The Cliff Yates Show

n this episode I interview Amesbury Massachusetts mayoral candidate Ted Semesnyei. I was introduced to Ted by our mutual friend Pete Berwick. We have many things in common, besides wanting to preserve the beacon of freedom that this country still is. We both grew up in upstate New York, not sixty miles from each other.  You can connect with his campaign at https://reclaimamesbury.org/ follow on in...

In this episode I interview my brother, in law. Fellow retired police sergeant Patrick O'Donnell. Patrick is an author, and host of the Cops and Writers Podcast. Patrick retired as a Sergeant from the Milwaukee Police Department. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cops-and-writers-podcast/id1553717643 follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimited/ follow on Facebook ht...

In this episode, Alba and I talk about real estate investment. We talk about our experiences with investing in real estate. In our experience it is the best investment. We like that we can physically see and touch where we put our money. Income property is an accumulating asset. Investment property provides tax free growth of your money. You can sell the property, and take advantage of 1031 exchan...

In this podcast episode, I talk about how I discovered Stoicism, and who started Stoic philosophy. There are only a few Stoics who lived over two thousand years ago, that are well known. Most of the quotes and writings are from Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is probably the best book written by someone who practiced the Stoic philosophy. Zeno the shipwrecked...

God, Faith, Jesus. I'm a Christian, and in this episode I tell the story of how I came to faith. Who led me to becoming a Christian, and where I am in my Christian walk today. 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.youtub...

My guest this week is my good friend, Mike Marino. Mike is a National Headlining Comedian, who also has numerous television and movie credits. Mike performs on cruise ships, and to sold out venues around the country. Mike was a regular as a sketch comedian on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Mike and I have performed together hundreds of times since we met over thirty years ago.  Mike and I perform...

I think about death to live a great life. After suffering the loss of a friend, family member, I try after grieving to be thankful for still being alive, and live with gusto. I came across Ryan Holiday, a writer who studies and practices the philosophy of stoicism. It really resonated with me, and the philosophy has as one of it' well known quotes; memento mori. Remember you are mortal. Not i...

Gary Vee posted a video of a meeting with entrepreneurs about creating content for monetization. I was fired up after watching the entire meeting.  Gary filmed the entire meeting. I had to rewatch and take notes it was so inspiring. I was inspired to do a podcast episode on the lessons I learned from his video. He filmed it from the point of view, as if you were in the meeting with everyone else....

In this episode my guest is Mr. Pete Berwick. A prolific writer, actor, entertainer, producer, we talk about personal growth, motivation, and Pete's new mission campaigning for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Pete was a singer song writer in Nashville. He was a singer and band leader for a Johnny Cash tribute band. Pete was a competitor on the hit tv show America's Got Talent, where he performed a...

Saint Albert The Great was the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas. They both used a memory technique that Saint Albert learned from Cicero, who he called Tully. Albert referred to it as the Tully memory technique. Author Kevin Vost mentions this in his book about Saint Albert the Great. This technique has been a successful memory tool for over 2,000 years. follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com...

Memorial day weekend is traditionally the kick off of summer. But it's more than that. It's a tradition and holiday that originates back to the end of the civil war. It was originally Decorations Day, and was made an official federal holiday in 1971. Now known as Memorial Day. A time to come together and remember those who gave their lives in defense of America. It started with a traditi...

In this episode team Yates talk about how being a team in their marriage makes everything better.  Team Yates recently arrived at their Island studio in the 1000 Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. They discuss their visit to Charleston South Carolina, and the ghost tour they went on, during their roadtrip from Florida to NY.  follow on instagram  https://www.instagram.com/cliffyatesunlimite...

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...