The 1% with Deepak Sharma

This week, I chat with Suraj Bali, my cousin, business-partner, and best friend. In this episode, we talk about our first time traveling together without our families - leaving Canada to explore Colombia at the height of the pandemic. We tell stories about our travel experiences and we also talk about starting a coffee company together. This podcast is SLIGHTLY dated, as we have since moved to Col...

This week, I chat again with long-time client and partner, Tony Greco: Canada's leading fitness specialist, Tony Greco. If you're not familiar with who Tony is he's a celebrity personal trainer who trains notable pro athletes like Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers and Mike Fisher of the Nashville Predators as well as notable celebrities such as Carrie Underwood and many many more. Tony is t...

This week, I chat again with my brother Jamey Lee. Jamey is a world traveller, adventure TikTok'er, videographer and since our last podcast episode together has also become my business partner, room mate and one of my closest friends. On this episode we catch up on what an insane journey it's been this past year. We dive into some of the lessons we've learned by meshing our skillsets together, and...

In this episode, I chat with Patrice Rene a defensive back who was at one point ranked #1 football player in Canada. In fact, he was recently drafted to the CFL 21st overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and someone who had decided to return to the NCAA to play out his last year of Eligibility with the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. But that's not all, Patrice is also one of the co-founders a...

Today's guest is Brandon Peacock: a friend of mine who has one of the most insane personal stories I've ever heard. Brandon was the victim of a nearly fatal drive-by shooting in June of 2020, suffering 3 gun-shot wounds, 1 in his shoulder that just missed his lungs and broke many of his ribs, one in his left leg and a third time in his femoral artery in his right leg. Brandon was, of course, not t...

This week, I chat with Danny Miranda. Danny is a writer, podcaster, connector, and life-long learner who I really look up to. Honestly, he's my favourite follow on Twitter as he exudes absolute positive and hope in every single one of his tweets, ideas and interactions. Seriously, I've never heard the dude complain, be negative or put anyone down and his platform emobidies that. Danny started one...

Welcome to the it's Not That Deep Podcast, I'm your host Deepak Sharma and my mission is to make the best of the 1 life I have by realizing my potential. That's why I have conversations with high-performers from all walks of life to level up my health, wealth, and happiness. Thanks for joining me on this journey. This week, I chat with Dan Clark, CEO of Brain FM, an app that curates functional mus...

This week, I chat with Anthony Cockrell, founder & co-host of Krew Season, a Youtube channel, Podcast and brand. Anthony has appeared on ESPN, TMZ, Reddit, Worldstar, but is most well-known for his consistent presence on Twitter @TheTrillAC. What started on twitter evolved as Anthony & some of his closest homies got together to build Krew Season up on Youtube, where they have real and open convers...

This week, I chat with my friend Chris LaCharity, Ottawa's #1 Luxury Real Estate agent. Chris has built an extremely successful career through his ability to develop strong relationships, provide exceptional client service, and also close multimillion dollar deals. Don't believe me? Check out his website www. ChrisLaCharity.com to see the 7 figure listings he's got. That being said, this episode i...

This week, I chat with my friend James Rankin. James is a 20-year old serial entrepreneur and YouTuber who is one of the most passionate hustlers I’ve ever met. After dropping out of college at 18, James went full-tilt into building the life of his dreams by listening to his gut and starting his own coffee company, North Brew. What started off as a strictly e-commerce business, James has now gotte...

This week, I chat with someone who makes me feel SUPER LAZY, Laura Kelly. Laura is a professional wedding & engagement photographer, a business coach, a copywriting & messaging pro, as well as the host of the “You Might Not Like It” Podcast. But that’s not all - Laura’s also the mother of 2 kinder-gardeners! Laura is extremely self-aware, as you’ll get to know. We get to talking about her journey,...

This week, I chat with serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Rückify, Steve Cody.  He has started and built over 15 local and national successful businesses in the tech, rental, service, e-commerce and retail markets which have generated hundreds of millions in sales! For those who don’t know, Rückify is basically the airbnb of STUFF. In more eloquent terms, it’s a peer-to-peer rental marketplace...

This week, I chat with my friend Manuela Bárcenas. Manuela is a content marketing manager at Fellow.app, a meeting productivity app where teams gather to build collaborative agendas, record decisions and keep each other accountable. Fellow actually was just awarded 2020’s Best Ottawa Business award! From being the company’s first marketing hire to now managing all of their content, Manuela is clea...

This week, I’m joined on the podcast with 2 business coaches/mentors of mine Ryan & Ben, who are co-owners of The Consulting Guys and Affluent Attraction. They help financial service businesses attract high net worth clients through automated marketing systems & organic marketing. What they’re more well-known for in the twitter world and otherwise is for their business coaching groups, the Church...

This week’s guest is Jamey Lee. Jamey is a videographer, content-creator, world-traveller & explorer, and as recently as this year, a huge TikTok influencer. That’s right! Jamey merged his adventurous personality, passion for adventure and video skills to create a massive platform on TikTok with nearly 30,000 followers. He makes incredible videos and clips featuring amazing landmarks such as water...

Too many brands, too many ideas... here's my attempt at consolidating all that into one www. DeepakBrands.com

This week’s guest is Keval Shah who is an expert on all things Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short. Keval is a true entrepreneur with a really interesting story. He went from building websites and blogs just for fun to learning everything he needed to know about SEO to start doing it for clients on the side. After dropping out of college and working at what seemed like a great job at the...

This week’s guest is Nolan Beanlands, Executive Director at Capital Angel Networks, a group of accredited angel investors in the Ottawa-Gatineau region that facilitate investment opportunities for startups. Capital Angel Networks has invested well over $20 million in over 100 early stage companies, many of which Nolan has worked with personally to help secure millions of dollars in funding and sal...

This week’s guest is Lina Alvarez. Lina is one of the most interesting and talented people I’ve met as she fully embodies what it means to taste and try different things and pivot when necessary. She currently holds a position at Export Development Canada working in the Women Trade Advisory space. But you see, that’s just one of her hustles. Lina's curiosity for the world of entrepreneurship led h...

This week’s guest is Mark Metry, a dude who straight up makes me feel lazy. Mark went from dealing with severe social anxiety and reaching a dark point where he contemplated ending his life to overcoming that same social anxiety and writing a book called “Screw being Shy.” He also founded a company called VU dream, hosts a global top 100 podcast called Humans 2.0, is a global speaker, and is on an...

This week’s guest is Charles Paquin, CEO of Air Traffic Media. Not only is Charles an Advertising Strategist and Audio Creative Maestro, but he’s also a professional voice-over artist who has done work for some notable companies such as Telus, RBC, and Royal LePage. This is all really just the tip of the iceberg as Charles has had an insane journey to get to where he is today. Growing up with a bu...

This week’s guest is DJ Dramos AKA Dramos, producer of one of the most popular Radio shows on the planet, The Breakfast Club (with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee). Dramos is a radio personality in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York. He’s also a club DJ, Music producer, podcast host, and the owner of his own vintage clothing brand! In the episode we talk about his journey to becomin...

This week’s guest is Ed Latimore, a retired American heavyweight boxer, author, blogger, influencer, and veteran of the U.S. national guard. A prolific writer and bona fide Twitter god, @EdLatimore has been authentically growing his audience and following by sharing the stoic principles that have guided him along his self-improvement journey. Having studied physics and written two books: 'Not Cari...

This week's guest is Andrew Tate, an American-British 4x World Champion kickboxer, mixed-martial artist, influencer, chess-enthusiast and millionaire businessman. When Andrew is not busy driving exotic supercars and sleeping with supermodels around the world, he’s growing his brand online, starting and running multiple business ventures including cam companies and casinos, and selling self-improve...

Moving out from your parents home can be a big step in becoming an "adult.⁣"⁣ ⁣⁣ For me, it represented the next chapter in my life in terms of independence, freedom, and responsibility. ⁣⁣It has easily been one of the best decisions I've ever made as I've experienced transformative personal growth since taking this step nearly two years ago.⁣⁣ On this episode of Journey to Success, I share with y...