The Zack Arnold Podcast

As the new year approaches, you may be thinking about how the past year went and what the new year will bring. Maybe you’re happy with the direction your life and career are headed…or maybe you’re ready to make some changes? As 2022 winds down, I understand how easy it is to get caught up in the chaos of the holidays and fall into the trap of thinking  “I’ll just write December off as a loss and s...

Want to continue learning from the world’s experts on time management, networking, career development, better sleep, overcoming burnout, and so much more? → Click here for your customized podcast playlist Ralph Macchio  is an actor, producer, and director obviously most well known for his portrayal of Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid films and now the hit Netflix series Cobra Kai. He has also appe...

Chris MacDonald  is an experienced veteran trailer editor who has worked at Universal Pictures and other major studios such as Sony, Disney, Paramount, and trailer houses such as MOcean and Aspect (to name a small few). Chris is also the co-founder of the wildly popular online editing school,  Film Editing Pro , and today’s discussion balances a combination of understanding how to build a career a...

Eddy Roche   is a serial entrepreneur and fitness instructor on a mission to make the world a fitter, healthier, and happier place. He has created not just one but two highly successful businesses - one being the largest outdoor fitness community in Los Angeles, and the other being the largest organic whole food delivery service in Los Angeles. But plot twist…despite his outward confidence, Eddie...

Steven Sashen  is the co-founder and CEO of  Xero Shoes . He is a serial entrepreneur who has never had a job he didn't create, a former professional stand up comic, an award-winning screenwriter, and to top it all off…a masters All-American sprinter (in fact he is one of the fastest men over 60 in the country). If Steven’s bio hasn’t done it already, listening to our conversation for all of 5...

Peter Ramsey  is a Director, Producer, and Storyboard Artist known as the first black director to direct a big budget animated film with Dreamworks’  Rise of the Guardians  and the first black director to win the Academy Award in animation for  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse . But what is even more inspiring than Peter’s career achievements, however, is that he’s simultaneously working at the t...

“You have to learn to take pride in being the first one to say no.” - Lisa Lisa Robison  CCE, is a camera assistant turned award-winning editor best known for her work on "Loudermilk," "My Life Without Me," "The L Word" and "Firefly Lane,” and most recently she edited the Tribeca feature, "American Dreamer.” Even more impressive than her credits, however, is Lisa’s...

“Sometimes the only way you’re going to cure your burnout is to get away from what is burning you out.” - Anthony Klotz Anthony Klotz  is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at UCL School of Management in London who has made a career of studying resignations. Anthony’s research has been published on a multitude of high-profile platforms such as  The Harvard Business Review ,  MIT Slo...

“If you don’t have 1 minute to meditate, it’s time to evaluate what’s really going on.” - Cory Muscara Cory Muscara  is a former monk, host of the Practicing Human podcast, and bestselling author of the book, Stop Missing Your Life. He has taught mindful leadership at Columbia University and is an instructor of Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Oz named Cory as one of the...

If you're coming to this article unsure of whether or not you're experiencing actual burnout, I suggest starting with The 7 Red Flags That You Might Be Burned Out . If you've already read that article, then you are now familiar with The First Law of Holes: “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Whether or not you're stuck at the bottom of a hole you dug for yourself or i...

Burnout is at epidemic proportions regardless of what you do for a living. And yes, I dare to use the word “epidemic” given we live in a frightening (almost) post-COVID reality because quite frankly, COVID has a lot to do with the fact that as many as 52% of people across a variety of different industries consider themselves burned out, and over 67% of those same people believe burnout is worse th...

“Work is just work…right?” For those uninitiated, here’s the simplest way to describe the nuanced brilliance that is the Emmy-nominated Apple+ Series Severance : Severance is Office Space meets 2001: A Space Odyssey meets …The Shining. It’s clearly a risky concept, hence why it probably took creator Dan Erickson and executive producer/director Ben Stiller years to receive a green light, but in hin...

Matthew Farrugia  is an assistant editor in Hollywood who’s recent two projects are both so high profile and high security, I can’t name them yet (Hint: They’re for Apple+ and Marvel). What’s crazy is that despite his young age (and more impressively his extremely short amount of time in the industry) Matthew went from working in a paint store to landing his dream job working for Marvel in just sh...

“Do whatever you can to have the power to take a break or say no.” - Michael Addis Michael Addis  is a man who wears many successful hats as an editor, writer, director, and showrunner. If you’ve ever enjoyed shows such as  Impractical Jokers  or projects with actors such as Jamie Kennedy or Tom Green, there is a chance you’ve come into contact with Michael’s work. Some of his recent credits inclu...

“I hope that we can all become more compassionate and empathetic towards other ways of thinking.” Simon Smith, ACE Simon Smith, ACE  is an award-winning editor whose most recent credits are the HBO series  Chernobyl  and the Disney+ series  Star Wars: Andor . While Simon has been on many podcasts talking about his successful work as an editor, our conversation instead centers around neurodiversity...

“I never wanted anything to stop me. Not even having a wooden leg.” - Erik Stolhanske Erik Stolhanske  is an actor, writer and producer probably best known for his role as ‘Rabbit’ in  Super Troopers   1  and  2 . And if you’re one of the many P90X junkies like me, you might also remember Erik as the guy with the prosthesis in the plyometrics video (yes…the guy with a wooden leg in the jumping wor...

“The idea that resting is productive sounds silly, but I think a lot of people in our hard working culture need to hear it.” - Dr. Azure Grant Dr. Azure Grant  is a researcher in metabolic and hormonal health, a post-doctoral researcher at Helen Wills Neuro Institute, UC Berkeley, a scientist-in-residence at Crescent Health where she is advising on measurements of energy levels and subjective slee...

“The brain and the gut work like a key and a lock. One cannot function without the other.” Dr. Edison de Mello Dr. Edison de Mello  is a Board-Certified Integrative Physician and a licensed psychotherapist. He’s also the founder and chief medical officer of  The Akasha Center  in Santa Monica, CA where he treats patients using his signature East-meets-West approach. As he’s mentioned in previous i...

“If you get to a point where you’re not happy doing what you’re doing, you need to find something different. We all should be doing what we love to do.” - Jerilynn Stephens Jerilynn Stephens  and  Kimi Messina  are both award-winning Hollywood hair stylists with over 60 years experience between the two of them. Jerilynn’s recent credits include  Legendary ,  The Voice , and  Shark Tank . And Kimi...

Stephanie Filo, ACE  is a two-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning TV/Film Editor based in Los Angeles, CA and Sierra Leone, West Africa. She earned an Emmy win for her unscripted editing on the Mental State episode  Separated  (making herself and Nzinga Blake the first Sierra Leonean women to ever win an Emmy award). Most recently, she won a Primetime Emmy award for her work on HBO's  A Black...

“You are not networking to get jobs. You are networking to meet people. By knowing people you get jobs.” - Troy Takaki Troy Takaki , ACE is a Hollywood film & TV editor as well as the founder of the ACE Diversity Mentorship Program. His varied credits include feature films like  Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul  and more recently the television series  You  on Net...

Evan "Ultra-OCR Man" Perperis  is an active duty Army Special Forces Soldier with 44 months of combat deployments who is now a professional Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete. He is best known for running insane multi-day, self-created (!!!) OCR endurance challenges to raise money for charity (and push him to his physical & mental limits). If you want to know what it really takes to...

It was one of those things in my life that just clicked...boom. This is where I'm supposed to be, and I've been doing it ever since. - Sean Corvelle Sean Corvelle  has played a variety of different roles in his career as an actor, a comedian, and a television host. But for the last eleven years he has been inspiring and motivating athletes and weekend warriors across the world at the Tough...

“With my life story, I could ask for any antidepressant I want and they would prescribe it to me. Instead, I chose to be an antidepressant.” - Christopher Titus Christopher Titus  is quite simply one of the best and funniest comics working today. In addition to having ten stand-up comedy specials to his name he’s also an actor, a writer, a director, and producer of TV series, feature films, and he...

“If the pressure is building so much and you're just trying to 'keep it all together', at some point it's going to crack.” - Traver Boehm Traver Boehm  is the founder of the UNcivilized Men’s Movement, the fastest growing men’s movement in the world. He is the author of  Today I Rise , and  Man UNcivilized  as well as a two-time TEDx speaker, men’s coach, and podcaster. Traver’s ap...