids, but rather that they had not developed a unified vision,...they lacked, the tools, the communication systems, and on and on... They quickly got advice. They searched far and wide. They drove across the States to hang out with some of the coolest parents and their kids [props to Boyd & Lori Dellinger as well as a few others]…simply to learn from them. They were blown away at how some families were able to craft such a powerful vision for life and execute on the strategy necessary to enjoy their life’s finest work, their family. They collected books, attended conferences, and all the while as they learned, they also helped others in marriage and parenting. They’ve counseled marriages, created discipleship courses, spoken at events and coached people with passion and great satisfaction. It has truly become a great passion of theirs. All this has massively impacted the way they parent their now young adult kids and how they are preparing this next generation of world changers to become mighty men and women. Links: https://famvestor.com/063 http://www.rebel-family.com/

[Case Study] $250K Sales Funnel For Personal Trainers How Dan sold $12,500 of online coaching in just 5 hours!   Pretty impressive, eh!   Despite this…it's not always been like this for Dan.   In fact, before we met, Dan had struggled for a long time trying to build his coaching business…   Dan was confused as hell with all the info there was online….   He had no structure to what he should be doing day by day…   Dan is an extremely hard worker, but he just didn't have a proven road map to follow.    This just left Dan overwhelmed…   Because of this, Dan would try and do a million different things at once in an effort to grow his coaching business…   Dan was anxious and worried not having consistent leads and wondered where his next client was coming from.   Dan was fed up with the fluctuating income.   Some months Dan would do okay and bring on some new client and others…there was barely anything!   What made it worse, was Dan was trying super hard, he was just focusing on the wrong stuff.   At this point, Dan realized he needed help with this.   When Dan reached out to me, we streamlined his business by getting him to focus on one simple funnel and nail down his avatar.   Once he had that in place everything was so much easier because he had a proven system for getting in leads and proven system for converting them.   Finally, Dan has peace of mind knowing that even if he loses clients, he has a pipeline of new leads waiting to sign up! This is the number 1 thing I see coaches struggle with, is not knowing exactly what to do to get new leads and clients.   Want me to help you do this, too? You can continue trying to figure this out on your own, or you can just model what has already worked for 100's of fitness pros to earn 6 and 7 figures. And then the best part? It does not matter if you don't have a big social media following. DM me so we can chat more…   JOIN THE FREE GROUP and SAY “HEY” TO ME Your comments, questions and just you joining me along in this ride mean a lot to me so please take a second and say ‘Hey’ Simply join us here: http://www.chrisdufey.com/freegroup HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you’re digging the show, please subscribe to iTunes and write us a quick review! This is what helps us spread the word and get people to find the credible, helpful advice they need. Review the show on iTunes! We rely on it: http://www.chrisdufey.com/mobilereview Looking forward to chatting with you soon.

Jessica Craven is a community organizer, activist and newly elected member of the California Democratic party's County Central Committee. Jessica is the author of "Chop Wood, Carry Water," a daily actions e-mail that's been published five days a week since November of 2016. Her emails provide detailed text and scripts for the everyday person to reach out to their Congress people and Senators to take action on the important issues of the day. She's made it her mission to get regular people more involved with politics on both a federal and local level.   More info about Jess.   Learn more about The Passionistas Project.   Full Transcript:   PASSIONISTAS: Hi, and welcome to The Passionistas Project Podcast. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington.   Before we start our interview today, we wanted to tell you about our upcoming event from Friday, August 21st through Sunday, August 23rd, we'll be hosting the passion project women's equality summit. The three-day event will feature live panel discussions, prerecorded presentations, daily workshops, The Passionistas Portraits storyteller event. The LUNAFEST® short film festival, a virtual marketplace, and a pay it forward portal. The weekend is centered around the theme of women's equality and intersectional feminism from a range of perspectives, including racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights, financial equity, voter suppression, ageism, physical and mental health issues, religious persecution, and so much more. And best of all, it's free for the weekend. Go to ThePassionistasProject.com to register.   And now for today's interview, we're talking with Jessica Craven, community organizer, activist, and newly elected member of the California Democratic Party's County Central Committee. Jessica is the author of Chop Wood, Carry Water, a daily actions email that's been published five days a week since November of 2016. Her emails provide detailed text and scripts for the everyday person to reach out to their Congress people and senators to take action on the important issues of the day. She's made it her mission to get regular people more involved with politics on both a federal and local level. Please welcome to the show, Jessica Craven.   JESSICA CRAVEN: Yay. Hi, how are you?   PASSIONISTAS: We're so excited to have you.   JESSICA: Not as excited as I am. I am very, this is a great honor. Thank you very much.   PASSIONISTAS: It's an honor for us to. What's the one thing you're most passionate about?   JESSICA: I am an action advocate. Uh, I find that action is the antidote to despair. Um, and that it is the one thing that I need to be doing if I want to see change. So I guess action, and also getting others to act I'm very, very passionate about sort of, uh, encouraging others to do this work because I think it's important not just for our country, but for our own personal well-being.   PASSIONISTAS: To that end, talk about Chop Wood, Carry Water and what it is. Explain it to people who might not know.   JESSICA: What I try to do with Chop Wood, Carry Water, and I started doing this right after Trump was elected because everybody was so shell shocked and so upset. And I guess I tend to be the kind of person who, when something like that happens, I want to find a solution or something to do. I'm someone who needs to do something. So in the very, very beginning, I started, you know, sort of realizing like we should make, there's some calls that we should make. And I started making calls and, and, and also sort of researching around to see what calls needed to be made and what groups were talking about it. And I would then turn around and sort of send a quick email to a handful of family and friends and, and they seem to find it useful and they seem to want to make the calls.   And, and then I, I started including a little, a little bit of like a pep talk, you know, just a little bit of like been through some stuff as we all haven't and I've found some tools for dealing with difficulties. And I, I just would share those as part of the email. Like, you know, when I went through my horrible divorce, my father said to me, I mean, this is where Chop Wood, Carry Water comes from is, is, is that my dad told me that phrase when I was going through a divorce, I don't know, 15, 15, 20 years ago at this point, but I said, “How am I going to get through this? This is, I feel like I'm never going to get through this.” And he said, “You're just going to chop wood, carry water. And one day it'll be over.” So that's why the newsletter is called Chop Wood, Carry Water.   And, and I, and I told people that story, a number of times in the beginning, and it sort of turned into this thing where every day people would ask to be added to the list, or someone would say, I have a friend who wants to be added to your list. And I became really obsessed with following politics. Yeah. Following everything that was happening, uh, subscribing to every single newsletter that had actions for people to take. And in the beginning, there were a ton of them. And then sort of what I wanted to do, try to do was, was to distill that all down into five minutes for the average person, because I will take action all day long. Like that is who I am, but most people want to do something and then go back to their lives. They don't want to think about this all the time, but I do want to feel like they're doing something.   So what I decided to do it was sort of provide the service where I would read all the stuff and subscribe to all the things and then just distill it down into five minutes. So my idea was that you would just make just a couple of calls every day. You would call both of your senators. You would call your congressional rep. And then there would be like an extra credit thing to call some other, whoever it was. It used to be Scott Pruitt a lot in the beginning, cause I I'm an environmentalist at heart. And then eventually I added a resist bot text because people love resist bot so much. And I thought that was a good place to sort of add an action. That was a little bit or a script that was a bit longer that people could just send as a resist bot text.   And that's what Chop Wood, Carry Water is to this day. It's a, it's a little short pep-talk, it's a call to your members of Congress. It's like one or two extra things. I started including a lot of election related links in one of the sections. Just so if people wanted to find me or text bank or write postcards, I I've, I add those in. And then it's a resist bot text. And the idea is you can do it all in, in five minutes, which I think actually you genuinely, can't what I try to do tell people is just those five minutes can make such a huge difference. And if enough of us make those calls, you know, it really, I mean, we learned it with the, the attacks on the ACA and, and with so many other things I made, eventually Scott Pruitt did go away and, uh, you know, so many victories we have had have just been, because people have kind of hammered on the doors every single day, you know, using their voices and it does make a difference.   And I think that one of the big enemies in this situation has been despair, which leads to hopelessness, which leads to apathy. And then we really are in trouble. So my whole thing has been that when I make those five minutes of calls, I actually feel better. I feel more empowered. I feel more hopeful. And that's why I always say hope is an action because I don't become hopeful from just sitting around trying to like gin up hope in myself. I become hopeful when I actually make those calls or, or take any action, which bear in mind. I usually don't want to do. I almost never want to make my calls and I don't want to show up for protests. I don't want to show up at any of this stuff I do. But when I do it, I feel better. So there's very selfish, motives behind all of this.   It's really to help me not go into a tailspin, but it also turns out to help our democracy a lot.   PASSIONISTAS: With so much going on in the world, how do you determine each day? What issues to spotlight?   JESSICA: I'm on this all day? So all day I am taking emails from tons of people who are wanting to send me actions. I'm reading, uh, the, the few other action emails that are still out there. I'm a very active indivisible member. So I'm on a bunch of channels with other indivisible members and, and other action leaders. And there's a Facebook page for people who have action, you know, platforms. So we're all working on this together. So almost any action you see and Chop Wood, Carry Water, you know, is probably also being amplified by several other amazing individuals or groups. But, you know, I also read the news all day.   I also listened to a lot of podcasts and do really deep dives on policies. And I just am immersed in this all day. Every day. My husband always says, I don't know how you spend so much time. Like I would go crazy reading the news as much as you do, but I really am trying to absorb all this stuff. So that again, when I get to Chop Wood, Carry Water, I can distill it in a really simple way so that you guys don't have to spend your entire days doing this. So, and I'm an information junkie. I like to, you know, I like to learn, but in the morning I will generally go through all my emails and scan through my sort of typical sources and pull things from various places and, and, you know, work on the actual writing of the email, which takes about an hour, hour and a half in the morning.   But it's also been sort of cooking for the previous 24 hours before that. And then sometimes it's something will come up. I mean, this morning we have yet another news item talking about the sort of appalling, lack of personal protective equipment for our medical personnel. So then that becomes something that I sort of make sure is the focus of my newsletter. So, so part of it is trying to be nimble with events that are unfolding very quickly. And some of it is returning over and over and over again to things that we've been working on for sometimes weeks or months or even longer.   PASSIONISTAS: What are some of the big issues that you have been tackling, trying to tackle for a while and that are really on the forefront for you right now?   JESSICA: Well, that's a really good question. I mean, election security is a huge one that we're just returning to every week.   I make sure to put something in about it because especially now with the COVID-19 our elections in November, we sort of have to get those to a vote by mail status. They just, they just are going to have to be. And so far the funding for that is just not there. So while we want the States to, you know, step up and they probably will have to, we're pushing very hard for the federal government to fund it. And that's just an enormous push. That is it's hard. I mean, Mitch McConnell doesn't want it. So we're just working very hard because otherwise we're going to find ourselves in August, September, and just, it's going to be bad because we're not going to be able to go to the polls the way we have been used to so that, you know, climate change is an ongoing issue that I returned to constantly gun violence prevention.   I think you guys know I'm a pretty active member of moms demand action. So we return to that cyclically judges, you know, when, when Congress is in session and voting, we will always call on judges. And that tends to be something that gets less attention, but obviously we all know is, is so unbelievably important. And fortunately there are groups like indivisible San Francisco, which, which has a whole little chapter of their group that does nothing, but watch those judicial races. So I go there for a lot of information. I mean, I could literally go on there, there isn't any sector of our democracy that is not under attack right now. And, and the, you know, the fires are everywhere. So we throw water here and we throw water there and we throw water all around and then we come back and throw it again. But, you know, eventually we do see victories.   I mean the whole first year of Chop Wood, Carry Water. I had a section where we wrote to Scott Pruitt. It was just called the Scott Pruitt section. And we wrote about this pesticide chlorpyrifos, which I was really determined to help get banned because it's a neurotoxin that we were spraying on our, on our crops, by the millions of tons. I mean, it's a Dow chemical product. It's disgusting. And we call him that forever. And, uh, and then I kinda got distracted. And after about a year or a year and a half of, of those calls, we moved on to other things, well, chlorpyrifos has, it's abandoned California. Now it's banned in several other States. And some of it's the, the main production is actually being cut. So even though we haven't succeeded in an overarching federal ban, we have succeeded in largely gutting it to use.   And so, you know, these things have taken years, some of them, and we don't stop all the judges, but we have stopped some of the worst and we haven't prevented every horrible climate, you know, attack, but we have prevented some. And, and it's, you know, I really encourage people to focus on the victories, not the defeats because whatever we focus on grows, I really believe that.   PASSIONISTAS:  What did you do before November, November, 2016?   JESSICA: I've always been very interested in politics, but I actually did not work in politics full time. I worked in sales for a very long time. Ironically, for Tiffany and company, I worked there for about eight years. So in high end luxury sales, which, you know, was never really something. I was talking about passion. I was not passionate about it, but it was a, a paycheck. And it was a, you know, it was a respectable one.   And, and that was what I did for money. And before that I was a singer. So I performed for most of my young adult life. I was in a band called the Chapin Sisters for a long time with my, my two sisters who are still in that band. I come from a family of folk singers on one side, and my father made horror movies. I have a kind of weird background that would not necessarily, you would think lend itself to this. But the funny thing I have found is that my training in sales, which, which Tiffany provides excellent training, and also my training and performance have all come in very handy. As I have moved into this, this phase of my life. I mean, it turns out that I am very comfortable getting up and talking in front of people. I'm very good at encouraging people and I'm good at selling things so I can sell activism.   I can sell involvement and I'm comfortable talking to people, which is really what most of this is about. So for example, people are very afraid to call their reps. Like that's something that never occurred to me, but it turns out that folks are, are really intimidated and they don't know how to do it. They don't know what it even sounds like. People are afraid they're going to be challenged by the people they talk to on the other end. So at one point, my stepfather overheard me calling my reps one day when I was visiting my family in New York. And he said, you know, you should just make a little video of yourself doing that because you think it's easy, but most people really don't even know what that looks like. And so I did that. I posted a video of myself just calling my reps and people really responded to it.   And again, because I come from sort of a performance background and, you know, I'm not uncomfortable talking in front of other people in it. I can sorta, I'm good at showing people how to do things. And so that's been something that I did. One of those videos actually just today, just to sort of show people what it looks like to call and say a given thing, because we read these scripts and sometimes they're very clunky and stilted, and it's hard to know how to turn that into an actual phone call. So I guess all of those funny backgrounds that, you know, they don't make a lot of sense when you put them on a resume, but I also did screenwriting for three years. So like the writing skills, you know, it's all sort of come into play in what I do now. So I don't do much singing anymore, but I, I do a lot of bird-dogging and, uh, I don't know a lot of the skills translate for some reason.   PASSIONISTAS: We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and you're listening to The Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Jessica Craven. We're excited to announce that Jessica will be conducting her workshop Activism 101 on Saturday, August 22nd. During The Passionistas Project Women's Equality Summit. To register for free for the online event visit thepassionistasproject.com.   To get a membership to Jessica's daily newsletter, Chop Wood, Carry Water, and support her activism, go to patreon.com/chopwoodcarrywater. Now here's more of our interview with Jessica.   PASSIONISTAS: What advice would you have for some of those maybe a little bit apprehensive about getting involved or that thinks that their voice doesn't matter?   JESSICA: Well, for one thing, I mean, just a couple of practical issues about calling your reps that people don't always realize. And this is, sounds like the most obvious thing in the world, but I think there are people who don't necessarily know that when you call your reps, you're not going to get your rep on the phone. So that seems really obvious, but that is possibly not obvious to everybody. So you're going to get an aide or more likely you're going to get a voicemail. People worry a lot that they're going to get challenged like that. They're going to have to defend what they say, that they have to be super educated on something, but you absolutely don't. No one will ever challenge you. When you get an eight on the phone. They're generally very nice. They will take the comment. They will say, I will pass that along to the Senator or the Congress member.   And that's it. I don't know of anybody who's ever been challenged by an aid. It maybe has happened somewhere, but that's not ever been my experience. There are several different numbers you can call. You don't have to just call the number that they generally give you. The, the DC office. There are usually about four senators, about five other field offices. You can call any of them. So I find it really useful to have all five phone numbers for my senators and, and to the two phone numbers, my Congress member, I think all Congress members have a DCN and a field office. I have them all in my phone. So I just say, Hey, Siri, call Diane Feinstein. And, and you know, I, I call one of the field offices. So all of those are our basic points. And then why do it? I've been asked this a million times.   I have people who live in Kentucky who say, I just don't see the point of calling, you know, Mitch McConnell. He doesn't care. Or in a lot of States, I have people say like, my rep just doesn't care. They're hopeless. And what I always say, or you have people say, well, my rep is good. They're always going to do the right thing. Okay. So either way, I sort of compare it to, to having a, to being a boss and having an employee who works remotely. So if we sort of give that employee the job and then walk away and never check in with them, even the most honest employee after a while is going to start to just Slack at their job, because why wouldn't they, if they're having no oversight and, and no, no one checking in. So we are our representatives boss. Like they work for us.   So my job every day is to call and tell them what I want them focusing on. If they don't hear that from me, they're just going to do what they want. And even the most ethical is going to maybe miss something that is actually very important to their constituents. Also, it is really important to know that. So I go meetings with the staff of Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris. Cause I, I go with a group of indivisible leaders and they always tell us, we need your calls. We need your calls. First of all, it helps the Senator to know where to focus her attention. And secondly, when she goes into a hearing she, or, or, or to a vote, she might say, you know, I got 150 calls on this yesterday. And the day before that I got 500 calls on this. So she's armed with evidence that her constituents care we can think, well, she must know that I care about this, but if she's not hearing it, then does she know maybe, but you'd be surprised how out of touch these offices can be with what their constituents are actually thinking.   I can't tell you how many times we've been meeting with one of those senators staffs, and we've brought up an issue that they had no idea about an issue. That to me was like very, very obvious, and that we'd been talking about a lot. They had not heard anything about it. So I just tell people, never assume, never assume that they don't need to hear from you. They do. And it's also an exercise for, for yourself. It's a, it's a way to say like, Hey, this is my country. This is my democracy. And you are going to listen to me every day. I am going to call you every day. And even if I called you about something yesterday, I'm going to call you about it again today because I'm your boss. And I want you to hear that this matters to me. I can't overemphasize the importance of it, honestly.   PASSIONISTAS: Now you're newly elected to the California Democratic Party's County Central Committee. So what does that organization do and what's your role?   JESSICA: I ran for it because I had run for something even smaller called aid Dems, which I won last year. And these are all sort of California State Party roles. So a Dems was an election that it wasn't even on the main federal ballot. It was a kind of a smaller election that people had to actually show up physically to vote for. And that enabled me to sort of have a very small voice in the California democratic party. So County central committee is basically a step up in that chain. I was on the same ballot as like the presidential candidates this time, which was really exciting. And I basically will have a seat at the table to vote on how the California democratic party spends its money, who we endorse, especially on sort of a state level. I'll get to vote on endorsements for like district attorney and city council and things that don't sound super sexy, but that are so important in the running of our state.   And it just gives me a tiny bit more clout and weight. Uh, California elected officials will take me a little bit more seriously. My senators will take me a little bit more seriously. And honestly, for me, it's all about bringing a progressive voice to the state party itself, which can be surprisingly, still sort of centrist and has had some corruption, quite frankly. So a bunch of us who are grassroots have been running for these seats just to get people into them who are actually sort of in touch with the grassroots community. And it's honestly the same reason that I'm serving as a PTA president at my daughter's public school. It's just, you know, we've heard these words like run for something, if you want to help run for something. And, and I've been like, all right, well, what can I run for? And these have been the things that have presented themselves to me.   So whether it's sort of bringing more progressive politics to, you know, fighting to get an electric leaf blower at my daughter's school, because it's better for the environment or advocating to endorse a more progressive city council candidate on the California, you know, the County central committee, it's, it's just bringing more of what I'm already doing to places where more people can hear. I mean, I guess it's all about sort of building a bigger platform, but I'm just going to keep fighting for better, you know, stronger action on climate, strong direction, on guns, stronger action on, you know, uh, election security and criminal justice reform, the same stuff, you know, basically I already do.   PASSIONISTAS: Why is local government as important really as federal government?   JESSICA: Over the last three years, we've watched as our federal government and Congress have basically grown to a halt. I mean, they have passed some things, but even having flipped the house, we just can't get anything through the Senate and it's discouraging.   And you just start to feel like there's so little we're able to do right now on a federal level. And in general, on a federal level, even when Obama was president, it's just hard to get things through, unless you have like a super majority everywhere, which is rare now on the state level, it turns out we can just get a lot more done and on a city level, we can get a lot of stuff done. And I guess the more, the longer I've paid attention to this, the more I've realized that while the federal government is incredibly frustrating and sort of just jammed up state governments are passing amazing climate bills, or they're not, they're passing great, you know, pro-choice bills or they're passing horrible pro-life bills, they're passing gun bills, or they're not. Cities are getting really, really active on helping our unhoused populations or they're sitting on their hands and doing nothing.   They're passing, you know, climate bills or they're not. And, and these are places where we actually can really affect change by working to elect great state legislators, uh, by working to elect city council members. I actually, in this past, the primaries that just passed in California were the election I was running in. There were also several, uh, city council seats. And there were all of these amazing challengers to incumbent city council members. And I spent all of my time canvasing for like three different city council candidates, because I've come to realize that the city council, as unglamorous as it is, is actually a place where if you want to make change, say to fight climate change, that's a really good place to do it. And Los Angeles has a notoriously sort of corrupt and awful, sorry, but pretty terrible city council right now, very ineffective.   And frankly, as I said, a lot of them are really corrupt. And so working to flip some of those seats, I worked on, on the, on the race of this woman, Nythia Roman, who was challenging one of our city council members and, and she, she made it to a runoff with a hugely funded incumbent. And that was just done by people power and her being a great candidate. I helped flip a seat, a city council seat in Glendale by canvassing for, for a guy named Dan Brotman, who was a climate champion and had stopped a huge power plant expansion in Glendale. And so I decided to put a lot of time into his race and he won. So meanwhile, you know, my presidential candidate of choice did not win and probably wouldn't have won if I had knocked doors for her, every single one of those days, unfortunately, just because of the nature of, you know, systemic sexism or whatever.   But the people I canvas for city council, why did, and, and their races are really exciting because if they win, they can make a huge difference in my day to day life. And that's the thing I would love people to remember is that the people that you have working in your state legislature and in your city council, in your school boards, those people are going to be affecting your life. They're going to be affecting the air, your kids breathe, or that you breathe. They will be affecting whether or not there are, you know, tons and tons of people housed who need it or not. And so many other things they'll affect how your state is spending money in so many different ways. Moms demand action is so great because they do a tremendous amount of advocacy on a state level. And they have sort of recognized that the federal level is, you know, we do do a work there, but on a state level, we can get so much more done.   And so I've actually gotten very into pushing calls on to state legislators as well. And I have a whole list of people who I will text and say, Hey, call your legislator today on this California bill, because we have a lot of power there. And we've seen California just passed phenomenal bills in the last few years. And we have a lot further to go on that, but this is a great place to put your energy. And if you don't know what you know what to do as the next set of elections, roll around, look for a small election in your area and work on it. You can make a really big difference and you can help somebody. When Dan brought me in one by, I don't know, I think it was a thousand or 2000 votes, and I canvas for him about eight times. So I feel like I had a real part in that race and it feels really good.   So I can't encourage that enough. Check out your state level races or check out a great organization like sister district. There were these amazing organizations doing great work on a state level and a future now is the other one, check those out. They're doing great work. And that's all they focus on our state elections and, and those are critical. And plus we have redistricting coming up in, in 2021. And if we don't win these States back, we're looking at bad representation there on a federal level for another 10 years. So it really matters.   PASSIONISTAS: What's your secret to a rewarding life?   JESSICA: Look for ways to help other people. I mean, that's, that's it in a nutshell, you know, and I I'm in 12 step programs. So, so I got this there that if I want to be happy myself, I need to look for ways to make other people happy.   And if I want to feel less anxious, I need to find a way to help other people feel less anxious. I mean, that's Chop Wood, Carry Water was born out of that. Basically, you know, the night Trump was elected. One of my girlfriends called me hysterically crying, and I was also crying. But in that moment, she needed me to comfort her. And as I comforted her, trying to find the words of comfort that I could pull out of wherever, I realized that in comforting her, I felt a modicum of comfort myself. And, and to this day, that is what keeps me going. Is that when I feel despair, when I feel hopeless, when I feel like I just don't see how we're going to get out of this, I turn around and try to find somebody else who's feeling that way and give them hope.   And that's why I do the pep talks in Chop Wood, Carry Water, because I need to hear them. And the, and as I do them, I feel better and I feel stronger. So I guess that the secret to joy for me is trying to help other people find joy themselves.   PASSIONISTAS: Is there a mantra that you live by?   JESSICA: A couple. “Chop Wood, Carry Water” is one. And again, just that idea of just what is the next thing in front of me to do what is in front of me right here? Is it, do I need to get my email out? Do I need to call my reps? Do I need to feed myself and my family to what is the thing right in front of me to do not, how am I going to be in 10 years or what's going to happen next year? But like, what is right here and trust in God and call your reps.   I mean, you know, I guess that would be my other mantra and on a spiritual plane. What I use when I meditate a lot is breathe in faith and breathe out fear, which helps a lot for me, just to sort of on a physical level, be breathing in the idea that it's all going to be okay, and be breathing out that anxiety. Cause again, the anxiety will make me ineffective and cripple me. And also it's the anxiety is so fed by our social media and media world that, that it becomes in and of itself an enemy that I have to fight. And I can do that by caring for the physical plant, feeding myself and meditating, exercising, those, those little things, making sure I spend, you know, engaged time with my family, all of that, to make sure that I can fill the well.   PASSIONISTAS: What advice would you give to a young woman who wants to get more involved and become an activist?   JESSICA: Find a local campaign and volunteer, pick your passion.   If it's climate change, find somebody who's running for any office where they can have some impact on that and, and help them. If you're young, join the sunrise movement. They're amazing. They're so great. I can't recommend them highly enough. If climate change is your, is your big thing. If criminal justice reform is your thing, look for it. Look for someone running for district attorney who wants to change things up there. We have a great race in Los Angeles that I'm going to be volunteering for. If education is your thing, work on a school board race. There is no campaign that will not jump up and down for joy. When they get a phone call from someone saying, I want to volunteer, there's no campaign that has so many volunteers that they will turn them away. They all need you desperately. So sign up to do what you can.   If you are not willing to go canvas, make phone calls. If you don't think you can do that, offer to go and stuff on envelopes for them or answer phones or bring them food. But again, get involved in it in a local race. I mean the presidential race obviously will matter so much, but to get started, if you start on a small race, you will then get to know those people. And the next time they're working on a campaign, you'll be like, Hey, I know. So and so they were, you know, a field rep in, in, in, so, and so's campaign, I'm going to call them up and see if I can get in, you know, uh, here as maybe like a paid, maybe I can get a paid job and suddenly you're sort of working your way up, but everybody who works in politics starts as a volunteer. I worked for a great organization called open progress for almost two years, uh, doing their social media. And I started out as a volunteer. I worked for them for probably four months as a volunteer and that turned into a job. So you just never know, but, but volunteering is where it's at. Just, just, just raise your hand and ask where you can help and you'll be off. Your journey will begin.   PASSIONISTAS: Thanks for listening to The Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Jessica Craven.   To get a membership to Jessica's daily newsletter, Chop Wood, Carry Water, and support her activism, go to patreon.com/chopwoodcarrywater.   Don't forget to register for the Passionistas Project Women's Equality Summit to take part in Jessica's workshop Activism 101 on Saturday, August 22. The summit is sponsored by LUNA, whole nutrition bars, the premium beverage company, Tea Drops and public speaking coaching company, ubu skills. A portion of the proceeds from the summit will go to Girls Inc. and Black Girls Code. To register for free for the online event visit thepassionistasproject.com.   And be sure to subscribe to The Passionistas Project Podcast, so you don't miss any of our upcoming inspiring guests.

How rare is a 1950s cherry red Corvette and does anyone want to donate one to CCC for "research purposes"? Is Perry honest enough to be a judge? When Dan finds out what happened, will he be grateful he was in jail those two nights? And will coach keep the '66 trophy in his prison cell? Come out and relive old glories on the field as we talk secrets, sports cars and the struggle of emotions vs. justice in this week's episode - season 4, episode 2, When Thieves Fall Out.

Dan Clark began his career as an athlete, playing football for the Los Angeles Rams and in Europe. He later starred as Nitro on the extraordinarily popular reality television show American Gladiators. Clark then turned to acting and screenwriting. He wrote, directed, and starred in the independent film Looking for Bruce. He recently hosted ESPN Classic’s American Gladiators marathon, and he continues to consult on the revamped American Gladiators franchise. He is the author of the memoir “Gladiator: A True Story of ‘Roids, Rage, and Redemption” and is currently authoring his next book. “Fuck Dying: How Cheating Death Kicked My Ass into Loving, Learning, and Living my Best Life”. Favorite Success Quote “Sports taught me about life. Almost dying taught me how to live” ~Dan Nitro Clark Key Points 1. Don’t Wait to Be Happy  Men in the 21st century seem convinced that happiness is something that can only be attained.  It can only be attained when you get the hot girl, make the 7-figures, drive an Italian sports car, launch your company, or have that dream body. But the truth of the matter is much different. Happiness is not something that you attain. It is something that you give yourself. Right now, in this very second, you have everything you need to feel happy and deeply believe that you have and are enough. Right now, you can give yourself the gift of joy by choosing to focus on what is good instead of what is missing. Right now, this very second, you have the power to be happy. But many of you reading this are not… And, in my experience, the primary reason that men don’t allow themselves to feel happy is that they believe happiness will steal their drive, ambition, and hunger. And sometimes, they are right. It’s a fine line to walk, and when you base your happiness on the wrong things, you might find that happiness does steal your ability to achieve and excel. However, when you predicate your happiness on who you are and how you show up in the world… That’s when the game changes. When you can give yourself permission to be happy now because you are working towards becoming the man that you need to be, that’s when the world will open up to you and you will find yourself becoming the best man you can become… And enjoying the hell out of the process. As our first guest, Hal Elrod says, “Love the life you have while creating the life of your dreams.” 2. Comparison is the Theif of Joy  It seems that our entire economy has been built on comparison. If you look at the marketing and advertising for any popular company, you will undoubtedly notice that they are sending us a very loud and very clear message. You are not good enough. You don’t have the six pack like he does, you don’t have the car this guy drives, you don’t have the business this 20-year old built, you don’t have the girl like this pop star does. And the list goes on and on. Society encourages us to compare ourselves to others and enter into a laughable competition where we constantly try to gain a leg up on everyone else. But guess what? Comparing yourself to others is the most dangerous trap you can fall into. Because there will always be someone who is smarter than you, bigger than you, better than you at something! This is just how we were designed, it’s nothing more than biology and genetic variation… It doesn’t mean you aren’t worthy of love and joy or that you shouldn’t be proud of yourself just because someone else is doing better. Now some of you reading this might assume that comparison itself is a bad thing, but that’s not necessarily the case. Comparison is only bad when we compare ourselves to others instead of the person we have the potential to become. Compare yourself to who you want to be and who you know you have the potential to be. Compare your current reality to the reality that you know is waiting for you if you can just rise up and take action. When you entertain these kinds of comparisons, you will find that your life will start to transform and you will show up with more passion, enthusiasm, and best of all, joy. 3. Big Boys Don’t Cry… But Real Men Do  When we are young, we are taught “Big boys don’t cry”. We are told that showing emotion is a sign of weakness, that crying makes you a bitch, and that any displays of discomfort or internal turmoil immediately makes you a “beta” male. And while that might have been true in the world of cavemen and neanderthals, it’s not true in modern life. If you want to be a “real” man, a man who can show up with power, precision, and excellence, then you must cry. You must learn how to deal with your emotions in a positive way instead of simply suppressing feelings that you dislike. Emotions, in their most basic forms, are messengers. They occur whenever we need to know or understand something. Anger sends you a message that you have been wronged. Sadness sends you a message that something important to you is not the way that it should be. Happiness sends you the message that you are on the right track and making the right decisions. Emotions are messengers. And when we suppress the message, we end up doing more harm than good because we are not addressing the problem that the emotion is trying to warn us of. However, when you allow yourself to feel everything deeply and intimately and ask yourself the question “What is this trying to tell me”, you empower yourself to move forward in your life and take charge of your mental and emotional well being in a powerful way. When you feel angry, you don’t suppress it. You feel it and notice that it’s happening because someone is violating your standards. Now, you have the power to resolve the situation and eliminate the emotion. When you feel sad, don’t suppress it. Instead, feel it and figure out why you are sad. What is causing your emotion? Find the answer, resolve the situation, and move forward in your life. Big boys might not cry. But you can be damn sure that real men do. 4. Express Gratitude for the Smallest Moments of Beauty  Life is precious. And sometimes, it takes knocking on death’s door to realize this. When Dan had his heart attack, he came back with a renewed sense of appreciation and gratitude for even the smallest things in his life. He spoke about the gratitude and awe he feels simply at the smell of coffee in the mornings. He talked about how the flowers on the side of the road (which he used to ignore) fill him with a sense of wonder and joy. Because at one point… He never thought he would smell the coffee or see those flowers ever again. And because of this, he is grateful. Luckily for you, you don’t need to experience a heart attack or near death experience in order to enjoy and appreciate the small moments of beauty in your life. The only thing that you must do is commit and notice. Each day when you wake up, find 3-5 simple beauties that you are grateful for. Maybe it’s the way that the sun is coming through the windows, the peace you see on your partner’s face while they sleep, the aroma of your morning coffee, or the ecstasy that your dog expresses whenever you come out of your room. Whatever it is, notice it and write it down. I promise that if you make this a habit, your world will never be the same. 5. Just Do Something  If you feel stuck in your health, your business, or your relationships… Just do something. Don’t overthink it, don’t overanalyze it, just do something. If you are writing a book and can’t figure out the perfect thing to put down on the paper… Just write something. Let it suck. Then edit it later. If you are struggling with your health and can’t figure out how to lose that extra weight… Just do something. Go do 1,000 pushups, run a half marathon, or lift some weights and figure out the exact mechanics as you go along. If you are struggling in your relationships, just do something. Start the conversation, open that door, be willing to be honest and vulnerable. Whenever you find yourself stagnating, just do something. As Winston Churchill said, “The best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, but the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

How should businesses be responding to global pandemic? Dan Clark says his company’s #1 priority is offering genuine help in this time of crisis. He’s also listening to his customers and figuring out how to adapt his products to better suit their new working from home needs. In this episode of Social PR Secrets, host Lisa Buyer sat down with entrepreneur Danial Clark. When Dan started making websites at the age of 13, he fell in love with the concept of using technology to help people. He worked as a developer for years while traveling the world. Then, he found Brain.fm. After using it for the first time, he called the company a dozen times and offered to work there for free because he believed in the product so much. Two years later, he became the CEO. This year, he was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30. Lisa and Dan discuss the groundbreaking technology behind Brain.fm and its roots in neuroscience. Dan shares how his company is responding to the current crisis, including creating communications on how to best utilize the technology for work from home and hosting guided group focus sessions on YouTube Live. He reveals how listening to customers’ struggles in this moment is helping them develop new, even more useful products. Dan lets us in on some of the upcoming product launches from Brain.fm — such as wearables and new apps. Then, Dan reveals some of his own digital detox secrets. He divulges about his journaling technique and how and why he’s utilizing exercise and meditation now more than ever. He also gives a few book recommendations and explains his preference for physical books. Dan says Brain.fm is like a good knife: It’s most powerful when you know how to use it well. Want to learn about the Pomodoro method? Or hear how to find your own passions? Tune in to the episode to get all these nuggets and more! “I believe that when you give and when you help enough people, it will always come back in the end.” - Dan Clark Some topics discussed in this episode include: Dan's entrepreneurial journey Brain.fm His company’s COVID reset The importance of genuine help Upcoming products Their guided focus sessions on YouTube Live The pomodoro method Optimization Journaling Dan’s ways to digitally detox Book recommendations Exercising while working from home Advice for entrepreneurs Contact Dan Clark Dan’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-clark-97960a32/ More from Dan Clark Brain.fm https://www.brain.fm/ References and Links Mentioned YouTube Reddit Bestself journal

A remote controlled buttplug? In the bath? This pandemic is getting pretty fun! A woman asks a question that so many of us are also wondering: is it safe to be romantically intimate with someone who has already recovered from covid-19? When? Dan brings on the intrepid Dr. Barak to answer, and as usual hits him with a gnarly second question just to make the good doctor squirm. Are you a parent? Have you had some challenges raising your kids? Is your kid a foot fetishist? If you answered either yes or no to any of these questions, then you're going to want to listen in. And, a man in an open relationship feels empty and sad after he orgasms with anyone but his primary partner. How can he retrain his brain? Tickets to the Savage Lovecast Livestream are at www.savagelovecast.com/events Send your written questions ahead of time to livestream@savagelovecast.com 206-302-2064  voicemail@savagelovecast.com The Savage Lovecast is brought to you by Dame Products: a woman-founded sex toy company. Visit to get $10 off your first order.   ThredUP is the world’s largest online thrift store with over 35,000 brands at up to 90% off retail price. For a limited time, get up to 30% off your first order at . This episode of the Savage love cast is brought to you by Everlane: Luxury basic clothing and accessories, made at ethical factories without those retail markups. For free shipping, and to support the Lovecast, go to

The CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, and Past State Commander, Mr. Daniel Contreras finally joins the family on this episode of #YearOfTheVet! …and what an honor it is to have someone so involved with our community of veterans to have set aside the time to share his story with us!An Army veteran turned health care guru, Dan found himself venturing away from a safe paycheck, into the trenches of veteran advocacy after having a highly respected mentor reach out and remind him that “sometimes it’s not about the paycheck.”Those words set Dan down a long path of creating a legacy that the DAV has found itself flourishing in; as one of the nations’ most prolific Non-Profit Veteran Service Organizations.When Dan and I first met, within the first five minutes, he influenced me to be a better veteran—asking me to come up with a way to bridge the gap between our generations of veterans. And although the #YearOfTheVet podcast isn’t directly a result of that conversation, the fire in my belly to continually find ways to bridge the gap is a result… and #YearOfTheVet is a result of that fire.And I’m not the only person that Dan has worked his magical voodoo on. In fact Dan shares ways to positively influence individuals to do better, and get quality work done over quantity. He shares his mantra of how success is created, and talks about the importance of relationships.Dan and I talk about opportunity and legacy... culture and family. Dan shares the benefit of having veterans involved in each other’s lives, as well as a call for the community to get involved. Some of those ways that we can get more involved is by volunteering… and there are many ways that you can give time to the DAV. Ways like becoming a volunteer driver for those service members who don’t have transportation to their medical appointments, or finding a local veteran assistance program available in your community (which you can find here). You can even help to battle issues at Capital Hill with the team of members who fight legislative battles concerning the veteran community, such as their most recent victory of making sure that the Caretaker benefits covered any and all veterans that served outside of the 9/11 era... he even welcomes those that can smoke a good brisket!Because… It Takes a Village.But it’s not all business with the DAV. The DAV also likes to host events and send veterans to go enjoy life with each other, as well as their families. Events like the Salmon Derby, hosted by the Monterey Bay Veterans Inc., Military Appreciation Monday at the Golden Corral, sending vets to learn winter sports via “Miracle on a Mountainside,” diving, driving, eating, camping, hunting, sending your kids away to summer camp at Camp Corral… the sky is the limit!There is a ton of great information packed into this conversation, and not to mention, Dan shares a lot of his story that you don’t normally hear from a leader at his level. I’m very honored to introduce to you, CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, Mr. Dan Contreras.----------Show Notes (5:52) It’s all about Dan… but he turns it on me… (8:02) What makes Dan… Dan? (9:00) The culture that created Dan (12:18) In his brother(s) footsteps… (13:27) What’s love got to do with it? (14:23) Finding his footing in the Army (15:00) The recipe to success. (16:24) Noticing opportunity (19:20) Generational learning (20:39) When opportunity knocks… (22:04) The mantra of a successful man… (24:16) Why relationships are important: An ode to being good at what you do. (27:01) When having enough pushes you to having more. (30:07) Why consistency is key.  (32:56) That moment when: Dan is speaking directly to my soul and doesn’t even know it… (37:14) Quality vs. Quantity (41:39) Motivating individuals to keep the wheels of the DAV rollin’! (44:56) TAKE THAT WEST VIRGINIA DAV! (48:38) The Next Generation (50:40) Breaking down what the DAV has to offer us… (55:19) Are you a Californian Veteran??? Listen up!!! (55:51) Who is going to continue the legacy? Is it you? (59:42) Expressing the vision of legacy. (1:14:05) My eyes are sweating.----------Shout Outs:Jesse Brown Scholarship Program - Youth VolunteersVolunteerVolunteer DriversLocal Veteran Assistance ProgramsVeteran Exploration GardenMiracle on a MountainsideCommander Access NetworkMilitary Appreciation MondayMobile Service OperationsAuxiliary Element - For The Family MembersCamp CorralFresno, Ca.Auberry, Ca.Bullard High SchoolSierra Joint Union High SchoolOperation GratitudeRecruitMilitary.comDAVcal.orgMonterey Bay Veterans IncGolden CorralThe Contreras Clan!

The CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, and Past State Commander, Mr. Daniel Contreras finally joins the family on this episode of #YearOfTheVet! …and what an honor it is to have someone so involved with our community of veterans to have set aside the time to share his story with us!An Army veteran turned health care guru, Dan found himself venturing away from a safe paycheck, into the trenches of veteran advocacy after having a highly respected mentor reach out and remind him that “sometimes it’s not about the paycheck.”Those words set Dan down a long path of creating a legacy that the DAV has found itself flourishing in; as one of the nations’ most prolific Non-Profit Veteran Service Organizations.When Dan and I first met, within the first five minutes, he influenced me to be a better veteran—asking me to come up with a way to bridge the gap between our generations of veterans. And although the #YearOfTheVet podcast isn’t directly a result of that conversation, the fire in my belly to continually find ways to bridge the gap is a result… and #YearOfTheVet is a result of that fire.And I’m not the only person that Dan has worked his magical voodoo on. In fact Dan shares ways to positively influence individuals to do better, and get quality work done over quantity. He shares his mantra of how success is created, and talks about the importance of relationships.Dan and I talk about opportunity and legacy... culture and family. Dan shares the benefit of having veterans involved in each other’s lives, as well as a call for the community to get involved. Some of those ways that we can get more involved is by volunteering… and there are many ways that you can give time to the DAV. Ways like becoming a volunteer driver for those service members who don’t have transportation to their medical appointments, or finding a local veteran assistance program available in your community (which you can find here). You can even help to battle issues at Capital Hill with the team of members who fight legislative battles concerning the veteran community, such as their most recent victory of making sure that the Caretaker benefits covered any and all veterans that served outside of the 9/11 era... he even welcomes those that can smoke a good brisket!Because… It Takes a Village.But it’s not all business with the DAV. The DAV also likes to host events and send veterans to go enjoy life with each other, as well as their families. Events like the Salmon Derby, hosted by the Monterey Bay Veterans Inc., Military Appreciation Monday at the Golden Corral, sending vets to learn winter sports via “Miracle on a Mountainside,” diving, driving, eating, camping, hunting, sending your kids away to summer camp at Camp Corral… the sky is the limit!There is a ton of great information packed into this conversation, and not to mention, Dan shares a lot of his story that you don’t normally hear from a leader at his level. I’m very honored to introduce to you, CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, Mr. Dan Contreras.----------Show Notes (5:52) It’s all about Dan… but he turns it on me… (8:02) What makes Dan… Dan? (9:00) The culture that created Dan (12:18) In his brother(s) footsteps… (13:27) What’s love got to do with it? (14:23) Finding his footing in the Army (15:00) The recipe to success. (16:24) Noticing opportunity (19:20) Generational learning (20:39) When opportunity knocks… (22:04) The mantra of a successful man… (24:16) Why relationships are important: An ode to being good at what you do. (27:01) When having enough pushes you to having more. (30:07) Why consistency is key.  (32:56) That moment when: Dan is speaking directly to my soul and doesn’t even know it… (37:14) Quality vs. Quantity (41:39) Motivating individuals to keep the wheels of the DAV rollin’! (44:56) TAKE THAT WEST VIRGINIA DAV! (48:38) The Next Generation (50:40) Breaking down what the DAV has to offer us… (55:19) Are you a Californian Veteran??? Listen up!!! (55:51) Who is going to continue the legacy? Is it you? (59:42) Expressing the vision of legacy. (1:14:05) My eyes are sweating.----------Shout Outs:Jesse Brown Scholarship Program - Youth VolunteersVolunteerVolunteer DriversLocal Veteran Assistance ProgramsVeteran Exploration GardenMiracle on a MountainsideCommander Access NetworkMilitary Appreciation MondayMobile Service OperationsAuxiliary Element - For The Family MembersCamp CorralFresno, Ca.Auberry, Ca.Bullard High SchoolSierra Joint Union High SchoolOperation GratitudeRecruitMilitary.comDAVcal.orgMonterey Bay Veterans IncGolden CorralThe Contreras Clan!

Today I’m joined by Dan Gluck.    Dan is a Managing Partner at PowerPlant Ventures —  a venture capital firm investing in better-for-you, plant-based food companies.    In today’s episode, we talked about Dan’s experience founding Healthwarrior and selling to Pepsi, emerging categories within plant-based foods like dairy, functional ingredients, and personalized nutrition, and why we’re still in the early stages of plant-based foods remaking our food system.    More from Dan >>   Dan is a Managing Partner at Powerplant Ventures, a Venture Capital fund investing in emerging consumer food & beverage, foodservice and food-tech companies. Powerplant provides capital, strategic guidance and operating expertise to visionary teams leading disruptive plant-centric brands. The firm is on a mission to re-architect the global food system by advancing world-changing companies that deliver better nutrition in more sustainable and ethical ways.       Prior to Powerplant Ventures, Dan was the Co-Founder and Board Chairman of Health Warrior, a plant-based superfood company. Within the first year of launching, Health Warrior’s Chia Bar was the #1 best-selling new bar in the natural channel. Dan was involved in all aspects of the business, including ideation, incubation, financing, scaling, and it's eventual exit to Pepsi in 2018.  Today Health Warrior is a nationally recognized brand and is on a mission to make radically convenient, real food and positively influence the health habits of Western civilization.   Prior to diving into entrepreneurship, Dan spent 15 years working on Wall Street as a Partner at a large investment management firm. Dan has experience investing in a breadth of companies, up and down the capital structure, and across the globe from the United States to Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.   When Dan is not investing, he can be found on the trails of Northern California mountain biking and trail running. Dan is a 2X Ironman, marathoner, and celebrated his 40th birthday by competing in a 24-hour Spartan Race in Iceland. He is also a proud 2X dad.   More from Fitt Insider >>    Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness.    From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.    Join your peers and colleagues from companies like Equinox, lululemon, Peloton, Beyond Meat, Nike, and ClassPass by subscribing.      http://insider.fitt.co

0:57 Dan's bio and background 9:13 Preparing for BUD/S training 13:30 Dan ate Jack In The Box twice a day to gain weight 16:52 Nutrition during BUD/S training 20:20 Growing up not knowing about nutrition 25:40 What makes someone successful in Seal training 30:10 Percent of people that make it trough Seal training 32:40 Breaking up large goals 37:06 Quitting 45:28 When Dan almost quit BUD/S 47:57 Dan's first deployment 48:57 Nutrition and training in the Seals 54:18 TSA confiscating protein bars 56:16 Using RP at the Naval academy 58:43 Nutrition once deployed 1:06:08 Feeding your mind

My guest is Dan Grec.  He's a Yukon-based adventurer, snowboarder, and photographer.  A few years ago… Dan wanted a more vibrant life… so he quit his day job as an engineer and drove his 2 door Jeep Wrangler 40,000 miles through 16 countries starting in Alaska and ending up in Argentina. That expedition turned into two of the best years of his life. The journey itself… along with the colorful people he met along the way… permanently changed the way he looked at himself… AND the way he looked at life.  He didn't realize it at the time but that adventure also changed his trajectory… and he's continued to explore ever since. In fact, just last year he completed a 54,000 mile... 35 country circumnavigation of the African continent in his 4 doors… Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Most importantly, Dan's found a sense of joy and happiness that he can maintain in the wildest and toughest circumstances and we're going to talk about that too!     Listen To The Podcast:     Dan Grec RESOURCES:   BOOK: The Road Chose Me (Click here.) YOUTUBE: youtube.com/theroadchoseme INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/theroadchoseme   MINUTE BY MINUTE: 0:02 What to expect today 1:20 Meet Dan 4:06 When Dan said he was going to drive from Alaska to Argentina 7:30 How Dan pays for his adventures 11:50 Dan's time in Africa 16:44 How Dan is navigating COVID-19 18:37 Find a way to be happy 21:20 The best things you can do to prepare for adventure 24:44 Take the pressure off yourself 28:08 How to find what makes you happy 29:56 Wisdom of the week 31:05 Mitch's biggest takeaways What stood out to you?  A story? His outlook on living a happy life?  His pragmatic approach to paying for his dream?  I'd love to hear from YOU! Leave a comment below and let me know!   Listen to Mitch Mattews Top Podcast here  

Dan Bublitz Jr is an American comedian/actor & ordained minister known for his one man show, "It Was Supposed to Be A Love Story" on Amazon Prime. He's appeared in several films & commercials and has appeared on Comedy Time TV. Dan is the creator and host of the "Art of Bombing" podcast where he talks to guests about finding success through failure. He's performed at several comedy festivals including the Ventura Comedy Festival & the San Diego Comedy Festival. Dan co-created and co-produces the Sioux Falls Sno Jam Comedy Festival and the Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival, both fundraising events. When Dan isn’t performing at clubs and venues across the country he enjoys his time at home with his dogs Gizmo & Tello, his cat Hugo, and his wonderful partner Tara.   Dan has such an inspirational story. You know the deal- hated his job, went through a divorce, regretting not following his dreams….all the low places in life we experience. Turning that all into motivation, he lost a ton of weight, took steps to start a comedy career and went back to school. Today, he’s living his best life leading projects he is passionate about and regularly growing from the risks he’s taking in a business he loves. This episode gives our future comedians great advice for getting off the ground. If you’re not an aspiring stand-up, isn’t so interesting to hear that people in all types of niches experience much of the same trials and tribulations as you? Listen in as we gather some tips, like: What’s it like when you tank on stage? How do you sell yourself as a comedian? What is missing in the comedy business world? Where are the opportunities? Want to contact Dan? You can find out more about his comedy on his website. If you’d like to listen to his podcast, go ahead and click here. Lastly, don’t forget to go follow Dan at @dbublitzcomedy and on Facebook! Also, catch Dan on Twitter and his Amazon Prime show can be found here! Find Kim Ransom on my: Website Instagram or Facebook

Connecting CFOs with Dan Wells Dan Wells is talking to us about connecting CFOs. He founded two collaborative portals: growcfo and growceo. He's spent 20 years as an advisor to lots of high-growth, entrepreneurial businesses. Additionally, he was an equity partner in a big four firm. Now, he's making his own path with his new venture. Entrepreneurial spirit Dan's passion has always been to become an entrepreneur. His family have had experiences as entrepreneurs' as a result, he wanted to follow suit. When Dan was younger, his parents worked hard with a catering equipment company. He used to spend his time keeping out of trouble by helping deliveries to local businesses. Also, his uncle ran a successful catering business. Looks like being a business professional runs in the blood! Connecting CFOs with portals http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portal.mp4 How do you connect CFOs through portals? What's the business idea? When Dan looks at a lot of the tech businesses that have done well, he sees that entrepreneurs apply technology to a good skillset in order to create their own business. It's a great business model to apply technology to field which you are passionate about and already have a solid network in. What Dan's done is get some software and joined with a tech company in order to create a big collaboration zone. That way, there can be a great platform for shared ideas and resources. In fact, this is how Dan and Kevin met! They connected on LinkedIn and Dan offered Kevin a place on the CFO portal. Once you get into the portal, you set up a profile and then you would have access to all the content and you can message any other members. You can either use the different threads of the information that has been posted; or you can filter all of the content according to what is most relevant to you. For Dan, it's about making what's relevant to people. You can get lost information overload and so this service gets people in front of a community and the information you want. He provides support. Where did it start? What Dan has found is that people can often be lonely and isolated within their roles. They try find solutions themselves and get their head down. Invariably, they waste a lot of time and cost. What Dan encourages them to do is find others in similar situations and try and learn from the things they have worked out. This also applies to learning from their mistakes too! It sort of links to our conversation with Engel Jones - sharing our experiences can be such a powerful thing. The portal that's set up at the moment is purely online. Dan and his team were keen to get a good number of members so there was a solid critical mass in each location. He has about 1000 members now, which means they have enough people with common interest to start thinking about events and getting people together face-to-face. Income http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Income.mp4 With gathering people together, there are lots of opportunities for generating income. However, the importance is to maintain and manage the user experience of the portals. It needs to be an attractive place for users to come to. Dan's recently departed the world of big organisations. He left back in June last year. Since then it's been a rapid journey and the uptake of the portals have been really high. What's really encouraging is the level of referrals - it's a big indicator of how people are finding the user experience. USPs for connecting CFOs http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Different-from-LinkedIn.mp4 Chief Executive Officers It's not just all about numbers. It's about humans as well...isn't that right Kevin?! On a more serious note, what's the difference between CFO and CEO portals? Is there any? To start with, Dan found that the business leaders on the CEO forum were more open and much more likely to post on the forum. Over time, however,

Host Dr. Anne Arvizu and Guest Dan Donovan Dan has spent nearly three decades in the pharmaceutical industry on both the industry and service sides of the business – first with Pfizer then creating Envision Pharma, which was acquired by United BioSource Corporation. Dan’s introduction to the world of rare disease began in 2011 when he was appointed to the Board of Directors and later as Chief Business Officer of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals. Dan is the primary visionary behind rareLife solutions. Dan’s experiences and observations have led him to believe that there is a better, smarter way to engage all rare disease stakeholders and accelerate disease understanding and treatment success. He believes the power of collaboration is the linchpin to this fundamental change. In this episode, Anne opens the show defining rare disease. A rare disease is a condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people, whereas Europe defines it as something that affects less than 1 in 2,000 people. Drug companies have not been interested in developing treatments for rare diseases; there just wasn’t the incentive. The drug companies would not be able to sustain the costs involved in developing medicine. Dan gives his take on the importance of patient centricity in rare disease drug development. Patients have to educate their physicians because they typically know more about it than their doctors do. Patients can help develop these products in a smarter way than the drug companies could do alone. When Dan first started working in the business, patients had little input in rare disease drug development. In the past three years, it has taken off. Now there is even a role called the chief of patient relations. Then, Dan speaks about publications for rare diseases. These publications should differ from most medical publications. These publications should have: Open and free access to the public. Include patients and advocates as authors on the papers. The patient journey is not in typical medical literature. Dan sat with a patient who had a rare disease. They looked at the psychosocial elements of the disease and the impact on their family. This woman has to see about ten doctors a year; there are substantial cost implications on this. Eventually, they were able to share this patient’s journey in a publication. Later, Dan talks about ensuring patient-centricity happens. Pharmaceutical is a highly regulated industry. Anything that suggests that companies are doing direct-to-patient promotion will scare them – it comes with huge fines. Historically, pharmaceutical companies take a long time to make changes. In this Episode: About rare disease [ 1:50 ] Why patient-centricity is critical in rare disease drug development [ 14:00 ] Different rare disease events [ 21:10 ] Publications for rare diseases [ 21:50 ] Dan gives a patient example on publications for rare diseases [ 24:35 ] How to ensure patient-centricity happens [ 28:10 ] About rareLife solutions [ 30:35 ] Quotables: “Of over 7,000 rare diseases, there are only 450 drugs that are approved.” -Dan Donovan “HCPs need to recognize that patients have become major experts on their rare disease.” -Anne Arvizu “1,200 companies are researching 1,900 rare diseases right now.” -Dan Donovan “How do you go looking for what you don’t know?” -Anne Arvizu “There is no reason patients can’t be authors on medical publications.” -Dan Donovan Links Mentioned:  rareLife solutions: https://rarelifesolutions.com/ rareLife solutions on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rareLifeSolutions/ Email rareLife solutions: contactus@rarelifesolutions.com NIH: https://www.nih.gov/ NORD: https://rarediseases.org/ Global Genes: https://globalgenes.org/ Rare Disease Day 2020: https://www.rarediseaseday.org/

Dan Jaffee joined the Oil-Dri Corporation of America in 1987, a business his grandfather founded in 1941. Dan became the President in 1995 and later the CEO in 1997, but has had some tough challenges along the way. The leadership transition process from father to son resulted in a 100% turnover under Dan’s leadership and guidance. Dan shares the story of how he was at his lowest and ready to quit to how he was able to recover through the guidance and mentorship of a trusted family friend.   Key Takeaways [3:45] Dan’s father inherited the family business at 26 and grew it to $150 million and it went public in 1971. However, by the time he was in his mid-50s, his dad was burnt out.  [4:10] When Dan took over at 30, he recognized that his leadership style would not work with the current team. Dan had a 100% turnover and he didn’t know what he was doing. [5:15] Dan hired every consultant under the sun to help him turn his company around, but it wasn’t working out. Dan realized he delegated too much authority to these consultants, who didn’t fully understand his business. [5:50] The next biggest mistake Dan made was he assumed everyone in the company had the same code of ethics as he did. They didn’t and his staff began hiding things and working within their own self-interest. [8:00] Despite Dan’s mistakes, his family understood that the business would not tear their relationship apart. They focused on family first and they’d sell the business before their relationships would be compromised. [10:40] Dan was ready to quit and throw in the towel. He called one of his dad’s friends, who was a trusted family friend and on the board of directors, and he told Dan that winners get back up. Dan took this to heart and began working the business from a different angle. [11:55] A mission statement shouldn’t be what to do, but what not to do! [14:45] Dan’s family friend understood that father-son relationships are hard. Whatever advice Dan’s dad would give, Dan would want to do the opposite, but the trusted family friend could say the same thing and Dan would listen. [17:15] Dan’s Acronym WE CARE stands for Work/life balance, Ethics, Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence. Dan makes it a point that everyone in the company has to be ethical. [20:20] It’s easy to say your teammates are your most important asset when everything is going right. [21:00] In 2009, Dan’s company lost its largest account (Walmart), which represented 15% of the company and 40% of its consumer division. Dan’s team was angry, but Dan had to remind them that this was his and everyone’s fault for not showing Walmart what their true value was. [24:35] Of Dan’s top six executive leaders, five are women. They are the brain trust of the organization. [27:55] As a leader, it’s critical to surround yourself with people who are good at things you’re not good at. With that said, find out what you’re really good at and inject it onto them. A team needs to have that balance. [33:30] Dan got out of the goal-setting business. If you set too strict goals, then your team won’t always be able to reach their maximum potential. The accountability aspect is for Dan to reinforce, not for the company to fictitiously put numbers on people. [37:50] Dan always tells the people he is interviewing that he is going to always be brutally honest with the business and how they run the culture. [39:35] Dan used to get emotionally attached to an idea and run with it, which wasn’t always the best decision. So, today, he tries to keep all his emotions out of the decision-making process and just focus on the facts. [40:55] When Dan first joined the company, he realized quickly he was at a disadvantage because everyone was older than him and citing things like World War II or the Civil War. He had no idea what they were talking about! So he made a commitment to read 27 pages of non-fiction a day. [45:00] Business challenge: If you are an emerging executive or business person, reach out to someone! They will react well.   Quotable Quotes “I assumed everybody in the company was as ethical and honest as I was, and they weren’t.” “Do you know the only thing that separates the winners and losers is? The winners get back up!” “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not doing anything.” “You don’t learn anything by getting kicked by a mule a second time.” “When you lose 15% of your company, it’s a short term knee-jerk response to just fire people.” “If you don’t know what your weaknesses are, that’s your biggest weakness. Figure it out.” “Intelligence is the ability to keep two opposing ideas in your head at the same time.”   Resources and Books Mentioned Website: Oildri.com & Amlan.com & Catspride.com Twitter: @Catspride The Science of Hitting, by John Underwood and Ted Williams John Wooden Truman, by David McCullough   The Leadership Podcast is Sponsored by:     Cultivate Grit. Amplify Action. The Self-Reliant Leadership® Manifesto reveals the Three Pillars of a Self-Reliant Leader, which encompass the character attributes, interpersonal skills, and levers required to lead today’s workforce. Get your free copy HERE.     Free downloads of Quick Reference Guides on Delegation, Time Management, Sales, and more.    ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Strategic Partners   The Leadership Podcast is proud to announce a new initiative with thoughtLEADERS to provide very short podcasts called Chalk Talks. They’re bitesize hacks on common (but challenging) leadership issues. 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When Dan moved to Canada as a young kid, he couldn’t speak a word of English. But today, he impacts tens of millions of people using the English language. How did he improve his English fluency, and how can you do it too? Listen now, as Dan shares 5 phrases you should stop saying immediately.

When Dan moved to Canada as a young kid, he couldn’t speak a word of English. But today, he impacts tens of millions of people using the English language. How did he improve his English fluency, and how can you do it too? Listen now, as Dan shares 5 phrases you should stop saying immediately.

Happy New Year! It's 2020 and I'm kicking off a monster January with my first guest of the new decade! My HoneyDew this week is Dan Soder! Dan and I have similar stories and this episode came right when I really needed it. When Dan was 14 his dad died of cirrhosis and when he was 16 his older sister was killed in a car accident. We get into what happens when significant people in your life die and how that plays out over the rest of your life. This was such a fun, deep episode! I hope y’all enjoy it as much as I did. Subscribe, download & review!

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“There is [nothing] better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” - Malcolm X Adversity is inevitable. What matters is how you respond. My good friend, entrepreneur, and sales training expert, Dan Lier, joins me on the podcast to discuss the mindset you need to overcome life’s toughest challenges. When Dan was diagnosed with amyloidosis, an incurable blood disease, he could have easily thrown in the towel and retreated from achieving his larger ambitions in life. ...but he never gave in. Instead, he carried the self-image of himself doing amazing things and believed that it would all work out if he just kept battling. In spite of all the adversity, Dan continues to be the #1 requested keynote speaker in Las Vegas, runs a successful sales consulting business, and started a new podcast with his wife about love and relationships. Want to know his secrets to overcome adversity? Then tune in to this episode of Video Marketing Mastery!

On this episode of the Growing with Purpose podcast, host Paul Spiegelman talks with Dan Sachs, a professor at DePaul University Kellstadt School of Business, where he teaches classes on Restaurant Entrepreneurship and Service Leadership. Dan is also the founder and owner of the BIN36 restaurant and wine brand. Recently, Dan published his first book, The Million Dollar Greeting: Today’s Best Practices for Profit, Customer Retention, and a Happy Workplace. Dan Sachs started out with a push broom on the factory floor of his dad's manufacturing business. Not long after, he started working at Union Square Cafe, one of the restaurants owned by the famed, purpose-driven restaurateur Danny Meyer. Dan's time at the restaurant made a huge impact on him: the owners genuinely cared about each and every employee, and Dan felt inspired to treat every customer that walked in the same way. When Dan went on to open his own restaurant in Chicago years later, he took the same principles he learned there and used it to build a high-end, informal restaurant experience that people would love. Today, Dan is taking his lessons learned on building a service-oriented, purpose-driven hospitality business and teaching it to students, emerging entrepreneurs and peers in his field. In this episode, learn Dan's principles for building a great culture and why he believes it to be universal across industries. Plus, hear Paul and Dan discuss Paul's own recent venture into the restaurant business and Dan's practical advice for building a sustainable business in the tough restaurant industry.

DAN BUBLITZ JRDan Bublitz Jr is an American comedian/actor & ordained minister known for his one man show, "It Was Supposed to Be A Love Story" on Amazon Prime. He's appeared in several films & commercials and has appeared on Comedy Time TV. Dan is the creator and host of the "Art of Bombing" podcast where he talks to guests about finding success through failure. He's performed at several comedy festivals including the Ventura Comedy Festival & the San Diego Comedy Festival. Dan co-created and co-produces the Sioux Falls Sno Jam Comedy Festival and the Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival, both fundraising events. When Dan isn’t performing at clubs and venues across the country he enjoys his time at home with his dogs Gizmo & Tello, his cat Hugo, and his wonderful partner Tara.Instagram: danbublitzjrFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/danbublitzjrcomedy/Website: www.danbublitz.com Podcast Link: http://theartofbombing.libsyn.com/YOUR HOSTI'm Andy Mattfield, a comedian, writer, and am finally putting my psychology degree to good use. I co-produce comedy showcases, UNCS Comedy Showcase, Homerun! Touchdown!, Kid Gloves Comedy, and Lakeside Comedy. You can find show updates and my comedy musings at www.andymattfield.com. Follow me on social media below. Thanks for listening! twitter: mattfailedinstagram: mattfailedsnapchat: ohswellyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/anders1017facebook: www.facebook.com/mattfailed www.facebook.com/harddaydiaries www.facebook.com/uncscomedy

DAN BUBLITZ JRDan Bublitz Jr is an American comedian/actor & ordained minister known for his one man show, "It Was Supposed to Be A Love Story" on Amazon Prime. He's appeared in several films & commercials and has appeared on Comedy Time TV. Dan is the creator and host of the "Art of Bombing" podcast where he talks to guests about finding success through failure. He's performed at several comedy festivals including the Ventura Comedy Festival & the San Diego Comedy Festival. Dan co-created and co-produces the Sioux Falls Sno Jam Comedy Festival and the Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival, both fundraising events. When Dan isn’t performing at clubs and venues across the country he enjoys his time at home with his dogs Gizmo & Tello, his cat Hugo, and his wonderful partner Tara.Instagram: danbublitzjrFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/danbublitzjrcomedy/Website: www.danbublitz.com Podcast Link: http://theartofbombing.libsyn.com/YOUR HOSTI'm Andy Mattfield, a comedian, writer, and am finally putting my psychology degree to good use. I co-produce comedy showcases, UNCS Comedy Showcase, Homerun! Touchdown!, Kid Gloves Comedy, and Lakeside Comedy. You can find show updates and my comedy musings at www.andymattfield.com. Follow me on social media below. Thanks for listening! twitter: mattfailedinstagram: mattfailedsnapchat: ohswellyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/anders1017facebook: www.facebook.com/mattfailed www.facebook.com/harddaydiaries www.facebook.com/uncscomedy

121 | Dan Fleyshman Shares the Importance of Failure How can you turn your failure into a win? Dan Fleyshman is the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history. At the age of 23, after selling $15 million dollars worth of clothing in six department store chains and surpassing expectations with his $9.5 million dollar licensing deal with STARTER apparel, Mr. Fleyshman launched the “Who’s Your Daddy” energy drink into 55,000 retail stores. He later went on to launch Victory Poker, which became 1 of the top 5 online poker brands internationally.  Along the way, Fleyshman became a very active Angel Investor and advisor to 29+ companies that range from mobile apps and tech companies to travel sites and celebrity clothing brands.  As a serial entrepreneur, some of the successes include launching a media site to garner over 300,000,000 views in the first year, a hoverboard company to $5 million+ revenue in 4 months and multiple subscription box companies to gross over $48 million dollars in combined sales.  Currently his social media agency “Elevator Studios” works with over 600 influencers and manages campaigns for a variety of large companies. The agency has also hosted 30 live events called “Elevator Nights” which has helped 1000’s of entrepreneurs learn from and network with investors in multiple sectors including cannabis & cryptocurrency.  Playing poker as a hobby, he’s managed to win multiple championships and more importantly use the game to be able to raise millions of dollars for various charities by organizing dozens of poker tournaments around the world.  Over the last 7 years his main passion has been his charity www.modelcitizenfund.org which creates backpacks for the homeless filled with 150 emergency supply items inside. Money talks, and sometimes, it’s telling you that it’s time to shut down your business. But what then? How do you face that “failure”? How do you face the giant NO? When I closed FITzee Foods, I could hear the money talking, and it was saying NO. People were not buying the meals at the rate that I needed to sell in order to be successful and keep the company open. I had to make the tough decision to listen to the money talking, and say NO to FITzee Foods.  But what then? What about all the people who are watching me? How could I work with that failure, and find a way to turn it into success? I chose to turn my past experiences into a success, teaching others to love the sales process, and telling the stories of so many entrepreneurs on this podcast.  You could even say that through saying NO to FITzee Foods, I have said YES to something far better! This week’s guest on Success Unfiltered Podcast, Dan Fleyshman, knew that he was going to have to close his poker business, but he was able to leverage his experience in such a way that he turned a potential failure into an absolute success! His “failure” brought him more success than he had found in his original business! If you’re worried about the aftermath of failure, make sure that you tune into this episode of Success Unfiltered! You won’t want to miss this inspiration! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn  To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Dan Fleyshman for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode! What Do Successful Entrepreneurs Know (That Most Entrepreneurs Don’t)? That rejection in sales doesn’t mean failure. It means that you’re that much closer to the success that you desire...as long as you don’t quit! But how do you put yourself back together when a dream deal goes south? Grab your copy of my FREE checklist “5 Ways To Come Back From Sales Rejection” and learn how you can harness the power of NO for yourself! Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Dan Fleyshman. Dan saw the writing on the wall that he would have to close his online 8-figure poker business - his competition was being shut down, and he knew that his time was coming! Rather than wait to be shut down, Dan decided to be proactive and shut it down first. “It’s not easy to have that failure on the scoreboard. When you look at history, you see wins and losses.” ~ Dan Fleyshman Dan’s choice to shut down proactively made him look like a good guy, and he was able to leverage his experience and get hired as a consultant at multiple casinos! “By taking the loss, I actually had more wins.” ~ Dan Fleyshman Staying in a bad business too long can be like being in a bad relationship: you’re working hard to make it work, but it’s not a good fit. Eventually, you have to rip the bandaid off! People vote with their wallets. If they aren’t saying YES with their spending, then you need to know how to move on! It’s better to end a business prematurely when you know you have to say NO to it, and be able to give something back to investors, rather than have nothing in the end! Better to stop at 70% done instead of 100% finished! After closing his poker business, Dan decided to never have all of his eggs in one basket again! He has taken on multiple investments, and has become an angel investor in many companies. Someone with a “failure” on their record has valuable skills! You can be a very valuable consultant: people want to learn from someone who has been there and has experience! “Failure” can lead to a lucrative speaking career, helping share your story. Failure can be a million dollar MBA, and teach you valuable skills. You can have a taco truck, but you’ll be better in business if you teach others how to have better taco trucks! We’re always going to make mistakes: it’s better to run your business under the guidance of someone who has been there, done that, and made the mistake! They can guide you through because they have been through it. That’s so much better than any marketing course. When Dan was making his pitches with his beverage company, there wasn’t a NO option! He asks, “Would you like to be my distributor in the southeast, or nationwide?” There is not a NO option for that question! Know and address objections before they become objections! “I don’t want there to be a single NO in the room!” ~ Dan Fleyshman For a service-based business, Dan talks about showing the expertise that qualifies you above anyone else. Sometimes it can be hard to work with large companies, especially when you are projecting sales, and you don’t have a lot of money to work with, and they pay you after the product has been delivered. You have to learn to anticipate their needs, their re-ordering, and be ready for whatever - and sometimes, that requires that you be creative when working with suppliers. When pitching investors, make sure that they know that they are in it for the long game: you won’t make money with your business for a while; they won’t see a return on their investment for a while! When you’re just beginning, it’s ok to keep your job. In fact, you may need that income! It could be years before your business takes off. Make a plan for when you succeed! Dan has a “red ropes” policy for potential clients. When they cross any of these boundaries that he has for his business, he says NO to them as clients, because they will be the wrong kind of client for the business he wants to have! One red flag for Dan that he looks out for in potential clients is that the clients that want to work with him to sign an NDA. Dan shares what he would tell his younger self. Connect with Dan Fleyshman: Victory CEO Website Model Citizen Instagram LinkedIn Twitter What Do Successful Entrepreneurs Know (That Most Entrepreneurs Don’t)? That rejection in sales doesn’t mean failure. It means that you’re that much closer to the success that you desire...as long as you don’t quit! But how do you put yourself back together when a dream deal goes south? Grab your copy of my FREE checklist “5 Ways To Come Back From Sales Rejection” and learn how you can harness the power of NO for yourself! Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com  

“Coach Hawk” is currently in his third year as the Head Football Coach of UC Davis. Dan guided the FCS program to the 2018 Big Sky Championship and the program to its first ever FCS playoff appearance, making it to the national quarterfinals. He was awarded the both the 2018 Big Sky coach of the year, and the 2018 Eddie Robinson FCS national coach of the year. A veteran American Football coach of over 35 years, he has coached at every level of gridiron from youth through professional American football. After Boise State Hawk had stints as a head Coach at the University of Colorado, and professionally with the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL.  Coach Hawk also served years as a color analyst for ESPN college football, traveling the country commentating, watching, learning, and evaluating many American football programs. He is proud of his 37 years of marriage to his soul mate Misti, his four adult children, and his spectacular eight grandchildren, all under 10. Hawk has climbed to Everest Base Camp, walked the 750 km Camino de Santiago in Spain, swam with the great white sharks and whale sharks, and skydived. Dan Hawkins table of contents  4:05 Dan shares the mental toughness required of a coach.  5:51 “Must be able to keep your feet on the fire.” 7:20 “Being open to learning.” How Dan has changed through years of coaching. 8:53 Dan notes how the world of football has shifted throughout the years. 10:40 The importance of leaving our comfort zones. 11:32 Dan shares his skydiving visualization.  17:37 Dan reflects on how a job setback benefited him in the long run. 18:14 Dan describes how he overcame a difficult time in his career. 19:50 Questions Dan asked himself to move forward. 22:58  Dan on advice he would give to other coaches. 26:11 “It’s all about raising the bar.” 27:05 How Dan is able to make adjustments along his route toward success. 30:30 Dan shares his thoughts on specific game strategies. 32:06 “It’s about playing to win.”  33:27 How his athletes play with high energy the entire game. 35:58 Dan highlights the importance of positive feedback in coaching. 37:06 Dan describes his hinge moment. 41:06 Dan shares how he uses his setbacks as a way to guide his athletes through difficult situations. 43:12 The role that parents play in an athletes’ development. 46:19 How he works with parents on being the best support for their kids. 49:05 When Dan learned to come up with his own solutions to the problems he faced. 51:03 “Life’s not fair and neither is football.” 53:07 Dan’s ultimate advice to parents on failures in sport. 56:03 Dan shares what drives him the most, and what defines a winner. 59:25 Winning a championship is about the process, not the outcome. 1:01:35 “Why don’t you just become the Super Bowl?” 1:02:27 Dan notes how crucial it is to get the best out of each other. 1:04:17 “Everybody wants a sense of power.” 1:07:20 Dan shares a story on ensuring his players have a high sense of competency.  1:08:38 “It’s about culture over scheme, and it starts with relationships.” 1:10:43 The question Dan always asks his players. Join The Mental Toughness Newsletter and TEXT DRROBBELL to 33444 ENTER DRROBBBELL at Getsom.com for 15% off.  If you enjoyed this episode on Mental Toughness, please subscribe on itunes and leave a review Dr. Rob Bell drrobbell.com