The Derek Loudermilk Show

"I don't care unless you are willing to show me you are a real human"- Carolyn Elliott Warning! This is a dangerous episode! I first met Carolyn Elliott when she came to a talk I gave about podcasting at Hubud here in Bali. We have since worked together on launching her podcast, which will be out in January, called Evil Genius Superconnectors. It became clear right away that Carolyn is no ordinary...

"The role of an artist is to open people's minds" - Carl Hoffman I caught up with this weeks guest at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival here in Bali to talk about adventure travel writing. Carl Hoffman is one of the greatest modern adventure travel authors. He is the author of  Savage Harvest ,  The Lunatic Express , and  Hunting Warbirds , as well as being a contributing editor to National...

"Embrace whatever emotion you are feeling and stand your ground"- Justin Stenstrom Justin Stenstrom is the founder of the Elite Man Magazine and Elite Man Podcast , author of  Giving Shy Guys Game , and contributing writer to many other publications. Justin used to deal with anxiety and debilitating panic attacks until he finally taught himself how to deal with the problem through self developmen...

"There is a ceiling to what you can make on your own" - Monty Hooke Monty Hooke is the founder of  EZYVA , the Bali Entrepreneurs Resort , and the author of  Business Hacker . After observing the likes of Richard Branson and marveling at how one man could run 300 companies, he embarked on a quest to find his line of leverage. In this episode you will hear the story of how Monty went from solopre...

"Right now we are in the most creative period in human history" - Marc Freccero Today's guest on the Art of Adventure is an Electronic Music (EDM) artist, DJ, and Parkour athlete. He spent most of a year traveling the USA and writing songs about the various cities he visited. Marc Freccero is the creator of The Light Nearby , an album of 12 tracks about 12 cities in America. I wanted to bring Marc...

"Being complicated increases our lifespan" - Loretta Breuning Why are humans so complicated? Why aren't we happy all the time? Why do we get addicted to things? How can we accomplish more each day and reach our goals? Why do we want to go on adventures? How does our neurochemistry affect things like pride, accomplishment, touch, love, exercise, and habit? Knowing how our brain chemistry and struct...

"Performance is an art and a craft"- Michael Port Every interaction is a performance — whether youâ€re speaking up in a meeting, pitching a client, negotiating a raise, or walking into a job interview. Today's guest tells us how to get a standing ovation every time. MICHAEL PORT is the New York Times best-selling author of six books including on of my personal favorites, Book Yourself Solid . Mi...

"It is 100% possible to make a living from music sales"- Budi Voogt The music industry is changing. No longer are artists restricted by the gatekeepers at the big record labels. The barrier to entry for becoming a full time musician or recording artist are at an all time low. Because of this, musician face still competition in a global market. How can you make your music stand out, find your ravin...

"Achieving a flow state can enhance learning 500%-700%"- Jiro Taylor Jiro Taylor is an adventurer, meditator, surfer, snowboarder, and student of the science and philosophy of flow states. He is the founder of the FlowState Collective , a group for high performing individuals. He is a former headhunter in the finance industry - which he calls his 'Wolf of Wall Street days', where he studied and in...

"Adventurous people set up their life to be more exciting"-Jon Levy I'm thrilled to have today's guest on the episode - one of the few chances we get to spend an entire show talking about Adventure! Fast Company has ranked him as one of its top 15 super connectors. After a rough breakup, he spent a year traveling to the world's most important events from the Cannes Film Festival to Burning Man to...

"I want to people to have an understanding of their differences"- Kara Ronin I'm really excited to have an international business communication and body language expert on the Art of Adventure today Kara Ronin has lived and worked in many parts of the world, including Australia, Japan, New York, and France. Karaâ€s advice and perspectives have been featured in numerous publications including Time...

"How can we turn observations into action?"- Derek Sivers I'm so thrilled to have the privilage of interviewing today's guest on the Art of Adventure . He has been a mentor to me for many years, and he rarely grants interviews, so I take it as a huge honor to have Derek Sivers on the show! Plus, this is the first time another Derek has been on the podcast! I've been following the Derek's work for...

What if you had the ability to make big things magically happen? What if you could make people's (including your own) wildest dreams come true? My guest today on the Art of Adventure has a secret process for learning how to ask from something and get a YES, when you would normally expect to get a NO - AKA the Unreasonable Request. Stehpanie Burns is the founder and CEO of Chic CEO. She has been a...

"Virtual Summits are podcasting on steroids" -Navid Moazzez This is a momentous occasion! This episode of the Art of Adventure marks the first time we have had a repeat guest! Navid Moazzez joins us today to talk about virtual summits: how to run them, how they can accelerate your brand, grow your email list, build expert status Last time he was on the show ( Episode 008 ), Navid was just about to...

"Focus on the work, the results will come" - Omar Zenhom Heyo! Today's guest is the founder of the $100 MBA, an alternative business education and community online. Heâ€s also the host of the iTunes Best of 2014 podcast, The $100 MBA Show. "Heyo!" is Omar's catch phrase and I love it! I met Omar Zenhom this year at Podcast Movement when he blew me away with his talk and mad Michael Jackson dance m...

I was really excited when today's guest contacted me because he is one of the greatest american pranksters, going so far as to prank Michael Jackson, The Super Bowl, Ashton Kutcher, and President Obama. He was the man behind one of the oldest comedy sites on the internet, Zug.com (since closed down). Sir John Hargrave even went so far as to legally add "Sir" to his name because the queen of Englan...

"Be intentional in your business relationships" - John Corcoran Traveling the world, you meet a lot of people, many of them will become acquaintances or friends, and some will become valuable business contacts. But how will you know when you are going to meet someone that meet someone that will be beneficial to your career or business? Many of us move through life and build relationships with the...

"I'm always on the lookout for interesting books" - Jeff Brown I met today's guest on the Art of Adventure at the Podcast Movement conference a couple weeks ago where he was one of the speakers - about how to not suck at interviewing. Chris Brogan calls Jeff one of the "best interviewers I've ever known." It always a little intimidating to interview a guy who is one of the best out there and teach...

"Up to 93% of communication is non verbal" - Vanessa Van Edwards Have you ever spent countless hours crafting a presentation to make sure you get the words just right? Well, you might not know that the words you speak are only a small portion of your overall communication and message. Research has shown that 60-93% of our communication is through body language. The good news is that just as we can...

"You see people as entire human beings on a live video broadcast"- Bonnie Frank Today we are joined by Bonnie Frank, who runs The Women in Biz , and also happens to be my 5th grade teacher! Twenty years later, she says I still walk and act the same. I caught up with her in St. Louis, where she convinced me to get started broadcasting on Periscope before I went to the Podcast Movement conference, w...

"What courageous thing can I do today?" - Samuel Hatton I was at the podcast movement conference in Ft. Worth Texas last week. I met tons of great people, and one of the first ones I met on the train from the Airport was today's guest, Samuel Hatton. I was interested in his podcast right away from the title: Courageous Self Confidence . I've been thinking a lot about the nature of confidence, and...

  On my way from Auckland to Wellington in May 2015, I took the KiwiRail Scenic Journey's Northern Explorer  train south across New Zealand's north island. I got the idea from my grandfather, indirectly, because of his love of trains. He once explained to me that growing up, the train was the biggest event to happen to his small town in the Appalachian mountains each week - it was noisy, powerful...

"Kids are looking for the foundational bricks of their lives"- Mario Marchese I'm really excited about today's guest! Get ready to learn all about how this NYC magician creates his own magic props, and the philosophy of why we should make new things Mario 'the Magician' Marchese has been featured in a film documentary called Building Magic , has been a guest on Sesame Street, and does magic shows...

"If you don't follow up it's like you were never there"- Tyler Wagner Do you want to speed up your progression as an entrepreneur? Then meeting influencers in person at events is one of the best things you can do. Today's guest on the Art of Adventure is a professional conference attendee, and he wrote the bestselling book  Conference Crushing  to help you build key relationships at live events....

"Every brilliant idea is the answer to a problem" -Jonathan Levi He has created some of the most popular courses on the internet. After listening to his peer MBA students remark about how much they wanted to know what he had learned about memory and learning, the  Become a SuperLearner  course was born. Over 40,000 people have since enrolled in his courses. He moved to Tel Aviv, Israel (second o...