Ingrained: The Science of Habits, Health, and Personal Development

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss several highlights from the book The Earned Life written by Marshal Goldsmith. Learn about things like  What is source of regret?  How to avoid regret?  The basic formulas for success The true definitions of motivation, ambition and aspiration. How narrow you focus and become a one trick genius. How to earn credibility. Purchase your copy of The Earned Li...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I summarize over 20 books that I have found very impactful in my life. These books contain information that I think every person should know and many lifestyle habits that I think we should live by in order to gain and maintain health, wealth and happiness. I've provided links below if you want to easily purchase your copy from Amazon. Raising Lions: https://a...

Send us Fan Mail The Four Agreements describes the way people go from free, wild and filled with confidence and love to domesticated, filled with fear, doubt and poison. The Four Agreements are agreements we make with ourselves to regain that wild and free spirit and to live in joy and happiness. Purchase your copy of The Four Agreements from Amazon Start recording high quality audio and video wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss how business and public leaders can implement an infinite mindset into their culture, strategies and tactics in order create thriving organizations that are able and ready to weather difficult storms together and capitalize on opportunity. When people in powerful positions structure their organizations based on finite thinking they run people and organiza...

Send us Fan Mail You Are Worth It, Kyle Carpenter Ben and I discuss some fo the events and lessons learned from Kyle Carpenter's story. Kyle is a medal of honor recipient, a purple heart recipient and survived jumping on a grenade in battle to save his fellow soldiers. Purchase your copy of You Are Worth It from Amazon Find out more about Kyle Carpenter and connect with him at williamkylecarp...

Send us Fan Mail I'm joined by Todd Huston where he details his story of having his legs badly injured in a boating accident which resulted in one of them being amputated. He later went on to climb the highest peak in every state in the USA. Todd talks about taking the good out of life even the difficult times and using those to improve your own life and the lives of others. True happiness co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss some of the highlights from Michael Aldens book 5% More. The main idea is if you could make yourself give just 5% more than your historical self in one area or in a variety of areas in your life, your future would be filled with success and opportunity. Purchase your copy of 5% More from Amazon Start recording high quality audio and video with Squadcast S...

Send us Fan Mail This is a great summary of Michal Stawicki's journey as an ordinary man married with three children who decided to implement small daily habits aligned with some of his bigger dreams and goals for his life. The results over 8 years are truly amazing. He took his family from a double household income barely able to save a small amount each year to creating time and geography f...

Send us Fan Mail The journey we call life is filled with obstacles and blessings, ups and downs but the way you decide to view the world will determine much of your joy. In this episode I discuss the mental state of seeing the upside but also how to create joy in difficult tasks by managing your dopamine spikes. Start recording high quality audio and video with Squadcast Start your own podcast for...

Send us Fan Mail By adding just two steps to your early morning routine you will improve testosterone and estrogen balance, alertness, mood, cardiovascular health, immune health and more. In this episode I discuss two actions that should be a part of everyone's morning routine. Those are immediate exposure to natural light through the eyes and skin and exercise in the early part of the day. P...

Send us Fan Mail This is one of my favorite books. The author Erick Hoffer explains various aspects of mass movements and why people tend to jump on board, primarily stemming from a certain frustration or personal burden they want relief from.  The book outlines the attributes of a great leader and how they give the people what they want which is unity over anger, fear and action along with hope o...

Send us Fan Mail Raising lions is an excellent book about how to raise strong willed children with high self esteem as well as a recognition and respect for other people's value and power as well. Many psychological disorders in kids today are a direct response to the behavior of the adults around them. The Raising Lions method is a possible antidote for strong willed children using whatever...

Send us Fan Mail Learn how your diet, hobbies, activities and even thoughts effect your brain health. Dr Amen uses brain scans to help in his diagnosis and treatment of psychological issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, schizophrenia and so forth. Dr Amen lays out many reasons for these problems along with the treatments and personal work to help heal. Purchase your copy of Dr. Ame...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss the state of several key factors that contribute to the economy and their impact on inflation and deflation, debt and the debt burden, the restructuring of debt, tools for stimulating the economy and what I think the short term future of the the US economy looks like. Start recording high quality audio and video with Squadcast Start your own podcast for f...

Send us Fan Mail The Compound Effect In this episode Ben and I discuss highlights from The Compound Effect. You become expert at what you practice. Most people don't intentionally practice much. Most people are just trying to make it through. Those that work to become incrementally better at any specific skillset slowly gain the advantage over the competition and therefor are compensated expo...

Send us Fan Mail Helping Children Succeed by Paul Tough is a fabulous book that depicts just how significant the impact of good parents in the home are on children. It discusses why children who grow up in impoverished neighborhoods do so much worse in school but also how to fix many of these issues and reduce the gap. Did you know the majority of behavioral and academic problems are associated wi...

Send us Fan Mail Kobe Bryant Mamba Mentality How I Play. This book is a gem for basketball fans but also packed with skills, strategies and motivation for anyone aspiring to become great in any aspect of life. Kobe set his sites on a goal, set the expectations and made a contract with himself. Once the contract was signed he was not negotiating with himself. He was dedicated and focused and when h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss many of the highlights from Austin Rutherford's book Get Free Houses. Austin is a young real estate guru who has amassed a real estate portfolio of over $15 million dollars without using his own money. Austin uses what many call the BRRR method to evaluate and purchase properties. He uses private money lenders to purchase and renovate properties whic...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss some of the highlights form the book Sovereignty written by Ryan Michler. Men are struggling now in ways we've never seen before and Ryan makes arguments about why that may be so and what to do about it. How men have given up their freedom over self to weak minded ideas, lazy lifestyles and choose weakness over strength when that exactly the opposite...

Send us Fan Mail 12 Rules For Life An Antidote for Chaos written by Jordan Peterson is an in depth description of 12 rules every individual aught to live by.  In this episode Ben Pales and I discuss several of the 12 rules. We talk about why you should stand up straight with your shoulders back intentionally exhibiting some semblance of a person who can be feared and respected. Why you should find...

Send us Fan Mail Younger Next Year was a very fun read. One of the authors is an M.D. and the other was one of his patients. They each give their take on why these principles of exercise, connection and a cause are so important as well as diet. Exercise is the most important for longevity and a maintaining a high quality of life into your 80s and beyond. Aging is not a choice however decay is. Whe...

Send us Fan Mail The Art of Possibility written by Benjamin and Rosamund Zander is one of the most artistically influenced personal development books I've ever read. It's core principles are similar to many other self help books but this one has a twist I've never seen or heard and it's beautify written, it inspired me to be more emotionally, vulnerable, it made me want to conn...

Send us Fan Mail Learn, not only how to influence others for positive change, but the magnitude of a single persons influence. The book Influencer is an amazing guide to help each of us change vital behaviors and environmental settings to influence change. The stories in this book are examples of just how far reaching one person dedication to changing the world is. Especially when they follow spec...

Send us Fan Mail Peaks and Valleys written by best selling author Spencer Johnson is a fabulous little book filled with wisdom for life. It's a parable like story about how to approach and get the most out of your highs and lows in life. Purchase your copy of Peaks and Valley's from Amazon Start recording high quality audio and video with Squadcast Start your own podcast for free with Bu...

Send us Fan Mail The Alliance written by the Linkedin founders offers solutions to the high pace competitive workplace environment we live in, where companies and employees both have to navigate constant change, the desire for fast promotion and new opportunities calling. Purchase your copy of The Alliance from Amazon Start recording high quality audio and video with Squadcast Start your own podca...