The Cliff Yates Show

I have the hustle, do you? I don't know when I first got it, but at age 65 it isn't waning, it isn't going away. No judgement, you do you. Success is doing what you want to be doing. The juice, the enjoyment for me is in the striving. The thriving is in making progress toward a worthy goal. Iv'e had the creative hustle since I was in high school. Long before we had the internet...

What is NLP, how did it start and how can we use it to live a better life ? In this episode I talk about the origin of NLP, and it's founders, John Grinder, and Richard Bandler. I also talk about how we can use Neuro Linguistic Programming in every day life. follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realcliffyates follow on...

I Immersed myself in bodybuilding magazines when in high school, in an effort to get bigger. I was so skinny and determined to add size, I learned all I could from body building and power lifting magazines. I then went to work putting my knowledge into practice. I soon realized I didn't have the genetics to compete as a bodybuilder. And when I got to California, I learned the realities of ste...

I have been going to New York since 1983, when I visited to take the New York City Police test. Alba and I both love New York City and have been going together during Christmas since 1999. We love seeing Broadway Shows, and getting into the Christmas spirit. We hesitated to go last December, but we saw very little homeless, and because of the large police presence in Manhattan felt very safe. We s...

This is part to of talk from the book "Psycho-Cybernetics" by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Today I talk about habituating thoughts that leas us to a state of happiness, most of the time. follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realcliffyates follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/realcliffyates subscribe on YouTube https://www....

This weekend team Yates went to Las Vegas to attend the Baker To Vegas Challenge cup relay race. Police teams from all over the world come to run this foot race through the Nevada Desert. It was great to see my son run for the Elite Team from the L.A. Sheriff's Department. My heart was warmed meeting up with some of my old partners, and meeting my brothers and sisters from many agencies. It w...

In this episode Cliff talks with independent film producer Sean King, who with his son Taylor created New Zealand Son Films. They have produced more than fifteen films. Cliff and Sean talk about how you can give yourself the green light to create the project you want, and make it a profitable business. follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://w...

In todays podcast I talk about the self-image, relating to the book "Psycho-Cybernetics," by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. This will be part one from the book, and how it relates to how we can change our self-image to give us the best life we can possibly live. follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realcliffyates follow on Tw...

In this episode I thank my bullies for my physical fitness, and my standup comedy career. Being so skinny in high school, and being called, "bag of bones, pencil neck", and other names, gave me a drive to get bigger. It also had me searching for ways to fit in, be liked. I started memorizing comedy routines I saw on tv, and performing them in school. I would do my comedy routines in clas...

I was a reluctant leader as a member of the L.A. Sheriff's Dept. I gook the leap and self educated myself on leadership. I took advantage of the leadership opportunities the department offered me. Don't be a reluctant leader like me. Take the lead in whatever position you are in. Family, friends, business and community offer the opportunity for leadership if we will take it. follow on in...

It's all about relationships. Get your relationships right and you get your life right. In fact it will empower the law of sowing and reaping. Be constantly creating relationships. Some will start, some won't, some will grow and down the road you will reap a great harvest. We never know which ones will germinate into great things. Not knowing which, helps us be constantly creating relati...

In this podcast, I talk about my dad's heart attack, around the time I first the documentary "Forks Over Knives." I also read the book "How Not To Die", by Dr. Gregger.  I took on a vegan diet and had amazing results. I have since gone to a plant based diet. There seems to be several Doctors and studies that give credence to heart disease can not only be prevented, but sto...

In this episode I talked with my wonderful wife, who was born in Cuba, and at age six she came with her family to America. . We talk about all her parents had to go through in getting to the United States, and all that she has accomplished. Alba talks about her career with the L.A. Sheriff's Department, while raising three boys.  follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimi...

In 1982 I watched a comedy special DVD titled "Live on the Sunset Strip" starring Richard Pryor. I loved this comedy special and watched it over and over again. I loved the way the stage looked, and the crowd watching Richard Pryor. I saw that it was filmed at the Hollywood Palladium, in Hollywood Ca. I said to myself, "I'm going to perform at the Hollywood Palladium."  I...

Today I talk about the 5th habit, from the best selling book by Steven Covey, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." The fifth habit is, seek first to understand, then be understood. It's the skill of active, or empathic listening. The first day I put this into action, I instantly became a better communicator. It's not a one day fix, or skill. But you will get immediate...

Neuro Associative Conditioning or NAC as Tony Robbins likes to call it. A way for us to condition our thoughts in a positive way. Anchoring language and body movements to positive states. It's a strategy to reframe negative associations, and replace the negative anchors we have with positive ones.  follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://...

Change our questions, and we change out thinking. Change our thinking and we change our actions, which change our life. In this episode I give you some powerful questions to ask yourself. And some ways and reasons to come up with some questions to ask yourself.  Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Song Shine by Jaslyn Edgar follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ foll...

Cliff talks about attending a Tony Robbins seminar, and walking the hot coals. How he took his newly found unlimited thinking to producing his first comedy special at the famous Roxy nightclub on Sunset blvd in Hollywood. Cliff talks about the contrast between where he was at his lowest, to being asked to replace Norm Crosby at the L.A. Sheriff's Luncheon.  follow on instagram  https://www.in...

Cliff interviews his first guest, which is his 87 year old mom. His mom, Nene Yates acts and lives young. Still driving, thriving, and exercising, Cliff's mom talks about her healthy lifestyle.  follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realcliffyates follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/realcliffyates subscribe on YouTube...

In episode one, Cliff shares some of the first principles he learned about personal growth and what led him on a journey of self improvement and success. Cliff talks about how he turned his career around as a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. How he changed his way of  thinking, which changed everything for the better.  follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliff...