Growth Minds with Sean Kim

Andy Roddick is a former professional tennis player with 32 career titles, including the Grand Slams and multiple runner-ups in Wimbledon. In 2017, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining legends like Andre Agassi. In our conversation, we cover: How Andy got into playing Tennis What it was like to train with Serena and Venus Williams Meeting Andre Agassi for the first t...

Justine Ezarik is one of the most popular YouTube personalities with nearly 6.5 million subscribers and over 1 billion views, where she creates videos around tech reviews, gaming, travel, and food. She's also an actress and the author of I, Justine. I had a great time with Justine reminiscing about old school tech and social media days (AOL anyone?), talking about the future of social media and te...

JP Sears is an author, stand-up comedian, and popular YouTuber with over 1M subscribers.  What I love about JP is his ability to use humor and comedy to educate his audience about spirituality. Like most of his audience, it's hard to tell when he's being serious and when he's joking around, but that's what makes our conversation unique. In our conversation, we talked about: Coronavirus and th...

Scott Belsky is an investor, author, and entrepreneur currently serving as the Chief Product Officer at Adobe and venture partner at Benchmark Capital. He was the co-founder of Behance in 2006, which was sold to Adobe in 2012 for $150 million.    Today, he comes on our show to talk about his book The Messy Middle, which helps entrepreneurs, creatives, or anyone working on a project to na...

Zoe Foster Blake is the founder of Go-to Skincare, a popular skincare brand based in Melbourne, Australia. Before Zoe became an entrepreneur, she was a magazine editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and an author of books sharing relationship advice. She's managed to leverage her strengths as a writer to start then differentiate her brand using the power of copywriting. In this conversation, we talk ab...

Scott Adams is the creator of Dilbert and author of Win Bigly, Loserthink, and How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big. We talk about how to create systems (versus goals) to be more productive during the Coronavirus quarantine (and beyond), Donald Trump's persuasion tactics, his predictions for how the Coronavirus will impact society, and more. Highlights of our discussion: -How to use the pow...

Melody McCloskey is the founder and CEO of Styleseat, an online platform for stylists, barber shops, and beauty salons to manage and grow their business. Without knowing how to write a single line of code, Melody hustled her way to launch Styleseat without raising any outside capital then to billions dollars in transactions. We talk about her mission to build a women-driven business, going the lea...

Gary John Bishop is a New York Times Bestselling author with millions of books sold, speaker, and coach who has personally helped athletes, celebrities, Fortune 500 executives, and more to reframe their mindsets and to stop playing small. Gary's message cuts straight through the bullshit and gives us the hard (but truthful) advice we all need during these tough times. Enjoy this one with the great...

Seth is the founder and CEO of Thirst Project, the largest youth-led water activism organization in the world.  The Thirst Project arose and has now risen over $10 million with over 3,000 water projects established in 13 countries.  Learn more: https://www.thirstproject.org If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes...

Carter Sharer is not your typical 26-year old.  After graduating from Carnegie Mellon studying Quantum Mechanics and Computer Engineering, he was set to pursue a highly technical and lucrative career building self-driving cars. Instead, he turned to YouTube. By applying his analytical thinking, he reverse-engineered the top YouTubers using data, and rose to become one of the top influencers i...

Gabby Reece is a renowned professional athlete, Nike's first spokeswoman, a New York Times Bestselling Author, and host of The Gabby Reece Show.  I had the opportunity to speak with her about the lessons she's learned from her career as a professional athlete to modeling, and now building the empire that she's built with her husband Laird Hamilton. We get into topics like: The masculine and f...

Robert Kiyosaki is a globally recognized author, speaker, investor, and entrepreneur, most famously known for writing Rich Dad Poor Dad, which has (officially) sold 31 million copies worldwide.  It was an honor to have him on the podcast to talk about things like: The real difference between rich vs poor mindset EBSI How the education system is based from Prussia The biggest mistakes he sees...

We’ve all heard the overnight success stories that popped out of nowhere. Why is it that some people struggle for years to get to a level of success, while a few individuals can climb straight to the top in mere months? This is what our guest, Shane Snow, is here to reveal today. Shane is a talented entrepreneur, but he’s an even more talented journalist. After researching, analyzing, and intervie...

It’s not every day that you meet someone who spends over $1MM to optimize their body and mind. In fact, most of us have been following the same health and nutritional practices that have been brought down to us from our family. Today’s guest, Dave Asprey, is about to rock our worlds. Dave is the founder and CEO of Bulletproof.com, and the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Bulletproof D...

*Quick heads up guys - audio file for this interview was damaged, so you're hearing the camera audio throughout the conversation. Sorry in advance, and we'll be back with proper audio in future episodes! - - - Timothy DeLaGhetto is one of the most confident dudes I've ever met - not just in the way he presents himself, but his inner confidence. From his OG rise to fame on YouTube to a regular cast...

Today he represents some of the world's biggest celebrities in sports and entertainment, including: Dennis Rodman, Pamela Anderson, Hulk Hogan, Magic Johnson, and even Muhammad Ali before his passing. But Darren's story is anything but pretty. After dealing with an opioid addiction for 24 years, he hit rock bottom despite being at the height of his career. While we hear a lot of zero to hero stori...

You probably know what it feels like to be underestimated. Perhaps it's because of the way you look, what school you went to, or even how much money you make. Whatever the reason may be, it's not nearly as important as how you deal with it. Amanda (Mandy Rose) is no stranger to being underestimated by others. As one of the main faces of the WWE, she plays a flirty blonde character who every guy fa...

Last year, I opened up on Growth Minds talking about losing my Aunt to suicide when I was 15. A friend linked me to a YouTube video from Anna Akana, who lost her little sister to suicide when she was 17. Coincidentally, both were from the same city in Japan. And both were gone too soon.  The unfortunate reality is that seeking mental help is far too stigmatized in our society. Asian-Americans...

He changed the way we watch TV forever, and today Netflix is worth nearly $150 billion dollars (at the time of this writing). I got the opportunity to dig deeper into the origins of Netflix's story, like how it could've been a personalized shampoo business, nearly selling to Amazon.com for $15 million in 1998, and more. What most people don't know was that Netflix was Marc's 6th company. As a seas...

At 21 years old, Lexie Alford is the youngest person to travel to every country in the world, and she's got the Guiness World Record to prove it. I had the pleasure of sitting down with her shortly after she received her official certificate (we get into how the process works).  We talked about the origins of her travel story, some of the craziest (and dangerous) experiences she's been throug...

Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the greatest sports icons alive, joins us on Growth Minds today.  To be honest, I didn't know quite what to expect in this interview because my boxing knowledge is comparable to cooking skills - minimal at best. The good news for me and you, Ray shared valuable insights and stories that apply to every aspect of our lives. I learned a lot myself about what it takes to...

Victoria Arlen became paralyzed with 2 rare conditions at the age of 11. Hear her inspiring story of how she overcame every possible physical and mental barrier to go from being in a wheelchair to winning the Gold Medal at the Paraolympics then competing at The Dancing With The Stars. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes...

“You are a victim of the rules you live by.” -Jen Sincero One of the most controversial topics in our society today is around:  Money. In certain cultures, it’s more taboo than  sex, religion, or politics.  The mission of this podcast is to have an honest conversation about vital topics that aren’t being talked about in the traditional media to reach your full potential. And th...

The 5X NBA champ (and North Korean Supreme Leader's BFF?) Dennis Rodman blesses us with his presence. You may know Dennis for teaming up with Michael Jordan to win multiple NBA championships or being an exuberant character wearing wedding dresses to the basketball stadiums. But there's so much more to Dennis that people rarely talk about, and we uncover a lot of who Dennis Rodman is in this interv...

Robert Greene, the bestselling author of 48 Laws of Power, comes on the show to talk about his new book The Laws of Human Nature, working with 50 cent, and we go deep into talking about power, how to protect yourself from being taken advantage of, and much more. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and a rating on our Sp...