The Danny Miranda Podcast

Eric Jorgenson is the author of The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant (over 1 million copies sold) and The Anthology of Balaji ( https://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Balaji-Technology-Building-Future/dp/1544542917 ). 0:00 Intro 1:28 Living In Shoes Of Naval & Balaji Srinivasan 2:41 How Does It Feel To Sell 1 Million Copies? 7:02 Did Balaji Scare Eric? 11:48 How Did Balaji’s Formative Stories Shape His Wo...

Jackson Sullivan is a visionary, healer, and entrepreneur. He is seeking complete freedom, infinite beauty, and the deepest meaning imaginable, for everyone, everywhere, forever. 0:00 Jackson’s Love 2:49 Why Do We Have Trouble Sitting With Compliments? 7:21 Jackson’s Pain 13:31 Jackson’s Relationship With Family 22:29 How Do We Recognize The Pain? 30:31 NeurOptimal Neurofeedback 40:34 Guatamala 43...

Dan Goldfield studied with a monk for 5 years and has meditated for over 30,000 hours. 0:00 What Did Dan Learn From Meditation? 5:51 Original Sin 10:00 How To Read Minds 16:00 Dan’s Fear Of Intimacy 23:02 What Questions To Figure Out Your Scripts? 25:55 Alignment To Purpose 31:49 Intelligence Leads To Kindness 36:33 Does Meditation Lead To Less Energy? 41:00 What If There Is Nothing Wrong With Vid...

Erwin McManus is the lead pastor at Mosaic. He is a speaker, author, and fashion designer. He has written 14 books. His latest book, Mind Shift , is about transforming your thinking to transform your world. 0:00 The Most Spiritual Activity 5:02 Cancer & Deep Peace 10:33 Car Crash Before Surgery 12:45 Forgiveness 18:49 “Emotions Are Real But Not Reality” 21:00 Who Is The Most Free Person Erwin...

Scott Young is a writer, entrepreneur, and learner. In this episode, we talk about how to be an effective learner, what most people get wrong about it, how to be a high signal learner, his MIT challenge, and much more. 0:00 Intro 1:29 Level Of Peace 4:21 “Reality Rarely Reflects Our Anticipation Of It” 7:21 “I Like Being Married” 8:38 Dating Advice 13:41 What Is Scott Doing Online? 15:02 High Sign...

Ruslan KD is a Christian YouTuber, hip hop artist, and entrepreneur. 0:00 If I Pray For You, What Should I Pray For? 2:41 Where To Start With Faith 8:29 When Does Confidence Become Certainty 12:40 How Ruslan Met His Wife 16:45 Circumcision Saves Ruslan’s Life? 21:41 Why Can’t We Recognize Benefits Of Suffering 27:21 Darkness At 8 Years Old 36:29 11 Years Old Trauma 42:10 Robbing As A Child 51:49 F...

Candice Burt is an ultramarathon runner and entrepreneur. She ran 200 ultramarathons in 200 days. 0:00 When Did Candice First Believe? 2:41 “Breaking Through Instead Of Breaking” 4:32 How Powerful Is Your Mind? 6:31 Action Instead Of Procrastination 9:18 Belief In Human Potential 12:13 Your Heroes Are Just People 14:02 Love For Running 16:31 Movement Is Healing 18:12 Spirituality & God 20:55 Y...

Scott Britton is a consciousness-explorer and entrepreneur. 0:00 Intro 1:20 “I Was Trying To Be Perfect” 6:20 What If Nothing Is Wrong? 8:12 Optimizer Vs. Wonder/Awe 17:00 Learning To Let Go Control 19:43 Daily Breathwork For A Year 27:21 Why Scott Left Podcasting (And Came Back) 35:15 Clean Up Your Mind 40:51 Higher Self 44:02 Energy Flowing Through Body 50:45 Why Was Scott Lucky To Have This Exp...

This is a new series. This is a way for me to share what's on my heart and mind in a solo, raw format. It's quick, to the point, and just what's top of mind. Audio recorded on my iPhone. I hope you find it useful, insightful or helpful in some way. Like anything, I'm going to do this 100 times. Maybe it'll be over the next 100 days. Maybe it'll be more drawn out. I'm no...

Gagan Biyani is an entrepreneur. He’s the current CEO of Maven and the cofounder of Udemy. 0:00 Writing For TechCrunch 10:02 Less People Should Go Into Startups 11:34 Starting Businesses For Wrong Reasons? 13:00 Why Did Gagan Start Udemy? 16:26 Chips On Shoulder 18:21 Startups Made Him Sick 20:55 How Has Greatness Evolved? 22:10 Justin Kan 23:31 “I Love Learning” 27:02 Can You Show Up As Worst Pla...

Dr. Michael Gervais is a performance psychologist who has worked with Olympians, the Seattle Seahawks, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. 0:00 Bottom Of Grand Canyon For A Week 5:55 How Dr. Gervais Got Into The Mind 9:52 You Can Shape Your Belief Systems 16:02 Clarity & Conviction 21:12 Mentors 26:23 Dr. Gervais First Session As Therapist 35:12 Wife To Dr. Gervais: “I’m Done” 46:12 Why Dr. Gerva...

Check out my new course: https://www.artofinterviewing.com/ This is a solo episode of 15 lessons I've learned after 400+ interviews. 0:00 Intro 1:44 1. Do You Believe? 4:21 2. Asking Great Questions 6:02 3. Landing Big Guests 8:22 4. How Do I Research? 9:44 5. Who Are My Biggest Influences? 11:33 6. Connecting With Others? 14:35 7. Intuition Vs. Preparedness? 16:42 8. Growing The Podcast 18:50...

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is a organizational psychologist, bestselling author, and parent of six. Topics discussed: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Tucker Max 2:55 Mentors Into Friends 8:14 Set A Keystone Goal 13:33 Live As Future Self 19:41 Journaling 22:52 Investing In Coaches 26:41 Deep Vs. Shallow 28:51 10X Qualitative 31:38 Finding Peace After Not 10Xing 33:49 Study The Practice 37:30 Ben’s Crazy Car Crash 42:01 B...

Jason Howerton is the creator of High Value Dad - which is on a mission to help men become the strong, present fathers their families deserve. In this conversation, he explains how he's transformed himself. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Jason’s Transformation At 30 11:10 How Do You Become A Man? 20:23 Make Money To Give To Others 23:33 What Is High Value Dad? 28:50 Story Of Jason’s Son 31:10 Lessons From Pa...

Josh Spector simplifies audience and business growth for creative entrepreneurs. In this episode, we talked about writing, the future of media, how to write, Josh's love for media/business, what to do if you feel imposter syndrome, and Josh's counterintuitive advice. 0:00 Intro 0:41 Josh’s Letter To His Daughter 6:10 Parenting 10:10 How Has Internet Changed Journalism/Media 15:32 What’s Th...

Rob Dial is an entrepreneur and podcaster. He is the host of top business podcast (The Mindset Mentor). His new book is now available... Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life. 0:00 Intro 0:43 Rob Crying As A Kid 4:31 What Are The Stories Shaping My Life? 10:39 Journaling And Meditation 22:30 Alcoholic Father Dying 28:45 Mentoring & Teaching 36:10 Reversing J...

Jon Gordon is an author and public speaker. He is the author of 28 books, including 15 bestsellers. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Jon’s Journey 6:01 Why Does Success Take Time? 8:49 Who’s Jon’s Rival? 11:55 How Does Jon Keep Getting Better? 15:02 High School Coach Story 19:23 Student First, Teacher Second 22:01 What’s Your Vision? 26:10 Jon’s Word Of The Year 28:41 How To Become Connected 37:31 Parenting Lesson...

David Sutcliffe is a facilitator. He is a former actor who has appeared on Friends and Gilmore Girls. And in this interview, we spoke about leaving Hollywood, how we're entering into an age of the unknown, losing the father, where masculinity is going, and what he learned from interviewing Andrew Tate. 0:00 Intro 1:00 What Is A Facilitator? 5:12 What Makes For A Great Facilitator? 9:37 Truth 1...

Justin Mares is an entrepreneur. He started two consumer brands that each have done $100mm+ in sales in less than 5 years (Kettle & Fire and Perfect Keto). He also started Surely Wines which has done millions in sales. He's now working on TrueMed, which allows health and wellness brands to tap into the $140B in consumer HSA/FSA accounts He is one of the most interesting people I've stu...

Ken Rideout is one of the fastest runners over the age of 50 in the world. He won the 50-and-over division at the New York City Marathon (2:33:31) in 2021 and the Boston Marathon (2:30:21) in 2022 and he has come in second in that age division in London (2:29:54), Chicago (2:29:53), and Berlin (2:35:48). He also won the 2021 Myrtle Beach Marathon outright in 2:30:58 just before turning 50. But in...

Trevor Blake is an entrepreneur. He grew up in poverty. He started his first business at the age of 43 and went on to sell 3 of his businesses for over $300,000,000. He founded QOL Medical LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company, in 2002 with a few thousand dollars and sold it in 2012 for over $100 million. In 2006, he founded ANU Oncology, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to developing low side-...

Justin Kan is the co-founder Twitch. He sold Twitch to Amazon for $970 million in 2014. Now he spends his time meditating, DJing, and going to Burning Man. He is an investor at Goat Capital and cofounder of Fractal and Rye. In this conversation, we spoke about winning internally, Justin’s experience with source, finding a partner, leadership, having children, his home vandalization, and learnings...

David Perell is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Write Of Passage, an online school to help people transform their lives through writing. He has taught students from Google, Facebook, Harvard, MIT, Stripe, and Goldman Sachs. In this interview we spoke about the difficulties of running a company, David's journey to faith, his season of no, how to find a partner, building deep fr...

Keith Rabois is widely known for his early-stage startup investments and his executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, and Square. Additionally, Rabois has been involved in investments in YouTube, Palantir, Lyft, Airbnb, Eventbrite, Wish, and The Org. He currently serves as the CEO of Open Store and the General Partner at Founders Fund. 0:00 Intro 0:32 Margaret Thatcher’s Influence 4:21 Peter Th...

Dr. Stan Beecham graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s of psychology in 1983. He completed his doctorate in 1994 from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. After that, he served as the sport psychologist for University of Georgia athletics. And starting in 2002, he founded the Leadership Resource Center where he takes his wisdom to help the business world. He is the a...