Live Different Podcast

Jenny Blake is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One . Jenny has been blogging at Life After College since 2005, quit her job at Google, and has spoken at places like MIT, Yale, and KPMG.... we've been internet friends since the launch of Under30CEO as two of the original millennial bloggers on the internet. And if you think Jenny sounds like a workaholic, you're wrong....

Josh Salvo of ReddyYetti.com interviews me this week!   In a very candid conversation, I open up and tell my story of escaping the glitz and glamor of the NYC Startup Scene and headed to Iceland with my backcountry skis on what has become an adventure of a lifetime.   I share stories, tips, and advice like how:  I lived in a luxury apartment on the 39th floor in Manhattan and traded it to pay $450...

Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a speaker at Fortune 500 companies, has written for Fast Company, Time, Forbes, and his latest book "The Quarterlife Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, And Build A Life That Matters"   was endorsed by the Founder of Zappos Tony Hsieh.     Smiley has a passion for community and shares his strategies for surrounding yourself with great people all day l...

Howard Behar, Former Starbucks President, joins us to explain how you can become wildly successful while being true to yourself and who you really are.   Howard was part of the leadership team known as H2O with CEO Howard Shutlz and COO Orin Smith who built Starbucks into one of the most admired countries in the world.  Behar was a key part of the team growing the company from 28 stores to over 15...

Robert Collier is the founder of Practical Idealist , a blog full of practical ideas designed to achieve worthy ideals like traveling the world while working full time. He is also the founder of Entrepreneurs Dinner who's mission is to flip traditional networking on its head. Entrepreneurs dinner is founded on the premise of prioritizing: High character over high net worth Giving over getting The...

Daniel DiPiazza of Rich20Something joins us to talk about doing great work you and how to overcome self doubt.  This is the message you need to level up your confidence.   Daniel is one of my closest friends, so in this casual conversation we talk about what to do when things get harder in life.  We cover everything from meditation, to using motivation from the death of his grandmother to write hi...

Paul Angone of All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and a Freaking Job! and 101 Secrets for your Twenties joins us to tell you why you should "go to hell!"… and back of course.   Paul is an expert in helping young people discover their secret sauce where purpose, passion, and career collide and talks about his eight-year journey on getting his first book published and escaping a life which he...

James Swanwick, Former Sportscenter Anchor, joins us to take your life from average to awesome.   James teaches us how stop drinking alcohol to perform better and fills us in on his technique for reading a book per day. These two habits have allowed him to use the law of attraction to bring an incredible level of people into his life.   There are some amazing book recommendations in this episode a...

Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer, and his brother Tony join us on the podcast today.   "Nine to five is the new cancer," Tony tells me in this week's episode.   Hear that and other lessons from their quest to find the places where people live to be over 100 years of age, disease free, and happy.    Where are the happiest and healthiest places in the world, and what can we learn from them...

  Nathaniel Boyle is Host of The Travelers Podcast which has been downloaded over 400,000 times, was named by The White House as one of the Top 100 Influencers in Travel and the Founder of the travel community Holocene .   "Is your paycheck paying your emotional bills?" this week's guest asks me...   Are you listening to your call to fully embrace the human journey?  Do you need motivation to push...

Donny Gallegos, Our Head Coach and Fitness Trainer, joins us for a wealth of information on everything health and fitness related.    Fitness and nutrition hacks discuss include: optimizing sleep, what to eat on the road, how to stay hydrated, and workout routines to do while traveling.    Donny and I geek out on cutting edge science and technology including: sleep trackers, supplements, grounding...

Alistair Humphreys, National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year joins us to talk about getting out of your comfort zone and encouraging people to do something they've never done.   Alastair is the author of 9 books, a motivational speaker, has cycled around the world, rowed across the Atlantic, and walked across India.    But Alastair tells me, "Adventure is only a state of mind."  His concept of...

Tucker Max joins us to talk about selling 2 million copies of "I Hope They Sell Beer in Hell" and then cleaning up his act to teach men how to behave and eventually share their wisdom with the world.   Tucker is now the CEO of Book in a Box and we go into detail about his latest  The Book in a Box Method: The New Way to Quickly and Easily Write Your Book (Even If You are not a Writer)   Tucker spe...

Jason Wachob is co-founder of Mindbodygreen an independent media brand with over 10million monthly unique visitors, 30+ employees, and the author of the new book "Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume".   Wellth is a new and more valuable life currency: a life exemplified by abundance, happiness, purpose, health and joy.   A former Wall Street trader turned yogi and I talk about the...

Jeff Greenwald, Thte world's first travel blogger joins us to tell us how we can use tourism to make the world a better place.   "I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious."  – Albert Einstein   Jeff has been traveling the world since the 1970's and has written for National Geographic Adventurer, The New York Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.  He is t...

Daniele Bolelli is a University Professor, MMA Fighter, Author, and one of the most badass practical philosophers on the planet. A Dalai Lama you can get drunk with? In a special 1 year anniversary edition of the Live Different Podcast this is exactly how our guest has been described. His latest book "Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting" is a hero's journey that...

Wandering Earl has been traveling the world since 1999 and started with just $1500 in his pocket.  Now he's one of the biggest travel bloggers in the world, is a successful affiliate marketer, and started his own tour company.     Being a digital nomad isn't easy.  How does one afford a life of constant travel?    Listen in for tips on blogging, writing, being authentic, creating good travel habit...

Larissa, The Blonde Gypsy and I sit down to talk about differentiating yourself and staying true to who you are in today's fast paced world.   Copying others will never make you truly successful.   If you are thinking of starting a blog, a business, or doing anything in life, I recommend you listen in to iPhone Photographer, Travel Blogger and connoisseur of all things sexy, the Blonde Gypsy .    

 Eric Larsen, Polar Explorer, drops some serious knowledge on what it's like to push through pain, do something that nobody has ever done before, and live a life of fulfillment. Have you ever pushed yourself to your max?  Do you know what truly performing at your peak is all about?  Today I interview a guy who has gone to the ends of Earth to find out just that. Eric's expeditions have led him to...

Andy Ung and I pay tribute to Seng Ngo today.   Searching for meaning?  Need to go on an epic quest? Want to go beyond the superficial in your life?     This episode is a tribute to my friend Seng.  On a journey to South America from Mexico to Chile, my friends Seng and Andy stopped through Costa Rica to talk about their social blogging platform Sonderfly.    Sonderfly is a social blogging platfor...

Sean Ogle, digital nomad and location rebel, has built two successful business, created an incredible community of lifestyle entrepreneurs and traveled the world since quitting his job in 2009.   Trigger habits.  Do you know how to use them?   Sean and I talk about why people fail and how to hold yourself accountable.   We learn Sean's secrets to rituals, discipline and creating positive work habi...

Gary Arndt cashed out and island hopped through the South Pacific following his passion and then went on to become one of the world's top travel bloggers as well as Travel Photographer of the Year and a podcast host for CBS.   Gary has gone on to visit over 170 countries and all 7 continents.     I had the amazing opportunity to pick Gary's brain about what he's learned about the world, business,...

Tony The Fridge is not afraid to tell the world that they can beat cancer and depression. He ran 30 marathoms in 30 days with a refrigerator on his back.   Listen in as Tony shares some incredibly personal anecdotes from his childhood abuse, battle with depression, and suicide attempt that led to his quest to run across America with a refrigerator on his back.   Tony also tells me off for asking a...

Craig Ballantyne says more structure = more freedom on this week's podcast!   Our interview about The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life is filled with actionable steps on how you can develop your own personal commandments using Craig's 5 Pillars of Success.   Want to learn to say no more?  How about starting a "Not To Do" list?   And yes, there is even a ton of valuable...

Brandon Epstein from Zen Dude Fitness gives us his formula to create "identity statements" and condition your psychology.  Brandon's visualization exercises help re-wire your brain through the concept of neuroplasticity.     The art of happiness is one that few people understand but today we share with you actionable items for how to work towards it.   Brandon doesn't talk like a neuroscientist ho...