The Tai Lopez Show

You may know him as Dwight Schrute from The Office, but now Rainn Wilson is staying busy shooting movies and building his very own nonprofit organization, Lide (http://www.lidehaiti.org/). He also has written a new book, The Bassoon King, and stopped by my house to talk about it. It's hard to write a funny book that actually teaches something. The Bassoon King is not just a funny celebrity biograp...

Today I've got a special guest: Keith Ferrazzi, the author of Who's Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone. Everybody knows that it's not what you know, but who you know. How do you find successful people that can help you? Once you do, how do you convince them that you are worth mentoring? It's give and take. If you're not willing to open up, then they're not going to open up. Keith says, "Find a way...

The other day, author Jay Samit came to my house to discuss his book Disrupt You. You can get Jay’s book here: http://tailopez.com/disruptyou Disruption means a lot of stuff to different people. Jay says that innovation is disruption. It doesn’t take great wealth or connections to make a difference. It really only takes two things, an idea and perseverance. Value is created when you discover thing...

Lewis Howes is a man of many talents -- he's an athlete, coach, and now author. The title of his book, The School of Greatness, implies that greatness is learned. It takes more than just hustle to be great. You've got to work hard and work smart. What's an example in your own life where you haven't yet put into practice something that you learned from a mentor? You can purchase The School of Great...

Matthew Lieberman, author of the book Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Connect sat down with Tai Lopez to talk about why it’s important to form real bonds with people, even if our instincts might tell us otherwise. Studies have shown that being lonely has the same health consequences as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and that 20 to 30 percent of the world is lonely. Everyone uses Facebook, but ha...

On today's Book-of-the-Day Show, Tai Lopez interviews professor Joseph LeDoux on the topic of fear and anxiety. You can purchase his book at http://www.tailopez.com/anxious Are you anxious or fearful about the future? If you want to know how Tai conquered his fear and obstacles with money, click here to apply for the Accelerator Program: https://www.tailopez.com/josephledouxLearn more about your a...

You can grab a copy of "Riveted" by Jim Davies by clicking here: http://www.tailopez.com/riveted On today's Book-of-the-Day show, I had the chance to interview Jim Davies, author of "Riveted." In his book, he says you have to understand 6 things about the human brain to win friends and influence people: 1. We are interested in stories about humans... 2. We pay particular attention to things we hop...

I got to interview one of the greatest real estate entrepreneurs, Gary Keller. He has sold over 2 million books and owns the largest real estate agency in the world. I was reading the book, "The One Thing" by Gary Keller. You can grab a copy by clicking here: http://www.tailopez.com/theonething It's all about getting things done. Reading this reminded me about one of my habits that massively boost...

I got to interview Cole Hatter today, a serial entrepreneur and real estate genius. You can watch the full interview and get more exclusive content by joining the Accelerator Program at http://www.tailopez.com/colehatter Find out how Cole's career as a firefighter turned for the worse and left him in a wheelchair without knowing if he would ever walk again. Luckily, that led him to pursue entrepre...

Learn how to find your destiny and change the world at the same time with Adam's story by clicking here: http://www.tailopez.com/pencil On today's Book-of-the-Day show, we learn why Adam leaves his successful Wall Street career and began building over 250 schools around the world. Adam suggests these three simple tips to help you figure out if you're on the right track to finding your life's desti...

I just interviewed Tim Grover about his book, "Relentless: From Good To Great To Unstoppable." All I have to say is... read his book. You can grab a copy of it here: http://tailopez.com/relentless Trust me... Tim talks about the three different levels of people:A Cooler, Closer, and Cleaner. Coolers are individuals that will deliver the end result that you ask for, but they will not do anything ex...

On today's Book-Of-The-Day show, I'm really happy to be speaking with Brad Stone, who wrote a book on Jeff Bezos and how he built Amazon.com into one of the greatest companies, not just of our time, but maybe of all time. Learn more about Jeff Bezos' story and purchase The Everything Store by following this link: www.tailopez.com/theeverythingstore The book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and th...

Today's special guest on the Book-of-the-Day Show is my mentor Joel Salatin. His goal is to empower food buyers to pursue positive alternatives to the industrialized food system. You can grab Joel's book "Holy Cows and Hog Heaven" by clicking here: http://www.tailopez.com/holycowsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I just interviewed Ryan Holiday about his book, “The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph." Life will throw tremendous hurdles at you, but don’t think that the world owes you anything. The sooner I realized that, the better I’ve been at coping with the trials and tribulations thrown at me. Many people complain about how things are and feel entitled to something bett...

People say that to be happy you have to be unselfish. But are they right?     Because we all know selfish and greedy people, who seem to have it all.   We have all been betrayed by someone who went on to live a seemingly perfect life.   So there has to be something more to this - a more elegant explanation of the conflicts of life. A root explation of our selfishness... Of our altruism... About ou...

There is one thing sure to kill your hopes and dreams. It's the "mismatch." And there is one thing sure to bring you the "good life: Health, Wealth, Love, Happiness." It's avoiding the "mismatch."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every million dollars you earn will start with an idea. But an idea isn't enough. It must evolve into a strategy. Another word for strategy is a "plan." In today's Book-of-the-Day, "How to Write a Great Business Plan" the Harvard professor William explains the secrets to creating your own powerful business strategy. It's a short read. But you definitely want to buy it. Here are a few of my notes f...

**Sign up for my free online seminar this Thursday June 11th to learn "How to get 1 Million People to Pay Attention to your Idea: What I Wish Someone had told me at 18" -  http://www.tailopez.com/onemillionpeopleyoutube   Tai interviews psychologist George Mumford, adviser to all-star athletes Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and championship winning coach Phil Jackson.    Mumford is author of the book...

I spend most of my workday walking on this treadmill desk because sitting kills more people than smoking. For every one hour you sit, two hours of your life is lost forever.    Dr. James Levine makes strong claims in today's Book-of-the-Day, "Get Up."   And he's no pseudo "fake" scientist. He runs a Mayo Clinic...   His main point is that your office chair, your sofa, the seat in your car - they a...

It's amazing how big an impact Robin Williams' suicide had on society. Celebrities, presidents, musicians, little kids - the whole world noticed.    For today's Book-of-the-Day I was reading Emily Herbert's, "Robin Williams - When The Laughter Stops."   It made me think deeply about human happiness.   The book lists different theories on the reason for Williams' suicide: money problems, bad marria...

To make real money you have to train other people to have all your same skills. This frees you up from the day to day to work on the big picture. This is easier said than done. Like the old business saying goes, "You have to work ON the business, not just IN the business." You need someone to mentor. To be your protégé... But remember, this assumes you have real skills yourself - or else nobody is...

Your brain can easily be manipulated. Be careful. Science says you are more likely to buy German wine when German music is playing at the store in the background, and French wine when French music is playing. You are more likely to name Gatorade when you are given a green pen in order to fill out the survey of your favorite sports drink. You are more likely to buy an an expensive couch from a webs...

If you want to learn faster you have to experiment with different 'modes' of reading and learning. One of my favorites is the 'gulping' approach, where you bounce around between 4 or 5 books all in one sitting. This takes advantage of what Steven Johnson in his book, "Where Good Ideas Come From," calls "negative quarter-power scaling." This means reading twice the books doesn't just give you twice...

I once read a poem that said, "Who is mighty? They who control their own thoughts." The good news is as you learn to harness your brain you will unlock a tremendous tool. How are you practicing mind control (haha I like how that sounds)...?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone says you should follow your passion. But everyone isn't always right. If you want to achieve massive success in your career then passion might not even remotely be the right place the start. In today's Book-of-the-Day, "So Good They Can't Ignore You," Cal Newport examines the science of how to best choose your life's work. Newport says, "Don't follow your passion." This book is a bit cont...