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Evan Carmichael, a man with over 2 million subscribers on YouTube, joins us today on the Essential 11 for a value-packed episode. Evan is an entrepreneur who wants to help fellow entrepreneurs #believe in themselves to achieve their goals and big dreams. He's written several books, his most recent being Built To Serve. He is extremely open about the fact that he is an introvert and often gets anxi...

Ravi Toor is the Founder and Conscious Impact Strategist at Ravi Toor Co. She’s also the Podcast Host to her powerful show LIT (Lead - Inspire - Transform) as well as a provocative Speaker on Personal Transformation, Social Responsibility and Creating a Global Impact through Conscious Leadership. Ravi’s mission is to empower Conscious Leaders to reach their full potential, helping create universal...

Dan Moore is a Sacramento native. He previously served as Sr. Director of Marketing for VinSolutions, before that he was the CEO at Smart Web Concepts, and he now is the President of Vistadash. Dan has plenty of experience with public speaking, traveling the country frequently giving keynote talks. On top of all that, he recently released his first book, Do Moore, Get More. Moore is a man of actio...

Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background that includes military intelligence, Special Agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Collins’ background and expert knowledge brings a much-needed perspective to today’s areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, s...

Erwan Le Corre, a French American, is the founder and innovator of a physical education system and lifestyle known as MovNat, which derives from the French words "mouvement naturel" ("natural movement"). As a child he spent his free time outdoors exploring and playing in the fields and woods around his village. At age 18, Le Corre received a black belt in Karate. Through this means of physical fit...

Jack Donovan has been writing and speaking about masculinity, masculine philosophy, and spirituality for over a decade. His foundational book, The Way of Men, has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Polish. Donovan is an occasional speaker and often appears on podcasts to discuss masculinity and the challenges faced by men who wa...

Mike Marjama sets his sights on the things he wants out of life and then he goes out and gets it. He's also humble enough to admit that it wasn't easy. He's had to push through his own internal and external battles to get to where he is today. Mike wrestled in high school but baseball was his calling. He practiced incessantly and it paid off when he got drafted in the big leagues. Marjama played c...

Nikki played golf at Sacramento State, where she was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and Host of Go Green Army TV. Upon graduation, she created Nikki B Golf where she reviews anything and everything golf including products, travel, fashion, and fitness. In February 2018, Nikki won Golf Channel's first season of Shotmakers, a Topgolf based competition, with her partner, Brad...

In 2004, Sal Khan, a hedge fund analyst, began making math tutorials for his cousins. Twelve years later, Khan Academy has more than 42 million registered users from 190 countries, with tutorials on subjects from basic math through economics, art history, computer science, health, medicine and more. Salman "Sal" Khan is the founder and chief executive officer of Khan Academy, a not-for-profit with...

Jordan Harbinger is an American radio personality, podcaster, voice actor, journalist, lawyer, and businessman. Often referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” he is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert. Jordan has hosted a top 50 iTunes podcast for over 12 years and receives over six million downloads per month, making The Jord...

As Socrates said, know thyself. Business success and challenges cannot be overcome and achieved without first overcoming and knowing your own mind. Self-awareness is the key to everything. Financial freedom, mental freedom, physical freedom. It's all dependent upon your ability to understand yourself, and act accordingly. No one knows about how to achieve success in every area better than the Mill...

In this episode, OUR FIRST FEMALE GUEST, Jessica Winkelhausen speaks on her own personal journey and what inspired her to be a force for personal growth for other women. Jessica Winkelhausen Smith is a leading expert in the field of fitness, health and wellness, transformations of the body, mind & spirit, mindfulness, and self-love. As a Pro fitness athlete, author, successful entrepreneur, pr...

Ryan Michler is bringing men back to their roots of masculinity. Most of his childhood was spent without a permanent father figure. He never learned how to work on his car. He never had the chance to roughhouse with his dad. He didn’t even learn how to throw a baseball correctly until he was a freshman in high school. As he talked with other men, he realized that there is a huge need for learning...

In today's episode, entrepreneur, John Lee Dumas, brings the heat to the Essential 11.  When John realized that he needed to take control of his life and think bigger in order to live in a way that he could truly feel like he was happy, he created something that has completely transformed the way he, and many others live. Creator and host of the award-winning and amazingly successful Entrepre...

Today's guest runs multiple businesses from the Ketogenic Athlete to the Fat Fueled Family. He is someone who has always been interested in taking his health and fitness into his own hands, competing in multiple sports like football and then moving on to work in a sports-filled coaching career. At the University of Florida he worked with the national championship men’s basketball team, along with...

Mark Haney is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and media personality who has founded or funded a portfolio of 30+ Sacramento-based companies across various industries including new media, tech, consumer products, real estate, construction, transportation, distribution, and security. Mark's accomplishments include successfully exiting a Rocklin, CA-based enterprise that maintained hundreds of...

He has "unconventional" ideas and beliefs because he's explored all the info. He's challenging convention and pointing out the things we can work to correct as a society and as individuals. A transpartisan Social entrepreneur, Michael is a leading expert in the field of transpartisan public policy. He has successfully convened policy initiatives in the areas of transparency, privacy, healthcare, e...

A longtime friend of Matt's, José Morales is a veteran of 58 amateur boxing bouts and first began training boxers in 2006, working with adults and teenagers. He strives to help members stay healthy, lose weight, compete, build confidence, or simply learn the science of boxing. Morales works with a variety of clients – from 4-year-olds to 70-year-olds, average Joes, blue-collar, soccer moms, troubl...

Danny Castillo worked for a time in marketing in sales. He hated it. At the age of 28, much later than people typically get started, Danny decided to do a complete career shift and start professionally fighting in the UFC. He had to train hard, and he brought his work ethic to the table. He has since begun his own business, a palates studio based in Sacramento and has started a family. All of thes...

Bodybuilder, entrepreneur, avid keto-er, YouTuber, and phenomenal human being, Robert Sykes joins us on today's podcast. Robert craves intensity, dedication, discipline, hard work, and sacrifice in his life. That's obvious if you watch his YouTube channel. But he also strives to use his knowledge to help others reach their goals. He has a podcast of his own where he invites guests to talk about ho...

This man has a truly impressive story. He dropped out of high school, got married and had his first child all within the same year. He knew he had to find a way to support them, but he hated the standard 9-5 job. His solution was to use the internet to his advantage. He discovered flipping used books on Amazon. 15 years (and 2 Gary Vee Interviews) later, his YouTube family is over 138,000 subscrib...

Dwight Taylor Sr. is best known as “The Encouragement Expert” because of his genuine heart to help, serve, and encourage others to live their life to the fullest. He is a #1 Amazon Best Selling author, TED-talker, and award-winning professional communicator who has been seen and heard on SHOWTIME, FOX, CBS, BET, ESPN, and JUCEtv. The Sacramento Kings named Dwight their Jr. NBA coach of the year in...

David Greene is a former Police Officer and co-host of the BiggerPockets Real estate podcast. The author of best-selling books “Long Distance Real Estate Investing”, “Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat”, and “Sell Your Home For Top Dollar”, David is passionate about helping others build wealth through real estate and runs the blog “GreeneIncome.com”. A nationally recognized authority on real esta...

He's managed to make a living making videos.  Matt Gaedke and his wife Megha transformed their love of health, fitness and the ketogenic lifestyle into something they could use to pour into others.  Over the past two years, Matt has discovered his life's purpose. He is deeply passionate about cooking, nutrition, self-experimentation and most of all, sharing his findings in compelling way...

It may not seem like it, but this episode is about you. In fact, this whole podcast is about you. When Matt was young, he wanted to be just like Micheal Jordan. Now, while he may not have been blessed with the same DNA that would make him grow into an all-star basketball player, he did learn that by copying those you admire, you can encounter unprecedented growth as a person. Recently, Matt was de...