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Nick Loper is an expert at helping people earn money outside of their day job.  He's here to explore the possibility of starting a side hustle and to give it the attention it deserves. You know you need to follow your passion, but getting started may sound daunting or even impossible. The first step, as you'll learn today, is to start and develop a side hustle. He'll share his successful tactics,...

Joey Coleman is here to teach you to be a better communicator with audiences and customers alike. We're all familiar with the concept of a sales funnel, but it has one big problem: the bottom is much smaller than the top. The key to fixing this problem isn't attracting more people to your funnel. You need to make the bottom opening of your funnel bigger by creating lifelong, enthusiastic customers...

Nick Sonnenberg, cofounder of Leverage and the former CEO of Calvin App , is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating companies that disrupt the way people live. He's here to help you automate the mundane aspects of your life to minimize (or eliminate) the time you spend on stuff that doesn't bring you joy. Find Out More About Nick Here: Leverage Nicholas Sonnenberg on LinkedIn Nick Sonne...

Dr. Robert Pope is the creator of the Transperative Method as well as a healer, minister, and transformational coach. We'll talk about how to access more power and clarity, the difference between deciding and choosing your destiny, and why you shouldn't struggle to get ahead in life. We tend to struggle and fight against failure, a more productive response  is to meet failure with love and accepta...

Nick Cownie, a renowned expert in NLP, is here today to focus on self-improvement through NLP techniques. NLP allows you to bypass the critical faculty and go straight to the unconscious mind. By doing so, you can take control of your life in ways you may not have possibly imagined. Nick, author of the book 7 Minute Mindset , will describe the seven habits of failure and the seven factors of succe...

Dr. Pat Allen, a relationship expert and transactional analyst, joins me on today's show to explore romantic concepts in depth. She offers no-holds-barred relationship advice that's full of value regardless of whether you're currently single or in a relationship. Pat has been featured on Oprah several times and is the author of Getting to "I Do" . Tune into the show for more on who she is, what sh...

Today, I speak with Tamar Geller, dog trainer for the stars. Tamar is truly a dog whisperer; she's a dog trainer and coach for Oprah, Jon Stewart, Ben Affleck, and more. Her methods have proven results, and don't involve imposing an artificial hierarchy on dogs or forcing them to be submissive to commands. Her philosophy goes beyond dog training and involves a higher consciousness with your dog an...

Today's guest is Ross Jeffries. He's a self-proclaimed "attraction engineer," and he's been called the godfather of the pickup artist community. As he'll explain in this episode, the techniques he teaches are valuable not only for seducing women, but for influencing, persuading, and inspiring almost anyone -- even yourself. I attended one of his workshops in 2010 and can personally vouch for the p...

AJ Mihrzad is a coach, speaker, author, podcaster and entrepreneur. He runs two businesses Life Fuel Fitness and Online Super Coach . He is the author of The Mind Body Solution: Train Your Brain for Permanent Weight Loss and uses the book's lessons to improve the four main areas of his life:health, wealth, relationships, and happiness. AJ shares his inspiring story of transformation and tips for m...

Udo Erasmus, acclaimed author of the bestselling book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill , is here today to explain the roles of carbs, fats, sugar, and more. He'll break down the various types of fats  and clarify the key differences between them. His research spans 35 years and he's the man behind the amazing Udo's Choice health products and Udo's Oil. Udo will also offer potentially life-changing a...

Dame DC Cordova is my guest today on Optimized Geek. I took her excellent seminar Money & You a couple years ago. It was so powerful and had such an impact that I just had to bring her on the show to share her perspective and abundant wisdom with you. As you'll learn in this powerful episode, you have to let go of your attachment to money in order to become financially wealthy. Money is a manifest...

My guest today is Jay Fiset. Jay is the founder of Mastermind to Millions and author of the bestselling book Reframe Your Blame , which he'll give listeners for free in this episode! Many of us go through life feeling like  we're victims of circumstance and have no control over our world. This feeling of victimization is as natural as breathing, but that doesn't mean it's a positive force in our l...

Jeffrey Zavik, the founder of Immuno Laboratories and the author of Toxic Food Syndrome, joins me today to explain food sensitivities and how to improve your health and vitality. It turns out that 95% of us have a food sensitivity, and many of us have more than one. Thanks to Jeffrey's laboratory, figuring out your food sensitivities isn't a grueling process of elimination-based trial and error. F...

How would your life change if you saw every hardship and obstacle you encountered as a promise of a better future rather than as something that ruins your plans (or just your day)? This kind of perspective is often clear in hindsight, but may be harder to see in the moment. I hope that today's conversation with Getrude Matshe, who opens up about her recent near-death experience and how past obstac...

Today's guest, Loral Langemeier, is an expert in all matters money-related. She talks the talk and walks the walk, which aligns perfectly with her philosophy of only listening to advice from people who are successful and know what they're doing. We'd all like to make more money, and put that money to even better use for us. Loral is the bestselling author of several books, was in the film The Secr...

Most of us have limiting beliefs and annoying triggers that we want to shed. It's just part of being human. Today, we learn how to break through these things and more with two powerful processes called the Instant Miracle and the Peace Process. Christian Mickelsen is a best-selling author, speaker, and coach who shares these processes along with techniques like muscle testing and focusing on minds...

For episode 100, Orion Talmay takes the reins and turns the tables on her husband, Stephan Spencer. In our conversation today, Stephan pulls together some incredible information from past episodes, talking about some of the very best wisdom, tips and tricks, tools, and insights he's gleaned from these 100 episodes of the Optimized Geek. If you aren't a regular listener, this is a great place to st...

Today I talk with Valerie Sheppard who is the bestselling author of Living Happy to Be ME. Besides being a popular coach, speaker, and author, she was previously the VP of Conagra Brands where she managed a popular food brand portfolio with net sales close to a billion dollars. She is also a catastrophic stroke survivor and believes in living life through happiness no matter what the situation. Sh...

On the show today is Yehuda Ashkenazi. Yehuda is my Kabbalah teacher here in Los Angeles at the Kabbalah Centre, so I can vouch firsthand for his deep understanding of Kabbalistic principles and his ability to explain them clearly. Don't worry if this Kabbalistic concept isn't immediately clear, he will help to reveal and demystify some of the teachings and secrets of Kabbalah. We talk about trans...

My guest today is Mike Mandel. Mike is intimately familiar with topics such as hypnosis, influence, and handwriting analysis, with 6 awards and 18 nominations to support that fact. We talk about the correlation between handwriting and crime, and whether or not you can adapt your writing to change your personality. He'll teach you tricks of persuasion and tools for understanding yourself and others...

My guest on today's podcast is Adam Siddiq who believes in using energetic discipline to optimize your soul, life and emotions to achieve peak performance and leave a positive impact on the world. If you're listening to this show, you're probably the type of person who's enlightened enough to know that the healthy response to being cut off in traffic isn't to succumb to shallow road rage, but rath...

Are you confused about what kind of diet to follow? Harvard educated psychologist Melanie Joy helps shed light on this controversial issue and how to choose a path that creates better health and aligns more with our basic human values. She even has tips for meat eaters to support a more sustainable lifestyle in a non-judgemental way. Dr. Joy explains how carnism, an invisible belief system or ideo...

Sam Morris, my guest on the show today, after being paralyzed in 1999, was determined not to be the victim of his circumstances. Would you be angry? Resentful? Bitter? All of those are understandable human reactions, but shifting your perspective can turn that injury (or any other tragic accident) into a gift and a catalyst for change in your life and the lives of countless others. Facing his phys...

Today's guest, Tom Patterson and I talk about the dangers of the modern online world. A world in which just about everything about you is tracked by various machines and companies and is then sold -- after you willingly give away your rights to this information. A world in which there's a second version of the internet, full of people selling nefarious services. A world including innumerable peopl...

Today our conversation is with Jack Andraka about his love of science, how persistence paid off for him, and about the future of medicine. Prepare to be charmed by the 20-year-old wunderkind, who was only 15 years old when he invented groundbreaking cancer-detecting technology. Jack is also the author of the book Breakthrough, on the faculty at Silicon Valley's Singularity University, a TED speake...